The emperor stood outside the city tower, watching Cai Yu's carriage leave, walking farther and farther, and his heart was a little turbulent.

The emperor was worried that Cai Xiaoxiao would never return. If it is really gone, the death of this queen must be a paper that can't contain the fire.

The emperor's current situation has wolves in advance and tigers in the back, and now the queen is still poisoned by people.

There are so many things, so urgent. If Cai Xiaoru is really gone, if he wants to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, the emperor is afraid that he will lack skills.

If she came back, it would naturally be simpler.

The emperor has to make two preparations to be foolproof.

When the emperor returned to the Qinzheng Palace, the first thing he did was to order the blockade of the Zhaixiu Palace. The reason for the lockdown was that the queen needed to rest everyone and not be allowed to enter. In fact, this Zhai Embroidery Palace is very quiet on weekdays, the queen does not go out, and this Zhai Embroidery Palace will go to the palace several times a year except for the emperor, and no one will go.

In this way, some people will take the initiative to guess, and after guessing, if there is action, this is basically the emperor leading the nose away.

The second thing is that the emperor summoned Prince He, Lord Gong.

He is the younger brother of the emperor's father and mother, and he is unruly on the surface, and he is a gentleman. The ranking of swingers in the capital, and the prince is absolutely second to none.

Lord Gongqin, the champion of the imperial examination that year, won the trust of the emperor. The surface is calm and upright.

The emperor summoned these two today to tell Prince He, Lord Gong, about the recent news about the queen.

After listening to the emperor's story, Prince He was the first to occupy it and said, "Brother Huang, do you think this matter may have something to do with the government?" ”

"Lord Gong, what do you think?" The emperor sat in front of the copywriter of the Qinzheng Palace, and did not directly answer the question of the prince. Instead, he threw the question to Gong Qin.

"Back to the emperor, the queen's mother's business, after all, is still the emperor's family matter. If it really involves the government, evidence is needed, and the minister does not dare to draw conclusions. Lord Gong's answer was much more subtle than that of the prince, after all, as a courtier, he naturally could not be compared with his own brothers.

"What Master Gong said also makes sense. We really don't have evidence right now. But we might as well reason and sort out the ins and outs of this matter. "And the prince's charging personality is still the same as always.

Sure enough, it's a swinger's temperament, deep in the bone marrow. Even if it's serious, it's become prodigal when you come to him.

"Tell me about it." The emperor said calmly.

"First of all, the queen mother has been frail and sickly since she was a child, and she has been taking medicine all year round. In other words, the queen mother has a chronic disease. Even if it is a chronic disease, it will slowly exhaust its energy. But the queen mother suddenly became critically ill, and it must have been something that happened in the middle of this, and human factors changed the original direction of development. The royal brother also said that the imperial doctor found something that blindly restrained his medicine from the medicine residue of the queen's mother. This also confirms that it is man-made. Since there is no doubt that man is man-made, the question now is, who is this man-made person, right? With a proud look on his face, he walked around the palace and said,

"Dare to ask the prince if he can deduce the person behind this scene?" Lord Gong replied in accordance with Prince He's words.

"The murderer behind the scenes, Ben Wang, naturally doesn't know, but there are a few things that can be determined. First of all, this king thinks that this method seems to be the usual method of harem fighting, but it is not quite like it. ”

"Why is it not like it?" And the prince's words began to say that the emperor's concern was on the point, and the emperor's attitude also changed.

