The walls of the East Palace are tall, the sky is pale blue like glaze, and the tiled eaves of the high temple point high to the sky.

A brown bird fluttered its wings, and the red feathers brought a long wind, like a meteor across the head of the armored Yulin Army, the pavilion corridor, and the palace maids and eunuchs walking below, and finally the orange paws landed on the iron rod of a temple.

"Your Highness, Lord Wang, I have a letter." Gonggong Han took off the small note tied with red thread on the bird's legs and feet, put the dust on his arm, held the note with a wrinkled hand, and presented it to the two masters in the Changlin Hall with a smile and respectfully.

In just a few words on a piece of rice paper, Zhong Liyong looked angry on his face, turned around after handing the note to Zhong Lijing, and sat on the high seat with an angry face: "Uncle Wang, Yong'er really underestimated Zhong Lixun, a chess piece that you have carefully trained for a long time has also been won by him, and the chess pieces I have chosen have also become dead chess!" ”

"Xun'er is dead, Yun Bilian is imprisoned."

Rong Shikun was also in the Changlin Palace, observing the prince's angry face, he loyally persuaded: "Your Highness, don't be angry, but two chess pieces, as long as Your Highness wants it, it is not difficult to find it again, if Your Highness still wants a beauty, Weichen can go to various places to collect." ”

"Hmph, don't bother with the country, His Royal Highness just wants your daughter, you haven't done it yet, your daughter went to my second brother's side, it's just a decoration for so many years, useless." Zhong Liyong was angry, and Rong Shikun naturally touched his nose.

"Yes, Weichen is not talented, and he failed to share his worries with His Highness, and Weichen retired." Rong Shikun put his cold ass on his hot face, and retreated with a blue face.

Zhong Liyong picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, the tea was hot and unpalatable as soon as he entered his mouth, and his black face smashed the teacup: "There is no one who is useful, what are you going to eat!" ”

"Damn it! Slaves and maids should be damned! The tea maid trembled and picked up the fragments of the teacup, cleaned it up in her hands, and begged for mercy in her mouth.

"Come on, go get twenty boards yourself, and stand down." Han Gonggong's voice was soft, and he looked impatiently at the blood on the maid's hand, without any pity.

The maid hurriedly pushed out the Changlin Hall with a broken cup, and Zhong Lijing walked over from the bloodstains on the ground and sat down on the seat next to Zhong Liyong, with a cold expression, seeing that Zhong Liyong couldn't suppress his anger, but he just smiled.

"Yong'er, don't be impatient, Zhong Lixun has endured it for so many years, presumably because he is scheming, and he asked you not to underestimate him, but you think that he only knows how to covet beauty and obey you, Xun Ji and Yun Baguio will give up for the time being, and find another way."

Zhong Liyong felt that Uncle Wang was too calm, but he couldn't suppress his anger, recently his father, who had always believed in him in the court, had been instigated by several officials who did not know whether he was alive or dead, saying that he was disgusted with crossing the river and transporting silver, and now it seems that this matter has something to do with his good brother Wang!

"Uncle Wang, what is your best plan?" Zhong Lixun looked at Zhong Lijing and narrowed his evil eyes, Uncle Wang's words seemed to have a countermeasure.

Zhong Lijing smiled incomprehensibly: "I heard that you secretly sent someone to Jiupingmen to find the Jade Maiden of Kyushu, haven't you been trying to find a way to take the Jade Maiden from Zhong Lixun's mansion?" Zhong Lixun hid the jade girl so secretly, even you can't, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to the jade girl, and if you and Jiupingmen cooperate well, you will definitely be able to bring the jade girl back to the East Palace, so Zhong Lixun will be in chaos, and the matter of crossing the river will not be solved. ”

Listening to Uncle Wang's analysis, the desire in Zhong Li's eyes became stronger and stronger: "Uncle Wang is very right, Yong'er will communicate with Jiupingmen, and let him send a competent person to help me." ”

***

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and Miao Lan counted the sachets on the table while fanning Ah Rong, who embroidered the sachets, this is already the seventeenth, and if you make a few more to make up for thirty, you can take them out and sell them together.

That day, His Royal Highness almost strangled Sister Ah Rong to death, and Miao Lan saw that since then, Sister has worked harder to make sachets in order to escape from His Highness, and everything that can be pawned is secretly given out by the buyer.

Ah Rong hung her head, her face was gloomy and haggard, no matter what, Miao Lan would help her sister, His Royal Highness treated her sister like a prisoner, and she rarely saw her sister who was claustrophobic in the side hall smile.

The people in the house were silent about the deaths of Mrs. Xun, Mrs. Dai and Mrs. Ying, Sister Qiushui said that several ladies died of violent illness during the grounding, but Miaolan saw His Royal Highness standing in front of their corpses with a sword, and if my sister stayed by the side of the cold His Highness, I was afraid that it would be more than lucky.

Miao Lan was thinking about it, a figure pushed open the door of the side hall and strode in, Ah Rong looked up and saw the gloomy Zhong Lixun so frightened that he hurriedly swept the sachet into his pocket.

