"Queen Mother, that's what the concubines are worried about. Princess Li said, tears falling from her eyes.

The Queen Mother looked even more distressed, and hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be too careful, Zhaoyang is the emperor's niece, and the emperor will give her justice." This Hua Zhen killed someone, as long as the evidence is conclusive, no one will try to help her get rid of the crime. ”

The Queen Mother's face became even colder as she spoke, and she felt from the bottom of her heart that Zhaoyang's death was inseparable from Hua Zhen.

The more I thought about it this night, the more I felt like this, and listening to the words of Prince Li at this moment, I naturally felt that Hua Zhen should die.

If it weren't for the etiquette, the Queen Mother would not have been able to directly ask for Hua Zhen's life to accompany Zhaoyang to the funeral.

The princess and princess will enter the palace to serve by the queen mother's side when she has nothing to do on weekdays, and she is naturally very clear about the queen mother's temperament, and now looking at the queen mother's face, she understands her thoughts.

immediately said: "Queen Mother, if it is someone else who kills Zhaoyang today, the concubine will not be like this, the emperor will definitely give Zhaoyang justice, but now it is Hua Zhen who killed Zhaoyang, and the emperor may not know how to deal with it." ”

"Don't forget the Queen Mother, she is Hua Yan's daughter, and there is the Ning family behind her. is not for the sake of the former queen, but only for the sake of the Ning family, I am afraid that the emperor will not deal with her. At most, it's just a punishment, but my Zhaoyang lost his life, the Queen Mother..."Prince Li said, crying very heartbroken.

Mama Chang and Concubine Qin on the side suddenly frowned slightly.

Qin Guifei and Princess Li have different positions, and they don't care much about Zhaoyang's life or death, so they naturally don't want Hua Zhen to be implicated in this matter.

Now that the crown prince is weak, if she can get Hua Zhen's help at this time, then the chances of the Nine Emperor Princes will be greater in the future.

Qin Guifei thought like this, looked at the Queen Mother, and saw that the Queen Mother's face sank.

Suddenly, my heart jumped violently.

Seeing this, Prince Li and Princess Li struck while the iron was hot and said: "Queen Mother, Zhaoyang is your own granddaughter, you didn't see how pitiful she was when she died, and the blood flowed all over the ground." Hua Zhen watched from the side, without even a trace of emotion on her face. Zhaoyang treats her like a sister, but she is so ruthless, for a man, she can be so ruthless to Zhaoyang. If the Queen Mother allows her to live in this world, she is afraid that Zhaoyang will not be blind if she dies. ”

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager's eyelids moved, and she looked at Prince Li: "What do you mean?"

"The queen mother, in order to take care of the Ning family, the emperor will definitely not take Hua Zhen's life, and now Hua Zhen is locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the relationship between Li Yu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is very close to the prince and the Ning family, and the concubines cannot enter the prison of the Criminal Department at all. The concubine begged the queen mother to give a secret decree to let the concubine go to the prison of the criminal department, kill Hua Zhen with her own hands, and pay for the concubine's daughter's life. ”

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and slammed his head on the ground.

When Qin Guifei heard this, she immediately covered her heart and looked at the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother can't." ”

He frowned and shook his head as he spoke.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's expression was very complicated, as if she was hesitant.

When Princess Li saw this, she immediately felt annoyed in her heart, and she only felt that Qin Guifei was a little in the way.

Thinking in his heart, he immediately said: "Qin Guifei, although Zhaoyang is not related to you, but she is also the emperor's niece, do you want to ignore Zhaoyang for the sake of a Hua Zhen." If it wasn't Zhaoyang who had an accident today, but the Nine Emperor Princes, would you still be as calm as you are now?"

After a series of words from Prince Li, Qin Guifei, who asked, was suddenly speechless.

Qin Guifei had to look at the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, this matter is not trivial, the emperor has been handed over to the Criminal Department to deal with, if something goes wrong in the middle, I am afraid that the emperor will blame it at that time, and no one can afford it." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she glanced at Prince Li, and then her eyes fell on Qin Guifei, and she sighed in embarrassment: "You go back first." ”

Qin Guifei wanted to say more, but was stopped by the Queen Mother waving her hand, so she had to stand up: "Yes, Queen Mother." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and glanced at Prince Li, then turned around and left with someone.

When he got out of Cining Palace, he was very uneasy, and hurriedly instructed Fang Fei: "You go and send a letter to Hua Zhen quickly, and say that Prince Li wants her life and let her be careful." ”

Fang Fei nodded when she heard this, and hurriedly left.

Hua Zhen was resting in prison, and when she saw Fang Fei coming, she thought that the palace had got the news, and immediately stood up.

