Yun Xiao sat on the bed silently with tears in her eyes, and suddenly asked after a long silence, "Li Yuan, in your opinion, who burned this fire in the Cold Palace?" ”

"The minion can't guess." Li Yuan pondered seriously, "Niangniang, can it be Magnolia competing with you for favor?" ”

"Magnolia doesn't have the guts." Yun Xiao denied it, raised her eyes to look at Li Yuan, hesitated for a moment when the words came to her lips and finally blurted out, "But the Queen Mother?" ”

"No, the Queen Mother will never use this kind of trick to assassinate Niangniang." Li Yuan looked at Yun Xiao in surprise and shook his head like a rattle.

Li Yuan would not know that the Queen Mother was taboo about the threat of the Yun family, so he would naturally think so, Yun Xiao was secretly depressed, and said to herself, "That...... Is it the emperor? ”

It's not the queen mother, that's the emperor's conspiracy. Yun Feng Jin is wise and brave to resist the enemy, and has made great contributions to saving the country and the people, if he wants to innocently resign and surrender to the crime, he is afraid that he will provoke the people's resentment, and he can't do it on the surface, only secretly do it. Previously, Xuanyuan Rui wanted to push her into the well, and he had already revealed the clues of murder.

"How can Niangniang suspect the emperor? Niangniang ......" Li Yuancheng was terrified.

If it's not the emperor, how can anyone else have the courage to ask for the queen's life in the palace? Yun Xiao snorted coldly in her heart.

Li Yuan looked up at Yun Xiao, his heart, liver and lungs were trembling, he only remembered that Niangniang and the emperor had a deep relationship, and now they are so suspicious, what happened to Niangniang when she left the palace?

Yun Xiao fell silent, and the heartache condensed in her chest for a long time.

"Mother, it's not dawn yet, you can lie down and sleep for a while." Li Yuan helped Yun Xiao to lie down, and sat on the ground by leaning on the bed.

How could Yun Xiao sleep again, listening to the eunuchs outside who came back from fighting the fire and gathered in the courtyard to talk nonsense, and after thinking for a moment, she called Li Yuan up, "Li Yuan, there are too many eunuchs living in this place, and the people are too messy, I can't live here, find me a secret residence, and quickly transfer to the past before dawn." ”

"Niangniang is worried, Niangniang lives in the slave's room and will be found by the father-in-law at any time, but no one will protect Niangniang to send Niangniang alone to the deserted place where no one is in the palace to protect Niangniang, once Niangniang is found by the murderer, Niangniang has no power to restrain the chicken, and the murderer can easily harm Niangniang, so Niangniang can't live alone, Niangniang, you can rest here for a few hours temporarily, and wait for Tianming to find a suitable place for you."

"Okay." Yun Xiao spit out a word, which contains trust and dependence.

Yang Jiaojian walked out of the palace gate to say goodbye to the minister, and was just about to get on the horse and return to the house, when he caught a glimpse of the prime minister's figure wandering around the corner outside the palace gate, and immediately smiled. Knowing that the prime minister wanted to talk to him about family affairs, he skillfully sent away his own house slaves, followed Prime Minister Li from afar, and walked forward along the stone road outside the palace wall.

In no one's place, Prime Minister Li Cheng stopped, Yang Jiaojian didn't like to avoid meeting his father, if his parents were willing to continue the relationship, it would be easy to recognize each other publicly, why is it so unseemly.

"Is there any eyebrows in the case of the burning of the cold palace?" Prime Minister Li Cheng didn't want to talk about family affairs, but state affairs.

"It's just a few clues." YANG Jiaojiandao,

"Jian'er, you have a very smart brain, only you are the smartest among your brothers, and you are also the most stable, no wonder the emperor will take you as a confidant and auxiliary minister." Prime Minister Li looked at Yang Jiaojian and said with a smile and approval.

"The lower officials assist the emperor to be loyal." Yang Jiaojian and Li Chengxiang have diametrically opposite interests.

