Ji Kaihan told Jian Huaizhen about the things he encountered in the tea forest, but omitted the section on Jian Polang and Xu Qixin's falling in love. Everyone is very embarrassed, no matter what, being able to escape death can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

Jian Wenying was quite anxious in her heart, and said: "Sister, I heard a person on Wuyi Mountain that day to discuss a big plan with Xu Qixin, who claimed to be an envoy of a court official. In this way, there is a high-ranking person in the court, or there is a force that wants to rebel. You might be able to figure out which one did it? ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled bitterly: "Naturally, I can't think of it." There were countless officials up and down in the court, some of them were honey-bellied, and some of them seemed to be loyal, but in fact they were treacherous. It is not an overnight matter to find out the court officials. Brother, the disciple of the candle shadow shaking red also found a clue, that is, this matter may be related to the eunuch. In this way, it is better. When I return to the palace, I will check if any of the two eunuchs are missing, or I can find out some clues. ”

Everyone sighed: "So far, this can only be the case." ”

After meeting his brother's family in Huaimingyuan and discussing the mastermind behind the scenes, Jian Huaizhen quickly returned to the palace. The first thing she had to do was to find out which two eunuchs were missing in the palace. As soon as the order was given, the chief of the inner court went to investigate the matter carefully. After a whole day of investigation, news came: two eunuchs from the inner official prison had disappeared. One of the two eunuchs was named Li Zong and the other was Chen Zhu, and they had only been in the palace for a year.

After Jian Huaizhen got the news, he was secretly surprised: the internal officials and supervisors are mainly in charge of the procurement of the utensils used in the harem, and they can walk freely in the palace, if they are disobedient to the emperor, or deliberately want to harm the emperor or anyone in the palace, wouldn't it be easy? The disappearance of the crown prince may have something to do with them.

Thinking of this, she sent Sun Xiangyong, the head of the inner palace, to come to meet her. Now, in the palace, Sun Xiangyong is the only person worthy of Jian Huaizhen's trust.

Sun Xiang entered the palace as a eunuch in his teens, and served the emperor in his twenties, and later the emperor was taken captive to Wara, Sun Xiang accompanied him all the way and took care of him, which can be described as the true love of adversity and loyalty to the emperor. After the restoration of Yingzong, although he did not give him a big reward, he has always been gracious and trusts him very much. No matter what, he will not harm the emperor.

Sun Xiang rushed to Wan'an Palace after a long time, and when he saw Jian Huaizhen, he hurriedly asked An Dao: "The old slave Sun Xiangyong has seen the eldest princess, the princess is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old. ”

Jian Huaizhen said: "That's it, Grandpa Sun doesn't have to be polite. The palace invited Grandpa Sun to come because there were some things I wanted to ask my father-in-law. ”

"The eldest princess, please say that the old slave must know everything and say everything. The old slave came late, because the emperor was not in good health, and the old slave served the emperor to sleep peacefully, so he came to see the princess and asked the princess to atone for his sins. Sun Xiang said respectfully. He knows the status of this princess in the court and the palace, and if he offends anyone, don't offend her.

Jian Huaizhen was quite emotional, Yingzong was only in his thirties, and he was so sick that he was sick today, so he said kindly: "Grandpa Sun, you take care of the emperor's life every day, and you have bothered to do so." ”

"The old slave doesn't dare to take credit, but he asks for no fault. The emperor's kindness to the old slave is as heavy as a mountain, and it is difficult to repay the old slave for his death. Sun Xiangyong became more and more respectful.

Jian Huaizhen waved his hand and said, "That's it, your loyalty to the emperor, this palace naturally understands." I have summoned you this time because I want to ask you something. Li Zong and Chen Zhu, do you have any impressions? ”

Sun Xiang replied unhurriedly: "The eldest princess of the Emperor, as long as she is the person who serves the emperor, every old slave knows it. These two are no exception. They have not been in the palace for a long time, and they have only been serving the emperor for five months. ”

"You remember it clearly, it can be seen that you are really loyal to the emperor. Who recruited these two people into the palace? And who arranged them by the emperor's side? Jian Huaizhen asked.

