Chapter 34: The Salt Merchant
"Lord Wang, are you really not telling His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Hua Kai asked Qi Ziluo, who was going to the palace.
Only Hua Kai knows about the injury, and it is a little inappropriate to go to the palace in the current situation, after all, Qi Hua is mentioning yesterday's incident to the emperor, and it is only one night that it is full of wind and rain. When the emperor heard about it, he was very frightened, and someone dared to sneak into the palace, it must have been done by the insiders, so he announced that all the princes came to the imperial study to discuss matters.
In the sedan chair, he closed his eyes and did not answer Hua Kai's question, and he did not want to answer it. Half a day said two words:
"Salt Merchant."
He didn't want to believe that there were some things that were better rotten in his stomach.
Hua Kai heard it clearly, it was just two words, there was a sense of helplessness, Qi Hua was despicable, but his own prince must have a way. But now, the whole person seems to have lost his soul.
"Father, you have to be the master of your son!"
Before entering the imperial study, Qi Ziluo clearly heard Qi Hua's almost no voice.
If I had known that today, I should have wasted your throat! The dissatisfaction in his heart was about to erupt, Qi Ziluo could barely control his emotions and stood at the door for a long time.
Blossom noticed that his eyes were a little red. Can't help but tip:
"Lord Wang, the imperial study has arrived."
Qi Ziluo came back to his senses, his face returned to his usual appearance, and his steps seemed to be light, but in fact they were filled with lead.
"Father, before the retainers woke up, you asked people to call the retainers." Qi Ziluo's eyes were half-squinted, and his face was a little pale because of the wound, saying that it was just a lack of sleep.
"Luo'er, come here, just listen to it." Emperor Qi didn't expect Qi Ziluo to have any suggestions, as long as he didn't look for trouble. Qi Ziluo stood lazily next to Emperor Qi and yawned loudly.
What's the use of looking for this waste? Qi Hua glanced at Qi Ziluo with disdain. To continue:
"Yesterday, Erchen came back from Brother Nangong's house, and there were assassins, and the old housekeeper of Erchen's Mansion was killed. It's pitiful. ”
said that he was more and more aggrieved.
"Oh, second brother, there are assassins?" Qi Ziluo sat next to Emperor Qi in fright, and looked at Qi Hua in horror.
Emperor Qi touched his head and motioned to stop talking.
"Erchen believes that the assassin must be found, and now that the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty are panicking, the most important thing is not to spread this news." Qi Yuan bowed and said respectfully.
Qi Ziluo drilled into Emperor Qi's arms in horror.
This horror is real. It's not that I'm afraid of this thing, it's that I'm afraid of this person.
Emperor Qi rubbed his temples, frowned and asked:
"Did you lose anything?"
"Nothing is missing"
He paused: "Two people died pitifully, and Erchen was also injured in the throat." Qi Hua said almost in a huff.
No? The kind of thing you did, if you say it, you are also a person who has lost the Qi country!
"Assassinating the prince is a capital crime, what kind of person hates the second brother so much, second brother, think about it, who has a grudge against you." The Nine Emperors analyzed.
Qi Hua thought for a while, and glanced at Qi Ziluo, Qi Ziluo's whole face was buried in Emperor Qi's arms, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, but his body trembled as if he was afraid of something.
What's the use of this waste, even if it has an enmity with the king?
"Most of the people who have enmity with their sons are from other countries, and the seventh brother and his sons have a festival in the court, but they are just ......"
Is Qi Ziluo really a fool? Qi Hua was very suspicious now, but there was no sign of a normal person at all.
"Seventh brother naturally won't assassinate you, even if you think about it, you don't have the ability, think about it carefully, second brother, who still has a holiday with you, or rather, what are the indirect enemies?"
Qi Yuan relieved Qi Ziluo from the siege, and he was nowhere to be seen for many days, and I heard that he went to Jinzhou to find Jinyou, and he came back after having enough. On the day I came back, something like this happened, and it was difficult for others not to suspect it.
"Squeak."
The door opened, and Concubine Su twisted her body, and suddenly the whole room was filled with the scent of a woman, and she held a plate in her hand, which was some snacks.
"Lak, come here." Emperor Qi beckoned. Concubine Hu walked slowly to his side, put down the dim sum, and sat down next to Emperor Qi.
"Ro'er, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Shu deliberately touched Qi Ziluo's head, Qi Ziluo pushed her hand away, stood up and muttered: "Bad woman! ”
Concubine Su was a little embarrassed.
"Luo'er, don't mess around." Emperor Qi's voice was weak.
"Children, to avoid being a little willful." Concubine Shu pinched her throat, deliberately pretended to understand Qi Ziluo, and proudly poured a cup of tea for Emperor Qi.
"Mother, son-in-law, ......"
"The Emperor~"
Concubine Su squeezed out a few tears and said:
"There is only one child like this, you must help Rak'er find the murderer."
Qi Ziluo looked at Concubine Hu angrily, and everyone didn't pay much attention to Qi Ziluo's expression. Or rather, don't care about this person at all.
"Don't be sad, I have my own measure."
"By the way, father, one of them injured his son's back yesterday." Qi Hua thought of something.
"Prince, what do you think?"
Qi Hua lowered his head, Qi Ziluo felt that he was very terrifying, and he clearly heard Qi Hua say: "Father, the emperor, the sons and daughters feel that all the young men who have close contacts with the royal family and the minister's cronies and the second brother can check their backs. ”
Qi Ziluo's eyes widened, looking at Qi Yuan in disbelief, all the construction of Qi Yuan in his heart collapsed, all the seemingly beautiful, but he threw himself into the dire water, and it was like throwing himself naked into the ice hole, Qi Ziluo felt that he was a joke, a big joke! It turned out that he was just a pawn of Qi Yuan.
You're really suspicious of me!
Isn't all the salt in Wei State monopolized by you, the eldest brother I believe in the most? Qi Ziluo gritted his teeth and closed his eyes tightly, he had to endure it, endure not understanding, endure pretending not to know anything.
For the sake of your own selfishness, you still want to push me out. That plan to hurt Ah Jin with Qi Hua was that you used me and Qi Hua, and it turned out that you were the most terrible person!
The death of the mother concubine, was it done by Concubine Su, or did you do it? Qi Ziluo understood everything, if it weren't for the death of his mother, how could Emperor Qi feel guilty about the son of a slave? Qi Ziluo's hand squeaked, Concubine Su just slandered the mother concubine and the person Tong Jian, she said that she would insist on it for us, but how did she hang it on the beams of the house!
All the questions came one after another, and it seemed to be clear, since I fell, you told me that I had to pretend to be stupid to survive, and forced me to practice martial arts secretly. I really can't afford your concern.
Qi Hua noticed that Qi Ziluo was a little strange, and he was even more suspicious that he did it. So he said:
"What's wrong with the seventh brother?"
Everyone looked at Qi Ziluo in unison, he only felt that his body was burned hot, and the whole person was seen naked, his throat was dry, and he didn't even believe all this until now, and finally shouted out all the grievances hoarsely:
"Ahh
Like a flood, and like a wild beast, kneeling on the ground and clutching his hair, the moonlight sprinkled on his face, a little hideous, but looking at everyone with empty eyes.
"Father, the seventh brother's illness has happened again."
Qi Yuan said in a worried voice to those who didn't know the truth.