"See Your Majesty!"

"I've seen my father. ”

"Excuse me. Emperor Zhou smiled faintly, "It's time for you to come, Tingjun and Tang An are thanking!"

The queen glanced at Su Tang'an and Gu Tingjun dignified and coldly, and said with a light smile: "The wedding of Gu Sangongzi and the Heavenly Maiden is a happy event for the Great Zhou. I just don't know what's going on between the eldest lady of the Qihou Mansion and the King of Chu? I heard that the two of them had an awkward quarrel, but the person who gave the marriage in the palace was kept in the dark, and I don't know what happened between the two of them?"

Su Tang'an paused for a moment and said: "Queen Qiyu, emotional matters have always been private matters, and the eldest sister has always been able to handle her own affairs very well, so I didn't ask more, not to mention that this emotional matter is also a matter of two people, and I can't talk too much alone." ”

The queen smiled and said: "Tang An is too cautious, even if it is a matter of affection between these sisters, it is okay to confide in each other, since you don't want to say it, this palace is not reluctant, just call Changle to ask another day." ”

"Tingjun, congratulations!" Li Changlong tugged at the corner of his mouth and said congratulations to Gu Tingjun.

His mood is very complicated now, when he thinks that although Gu Tingjun married Su Tang'an, but this Su Tang'an only has himself in his heart, and marrying you is also to make an internal response to the palace, so his heart is very inflated, and on the other hand, he is very jealous.

"Thank you, Your Highness. ”

"This Tingjun is a young courtier valued by His Majesty, and Orange An has always been loved by His Majesty, he did not go to the wedding of the two yesterday, and the palace is very sorry in his heart, and today the palace has a banquet in Fengxi Palace, which is to make up for yesterday's regrets, and also to touch the joy of the two newlyweds, and besides, this palace may not be lively for a long time, what does Your Majesty think?"

"Just do as the queen says. Emperor Zhou said, "Since you want to be lively, call the concubines and them, and you sisters can also get together, the concubines also told me yesterday that the days are too boring, and someone will accompany her to talk, and she will probably not complain to me again." ”

"Yes. The queen leaned over slightly, the dignified and virtuous smile on her face was not gone, but there was more disdain in her heart.

The queen turned around and pulled Su Tang'an's wrist and said with a smile: "Presumably, Your Majesty still has some political affairs to discuss with Tingjun and the crown prince, so how about Tangerine go to Fengxi Palace with this palace?"

Gu Tingjun suddenly grabbed Su Tang'an's other hand and said, "Actually, Tingjun has another thing to report to Your Majesty. ”

"What's the matter?" Emperor Zhou asked with a slight increase in his eyes.

Gu Tingjun pulled Su Tang'an to kneel down and said: "Yesterday, the minister and Tangerine got married, but someone intercepted and killed him on the road, if it weren't for the good tone, I'm afraid that now Your Majesty is not seeing our husband and wife, but the corpses of our husband and wife, please Your Majesty is the master of our husband and wife, and severely punish the murderer of the queen mother!"

"Oh?" Emperor Zhou's brows furrowed, his face sank, and the kindness on his body was replaced by a wave of anger, he first glanced at the queen suspiciously, and said coldly, "There is still such a thing, can you find the person behind the scenes?"

Gu Tingjun said: "Those assassins were caught red-handed by the minister, and after interrogation, they confessed that they had received instructions from Concubine Zhi of the East Palace! The minister and his wife did not know what kind of deep hatred they had with Concubine Zhi, and Concubine Zhi actually wanted to commit such a murderous act on our wedding day! This is the crime of those assassins, please take your Majesty's view." ”

Gu Tingjun took out a letter from his arms as he spoke, and presented it to Emperor Zhou with both hands.

Emperor Zhou took it, took a quick look, threw the paper on the ground, and said coldly to Li Changlong: "Concubine Zhi is your side concubine, take a look." ”

Li Changlong naturally heard about yesterday's incident, but he didn't expect that this matter would have something to do with the East Palace, so he was shocked, and hurriedly picked up the paper and looked at it, his face changed for a moment, and said: "Could there be some misunderstanding in this?" Although Peizhi was a little willful, she never had the courage to do such a thing. This Thunder Monarch is a minister of the court, and Mrs. Gu is a heavenly maiden, even if she has the courage to murder them, she will not dare to murder them!"

"Hmph. Gu Tingjun sneered, "The minister of the East Palace who has done what Concubine Zhi has also heard a little about, as for whether this matter is related to her, you might as well confront it face to face." ”

"Even if she is spoiled and bold, but she has no grievances with you, why would she murder you!" Li Changlong said, "What do you say!"

"There are some things that are inconvenient for the minister to say, but what the matter is still needs to be confronted by Concubine Zhi. Gu Tingjun said, "The minister once promised to protect Tang An well, and she almost had an accident on the first day she married me, and it is really impossible for the minister to stop here, and he must investigate to the end and bring the murderer behind the scenes to justice." ”

"Come on, choose Concubine Zhi to come to the imperial study. Emperor Zhou said coldly, "Prince, I didn't want to ask more about the affairs of your East Palace, but Peizhi has only been married to you for a few months, and even I have heard about this thing, as the master of the East Palace, you should still be in charge, don't let this East Palace become a joke among the courtiers! You are the prince, the future son of the Great Zhou, if you can't even manage the affairs of the back house, how will you serve the public in the future?"

