The sun is shining.

Qianqing Palace.

In the emperor's bedroom, the emperor and the empress sat on the dragon couch with a bitter gourd face.

In front of them, two people fell to their knees and bowed their heads to the ground.

One of these two people is the commander of the Praetorian Guard, King Jing Yang Xuanao, and the other is the head of the general army guarding the Empress Dowager's cemetery, leading the guards.

Looking at this scene, they seemed to have committed some heinous crime, and they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to raise their heads, and they were waiting to be dealt with.

They are indeed guilty, and they can be regarded as heinous crimes.

As the commander of the Praetorian Guard, he managed the security within a hundred miles of Kyoto, and let the "body" in the cemetery be nowhere to be found, within a hundred miles, of the "golden body" of the queen mother.

Grave sin too!

A person in charge of the general army who specializes in guarding the cemetery of the Queen Mother, unexpectedly let the "golden statue" of the Queen Mother who was "body" in the cemetery disappear.

Grave sin too!

The emperor in a fit of rage spoke: "According to the two of you, the golden body statue of the Queen Mother has disappeared inexplicably?" ”

Yang Xuanao and the leading guards still knelt and bowed their heads, motionless, and did not answer the emperor's question.

Seeing this, the emperor was even more angry, and he exclaimed, "Are you deaf? Raise your heads, I'm asking you! ”

The two of them raised their heads tremblingly, and looked at the emperor with fear in their eyes.

The emperor drank again: "Say! ”

The leading guard glanced at Yang Xuanao and replied, "Yes...... is gone, according to the emperor's requirements, the minions have to give the queen mother's golden statue a morning and evening bath, but the slaves opened the queen mother's golden coffin as usual this morning, and when they wanted to give the queen mother's golden statue a morning bath, they found that the queen mother's golden statue was not ...... It's gone. ”

Yang Xuanao continued: "Thanks to the emperor's favor, I was able to let the slave serve as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and the slave was loyal to his duty and duty, and on the night of his appointment yesterday, he entered the tomb of the Queen Mother alone, in order to understand the situation, and the slave also opened the Golden Coffin of the Queen Mother, and at that time, the golden statue of the Queen Mother was safe and sound in the coffin. ”

The emperor's fierce gaze shot at the leading guard: "It was still there last night, and it was gone this morning?" ”

The lead guard said in a trembling voice, "Yes...... Be. ”

How could there be such an inexplicable strange thing?

The emperor frowned, puzzled.

The queen mother suddenly asked: "Last night, when Yang led into the tomb of the Queen Mother, was it before or after you gave the Queen Mother an evening bath?" ”

The lead guard replied, "Yes." ”

The queen mother was thoughtful, and her slightly suspicious gaze turned to Yang Xuanao, which was the first instinctive reaction.

Yang Xuanao did not hesitate, and immediately explained: "Niangniang, Rong Slave explained that in order to check the golden statue of the Queen Mother, the slave just pushed open the corner of the golden coffin, looked at it, and closed it again, the slave entered the tomb alone, and also came out of the tomb alone, Niangniang should not suspect the slave." ”

The queen was speechless, this thing is a bit bizarre.

The emperor suddenly spoke: "I'm afraid there is only one explanation. ”

The queen asked, "What explanation?" ”

The emperor stretched out his hand and pointed to the leading guard: "This slave guards himself and steals, and the thief shouts to catch the thief!" ”

Yang Xuanao smiled secretly in his heart.

The emperor's statement is reasonable.

The queen mother also agreed with what the emperor said, and immediately looked at the leading guard.

"Your Majesty! ! The leading guard turned pale with fright, kowtowing like pouring garlic, "The slave is loyal, even if he eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he doesn't dare to do such a big rebellious thing!" ”

Yang Xuanao pleaded for the leading guard: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the slave believes that the chief guard will not do such a thing, even if he does, if the weight of the big golden statue, where can he hide?" How to sell stolen goods? Who would dare to accept such an earth-shattering stolen stolen goods? If the chief of the guard finds a secret place to dissolve, it is even more impossible, the queen mother's cemetery is only ten miles away from the Praetorian Guard barracks north of the minions, after all, it is the queen mother's cemetery, and the Praetorian Guards often patrol near it. ”

The leading guard glanced at Yang Xuanao gratefully.

