"Forgiveness?" Xuan Ye frowned and looked at his son who was lying on the ground, although he guessed a little bit in his heart, but the reality made him a little unacceptable, wasn't the death of the eleventh elder brother an accident? He sank his heart and told the eighth elder brother to get up.

But the eighth elder brother didn't dare to get up, and still said on the ground: "Please ask Huang Ama to listen to the ministers." After that, he told his father everything he knew from the mouth of the ninth elder brother about the night when the eleventh brother drowned.

said that the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and the eleventh elder brother played together that night, and the tenth elder brother was responsible for looking for the two brothers, and the two brothers hid everywhere. The ninth elder brother took the eleventh elder brother there and asked him to hide under the bridge cave. When he was hiding, he saw someone going there from a distance, and thought that the tenth elder brother and his little eunuch had found it, and the ninth elder brother asked the eleventh elder brother to be careful, and then he ran away.

When he realized that it was very late, but he didn't see the trace of the tenth elder brother or his younger brother, he remembered that he couldn't wander outside anymore, he ran back to the place where his brother was hiding, and wanted to see if his brother was still there, but when he saw the prince there, Yinyu was afraid of being blamed by the prince, so he went back to Yikun Palace by himself.

Unexpectedly, after going back, there was no trace of his younger brother, Concubine Yi lost her temper again, the entire Yikun Palace was recruiting, Brother Jiu was afraid of being blamed by Concubine Yi for not squeaking to say where his younger brother was, knowing that his younger brother was found by himself, he knew that Yinyu had fallen into the water. originally thought that the younger brother might still be hiding there, or he had changed places, or he would be discovered by the prince.

Xuan Ye listened with a cold face, sure enough, the eleventh elder brother died in an accident, but for some reason, listening to the meaning of the eighth elder brother's words, it seemed that this matter was inseparable from the prince, but the child did not say that kind of thing very directly, and described the matter peacefully, word by word.

The eighth elder brother said prostrately: "Yinyu didn't know that the eleventh elder brother had fallen into the water, but Yinyu now blames all the fault on himself, he is already in pain, and Erchen thinks that concealing it will make him carry a heavier burden, so he decided to come to the emperor and confess everything." ”

Xuan Ye frowned: "These are all what he said to you?" ”

The eighth elder brother nodded yes, "What Erchen said was Yinyu's original words, and he came to Erchen the next day, crying very pitifully." Erchen couldn't bear to be misunderstood and hurt his brother, so he concealed it so far, but seeing that Yinyu was getting more and more painful, he knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he begged Emperor Ama to reprimand Yinyu, and I begged you to forgive Yinyu. ”

"He has carried this burden for the rest of his life, which is enough to punish." Xuan Ye's tone was heavy, and he instructed the eighth elder brother, "Go and bring your brother, I have something to say to him." ”

If the eighth elder brother was amnesty, he bowed to the ground and kowtowed deeply, but his father suddenly asked him again: "Even if it is night, even if there are many people in the palace that night, how do they run around in the palace, do they keep playing like this?" ”

"They changed into the clothes of eunuchs, and when they met people in the palace, they walked with their heads bowed, maybe they couldn't during the day, and no one could tell the difference at night." The eighth elder brother answered truthfully, but saw that his father's face twitched slightly, but he didn't come at him, and still said to him, "Go and bring Yinyu." ”

And as soon as the eighth elder brother left, Xuan Ye slammed his fist on the table, sneering coldly in his heart, and even more blaming himself, why didn't his son be a good prince, he loved to pretend to be a eunuch one by one, the prince was like this, and the little ones were like this.

hated these words in his heart, and suddenly a stir in his mind, although Yinzhen also saw the prince that night, but if it wasn't for the fact that he picked up his things later and even heard the prince admit that he had been there, Yinzhen was not very sure that he met the prince, in that kind of night, how close did Yinzhen get to find that the person standing by the bridge was the prince?

On this side, the Juezen nobles were changing the clothes of the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brother together with Concubine De Niangniang, and she had already told Lan Qi what she knew, saying that she did personally send the eleventh elder brother out of Yanxi Palace that night, and the eleventh elder brother wanted to hide in her, but she felt that it was so late, and the elder brothers should no longer be hanging outside, so she persuaded the child and wanted to send the eleventh elder brother back, but when she went out, she saw the ninth elder brother, and the two brothers said to go together, don't feel the noble Zen to send each other, she thought about it and felt that it was nothing, so she let them go.

Juechan blamed himself: "If the concubine had one more thought and insisted on sending the two elder brothers back to Yikun Palace, there would probably be no future." So far, the concubine's heart is also very heavy. ”

Lan Qi advised: "The children are greedy for play. But then he said, "It was Min Chang who told me that she saw the eleventh elder brother come to Yanxi Palace and then went out with you." ”

Jue Chan smiled: "The concubine also guessed so. ”

Lan Qi looked at her calmly and said, "Min Chang is always facing me after all, there are some things you don't blame her for doing too much, she is not targeting you." You live under the same roof, even if you don't get along, don't become enemies, she has no intention of doing anything to you, everything is natural. ”

She felt that instead of hiding it, it was better to make things clear, Jue Chan was so smart, how could she not notice what Xing'er was doing, if she hid from each other in the future, she would be forced to be anxious and hurt Xing'er, it was better to explain now that in the future, Jue Chan either didn't care about continuing to go his own way, or he would not be more restrained and not fall into the hands of others, at least he couldn't let Xing'er suffer any harm.

