Inside the East Palace.

"Since His Highness trusts Wei Chen, he is very fortunate to be a minister. It is true that when the minister wanted to find Miss Zhining last night, he did not forget the emperor's grace, so he first observed outside the Taihe Palace for a while, and only left after discovering something. As Yi Chen saw, the fire last night was probably as His Highness feared, and it was not just an accident. ”

"Oh? Yu Qing spoke in detail and listened to the main hall. ”

"The first thing is strange about this matter, I think Your Highness must have heard about it."

"Is it the corpse of the person who didn't have time to escape and burned in the hall that Zhang Fu's servant said?" The prince's thoughts were racing and he asked.

"Your Highness is wise, the minister has watched the eunuchs carry out some corpses that have not escaped yet, but found that there are some strange in those corpses, Your Highness imagine that when we drank at the banquet and heard the news that the fire had started, the hour was not yet shining, but the rules in the palace were strict. Even those who are on duty at night during the palace will not dare to sleep in the three halls during these times, unless the fire is as the rumor says, it is a fire from heaven in an instant, and if it is slowly burned, how can the eunuch guards who are serving inside remain motionless and let the flames burn until they burn to death. With all due respect, in the humble opinion of Weichen, there are people who are extremely loyal to the emperor and His Royal Highness, and they are willing to swear to die and live together with the main hall, but it is difficult to ensure that there are no treacherous people among these forty or fifty people who escaped from the palace in the name of going out to report the news, how could they guard the three major halls with a total of more than 100 people but not even one escaped. ”

"This matter has also been thought of by the main hall, so what is the second?"

"The second is that the minister later saw a lot of corpses, and found that his face and lips were slightly purple after his death, and he seemed to have symptoms of poisoning, so the minister thought of what Miss Zhining said to the minister after returning last night."

"Go on."

His Royal Highness was tired for days, and I think he had overlooked the simplest question in recent days, that is, why Miss Zhining was immediately arrested as soon as she walked out of His Highness's imperial study. At this moment, I think that person must have the same deduction skills as Young Master Yao, so that he can calculate when Miss Zhining will go out. ”

"You mean...... the prince thought for a moment when he heard this, and his body suddenly shook.

"Your Highness is not in a hurry, after the minister finishes speaking, if Miss Zhining said that after she was arrested, she used words to anger the leading masked man for a while, but the man was angry but personally admitted that His Highness had colluded with him in the right hand in the upper study that day. And it happened that most of the eunuchs in the three major halls were poisoned before the fire last night, and it was this minister who boldly deduced that he could poison all the fathers-in-law in the palace together, I am afraid that it needs to be mixed in the meals and drinking water, but the person who can arrange this kind of thing is also a high-ranking father-in-law. ”

"The one who stood on his right hand that day? Is it Qi Dou? He has been in the palace for decades, has been abiding by his duty, and has never crossed half a point, how could he... No wonder Mao Fang told me the day before yesterday that he wanted me to let the newcomer show his face more, but it turned out that this was the intention. But what did Qi Dou do this for, by the way, if Yu Qing did Qi Dou's arson last night according to your words, then the rumors outside the palace would not be something he could do. The prince still seemed a little incredulous, looking for a reason to make a final excuse for Qi Dou.

"Your Highness deserves to be the choice of the prince, and his heart is so clear. Indeed, as His Highness said, this is the third here. ”

"And the third?"

"Your Royal Highness, the minister said that when the minister was about to save the Zhining girl, he heard the guard's words carried away, this girl killed the nephew of the masked leader, so she was arrested, as far as the minister knows, the Zhining girl was held hostage by a garrison on the island, and then by chance by a third person restrained the two, the two died together in the fight, but the Zhining girl survived. And the leader seemed to be angry with the girl, so he took revenge on her. ”

"The third person you are talking about is the orphan who called Qiao'er to go to the spy bed. The main hall vaguely remembered that Miss Zhining had also said it in the upper study. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Do you know the name of the guard?"

"Back to Your Highness, that person's name is Shilu."

"Shilu? Teacher Law...... Surname Shishi Zhaowen? It can't be, it can't be. The prince muttered a few words, his eyes suddenly froze, and he looked at the two people in front of him quite aggressively.

"Uncle... Why is it impossible for His Highness? Li Maofang said strangely.

"That Shi Zhaowen, he, he ......"

"Your Highness, what is there to hide? If it is inconvenient to say, Yu Mian will never force it. Yu Mian bowed his head and replied slowly.

I saw that the prince seemed to hesitate and think for a while, and then looked up to see what the two of them seemed to have made up their minds before replying: "Do you know that since Ji Gang stepped down, no one in the Jinyi Guard has been able to sit in the position of commander for the time being. Under the command, there are two governors, Zhu Hao, Guo Rong, Sai Hazhi, and Shi Zhaowen. And among these four people, except for Shi Zhaowen, the other three are all pawns left by my father to spy on me. In the past, this Shi Zhaowen was also my father's person, and he only threw himself into my account half a year ago. But it could be him. No, if you say that the Qi Dou main hall in front can still be believed, but if it is him, the main hall is really unbelievable, do you have the credentials? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked back in disbelief.

"Back to Your Highness, we don't have any credentials." Li Maofang said.

"Yu Qing, don't pretend to be advanced anymore, do you two dare to talk to Prince Ben here for half a day without any credentials?"

"Back to Your Highness, although the two of us do not have the slightest evidence at this moment. But if His Royal Highness can agree to a small request from His Highness, the Minister will be able to come up with a very positive evidence to help His Highness prove it. ”

"Oh? Whatever the request, as long as the truth can be found, the temple will grant it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked urgently.

"I beg His Highness to borrow Concubine Li to pick up one person."

"Concubine Li is going to meet? Why can't he come by himself, does the palace still have to pay for the reputation of the crown princess to accompany the two of you to mess around? The matter is worthy of the dignity of a man, and even the prince, who has been kind and pleasant for a day, can't help but change his face.

"The person who begged Concubine Li to pick it up was not a man but a little girl. The crown princess was so wronged only because she had just been tortured, and her legs and feet were not good. ”

"You mean that Zhining girl?"

"It's Your Highness, Miss Zhining had heard the leader speak in prison before, so she could naturally distinguish his voice. At that time, His Royal Highness will place Miss Zhining behind the curtain, he can't see the face of the person who spoke, naturally he can't tell who is Shi Zhaowen, and after he listens to the voice, His Royal Highness will make a judgment It is not too late for Miss Zhining to make a judgment, if she is made to enter the palace alone, she may encounter an accident, but if Concubine Li goes to make sure that person does not dare to act rashly, His Royal Highness can also arrange more guards to protect secretly. ”

"Well, as you say. I just don't know if my side concubine wants it or not. ”。

"At the beginning, they kidnapped Miss Zhining in the name of the side concubine, and they must have endured it for a long time with the temper of their aunt. It's just a sentence from His Highness. ”