"Is the time yet?" In the empty hall, Ji Shen's murmuring broke the silence, he stood up and paced back and forth in front of the couch for a few steps before he asked in a deep voice, "What does this mean?" Could it be that I was almost assassinated, and the scholar in the hall was subjected to the king in the forbidden, and he still has to wait for the time to be investigated? ”

Nie Yuansheng's voice was still weak, but it was extremely calm: "Not bad! ”

Ji Shen's eyes sharpened: "Tell me!" ”

"Since ancient times, it is orthodox to have a descendant and a descendant to grow up." Nie Yuansheng asked lightly, "Although Your Majesty is a son-in-law, he is the son of a young child, dare to ask Your Majesty, if it were not for Emperor Gaozu's protection, how would Your Majesty be today?" If there is no hard work for the people left behind by the ancestors, how can Your Majesty be able to keep it today? ”

This is a big rebellion, Rao is he is very trusted by Ji Shen, Ji Shen heard this, and couldn't help but show anger: "Are you saying that I am a useless person, relying only on the grace of my ancestors?" ”

"Your Majesty has inherited the throne so far, but it has only been seven years, and the Qu and Gao families have gone through several dynasties and are deeply rooted!" Nie Yuansheng was not flustered, and said leisurely, "At the beginning, King Anping asked for the head of the county for his concubine, and the ministers were intimate, so they didn't dare to say much, but ...... It is for the sake of His Majesty that he wants to stop His Majesty's investigation today! ”

King Anping asked for a concubine to be crowned...... Thinking of what happened two years ago, Ji Shen gradually calmed down, walked to the couch and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "Yuansheng has something to say, there is no one else here, you and I have grown up together since childhood, if those words came from the mouth of others, I would have already asked someone to deal with it, but you are different, and tell me why!" ”

"Your Majesty, has the ink in the imperial study been checked?" Nie Yuansheng suddenly asked about another matter, Ji Shen was stunned, and then nodded and said, "Wei Niang just reminded me that I sent Rong Huan over to take a look." His face instantly became gloomy, "The ink there is no different from the one who harmed you!" ”

Ji gritted his teeth and said, "The imperial study is always an important place for political discussion, but it was mixed up with such a thing, Lei Mo is really useless!" ”

Nie Yuansheng said calmly: "Your Majesty put the chapter here for a few days to review, these days, for the sake of the minister's ghostwriting, that is, the minister is not there, here is also Zhuo Heng watched tightly, and it is not surprising to reach out to the imperial study, after all, His Majesty has not been in power for a long time, and the imperial study has neglected to pay attention in the past few years, and there is no chance to mix things in before His Majesty is crowned." But His Majesty moved the chapter here, and the ink here was also changed...... Your Majesty, think about it, who has such ability? Who has the courage to do that? ”

It was Ji Shen's idea to change the place of reading the chapter from the imperial study to this side hall, his purpose was nothing more than two points, one was to cover up Nie Yuansheng's ghostwriting, after all, the imperial study was closer to the outer court, although it was necessary to serve the study as a scholar in the middle school, but in the end, there were many people, and there were many old ministers who wanted to be famous and did not want to die, and they had done many times to break into the palace, what is it to break into the imperial study?

And moved to this side hall, surrounded by the inner servants who have served Ji Shen for many years, and there are Lei Mo and Zhuo Heng to check it, which can hide the matter of Nie Yuansheng's criticism of the chapter most closely, and at the same time, this side hall is not far from the East Warm Pavilion, Ji Shen took advantage of Nie Yuansheng's ghostwriting to summon the concubines, if the courtiers ask to see in an emergency, they will have time to deal with it.

Just because the person who really diligently criticized the chapter in the side hall is actually Nie Yuansheng, this side hall is guarded by Zhuo Heng himself, even a favorite concubine like Mu Biwei came over, Zhuo Heng didn't dare to leak it directly, in this case, he was still mixed in by the poisonous ink, not to mention, what is even more frightening is that Ji Shen's change of office location was only a few days ago, and the person who secretly started it was so fast! How could Ji Shen still be calm?

