The sky is getting colder and colder, and a charcoal basin has been raised in the temple of Deschamps. As De'an got older, he was most afraid of the cold, so he shrank in the house as soon as he got up in the morning, unwilling to go out to drink the northwest wind.

Fu'an hurriedly ran in, stood at the door in a panic and waved at De'an, De'an frowned unhappily, and saw that the emperor was busy with government affairs and didn't notice it, so he walked out lightly.

After carefully closing the door, De'an sank his face and reprimanded: "Your master and I are not dead yet, what do you look like in a panic!" ”

Fu'an lowered his eyebrows and listened to the training, De'an scolded two more words, and a gust of wind blew, before he shrunk his neck and asked, "Say, what is the matter?" ”

Fu'an replied with a look of horror on his face: "Something happened to Zichen Palace, Aunt Guizhi...... They were fished out of a well. ”

Dean was taken aback and said in amazement: "What do you mean by fishing up from a well?" The man ......"

Fu'an nodded and replied: "Aunt Guizhi didn't get up this morning, and Concubine Lan Guifei asked people to call when she saw that the sun was high, only to find that people were not in the house at all, and after asking around, I realized that no one had seen anyone this morning."

I searched all the vicinity of Zichen Palace, and finally found it in a well on the other side of the Cold Palace. The people were gone last night, and it's already cold now. ”

De'an was inexplicably apprehensive, and muttered uneasily: "No, why did Aunt Guizhi run to that obscure place in the middle of the night?" How could she be such a capable person, how could she stumble and fall into the well? ”

Fu'an wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked embarrassed: "Concubine Lan also said the same, she is making a big fuss in Zichen Palace at this time, it's useless for the queen to go, Master, look, do you want to report to the emperor?" ”

De'an patted the stupid apprentice's head and scolded: "It's really a brainless person to say that you don't have brains, isn't this a happy event, don't you see that the emperor is in a bad mood today?" I rushed to the funeral early in the morning, because I thought your master's life was too long! ”

De'an is the chief eunuch in the palace, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace are under his control.

Now that someone is dead, if it is an accident, it is fine, if there is really something to do, he will naturally be the first to eat and hang. Besides, there is also an unrelenting Lan Guifei, who naturally has a headache at this time.

De'an decided to go to Zichen Palace first to have a look, and after instructing Fu'an, he hurried away. Fu quietly watched De'an's back disappear, took the tea from the hand of the passing palace maid, and said with a sincere smile: "I'll just bring it in, I've been busy all morning, my sister will go and rest for a while." ”

Entering the inner room, Emperor Yuan He had already placed himself in the fold and was closing his eyes to recuperate. Hearing the sound of the door, but the footsteps coming in were almost inaudible, he knew that the person who came was Fu'an, and he said without opening his eyes: "The thing is done?" ”

Fu'an put the tea on the table and said in a deep voice: "The person is dead, but the corpse is a little strange. ”

Emperor Yuanhe quietly opened his eyes and looked at Fu'an quietly, and Fu'an continued: "Although Gui Zhi is not a first-class master among the night owls, he is not so vulnerable. Last night I took advantage of her unpreparedness to make a move, but I thought she was going to die in fear of sin, so I threw the body into the well.

But this morning I took a look outside the crowd, and the body had been soaked in the well all night, and it was not swollen at all, and its complexion was ruddy, and it was still the same as before. The subordinates suspected that Gui Zhi had been poisoned by some kind of poison. ”

Emperor Yuan He raised his eyes to look at him, and asked nonchalantly: "If it were you, would you obey the orders of others if you were poisoned?" ”

That glance was imposing, Fu'an knelt down and bowed his head, and replied, "My subordinates don't dare." ”

Emperor Yuanhe looked away, looked at the dark sky outside the window and sighed: "When Concubine Lan entered the palace, I sent Guizhi to her side not long after. It's been more than 20 years in a blink of an eye, Concubine Lan has always valued her, and it is understandable that Gui Zhi has some other thoughts. ”

At this point, his tone suddenly froze, hiding a murderous intention.

"But the night owl is the sharpest sword in my hand, and the sword cannot be merciful. If you are in love, you are already an unforgivable sin. ”

Fu'an's body trembled, closed his eyes, and replied, "My subordinates understand." ”

Emperor Yuanhe nodded, his expression gradually returned to normal, and said: "Since there is something strange, I will investigate it, and I must not let people play tricks under my nose." ”

There have always been no secrets in the palace, and the tall and majestic palace walls can't stop the rumors.

Ji Lingyun and Ji Chengyu were discussing the matter of Nanyang in the Prince's Mansion, and Xu Quan hurriedly came in and said Gui Zhi's death, both of them were surprised.

Ji Chengyu pondered for a moment and said, "Let Hongling go to find out the exact news, this king wants to know who did it?" ”

Xu Quan was ordered to retreat, and Ji Lingyun played with taste: "How can the imperial brother conclude that she didn't fall into the well?" ”

Ji Chengyu glanced at him and replied, "If she could die so easily, she wouldn't have lived to this day." ”

As we all know, Aunt Guizhi is Lan Guifei's confidant, knows all the secrets of Lan Guifei, and is also the sharpest knife in Lan Guifei's hand.

Ji Lingyun nodded and responded: "What the imperial brother said is that there should be many people in the palace who want to kill Guizhi, but she can still live to this day, but now she died suddenly." Brother Huang thinks, who in the palace has this skill? ”

Seeing Ji Chengyu staring at him, Ji Lingyun spit out again: "Anyway, the queen mother can't do it." ”

Ji Chengyu closed his eyes tiredly, and there was a rare hesitation on his face. come

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that there are a lot of things right now, and it's really not appropriate to have another incident, so let's solve Liao Guangtian's trouble first."

