"Grandpa Li?" The prince didn't know why, "Do you recognize her?" ”

Gonggong Li asked someone to clean her face, took a closer look, and was startled, "This, this is not Mama Yu who was executed back then?" ”

"Who is Mama Yu?" The prince paused for a moment, not remembering, "It's from the palace?" ”

Gonggong Li stared at Mama Yu and said, "Do you still recognize me?" ”

Mama Yu pretended to be dead and didn't answer, Gonggong Li asked someone to clean her up and touch the medicine, and then talked to the prince about it, "Mama Yu was the old mama next to the queen back then, because the queen died tragically, the emperor was angry with the people around her, and Mama Yu was also among them." ”

The prince said: "Dead? ”

Gonggong Li nodded, "Yes, none were left." ”

"Then how is she still alive?" The prince was puzzled, "Could it be a fish that slipped through the net?" ”

"It was definitely impossible to slip through the net, and I personally supervised it at the time, and no one was spared." Gonggong Li groaned, "It's easy to verify her body, just look at whether there are arrow marks in her heart, everyone was killed by arrows at that time." ”

The prince immediately asked the maid who bathed the eldest lady, but the maid said that the eldest lady was very uncooperative, and wanted to bite her tongue several times to commit suicide, but in the end she was rescued, but she couldn't speak.

"Back to the prince, the eldest lady has no arrow wounds on her chest, but there is a scald scar, which is so big that I can't tell it." The palace maid said.

The crown prince frowned and looked at Gonggong Li, "Can this be determined?" ”

Gonggong Li thought for a while and said: "I believe I am not mistaken, although her appearance has changed a lot, her face is still the same face, no matter how it changes, there are traces to follow, in short, it is better to believe it or not, we must confirm this matter." ”

"You say," said the prince, "could she have been instructed by someone in the palace?" I don't know where the people from the Qingyang Houfu were found? ”

Gonggong Li knew the prince's thoughts, and he tried every possible means to confirm that Yao Guifei was related to this matter, so as to convict Yao Guifei of colluding with people in Fanbang.

Since this is the case, he will not be able to talk much, in case the prince finally says that it is his meaning, then how wronged he is.

"At this time, it still needs to be checked, so I will bring this woman into the palace first, and let the emperor decide."

Gonggong Li brought this suspected aunt back to the palace, and the emperor also had an unexpected gain, among those Fanbang people, there was an important leader.

This is equivalent to catching them a handle, this leader is extremely important to Fanbang, and the king of Fanbang will not abandon it, so that the emperor can put forward conditions.

"How did you sneak into the capital and sneak into the capital and plot?" The emperor asked sternly, "Then it's okay if you don't want to say it, I have a lot of ways to make you speak." ”

The emperor gave the eunuch a look, and immediately someone brought all kinds of torture instruments and began to torture to extract confessions.

Several Fanbang people also have backbone, and they don't tell the truth, they only say that they have private affairs in the capital. The emperor naturally didn't believe it, and ordered the punishment to be increased, and finally one person couldn't stand the torture and finally spit out the truth.

"I'm here to make a deal with the prince." That's humane.

When the emperor heard this, he was furious, "Prince? Are you a faint king? Slandering my prince, you deserve death! ”

Although the emperor has various opinions on the prince in private, he can't show it in front of outsiders, so someone will definitely make a big fuss. If there is infighting within the royal family, it will be too easy for outsiders to break through, and the emperor cannot give them such an opportunity.

"I'm telling the truth, if the emperor doesn't believe it, I can't help it." After saying this, the people of the state looked like they were waiting for death, and let the emperor dispose of it.

The emperor's suspicion in his heart became heavier, if this person immediately changed his words and begged for mercy, it might be able to prove that he was lying, but he was bent on waiting for death, does this prove that what he said is true?

It's just that the emperor can't show his suspicions in person, but he just continues to ask people to torture them, and no one continues to confess until the three of them are dying, so don't mention the anger in the emperor's heart.

People must not be killed, but they can't ask anything, it is obvious that these people are not afraid of death, they were captured by the emperor, I am afraid that they already have the heart of death, so in this case, will they still lie?