But she didn't expect Fang Fei to just say nervously: "County Lord, my mother asked the slave maid to come over and tell the county lord to beware of the princess Li, today the princess and princess went to the palace early in the morning to meet the queen mother, saying that she wanted the queen mother to give her a secret edict, let her go to the prison of the criminal department, and ask the county lord to give her life to the county lord of Zhaoyang to be buried." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen's mind came to mind the always dignified appearance of Prince Li, and her brows suddenly furrowed slightly.

nodded: "Thank you for me, I don't know what I asked my mother to investigate, but I have a clue." ”

Hearing this, Fangfei looked around, then leaned over and whispered: "The county lord asked the concubine Niangniang to investigate, Niangniang has already checked, because there is no one living in the courtyard, there is nothing left, the slave maid took people to search inside and out, and really didn't see anything wrong." I don't know, but we didn't search carefully, after all, this courtyard was being watched at the moment, and we didn't dare to make too much noise. ”

Hua Zhen understood what Fang Fei meant, but she was afraid that they didn't go in openly, but secretly went in to find it when no one found out.

So it's not careful.

He nodded immediately, and then asked, "What about the palace maids?"

Fang Fei shook her head when she heard this: "These palace maids are now all imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the noble concubine Niangniang has no chance to see it, and she doesn't know if there is a problem among these people." ”

However, the concubine asked the slaves and maids one by one, Yanxi Palace, what are the missing palace maids in the nearby palace, and the slaves and maids have made records one by one, and they don't know if they can be useful to the county lord. As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom.

There are more than a dozen names of Gong E written on it.

Hua Zhen took it and nodded: "Thank you for me, Concubine Niangniang's kindness Hua Zhen will definitely remember it, and she will never forget Niangniang's kindness." ”

Fang Fei blessed her body when she heard this: "The slave and maid should go back, the county lord should be careful." ”

Blinking as she spoke, Hua Zhen knew what she was reminding and nodded.

Fang Fei left respectfully.

Waiting for Fang Fei to go away, Hua Zhen ordered someone to invite Li Yu over.

Li Yu was still wearing court clothes, and when he saw Hua Zhen, he immediately asked, "What does the county lord command?" ”

Only then did Hua Zhen hand the list in his hand to Li Yu: "This is the list of people who are missing from the Yanxi Palace and the palace ladies who are serving nearby, please take this list and check it, and those palace ladies who are locked in the prison of the Criminal Department will see if there are any who are not on the list." ”

Li Yu immediately understood what Hua Zhen meant, nodded, and turned to go out.

Hua Zhen sat on the stool next to her, looking out of the cage.

Waiting for Prince Li.

But I waited for a long time, and saw that lunch was brought in, but I didn't see Prince Li.

Yacha put his lunch on the table beside him, and when he saw Hua Zhen looking out of the door, he couldn't help but have the courage to ask, "Is the county lord waiting for someone?"

Hearing this, Hua Zhen turned her head and saw that Xiao Huaijin had arranged to take care of her, so she immediately shook her head with a smile, turned around and walked to the table.

Looking at the dishes on the table, because of Xiao Huaijin's instructions, the Criminal Department did not dare to slack off, although it was not very good, but it was also four dishes and one soup, which was sufficient.

Hua Zhen looked at her favorite fish and seafood soup, and couldn't help but think of Xiao Huaijin's appearance when she cooked for herself, and she couldn't help laughing.

The yacha on the side didn't see it, and when he saw Hua Zhen taking the chopsticks, he said softly: "The county lord is slow." ”

As he spoke, he took out a silver needle wrapped in white silk from his bosom and said softly: "The prince commands that it is better to be careful in everything." ”

Hua Zhen nodded, and Rong Yacha checked the food one by one.

When he confirmed that there were no problems with a few dishes, Yacha still didn't dare to be careless and inserted a silver needle into the rice.

I watched the silver needle suddenly change color, and immediately his face changed.

Hua Zhen saw the color on the silver needle, but she reached out and made a silent gesture.

Yacha didn't shout at this time, and immediately looked at Hua Zhen: "County Lord, it seems that someone is afraid that someone wants to murder the County Lord." ”

Hua Zhen nodded when she heard this: "This meal is prepared by the Criminal Department, if someone wants to harm me, this person is only afraid that he is in the Criminal Department." If you make a noise now, you will definitely startle the snake and make people prepared, and it will not be easy to investigate again. ”

"What is the county lord going to do?" Hearing this, Yacha was immediately puzzled.

Now that people have reached the point of poisoning, they naturally can't just sit and wait for death.

Hua Zhen looked at the food in the bowl, took the chopsticks and took the fish and ate it.

Yacha was suddenly so frightened that his soul was almost gone: "County Lord." ”

"You've checked all of this, I've got a good idea. Later, you pretend that nothing happened, and go back with your meal, saying only that I am a difficult lord to serve, and that I don't like to eat rice, and that your rice here is not to your liking. After speaking, I went to find Lord Shangshu and told Lord Shangshu about the poisonous things in this rice. ”

Hearing this, Yacha immediately reacted, looked at Hua Zhen and nodded, "The county lord is going to let them do it again." ”

"Since there is this time, it has not succeeded, we have not found out, there will definitely be a second time, I want to see who can have such a great ability to do something to me in the Criminal Department. Hua Zhen said, a hint of coldness in her eyes.

Yacha immediately nodded, and waited on the side to serve this Hua Zhen to eat.

After eating a few bites, Hua Zhen seemed to remember, raised her head and commanded softly: "Don't tell Xiao Shizi about this matter." ”

Hearing this, Yacha responded respectfully, and waited for Hua Zhen to finish eating, and then took the meal and went out with a very dissatisfied look.