Yun Chi went down to the emperor's main hall in the morning.

Even if the emperor handed over all the affairs of the court to Yun Chi, he didn't have to go to ask for peace every day, but since Yun Chi was in charge of the country, as long as there were no special circumstances, he would go to see the emperor every morning after the court, sometimes say two words, sometimes drink a cup of tea, and over the years, it has become a habit.

The emperor trusted Yun Chi and entrusted Jiangshan Sheji to him long ago from the day he was in charge of the country, and Yun Chi also respected the emperor, except for the occasional mention that the queen would assassinate the emperor, the father and son were extremely kind most of the time.

Therefore, today, as usual, he entered the emperor's main hall, saluted the emperor, and sat aside.

Seeing that he was in good spirits and did not see any unhappiness on his face, the emperor asked, "What happened to the East Palace yesterday?" Is it Yan girl? Looking at your look, it doesn't seem to matter very much. ”

Yun Chi glanced at the closed door of the palace, lowered his voice and said, "There is one thing, the son wants to ask his father." ”

The Emperor sensed the solemnity in his words and sat up straight, "What's the matter?" You ask. ”

Yun Chi said softly, "How did the phoenix tree in the East Palace be brought back to the capital from Southern Xinjiang and transplanted by the queen mother in the East Palace of Erchen?" ”

The emperor's face relaxed, "You ask this, this is when I, your mother, your aunt, and Wu Wei waited for the four of us to go to southern Xinjiang, your mother and your aunt love flowers and trees, the king of southern Xinjiang was originally placed in the palace, I heard that it is a tree species of phoenix wood, which can bloom in all seasons, and I think it is very strange, and the king of southern Xinjiang saw that they liked it, so he gave it to them." ”

Yun Chi's eyebrows sank, "Did the King of Southern Xinjiang take the initiative to send it?" ”

The emperor looked at his face, "The king of Southern Xinjiang was also very reluctant at that time, but although he solved your aunt's cold insect Gu, it caused her to fall into a cold disease, and he was a little reluctant to go." After all, Southern Xinjiang and other small countries are attached to Southern Chu, and although Southern Xinjiang is supported by Gu King and Gu Poison Technique, it can't fight against our big country of Southern Chu to the end, and it is not beneficial to anyone to form a dead knot. Therefore, the king of southern Xinjiang failed to eradicate the cold disease, and in order to apologize, he gave this rare and famous phoenix wood, and it was also because your mother and your aunt liked it, so they accepted it. ”

Yun Chi nodded, "As far as I know, that phoenix tree was planted in the East Palace when the Queen Mother was pregnant with me?" At that time, she came back from southern Xinjiang, and she had not yet married her father, so before it was transplanted to the East Palace, where was the phoenix tree raised? ”

The emperor said, "Raised in the Mei Mansion, in the courtyard of your mother, later, she married me, conceived you, built the East Palace, and moved the phoenix tree to the East Palace." ”

Yun Chi bowed his head.

The emperor talked for a long time before asking, "Why did you talk about Phoenix Wood?" ”

Yun Chi's face was cold, "Father may not know that this phoenix tree is cultivated by the blood of a dead Gu that has been lost in southern Xinjiang for a hundred years, so that it can bloom in all seasons and grow against heaven and earth." ”

"Dead Gu?" The emperor was shocked, the descendants of the royal family of Southern Chu, in order to recover the southwest territory in the past dynasties, although they did not know the Gu worms in the southern Xinjiang, he also knew the dead Gu.

"According to the heavens, the dead Gu is kept in the body of a living person, and it dies in three days, and it melts into the blood, and there is not the slightest symptom to be detected. Keeping it on flowers and trees can make it evergreen all year round, but if a person touches flowers and trees and hurts blood, the qi of death Gu will enter the person's body through the blood, and he will die in 7749 days. Again, the slightest symptom could not be detected. Yun Chi's words fell, and he looked at the emperor, "Father, have you thought of anything?" ”

Although the emperor is not as smart as Yun Chi, he is not stupid, his face gradually turned white, and his voice trembled slightly, "What do you mean......"

"The death of the queen mother, the death of the aunt, isn't it impossible to find out the cause? It's about on this phoenix tree. Yun Chi said, "Yesterday, the crown princess was in a panic, and on a whim she went to watch the phoenix wood in the snow, and accidentally injured her hand by its cracked bark. ”

The emperor's face turned pale inch by inch, and finally, his whole body trembled, and it took him a long time before he muttered, "How can it be ......?"

How could the phoenix wood, which has been growing for twenty years, have such a shocking secret?

"Back then, the king of Southern Xinjiang only said that the phoenix wood raised by Gu blood, but he didn't say what kind of Gu blood it was? The blood Gu that has been lost for a hundred years naturally no one would have thought of it. Yun Chi said calmly, "Father, mother, and aunt are not sudden deaths. ”

The emperor's body was weak and he collapsed on the back of the chair, "I always thought that your queen mother really ......died suddenly," the words fell, he suddenly widened his eyes with hatred, gritted his teeth and said, "It's the king of southern Xinjiang, I should have thought about it, how could he be so kind, I thought she had fallen in love with your aunt, and she couldn't keep her in southern Xinjiang, so I gave up the precious phoenix wood that your aunt loved and gave it to her......"

