The snow at the gate of the palace had been swept away, and Wei Ruyi got down from the carriage, just as the dark clouds also dispersed, revealing the sun hidden in the thick clouds.

Chen Yansleeve's illness was not yet complete, and after getting out of the carriage and blowing the wind, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Wei Ruyi buckled her pulse and said worriedly: "My sister is not in good health, so I can't blow more cool breeze for a while." With that, he put on the cloak for her.

Chen Yansleeve just smiled lightly: "It's just a small illness, I fought on the battlefield, and the injuries I suffered were more serious than this." ”

But my sister's heart was broken.

Wei Ruyi didn't dare to say it, for fear of adding to her troubles, so she only went to the palace with her. After the crown prince and several princes entered the palace yesterday, they didn't come out, so they didn't have to wait long.

After entering the palace, a little eunuch immediately greeted them respectfully, and they went to the Heart Cultivation Hall to kowtow to the emperor to celebrate his birthday.

The atmosphere of the Palace of Nourishing Heart today seems to be a lot more relaxed, the palace maids and eunuchs who come and go are all happy on their faces, and the emperor, who has been sick in bed, also changed into civilian clothes and sat on the dragon couch with a smile on his face.

Seeing Chen Yansleeve, he laughed directly: "Why does Yan's daughter-in-law look haggard, but what did he do inappropriately to make you angry?" ”

Jiang Yan sat on the other side, and when the emperor asked this, he only lowered his eyes silently.

Chen Yansleeve glanced at him and smiled decently: "Erchen is haggard because he has recently contracted the wind cold, but the prince is considerate." In front of outsiders, she naturally wants to give Jiang Yan face.

Jiang Di, who was sitting on the other side, smiled: "Yes, but this king heard that his younger brothers and sisters have recently moved back to the Chen Mansion to live, and even the child in his belly is gone, isn't this not that the Seventh Emperor Brother can't take care of him?" ”

When Jiang Yan heard this, his face turned slightly colder, and he looked at Chen Yansleeve worriedly, but Chen Yansleeve did not have the slightest look of embarrassment and sadness on his face, and he still replied generously and decently: "Speaking of which, this is all my fault, the Chen family has a grandfather, and now he is old and in poor health, and his sleeves are really worried, so he returned to the Chen family, but it is really a sin for His Royal Highness to bear such a reputation." As for the child, it was originally because the doctor misdiagnosed it, so it has never been there. After Chen Yansleeve finished speaking, he saluted the emperor again: "It's all to blame for the recklessness of the sons, and I don't know how many doctors to take a look, if you make the father sad, the sons and daughters should die." ”

The emperor looked at her, more and more satisfied, so generous and decent, is the style of the master's mother.

"It's a good thing that you have filial piety, and as for the rest, it's just a small mistake, so why do you still 'deserve death'?" The emperor glanced at Jiang Di, who was making trouble, and finished with a smile, then he looked at Wei Ruyi, who lowered his eyebrows and seemed to want to turn himself into air, and smiled lightly: "Jinghe, why are you so restrained, is it because you have stage fright when you see so many princes here?" ”

Wei Ruyi listened to his deliberately affectionate words, and was sarcastic in his heart, but he only said obediently on his face: "The courtiers rarely come to the palace, for fear that they will show their feet if they are not thoughtful, so that people can see that the princess of the courtiers is an imposter and lose face." ”

The Emperor laughed out loud, and the atmosphere in the room became relaxed again.

Not long after, Roujia led the concubines to celebrate her birthday, and the emperor sent the princes and princesses to the imperial garden.

Out of the Heart Nourishing Palace, Jiang Yan saw Chen Yansleeve who was silently following him silently, and his heart was sullen.

At first, he didn't like this woman much, but the more he got later, the more he liked it. I like her loyalty, I like her independence, and I like her virtuous and gentle, which is completely different from Ruyi's cunning aura.

"Sister, do you want to talk to His Royal Highness King Zhao?" Wei Ruyi quietly pulled Chen Yan's sleeves.

Chen Yansleeve glanced at Jiang Yan, who was walking forward with a cold face, smiled bitterly, and shook his head slightly. If he didn't want to see himself, why should he bother him with it?

Wei Ruyi sighed, both of them have such a temperament, and they are all stuffy in their hearts when they have words, and it is strange if there is no misunderstanding.

"Wei Ruyi."

Just when Wei Ruyi was worried, a male voice suddenly sounded behind her, startling her.

She turned her head and saw the prince staring at her.

