Seeing that he was struggling to get out of bed, how could Mrs. Ye, who had finally picked up his life, let him, hurriedly press him back, and responded: "Okay, okay, you lie on the bed and don't move, don't worry, I'll send someone into the palace to inquire." ”

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Ye summoned a few people and whispered a few words in their ears, so naturally there were other ways to inquire about the news in the palace.

About half an hour later, after Ye Quan was poured into another bowl of decoction, the servants of Ye Mansion finally came back with the latest news.

"I heard that the emperor and the prince had a big quarrel in the imperial study, and the emperor was furious and punished the prince to kneel outside the imperial study to reflect."

Ye Quan asked again: "Can you inquire clearly, what is the reason for the quarrel?" ”

"I don't know."

Receiving a negative answer, Ye Quan was inevitably disappointed, although he already had a reliable guess in his heart.

After thinking about it, he said to Mrs. Ye again: "You send someone to the prison of the Criminal Department again, and tell the general what happened in the palace word for word, and see if the general has any follow-up arrangements." ”

Mrs. Ye nodded, giving the person who inquired about the news a look.

In the faint night, a horse came out of the back door of the Ye Mansion and went straight to the newly built prison cell of the Criminal Department.

……

A few jailers guarding the prison gathered around a wooden table, lit a few braziers next to them, and giggled and laughed as they threw dice at the heating heater.

The firelight was reddish, casting a vague shadow on the wall.

Looking at the few people who threw their fists and dice, Ye Yi sat in the corner with a sheepskin wine bag, taking a sip of wine from time to time, and did not participate.

Ye Yi tore open the cork and was about to take a sip of wine to warm up, but he heard a strange noise at the entrance of the cell.

He hurriedly hid his wine and reminded the happy people who were playing in a low voice, "Someone is coming." ”

After a moment of silence, everyone tacitly hid the dice, for fear of being charged with dereliction of duty.

But when people came, they didn't even look at them.

The people of Ye Mansion came and went straight to Ye Yi, and whispered in his ear: "My lord has an order, and I am ordered to bring a few words to General Jun." ”

Ye Yi's expression was solemn, and he immediately took out the key from his waist and walked in front to lead the way.

Compared to the dark and damp dungeon of the past, the passage to the reconstructed cell is very wide and bright.

In order to show respect for the family of loyal martyrs, the secret prison where Junchen was held was a single room temporarily cleaned up by the Criminal Department, clean and tidy, ventilated and dry.

The jailers all knew that there was a general in the prison, and they also knew that this general was lazy and liked to be quiet and not noisy when he was not fighting, so except for three meals a day, they would never deliberately dangle in front of Junchen's eyes.

Considering the rumors that the outside world was getting more and more fierce, they consciously lowered their voices, for fear of disturbing the general's thoughts.

Ye Yi came to the end of the passage with a bunch of keys, only to hear a 'click', and the heavy lock was opened in vain and fell to the ground.

Jun Chen, who was standing in the cell and looking at the snow scene through the narrow window, turned around when he heard the sound and glanced at them without being salty.

Under the general's unclear gaze, Ye Bai consciously disturbed the tranquility of others, and felt a rare pressure.

Then, Ye Yan took a step to the side, making way of a space that was large enough for people from outside to enter, and lowered his head and said, "General, the people from Ye Shangshu's Mansion are ordered to pass the word." ”

"Ye Quan?" Junchen raised his eyebrows and retreated lazily: "What does he have to say to me?" ”

The Jun family and the Ye family have no friendship.

He and Ye Quan are even more.

If you have to say that there is any connection, it is probably the same as being an official in the court.

After all, the monarch's mansion has put all its attention in the military camp for several generations, where is there time to manage the so-called favors?

Hearing him call Ye Quan's name without changing his face, Ye Bai touched a handful of non-existent sweat and said, "You can understand when you listen to it." ”

After finishing speaking, Ye Bai consciously retreated and blocked the middle of the passage to prevent outsiders from listening.

The servant of the Ye Mansion stepped forward a few steps and said respectfully: "The villain is a member of the Ye Shangshu Mansion, and he is specially ordered to pass the word to the general. ”

"My lord said, or because of the matter of the monarch, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already been punished in the palace, if the general has any tricks, please use it as soon as possible, otherwise His Royal Highness the Prince's hard work will be in vain."

Aftermath?

What is the aftermath?

Jun Chen pursed his lips, hearing Qi Changrong's punishment, his laziness completely dissipated, and a pair of eagle-like eyes suddenly contracted.

The air pressure in the cell slowly dropped.

He wasn't surprised that Ye Quan would guess the plot between himself and Qi Changrong.

After all, once this incident broke out, as long as Qi Changrong intervened, it would be impossible for her to pick it clean.

Today's events were too sudden.

He beat the drum to redress his grievances, Qi Changrong was punished in the evening, and after the news came out, anyone with a discerning eye knew what it was for.

I'm afraid that after today, the East Palace and the Jun family will be completely tied together.

Both openly and secretly.

Thinking of this, maybe he had already made preparations, but Junchen didn't have much resistance in his heart.

Jun Chen narrowed his eyes and asked directly, "What else did your family adults say?" ”

The servant of the Ye family shook his head and stayed quietly aside, indicating that there was no other warning.

Speaking of which, he just acts according to orders, so he naturally doesn't understand the moves between the big guys.

