After Aunt Zhou finished speaking, she looked at Hua Zhen with some confusion: "Why did the county lord suddenly ask this, isn't there something wrong with this Tubo king?"

Hearing this, Hua Zhen shook her head: "It's just a casual question, the situation in the DPRK and China is not very optimistic now, Jiang Fu should have told you what happened in Beijing during this time." ”

Seeing Aunt Zhou nodding, Hua Zhen stood up, walked to the window and looked at the fallen leaves outside, frowning slightly: "Let's not talk about the affairs of King Qi and the Shen family now, there is something that makes me very confused, that is, those women who suddenly appeared in Beijing." ”

"Woman?" Aunt Zhou asked suspiciously when she heard this.

Hua Zhen nodded immediately: "Yes, Jiang Fu told you that there is a new Concubine Yun in the palace?"

Aunt Zhou shook her head: "Jiang Fu never said anything about this. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen sighed lightly: "The palace is newly sealed and thought that Concubine Yun, this Concubine Yun was originally the maid Ruoyun next to me, who stayed in the Hua family for five years, but when I returned to Beijing, I took advantage of the chaos to leave, and then was sent to the palace through the hands of Wang Mingquan, the two Huai salt politicians. Not only that, at about the same time, Wang Mingquan also sent a beauty to the prince, and let his illegitimate daughter pretend to be the cousin and niece of Prince Li's princess to infiltrate Prince Li's mansion, and even killed the county lord of Zhaoyang. ”

When Hua Zhen talked about Zhaoyang, her mood was a little heavy.

Aunt Zhou's face suddenly condensed slightly: "What does this Wang Mingquan want to do?"

Hearing this, Hua Zhen shook her head, and turned to Aunt Zhou's gaze: "I don't know, I only found out the day before yesterday, and now I just sent someone to check Wang Mingquan, as for what he wants to do when he plays this big game of chess, no one knows at the moment." There is only one thing that can be known, that is, this Wang Mingquan is definitely not simple behind it. ”

The county lord was suspicious of Wang Mingquan. ”

"He is just a political envoy of Lianghuai, even if he has great courage, he is just giving and accepting bribes, there is no need to install so many people. And the most important thing is that he is not close to any prince in the court, and the only one who seems to have a good relationship is the crown prince. But the people he planted next to the prince instigated the relationship between the prince and the Ning family, and even instigated that the prince's life experience was not the queen's, which made the prince hold a grudge against me in his heart. It can be seen that he did not do this to support a certain prince. ”

When Aunt Zhou heard Hua Zhen say this, her face suddenly changed: "They dare to instigate the prince!"

"Being able to speak out and instigate the crown prince and the Ning family, and send people into the palace, this is definitely not something that a courtier can do, I am worried about what is the purpose behind them. Hua Zhen said with a frown.

Aunt Zhou's face was also heavy, indeed as Hua Zhen said, if she was an ordinary person, she would never instigate the prince.

Thinking in his heart, he couldn't help but ask, "Did Wei Guogong know about this?"

"I've already told Grandfather Ning, and now although Xiao Shizi has sent someone to check on Wang Mingquan, I still feel a little uneasy in my heart. Aunt Zhou, you arrange for someone to go to Wang Mingquan's hometown to check and see what Wang Mingquan's identity is and who is the master behind him. ”

Aunt Zhou nodded, seeing Hua Zhen's frowns, she said softly: "County Lord, you just came back from the Criminal Department, let Jiang Fu wait for you to freshen up and change your clothes first." ”

Hua Zhen nodded, and Jiang Fu waited.

Aunt Zhou retreated, but did not go back to rest, but went out to find Lu Wei directly.

Lu Wei seemed to have known that Aunt Zhou was coming back to look for him, so he didn't leave at all, but just stood on the corridor next to the small building, looked at Aunt Zhou and immediately smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed." ”

Hearing this, Aunt Zhou looked at Lu Wei, but the look in her eyes was a little cold: "What is the purpose of your approach to the county lord?

Hearing this, Lu Wei laughed, and then looked at Aunt Zhou: "I know." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Aunt Zhou to speak, she continued: "Do you think that I am here because I have any special thoughts about her?"

"Isn't it?"

"You can't help but think of me as too dirty, she is the daughter of Xiyue, ten years younger than me, Rao is that no matter how much I like Xiyue, I will not use her daughter as a substitute. Now I stay here with the kindness of the queen, but I just want to protect her for Xiyue, and I have no other meaning. If you are worried about this, there is no need for this, I, Lu Wei, am not such a person. Lu Wei said, a little sadness flashed in his eyes, then looked at the lotus leaves in the courtyard, shook his head, and turned to walk to the other side.

When Aunt Zhou saw this, her face was solemn, as if she didn't believe Lu Wei's words very much.

Because Hua Zhen was wrongfully imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department for a few days this time, Emperor Yan Wen naturally didn't want to say anything, so after Hua Zhen freshened up, Gonggong Cao personally came to deliver the decree.

said that the emperor and the queen mother summoned her to the palace.

When Jiang Fu heard that he was going to enter the palace, he couldn't help frowning: "I entered the palace last time, but I didn't expect to be framed and put in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

Hua Zhen looked at Jiang Fu's brows and frowned, and suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Why didn't I find out that you are such a hearty person, well, since the emperor summoned me, there is no reason not to go, and besides, Gonggong Cao personally passed on the decree, if I don't go, it will be disrespectful to resist the decree." ”

Hua Zhen said and led Jiang Fu to follow Gonggong Cao into the palace.

