"What's the catch?" The emperor sat in the first place, frowning and staring at the work of the court, full of suspicion.

Jiang Qiming, who was on the side, lowered his eyebrows and kept silent, secretly pondering in his heart: When the emperor interrogated Lu Li, the assassin had no funds for no reason, and he had just released Lu Li, and he wanted to come to the eldest princess's mansion to continue the investigation, but he didn't expect to hear the news that the maid disappeared for no reason as soon as he entered the door, which was too much of a coincidence.

If the emperor was only suspicious of the eldest princess before, then it should be certain now that this matter is indeed related to the eldest princess.

Whether it is instructing the maid to slander Lu Li, or faking an assassin to deceive the emperor, this is not a small crime, how will the emperor deal with it?

"Your Majesty, all the people in this mansion who are good friends with this maid, including the people in the maid's family, have asked all the ministers, and no one has found anything abnormal. If she left by herself, she should have brought some coils, but the minister searched the maid's room, but her money was not less at all, her clothes were all in the house, and the princess's mansion was heavily guarded, and a little maid was not so capable of bypassing all the guards, so the minister speculated that this maid did not leave by herself. Fu Yin knelt down and said.

Seeing this, Jiang Qiming said: "Your Majesty, no matter whether this maid left secretly or was hidden, someone always wanted this maid to shut up, so that the emperor could no longer find out the truth of the matter. ”

When he left the Eldest Princess's Mansion before, Jiang Qiming said those words angrily for a while, but he didn't want so many things to happen later, he knew that this was the case, he shouldn't have left in the first place, otherwise he wouldn't have let things develop to the point where they could not be verified.

The eldest princess, who had been silent for a long time next to her, snorted lightly when she heard this, rolled her eyes and turned her face sideways without speaking.

Through today's incident, she can completely see how much the emperor conninces and trusts Jiang Qiming, if she opens her mouth rashly at this time, it will only arouse the emperor's suspicion of herself, and it will also make Jiang Qiming aim at herself, so she is not stupid.

But Chen Hu on the side didn't have such an awareness, he couldn't help but get up, "Your Majesty, she accused Lu Li before, maybe she was hated by Lu Li and sent someone to kill her to vent her anger!" Besides, it's just a maid, it's gone, it's gone, it's a big deal to buy a few more, what are you doing so seriously. ”

"Shut up!" The emperor endured for a day, and at this time, exhaustion and anger all came up, his eyes widened angrily, and he pointed at the tip of Chen Hu's nose and accused: "If you didn't go to the Lu Mansion to stir up trouble first, would there be so many follow-up things?" And that kid, don't think I don't know that you took it away! Chen Hu! I think it's because the eldest princess was too indulgent to you in the past, which made you cause so many things! ”

After speaking, before the eldest princess could argue, the emperor said again: "Mother is a loser, when I drove Chen Hu to Cannes before, I thought you should reflect on it, but I don't want to still spoil and connive and let Chen Hu make such a big move!" Even if I have the heart to defend it, I can't withstand the saliva of the people! Sister Huang, are you sincerely trying to destroy the country?! ”

The more the emperor spoke, the more excited he became, and the last sentence frightened all the masters and servants in the room to kneel, and even Jiang Qiming's face changed and he knelt down.

said it so seriously, it seems that the emperor is really angry this time.

"Eldest sister, I have always respected you, but what about you? Even though my children have done one unruly thing after another, I am kind enough to help you deal with the aftermath, but I don't want you and Chen Hu to get worse, and each time it gets more serious! Every time it's more than ever! When the emperor spoke, the hands on the table were trembling, which was enough to see how angry he was.

Chen Hurao will never look at people's faces anymore, and he knows that he shouldn't speak at this time.

The eldest princess didn't dare to make a sound, didn't dare to raise her head, and didn't even dare to move and breathe sharply.

"Someone!" The emperor slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Go and search Chen Hu's bedroom to see if you can find that dark room!" ”

Jiang Qiming secretly thought: The emperor is really angry, and he wants to investigate the dark room in Chen Hu's room, such an order is no less than announcing to the outside world that he wants to give up protecting Chen Hu and punish this lawless little marquis.

In normal times, this is something that has never happened before.

Not to mention Chen Hu, even other imperial relatives in Shangjing, even if they are not favored, but if they are involved in a major matter, the emperor will at most let people secretly search, and he has never given such an order in front of so many people.

It seems that this time, Chen Hu is in a catastrophe.

Jiang Qiming secretly sighed, but the eldest princess was very flustered, the emperor has always favored Chen Hu, but now he is ......

Today's events happened too much and too fast, and the eldest princess still didn't understand how the emperor suddenly changed his previous attitude, why he suddenly visited the eldest princess's mansion, and why he was so concerned about the death of this maid, and even reprimanded herself and Chen Hu in front of everyone......

Could it be that what did Lu Li say to the emperor, and the emperor became suspicious of himself and Chen Hu?

