The West Rock Palace, shrouded in moonlight, became more and more blurry and sad.

Princess Changshan leaned on the soft collapse, squinting her eyes as if she was sleeping lightly and as if she was thinking.

Luo Rong stood on the side to serve, and from time to time she felt a little sleepy, and her eyes fought from time to time.

"What's the news over there, Lord Gu?" I don't know how long it took for Princess Changshan to ask softly.

Luo Rong was refreshed for a moment and replied quickly, "I haven't seen Lord Gu enter the palace in the past few days, so there is no news yet!" ”

Princess Changshan rubbed her temples and sat up slowly, "I don't know if he can find out this case!" ”

"Since it was recommended by Prince Yun and the emperor agreed, it will definitely not be wrong, but this case is too old, so it will definitely be difficult to investigate!"

"For some reason, I suddenly hope that he can't find out about this matter...... Princess Changshan sat up straight, "What happened to the matter that Lord Gu asked you to investigate?" ”

"Back to the princess, there is no news yet! That jar is really peculiar, no one in the palace has ever seen it, and it is a bit difficult to investigate! ”

"Also, if you don't know, you can't provide clues, and if you know, it's very likely that you're the murderer, so you won't say anything!"

Luo Rong nodded, "But this kind of thing has an impact on you, princess, I have heard rumors outside recently, saying that this case is related to you!" ”

Princess Changshan looked at the dark sky outside, as if there was no trace of starlight, "It's not the first day that such a statement exists, but I'm just afraid that someone will use this to embarrass the imperial brother!" In the royal family, the slightest mistake in behavior will turn into a sword! ”

"But I never understand, why did the queen mother have to put that thing in our palace, obviously someone saw it, and the people in the queen's palace put it in our place."

"If someone else wants us to do, they can't hide if they want to, and they can't blame others, the news is coming out of our palace, and if you want to blame, you can't blame the people below for not being restrained enough!" Princess Changshan muttered.

"But as for this queen mother, we are like thorns in the flesh, the fifth prince is the child of the first concubine, but the princess, you just see that this child is pitiful, and the queen is too fussful!"

"In this palace, nothing is a big fuss, and a little wind and grass can cause a bloody storm! How could she not be afraid?! ”

Princess Changshan sighed and continued, "How has the Fifth Prince's side been doing lately? But there are still people who are making trouble? ”

"Since the princess sent people to take more precautions, there has been no recurrence!"

"It's not enough to just take precautions, although the queen is not a ruthless and vicious person, but she can't guarantee what she will do for her son, but if the five princes have no possibility of winning the heir in the future, she should let the five princes live!" A trace of pain flashed in Princess Changshan's eyes, "Before the concubine left, she only left me a word, it is a blessing that the fifth prince can live, I don't want him to have the world, I just want him to have the most stable, safe and healthy life in the world!" If so, it can be regarded as his wish. ”

"The concubine is really watching!" Luo Rong stared, "But what is the princess's plan!" ”

"You go and inquire, the imperial brother's routine in the past few days, I will see him tomorrow!"

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The birdsong in the early morning is crisp and tactful, and the good mood of the day begins here.

After Luo Rong dressed Princess Changshan, after breakfast, she went to the first rate where the emperor was.

Although the two of them are sisters of the same mother, they are not common because of the difference between monarchs and ministers.

Changshan stood outside the first-rate, seeing that the sun was about to come up, and the wind was gradually rising, the father-in-law Gao beside the emperor hurriedly walked out and saluted, "Your Royal Highness the princess, the emperor is discussing here, do you think you should go to the side hall and wait for a while, or go back first and come back later!" ”

"I'll go to the side hall!" Princess Changshan thought for a while and said.

It's already spring, and the stove in this side hall has been removed early, and at this time, there is also a sense of desertion.

Changshan didn't know how long it had been, and Luo Rong, who had been pacing back and forth in the room, was startled and said, "Princess, princess, look, it's Lord Gu who is discussing with the emperor!" ”

When the two of them came, they deliberately chose the time of the emperor's early dynasty, and the concubine would not come to make trouble at this time, just said that there were people inside, they only thought that the emperor would discuss with the ministers of the early dynasty, and they never thought that this person was Gu Changqing.

"What is he doing so early? Could it be that there is a situation in the case? Princess Changshan also got up and looked at the window as she spoke, and for some reason, when she looked at him, she seemed to see his figure and paused slightly.

