When he asked this, Yinzhen remembered that Eniang told him that the prince's displeasure at the celebration banquet that night was that their brothers ignored the prince, but they didn't know if this matter had anything to do with the death of the eleventh elder brother, at least the events of that night had nothing to do with the eleventh elder brother.

"I'm just going to take a walk alone." Asked by his younger brother like this, the prince was slightly embarrassed, and said without looking over, "It's too stuffy in Yuqing Palace, in fact, it's stuffy everywhere, I occasionally want to be alone, and I drank again that night, so I wandered there alone to sober up." ”

"You've been there?" Yin Zhen asked.

"No, I walked there aimlessly, leaning on the railing to take a breath, and I saw a man floating in the water." When the prince thinks about it now, he can still turn pale with fright, and he looked at Yinzhen with horror and said, "I was startled, and all I thought of was to run away quickly, and I ran back to Yuqing Palace." When I was about to fall asleep, I heard that it was Brother Eleven who was fished out, and the child died the next morning. ”

But now that the funeral has been completed, whether the emperor did find a person to conduct an autopsy at that time, and what the result was, Yinzhen doesn't know the prince and doesn't know. And the death of the sixth elder brother Yinzuo back then, now it seems that his father is also over, but everything happened in front of Yinzhen and the prince, and they all understand how the sixth elder brother died and who he died for.

Even if I didn't understand it when I was young, I now understand who was behind the scenes. The brothers can no longer have the brotherhood of childhood, but they are all trying to maintain a superficial harmony. Even if Yinzhen comes to "help" the prince now, he is a little uneasy in his heart.

"Yinzhen, if Huang Ama finds out about me, if he doesn't believe me, can you help me say a few words?" The prince's request was simple and direct, and he took his brother's arm and said, "Help me like you did back then, okay?" Yinzhen, believe me, it was really not me who killed the eleventh brother, what should I do to kill him? ”

Yin Zhen hesitated, he always felt that if he nodded, he would become the prince's ally, Huang Ama really asked, if he didn't stand up, he would betray the prince, if he stood up, how would his father think of him? In the final analysis, he was involved in this matter, but he stood in an even more embarrassing position than the prince, and it was clear that all this had nothing to do with him.

"Yinzhen, if you don't help me......"

"Second brother, I will help you." Yin Zhen finally made a decision, and said to the prince seriously, "I can't testify for the second brother, after all, I didn't see anything that night, but if Huang Ama doesn't believe the second brother, I am willing to speak for you, our brothers have been for so many years, I can trust the second brother." ”

The prince's face was relieved, as if his complexion had recovered, he breathed a long sigh of relief, patted Yinzhen on the shoulder and said, "I know that the fourth brother is reliable, and among the brothers, you can trust it the most." ”

Yinzhen smiled and responded a few times, and said that since he came to see the calligraphy and painting, he still looked at it seriously, so as not to gossip from outsiders, the prince said again and again, and really appreciated the calligraphy and painting with him, although it was just pretending, but Yinzhen still selected one and prepared to send it to Yonghe Palace, and he entered the palace to ask for peace for Eniang.

In Yonghe Palace, when Lan Qi unfolded the famous painting sent by his son, after taking a few closer looks, he said: "Have you asked the prince, did he get it himself, or did the emperor reward it, but don't put the things rewarded by the emperor to us." ”

Yin Zhen said: "I asked, it's not a royal gift." ”

Seeing that his son was frowning well when he spoke, Lan Qi guessed that he should have said something unpleasant to him in Yuqing Palace, put down the calligraphy and painting, and said, "Is there anything you want to say to me?" If not, walk out of Yonghe Palace for a while, smooth your brows and then walk out, don't let people look at the fourth elder brother worried, as if there is something big. ”

Yin Zhen smiled bitterly, and sat directly next to Lan Qi, the mother and son hadn't relied on each other like this for a long time. Although Lan Qi knew that his son was not yet twenty years old, and he still had a little childishness in his youth, but after all, he had children, wives and concubines on his own, and he had also experienced wind and rain on the battlefield.

"What's wrong?" Lan Qi asked softly, and said with a smile on her face, "What's the trouble with this?" Home? ”

"It's good at home." Yin Zhen smiled, "Don't worry, Yuxi's body is not bad, although my mother-in-law once said that Yuxi's body can't withstand pregnancy, there is nothing wrong with looking at her now, and she didn't feel uncomfortable when she didn't know it a few months ago, so it can be seen that her body has been conditioned in the past two years." ”

"That's good, you have to feel more sorry for her, it's very hard for a woman to get pregnant." Lan Qi smiled and said, "E-Niang and Yuxi gave birth to you at the same age, E-Niang can have more children and more blessings, and you will be the same in the future." ”

Yin Zhen nodded, but the joy on his face gradually dissipated, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Eniang, I don't know how to do something, but I feel ashamed to ask you, I'm afraid that you will think I'm useless, but I don't want to be complained by Huang Ama later." ”

"What does E-Niang think of you, you are all a person who is Amma, you say, do you think about Tong?" Lan Qi smiled gently, "As long as you are willing to do anything, E-Niang is willing to listen." ”

"It's Brother Eleven's business." Yin Zhen finally decided to speak, now he is fledgling, there is no manpower in the palace and outside the palace that can be used by him, and he has not spread a huge network, although he is still shallow in the world, but he has been in the study in the palace for so many years, and he understands many things, he is not in a hurry that he does not have these in his hands now, in time, everything will be there. But now that the problem has arisen, I am not able to solve it, which is also a reality.