Even the emperor and the queen mother felt that Tang Wan'er was strange about this, but since it had been proved that Hua Zhen was innocent, and Ruoyun's golden hairpin was found on Tang Wan'er, it was exactly the same as that left by Jiaoyue in the county lord's mansion.

The Queen Mother just doesn't believe it anymore, and it's hard to say anything at the moment.

can only look at the emperor's face, seeing Hua Zhen coming in, he nodded, and instructed Mama Chang to take a cushion and tell Hua Zhen to kneel.

Hua Zhen knelt respectfully on the side, Emperor Yan Wen and the Queen Mother sat on the top, and Concubine Qin and Concubine Yun sat on the side.

Seeing that Hua Zhen finished the ceremony, Emperor Yan Wen immediately said loudly: "This time I have wronged Zhen'er, this has only been in the Criminal Department for a few days, but I look a lot thinner." ”

When Hua Zhen heard this, she immediately responded respectfully: "Zhen'er doesn't feel wronged. ”

The Queen Mother was displeased when she heard this, she was already disgusted with Hua Zhen because of Qin Huai's affairs, not to mention that so many things happened later, she just felt that Hua Zhen was really not a girl who kept to herself.

Now coupled with Zhaoyang's death, the pity for Hua Zhen in his heart has been eroded.

At this moment, even looking at Hua Zhen's face, I couldn't help frowning, let alone listening to her.

I just feel very upset.

Qin Guifei looked at the face of the Queen Mother on the side, and immediately said: "Fortunately, the murderer of the county lord of Zhaoyang has been found out now, but this time the county lord of Qinghe is really a little aggrieved, he was going to enter the palace to meet the queen mother, but he was a plain stall of such a thing, a daughter's family has been in the prison of the criminal department for so many days, I am afraid that it will be difficult to sleep and eat these days." ”

Hua Zhen lowered her head and said nothing when she heard this, and Emperor Yan Wen on the side sighed lightly, then glanced at the face of the Queen Mother, and said tentatively: "Queen Mother..."

The Queen Mother raised her eyelids, looked at Hua Zhen, and hummed coldly: "That is the case, the emperor should be fair in everything, and now that Hua Yan is not here, she can't wronged her daughter." The emperor is still in charge of this matter, and the mourning family will not be involved. ”

The Queen Mother said with a very tired look.

Emperor Yan Wen saw that she didn't want to see Hua Zhen, and she understood in her heart, but she didn't move, just sat in place and sighed, and then asked Hua Zhen: "These are just these things, it's really helpless, it's just that Zhen'er, I listened to Li Yuyan, you were in prison at the time, but someone went to the prison of the Criminal Department with a secret edict?"

The emperor said, looking at Hua Zhen with a deep meaning in his eyes.

Hua Zhen immediately reacted, the emperor called herself into the palace today, but she was afraid that the real purpose was here.

immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at the Queen Mother's face.

Listening to the Queen Mother on the side, her tone had become a little displeased: "Oh?

Hearing this, Hua Zhen said very carefully: "Emperor Qi, the Empress Dowager, when Zhen'er was in prison, the princess went to see Zhen'er, but maybe because of Zhaoyang's affairs, the princess had some prejudices against Zhen'er, but there was no secret edict. I'm afraid that it was spread indiscriminately, and Master Li heard it wrong. ”

Hearing Hua Zhen say this, the Queen Mother's tone softened a little, and said softly: "Well, the mourning family just remembered it, but there was this matter, when the princess came to beg the mourning family to tell the truth and wanted to see you, ask what the situation was, but this case was handed over to the criminal department, she was afraid that the criminal department would be embarrassed, so she begged the mourning family to give her a decree and let her go to the criminal department to see you." ”

Hua Zhen just knelt on the ground and was silent when she heard this.

This is not the time for her to speak.

Concubine Qin and Concubine Yun on the side also discovered the emperor's thoughts, and they all sat with their noses and noses watching, and no one dared to speak.

Emperor Yan Wen glanced at Hua Zhen, and then smiled at the Queen Mother and said: "I see, when Li Yu came to report, the sons were also very surprised, the queen mother has always never cared about the affairs of the court, and she has never interfered in the affairs of the criminal department, thinking how could she give such a secret edict, and also scolded Li Yu, now it seems that I am afraid that the queen mother's decree was mistaken by the government, so that Li Yu thought that there was a secret edict, and it turned out that everything was a misunderstanding." ”

He laughed.

The Queen Mother didn't speak when she heard this, listening to the words that Emperor Yan Wen deliberately aggravated just now, regardless of the affairs of the court, she understood in her heart that the emperor was blaming her for overstepping.

After a while, he spoke: "This matter is also to blame on the mourning family, if the mourning family did not give that decree, it would not have given birth to so many things, but it was to make Li Yu misunderstand and make trouble to the emperor." The emperor can rest assured that in the future, this kind of thing will not be taken care of by the mourning family, and there will be no such thing as today. ”

"The queen mother misunderstood, and the son didn't mean that. Emperor Yan Wen had a hint of satisfaction in his eyes when he heard this, but there was a look of panic on his face.

The Queen Mother saw it clearly, but she felt that her heart was even more bored, and she immediately waved her hand: "Okay, the mourning family has been sitting for a long time today, and the body is a little tired. ”