"Princess, did the emperor summon you in?" Father-in-law Gao walked in, and Gu Changqing's figure over there was also gone.

"Why is Lord Gu here?"

Gonggong Gao shook his head, "The old slave is old, his ears are not good, the emperor and Lord Gu are talking inside, how can the old slave hear it outside!" ”

Changshan smiled, "That's it, I'll just ask casually." ”

Changshan followed Gonggong Gao into the imperial study where the emperor was, and there was still the smell of Longjing before the rain in the air.

"Brother Huang drinks tea in the morning! I'm afraid I haven't eaten again! ”

The emperor walked over to Changshan from the table and said angrily, "You know everything!" However, this spring, everything was originally recovering, but there was such a thing in this palace, and the south caught up with the spring drought, even if I wanted to eat, I didn't have much appetite! ”

"I don't know what the imperial brother's concubines do, they are jealous all day long, and they don't pay attention to business at all." Changshan said, turned his head to his palace maid and ordered, "Luo Rong, you go to the imperial dining room to make a clear porridge, and then take a cold celery stalk!" ”

After Luo Rong went out, Gao Gonggong also walked out, and for a while, there were only two of them left in the room.

The emperor took a sip of tea, he knew what his sister's temper was, and said directly, "Changshan, you never took the initiative to come to me, the first rate, you came today, something?" ”

"Brother Huang, does Changshan have a problem?" Changshan pondered for a while before continuing, "You also know that the law of our Han and Jin Dynasty means that the princess can leave the palace at the age of eighteen. ”

The emperor probably didn't expect Princess Changshan to come for this request, so he froze in place for a while, and paused for a long time before saying, "But it didn't go well in this palace?" ”

"I don't know if the imperial brother has ever heard of such a thing, there is a kind of bird that can live for a while even if it does not eat or drink, but if it is caught and put in a cage, it will die in less than a day. Although Changshan is different from this bird, he also wants to go out and have a look, otherwise he will have to stay in the palace for the rest of his life. ”

"You know how dangerous the outside world is! I promised my mother that I would take good care of you, and that's why I didn't want you to go out! ”

Changshan was a little sad, "Does the imperial brother want me to be like you, imprisoned in this palace for the rest of my life, and only see the four heavens for the rest of my life." ”

"But sooner or later you're going to get married!"

"Marry?" Princess Changshan sneered, "This royal woman is just getting married from this palace to another palace!" So what's the difference! Brother Huang, I don't want to be like you, who has supreme power, but I can't even do what I like, and I can't even be upright with the people I like! ”

"Changshan!" The emperor roared a little angrily, "I see that you are sick, go back and rest!" ”

Changshan smiled coldly, "Brother Huang thought Changshan was sick, but Changshan was sick by this imperial city." How did the imperial brother think that news spread from the West Rock Palace, and how did the imperial brother think that note would appear in the West Rock Palace! Brother Huang thinks these five princes are so weak?! ”

Changshan, as a princess, understands a lot of things in the palace, but sometimes she has been pretending to be stupid, and now that she has said it so clearly, how can the emperor not understand!

"I know that the queen has been thinking too much for a while, which is why she did such a thing to hurt you!" The emperor sighed, "But it's just an accident!" ”

"Accident?" Changshan shook his head, "No, it's definitely not an accident. ”

Princess Changshan said loudly, "Don't you understand the imperial brother?" Because I am the sister of the royal brother, and I am honored above ten thousand people under one person, I will only become a thorn in the side of some people in this palace, and I want to get rid of it! Now because of Changshan, some people want to have bad intentions towards the five princes, and maybe Changshan will also become a weapon for others to deal with the royal brother in the future! Changshan wants to be good, I just want to make my life more plain, and the people around me are more stable! ”

"The queen's brother will naturally mention it! You can rest assured! ”

"Brother Huang!" A trace of pain flashed in Princess Changshan's eyes, "Such a conspiracy and intrigue, Changshan doesn't want to endure it, and he doesn't want to endure it, and he doesn't want to become a weapon for anyone to fight for power and profit, only Changshan leaves, leaves the place of right and wrong, stays away from the emperor, and becomes a useless princess waiting to marry, is my way out, and it is also the way out for the five princes!" ”

Changshan had tears in his eyes, but he didn't let it fall, "Could it be that the imperial brother forgot what the concubine said before leaving?" All he wants is for the five princes to live, as long as I don't become his help, he can live well, without me, the queen will definitely let him live well! ”

"You go back first! I'll think about it. The emperor sighed, put back on the chair, and said weakly.