The emperor asked someone to take people down to take care of them first, and at this time, Gonggong Li brought Mama Yu over, "Your Majesty, the prince has caught a woman, take a look." ”

The emperor was upset in his heart, and when he heard that the prince was not angry, "What woman?" ”

Gonggong Li explained to the emperor about Yu Yan's arrest, "The minister asked the little maid in the mansion when he passed by the Hou Mansion in Qingyang, and Mrs. Hou was also found in the same inn, so it can be proved that Mrs. Hou's disappearance is related to this inn." ”

"Ruqing found it? Who left her behind? The emperor asked anxiously.

"Back to the emperor, Mrs. Hou said that she was ...... Left by Yao Guifei. Gonggong Li said in a low voice.

Yao Guifei? The emperor's head is bigger, and this night is the crown prince and Yao Guifei, who is involved with Fanbang?

"Does she have any proof?" The emperor doesn't believe anyone now, everything must have evidence.

"Mrs. Hou said that she had no evidence, but she could recognize the palace maid who arrested her, and the palace maid personally told her that it was Concubine Yao who left her to see a doctor, and she still got the emperor's approval."

Where is this, Yao Guifei has such courage?

The emperor was somewhat unconvinced, he had the impression that Yao Guifei was not a person who could do such a risky thing, not to mention that he had gone to see it in person.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Hou also said, saying that what she knows is the truth, she has no evidence to prove it, and it depends on how the emperor investigates." Gonggong Li added.

Do you all play guessing with me? The emperor was very depressed, there is no evidence of the prince's collusion with Fanbang, and there is no evidence of Yao Guifei's collusion with Fanbang, isn't this the same as not knowing anything, it takes manpower to investigate, and the most important thing is that such people are easy to cause civil strife.

He now seriously suspects that it was a ghost made by the people of Fanbang, whether it was Yao Guifei or the prince, they didn't have the courage at all.

"Your Majesty, you'd better take a look at this woman first." Gonggong Li brought the cleaned lady into the study for the emperor to see.

The emperor looked at this woman, unlike Gonggong Li, he didn't remember the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace so clearly, he only looked at it with his eyes, and he couldn't see anything. But if you look closely, it's different, this woman...... It's a little familiar.

The emperor touched his chin and looked at it for a long time, and finally remembered where he had seen her, there were three personal grandmothers around the queen back then, and Mama Yu was one of them, the reason why the emperor still had an impression of her was because she lost the queen's head once, and the jewelry was given by the emperor, and the queen cherished it very much.

Because of this incident, the emperor remembered her, and at that time she begged the emperor and queen to bypass her life, but the emperor didn't ask and asked the queen to deal with it.

"It's ...... Mama Yu? The emperor looked at her hesitantly, "How are you alive?" ”

Gonggong Li knew that he was not mistaken, this was really Mama Yu, "Your Majesty, she can't speak anymore." ”

"Can't speak?" The emperor said in his heart that if there were really a lot of things today, it was easy to find a clue but it was broken.

"She bit it herself, she didn't stop it, and the prince suspected who she was covering up for." Father-in-law Li said, "Otherwise, why do you have to kill yourself? ”

This is tired of having a cat, and the emperor asked Gonggong Li, "Do you recognize her?" ”

Gonggong Li nodded: "The minister recognized her, but when the minister asked someone to verify her body, he did not find an arrow wound on his chest, but a burn, so the minister can't be very sure." ”

The emperor didn't have the concerns of Gonggong Li, he recognized people, and Gonggong Li also recognized people, nine times out of ten it was Mama Yu, so how did she escape death back then? "You check all the people involved in this matter back then, and see what the problem is, I don't believe that she can escape by herself, someone must have saved her."

Gonggong Li naturally thinks so, who can save her, only the nobles in the palace can save her, and this nobleman who saved her is definitely the one who detained Mrs. Hou.

At this time, Yao Guifei had not yet slept, and she was a little uneasy, because Liu Dayou was arrested, and the news from the emperor's side could not be transmitted in time, she only knew that the emperor's side was still lit.

