When there was a loud bang, a piece of blood red bloomed on the short pile carpet woven with gold thread in the Xuan Palace.

There is no proof of a good trick.

Everyone was stunned, and only Xin'er, who was so frightened that he almost lost his mind, screamed in the hall. The cry was so sharp and terrible that it made people's eardrums buzz and hurt.

"Come on, don't stop this girl's mouth yet!"

The old eunuch swept the dust, and two little eunuchs came up, one to hold Xin'er's trembling and twitching body, and the other to block her screaming mouth.

"Father... This! ”

"Someone! Drag the rest of this one into the ghost prison and serve it with heavy punishment! Be sure to spit out the truth! ”

Concubine Ying got up and knelt down in a panic: "Your Majesty! The concubine is willing to swear in the name of her mother's family, and she has never discussed with her that there is a law training flower in Kazhou! ”

"Your Majesty! Yun'er did tell the slave maid that she heard Concubine Ying talking to the Fifth Highness, but the slave maid didn't hear it with her own ears! Xin'er broke away from the hand that was tightly covering her mouth and cried heartbreakingly, "It's true to see the princess and the fifth highness have a private meeting, but the matter of Fa Lianhua has nothing to do with the slave maid!" I beg the emperor to spare the lives of slaves and maids! ”

"Father, Yun'er used her life to identify Concubine Ying, and it would not be wrong to think about it. But Xin'er seems to have really only heard of it, and she hasn't seen it with her own eyes..."Gong Yu bowed down and persuaded, "Erchen thinks that Xin'er is an inferior palace maid, and she doesn't have any chance to get close to Concubine Ying's body on weekdays, so she must have recruited everything she knew." If you are punished again, I am afraid that there will be no gain......"

The emperor thought about it for a long time, and finally waved his sleeves angrily: "He Quan!" Take people down, find a quiet place to look, and no one is allowed to visit. If the slightest rumor leaks through today's events, I want your lives! ”

When the old eunuch heard this, he hurriedly responded with a trembling voice, and withdrew with Xin'er, whose mouth was covered. The atmosphere of the main hall dropped to an unprecedented freezing point, as if the air had also frozen, and it was suffocating.

After a long time, the emperor bent his body slightly, and looked at the palace banner and Concubine Ying who were kneeling at his feet: "Do you have any?" ”

"Erchen didn't! Father, you have to be the master of your sons! ”

"The emperor is suspicious, and the concubine can only tell the truth."

Concubine Ying straightened up and looked at her husband with a calm gaze, "These days, the concubine has indeed heard the rumor that the law practice flower has appeared on the black market, and the concubine is also afraid that the mother clan is delusional and does something stupid. So one wall wrote a letter to the mother family to inquire about verification, and the other wall sent people to the people to make secret visits to verify. ”

Gong Wan's eyes widened, and he looked at Concubine Ying in disbelief: "Mother......"

"The people sent by the concubines soon discovered that there were indeed people selling Fa Lian flowers on the black market. But the strange thing is that those people don't seem to care about the secret grass of the East Widow, and even the trade is not very hidden, just waiting to be discovered. The concubine guessed that the emperor must have received a report from the minister on this matter these days. ”

"You're willing to tell the truth. Yes, there have been many people who have reported this, and even worse, they have told me—"

"—I told you that the Eastern Wa Kingdom took advantage of the discord and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, didn't it?" Concubine Ying said indignantly, "But this is not the truth of the matter. Your Majesty, yesterday's concubines have received a reply from their mother's family, and His Royal Highness the King of Fusang has denied any ill-intentioned attempts against Daxin, and no one in the Eastern Wa government and the opposition has the intention of smuggling secret medicine from Dazhen! If the emperor doesn't believe it, there is a handwritten letter from King Fusang as evidence, and the concubines can go back to Wangqi Palace at any time to get it for you to see! ”

"Dongwei has always been a state of my great brothers, and I can naturally trust the words of the king of Fuso." The emperor straightened up, and his tone returned to his usual solemnity, "It's just that this law practice flower is a specialty of Dongwei after all, and now things are spread on the black market in Karzhou, and the king of Fusang also has the responsibility of not being strict in supervising the lenient merchants!" ”

"The emperor is right. The secret medicine flowed into our dynasty, and the king of Fusang and his concubines were responsible. If the emperor can still be trusted, the concubines are willing to write another handwritten letter to the king of Fusang, asking the whole country of Dongwa to strictly investigate the flow of secret medicine! ”

"Since Concubine Ying recommended herself, I will allow you to invite." The emperor's calm voice did not have extra warmth, "It's not a big deal, if I ask, I'm afraid that it will cause panic and anxiety among the subjects of Dongwei." It's up to you to mention your mother's family, it's most appropriate. ”

"The war in Nantou is stalemate, and there must be no more chaos in Jiazhou. The concubine will live up to the expectations of the saints! ”

"-Such a big incident has already happened, and no matter how close it is from the cold war, the old minister can't concentrate on leading the troops!"

I was shocked to hear this familiar, deep, loud voice coming from outside the screen. Everyone looked back, only to see that the Hou Ye was dressed in armor, and he pushed away the eunuchs who stepped forward to stop him, strode into the palace, and bowed down to the emperor.

"-Lihou?"

"Your Majesty," the old eunuch beside the emperor hurriedly ran in from outside the palace with his hat on, "The Marquis of Lihou insists on breaking into the palace, and the old slave really can't stop it......"