The emperor asked in a strange voice: "You have no problem, and you are heavily guarded and heavily guarded, it is impossible for outsiders to enter the tomb to steal, is it possible that the golden statue of the Queen Mother will run on its own with long legs?" Or did you grow wings and fly on your own? Even so, there are impregnable walls in it, can it run, fly, and get out? ”

The leading guard said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, this matter is grotesque and bizarre, the slave implores the emperor to file a case and investigate it thoroughly, I believe it will be revealed!" ”

"File a case? Thorough investigation? The emperor had a cold face and disagreed, "No matter how I investigate, there will be no results, and there will be no reasonable explanation. ”

Hearing what the emperor said, the leading guard looked like ashes, and said with a sad face: "The emperor said this, the slave can only apologize with death!" ”

"You don't have to apologize with death, this palace believes in you!" A woman's voice came from outside the door, and then, Concubine Li walked into the room.

"Emperor Jin'an, sister Wanfu." Concubine Li stepped forward and bowed down to greet the emperor and the empress.

"Sit down!" The emperor clapped his hands and motioned for Concubine Li to sit down beside him.

The queen looked at her a little strangely: "Why is my sister here?" ”

Concubine Li smiled: "My sister is here to find the emperor, and she has nothing to do, just wandering around casually, I don't want to, but I can hear such a bizarre strange thing outside the door!" ”

After that, without waiting for the queen mother to reply, she waved her hand to Yang Xuanao and the leading guards: "What you said is clear enough, enough of it, all retreat!" ”

The two looked at the emperor and were noncommittal.

The emperor also waved his hand: "Stand down." ”

"Yes." Yang Xuanao and the leading guards responded in unison, got up and retreated.

The queen flattened her mouth and did not speak again.

The emperor stared at Concubine Li and said, "Concubine Ai just said that she believed what the tomb guard said, doesn't she have another opinion on this strange thing?" ”

Concubine Li smiled bitterly: "How can you have any high opinions?" The concubine just believes that he can't lie, if you want to say high opinions, the high opinions of the concubines are true, we should go to the tomb. ”

The queen's face changed greatly, and her willow eyebrows trembled and trembled, but she never spoke.

The emperor was puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

Concubine Li said solemnly: "The golden statue of the queen mother is missing, this matter is not trivial, on benevolence and righteousness, filial piety, we should all go to the tomb, go to the queen mother to ask for a sin, what does the emperor think?" ”

The emperor originally loved the Queen Mother very much, so he chose a feng shui treasure in Kyoto, built a cemetery, and made a golden statue of the Queen Mother to worship.

Concubine Li's words of filial piety, he agreed again and again.

The queen mother spoke, and she objected: "Things are weird, the truth is not clear, for the sake of prudence, it is not too late to wait for the truth to be found out before entering the tomb." ”

Concubine Li sneered disdainfully: "It's just a small tomb, if my sister is afraid, you can not go." ”

"You ......" The queen blushed, although she knew that the emperor favored her and spoiled the sky, but she didn't expect her to collide with herself in front of the emperor.

As the queen and the emperor's wife, she dares to give filial piety to the queen mother as a concubine, and she is the queen mother's official daughter-in-law, so how can she not go?

Concubine Li then said to the emperor: "The concubines are afraid that when the truth is found out, the queen mother's cemetery has already been turned upside down by them, if we don't go early, we may not be able to go when it's late." ”

The emperor resolutely said: "It's so decided, I will arrange for the Ministry of Rites to go to the Queen Mother's cemetery to arrange the pomp, and tomorrow morning I will enter the tomb to ask the Queen Mother for guilt, Concubine Ai said very reasonably, the Queen Mother's portrait has an accident, the princes and ministers can not go, the princes and princesses can not go, but as a son of man, I can't help but ask for guilt!" ”

Seeing that the emperor had made up her mind, the queen had no choice but to agree: "Okay! The concubines also went with the emperor. ”

Concubine Li looked at the queen mother, and secretly sneered in her heart: "Even if you are not here today and don't know about it, I will tell you and pull you into the tomb together, because I just want to pull you to the grave!" ”