Of the dozen or so assassins, only two were left alive, "Who sent you?" Zuo Yunfeng, who had already rushed over, asked angrily.

The assassin didn't speak, and Wu Lin scolded angrily: "Master Hou asks you something, answer quickly." As he spoke, he placed his knife on the assassin's neck.

At this time, the two assassins suddenly fell, and Zuo Yunfeng asked a little panicked, "What's wrong with them?" ”

Wu Lin looked at it and said, "Master Hou, they committed suicide by taking poison." ”

Hearing Wu Lin say this, Zuo Tingxue was even more confused, he didn't see what these assassins ate just now, why did these assassins die of poisoning?

Zuo Tingxue thought for a while, and she said with a righteous face: "You find out the origin of these assassins, and then report to me." ”

"Yes." The guards agreed and began to deal with the chaotic scene.

Zuo Yunfeng and Zuo Tingxue returned to the room, Xiao Min and Xiao Baihu followed, at this time, Zuo Tingxue's heart was full of emotions, she had a feeling that the killer sent this time was definitely not sent by Sun Bing, and she deeply realized that this matter was by no means as simple as she imagined.

Zuo Yunfeng had been silent on the sidelines, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, someone came outside to report the matter, and two people walked in outside, one was Lang Zhong and the other was the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion.

Zuo Tingxue smiled and asked them to take a seat, and then went straight to the point to ask about the poisoning of those assassins.

Na Langzhong clenched his fists and said: "Hui Hou Ye, the queen, those assassins have found out that the veils they wear are all double-layered, and between these two layers of veils, there is a thin layer of cotton, which is full of poison crane top red, as long as people sweat, sweat will slowly penetrate the cotton, once the poison penetrates and overflows, it will make people die immediately." ”

Zuo Yunfeng was stunned when he heard this, and he was even more nervous in his heart, who could be so ruthless, since he sent assassins here, he still had to poison these assassins, and this was not very logical.

Zuo Tingxue was even more puzzled in his heart, and after thinking about it, he couldn't understand that this mastermind behind the scenes was so popular, which showed that he was not afraid of the power of the imperial court.

Zuo Tingxue asked Wu Lin to investigate the matter, and sent someone to keep an eye on Sun Bing's every move.

Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, and still no clues have been found, and Zuo Tingxue has not felt well in the past few days, so he did not investigate in person.

Yue'er was locked in the room for three days and three nights, did not let her go out, let her lose her temper, did not eat or drink, and did not let her out.

On the fourth day, the maid Chuntao came to open the door, and Princess Yue'er was lying on the bed sulking and did not move.

"What's the matter, you're still angry?" The Queen Mother said as she walked into Yue'er.

Princess Yue'er didn't speak, she turned her face away, and the Queen Mother knew that Yue'er was angry, so she sat on the edge of the bed.

The Queen Mother has no children under her knees, and she has raised three children in this life, the first is Feng Jinyi, followed by the successor Wan'er, this month was born, her mother died, and she raised her single-handedly, so her feelings for Yue'er are extraordinary.

"Yue'er, it's for your good that the queen mother doesn't let you out of the palace, do you know why other tribal emperors are all wives and concubines, and why your father's harem doesn't accept only one queen and five concubines? Your father is the sixth of all the princes, and he has four older brothers, two older sisters, and two younger siblings behind him......"

Princess Yue'er turned her face, in her memory, no one had ever mentioned the emperor's past, and she didn't know that there were brothers and sisters in front of the emperor, and now all she knew was her father and several aunts, but they were all married to other countries.

Princess Yue'er asked curiously, what about the imperial uncle and the imperial uncle?

"Hey......" The Queen Mother sighed and continued: "In fact, you can't rank your father as the emperor in any way, the deep palace is sinister, your imperial uncles killed each other in order to compete for the position of the crown prince, your two young imperial uncles were killed in the battle, and I still don't know who made the poison, that year's Mid-Autumn Festival reunion night, your imperial grandfather was not there, they had disputes and fights again, and the fight was non-stop, when you married the second imperial aunt of another country returned to China for reunion, she stepped forward to persuade the fight, unexpectedly, the sword has no eyes, they inadvertently killed your second imperial aunt by mistakeAt that time, your imperial aunt was only a few months pregnant, it was the king of Wu, the king of Wu refused to give up, and asked your imperial grandfather for justice, at that time our Dongchu was weak, unable to fight with Wu Guo, your imperial grandfather was forced to be helpless, and ordered to kill your four imperial uncles in front of King Wu, at that time no one dared to kill the prince, your imperial grandfather took the sword to kill himself, I will never forget the expression of your imperial grandfather holding back tears at that time, he killed his own children one by one. At that time, your imperial grandfather walked in front of your father with a sword, his eyes were already red, he held back his tears, and even looked at his eyes as if they were about to bleed, he was just about to attack your father, and the sword he raised did not fall for a long time, he finally did not hold back the tears and flowed down, the sword fell slowly, and at this moment, your imperial grandmother and the queen came to stop him, and the queen blocked the falling knife for your father.

