There is only one person in the side hall, Qu Bo is alone, the palace maid who pours tea is waved away by him, he is used to living a poor life, and he always feels uncomfortable when someone is waiting next to him.

Xie Qinglin "condescended" to come to the side hall in person, but did not ask anyone to pass it on and let Qu Bo go over to see him.

Qu Bo heard the eunuch at the door say in a loud voice, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived", stood up with a little restraint, and when he saw the man stepping into the door against the light, he knelt down and hugged his fists and said, "The minister Qu Bo has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Qu Si straight, please get up." Xie Qinglin was weak, and Qu Bo stood up.

Xie Qinglin sat down on the main seat, ordered Qu Bo to sit down as well, and asked him, "Qu Sizhi came this time, but what did he find?" ”

"The minister is fortunate not to be dishonored." Qu Bo took out a pamphlet from his arms, which was densely filled with words, "The minister found that the relevant cases in recent years are indeed unusual. ”

"Oh?" Xie Qinglin's eyes narrowed slightly: Let's take a look. ”

"These cases seem to be disorganized, but in fact, they all have one characteristic......"

……

Qu Bo told him what he had discovered in the past few days, and his tone was flat and uneventful throughout the whole process. But what he said was sensational enough, Xie Qinglin's face sank after listening, and he was silent for a while before slapping the table heavily: "It's really lawless!" ”

"Your Highness is angry......" Qu Bo was not good at this kind of occasion, so he only said dryly.

Xie Qinglin looked into his eyes: "Qu Si has made such a meritorious contribution, and this king deserves a heavy reward." ”

Qu Bo knelt down: "This is a matter within the minister's responsibility, and I don't want a reward." ”

However, Xie Qinglin had already made a plan in his heart, and he had already figured out how to reward Qu Bo.

……

After Jiang Yunyu and Dai Nong reviewed the garden, Lan Qianhuan welcomed them in happily, and kept asking what Dai Nong's palace looked like.

Dai Nong couldn't help but tease her: "The palace, but the road is paved with gold, it is simply a fairyland on earth." ”

"Don't listen to her nonsense." Jiang Yunyu said with a smile.

"What the hell is that like, Miss is eccentric and won't take me there." Lan Qian looked at her with wide eyes.

"Do you really want to know?" Jiang Yunyu asked her.

Before Lan Qian could nod, he heard Jiang Yunyu say again: "The palace is not a good place, are you sure you want to go in with me?" ”

She remembered that in her previous life, the three of them suffered a lot in the palace, and Lan Qian even lost her life.

Dai Nong hurriedly said: "Of course you have to follow Miss, we will go wherever Miss goes." ”

Jiang Yunyu shook her head slowly, and her tone suddenly became solemn: "This is not a matter of talking, you had better think about it, don't look at the endless singing on the surface in the palace, and you can't see how dark it is behind the scenes......"

"Miss, why do you think so?" Dai Nong also became serious, and his tone was low, "You said that the palace is full of dangers, how can we rest assured that you are alone?" ”

"Alas......" Jiang Yunyu's nose was sour.

Lan Qian was frightened by her sudden change in tone, frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Miss, you haven't been there again, how do you know it's not a good place." ”

Jiang Yunyu shook her head, how did she know that the palace was not a good place?

Of course she knew, but she couldn't say.

"That's fine." She bit her lip, "If you must follow me, you must be cautious in the future, in case something happens, I will be helpless, especially you, Lan Qian, you must pay more attention." ”

There seemed to be a thousand words hidden in her eyes.

"I see." Lan Qian coquettishly played with her, swearing that she would not make any mistakes.

Jiang Yunyu still hasn't completely let go of her heart, and the shadow of her previous life lingers in her heart.

Dai Nong also smiled and assured her, Jiang Yunyu looked at them deeply for a while, and her mood relaxed.

Why should she see the road ahead so bumpy?

It's just a matter of everyone facing it together.

……

"Father, what the son said is true." Xie Qinglin knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.

Emperor Jianyuan lowered his eyes and was silent.

In February, the spring was cold, the chill spread from the floor to the whole body, Xie Qinglin had been kneeling for some time, he learned this shocking secret from Qian Wu, and his face turned pale after coming out, and after asking someone to send Jiang Yunyu back to the garden, he hurried back to the East Palace.

The stakes were very high, he only told Su Zhongxuan, hoping that the resourceful Taifu could give him an idea, but after hearing this, Su Taifu just stroked his gray beard and was silent.

"In any case, this matter must be reported to Your Majesty." After being silent for a long time, Mrs. Su slowly spoke.

This old man, who has experienced countless ups and downs, was also deeply shocked at this moment, the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty's extermination of Rong was heard by their generation since childhood, and they thought that this nation had dissipated in the rolling smoke of history, how could they have thought that they would resurrect?

Xie Qinglin thought so, so he came to the imperial study, omitted some trivial side details, and told the emperor about the important things.

