Because his mother died early, he usually didn't pay attention to the aunts and concubines in his father's back house. Even if it does, it can't be seen. But I didn't expect that this Aunt Zhao's mind is getting bigger and bigger, and now she dares to squeeze him, is she really a cat?

Ning Jin was able to gain a foothold in the court and was named the protector of the country, which is enough to prove that he is not a military general who has no brains and can only punch and kick. He reprimanded his son for not doing his job, but he couldn't allow others to despise his son, even if it was a woman he loved, doted on, and loved.

Immediately, he looked at Aunt Zhao who was sitting next to him coldly, and scolded, "Don't you prepare dishes for the prince?" ”

In the final analysis, a concubine is not as good as a wife, or even as good as filling a house. In front of his son-in-law, even if he has the support of his mother's family, his reputation is much lower.

Aunt Zhao's face turned pale when she was reprimanded, but she also knew in her heart that she had a foothold in the Hou Mansion, and she only relied on the protection, pet, and love of the Hou. If he really annoys him, I'm afraid that his life in the back house will be much more difficult in the future.

Thinking of this, she had to get up and mutter, wanting to say something to ease the atmosphere.

However, Ning Subai didn't want to give her a chance to fake her virtuousness, so she waved her hand and said, "I can't eat it, oh yes, where did you buy your jelly?" If it is ordered from the gluttonous building, then I advise you not to eat it, the meat skin jelly that has come in the gluttonous building for more than 20 days is made of pig skin mixed with human skin......"

Probably because he vomited too many times, he really couldn't vomit anything, and even if his throat itched uncomfortably, he couldn't vomit anything anymore. However, although the taste was uncomfortable, he still felt very happy when he saw the sudden change in the expressions of his father and Aunt Zhao.

When he returned to the room, he lay on the bed with no breath. This damn jelly of meat will never be touched again!

The case of the envoy's murder has come to an end, and the next conspiracy in it, or Yigan Baierdi, who faked his death and concealed his whereabouts, is no longer about Xu Chu. Left and right, the imperial court and the three law divisions have been tracked down.

Two days later, news came from the suburbs of Beijing, saying that the guards had caught a maid from northern Xinjiang who was about to abscond after changing into Da Zhou's clothes. After inquiry, it was found that she was the maid Modol next to Ayidai that the Three Law Divisions were looking for.

And after her confession, Ayidai did already have a place in her heart, and she and her benefactor Yigan Baierdi had made a private agreement for life as early as when she was in the northern Xinjiang, and even helped him pass on the news in several battles between the imperial court and Yigan Baierdi. It's just that, according to Modol, although the two of them had an affair, they did not do clouds and rain, and there was someone else who made her pregnant.

"That person is from the Great Zhou, full of murderous aura, because he is wearing an iron mask, so he can't see his appearance." Xiao Qinglang's eyes sank slightly, and he looked at the confession in his hand and continued, "Dressed luxuriously, I secretly met Yigan Baierdi and Ayidai several times, which made the two of them jealous and respectful. And beside him, followed by an old man......"

Nowadays, there are more and more clues, but the clues are becoming more and more complicated. First the mysterious man, then the man in the iron mask.

Xu Chu pondered silently, and after a long time, she said, "No matter what, the person behind the curtain has finally appeared." At the very least, we know that he does exist. ”

Moreover, his hands and eyes are all over the sky, and he can plan from the battlefield in the north to the capital. Moreover, every step of the way, there is nothing wrong with it. If it weren't for Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu coming all the way, stumbling upon clues, and then breaking his plans one by one, perhaps the emperor and Xiao Qinglang and others would still be kept in the dark.

"The emperor will inquire about the reign of Emperor Hua Xiangxian, but there is news?" Xu Chu hesitated for a moment and asked.

She was not interested in the secrets of the imperial family, but wanted to know what happened when the emperor was fifty-six years old. And his own father, whether he is the missing Imperial Doctor Sun, or someone who knows the inside story.

When studying the case file in Jinzhou City before, Xu Chu had specially asked Aunt Chu, according to her, if a famous concubine and female official in the palace died, there would be a specific imperial doctor from the Tai Hospital to examine the body, and would not let the inspector of the Three Law Division or the Inner Court inspect it. The first is to preserve the reputation of the deceased, the second is to not disturb the three palaces and six courts, and the third is to not bring bad luck into the harem.

And before the disappearance, Imperial Physician Sun helped the inner court to inspect once, and ordered the disposal of the bodies of many palace maids and eunuchs in the first hall because of the anger of the former emperor.

Although this matter is obscure, since entering Beijing, Xiao Qinglang has never hidden her anymore. She even knew that the people in that hall were Xiao Qinglang's mother, that is, the people beside Concubine Shu.

Xiao Qinglang rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, sighed and said, "Hua Xiangcheng is sick and on leave, and the imperial brother sent the imperial doctor several times, and they all returned with a feather." ”

"But if he's a fake illness, there's no reason why the imperial doctor can't see it."

Xiao Qinglang saw that she was puzzled, and immediately said, "Brother Qi Wang discussed with Hua Xiang about the marriage of Mingzhu and Hua Wuxian only to visit the house, saying that Hua Xiang was indeed seriously ill and grogg......y all day long."