She blinked, stopped and wanted to salute, but the prince only said indifferently: "No need to be polite." ”

"Yes."

"Follow this palace, this palace has something to ask you." When the prince said this, he took his hands and walked forward.

Wei Ruyi didn't want to follow, although she was already a wife and nominally the prince's sister, but in the end, the relationship between brother and sister was fake, and she would still be called a lonely man and a widow in the past.

But she hesitated, and the prince actually stopped and waited for her.

Wei Ruyi held his forehead, and listened to him: "What, can't you walk?" ”

Wei Ruyi sighed lightly in her heart, glanced at Chen Yan's sleeve of concern, and said, "Sister, don't worry, I'll be fine." ”

"I'll watch from afar." Chen Yan sleeved.

Wei Ruyi felt a little more at ease, and then walked towards the prince.

The prince's footsteps were very fast, Wei Ruyi walked a few steps, and he was almost trotting, she wanted to stop him, but seeing that he was walking faster and faster, she simply lifted the heavy palace skirt and ran carefully.

Running straight out of breath, the prince finally stopped when he reached the small garden behind the rockery in the imperial garden.

"Tired?" The prince asked when he saw her little face flushing and panting.

"I'm not tired, but the road is a little long, and my legs are a little short." Wei Ruyi said, leaning on the stone pillar on the side and gasping and asking him, "What does Your Highness want to ask?" ”

The prince looked at her unruly appearance, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then said, "How is Lou Yan now?" ”

"I can't die yet, but the poison in my body can't be solved, and I won't live long." Wei Ruyi told him truthfully, she thought, the prince knew that Brother Yan would not live long, so he should not put all his energy on him.

The prince saw that she didn't hesitate at all and said it, and looked at her suspiciously: "Do you know the purpose of this palace asking you this?" ”

"Ruyi is stupid, he doesn't understand the government, and he doesn't understand the prince's mind, so he can't guess what His Royal Highness the prince's purpose is. However, Ruyi came to the banquet alone today, and he was afraid that something would happen, so whatever His Highness asked today, Ruyi would answer truthfully. "It's strange, true and false, false and true, Wei Ruyi understands this truth best, and looking at the prince's eyes, even if he tells the truth, he may not believe it.

"Then the palace asked you, do you remember Princess Ping?"

"Yes." Wei Ruyi's eyes were calm: "That day in the Hot Spring Villa, the emperor ordered me to wait for Princess Ping to go to Ciyun Temple together, and after encountering the pursuit, I hid in a secret room with Princess Ping. Wei Ruyi said.

The prince's face tightened slightly: "Then what did she tell you, did she give you anything important?" ”

Wei Ruyi's eyes moved slightly, but Brother Yan said that the jade bead could not be given to the prince.

"I only talked about my past with Her Highness, gave me some of the jewels she had on her, and the rest was gone." Wei Ruyi vaguely passed the matter of the jade bead.

The prince didn't believe it: "That's all? Didn't she mention the Obsidian Army to you? ”

Wei Ruyi frowned at him: "What is the Obsidian Army?" ”

The prince looked at her with a blank look, and hesitated, so he listened to Wei Ruyi continue: "I remember, but Princess Ping once said that the secret room belonged to an old friend, and I left halfway to find reinforcements, and then when I came back, the secret room was turned upside down, and I don't know if there was something hidden in it." ”

Wei Ruyi blinked and looked at him seriously: "Your Highness, Princess Ping said that you are a humble gentleman. ”

A humble gentleman?

The prince himself felt ironic, he was indeed a humble gentleman before, but now? He has become his least favorite appearance, like Lou Yan, full of calculations, and in order to achieve his goals, he can also compromise the means.

"You go back." The crown prince has finally arrived.

Wei Ruyi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and was about to leave, but heard him say behind his back: "You saved Xian'er, this palace can not kill you, if Lou Yan is dead, you can come to this palace, although you can't marry the media, but there is also your place in the backyard." ”

Wei Ruyi's lips floated a touch of coolness, turned to look at him solemnly, and smiled lightly: "His Royal Highness Lao has bothered, Ruyi has made a three-life alliance with His Excellency, if he dies, Ruyi will never live." With that, he looked at his complicated gaze and saluted, before turning around and leaving quickly.

Fang just sarcastically mocked him like this, Wei Ruyi was even worried about whether he would be angry and deal with him, but he was still thinking about Princess Ping one second, and the next second he could say such vague words to himself, and he was disgusted. The so-called humble gentleman is really nothing more than that.

