In fact, even if Mu Ningxuan didn't say it, Princess Gao Rou would eventually tell the queen.

But Mu Ningxuan has her own ideas.

After chatting for a while in the queen's palace, Mu Ningxuan left first, and Princess Gao Rou did not leave with Mu Ningxuan.

"Arou, what Xuan'er said just now is true?" The queen looked at Princess Gao Rou.

Princess Gao Rou nodded and said, "It's true, I haven't had time to tell you about this, in fact, in addition to this matter, there is another thing, I originally wanted to check it and tell you later." ”

"What's the matter?" The queen frowned slightly.

Princess Gao Rou said: "Recently, it has been rumored in the capital that the death of the prince was killed by Zhu Xuan, a person in the rivers and lakes who knew how to use silver needles. ”

The queen's eyes widened and she said in disbelief: "People in the rivers and lakes? How could Chong'er make an enmity with the people in the rivers and lakes. ”

"This matter, we are still investigating, queen, don't be impatient." Princess Gao Rou saw that the queen was excited, so she could only persuade her.

The queen trembled angrily and asked, "What is the origin of that Zhu Xuan?" ”

"It's just a nobody, and there is no prestige in the rivers and lakes." Princess Gao Rou said truthfully.

"How dare a nobody assassinate the prince? There must be someone behind this Zhu Xuan! The queen said firmly.

Princess Gao Rou nodded: "Let's wait for me to verify it." ”

When the prince returned to the prince's mansion in a carriage, he was found dead in the carriage by the guards, and the cause of death was a very thin long needle at the back of his neck.

But according to the groom and the guards beside him, the prince did not get out of the carriage or contact others during the carriage.

In this way, there are only two explanations, the first is that the prince committed suicide, and the second is that the prince was shot into the carriage by people in the rivers and lakes with extremely high martial arts, right in the back of the prince's neck.

The first explanation is obviously impossible!

***

However, after two days, Boss Zhang (Nangong Ji) of Songhe Restaurant caught Zhu Xuan, who "coincidentally" was hiding in the capital.

After some interrogation, Zhu Xuan explained very happily. The crown prince was indeed killed by him, but there were two people behind him: one was the third prince and the other was the fifth prince.

This result was really unexpected, Princess Gao Rou entered the palace and told the queen as soon as she got the news of the little prince.

"What? Did the third prince and the fifth prince conspire to kill the crown prince together? No way, it's absolutely impossible! The queen was surprised.

If you want to only say the three princes, the queen must believe it a hundred times, but it can be said that the three princes and the five princes conspired, and the queen is really difficult to accept.

Since the crown prince went, the queen began to support the five princes, competing with the three princes in the court and helping him ascend to the crown prince's throne.

Right now, if it was really the five princes who participated in it and designed to kill the crown prince, the queen would be extremely stupid!

Princess Gao Rou analyzed it seriously: "Chong'er is burdened by the identity of the crown prince, except for the third prince, don't others have the heart to compete for the throne?" The prince of the official family is not the only one with the third prince, don't the five princes have no idea about the crown prince? ”

Thinking of the cowardly appearance of the five princes, the queen felt that it was impossible from the bottom of her heart.

"Although I said that, this palace really can't believe it, how could the third prince and the fifth prince get together."

"This is the result of my people's investigation, if the queen doesn't believe it, then there is no way." Princess Gao Rou said calmly.

The queen frowned and asked, "Where is that Zhu Xuan now?" ”

"In a safe place, you can go to court at any time." Princess Gao Rou said.

The queen nodded: "I'll wait for the palace to find out." By the way, as soon as the news of the six princes quelling the banditry in Zizhou was reported back to Beijing the day before yesterday, two ministers in the court yesterday took advantage of the meritorious service of the six princes to suggest that the official family appoint the six princes as the crown princes. ”

"I know about this, those two ministers were originally neutral, and now it is strange that they suddenly stand in line to help the six princes fight for the position of crown prince." Princess Gao Rou said lightly.

The empress continued: "Do you say that the six princes also want to compete for the throne? ”

Princess Gao Rou didn't answer, she only promised to help the queen find out two things, who was responsible for the death of the first prince, and the second found the rumored secret book on Mu Ningxuan's body.

The first of the six princes did not participate in the prince's case, and the second had nothing to do with the secret book, so Princess Gao Rou naturally did not comment.

The queen knew that she was a little embarrassed by Princess Gaorou, although the two of them were good, but they didn't seem to have reached the level of saying anything, so the queen changed the topic.

"Princess, is there any whereabouts about the secret book?" The queen is also very curious about this secret letter, if the official family really wrote the edict of succession in advance, then he directly said that it was set up, why cause disputes in the court.

