The East Palace was indeed solemn, when Ning Xuanli quickly whipped to the East Palace, the crown princess was like a headless fly, and in order not to let people know that the dead person was Jiuze, the crown princess followed Ning Xuanli's advice yesterday and hid Jiuze's body in the prince's room like that, no one knew that the prince's room was intact, and the dead person was that Jiuze,

Except for her close confidants, the crown princess did not allow anyone to enter the prince's room, and all the windows were closed.

Yu Jin is checking Jiu Ze's corpse at the moment, hoping to know what kind of poison it is, and Jiu Ze went from the onset of illness to the loss of breath, it took less than an hour, everyone knew that this poison was coming for the prince, and of course the Tai Gong Xuanjing himself knew.

At this moment, Gong Xuanjing was lying on the bed pretending to be sick, and when he saw that Jiu Ze was out of breath, he sighed secretly: "Ling'er, this Jiu Ze is for the death of the prince, if it wasn't for him yesterday.... It was Prince Ben who had the accident. ”

The crown princess was observing the situation outside through the crack in the window, and when she heard the prince say this, she hurriedly walked over and said with relief: "You can't blame the prince, don't blame yourself too much, if you want to blame, you can only blame the person behind it for being too ruthless, we also tried our best, the imperial doctor was also there yesterday, and he didn't save it, not to mention that the prince doesn't know how to use medical skills." ”

"Having said that, but Ling'er, this person wants the life of this prince, this time he didn't succeed, there will definitely be a next time."

When the crown princess heard this, she persuaded again: "Prince, E-Niang has actually considered this situation for a long time, you are the crown prince, even if you have no intention of the throne and the government, but those people will not bypass you, to put it mildly, if the father has an accident one day, you are the only rightful heir, and when the time comes, with the support of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, those who are red on the throne will not have to fight to the death for the throne." ”

Here again, here again, the prince felt helpless, pointed to Jiuze's corpse and said: "Look at that Jiuze, he died for me, do you think I want to grab the throne now, they won't have any action?" Not only will they not give up, but they will intensify their efforts. ”

"Then have you thought about our son, and the future situation of the queen mother in the palace, do you think that if you hide in the East Palace, those conspiracies and tricks can be avoided?"

The two of them said one by one, and the gunpowder spread between the two people, and it seemed that there was about to have an explosive quarrel again, but fortunately, someone immediately announced: "Crown Princess, Ning Gongzi is here,"

When the prince heard the news from outsiders that Ning Gongzi was coming, he immediately said impatiently to the crown princess: "Don't say this kind of thing to Ning Xuanli in front of him, and don't want him to persuade me." ”

After saying this, the prince ran to the edge of the bed and sat down, Ning Xuanli asked someone to lead him in, as soon as he came in, he felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right, the princess felt aggrieved, but it was not good to say it to outsiders, so she sat aside and ignored people.

"I've seen the crown prince, the crown princess."

"You don't need to be polite, I've bothered you to come here again in the morning."

When Ning Xuanli heard this, he politely arched his hand and said, "Where did the prince say, if you are fine, it will be a blessing for the entire Great Shun Kingdom." By the way, Crown Princess, didn't anyone want to rush out the news this morning? ”

"Yes, there is a procurement manager in the kitchen named Li Tang, who said that he was in a hurry to go out to buy vegetables, but the concubine had ordered anyone not to leave the East Palace, according to the people in the kitchen, not only did the person not keep to himself, but he was also anxious to go out, I took the person down last night, but after a night of torture, I didn't ask for any useful news."

When Ning Xuanli heard this, he immediately said: "That person is suspicious, and he bothered the princess to check that person's background, I believe that there will definitely be unexpected gains, those people who dare to commit such a capital crime have already put life and death out of the way, if you ask like this, you will definitely not be able to ask for any useful news." ”

Ning Xuanli here reminded the crown princess how to do things, and asked people to take him to the firewood room to see that person.

"Crown Princess, Young Master Ning."

The guard's little servant was still shrunken for fear of the cold, but when he saw the crown princess leaving here with Ning Xuan, he immediately shook his spirits and saluted respectfully.

"Open the door, Ning Gongzi wants to interrogate this person."

The crown princess thought that the person had been frozen all night, and she must be honest, but when the doorkeeper pushed the door open, she found that the person had bitten his tongue and committed suicide.

The crown princess was startled when she saw this situation, and subconsciously took a big step back, Ning Xuanli hurriedly rushed forward to check, and found that the person had been dead for a long time, and the corpse had been frozen, Ning Xuanli's brows were furrowed very tightly, and now there were two lives in the prince's mansion, the key is that this person is dead now, and it seems that the clue has been broken all of a sudden.