Leaving from the prince's place, Wei Ruyi raised her eyes and saw Chen Yan's sleeves on the other side of the small lake, cleaned up her mood, and walked across the arched bridge to her with a smile.

"It's okay."

"It's fine." Wei Ruyi looked back, the prince had already left, and then said to Chen Yansleeve: "Let's go play, although it can't be very lively today, there must be a juggling troupe." ”

Wei Ruyi pulled her forward with great interest, and Brother Yan said, no matter what she does now, she can't be nosy, even so, she will distract herself first.

Behind the bamboo forest not far away, Zhuo Hua poured tea for Jiang Di opposite, and then said: "Brother Huang, rest assured, everything is ready, and today will be foolproof." ”

Jiang Di glanced in the direction of Zhuohua's direction, and the belated Rui Princess Qi Zheng was being helped by someone and walked over with a gloomy face. It's only been half a year, and the girl who was full of vitality at the beginning is now only lifeless, and her eyes are full of resentment, which makes it uncomfortable for people to look at it more.

"She's a good chess piece, and she must make good use of it."

"Brother Huang, don't worry, you don't need my orders, Qi Zheng's uncontrollable jealousy has already burned her reason, and now what I want to do is just to help her and let Wei Ruyi die together." Zhuohua grabbed the tea cup and slowly tightened her hand, until the tea spilled out and burned her hand, and she finally let go.

Jiang Di looked at her with satisfaction: "Very good, now that you are away from Concubine Xian, you are getting more and more neat." You must take Roujia's life today, you should know. ”

"Brother Huang, rest assured, nothing will go wrong." When Zhuohua heard the word 'virtuous concubine', she turned her head unnaturally, afraid that Jiang Di would see the emotion in her eyes. I heard that a few days have passed, and Concubine Xian Niangniang has not died, maybe a good person has her own good reward, so she can live a few more days.

Jiang Yan had been staring at Jiang Di and Zhuohua in the dark, and when he saw Qi Zheng appear, he realized that what Xiao Yan expected was really good, and the two brothers and sisters were going to use despicable means to harm people again.

"Lord Wang, do you want to remind Princess Zhuohua?" The eunuch on one side asked, after all, Zhuohua has always had a good relationship with Jiang Yan since he was fostered under the name of Concubine Xian, and Jiang Yan also loves this imperial sister very much.

But as soon as he finished asking, the little eunuch felt a murderous aura overflowing from Jiang Yan's body.

The little eunuch understood, and immediately saluted: "It's the slave who talks a lot, and I ask the prince for forgiveness." ”

"That's it, you should keep an eye on today's events, don't make mistakes." Jiang Yan commanded in a cold voice.

The little eunuch immediately responded, and waited until Jiang Yan left, and then immediately retreated to do business.

Near noon, Concubine Roujia accompanied her to the Pingfang Hall on the side of the imperial garden, and after everyone took their seats, they congratulated everyone on their birthday.

The emperor hadn't been so happy for a long time as he was today, looking at the sons and daughters-in-law who were lying down with smiles on their faces, and then seeing that the concubines were also happy, the smiles on his faces were even bigger, and he drank all the wine that Roujia brought several times.

In the hall, singing and dancing, Wei Ruyi only caught a glimpse of the thoughtful eyes of the princes present, silently lowered his eyes, and gently took a sip of the hot water in the cup.

"Ruyi, look at the palace maid on the left side of the door." Chen Yansleeve suddenly leaned into Wei Ruyi's ear and said.

Wei Ruyi subconsciously looked over, and saw a little palace maid looking around nervously, and after looking around to make sure that no one was paying attention to her, she quietly said a few words to the palace maid next to her and retreated.

The palace maid is the person of Roujia Guifei.

Her palms tightened slightly, and she wanted to get up, but she heard Jiang Yan whisper: "Don't move." ”

Wei Ruyi couldn't help but didn't move, but after Jiang Yan finished speaking, he didn't explain, just smiled and continued to enjoy the song and dance, and from time to time he had to talk to the prince and King Xiao a few times.

In the main hall, the eldest princess and the little princess all bowed their heads obediently to eat, and the most favored Zhuohua sat next to Jiang Di, seeing Wei Ruyi ready to move, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his eyes were lowered to drink.

"How long will we have to wait?" Qi Zheng sat beside Zhuohua and couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry."

