Lord Dali Siqing really didn't understand what Emperor Yongping meant by asking this sentence, he felt that his brain was not enough today.

Obviously, His Majesty just said that it was the King of Jin who cut the assassin's arm, and he came to ask him in the blink of an eye, but in front of everyone's eyes, so many people saw that His Royal Highness the King of Jin personally cut it off, so he couldn't open his eyes and say nonsense.

Moreover, His Royal Highness the King of Jin originally intended to prevent the assassin from committing suicide, but the difficulty was that the knife he used was poisonous?

Jingguo Gong glanced at Dali Siqing and said, "Although the knife is not the King of Jin himself, but he is entourage, and the King of Jin and the King of Su are Weng's sons-in-law, please forgive the minister for being narrow-minded, the minister has to wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Jin is killing people and destroying ......his mouth."

Emperor Yongping got up a little irritably, and said to the ministers in front of him, "It's all gone, I know everything." ”

When the Duke of Yasukuni stepped forward, he wanted to say more, but he was driven away by Emperor Yongping. "I see, you guys should retreat first."

Dali Siqing and the others retreated one after another, and the Duke of Jingguo walked to the door, looked back at Emperor Yongping, thoughtful.

When the prince came in, Emperor Yongping was the only one sitting in front of the imperial case in the imperial study, looking at the empty hall, the prince suddenly exhaled faintly.

He has been named the crown prince since he was a child, although he has not yet passed the age of establishment, but he already feels that the crown prince has been sitting for too long, so long that he is already a little tired.

If he could, he would really want to get rid of the name, it would be a very happy thing.

However, every time he thought of the people who followed him, he couldn't let go.

When Father-in-law Yu saw him come in, he bowed forward to say goodbye, the prince waved his hand, walked to the imperial case, picked up the bowl of medicine that was about to cool by the imperial case, and said softly,

"Father, let's take this medicine quickly, when it gets cold, it won't be easy to eat."

Emperor Yongping raised his eyes to look at him and said, "Let it go, this medicine is upset, and I have been taking it for more than ten or twenty years." ”

The prince put down the medicine bowl and said, "The good medicine is bitter, and my father has not relapsed for so many years, which means that this medicine is useful." ”

Emperor Yongping picked up the pill, drank it all, wiped his mouth with the towel handed over by his father-in-law, threw it on the table, looked at him and said, "What is the matter with you coming over?" ”

Without waiting for the prince to reply, he said, "The interrogation of Dali Temple came out, and it was said that the assassination on the old fourth mansion was done by the remnants of King Su, what do you think?" ”

The prince said, "Dali Temple has a lot of interrogation experience, and since they interrogated this matter and found out that it was related to the remnants of King Su, they just thought about it, and the sons didn't think about it." ”

Emperor Yongping was stunned, and his eyes were staring at the crown prince tightly.

"You really don't have anything else to think of?"

The prince thought for a while, took a few steps back, and when he arrived at the Danqi, he knelt down towards Emperor Yongping, who was sitting in front of the imperial case, and kowtowed,

"Father, the son really has no other ideas, the only thing that needs to be stated in front of the father is that when Lin Shi'an's identity was discovered that day, the father and the emperor openly sent a match, and secretly asked him to fish for the rest of King Xiansu, and those remnants did appear, and they were also persuaded by Lin Shi'an to surrender.

These, the father should know better than the sons, haven't those who surrendered have been broken up by the father and incorporated into the command of General Zhenbei?

Nowadays, there are still people under the banner of King Xiansu, they are people and ghosts, and only the people behind them know. ”

Emperor Yongping was silent for a moment, and then suddenly sighed.

"Forget it, the traitor has secret intentions, it can be said that it is impossible to prevent it, I know, you should retreat first."

The prince thanked him and got up slowly.

Emperor Yongping looked a little tired, got up from his chair, looked at the prince, seemed to stop talking, and then waved his hand to let the prince retreat.

He watched the figure of the crown prince disappear outside the door, got up and said to the fair, "Go to Chaohui Palace." ”

Father-in-law Yu was stunned for a moment, the emperor had never taken the initiative to go to any lady in the day for so many years, but he immediately came back to his senses and wanted the little eunuch to go to Cheng Guifei in Chaohui Palace to pass the word and let Cheng Guifei take over.

