Li Neiguan quickly presented the results of the investigation:

"Back to Your Majesty, the prince said that he had received a letter from Concubine Rou, and asked him to talk about Jing Xiaxuan, so he went to the appointment, but when the servant asked where the letter was, His Royal Highness said that it was burned. The servants and Commander Zhu searched the East Palace, but did not find the letter, but found another thing, and asked His Majesty to take a look. ”

After presenting a scroll of paintings to Murong Lin, Li Neiguan continued: "The noble concubine Niangniang received a letter, and I don't know who wrote the letter. However, the letter mentioned that if Niangniang did not go to the appointment, that person would be unfavorable to the Fifth Highness Monk Shangshu, and Niangniang went to Jingxiaxuan. And the letter mentioned by the mother was presented to His Majesty on that day. ”

Seeing that Murong Lin was noncommittal, Li Neiguan continued: "The handwriting on the letter is unfamiliar, and the original servants failed to find the clues, until this painting was found in the East Palace, and the prince's personal officials learned that His Royal Highness the prince likes to practice left-handed calligraphy on weekdays. ”

Murong Lin frowned, opened the painting in front of the case, it was a picture of Hanmei and Autumn Chrysanthemum, and the painting also mentioned a Yongmei poem and a chrysanthemum poem, Yongmei poem was obviously Murong Ling's handwriting, but the handwriting of the chrysanthemum was the same as the letter received by Chu Qianrou. Needless to say, this must be the prince's left-handed calligraphy.

Murong Lin's face was uncertain, this painting was made by him and his concubine in the imperial garden that day, and it was lost after a few days, and he didn't want to appear in the East Palace, and he also attached the inscription of his son, and the poems on it were written on the surface, but they implied lovesickness for the person in mind.

No wonder Li Chunhui did not say the answer directly, but lured him step by step to guess the answer. Combined with the handwriting on this painting and the letter, as well as Murong Jue's actions in Jingxiaxuan, there is only one explanation: the prince loves Concubine Rou, but he can't do it. It was to use the five princes and Chu Shangshu as a threat to force Concubine Rou to comply. It's just that how did Yang Cairen know all this?

This matter should not be investigated again, in case more people are involved, it will not be able to end, and besides, the crown prince has taken a fancy to the emperor's favorite concubine, which is a royal scandal, and it is not appropriate for more people to know. Murong thought for a long time: "This case will end here." Proposed purpose, abolish the prince, and confine the cool breeze platform. stripped Yang Caicai of the title of talent and demoted to a woman. ”

Murong Lin sat weakly on the dragon chair, read a few letters and threw them aside. After hesitating, he decided to go and see Chu Qianrou, he could completely kill her and Yang Cairen to protect the crown prince, save the royal face, and wait until the right time to punish the rebel. But he still chose Bao Chu Xianrou, the abolition of the prince is much more serious than the disappearance of one or two concubines in the harem, naturally some people are curious to know, his approach is very risky, but he still did it, just to maintain his little goblin.

When he came to the Frost Palace, he saw that all the palace people were standing outside, including Yunzhu and Ruizhu, he couldn't help but be annoyed, he had already done so much for her, this goblin still refused to stop, did he still want to be angry with him?

Displeasure is displeased, he still stepped in and left the palace people who followed outside the palace. turned into the inner room, but saw that Chu Qianrou had already gotten up and sat in front of the mirror to trace carefully, dressed in white. He exclaimed, "Aifei, what are you doing?" ”

When Chu Qianrou saw the emperor, her eyes were hazy with tears, she walked to the emperor and knelt down, and prostrate on the ground and made a big salute: "The concubine asks Your Majesty to give the concubine a death!" ”

Murong Lin hurriedly said: "Aifei, hurry up, how can you have such thoughts, how can I be willing to let you die?" ”

Chu Qianrou didn't get up, and continued on the ground: "If Your Majesty is merciful and can't bear to give your concubine to death, then you ask for the concubine to be a nun, stay in Deshan Hall, and chant and pray for Your Majesty every day!" ”

"Aifei, where are you doing this?" Murong Lin said worriedly, "You tell me, who is making it difficult for you again?" Is it that the queen holds a grudge and threatens you with Chu Sui's safety? You don't have to worry, it's all there. ”

Chu Qianrou raised her head, and the pear blossoms brought rain: "Your Majesty, since the concubine entered the palace, she has received a thousand favors from Your Majesty, but the concubine is blessed and can't afford Your Majesty's love." The queen mother reprimanded her very much, and the concubines came to this palace, first reading the recital for Her Majesty violated the ancestral teachings, and she was unable to keep the dragon fetus for Your Majesty, and also caused Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to feel guilty, and caused the Jade Guifei Niangniang to be demoted to a talented person, and caused the Sixth Highness to die tragically in Jiaozhou, and now it has caused His Royal Highness the Prince to make a big mistake. Your Majesty, concubines are sinners! The concubine thought about it, and only when the concubine died, or stayed away from right and wrong, could the harem be peaceful. Ask Your Majesty to give death to your concubines for the sake of harem harmony! ”

"Aifei, hurry up!" Murong Lin pulled her up from the ground, "Hugh has to listen to the queen's nonsense, it is because I have abolished the crown prince, and she has a grudge against her, so she will say such vicious words to you." Murong Jue tried to kill the king, but the concubine sacrificed herself to save her, what a crime! ”

Chu Qianrou shook her head and said: "But the queen mother is not wrong, these things did happen after the concubine came, and the concubine is to blame!" ”

"What do you have to do with these things you said, except for Jue'er's tragic death, it is because he has no ability, you have a good heart. As for other things, you are a victim, how can the blame be attributed to you? Blame and blame those who are not right-minded. Besides, this harem has never been peaceful, and there are countless unjust cases, but for some reason, I just turned a blind eye. ”

"The emperor is saying, for example, this time, if it weren't for the good life of the concubines and the favor of the emperor, they wouldn't be treated fairly? If the concubine is just an unfavored girl, then the one who is wronged is the concubine? Even...... This...... This ......"