"You always don't worry, you are naturally not in a hurry, you are still a girl who has not left the cabinet, not like me, the husband is gone, the child is gone, but I still have to see what originally belonged to me being snatched away, and see that she is happy!" Qi Zheng's words are quenched with poison, and she also hates Wei Ruyi, in her opinion, the honor of Mrs. Guoshi should have been hers, and now she is pregnant and happily sitting here should be her, she feels that all this suffering is because of Wei Ruyi.

Wei Ruyi noticed Qi Zheng's resentful gaze, raised his eyes to meet her, and smiled lightly.

But just this Wei Ruyi consciously very careful and gentle smile was interpreted by Qi Zheng as a provocation.

Finally, the song and dance stopped, and the prince proposed: "Father, the emperor, and the sons and daughters will play a game when they hear about the birthday celebration of the people." ”

"Oh, what game?" The emperor looked at him, his gaze was extremely soft, after all, this son was raised by him himself, and he was different from all other princes. Even if it was because of Princess Ping's affairs, he felt that now that the crown prince was given to him, he should be satisfied, and this birthday banquet might be an opportunity for their father and son to ease their relationship.

The crown prince smiled lightly, having learned to hide his emotions, and said: "Father can send someone to hide secret letters and treasures in this palace or in various places in the imperial garden, and everyone here will look for them, and if they find them, they will give the reward or punishment written in the secret letter." ”

Jiang Di also got up: "Erchen thinks this is also interesting, so let's do it, Erchen just got a set of unique copies of "Yongle Canon", and take it out as a treasure, whoever finds it will be whoever." ”

When everyone heard this, they were eager to try.

The emperor glanced at Jiang Yan and asked with a smile, "What does Yan'er think?" ”

"Erchen also thinks it's very good, but Erchen doesn't have anything valuable to take out, so he can only go and find the treasures hidden by his father." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

Jiang Di's eyes narrowed slightly: "This king looks at the golden hairpin with flowers and butterflies on the heads of the seventh brother and sister, it is very good, it is better to use it as a treasure." ”

Jiang Yan's eyes moved slightly, and the people did not use women's personal ornaments as colorful heads, was the fourth emperor brother threatening himself?

Before he could speak, Chen Yansleeve had already taken the hairpin down, and also took off the two bracelets on his wrist by the way: "These are all used as hidden objects." She looked at Jiang Di with a decent smile: "I don't know what the Fourth Emperor Brother thinks?" ”

Jiang Di saw that she was so down-and-out and generous, but she seemed to be inferior, and smiled faintly: "The seventh brother and sister are generous, naturally it is good." ”

The emperor looked at it and didn't make a sound, in his opinion, it was normal for brothers to occasionally have tongues and tongues, and after all, they were brothers, and broken bones were still connected to tendons.

"Aifei, you go and arrange the things to hide." The emperor smiled with Rou Jia on the side.

Roujia smiled and saluted, and went out.

From beginning to end, she didn't show the slightest abnormality.

When she left, Qi Zheng suddenly ran out and said, "Father, Erchen thinks that it is too simple for a group of people to look for it, otherwise we will all go to find it in groups." ”

"Grouping?"

"Yes, for example, the crown prince and the royal brother can be in a group with King Xiao, King Zhao and Princess Zhao in a group, and Erchen and Princess Jinghe, who are also alone." Qi Zheng smiled with a small face.

The Emperor looked at her, and although he didn't know what she was going to do, he agreed, and he wanted to see what these men were going to do at his birthday banquet.

Chen Yansleeve was very uneasy, and wanted to get up to help Wei Ruyi refuse, but was pressed down by Jiang Yan.

"Lord Wang, Ruyi is now pregnant......"

"Don't worry." Jiang Yan glanced at Wei Ruyi, who was sitting calmly, he was also worried, but the plan had already been set, and now it was to make the Four Emperor Brothers think that everything was in their hands, so that his plan would go smoothly.

Chen Yan's fist on his lap was clenched tightly, but slowly, Jiang Yan pressed her hand and slowly turned into a hand holding her, and the slight coldness from his palm made her want to withdraw her hand, but he grabbed it firmly.

Soon the group was all out.

Zhuohua was in a group with a young princess, and after taking this little princess to a small room in the Pingfang Palace, she let her stay, and instructed: "Sister Huang will go out for a while, if someone asks me later if I have been with you all the time, what do you say?" ”

The little princess looked at her timidly and said softly, "Sister Huang has always been with me. ”

Zhuohua was relieved to go out.

Wei Ruyi came out with Qi Zheng, and she has been very vigilant, looking at Jiang Yan's appearance, he seems to have a plan, so she can't sabotage his plan, it's just Qi Zheng......

