After returning to the palace, Mrs. Chu went to Hanyuan Palace to see Emperor Chengji.

Mrs. Chu also heard that Emperor Chengji left the palace today and brought Princess Guanghua into the palace, but now she can't care about it so much, and only thinks about how to get her sister-in-law out of this matter.

As soon as she entered, before she saluted, Mrs. Chu heard Emperor Chengji say: "Zexi is now living in the Cloud Palace; She's not in good health, so don't bother her. ”

"Yes, the concubine understands." Mrs. Chu lowered her eyes and replied softly.

When she naturally said this to Emperor Ji, she was already suspicious of her.

Emperor Cheng Ji nodded, still looking down at the folds.

Mrs. Chu knelt down and kowtowed very solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has something important to report to Your Majesty, and I ask Your Majesty to retreat." ”

"Drop out?" Emperor Chengji was stunned, signaled, and the palace people who were serving on the side went out to wait.

"What's the matter, just say it!" Emperor Cheng Ji said.

"Your Majesty, concubine, met the late King Song in the royal capital." Mrs. Chu secretly took a breath before she said.

Emperor Cheng Ji narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who are you talking about?" ”

Mrs. Chu lowered her eyes and said again: "Back to Your Majesty, the concubine met Xie Lan, the king of Song, in the royal capital. ”

When these words came out, Emperor Chengji's expression was already very ugly, and Hanyuan Palace fell into a dead silence. Mrs. Chu was uneasy in her heart, she really didn't know what Emperor Chengji's attitude was towards this matter.

After a long time, Emperor Cheng Ji slowly spoke, and his tone was unpleasant: "I allow you to go back to the Chu family to save your relatives, and you met the King of Song in the Chu family?" Is that what it means? ”

Mrs. Chu panicked, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, concubine, concubine, concubine disobeys the will of the king, and knows that she is guilty of death." The concubine received the grace of His Majesty and was able to go back to the province, but she left the Chu Mansion without authorization, which is really a bully. ”

Emperor Cheng Ji sighed: "Since you understand, why do you know it." Xiaoqing, I am very disappointed. ”

Mrs. Chu just kowtowed and said that she was guilty of capital crimes, and did not defend much.

After a pause, Emperor Cheng Ji asked again: "You just said that you met Xie Lan in the royal capital?" Really? ”

"The concubine guarantees her life, and she doesn't dare to bully the king." Mrs. Chu hurriedly said.

Emperor Cheng Ji kept a straight face, not knowing what he was pondering, and then asked her again: "Where did you meet him?" ”

"Concubine, I saw King Song and Yong'an secretly guarding together." Mrs. Chu said.

Yong'an Secret Guard can be regarded as a taboo in the palace, and this should not be said from the mouth of a harem woman.

But now Mrs. Chu really can't take care of so much.

has been by Emperor Cheng Ji's side for more than 20 years, and she clearly knows what Emperor Cheng Ji cares about most.

Sure enough, when mentioning the Yong'an Secret Guard, Emperor Cheng Ji's face became even more ugly: "Yong'an Secret Guard? Do you know what you're talking about? Climbing indiscriminately is also a big crime of bullying the king. ”

Mrs. Chu secretly took a breath in her heart, and then said what she knew now: "Your Majesty." The concubine also just learned that in fact, Yong'an Secret Guard had been entrenched in the royal capital and tried to make bigger moves; After all, this matter is very important, and the concubine did not dare to hide it, so she reported it to His Majesty. ”

Regarding the Yong'an secret guard, it was her guess at first, but Taiwei Chu told her about some things that she had found out in recent days; The return of Mr. Gu and Old Man Chu to Beijing has caused a sensation in the royal capital, but it was a coincidence that Taiwei Chu discovered that Old Mr. Gu and Old Man Chu were in contact with a letter post called Yunyan Pavilion, and a woman in this letter post used to have frequent contacts with Xie Lan, the king of Song.

Since he had already noticed this, Taiwei Chu persevered along this line and continued to investigate; Even if the Yongan Secret Guard is careful and secretive, some clues have been found.

Only then did Taiwei Chu realize that the legendary Yong'an secret guard was now in the royal capital.

It's just that this matter is unusual after all, and after thinking about it, Taiwei Chu still feels that this matter is not suitable for public discussion in the court, so he asked Mrs. Chu to find a way to let Emperor Chengji know about this matter. It's just that I didn't expect Mrs. Chu to go to Yunyan Pavilion in person after leaving the palace, and she also discovered this shocking secret.

She didn't care if Emperor Cheng Ji was completely convinced of the authenticity of this matter, so she continued: "Your Majesty, the concubine has heard it with her own ears, and the Yongan secret guard said that King Song is their master. ”

In fact, only the last sentence really aroused Emperor Chengji's concern.

"Yong'an Secret Guard?" Emperor Cheng Ji frowned slightly, and then as if he had heard the funniest thing in the world, he just looked up to the sky and laughed, "He can even hook up with the Yongan Secret Guard!" ”

Mrs. Chu lowered her head and did not speak.

After a long time, Emperor Cheng Ji finally waved his hand: "You go down first." ”

Mrs. Chu kowtowed and retired.

It wasn't until Emperor Chengji was left in Hanyuan Palace that he closed his eyes very weakly.

Eternal Guard! It's Yong'an Secret Guard again! With twists and turns, it all comes back to this point eventually.

He didn't want to hear anything related to the Yongan Secret Guard, but someone swore not to give up if he didn't lead the matter to the Yongan Secret Guard. He used to have a close relationship with the Yong'an Secret Guard, and he knew what kind of people it was, and that group of people was a group of crazy people, and it was impossible to judge them as normal people.

Speaking of which, no one in the entire king knows the Yong'an Secret Guard better than him.

Xie Lan, except that his mother is a daughter of the Xuan family, it is impossible for him to have anything to do with Yong'an Secret Guard.

But Emperor Cheng Ji also didn't think that it would be any good for the Chu family to drag a Song king who had already died in the eyes of the world into this matter, so if he had to think so, it would seem to be true.

Emperor Cheng Ji felt that he couldn't figure it out again.

The so-called hearing is false and seeing is believing, and what others say may be false, but what you witness with your own eyes must be true.

Thinking of this, Emperor Cheng Ji thought in his heart that he wanted to see what was going on in person.

Since the matter is related to the Yong'an Secret Guard, it is not a trivial matter.

However, this time before Emperor Chengji had time to leave the palace, news came from the prison that something had happened.

- The wife of Taiwei Chu, who has been imprisoned after the witch Gu incident, disappeared.

The prison was originally a heavily guarded place, and a sinner who was ordered by the emperor to be locked up here could disappear for no reason, and I am afraid that the officials guarding the prison would not be able to avoid a capital crime of poor guarding.

And Mrs. Taiwei will disappear at this time, and the first thing to be suspected of is the Chu family; After all, the Chu family has been working hard to clear her name for this matter, and I am afraid that now it is indeed impossible to clear her of the crime of using witchcraft to curse the princess, so they simply used some shady means to rob her directly from the prison.

The Chu family didn't expect such a thing to happen suddenly at this juncture, Taiwei Chu entered the palace overnight, and Emperor Cheng Ji said that if he wanted to prove his innocence, he had to find his missing wife, otherwise the Chu family could not afford to punish witchcraft and robbery.