Sun Xiang said: "Eldest princess Qiyu, who recruited the two of them into the palace, the old slave still has to go back to check." As for the arrangement by the emperor's side, it is Gonggong Lin, who is the governor of the capital. ”

The governor of the capital specially followed the emperor and was responsible for guiding the Qing Dao, and he was also by the emperor's side on weekdays. Jian Huaizhen groaned slightly, and immediately said, "Oh, what kind of person is Gonggong Lin?" How do you treat the emperor on weekdays? ”

Sun Xiang replied: "In addition to being a good gambler, Gonggong Lin does not have any other shortcomings. He is only responsible for guiding the emperor on weekdays, and although the old slave meets him often, he is not familiar with each other. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and agreed: "After you find out which Li Zong and Chen Zhu recruited into the palace, you must notify the palace." If the palace asks you today, you must not tell anyone about it. The emperor is not in good health, you must help the palace take care of his diet and daily life. You must check the food and medicine he eats on a daily basis before you give it to him. Grandpa Sun, you are an old man next to the emperor, and the emperor's safety is entrusted to you by the palace. ”

Sun Xiang hurriedly saluted: "The old slave doesn't dare, everything must be ordered by the eldest princess." While speaking, he still couldn't help asking: "The eldest princess is so nervous, but there is someone in the palace who wants to be unfavorable to the emperor?" ”

Jian Huaizhen was silent, and only nodded after a moment: "This palace is just a guess, and there is no evidence for everything. ”

Sun Xiangyong said respectfully: "The old slave understands that the old slave will definitely follow the princess's instructions, take care of the emperor, and find out what the princess has explained." ”

"In that case, go down. When there is any need, this palace will look for you again. Jian Huaizhen waved his sleeves and said. Sun Xiang said goodbye in response.

After he left, Jian Huaizhen summoned Scattered and said to her, "There is a Gonggong Lin in the Duzhi Prison, do you know?" ”

Zero shook his head and said, "The slave doesn't know." ”

Jian Huaizhen said: "You go to the capital governor immediately, and when Gonggong Lin comes to see me, you must be fast." If you meet someone who wants to deal with Gonggong Lin, you have to protect him, you know? ”

Zero said yes and turned away.

Looking at the scattered figures, Jian Huaizhen was quite thoughtful. Everything seems to be calm, but in fact it is already turbulent. If the person who deliberately harms the emperor is a person from the court or harem, especially someone from the harem, I'm afraid things will not be so simple. There have always been many people in the harem, and there are many rights and wrongs, and if you want to see a person clearly, it is definitely not a matter of three days or two days. Therefore, it is not so easy to find out about the disappearance of Prince Jianshen.

She was worried, and the fragments had already turned back. Her hair was in a sloppy bun, and her face was pale, as if something had happened.

Jian Huaizhen saw it and asked her, "Scattered, what happened?" Why are you like this? ”

Settle down and said, "Princess, just now you ordered me to pass on Gonggong Lin, and I will go to the Duzhi Prison to find him." The people who knew the eunuch said that he was sick and was resting in the eunuch's room. I followed him to find him, but as soon as I arrived in front of Gonggong Lin's eunuch's room, I saw a dark shadow flashing by. I suspected that it was the person who dealt with Gonggong Lin, so I shouted to him, 'Don't go', but the man sent a secret weapon over, and the secret weapon was very sharp, almost hitting me in the shoulder, and he took the opportunity to escape. When I entered Gong Lin's house, I found that Gong Lin had already died, and he was dead under a secret weapon. Yes, I was very panicked in my heart. ”

Jian Huaizhen frowned, and said in his heart: After all, he was still one step faster! This person is indeed not simple, his actions are one step ahead of others, and it is really not easy to catch him.

Jian Huaizhen asked Lingluo to take the hidden weapon, so he ordered Lingluo to rest, and sat alone in the main hall thinking about his thoughts. The disciples of the candle shadow shaking red are still scattered, and they have all mentioned many hidden weapons, which shows that this person's hidden weapons have a certain degree of attainment.

Jian Huaizhen also has some research on hidden weapons. Her grandmother-in-law is the plum blossom needle that crowns the world's Chu Liuyan, and her own plum blossom needle is also used superbly.

It's just that the secret weapon she got from the scattered places is very weird.

There was a bead in one corner of the hidden weapon, which was a very precious Hainan pearl, and at the other end, it was a weapon as sharp as a slender knife. This dart is very useful for killing, because the weight of the bead is as light as the end of the blade of a knife, and when the weapon is fired, it will not be reduced halfway.