Emperor Yongping called the little eunuch and told him not to pass the word, and quietly went to Chaohui Palace.

In the Chaohui Palace, Cheng Guifei was preparing to send something to the third princess in Huangjue Temple with her personal female officer, when she heard the voice of the palace people waiting outside to welcome the holy driver.

She stood up happily and greeted her, for more than ten years, although the emperor has been very kind to her, but has never come to Chaohui Palace at this point, this is also the first time that Emperor Yongping came to her after the third princess went to the temple.

With a surprised smile on her face, she wanted to give Emperor Yongping a salute, but was held by Emperor Yongping, "Why didn't Your Majesty let people say anything before you came, the concubines are messy here." ”

Although he frowned, his eyes were full of smiles.

Emperor Yongping took her hand, sat her down, and said, "I told people not to pass it on, those ministers have a headache when they talk about things, what is Concubine Ai doing?" ”

Cheng Guifei thought of the things that had been sorted out, half-lowered her eyelids, and said in a low voice, "Xin'er is alone in the temple, and the concubine has prepared these, and wants people to send them to Xin'er ......."

She knew that the emperor was looking at her, so she said in a panic, "The concubine knows that Xin'er has done something wrong and should be punished, so she doesn't ask the emperor for mercy and lets her come back, she just wants her to live a little better." ”

"She has never ......suffered since she was a child," she said, her eyes slightly red and with crystal tears.

Emperor Yongping let out an 'um' sound.

He just looked straight at Cheng Guifei, until Cheng Guifei felt that something was wrong, his eyelashes trembled slightly, he raised his eyes to look at him, and asked timidly, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" ”

Emperor Yongping smiled and said, "There is an assassin in the Old Fourth Mansion, you should know about the concubine, right?" ”

Cheng Guifei's eyes turned red again, and tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, "The concubine knows, fortunately, no one was injured, and those assassins were also ambushed, Your Majesty, you must severely punish those assassins." ”

"I will not spare the Assassins and those behind them." Emperor Yongping said, "Earlier, in the imperial study, Dali Temple reported to me, saying that the origin of those assassins was revealed, Aifei, do you want to hear where the assassins came from?" ”

Concubine Cheng wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said in a low voice, "Concubine...... I don't know much about this, Your Majesty is wise, and will definitely give those assassins the punishment they deserve. ”

Emperor Yongping smiled slightly, "It's okay if you don't understand, you just listen to me." ”

"Those assassins, leaving two alive, one was cut on the arm by Xiao Jiu, and now he is unconscious, it is said that it is because Xiao Jiu's machete is smeared with poison."

"In addition, there is another one who was shocked by Xiao Jiu's actions, so he was removed from his jaw, and he failed to commit suicide, it was he who confessed, saying that he was instructed by someone to know that the lotus pond in the old fourth mansion was quoted from the living water outside, and sneaked into the old fourth mansion from that entrance."

"On that day, there was a big banquet in the old four's mansion, and they were unprepared, and they could not only hurt the fourth child, Xiao Jiu, but also other ministers."

"What made the minister most angry was that the man also confessed that this premeditated assassination, the real spearhead was aimed at King Su, who had just recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors.

"And on the contrary, it is Xiao Jiu who cut off his arm at this moment, King Su's son-in-law, Concubine Ai, tell me, once this matter is done, who is the one who benefits?"

Cheng Guifei's reddened eyes and crystal tears became more and more, and she looked at Emperor Yongping with a gloomy expression on the other side in horror, "Your Majesty...... Are you a concubine? Or is it the fourth? ”

Emperor Yongping looked at Cheng Guifei coldly, as if the pleasant face just now was an illusion, he said coldly, "You should know that Xiao Jiu firmly supports the crown prince, and once it is determined that it is King Su and Xiao Jiu hurts the assassin again, it is to cover up for his father-in-law." ”

"Regardless of whether the king of Su pleads guilty or not, he can turn to the crown prince. Although I don't like the prince's weak body, what kind of person is it that is so intent on putting the prince to death? ”

"Okay, it's a good idea, kill two birds with one stone, first get the prince's arm, and then make the prince unspeakable."

