For three days, this day was the day when King Ning and Yun Shangshu set off for disaster relief in the north.

Since that day, Lin Qi and Xiao Chengyue have resumed their cold state of cooperation.

Through Zhang Ji's case, Lin Ji finally decided to enter the palace to ask Emperor Sheng Zhi in person, the so-called wrong step is a loss, the relationship between Yun Shangshu and King Ning is just her conjecture, if you want to start in this disaster relief incident, you still have to be completely sure.

Early in the morning, Lin Qi took the opportunity to recheck his condition and entered the palace again.

It's just that today's Emperor Sheng Zhi's complexion is far worse than a few days ago, his face is dry and sallow, his cheeks are sunken, his eyes are closed but his surroundings are dark, and he looks very tired.

When Lin Qi went, it was the middle of noon, and Emperor Sheng Zhi had just used the imperial meal, and when he heard that the person who came was Lin Qi, he got up from the imperial couch and received him with one breath.

"Do you want to ask the Bianbei disaster relief, why do I still insist on going my own way when I know that there are ghosts in it?" Emperor Sheng Zhi looked at Lin Qi, who was standing aside and stopped talking, and asked out loud.

Just like that day, a golden curtain slowly rose behind him, separating the two of them.

Lin Qi dared to speak boldly, "The emperor's reputation, after Zhang Ji's case, you must already know that King Ning has the intention of causing trouble, why do you want to leave this matter to him, if it is done, the emperor is not afraid......"

Lin Qi didn't dare to continue, since ancient times, the sacred heart was unpredictable, she could freely speculate in her heart about Emperor Sheng Zhi's intentions, but she could never say it on her face, she still understood this bit of courtesy.

"The wind is not strong, why do you lift the wall." Emperor Sheng Zhi muttered, looking weak.

"Bianbei famine, how many silver taels did he secretly swallow, I really think I don't know? I know exactly what he did with the money he swallowed, and who he colluded with to form a party, if it was Zhang Ji's matter, he was not alert, and if he didn't stop there, what could I expect from him. ”

"The country is big, but the warmth of the world is what a monarch should pay the most attention to, why should a person who doesn't even care about the life and death of the people sit on the throne of this monarch."

Looking at Emperor Sheng Zhi's disappointed expression, Lin Qi finally understood, it turned out that everything was under Emperor Sheng Zhi's control.

He had already known that King Ning was greedy for ink and silver, created a plague in the north of the border, and sold medicinal materials at a high price to make a profit, and afterwards, Emperor Sheng Zhi deliberately gave King Ning the title to send him to the north of the border, pretending to be fooled by him, so that he let down his guard and concentrate on disaster relief.

I wanted to take this opportunity to abolish his desire to seize the throne.

Who knows, King Ning actually made another flower theft incident before leaving, and Emperor Sheng Zhi was angry and cut off his arm Zhang Ji as a warning.

If King Ning sees the mystery and reins in, he may be able to save his body, but if he continues to insist on going his own way, just like Lin Qi and Xiao Chengyue expected at the beginning, he will end up with no money and no money.

However, Emperor Sheng Zhi is the lord of a country, and acting directly and openly is that a person with a bad heart like King Ning is already a capital crime, so why bother so much.

Could it be that there is something hidden in this?

Seeing that Lin Qi was stunned and didn't speak, Emperor Sheng Zhi slowly got up, "Do you think I'm too ruthless?" ”

Even his own own son is so calculated.

Hearing this, Lin Qi was taken aback for a moment, and replied with a smile, "No, the emperor did this, there must be the emperor's reason, the courtiers are just using the emperor's light this time to get justice for Grandpa Yun. ”

Lin Qi desperately wants to clear up the relationship. Emperor Sheng Zhi is too shrewd, and if he is not careful, he will be calculated by him.

Rao is a smart person like Xiao Chengyue, and he would never have imagined that behind the whole thing, it was Emperor Sheng Zhi who was setting up the game, and they were the chess pieces in this game from the beginning.

Lin Qi recalled the whole thing, he promised to help Xiao Chengyue, one was for the people in the north, and more importantly, he wanted to help the Yun family stabilize the foundation.

However, in just half a month, the Yun family suffered a catastrophe, the old man Yun died, and Yun Shangshu rebelled himself, all of which was far beyond the scope of Lin Qi's thinking, but it was held in the palm of Emperor Sheng Zhi's hand, and it was all under control.

With such scheming, it is hard for Lin Qi to imagine how many chances she and Xiao Chengyue will have to compete with them!

Before figuring out what Emperor Sheng Zhi's purpose was, it was better to be careful in everything, Lin Qi was secretly sure in his heart.

"Hahaha...... It's a good one to stay away. Emperor Sheng Zhi suddenly laughed, slowly walked to Lin Qi's side, and looked at her without moving, "Sure enough, she is a smart and clever girl, I didn't see the wrong person." ”

Immediately, Emperor Sheng Zhi waved his hand lightly, and the Yigong Gong Gong Ma behind him took out the brocade box prepared in advance and handed it to Emperor Sheng Zhi.

The brocade box was opened, and I saw that there was a Buddha bead tiled in the box, and from the bottom of the box to the edge of the box, there was a faint halo from the top of the Buddha beads.

Lin Qi took a closer look, the Buddha beads are all made of precious sea stone jade, among the crystal background, each one is glowing with light blue light, about 30 pieces of jade, each of them is sleek, where it is condensed, there is still a small jade carving tag, on the book: "Juan" word.

