The next day, before dawn, an astonishing news spread in various neighborhoods in Chang'an City: "Shang Father" and Zhongshu Ling, Li Jinzhong, the Duke of Jin, had been beheaded by the Uighur thief Bo Hu last night and killed in the study of the Duke of Jin.

Early in the morning, he received the funeral report from the Jin State Mansion, and although Shang Jing, the regular servant on duty in the Provincial Government Office, had secretly guessed a few points in his heart, he still did not dare to delay for a moment, and he hurried to the Yaohua Palace to pay tribute to the emperor.

Wang Bao'er, who was guarding the gate of Yaohua Palace, saw his godfather coming from a distance, and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on his face, bowed down and saluted: "Congratulations to Godfather, congratulations to Godfather, in two days, Godfather will be promoted to provincial supervisor." ”

Shang Jing cried and mourned, ignoring Wang Bao'er's deliberate compliment, and anxiously asked him, "Is the emperor awake?" ”

Wang Bao'er took advantage of the emperor's conversation with Wanrong in the main hall last night, and Shan'er who was waiting outside the door to play funny, was chatting lively, but was in a hurry to return to the cherry blossom look, split his head and cover his face and scolded, held his breath in the middle of the night and couldn't get out, at this time saw the godfather ask about the emperor, so he complained angrily: "On weekdays, I look at a very gentle and graceful person, but I just went to bed, and I became foxy, the emperor talked to the mother last night and said to the second watch, and was entangled by this fox, I'm afraid that I am still asleep now." ”

Shang Jing didn't know who this charming person Wang Bao'er kept talking about, and he only cared about verifying his conjecture, and asked, "The emperor was in this palace all the time last night?" Have you seen anyone? ”

Wang Bao'er listened to Shang Jing's question, and then noticed that his godfather's face was not good, and he replied seriously: "The saint came to Yaohua Palace yesterday before the scheduled shift, and until now, he has never left the palace gate, and his son has not left half a step during this period, and I haven't seen anyone enter the palace to see the emperor." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he exaggerated again, as if he remembered something, and pretended to say to Shang Jing mysteriously: "Not long after Ying'er returned to the palace, General Wu passed by the palace gate at night, and asked his son to reply a word to the saint on his behalf."

Shang Jing heard that Wu Bi had come at night, and his eyes immediately lit up, but he didn't ask again, and only motioned to Wang Bao'er with his eyes to continue.

"You also know that General Wu has been by the saint's side all day long, and these days, my son is quite familiar with him." Wang Bao'er was interested when she saw Shang Jing, so she deliberately explained the situation of seeing Wu Bi last night in as much detail as possible to satisfy her godfather's curiosity, "Therefore, as soon as I saw him last night, my son asked him unknowingly: 'Why did the general patrol the night in a cloth suit today?'" ’”

"You mean General Wu was wearing a cloth robe last night in the palace for a night patrol?" Shang Jing became more and more curious.

"yes." Wang Bao'er saw that his words really attracted the attention of his godfather, and nodded proudly, "General Wu did not directly answer his son's inquiry at that time, but only pointed forward with his hand in the direction of the Treasure Elephant Palace, and said to his son: 'During the day, the old man left a piece of jade pendant outside the Treasure Elephant Palace, so go and look for it. As he spoke, he walked forward, and when he walked more than a dozen steps in front of the palace gate, he stopped again, turned back to his son and asked, "The emperor is in the palace of Concubine Li?" Hearing his son's answer, he said casually: "Please invite the little father-in-law to enter the palace and play a recital to the emperor, saying that Wu Bi's mission has been completed, and it is getting late, so the old man will no longer bother the emperor and his mother." Then he left without looking back. Looking back now, he spent less than a bowl of tea in front of the palace gate."

From Wang Bao'er's vivid description, Shang Jing has his own rough judgment on the cause of Li Jinzhong's death: when the emperor lived in the East Palace as the crown prince, he was the eunuch in charge of the inner fang, but most of the secret envoys were entrusted to him by the emperor, and although the eyeliner in his hands was far less than the Furong in front of Empress Zhang, there were as many as hundreds of people. Later, he was punished as the emperor's scapegoat and left the emperor's side, and now, Wu Bi, as the emperor's maternal uncle, is naturally the best candidate to replace him. Most of the messengers in Wu Bi's mouth have a great connection with Li Jinzhong's death.