Thinking of this, the eldest princess couldn't help frowning, it shouldn't be! Everything is done neatly, even if the emperor is suspicious of himself, he will never find evidence.

The assassin is a dead soldier in the house, once he finds out that the situation is wrong, he will commit suicide, and the maid has long been hidden, as for the dark room in Chen Hu's bedroom, it was also blocked after Lu Li left, there is no physical evidence, Lu Li was arrested and taken to prison again, and it stands to reason that there is no evidence, how could the emperor suddenly doubt himself?

The eldest princess, who couldn't figure it out, was anxious and didn't know how to reverse the emperor's attitude.

Thinking wildly, the guards who went to search returned.

The eldest princess and Chen Hu subconsciously glanced back at the person, only to see that the other party's brows were furrowed, and there was a little doubt in his eyes, but his expression was very serious, and the whole person looked a little awkward.

The guards knelt down and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I went to search the Hou Ye's bedroom and did not find the dark room that Lu Guogong said. ”

Hearing this, Chen Hu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the eldest princess Xu was because she had been kneeling for too long, once the tight string in her heart was loosened, her whole person couldn't help but relax, and she almost lost her manners.

This scene naturally did not escape the emperor's eyes, he snorted coldly, and his gaze shot at the eldest princess like a cold arrow, and the latter immediately straightened his back, put away the expression on his face, and no longer dared to slack off.

At this moment, the guard spoke with some embarrassment: "But-"

Jiang Qiming immediately looked back, looking forward to the other party's next words, the emperor was also interested, and his eyes fell on the guards, only the eldest princess and Chen Hu were more nervous and scared than before, especially the eldest princess, whose body was tense, as if it would be broken at any time due to excessive tension.

"I found undried dirt behind the bookshelf in the Hou Ye's bedroom, and a few messy footprints, after comparison, this footprint is a woman, and the pattern on the sole of the shoe is exactly the same as that of the maid who just disappeared."

As soon as he heard this, Chen Hudeng panicked, and without the permission of the emperor, he rashly got up and pointed at the guards and scolded: "You are talking nonsense!" The maid is gone, how do you know that the footprints in that room are the same as the patterns on the soles of her shoes? You just want to frame this marquis, come and pull this nonsense madman out! ”

"Presumptuous!" The eldest princess got up, trembling and yelling: "Chen Hu, you shut up for me!" ”

The emperor spoke slowly, with helplessness and anger, and a little gloom: "Chen Hu, I see that you are really spoiled." ”

Although he was not as angry as the eldest princess, these words made Chen Hu shiver for no reason. In the past, the emperor scolded him, yelled at him, and even kicked him when he was angry, but it was not as frightening as this sentence just now.

His calves were weak, and he knelt on the ground with a pop, "Your Majesty, I'm ...... No, I just think this guard—"

"Okay, after this day, I'm tired." The emperor got up and called Jiang Qiming, "Let's go, go to Chen Hu's bedroom to see, the dark room, the maid, what is the secret in this." ”

The eldest princess slumped to the ground, helplessly watching the emperor's back getting farther and farther away, trembling vigorously.

It's over, it's all over.

The newly sealed dark room was opened, the emperor ordered someone to light a candle, and was about to send someone in to check it, when a low woman's cry suddenly came from inside. A few timid eunuchs immediately rushed to the back, for fear that some kind of demons and monsters would emerge from this dark and bottomless dark passage.

Jiang Qiming frowned, "Your Majesty, I think it's very likely that this crying voice is the girl who disappeared." ”

The emperor glanced at him sideways and did not speak.

Facts have proved that Jiang Qiming's speculation is indeed true. Because the secret passage was sealed not long ago, the maid still kept her breath, and when she saw the emperor and others coming, she immediately asked for help, and then shook out what Chen Hu and the eldest princess had done.

At the end, the maid said with a tearful face: "Your Majesty, the words that the slave said before were taught by the eldest princess, and she originally promised not to kill the slave, but as soon as the emperor left, the eldest princess rescued her true face, and lied that she wanted to reward the slave, but she brought the slave to this dark room, and it was not until this door was blocked that the slave knew that she had been deceived!" The slave knew that he had committed the crime of defrauding the king, so he didn't ask the emperor for forgiveness, but the eldest princess was the mastermind behind the scenes, and the emperor knew it! ”

This sentence is tantamount to telling the emperor that you must punish the eldest princess!

The emperor frowned, "According to your intentions, Lu Guogong did not threaten you at all, let alone send someone to kill you?" ”

"Yes!" The maid knew that time was running out, so she told everything about it: "The guard is the eldest princess's person, Lu Guogong is a good person, he never wanted to harm me, he thought that the slave was bullied by the Hou Ye, and he wanted to save the slave!" It's the slave ghost who is obsessed, and he listened to the words of the eldest princess to plot Lu Guogong, and he was all instructed by the eldest princess! ”

As soon as the words fell, an angry female voice sounded at the door: "You slave, full of nonsense!" He wanted to murder his master, he really deserved to die! ”