Gu Han entered the imperial study, and sure enough, as he expected, Concubine Liu was waiting carefully on the side.

At this hour, probably only she can enter this important place and accompany the emperor. Probably even the queen does not have this honor.

Before Gu Han could salute, the emperor walked over in three steps and two steps, took his hand and said, "Haha brother Xian, you are finally back!" My brother and mother are waiting for you to come back for the Spring Festival together, but unfortunately you didn't come back. ”

"It's my fault that I didn't come back at the end of the year, and I ask the royal brother and mother to forgive me." Gu Han said sincerely, "If I know that my mother is sad for me, and I haven't even had a good Spring Festival, I don't know if I have to condemn myself hundreds of times before I can feel at ease." ”

Seeing Gu Han's sincere attitude in admitting his mistake, the emperor said again: "Not only my mother, but even Prime Minister Han Cheng is very worried about his daughter, and he comes over from time to time to inquire about your current situation. You didn't return for the Spring Festival, but Miss Han Er was there with you, and for the first time, she didn't spend the Spring Festival with her family, which shows that she is still dead set on you, and her love is deep. Since Brother Xian has returned from a long journey, I think Miss Han Er will also come back, right? ”

Gu Han frowned slightly, and said solemnly: "I have nothing to do with Miss Han Er. She wants to go to Baihua County, and it has nothing to do with me for what or for whom. I came back in a hurry, and I didn't know who I would say, but I didn't know if she knew I was back. ”

Hearing this, the emperor really believed Liu Guifei's words.

Liu Guifei only said that Gu Han ignored Han Qi at all, which made Han Qi quite annoyed, and also made her lose face.

As for that Chi Yue, they originally thought that Gu Han was nostalgic for her and had a deep affection, but when Concubine Liu went there, it was a different situation. Therefore, no one can guess Gu Han's true thoughts.

"It seems that Brother Xian really has no fate with Miss Han Er." Concubine Liu Yingying came over and saluted Gu Han.

Gu Han looked at her, "I heard that Concubine Liu Guifei is sick with you, I don't know if you are better now?" ”

Concubine Liu raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect King Rong to be so well-informed. The emperor only issued the will to Lord Wen, where did King Burong know about it? ”

Gu Han said without changing his face: "I think Concubine Liu Guifei has also seen Chi Yue, and she must know that Chi Yue is a friend of this king." Now that something happened to her, how can I, as her friend, be kept in the dark? ”

Unexpectedly, Gu Han would say this, Liu Guifei wondered, didn't Chi Yue clearly say that she and Gu Han were just ordinary business partners, and had nothing to do with it?

Perhaps, it was the emperor's decree that Wen Xing made a big fuss about the arrest of Chi Yue, everyone knew about it, and King Rong had many eyes and ears, so he naturally knew about it.

At this time, the news of Chi Yue's escape from the county government had not yet reached the capital, and Concubine Liu only thought that Chi Yue had been arrested and imprisoned by Wen Xing.

Liu Guifei immediately smiled, "I see." The concubine was diagnosed and treated by Imperial Doctor Zhu for several days, and the poison in the house has been eliminated, and there is no major problem on her body, thank you King Rong for your concern. ”

As he spoke, he bowed slightly, but said in a deep voice: "It's just that the person who hated the poison was so thoughtful and put such poison in the concubine's food, it was really as poisonous as a snake and scorpion." Thanks to the concubine's favor and care for her in every way, and also gave her the honor of the first place in the singing and dancing competition, she was not only not grateful, but also took revenge, and the concubine suddenly felt that there was no one in this world who was treated sincerely. ”

wiped his tears, as if he was very aggrieved.

She didn't call her by her first name, but no one knew who she was talking about.

The emperor's eyes sank, and he said angrily: "Concubine Ai doesn't have to be sad for such a villain, I have ordered Wen Xing to immediately arrest and investigate the culprit, she is probably already in prison now, I don't sentence her to five horses, she must not swallow this breath!" ”

Gu Han's eyes flashed with fierceness.

The woman who dared to touch him? No one can do it!

However, at this time, he could only swallow his anger and try his best to defend Chi Yue.

"Guifei Niangniang, what you said is too arbitrary, right?" Gu Han said unhurriedly, "Who is the person who poisoned this, it has not yet been investigated, how can you be sure that it was Chi Yue?" ”

When Concubine Liu saw that Gu Han was actually speaking for Chi Yue, she knew in her heart, it turned out that Gu Han came back unexpectedly this time after the New Year, so that Chi Yue's girl interceded?

It can be seen that he does have affection and righteousness for that girl.

Chi Yue had Gu Han as her backer, and Concubine Liu couldn't point out and reprimand her, so she had to think of appropriate wording, and said matter-of-factly: "King Rong, do you think the concubine has no evidence?" The brown sugar of the Chi family is eaten by the concubines day and night, and the taste is very familiar. Only her family's brown sugar does not have that astringency, and her mouth is fragrant after eating, which is particularly lingering, and his family's brown sugar is beyond the reach of dust. This poisonous brown sugar, the workmanship and taste are the same as those in the Chi family's workshop, who would she be who was poisoned? ”

Gu Han frowned, he couldn't imagine that the person who poisoned him did not leak a drop of water, and even the raw materials were made of the high-grade hybrid sugarcane used by Chi Yue, which showed that he was extremely thoughtful.