"Jian'er is loyal, but the old man's heart is already cold." Prime Minister Li sighed.

Yang Jiaojian looked at the prime minister puzzled.

"Alas, your heart is cold, it hurts people's hearts!"

Prime Minister Li Cheng lowered his head and sighed, shook his head and said: "The old man did his best to assist the emperor and the emperor, what did the emperor repay the old man?" A few years ago, the emperor chose a concubine, and the old man sent the best daughter to the palace, but the emperor favored the queen alone, and treated the jade branches and all the women like grass mustard. The queen mother died because of the emperor's gift of the jade branch, and the emperor was indifferent and watched the jade branch lose his life. A year ago, the emperor left the palace and did not return, and the old man chased hard to Qingzhuling for the sake of the country's social welfare, and persuaded the emperor to return to the palace to manage the government, but the emperor actually scolded and humiliated the old man for the sake of a woman, and cut off the old man's head, in vain I have done most of my life for the royal loyalty. ”

Because of the personal relationship with the queen, some things the emperor did do a little ruthlessly, that time the queen mother actually gave more than a dozen girls to death, and the emperor had to resist for more than ten days before compromise, making more than a dozen outstanding women who were like flowers and jade innocent and jade. Yang Jiaojian was speechless to refute, so he had to spit out a sentence, "The monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die." ”

"Jian'er, you don't need to be too upright, people don't want to be destroyed for themselves, and if you have the opportunity, you have to think about yourself and future generations." Prime Minister Li Cheng stretched out his hand and patted Yang Jiaojian's shoulder, and his tone was quite serious, "You have to get the trust of the emperor and the queen mother." ”

"The lower officials are loyal to the emperor, is it important to get the trust of the queen mother?" Yang Jiaojian stopped and stood on the side of the road.

Seeing that his son was not on the road, Prime Minister Li Cheng softened his tone and changed the topic, "Jian'er, you are the eldest son of your father, and your mother is your father's wife, but your identity cannot be disclosed for the time being, and your father can't take your mother back to the house yet." ”

"If you want to recognize your relatives, you can recognize your relatives, what should you do if you are so careful?" Yang Jiaojian asked coldly, he vaguely felt that the prime minister's father was very thoughtful.

"Everything I did for my father was for you and for the future generations of the Li family. Knowing that you are giving birth to a son for your father, some ideas gradually arise for your father. You are the emperor's confidant and favorite minister, and you have the opportunity to fight to replace Yun Fengjin and seize military power. Prime Minister Li Cheng expressed his wishes, and his tone was unquestionable.

"Seize military power? The prime minister ...... "wise to Yang Jiaojian, and vaguely felt that the prime minister confided in his thoughts, and he couldn't help but be surprised."

"The athlete just knows it." Prime Minister Li chuckled.

"No, I don't covet military power!" Yang Jiaojian said coldly, "The lower officials are sincere and will never betray the emperor." ”

"Jian'er, you are the heir of the Li family, for the benefit of the Li family, you must cooperate with your father's plan. There are no outsiders here, and they are still called prime ministers, you should be called father and father. Prime Minister Li Cheng looked at his long-lost son with a tense face, and the children and grandchildren raised by his side at home were all filial piety, and they did not dare to rebel in the slightest, but this eldest son who was exiled was very dissatisfied, and it seemed that he should be brainwashed.

"I'm sorry, my mother said that my father had already died in the war, and I didn't have a father." Yang Jiaojian coldly threw down a sentence and turned around and left.

"You, you unfilial son!" No child dares to be so angry about his dignity, Prime Minister Li Cheng was angry and blocked his chest, and covered his chest for a muffled sound.

cough cough cough ......

Yang Jiaojian stopped and looked back, and saw that the prime minister's old face was purple with anger, so he hurriedly rushed back to support him, and raised his hand in a panic to gently beat his back.

