It was unknown whether there were any other secrets in that pool, but after Ming Yuechen's words were finished, he successfully made everyone fall into shock and silence.

This fish is so big and fat, I don't know how much carrion it has eaten.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ting's stomach twitched with nausea and twitches, and he almost retched.

Guo Zhenzhen raised this fish, is it really just for ornamentation?!

This fish. Could it be that it was raised for people to eat?

As soon as this thought came out, the nausea in Jiang Tingye's stomach became even stronger, and he had to think about the worst.

Maybe.. Back then, this kind of fish was successfully disguised as an ordinary fish and mixed into Jiang Wan's dinner table in Qionglin Palace.

At that time, Guo Zhenzhen was still the kindest person around Jiang Wan, including now, her disguise in the eyes of the world is still the 'confidant' of the former queen's side, if you want to send a panyu in, what is the difficulty?

This secret of the azure male and female fish, even Jiang Yu heard about it for the first time, let alone Jiang Wan, she didn't know anything.

Jiang Tingye subconsciously raised his hand to cover his mouth, and caught a glimpse of Jiang Yu sitting with an unchanged face, and put his hand down quietly.

Jiang Yu only thought silently for a moment, she raised her eyes and looked at Ming Yuechen: "Are you sure you are not mistaken?" Is this really a male fish? It really is ... Eat that kind of thing? ”

Ming Yuechen nodded without hesitation: "Yes, I'm sure." ”

"Why do you know this? This.. "Jiang Yu is hard to describe, but generally speaking, people who don't rely on this for a living will not know so many details.

Ming Yuechen didn't blink his eyes, but said very calmly: "Before I was brought back to the Yiyong Mansion, I was fighting with wolves by the Huai River for food. ”

An understatement that shocked the people present.

They all knew that Ming Yuechen was a child rescued by Lord Yi Yong from the wolf's mouth, but they didn't expect that the fairy-like person in front of him would live such a life when he was young.

Jiang Yu no longer had any doubts, she was worried about another thing in her heart, hurriedly got up and walked to the door, and called Yibo to order: "Get ice immediately!" ”

Yibo was stunned for a moment, and then his face was sad: "Master, winter hasn't passed yet, and I have just arrived in the imperial capital, and there is no ice storage in the house." ”

Yes, she was in a hurry for a while, and she thought that this was still the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Nine Immortals.

But this fish ...

Jiang Yu frowned, it had already been planed at this time, and it was taken away like this, I was afraid that the taste would be too big, and I was afraid that it would start to rot after too long, and it would not be able to delay it in entering the palace.

She thought about it, and the only place she could ask for help was the Jingwang Mansion on the other side.

Jiang Ying was very entangled in her heart, but in the end, reason prevailed, she clenched her fists, glanced back at the three people in the room, and finally left her words and decided to go to borrow ice herself.

She had to take that step.

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When the sky is slightly drunk, it is a rare lazy time for the palace people.

At this time, the masters have not yet gotten up, so there is no need to wait in a hurry, they can laugh and freshen up.

There was the sound of anxious footsteps coming from the corridor that was supposed to be quiet, Xingyue really couldn't wait for the dawn, she pushed the door into the house, and then turned around to close the door.

didn't have the heart to notice the severity of the movements in her hands, Guo Zhenzhen's dream came to an abrupt end and she was awakened.

The anger that she hadn't slept enough instantly rose up, she propped herself up irritably, opened the curtain and was about to curse, but what she saw was Xingyue kneeling in front of her bed.

She kowtowed, and a crisp sound: "Niangniang!" Tao Yuan has not returned! ”

Before Guo Zhenzhen's anger began to burn, it was extinguished from head to toe by Xingyue's abrupt report.

Her brain hadn't yet worked, and the words 'Tao Yuan had not returned' made her feel frightened and cold, but the fear and panic rising in her heart were like the process of cold water boiling.

Xingyue knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move, waiting for her master to speak, and in just a few minutes of silence, Xingyue felt that she was almost going to die.

Something is wrong, it's too strange, she has palpitations, and there are too many things to say in her mind, but she soon feels that it is a useless justification, no matter what, Tao Yuan is missing is a fact, and no one knows where he went.

It wasn't even clear if he had left the Mei Xi Palace.

