On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, heavy snowfall.

Shen Zhizhang entered the palace again and took the lead in finding the Queen Mother and cried. Crying is the Shen family's many disasters, he has lost his father since he was a child, lonely and pitiful, and now under the supervision of the princess, he has reformed and embarked on the right path, but unexpectedly, it is the husband and wife who are separated by yin and yang.

I cried again because I moved my father-in-law, the emperor, because he was worried that he would see Xiaohuan miss the princess, so he kindly stopped him from seeing him. As a son-in-law, he failed to take care of the sixth princess, and he is ashamed to be sorry for his father-in-law.

Once the old queen mother heard that Shen Zhizhang's bad deeds and wrongdoings were countless, but she knew that he was arrogant and domineering, and he was an out-and-out gentleman. I never thought that he was so pitiful and sensible now, an adult seven-foot man knelt at her feet and cried almost heartily. At the moment, he was soft-hearted, and immediately sent the old grandmother next to him to intercede with the emperor, and bowed his head to comfort: "Good boy, don't cry." ”

When Shen Zhizhang went to the emperor, he had a pair of swollen eyes, not to mention the investigation of the case, he was affectionate, and he wanted to meet Xiaohuan when he opened his mouth, and asked the princess what she had said in the last few days, and whether she had mentioned him.

In this way, even if he had a history of beating the crown prince, the emperor did not have the time to think much about his intentions. In desperation and heartache, he had no choice but to send Li Zongquan to personally send Shen Zhizhang over, and by the way, he went to listen to a corner.

In the past few days, the emperor has ordered a thorough investigation of the crown prince and a thorough investigation of the case. At the beginning, the corpses of the horses were returned to the Criminal Department, and the bodies of the rest were sent to the Shen family out of consideration for the dignity of the royal family and the Shen family. Let's talk about the carcass of the horse, after the criminal department examined the wounds of the horse, it was really the same as Xiaohuan said, and died after being frightened by the arrow. This point Xiaohuan said accurately, and it can be seen that it is true that he was later killed.

But does anyone else in Daliang dare to kill the princess? As soon as he thought of this, the emperor became suspicious, and naturally thought of the warning letter received by Shen Zhizhang, and naturally thought of the crown prince and the second prince. But the second prince is far away in another country, and it is inconvenient to move, but the crown prince is ......

The emperor's suspicion rose, and it was difficult to press it down. In the past, some people said that the second prince formed a gang and wanted to seek power and usurp the throne, but as soon as this statement came to his heart, he felt that the second prince was fierce and ambitious.

Now all the evidence points to the crown prince, the death of the sixth princess is like an emperor who is stuck in his throat and has trouble sleeping, so no matter how he looks at it, he feels that the prince's city is too deep, and the former honesty is pretended, and he looks scheming.

But in the end, it is his own child, and the prince is the only and most legitimate heir of Daliang at present. The emperor is now indecisive, afraid of wolves and tigers. He wanted to find out the exact evidence and deal with the crown prince's government of the Qing Dynasty, but he was afraid that this would move the foundation of Daliang, and gave Beiyeguo and the second prince who fled a justifiable reason and opportunity to attack Daliang. At the same time, it is not easy to explain the people of the world, what should the queen do? After the abolition? What should the Shen family do?

The emperor rubbed his head, only to feel a headache. When he was thinking about these things, Li Zongquan had already sent Shen Zhizhang away to come and talk back: "Your Majesty, the slave was listening in the side hall just now, and he didn't show up. The horse master asked a small ring and replied, but did not say much. The master asked Xiaohuan what the princess did when she went to Hezhou. Xiaohuan replied truthfully, and said that the princess brought things to everyone, but she didn't think about it......"

"What else?"

"Master Ma also asked, how she was rescued, and when did the wolf come." Li Zongquan said: "Xiaohuan said that he didn't know, and said that he would go to the palace when he opened his eyes, and he didn't know about being rescued at all." The rest was gone, and then the horse master left after a few words. ”

"Hmm." The emperor pondered for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief. None of the questions asked by Shen Zhizhang touched on the core, and it seemed that he didn't know what was going on at the bottom.

It's good if I don't know.

The Emperor sighed softly and asked, "Let him go." On the side of the dark guard, what is the movement, can you find out the source of the warning letter? ”

"Caught one of the former guards of the second prince, and his name was called Go Winter. According to his confession, he ......" Li Zongquan raised his eyelids and looked at the emperor's face, and quickly lowered his head and said: "He is the prince's person, and the warning letter was left by the prince's orders." ”

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Shen Zhizhang quickly returned to the Shen Mansion after getting Xiaohuan's answer, he knew that Li Zongquan would eavesdrop on the side, so he deliberately didn't ask more, and only picked up the most critical ones and asked a few words.

