The fifth line and Zhu Zhizhi were in the prison of the Criminal Department, and they did not find anyone suspected of General Song Jin and Xiang Kun, so they had to give up.

What's more, this is in itself a guess in the fifth line, if Fan Yun didn't lie, the two were indeed killed, and naturally they couldn't be found.

The fifth line got out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, but he didn't know how to get out, so he could only follow Zhu Zhizhi.

"In the palace, apart from this prison of the Criminal Department, is there any other place to hold prisoners?" The fifth line asked Zhu Zhizhidao.

"Generally speaking, there are two kinds of prisons, one is the edict prison, and the other is the prison of the criminal department. However, the Imperial Prison is a place where the court recidivists are held, and they must all be wanted by the emperor's decree. If General Song Jin is in prison, my emperor's brother and brother must know about it, and it is impossible for us to find it again. Moreover, if you want to enter the imperial prison, you must have the emperor's holy decree, otherwise it is impossible to enter it, not even the imperial brother and me. Zhu Zhizhi replied.

"Oh! I see, that's not possible. But if they are still in the hands of Dongchang, where will the people of Dongchang keep them? The fifth line said to himself.

"Oh! When you say that, I think of a place, the private prison of Dongchang. Zhu Zhizhi immediately woke up.

"Dongchang Private Prison?" The fifth line asked.

If it weren't for Zhu Zhizhi to talk about it, the fifth line wouldn't have known that such a place existed.

"That's right! Dongchang Private Prison, which is a prison set up by Dongchang privately, is often used to detain people whom Dongchang himself believes is suspicious, but there is not enough evidence to put him on death row. This private prison is very mysterious, and outsiders are never allowed to approach the East Factory, not even the Ouchi Secret Agent and the Jinyi Guard. If General Song Jin and Xiang Kun were in their hands, then they would definitely be locked up here. But if I wanted to go in and search, it would be impossible, not even my royal brother. Zhu Zhizhi finally felt a little embarrassed now.

"In the palace, there is still a place where the prince and you can't go?" The fifth line was even more surprising to hear it.

"What's so strange about this, since the establishment of the East Factory, it has been directly ordered by the emperor, and has the right to cut first and then play, and the right is naturally very large. In addition, Gonggong Shi is still my father's old minister, and his prestige in the court is extremely high, and even my emperor's brother has to give him three points, what do you think I can do? Zhu Zhizhi explained.

"The deep palace is like the sea!" After listening to the fifth line, he only sighed.

After Zhu Zhizhi finished speaking, he took him around the palace, although the fifth line did not recognize the road, but he had already found that this road was not the road he took when he came just now.

"This is not the way I came, where are you going to take me?" The fifth line says with a questioning kiss.

"Hey! Stingy, I won't lose you, you just have to follow along. After Zhu Zhizhi finished speaking, she suddenly smiled very meaningfully.

The fifth line was skeptical, but there was no other way, so he had to still follow Zhu Zhizhi. After walking for a while, the fifth line really felt that something was wrong, and saw that the people around him were either palace maids or eunuchs, and there was no one else at all. The fifth line had already guessed intuitively that they seemed to have come to the harem.

The fifth line was just about to catch up with Zhu Zhizhi to ask again, but Zhu Zhizhi said first: "It's coming soon, you wait for me here first." ”

After Zhu Zhizhi finished speaking, he walked towards a palace gate, and the two palace maids in front of the door saw that it was Princess Qingying who came, and immediately saluted her. Zhu Zhizhi glanced at the fifth line with a smile, and then whispered a few words to one of the palace maids, and the palace maid immediately entered the house.

The fifth line felt more and more strange, only to feel that Zhu Zhizhi had something to hide from him, and just as he was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw that on the tall palace gate, there were three big characters written "Renshou Palace".

"Queen Mother, why did she bring me to the Queen Mother's residence." Although the fifth line had never entered the palace, he still knew that Renshou Palace was the residence of the queen mother. He was taken aback, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, and he didn't know what Zhu Zhizhi was doing.

The fifth line was about to step forward to ask Zhu Zhizhi, but saw the palace girl who had just entered walked out, and then only said to the fifth line: "Princess, the fifth young man, the queen mother is invited." ”

The fifth line dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and only whispered to Zhu Zhizhi, "What are you bringing me here for?" ”

"Let's go in first." Zhu Zhizhi not only had joy on her face, but also a little shy, as if she was a little woman who wanted to get married.

The fifth line had never seen Zhu Zhizhi show such a demeanor in front of him, and he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, but at this moment, he had to send it, so he had to obediently follow Zhu Zhizhi into the palace.

"Zhizhi to the queen mother, please be safe!" Zhu Zhizhi took the lead and said.