Ji Lingyun slowly exhaled a breath and said, "I'm afraid that we will be busy until the end is empty, and we will make wedding dresses for others." ”

Ji Sihong's momentum in the court is now greatly reduced because of the previous incident, if Liao Guangtian is successfully brought to justice and the charges are made public, Ji Sihong will definitely take the opportunity to get away with it.

Ji Chengyu said unhurriedly: "Even if he is exonerated from his crimes, in terms of virtue, talent, background, and prestige, Ji Sihong can have one that is worthy of this king?" ”

Ji Lingyun came back to his senses and laughed sullenly for a long time, and arched his hand and said: "The imperial brother is right, it is the imperial brother who is worried. ”

When he returned to King An's Mansion, it was already the beginning of the lights, Ah Wu stopped the carriage and muttered, "Why is this carriage still parked here?" ”

Ji Lingyun got out of the carriage, and also saw a carriage in the house parked in front, the coachman was not there, thinking that he had picked someone up to come to the house, and was still waiting to send the person back.

As soon as he entered the Linglong Xiaozhu, he saw Xiaoba beside him, and when he saw Ji Lingyun, he said worriedly: "The prince can be regarded as coming back, the princess was unwell in the afternoon, so she invited the doctor of Ji'an Hall to come, and she hasn't been sent away yet, and I don't know what happened to the princess." ”

When Ji Lingyun heard this, he went straight to the bedroom, and really saw Dr. Sun from Ji'an Hall waiting outside, while Bai Yanran sat on the side, and the two girls beside him, Su Xin and Zhu Ling, had solemn faces.

Seeing Ji Lingyun, the two girls were relieved, and Doctor Sun hurriedly got up and saluted: "The grass people see His Royal Highness King An." ”

Ji Lingyun walked up to Bai Yanran in two steps, held her hand and said, "What's wrong?" But where is the discomfort? ”

At this moment, he realized that Bai Yanran, who seemed to be calm and composed, was actually trembling slightly at his fingertips. Looking at himself at this moment, there was an imperceptible panic in his eyes, and his heart trembled and he was distressed.

Ji Lingyun simply took the person into his arms, looked at Dr. Sun and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Zhu Ling on the side replied: "The slave maid put on makeup for the princess a few days ago, and found that the makeup powder on the princess's dressing table tasted a little wrong. Because the slave maid has learned perfume with A-Niang, although she has only learned a little fur, she is more sensitive to the fragrance of fat powder than ordinary people.

At that time, the slave was not sure, until yesterday when she cleaned up the dressing table and sniffed it again, and found that it was indeed mixed with other things. I can't see it, but the fragrance of the makeup powder has changed a little. ”

Su Xin continued: "Miss Zhu Ling told us that Miss Hou asked the slave maid to pick up Dr. Sun, and Dr. Sun said that there was indeed something in this makeup powder.

But because it's just makeup powder and not an entrance thing, it didn't take a few days to find it, so I can't see any discomfort in Miss's body. ”

Dr. Sun's face was also solemn, and he replied: "I'm really ashamed, the grass people also traveled around when they were young, and they have seen a lot of strange flowers and plants. Later, he returned to Beijing to consult in the hospital for more than 20 years, but he couldn't see what was mixed in this makeup powder. ”

Ji Lingyun's face was gloomy when he heard this, and he said to Doctor Sun: "I'm tired." This matter should not be spread outside, this king wants you to know the measure. ”

Dr. Sun saluted and replied, "The grass people understand that they will keep their mouths shut and will never confide in half a point. ”

Ji Lingyun nodded, and asked Su Xin Haosheng to send Dr. Sun back. He also told Zhu Ling that if someone else asked, he only said that the princess occasionally felt cold and felt unwell.

After everyone else retreated, Ji Lingyun lowered his head and imprinted a kiss on Bai Yanran's forehead, and said softly: "I frightened you." ”

Bai Yanran leaned her head sideways in Ji Lingyun's arms, listening to his strong and steady heartbeat, and her tense mind slowly relaxed.

"Don't worry, this king will definitely get to the bottom of this matter, and he will never let you be frightened again."

Bai Yanran closed her eyes and said: "On weekdays, except for these girls, people can't enter this house, except for Su Xin, even a few other girls don't have the opportunity to do their hands and feet in the makeup powder alone, so someone can only sneak in when no one sneaks in the house at the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet."

Zhu Ling asked Xiaoba, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people were eating wine in the courtyard, and Xiaoba said that Chunyi had left the table for a while, and when he came back, he smelled of fat powder. Does the prince think it could be her? ”

Ji Lingyun's eyes were dyed with cold light, his voice was cold, and he said, "It's Concubine Lan." ”

Bai Yanran understood and asked, "Chunyi is Lan Guifei's person?" ”

Ji Lingyun nodded and said: "From the beginning when she was sent into the mansion, I knew that she was not an ordinary Le Ji, and later I really found out that the official who gave her away was just a disguise, and the real master behind her was Lan Guifei." ”

Bai Yanran suddenly remembered that Chunyi left Fengyi Palace when she entered the palace, and she waited at the gate of the palace shortly before they left the palace, and she was nowhere to be found for several hours during this period.

Su Xin could ask from the guards, Ji Lingyun couldn't really believe Chunyi's words, but he didn't care, it turned out that he had already known where she was.

"So you did what you planned and left people in the mansion, but let her work in vain, and she was unwilling to leave, so it took two years."

Ji Lingyun sneered: "Since she rushed to send people here, I naturally have no reason to let her retreat." Without Chunyi, there will be other spies sent in, and it is better to hide in the open than in the dark. ”

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "But now it seems that it is impossible to keep her." ”