I don't. Xu Chu didn't hesitate at all, and said with a somewhat tragic smile, "I know that you have already arranged it, but you should also know that as long as I don't want to leave, I have thousands of ways to stay." What's more, even if the world is not the imperial land, if the emperor really wants to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots because of the secret affairs of the two emperors, do you think my father and I can escape? Whether it's Wei Guang or Wei Yan, how long can you protect us? So, Xuanzhi, you can only be safe, otherwise how can you protect me for the rest of my life? ”

She understands it, and even Xiao Qinglang can't be sure what choice the emperor will make after he knows the inside story. After all, strictly speaking, the truth behind this conspiracy is enough to threaten his throne and even the stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, even if there was only a glimmer of hope, she did not want to give up. Escaping alone, she couldn't do it. She didn't know each other at the beginning, but she can't remember it anymore.

After leaving the warm pavilion, Xu Chu first went to rummage in the flower garden that Xiao Qinglang said, and only after a long time did he find the paper ball stained with dust. She unfolded it carefully, and found that it was neatly written to let him go to the side hall where the incident had occurred.

The handwriting is very delicate, and it can be seen that it is from the woman's hand. But what interested her more was not the handwriting on the paper, but the golden light faintly circulating under the palace lamp in the handwriting.

sent the clues on the note, but Xu Chu remained silent. After a brief pause, she turned and headed back to Laneige Hall.

One is the death of the three princes, and the other is that the queen mother is in a coma, which has already caused chaos in the palace. Therefore, King Qi and King Su and others were naturally invited to a nearby idle palace to rest. It is not so much that King Qi is to accompany King Su and the prince of Su and others, but that he is monitoring King Su for the emperor.

After all, as soon as King Su entered the palace, such a big thing happened, and they naturally muttered in their hearts. Even though King Su didn't show any abnormality and didn't have a chance to do it, who made things happen so coincidentally?

As for the banquet and dishes and dishes in the Laneige Palace, naturally they were not appropriated.

After Xu Chu greeted the Praetorian Guards in front of the door, he walked straight to the place where Xiao Qinglang was seated. She clearly remembered that when Xiao Qinglang used the sobering soup, the palace people had already retired after that. Later, he casually placed the soup bowl on the left hand side.

Looking at it now, the location hasn't changed at all. Xu Chu carefully recalled in his mind the furnishings of the palace table in front of Xiao Qinglang, whether it was a white jade chopstick or a wine cup and tea cup, there was no shortage. In other words, no one should have taken advantage of the chaos to do anything.

Sure of this, she lowered her eyes and carefully examined the dishes. Sure enough, as Xiao Qinglang said, all the dishes and cups he used had a slight crack on the edge. Moreover, it was clear that the crack was a fresh injury, and it was not the result of a stumble.

She carefully checked the porcelain on the table, but fortunately Xiao Qinglang didn't care about eating and didn't drink any wine, so she didn't have to worry about destroying the contents of the dishes he was using at this time.

After a while, Xu Chu's expression suddenly tightened, and his eyes were condensed with coldness and cautiousness, and he carefully looked at the small white porcelain bowl in his hand that had been filled with decanting soup.

This small bowl looks very exquisite, in addition to the small official kiln at the bottom of the bowl imperial four small characters, its whole body can be called white and flawless, clean and clear, even if regardless of its process, its color and workmanship are enough to be called the top grade. However, what shocked Xu Chu was not the value of this bowl, but the fact that this white porcelain bowl had never found a trace of broken lines, both inside and outside, let alone the mark that Xiao Qinglang said.

In order to ensure that this white porcelain bowl was not because of the special process, so that Xiao Qinglang did not show the damage caused by the shock inside, Xu Chu also deliberately took the tweezers that had not been put back in the toolbox just now, and gently tapped the edge of the bowl a few times. Only a few crisp sounds were heard, but the bowl was not damaged at all, not to mention the cracked lines, not a single defective spot did not appear.

Her face was calm, but her heart was already turbulent.

At that time, the banquet in the Laneige Hall was suddenly interrupted due to the intrusion of the palace maids, and then the emperor ordered that no one should tamper with the things in the Laneige Palace. Immediately afterwards, the Praetorian Guards surrounded the Lanzhi Palace, except for King Su and others who left with the palace people, as well as King Qi, Liu Deming and others who walked with the emperor, and the rest were a few palace people who were waiting in the Lanzhi Palace.

