Emperor Yan Wen said, his eyes were full of disappointment.

Seeing this, the imperial concubine immediately said tentatively: "The emperor may have misunderstood, the prince is a loyal and honest character, how could he do such a thing, besides, the prince and His Royal Highness King Qi have always been brothers, and it is impossible for him to attack King Qi, I am afraid that there will be a misunderstanding in this matter." ”

"You don't have to talk to him, I can't think of anyone else in this world who would want to do anything to Ting'er. Emperor Yan Wen listened to the imperial concubine helping the prince speak, and his heart was even more annoyed.

The imperial concubine knew Emperor Yanwen's temperament very well, and the more she helped the prince to exonerate herself at this time, the more the emperor would feel that the prince had done it.

After finding out the emperor's mood at the moment, the imperial concubine immediately said: "Your Majesty, this matter, I'm afraid that there is really something else hidden." Even if the crown prince really wanted to attack King Qi because of Zhang Guang's matter, then he shouldn't let people assassinate the county lord of Qinghe first. This Qinghe county lord is the prince's cousin, and he has always had a close relationship with the prince, and the queen mother even wants to let the Qinghe county lord enter the prince's mansion, even if the prince wants to deal with King Qi, it is impossible for people to assassinate the county lord. ”

"Hmph, that's where he's so clever, my son looks very dull, but in fact he's smarter than anyone else. Emperor Yan Wen said with a sneer on his face.

"The concubine doesn't understand, why is this related to the prince, the concubine really thinks that the prince will not do such a thing, the emperor should not wronged the prince. ”

"I wronged him?" Emperor Yan Wen said and glanced at the imperial concubine, seeing the worry and incomprehension in her eyes, he sighed lightly: "You are just too simple-minded, so you can't understand and can't see through, he is clever in this method." He just knew that anyone thought that he would not assassinate Hua Zhen, so he sent someone to assassinate Hua Zhen first, just because he knew his relationship with Hua Zhen, and once the matter was revealed, no one would suspect him, just because he was the only one in the world who was the least likely to send someone to attack Hua Zhen.

That's why he deliberately did this, first let people assassinate Hua Zhen, and then assassinate Ting'er in the name of defeat, and then no one would think that it was him who did it! Otherwise, why did so many people break into the county lord's mansion at night, and Jin Wuwei died seventeen people, but Hua Zhen only suffered some minor injuries. This shows that the assassination of Hua Zhen is just a cover, but it is just to hide his true purpose, who else can do this!"

The imperial concubine heard the emperor say this, and immediately lowered her head and said no more, she knew that if she said more, it might be self-defeating.

Now let Emperor Yan Wen think about this aspect himself, then the prince will definitely die.

Thinking that if the crown prince died, Zhao Ting would be injured this time and find out about Zhang Guang, which would also be considered meritorious.

At that time, the emperor will definitely like him more in his heart, and if Zhao Ting gets the opportunity, he will be considered a success.

The more the imperial concubine thought about it, the happier she became, but she didn't dare to show it on her face.

Waiting for Emperor Yan Wen to leave, the imperial concubine hurriedly instructed the palace maid who was close to her: "Go and tell Concubine Shen what the emperor just said, let King Qi seize the opportunity, this is the best opportunity to get rid of the prince, if you miss it, it will be difficult to do it in the future." ”

The palace maid didn't dare to slack off, and hurried out of Zhaoyang Palace.

just left Zhaoyang Palace, but she did not go out of the palace to find Shen Yuxin, but spared a few turns in the palace, and finally went to Yanxi Palace.

In Yanxi Palace, Qin Guifei got up early in the morning because of last night's waiting, and was about to take a nap and rest.

Hearing that Zi Su said that Xianghe from Zhaoyang Palace was coming, he opened his eyes.

As soon as Xianghe entered the door, he said everything that Emperor Yan Wen said in Zhaoyang Palace, and then told Qin Guifei all the instructions of the imperial concubine.

Qin Guifei then instructed Zi Su to reward her with two pearls and send her out.

Waiting for Xianghe to leave, Zi Su looked at Qin Guifei's brows and frowned deeply, and couldn't help but ask tentatively: "What is Guifei Niangniang worried about, according to Xianghe's words just now, this emperor is only afraid that he is completely suspicious of the crown prince, if the prince is deposed, isn't this a good thing for the Nine Emperors?

Hearing this, Concubine Qin glanced at Zisu, but sighed lightly: "It is naturally a good thing that something happens to the prince, but if a prince falls, but a King Qi rises, it is not a good thing." Compared to King Qi, I would rather the crown prince sit in this seat, after all, he is the son of Shen Lianxing, and he has an inseparable relationship with the Ning family. Old Lady Ning is the karma teacher of the Nine Emperor Princes, and with this relationship, the crown prince will not do anything to the Nine Emperor Princes. But King Qi is different, I have been fighting with Qi Wanqing for so many years, this is the case, Qi Wanqing will definitely let King Qi get rid of the emperor. ”

Hearing this, Zisu's face suddenly changed: "What should the lady do now?"

Qin Guifei didn't speak, but her face changed a few times, and she looked at Zi Su: "Later, Fang Fei will come back, you ask her to see Hua Zhen, and be sure to tell Hua Zhen about Zhaoyang Palace." ”

"Niangniang, are you planning to help the prince?" Zi Su asked tentatively when she heard this.

Seeing Qin Guifei, he sighed lightly: "I'm here to help myself." ”

At this moment, the sky outside the palace was already bright, and Li Yu returned to the Criminal Department because of the emperor's Golden Palace's order to thoroughly investigate the matter, and immediately asked Zhao Ting to make a confession, and then sent Zhao Ting back to his home.