Tao Yuan is low-key and cautious, generally speaking, if it is not a particularly urgent situation, he will not go back and forth to the Anxi Palace on the same day, and will choose a good time to contact him after a few days.

originally thought that Tao Yuan's skills and agility were more than enough to deal with this incident, and it was only after Tao Yuan left last night that Guo Zhenzhen could sleep peacefully.

But who knows this time.

Xingyue swallowed her saliva before realizing that her mouth and tongue were extremely dry.

Guo Zhenzhen's anger turned into another kind of anxiety, she threw the curtain behind her, turned over and sat on the edge of the bed and stepped on her shoes: "Didn't come back?!" How do you know? ”

"Someone from the guard camp came to say that Tao Yuan didn't go back at all last night, and now there are no people, and no one is allowed to talk about it, as if someone made a special trip to press this matter, and the people who came to pass the word didn't know much, but the slave maid thought. Something must have happened. Xingyue's voice trembled a little, and there was naturally a spy in the guard camp who spread the word, although the spy didn't know that Tao Yuan's true identity was also for Concubine Xian, but everything in the camp would report to Xingyue in time.

Ten days and a half months in that kind of place may not be able to cause anything, as soon as Xingyue heard his words, she knew that something was wrong.

Someone intervened in the matter.

"I don't know if I'm dead or alive? It's not clear that I'm haunted by the Mei Xi Palace?! Guo Zhenzhen was a little flustered, the first time such a thing happened, which caught her off guard.

Does Dongshu really have such a means? What secrets are hidden in the Mei Xi Palace?!

Guo Zhenzhen couldn't think of a clue for a while, the only person in this palace who could come forward to protect Concubine Jing at such a time, could it be that he was really the emperor?!

The figure who turned into the Meixi Palace last night, could it be the emperor?

This thought suddenly jumped out of Guo Zhenzhen's mind, she was stunned, and then clenched her fists.

If it's really the emperor, then who is the other person?!

"Yesterday, Jiang Ting entered the palace to visit the Queen Mother at night, right?" She had a terrible headache, and she couldn't even figure out what happened yesterday.

Xingyue said repeatedly: "Yes, Yegongzi stayed in the palace last night, and accompanied the emperor to play chess for most of the night." ”

With the emperor?

The other person who followed him into it was Jiang Tingye?!

But this thing. It doesn't make sense, in every sense, there is no way to establish it!

Jiang Tingye came into the palace to disgust the Queen Mother, in order to make his sister angry.

Jiang Wan has passed away less than three months ago, and it is not yet spring! Jiang Tingye made a big fuss in the Golden Pond Palace, and that day he must have known the news that Concubine Jing was now favored. He didn't even want the Queen Mother to let her get better, how could he play chess with Qi Ying and a friendly manner?! How could he go with Qi Ying to climb the palace wall of a grounded favorite concubine?!

He didn't carry a knife to talk to Concubine Jing, which could be regarded as politeness to Dongshu.

But if it weren't for Qi Ying, who in this palace would be able to suppress the affairs of the guard camp so tightly?

When she got up early in the morning, Guo Zhenzhen's stomach twitched for a while, not only painful, but also a burning sensation of acid reflux, she was so disgusted that she didn't know where to remember it for a while.

The room fell silent again, Xingyue trembled and moved her knees, kneeling was really painful, this move, she suddenly remembered that there was one more thing she didn't say: "Niangniang, there is one more thing. ”

Guo Zhenzhen frowned irritably: "What's the matter?!" ”

"The place where the son rested last night was by the mill pool, and the palace maids and eunuchs nearby saw it. Night Boy, he inserted a fish up. Xingyue's voice became quieter and quieter, and in the end it was almost inaudible.

If Guo Zhenzhen can still calm down and think about the cause and effect, as soon as Xingyue mentioned the fish in the grinding pond, she stood up almost reflexively: "Yesterday?!" Why did you tell Hongu now?! ”

"The palace maid and eunuch are timid, and they were trained by the night boy, and they only dared to speak out after the night boy left the palace." Xingyue shrank back suddenly, with some crying in her voice, "But the bloody fish is in the pavilion, and the night boy is playing indiscriminately, and he is just acting perversely and deliberately making the Queen Mother angry." ”

"He won a big victory in Yunde Palace, and he can use the fish from the palace to disgust the Queen Mother?!" These words came out of Xingyue's mouth, and even she herself was not confident enough to say it, Guo Zhenzhen laughed angrily, and also had two points to hide her panic, "Most of him heard something from somewhere, and he made a special trip to disgust the palace!" ”

Although it has been so long since those things, these days the herring fish are kept around, and in the end it is also a hidden danger.