When he walked to the shore of an uninhabited lake, Qi Zheng's footsteps really stopped.

Wei Ruyi looked at it and said directly: "If something happens to me, what will happen to you, you should also know it in your heart." ”

"Are you scared?" Qi Zheng asked her sarcastically.

Of course Wei Ruyi is afraid, Qi Zheng is not stable at all, okay!

She looked at Qi Zheng and tried to calm down: "Your child's business is none of my business......

"How dare you say it!" Qi Zheng suddenly shouted, as if he had been uncovered with scars, and his face was full of hideousness.

Wei Ruyi twisted her eyebrows slightly, she always felt that Qi Zheng seemed to be out of her mind, this is the palace, and today is the emperor's birthday banquet, if something happens to her, she will not have any good fruit to eat.

Unexpectedly, without waiting for Wei Ruyi to speak, Qi Zheng laughed to himself: "I know what you're thinking, Wei Ruyi, do you think that if something happens to you, I won't be able to eat and walk around, right?" ”

Wei Ruyi's eyebrows raised slightly, she was quite smart.

Qi Zheng sneered and took out a knife from his sleeve, the blade was still glowing green, obviously quenched with poison.

Wei Ruyi's footsteps took a step back, Qi Zheng sneered again, raised his other hand, took the dagger and swiped directly towards the back of his hand, blood came out, dyed the dagger, and turned black, and Qi Zheng's face suddenly deteriorated, and even his body shook, and he almost fell to the ground.

Wei Ruyi was dumbfounded, she was going to die for herself?

"Princess Rui, why are you ......?"

"Wei Ruyi, aren't you good at medicine? Then come and save me, if you don't save me, I'll see how you explain it to the emperor. Will they believe me if they say I committed suicide? Now the emperor can't wait to find a way to pinch you and threaten Lou Yan, what's the matter, come and save me? After Qi Zheng finished speaking, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, and sat on the ground with his strength on the railing on the side, but he still stared at Wei Ruyi with a surprised face.

Wei Ruyi felt that Qi Zheng was either full of water in his head, or full of.

"Who gave you the idea? Can't you see what they're having? Wei Ruyi asked her, took out a jade bottle from his sleeve, and rolled it from the ground to Qi Zheng: "Here is the antidote pill, if you don't want to die, take it yourself." Do you want me to get close to you and give you a chance, you should also think about whether I would rather risk the life of my child and mine to save you, or would I rather be misunderstood by the emperor, and I will at least change to a safe body. ”

With that, Wei Ruyi turned his head and left.

Qi Zheng didn't expect Wei Ruyi to walk so neatly: "Wei Ruyi, you ......" Before she finished shouting, she spit out another mouthful of poisonous blood, seeing that breathing was becoming more and more difficult, she grabbed the antidote pill that Wei Ruyi gave her and wanted to open it and eat it, but without waiting for the antidote to eat, she took the bottle directly from her hand with one hand.

She was stunned, and when she turned around, she saw Zhuohua who was holding the bottle.

"You...... Give me ......."

"Isn't it all planned, you use your life to drag Wei Ruyi into the water." Zhuo Hua looked indifferently at the dagger in her hand and the back of her hand that had turned black, this poison was given to Qi Zheng, seeing the blood sealing her throat, there was no cure, but Qi Zheng didn't know it, this stupid woman.

Qi Zheng stared at her, and for a moment, he struggled and begged for mercy, and regret and anger all appeared on his face: "Help me...... I can't die......" Qi Zheng grabbed her clothes tightly, Zhuo Hua saw the blood on her hands staining her peach-colored palace skirt, and her eyebrows twisted slightly: "You made your own decision, regret it now, don't you think it's too late." With that, he opened the jade bottle that Wei Ruyi threw down, threw all the antidote pills inside into the lake on the side, and then took out the poison that was exactly the same as the poison in Qi Zheng and poured it into Wei Ruyi's jade bottle.

Wei Ruyi's jade bottle is all special, and the bottom of the bottle has the mark of Wei Fu.

Qi Zheng's strength became less and less, she raised her hand and grabbed her throat tightly, until she fell to the ground with a pale face and convulsed, Zhuo Hua leaned over and pulled out the dagger in her hand, and also threw it in the lake, only then did she take out a dagger inlaid with gems from her sleeve and pierce her heart from behind Qi Zheng, seeing Qi Zheng looking at her with tears in her eyes, there was no trace of pity: "You are stupid to death, I don't know who the enemy is, but it's okay, now you are still a little useful." Don't worry, you hate Wei Ruyi so much, I will definitely help you and let her go to hell to see you as soon as possible. ”

After speaking, Zhuo Hua turned around and left, not noticing Wei Ruyi, who seemed to be leaving but hiding behind the bamboo not far away.

