After Jian Huaizhen explained everything, he returned to the palace. After two days in the palace, she has been paying special attention to Sun Xiangyong's movements. Sun Xiangyong looked no different from usual, and he cared very much about the emperor.

On the third day, the candle shadow shook the red contact with the sporadic contact. After receiving the news, he came back to see Jian Huaizhen.

She hurried in, her face very ugly. When Jian Huaizhen saw it, he asked: "But the matter of Grandpa Sun has a result?" ”

Ling Luo nodded, and said with some hesitation: "Princess, you can't imagine who this grandfather-in-law is." ”

Jian Huaizhen had already expected the worst outcome in his heart, so he asked lightly, "Who is Grandpa Sun?" ”

"Princess Qiyu, according to the report of the spy who shook the red of the candle shadow, Father-in-law Sun's hometown is Yongping Luanzhou, and his surname is not Sun, but Cao."

Jian Huaizhen was shocked when he heard this, and he already understood something in his heart. The eunuch Cao Jixiang who was sentenced was also a native of Luanzhou, Yongping, and I am afraid there is some subtle connection between the two.

Ling Luo continued: "Grandpa Sun's hometown is Muliu Village, Leping Town, Luanzhou, and Cao Jixiang's hometown is also Muliu Village. Cao Jixiang's original name was Cao Shen, and his grandson's real name was Cao Yong. ”

"They're brothers, aren't they?" Jian Huaizhen pondered for a moment and asked.

Scattered nodded: "That's true." Cao Jixiang's eldest grandson was eight years old. When Sun Gonggong was six years old, his parents died in a plague. Only the two brothers are left to rely on each other. Cao Jixiang was very good to his father-in-law. He later entered the palace as a eunuch, also because of the poor years, he was still young and couldn't take care of his younger brother, so he entered the palace as a eunuch in order to get a fee for entering the palace. When Cao Jixiang entered the palace, he entrusted his father-in-law to a neighbor's family surnamed Sun. Later, the family surnamed Sun fled to Yongzhou, where the family lived. ”

Jian Huaizhen sighed and said, "So that's the case. No wonder one of them is surnamed Cao, and the other is surnamed Sun. ”

The family surnamed Sun was originally very good to Grandpa Sun, but unfortunately Grandpa Sun's stepmother became obsessed with horse hunting and lost all the money, so she resold Grandpa Sun to others. Later, Grandpa Sun lived a very hard life, and was forced to enter the palace and become a eunuch in desperation. Zero-fall sighed.

Jian Huaizhen was also very emotional, but despite this, he still did not forget the important things. So he asked: "You said that Gonggong Sun only entered the palace as a eunuch later, and Cao Jixiang entered the palace very early." Does Grandpa Sun know that Cao Jixiang is his biological brother? ”

Ling Luo shook his head and said, "There is only so much news that the spies with the red shadow of the candle shadow went to Luanzhou to find out. As for whether Sun Gonggong knows his relationship with Cao Jixiang, it is unknown. If he knew about the relationship, then everything or what he did was unknown. It's just that if he doesn't know that Cao Jixiang and him are brothers, or this matter has nothing to do with Grandpa Sun. ”

"You're right," Jian Huaizhen lowered his head and pondered for a while: "We still have to figure out this matter first." Cao Jixiang has been dead for several years, if Sun Xiangyong knew his life experience, he should have thought about avenging his brother a long time ago, how could he delay it until now? We must not wronged good people. ”

Ling Luo thought deeply and asked, "Princess, what should we do now?" ”

Jian Huaizhen thought for a while and said, "You ordered Yanran to send Sun Xiang to come immediately, and this palace wants to find out about this matter." ”

Scattered agreed to go. Not long after, Sun Xiangyong walked in with Yanran. When he saw Jian Huaizhen, he stepped forward and finished saluting, and asked, "The princess is in a hurry to summon the old slave to come, but for the emperor's illness?" The emperor has been in the past two days. Better spirits than the previous days, princess, don't worry. ”

Jian Huaizhen didn't move, and said with a smile: "The emperor has been sick for so long, thanks to Grandpa Sun's careful care. Both the palace and the emperor are very grateful to Gonggong Sun. Scattered, you go and move a chair, and the palace wants to have a good talk with Grandpa Sun. ”

Scattered answered, and went to move a yellow rosewood hat chair and put it in front of Sun Xiangyong.