Cheng Guifei hurriedly knelt at the feet of Emperor Yongping, raised her well-maintained face, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty listened to the words of which villain, so that you suspect the concubine and the little four?" The concubines were wronged, and the little four were wronged. If Xiao Si really did it, how could he lead people to his house? The sword has no eyes, who knows if it will hurt itself? ”

Cheng Guifei's shoulders trembled slightly, whimpered, took two steps forward, grabbed his knees, and said with tears,

"Your Majesty, the concubine entered the palace at the age of seventeen, so many years have passed, serving you wholeheartedly, the queen, the queen mother, and now there are two two and one daughters, although they have such and such small mistakes, but the concubine, every time I think of Your Majesty's love for me over the years, I can only be grateful."

"Why did she suddenly become a wicked woman in the eyes of Your Majesty today, and the child who has always been favored has become a wicked person in the eyes of Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty is bent on believing that it is related to our mother, what face does the concubine have to live here? It's better for me to be with Xin'er, if this is not enough, the concubine is willing to prove her innocence by death. ”

After speaking, she got up and ran towards a pillar in the hall, and when she was about to hit the pillar, Emperor Yongping had already stopped her waist and hugged her, and Cheng Guifei's tears kept flowing down, struggling.

The people serving in the palace had already been taken out by Father-in-law Yu, and Emperor Yongping looked at Cheng Guifei, who was standing by the pillar at the moment, and saw that her hair was slightly messy, with a pale face, and tears on her face were still there, and she was looking at herself sadly at the moment.

Emperor Yongping's mood at the moment is also a little complicated.

In fact, when the Dali Siqing reported that the assassins called the name of King Su, and then even the Duke of Yasukuni said that it was the work of the Emperor of Xiansu, he immediately denied this possibility.

If this was really the work of King Su's loyal subordinates, then when they were caught, the only thing they had to do was to protect their master's reputation and the remnants of the force.

would never expose his identity in such a high-profile manner, allowing him to vent his anger on Gu Shi'an, and even Xiao Jiu and the prince.

No one knew that King Su's power back then was actually in his own hands.

Then, there is only one possibility left in this matter, that is, the person behind this assassination, the purpose is to eradicate the arms of the prince, Xiao Jiu and Gu Shi'an.

Originally, the prince was injured and injured, but it was related to Xiao Jiu, so he had to be cautious and cautious.

The fourth prince has always wanted to sit in the position of the crown prince, for many years, he is a virtuous king on the surface, and he knows exactly what he has done secretly, but this time the incident was unexpected by him, and it seemed to be in his expectation.

He couldn't tolerate others touching his bottom line again and again, so he questioned Cheng Guifei, and he also intended to beat the four princes.

*

Xiao Yue and Gu Nian were there, Xiao Yue went back to the house to simulate the scene that Gu Nian said, and the spearhead was indeed pointed at the maid next to the four princes, Rong Yue.

Originally, he was not surprised when he heard Gu Nian say that what happened in the Four Princes' Mansion was not simple, but asked Gu Nian, "You can also see it." ”

When Gu Nian heard him say this, Xiao Yue also saw the clue, so he said, "I don't think those things were done by the Four Princes, but those things are also the affairs of the Four Princes' Mansion, and they have nothing to do with us." ”

"However, we will stay away from it in the future, this time, these people who are acting are not tired, we are tired of watching."

The carriage stopped at the second gate, Xiao Yue got out of the carriage first, and then helped her get out of the carriage, while sneering, "That maid of his looks smart, and he will be able to treat the fourth child as a fool in the future." ”

Gu Nian raised his eyebrows, "The four princes know that it wasn't the four princesses who did this, but it's really ...... However, in the end, the wicked have evil retribution, and they lost two children. ”

Xiao Yue walked with her and said, "The fourth is a person who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, he won't do things that he is not sure of, the fourth daughter-in-law's family is not a high-ranking family, and the fourth daughter-in-law was married only because the fourth daughter-in-law was born with auspiciousness, and Zhang Tianshi's words to the fourth daughter-in-law are quite good." ”

"The fourth daughter-in-law's mother's house, the Xu family saw that the fourth child was locked up some time ago, so they took the fifth child, but I didn't expect the fifth child to be locked up, hehe, I think their family is not auspicious, it's bad luck."