Wei Ruyi never thought that Zhuohua was really so ruthless!

After it was confirmed that Zhuohua was leaving, she quickly ran to Qi Zheng and probed her pulse, but she was already powerless.

"Save me......" Qi Zheng's tears fell, she didn't want to die, Zhuohua obviously told her that she could deceive the soft-hearted Wei Ruyi with this method, but Wei Ruyi not only didn't take the bait, but she was killed by Zhuohua.

She was not reconciled.

Wei Ruyi's eyebrows twisted slightly: "It's the poison that sealed the throat with blood, and the dagger also pierced your heart, I can't save it." ”

"Wei Ruyi......" Qi Zheng became anxious, her breathing became more and more rapid, and in an instant, all the memories of the past ten years even flashed in her mind, until Wei Ruyi, who frowned in front of her and showed a little pity: "I won't fight with you, please ......"

Wei Ruyi sighed softly: "For the sake of the unborn child in my womb, if I can save it, I will definitely save it." Qi Zheng, if you regret it, then the next life ...... Don't be so competitive anymore, and don't do such stupid things again. After that, Wei Ruyi had already heard the footsteps, and she turned around to hide, but her hand was held by Qi Zheng.

It seemed to be the last strength before dying, Wei Ruyi thought that Qi Zheng was not giving up, and just about to shake her off, he saw Qi Zheng take out a gray purse from his chest trembling: "Prove ......" Qi Zheng didn't finish speaking, swallowed his breath, and there were unfinished tears in the corners of his eyes.

Wei Ruyi looked at the purse, listened to the approaching sound, turned around and ran to the bamboo forest to hide.

But seeing the guards who appeared with knives outside, they knew that it was impossible for this matter to be easily turned over today, what should I do?

She looked at the purse that Qi Zheng gave herself, opened the letter suspiciously, and when she saw the contents of it, she sighed, and she didn't know whether Qi Zheng was smart or stupid!

But now it's not just Wei Ruyi who has an accident here, but Roujia's palace has also happened.

"Niangniang, the slaves and maids don't know why Concubine Liu came in here and died here." The palace maids knelt together, and Rou Jia looked at Concubine Liu, who had died in her bedroom with several knives in her body, and when she saw that the bloody murder weapon was also one of the many knives in her collection, she already knew what was going on.

"Niangniang, what can I do now, if the emperor knows ......"

"The emperor drove to ——!"

The eunuchs outside shouted, and the palace maids' faces turned pale, but Rou Jia turned around, watched the emperor come in quickly, and knelt on the ground calmly: "The concubines welcome the emperor." ”

"Ai Fei, the people in Concubine Liu's palace said that you called Concubine Liu......" Before the emperor finished speaking, he saw Concubine Liu's tragic corpse and a room full of palace maids with pale faces.

When Gonggong Gao saw this scene, he was also shocked and immediately sent everyone out.

The emperor's face slowly became gloomy, he didn't like Concubine Liu to always threaten him with the matter of King Xuan, but Concubine Liu was the queen and the wife who had accompanied him for decades.

"Your Majesty, do you want the slave to send someone to investigate?" Grandpa Gao looked at the calm atmosphere in the room and asked nervously.

The emperor only stared at Rou Jia gloomily: "Concubine, tell me what's going on." ”

Roujia didn't look at him, knelt on the ground, and said softly: "If a person dies in the concubine's house, the concubine kills him." ”

Gonggong Gao was stunned, and the emperor's fists were clenched together.

Outside Roujia's dormitory, Zhuo Hua looked at the Yu nobleman on the side, with a faint expression: "I didn't expect the nobleman to help this time." ”

Yu Guiren smiled: "What the princess ordered, the concubine naturally wants to help." ”

Zhuohua glanced at her, and saw that the eunuch Xiao Luzi not far away had already hurriedly ran over and turned sideways.

Xiao Luzi ran to her and whispered, "Princess, Princess Rui's matter is fine." ”

"In that case, then you can go in and report to your father." Zhuohua Road.

"Yes." Xiao Luzi hurriedly saluted and ran in.

After a while, there was a violent voice in the dormitory, and Jiang Yan and his wife, who were still outside, also quickly rushed over.