However, Emperor Jianyuan didn't think much of what he said, Xie Qinglin tried to emphasize the importance of this matter several times, but he accidentally spoke too much, and Emperor Jianyuan's face turned cold on the spot.

Xie Qinglin knelt on the ground, not daring to say anything else.

Emperor Jianyuan is now moody and more violent, and even though Xie Qinglin is the crown prince, he does not dare to anger him easily.

After a long time, Emperor Jianyuan said tiredly: "I know. ”

He may not really take this as a thing, and said casually: "It's just a few remnants of the Rong clan, and it's not enough to worry about." ”

When he said this, Emperor Jianyuan's eyes were erratic, and his hand was subconsciously rubbing a crystal green jade Ruyi.

Xie Qinglin was taken aback, and looked up at Emperor Jianyuan in disbelief.

He remembered that his father was not such a person, why didn't he even care about such a thing as "rebellion" now?

How can this be, his country, doesn't he care?

Xie Qinglin didn't dare to stare at it for too long, and soon lowered his head and said with great difficulty: "Erchen, please investigate this matter." His face was dark.

"Are you going, I still want to find something to do for the fourth child." Emperor Jianyuan's words made him stunned, "But since you want to go yourself, then ask the fourth child to help you." ”

Xie Qinglin secretly glanced at Emperor Jianyuan's expression, and didn't find anything unusual, as if it was really just a casual sentence.

However, speaking of which, what is the fourth child doing now? It seems that they have been very peaceful lately, and they haven't heard of any trouble.

"Son's command."

……

East Palace.

After Qu Bo left, Xie Qinglin called the two guards who had gone to Lizhou with him.

Yanbei and Yun Shen stood at the bottom, holding their breath and concentrating, with serious expressions.

Xie Qinglin's face was solemn, and he asked in a deep voice, "Do you remember the assassin in Lizhou back then?" ”

This......?

Yan Bei and Yun Shen were both frozen, and then reacted quickly.

Of course I do.

After they settled the local matter, the night before they were about to leave Lizhou, in the courtyard where Xie Qinglin lived, an assassin sneaked in, obviously with few skills, and was killed by Yun Shen's knife, but fortunately did not cause any harm to Xie Qinglin.

The assassin had the same tattoo on his back as the woman on her body.

After returning to Beijing, they were unable to find out the whereabouts of the assassin after several attempts, and it remains an unsolved mystery.

"Your Highness, what have you discovered?" Yun Shen asked.

Xie Qinglin said with a straight face: "The people from the Criminal Department came to the news that Qian Wu also had a tattoo on his body, and they copied the pattern to show me, and it was indeed exactly the same." ”

Both of them were taken aback.

"What about this...... Does that mean ......," Yun Shen guessed, "that assassin was also sent by the Rong clan?" ”

Yanbei's face changed: "No, His Royal Highness was a private visit to Weifu, where did they get the news." "Only a few of them know about His Highness's visit to Lizhou, how did it leak out?

Whoever leaked it is an extremely dangerous thing.

"I don't doubt you." Xie Qinglin's face soothed, "It's just that they have someone to take care of in the imperial court. ”

"Does Your Highness know who this person is?" Yanbei asked.

Xie Qinglin shook his head: "You can't dig him out for the time being." ”

This man is hidden enough that all the existing clues can't dig him out, and he is still hiding behind the extremely dark appearance to play with this Tan muddy water......

Sooner or later, though, he'll have nothing to hide.

"And." Xie Qinglin rubbed his chin, "That Su Su also died in the prison for unknown reasons, maybe...... It's the same group of people. ”

Yun Shen thought about it for a while, there was indeed such a thing, Su Su was originally locked up in the prison, but on the day Jiang stopped the funeral, everyone went to watch the ceremony, leaving only two guards, and Su Su was killed under their noses.

He felt a chill in his heart: "The remnants of the Rong clan ...... How many more people are there. ”

Xie Qinglin said in a deep voice and slowly: "Don't underestimate. ”

Emperor Jianyuan ordered him to deal with this matter with Xie Ziyu, although he preconceived that Xie Ziyu was a dragger, he knew that this matter was by no means as casual as Emperor Jianyuan's mouth, and he had to be cautious and not make a mistake......

……

By the time these things were done, it was already evening, the remnant sun was like blood, and the evening breeze was cool, Xie Qinglin planned to report to Emperor Jianyuan about the candidate for the crown princess.

The emperor was not surprised, and even a little relieved.

The crown prince finally began to think about his life's events.

"Who is she? Do you live in Luojing or out of town? ”

"Father, this daughter is from the Jiang clan in Lizhou." Xie Qinglin's tone was solemn.

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "Why haven't I heard of it?" His face was already clearly old, and wrinkles crawled all over his face.

Xie Qinglin paused for a moment before saying, "She is the daughter of Jiang Zhu. ”

"Jiang stop?"

The emperor had not forgotten him.

This amazing talent, after all, was once a well-known figure in the country.