At this time, in the courtyard of the other side, the masked man was silently guarding in the dark. Since Yan Hong wants to present his feelings in the palace today, he must need a word from Cui's palace. Until then, he must ensure Cui's safety. Suddenly, there was a sound of dense footsteps in the distance, very orderly. The masked man looked into the distance, and a team of Praetorian Guards, carrying torches, came this way. He rolled over and got off the roof, knocked on the door, and whispered, "Here we are." ”

When Mama He heard this, she immediately put a cloak on Cui's and stood nervously beside her to support her. Cui's faction was calm and calm, and said: "I am lucky enough to be able to do something for Hong'er before I die, don't be afraid." ”

Mama He nodded again and again: "The slave is not afraid. ”

The masked man knew and stayed away, only watching in the dark. He frowned when he saw those people knocking on the courtyard door and asking loudly. If Yanhong is going well, these people should be polite anyway...... His heart sank.

Cui's body was already very weak. Only a few steps out of the house, I saw a profuse sweat. She saw the cold face of the guard, glanced at Mama He, and noticed that something was wrong, Mama He asked aloud: "I don't know what happened when you military masters came here late at night?" ”

The leader did not answer her question, but said, "This is the daughter-in-law of the Yan family, Cui?" ”

Cui Shi said: "Exactly. ”

When the man heard her say this, and saw that she was so weak that he had no strength to resist, his face eased and said, "The emperor has summoned her, please ask Madame to come with us!" ”

In the end, it was the emperor who summoned them, not to send them to prison, and Cui's worries were hidden in luck, and they got into the carriage surrounded by a group of forbidden troops.

In the inner palace, the emperor sat on the brocade cushion and closed his eyes in reverie.

Li Zhonghan knew that he was in a good mood at this time, so he took the food box in the hand of the little chamberlain, opened it lightly, took out a bowl of lotus seed porridge, and said: "It's late at night, and the emperor doesn't use anything, the servant makes people boil porridge, you can use some." ”

The Emperor opened his eyes and let out a soft 'um'. Li Zhonghan immediately served the porridge. The emperor took a small sip, suddenly thought of something, and said: "At the end of last year, there was an incident in the Yan family, and everyone thought that Yan Shicheng would give up himself to protect Yan Hui, but who knew that he didn't do that." At the time, I thought it was strange......"

At that time, if Yan Shicheng could give up his life, then Yan Yan still had a chance of life, but to everyone's surprise, he didn't do that, he saved himself, sacrificed the eldest grandson of the Yan family, and saved himself.

Li Zhonghan understood the meaning and said: "The slave finally solved the doubts in his heart, Yan Shicheng still has to be the helmsman of the Yan family, so he is more at ease, so he gave up Yan Hui, anyway, he has a more outstanding grandson." ”

The emperor sneered: "Looking at it this way, Yan Shicheng and Yan Hong have already secretly recognized each other. So neither of these two people can be believed! ”

Li Zhonghan heard movement outside, and immediately bowed down and withdrew to ask. turned his face back and cautiously reported: "Your Majesty, Cui's entered the palace and was called away by the Queen Mother. Spread the word, let the emperor go over too. ”

The emperor's face immediately darkened, put the porridge bowl in his hand heavily on several cases, got up and said, "Then let's go!" ”

The Queen Mother's Shoukun Palace is not far from the Yangxin Palace, and when the emperor entered the palace, he did not see Cui's.

"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye."

"Hmm." The Queen Mother beckoned to him as she did when she was a child, and said, "The emperor came to mourn and sat down." ”

The emperor walked over slowly, smiled gently, and said, "The queen mother didn't use anything at the banquet just now, and the son specially ordered someone to boil lotus seed porridge and bring it over." ”

When Li Zhonghan heard this, he immediately stepped forward and handed the food box in his hand to the female official Jinyu. Jinyu took out a bowl and sent it to the Queen Mother, who took a small bite and put it down, saying, "The mourning family asked the Cui family to take the Cui family to the inner hall to check." ”

The emperor was a little surprised: "Check? ”

The Queen Mother waved everyone away and said: "The mourning family has been by the emperor's side for a long time, so they naturally know some secrets that others don't know. This Cui family seems to have what Qinghe Cui wants in his hands. ”

"What does Qinghe Choi want?" The emperor was even more surprised.

The Queen Mother looked at nothingness, and her voice was calm, as if she had returned to the days when she accompanied the emperor alone many years ago, when Su Ran had not yet entered the palace, and although the emperor was not enthusiastic about her, he was also very close, and he was willing to talk to her about many things. "That thing should be very important, and it can even affect the pattern of the Dao Cui family, so the Qinghe Cui clan is chasing after the Boling lineage, and the first emperor took this opportunity to remove the Boling Cui clan, but also to make the Qinghe Cui clan have no reason to go deep into Da'an."

"The things that can affect the Cui family must be related to the trust of the head of the family."

"That's what the mourning family guessed too." Empress Dowager Song's shrewdness far surpassed that of ordinary women, and as soon as she heard that the Cui family was still alive, she immediately concluded that the things must be in the hands of the Cui family. Otherwise, why would a woman who has no husband and children live so stubbornly in the world. If it was just to steal a living, he would not be willing to be confined in the three-foot courtyard, and there would have been a storm a long time ago.