Sun Xiangyong didn't know how to be a celebrity in front of Jian Huaizhen, and immediately thanked him repeatedly. He sat down sideways and said, "The old slave served the emperor, it was a great gift, and the eldest princess killed the old slave." ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said, "Why should Grandpa Sun be polite. Who in the palace is dedicated to the emperor, the palace is still clear. Then, he just did gossip and asked Sun Xiang a lot about Zhu Qizhen. Sun Xiangyong's spirit gradually relaxed, and he almost had to answer Jian Huaizhen's questions. The two had a great conversation.

Suddenly, Jian Huaizhen changed his tone and said, "Grandpa Sun, Concubine Yi visited the palace today and brought some mille-feuille cakes, a specialty of Luanzhou. This palace heard that you were originally from Luanzhou, and this palace remembered your hard work in serving the emperor, so the mille-feuille cake will be rewarded to you. Scattered, you go and get the pastries and give them to grandpa Sun to enjoy. ”

Sun Xiangyong's body trembled slightly, a trace of panic passed through his face, and he immediately said: "Back to the eldest princess, the old slave is not from Luanzhou. The old slave is a native of Yongzhou. ”

Jian Huaizhen let out an "oh" and said, "It turned out that Bengong remembered it wrongly." In this case, scattered, you go and get the golden silk jujube from Yongzhou and try it for Grandpa Sun. ”

Scattered left in response, and after a while, he took two boxes of golden silk jujubes and sent them to Sun Xiangyong. Sun Xiang thanked him in his mouth, opened the box, and saw the golden jujube, and was very touched for a while: "I don't know that the old slave has been away from his hometown for more than 20 years, and I don't know what the situation of his parents at home is." ”

Jian Huaizhen said quietly: "It is human nature for Grandpa Sun to want to go back to visit his parents. When the crown prince returns to the palace and takes care of the emperor's body, the palace will say to the emperor and teach you to return to your hometown. ”

"The old slave bowed to the eldest princess." Sun Xiang thanked him with a salute.

Jian Huaizhen waved his hand and said, "That's it." You've been away from the emperor for a while, and the other eunuchs must be unaccustomed to serving you. You should go back sooner. Sun Xiang said yes and bowed to leave.

After Sun Xiangyong left Wan'an Palace, he stood in front of Jian Huaizhen and asked, "Princess, what do you think?" ”

Jian Huaizhen held the teacup, with a sharp look in his eyes, and said, "If my guess is right, Sun Xiangyong must have already known that he is Cao Jixiang's younger brother." ”

"How so?" Scattered is a little puzzled.

Jian Huaizhen said slowly: "Just now, the palace will ask him some daily affairs first to distract his energy. When he was not so dire, Bengong suddenly said that he would give him Luanzhou's specialty mille-feuille cake, and he was a little nervous at that time, that is, he was not from Luanzhou, but from Yongzhou. You told the palace that Sun Xiangyong was already six years old when he was given to the Sun family. Later, a few years later, the Sun family moved to Yongzhou. At that time, Sun Xiangyong must have been eight or nine years old. How can an eight- or nine-year-old child have no memory of his childhood? So there is only one possibility, that is, Bengong suddenly asked him, and he was caught off guard and was busy defending himself. ”

Scattered exclaimed: "The princess is superior." When the princess asked like this, didn't Sun Xiangyong know that the princess was suspicious of him? ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled: "Exactly. I deliberately made him think that the palace was already suspicious of him. In this way, if he is really the person behind the scenes, he will definitely take action. From now on, as long as Hongu monitors his every move, he will definitely be able to find out the truth of the matter. The so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind, which is exactly this reason. ”

Zero Luo thought for a while and said, "What the princess said is true. What should we do now? ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled: "You don't have to do anything. You've worked hard these days, so let's rest for a few days. As for Sun Xiangyong's business, let the younger generations do it. You let Yanran immediately leave the palace and go to Huaiming Garden, and let the frightened dye enter the palace. Sun Xiang's work will be handed over to her to do well. ”

Zero agreed, "Yes." "Immediately ordered Yanran to leave the palace and inform Tang to enter the palace.

In the evening, Tang Jingran had already come to the palace. She went to Wan'an Palace to see Jian Huaizhen and asked, "I don't know what happened to the princess's aunt who was shocked into the palace?" ”

Jian Huaizhen told him about spying on Sun Xiangyong. At that moment, Zero Luo took Tang Jingran to change into the clothes of the palace maid and took her to see Sun Xiangyong.

