The night has been three watches, the Huayang Palace is still brightly lit, a man in brocade clothes is sitting in front of the bookcase, frowning and not saying a word, the eunuch next to him looked at the master's melancholy expression, secretly thinking about why the master came to the residence of the eldest princess Nanyin before leaving the pavilion at this time, and sat quietly for a long time without saying a word. The eunuch looked at his master's expression, and stood quietly aside, not daring to say a word.

That man is the Son of Heaven. The day after tomorrow is the day of the great court meeting of all nations to Chang'an City, in recent days, the princes and envoys of all ethnic groups have arrived in Chang'an, for this grand event, up and down are also busy in the dark, this big court meeting, it seems to be a banquet, but it is a political and power competition, the slightest negligence. In addition, he is busy with government affairs on weekdays, and there are frontiers that take advantage of the great court meeting to make trouble and violate the border, and he rarely closes his eyes in recent days.

But these are not the reasons that worry him the most, so that he can put down all government affairs today and run to Huayang Palace to sit silently, is that last night, Prince Dog Rong Qiming and the Xiongnu Prince Liyan visited, they said that the assassin who assassinated the fourth prince captured by Xiao Yu the day before yesterday may be Princess Qingyi of the Northern Desert, my niece who died in a fire ten years ago.

How is this possible? Qingyi, a seven-year-old girl, how could she escape in that disaster? However, why did such a princess jump out at this time? And also assassinated his own royal brother and the fourth prince?

He originally wanted to use the divisive strategy to alienate the relationship between the various ethnic groups in the Northern Desert at the Great Imperial Conference, weaken their cohesion, and further weaken the threat of the Northern Desert to Chang'an. Although Chang'an is now rich and strong, but the Hun iron riding dog Rong elite soldiers, coupled with the wealth of Dunhuang, who dares to underestimate these three? As long as they are still strong, his world will still be unstable, and Chang'an will still be unstable.

However, the appearance of this girl disrupted all his plans, if she was really Qingyi, then after the news spread, the morale of the various clans in the Northern Desert was greatly boosted, and they quickly condensed into a rope against the Central Plains Libao Assassin Princess, although the Traceless Holy Lord had passed away for ten years, but his influence in the Northern Desert had not weakened in the slightest because of his death, so Qingyi's appearance had a devastating effect on his dispersion plan in the Northern Desert.

How could he allow such a thing to happen? Could she just be a pawn in the Northern Desert? Did they deliberately fabricate it to compete with Chang'an?

An old slave, holding a whisk in his hand, hurriedly walked to the bookcase, leaned over and whispered, "Shengshang, the two princes have been standing outside the Taiji Hall for a day, and they have sent people to pass it on dozens of times to see the Shengshang, the old slave specially rushed over to inform you, you see ......"

Only then did the Son of Heaven come back to his senses: "Go and tell them that I have sent someone to investigate thoroughly, this woman is a traitor in southern Xinjiang, and she has already done all the tricks, because she is friends with the three princes, so she made up an excuse that she is Qingyi in order to protect herself, I don't want to hold them accountable, and I hope they will do it themselves." ”

"The minion takes orders." The old slave hunched over and withdrew.

Yesterday, when he just learned the news from them, in addition to being shocked or shocked, he was unusually calm in his heart and knew that it was best to turn this matter into a small matter, so he comforted the three princes This is just the girl's prevarication, he will secretly investigate this matter, and it is not appropriate to make a noise for the time being. After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry, and he couldn't get away from their repeated requests to see him.

"Holy Lord, Lord Ye Ling Han Ye asks to see you." A eunuch walked in and hurriedly reported.

"Let him in." The Son of Heaven spoke, sat upright on the couch, and waited for someone to come.

"Meet Your Majesty." Ye Linghan, who was dressed in black, leaned over and saluted, he was dressed in dust, as if he had just returned from afar.

"How did Ye Aiqing know that I was here?" The saint asked.

"I'm here for what the saint thinks in his heart, the dormitory before Princess Nanyin leaves the pavilion should be one of the places where the saint comes most often, and now, this is the most likely place for the saint to come, the saint needs to think carefully about whether the woman named Luo Sheng is your niece." Ye Linghan replied.

"You know everything?" The saint asked.

Ye Linghan knelt down on one knee, clasped his hands into fists, and said sincerely: "The minister is brave, I implore the Holy Lord to see and repay Princess Qingyi a justice!" Princess Qingyi is the old acquaintance of the minister, and the minister dares to vouch for his life, and Yang Sheng is indeed the princess Qingyi! However, regarding his assassination of the Four Princes, Wei Chen has investigated for so many years and learned that the Snowy Sacred Palace was inextricably linked with the Four Princes. Perhaps the real reason is only known to Princess Qingyi herself. ”

"Bold!" The Son of Heaven said angrily, clenched his fist and smashed the book case in front of him: "My imperial sister and imperial brother have been buried in the ground, and the imperial brother's bones are not cold, but you are making trouble here today, spreading rumors that my imperial brother is plotting to kill my imperial sister!" ”

"Holy Anger" Ye Linghan lowered his head and said calmly: "You know, the duties of the brocade guards, and you should also know that the brocade guards never speak. ”

"Do you have any physical evidence other than human evidence to prove her identity?"