The strangest thing is that rumors about this secret book have been around for many years.

It's just that at that time, the official family directly appointed Chong'er as the crown prince, and the queen didn't take it to heart, just regarded it as a gimmick.

"Mu Ningxuan, this child is worthy of growing up next to the Queen Mother, she is very thoughtful, and with Aunt Su beside the Queen Mother, Liu Jutang is like an iron wall, and she can't ask any news at all." Princess Gao Rou said.

To deal with Mu Ningxuan, the character of Princess Gao Rou is not soft enough, and it is not suitable to be hard.

It was because of this that she would let the little prince get close to Mu Ningxuan. However, Princess Gao Rou did not tell the queen about the little prince's involvement.

"The princess has to think of a way, the matter of the secret book is by no means groundless, the third prince and Concubine Zhuang attach so much importance to it, they must know something." The queen said to Princess Gao Rou.

Princess Gao Rou smiled: "What is the queen worried about, no matter who is the crown prince in the secret book, you are the justifiable queen mother." ”

Princess Gao Rou knew that the queen hated Concubine Zhuang because she didn't want to worry about it, so she simply didn't stay long.

Since Princess Gao Rou told the queen that the third prince and the fifth prince hired people in the rivers and lakes to kill the prince, the queen sent people to surround the Shu palace of the five princes.

The queen couldn't believe that the fifth prince, who had been raised by her side for so many years, would dare to do such a thing, and dare to hire someone to kill the crown prince, her biological son!

However, after one night's work, the searching guards came to report, and in the study of the fifth prince, they found letters in contact with the third prince.

After reading those letters, the queen couldn't suppress the anger in her heart, and she was so angry that she spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Queen Mother, do you need to press the five princes over?" The guard asked cautiously.

"No need, surround King Shu's mansion and don't let him out." The queen said coldly, she didn't dare to see the five princes, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to hold back for a while, and directly asked someone to cut the five princes with a thousand knives.

How can the five princes and her Chong'er (crown prince) be compared!

Even if the five princes are cut with a thousand knives, it will be difficult to vent the anger in her heart!

***

At the same time, the high-profile Boss Zhang of Songhe Restaurant still aroused the idea of the official family in this life.

Boss Zhang of Songhe Restaurant is the rumored Nangong Ji Shao, who is the first in the world in martial arts, and the whole capital has been boiling in the past few days.

Nangong Jishao is the only son of the southeast palace master.

The most commendable thing in the southeast palace is swordsmanship, and the martial arts swordsmanship that it believes in has always been respected for being fast, and only fast is not broken.

The disciples of the Southeast Palace are all over the rivers and lakes, and their reputation has long spread all over the north and south of the river.

At that time, Nangong Jishao, the only son of the palace master of the Southeast Palace, posted a heroic post, and asked the major masters in the rivers and lakes to fight in the Nangong Canyon, and it took only two years to win the major masters in the rivers and lakes and become the veritable first in the world.

Nangong Jishao's swordsmanship is superb and superb, and the reason why he was recognized this time was because of his little-known appearance.

The face is like a crown of jade, the lips are painted with Zhu, the body is tall and slender, Nangong Ji Shao has been tired by his appearance before he became an adult, so he either wears a mask all the year round, or uses the disguise technique to change his appearance, or he hides incognito in the market.

This time, Nangong Jishao appeared in the capital and became the owner of the most famous Songhe restaurant in the capital, revealing his true face in front of people, which shocked the entire rivers and lakes.

The front of Songhe Restaurant is still full of people, but this time, it is not the women and girls, but the heroes and heroes in the rivers and lakes who want to see the true face of the first man in the world of swordsmanship.

These heroes and heroes from all over the world are more conscious than those girls, and they don't go into the restaurant to make noise, but only order the competition at the entrance of Songhe Restaurant, which attracts more diners to Songhe Restaurant.

The guests who come to Songhe Restaurant to eat can not only eat delicious food, but also watch the competition between martial arts masters in the rivers and lakes, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Those sons and brothers in the capital who love to make friends seized this opportunity and went to Songhe Restaurant to eat and drink every day, just to get to know a few more people in the rivers and lakes.

And Boss Zhang of Songhe Restaurant (real identity Nangong Jishao) still doesn't show up all day long, and only a few words I heard that he only saw a person from the Kongtong faction in private.

There were suddenly many more people in the capital, and the people in the court were panicked.

The official family ordered to strengthen the patrol in the palace and sent people to secretly monitor the situation of the Songhe Restaurant.

Boss Zhang of Songhe Restaurant met with Kongtong in private, which attracted the attention of the officials.

