Lan Zhili didn't have the slightest cowardice, and said indifferently: "This Zhao Yancheng didn't work in Beijing before, and he naturally didn't know what to do with some old things. ”

Tuoba Chen snorted coldly and said, "I didn't expect that after so many years, these people still want to overturn the case?" Don't forget, who didn't play the Sam Mu clan back then? I'm afraid I'm really tired of standing up now. ”

Lan Zhili said: "Your Majesty is relieved, this time the matter will be handed over to Zhao Yancheng, and the minister will definitely mention how he will do it." ”

After receiving Lan Zhili's guarantee, Tuoba Chen said: "Prime Minister does things, I can rest assured, this matter must be resolved quickly." ”

Lan Zhili nodded clearly, and said in a gentle tone: "The queen mother and Concubine Hui are now pregnant, and the minister's wife is very worried and wants to ask His Majesty for a visit in the palace." ”

Since the ghost incident, Concubine Hui has been sick in bed and has not improved, thinking of this, Tuoba Chen said helplessly: "It's okay, let the prime minister's wife enter the palace, maybe you can comfort Xin'er for a moment or two, so that she must focus on the child in her womb, don't think nonsense." ”

Lan Zhili was stunned, although there were rumors about the affairs in the palace, but this rumor was only limited to spreading in the palace, and as for the outside of the palace, naturally there was no news.

Seeing Tuoba Chen's frowns, Lan Zhili said, "In the palace-"

As he was talking, Fuqing stepped forward and bowed his head and said something in Tuoba Chen's ear, Tuoba Chen's expression tightened, and there was a faint anger flowing in the center of his eyebrows, he looked at Lan Zhili, who was still standing at the bottom of the steps, and said: "Prime Minister, go back first, when will the lady enter the palace, you just need to inform you." ”

Lan Zhili respectfully bowed his hand and retreated, and when he walked to the door, he happened to see a beautiful woman dressed in plain clothes, who was gracefully coming in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace, followed by three or five palace people, seeing the palace hair accessories, it should be the little master of the palace.

The man didn't squint, a kind of natural majesty, that kind of majesty, couldn't help but remind Lan Zhili of a person.

At the moment when he was out of his mind, the man had already walked up to him, bowed down generously and said, "See the Prime Minister." ”

She knew him, Lan Zhili took a step back with some trepidation and said, "How does the little master know the old minister?" ”

He Xi laughed lightly, and her voice was like a girl who didn't know anything about the world, and said with innocence and coquettishness: "The queen mother looks dignified, and Concubine Hui is delicate and pretty. ”

Lan Zhili narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh? The little master is really observant, and he can determine a person's identity with just a pair of eyes, which is really smart. ”

He Xi lowered his eyes and looked at the tips of his shoes embroidered with lotus leaves and blue lotus, and said: "That's not as far-sighted as the Prime Minister, you are the minister of the humerus who Your Majesty relies on, how can your talent be compared to that of a little woman, I still have something to do, and the Prime Minister is careful about the road ahead." ”

Lan Zhili just felt that He Xi's words were strange, and he didn't have time to think about it, so He Xi took people into the Heart Cultivation Palace. Ruyi followed He Xi and whispered, "Little master, will it be a little risky to do this?" ”

He Xi whispered: "The previous dynasty has already started to move, and we are going to close the net—"

She raised a bright smile, turned around and entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, Fuqing waited in front of the door, saw He Xi, and hurriedly took a few steps forward and said: "Little master, Your Majesty is a little angry——"

He wanted to speak and stopped, but Ling Xi already understood his point, nodded clearly, and led those people in.

Tuoba Chen saw that He Xi was not as eager as before, but he seemed a little indifferent and ruthless, and he said indifferently: "What, is there still no progress?" ”

He Xi saluted unhurriedly before saying: "Back to Your Majesty's words, there is indeed no clue now, but recently, the concubine heard some rumors in the palace, saying that the former queen's unjust soul was haunted and came to find His Majesty and Niangniang to ask for her life." ”

Tuoba Chen's face was extremely invisible, almost every word was squeezed out of the gap between his lips and teeth, and he stared at He Xi and said, "What did you say?" ”

He Xi raised his eyes and looked at Tuoba Chen and said: "The concubine has only heard such a rumor among the subordinates, and the concubine has already followed the clues and carefully investigated, and found these people." ”

She turned sideways, only to see a few people kneeling behind her, Gu was frightened, saw Tuoba Chen looking at herself, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life-" Tuoba Chen snorted coldly: "Spare your life, why did you let me spare my life at this time?" What do you think when you spread rumors? ”

The people glanced at each other, and cried and begged: "Your Majesty, we, we didn't mean to, we also listened to what others said, but the noble Xi just heard our discussion, so he brought the minions, and the minions were also wronged." ”

He Xi stood aside and looked at a few humanitarians: "Since you have heard and heard what you said, then tell who you heard and when you heard it, one by one, I don't believe that you can't find the source." ”

The little eunuchs were busy talking, and Fuqing frowned and reprimanded: "One by one, in front of Your Majesty and the little master, what kind of commotion has it become?" ”