Sun Xiangyong saw that Lingluo suddenly brought a beautiful palace maid to come, so he asked: "Aunt Lingluo came, I wonder if the eldest princess has any orders?" ”

Zero Luo smiled and said, "Grandpa Sun, this girl's name is Shocking." She is the daughter of our eldest princess sister. She had been living abroad for many years, and now the princess had specially summoned her to the palace, wanting her to have a place to live in the palace. The princess saw that her father-in-law was working hard to take care of the emperor, so she sent a frightened girl to serve the emperor with her father-in-law and share the burden for her father-in-law. ”

Tang Jingran saluted, and said with a reserved smile: "Tang Jingran has seen Grandpa Sun." ”

When Tang was talking to Sun Xiangyong, he deliberately paid attention to the change in his expression. When he heard Tang's three words, there was a faint look of shock on his face. Tang was shocked and said, "Aunt Princess's guess is really good, there must be something wrong with this person." If not, why would he be so alarmed when he heard my name? ”

It turned out that Tang Jingran was the palace master with the candle shadow shaking red, and no one on the rivers and lakes knew it, and no one knew. If Sun Xiangyong had colluded with people on the rivers and lakes, he would definitely know Tang Jingran's name. Now that he saw Tang Jingran suddenly being sent by Jian Huaizhen to his side to stare at him, how could he not panic?

Sun Xiang smiled reluctantly: "Since you are the eldest princess, you can't be wrong." Let's stay here after that. Please ask Aunt Zero to return to the eldest princess, our family will definitely take care of the frightened girl, and we will definitely not let her be wronged in the slightest. ”

Scattered laughed and said, "In this way, there will be Father-in-law Lao." There is still something to do in the Wan'an Palace, so I'll go first. Shocked, what the princess tells you to do, you must do it well, don't let the princess down. ”

Tang pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry." I made a note of it. I know how to do it. ”

They answered one-on-one, but they deliberately said it to Sun Xiangyong. In this way, Tang Jingran was monitored by Sun Xiangyong's side.

Zero returned to Wan'an Palace to report the situation to Jian Huaizhen. She didn't understand why Jian Huaizhen would send Tang Jingran to spy on Sun Xiangyong, wasn't she afraid of startling the snake?

Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said, "Definitely not." From the moment the palace asked the Luanzhou people, if Sun Xiangyong was the mastermind behind the scenes, he would have been shocked in his heart, so why should he be panicked now? There are three reasons why I sent Shock. First, he is smart and has good kung fu, and he can stay by Sun Xiangyong's side to monitor him. If he wasn't behind the scenes, sending Shocker would never have made him careless. If he is the one behind the scenes, he sent the shock, and he even sent the party. Only with the cleverness of the frightened can he deal with the cunning old fox. ”

"Second?" Jian Huaizhen said slowly: "Shocking is the palace master whose candle shadow is red, who in the rivers and lakes doesn't know?" If Sun Xiang can use his hands and eyes in the imperial court, harem and rivers and lakes, then he will naturally know it. In this way, he will feel that he is being watched, and he will be suspicious of Hongu dealing with him. If the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, it will inevitably do irrational things. Thirdly, if Sun Xiang makes any moves, I believe that Shocking Ran will definitely do her best to protect the emperor. ”

Zero suddenly realized: "I see, the princess is really well-intentioned." ”

After Tang was ordered to monitor Sun Xiangyong's every move, he was very concerned about everything about him. No matter where he goes, Tang Jingran will follow. In this way, Sun Xiangyong was quite unaccustomed to it, and in desperation, he said to Tang Jingran: "Miss Tang, why have you been following the old slave?" ”

Tang laughed and said, "Grandpa Sun, how do you know that my surname is Tang?" Did I tell you? I don't remember Aunt Zero telling you. ”

Sun Xiang swept a trace of imperceptible yin owl on his face, and then said with a smile: "It was Aunt Scattered who said it, did the girl forget it?" ”

Tang was shocked and said, "Oh", "I see, maybe I forgot." The eldest princess asked me to come to my father-in-law to learn how to take care of the emperor, and of course I had to follow my father-in-law. In this way, I can learn from my father-in-law. Father-in-law, do you say yes? ”

Sun Xiang reluctantly replied: "The girl said yes, yes."

Tang smiled in surprise, and continued to follow Sun Xiangyong.

At night, Sun Xiangyong guarded outside Zhu Qizhen's dormitory, and Tang Jingran also guarded with him. Tang was shocked and asked, "Grandpa Sun, don't you have to sleep at night?" Why do you have to stay outside the emperor's bedroom? ”

Sun Xiangyong was quite complacent, and said: "If the emperor wakes up in the middle of the night, others will not serve well, and our family will be able to serve well." ”

"I see, Grandpa Sun is worthy of being a trusted person by the emperor." Tang was shocked and praised.