"Not ......yet," Ye Linghan shook his head.

"Then don't say anything, she's just an assassin who killed my brother, and she will be executed. Ye Linghan, don't be fooled by beauty, most of the red faces are disasters, and you'd better not let down Heze, don't be sorry for her! The muscles on his face vibrated slightly, showing that he was completely angry!

"Holy! You haven't figured it out, you can think about it again, it's just that at this time, Miss Langsheng is in Xiao Yu's hands, as far as Weichen knows, Xiao Yu was also involved in the case of the Snowy Sacred Palace, if he knew the identity of Xuansheng, she would definitely not survive tomorrow! If you have to figure it out again, it's too late! Ye Ling Han argued, his eyes were already red, "Holy ......"

"Say no more! It's not enough to slander my imperial brother, even Xiao Yu has to be pulled into the water together? Ye Linghan, let's go! The saint rudely interrupted Ye Linghan's words, saw that he was kneeling on the ground and did not move, pointed at him with his finger and said angrily: "Kick this person out for me!" ”

After driving away this troublemaker, the Huayang Palace suddenly quieted down, and his breathing couldn't be calm for a long time because Ye Linghan made such a fuss just now. He looked at this familiar palace, the familiar furnishings, how many times he and his fourth brother chased and fought in his sister's dormitory when he was young, how many times he and his fourth brother chased and fought in his sister's bedroom, how many times he hid here to seek his sister's protection on the night of the rainstorm. His sister's smile, his sister's voice, his sister's concern, and his sister's reproach have all been clearly visible in his mind for so many years...... However, after so many years, the imperial sister has passed away, the fourth brother has passed away, and there is only one one left in this world, guarding the century-old foundation of Chang'an.

"Sister......" he murmured, his heart full of pain. He quietly recalled the scenes with Emperor Nanyin in the past, she grew up, she assisted him in ascending the throne, and she married Beimo for him...... Thinking back on this scene one by one, he didn't know how long he had been sitting.

There were tears rolling in his eyes, and he could only hold back and not let them out.

Suddenly, his hand was firmly held by a pair of soft Qianqian jade hands, and he came back to his senses, it was Empress Zixuan. I don't know when she has come to her side, and all the attendants have been dismissed by her.

"Drink some porridge, you've been sitting here all night." Zi Xuan touched his face distressedly and took out the still warm porridge from the food box. "I know, you like to drink this white porridge the most, there is no ingredients, there are no flowers, the fragrance of rice."

"Or do you understand me" The emperor's face finally showed a smile, he took the porridge handed by the empress, took a slight sip and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

The queen lowered her head and muttered for a long time, and decided to tell the whole story, "I can't hide it, it was Ye Linghan who begged me." ”

The joy on the emperor's face suddenly faded, and he returned to a cold and angry expression: "He actually dared to run to you!" Do you know about the woman in prison? ”

The queen nodded slightly, her expression calm: "The concubine didn't come because of Lord Ye's intercession, if it has nothing to do with the emperor, I don't bother to care, I came today just to say a few words to you." ”

The Emperor put down the bowl and leaned back on the couch, where would he be interested in continuing to eat.

"If she's really a swaggering woman, that's fine, I've been to the dungeon before I came, she's already asleep, and her side face is very similar to Nanyin." The Empress whispered softly, and she sat down beside the Emperor, hugged him from the side, and rested her head on his arm.

"Like, isn't it?" The emperor's attitude was still cold and hard, and there was still anger that did not dissipate.

"Your Majesty, the concubines know that you are hesitating...... In front of me, you can name all your pain...... I know that you are very clear about the Holy One, and Ye Linghan's confirmation will not be false. The queen said softly.

"Perhaps, today's incident is a remedy...... Remedy the mistakes we made ten years ago, and let us remedy the heartache and guilt of ten years ago on this girl, okay? I know that back then, for the sake of the stability of the Tang Dynasty, you instructed the four princes to burn down the Holy Palace, and the strength of the Mega Northern Desert, Princess Nanyin also died because of it. Every time you lie next to me in the dead of night, I know your heart is bleeding...... You also keep Huayang Palace, preserving its previous appearance, which shows how much you owe and blame yourself in your heart for Princess Nanyin, but you have no other way, you are a saint, and you have nothing to do......"

Empress Zixuan paused, raised her head from the arm of the man she was leaning on, looked into his eyes and said pleadingly: "This matter, now that girl and Ye Linghan don't know, they all think that the fourth prince did it, why not just push the boat down the river, be a good person, and be the master for Princess Qingyi." Your Majesty, give yourself a chance to atone for your sins, I really don't want to see you kidnapped by the country, and your heart is sad and you can't be reincarnated......"