Chen Yansleeve's heart has always been hanging, even if she went out with Jiang Yan and the others, she was more worried about Wei Ruyi's safety, until she came in a hurry.

In the main hall, the crown prince stood beside the emperor with his hands and looked at the kneeling Rou Jia and Wei Ruyi, as well as the corpses of Concubine Liu and Qi Zheng placed aside, and the atmosphere in the entire hall dropped to the freezing point.

The emperor couldn't stop coughing, the outside of the hall was blocked, and no news could be passed out, Jiang Di slowly played with the treasure he found in his hand, and said to King Lian, who was so frightened that he wiped his nose with a handkerchief: "The means in the palace are really endless, fortunately Princess Lian didn't come today, otherwise I am afraid I will be scared." ”

King Lian hurriedly squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying and perfunctory: "Yes, the princess is very timid, and I am also timid." ”

Jiang Di saw him like this, smiled faintly and didn't say more.

The emperor finally got over this breath, looked at the people below, and his face was tense: "What do you want to do, ah, kill a few women, can you relieve the hatred in your heart?" ”

Although Jiang Di felt that his plan was foolproof, he looked at Jiang Yan, who was sitting on the side and drinking tea calmly, and was a little worried about what went wrong.

Zhuo Hua glanced at him, and he was also worried, but they shouldn't have left any handles, but the main target today is Rou Jia, Concubine Liu died in her dormitory, unless Concubine Liu resurrects and identifies the murderer as not her, she can't get rid of suspicion.

Seeing that Roujia was silent, the emperor grabbed the tea cup on the side and smashed it directly on her, and the tea splashed all over her, looking extremely embarrassed.

Although Rou Jia had already died of heart, the emperor's ruthlessness still made her heart ache.

She knelt down and saluted again in an orderly manner, and then said softly: "Has the emperor ever thought that Concubine Liu and the concubine have no grudges, why did the concubine kill her?" ”

"Do you have a reason to kill?" The Emperor was furious.

Rou Jia raised her eyes to look at him: "The concubine has never liked to be scheming for so many years, and she is the same now, but when she saw Concubine Liu being killed today, she knew that the concubine could not escape this hurdle." ”

"What do you mean, could it be that someone has framed you?" The emperor asked her.

Rou Jia only looked at him and said, "Last time Concubine Xian was poisoned, does the emperor still remember?" ”

The emperor frowned, and Zhuo Hua was also faintly worried, although it was said that Yingchun had not yet been resolved, but after all, she didn't know that she was the one behind the scenes.

Rou Jia saw that the emperor was silent, so she continued: "The concubine has been investigating this matter, although Yingchun said a person, but the concubine has not believed it, until this morning, Yu Guiren suddenly came to the concubine's palace and begged the concubine to save her life, and the concubine was sure that the person who poisoned the concubine was really her!" The concubine originally planned to tell you after your birthday banquet today, but she didn't expect that she actually stretched out her hand to Concubine Liu again. ”

When he heard Rou Jia say that Yu Guiren was a nobleman, Zhuo Hua knew that it was not good.

After Rou Jia finished speaking, the emperor's face became more and more ugly: "Who dares to be so rampant and do such evil things in my palace." ”

Rou Jia turned her head and looked at Zhuo Hua and Jiang Di on the side: "Is this concubine in the way of your business!" ”

Jiang Di sat up slightly straighter: "What do you mean by this, this king rarely comes to the harem, if you say that this king sits down, it's really inappropriate, right?" ”

"King Xiao is rarely here, but Princess Zhuohua lives in the harem." Rou Jia stared at Zhuohua with her eyes like a torch, she thought that the virtuous concubine treated her with nurturing grace, she would not be so ruthless, but she didn't expect it to be her!

Zhuohua's palms trembled slightly, but she firmly believed that Yingchun could not know that it was her, so she only pale her face slightly, stepped forward and knelt down: "Father, son-in-law is wronged." Erchen knows that the noble concubine has always disliked the son, but the virtuous concubine has been nurturing the child for more than ten years, and the son is not an unintentional person, how can he be so ruthless? ”

The emperor didn't believe it, Zhuohua he had always liked, smart and generous, sensible and polite, how could he do it to Concubine Xian? Not to mention killing Concubine Liu.

"What about the evidence?"

