In the Jianji Palace, the old emperor who was dressed in bright yellow behind the pineapple table with a carved dragon had just put down the purple hao in his hand and stroked his beard and chin.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is outside the door." Zhuo Song beside him bent down and said.

"Let him in."

After Qin Tianze's greeting, the old emperor narrowed his eyes and went straight to the point: "Today, a new murder case is hotly discussed in Shengjing City, has Tianze heard of it?" ”

At noon today, a homicide was found in a small house in the corner of Pear Blossom Lane.

For this kind of thing, the common people are generally unlucky when they hear it, and they take a detour, and some of them can't bear the gossip, at most they gather outside the door of the crime site to chew on the root of their tongues, discuss for a while and then leave.

However, today's sect caused the people to stop, and at once the door was crowded, and then it spread ten, ten and hundred, and soon spread throughout Shengjing.

The whole reason is that the deceased is Wen Changqing, who has just been dismissed from his post and has become a hot topic in the city.

It is said that the deceased, who was disheveled, had his hands tied to the bed, his eyes were wide open, and he had a wound on his left wrist, which flowed from his elbow to the bed and then to the ground, which was the cause of his death.

Later, the government caught the murderer, and the murderer was Wen Changqing's little-known outer chamber Chu family.

She confessed that the two had a dispute over a trivial matter last night, and she picked up the vase and smashed it in anger for a while, but accidentally smashed him unconscious, and was afraid that he would wake up and scold, because she had already agreed with her lover to elope, so she had bad guts, and tied him to the bed without doing anything, and then picked up the pieces on the ground and cut his wrists.

After doing everything, he left in a hurry, but was abandoned by his lover on the road and was robbed of his belongings, tossed and fled without any money to rent a boat, and unfortunately let the neighbors passing by recognize him, and was caught by the government.

"Tianze, do you know why I called you here?"

"The son is dull, please make it clear to the father."

"The people only know about the wound on Wen Changqing's wrist, but they don't know that there is a whip wound on his back under the clean clothes, no more than or small, just ten lashes."

Qin Tianze raised his head suddenly, and unexpectedly remembered the sentence that the second brother told him that day that Wen Changqing had not dripped blood.

"Father, do you know who did it?"

The old emperor leaned forward, looked at Qin Tianze with a gleam in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The prisoner said that she found a whip because she resented Wen Changqing for a long time in her heart, and whipped to vent her anger. Reaching out to take the teacup, "Tianze, do you think there's anything wrong with this?" ”

"Erchen thinks ......," Qin Tianze said after struggling inwardly for a while, "there is nothing wrong with it. ”

As soon as these words came out, the old emperor looked at him with a smile: "Then close the case like this." Then he took the fold that had just been written, and instructed Zhuo Song to send it out, "Tianze can go back." ”

There are many inappropriate things in this, but Wen Changqing's death is exactly what the old emperor wants, and Qin Tianze's answer is also what he wants.

At this time, someone from the palace said a few words to Zhuo Song and then withdrew.

After listening to this, he went inside and told his master: "Your Majesty, I came to report ...... just now" Seeing that the prince had not yet stepped out of the door, he didn't know whether to talk about it at the moment, until the old emperor said that it was okay, and then he said: "Shicai, Wen Changqing's wife hanged herself in the room." ”

Qin Tianze's figure froze for a moment before he walked away again.

It wasn't until he walked away that Prime Minister Su stepped out of the room, and the old emperor took a sip of tea and asked, "Yunqi, what do you think about this matter?" Could it be the prince's handiwork? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, whether it is or not, after this incident, I believe that Your Highness will change."

"I hope it was his doing, and the monarch should not be benevolent alone, let alone too kind."

"The minister shook his courage, look at the actions of the second prince in the court that day, if Wen Changqing was killed by the second prince, then ......"

"It's best for him to be the sword of the crown prince and Daqin, if he has other thoughts-" The old emperor's deep eyes stared at the cinnabar-stained Zihao on the enamel pen holder, and the hand holding the tea cup gradually clenched.

