Cheng Qingyue and Jiang Yichen walked around for a while, and came to a small lake, where koi fish frolicked and wandered, very pleasant, and there was a rockery behind the lake, which was connected by a curved bridge in the lake.

Seeing the lake, Jiang Yichen suddenly stopped, put away his smile, and stood there for a long time, staring at the koi in the water, with subtle changes on his face that were difficult to pounce.

Cheng Qingyue noticed something wrong, thought about it a little, and immediately understood that this lake was the place where Brother Chen fell into the water back then, and he touched the scene, so he stopped.

"Brother Chen, this lake is where you fell into the water back then."

Jiang Yichen nodded slightly: "Back then, Mama accompanied me to practice swords by this lake, and later, a palace maid from the Internal Affairs Office came to Mama, saying that the south had paid tribute to a batch of fine silk and asked her to get it, Mama was going to tell other maids in the palace to get it, but the palace maid of the Internal Affairs Office said that the emperor had instructed that if you want Chaoyang Palace to choose first, you must have Mama overlooked, Mama was not worried about me, and she was a little hesitant, but the palace maid was in a hurry, so I asked Mama to rest assured to get it."

"Later, Brother Chen was attracted by the koi in the lake, and went to watch, but he didn't want to be pushed into the lake?"

"Hmm."

"Brother Chen, didn't you see the person who pushed you?"

"I didn't know how to be watery, and I struggled desperately after falling into the lake, and I didn't have a chance to see the person who pushed me."

Cheng Qingyue frowned and thought: "As soon as Mama left, you were victimized, which is too much of a coincidence."

"Afterwards, Mama informed the mother of the cause and effect of the incident, and they all felt that something was wrong, and the palace maid of the Internal Affairs Mansion led Mama to the halfway and disappeared, and after Mama arrived at the Internal Affairs Office, the Internal Affairs Office did have a batch of silk, but they seemed to be a little surprised that Mama took the initiative to come, but because the silk was indeed to be rewarded to Chaoyang Palace, they let Mama take it back."

"I guess, you go to the palace maid afterwards, she's already missing, right?"

"Yue'er guessed correctly, afterwards, Mama quietly went to the Internal Affairs Office to inquire, but was told that there was no such person at all, and then she knew that all this was the plan of the mastermind behind the scenes, and it was impossible for her to find that person."

"Brother Chen didn't see the person who pushed you, and there were no witnesses to prove that someone had premeditated, so Concubine Xian Niangniang swallowed her anger and didn't tell the emperor."

Jiang Yichen's eyes closed slightly, and he exhaled lightly and said, "Yes, there is no evidence, even if we know that someone is harming me, we are powerless." The mother concubine is simple and kind by nature, not good at palace fighting, she saw that she couldn't protect me in the palace, so she begged her father to let us go back to the fiefdom. ”

Cheng Qingyue rejoiced: "Fortunately, Concubine Xian is smart and open-minded, and she stays away from this place in time, otherwise, I don't know how they will harm you in the future."

"Sixth brother, Sister Qingyue, you are here!"

As he was talking, Jiang Yicheng came from a distance, and after the sixth brother left, he was also bored, so he came to the Imperial Garden to find them.

Jiang Yichen smiled at him and said, "Seventh brother."

Jiang Yicheng complained: "It's still comfortable to be with the sixth brother, and with those ministers, it's too uncomfortable to hold it all the time."

Jiang Yichen pretended to blame: "You are the prince, you will inevitably have to go to the court to solve problems for your father in the future, how can you not sit still?"

Jiang Yicheng looked indifferent, "Anyway, I'm not favored, my father values the prince and the king of Anyang on weekdays, and they can give advice to my father." ”

Jiang Yicheng said it easily, but Cheng Qingyue noticed a little loneliness from his face.

In the past few days of contact with him, Cheng Qingyue has seen that although this prince looks big and doesn't care about anything on the surface, he is still an ambitious person. As a son of man, but he was neglected by his father, and if he put it on anyone, I am afraid that he will not feel good in his heart.

Jiang Yichen also heard the frustration in his brother's heart, and comforted: "When the sixth brother left Beijing, General Shen once taught me that I should not give up on myself because of my physical illness. Today, the sixth brother will send you these words, hoping to encourage you. ”

After Jiang Yicheng heard this, he was a little ashamed: "The lesson of the sixth brother is that I can't hold my heart anymore."

Jiang Yichen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Actually, the sixth brother knows that you have great ambitions, but the times are not good, I believe that one day, the seventh brother's talents can be brought into play."

Jiang Yicheng was shocked, nodded and said, "Well, I believe in the sixth brother."

