Although the emperor can speak, but in the end, he is the emperor, delicate and expensive, even if his condition has stabilized, he still has to leave Gu Changfeng and Yan Suwen in the palace, saying that if the emperor's condition has a recurrence, it is better to ask for a doctor in time.

The couple lived in the palace for seven or eight days, and when they returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, they saw Lord Xue who was constantly wandering around the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Xiaguan Xue Dong has come to see Xiangye and Madame."

"They are all acquaintances, so Lord Xue doesn't have to be formal." Yan Su asked Xue Dong to get up: "But there are people who come and go, and the case in the inn has eyebrows?" ”

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion recently cracked a spy case, and heard the name of the leather merchant Ada from the mouth of the relevant criminals, and after many investigations, it was also confirmed that the leather merchant Ada did have dealings with his subordinates. The reason why Xia Guan came to see Xiangye in a hurry was because the case also involved people in the palace. Outside, the lower officials can be arrested, but in this palace, if there is no emperor to speak, there is no way for the lower officials to do it. ”

"Involved in the people in the palace? Who, can you ask clearly? Gu Changfeng's face sank.

"This ......" Xue Dong glanced at Gu Changfeng and hesitated: "This person is related to the queen's mother, and he is the person next to the queen's mother." ”

"The people around the queen?" Gu Changfeng flickered several faces in his mind in turn: "Name? ”

"Jingchun." Xue Donglai gently spit out these two words, then took out something from his sleeve cage and handed it over: "Xiangye, this person is the nurse of the queen mother, that is, the Jingchun aunt who is still waiting in front of the queen mother." After the case of the inn, the lady suggested that the lower official investigate the whereabouts of the deceased Ada after entering the city, and during the investigation, the lower official found that this Ada had some close contacts with many official eunuchs in the city, saying that he came to the door to let people see the leather goods, but in fact, none of the leather goods were sold. Of course, it's normal that this can't be sold, after all, according to the family status of those people, they can't look down on these inferior leather goods, but it's strange that here, every time this Ada enters and leaves these people's houses, he stays in his mansion for more than two hours. ”

"Two hours? This is indeed something abnormal. Even if it is a door-to-door sales of leather goods, if it is not eye-catching, one or two sentences will be dismissed, no matter how difficult the businessman is, he is just asking someone to send it out. It took two hours, but there was no act of buying and selling, these people are afraid that they don't even understand the sentence of doing a full set of acting. ”

What Madame said was that after noticing that there was a problem here, the lower officials focused on investigating almost all of them, and found that almost all of them had a common grocery store under their names, and although the grocery store actually existed, it was not open, and even the shop was empty, and there was no goods in it. But every month, they would receive an income, which was more than ten times higher than their income. Aunt Jingchun is also one of them. ”

"Did you ask them all?"

"The lower official summoned two officials with lower ranks than the lower officials. They are also some of them who are not asked, and they explain the ins and outs of the matter in two sentences. They said that they only took the money and told the leather merchants about some of the situation in Yecheng, but did nothing else. ”

"What is this called?" Yan Su asked rhetorically.

Xue Donglai owed a debt and replied: "Xiaguan also asked the same question at the time, but they replied that what they said was something that everyone in Yecheng knew, even if it was something that happened in the court, it was gossip that did not involve the country, and it should be nothing." The lower official reprimanded him at the time. Saying that the people of Yecheng know the things does not mean that the people of Northern Liao know that the people of Yecheng think that there are nothing to do, but in the ears of the people of Northern Liao, it is something that can be calculated. As for what happened in this court, it should not be told to outsiders. They are guilty of collaborating with the enemy. These two people were frightened, and they confessed a lot of things, including the murder of the inn. According to them, the mastermind behind the murder was the Aunt Jingchun next to the queen's mother. ”

Aunt Jingchun is the nurse of the queen mother, and she has been by the queen's side since she was a child. When the queen mother entered the palace, she was also brought in, and over the years, Jing Chun was not only a close friend of the queen's mother, but also one of the emperor's henchmen. She actually contacted the Northern Liao spies, and even accepted bribes, if this matter is true, the involvement is too great.

"Xia Guan knew that Aunt Jingchun was involved in this matter, so he hurried to see Xiangye. According to the investigation of the lower officials, it was found that the reason why this Aunt Jingchun needed money was because something happened to her family, her son, her own son, killed someone, and the other party made trouble for a while. In order to save her son, Aunt Jingchun had to use money to open the upper and lower joints to buy her son's life. Although Aunt Jingchun is a person around the queen, according to the rules of the palace, the amount of silver she gets every month is also limited, and it is not easy to raise so much silver in a short period of time. ”

"What about the evidence?"