The mysterious man in black, after sending a secret weapon several times in a row, disappeared. Then in the market, the five disciples of the candle shadow shaking red and Li Zong were almost injured by this person's secret weapon. If this person is a person in the palace, it is predictable that he will commit murder in the palace. But it is not an easy thing to be able to commit murder in the palace and kill people in the market.

It can be seen from this that this person must be quite wealthy and powerful. Over the years, Jian Huaizhen has been quite familiar with the personnel in the court, and she has thought about it, but she has never been able to think of anyone who can have such great ability.

After thinking for a while, she felt a little tired, so she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes to rest.

Jian Huaizhen is strong in martial arts, and his hearing is not weak. Not long after, she suddenly heard the sound of thin footsteps. The footsteps were very weak, obviously the person who came was quite a martial arts foundation, and the light skills were not weak.

She didn't ignore it, but still closed her eyes and recuperated. The voice was getting closer and closer to her, and suddenly, a hidden weapon flew in. Jian Huaizhen gently raised his wrist and took the hidden weapon in his hand. She didn't wait for the person who sent the secret weapon to leave, so she shook her hand and sent the hidden weapon back. I heard an oops, and then there was the sound of someone falling.

Only then did Jian Huaizhen open his eyes, stood up, and walked out of the hall to take a look. When she looked at it, she couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that the person who came was none other than a sprinkler eunuch in her palace, named Xiao Button. It is said that before entering the palace, the small button said that allegro was for a living, so after entering the palace, there were many words. often tells jokes to the palace maids and eunuchs in Wan'an Palace, and those palace maids and eunuchs also love to listen to him.

The impression he left on Jian Huaizhen was nothing more, but he didn't expect him to be bold today and come to assassinate Jian Huaizhen while she was resting.

Jian Huaizhen glanced down, and the hidden weapon she had just sent back hit the right leg of the small button. The little button knelt on the ground with his legs bent, looking very uncomfortable.

"Who planted you next to me?" Jian Huaizhen said coldly. Since Xiao Button is now stabbing her, it is obvious that someone has already planted him beside him.

The little button changed from the humor of the past, and stubbornly lowered his head without looking at Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen's tone was very cold, and she said coldly: "Little button, if you don't tell the truth, this palace can't protect you." ”

Xiao Button had a painful look on his face, he glanced at Jian Huaizhen and said, "Princess, in this year in Wan'an Palace, you have been very good to the minions, and I will not forget it." After speaking, he chewed hard, and black blood suddenly flowed from the corner of his mouth. Jian Huaizhen was startled, and when he was about to reach out to stop it, it was too late.

Jian Huaizhen's heart was very cold, and he felt more and more incredible. This person's power is so great that he can control the eunuchs to kill people in the palace, who can have such great ability? She thought about it, and finally thought of something----- she felt that maybe she had been wrong from the beginning. Because in addition to the eunuchs in the palace, they can control the eunuchs to kill people, and the emperor's relatives can also do it. Especially, if that person is the person of the former Emperor Jingtai. Jian Huaizhen thought that it was time for her to go to Nannei.

The South Inner Palace is the place where Emperor Jing welcomed back Yingzong and gave Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to live in the past. Later, Zhu Qizhen killed the seriously ill Zhu Qiyu, seized the door and restored, and imprisoned Zhu Jianchen, the only surviving son of Emperor Jing, in the South Inner Palace.

Emperor Jing Zhu Qiyu originally had a son named Zhu Jianji, and after Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he abolished Zhu Qizhen's son Zhu Jianshen and appointed his son Zhu Jianji as the crown prince. It's a pity that in the fourth year of Jingtai, Zhu Jianji suddenly died violently. Zhu Qiyu had no children to inherit the unification, and suddenly remembered that when he was young, he had a dewy love affair with a Jiangnan woman when he was on a southern tour. With a little luck, he ordered the eunuch to go and find the woman.

Later, the eunuch who went to look for it said that the Jiangnan woman had moved and could not be found. Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to give up. Later, he became seriously ill and was very worried that there would be no successor. I dreamed at night that the Jiangnan woman came up with a young boy and told him that it was his son. He was touched, so he ordered people to go to Jiangnan to search for it.