When the palace people were taken out of the Laneige Hall by the people of the inner court, they were searched to ensure that they did not carry anything suspicious with them. Therefore, the person who replaced the white porcelain bowl used by Xiao Qinglang should not be those palace people.

As for King Su and the others, although they are very close to Xiao Qinglang's palace table, he has a special identity, and from the moment he enters the palace, he has been stared at by people as loyal to the present day as King Qi, so it is impossible for him to do anything in the Lanzhi Hall quietly in front of everyone.

But who else could it be? Who else would want to put Xiao Qinglang to death?

Although the position of the Queen Mother is different from that of Concubine Xian, she is also sincere to Xiao Qinglang. And the same is true of the emperor, besides, as Xiao Qinglang said, if the emperor wants to get rid of him, it is impossible to set up such a situation in the palace. As for King Qi, first, there is no need to attack Xiao Qinglang, after all, he is a military general, and he doesn't care about the case investigated by Xiao Qinglang. The second is that his feelings for Xiao Qinglang are quite sincere.

For the rest, the queen, Princess Qi, and Mingzhu have no reason to do such a thing.

Xu Chu listed the possibilities one by one in his heart, and then eliminated them one by one, and in the end he had no clue.

"Did you find the person who sent the sobering soup to the prince?" Xu Chu looked up at Tang Qiaozheng, who had been in the hall, and asked.

Tang Qiaozheng shook his head, "This official has already asked the head of the imperial dining room and the Lanzhi Palace, and the one who brought the sobering soup to the prince is the same person as the palace maid who collided with the prince and caused the prince to leave the table, that is, the palace maid called Xia Zhu." However, until now, no trace of her has been found. ”

"According to the head of the Laneige Palace, when the banquet is held in the Laneige Palace, there will be a special palace maid to serve each table. And Xia Zhu is the one who serves wine and food to the prince. ”

In other words, Xia Zhu is the same person who sent the sobering soup and collided with Xiao Qinglang, not deliberately arranged, but the original rules are like this.

It's just that the question now is, why Xia Zhu?

Even if there is a conspiracy theory, Ruo Xia Zhu is a good sister to the palace maid who was abused by the three princes back then, and her purpose is to seek revenge from the three princes. But Xiao Qinglang can be regarded as the one who avenged the palace maid, no matter how she said it, she should be a benefactor rather than an enemy, so why did she attack Xiao Qinglang?

Xu Chu pursed his lips, quietly looked at the white porcelain bowl that had been replaced in his hand, and said after a moment of silence: "Let people go to the Imperial Ware Factory to check how many white porcelain bowls have been sent to the palace recently." Then, then look for the Guanglu Temple food storage manager to ask, be sure to figure out, within two months by the imperial ware factory sent to the palace of the white porcelain bowls, respectively sent to which palace which hall, if there is damage is where it is damaged, and how to deal with it! ”

The Imperial Ware Factory, as the name suggests, was a place that specialized in the production of porcelain according to the needs of the imperial court. The porcelain produced from here is all of the highest quality, especially the white porcelain is a hundred times cleaner than that of the ordinary official kiln, so that the world often has the saying that "even if there is a family property, it is better to have a white imperial kiln".

It is precisely because of this that the banquets in the palace, in addition to the long-established regulations that can distinguish the status and identity of the utensils and ornaments, will mostly use white porcelain to make wine cups, tea cups, or soup bowls.

Even if there is a difference in porcelain, such as the five-clawed golden dragon bowl used by the emperor, the four-clawed dragon bowl used by the prince, or the royal porcelain exclusively used by the prince and other members of the royal family, they are also made of the best white porcelain. If you really talk about nobility, elegance and nobility, as well as the pursuit of literati and scholars in the world, blue and white porcelain and colored porcelain are not as good as white porcelain.

What's more, all the white porcelain sent into the palace is absolutely extraordinary. Naturally, there is a definite number, and it is impossible for someone to replace such a valuable white porcelain bowl with their hands.

And check the whereabouts of the white porcelain sent to the palace to determine who is likely to get the two best white porcelain, then she can find the person behind the bureau.