Princess Changshan opened her mouth and swallowed back the words she had originally wanted to say.

For others, this palace is a place of yearning, but for Changshan, it is a place of desperate escape! If she had the opportunity, she would rather live in a place where there was no struggle for imperial power, and live the most ordinary life as an ordinary person!

"Princess, the emperor agreed!"

As soon as Changshan came out, Luo Rong, who had already handed over the food to Grandpa Gao and had been waiting outside, couldn't wait to ask, but seeing that the princess was silent, she turned her head and comforted, "The emperor is only one of your relatives by his side, so he is naturally reluctant to let you go." But if it doesn't work once, let's ask for it a few more times! The emperor will always agree! ”

Changshan smiled bitterly, but what flashed in his mind was the scene of the two of them playing together when he was a child, at that time he was not the emperor, she was not a princess, they were just a pair of brothers and sisters who could play at will, she was bored, he found all kinds of interesting things to make him laugh, she was hungry, they ran to the imperial dining room to steal the pastries that had just been made for the concubine to eat, she was uncomfortable, so he let him carry him back and forth in the imperial garden, until he fell asleep.

Then......

At that time, there was no identity barrier between them, just like the most ordinary brothers and sisters.

"Your Highness the Princess!"

A familiar voice pulled Changshan away from his memory, looked back, and said in surprise, "Master Gu? ”

Gu Changqing glanced around, "I've been waiting for the princess here for a long time!" ”

"Wait for me?" Changshan's heart tugged fiercely, "But the case has an eyebrow." ”

Gu Changqing nodded, "I still need the princess's help." ”

"How can I help?"

"It only needs the princess to admit in front of the public that the palace night banquet picture does eat people, and the princess sees it with her own eyes."

"Why do I say that?" Changshan was a little surprised.

"The princess not only has to say this, but also says that this palace night banquet picture is a demonic thing, and she must open the altar to cast spells, exorcise demons and burn paintings, in order to stop the endless killing of the palace night banquet map!" Gu Changqing said calmly.

"You're going to burn the palace feast?"

Gu Changqing knew that this painting was not trivial to Changshan, perhaps not only because this painting was once loved by the Queen Mother, but he still said, "Don't worry, princess, since the palace night banquet picture is said to be borrowed from the princess, the minister will definitely return to Zhao." ”

"You want to get a fake?"

Gu Changqing shook his head, "No, it's true." ”

Changshan didn't continue this question, and in her heart, there was an even more puzzled thought, "You tell me, you don't really think that this case is a ghost!" Or is it that you can't find the murderer and want to find an excuse to clean yourself up! ”

Gu Changqing couldn't help laughing, "The princess thinks I look like that kind of irresponsible person? ”

Changshan is not a good stubble in the end, "I don't know if you are such a person, but I know that nothing is impossible in this world." ”

"The princess's words are right for the courtiers." Gu Changqing said with a smile, "The minister also thinks that nothing in this world is impossible, such as the palace night banquet trying to eat people?" ”

The princess has only known Gu Changqing for a few days, and even if she heard about his reputation, it has only been two months, and these two months are too little, and at this moment, she is not sure of his true intentions.

After pondering for a long time, he said, "However, even if I say this, the imperial brother will not agree, just listen to it as a joke." ”

"What the emperor thinks, how can the princess know if she doesn't ask?"

The princess was silent again for a while before speaking, "If the royal brother agrees, who will do the rituals?" Could it be Luanchuan? You and the third brother brushed his face that day, and he was willing to do it? ”

"I said it below, how do you know if you don't give it a try!" Gu Changqing smiled indifferently, then bowed and saluted, "The minister still has something to do, so I will leave first!" ”

Gu Changqing didn't stop, and walked out quickly, bringing a gust of wind.

Changshan looked at his disappearing back, looked at Luo Rong, and said with some hesitation, "Do you think Gu Changqing's words can be true?" ”

Luo Rong shook her head, "Lord Gu's mind seems to be farther than the sky, where can the slave and maid guess." ”

"But such an unbelievable thing, can the imperial brother believe it?"

Changshan's question was answered two days later.

The emperor not only believed it, but also supported her statement very much, and asked all the people in the palace city to participate in the spell casting that day.