When Li Jinzhong was ordered to preside over the inspection of the East Palace two years ago, he personally tortured and interrogated Shang Jing, and Shang Jing felt a little gloating in his heart about his death. But at the same time, he also did not worry about thinking that he was about to be reused by the emperor and take over the Inner Minister's Province, and before him, the two Inner Servant Provincial Supervisors: Li Jinzhong and Xie Liangchen did not die well in the end, and he couldn't help but have a kind of panic that the rabbit died and the fox died.

After thinking about it again and again, Shang Jing still decided to invite Wang Bao'er into the palace to wake up the emperor, after all, Li Jinzhong was still the "Shang Father" in the emperor's mouth on the surface, and if he delayed his death, he could not afford to bear the guilt of the internal servant on duty.

The emperor was lying on the bed of Ying'er in the side hall of Yaohua Palace, opened his ignorant sleepy eyes, and scolded Wang Bao'er, who had the courage to report Li Jinzhong's death: "You slave, you came early in the morning to disturb my good dreams, and you are already dead, I knew it yesterday, so I need you to play it again?" ”

Wang Bao'er was helpless, so he had to correct himself: "Master, wake up, it was the Jin State Mansion that sent someone to report early in the morning, and Master Li Jinzhong, the 'Shang Father', passed away last night."

"What did you say?!"

The emperor sat up on the bed with a thud, and Sakura, who was standing on the side of the bed, let out a scream.

"Quick, quick, change my clothes, I want to visit the Jin State Mansion in person."

The emperor commanded at Sakura in a matter-of-fact manner.

"Lord Shang Jingshang is waiting outside the palace gate now, the news of Lord Li's death was the one he asked the little one to come back to the master, do you see if you pass him in first, ask the reason for the matter and then make a difference."

From yesterday's order to canonize Li Jinzhong as king, to this morning, Shang Jing repeatedly asked himself about the emperor's whereabouts last night, and Wang Bao'er also vaguely guessed that Li Jinzhong's death was no accident, so he persuaded the emperor with fear.

"Well, although your kid hasn't been with me for a long time, his growth is not small." Under persuasion, the emperor actually praised himself, which made Wang Bao'er a little flattered.

"Niang Niang has a body now, you see?" Wang Bao'er looked at Sakura who was standing on the side, and continued to show his thoughtful strengths in front of the emperor.

"Hmm, then tell Shang Jing to go to Zichen Hall and wait first. In addition, you immediately sent an order and asked Qi'er, Jinggong and Wu Bi to rush to Zichen Hall immediately to wait for the ride. The emperor seemed to be very satisfied with Wang Bao'er's two persuasions, and nodded frequently.

After Wang Bao'er retreated, the emperor looked at Sakura, who was standing on the side, trembling all over his body, and said softly: "What's the matter, I'm afraid?" Everything is here, what are you afraid of, serve my mother well, I will come to see you when I have time. ”

Sakura looked frightened, stepped forward and pulled the emperor's sleeve, and asked timidly: "Lord Li, a good person, how could it be that he disappeared overnight?" Your Majesty, the maidservant is so scared. ”

The emperor took one of Ying'er's slender hands, held it in his palm and kept touching it, and persuaded with a smile: "I know that you are a cautious person, and you are willing to stay by the side of the old master. Don't worry, the affairs outside the palace have nothing to do with you, and you can't be so panicked, but with me, I can't treat you badly. ”

Sakura shyly withdrew her hand, and while waiting for the emperor to change his clothes, she also persuaded: "The servant girl has to meet the emperor, which is the blessing of the third generation, where dare you expect the emperor to always think about the servant." I'm just worried that the emperor is too sad because of Lord Li's sudden death, how can he be good if he hurts the dragon body? ”

"I already know your loyalty, it's still early now, I'm afraid that I haven't gotten up yet, you accompanied me last night, slept late, I'm gone, you can still be crooked for a while. Do you remember to me, at a young age, you are not allowed to think crankily in your mind in the future, and you are troubled in vain, write it down? ”

The emperor changed into his regular clothes, and walked to the outside of the hall while telling Sakura earnestly.

"The maidservant remembers the emperor's teachings. Congratulations to the Emperor. ”

Sakura stared at the emperor's distant back, an unpredictable smile on her face. (To be continued.) )