"Concubine, I haven't heard any unfavorable news," a small eunuch beside him went out to inquire about the news and came back to say, "I only heard that the emperor is interrogating someone, but I don't know who it is, I really don't want to ask too much, for fear of arousing suspicion." ”

Yao Guifei waved her hand, "You go down first, and listen to the emperor's movements more." ”

"Yes, concubine." The little eunuch stepped back.

It's too inconvenient to lose an eyeliner, if it were normal, Yao Guifei would definitely find an excuse to go over and take a look, but today she didn't dare to act rashly, she always felt that the emperor had found something.

"Concubine, concubine!" Another little eunuch hurriedly came in, "I just went back to the Duckweed Palace, and I heard that Gongcheng Li was secretly investigating the old case of the year. ”

Yao Guifei was taken aback, "What old case?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, it seems to be related to the first queen." The eunuch said.

Yao Guifei's heart sank, she was involved in a lot of things related to the first queen, and she didn't know which one to check, "You go out of the palace immediately now to see if Mama Yu is in the inn." ”

"Yes!"

The eunuch immediately went out of the palace to the inn to find Mama Yu, who knew that he almost threw himself into the net, the prince sent someone to be outside the inn, just waiting to catch Mama's comrades, fortunately he reacted quickly, ran away in time, and returned to the palace with a roll.

The concubine couldn't sit still when she heard this, "Mama Yu was arrested?" ”

"It should be, there are a lot of officers and soldiers in ambush outside the inn, and it is estimated that they have been arrested." The eunuch wiped his sweat and said, "If the prince's people are arrested, it is estimated that something has already been found, concubine Niangniang, what are we going to do?" ”

Yao Guifei understood in her heart that it was not estimated that something had been found, but that something had definitely been found, and Mama Yu was very likely to be there with the emperor at this time, so the emperor only investigated the matter of the queen.

However, Yao Guifei was not too worried, because she knew that Mama Yu's tone was very tight, she had a life-saving grace for Mama, and Mama Yu was very heartfelt to her, and she was the kind who could not die.

It's a pity that there is no heartfelt person, and it will be inconvenient for her to do a lot of things in the palace.

Yao Guifei is most afraid that the emperor will find out something else, except for Mama Yu, she is not completely sure of other things, she must deal with it.

Mama Yu really didn't interrogate anything, she couldn't speak, and no one could force her to write, so the interrogator really couldn't do it. And Gonggong Li can't find anything valuable in a short time, and Mama Yu's line is broken for the time being.

However, the Fanbang people tried the confession that was unfavorable to the prince, and the Fanbang people handed over the letters exchanged with the prince, and the font was clearly written by the prince himself.

When the emperor saw it, he was furious and immediately called someone to summon the prince. The prince was investigating, he suspected that Mama Yu was Yao Guifei's person, and he was anxious to find new clues to convict Yao Guifei, who knew that nothing was found.

"Father, what do you want me to do?" The crown prince didn't know what was wrong with the emperor, as if his face was ugly.

The emperor didn't bother to say a word, and directly threw the letter in his face, "Look at it yourself!" ”

The prince picked up the letter on the ground suspiciously, opened it and looked dumbfounded, "This, what is this?" ”

How could he use his handwriting, and it was the same as a touch!

It's like if you suddenly see someone who looks exactly like you, in addition to shock, there will probably be horror, because it's so weird.

"You're still pretending?" The emperor stared at his crown prince and was extremely disappointed, "I have treated you well all these years, and you have betrayed me with the enemy!" ”

"Father, what kind of villain is this, Erchen has never had any dealings with Fanbang!" The prince is a ghost, he only used the Fanbang people to capture the four princesses before, but he didn't have direct contact, someone must have framed him! "Where did you come from, father, think that I am your crown prince, and the world will be mine in the future, why should I collude with the people of Fanbang? This is obviously a false accusation, if they plot something with me, how can they bring this kind of letter with them? What's in it for them? ”

The prince usually can't let out any useful farts, but at this time he said a key sentence, the emperor was told by him, and suddenly realized - yes, it is very abnormal to carry these letters with him, if Fanbang and the prince are in a cooperative relationship, this is too unreliable, it is fundamentally harmful to others and not to himself, so think about it again, it seems to be deliberately framed.

