"Calculate the time, it will take two days for the bandit team to arrive, so you should stay in the palace for the next two days and don't go anywhere, so as not to be seen and gossip."

"Got it." Qin Yiyan lazily responded.

"It's not too early, it's time to go back for my brother, the assassin's father has ordered a strict investigation, eighth brother and sister, you can rest assured that your father will definitely give you justice." King Yi said to Zhao Zhiyu.

"It's bothering my father."

King Yi twisted his eyebrows and said: "These people dare to commit murder in Longyang City, they are really arrogant, and my father will never let them go." ”

"This king will never give up on this!"

King Yi patted Qin Yiyan's shoulder. "Don't be impulsive, it's not too late to find out first and then investigate, I'll leave first for my brother."

"It's inconvenient now, so I won't send the fifth brother."

King Yi shook his head absently. "It's too much of a foreign thing for us brothers to talk about this."

Qin Yiyan asked Yu Zhe to send King Yi out, and only Zhao Zhiyu and Qin Yiyan were left in the water pavilion.

Zhao Zhiyu threw away the fish food in her hand, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and came to sit down beside him.

"Zhou Sheng is white noodles?"

Qin Yiyan nodded.

"Does King Yi know Zhou Sheng?"

"Definitely know."

Zhao Zhiyu raised her eyebrows. "The prince is so sure?"

Qin Yiyan leaned back in his chair, and his eyes were looking at the back of King Yi walking away. "Zhou Sheng did a good job, and he was still famous in Longyang City back then, and the fifth brother had received more than one of his paintings at that time." If there is only one piece, it can be said that he likes to collect it for a while, but he has collected a lot, and he says that he does not pay the slightest attention to the person who painted, he does not believe it.

"Why did the prince say those words to the righteous king? Could it be that the prince suspects that there is any involvement between King Yi and Zhou Sheng? ”

Qin Yiyan glanced at her deeply and stretched out his hand to pull her into his arms. "Maybe it's just that I'm overthinking."

Zhao Zhiyu was stunned, if Zhou Sheng was really involved with King Yi, did that mean that those bandits in Lingcheng also had something to do with King Yi?

"In the future, don't be alone with the fifth brother for the time being."

Zhao Zhiyu knew that Qin Yiyan was the righteous king, and she was already suspicious. "Well, it was just an accident before, and I will try to avoid it in the future."

"Hmm."

"By the way, who is that Ling'er?"

"The fifth brother's fiancée died suddenly the night before they got married, and then the reputation of the fifth brother's wife spread in Longyang City."

"The legs of the righteous king ......"

Qin Yiyan let out a deep sigh. "Ten years ago, my father took us to the hunting ground to hunt, when I was young and stubborn and went to the beast area, who knew that I met a black bear and a big worm, at that time the fifth brother was also there, at that time the black bear suddenly pounced on our brothers, and the father who came only had time to save me...... The fifth brother's legs were injured by the black bear, and the hamstrings of both legs were broken. ”

Zhao Zhiyu was a little sorry, at that time, King Yi was only a teenager, and he had to endure such pain, if his mother was here, maybe his legs would not be like now.

"Since then, the fifth brother has rarely appeared in front of people, and my father feels guilty about him because of this, although my father didn't say anything."

Besides, after the righteous king left the palace of the king of Heng, he returned to the palace of the righteous king.

Although the Yiwang Mansion is also in the inner city of Longyang City, it is in a very secluded corner, when Emperor Kanglin asked him what place he wanted as a mansion when he first left the palace to open the mansion, the Yiwang chose this place without thinking about it.

The Yiwang Mansion is like the person of the Yiwang, which is always forgotten by the people in Longyang City.

Back at the palace, King Yi went directly to his favorite flower garden, which was full of all kinds of flowers, and I heard that it was because the princess who died suddenly liked flowers, so King Yi made such a garden in the palace.

King Yi sat quietly in the flower garden alone, and the attendants around him did not dare to come forward to disturb him, until it was dark, and the attendant stepped forward and said: "Lord, it is late and the night breeze is cool, so let's go back to the house." ”

King Yi raised his eyelashes, and his gaze fell lightly on the squire. "Before, the queen said that she wanted to choose a concubine for this king?"

The attendant was stunned for a moment. "Yes."

"I'll go and call the queen back tomorrow, and I'll say that this king thinks this righteous king's mansion is too deserted, and there should be a heroine."

The attendant was stunned, but quickly responded. "Yes, the little one understands."

Three days later, the team of bandits arrived in Longyang City.

Qin Yiyan rode a tall horse and walked on the streets, receiving the cheers and admiration of the people.

"King Heng and his wife are really the gods of our people in Daqin, Princess Heng cured malaria, King Heng not only pacified the border, but also solved the difficult bandits, try to ask which prince and his wife can do such a thing.

For a while, the call for King Liheng to be the prince became higher and higher, and even when Qin Yiyan returned to the court to receive the reward, some ministers mentioned it to the emperor in front of everyone, saying how much ability and how much merit King Heng and his wife had, if they did not establish King Heng as the prince, it would be simply a common anger of people and gods!