For this reason, Hua Wuzhi has not been out of the house for many days, taking care of him day and night in front of his hospital bed. Even the business of the gluttonous building was depressed due to the human blood tofu and human skin jelly, and he couldn't take care of it. ”

After he finished speaking, he fell silent slightly.

Xu Chu chuckled in his heart, so much so that a layer of cold sweat oozed from his palms.

Such a coincidental timing happened to make Hua Xiang speechless, even if he really knew a little bit of the inside story, he was only afraid of it now......

Xiao Qinglang leaned over and patted the back of her hand, signaling her to relax, and then said, "Although Hua Xiang can't get any useful information, this matter is not completely unprovoked. ”

"When Hua Wuxian was framed, he once said that he saw a man pretending to be a eunuch enter the harem in a daze. Moreover, the man's pace and momentum are very similar to those from the army. ”

As soon as his words fell, he suddenly heard Xu Chu suddenly say, "You mean, he is likely to be the Man in the Iron Mask?" ”

Xiao Qinglang bowed, "Not only that, but he can bypass several inspections in the palace, and he can also avoid the inspection of the palace guards, and come and go freely in the imperial garden and even the harem, which shows that he knows the layout of the palace very well." It is even possible to enter the palace through a secret passage......"

"Xiao Chu, do you think that if there is really a secret path, where is the secret path most likely to appear?"

Xu Chu looked at him subconsciously rubbing his cuffs, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. Her eyes widened in astonishment, "You mean, in the palace where Concubine Xian was back then?" ”

Xiao Qinglang nodded lightly, and looked at the overlapping scenery outside the window with a deep gaze. The scorching summer is coming to an end, even if it is noon, it is only a little summer residual temperature, but there is no need for ice to cool down.

He said in a low voice, "Everything now points to the fifty-sixth year of the first emperor, and to the root cause that made my mother unable to look at her until she died, and even disliked by the first emperor. ”

"I have secretly investigated, but I have not come up with useful information, but I learned from the long-lost King Xiaoyao that my mother was rejected by the first emperor because of fornication in the harem." He sighed and leaned back on the back of the chair behind him, "It's just that the Queen Mother once said that the mother concubine is the most obedient to the rules, if it weren't for the fact that her status was slightly lower, she would be enough to be a mother in the world." ”

It stands to reason that Concubine Xian and the Queen Mother should have been opponents, and if you can make such an evaluation of your opponent, it can be seen that her character cannot be an unbearable person.

And it was after the death of the concubine that the emperor began to support the Dong family, and connived at the Dong family without a bottom line, making it almost subvert the dynasty. And Huaxiang, who has always respected his ancestors and is loyal to his ancestors, and has great respect for his mother's conduct, also kept silent about the first emperor's abolition of the title of his mother's concubine. ”

Even, the people who originally supported Concubine Shu because of the three generations of men from his maternal grandfather, who died in the battle to defend the country, were also suppressed by the emperor and the flower minister one after another. The reason is still a mystery, and even the various events of that year gradually became obscured with the change of imperial power, and no one mentions it again.

This is the first time Xu Chu has heard so much inside information, she believes in Xiao Qinglang's judgment, and even more believes that Concubine Xianshu will never be able to fornicate with the harem. As for the twists and turns inside, what can make so many people keep silent, or even violate their principles, is afraid that the truth is more complicated than what they look like.

"You say, is it possible that the purpose of what the Man in the Iron Mask did was to expose the events of that year? Or maybe he was referring to what happened in the fifty-sixth year of the first emperor. Xu Chu thought about it and said, "Don't talk about his temperament, just say that he obviously has the intention of despising and humiliating the royal family in the matter of Ayidai, which is quite similar to what the prince knew about the first concubine back then." ”

Xiao Qinglang glanced at her, shook his head lightly, and said, "I don't know." ”

Just when the two of them wanted to do another analysis, Dali Siqing, the servant of the Criminal Department and Lou An, the head of the inner court, came to ask to meet. At the same time, the three of them also brought the case file of the trial and the confessions signed by several murderers, and naturally there was also the news about the whereabouts of Yigan Baierdi that came back below.

"Lord Wang, you really know that things are like gods, that Yigan Baierdi really turned into a merchant and hid in the secret prostitution hall in front of the door where the body was dumped. Now, he was captured along with the hidden line he was hiding in the capital. Tang Qiao, the secretary of Dali Temple, was happy, he originally just wanted not to be implicated in this case and lose his future, but he didn't expect that there would be a big windfall.

Thinking of this, when he looked at Xu Chu sitting beside Xiao Qinglang, his eyes became more kind and warm. Even, I can't directly tie people to the three law divisions, no, they are tied to Dali Temple.

He vaguely felt that as long as she was there, Dali Temple's efficiency in solving cases in the future would definitely be able to make a leap.

Of course, he is not the only one who has this idea, the squire of the criminal department and the head of the inner court all have this meaning. At this moment, there was a faint focus in the eyes of the three of them, lest they be taken advantage of by the other party.