The queen died for your father, so your father never set up a queen again, your imperial grandmother knelt down and begged King Wu to leave your father alive, King Wu came forward, and your father survived, and then your fifth aunt was married to King Wu as a concubine. ”

"In order to commemorate the empress, your father has never touched any other woman again, and our five concubines have been with your father before." The Queen Mother shed tears as she spoke, Princess Yue'er didn't know that her father had such an experience.

She hugged the queen mother's neck like when she was a child, "Queen Mother, it turns out that my father's previous life was so miserable, so did my father participate in the fight at that time?" ”

"Of course your father won't be directly involved, he just wants to find out who killed your Seventh Emperor Uncle, so he was involved in this right and wrong."

"Then how did my father ascend to the throne?"

"After your imperial grandfather killed your four imperial uncles, he couldn't afford to fall ill, and before he died, he passed on the throne to your father, so that he could carry forward Dongchu, and the reason why your imperial grandfather died so early was forced to die. In order not to be dragged by him, your father only wants to recruit troops and expand the country, in order not to have many princes and kill each other. ”

"Father is so hard?" Yue'er said with a sad look.

"Yue'er, your father only has two children now, you and Yan Junxian, the queen mother doesn't let you out of the palace because she is afraid that something will happen to you, if something happens to you, how can the queen mother explain to your father!" The Queen Mother wiped away tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Then what about the royal brother who goes out of the palace every day?"

"Feng Jinyi went out of the palace, there were ministers and groups of guards together, you are a woman, with a maid who doesn't know martial arts, what is the matter, you still have to protect her, how can it be safe to go out."

"Then I won't go out by myself in the future, I'll go out with the imperial brother, okay?" Yue'er didn't give up and couldn't go out, she still wanted to go out to see Xiao Feng.

"That's fine, but you must bring a guard when you leave the palace."

Seeing that the Queen Mother agreed, Yue'er said happily: "Okay, thank you, Queen Mother." ”

"The Queen Mother, the Princess, the Queen is here." The maid announced, and the Queen Mother nodded and motioned for Zuo Tingxue to come in.

"What are you talking about, so passionate." Zuo Tingxue walked in as she spoke, and she hurriedly gave the Queen Mother a gift.

"Sister-in-law, you won't come to see me these days." Yue'er pouted and said.

Zuo Tingxue walked over: "Imperial sister, this is the will of the Queen Mother, and I can't help you." ”

Princess Yue'er pouted and didn't speak, and Zuo Tingxue and the Queen Mother were happy.

Zuo Tingxue Yanran smiled and said, "Queen Mother, did you tell Yue'er about that matter?" ”

The Queen Mother shook her head, and Yue'er hurriedly asked with questions on her face: "Queen Mother, what do you want to say?" ”

"Queen, it's up to you to talk about this matter." The Queen Mother commanded.

Zuo Tingxue nodded, "Yue'er, yesterday the king of Zhao came to propose a marriage and asked for a ...... of peace."

Zuo Tingxue stopped talking halfway through what she said, Yue'er was a little puzzled, "Imperial sister-in-law, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zuo Tingxue looked at Yue'er's face, worried, she had already guessed, Yue'er must have guessed the general situation, but she was not sure.

Thinking about facing the reality sooner or later, Zuo Tingxue said directly: "Now that we are Dongchu, you are a princess, so ......"

Before she finished speaking, Princess Yue'er yelled: "I don't, I don't want to marry Zhao Guo." ”

"Yue'er, I haven't agreed to this matter yet, but the emperor can't dismiss Zhao Guo's face, so I'm here to tell you." Zuo Tingxue hurriedly explained that she didn't want to marry Yue'er to Zhao Guo.

"Then how can I not marry Zhao Guo." Yue'er asked innocently.

"Unless you are married, you are about to get married, so that we can say that we don't have a princess in Dongchu."

Princess Yue'er didn't speak, and at this time, the maid Chuntao said in a low voice beside her, "Princess, you can say Xiao Gongzi." ”

"But Xiao Gongzi doesn't know my identity." Yue'er looked at Chun Tao.

Didn't he know that day on the street? Let's deceive the king of Zhao first. Chun Tao's low voice came up with an idea.

"What are you two muttering?" The Queen Mother also didn't want to marry Yue'er so far, so when she saw them whispering, she asked.

"It's nothing, queen mother, imperial sister-in-law, I already have someone I like, can I not marry Zhao Guo?" Yue'er blushed and lowered her head as she spoke.

As soon as Princess Yue'er said this, Zuo Tingxue and the Queen Mother were very surprised, she only occasionally went out of the palace to meet someone she liked.

"You really have someone you like, where is he? What is it called, what does it do, and where does it live? The Queen Mother asked several questions in a row.

"Queen Mother, you have asked so many questions at once, which one should I answer first?" Yue'er blinked her eyes, looking very cute.

"You answer one by one." The Queen Mother asked important questions, and she didn't want to miss one.

Princess Yue'er held Zuo Tingxue, "Sister-in-law, don't stand anywhere, sit down quickly, you have to pay attention, you are the treasure of our family in your belly, and you can't have any mistakes." ”

"The royal sister is really joking, you are the treasure in the hands of the queen mother?"

The Queen Mother seemed to know that Yue'er was deliberately trying to divert the topic, and she shouted angrily: "Yue'er, hurry up and answer my question." ”

Yue'er wanted to escape the question just now, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to still ask, so she had no choice but to tell the truth.