Although Li Yan'er failed to give birth to a prince, it is always a good thing that she can be safe and sound. But Xue Chongxun hasn't been able to be free yet, he still has to go to Daming Palace, and when he comes back, he must at least meet Princess Taiping first.

He hadn't taken a bath for at least ten days, and he had to take a shower and change into clean clothes before entering the palace. After washing, I put on a fragrant liner and put on a purple robe, and I felt a lot more comfortable, but somehow I was even more tired and thirsty, as if I had soaked in hot water, and my body not only did not absorb water, but also became a little dehydrated. He poured two cups of tea in a row, and then put on the ornaments and asked people to prepare the horses.

Now this Li Tang's palace is as simple as following up the door in Xue Chongxun's opinion, although a eunuch reported in, but he didn't have to wait for a reply to summon him, and rode directly into the palace.

After staying in Guanbei for a while, when he first entered this originally familiar Daming Palace, he still felt a little shocked. Even from a modern point of view, the entire complex is very large. Perhaps the Hanyuan Hall standing between the clouds and the sky is not as tall as the skyscrapers with tens or hundreds of floors in modern cities, but the area is certainly not small, and the upright atmosphere of the main classical buildings looks very grand. When he came to Daming Palace, Xue Chongxun was like entering a place with a highly developed classical civilization, which was completely different from the backward and low villages he saw on the way back...... In fact, the palace is the embodiment of the power of the vast empire.

Princess Taiping still lives in the Chengxiang Palace, and Xue Chongxun went there to see her. I saw that she was dressed elegantly, probably because she was cultivating with Yuqing before, and since her terminal illness was cured by Yuqing by chance with Taoism, she believed in this very much, just like a person who had no faith suddenly saw a miracle and converted to my Buddha, and Xue Chongxun still didn't believe in the strange power god.

There were no ministers in the palace, and after Xue Chongxun briefly greeted him, he talked to Princess Taiping for a while. She didn't ask about official business, but said: "I heard that Yan'er gave birth to a county lord, did she choose a name?" ”

Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: "When Yan'er asked, I took a name called Xue Xia......"

"Born in the summer?" Princess Taiping couldn't help laughing, raised her long sleeves to cover the lower half of her face, and laughed. She didn't say that her daughter was bad or anything, because she was a princess, and said with a happy look, "Come to the palace in a few days and let me hug you." ”

At this moment, the eunuch Yu Liben walked in, walked up to the wooden platform and whispered something next to Princess Taiping, but Xue Chongxun sat far away and didn't hear clearly. After hearing this, Princess Taiping said: "The group of Turks who were caught before, I expected that the Turks would ask for those people, so I temporarily endured for the sake of the overall situation. However, two days ago, I heard the news from Zhang, and you did not agree to the Turks' request, so it was just right that I ordered the generals of Hexi Town to execute them all. ”

Princess Taiping said plainly, and Xue Chongxun felt that it was not a big deal, but after thinking about it: It was more than a thousand people, and it was probably a very bloody scene to be slaughtered together in the wilderness.

Xue Chongxun suddenly remembered something: "Last time, there were three assassins in Huaqing Palace, two died, and one mother was executed?" ”

Princess Taiping turned around and asked Yu Liben, "Are you dead?" ”

Yu Liben hurriedly bowed down and replied: "She is still in the prison of the Criminal Department, and she was tortured once during the last interrogation, she cried and shouted for people to kill her, but the slave and maid gave her a breath, when did His Highness's anger subside, when did he give her a painful ......"

Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: "Don't kill for the time being, I have read that confession, which involves the confession of official Zhou Bin." Zhou Bin is a friend of Yu Wenxiao, and he was sponsored by me to be an official, so it seems that it is because of this relationship that he has not heard of the impeachment of the imperial history. I had to ask for myself what this man had done. ”

Yu Liben said quietly: "The Wang family tragedy confessed by the assassin Baiyue, the Wang family is the in-laws of Jiang Changqing, the rebellious party, so no imperial history is willing to mention this matter. ”

Jiang Changqing ...... Oh! Xue Chongxun suddenly remembered that although he was a nobody, Xue Chongxun was almost killed by this supporter of Li Longji at that time, so Xue Chongxun still remembered his name after a few years.

But now he doesn't care much about it, time is really a very magical thing, even if it seems to be a major event related to the life of his family at the beginning, it will fade with the passage of time.

Yu Liben said something to Princess Taiping again, Xue Chongxun didn't listen to it, and the girl's eyes full of hatred and murder appeared in front of his eyes, it was hard to imagine that a little girl of twelve or thirteen would have such eyes. He was very impressed by Xue Chongxun, and now that he looks back on it, it seems to have happened yesterday, and he can remember it as soon as he closes his eyes and thinks about it, as if it were in front of him.

Driven by Xue Chongxun's curiosity, he wanted to see Baiyue again.

After a while, Princess Taiping saw that his face was tired, so she said, "You have been running on the road for many days, so you don't need to accompany me here to talk, go and rest." It's okay to rest in my palace for two days, I don't lack anything here, and I can go back if I want to. ”

Xue Chongxun said: "It's better for Erchen to go back, so I will say goodbye and go to Chengxiang Hall to greet my mother another day." "He still wants to go out of the palace to see the hundred moons, and secondly, if he wants to rest, he has to be the best in his own home, probably because he has a sense of security in his own place, and no matter how comfortable he is elsewhere, it can't be compared.

