After exploring the mountain for a day and a night, they found that there was a seemingly ordinary place where the smell of fire oil was burning, although it was already very light, but their sense of smell was much more sensitive than that of ordinary people, and they could determine that the mountain fire was caused by man, and at this moment, five or six men in black suddenly appeared and attacked them.

Fortunately, Huo Ting and his cronies are not fuel-efficient lamps, although they were injured by their desperate fighting style, they were able to force several people to retreat. If he hadn't been caught alive for interrogation, he would never have had this injury.

Seeing that several people were defeated and fell to the downside, the people in black suddenly fell to the ground with blood flowing from the corners of their mouths. A closer look reveals that they all have poisonous pills hidden in their teeth, which is a common method used by dead soldiers.

"Master Hou, they don't have any marks on them." The cronies said.

Huo Ting thought for a moment, and immediately led people down the mountain, because of the delay of these people, it was already dark when they went down the mountain. When he arrived near the camp tent, Huo Ting found that there was something wrong with the stove room, the food should have been prepared at this hour, and the people in the stove room would generally set up the table in front of them so that they could distribute food to the victims, and there should be no one right. And he obviously saw that there were people in the stove room, so he gave his cronies a look, and the three of them quietly approached the stove room, and saw two people sneakily coming out of it.

"Stop, which team are you on?" At Huo Ting's suggestion, his cronies took the lead in asking questions.

The two of them were wearing the clothes of his soldiers, but they were new faces, and Huo Ting was vigilant. Seeing that the two of them glanced at each other, they directly drew their sabers and greeted them, Huo Ting sneered, this kind of little minion dared to scream in front of him.

The two of them were worse than the group of men in black, and they were quickly restrained, but in an instant, before their cronies could remove their jaws, they also committed suicide by taking poison.

"!" Huo Ting couldn't help but curse. The cronies stepped forward to check, and these two people were different from the people in black, and there was an embroidery of the word "Zhao" on the neckline of the underwear.

Speaking of this, Huo Ting showed Xiao Qixing the collar, the Zhao character embroidered with white thread was carelessly obvious, if you don't look closely, you can't detect it at all, and you can feel the concave and convex feeling by rubbing your fingertips.

"It's too deliberate." Xiao Qixing sneered.

"Yes, the minister thinks so. At that time, the food minister had already asked the doctor to check and confirm that it was poisoned, and if those victims ate it, they would die on the spot, and then the people's resentment would boil, and I am afraid that the unknown will become more and more intense. Huo Ting was glad that he had arrived in time, if it was a moment later, all the dirty water would be sprinkled on the emperor's head.

"You continue to investigate this matter secretly, and if you have any clues, you can transfer someone in advance. Remember, whoever dares to shake my country will be killed. Holding the collar tightly in his hand, Xiao Qixing's eyes suddenly became murderous.

After Huo Ting left, Xiao Qixing asked people to follow him to the Prince's Mansion. When Rong Hui saw that the emperor had arrived in person, he immediately knelt down.

"How's the prince?" Walking towards Xiao Yichen's bedroom, Xiao Qixing asked Rong Hui.

"Back to the emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just drank medicine and fell asleep." Rong Hui replied as Xiao Yichen instructed.

"Well, you're all waiting outside, I'll go in by myself." Nodding in response, Xiao Qixing had no intention of leaving, and directly pushed the door in, and Rong Hui and the others were stopped outside the door.

Walking to the edge of the collapse, looking at Xiao Yichen, who had a slightly better face, Xiao Qixing sighed, his son has been tormented by illness since he was a child, which is why he has never given Chen'er a marriage, and the other princes have concubines when they are fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Father......" Xiao Yichen woke up slowly, saw the person sitting on the edge of the collapse, and called softly, and his weak appearance immediately made Xiao Qixing feel distressed.

"Chen'er, are you better?" Personally supporting Xiao Yichen half-leaning on the collapse, Xiao Qixing asked worriedly.

"Thank you for your father's concern, my sons are much better. made his father worry that his son was unfilial. Xiao Yichen narrowed his eyes.

"Before I came, I asked the Imperial Doctor, your condition has stabilized, as long as you take care of yourself, you will recover in a few days. I also have something to tell you this time. "Since the matter of the crown prince's selection of concubines in the court is in an uproar, he simply complied with their wishes, but this matter cannot be done according to what those ministers said.

Xiao Yichen looked at Xiao Qixing quietly, he had a rough idea of what he was going to say.

Seeing Xiao Yichen so obedient, Xiao Qixing felt comforted in his heart, his son is good, but his temper is too weak, and he has less blood back then, but it doesn't matter, the man matures late, and he will understand it after he gets married.

"You are eighteen years old, the prince's mansion needs a hostess to help you take care of the housework and take care of your body, I decided to choose a day for you to choose a few women from high doors or big families as concubines, if you have other favorites, you can also accept them together, side concubines, concubines can be set together." Xiao Qixing just informed Xiao Yichen that he was the emperor, and what he wanted to do could not be refuted even if he was his own son.

"Yes, it's all up to my father." With his head hanging slightly, Xiao Yichen hid his thoughts, the royal family has no father and son, first the monarch and minister, and then the father and son, this is not wrong at all.

His attitude was probably very satisfying to Xiao Qixing, Xiao Qixing continued: "Just take this opportunity to choose a few of your younger brothers who have reached the age of sixteen, including the relatives and nephews of the sect of the right age, and make it lively, so that those people don't have to worry about it." "It's not a slap in the mouth.

"Yes." Xiao Yichen responded, he had already guessed that the emperor would do this, on the surface, he did not agree with the ministers' statements, but in fact, he could promise him the woman with the phoenix life from the beginning, which is not the words of the national teacher's divination.

Xiao Qixing cared a few more words, and then drove away. Xiao Yichen got up and stood at the window to look outside, and a figure suddenly appeared in the quiet room, bowing and kneeling behind Xiao Yichen.

"Master."

Xiao Yichen turned around and looked at the visitor: "The fire was done by the Zhao family?" ”

"Yes, master. Our people checked the people who intended to attack the victims, and the word "Zhao" was indeed embroidered on the collar. ”

Xiao Yichen was silent, this matter was too deliberate, but it was suspected of being framed. But the concubine has Lian Ying'er in her hands, and it is also a fact that she wants to promote the selection of the concubine as soon as possible. If it was really the Zhao family, then they would be too stupid.

"Can the matter of Baixianglou have a result?" Xiao Yichen continued to ask.

"Back to the master, there have been traces of aliens coming in and out of Baixiang Building." The man told him one by one.

"Aliens?" Xiao Yichen frowned, after the fire in Baixiang Tower, the aliens should have evacuated, could it be that there was any need for them to stay? "They put the stele?"

"I'm afraid not, according to the information we have, the aliens should have gone after the stone tablet appeared." The man deliberately investigated this matter.

"Continue to secretly monitor Baixianglou, and tell the people in the palace that the concubine's every move must be detailed."

(End of chapter)