The ice in the ice is replaced every half an hour, and the incense of Rui Brain burned in the Boshan furnace rises and fills the hall.

But Rao was like this, and the emperor's head still hurt.

The horror of being assassinated a few days ago has not yet subsided, and now he is anxious about the goose head case in the East Palace, not to mention the snowflakes of documents that are in danger of drought everywhere, all of which make him worry and depressed.

He has been on the throne for nearly 30 years now, and he has not experienced a major famine, and he can be regarded as a "son of peace".

But this year, I don't know what's going on, and the disasters come and go, which makes him have a headache.

The two palace maids who were fanning on the side lowered their eyebrows, and only the movements of their hands were uniform and meticulous.

The eunuch bowed down and walked at the forefront, followed by two officials of the Qin Heavenly Eunuch, wearing a long robe with large sleeves in the hot weather, and the collar buttons and hats were tightly buttoned.

Sweat trickled down his sideburns and forehead, and he couldn't wipe it off.

"Emperor Qi, the two Taishi have arrived." Qu Qing, the eunuch in charge of the imperial front, replied.

The emperor agreed slightly with his hand, and Qu Qing raised his voice and proclaimed: "Qin Tianjian Yuan Taishi and Hong Taishi are here!" ”

After hearing this, the two Taishi hurriedly wiped the sweat on their faces and walked in, and after saluting, the emperor gave him a seat, and the two of them sat down carefully and peeked at the emperor.

It's only half a moon, and the emperor seems to be ten years older, which shows that he is really worried these days.

"I called you two here today to hear what you think of the goose head case." The emperor pressed his temples and cheered up.

Three months ago, the current Taishi of this dynasty Ling Wang Jian died suddenly, before his death one day and night to observe the celestial phenomena, see the comet across the western sky, couldn't help but worry, said to colleagues: "The comet is now, the state is traitorous." I am afraid that there will be turmoil in the world, so I should start playing the Holy Heaven and take more precautions. ”

Whoever thought that his recital had not yet been completed but that he was already dead, every time the emperor thought of it, his heart was not happy.

Now that strange things are frequent, and some people are practicing witchcraft in the palace, the prince will make the king key die, so he called the two more outstanding Taishi in the Qin Heavenly Prison.

The atmosphere in the palace and even in the capital is extremely tense now, and these two people naturally know that if they say the wrong thing at this juncture and anger Long Yan, they are afraid that their official positions will not be guaranteed.

But on the other hand, if anyone gets the Sacred Heart at this time, then the vacant post of Taishi Ling will fall on whose head.

"Yuan Taishi, you are older, you speak first." The emperor saw that neither of these two people dared to speak first, so he had to order: "Just say your opinion, there is no clue about this matter now, although someone has been asked to check the harem, but no useful clues have been found." ”

"Old minister is bold," Yuan Taishi got up and said, "Can you take out the goose head found in the East Palace and let us have a look." ”

The emperor motioned, and the little eunuch on one side brought out a box.

There were two goose heads inside, and the weather had already rotted, and the box emitted a foul smell when it was opened.

Although the box is made of camphor wood, it still can't completely hide the smell.

But no matter how smelly it was, neither of them could show the slightest disgust.

The sleeves of the official uniform are carefully folded up and examined carefully.

"This goose seems to have something in its mouth." The younger Hong Taishi said as he broke open one of the goose's beaks with his hand, and took out a bone fragment from it, which seemed to be engraved with handwriting.

"Come on, rinse it off." The emperor was also surprised when he saw it, although he had checked it before, but he was not so careful, who would have thought that there was an article in the mouth of this goose.

"It's a goose with something in its mouth." Yuan Taishi found a small golden sword from the mouth of another goose.

When the emperor saw this, his brows furrowed even deeper.

In a few moments, the bone fragments and golden swords found from the goose's bews were cleaned and placed on a tray.

The bone fragment was engraved with the eight characters of the birthday, and the emperor and the two Taishi knew at a glance that this was the eight characters of the prince's birthday.

However, it is not surprising that the person who did this was originally cursing the prince.

"The intention of the person who did this is obvious, one of the goose heads symbolizes the prince, with a bone fragment engraved with the prince's eight characters in his mouth, and a golden sword in the other, which is naturally unfavorable to the prince." Yuan Taishi said.

"The prince lives in the East Palace, the five elements belong to wood, Jin Kemu, and his intentions are dangerous and evil." Hong Taishi also said.

"The handwriting on this bone fragment is the most common, but it's hard to use this to check it." Yuan Taishi shook his head.

"I think I should check it out on the goose's head first, after all, there is a record of the birds slaughtered in the imperial dining room every day." Hong Taishi said: "This goose head has not been cooked, it is still raw." Probably only passed through the hands of sacrifices, and did not reach the level of the spoon. ”

The emperor couldn't help but look at this Hong Taishi a few more times, and felt that although he was younger, he was careful and keen, and he was quite competent.

"Then according to your opinion, this witchcraft ......" the emperor asked him, "Do you need to understand?" ”

"The art of witchcraft is vain in the eyes of the ministers, and it will not hurt the prince in the slightest." Hong Taishi replied: "But the people who do this can be punished, but they can't be tolerated." ”

"So you go down first, remember to watch the sky and report any changes early." After speaking, the emperor closed his eyes tiredly.

The two Taishi quietly retreated.

"Your Majesty, you've been sitting here for most of the day, and you're tired of thinking, so it's better to lie down." Qu Qing came over and said.

"Let's go to the concubine!" The emperor stood up and said, "She's closer, and besides, I haven't seen her for a few days." ”

Qu Qing heard this, and hurriedly ordered the palace people to drive the Tianxi Palace.

Xu Guifei was enjoying the cool in the inner hall, and when she heard that the emperor had arrived, she hurriedly got up to greet her.

When the emperor saw her, his brow tightened slightly.

"The emperor is worried about state affairs these days, and he must not have eaten well, and when he arrives at the concubine's place, he eats something and sleeps," Xu Guifei said to the emperor in a soft voice: "The concubine will order them to prepare a light imperial meal." ”

As he was talking, the four princes ran in, and when they saw that the emperor had asked for peace, they got into their father's arms and said, "Why didn't my father ask us to ask for peace these days?" ”

The emperor stroked his back and said, "Father is busy with state affairs and doesn't want to be interrupted. ”

Then he asked, "What have you been doing these days?" Can you study with skill? ”

The fourth prince nodded and said, "The prince also found a lot of books for me a few days ago, and asked me to read them carefully." ”

"The crown prince is indeed a good brother." When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and remembered the matter of the goose's head again.

"Bo'er come down," Xu Guifei signaled to the four princes not to sit on the emperor: "The emperor is so easy to rest." ”

"Don't worry, let him sit down! If you are older, you can't," the emperor said fondly, "and a ten-year-old boy will be big in a blink of an eye." ”

The fourth prince sat in the emperor's arms, and slowly felt a little bored, so he took out a thing from his sleeve and played with it in his hand.

The emperor didn't care at first, but when he saw that it was a golden sword more than an inch long, he was stunned, took it and asked, "Where did this thing come from?" ”