Then asked Liu Wei to send Hua Zhen and Xiao Huaijin to the Criminal Department, questioned them according to the usual practice, asked the master to record them, and then personally sent someone to send the two back.

During the questioning, he specially looked for an opportunity to tell Xiao Huaijin about the court.

Then he personally took people to the county lord's mansion and asked the servants to examine the corpses one by one.

Although so many people had died in this courtyard, and the courtyard was full of the smell of blood, Hua Zhen could only go back first, after all, she had no place to stay except for this county lord's mansion at the moment.

Fortunately, these people all died in the theater, and Xiyuan is still clean.

When Li Yu led people to clean up the corpse, he saw the corpse of Jiaoyue, and couldn't help but be stunned: "County Lord, this girl doesn't seem to be injured by a sharp weapon." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen nodded: "She is the maid next to me, her name is Jiaoyue, she was stung by someone with a poisonous scorpion last night, and she was poisoned to death." I was about to report this matter to Jingzhao Mansion, so that Lord Liu could track down the murderer and give her justice. ”

Li Yu thought about Xiao Huaijin when he heard this, looking at Hua Zhen's eyes.

Immediately said: "There are still people who dare to do this, if the official doesn't see it, this matter should be handed over to the Jingzhao Mansion to manage, but today the official has seen it, and he must not let the real murderer go unpunished, the county lord can rest assured, the official will definitely send someone to investigate this case and see who is behind the murder of the county lord." ”

Hua Zhen nodded when she heard this, and blessed her body slightly: "That is the case, Hua Zhen has thanked Lord Shangshu." ”

"The county lord is polite, handling the case is the duty of the official, and this place needs to be cleaned up now, and the county lord is asked to rest elsewhere. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen nodded, and asked the Criminal Department to bring Jiaoyue's body back to the Criminal Department first, and she went to Xiyuan.

Without waiting for Hua Zhen to sit down and take a sip of tea, Jin Wuwei from the outer courtyard came in and said respectfully: "County Lord, someone from the Dongjun Wangfu came to visit the county lord at the behest of the princess of the county. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen couldn't help frowning slightly, and remembered that Ruoyun followed Princess Dongjun, and immediately said, "Please come to Baishi Tower." ”

Jin Wuwei immediately went out, and Hua Zhen took Jiang Fu to the Baishi Tower.

The person who came was the palace grandmother next to the princess of Dongjun, and as soon as she entered the door, she first saluted Hua Zhen and said a blessing.

Waiting for Jin Wuwei to leave, Mama Gong said softly: "The princess of the county heard that the princess of the county was attacked last night, and she was worried, so she asked the old slave to come and take a look, and when she saw that the county lord was safe, the old slave was also relieved, and she could return to the princess of the county, so that the princess of the county could also rest assured." ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen immediately said respectfully: "Princess Laojun is worried, Hua Zhen is really guilty, and I also ask Mama to hurry back to the princess of the county, Zhen'er is all right, and there is no big problem." ”

"The county lord can rest assured, the slave will tell the princess the truth. Today, the princess of the county learned that the county lord was in distress, and she was very worried, and specially instructed the slave and maid to let the slave tell the county lord that if the county lord had anything to need, just tell the princess of the county. The princess of the county also said that when Mrs. Hua was alive, she had a very good relationship with the princess of my county, and now if the county lord is alone if there is anything inconvenient, just send someone to the Dongjun palace to say it. Don't be polite, otherwise something happens to the county lord, and the princess of the county will be uneasy and ashamed of Mrs. Hua. ”

Listening to Mama Gong's words, Hua Zhen couldn't help but sneer in her heart, thinking about what Princess Dongjun said in the Shen family because of a Qin Huai.

Now let Mama Gong say this, if she really sent someone to the Dongjun Palace, if she had anything to do with Qin Huai, I was afraid that the princess of Dongjun would have to change her face again.

As if seeing Hua Zhen's thoughts, Mama Gong lowered her head and stepped forward and whispered: "The county lord has another sentence, the princess of the county asked the slave maid to tell the county lord that the eldest prince was left by the first princess, and the princess of the county could not be the lord of the eldest prince, so she could only obey the arrangements of the county king and the old princess." But the princess of the county is selfish but likes the county lord very much, and hopes that the county lord will not have a dislike with the Dongjun Mansion because of the eldest prince's affairs, and the princess of the county also said that if there is a fate, I hope that after the expiration of the county lord's filial piety in the future, he can go to the Dongjun Mansion to sit. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen's mind flashed, and she immediately understood when she looked at Mama Gong.

nodded: "Please also thank the princess of the county for me, tell the princess of the county, Zhen'er understands." ”

After speaking, he instructed Jiang Fu to take two ingots of gold and send Mama Gong out.

Jiang Fu immediately took the gold and sent the palace grandmother away.

When she came back, she saw Hua Zhen sitting in the Baishi Tower, her brows furrowed slightly.

couldn't help but step forward in confusion: "County Lord, what does this Dongjun princess mean?"

Hearing this, Hua Zhen looked at Jiang Fu, and her eyebrows stretched: "It's not interesting, I just want to tell me that the words she said last time in the Shen family were not her original intention, but the meaning of the King of Dongjun and the old princess." As for the things that the Dongjun Wangfu didn't want me to have any entanglements with Qin Huai, it was all Dongjun Wang's intention, and it had nothing to do with her. ”