"Then I can only get rid of it for the prince."

After Qin Tianze returned to the school grounds, he couldn't see the lively figure.

Cheng Dong saw that his master's expression became more and more wrong after he came out of the Jianji Palace, so he hurriedly went to find someone to ask.

"Your Highness, according to the guards, since you went to Jianji Palace, Miss Su and the second prince have come successively."

Qin Tianze glanced around: "What about them now?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, I have all gone to Qingjun Garden."

After getting the answer, he immediately walked out of the school yard without hesitation.

At this moment, in the Qingjun Garden, there were three people sitting around the stone table.

"Second prince, aren't you tired of tilting your head sideways like this?" Lin Yanzhi said angrily, "You have been staring at the lower officials, but is there something wrong with the lower officials?" ”

The corners of Qin Tianan's eyes bent down, his gaze fell on her waist, and the fan bone tapped on the stone table, deliberately teasing: "There is nothing wrong with Lord Lin, it's just that I suddenly remembered that I once caressed the waist of a beautiful woman on the table, and the touch at that time was still there, which really made people want to relive." ”

Lin Yanzhi was too lazy to listen to his incoherent words, and turned her head to deepen her friendship with Su Yanran, but was brought back by Qin Tianan with a fan holding her chin.

"The prince has arrived—"

The three of them looked at the courtyard gate in unison, but only Su Yanran reacted first, hung her head and stood up to say goodbye.

Qin Tianze didn't say a word, waved his hand, his eyes fell on the two people who were motionless, and walked forward step by step with a wooden face until they came to him, and then snatched the fan and threw it back: "If the second brother doesn't understand the correct use of the gentleman's fan, then don't use it." ”

Qin Tianan shouted, his figure flashed, he caught it, and said angrily: "This is Mr. Song Shifeng's fan!" I'm not just going to tease Lord Lin, is it necessary for big brother to do this?! ”

Qin Tianze took up the place where he was sitting, looked at him with a straight face, and said, "I should ask the second brother this, is it necessary for the second brother to do this?" ”

Qin Tianan heard the allusion in his words, his eyes turned to the right, the corners of his mouth were raised, and he chuckled.

"Yes."

He stroked his sleeve and said, "By the way, Wen Changqing is talking about it in Kyoto today, and I have also heard it, Lord Lin is interested in listening to it?" ”

But without waiting for her to reply, he looked like a storyteller, sometimes shaking his fan, sometimes shaking his head and telling Wen Changqing in detail, as if he was at the scene at the time.

Lin Yanzhi sighed: "I didn't expect it......"

"Huh?"

"I didn't expect that I just shed a little blood, but Wen Changqing was even worse than me, not only lost my official position and lost my relatives, but also watched myself bleed, what a thing in this world...... Sure enough, impermanence. ”

Su Yanran muttered, "The world is impermanent......"

Lin Yanzhi patted her head and hurriedly said, "Hey! Sister Yanran is here, let's not talk about such a horrible thing, the second prince. ”

Only then did Qin Tianze notice that his cousin, who had a docile face, was still standing, and hurriedly said: "Cousin, sit down, gather at home, and don't have to be formal." ”

Lin Yanzhi put on her body, thought she was very interested, and immediately got up and pulled Su Yanran to sit in her place, and she sat on the other side.

Seeing this, Qin Tianan smiled and slowly sat back next to Lin Yanzhi and said, "This look, the eldest brother and Miss Su are really a good match, and they are very compatible. ”

Su Yanran moved away unnaturally: "The second prince should not make fun of the courtiers, the courtiers know that their posture is not good." ”

"Cousin, don't be presumptuous."

Lin Yanzhi heard that the prince's boss was so eager to comfort her, and she estimated in her heart that there should be a scene between the two cousins and cousins, but this sister Yanran seemed to be a little more restrained.

Suddenly, there was a fragrance wafting in the air, and the fragrance rushed to everyone's nostrils with the wind.