Out of the Inner Dynasty, he went straight to the Criminal Department, and wanted to find Xiao Zhizhong, the biggest head of the Criminal Department, to accompany him, but as soon as he asked Xiao Zhizhong that he was still in the political affairs hall, he asked another squire surnamed Zhao to accompany him. In this Tang Dynasty, there were no factory guards, no private prisons were set up, and prisoners were detained from local prisons to Jingshi, and could only be locked up in official prisons such as the Jingzhao Prefecture Criminal Department. That Baiyue was a criminal who assassinated the court, so naturally he would not be imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion; If he was in Jingzhaofu Prison, it would be easier for Xue Chongxun to go in, and the young Yin who was now in charge of the real power was that Zhou Bin, who belonged to the Xue Party lineage.

It's not the first time that Xue Chongxun has been imprisoned, but every time he can feel the difference between this and the outside world, fortunately, in this era, it is basically impossible for a prince and nobleman like Xue Chongxun to be locked up in this kind of place, even if the loser will be killed simply, there is no reason to be humiliated by the sword and pen.

The prisons of the Penal Department are cleaner and more comfortable than the locals, and there are even hay that is often changed for prisoners to sleep in. However, Zhao Shilang said that Baiyue was not locked up in an ordinary prison, but on death row!

Xue Chongxun held great power, but he really didn't know about that kind of place, so he casually asked, "What is the place on death row?" ”

Zhao Shilang said: "Underground, Zhao has been an official in the Criminal Department for several years, and he has never seen anyone on death row get out alive. That kind of place is not suitable for the identity of King Jin, why don't we find another place to wait, and let the jailer bring her up to meet King Jin? ”

Xue Chongxun smiled calmly: "Isn't it a dungeon, I have entered the dungeon and made a history of assassination in Shanzhou." Shanzhou is located in the borderland, the ethnic population is complex, and the state officials are very strict in order to prevent robbery and prison, so the prison is a dungeon. ”

In fact, not only Shanzhou, but also the "inner factory" of the pro-kingdom built a dungeon, which belonged to the private prison boldly set up by Xue Chongxun.

And this kind of death row of the Criminal Department is a little stronger, and the dark and brutal Cheng Dù is not as good as a private prison, after all, it is a state institution that needs to take care of its image.

The group went to death row under the leadership of Zhao Shilang, as Xue Chongxun expected, it was not necessarily how terrible the environment was, the drainage and ventilation were designed reasonably, and it looked dry and clean. It's just that it's located underground, and the light is not good, and it's surrounded by stones, so when you go in, you feel a tightness in your chest, as if you're in a tomb.

Walking down the dimly lit aisle for a while, I heard someone say, "Here we are." The jailer hurriedly stepped forward to unlock the lock.

Xue Chongxun stepped in without pressure, and then the jailer behind him came in with a chair and a wooden case, and placed the four treasures of the study in it, as if he really wanted to interrogate the prisoner.

Xue Chongxun looked left and right, and saw no one hanging on the wall or tied to a pillar, but he found something curled up in the corner, most likely the assassin.

The jailer was unceremonious to provoke such a prisoner in power, and walked up with a kick and shouted: "Get up! Someone from Asari wants to judge you! ”

The mass squirmed for a moment, neither resisting nor obeying, only to be kicked again, but she did not make a sound. At this moment, Zhao Shilang's words made her move: "You don't want the Criminal Department to interrogate you, you have to let the father-in-law of the Inner Servant Province come?" ”

She struggled silently, her face completely covered by her cloak, like a female ghost.

Xue Chongxun said: "What if you commit suicide if you are locked up like this? ”

Zhao Shilang said: "At first, it was tied, and after being tied up for a month or two, I had to be fed for food, and it was not easy to clean the cell, so Father-in-law Yu let me put it down, it seems that it is fine." ”

Xue Chongxun sat on the chair, and a scribe next to him hurriedly sat down next to the desk to set up the paper, dipped the brush in the inkstone, and picked it up, ready to record the confession. Seeing this, Xue Chongxun said: "Don't record words, I'm just asking one thing." Irrelevant people are avoided, and Zhao Shilang and others can stay. When the jailers went out, he said to Zhao Shilang again: "There is no need to say things to outsiders here. ”

"Yes, King Jin, please rest assured, what comes out of the mouth of a death row prisoner is not something that ordinary people can have the right to know."

"Good." Xue Chongxun nodded, and said to Baiyue again, "Raise your head." ”

She looked up as she said, but the messy hair on her face reminded her of the midnight bell. Xue Chongxun was stunned, and when he looked down and saw her wearing shackles and shackles, he stepped forward and reached out to brush her hair away. It was probably because Xue Chongxun's movements were too light, Zhao Shilang and the others were a little surprised, and they suddenly looked at each other and didn't know what they were thinking.

finally saw her eyes, but Xue Chongxun felt a little disappointed, because the eyes he saw now were different from those he saw in the fight that night, and now there were only dead ashes in these eyes. G