The emperor was stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

Xiao Mingzhu unfortunately died back then, and he was the most concerned about her, not to mention that she was pregnant with his eldest son before her death, and when he learned that she was attacked, he naturally couldn't care more, so he specially summoned Xiao Mingde to ask for many details, and also sent his henchmen out of the city to see Li Yaozhi, and also asked about the attack and the appearance of the attacker. Because of this, after he ascended the throne as the emperor, he took advantage of the serious illness of Cheng'en Gong and the infighting of several sons of the Cao family for the title, when the situation was turbulent, and the more than 20 Cao family soldiers who had attacked the mountain were eradicated one by one, and none of them fell, and they also blamed the third son of the Cao family, Ping Nanbo.

But he really didn't think about why Empress Cao's people were able to break into the mountain courtyard smoothly, because he always knew that Cheng Engong was a very powerful figure, and he had made great achievements in the southwest, with 200,000 troops under his command, and more than 20 personal soldiers, so he could do more. Although there are many guards guarding the gate at the foot of the Xiao family's mountain, the mountain is so big, what can those hundred or so people do? You can only guard the intersection and the gate. Since the people of the Cao family walked the path from the back mountain, and the guards did not find out, it is not surprising that after the attack on the other courtyard, the guards under the mountain rushed to rescue them after realizing it.

He had already belittled the more than 100 guards back then, but he really didn't think much of it. The powerful Cao Jiajun has been beaten by mountain bandits and rebelled, so what's so difficult about finding a path in the mountains to sneak attack?

It wasn't until King Yan mentioned it today that he was shocked to realize that there was such an obvious loophole in what happened back then! If it weren't for the veteran Yan King today, he might not be able to detect it. When King Yan was still young, didn't he find any suspicions?

The emperor frowned and began to analyze which person in the Xiao family would do such a thing.

Xiao Mingde: The first one is impossible! If he wants to be unfavorable to his sister, he has more opportunities to start. What's more, he is loyal to himself, if Mingzhu can successfully enter the palace as a concubine and give birth to the emperor's eldest son safely, it will be beneficial to the Xiao family and harmless, what reason does he have to stand on the side of the Cao family? !

It is impossible for General Xiao and his wife. General Xiao was not in good health at that time, and the old injury recurred, and he had to work with the other two generals to help the first emperor preside over the overall situation, maintain the stability of the capital, and become ill from hard work. Soon after Mingzhu went, he couldn't hold on. As soon as he went, the old lady followed. This old couple loves their eldest daughter, and there is no reason to hurt her life!

In addition to the four parents and brothers and sisters in the previous generation of the Xiao family, there is also a Xiao Mingyu......

The emperor frowned, and looked at King Yan with some disbelief: "Do you mean ...... Xiao Guifei, right? How can it be?! She and Mingzhu are siblings, and there is no reason to be unfavorable to Mingzhu! Moreover...... At that time, Mingde even hid his parents, how could he tell this little sister where Mingzhu was?! ”

King Yan smiled: "Xiao Mingde really didn't say it, but he was negligent...... A girl next to Mingzhu is actually the niece of her sister's nursing mother. When the Cao family's personal soldiers attacked the Xiao family's courtyard, the people who waited for Mingzhu suffered heavy casualties, including this girl! This girl has a very good relationship with the cook Gu Niangzi, and the son of the ancient lady went to Beiping to open a shop the year before last, and occasionally came to the palace to send a letter to Qiong Ye next to the princess for Gu Niangzi and Yaozhi.

On one occasion, during a casual conversation, he overheard of his mother's deceased mother, saying that her parents and family had been accidentally killed by bandits outside the city less than two days after her death. But the ancient lady has always been puzzled, saying where did the thieves come from on the side of the Xiao family Zhuangzi? It was her aunt's family, who made a windfall afterwards, and a girl who followed Xiao Guifei into the palace, married a certain guard a few years later, and now she is also an official wife. She was angry in her heart, and when she returned home, she remembered the past, and always suspected that this family would be rich, and it was inseparable from the death of the old family. ”

Gu Dongshan, the son of Gu Niangzi, will ask Qiong Ye for an idea. Qiong Ye and Yao Zhi are a pair of sworn sisters, their relationship is very good, and they are the confidants of Princess Yan Yue, and they have always been capable. The ancient lady wanted to check the old things of the year, but she didn't know where to start, so she came to ask Qiongye for instructions. At that time, Xiao Ruiyuan was fighting in Kaipingwei, and Li Yaozhi was already sick because she was worried about him, so she didn't want to bother too much, so she didn't mention it to Li Yaozhi.

King Yan said to the emperor: "My younger brother also felt puzzled when he heard the princess talk about this. Because she is a powerful girl by Mingzhu's side, my younger brother left more snacks. When Chonglin returned to Beijing, his younger brother mentioned it to him, and when he got home, he thought about it. I didn't find out the specific inside story, I only knew...... Because General Xiao was not in good health, Mingzhu heard about it on the mountain and was very worried, so he once sent the girl around him back to visit him. The girl had spent one night with her family, and the next day she went back to the mountains. A few days later, Xiao Guifei's nurse went to see her brother and sister-in-law's family, and no one knew what they talked about. But after Mingzhu's death, the news of the girl's death also came back, and her parents were grief-stricken, so they ran to find this girl and quarreled for some reason. Xiao Guifei made the decision for her nursing mother, and ordered the housekeeper to bring her brother and sister-in-law and nephew to Zhuangzi. Before the family of three arrived in Zhuangzi, they met a bandit first and died a fine death. ”

It stands to reason that no matter what kind of conflict there has been between brother and sister, this brother's family is dead, and the younger sister should be sad. But the nurse only hastily handled the funeral for her brother's family afterwards, so she also rolled up his family's belongings, and then regardless of the filial piety of her own children and children, she used this wealth to hold a wedding for her eldest son. When others questioned it, she said that the master's instructions were important, and where could a slave be able to talk about filial piety or not? Twenty-seven months later, Xiao Mingyu was filial and full of filial piety, stepped on the line and entered the palace to seal the concubine, and her daughter also followed into the palace to wait.

Xiao Rui was only responsible for inquiring about the news, although he guessed that Xiao Mingzhu's death was boring, but because he had never seen this aunt and grandmother, he just paid attention to it, and passed the information to King Yan without mentioning it much. But King Yan got this information, even if there is no specific evidence, it is enough to deduce the story of a younger sister assassinating the eldest sister.

Xiao Mingyu's nursing mother must have learned about Xiao Mingzhu's recuperation place through her niece and nephew, and then reported it to the little master. After the death of his niece, the other party's parents probably guessed that this matter had nothing to do with the nurse, so they rushed to question, but they were kicked out of the house by Xiao Mingyu, who was protecting the nurse, and then the family died in vain. In order to kill her mouth, the nurse harmed her brother's family, but in exchange for the trust of the little master Xiao Mingyu and the wealth and comfort of the following ten years, she seemed to be quite at ease.

As for the one caught in it, Xiao Mingyu is very likely to be the culprit who revealed the news to the Cao family, so it is not difficult to deduce.

The Emperor's eyes widened in disbelief. King Yan really has no evidence, but the facts he found are so suspicious. If the person who betrayed Xiao Mingzhu was not Xiao Mingyu, who else would it be?

But why did Xiao Mingyu do this?!