"So Yan Xiang has imprisoned the Cui family for many years, and it is also for that thing? Or, it was Qinghe Cui's people who ordered him to ask Cui about the whereabouts of that thing. The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "Cui is terminally ill and has little time to live, and if she dies, the whereabouts of that thing will be a secret forever." ”

"But she saw her son before she died." Empress Dowager Song was meaningful, and said: "As a mother, the person she can hope for is, of course, her own child, since Yan Hong has already recognized him, she may have informed Hong Yan of the matter and gave him that thing." ”

When the emperor heard the Empress Dowager Song talk about 'mother's hope', he couldn't help but look at her deeply, this kind of conjecture was definitely not suitable for their mother and son. He laughed at himself in his heart, and said, "What does the queen mother mean by checking Cui's family?" ”

Empress Dowager Song glanced at him and said, "The Boling Cui clan, up and down, no one is alive. Only Cui's and her dowry survived. But Yan Shicheng hypothesized that Cui's was dead, and disposed of all the dowries around her one after another, leaving only a grandmother and a subordinate surnamed Hu. Before the accident in the Cui family, Cui's brother had been to Yan's house once, and then Cui's ordered the person surnamed Hu to take Yan Hong away, and he was missing. But the mourning family thought that Yan Hong was still young at the time, and he didn't know the cause and effect, so the Cui family would not bring such a terrible thing to his son. ”

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "So, that thing has only one place to go, and that is in the hands of the Cui family." ”

The Queen Mother said: "The Cui family was controlled by Yan Shicheng early in the morning, and there is only one trusted grandmother by his side, such an important thing, if it is placed elsewhere, it must have been found by Yan Shicheng a long time ago." Therefore, the mourning family felt that the Cui family must have found a way to hide that thing on themselves. ”

The emperor suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he peeked at miscellaneous books and had read some strange things. It is said that there are many ways to hide things in the rivers and lakes. For example, swallowing a small piece of token into your stomach temporarily, or sewing a cowhide roll to deliver a message into your own flesh. Could it be that Cui's actually uses this method?

He was about to speak, when an attendant in the inner hall came out in a panic and knelt down in front of the two, unable to speak. The Queen Mother frowned and said, "What are you panicking about, what's wrong?" ”

The little chamberlain looked frightened and said, "Empress Dowager Qi, Cui's ...... Cui Shi is really sick and weak, and she actually ran out of breath during the struggle......"

The Queen Mother frowned: "Dead?" But there was nothing to be found in her. ”

"Yes......" Seeing that the Queen Mother's tone was not so harsh, the little chamberlain relaxed slightly, and replied: "On Cui's left arm, the minions found a cut wound, the wound was very strange, the flesh inside seemed to have been squeezed, and there was a small hole. It's like an old wound for years. ”

The Queen Mother and the Emperor glanced at each other, and the two got up and went to the secret room in the inner hall to look. Sure enough, I saw that the wound on Cui's left arm was as the waiter said. The emperor said, "Sure enough, they hid things in the flesh and skin." ”

The chamberlain said: "The new injury on Cui's arm has not been for long, and it seems that it was only added yesterday. ”

The Queen Mother glanced at the dead Cui Shi and waved her hand: "Deal with her, it's useless." ”

If the inner servant is pardoned, it seems that his life has been saved. He asked: "Queen Mother, I don't know what to do with the subordinate next to the Cui family?" ”

"It's useless to keep it, just let their master and servant be companions on the road." Empress Dowager Song didn't mind Cui's life or death, what she wanted to know, Cui's corpse had already told her everything.

"Yes." The little chamberlain agreed and went to do it immediately.

……

Ji Erlan glanced at the sky, Gu Yu was gloomy, and Lixia was drenched in rain. It seems that this year is a good year! She didn't go home directly, but went to the Duwang Mansion first.

The light on the cliff platform was really on, she gently pushed the door in, and saw Yang Wei reading at night with the lamp, and there was a food box on the side. Her eyes lit up and she said, "Lord Wang, what is there to eat here?" ”

Yang Zhen looked up at her with a smile in his eyes, and said, "Why do you look like a starving ghost reincarnated." ”

Ji Erlan said: "Don't mention it, from morning to night, where is there any spare time to eat something, the dishes in the palace are good-looking, but they are light and tasteless, and they are really not very delicious." ”

She opened the food box layer by layer, and saw that in addition to the exquisite porridge, there were also a few side dishes, all of which were warm, just suitable for people who had been hungry for a day to eat, and she couldn't help but sigh that the people in the palace were really thoughtful.

"The portion is so large, the prince doesn't mind if I rub your meal." She put dishes and chopsticks in front of Yang Zhen and ate them herself.

Yang Zheng's eyes fell on her face, and seeing her smile in her eyes and a look of satisfaction, she couldn't help but have an appetite, and slowly accompanied her to eat a few bites before saying: "Guess, Qinghe Cui's secret talisman will eventually fall into the hands of the emperor, or will it fall into the hands of the queen mother." ”