Suddenly, Jiang Yichen noticed that among the patrol soldiers in front of him, the leader looked very familiar, Jiang Yicheng saw this and said, "Sixth brother should still remember that person, right?"

Jiang Yichen recalled for a while and thought about it, "Well, he is the one who saved me back then, after I fell into the water, I lay groggy on the bed for a month, but I vaguely remember that my father had rewarded him and promoted him to the third level, why do I look at him now, it seems that his career is not smooth." ”

Jiang Yicheng sighed and said: "It's a long story at this time, the person who saved you is called Li Yong, because he saved you, I was grateful to him in my heart, so I paid more attention to him, at the beginning, my father did promote him to an official, but then for some reason, he seemed to be deliberately suppressed and demoted."

"Really?" Jiang Yichen's eyes turned cold.

Jiang Yicheng said indignantly: "Well, I have seen Li Yong's ability, he is strong in martial arts, and he is honest and loyal, if it weren't for someone deliberately suppressing him, he should at least be a captain now, not a small patrol guard now." It's better to call him over like this, Sixth Brother, you ask him directly. ”

Jiang Yichen nodded in agreement.

Hearing the call, Li Yong explained to the guards behind him and walked over.

"See the six princes, the seven princes."

Jiang Yichen saw that the other party was about fifty years old, his body was thin and strong, his face was like a knife, his voice was loud and powerful, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, so he knew that what Jiang Yicheng said was true, this person was a talented person.

"No need to be polite, this king has not thanked him in person for saving his life."

Li Yong said: "The prince is serious, how dare he take credit for his humble duties."

"That being said, if it weren't for you back then, I'm afraid this king wouldn't be able to stand here today."

"Maybe there is an arrangement in the dark, the prince's life should not be extinguished, just let the lowly position see it and save the prince, but it's a pity that the lowly duty didn't see the person who harmed the prince."

Cheng Qingyue asked anxiously: "What, have you seen the person who harmed the prince?"

Jiang Yichen's heart was also shocked, after so many years, just because there was no evidence, the person who harmed him has been at large, but he didn't expect Li Yong to see it.

Jiang Yicheng also asked anxiously: "Tell me quickly, who is the person who harmed the sixth brother?"

Li Yong thought for a while and said: "When I went to the Imperial Garden to find the lost jade pendant, I happened to see someone pushing the prince into the water, and then flashed into the back of the rockery.

Jiang Yicheng said dejectedly: "In other words, you don't see who killed the sixth brother?"

Cheng Qingyue asked, "Then have you seen clearly, what characteristics does that person have?" Is it a man or a woman? What are you wearing? ”

Li Yong thought for a while and said: "That person moves very fast, I only remember that it was a woman in green, and she should be seventeen or eighteen years old when she looks at her back."

Jiang Yichen said: "There are too many palace maids in the palace who are about seventeen or eighteen years old."

"Yes, you can't find the murderer on that basis alone." Jiang Yicheng was a little disappointed, "I thought there was a clue, but I didn't expect it to be useless." ”

Cheng Qingyue asked again: "Think about it again, does she have any special characteristics?"

Li Yong twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, and said, "By the way, I remembered, when the palace maid pushed the prince, I saw that there seemed to be a red spot on her wrist."

Jiang Yicheng said: "That's easy, let's gather all the palace maids and see who has red spots on their wrists, so we can find the murderer."

Jiang Yichen shook his head: "This matter is not so simple, not to mention the age, even if we find that palace maid, if she bites to death and refuses to admit it, how can we convince my father and emperor just by the words of a small guard."

"Brother Chen is right, I think that Guard Li didn't expose this matter back then, and that's why."

Li Yong said: "This girl is right, after what happened, I thought that if Concubine Xian Niangniang sued, I would definitely stand up and testify, but then Concubine Xian Niangniang was silent, I knew that this matter is not so simple, although I am not angry, I can only rot the truth in my stomach, and now that the prince is back, I have the opportunity to tell the matter, I hope to help the prince."

"You did the right thing, you were suppressed because of saving me, if you tell the truth, I'm afraid your life will not be guaranteed, and you will rot it in your stomach, and wait until the right time to come out and testify."

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

"Alright, you can go down if it's okay."

After Li Yong left, Jiang Yicheng suddenly realized, "It turned out that Li Yong had ruined some people's good deeds, no wonder he couldn't be promoted for so many years, who would kill the sixth brother?" ”

Cheng Qingyue asked: "With the situation back then, if Brother Chen had three longs and two shorts, who would be the most beneficial?"

Jiang Yicheng said decisively: "Queen Mother, back then, my father favored the sixth brother more than the fourth brother, I am afraid that the queen mother was most afraid that the sixth brother would be made the crown prince."

Cheng Qingyue agreed: "I also think that this matter was done by the queen's mother."