Gu Nian couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "Is the fourth prince going to get rid of the Xu family?" But since he wants to do great things, he can't help but help, isn't this cutting off his own way? ”

Just now, the fifth prince was reprimanded by the emperor for being ruthless and unjust, and in the blink of an eye, the fourth prince was going to do something to his daughter-in-law?

Xiao Yue smiled slightly, reached out and touched Gu Nian's head with a bead hairpin twice, his expression was a little mysterious, but he didn't say any more.

It's just that when I turned my head, my eyes were dark.

The young girl who just died looked really crooked, probably Gu Nian hadn't noticed it yet, that face was a bit similar to Nian Nian, including, the little girl who reported the news.

Probably after it grows, it will be very similar to Niannianhui......

Gu Nian pushed away his strange hand on top of his head and glared at him, only to see Xiao Yue turn his head and peck her lips with his head down.

Gu Nian covered his lips and looked around, the people who were waiting for him had already disappeared......

Xiao Yue chuckled and said, "Those subordinates are very discerning, wait for them to give them an extra month's reward." ”

Gu Nian couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and bite his lip, looking at him angrily, originally the two of them were talking about the affairs of the Four Princes' Mansion seriously, but this person could think crookedly in a blink of an eye.

*

In the Four Princes' Mansion, the Four Princesses were lying on the bed, leaning on the big pillow behind them, their faces were like Sihui, and there was a pool of blood under Shen, which looked extremely scary.

Although the four princes want to put the four princesses under house arrest and only occupy a title, in the end, what they regret the most is the child, and the concubine is not as good as the concubine.

He looked at the fourth princess's dead face, his heart was blocked, he took her hand, and said softly, "Don't be sad, we will have children in the future." ”

"If you can conceive once, you can have a second time."

Originally, the grandmother next to her was going to be dragged out for sale, but when such a thing happened, the four princes had no intention of punishing, so she was still waiting by the side of the four princesses.

I only heard the grandmother persuade, "Princess, let's change our clothes first, the prince is right, if you can conceive once, you can conceive a second time." No matter how well we take care of our bodies, maybe the next one will be fate. “

The fourth princess stiffened her face, turned her head to look at the four princes beside the bed mechanically, and said, "The prince can't go to me a few times a month, who would have thought ......?"

She felt that her tears had dried up in that lonely night, and she couldn't shed them at the moment.

At this time, Rong Yue came in with a medicine bowl and whispered, "Princess, this is the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor, he is a good hand at seeing gynecology, you drink it first, take care of your body, and you will always have a chance in the future." ”

Although Rong Yue was sent by the four princes to serve the four princesses, because the four princesses didn't like her and didn't let her get close, she mostly took her by the side of the four princes.

At this moment, she stood respectfully beside the bed with the medicine in her hand.

As soon as the fourth princess saw her, she hated to eat her, she grabbed a pillow at hand, threw it at Rong Yue, and scolded angrily,

"It's all you, it's all you, if it weren't for you, how could the prince suspect that I hurt Qing'er? How can you punish me, how can I ......"

The more she thought about it, the more sad she became, regardless of howling and crying, just a pillow, naturally it didn't hurt Rong Yue, but Rong Yue was holding a medicine bowl in her hand, and the medicine juice was smashed by the pillow and splashed on Rong Yue's body.

She remained motionless, her hand tightly holding the medicine bowl that no longer had a drop of medicinal juice, and her eyes were lowered to cover the sarcasm in her eyes.

The fourth prince originally felt a little pity for the fourth princess who lost her child, but it was obvious that she was so unreasonable, so she got up, "You take care of your injuries, and you are not allowed to go out of the courtyard without my order." ”

After speaking, he looked at the grandmother, "Look after your master, what do you want to do again, don't blame this king for being unkind." ”

After that, he walked away.

Rong Yue cautiously followed the four princes out, and when they arrived at the door, the four princes turned to Rong Yue and said, "I have wronged you, you go and change the clothes on your body, this king doesn't need you to wait here, you can also go and take a good rest." ”

Rong Yue blessed her body, watched the four princes go out of the door of the main courtyard, and then turned around and looked at the main house, and the sneer on the corner of her mouth was not even hidden.