Tang Qiao was seeing Xu Chu constantly rubbing the white porcelain bowl in his hand, and his expression was obscure, although he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't interrupt her train of thought at this time.

He knows very well in his heart that now that the third prince has been killed, the prince is in deep trouble, the emperor's attitude is unclear, and the people are panicking, if he wants to investigate the case with full authority, he will inevitably be restrained. After all, he is not Xiao Qinglang, nor Xu Chu, and he does not have so much courage to be fearless of power and not afraid of life and death.

But Xu Chu is different, one is that she is the quasi-princess of Jing'an Palace. Second, she can enter the three law divisions, which was originally hand-picked by the emperor, and even if she is only a minor official from the fifth grade, it is enough to beat many people. Moreover, she has a close relationship with the lord of Mingzhu County or the sister-in-law of the Hua family, no matter what difficulties she encounters, she can always find someone to support her.

After a few blessings, he also cleared the door, and if he wanted to sit firmly in the position of Dali Siqing, he had to need Xu Chu to help him investigate the case.

Thinking of this, Tang Qiaozheng hurriedly ordered. As for whether there will be too much movement in the process of tracking down and alarming the nobles, it is not within the scope of his consideration. After all, compared to the lives of the prince and the third prince, what is a few words of reprimand?

Just when Tang Qiao was instructing someone to check the white porcelain, Xu Chu asked the imperial doctor who was waiting outside the door to enter to check the food and wine on Xiao Qinglang's table. After a few breaths, the two imperial doctors shook their heads and said that there were no drugs in those meals and drinks that could make people lose their minds.

After getting a definite conclusion, Xu Chu was not delayed. She also instructed the Praetorian Guards to guard the Laneige Hall and not let people come and go at will. Then, he and Tang Qiao were heading to the inner court together.

Nowadays, Yan Ruming and Yan Liu are held in two interrogation rooms respectively, and the inner court is mostly run by eunuchs, so they often use heart-attacking punishments as punishments.

Lou An did not let people torture them, but just kept them in the interrogation room, and sent people outside the back door to make some iron shackles and the sound of sorting out the torture instruments from time to time. As for Yan Ruming and Yan Liu's family, they were only detained in solitary confinement, and no one stepped forward to answer any questions, allowing them to shout grievances or confess anything.

Xu Chu glanced at the tightly closed iron door, as well as the shackles that were dragged by the people of the inner court and made a strange and eerie sound. In her previous life, she had also heard that in ancient times, there were many punishments different from torture to extract confessions, such as directly imprisoning the suspect in a dark room, so that she could not hear the sound or see the light, and could only barely survive with a small amount of life-sustaining water and food every day, but in two days the person would inevitably have a nervous breakdown, either insane, or everything and everything.

At that time, she also felt that such a method was really bad. It is a complete disregard for human life and contempt for human rights.

But now, she no longer feels that the superiors in feudal society regard human life as a mustard. After all, in a short period of time, she can only do everything to get the truth she wants to know.

And Yan Ruming and Yan Liu's family, in addition to offering treasures, obviously also have other thoughts and calculations. At least Yan Liu's is not as innocent and aggrieved as she shows.

Tang Qiaozheng saw that Lou An was still calm, and couldn't help frowning and said with a cold face: "How can Lord Lou always use some unsightly methods, what is the difference between this and lynching, if you let the prince know, the prince will definitely not allow it." ”

Lou An glanced at him, sneered and said, "Of course it's different, our family has never set up a private court here." Well, it's just a matter of calming thought in the darkroom. ”

In fact, the three law divisions are headed by Tang Qiaozheng of Dali Temple on the surface, but in fact, because Lou An is the emperor's henchman and mostly acts in the palace, he is more unruly, and there is a faint tendency to pressure Tang Qiaozheng. Therefore, every time the two of them face each other, they will have a few dirty words.

Tang Qiaozheng saw that Lou An really didn't care, and couldn't help but look at Xu Chu. However, Xu Chu's mood had already changed at this time, and she lowered her eyes to suppress the discomfort in her heart and said coldly: "Special means in special times, Lord Lou has not done anything wrong. ”

As long as she can find clues that are beneficial to Xiao Qinglang, she doesn't mind the side. It's not that she doesn't know that this idea is dangerous, it's just that at this time, she has no choice.