Although the fifth line has seen a lot of the world, it rarely deals with dignitaries. Although he has been in contact with King Xiao for a long time, after all, Prince Xiao is a person with a lot of temperament, and he has never been constrained by any etiquette. Therefore, when the fifth line saw the queen mother this time, it was actually the first time to really deal with the royal relatives and nobles in the palace. The fifth line saw the Queen Mother, but he didn't know what to say, so he just froze in place. After a while, he saw Zhu Zhizhi giving him a look, so he immediately knelt down to the Queen Mother and said: "The grass people meet the Queen Mother in the fifth line, and I wish the Queen Mother good health and good fortune." This should be the first time that the fifth line has saluted someone so formally, and he was speechless for a while, only a few random words.

"Huh! You're welcome to the fifth young man, get up! The Queen Mother finished speaking to the fifth line kindly, and then said loudly to the palace maid beside her: "Someone! Give the fifth young man a seat. ”

As soon as the Queen Mother spoke, a palace maid had already moved a chair, but although the fifth line was sitting, she felt more uncomfortable than standing, and she didn't know how to put her hands and feet at all.

"Huh! Zhizhi is really not wrong, the fifth young man is really a talent. The Queen Mother looked him up and down, and then said with great satisfaction.

"Empress Dowager Xie." In the fifth line, he felt that the Queen Mother's eyes were a little strange when she looked at him, so she didn't know how to answer, so she only said three words.

It is said that the fifth line also thinks that he is a suave and dashing chivalrous warrior, but now that he is being fooled by Zhu Zhizhi, he is a little like a fool. Even with his sworn stupid brother Tang Zhong, he was a little similar, and he couldn't even speak clearly.

"Zhizhi has already told the mourning family about the matter between you, and the mourning family has also discussed it with your master, Mrs. Zhang, and they all agree very much. Therefore, if the two of you have no opinions, after the martial arts conference, the mourning family will make the decision for you, count your birthday, choose a good and auspicious day, and let you get married. The Queen Mother said very seriously.

"Queen Mother, I have no opinion." Zhu Zhizhi immediately replied with a smile.

"Marriage?" The fifth line was a little confused, and he couldn't react for a while, and he didn't know what was going on.

"Yes! The matter between you and Zhizhi has long been known to the mourning family. The mourning family wanted to see you before, but I heard that King Xiao and Zhizhi both said that you have been busy for the official silver case, so they didn't send anyone to disturb you. Since you are going to enter the palace to do business today, the mourning family simply asked Zhizhi to bring you over. The Queen Mother, like Zhu Zhizhi, is also very happy.

"What is going on between us? ...... between us" The fifth line originally wanted to ask "what is the matter between us", but for fear of breaking Zhu Zhizhi's face, he interrupted what he was about to say.

"The fifth young man doesn't have to be nervous, if you have anything to say, just say it directly." The Queen Mother said very kindly, as if she had regarded him as an attached horse.

The fifth line thought about it, and then gradually came back to his senses. also immediately understood that Zhu Zhizhi had been sneaky, but it turned out that he was agitating this matter.

The fifth line restrained his mind a little, and then said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, there is a sentence in the fifth line, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." The Queen Mother said.

"First of all, the princess has golden branches and jade leaves, and the fifth line is just a wanderer, who has been rude, but I am afraid that I will not be able to wear the princess's noble status and lose the emperor's grace. Secondly, the fifth line is used to idle days, never informal, and can't stand the many rules of the palace at all. Although the fifth line really admires the princess, he feels that his identity is humble, and he does not dare to climb the dragon and the phoenix, and he is afraid that he will live up to the princess. The words of the grass people are all true, and the Queen Mother is also requested to be aware of them. "The fifth line says a lot, but it only means one thing, and I don't like it.

In fact, the fifth line didn't expect that Zhu Zhizhi would play such a trick of cutting first and then playing in front of him. But it's too late to say anything now, you still have to think about it first, how to get past the queen mother's level!

"Listening to the meaning of the fifth young man's words, it seems that he dislikes us Zhizhi?" The Queen Mother's tone was a little harsher, but from Zhizhi's evil smile, it could also be seen that the Queen Mother was deliberately scared in the fifth line.

Although Princess Qingying can't figure out the fifth line, she has always been smelted to death by the fifth line. But Princess Qingying's temper is not a master who can be bullied. She knew that she couldn't put the fifth line evenly, but she thought that her queen mother would definitely be able to suppress him.

So, after he returned to the palace, he kept begging the queen mother, saying that he would recruit the fifth line of concubines, and threatened not to marry him. The Queen Mother saw that the fifth line was just an idler in the rivers and lakes, with neither fame nor wealth, and she was only afraid that her daughter would suffer losses, so she was very unhappy. I didn't want Princess Qingying to have a resolute attitude, and she grinded hard against the Queen Mother again and again, and the Queen Mother finally couldn't stand her daughter's stalking, so she could only agree.

After that, the Queen Mother also carefully solicited the opinions of the emperor, King Xiao, Zhang Yu and others, and saw that they all agreed very much, and they were very optimistic about the two of them, so she felt a little bottom in her heart.