Now that Jiang Yu has also returned to Beijing, she is such a smart and scheming person, sooner or later she will touch these things, but it doesn't matter, she has already thought about the matter of dealing with the blue fish reasonably, and now it is just the right time.

It's just a fish, it's not a big problem, not to mention that few people in Dijing don't recognize this azure fish at all, even if they really know, it's impossible to see the problem of these fish, and Jiang Tingye plugs it in casually, not necessarily the most important one, only the old fishermen on the banks of the Jiuxian Huai River can accurately identify the azure fish, they have time to go back and forth to the nine immortals, she has already dealt with this place.

After coming back to her senses a little, Guo Zhenzhen became calm: "Go and deal with all the fish in that pond, while it's just dawning." ”

Xingyue was stunned and raised her head: "Now? ”

Guo Zhenzhen glanced at her coldly: "You still think this news came early, do you?" ”

Xingyue broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly said, "The slave doesn't dare, the slave is thinking. This fish has been raised for so long, and it is suddenly about to be replaced, I am afraid that some people will have doubts. ”

Guo Zhenzhen took a deep breath: "The Queen Mother's birthday is coming, the blue fish is not lively enough, change some red and yellow bright fish into it, not only the grinding pool, tell to go down, the fish in the palace have to be replaced, the new year, it should also add joy to the palace, the Queen Mother will like it." ”

Xingyue understood in her heart, and she was relieved to know that Guo Zhenzhen was not a temporary idea.

She stood up and helped Guo Zhenzhen, wanting to say that she would wait for her master to freshen up before doing this.

But Guo Zhenzhen seemed to be very anxious, just let her call a little palace maid to come over and serve, and the matter of the blue fish must be done immediately.

When Xingyue was about to walk to the door, Guo Zhenzhen called her again and asked her to call Zhao Yuan to do it together, and the remaining azure fish must be handed over to Zhao Yuan to be sent out of the palace for destruction.

"There is no trace of what you want to do!" Guo Zhenzhen's tone was emphasized.

Tao Yuan's matter was an accident, on the side of the blue fish, there can be no mistakes!

Xingyue came out of the house and met a few little palace maids who came up with hot water to prepare.

After she gave a few words of advice to pay attention to when she was waiting in front of her, and where to put the clothes that had been prepared last night, she didn't care about the embarrassed faces of the little palace maids, and quickly looked for Zhaoyuan.

This is the time when the court is just about to go to court, and if the queen is still there, it will be half an hour before it is the time to say goodbye to the middle palace.

Spring has not yet arrived, and the sky in the morning is still not bright enough.

It's just that there is less chill in the wind and snow in it, and you won't shiver when you get into your neck.

It's not difficult to deal with these things, the important thing is to get the azure fish away first, and that's what Niangniang values.

By the time Zhao Yuan left the palace with a sack of azure fish, the early dynasty was just about to disperse.

"Hopefully, it's not too late." Xingyue muttered, she couldn't wait for Zhaoyuan to come back here, so she could only go back and serve first.

Fortunately, when Zhao Yuan came back, he smiled and said that everything was handled properly, and Guo Zhenzhen's face looked better.

Xingyue observed Guo Zhenzhen's face, and then dared to ask in a whisper: "Niangniang, what about Tao Yuan." ”

Guo Zhenzhen lowered her eyes and took a deep breath: "Do you have a way to find him?" Or do you know if he's dead or alive? Do you know who he was caught by? ”

Xingyue was speechless, and she was speechless all of a sudden.

Indeed, now they are completely blind and touching elephants, the only thing they know is that Tao Yuan failed to return to the guard camp, and if there is no personal matter, he will be suppressed in the palace, in fact, it is very simple, but he is just an inferior guard, no one will find out or ask at all, and the little master with a little prestige can do it.

What's more, there has been no rumor about this matter, how do you want Guo Zhenzhen to react?

She knew that Tao Yuan was her own person, she knew Tao Yuan's ability, and she knew that it must be the same person or the same group of people who caught Tao Yuan and suppressed this matter.