The emperor couldn't help but think of the assassination in the Beiyuan hunting ground before, and there were clues pointing to the prince, but in the end it was confirmed that it was not the prince, could it be that someone framed him this time?

"Father, Erchen suspects that Mama Yu must have been rescued by someone in the palace back then, and it is very likely that she is the same person who detained Mrs. Hou, so Mama Yu Erchen doesn't recognize her at all, how can she be asked to kidnap Madam Hou? Moreover, when those Fanbang people were arrested, they also brought a woman, and the woman's sons checked it, and they were also taken away by them, and they were also locked up in Mama's inn before, so the people who colluded with the people in Fanbang must be related to Mama Yu! In a hurry, the prince's thoughts were smooth, and he poured out his thoughts.

The emperor frowned and groaned, if this matter is thought about together, the person who detained Xie Ruqing is Yao Guifei, and Yao Guifei wants to give Xie Ruqing to the people of Fanbang, then it can be explained why the people of Fanbang slandered the prince.

But how did Yao Guifei send people out, and what did she do to collude with Fanbang people, is it for Yuning Qi Yanzhi on the front line?

At this time, there was an urgent report on the front line, which was Qi Yanzhi's secret letter, which was personally handed over to the emperor by the secret guard, and the emperor hurriedly opened the letter and looked at it, and his eyes were black after just one glance.

Qi Yanzhi told the emperor in the letter about Yu Ning's disappearance, and there was no news at the time of the letter, but there was no news of being captured by Fanbang. Qi Yanzhi also roughly explained the situation on the front line to the emperor, telling him that although the main general was not there, it did not have much impact, and even fought a counterattack.

The emperor leaned on the dragon chair for a long time before he came to his senses, fortunately, there was Yan Zhi! He sighed in his heart, he was not wrong about this child, he could withstand it at a critical time!

It's just Yuning...... Yu Ning, this kid is probably more than lucky.

The emperor was heartbroken, his Yu Ning died like this, that was his favorite son, he knew that it would be good not to let him go, why did he agree to go on the expedition in the first place?

"Father?" The crown prince was still kneeling under His Royal Highness, and when he looked up and saw the emperor's eyes were scattered, his hands supporting his head as if he was very uncomfortable, he couldn't help but worry, "Father, are you uncomfortable, Gonggong Li, Gonggong Li, come in!" ”

Hearing this, Gonggong Li hurriedly came in, "What's the matter, Prince?" ”

"Is there anything uncomfortable about my father, how do you serve my father?" The prince said with some half-truths that he naturally hoped that his father would finish soon so that he could make way for him, but he didn't want him to finish now, after all, he couldn't control internal and external troubles.

"Your Majesty?" Gonggong Li also discovered the emperor's inappropriateness, "Are you uncomfortable, do you want to pass on the imperial doctor?" ”

The emperor's heart was like a knife and his head was torn apart, and he almost lost his consciousness for a moment, he has always had a headache for unknown reasons recently, but none of them were so strong, they were all relieved after a while, this time it may have been stimulated, and it didn't pass for a long time, and it hurt half a life.

"Not necessarily." The emperor waved his hand, at this time can no longer cause panic, although Yu Ning's accident was covered, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, and he can't declare the imperial doctor at this time, "Ask the kitchen to boil a bowl of sweet soup, I am a little sleepy." ”

Sweet soup? Gonggong Li hesitated for a moment, the emperor is afraid that he has forgotten that the sweet soup was given by Concubine Yao, this hour......

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the concubine is asleep." Li Gonggong said, "Do you want to drink a bowl of ginseng soup first, you can also refresh yourself." ”

The emperor nodded, "You go." ”

At this time, on the front line of northern Xinjiang, Qi Yanzhi had not closed his eyes for three days, but he did not participate in the soup to refresh himself, so he could only rely on reading Xie Ruqing's handwriting over and over again to refresh himself.