Although the Buddha beads are precious, Lin Qi knows that this kind of thing is psychic, if people wear it every day, play, the blue on it will become darker and darker, on the contrary, if it is sealed in the dust for a long time, it will be with the passage of time, the color will be from dark to light, from the original dark blue, gradually turned into crystal color.

And this string of Buddhist beads belongs to the latter.

Lin Qi secretly estimated that this should be a woman's old belongings, or rather, the old belongings of Emperor Sheng Zhi's former beloved.

Lin Qi watched Emperor Sheng Zhi take it out, his dim eyes were filled with tears, his body was already weak, his pale face was even more ugly at the moment, he held the string of Buddhist beads tightly in his hand, and put it to his heart.

After a long period of relaxation, Emperor Sheng Zhi calmed down, wiped away his tears, pointed to the Buddha beads and said lightly, "I want you to check one more thing, this matter, you can't tell anyone, you can only know." ”

"I want you to go and check the origin of this string of Buddha beads for me."

As he spoke, he handed the Buddha beads to Lin Qi.

Lin Qi took it, and the cold touch of Hai Shiyu instantly cooled her whole body, and she couldn't help but wonder, "This is?" ”

"The things of the first queen." Emperor Sheng Zhi raised his eyes and looked at the screen behind Lin Qi, his eyes were dull, but Lin Qi saw the shadow of memories from it.

Emperor Sheng Zhi continued, "When I first ascended the throne, the situation in each country was unstable, she had a gentle temperament, although she was the queen, but she had never fought with anyone, I could only protect her thoroughly, I could only be cold on the surface, and secretly go to see her. ”

"This string of Buddhist beads was given to her by me on her twentieth birthday, and it is the only relic she left behind."

Emperor Sheng Zhi said, his tone suddenly became very sad, but there were no more tears in his empty eyes.

She once said that if one day, the situation of the country changes, she is willing to accompany me to Jiangnan Xiaozhu to live the life of an ordinary person, and then this string of Buddhist beads will be enough to support the future life of the two. If she can't wait for this day, after she goes, she will leave this string of Buddhist beads to accompany me for a long time, just like when she was there. ”

"However, no one would have expected that this string of Buddhist beads would become a deadly thing."

"I hope you can find out who handled this thing back then, and who did it on this string of Buddhist beads and killed her."

Lin Qi was stunned in place, and the person in Emperor Shengzhi's mouth must be referring to the Duanyuan Empress Xie Wantao back then.

However, didn't Empress Duanyuan hang herself in Changchun Palace? Could it be that someone faked the secret news of the East Palace back then?

And Emperor Sheng Zhi, such a king of a country, watched his beloved wife being killed and failed to save him, and even after his death, he failed to correct his name, and hid in his heart for fifteen years in a row.

It is really unbelievable that such an unjust case was handed over to her as an outsider to investigate and handle it fifteen years later.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers are just a woman, she has no power to restrain the chicken, she only knows how to scribble medicine, I am afraid it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility, and I ask the emperor to take back her life." Lin Qi knelt down as he spoke, and offered the Buddha beads with both hands, making it clear that he didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

Emperor Sheng Zhi chuckled, as if he had expected her to react like this, withdrew the Buddha beads, and said no more.

Lin Qi thought that he had dispelled this idea and knelt down to ask for his resignation, but when he turned around and approached the door, he suddenly heard a voice, "Ruo Zhen said, tourmaline Buddha beads, is it related to the ten-core lotus stone on your body?" ”

Lin Qi was stunned, turned around and looked at him in shock.

"The Yun family's ten-core lotus stone, you can find the method of immortality, Yun Bolin has the grace of knowing you, but Yun Yizhang is very unkind to you, the key point is that this ten-core lotus stone, I am not wrong, right?"

Seeing that Lin Qi was silent, Emperor Sheng Zhi continued, "The tourmaline Buddha beads and the ten-core lotus stone are in the same place, since Yun Bolin is willing to hand over the ten-core lotus stone to you, it proves that you are definitely not a person, if you are willing to help me secretly investigate this case, I can also help you get what you want." ”

Sure enough, it was the emperor, his scheming was so deep, and his insight was surprisingly high, Lin Qi tried his best to suppress the ups and downs in his heart, "So, this is a deal?" ”

"It's a deal." Seeing her relieved, Emperor Sheng Zhi sat back on the couch tiredly, "How?" ”

Lin Qi hesitated for a long time, his heart moved secretly, he thought for a long time, and finally nodded, "The emperor's name, this deal, the courtiers should be ordered." ”

As long as it is related to the true dragon's qi, even if there is a hint of clues, Lin Qi will not let it go, maybe as he said, the gas on the sea stone jade is closely related to the ten-core lotus stone, and perhaps, it can help the ten-core lotus stone to come into use as soon as possible.

Moreover, Empress Duanyuan is Xiao Chengyue's biological mother, if the East Palace incident was fake, it would be okay to help find out the truth.

Lin Qi accepted the tourmaline Buddha beads, and the Sacred Heart of Emperor Shengzhi was very happy, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, he immediately gave a lot of rewards, along with the tourmaline Buddha beads, and gave them to Lin Qi.

"The matter of the flower thief has now come to light, just wait for the truth to surface, you can close the net, you go back and prepare, you and Yue'er have to think carefully about the disaster relief in the north of the country."

Lin Qi walked out of the palace gate, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, Emperor Sheng Zhi may have known about her and Xiao Chengyue's conspiracy, but he just followed their hands and secretly helped them.

Looking at it this way, there is no doubt that the anonymous medicine list before was sent by Emperor Sheng Zhi.