She wiped the medicine on her body, went to her room with her waist bent, changed her clothes, and went out of the house, looking around the door left and right, and out of the main courtyard.

She went all the way to the back garden of the Four Princes' Mansion, when the Four Princes' Mansion was established, it was the time when the Four Princes were the most favored, covering a very wide area, not only rockery, but also a real hill and a large forest in the back garden.

There is a small courtyard on the edge of the forest, originally built this courtyard, in order to enjoy the coolness, but, because there is a better place to enjoy the cool in the house, and this side is too remote, there are mosquitoes in the forest, gradually, the four princes do not love here very much, slowly, this courtyard is deserted, usually, even the next person is rare to come here.

When Rong Yue arrived, there was already a little girl standing in the courtyard, it was the little girl who was waiting for the young girl.

Rong Yue looked at the little girl unhappily, "At this time, what do you have to meet?" The play hasn't ended yet, in case it is discovered, but there is no good fruit for you and me to eat. ”

The little girl said with a smile, "Sister, don't worry, I'm not afraid that you will forget what you promised me, so I came to ask?" ”

Rong Yue walked casually in the yard, as if to avoid her ears and eyes, walked to the edge of a dry well in the yard, and said, "When did you not do what you promised?" ”

"Now that the princess has just lost a baby, whether it is the prince or the princess, both of them are in a bad mood, and I can't stay for a long time, I have to go back quickly."

When the little girl heard this, she hurriedly walked to Rong Yue's side and said, "Sister won't lie to me, you said that you would harm the young girl with me and blame the princess." ”

"Originally, I was just a little girl, where could I do such a big thing, but my sister said that she could help me arrange for me to serve by the prince's side, so I had the courage to take advantage of this time when there were assassins in the palace and no one was paying attention."

"My sister is perfunctory to me like this, is it to cross the river and tear down the bridge?"

When Rong Yue heard this, her face sank, but she didn't have a seizure, but instead laughed and said, "How come, am I that kind of person?" It's just that you know, although I am always in charge of the affairs around the prince, but in the end, the prince is the prince, and he won't listen to me, so you have to give me some time to plan. ”

The little girl sneered again and again, "When my sister asked me for help that day, what she said was very good, glory and wealth, fine clothes and fine food, being a master, what's the matter?" Now that it's done, my sister wants to regret it? ”

Rong Yue said anxiously, "Good sister, how can it be, it's not that my sister doesn't help you, it's that things are being done a lot these days, and the prince is not in a good mood, even if I arrange you to go over and let you bear the wrath of the prince?"

"I want you to inherit the favor of the prince, but not the anger, what do you say? It's better for us to wait for things to settle down and then let you pass, with your face, you will definitely be able to enter the eyes of the prince at once. ”

The little girl's face softened, and she said, "I'm soft-hearted and ignorant, so I'll listen to my sister again, but, sister, don't push like this next time, I'm holding my sister's things in my hand." ”

Rong Yue's fingernails shrunk in her sleeves were about to be broken, her eyes were murderous, she lowered her eyelids, and then raised her eyes, it was a smiling look again, she walked to the little girl's side without moving, took a step back slightly, and said,

"Don't worry, your face is a guarantee, maybe, in the future, it can be done without me."

Her voice was gentle and gentle, with a smile on her face, as if she was the kind and gentle person beside the prince in the eyes of her subordinates.

Seeing her like this, the little girl also relaxed, and said, "Thank you sister first, in the future, I will definitely listen to my sister well." ”

I only heard Rong Yue say indifferently, "You don't have to listen to me, you still have to listen...... she paused, "Listen to the king of Hades." ”

The little girl was startled and wanted to turn back, but she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders and was lifted heavily, and then she struggled and fell into the well......

Rong Yue stood by the well for a while, then wiped her hands with a handkerchief, threw the handkerchief into the well, sneered, and turned around and walked out of the deserted courtyard.

*

In the assassination of the Four Princes' Mansion, Dali Temple did not stop tracking down because one of the assassins committed suicide, and everyone stopped their eyes on the unconscious assassin.

In the court, I don't know when, there were people who kept breaking the rules, asking the emperor to severely punish Xiao Yue and Gu Shi'an.