Li Jinzhong came to the prince's inner fang to know that he was completely set up by the queen this time. The queen's brother, Zhang Liang, the general of the left prison guard, led the forbidden army to take over the defense of the East Palace from Shang Jing, and the most favored female official Furong around the queen was also sent to the East Palace to specifically inspect the female dependents of the East Palace. It seems that the queen is going to take advantage of this poisoning incident to carry out a big purge, and he will bear the brunt of it and will be one of the purges.

Thinking of this, Li Jinzhong sat in the main hall of the inner square, and a trace of fear passed through his heart: Is his road in this palace really coming to an end? However, he soon denied his pessimistic head: Prince, yes, the queen's number one target is still the prince. The forbidden army entered the East Palace to inspect, no matter what the results were found, the dignity of the prince inside and outside the court has been deprived, more than a year, less than a few months, as long as the forbidden army does not withdraw from the East Palace, at that time, the prince will not say that he will be deposed, and it is a great luck to be able to save his life. And he, as the chief of the imperial court who inspected the East Palace, was only afraid that he would bear the infamy of killing the prince. The queen's move seems to be calm, but it is really ruthless enough, she not only wants to drive the prince out of the East Palace, but also to give him a big hat of rebellion, and he must be put to death. Now, the crown prince has been tied to Ling Chi's torture platform by her, and he will be forced to play the role of a prison beheader, which is something Li Jinzhong never wants to do. Since he was sure that the emperor would protect the prince after all, so he decided to advance and retreat with the prince, so he couldn't do nothing and let the queen play with him.

Zhang Liang was very polite to him, reported to him in detail the results of the preliminary inspection and the deployment of troops in each palace, and said that adjustments would be made at any time according to his opinions. But in the face of this queen's own brother and the commander of the forbidden army of the same rank as himself, how could he, Li Jinzhong, have any qualifications to make irresponsible remarks, so he had to smile and say yes one by one. Shang Jing presented the prepared roster of the East Palace, and Li Jinzhong only turned two pages slightly, then handed it to Furong casually, and said, "There is a labor company", and he admired the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls around the main hall of the inner square with his hands behind his back. When everyone saw him put on such a bodhisattva face, they couldn't guess what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. After all, Zhang Liang is a military general, first of all, he couldn't hold his breath, threw his hand at Li Jinzhong, and said loudly: "If you don't have anything to explain, just sit here, and the last general will personally inspect the palace gates, so I will leave." ”

Li Jinzhong smiled, hugged his fists and replied: "The general is hard, the official is the east in the evening, please have two drinks with the general, please appreciate the general." ”

Zhang Liang snorted heavily in his nose and strode out of the door.

Li Jinzhong looked tired and looked around at the people in the hall, Shang Jing saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "My lord is tired, you might as well take a rest here for a while, and we will retire." ”

After everyone retreated, Li Jinzhong sat down tiredly, picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of tea, supported it with his hands, and fell into the memories of the past. In this great rebellion that has not yet been quelled, the Yang family, which was prominent in the first emperor's dynasty, was almost wiped out, and the Zhang family, which was originally strongly suppressed by the Yang family, made a comeback, although the current emperor's aunt and grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng, was framed by the Yang family and was given to commit suicide, but less than ten years later, her own granddaughter, the Zhang family, who took the opportunity to quell the rebellion and ascended the queen's throne, avenged her and dealt a merciless blow to the remnants of the Yang family in the palace: first the in-laws of the Yang family - The crown prince's biological mother, Concubine Wu Xian, disappeared inexplicably in the Fengxiang Palace the night before the current emperor returned to the capital; Then, on the second day after the Zhang family accepted the canonization and entered the Middle Palace, he issued a decree to force the prince to divorce the crown princess, who was the daughter of the Yang family, and expelled the princess from the East Palace. Li Jinzhong clearly remembered that the crown princess had just had a miscarriage at that time, and he was sent by Empress Zhang to personally lead people to break into Yichun Palace, forcibly drag the weak princess away, and place her in a nunnery at the foot of Lishan Mountain. After more than a month, the old nun who presided over the nunnery came to the palace to report that Yang died of illness in the nunnery. At that time, he believed in ghosts and gods for fear of retribution in the future, so he quietly told the prince the news of the death of the crown princess without telling the queen that the prince was married, and led the prince to the Yang family's grave to pay respects. The reason why the queen has been aggressive with the prince in recent years, according to Li Jinzhong, is just afraid that once the prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, he will find her to settle these old accounts and want to take the preemptive action to completely eradicate the troubles.

Thinking of the crown prince, Li Jinzhong only felt a faint pain in his brain. This is a master he has never been able to figure out: saying that he is reckless and reckless, he dares to privately summon the former master to return to Beijing behind the emperor's back, which is not insignificant; said that he was ruthless, once the Yang family lost power, he would succumb to the queen and abandon his wife decisively, and his heart could not be said to be hard; said that he was implicit and forbearing, and in the face of his siblings being killed and the dignity of the East Palace was discredited, he either hid in front of the emperor's throne, and the newlywed Yan'er did not dare to leave half a step without permission, or stubbornly resigned, which seemed to be cowardly and deceitful, but in fact he was scheming. What particularly embarrassed Li Jinzhong was that the prince was very respectful to him, and his cronies were insufficient, although he did not count himself as the queen's party, but he was also careful everywhere. This makes him feel that even if he has the heart to join hands with the prince to overcome this difficult situation in front of him, he feels quite unable to start.

Unconsciously, the arm supporting his head and neck felt sore, Li Jinzhong changed his posture, and his thoughts were pulled back to the shocking case that had just happened: he couldn't believe that there were really stupid murderers like Wang Cairen and Zhao Muyi in this world, who actually ignored the layers of protective measures in the palace, and rushed into the disaster that affected the three clans with just a bag of poison that was quietly brought into the palace. What's even worse is that what this pair of Hun people did in his eyes was not like a key queen, but more like an excellent opportunity for the queen to cut off the crown prince. Could it be that there really is some ulterior secret behind this matter? No, according to his observation, since the queen's biological son died half a year ago, the queen no longer seems to be as hostile to the prince as before. If it is said that this big case was concocted by the queen, there is indeed no basis at all. At the same time, after learning of Wang's death, the prince inexplicably asked to depose himself, which seemed too abnormal in the eyes of Li Jinzhong, and it was quite a bit pretentious that there were no silver three hundred taels here, could he really have an affair with this matter?

Li Jinzhong pondered this unavoidable case in his mind over and over again, and for a while felt that there were all kinds of possibilities, but they all seemed so plausible.

He was closing his eyes and thinking deeply, Luo San'er pushed the door and walked in, clasped his fists and replied: "Gonggong Li, there is a person outside the door who claims to be the prince's left concubine who asks to see him." ”

Li Jinzhong was already unhappy when he saw that Luo San'er didn't sign up and pushed the door, and he heard that he didn't call himself an adult and called himself Gonggong Li, so he felt even more disgusted, so he didn't say anything, only waved his hand, and motioned for Luo San'er to bring that person in.

After a while, a black-faced man walked in angrily from outside the door, wearing a crimson official robe, which made people see it at first glance, as if Zhang Fei was a groom during the Three Kingdoms. The big man entered the hall, bowed his hand at Li Jinzhong, and said in a rough voice: "Xiaguan Lin Shu has seen Lord Qincha, and there are people who have made mistakes in the East Palace, and I hope that Lord Qincha will order severe punishment." ”