In the month of the end of the year, all the princes stayed in the palace temporarily, and the shadow of the assassination had not completely dissipated, and as Chinese New Year's Eve approached, everyone in the palace kept silent about this matter, and they were all busy with various trivial matters, a busy but silent scene, which made people feel uneasy when walking on Yongxiang all day.

When the king returned to the temple early that morning, he immediately sat down, picked up the teapot and poured it, drank a lamp, and then breathed a sigh of relief and exhaled a white mist.

The eunuch Cen Shun asked, "Your Royal Highness, what's wrong with you?" ”

King Qian's eyes turned left and right, and he suddenly grabbed Cen Shun's hand, and said in a deep voice: "This king, this king is still a little unstable in his heart, you say, if the people of Dali Temple find out that the two dead soldiers are our hands and feet, then what should we do?" ”

Cen Shun hurriedly signaled to King Qian to silence: "Your Highness, beware that the wall has ears." The people who know about this matter have already sealed their mouths, Dali Temple has no way to investigate, His Royal Highness and the servants are very well prepared for this matter, and the two dead soldiers have already returned to the west, so there is no need to worry about any evidence. ”

The faint fragrance of tea stirred the treacherous breath into a chaotic atmosphere, and the pious king suddenly got up and closed all the doors of the palace, and the "squeak" sound of the household hub sounded harsh and terrifying.

"But I offended my father again a few days ago, and my father blamed me for not only not saving the driver as soon as possible, but instead questioning General Sikong Jun." The pious king said hurriedly, his brows tightly locked, as if a flame was about to burst out.

Cen Shun smiled with a little praise: "Your Highness, the slave thinks that you have done a good job." Actually, now you only need to occasionally talk about Sikong Jun in front of Your Majesty, and when the wind blows more in your ears in the future, as long as something happens, if it is related to Sikong Jun, Your Majesty will naturally be the first to suspect that it was him. ”

"Yes...... What you say is not unreasonable. ”

Cen Shun said again: "And Sikong Jun is so rude to you today, it is really a provocation, how can Your Highness bear it?" ”

King Qian's eyes were like torches: "Sikong Jun is indeed too arrogant, don't forget, even if he is a member of the forbidden army, he is also a subordinate of his father and the king!" ”

Cen Shun persuaded: "Your Highness, don't be angry, in short, we can make Sikong Jun's life not so easy in the future." ”

King Qian's breathing gradually stabilized, and he asked again, "What about the second brother?" How can we blame the second brother for the matter of the dead man? ”

Cen Shun slowly walked to the door, felt the chill outside through the gloomy window paper, and said, "Are you talking about His Royal Highness King Di, didn't he send some strange flowers and plants from Nanzhao Kingdom?" You must know that the queen mother is the most taboo for other princes to compete for favor, so we might as well use those flowers as tricks and feet......"

Hearing this, King Qian seemed to smile: "What can flowers and plants help with?" ”

Cen Shun said slowly: "Those flowers have a long flowering period in winter, we just need to find some ways to give King Di a big gift...... What's more, His Majesty asked us to investigate the case of the dead man, so that we can make amends, which is one of the steps in our plan. Your Highness, think about it, let's investigate this case ourselves, and when those strange flowers and plants come into play, this case will not need to be investigated, and Your Majesty will naturally suspect King Di. Also, for more than a year, the emperor and queen have not been in the palace, and the Shanggong Bureau has a lot of concubines' eyeliner, and this method of the slave can also get rid of some people placed by Concubine De by the way, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

The two whispered for a while, and the smile on the corner of King Qian's mouth gradually turned into a touch of danger, and the cold color in his eyes seemed to be competing with the cold outside the house to see who could be more fearful.

"Okay, anyway, King Di has no mother's protection, and this king is at least half a son-in-law. King Di...... Just wait and see. The pious king looked wolf-like, and struck a fist on the carved table, and the deep sound was deafening, echoing in the empty hall.

The heavy snow lasted for ten days, and King Qian couldn't sit still in the palace and wanted to go to Qingning Palace to meet the queen.

Cen Shun, as the close attendant eunuch of the pious king, naturally had to serve by the side at any time.

Ten days later, Cen Shun prepared everything, the snow just stopped, and before it melted, King Qian called Cen Shun and prepared to go to Qingning Palace to greet the queen, and by the way, pay a farewell to the early years.

Qingning Palace looks very elegant after the heavy snowfall, Zhenlan saw that King Qian was coming, and also came out to greet him: "His Royal Highness King Qian is down, the queen mother is taking a nap, you might as well go to the warm pavilion to wait first, and the slave maid will give you hot tea." ”

King Qian smiled: "Oh, no need. Zhenlan, you go to the small kitchen and get some hot tea, and the queen will drink it together later. ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness King is thoughtful." After Zhenlan finished answering, she walked out of the main hall quickly.

Seeing this, Cen Shun picked up the paper bag hidden in the cuff and sprinkled some of the exotic flowers and plants in the main hall one by one. These flowers were paid tribute by the Southern Zhao Kingdom, and they were also specially offered by Li Zhen, the king of Di, for the queen.

"Just wait for the flowers to wither later." Cen Shun said to the king.

About a quarter of an hour passed, and the queen was up for a nap.

Zhenlan took the hot tea and put it down, and helped the queen over: "What a coincidence, His Royal Highness King Qian has caught up with the time." ”

"Greetings to the Queen Mother." The pious king bowed and sat down to drink tea.

The queen's face was ruddy, maybe it was almost the New Year, and her spirit was much better, not as haggard as usual. As soon as the queen took a sip of tea, she found the withered flower branches, one by one dejected, and extremely ugly.

"Why are all these flowers withering?" The queen was displeased.

Zhenlan said "oops": "Approaching the end of the year, how can you place these residual flowers and fallen leaves in Qingning Palace, is it a intention to ruin the luck of the mother?" ”

King Qian hurriedly kowtowed: "Flowers bloom and fall sometimes, and the queen doesn't have to worry too much." ”

Cen Shun raised his head slightly, and said: "Didn't these flowers be sent by His Royal Highness King Di, they are said to be strange flowers and plants in Nanzhao Kingdom, and the flowering period is very long in winter." ”

The queen pursed her lips, her chest rose and fell slightly: "After all, it's a foreign thing, but this palace thinks it's strange, it seems to be good in the morning, and the flowering period won't be short like this, right?" ”

King Qian rolled his eyes and ordered: "Quickly, take out these remnants of flowers and fallen leaves, and do not defile the eyes of the queen mother." ”

Cen Shun also smiled: "Yes, these flowers will be taken down and handed over to the secretary of the Shanggong Bureau to deal with." ”

The queen put her hand on her back: "Okay." ”

Cen Shun and the palace maids of Qingning Palace all put away the flowers, and when they were about to go out, they collided slightly with King Qian's eyes, and bowed their heads.

Out of Qingning Palace, it was cold to the bones along the way. Cen Shun immediately moved the flowers to the Shanggong Bureau, and when there was no one around, he hurriedly dug out the black fire hidden in the Si Shi room in advance, and replaced all the soil in the flower pots. After the thing was done, Cen Shun was already sweating profusely and trembling.