Tao Xing looked at them secretly while walking with a plate of potato chips, only to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looking at the adults and the second prince with a bad face, and the second prince held his cheeks, shook his fan and looked at his own adults with a smile, and the adults then got up and moved the chair, close to Miss Su and said something.

When she saw the adults acting like this, she made a bottom in her heart, and walked to Lin Yanzhi's side and still stood there after putting it down, blocking the eyes of the second prince.

"Sister, try it, it's delicious!" Lin Yanzhi reached out and took a piece and handed it to Su Yanran's mouth.

Su Yanran ate it with her hand and said, "Yan Zhi said it well, it is indeed delicious." Then he ate a few more slices in quick succession before stopping.

"Sister, don't move, there's a little stain on the corner of your mouth." After speaking, he reached out and took it off for her, and gently wiped it with his fingertips, "Okay." ”

Seeing this, Qin Tianan picked up the pieces with his hands, got up and walked to Lin Yanzhi, bent down, pointed at the corner of his mouth with a fan and said, "Lord Lin, I have this too." ”

Qin Tianze stared at the plate of potato chips, frowning and wondering if he also wanted to learn from his second brother to get a little bit at the corner of his mouth, but after thinking about it, in the end, he still couldn't make such a move.

Lin Yanzhi looked up at Qin Tian'an with a smile: "If the second prince is a woman, the lower official will naturally get rid of it for you, but it's a pity, or ......."

"It's a pity, the master doesn't feel pity at all for being a man." Qin Tianan hurriedly returned to his position and sat down obediently.

Qin Tianze's mouth finally had an arc: "By the way, did my cousin come to the palace today to go shopping?" This palace remembers that when I first saw you, you were still a small group and shouted behind your uncle to play hide and seek, but I didn't think that many years have passed, and you will see you again today, but you are much quieter. ”

Su Yanran lowered her head: "Since the death of my mother, things in the family are wrong, and Yanran is not as naughty as before, but ...... His Highness is still easy and gentle. ”

I remember when I was a child, once she relied on her aunt's love and asked the prince's cousin to play with her, so he put down the book in his hand and accompanied her to fly a kite with a smile.

He heard that the next day he had been punished by His Majesty for memorizing a wrong article, and when he learned that she was also suffering from the wind, he punished himself for copying it several more times, and handed it in with the book of self-reflection.

It was also because of this incident that my father and aunt came up with the idea of making her the crown princess.

Thinking about it now, she was really ignorant at that time.

"My aunt also hopes that my cousin can smile forever as before and walk with her nature."

Su Yanran heard the word casualness coming out of his mouth, thinking of the changes in his family, his father's instructions and cultivation, the lost character, and the childhood when he couldn't go back, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, but he smiled gently on his face.

Lin Yanzhi saw a hint of bitterness in her smile, thought for a while, and proposed: "It turns out that my sister liked to play hide and seek when she was young, and it just so happens that I like it but never play, why don't we play it today?" My sister can not only relive it, but I can also make up for the regrets of my childhood. After speaking, he looked at Qin Tianze.

He obviously also saw Su Yanran's depression, so he said: "It's rare for my cousin to come today, and this palace should accompany me." ”

Lin Yanzhi quietly gave a thumbs up.

This boss is really good!

She turned her gaze to Qin Tian'an: "Are the two princes interested in being together?" It's just the one that can be caught. ”

Immediately, two more eyes fell on him, and he had no choice but to respond: "Since Lord Lin invited, I should accompany me, but ...... Wait, if I'm the first to catch you, you'll have to accompany me to Guangju Teahouse. He covered his mouth with his hand and whispered in his ear, "I heard that Miss Liu Xin is waiting for you who spent a lot of money for her that day." ”

Lin Yanzhi recalled the dance on the stage that day, and nodded violently for a while.

It's just that the place of this Qingjun Garden is very small, except for the room, there can be said to be no place to hide people, so the group decided to move to the Imperial Garden.