The people sent out found Zhu Jianchen after several twists and turns, and the day after he brought him back to the palace, there was a restoration incident in the palace. Zhu Qiyu died, Zhu Qizhen originally wanted to execute Zhu Jianchen together to avoid future troubles, but Sanyang Li admonished, and later Jian Huaizhen returned to the court, and he was also persuaded repeatedly. Zhu Qizhen finally decided to let Zhu Jianchen go. However, he was imprisoned in the South Inner Palace, and let him try what it was like to be under house arrest at the beginning.

If it weren't for the fact that Jian Huaizhen had been sitting in the palace for so many years and had been taking good care of Zhu Jianchen, I am afraid he would not have been able to live a long time ago. The people in the palace have always been accustomed to being red and white, and there is no way to do it.

Jian Huaizhen walked out of Wan'an Palace and slowly walked towards the South Inner Palace. The South Inner Palace is located in a corner of the hall, surrounded by withered grass, which is very cold and lonely.

In front of the door, the iron door with the red deed peeled off, and when it was gently pushed, it made a creaking sound. Jian Huaizhen was slightly stunned, and a little loneliness and desolation arose in his heart for no reason.

The yard was quiet and there was no one. The grass in the yard is full of grass, and no one has cleaned it for a long time. Jian Huaizhen walked through the barren grass and walked to the front of the main hall. In front of the door, two eunuchs were sitting in the sun, their faces were blank, as if they had become accustomed to this kind of day, so used to the bone marrow, that they were numb.

When Jian Huaizhen walked in front of them, they were taken aback. Seeing Jian Huaizhen, he knelt down together and said, "Knock on the eldest princess Chitose Chitose." ”

Jian Huaizhen glanced down at them and asked, "Why is this Southern Inner Palace barren like this?" ”

One of the eunuchs said: "Princess Qiyu, there are only three people in this palace." In addition to us, there is an old palace maid who cooks. On weekdays, no one came, and the master told us not to take care of the dry grass in the courtyard. The other one chimed in.

Jian Huaizhen felt very uncomfortable in his heart. Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Jianshen, father and son, are her juniors. Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Jianchen, why not? In the end, on weekdays, he was still negligent. So much so that the palace people were so snub about them.

What about your masters? Jian Huaizhen asked.

"The master recites the Buddha inside, bless the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty." It was still the eunuch who replied.

"Oh." Jian Huaizhen responded: "In that case, I'll go in and take a look at him." The two of you lead the way. With that, he followed them inside.

The inner hall was empty. There was nothing in the big house. There was only one rattan mat, and Zhu Jianchen sat on it. He held the Buddha beads in one hand and held them in front of his chest with the other, and recited words in his mouth. Beside him, there stood an old woman in her sixties, with two coarse vegetables and a bowl of coarse rice on the ground.

Jian Huaizhen looked up and saw cobwebs dangling from the top of the hall. Occasionally, rats crawl by, apparently for a long time, because they are not afraid of people.

Jian Huaizhen's heart became more and more sad, and he called softly: "Chen'er." ”

Zhu Jianchen opened his eyes lightly and saw Jian Huaizhen standing in front, but he was not very surprised, and he didn't get up to salute, and said, "The eldest princess is polite." ”

Jian Huaizhen was slightly stunned, the young man in front of him was only less than twenty years old, but he looked like an old monk who had entered the meditation. In his eyes, there was no edge, only calmness, silence and silence. That kind of look is only available to outsiders who are decades old.

She nodded, didn't bother with Zhu Jianchen, and asked, "How long have you been converting to Buddhism?" ”

Zhu Jianchen said softly: "It's been more than five years. When I first came to this palace, my grandson was still young and ignorant. Later, I slowly got used to the days here, and even my heart was cleansed and quiet. Buddhism has no borders, and being able to take refuge in my Buddha is the honor of my grandson. ”

Jian Huaizhen looked at him, and even forgot the original intention of coming. Originally, she wanted to come and see if Zhu Jianchen was behind the scenes when so many things happened in the palace, but when he saw Zhu Jianchen for the first time, she knew that she was completely wrong.

When Zhu Jianchen was imprisoned, he was only fourteen years old and didn't understand anything. Although the palace is large, this southern inner palace seems to be very small, so small that the people in the entire palace do not have it in their eyes. Imagine that Zhu Jianchen grew up in a deserted place, from an ignorant child to a young man who converted to Buddhism, how could he have the ability and mental strength to cultivate the so-called power?