"It's all here." Xue Donglai took out a bunch of things again: "This is the confession of the two people, this is the account of the grocery store, this is the trial of Aunt Jingchun's son, and this is the complaint of the bitter master." In addition, about Aunt Jingchun's up and down points, the specific amount of silver is also available here. ”

"I know, you go back first, this matter is not publicized until the emperor decides." Gu Changfeng looked at the thick stack of things, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Husband, do you want to enter the palace immediately?"

"No, two days off. Xue Donglai is a person, I can trust me, but I can present things to the emperor, especially if it involves the queen's mother, if you are not careful and cautious, you will cause trouble for yourself. Regarding Jing Chun's affairs, I need to investigate more carefully, and it is best to let Jing Chun himself show his feet in front of the emperor and the queen. ”

"My husband is so busy, but I didn't expect that this case of coming and going to the inn would involve the palace. Beiliao, what is the idea? It was they who proposed to make peace, and it was they who tried to interfere with the princess and Da Wei. Do they want to be safe, or do they want to start a new war? It's good to be good, if you want to fight, how can you be like a child every day, thinking of a play is a play. ”

"Look at the one who makes my wife angry." Gu Changfeng touched Yan Suwen's head: "People's minds are the most difficult to guess, and besides, it is the royal family, and state affairs and family affairs are even more mixed together, and it is not clear to distinguish." ”

"The husband is busy, I'll go cook something delicious for the husband. In this palace, it is said that it is the richest place in the world, and what can be eaten is used, and that must not be done according to the rules. I doubt that they follow a standard for how much sugar and how much salt they put in each dish. But how can this cooking and cooking be according to a standard, it depends on the intention of the cook. Otherwise, no matter how good the ingredients are, they are wasted, and it is difficult to make a happy taste. Don't talk about it, I'll go to eat first, my mouth can be wronged to death in this palace for the past few days. ”

"Madam, can you answer a question for your husband first, and then go to cook?"

"Husband, excuse me."

"Madame's mouth is so picky, how did she hold it up when she was in the border city?"

"Don't brace, eat meat in large chunks, drink wine in large chunks, and I often take them to barbecue meat in the camp, roast all kinds of meat, and then use medicinal herbs as seasonings. Although the method is rough, the taste is different from that in the restaurant and in the small kitchen at home, and there is a faint smell of sand. As for this meat, it tastes good, but the taste of the wine is worse. ”

Gu Changfeng imagined that picture, and suddenly regretted that he had just asked. Such a happy and happy time, the only thing missing is without him.

"Another day, we'll go out for a barbecue." Gu Changfeng looked at Yan Suwen's eyes: "There is a forest in the suburbs, this season, it is just hunting." Rabbits, pheasants, wild boars, and fawns, whatever the lady eats first, she has what. ”

"What the husband said, you are not allowed to go back. Let's not wait too long, let's go when the husband takes care of the things at hand. Take my mother, take my father and aunt, if the big brother is idle, they can also go together. This eats in the wild, there are fewer people, there is no atmosphere. ”

"Okay, it just so happens that there are a few rooms on that mountain, and in the next few days, I will ask the housekeeper to take someone to clean up first."

"When it comes to barbecue, I think of a person. The princess of Beiliao doesn't know if she has returned to the house, and the little marquis from the Xie Hou Mansion doesn't know if her condition has improved. Alas, I have been trapped in the palace for the past few days, and I have delayed a lot of things. Yan Su asked in pieces, but she didn't care that her husband was still waiting for her to show a happy expression, but went directly to the small courtyard where the princess of Beiliao lived temporarily.

Looking at his wife's beautiful back, Gu Changfeng suddenly felt that the wind was a little cold today, and then looked at the things he was holding in his hand, shook his head, and took Gu Chen to the study.

In the small courtyard, the princess of Beiliao was angry and cut her good dress.

"Princess, what's wrong? How did all this good clothes be cut like this? ”

"Mrs. Gu." The maid beside the princess heard the voice and hurriedly came over to salute: "My princess is angry at this moment?" ”

"I can see it, but I don't know who your princess is angry with. By the way, haven't you all been staying in Xie Hou's Mansion these days? That Xie Xiaohou's condition has stabilized. ”

"Shhhh Madame, don't mention the little marquis again, the princess is angry because of him. The maid hurriedly gave Yan Su a look, but it was too late, Princess Beiliao had already heard their conversation, threw the things in her hand, and stood up angrily.

"Sister Yan, let me ask you, do you like that bastard Xie Jinzhi?"