Although there is a layer between the front dynasty and the harem, this layer may be a mountain or sand.

For the queen, if she can sit in the middle palace for 20 years, she will not let the mountains separate the front dynasty and the harem.

Therefore, the queen also quickly got the news that An Huajin was almost murdered, and she was shocked enough, and immediately ordered someone to call the seventh prince Chu Yan.

Chu Yan got the news one step ahead of the empress, and he got the news when the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Dali Siqing had just sent someone out of Beijing. He didn't hear the wind like Chu Chen and immediately thought about rushing to the place where the crime occurred at the foot of Jokhang Temple Mountain, but immediately convened his staff to discuss and guess who did it.

If An Huajin is poisoned and something happens, it will be the most unfavorable to who and who is the most beneficial.

Obviously, it is not good for the emperor, it is not good for him, and it is not good for the good prince's mansion. But it was beneficial to his brothers, and even more beneficial to the enemy countries of Southern Qi and Southern Liang.

So, is it his brothers' hands, or the enemy's hands?

Excluding these two, he really couldn't think of anyone who wanted An Huajin to kill the old Nanyang King indirectly and make the Nanyang army ownerless and chaotic.

The staff discussed and guessed, and felt that Chu Yan was right, nothing more than these two.

If the princes moved their hands, then whose hands did it?

The eldest prince has been imprisoned so far, needless to say.

The second prince was born to Concubine Shugui, and the foreign family is Zhang Zaifu's family, the Zhang family has a great reputation among civil officials, and is now the most likely candidate to compete with Chu Chen for the throne.

The three princes were born to the virtuous concubines, and the foreign family was the household Shangshu family, the household was a fat shortage, there was no shortage of gold and silver, and the three princes also had money, and money could buy everything, including killers.

The fourth prince was born to Concubine Hui, and the foreign family is the Sun Imperial Historian, although the Sun family is not as good as the Gu family for hundreds of years, but it is also a noble family, and the descendants of the clan are very promising, and there are three or four officials above the third grade.

The fifth prince was born to Concubine De, Concubine De was born in the second room of the Liguo Mansion, and was the daughter of the second room, even if the Liguo Mansion is now declining, but it is still not separated, as the saying goes, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and there are many people who have intersected with the Liguo Mansion.

The sixth prince was born to a concubine, and the foreign family was the mansion of Jiangnan. One year to know the state capital, 100,000 snowflakes of silver. The six princes are almost the same as the three princes, and they are not short of money.

The eighth prince was born to the beauty, although the beauty was from a low background, but it was sent to the palace by the orphan daughter raised by the princess of Mobei Zhenbei, she was very favored in the palace in the past few years, not only gave birth to the eight princes, but also gave birth to the nine princes, ten princes, because of the merit of giving birth to three princes in a row, the emperor wanted to mention her position as a concubine, but she did not want it, but asked for a gift for the eldest eight princes, so, His Majesty approved, and the eight princes were crowned kings, and the eight princes also became the first princes to be crowned kings.

The rest of the princes are still young and out of reach, so they won't mention it for the time being.

From the second prince to the eighth prince, it is obviously possible to compete for the throne, as long as you want to fight for the throne, you may make a move.

Chu Yan listened to the staff talking, but he couldn't come up with a reason, so he waved his hand to stop it, "Since they are all suspicious, I will secretly investigate them and inside and outside Beijing." Whether it is them, or what Nanqi and Nanliang did, from today onwards, we must find out. ”

Everyone nodded in unison.

The queen came to invite, and Chu Yan entered the palace, he did not go to Fengqi Palace first, but went to the south study.

When I came to the door of the south study, I was just in time for my father-in-law to order people to prepare for the car. Chu Yan asked, "Father-in-law, my father wants to leave the palace?" ”

Zhang Gongcheng thought about how to delay the time, after all, it would take a hundred miles for the letter sent to Gu Qingyan to go to the Jokhang Temple, even if Gu Qingyan got the letter, he couldn't come back, I was afraid that if he could rush back, it would be too late. Now that he saw Chu Yan coming, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, "Your Highness the Seventh, Your Majesty was very angry when he heard that the little county lord was murdered, and he thought of the eldest prince again, and now he ordered the servants to prepare to see the eldest prince." ”

Chu Yan was smart, and in just one sentence, he naturally understood, and he glanced at Zhang De meaningfully, "I'm tired of my father-in-law, just say that I want to see my father." ”

Zhang De's heart tightened, and he secretly sighed that the seventh prince was shrewd, and hurriedly responded and went inside to report.

When the emperor heard this, he ordered, "Let him in." ”

Whether it is Chu Chen or Chu Yan, An Huajin has an accident, and it is not strange that he came to see him one after another.

Chu Yan gave the emperor a salute, and did not say anything about An Huajin, but directly said to the eldest prince, "Father, the son-in-law just heard from Gonggong Zhang that you are going to see the eldest brother, you might as well bring the son-in-law with you." ”

The emperor had originally made up his mind, but now when he heard Chu Yan say this, he raised his eyebrows, "What do you want to see him do?" ”

"It's just to accompany my father to see him. The father is now at the beginning, and because the eldest brother is angry, there is a good one, and the sons are not at ease. ”

The emperor looked at Chu Yan, "Isn't it because you want to see him?" ”

Chu Yan looked at the emperor, "What does the emperor think?" If I want to see him, why should I go with my father? In the past three years, I just went to see with the people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple. The father didn't say that the brothers couldn't see each other. ”

The emperor said angrily, "The son of evil is ignorant, he has not known to admit his mistakes for three years, and the criminal department and Dali Temple are a gang of wreckers, and his accomplices cannot be found." It's been three years, and I'm going to ask him today. ”

"If you can't ask, how will your father be treated?"

"Kill him." The emperor was furious, "I let him live for three more years, which is to give him a chance to atone for his sins." But it's been three years and you're still dead and you don't know what to do, so you should be killed. ”

"Father, the emperor is angry, how can you not know that your cousin has such a disaster today, isn't there someone behind the intention to use this to remind people of the eldest brother and ask him for the crime?" Chu Yan said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, it's been three years, and my father doesn't necessarily think of it today." ”

The Emperor's face sank, "You mean, someone might want me to kill him?" ”

"It's not good to say, in short, today is not the time for my father to see my eldest brother. Father is angry, if you really want to see your eldest brother, it is better to see you tomorrow. Chu Yan suggested.

The emperor thought for a moment, he was suspicious, but he was really persuaded by Chu Yan, and shouted outside, "Zhang De, it's just that, there's no need to drive, I won't go today." ”

"Yes!" Gonggong Zhang's heart was relieved, thinking that the Seventh Prince persuaded His Majesty today, that is, he helped Gu Qigongzi. He had to send a message to the past immediately and inform him of this matter as soon as possible, so as not to make any moves under the hurry of the Seventh Prince.

"Are you here for that son of a, or are you here for Xiao An'er?" The Emperor sat down again and asked.

Chu Yan said indifferently, "For the sake of my cousin, my son wants to ask my father to thoroughly investigate whether there are any spies from enemy countries who have mixed in with Da Chu to kill my cousin." ”

The emperor was taken aback in vain, "Do you think it was done by the spies of the enemy country?" Southern Qi and Southern Liang? Are they going to war? ”

Seeing that the emperor was so surprised, Chu Yan obviously never thought that Nanqi and Nanliang would make a comeback, and his heart became more and more indifferent, "It's been eight years since the first battle of Yuxueling. Nanqi and Nanliang may not have recovered yet, if they kill their cousin and make their grandfather sick, it is not impossible to disrupt the hearts of the Nanyang army and start a war against Dachu again. ”