In Chengyang Palace, there is a lion that has been carved finely on the incense burner of the golden glaze, and the high lid of the incense burner is carved with a vine-shaped golden branch. Curling white smoke slowly rose from the incense burner, and the whole room was immersed in the faint scent of ambergris.

The emperor was dressed in white clothes and wore a plain white cloth on his head, and had just drunk the medicine boiled by the imperial doctor, and instructed one of his eunuchs, "Go and tell the Imperial Palace, the court is exempted this morning, and I ...... it."

The little eunuch was still hunched over and waited for the emperor to finish speaking, and the emperor stretched out his hand and pointed at him tremblingly, coughing violently and unable to speak.

"So blind! Why are you doing there, why don't you go quickly. Concubine An Guifei helped the emperor to calm down on the side, "Gonggong Liu is not here, these little eunuchs are not sensible, don't be ......angry, Your Majesty, don't be angry."

When the little eunuch saw this, he took the order with sincere fear.

At this time, Lu Gaoqiu, the leader of the guards, came in from outside the door in a gray-red power suit, and saluted the emperor, "The matter that the emperor ordered to investigate earlier has already been confirmed. ”

"Speak quickly!" When the emperor heard this, he immediately got up. Concubine An helped him up, hugged his arms and looked at the guards kneeling on the ground.

"Xiao Tiyun is the apprentice of Xiaoxiao in Xiaojin Villa, Prime Minister Wang accepted her as a righteous daughter, and now lives in Nanwangfu." Lu Gaoqiu reported the situation, and then said, "Lord Nan loves her very much. ”

The emperor coughed violently, and Concubine An waved the guard back.

"You, you...... You find a mother-in-law and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to have a look. The woman...... Whether it looks really similar to Xiao Jinzhi. The Emperor coughed and said intermittently.

"Concubine Decree." Concubine An Guifei looked at the emperor with concern, and took a bowl of loquat paste from the palace maid on the side, "The emperor should take care of the dragon body, eat some loquat paste and then sleep." ”

The emperor waved his hand, and Concubine An put the bowl in her hand back into the end plate.

In the past few days, the emperor has night sweats and wakes up in a nightmare. Seeing his tired and haggard appearance, Concubine An couldn't bear it, with a resentful look in her eyes, and calculated it carefully in her heart

Your Xiao family is really ghostly, and you won't stop after a Xiao Jinzhi dies...... Now there is another Xiao Tiyun. Since I can kill Xiao Jinzhi, what is a mere Xiao Tiyun? Concubine An clenched her hands into fists, thinking hatefully.

In the afternoon, Tiyun played chess with Wang Du in the Prime Minister's Mansion. In the first two games, Tiyun was killed by Wang Duzhi and left no armor. The sunspot trapped the white son, and the white son died out.

Then, from the third game, Tiyun began to start from the overall situation, step by step. Until the fourth game now, Wang Duzhi began to frown, and he looked at the chessboard and thought twice. Ti Yun looked at him, with a faint smile on his face all the time, and the little abacus in his heart was clanging.

Wang Duzhi glanced at Tiyun, "Don't you laugh so much, okay?" ”

Tiyun straightened up, winked at Wang Duzhi and said, "I'm going to win." ”

After that, he picked up the white piece in the chess cup and played a piece.

Wang Duzhi looked at the chessboard again, his black son had been dragged to death by the white son, and the whole situation was doomed, he raised his head and looked at Tiyun, "Xiao Tiyun, what kind of demon are you?" ”

"I'm a demon?" Tiyun pointed to his nose and looked at Wang Dudao with an incredulous expression.

"Although my chess skills are not superb, I will not lose to a novice...... Wang Duzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Tiyun, "Have you learned it before?" ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, if I deceive my eldest brother, I will be a cat and a dog!" Tiyun swore by the heavens.

The two were talking happily, when the fine beads outside the door knocked on the door and came in, "Eldest son, the second lady said that she had some new snacks in the house, and she knew that the second lady was here with you, so she sent me to ask, does the young lady want to go?" ”

Tiyun looked at him like a cat, Wang Duzhi glanced at her, and said to the girl, "You go and tell my mother, Tiyun won't go ...... now"

Tiyun immediately pulled a crying expression on his face.

"I'll take her over when I'm done later." Wang Duzhi glanced at Tiyun, and when he heard this, Tiyun's eyes immediately lit up, and he looked at Wang Duzhi with a smile.

Wang Duzhi knocked her head with the book on the side, and couldn't help laughing, "Eat, eat, aren't you a pig spirit?" ”

"To tell you the truth, my biggest wish in this life is to be a pig who sits on the empty mountain...... Essence. Tiyun thought for a moment. The appearance of the pig is really not very beautiful, and it is better for her to be a pig essence.

The two packed up the chessboard, Wang Duzhi took the cloak on the side and tied it to her, and dragged her to the second lady together.

The girl at the door lifted the curtain for the two, and as soon as the two went in and took off their cloaks, they saw the second lady talking to an old woman.

Tiyun saluted, and Wang Du subconsciously blocked Tiyun behind him.

"Why mother, there are guests here?" Wang Duzhi frowned.