Lan Qi listened to his son's words, only to know that so many things happened that night, although the prince kept saying that it had nothing to do with him, but Lan Qi had seen the prince who strangled the Wang family to death in his heart, maybe the prince still doesn't know that he has killed someone, but he is indeed crazy and will kill people, not because he has a bias in his heart and does not believe in the prince, but that no one is involved in the events of that night at the moment, only the prince, how to prove and believe that he is innocent?

Yin Zhen said with a straight face: "Eniang, I think the real purpose of the prince looking for me is not to expect me to say a few words for him in front of Huang Ama, he is looking forward to me coming to tell you, you will speak for him in front of Huang Ama, but he is not good to come to beg you, so he can only throw the burden on me, he knows that I can't bear it, so he is waiting for me to tell you." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "My son is very delicate. ”

Yin Zhen had no intention of joking, and continued to say seriously: "After all, I am his younger brother, and there are some things that cannot be shirked, but it doesn't mean that he can borrow my hand to use you, Eniang, you will be in the palace in the future, and you should be careful of them." ”

Lan Qi smiled, and said lightly: "With your Emperor Ama here, no one will bully E-Niang, but since you have been involved in this incident, E-Niang can't sit idly by." Not for the prince, just for you, in case Huang Ama asks, the prince has to pull you to talk, Eniang at least can't let Huang Ama even blame you, right? ”

Yin Zhen's heart fell, with a somewhat shy and helpless smile: "I'm all Amma's person, and I want you to worry about me." ”

Lan Qi said: "This is the blessing of being a mother." ”

Although the mother and son reached a tacit understanding, Lan Qi's mind was actually blank, this matter was full of suspicions, and there were many mysteries that could not be solved, and now she suddenly joined the prince's mixing, which made people doubt the prince on the one hand, and worried about whether there would be a bigger conspiracy behind it.

After her son left, Lan Qi thought about it alone for a long time, there is no doubt that if she investigates this matter, it will alarm Xuan Ye, and she hesitates whether to tell Xuan Ye first and then investigate, or wait for Xuan Ye to ask, the emperor's perfunctory attitude towards the outside world now at least shows that he doesn't want this matter to "come to light" in a sense.

And Huanchun sent the fourth elder brother out of the palace, and was ordered to go to the Qianqing Palace to inquire about the situation, and smiled bitterly when he came back: "Niangniang really guessed well, today Concubine Yi Niangniang went to pester the emperor again, and waited in front of the Qianqing Palace for a long time, and now she has been accepted by the emperor, and the slave maid doesn't know what is going on, you are trying to inquire, and the slave maid will go to find Liang's father-in-law." ”

Lan Qi waved his hand: "You don't have to go through Father-in-law Liang, when I tell the emperor myself, you should ask Father-in-law Liang, when the emperor can take the time to come to me, or when Concubine Yi is away, I will go over, and there are some things to say to the emperor in person." ”

"Slave and maid, let's arrange it."

"Wait." Lan Qi thought of something again, raised her hand and signaled Huanchun not to go, but she hung in the air for a long time and didn't put it down, it seemed that something flashed in her mind, and she couldn't catch it, and she tried to recall the events of those days, and finally remembered that when she walked outside the house of the ninth elder brother in Yikun Palace that day, she heard the fifth elder brother ask him if he was with Eleven, and at that time I vaguely heard the ninth elder brother say: "I don't know where he is hiding." ”

Lan Qi's hand was put down, and he instructed Huanchun: "You go and inquire, has the emperor summoned the ninth or tenth elder brother to speak in the past few days." ”

Before the words fell, I saw Ziyu open the curtain and come in and said, "Niangniang, Min Chang is taking the princess to the door, and I ask if you are free." ”

Lan Qi motioned for Huan Chun to run errands, and while asking Ziyu to invite their mother and daughter in, Princess Dun Ke ran in with a shout for Concubine De, and the delicate little girl threw herself into Lan Qi's arms, and saw that the child also had a smile on her face. Min Chang sat aside after coming in to salute, and the princess was tilting her head to ask if her sisters were there, Lan Qi asked her subordinates to go to Ningshou Palace to bring the princess over to play with her sister.

She was going to take Dun Ke to eat snacks, but Min Changzai called the princess's nurse to let her take it down, Lan Qi saw her with a deep face, guessed that she had something to say, and took the initiative to ask her: "Is there something in Yanxi Palace?" ”

Min Chang nodded, frowned and asked Lan Qi, "Niangniang, did the eleventh elder brother die of illness?" ”

Lan Qi knew that there were still many people in the palace who contradicted the two statements, and Xing'er probably didn't give an answer for a while, but just asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Min Chang said nervously: "That night, the eleventh elder brother came to Yanxi Palace, and the brothers seemed to be playing hide and seek, and the concubine remembered that it was the noble Juechan who took him out, but the noble Juechan came back soon and did not go far. The concubine just thought, why is the child who was obviously alive and kicking that night gone. ”

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