Yu Ning has been missing for ten days, according to common sense, it should be more than lucky, but if his body is not found for a day, this matter cannot be conclusive.

"Any news today?" He told Adjutant General Zhang Dazhong.

Zhang Dazhong was stabbed by Fanbang soldiers in the valley last time, and just when everyone thought he was fierce and unlucky, he actually came back by himself the next day. The reason why he was able to escape death was because he deliberately held his breath and pretended to be dead at that time, but he was indeed almost dead at that time, according to his previous temper, he must have fought to the end, but he was inspired by Qi Yanzhi's "clumsiness" before he thought of pretending to be dead and fooling around.

But he was so badly injured that he reluctantly got out of bed for several days, and he still hasn't recovered yet, and he walks with a limp. It's just that the people in the barracks are not so particular, as long as they still have a breath to go to the battlefield.

"Still not." Zhang Dazhong sighed, he regretted it now, regretted being angry with the Nine Emperor Princes, he knew that he would never come back, and he wouldn't argue with him about anything.

As Yu Ning disappeared for longer and longer, everyone became less hopeful, who knew that in such a desolate place as Northern Xinjiang, there was no way to survive outside, not to mention that now it was in ruins because of the war, not to mention that the Nine Emperor Princes were still seriously injured.

And there's no way to find out where he's gone.

"Our people searched the entire valley day and night, found the corpses of a few war horses, and found most of the soldiers' corpses, but there was no Nine Emperors." It is also extremely difficult for Zhang Dazhong to drag a waste leg out to find someone all day long, "Strategist, you say, will this be good news, everyone's bodies have almost been found, but the Nine Emperors can't be found, which proves that he is likely to escape death." ”

Qi Yanzhi also thought about it this way, but if there was no news for a day, there was less hope, after all, a place like Northern Xinjiang could escape to where he could go.

"What does Yarutu do?"

"He's been very strange lately, he hasn't moved since the last sneak attack was beaten back by us, and he doesn't know what he's trying to do wrong." Speaking of this, Zhang Dazhong hated, "If I am good now, I will definitely lead troops into his lair to avenge the Nine Emperor Princes!" ”

At this time, it is very strange that Fanbang did not move, and now everyone knows that the Northern Xinjiang Army has no main general, and it is the time to bully, although they did not get a bargain last time, but as long as they attack aggressively, they will know that the Northern Frontier Army is now just holding on, and they can't afford to fight at all, what caused them not to move?

The news from the capital has always been reported to Qi Yanzhi, including every move at home, every move in the palace, the news of Xie Ruqing's detention in the palace just came today, but Ruqing had just been found when the letter was written, and no one knew what the specific reason was, so they could only guess.

Qi Yanzhi didn't need to guess, he could almost immediately determine that it was Yao Guifei who had done the ghost, and Yao Guifei's purpose in detaining Ruqing could only be to threaten him and Yu Ning, because she knew that both of them could die for Ruqing.

And Yalutu is probably waiting for the hostages, but their news is lagging behind, I don't know if the hostages have not been caught, but the news lag will not be too long, at most tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will probably know, and Yaletu will definitely make a move by then.

"The deputy general is tired of bothering more, according to what I said, everyone is more vigilant in the past three days, and must take turns to rest, I am afraid that a big war is inevitable."

Zhang Dazhong is most afraid that there will be no countermeasures, every time Qi Yanzhi says what countermeasures, he is full of energy, like a chicken blood, "Hey! I'll go! ”

"The lieutenant must also rest well, after all, it depends on you to charge into battle." Qi Yanzhi persuaded.

Zhang Dazhong nodded, "I know." ”

In fact, as long as Zhang Dazhong appeared in front of the battle, it was enough to frighten the Fanbang people, and they must have thought that the main and deputy generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army were gone. A lieutenant who escaped death was enough to give them a blow.

On this day, Qi Yanzhi stayed up late at night, and only slept for a while at dawn, and when the sky was just dawn, someone outside came to report, saying that someone wanted to see him.

Qi Yanzhi wondered, who in this place, who would come to see him at this time?