And this person from the Kongtong faction is now living in the courtyard of the third prince.

Whether this Boss Zhang of Songhe Restaurant is related to the people of Kongtong and the three princes, the official family was suspicious, so he called the three princes to ask.

The third prince did not deny it, saying that this person from the Kongtong faction was his master's eldest apprentice, and he was one of the heads of the Kongtong faction who might inherit it in the future.

If he wins, then the position of the head of the Kongtong faction is in the pocket of his senior brother.

Just a few days after the incident of Mu Ningxuan of the Pingchang Marquis Mansion, the official family was skeptical of what the third prince said.

The third prince didn't expect the official family to be so suspicious that he would send someone to check his eldest brother's whereabouts in the past three years.

Inadvertently, a case related to an important minister in the DPRK and China three years ago was found out.

Three years ago, Zhou Xiang's youngest son, Zhou Yanting, was involved in a serial murder case of snatching his wife, because Zhou Yanting took a fancy to a woman from a family and wanted to include this woman in the house.

But this woman is not a girl who has not left the cabinet, but the wife of a white family.

The Bai family refused to give up their daughter-in-law to Zhou Yanting as a concubine, so Zhou Yanting took the guards in the house and went directly to the Bai family to snatch the woman back to the house.

In the process of scrambling, the woman's husband was pushed by Zhou Yanting and hit the corner of the table and died on the spot.

The Bai family sued Zhou Yanting to Yousi Yamen.

The third prince, who was still the king of Jin at that time, happened to be arranged by the official family to inspect the affairs of the yamen in the capital during that time, and he knew about it.

The ambitious third prince saw that Zhou Yanting was the youngest son of Zhou Xiang's old son, and heard that Zhou Xiang only had two sons, and the eldest son, Zhou Yanyong, was born with a hidden disease and could not reproduce heirs, so Zhou Xiang attached great importance to this young son Zhou Yanting.

The third prince used his authority to suppress the case and keep Zhou Yanting, so as to encircle Zhou Xiang.

The Bai family is such a lone seedling, but they were killed by Zhou Xiang's son, and the daughter-in-law was taken away and ruined, the yamen didn't care if they let go of Zhou Yanting, the murderer, and let the murderer go unpunished, how could the Bai family give up.

Later, the Bai family wanted to beat the drum to sue the emperor.

The third prince immediately asked Zhou Yanting to send someone to stop them.

Zhou Yanting knew that he had really poked the big basket this time, so he came up with a way to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

But what the Bai family has lost is the only seedling that can be passed on to the next generation, how can they agree, the Bai family is resolute, and it is bound to give an explanation from the imperial court and bring Zhou Yanting to justice.

It is said that Zhou Xiang has assisted two generations of kings to be a real loyal minister, and he is very favored by the officials, and he has never done anything that hurts nature and reason, and disregards human morality.

This time, the youngest son Zhou Yanting did such a thing, and Zhou Xiang also hated iron and steel.

But Zhou Yanting is also the only son of his family who can pass on the ancestry, and Zhou Xiang naturally wants to protect Zhou Yanting.

The Bai family is so troublesome, the official family will know sooner or later, in order to prevent future troubles, the third prince came up with a way to wipe out all the Bai family.

It's just that it was inconvenient for the third prince to come forward, so the senior brother of the Kongtong faction who lived in his mansion at the time volunteered to accept this errand.

That night, the Bai family, who was eating at home, was all exterminated by the sudden Kongtong faction elder brothers, and even the three-year-old child could not escape.

Zhou Xiang originally wanted to resign and retire earlier and live a quiet life of idle clouds and wild cranes.

Since this incident, Zhou Xiang has been pinched by the three princes, and has been helping the three emperors impeach the prince's party for the first two years.

When the official family found out about this, they were furious.

The elders of the two dynasties actually did such a foolish thing, and the official family immediately removed Zhou Xiang's top flower feather, thinking that he had served the court for many years and only let him go home to retire, and he was not too embarrassed.

As for Zhou Xiang's youngest son, Zhou Yanting, Zhou Yanting took his wife and killed people, and the official family ordered him to be directly executed.

And the eldest brother of the third prince killed dozens of members of the Bai family, and the official family also ordered him to be sentenced to death.

The official family was preparing to send out the three princes, and the queen asked to enter the palace.

The queen knew that the official family would not hate the three princes even if they punished the three princes for this matter of Zhou Xiang, but if the matter of harming the prince was added, it would be counted together.

Even if the official family likes the third prince, they can't keep him.

"Queen, are you here for something?" The official asked patiently, the queen must have something big going to court this time.