Emperor Zhou's words were a bit heavy, not only Li Changlong's face changed, but the queen was startled, hurriedly knelt down, and said: "The concubine, as the mother of the crown prince, failed to fulfill her duty of supervising and managing, which is the fault of the concubine. The prince is busy with government affairs, neglected the back house, and does not know what the concubines do, I hope that His Majesty can forgive one or two, he will definitely manage the back house well in the future, and be optimistic about the concubines, and will not let them regenerate what is wrong. ”

Emperor Zhou was silent for a moment and said, "Is the crown princess too weak?"

"If you are gentle and virtuous, but your body is too weak, and recently because of your pregnancy, you are cultivating your body. Li Changlong said hurriedly.

"Although you and the Zheng sisters grew up together, the crown princess is your concubine and your future queen, you have to distinguish this, and you must also remember that she is the future queen, and her majesty will not be allowed to be blasphemed by anyone. Emperor Zhou said, "Zheng Peilan and Zheng Peizhi sisters are your nieces, and the queen should also discipline her well, don't be too willful and ignore the rules of the royal family." ”

"The concubines know, and the concubines will definitely discipline them well. The queen said.

"Get up, it's no big deal, what are you doing on your knees. Emperor Zhou said, "Come and sit." Prince, there is a report about the drought in Shaanxi, you go to see it, and then arrange an excerpt with the household department to deal with it. ”

"The retainers obeyed. Li Changlong hurriedly went to the desk and picked up the music on the table and looked at it.

Su Tang'an frowned, and his heart sank slightly, What does Your Majesty mean by this? Could it be that Your Majesty has already made up his mind to let Li Changlong inherit the unification?

Emperor Zhou gave Su Tang'an and Gu Tingjun a seat, and talked a few words with the queen, and after a while, he listened to the eunuch report outside: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhi is here." ”

"Let her in. Emperor Zhou said lightly.

Zheng Peizhi immediately entered, first glanced at Su Tang'an and Gu Tingjun coldly, and then knelt down and asked for peace: "Peizhi has seen his father and the queen mother!"

Emperor Zhou didn't shout flat, and said lightly: "Fang Cai Tingjun accused you of sending a killer to assassinate their couple at his wedding yesterday, but is it true?"

Zheng Peizhi paused for a moment, and then denied it: "No! Peizhi swears that this matter is not my doing, if I lie, I will thunder and thunder." ”

"Concubine Zhi denied it very cleanly!" Gu Tingjun smiled coldly, "Those assassins were captured in public, and the confession was instructed by Concubine Zhi, does Concubine Zhi still deny it?"

"I said I didn't do it if I didn't do it!" Zheng Peizhi turned her head and looked at Gu Tingjun coldly, "How do I know if someone wants to frame me!

"The assassin not only confessed at the behest of Concubine Zhi, but also had Concubine Zhi's handwritten letter on him, does Concubine Zhi have to deny this?" Gu Tingjun said, taking out another letter and presenting it to Emperor Zhou.

Emperor Zhou read it, handed the letter to the empress, and stopped talking.

"Could it really be that you did this?" the queen scolded, "Your handwriting is still recognizable in the palace, and you still have a hard mouth even now?"

"What letter? I don't know what's going on!" Zheng Peizhi hurriedly said, "Father, mother, you must believe Erchen, someone must want to frame Erchen! If Erchen finds out who is framing Erchen, Erchen will definitely divide her five horses!"

She turned around and glared at Su Cheng'an viciously, and asked, "Is it you, are you framing me!"

"Why did I do that?" said Su Ju'an lightly.

"Who the hell is it, who is harming me!" Zheng Peizhi then hugged the queen's legs, "Auntie, you have to believe me, I haven't done it, I haven't done it!"

She looked at Li Changlong again and called, "Your Highness, don't you even believe me?"

A touch of entanglement flashed on Li Changlong's face, and he still had some affection for Zheng Peizhi, so he defended her: "Father, mother, is there any misunderstanding in this matter? Peizhi has nothing to do with Tingjun and his wife, and his son really doesn't know the reason why she murdered Tingjun and his wife. ”

"It's not that there are no intersections. Su Tang'an said lightly, "I once heard that Concubine Zhi had been obsessed with Tingjun before entering the East Palace, and when she pursued Tingjun, there was a lot of trouble, and many people in the capital knew about it!

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zheng Peizhi pointed at Su Juan's nose and scolded, "It's you! It's you behind your back, isn't it!"

Gu Tingjun said coldly: "Please Concubine Zhi be self-respecting, without evidence, and bite at will, could it be that there is no one in the Huainan Palace?"

"Peizhi, it's all at this time, you still don't know what's wrong?" the queen shouted, slapping Zheng Peizhi in the face, "It seems that this palace is too arrogant and indulges you on weekdays, so you are so lawless and do such a wrong thing!

Zheng Peizhi covered her face and knelt down, her eyes turned quickly, and she kowtowed: "Father, mother, Peizhi is just confused for a while, Peizhi knows that she is wrong, please forgive her father, queen mother." ”

"It's not this palace that you should ask forgiveness!" said the queen in a cold voice.

Zheng Peizhi then knelt down to Su Tang'an and Gu Tingjun, and hung her head in humiliation: "Peizhi can't stand you, I hope you can forgive Peizhi once!"

Zheng Peizhi is the daughter of Marquis Xuanyuan, the niece of the queen, and the side concubine of the prince.

Gu Tingjun naturally didn't just think about what Zheng Peizhi would really do, he just wanted to take this opportunity to show his attitude.