"The concubine is willing to testify that Concubine Liu was indeed killed by Princess Zhuohua, and the concubine is also an accomplice." Yu Guiren, who had been talking and laughing with Zhuohua before, directly knelt on the ground and cried: "The concubine doesn't want to see Concubine Liu's death, but the concubine has a low position, and she doesn't have a son and a half daughter under her knees, if she doesn't listen to Princess Zhuohua, Princess Zhuohua said that she has a hundred ways to make the concubine worse than dead." ”

Zhuohua's fists were clenched tightly, it was obvious that Yu Guiren came to her by himself and said that he wanted to help her!

"Nobleman, Zhuohua has no grievances with you......"

"Princess, just let go of the concubine, the concubine is also the emperor's concubine." Yu Guiren exclaimed softly with a frightened look.

Wei Ruyi knelt down calmly and looked at Zhuohua who fell into the trap step by step, and then looked at Yu Guiren, who was serious about acting, and realized in his heart, no wonder Jiang Yan was so good to Yu Rouyi during this time, and was even willing to drive Sister Yansleeve out for her, it turned out that it was all to win over Yu Guiren, a double agent.

"Father, son, ......"

"Someone, go check it out for me! The palace maids in the Roujia Palace and the palace maids in the Zhuohua Palace were all pulled out by me and tortured! The emperor interrupted her angrily, and Gonggong Gao did not dare to delay, so he immediately arranged for someone to go.

Jiang Di looked at the reversal of the situation, clenched his fists, got up and said: "Father, Zhuohua is just a weak woman, where is she so capable of threatening a nobleman and killing a concubine?" Here, I'm just afraid that someone will make trouble, and I want to get rid of Zhuohua who I have always disliked by the way by eradicating dissidents, and ask my father to see it! ”

Rou Jia smiled sarcastically: "Eradicate dissidents? If Concubine Ben wants to deal with her, when Yingchun says that she is the murderer behind the poisoning of Concubine Xian, Concubine Ben can directly submit the evidence to the emperor, why kill Concubine Liu in such a move? Besides, Yu Guiren has always been good friends with Zhuohua, if Zhuohua hadn't driven her to a dead end, would she have been able to come to the concubine who had always been at odds with her? ”

"Niangniang kept mentioning the Spring Festival, so it's better to bring her up." An imperceptible sneer appeared on Jiang Di's lips, and when the banquet began today, his people had already secretly executed Yingchun.

Jiang Yan looked at Jiang Di and said: "Unfortunately, when this king was looking for treasure, he saw a palace maid who was about to be pushed into the well, and this palace maid just said that her name was Yingchun, I don't know if it was the witness that the concubine said." After the words fell, someone had already escorted two palace maids in, one was Jiang Di's fine work, and the other was Yingchun.

Yingchun's forehead was covered with blood, and as soon as he came in, he knelt on the ground with weak legs and trembled.

If the emperor still doesn't understand what is going on when he sees this, the emperor for so many years can be regarded as in vain.

"Father's ......"

"Shut up!" The Emperor slammed the table, and everyone was silent.

The emperor didn't want to mention Roujia's matter anymore, so he swept to Wei Ruyi, who was kneeling aside and rubbing his legs silently, and said coldly: "Jinghe, what's going on with Princess Rui's death?" ”

"This ......" Wei Ruyi was just about to speak, and the little eunuch Xiao Luzi immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, when the slave found the body of Princess Rui, he also found a jade bottle. The slave happened to be in and out of the hospital from time to time, so he recognized that the contents of this jade bottle were a kind of poison that sealed his throat when he saw blood, and Princess Rui was hit by this poison, and there was a dagger stuck in her back. After saying that, someone immediately presented the murder weapon.

The dagger is obvious, embedded with jewels, and the blade is engraved with the words 'Gift Roujia', which was given by the emperor back then, and as for the jade bottle, there is also a 'Wei' character at the bottom.

Wei Ruyi blinked, this time Zhuohua and Jiang Di were really prepared, but it was a pity that there was such a betrayer as Yu Guiren.

After the emperor swept through the evidence, he saw that it was related to Roujia again, and the anger in his chest was already surging.

He said impatiently: "Wei Ruyi, you are the only one who went out with Princess Rui, but she was poisoned and stabbed, how can you explain this?" After that, it seemed that he didn't want to involve Rou Jia in this matter, so he said directly: "Come on, detain Jinghe first." ”

Chen Yansleeve was so frightened that he immediately stood up, but Wei Ruyi knelt upright, and said with a serious face: "The courtiers really can't explain it......"

Zhuohua's heart was slightly relieved, at least he could pull down Wei Ruyi, but he heard Wei Ruyi say: "However, Princess Rui herself has something to say." With that, he took out the purse that Qi Zheng gave her before he died.