The sound of rain continued and "crackled" against the eaves.

Chen Ying's eyebrows did not move, but the bottom of her heart was like a cold rain passing by, cold to the bone marrow.

Emperor Yuanjia's next move was almost predictable.

Prior to this, with only two bead hairpins, the direction of the matter was inconclusive. However, the embroidered handkerchief with the map drew the situation to turn sharply, like an unbalanced scale, quickly tilting in a certain direction.

Chen Ying felt powerless.

When a case is impregnated with political overtones, many things that were originally simple will become complicated, and more things that would otherwise be complicated will become simpler.

However, she knows that whether it is simple or complex, it is just the appearance, and what is hidden inside is the cruelty and bloodshed of political struggle.

"Someone!" In the imperial study, a sound line suddenly burst out, cold and heavy, like an ice blade cutting down in the air, splitting the dead silence of the whole house, and also made Chen Ying instantly come back to his senses.

She looked sideways and saw that Emperor Yuan Jia had left the case at some point, and walked to the window with his hands in hand.

Beside him, there were two large candlesticks that burned extremely brightly, and his whole person was bathed in candle flames, with golden dragons on the corners of his robes and auspicious clouds on his sleeves, blooming with dazzling light, but they couldn't suppress the momentum on his body.

Emperor Yuanjia, who was furious, was more like an emperor than ever.

Chen Ying looked at him worriedly, unable to tell what it was like in his heart.

The door of the house opened quietly, and He Shun'an walked in in with broken steps, bent almost to the ground: "The old slave is here." ”

Emperor Yuan Jia looked out the window, and his voice was as flat as ever: "He Daban, I want you to bring all the people to gather all the palace people who have stayed in the palace for more than fifteen years, and all the palace people are on standby." ”

He turned his head suddenly, and his eyes were like cold lightning, piercing straight to the top of He Shun'an's pale head: "You have to remember, I want everyone." ”

When it came to the last three words, his voice was extremely sluggish, as if a thousand jun was pressed on his tongue, and every word he spit out was very slow: "Even if it is a person in the cold palace, you have to pull it for me." Can be written down. ”

"The slave obeys." He Shun'an fell to the ground to receive the order, no matter his tone and movements, he was extremely calm.

Emperor Yuan Jia seemed to be very satisfied with his performance, his breath was slightly calm, and he raised his hand: "He Daban has worked hard, let's go." ”

He Shun'an thanked Long En, Fang got up tremblingly, and went down quietly.

Emperor Yuan Jia stood for a moment, turned to look at Hu Zonghan, his expression was cold, but his voice softened: "Old Hu, I also have something for you to do." ”

"Your Majesty, please." Hu Zonghan crossed his hands and saluted.

Emperor Yuan Jia looked out of the window again, and said lightly: "Marquis Weiyuan has my token there, and the Imperial Forest Army can be transferred, and I will deal with this matter with the two of you, and all the eight guards in the northern frontier will be promoted by the two of you, and I will take care of the group of palace people for me." ”

He suddenly stopped, and a low sneer burst out of his throat, and the cold wind blowing outside the window was a little cold.

"I want you two to personally interrogate these palace people, one by one, and among them, there will be people who know this pass." As he spoke, he had already arrived in front of the desk, stretched out a finger, and lifted the embroidered handkerchief high, and finally a trace of ridicule appeared on his indifferent face:

"I'll leave this thing here for now." He said, carefully looking at the map on the pa, his eyes were uncertain: "I want to appreciate this object alive." When you will use it, when will you come back to me. ”

"Obey." Hu Zonghan received the order neatly, and immediately turned around, his tall figure brought out a gust of wind, and Chen Ying's clothes and belts were also blown up, and then, the sound of boots fluttered, and he quickly walked out of the imperial study.

In a moment, the house became quiet again, except for the cold rain knocking on the window and the wind shaking the curtains.

Emperor Yuan Jia stared at the embroidered handkerchief for a while, and suddenly turned his eyes, as if he remembered that Chen Ying had not left yet.

His gaze swept over her, and a very thin smile appeared on his face: "Girl, why don't you say a word?" ”

Chen Ying bowed and said calmly: "This case is very important, and it already involves the court. Although the courtiers are good at solving cases, they don't know much about political affairs, so they don't dare to speak indiscriminately. ”

"Oh?" Emperor Yuan Jia hooked his lips, and his smile was like the wind outside the window, rising and falling at a glance, and then scattered.

"Aren't you curious about the hairpin?" He looked at Chen Ying, the candle flame flickered in his eyes, and his expression was also indistinguishable: "Don't you wonder what I will do with this hairpin?" ”

Chen Ying's eyes were low, and his face was unwavering: "There are too few clues and too many speculations in this case, each speculation is a direction, if you only rely on the existing evidence in your hand, it is difficult to find out in a short time." The only thing that can be done now is to interrogate Xingjibo's wife Cheng first to see if he can dig up the news from her mouth. ”

She paused, quickly raised her head, glanced in the direction of the imperial case, and lowered her eyes again: "However, the courtiers still have to declare first, in the eyes of the courtiers, this pair of pearls is likely to be a trick to lead the water to the east." Naturally, the courtiers had no evidence at hand, but,"

She suddenly stopped her voice, took a deep breath, and slowly spit out the remaining words: "However, the courtiers still insist on the original judgment, this hairpin is really a blame, please Your Majesty Mingjian." ”

After finishing the sentence, a deep salute, the lake-colored skirt hung down to the ground, like a layer of blue waves.

Emperor Yuan Jia didn't speak, but looked at her expressionlessly.

After a long time, his ice-like gaze softened slightly, and then he sighed.

"Let's go down." He waved his sleeves and looked out the window.

The very light voice did not seem to be angry, but it was not necessarily joyful.

Perhaps, this is a great deal of tolerance...... Right?

Chen Ying didn't know.

She withdrew from Banpo Zhai in a daze, and looked back, the cold rain was continuous, the lead clouds were low, and the wind rolled up a large rain line, sweeping over the roofs, layers of cornices, and sweeping over this majestic building that was almost impossible to see.

Jianzhang Palace, the place where the Great Chu Emperor rested, the supreme power center of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Chen Ying raised her head slightly, and beyond the corner of the flying eaves, there was a long sky, gloomy and heavy.

She exhaled hard.

"Miss Chen, stay." Not far away, there was a soft call, and the shrill voice of the inner prison made it extremely unrecognizable.

Chen Ying followed the sound and saw a person coming from the rain, with a blue palace suit, a green silk oil umbrella, and a jade plaque hanging under the palace silk on his waist.

It turned out to be Sun Chaoli, the steward of Jianzhang Palace.

"Hello Eunuch Sun." Chen Ying said hello with a smile.

Sun Chaoli seemed to have arrived from another temple, the hem of his robe was wet from the rain, and his leather boots were full of water, leaving a few wet stains when he stepped on the platform.

"The miscellaneous family hurried and hurried, and finally caught up." He gathered his umbrella under the eaves, wiped his slightly damp sideburns with a handkerchief, and said with a smile.

Chen Ying was also familiar with him, and when he heard this, he said, "Is there something wrong with Eunuch Sun?" ”

"No, the little marquis ordered the miscellaneous family to send you a letter." He said, taking out a folded note from his sleeve, and the person who was usually not smiling was smiling all over his face at this time.

Chen Ying guessed that the reward given by Pei Shu must have been quite rich.