Although he was a little curious about how his lord got involved with the general's family, his past experience told him that the less he knew, the safer he was.

Yes, the servants of the Ye family did not say a single superfluous word.

Seeing him shake his head, Jun Chen knew not to get any hints from this person.

At the thought that Qi Changrong was still being punished in the palace, a wave of anger rose from the bottom of Jun Chen's heart, making him no longer able to maintain his previous calm.

After a long time, Jun Chen took a deep breath, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, remembering the emperor Nong Zhou, who was still arranged in the small mansion.

He remembered that Qi Changrong once said such a sentence: If there is anyone in this world who can convince Emperor Jin An, it is the emperor Nong Zhou.

Thinking of this, Junchen immediately said: "You hurry up to my house, find a guy who calls Zhou Shiren, bring a word to him for me, and say-immediately arrange for the people from the small mansion to enter the palace." ”

Jun Chen's speech was very fast, and he no longer saw the laziness he had between his eyebrows, and an unstoppable momentum rose from him, and the servants of the Ye family did not dare to delay, and quickly and quietly retreated after receiving the order.

Ye Yi lowered his head and walked over and locked the cell again.

He knew that this move was unnecessary, and if the general wanted to escape, perhaps the entire criminal department would not be enough for him to fight.

However, if you don't want to be tongue-in-law, you can only act according to the rules.

……

Walking through the dark alley with black lights and blind fire, the servants of the Ye family hurriedly knocked on the gate of the Junfu, and the thunderous knock on the door frightened the guards of the Junfu.

After a while, the heavy red door was opened from the inside, revealing the old face of the steward Jun through the crack in the door: "Little brother is ......"

The servant of the Ye Mansion did not want to continue to delay time, and immediately said quickly: "I am ordered by the general to bring a message to Zhou Shiren, and the general ordered him to immediately arrange for the people from the small mansion to enter the palace." ”

Butler Jun suddenly realized, opened the door completely without hesitation, and asked: "The night is cold and snowy, and the little brother is tired of running away, but the little brother wants to go into the house to drink a cup of hot tea?" ”

"No, my master is still waiting for me to reply, thank you for the kindness of the old man." The servant of Yefu bowed his hand slightly, turned around and turned over on the horse, the whip in his hand was raised high, and then fell fiercely, driving the horse to disappear into the night very quickly.

The butler entered the house behind closed doors and truthfully conveyed Junchen's meaning to Zhou Shiren.

Zhou Shiren first raised his eyebrows as if he didn't understand, and only after a while did he react, and he hurriedly asked people to arrange horses, not let anyone follow, and walked towards the downtown alone.

After about half a pillar of incense, Zhou Shiren stopped outside an extremely inconspicuous house.

He knocked three times on the knocker in his hand, then withdrew his hand and waited patiently.

It didn't take long for the door to be opened from the inside.

An Jian wore a thick jacket and looked at Zhou Shiren outside the door with sleepy eyes.

Without waiting for Zhou Shiren to speak, An Jian said: "The teacher knows that you will come tonight, so before going to bed, he specially asked me to tell you that he will enter the palace tomorrow." ”

Zhou Shiren hurriedly asked, "Why can't you enter the palace tonight?" ”

An Jian shook his head, learned from Nong Zhou's unfathomable appearance, and said meaningfully: "Tonight, I'm too anxious to eat hot tofu in a hurry." ”

Zhou Shiren didn't know why, stared at it, and wanted to see something from An Jian's face through the night, but saw that he was full of worry.

Suddenly, Zhou Shiren felt a sigh in his heart, and he couldn't say anything urging.

Seeing that he was really anxious, An Jian said another plausible sentence: "Wait until tomorrow, when the teacher comes forward, everything will fall into place." ”

At this point, what else does Zhou Shiren not understand?

As an emperor, Emperor Jin An was very suspicious, if everything happened in one day, then Qi Changrong's 'wolf ambition' would not be able to hide.

Once the emperor Lao'er realizes that everything is planned by his precious son, then with the temperament of Emperor Jin An, he will definitely want to dismantle this son.

Now the emperor is deliberately delaying time, just to make things more reasonable, at least not too deliberate, in order to keep the East Palace.

After thinking about it, Zhou Shiren bowed his hand slightly towards An Jian, and said sincerely: "The emperor is righteous." ”

An Jian returned the half-salute, lowered his eyes and said, "Your Excellency, please go back." ”

The words fell, and the door was closed.

Zhou Shiren looked at the door of the house that suddenly closed in front of him in a daze, his brows were tightly locked, he had never been so worried.

For the unknown of tomorrow, he was terrified in his heart and felt like he had been pricked with a thorn.

It didn't hurt much, but it kept him awake at night.

Now, he just wants everything to go smoothly tomorrow.

……

Palace.

Yuan Yi, who had been ordered to come out, stood outside the imperial study and kept walking back and forth.

Looking up from time to time, he glanced worriedly at the person who was kneeling upright not far away, biting his lip and almost rushing forward.

Qi Changrong's shoulders had accumulated a thick layer of snow, and even his eyebrows were covered with a thick layer of frost, and from a distance, the whole person was like an ice sculpture, motionless.

For a long time, at the risk of being punished by Emperor Jin An, Yuan Yi walked out against the snow, bowed down to Qi Changrong and persuaded: "Your Highness, you should go back, why use your body to be angry with Your Majesty?" ”