The two were outside the dormitory together, keeping watch until late at night. Sun Xiangyong thought about it for a while, and said to Tang Jingran: "Shocking girl, our family thinks that the emperor hasn't thought about it until now, and he shouldn't wake up tonight." Let's go back and rest, girl. ”

"I'm here to learn from Grandpa Sun to serve the emperor, Grandpa Sun, the master, hasn't left, how can I, as an apprentice, slack off?" Tang said with a grin.

Sun Xiang had no choice but to continue to defend with Tang Jingran. After more than half an hour, Sun Xiangyong said: "In this case, our family will ask someone to prepare two bowls of mushroom soup for us to warm up and refresh." ”

Tang was shocked and clapped his hands and said, "That's very good." I'm a big fan of food. ”

Sun Xiang called a little eunuch and ordered him to go to the imperial dining room and order him to make two bowls of mushroom soup. After a while, the little eunuch came back with a food box.

Sun Xiangyong is a celebrity around the emperor, how dare the people in the imperial dining room be lazy, so everything that has never been the best. In addition to two bowls of shrimp and mushroom soup, there are also various snacks and snacks, which are very exquisite.

The little eunuch stepped forward, put two bowls of mushroom soup in front of Sun Xiangyong and Tang Jingran, and handed them two spoons respectively.

Sun Xiang said with a smile: "How about you try the mushroom soup made in the imperial dining room?" ”

Tang was stunned and smiled at him, and he felt a little furious in his heart when he laughed. Tang was shocked and said, "Grandpa Sun, I look at your bowl of mushroom soup, it seems to be more delicious, why don't we change it?" ”

"Why are you so bold?" The little eunuch stepped forward: "Talk to our father-in-law like this." ”

Tang Jingran ignored him and said, "I'm just a new little palace maid." It's just that the eldest princess sent me. ”

Seeing this, Sun Xiangyong waved his hand, and the little eunuch took two steps back. Sun Xiang said with a smile: "Since the frightened girl thinks my bowl of soup is good, let's change it." With that, he swapped the two bowls of soup.

Tang was shocked and smiled again: "Grandpa Sun, not only do I look at your mushroom soup, but I also look at the spoon in your hand that seems to be better than mine." Sun Xiang shook his head helplessly, and swapped the spoon with him.

In this way, Sun Xiang took two sips of the mushroom soup that Tang Jingran had exchanged, and said: "It is really a great blessing in life to be able to drink a bowl of mushroom soup in the cold night." After speaking, he took the pastry in his hand, ate it, and said with emotion: "I think that back then, our family accompanied the emperor to be trapped in Wara, and what I hoped for most at that time was nothing more than to have a mouthful of rice to eat and a mouthful of soup to drink." Now that we have everything, God is not thin on our family. ”

Tang was shocked to see him drinking the soup, so he drank it too. As soon as I drank it, it was really delicious, and I drank the whole bowl of soup immediately. She asked curiously: "Grandpa Sun, how did you not spend time with the emperor in Warat at the beginning------" Before the words were finished, Tang was shocked and suddenly fainted.

Sun Xiangyong's face was not shocked, he looked at Tang in shock, and said without the slightest expression: "I tried my best to live." Do you think that since my father-in-law wants to poison you, how can he only drug you in a bowl of soup? You are the dignified candle shadow shaking red palace master, and you came to the palace master just to spy on your father-in-law. How do I not know that you are careful in all things and careful in everything? It's a pity that no matter how cautious and careful you are, you are not the opponent of your father-in-law. High thought, you're doing a great job. ”

The little eunuch stepped forward and said, "My father-in-law has a good reputation. It was the father-in-law who was very witty, took the antidote first, and then ordered the little one to do it. The little ones just do what they do. Where can I compare to the wisdom and martial arts of my father-in-law. “

Sun Xiangyong smiled and did not refuse.

The little eunuch Gao Xiang continued to ask, "Father-in-law, what is this woman doing?" Do you want to kill her and dispose of her? “

"That's not necessary," Sun Xiangyong said, "First, she is the person of the eldest princess. The eldest princess, who assisted the emperors of the three dynasties, still has power in the government and the opposition after living in seclusion for 30 years, which shows that her city is very deep. As a last resort, let's not provoke her. Second, this Tang Jingran is the head of the candle shadow shake red, if she has any three long and two short, the group of people who shake the candle shadow red are not fuel-efficient lamps. We don't have to worry about her for the time being, and tomorrow morning, we will give her the antidote. When she asked, she said that she had fallen asleep and had nothing to do with us. ”

"Father-in-law is clever," Gao Xiang flattered, "what is Father-in-law going to do next?" ”