After reprimanding a few people like this, they hurriedly stopped the noise, and one of the little eunuchs said: "The slave is from the Internal Affairs Office, and a few days ago, the people in Concubine Hui's palace came to give Concubine Hui Niangniang a new tribute this year. ”

The other person also said curiously: "Your Majesty - Your Majesty - the slave is also - the slave also listened to the people in Concubine Hui's palace." ”

He Xi and Tuoba Chen glanced at each other, then turned to the third person, "What about you?" ”

The man shook his head, obviously hesitating, Tuoba Chen slapped the table fiercely and said, "Do you still want to play some tricks in front of me?" ”

The man was so frightened that he trembled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "The slave doesn't dare - the slave didn't listen to the people in the palace of Concubine Hui, but - but the people of Weiyang Palace said that someone came to the imperial dining room that day to ask the palace people to make meals for the queen's mother, saying that the mother was frightened, and her appetite has been bad in recent days, and the meal during this period should be mainly light, plus some fish and shrimp." As he spoke, he said about the first queen. ”

"Concubine Hui? Empress? Tuoba Chen's expression was a little puzzled, these two people were in high positions in the harem, so they naturally knew that they were powerful, how could they let the palace people wantonly publicize it, especially the queen - Tuoba Chen pondered, and suddenly He Xi said: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that this matter has nothing to do with the queen and Concubine Hui, or it has nothing to do with it." ”

Tuoba Chen sighed and said, "Why do you say that?" ”

Before He Xi could speak, he saw a figure passing by outside the palace gate, almost rushing in like a whirlwind, Fuqing didn't have time to stop it, and when he saw the person who came, he hurriedly leaned over and said: "Slave see His Royal Highness King Xian." ”

Tuoba Yue clenched his fists and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, my brother went to the palace of the queen mother today and found the rest of the palace maid's body. ”

"What?" Tuoba Chen stood up abruptly and said in disbelief: "What the hell is going on? ”

Tuoba Yue said: "Brother Chen today as usual, went to the palaces to inspect, happened to see a palace maid feeding koi in the small pond behind Weiyang Palace, the brother saw that those koi were brightly colored, so he couldn't help but look at it for a long time, but the little palace maid sighed and said that these koi don't like to eat these days, but the minister saw that the koi was smart and active, and it didn't seem like there was anything wrong, under a closer look, I only felt that there seemed to be a faint shadow at the bottom of the river, and after a closer look, I saw that it was a corpse——"

He Xi couldn't help but take half a step back, Tuoba Chen was also very shocked when he heard it, he got up and said, "Go to the queen's palace and have a look." ”

At this time, in the queen's palace, there was a faint sound of sobbing, Tuoba Chen stepped into the hall, and saw Qiao'er in a light purple palace skirt lying on the edge of the queen's collapse, saw Tuoba Chen, and hurriedly got up to salute, the queen was stroking her abdomen with one hand at this time, moaning in pain, and Wei Zhongliang was already waiting aside.

Tuoba Chen said, "How is it?" ”

Qiao'er glanced at Wei Zhongliang, and Wei Zhongliang hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the queen's mother has palpitations and fetal gas, and the minister has already prescribed medicine to calm the mind and stabilize the fetus." ”

Lan Ruo opened his eyes faintly, stretched out his hand towards Tuoba Chen weakly, and said, "Your Majesty—"

Tuoba Chen hurriedly stepped forward, took her in his arms, and said softly: "I'm here, Ruo'er, I'm here—"

This Ruo'er, even pulled He Xi's thoughts back to the distant past, she lowered her eyes slightly, her hands were clenched into fists, but she didn't want her abnormalities to fall into Tuoba Yue's eyes, the clenched fists seemed to be tightly wrapped around his heart, he just felt that it was an eyesore, Lan Ruo said angrily: "Your Majesty - the concubine - the concubine is wronged-"

The voice was almost begging, and before it could finish its sentence, it began to sobb quietly.

Qiao'er stepped forward at the right time and said, "Niangniang, the imperial doctor said that you can't be overly excited, beware of the fetus in your abdomen." ”

Lan Ruo's fingers trembled slightly, and he half-closed his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, there must be someone who wants to frame the concubine, so that person will sink that person into the flower pond of Weiyang Palace, Your Majesty must be the master for the concubine." ”

Tuoba Chen nodded and said, "I will call the shots, don't worry, the queen." ”

Lan Ruo snuggled in Tuoba Chen's arms, breathed a sigh of relief, seemed to relax, and her tense body gradually eased a lot, she said: "With Your Majesty's words, the concubine will be relieved——"

As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at Tuoba Yue and He Xi who were standing in the hall, and said in an ominous voice: "Noble Xi and His Royal Highness King Xian are responsible for investigating this matter, and the concubines are also relieved, the innocent and poor palace people in the harem were killed, as the queen, it is the responsibility of the concubines, but the concubines are not well, so they can only bother them." ”

Tuoba Chen stroked the queen's sweaty sideburns due to nervousness and said, "You can't help but worry about these, you just need to raise the fetus with peace of mind." ”

Lan Ruo nodded weakly.