"There's no need to hide it, the ones you sent out of the house to sell are here." Zhong Lixun coldly smashed a bag of packages to the ground, and Miao Lan saw the burden in horror, and knew that Sister Ah Rong and her sachet had been found out by His Royal Highness.

Miao Lan nervously protected Ah Rong behind her, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please let Sister Ah Rong go!" It's all Miaolan's greed for money, so she sewed these sachets without authorization and sold them, which has nothing to do with Sister Arong! ”

"Miaolan, you step aside." Zhong Lixun didn't even look at Miaolan, only stared at Ah Rong's beautiful face and said coldly.

"It's not Miaolan! It's me! ”

"You don't have to argue, Your Highness is not a fool." kicked away Miaolan, who was blocking the door, and Zhong Lixun dragged Ah Rong out of the side hall.

All the way to the prison cell, Yin Leng told the little servant to open the door.

"Don't you want to escape? Your Highness will let you see what happens if you want to escape! ”

Ah Rong's wrist was pinched red and swollen by him, and the little servant untied the iron chain shrunk by the iron door, and respectfully invited Zhong Lixun to enter.

"Your Highness! Juqiu hates you, Madame has served you for so many years, and you have a new person and forget Madame, Madame she...... How can you not hate...... cough cough ...... "Interrogating Mama punished Ju Qiu with charcoal, and poured cold water, her body was cold and hot, which can be described as capital punishment.

"Girl, you can recruit it, the old slave is easy to go to the errand, and you will have less pain in flesh and skin." Mama's mean words only made Ju Qiu sneer.

Ju Qiu gritted a mouthful of bloody teeth, even if she died, she would not testify against the prince and King Jing, she didn't know that the prince only regarded his wife as a chess piece, and his wife had died tragically, not for the prince, but for his wife's resentment for many years.

"Hmm..."On the red charcoal again, Ju Qiu did not admit his guilt, but the little minions of Xunhua Pavilion were so frightened by the hot red charcoal that they couldn't stand it, "Mama, Mama, spare your life...... We confess our sins...... Testify against the prince and the rest of the party ......"

Ju Qiu laughed, whether he recognized it or not, the crown prince couldn't fight His Royal Highness, and the lady and everyone were confused by his appearance.

"Your Highness, this slave has a very hard mouth, and the old slave can't do anything." Interrogated Mama and was about to torture Ju Qiu again, but at a glance, she saw His Royal Highness enter the prison cell, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, ashamed to report.

The prison cell was closed, and it was scorched hot by charcoal, and the interrogation of Mama sent her subordinates to fan Zhong Lixun to drive away the heat, only to see that His Royal Highness brought a maidservant and sat firmly on the chair, and I don't know what His Highness is going to do.

The walls are covered with all kinds of torture instruments, the blood stains on them have not dried, Ah Rong's face is not afraid, Zhong Lixun brought her here to intimidate her, she will not give in!

"Your Highness, the old slave is wrong...... The old slave should not be greedy for money and work for Mrs. Xun, Mrs. Dai and Mrs. Ying, you can spare the old slave......" Aunt Li of the Huanyi Courtyard cried and begged for mercy, her fat and greasy face was full of fear.

"Your Highness, we all confess! …… Your Highness let us go! Xiao Dai and Su Ying'er's subordinates also disarmed and surrendered.

There were all sorts of wounds on their faces and bodies, and their prison clothes were blood-stained and horribly bloody.

At this time, Zhong Lixun suddenly stood up and said to Ju Qiu with a smile: "Ju Qiu, although Xun'er treats you well, she just treats you as a dog, since you were taken into the prison cell to torture His Royal Highness has never seen Xun'er intercede for you." ”

"Nope! You lied to me! Madame won't do this to me! ......," Ju Qiu hissed.

"Then His Highness asked you, you have been in the prison cell for half a month, and Xun'er has come to see you once?" Zhong Lixun forced Ju Qiu to submit step by step, and interrogated Mama Seeing Ju Qiu's collapsed demeanor, she couldn't help but admire His Royal Highness's clever methods.

"Mama, ask again." Zhong Lixun ordered to interrogate Mama, Ju Qiu knew that Xun'er had too many things about the prince, and she must not let it go.

Interrogated Mama to receive her order, but Ah Rong clutched the corners of her clothes, she looked at Ju Qiu's bloody face in shock, I don't know why Zhong Lixun asked Ju Qiu so much, it must be more than just them poisoning Baguio, including his brutal killing of Mrs. Xun and Xiao Dai and others, the purpose is unfathomable.

His filthy hair was hung on an iron frame, and the wounds on his body were scabbed and cracked, rotting and draining pus.

"How? Can you see clearly? Zhong Lixun deliberately pulled her body closer and smiled coldly, "If you betray Your Highness, this is the end." ”

There was a faint plum fragrance from her nose, Ah Rong's legs and feet were stiff, her mood was complicated, her face turned pale under the coercion of Zhong Lixun, and Zhong Lixun took Ah Rong out of the prison room with satisfaction.