Jue Chan didn't care, but persuaded Lan Qi to be relieved, as if she had seen through everything, and said: "The concubine knows that without Min Chang here, there will be other people, although Niangniang is now on an equal footing with several other Niangniang, but invisibly, the affairs of these six palaces are under your control." Whether it is to the concubine or to others, you will have an extra pair of eyes, no Min Chang is telling you these things, there will be other people to take a look at you more, the concubine will find Min Chang to help you go deep into the West Sixth Palace, but also know that she is loyal to you, and now Min Chang is more loyal to you, it is not surprising to the concubine. ”

"I'm guessing you're thinking the same way." Lan Qi's face was not shocked, and then said, "Let's say okay, if there is a day when we have different intentions, we will make it clear to each other that we will get together and disperse." In the same way, if you are restraining your hands and feet while living with her, it is not difficult to separate you, but you don't want to hurt her, and she has no intention of hurting you, she is just loyal to me. ”

Juechan's expression was calm, and he nodded deeply and agreed: "Niangniang's words, the concubine has written it down." At the moment, the concubine and the mother are not different from each other, but they are just doing their own things, and you promised to hand over Concubine Hui to the concubine, as long as you remember this matter, the rest does not matter to the concubine. ”

On the contrary, Lan Qi frowned slightly and asked, "After so long, you still hate her to the core." ”

In the pride on Juechan's face, there was inexplicably a despair that made people tremble, but in her paranoid words, there was still a hatred that had not faded away for more than ten years, and she smiled coldly and said: "This is just the beginning, the time is just right." ”

Lan Qi did not continue this topic, for the matter of Concubine Hui, Jue Chan is crazy and forbearing, because of her existence, Lan Qi understands in her heart that Concubine Hui can no longer pose a threat, what she was afraid of in the past was not to threaten her status and favor, but to threaten her children, but Concubine Hui is now embattled and unable to protect herself, if it weren't for the eldest brother, her life would have been over a long time ago.

But thinking that the eldest brother was out of breath, Lan Qi's heart trembled suddenly, and she hid the uneasiness in her heart, but she knew what she was afraid of, the Juechan clan could treat her own son as a chess piece, how could she care if the eldest brother was innocent, but if she did this, she hurt Xuan Ye's children, if she didn't dissuade her, would it be equivalent to becoming an accomplice?

Thinking of these things, someone from the Qianqing Palace said that the emperor was coming over at night, and asked Concubine De Niangniang to prepare, and the noble Juechan was about to leave, and Lan Qi asked her to change her clothes for the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brother, and the two separated.

After Huanchun saw off the guests, he came in and quietly told the master, saying that the eighth elder brother went to the Qianqing Palace first, and the ninth elder brother also went with him at this time, she asked: "The eighth elder brother is always with the ninth elder brother, do you think the eighth elder brother will talk about it?" ”

Lan Qi said, "Let's see what the emperor says." ”

That night, Xuan Ye came back from the Qianqing Palace for a long time, Mo said that it was dinner time, and even the time when the palaces and courtyards were locked had passed, the tired man entered the door with a heavy breath, Lan Qi changed his clothes and washed and cleaned up, the emperor did not say a word and was at the mercy of others, and then leaned on the couch in a daze, she sat on the side and looked at him like that, no one spoke.

It took a long time for the candles to explode, which surprised Lan Qi, she walked to the candlestick to cut the wick, but heard Xuan Ye ask behind her back: "You said Yinyu, how did you recognize the person standing by the bridge as the prince?" ”

Lan Qi looked back at him, of course she didn't understand the words she didn't understand, and Xuan Ye continued: "Yinzhen said to you, he's not sure about it?" ”

"The son said that he looked like the prince, but it was very dark, not so much that he saw the prince, but that he imagined it." Lan Qi responded, "So after the incident with the eleventh elder brother the next day, he went to the same place to take a stroll, but even if he picked up the bunch of silk and was recognized by Yuxi as Wen Fujin's thing, he didn't dare to really suspect that the prince appeared there, until the prince personally came to him and said that he believed that he was not mistaken." ”

Xuan Ye nodded: "Yinzhen can't be sure that what he sees is the prince, why did Yinzhen recognize the prince at a glance?" ”

Lan Qi said: "Since you have asked Brother Jiu, why don't you say this sentence again?" ”

Xuan Ye snorted: "I asked him, and he said that the moonlight was bright and he could see clearly." Without waiting for Lan Qi to respond, Xuan Ye had already said, "The weather tonight is similar to that night, the moonlight is brighter than that night, before I came to you, I went to the place where the eleventh elder brother drowned, so under the moonlight, I saw Manager Liang standing by the bridge, and it was just a vague figure." I knew him so well that I knew he was, and I didn't think that a sudden glance would make me know who was standing by the bridge. ”

Lan Qi understood it, but she was a little confused about the connection between things: "What does the emperor mean that Brother Jiu lied?" ”

The emperor said: "Maybe it's not a lie, but something else is hidden, Yinyu's death was an accident as I expected, but irrelevant people are involved in other things." ”

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