In this regard, the sobered boiled bean did not agree with all of Xiaohuan's answers, and after eating and drinking, he explained the whole process in more detail.

At first, a few people were fighting in the carriage, and suddenly the carriage shook, and after everyone rolled down the hillside, they all landed in the soft snow pit. It stands to reason that there is no danger to life, Xia Aya and Xiaohuan both fainted, the clothes worn by boiled beans were thick, they were young and flexible, and their bodies were only slightly bruised, so they immediately got up to find the sixth princess.

"I didn't wake up Xia Aya and Xiaohuan, but the sixth princess is not at the bottom." Boiled beans said: "She should not fall." ”

"And then?" Dou Qi continued to ask.

At that time, Boiled Bean was shouting for help everywhere, but the back of his neck was suddenly hit and he was immediately beaten down. Fortunately, he wasn't knocked unconscious, but just fell forward, facing the ground. The clever boiled bean realized that something was wrong, so he took advantage of the situation and pretended to be dizzy.

Then he heard the voice of someone instructing the corpse to pretend to be the sixth princess and save Xiaohuan by the way.

"There was a little movement over there, and Xiaohuan woke up after coughing a few times." Boiled Bean stared at Shen Zhizhang and said, "I heard someone say: I will arrange someone to come over in a while, you know how to do it, right?" Xiaohuan said yes. They also disposed of the horses, saying that they should not leave arrow wounds. Later, he started beating people, and Sister Xia Aya was ...... Beaten to death. Then they came and beat me, but I didn't resist and pretended to be dead and escaped. They thought I was dead and didn't do it again. ”

"Or you kid is clever! It's enough" Zhu Dongxu praised him, turned his head and became sad again: "It's just that I pity Xia Aya, what a girl." ”

"Let's go back and bury Xia Aya and support her family." Shen Zhizhang sighed, but still touched the head of the boiled bean and comforted: "It's still my little bean that is smart." ”

"Hey, hey." Boiled Bean showed a shy smile: "Later, when they left, I pretended to be dead and lay down." Xiaohuan got up and examined Xia Aya, and tested me to see if I was really dead. And then he lay down not far from us. I pulled a slit to see what she was eating, and after a while a man came, looking a little silly. Xiaohuan pulled him by the ankle, and the man startled her, and then took her away. Soon after she left, I saw that it was getting dark, and I slipped away while it was dark. Saying that, he hurriedly looked at Dou Qi and asked eagerly, "Where is my copper coin?" I was afraid that their people would come later, so I didn't dare to wait where I was. I deliberately left my copper coin there, thinking that if you saw it, you should understand, but you picked it up? ”

"Picked it up!" Dou Qi said and took out the copper coin from his bosom and returned it to him: "It's really thanks to this little object of yours, otherwise I would have thought you were taken away by a wild wolf!" ”

"That's good." Boiled beans happily accepted it and said: "I have been hiding since then, and in the past few days, people have come and gone in that place, and the clothes they wear are different." I didn't know who to believe, so I hid until I saw Mr. Dongxu. ”

"Then what have you been living on these days? What to eat and drink? Shen Zhizhang wondered, it has been more than ten days since the accident. What can you eat in a cave in winter?

Speaking of this, Boiled Bean lowered his head and said in a sad tone: "The princess bought a lot of snow plum fruits, and she wants to come back and share them for everyone to eat...... That day, a large bag of snow plum fruits happened to fall into my hand, and I ...... Took it. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhu Dongxu comforted: "When we rescue the princess, I will buy the snow plum fruit, and it will be enough for everyone to eat." ”

"In that case, there must be something wrong with the little ring." Shen Zhizhang was puzzled: "Then who will she be?" I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart! There is such a character hidden by Jinshu's side? ”

"At this juncture, eighty percent are rushing to bring down the prince." Zhu Dongxu analyzed: "It stands to reason that she should be the second prince's person, but Xiaohuan has followed the sixth princess for many years, he shouldn't have thought that the sixth princess would marry you, shouldn't he have settled Xiaohuan as a chess piece so early, right?" ”

"So there's definitely something wrong with this." Shen Zhizhang sneered: "The crown prince and the second prince are both chess pieces, and there is someone else who started it." ”