"The old slave has seen the master of the middle admonition...... "The old lady is very polite, "A few days ago, the concubine Niangniang told the second lady to draw an embroidery pattern, and today let the old slave come to the house to take it." The old slave hasn't been to the palace for many years, so I'll stop by to see the second lady. ”

"Oh, it's not in the way, this grandmother also stayed in our house for a while before, and then entered the palace." The second lady beckoned the girl on the side to lead Tiyun to the table over there, "These snacks were brought out from the palace by this grandmother, and your sister likes to eat, why did you sweep everyone's ......?"

"Come on, come on, Tiyun, don't worry about your eldest brother, he's like that." The second lady said to Tiyun again.

Here Tiyun looked at the table full of pastries and dried fruits, and he was already hungry. But she still looked at Wang Duzhi and asked for his consent. Wang Duzhi walked over, sat beside her and said softly, "Eat." ”

"So many delicious things...... Ti Yun picked up a piece of pastry, turned his head to look at the second lady and the old lady sitting on the cushion, and squinted his eyes with a smile, "Thank you, second aunt and grandma." ”

The old lady had been looking at Tiyun when she turned her head and smiled at her. When she looked at it, she was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, and stammered to the second lady, "Madame, give me the embroidery pattern, it's not too early, and I should go back." ”

The second lady went to send the old lady, Tiyun pursed her lips and looked at Wang Duzhi, "Do I really look like a pig essence?" Otherwise, why did I laugh and leave that grandma in a hurry? ”

"Nonsense......" Wang Duzhi touched her head, "Even if you are a pig essence, it is a cute pig essence." ”

"Hmm!" Tiyun smashed it twice, thinking that it sounded a little awkward.

Speaking of which, the second lady's girl led the old lady all the way to the backyard. The grandmother was so shocked that she patted her heart, got into the carriage back to the palace, and returned to the palace.

Concubine An Guifei instructed her to go directly to Chengyang Palace to pray, so she went straight to Chengyang Palace.

The concubine waited for the emperor to change his clothes, and helped him get up and sit at the table. The emperor supported the sick body and coughed to meet the old woman.

"Do you see clearly?" Although the emperor is sick, the dragon's power is undiminished, and the old woman below does not dare to raise her head.

"The old slave will never forget that face...... It's really clear. The old lady trembled all over, "Her face is exactly the same as Xiao Jinzhi, the female scholar of the year." ”

When the emperor heard this, he suddenly laughed and said, "Xiao Bei is really a capable person!" What if he finds someone who looks exactly the same? Xiao Jinzhi has been dead for so many years, these people ......"

Concubine An Guifei observed her words and looked at her expressions, and waved away the slaves and eunuchs around her.

"What is the emperor going to do now?" Concubine An Guifei took a few steps back and knelt in front of the emperor's table, and said with sadness in her eyes, "Xiao Jin's death was so tragic back then, and his death was so strange......

"She's innocent!" The Emperor suddenly scolded, then coughed.

"I'm afraid that they don't just want to investigate Xiao Jinzhi's death, their real purpose is ......" Concubine An Guifei stopped talking.

"What is it?" The Emperor asked, squinting.

"The death ...... Concubine Xiang back then" Concubine An Guifei leaned down, her head almost touching the ground, and her voice trembled.

She knew that Concubine Xiang's death was the emperor's deepest taboo, and no matter how many years had passed, it was the most painful wound in his heart. Now she deliberately guided, the purpose was to cause the emperor to be suspicious of the Xiao family again, so as to give birth to murderous intent.

In order to save the face of the heavenly family and keep his name in history, the emperor will never let others investigate the cause of Concubine Xiang's death back then, and then find out the ugly incident of that year.

Don't even mention it.

Sure enough, as An Guifei expected, the emperor's face immediately changed, and he shouted angrily, "Okay, what are you mentioning her for!" ”

"Don't mention a word about the things of that year!" As he spoke, he grabbed the folds on the side, and threw them all on Concubine An, and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't mention it!" ”

This was followed by a violent cough.

"Your Majesty, you can't sleep peacefully every day these days...... Isn't it because I always see her in my dreams......" Concubine An's body trembled, and there was a cry in her voice, "Even if you don't allow the concubine to say it, the concubine still has to say it!" ”

"No matter what their purpose is, but if the events of the year are revealed, how will you deal with yourself, Your Majesty!" Concubine An Guifei threw herself on the ground and burst into tears, "Your Majesty, please think twice!" ”

The emperor was so angry that he sat on his seat panting. He calmed down for a moment, got up and walked over to help An Guifei up.

"I know you're all thinking about me......" the Emperor helped her up, "you're right. It is better to kill by mistake than to let go...... Then let Lu Gaoqiu stare at it and find an opportunity to get rid of that Xiao Tiyun. ”

Concubine An Guifei leaned on the emperor's arm and stood up, looking at the emperor with tears in her eyes, the emperor patted her on the back, sighed and returned to the table.

Out of Chengyang Palace, Concubine An Guifei whispered to a servant girl beside her, "Go and inform Lu Gaoqiu that you can start doing." Once you find an opportunity, don't leave it alive. ”

Just like Xiao Jinzhi back then, he died silently.