From the Zichen Hall to the east, through the Xuanyou Gate, in the Zuo Chengtian Gate, it is directly subordinate to the spy agency of the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty - the Imperial City Division.

It was nearly noon, in the inner courtyard of the Imperial City Division.

The people in the house, Su Song, Empress Meng, Yao Huan, Shao Qing, Zeng Bu...... When they stated one by one, the eyes of Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven, were always on the red plum blossom branch outside the window.

The first thing Zhao Xu felt was his disappointment with Su Song.

He Zhao Xu, when the emperor's grandmother Empress Dowager Xuanren hung the curtain, the only person he trusted in the Manchu Dynasty was Su Song.

After finally becoming pro-government, Zhang Dan, Zhang Shangying and other reformers violently attacked Lu Dafang and Su Zhe, the courtiers of Yuanyou, and they would go far away from Lingnan and then quickly. This situation is about to affect Su Songshi, who is also the prime minister of the Yuanyou period, and it was he Zhao Xu who said "Praise the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and do not talk lightly about this old man", and gave the old minister a decisive protection.

In the last year, Kaifeng City was unprecedentedly submerged in the autumn flood, and what he Zhao Xu thought of in his hesitation was also to meet Su Song in Si Tianjian and treat him as his own family, talking about his own suffering.

This time, however......

"Duke Su," Zhao Xu pulled his gaze back from the window, trying his best to maintain his solemnity and calm as the Son of Heaven, "Since you heard that the Yao family called the police in Layue, why didn't you come to tell me about it at that time?" ”

After all, Su Song is old, after being saved last night, for most of the day, how can his physical strength recover as quickly as Yao Huan, and before he speaks, he still has to stop several times and take a few breaths before he can continue.

But the sharpness of his thoughts has not been damaged, he has been with you for many years, and of course Su Song understands the meaning of Zhao Xu's question.

"Official, this time it is a minister who is deeply responsible. The minister thought that Lu Wuniang was not planning this matter alone, so it was the minister who suggested that the queen, while strictly protecting the safety of the little princess, should first secretly visit the murderers behind the scenes, so as not to startle the snake......"

Zhao Xu glanced at Meng.

Meng Shi's face was pale, just like she had always been.

This is the wife that his grandmother chose for him, a woman who often does not see life. Is she still the granddaughter of the old general Meng Yuan? How can it be like a pool of stagnant water at any time, not to mention graceful and charming, and even the sassy and heroic posture of the martial artist does not score a few points.

When she first entered the palace, she was drowned in a group of young and lively girls, but her aunt and cousin Lu Wuniang beside her were as delicate as the dewdrops on the leaves in the morning, which was a little similar to Liu Jieyu.

But under the stagnant water of the Meng family, it turned out that there was also an undercurrent.

It turned out that the Meng family was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Su Song was asked to take care of it outside the palace, and the Miao family was installed in the palace as eyes and ears.

How? Are you worried that Meng is wronged?

Zhao Xu stared at Su Song: "Duke Su, you have an old friendship with General Meng, I know." I thought that my queen was not only favored by the Empress Dowager Xuanren, but also the younger generation taken care of by Duke Su, so I felt close and relieved. But after this case, I woke up, in fact, Duke Su and the queen were not at ease with me. ”

Zhao Xu turned to Empress Meng, his speed of speech was still not agitated, and his tone was clear and cold: "Does the queen think that if she had listened to me at the beginning, I would have called that Lu Wuniang to interrogate a few words without pain, and even did not interrogate you, just like when you were jealous with Liu Guifei, reprimanding you for being suspicious and secretly ghostly, and even the people who can't beat Yao's eight poles will believe it?" ”

Meng's heart was as cold as ice.

The husband of the Son of Heaven gave her the words "jealous" without hesitation in front of foreign courtiers, which can actually explain why she is more and more afraid to say things to him.

He always commented on her coldly and harshly, like a damp silk towel covering her face, making it difficult for her to breathe, how could she be full of vitality?

On the day of Laba Festival, in Yao Huan's shop, when it came to national taxes and national interests, she dared to follow her husband's preferences and say a few words happily but cautiously.

This is the husband with whom she had children.

He wouldn't realize how obviously he had been angry with the Empress Dowager of the Middle Palace for a few years because of the Empress Dowager Xuanren.

He also didn't realize that because the Empress Dowager Xuanren treated his biological mother Concubine Zhu harshly, Concubine Zhu also held a grudge against the queen chosen by the Empress Dowager Xuanren, and united with Concubine Liu Guifei behind her back, creating a discordant atmosphere in the harem.