He returned to the prince's room with a solemn face, and saw the prince staring at Jiuze's corpse in a daze, and the princess's face was not very good-looking, as if she was frightened, Ning Xuanli saw this, and arched his hand towards the princess: "Please also ask the princess to deal with the corpse of Fang Cai, don't ask someone to find it." ”

When the prince heard this, he asked suspiciously, "Who else is dead?" ”

The crown princess ignored him, but turned around and walked out of the room with a faint sigh, Ning Xuanli sat down next to the prince, patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Prince, don't blame yourself too much." ”

The prince sighed, looked at Jiuze's corpse and said: "Jiuze died unjustly, if I let me know who poisoned him, this prince will definitely not let him go in the future." ”

"Actually, who can there be, isn't the prince's heart very numerous?"

Ning Xuanli meant that although the prince usually likes to raise grass and cultivate flowers, his brain is not stupid, his face was full of anger, and he didn't sleep well all night last night because of this: "Look at this Jiuze's corpse is still lying here, he Gong Xuanqing wants me to die." Hmph, he had his Spring and Autumn White Dream, and the prince immediately went into the palace to tell his father to go. ”

"Prince, don't be impulsive, that person testified that we haven't interrogated anything, the person has already committed suicide and died, and the little guy who tasted the food has already left, it is estimated that it is also more auspicious, we can't find a witness, and we can't get ironclad evidence for a while to prove that the third prince did this thing, and in two days, the prince of Yanbei will arrive in the capital, and you haven't had an accident, the emperor will not go to investigate this matter in a big way, and the people called Yanbei in the province saw the joke."

Ning Xuanli said reasonably, and the prince sat back again, but his mind drifted away: "Since childhood, the third brother likes to be top-notch everywhere, and likes to compete for everything, and now that he is older, he wants to compete for the throne, but because the third brother has not made any major mistakes, Concubine Jing helped in front of her father, and coaxed her father to take a fancy to the third brother, and now the ambition of the third brother is getting more and more inflated, even if he is as wise as his father, he does not dare to easily drop the third brother at this moment." ”

"Yes, so in this matter, we must catch the ironclad evidence of the three princes, so that we can give the three princes a fatal blow."

Ning Xuanli actually had a big question in his heart, and at this moment, there happened to be no one in the room, Ning Xuanli sat down beside the prince, looked at the prince seriously and asked, "Your Royal Highness the prince, tell me that you really have no intention of taking the throne, right?" ”

The prince gradually raised his buried head, and nodded bitterly when he heard this: "You didn't know me on the first day, when I was a child, I studied in the study, Mr. praised the third brother, praised the fifth brother, and even praised you for studying harder than me, and I was also stubborn when I was a child, and when I was older, I was even more uninterested in those court politics, I felt that I was not that piece of material, and my mind was no longer that piece, no matter how my mother forced me, it would only make me feel disgusted." ”

Ning Xuanli listened silently, nodded and asked again: "But now that the poison has come down to your prince's mansion, if you want to take revenge, you will inevitably get involved in those things that fight for power and profit, and if you think about withdrawing at that time, it will be like falling into a swamp, and there is no possibility of withdrawing."

"Jiuze has been with me for more than ten years, and once he died, if I don't even take revenge, it will be in vain, and this person still saved my life."

"There are many ways to take revenge, and there is a way in my heart, do you want to listen to it, prince? And this matter is related to the prince's future, the prince you have to consider clearing it. ”

Ning Xuanli said it seriously, Gong Xuanjing listened even more seriously, he had long regarded this Ning Xuanli as his own brother, and he was even closer than the so-called half-brothers, and there was no hesitation when he heard this at this moment, Ning Xuanli said the method in his heart.

"You're telling me to play dead?"

In the past, Ning Xuanli asked him to pretend to be sick and he also pretended, but now how did this suddenly become pretending to be dead, this pretending to be dead is not a joke, the prince of a country is dead, how long can he hide it, how can he pretend to live?

"Yes. It's like the person who poisoned this is the crown prince, not Jiuze, do you understand? ”

The prince's mind also turned around, but he asked worriedly: "This prince is dead, the princess will definitely be affected, and the father and mother will definitely not let her go when the time comes, blame her for not taking good care of her, and blame her for concealing this matter, won't it affect her in vain when the time comes?" ”

Ning Xuanli shook his head and said: "Don't worry about this matter, and let me arrange it, the crown princess will be fine, but once the crown prince dies, he will never be resurrected in this life, and he will not be able to return to Kyoto to inherit the throne, are you really sure that you have made a good choice?" ”

When the prince heard this, he nodded solemnly, his eyes were extremely calm: "I naturally know that the dead cannot be resurrected, and only when the prince dies, the father and the emperor have the heart to punish the third brother, the third brother is impetuous, and he sees things simply, such a person is not suitable for the throne, and he is now vicious, and he actually wants to harm my life, such a person, if he doesn't clean him up, there will definitely be innocent lives buried in his hands in the future." ”

What the prince said was right, Ning Xuanli determined the prince's attitude, and was even more sure of what he was going to do, so he left the prince's mansion with his leave.