"Exactly, so Concubine Ai doesn't need to blame herself." If she had been just an unfavored picker, she would have been put to death for seducing the prince.

Chu Qianrou knelt down again and said, "Concubine thank the emperor for saving his life!" ”

Murong Lin helped her up: "You, tell me what to do, if you want to repay me, stay by my side, give me a big fat boy, don't think about some eyeless things." ”

Chu Qianrou leaned on his arms: "The concubine understands, and whatever the emperor says in the future." It's just that the tree is very popular, and I beg the emperor not to put all the favor on the concubine, there are too many sisters in this harem who are not blessed, and they have not bathed in the grace of the king, thinking that they are all flesh and blood, and ask the emperor to sprinkle some nectar for them. ”

Murong Lin stroked her hair: "Alas, if they are all as generous as you, why worry that this harem is not peaceful." You are so sensible, who else can I spoil if I don't spoil you? ”

"The emperor is the best for his concubines!"

Murong Lin talked and counted, and in the next few days, he began to run to various palaces, especially some places that he had never been to before. I don't know if I don't see it, in those deserted palaces, the lives of the concubines who live in them are not as good as the slaves who favor the concubines. He also found that among these unfavored concubines, there were a few of them who were quite good-looking, why hadn't he seen it before?

For a time, there were earth-shaking changes in the harem, some unknown maids were suddenly named talents, beauties, some internal officials and grandmothers were disposed of by the emperor, and some small internal officials and small palace maids were promoted. The palace people all cheered up the spirit of twelve, and they no longer dared to praise the high and the low, and the evil servants bullied the master, because the unfavored master may turn over at any time. And those women in the harem, who were already desperate, also saw hope again, and they were all generous to the concubines. It's just that those concubines who were originally more favored were not so happy.

Although Murong Lin canonized and pampered many concubines, the most worrying thing for him was his little goblin. No, half a month later, he finally found a reason and rushed to Yuxiu Palace.

Chu Qianrou has been living comfortably recently, and she no longer has to be hypocritical to Murong Lin. A while ago, she was going to flatter Murong Ling again, and she had to fight with Murong Lin's goblin, but it disgusted her. But these are not the most important things, what makes her happiest is that Wang Lang is coming back.

Thinking of Murong Jing, she couldn't help but think of Murong Jing again, if it weren't for Murong Jing's indiscretion to threaten her with Murong Jing, she might be able to let him get away with it for a few more days. Just the day before, she received a report that Murong Jing had been assassinated, and the assassin disguised himself as a victim, so she suspected that Murong Ling had done it. That's why there was Jing Xia Xuan.

Long before, she wanted to get rid of the prince, so she deliberately painted, attracted him to inscribe, and let him use left-handed calligraphy. After the painting was completed, she pretended to throw it away, and asked Murong Jue to take the initiative to collect it.

On the second day, she took Murong Lin to the Imperial Garden, pretending to be Yaxing Dafa, and painted an identical picture of Hanmei and Autumn Chrysanthemum in front of Murong Lin, but there was no inscription, saying that she hadn't thought about it for the time being. When Murong Lin left, she immediately burned the painting.

Three days later, she pretended to think of the verses and asked Murong Lin to help mention the words, but Yunzhu couldn't find it after looking for a long time, and came up with the painting "stolen". Because it's not a big deal, maybe it's just put it somewhere else and forgot about it for a while, so I didn't take it to heart.

When she decided to do it, she first imitated Yang Cairen's handwriting and wrote a letter to the prince, and then wrote a letter to herself in imitation of the prince's left-hand calligraphy, and deliberately placed it under the stones in the garden for the palace people to see. Then she asked Yunzhu to reveal the news to Yang Cairen, because Yang Cairen at this time had long lost his mind and would not let go of any opportunity to bring him down.

Everything was ready, and when it came to the appointed time, she deliberately arrived a quarter of an hour late, so that Murong Lin could see the whole scene and pick herself clean. If you ask, it is easy to explain, it can be said that I was afraid of fraud, and I hesitated for a long time before deciding to take a look.

Murong Lin was furious, and when she ordered a thorough investigation, she handed over the "letter written by the prince's left hand", and searched the "missing" painting from the East Palace. However, that Murong Jue was really stupid, and he even wanted to kill the king, which Chu Qianrou didn't expect. However, with Ruizhu here, she was not afraid, but let her show her loyalty to Murong Lin again, and the bitter meat plan in the back was used more smoothly.

Fortunately, Murong Jue burned the letter, otherwise Yang Cairen could be convicted of designing a frame-up. Even so, Murong Lin was suspicious of Yang Cairen, so he demoted her to a maid, he could only say that this Yang Cairen was really stupid, and he really didn't know how she could be a favorite concubine for so many years before.

"Ai Concubine, Jing'er returned from Jiaozhou, not only completed the disaster relief task, but also subdued the mob and made a great contribution!"