"Brother Huang, you think, from the time you canonized the queen's mother, the entire palace knows that you don't like the queen. After all, on the wedding night, the emperor waved his sleeves and left. After that, there were the virtuous concubines, the lady concubines, and then the other concubines. You calculate, this queen has been canonized for ten years now! In the past ten years, the queen has always been frail and sickly, and she has always been unfavorable. In that case, the problem arises. Why is it now and not before in the past 10 years? Think again, if the queen mother leaves, who is most likely to become the queen? Prince He looked at Prince Gong proudly, then at the emperor, and then said, "At this time, if the queen mother leaves, the most likely candidate to be canonized as the queen is Concubine Shuniang." But if it is a concubine, from entering the palace to being canonized as a concubine by the imperial brother, it will take 2 or 3 years. In other words, Concubine Shuniang has been in the position of Concubine Shu for 4 or 5 years. The question is, why didn't the lady start in the past 4 or 5 years, why did she choose this time? In terms of motives, the suspicion of the lady concubine is indeed the greatest. But such an obvious one will be the first object of suspicion, which is a bit inconsistent with the logic of the murderer's murder. It stands to reason that murderers will create some illusions to cover up their suspicions, and will not let themselves leak immediately. If anyone is still the most suspicious, then there is only the virtuous concubine left. But the virtuous concubine Niangniang has no quarrel with the world since she entered the palace, and the harem concubines have never interacted. Whether Concubine Xian Niangniang has a motive or not, I think the imperial brother should know better than us. This is not like the usual means of the harem. The minister thinks it's also like a harem habitual method. is because in this harem, if the competition for favor is fierce, framing each other, and poisoning each other is indeed within their power. If it is a harem fight, isn't this kind of thing going to happen in the harem for a long time, but the minister feels that the emperor's harem is particularly quiet, and since the emperor ascended the throne, this harem seems to have been quiet. Otherwise, the royal brother didn't tell us. ”

Speaking of which, the three of them actually understand it very well. More important than who is why it was chosen at this point in time. What is the significance of this point in time?

Of course, this is just a common sense extrapolation. However, the minister is still more inclined to believe that the matter of the queen's mother is definitely not a simple harem competition for favor. The minister is very curious, who will it be, and what is the purpose of reaching out to the harem? ”

In fact, the answer is already obvious, if it is not the infighting of the harem, it must be someone outside the harem.

People outside the harem can poison the harem, and they must have some inextricable relationship with the people in the harem.

The closest connection with the harem is naturally the harem concubines. The people who can have an inextricable relationship with the harem concubines are the ministers of the court who are related to them.

If you want to say that Shuhe harem is related, it is the slave of the harem, the palace maid. But these people are all people with masters. Without the master's instructions, it is also the grass on the wall, and it will not be poisoned at will.

The queen is kind and kind, and there are few palace people in this Zhai embroidery palace. The queen and they did not have a deep grudge against them, so much so that they were going to be poisoned. Most of the concubines in this harem, the queen only met according to etiquette when they entered the palace. On weekdays, he is sick in bed, and he has no time to make enemies with this harem concubine.

"What about the other concubines?" The emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, if you have to be a concubine other than Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian. The minister is also unable to find a motive, after all, even if the queen mother dies, there are still concubines and virtuous concubines in front of them, and it will not be their turn. ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen dared to guess. If it wasn't for the queen's position, maybe it was because the queen mother discovered some incredible secret? Lord Gong said thoughtfully.

Lord Gong's words made the emperor thunderous.

The picture of why the queen was grounded flickered repeatedly in the emperor's mind.

"When Lord Gong said this, I remembered that the queen had mentioned something to me." The emperor stood up, walked out of front of the desk, descended the steps, and walked in front of the two adults.

"What's the matter with the imperial brother?" And the prince couldn't wait to say.

"The queen's grounding was not my intention. It was the queen herself who asked to be grounded. ”

"What? The queen mother won't be sick and confused at that time, right? And the prince said with some disbelief.

"The reason for this matter is also strange, and I did not fulfill the three chapters of the covenant with the queen that year. So much so that the queen wanted to replace the last article of the three chapters of the last covenant with a grounding. In this way, I still keep my word and do not break my word. Now that the emperor thinks about it, he regrets it a little.

"What is this last one, Brother Huang?"

"In the face of great rights and wrongs, I must believe in the queen unconditionally."

"Ahh So what is it that makes the royal brother not believe in the queen mother, so that the queen mother wants to revise this article? ”

"The queen told me to be careful of the concubine."