"Hey! That's why I'm going to order a thorough investigation! Ji said in a deep voice.

"That's why Your Majesty can't do that." Nie Yuansheng squinted his eyes and reminded lightly, "Don't talk about the ink in the imperial study, after all, Your Majesty only started to govern in May, before that, there were a few squares of ink stored in the imperial study in the old years, because the collection was intact, so it has always been used to use the old ink, but when it was in the imperial study, most of them were in the classification of the chapters accumulated after Jiang Yao's illness, and the number of times he started writing was not much, at the end of May, because of the heat, the Empress Dowager drove to the Hot Spring Mountain Palace to escape the heat, and only returned not long ago, His Majesty moved the place of approval here...... In such a short period of time, the poisonous ink has arrived here, Your Majesty, please think, since the person who poisoned him dares to do it, how can he not think of the fate if he is detected by His Majesty? ”

Seeing that Ji Shen was thoughtful, Nie Yuansheng said again, "If Your Majesty wants to investigate this matter thoroughly, it will naturally start with the close attendants of the Xuan Room, and in addition to the close attendants, the foreign ministers who have recently entered and left the palace must also be investigated one by one, and the ministers are also among them." Nie Yuansheng waved his hand to stop Ji Shen's words, and said slowly, "The so-called strong wind knows the strength of the grass, and the people of the people are seen for a long time, Your Majesty Rongchen said a heart-wrenching word, and the minister has been in the palace since he was a child to accompany His Majesty to study, from Emperor Gaozu to the first emperor and then to the queen mother, each has his own mind, and the minister thinks that he can see it from the sidelines, Emperor Gaozu naturally loves His Majesty the most, and even tried to protect His Majesty's position in front of all the ministers before he died!"

"The first emperor was wise and martial, and it was not that he didn't love His Majesty, otherwise why would he work hard for His Majesty before he died? Although Jiang Yao and Ji are pedantic and stubborn, they fortunately have nothing to do with the harem, and they are from a prestigious family, and they have the auxiliary life left by the first emperor, which is enough to compete with Qu and Gao, and will not let His Majesty fall into the realm of puppets!

"And the Queen Mother is Your Majesty's biological mother, doesn't she have the heart to be a mother?"

Speaking of this, Nie Yuansheng sighed again, "It's just Your Majesty, but it's not the only one from the first emperor and the queen mother!" The eldest princess of Xuanning is a woman, not to mention, King Anping, the eldest son of the emperor, the first emperor personally taught reading, riding and archery, and married the niece of the queen mother as a concubine, the king of Guangling, the second son of the concubine, is always His Majesty's brother, since he was a child, the queen mother is under the knees, and the minister still remembers the envy of the king of Guangling when His Majesty went to the queen mother's side......"

Ji Shen was silent, he was raised by Emperor Gaozu himself since he was a child, and his identity was transcendent, not to mention that the emperors and grandsons of his generation were all interested in letting him, even those unfavored imperial uncles also let him have a few points, but although Emperor Gaozu single-handedly laid down the world of this beam and created the foundation of the Ji family, he was very happy in his later years-

The reason why Gaozu personally raised Ji Shen was originally because he had the best appearance in the royal family, but later it became the best he had to perform, so as not to lose the face raised by Gaozu himself, although because Ruizong was also quite powerful among the sons of Emperor Gaozu, which made most of the emperors and grandsons dare not easily compete with Ji Shen, and more emperors and grandsons were also taught not to make Gaozu lose face, so most of them would let him give way during the competition, but Emperor Gaozu's own eyesight was extraordinary, that is, there was no brother to tear down the stage, If he wants to enter the eyes of the ancestors, Ji Shen has not suffered less.