Emperor Kang Lin just said that this matter would be discussed later, and he pushed back the ministers who opened their mouths, and no one knew what Emperor Kang Lin thought in his heart.

After the early court, Emperor Kang Lin drove directly to the queen.

Since Emperor Kang Lin's health has improved, he likes to come to the harem to have dinner with the concubines, but I don't know what's wrong, in the past, those harem concubines were looking forward to the emperor's arrival, after all, this is a favor, but now those concubines tremble as soon as they hear that the emperor is coming to have a meal, and they try everything to refuse.

When Emperor Kang Lin arrived at the queen's palace, the queen stood outside the door early with a respectful face and waited.

"Greetings to the Emperor."

Emperor Kang Lin took her hand and entered the inner sanctum. "This huge harem, I still like to come to the queen."

The queen personally took the teacup from the palace maid and handed it to Emperor Kang Lin, smiling dignifiedly. "The emperor just thinks that the concubine is close to the Yangyi Palace, so he is more diligent."

Emperor Kang Lin took a sip of tea and smiled.

The queen ordered the palace maids to set up a meal.

"The emperor is not coming today, and the concubines are also going to see the emperor."

Emperor Kang Lin looked up at her. "Oh? What's the matter with the queen looking for me? ”

The queen smiled: "The emperor told the concubines before that several princes have already married a family, so they hang the righteous king alone, and it looks really pitiful, so the concubines are thinking about whether to hold a concubine selection banquet for the righteous king and choose a suitable princess for the righteous king?" There is also King Rui, and the position of Princess Rui is still vacant. ”

Emperor Kang Lin was silent for a moment and nodded. "That's right, King Yi is in his twenties, and other people's sons are running all over the street, but he doesn't even have a princess, you give him a good look, and King Rui, find someone who is smart and bold."

"Yes."

After Emperor Kang Lin left the queen, the news that the queen wanted to choose a concubine for King Yi spread in the harem.

The concubines in the harem heard that it was King Yi who was going to choose a concubine, and they were not interested in going to the queen to ask, so that the concubine Xian Guifei arrived at the queen the next day.

"The plum blossom tea here is delicious, in previous years, in addition to the queen mother, where else can you drink such a delicious plum blossom tea."

The queen had a light smile on her face, and she didn't answer when she heard Concubine Xian's compliments, Concubine Xian has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so she waited for her to speak.

Concubine Xian was a little displeased when she saw that the queen did not pick up, but she still had a respectful smile on her face. "The concubine heard that the queen is going to choose a concubine for King Yi and King Rui?"

The queen stroked her armor and nodded. "yes."

Xian Guifei sighed softly. "If you want to say that Yan'er's mansion should also add two side concubines, it is not a matter that the position of this side concubine has been hanging all the time, Zhao Zhiyu is no longer thinking about Yan'er, and someone has to do these things for Yan'er."

Concubine Xian didn't like Zhao Zhiyu and wanted to add people to Qin Yiyan's mansion for a day or two, anyway, as a prince, she could marry two side concubines, and the queen didn't mind giving her this favor.

"Does Concubine Xian have a fancy?"

Xian Guifei smiled: "Yes, there are a few girls who like it." ”

The queen looked at the roster handed over by Concubine Xian, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips, Concubine Xian's ambition was really almost written on her face, this is everyone's daughter from the scholarly family, and the roster handed over is all the girls in the courtier's mansion who hold real power, this is not marrying a side concubine to King Heng, but really adding a left arm and right arm to King Heng.

The queen has no sons, and she is not overly partial to Emperor Kanglin's sons, so she took the opportunity to respond to the concubine and invited these young ladies to the concubine selection banquet.

After achieving her goal, Concubine Xian naturally left happily.

"Niangniang, Concubine Xian is afraid that Annai can't live it." Mama Mo said when she entered the house with hot tea and handed it to the queen.

The queen waved her hand and said softly: "Now that King Heng's voice is so high, it is not surprising that she will have such a move." ”

"Niangniang said, does the emperor also belong to King Heng?"

The Queen shook her head. "No matter who it is, this palace is the queen mother." Behind the queen is the queen of Taifu, even if she is not the biological mother of the future emperor, as long as there is a Taifu Mansion for a day, the other party will not dare to do anything to her.

"Go and prepare, and hold a flower banquet in the palace in three days."

"Yes."

On the day of the flower banquet, Zhao Zhiyu was pulled up from the bed by Hua Man.

"What are we going to do with the concubine banquet of the righteous king?"

Hua Man combed her hair and said, "It is estimated that the queen mother asked the princess to enter the palace to serve as a counselor to King Yi." ”

Zhao Zhiyu pouted, it wouldn't be her turn to be a staff officer, she always had some ominous premonitions in her heart, and she always felt that nothing good would happen when she entered the palace.

"It's almost time for the princess."

Zhao Zhiyu took a sip of warm water and got up and got into the carriage to the palace.

After arriving at the palace, Zhao Zhiyu found that today's flower banquet battle was not small.

The queen directly asked people to vacate the entire imperial garden, which shows the degree of attention paid to it.

Zhao Zhiyu was about to find a place to stay, when she saw two familiar figures walking in in a blink of an eye.