What is the situation, this spearhead is directed at Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu just got rid of suspicion under the mouth of Prince He, why did she immediately become the number one suspect again?

"Then did the queen mother say, why should you be careful of the lady concubine?" And the prince said very calmly and steadily.

"I never mentioned it to me. I asked the queen if she had any evidence, but the queen couldn't produce the evidence, and she didn't tell me why. The emperor said with doubts and regrets.

"It's not to blame the royal brother, after all, Concubine Shu has been at fault for so many years." In fact, Prince He wants to say, after all, Concubine Shu is the only person who has been favored by the emperor for so many years. This is unfounded, how can people doubt the person they like.

But Gong is here, so if he says something so explicit, he is still embarrassed to say it.

"If that's the case, the minister dares to guess." Gong Qin lowered his head and said with a gesture of inquiry.

"Master Gong, you say." The emperor allowed Lord Gong to speak out.

"The queen has been in the palace for so many years, what do you think of the queen's mother?"

"Discreet, dignified."

"The emperor has been so many years, have you ever heard the queen slander other concubines behind her back?"

"Never." Speaking of this, the emperor remembered Concubine Xian's entry into the palace and the draft. All of them are the credit of the Queen. In fact, the emperor already had the answer in his heart at this time.

"Niangniang is such a character, that Weichen dares to guess. Niangniang has not been able to grasp enough evidence, but Niangniang is afraid that the emperor will be hurt by you, so she reminds you to be careful. Just when the queen was about to use the grounding as a cover to collect evidence, she was discovered. Master Gong said and stopped here.

The emperor has a pimple in his heart for Concubine Shu, after all, Concubine Shu's image in front of the emperor is not like this.

What is the reason for Concubine Shu to kill the queen?

What happened to Concubine Shu being discovered by the queen? So much so that they want to kill people and kill people.

What can kill people must also be things that can kill this person. Otherwise, I would not have chosen to deal with such a drastic thing.

In addition to Concubine Shu, how many concubines are suspected?

The emperor sat back in front of his case, and looked at Prince He and Lord Gong seriously, "In this case, Prince He, you are responsible for observing Concubine Shu and Lord Shui, and Lord Gong, you are responsible for observing Lord Shui's henchmen." ”

"Brother Huang is not right, the younger brother should only be in charge of Lord Shui, you are in charge of Concubine Niangniang. In this harem, the younger brother can't get in. He said with the prince a little aggrieved.

"Simple, obedient, do it." The emperor simply put down a few words.

"We're in command." Lord Gong was very crisp, and there was a hint of watching a play in his tone.

Prince He could only reluctantly say, "Brother leads the order." ”

The emperor likes the two of them like this, one is good at thinking, the other is good at thinking; One charges ahead, chattering one, but the other is always the back of the palace, and the words are like gold; One is uninhibited, the other is upright; One top, one connected; Wonderful

Lord Shui is Concubine Shu's own brother, if it is really the collusion between the ministers of the court and the harem, then the person who is also suspected of the same as Concubine Shu must be Concubine Shu's eldest brother who is an official in the court, Prime Minister Shui.

At this stage, the matter is probably over, and this order is considered to be under the emperor's order.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor told the two people present about the woman who looked exactly like the queen. Of course, I just talked about those things that insulted the emperor, and the emperor definitely wouldn't talk about it.

After all, who would take the initiative to say such a humiliating thing, let alone the emperor, the king of a country, this face still has to be framed.

After hearing this, the two were a little confused.

"Emperor Qiqi, when Weichen was in his hometown, he once heard a storyteller talk about books, and he said that there is another world outside of our world." Master Gong said seriously.

"Lord Gong, what do you mean, this king didn't understand." Prince He looked at Prince Gong with a confused expression, thinking that Lord Gong was talking nonsense.

"The minister also didn't understand too deeply. The minister probably understands that it is, like Chang'e running to the moon. Legend has it that after Chang'e ran to the moon, Chang'e lived in the Guanghan Palace in the moon. The moon is in the sky, and nature and we are not the same world. ”

"What does Lord Gong mean is that another woman who looks exactly like the queen mother and dresses strangely is from the sky?" He Prince slightly put away his somewhat confused expression, and said with some vague understanding.