"Lord Lou, it's not convenient for Lord Tang to act in the palace, and I'll have to bother you to find Xia Zhu next." Xu Chu bowed, his face was gloomy, but his eyes were very calm and said, "In addition, Lord Tang has already ordered someone to track down the matter of the white porcelain bowl. Go to the Imperial Ware Factory to check, and it is naturally convenient for Lord Tang. However, when it comes to Guanglu Temple and Cuisine, you still need the help of Lord Lou. ”

Seeing her like this, Lou An couldn't help but glance at her in his heart. In fact, compared to Sikong and Tang Qiaozheng, he didn't have many opportunities to work with Xu Chu, and there were two times before, and he mostly watched the prince maintain and spoil her. Now, when such a big event happened to the prince, she can still act in an orderly manner, and even pull out the cocoon, calmly find the subtle clues of the matter, and this heart alone is really commendable among women.

Although he is not a man, it does not prevent him from having a good impression of Xu Chu, who is not a silk flower.

Seeing Xu Chu saluting, Lou An didn't take it seriously, and said with a serious expression: "Our family will personally investigate this matter, the prince is in charge of the three law divisions, if something really happens to him, the three law divisions will not be able to be comprehensive." ”

After all, after Xiao Qinglang Leili's awe-inspiring methods, it is difficult for the Three Law Divisions to handle cases as passable as in the past. Back in the days of Emperor Chengzong and even the first emperor, if there were high-ranking people who committed adultery, there were naturally people who mediated and then exempted those people from responsibility.

However, since King Jing'an took charge of the Three Law Divisions, Mo said that the wealthy families of the high-ranking families are the royal relatives and noble clansmen, and they no longer dare to do anything wrong. Even some children of the family, as long as they are on the boundary of the capital, most of them will shrink their heads and act, let alone dare to cross the line.

It can be said that Xiao Qinglang, the king of Jing'an, single-handedly cleared the atmosphere of the three laws and corrected the laws and rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But it is precisely because of this that there will be many people who want his life, and who want the Three Law Divisions to return to the past and make people fish in troubled waters. This is a matter of interests, but if someone can replace Xiao Qinglang in charge of the Three Law Divisions, it can almost be said that his family has obtained the gold medal Shang Fang Sword for avoiding death......

At this point, Lou An is obviously more transparent than Tang Qiaozheng. After all, Tang Qiaozheng, as a court official, may have other choices, and Lou An, who is the head of the inner court and a eunuch, has no choice but to be loyal to the emperor and King Jing'an.

Probably, this is the helplessness of all eunuchs, even if Lou An has real power.

At this time, only she and Tang Qiao were with Lou An, and obviously except for herself, the other two were all people trusted by Xiao Qinglang. Therefore, she didn't hesitate any longer, and took out the note from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Lou An.

"This is the note that was stuffed into the hand of a maid who bumped into him before the prince's accident. I looked at the ink used to write, and it seemed to be very different. ”

Lou An took the note and opened it to look at it, nodded and said, "The ink is mixed with gold dust." ”

"The harem concubines will add all kinds of things to the ink for Feng Yaduo, probably to imitate Xue Tao's notes. It's just that gold dust is added to the ink, but only those above the concubine can use it. As he spoke, he frowned, "That's weird......"

Xu Chu understood the inside story, and asked again: "If Mrs. Yan wants to use pen and ink, will she send ink with gold powder?" ”

Lou An shook his head, "Naturally not, the addition of gold dust to the ink is mostly to show status and wealth." Even though she was invited by the Queen Mother, she didn't have enough identity to ask for pen and ink. After all, the palace is different from the side, especially when outsiders enter the palace, and their words and deeds are even more strictly restricted. ”

If she doesn't have good intentions, if she wants to pass on some news, it will be troublesome.

In other words, we still have to find clues from the concubines in the palace in this matter.

But the concubines related to the case, except for the Queen Mother, are the only concubines. And Concubine De lost her only son on this trip, the grief was not fake, and the Queen Mother not only lost her grandson, but also most likely lost her adopted son who had a very good relationship, and the fainting of the heart was not fake......

So who else will set up a situation besides the two of them?

After all, very few people knew the inside story of the case they were investigating, and even no one in the Three Law Divisions knew about it. For a moment, Xu Chu had no clue.