The old minister waited outside the palace for a long time, but Gonggong He just said that His Majesty was busy with affairs and refused to pass it on to the old minister. The old minister entered the inner hall in military uniform, disturbed the holy car, and asked His Majesty to surrender! ”

"Lihou! What are you talking about......" The emperor was a little at a loss for a moment, "Aren't you leading troops to resist the desert soldiers from the cold!" Why did you suddenly return to Karshu - do you know how much of a crime it is to return to Beijing without a will? ”

His Majesty scolded yes. The old minister knows the law and violates the law, and the crime is added to the first degree. Lihou bent down and kowtowed to the emperor, and his armor made a clanging sound, "Even if the old minister dies himself, he can't see the black and white reversed in the city of Jiazhou, and he can't see His Majesty's prince and the righteous daughter of the old minister suffering injustice!" ”

"—Lord Lihou! Are you confused? Gong Hao forgot to hide his acerbic tone for a while, "You are fighting in Kazhou, why did you come back to meddle in the family affairs of my royal family, and who told you these things?" ”

"His Royal Highness thinks that this is a royal family matter, but the old minister only cares about the life and death of his goddaughter." The Hou Ye didn't look at the palace, but looked directly at the emperor and said awe-inspiringly, "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know what has happened in Beijing recently. Today, when I saw everyone in the Xuan Palace, I knew that something really happened! ”

"Lihou! Do you know what you're talking about? Gong Wei shouted, "Since you don't have any important matters, how dare you return to Beijing without a recall, and talk nonsense in front of your father!" ”

"It doesn't matter if the old minister and righteous daughter are wronged, it doesn't matter if Your Majesty's reputation is damaged, and it's not important for the prince to be imprisoned! The old minister doesn't know, what does the Third Highness think is important? ”

"It seems that Master Hou is already aware of the recent events in Beijing." Gong Hao smiled and said, "It's just that you keep saying that even the girl is resentful, Xiao Wang is puzzled, are you far away from the cold, and you still know that you are a righteous girl who can't think of it?" ”

Hou Ye slowly turned to Gong Hao, with a solemn expression, forcing Gong Hao's smile to stiffen. But I saw his right hand reach for his chest, and suddenly pulled out a pile of crumpled letters.

"Returning to the emperor, since the day the old minister set out on the expedition, Gui Ying has sent a letter to his family from afar, one every day, and the wind and snow are uninterrupted." Hou Ye waved the pile of letter paper in his hand and said excitedly, "These days, how the prince is a little jealous in his heart, how he beats Gui Ying; How His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince was intercepted by Li Yuan, the old ministers all learned through Gui Ying one by one. And in this last letter, Gui Ying also clearly mentioned that in order to compensate the prince for the murder, and in order to appease the frustration of the Fifth Highness, she opened the warehouse door of Lifu by herself, and used the old minister's private food to help get rid of the cold! ”

I was almost dumbfounded, and when I looked away, I saw that the expressions of the crowd were no different from mine.

"Is the Hou Ye actually paying for his own food to fight for the court these days?" Concubine Ying exclaimed, "Even the girl is honest, why don't you say it to the emperor!" ”

"The little girl is resolute and forbearing, and acts righteously and generously. Lao Chen felt very much like himself when he was young, so he adopted her as a righteous daughter at the beginning. Hou Ye had a proud smile on his face, "She knew that the old minister would not blame for this, so she never told the emperor about it." In fact, she didn't get any news from Lao Chen after that. For three days earlier we had abruptly ceased all correspondence. ”

Miyahata, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly trembled: "Three days... Isn't that the day my eldest brother went to prison? ”

"Yes, Gui Ying has always been a good news and not a bad character, thinking that coming to the prince and leaving the prince hit her hard, she was so sad that she even forgot to write a letter." When Hou Ye said this, he cast a distressed look at me, "It's just that I know my daughter Mo Ruo's father, Gui Ying, how can you not know your grievances as a father?" In fact, from your letters these days, the father has a premonition that he is going to do something stupid! ”

I was stunned and didn't know what to answer. Gonggong He took the pile of letters that Hou Ye had been holding in his hand and presented it to the emperor.

"Hou Ye's words are really touching, and even Xiao Wang is quite moved when he hears it." Gong Hao smiled and said, "It's just that you don't like it, you are not the biological father of Lian girl, even if you are really related by blood, you are not her, how do you know that she and the fifth brother are indeed selfless?" ”

"It doesn't have to be Lian'er's biological father, Ren Danfan is a clear-eyed person, and after reading these family letters, he can see that Gui Ying's husband and husband are married, and his infatuation is completely tied to his body! Maybe she does have sympathy for Wan'er, but if you talk about personal feelings, the emperor can see for yourself, it is absolutely impossible! ”

The emperor examined the pile of letters one by one, seeing that the folds of the letter were brittle and soft, and each one seemed to be held in his hand and carefully read for a long time. And when you look through the light, the handwriting on it is extremely sloppy and ugly, and it is very similar to mine.

I thought in a trance that when I came to this world at the beginning of last year, when I was recuperating from my injuries in the Hou Mansion, I was forced by Xunyue to practice calligraphy for a few days. Could it be that at that time, his old man was already familiar with my handwriting, and after somehow learning about the accident in Kazhou, he copied out these many letters to testify for me?