"It's the first time I've heard of Lord Gong's statement, but it's not completely unbelievable. Since there is Chang'e, she can live in the Guanghan Palace and live in the sky. We can see the moon, and the stars in the sky may be inhabited by people like the moon. Doesn't this folk legend also say that there are gods living in this sky? That's why there is the word "inferior". "Your Majesty, this is deliberately guiding and princes.

"Since she lives in the sky and is an immortal, is this woman also an immortal?" Prince He quickly knelt down, kowtowed, and then said, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." ”

and the prince's move directly made Lord Gong stunned. The emperor expected that he would make a move, but he glanced at the prince with disgust.

"It must be your wisdom, diligence and love for the people, Your Emperor, that there will be immortals who will come down to our country." And the prince is still talking nonsense seriously.

However, the perception with the prince is not wrong, after all, no one can explain the origin of this woman. It is said that it is a god from the sky, and this operation is not bad.

Hearing this, Lord Gong also quickly knelt down and echoed.

How can the emperor not be wise?

"If it's really a heavenly immortal, why is it so badly injured?" This question can only be asked by the emperor, after all, the emperor has just said that he is wise. Then he said that he was seriously injured, wouldn't it be a slap in the face.

"Could it be that he violated the rules of heaven and was demoted to the mortal?" And the prince is a brain-opener. If he was demoted, how could the emperor be wise. These good and bad words were all finished by the prince alone.

"Whatever? I want to use this chess piece well. The emperor looked at the two adults seriously and seriously.

As soon as the emperor said this, the two adults also knew what the emperor meant.

"The royal brother wants to plan the plan, if the queen mother is not poisoned, then the other party will kill again in order to achieve the goal. When the time comes, you can catch everyone and get the stolen goods. ”

"The emperor should put a long line to catch big fish." Gong Qin got to the point.

The emperor looked at Lord Gong and did not speak.

"Brother Huang, can you let us meet this girl?" And the prince hippie smiley, a little curious.

"It's late, I've already left the capital."

"Gone? Where did she go, and when will she come back? "I'm very anxious with the Prince.

"He made a pact with me that he would spend a year traveling the mountains and rivers and come back in a year."

"Did the emperor send someone to follow?" and the Prince

"Nope. She is important, but if she is not truly obedient to the Sina Kingdom, it is better to let him go. ”

"The emperor is wise." Gong Qin

"Do you know what this girl's name is?" He asked curiously again.

"I don't know!"

"Brother Huang, you are too unreliable, you don't know your name, if you want to find him in the future, you won't be able to find him." And the prince looked helpless.

Recall that when the emperor and Cai Xiaoxiao met, Cai Xiaoxiao was either scolding, or not talking, or he was negotiating terms with the emperor.

Besides, the name is not just a codename. If it doesn't really tell it, why not make it up.

"I summoned you today to discuss this matter. When he returned, everything was easy. If he doesn't come back, how are we going to deal with it? After all, the queen was indeed poisoned, and I can cover up the past for the time being, but I can't cover up the queen's death forever. A year to do planning, there should be no problem! ”

"Back to the emperor, the ministers will not disgrace their mission."

"You must not want outsiders to reveal half a word about what I summoned you to say today."

Back to the emperor, "the ministers obey the order." ”

"Let's go down."

Lord Gong, after leaving with the prince, the emperor carefully recalled all the details of the meeting with Cai Yue.

He was sure that Cai would definitely come back.

Cai Xiaoxiao was in place from the beginning, and he didn't treat the emperor as the emperor. Cai Yu's eyes were more like looking at the enemy. If it is an enemy, capture the thief and capture the king first.

This king is in front of you, how can you miss such a great opportunity?

What puzzled the emperor was how the emperor became her enemy?

The emperor asked himself if he was sorry for the queen, nor was he sorry for her.

This question can only be answered when Cai Xiaoxiao comes back.