At the same time, did he really forget, or pretended not to remember, Lu Wuniang had touched him at the beginning. When the Empress Dowager Xuanren rewarded Lu Wuniang with gold silk and gave it to the children of the Gao family, he lost his temper in the Funing Palace, and he really thought that the people did not know and did not spread it?

However, at this moment, the truth is on Zhao Xu's side.

"I am the father of Princess Fuqing, Fuqing is my heart, and you, in order to secretly visit the person who covets the throne, will hide from me that Princess Fuqing may be in danger."

"I have an elite henchman like the Imperial City Division, and my ability to investigate cases is not better than that of you who are the ministers of Zhishi and the women of the deep palace? That little Miao Taiyi, you are a comrade, what is the result? ”

"Su Gong, if you investigate secretly, if you don't find anything, you will be killed, and as soon as the clues are broken, the queen has no evidence, but is passive. And I checked, do they still dare to destroy my mouth? ”

"I'm even wondering if your original idea was to take the opportunity to weave, just like the prime minister Cai Qu, who borrowed the car cover to degrade me with the help of Yuan You's courtiers, and transformed the clues you got and splashed them on the heads of Liu Guifei and Zhang Dan!"

"Your Majesty!"

Su Song, who was overwhelmed by Zhao Xu's interrogation and reprimand, heard this and had to stand up for the queen.

He threw himself on the blue brick floor from the chair and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty's first reprimand, the old minister accepted it from the bottom of his heart, the old minister knows people and judges, and there are many loopholes, and the last thing that should be done is to ask her not to report this matter to Your Majesty for the time being when the queen was panicking." But the old minister has always hated the party strife the most, and he never had the slightest idea of ignoring the truth and designing to slander the concubine and the foreign minister! ”

Yao Huan, who was standing under the hall, saw that Su Song was a generation of famous ministers and old men, anxious and regretful, and he couldn't bear to look at it directly, so he turned his head away.

However, she thought about it carefully, whether Su Song and the queen temporarily concealed it because they wanted to dig out the mastermind behind the scenes, or Zhao Xu's angry reprimand that they didn't care about the safety of the little princess and didn't take him as a son of heaven in their eyes, both sides actually made sense.

When the inner court and the outer court, when various forces are intricately intertwined, no snowflake can be clear and clear, and the years are quiet.

In the face of unexpected situations, it is difficult to say which plan will be foolproof.

Mo said that he didn't know who those eyes in the shadows were, even the members of the same action group, and there was really no way to open people's hearts to see if he was still loyal or had betrayed.

In the final analysis, the villain decided to make waves because they believed that Zhao Xu's grudge against Xuanren and his alienation from the queen could be exploited.

A person in power who acts unjustly and shows obsession will bring about such a situation, and it has been like this for eternity.

At this moment, Zhao Xu's confidant and chamberlain, Liang Congzheng, came in with people from the Imperial City Division.

The people in Futian Courtyard said that after Lu Wuniang went out to buy early yesterday morning, she did not return to the courtyard. The body of Miao Lingsu of the Hanlin Medical Bureau was found by the Molong River outside the Nanxun Gate. ”

Zhao Xutie's face turned blue and said, "Then Lu Wuniang must have also been killed, and then go to find the corpse." ”

The people of the Imperial City Division took the order and left.

After a while, the young son of heaven sighed heavily, and said to Su Song and Empress Meng: "I am not deaf yet, since this matter has become so big, of course I can't punish you, not only will I not punish you, but I will also sing the list outside the court and Donghua Gate, and tell the officials, Duke Su and the righteous people in the city, regardless of the safety of their lives, fight traitors, and protect the princess of the country." In this way, at least for a while in the future, no one will make a fuss about Fuqing's safety. Zixuanqing's family, what do you think? ”

Zixuan is Zeng Bu's word.

Zeng Bu Fangcai, after listening to the others, guessed that Zhao Xu would be angry, but he would be rewarded in the end.

He immediately said a few words that were not painful, and seconded the wisdom of the Holy Judge.

Zhao Xu said: "Not in his position, not in his politics, the Yao family is just a common person, and it is very rare to be able to boldly make a complaint." By the way, Zixuan, I remember that Wang Pingfu (Wang Anshi's younger brother) married your third sister, their second son, that is, your nephew, is now working in Jingshi Goods, right? ”