But she knew what was the use? She had to disguise herself as the reaction of others in order to be able to get herself out in the first place.

Any move at this point is stupid.

Any reaction is wrong.

"Go and invite Mei Guiren." Guo Zhenzhen's tone fell lightly.

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Jiang Yu entered the palace with an ice box that he didn't have time to wrap.

The cold air invaded outside, and her fingers were frozen red, but her eyes kept looking ahead, all the way to the Golden Pool Palace.

She wasn't holding an ice box.

What she was holding was the truth that Jiang Wan wanted.

"Prime Minister, you..." Chang Zhong followed all the way quickly, without saying a word, Jiang Yu had already passed through the corridor of the path.

Chang Zhong stopped at the gate of the hall and didn't follow up.

When Qi Ying saw the box in front of Jiang Ying, the pen in her hand was still hanging in the air, and the tip of the pen was stained with a black spot on the white paper.

"What is this?" Qi Ying came back to her senses, put the pen down, and stretched out her hand to open the lid.

What caught my eye was a dead fish, with a broken stomach, and it looked a little disgusting.

Qi Ying frowned, raised her eyes to look at Jiang Ying, and waited for her to explain to herself.

Jiang Ying stood in front of the desk and relayed everything Ming Yuechen told Qi Ying word for word.

After Jiang Ying finished saying the last word, Qi Ying looked at her and fell into a long silence.

After a long time, Qi Ying slowly rolled her eyes and looked at the frozen azure fish in the box: "You mean, this fish grew up eating carrion." ”

"Yes."

"Do you suspect that the pool is full of filthy stuff like this?"

"Yes."

"Wanwan was. You may have eaten the fish sent by Concubine Xian. ”

"Yes."

Three questions and three answers, both of them have mixed tastes in their hearts.

Qi Ying closed the lid again, and at this moment he suddenly understood what his father had told him at the beginning of the uprising.

"Overthrowing the old dynasty and establishing a new policy is a good idea, but it is difficult to last."

"The hearts of the people are greedy and insatiable, and the tyrannical acts of the old dynasty are wanton, but do you know that the king at the beginning of the dynasty did not have the same heart as you have today?"

"Once power reaches a peak, it is accompanied by conspiracy, betrayal, disappointment, and punishment!"

"In the center of the whirlpool, the good quality of today may be wiped out in the storm."

At that time, his father asked him if he had thought about it, and he must do this, once this road is started, there will never be a turning back, either he will be the emperor or everyone will die together.

Qi Ying swore to him at that time that the people who followed him were all sincere.

The Great Jin Dynasty will open up a new poem.

There are no traitors and thieves, and there are no internal worries.

The prosperity of the world is healthy and famous.

The front faces the harem, with one heart and one mind.

The old ministers of the Nine Immortals are as close as a family.

But as it turned out, he was wrong.

This royal capital, which has experienced thousands of years of wind and rain, and the palace walls that have gone through various dynasties, will always stage a drama of power struggle.

Ambition and desire will only thrive.

In the perfect Taoyuan world, Jiang Wan is the only one who is maintaining the 'oath' he once said.

Qi Ying took several deep breaths, opened her mouth to say something, and finally shouted out Changzhong's name.

Chang Zhong trotted in from outside, first glanced at Jiang Ying's face, and then looked up at Qi Ying: "Your Majesty? ”

Qi Ying's face was pale, and she said in a deep voice: "Go and catch all the fish in the grinding pond." ”

Changzhong was stunned for a moment, and replied cautiously: "If you go back to the emperor, the fish in the grinding pond... It's gone early this morning. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yu turned to look sideways at Changzhong: "It's gone?" What do you mean? ”

"Concubine Xian Niangniang said, the fish in the palace have been raised for several years, and there is no fresh, seeing that the spring is the birthday of the Queen Mother, it is said that Concubine Xian Niangniang has prepared a batch of new fish fry, red, green and yellow, look at the festive very festivities, this is not, the pool has to be vacated to change the water and water plants, so that new fish can be raised." When Chang Zhong said this, he originally thought it was a festive event to ease the atmosphere.

Who knew that as soon as the words were finished, the atmosphere inside the house became even more solemn.

Changzhong immediately realized that something was wrong, and he hated to slap himself twice.

Jiang Yu clasped his hands and said coldly: "It's still a step too late." ”