"But why did she poison you, Concubine Liu?" Gu Han refused to stop and continued to question, "She is just a civilian, and she has finally gained a firm foothold in the county seat with her own skills. And she has lofty ambitions, and she also thinks that one day she can open the workshop all over the world and Kyushu and come to our capital to take root. Her ambition has only been realized a little, and the good days have just come to the fore, how can she be such a smart and rational person, how can she be willing to do such a stupid thing and bury herself alive? And she is an extremely filial person, don't you know that this will affect her mother, as well as her brothers and sisters? ”

Hearing what Gu Han said very reasonably, Concubine Liu's heart was weak, but she still argued hard, "I heard that when Chi Yue was in prison, she was in the same room as Lu Lin. Chi Yue also saved Lu Lin's life, and it was hard to guarantee that the two would not sympathize with each other and get along with each other as sisters. Over time, under the bewitchment of that woman, I am afraid that not only Chi Yue, but everyone will also be bewitched by her and swear to avenge her with one arrow. ”

This matter was also mentioned by Wenxing when Liu Guifei went to visit Lu Lin after the singing and dancing competition.

At that time, she regretted promoting Chi Yue to the top prize in the singing and dancing competition. But what she said was like water spilled out, and she had to maintain a posture of being a man of his word, so as to convince everyone.

Gu Leng smiled, "It is said that it is known that Chi Yue's entry into the dungeon was only two days. Let's ask, where does it come from for a long time, like sisters? If anyone deliberately distorts the facts and deceives the Holy Hearing, I will fall down and suspect that this person has evil intentions. ”

Liu Guifei was slightly stunned. Have they really only been together for two days? So what is Wen Xing lying to her in order to make her hate Chi Yue?

Seeing the two of you, you and I said a word,-for-tat, but I couldn't figure out a thought. The emperor said in a deep voice: "If there is really a cat in it, I will definitely not be the king of mediocrity, and I will easily judge that Chi Yue guilty." I will send someone to Baihua County to investigate and find out the facts, so that I can administer justice to my concubine. If he is really innocent, I will definitely restore her innocence, and will help her realize her ambitions, so that such a business wizard can show his talent and never bury him. ”

The reason why he made this promise was because the emperor could see that Gu Han cared about Chi Yue very much.

If he really misunderstood Chi Yue, and now he has arrested people in prison and made them suffer, wouldn't he indirectly offend Gu Han?

Although he is the emperor and Gu Han is a minister, Gu Han is his younger brother, and he can't bear to destroy the relationship between brothers and sisters. And Gu Han made great contributions, so that the Dasheng country turned from danger to safety, the frontier was peaceful from then on, and he had the greatest credit for the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and he, the emperor, naturally wanted to give him a lot of face.

Listening to Gu Han's analysis, he couldn't help but be unconvinced, the emperor had always been determined to be a bright monarch, so he changed his attitude.

Seeing that the emperor seemed to be a little biased towards the other party, Concubine Liu couldn't help but be annoyed. But she can't do much, if she is too willful, she will inevitably be scolded as a demon concubine who bewitches the saints, and she has finally created a prestige comparable to the queen's mother, isn't she going to give up all her efforts?

"Everything is in accordance with the emperor's orders." Liu Guifei swallowed her anger and said authentically.

Gu Han was not finished, and continued to ask unexpectedly: "I wonder if there is any brown sugar left from Concubine Liu's eating?" If so, can the king be asked to inspect it? ”

Unexpectedly, Gu Han wanted to personally test the brown sugar, Liu Guifei couldn't refuse, but she couldn't help but say: "When I came, Boss Chi gave me hundreds of brown sugars. The concubine ate five or six pieces on the way back, and before she arrived in the capital, she felt a colic in her abdomen, vomited, dizzy and swollen, and the attendant hurriedly went to invite Lang Zhong to come, and found out that it was a symptom of poisoning, so that the concubine could be calm for a while. After entering the palace and being diagnosed and treated by Dr. Zhu, he gradually and really got better. Not only Imperial Doctor Zhu, but also Dali Siqing concluded that the brown sugar was really mixed with arsenic 1 cream. They inspected the remaining brown sugar one after another, and picked out more than a dozen pieces mixed with arsenic 1 frost! If I hadn't been convinced that my problem was the only brown sugar I had drunk in the morning, and I wanted to drink it again once or twice, this life would have been buried anyway, and I wouldn't have been able to turn it back! ”

Thinking of the scene when she was on the verge of Huangquan, Liu Guifei still had palpitations, and her hatred for the person who poisoned her couldn't help but rise. She tried her best to straighten out the anger in her chest, and continued: "Since Dali Siqing and Imperial Physician Zhu have both decided the matter, how can you still keep your beak in your heart, King Rong? ”

"They thought they were only starting with the brown sugar itself, but the king had something else to do. Could it be that Concubine Liu Guifei doesn't trust the king to have the ability to judge the case? Gu Han asked with a smile.

"The concubine doesn't dare." Concubine Liu hurriedly said, "The concubine immediately asked someone to send the dozen pieces of brown sugar so that King Rong could inspect it." ”

Soon, a box of brown sugar was carried to the imperial study.

Chi Yue, who was at the door, saw that the two eunuchs had brought it, and it was the brown sugar from his own workshop. Knowing that Gu Han was now debating her matter, he couldn't help but be moved.

When Gu Han first returned to the capital, he came to see the emperor late at night for her business, and he didn't bother to inspect the brown sugar in person, which can be said to be extremely attentive.

If she breaks his heart again, then she is really not human.