Prime Minister Li Cheng was so angry that it took a long time to relieve, "Jian'er, our family of three should also be reunited, tonight's second watch, go to your mansion for your father to get together with your mother for the night, and by the way, cook wine and drink with you, you and my father and son have a good friendship." ”

"Yes, I'll let my mother know." Yang Jiaojian closed a pair of helpless eyes, his mother and father had been separated for many years, and he really wanted to reunite with his father as soon as possible, so he had to go on this date.

Yang Jiaojian, Xiao Yi and Li Yang were summoned to Chengxuan Palace together.

Xuanyuan Rui was having dinner in Chengxuan Palace, frowning slightly when he heard the footsteps coming in, took a sip of wine slowly with his wine glass, and exhaled a deep sip of wine, "I don't need to look at your appearance to know that the queen must not have been found yet." ”

"Your Majesty, I have searched every corner of the palace, but there is still no trace of the queen's mother." Yang Jiaojian bowed down.

"The minister suspects that the queen has left the palace." Xiao Yiyu said.

"Leaving the palace?" Xuanyuan Rui glanced at Li Yang and asked in a deep voice, "Is there a strict inspection at the palace gate?" ”

Li Yang hurriedly bowed down and defended: "Your Majesty, the palace gate has already been guarded, and the queen will never walk out of the palace gate even if she puts on makeup, unless she jumps out of the palace wall." ”

The queen was quite scheming, but she hadn't heard of a peerless light feat, and flew out of the palace on tiptoe.

"Your Majesty, if the queen is still in the palace and knows that the emperor is looking for her, she will definitely come out to seek the emperor's protection, but ...... Why is the mother hiding? Xiao Yi was confused.

"Queen...... Won't come out on its own. Xuanyuan Rui sighed secretly, the queen was not only avoiding the murderer, but also her husband, who wanted to kill her.

Xiao Yi and Yang Jiaojian still didn't know about the queen's fall in the cold palace, only An Zhaoyong knew the real reason why the queen didn't show up.

Alas! An Zhaoyong sighed bitterly on the side.

Yang Jiaojian sensitively realized from An Zhaoyong's expression that there was a slight situation between the emperor and the queen, no wonder the emperor was drunk alone every night recently.

Xuanyuan Rui drank a few sips of wine, pondered for a moment, and ordered, "Find the queen and hand it over to Xiao Yi, and let the eunuchs assist." Xiao Yi, you have to search in detail, and you have to check every room yourself. ”

"Commandment."

"Jiao Jian, you concentrate on cracking the cold palace arson case, find out the murderer as soon as possible, An Zhaoyong assists Jiao Jian."

"Obey."

"I haven't closed my eyes for a few days, I'll go back to my house tonight to rest for a night, Xiao Yi still has no family, and he still lives in the backyard of Qiankun Palace, I can discuss things with you at any time."

Several people should obey the order.

Xuanyuan Rui couldn't eat, wiped the corners of his mouth, got up and walked out of the main hall to go back to the palace to rest, Yang Jiaojian, Xiao Yi, and Li Yang hugged their fists and sent them off, and An Zhaoyong left behind the emperor.

"The concubines greet the emperor."

In the dormitory, the fragrance of magnolia wafted out of the incense burner, and the white magnolia greeted Ana.

"Presumptuous! Have I summoned you tonight? Xuanyuan Rui didn't expect Magnolia to wait in the dormitory, so he was angry and scolded in a low voice.

Bai Yulan was startled, but she didn't expect the emperor to suddenly become angry, and hurriedly asked the queen mother to block the drive, "The concubine came to sleep at the order of the queen mother." ”

Magnolia has already grasped the emperor's temperament, and the emperor is very filial to the queen mother, and he is unwilling to disobey the queen mother from time to time. Whenever the emperor is angry, as long as Magnolia carries the queen mother out, the emperor will keep silent and no longer pursue it.

Xuanyuan Rui walked into the dormitory with a calm face, didn't look at Magnolia, and chased away the guests in a low voice, "You go back, stay in the palace, and you don't need to come to Chengxuan Palace to serve in the near future." "One