What's more, although Gaozu can be called a cizu many times, but Ruizong's biological mother died early, Ji Shen was raised under Gaozu's knees, and his father's position or grandfather can also be replaced, but he has never enjoyed the care of his mother, and when Emperor Gaozu died, he finally returned to the Empress Dowager Gao, but saw that although the Empress Dowager Gao couldn't say bad to herself, she was clearly closer to nature with the eldest princess of Xuanning and the king of Guangling, and Nie Yuansheng said something from time to time, Ji Shen really couldn't feel jealous of the only sister and brother in his heart.

Otherwise, just for the sake of Fang Danyan later, Ji Shen would not have hated Princess Xuanning for several years.

"You mean...... This time the assassination, is it my brother? When he slowly asked this sentence, Ji Shen couldn't help but feel a chill in his hands and feet!

Although he is greedy for pleasure and does not think about the government, he was born in the royal family and was painstakingly cultivated by the two emperors Gaozu and Ruizong, and he has an almost instinctive vigilance against his throne!

King Anping and King Guangling, as Nie Yuansheng said, one is the eldest son and the other is the second son, in terms of patriarchal status, both of them are more qualified than Ji Shen, who is the youngest son.

What's more, in terms of reputation, King Anping is calm and old, King Guangling. Modest and elegant, when Ji Shen was only thirteen years old when Ruizong died, even if it was out of the consideration of the suspicion of the lord and the country, there was a good reason to inherit the throne!

Although Ji Shen likes to listen to the palace concubines and subordinates praise his wisdom and martial arts, he also knows that his ordinary actions are very displeasing to the previous dynasty, and more importantly - he has no children under his knees so far!

And King Anping and King Guangling already have sons-in-law, not to mention, even the sons have been established!

If it was Ji Shen who was poisoned this time and was not rescued, Ji Shen could imagine that the next successor to the throne would be either King Anping or King Guangling!

Thinking of this, Ji Shen is like falling into an ice cellar!

"If the second brother succeeds to the throne, I'm afraid the queen mother will be even happier, right?" Ji Shen couldn't help but lose his mind and muttered to himself.

Nie Yuansheng shook his head and said softly: "The minister said, the Queen Mother is also the mother of His Majesty, how can she not feel sorry for Your Majesty?" Although the Queen Mother prefers King Guangling, it is impossible to say that she can condone King Guangling to kill the king. He was righteous and awe-inspiring, but the words changed again, "However, the Xuanshu Palace is the residence of His Majesty, but most of the attendants have passed through the hands of the Queen Mother, and now that such a thing has happened, if you make a big move, won't it also hurt the Queen Mother's heart?" ”

When Ji Shen heard this, he sneered and said, "Just in order not to hurt the heart of the queen mother, is it necessary for Yuan Sheng to persuade me not to pursue this matter?" The queen mother kept saying that she was for my own good, but now the Xuan Room under her interference has even threatened my safety! Do I have to endure it any longer? ”

"Your Majesty!" When Nie Yuansheng heard this, he didn't know where the strength came from, so he suddenly turned over from the couch and knelt down, pleading, "Your Majesty! The minister grew up with His Majesty, and there are many places that His Majesty maintains, how can he ignore His Majesty's safety for the sake of the Queen Mother?! It's just that Your Majesty, please think about it, this matter has been spread out, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have temporarily had a gap, and now the situation in the DPRK and China is treacherous, and the Qu and Gao families seem to be unwilling to accept the position of prime minister, but in fact, what can be accepted by them has a lot to do with the two families! Zuo Zhaoyi has been in the palace for four years and has almost no favor, how can the Qu family not complain? Although the Gao family is His Majesty's foreign family, if the Queen Mother is separated from His Majesty...... Although the Gao family of the Qu family also had a pre-marriage, they were also restrained by each other, and if they generally joined forces to put pressure on His Majesty...... Your Majesty is only in power, so something big is going to happen! ”

Ji Shen used force in his hand, crushed the black sandalwood couch railing, and only after a while did he grit his teeth and say, "Then what should I do?!" ”