Because of the silent death of the fourth prince, a winter hunt that was originally in the spotlight became extremely depressing.

All the people who went out hunting had already been called back, and they were fully subjected to the thorough investigation arranged by Shen Lun for Yu Linwei, and even the officials and their children were not spared. As long as there are jade pendants of similar color on their bodies, they have been carefully interrogated.

However, Shen Mo is as honest and cautious as ever, and he has never made a grudge, and it is impossible for the children of hundreds of officials to have any deep hatred with him, so they have to put him to death. Shen Lun did this just to comfort the silent spirit in the sky.

Shen Lun is not stupid, although there is no evidence, but the person who is most likely to do this kind of thing in a frenzy at this time is the crown prince Shen Xuan. In addition, he heard that the road of the winter hunt was chosen by each participant, but before starting, the crown prince Shen Xuan clearly and secretly asked his brothers to take that road.

On Shen Mi's side, Shen Shu just told him not to take the west road last night, but he didn't explain why. So after learning the cause of silent death, he was afraid and blamed himself.

However, it may be disrespectful to say this to the deceased - a silent death minimizes the damage. After all, he had already become an insignificant role in the palace, and if the person who was assassinated was Shen Mi or Shen Shu, it would undoubtedly cause an uproar.

At that time, the queen and the crown prince Shen Xuan were afraid that they would have peace of mind.

The group returned to the Eastern Suburbs Palace, Yu Linwei ran around, touched it for about an hour, and already had some eyebrows-

The prince's East Palace once asked Fang Fu for gold and silver in exchange for a large number of jewelry, however, the whereabouts of these jewelry are unknown.

Shen Lun guessed that these jewelry might be the money that Shen Xuan used to buy the killer, because the gold was printed with the official name of the capital, so it was inconvenient to use it in such a way.

When Yu Linwei brought Shen Xuan over, he himself didn't know why, but his face was the same color, and there was a sweat in the cold winter wax moon. Seeing this, Shen Lun was even more convinced that he had something to do with this matter.

"Shen Xuan, you exchanged so much gold, silver and jewelry with the Fang Mansion a month ago, where did you use it?" Shen Lun sat on the dragon chair with a serious face. Shen Shu, Shen Mi, Shi Ke and the others knelt on the seats on both sides, watching Shen Xuan's performance.

Shen Xuan knelt in front of the main hall, the cold sweat on his back came out layer after layer, his mouse eyes quietly glanced at Shen Lun's serious expression, and said, "Naturally, it's a gift for my mother......"

"Ten thousand taels of gold, all of them have changed the jewelry for your queen mother!?"

Hearing this, Shen Shu was shocked, the price of the Sifang Pavilion turned out to be 10,000 taels of gold, which was really a lion's mouth.

"Erchen is the prince of a country, and in addition to honoring his mother, most of it is used to recruit talented people and clear the way...... Shen Xuan said, and even a little complacent, thinking that he had found a wonderful reason.

Shen Mi shook his head secretly, Shen Xuan's straw bag, saying that he had nothing wrong with recruiting talented guests, if he said that he spent 10,000 taels of gold on it in order to clear the road, wouldn't it be a naked bribe to the important ministers of the court?

He glanced at Shen Shu, who was kneeling opposite, and the other party also felt his anxious gaze, but only shook his head slightly.

Shen Mi was a little puzzled, since Shen Shu already knew last night that there was an ambush of the killer on the west road, why didn't he say it directly, even if there was no evidence, with Shen Lun's favor for him, he would punish the crown prince Shen Xuan.

But since Shen Shu refused to speak, he had no choice but to shut up.

Shen Mi didn't know that Shen Shu was actually doing this to protect Shi Qingqian.

This kind of thing without evidence, even if the crown prince Shen Xuan is punished, the power of the queen is so great, they will not fall easily, and sooner or later they will find Shi Qingqian's head.

Compared with Shi Qingqian's safety, Shen Shu would rather let Shen Xuan live a little longer on the throne of the crown prince......

In the Luanfeng Palace.

"What! They took Xuan'er away? ”

"Yes......" Ah Cai lowered his head and said, "At this time, he should have arrived at the emperor's place, will they know anything......"

"Got it?" The queen glared and asked, "What, isn't that silent death really my Xuan'er?" ”

The little eunuch who had been following Shen Xuan was kneeling in front of the queen at this time, he thought about it, the two villains in his heart fought one after another, and finally thought to himself, maybe only the queen could save the prince, so he dared to grit his teeth and say: "Go back to the queen's mother...... This killer was indeed found by His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"What!?" The queen was stunned, her eyes widened like two copper bells, and her brows furrowed into mountains and ravines, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

"Even if I did it, what evidence do they have?"

Ah Cai said: "When I was a slave, I heard that someone found out about the prince exchanging jewels with Fang Fu, and suspected that the jewels were used to buy the killer's money. ”

The little eunuch had a bitter face, his face was squeezed like a freshly baked bun, full of folds, "Ouch, my master, how can you not leave evidence for this work?" Yu Linwei has been in and out of the prince's place for more than an hour, maybe he really found something for them! ”

The queen turned her head. The little eunuch's words were so straightforward that they made people angry, but they were also reasonable. Thinking of her Xuan'er has always been pampered, when she was interrogated as a prisoner, she felt even more cramped in her heart, and she hated to stand up and take this crime for him.

Wait a minute...... Guilty?

The queen's eyes suddenly focused on the little eunuch.

"Xiao Zhuozi, you have been serving by the prince's side since he was young, and this palace remembers that you have parents and younger brothers, how are they doing at this time?"

"Thanks to the blessing of the queen, my parents and younger brother are doing well at home outside the city." The little eunuch bowed his head and replied, faintly with a sense of foreboding.

The queen hooked her lips and smiled, what she wanted was this answer, "Thanks to the blessing of this palace...... the queen reached out and adjusted the nail cover on her hand, "This palace just doesn't know, if they don't have this protection, will they still be able to live......"

The little eunuch's heart was cold, after being in the palace for so many years, if he couldn't even hear what this hint meant, he was afraid that he would have died a long time ago.

The sweat on his body flowed out immediately, he kowtowed deeply, and buried his face in his arms, "Xiao Zhuozi has been grateful to the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for so many years, as long as the Queen Mother says a word to you!" Xiao Zhuozi is a cow and a horse, and he will never give up! ”

"You're a man who understands." The queen smiled, took off an expensive and delicate Luan gold inlaid beaded hairpin from her head, and handed it to Ah Cai's hand, "Xiao Zhuozi is eager to protect the lord, and he steals the name of the prince to ask for jewels from the Fang Mansion, and selfishly tries to harm other princes, although the great crime is unforgivable, but for the sake of his loyal protector, the palace will reward his family with fifty taels of gold and fifty horses of gold silk——"

Sweat trickled down his face and dripped onto the carpeted floor, disappearing in an instant, silently, just like himself who was about to die, this life would also disappear and silently.

"Minions...... Thank you, Lord Longne! ”