Yun Chi was a little surprised, "The king of Southern Xinjiang likes my aunt?" ”

The emperor glanced at Yun Chi, and suddenly heard the news of the death Gu and the reason for the queen's death, so he couldn't calm down for a while, and nodded, "Otherwise, with the heirloom of Wu Weihou, the Gu King who can't be invited can't be invited, naturally the King of Southern Xinjiang has other thoughts, and he fell in love with your aunt, so he ignored the opposition of the courtiers of Southern Xinjiang and invited the Gu King to solve the cold insect Gu." ”

Yun Chi had never heard of this, but now he suddenly heard about it and nodded.

It took the emperor a while to calm down, and suddenly remembered Hua Yan, stared at Yun Chi and asked nervously, "Is Yan okay?" ”

Yun Chi said, "Fortunately, there is a day that is endless, and fortunately, Su Zi is in Beijing, Su Zi has used the Gu King to relieve the cold, the body is not invaded by ten thousand Gu, and his blood can solve the death Gu." ”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, Yan Yatou can't have an accident." ”

He clearly knew that if something happened to Hua Yan, Yun Chi would follow him, and the descendants of the Yun family would be in love.

Coming out of the palace, Yun Chi went to the council hall.

An Shuli pinched the point into the hall, saw Yun Chi, and said in a low voice, "When I returned home yesterday, I asked my mother, and my mother also said that there seemed to be such a thing, but it was too long, and I don't remember which lady still wore gold wire cufflinks passively." ”

Yun Chi looked at him, "Since gold silk cufflinks are rare, they should be impressive." ”

An Shuli shook his head, "I also asked so, but my mother said that it was not that gold cufflinks were rare, it was twenty years ago that an old craftsman in Jiangnan weaving melted gold wire with auspicious blood jade, and only then did he make a gold silk blood jade cufflink with gold rim of gold silk boiling water sleeves, she gave it to a benefactor, and soon after, the old craftsman died of illness, and the craftsmanship of this gold wire cufflinks was lost, so there were no gold cufflinks on the market, and they were ordinary cufflinks with clothing accessories. ”

Yun Chi raised his eyebrows, "Jiangnan weaving? ”

"Yes." An Shuli said, "But back then, it was just a blink of an eye, and my mother also said that she had a vague impression, otherwise such a precious gold blood jade cufflink would not be easily worn." ”

Yun Chi bowed his head, "Anything else?" ”

An Shuli said, "As for asking the queen about the mother, my mother said a lot, all of which were about the mother's old years. It's very trivial, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to listen? ”

Yun Chi nodded, "Listen." ”

So, An Shuli said a lot of trivial things about the queen that Princess Anyang said and what she heard about the queen back then, and Phoenix wood was also mentioned during the period, but it was basically trivial, and there was no useful news to discover.

An Shuli sat in the council hall for an hour, and Yun Chi said to him at the end, "You came to check Jiangnan weaving, this palace wants to know, who was the benefactor of the old craftsman back then?" ”

An Shu left his head, "Okay." ”

Su Zi went to Meifu on this day. Originally, he knew that the person her mother really liked back then was endless, so he wanted to rush to Meifu, but because of Yun Chi's wedding, he was busy with the affairs of the household, and at the same time secretly investigated the people behind him, and was busy with Lu Zhiling to defend the capital. It wasn't until now, after Yun Chi's wedding, that he breathed a sigh of relief.

He took the little fox and drove to Meifu before noon.

The people in Meifu were very surprised when they heard that he was coming, compared to Yunchi, who often came to Meifu to see the old man and the old lady, although Su Ziqi lived in Meifu for a period of time five years ago, he would not come easily throughout the year.

Now that he heard that he was coming, Old Man Mei was stunned for a long time, and Old Mrs. Mei said again and again, "Quick, please come in quickly." ”

Whether it is for Yun Chi or Su Ziqi, these two grandsons, Mrs. Mei is extremely distressed.

The eldest lady hurriedly led someone out.

Su Zi hugged the little fox, entered the Mei Mansion, saw the eldest lady, and without waiting for her to ask, he looked at his mother's courtyard and said, "I miss my mother today, so I came to see her yard." ”

The eldest lady was stunned.

Su Zi said, "I'll go to my mother's yard first, my aunt doesn't have to pay attention to me, and after I go to my mother's yard to see, I'll go to see my grandfather and grandmother." ”

The eldest lady naturally didn't stop him, and nodded again and again.

So, Suzi beheaded his mother's yard.

Old Man Mei listened to the eldest lady's advice and said, "I said why I came suddenly, it turned out that I missed his mother." ”

Mrs. Mei's eyes were red, "My poor two daughters both went early, and the remaining children are not pitiful." After the words fell, he instructed the eldest lady, "Quickly call the kitchen to prepare the meal that Zi Chop likes to eat, he rarely comes, and he must leave him to eat in the house at noon." ”

The eldest lady should have been, and immediately went.