The eldest princess gave the jade pendant to Ah Rong, which made Huang Gonggong puzzled, and he didn't dare to do anything to Ah Rong, so he could only lock it up according to what the princess said.

After Xiao Yunjiao went out from the Inner Court Division, he went directly to Xiao Xunguang and told him what he asked from Ah Rong.

"They're so ruthless!" Xiao Xunguang was filled with indignation, "Can the life of the palace maid be cheapened at will?" ”

"Sister, this time you must plan well and strive to make them unable to turn over!"

Xiao Yunjiao thought for a while, "The forbidden army in the palace can't be moved at will, otherwise it will definitely startle the snake, tomorrow after the next dynasty, you leave Shen Yuzhou behind, and find a reason for the outside world at will, we still have to borrow a few of his people." ”

Xiao Xunguang nodded in response.

At the end of the next morning, Shen Yuzhou was called to the imperial study, ready to "fight" with His Majesty.

He was originally His Majesty's companion, and everyone in the court and China knew that he had a deep relationship with His Majesty, and although this excuse was abrupt, it was also logical.

When Shen Yuzhou saw His Majesty secretly squeezing his eyebrows at him, he knew that things were not simple, and sure enough, he also saw Xiao Yunjiao, who was intimate with His Majesty to send supplements in the imperial study.

"Yesterday, the palace maid of the flower room, Ah Rong, said something, and we were very angry when we knew it, but I didn't want to startle the snake, so I asked you to come and discuss countermeasures together." Xiao Xunguang dismissed left and right and said to Shen Yuzhou.

Xiao Yunjiao didn't say anything, and directly told Shen Yuzhou what he heard yesterday.

"Half a month ago, a palace maid drowned in the imperial garden, and a few days ago, two palace maids drowned one after another, and it was rumored in the palace that there were monsters in the imperial garden. But when His Majesty and I went for a walk in the imperial garden the day before yesterday, instead of encountering monsters, we also found a piece of clothing on the palace maid in the rockery forest.

"So I claimed that His Majesty's jade pendant was lost, and successfully found the owner of this piece of clothing, which was Ah Rong of the flower house.

"It turned out that half a month ago, when the first palace maid drowned, Ah Rong was also at the scene, and he also saw the murderer."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yunjiao took a deep breath, "It's the hand of the grandmother next to Concubine Cui." ”

"Why did Concubine Cui kill a few palace maids?" Shen Yuzhou was puzzled.

"That's because...... She saw that Concubine Cui was taking a pack of poison from Cui Jin's hand! ”

"This poison has also been put down into the medicine of Proton Yeluhe in Northern Xinjiang."

Hearing the familiar name, Shen Yuzhou thought for a moment in his heart, and instantly understood the cause and effect of the matter.

"In other words, Cui Jin and Concubine Cui first poisoned the Northern Xinjiang Proton and slandered you and grounded you. Not only that, but he also lingered on the sickbed for more than a month, I'm afraid that the plan is not only to prevent you from going to Yunzhou. ”

He thought of an even more terrible consequence in his heart, "If the Northern Xinjiang Proton really dies in the palace, then the Northern Xinjiang will have another reason to declare war, and I will definitely go on ......the expedition at that time."

Xiao Yunjiao calmly picked up Shen Yuzhou's guess, "There are only forbidden guards in Beijing." ”

Xiao Xunguang looked at the tacit understanding between you and me, and there was more disbelief in his eyes.

"You're saying - the Cui family wants to rebel?"

Xiao Yunjiao shook his head, "Whether they have the intention of rebellion or not, they have done this thing, after all, the chances of Northern Xinjiang starting a war with us for a Yeluhe are still small." If they can transfer you out of the capital, they are naturally willing to see it, and if not, they are willing to see it if they can bring us some trouble. ”

"After all, the worse you did during the reign of the emperor, the more sure they are of changing people to be emperors."

Thinking of King Jing stationed in the south, the three people in the room were silent.

The salute to King Xiao Xun was made by Concubine Cui, who was half a year older than Xiao Yunjiao. When the emperor was alive, the courtiers had two factions, but before the emperor died, he insisted on a will to crown Xiao Xunli as the king, and also painted his fief in the south, and left an edict for Xiao Xunguang to succeed to the throne justifiably, and also let Xiao Yunjiao have the power of auxiliary government.

It can be said that he paved all the roads that could be paved for himself and the sons and daughters of the former queen.

After King Jing was crowned king, he was not allowed to return to Beijing without a recall, and even the funeral of the emperor was not able to participate, the Cui family was naturally a long-term faction, although it would not force the palace to rebel, and he definitely wanted Xiao Xunli, who had his own blood, to be the emperor, and he gave them difficulties openly and secretly.

But they went too far this time.

"If there is another war in northern Xinjiang, it will only be the border people and soldiers who will suffer." Shen Yuzhou said coldly, "The Cui family only thinks about the scenery of their own family, but they have no pity, which is really despicable. ”

Xiao Yunjiao said: "Ah Rong said that she heard that every half month, someone from the Cui family would send some poison to Concubine Cui into the palace, and then she would add the medicine to the decoction that Yeluhe drank every day. In two days, it will be the next time they will be able to get their medicine. ”

"To catch the thief and take the dirty, we not only have to catch Concubine Cui and the Cui family who sent the poison, but also catch the evidence that they drugged Yeluhe. The envoys from Northern Xinjiang haven't left yet, so we can still give this matter to them before they return to Northern Xinjiang. ”

Shen Yuzhou thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, I'll arrange it." ”

After a pause, he asked again, "Then in the past two days, ...... of Yeluhe's medicine?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao was speechless for a while, going to change the medicine now will definitely cause the other party to be alert, if only Yeluhe was smart and didn't drink the medicine......

Xiao Xunguang looked at Shen Yuzhou and then at his sister, both of them frowned, and proposed: "Anyway, I've been drinking for so long, it's not bad for this day or two, why don't you let him drink it first?" Then I will seek medical treatment from the Imperial Doctor...... Yes."

He said this somewhat with a bit of a communiqué and personal vendetta, and he still remembered that he had a grudge against the Northern Xinjiang proposal for peace, and he didn't have a good impression of Yeluhe.

Xiao Yunjiao sighed, but he still couldn't get past the level in his heart, "Forget it, I'll let someone secretly go to Penglai Hall and tell Yelu He, I hope he will be smarter." ”

Naturally, the three of them stayed in the imperial study for a while, and then went to the racecourse together.

Xiao Yunjiao sat under the canopy and watched for a while, Shen Yuzhou and Xiao Xunguang exchanged riding and shooting.

said that it was a competition, Xiao Xunguang's ability was like a child playing in front of Shen Yuzhou.

Shen Yuzhou sat on a brown-red high-headed horse, with a straight back and a slender posture. The long legs clamped the horse's belly and moved, and the horse galloped around the field.

When the horse had run away, he loosened the reins, drew the feathered arrows from his back quiver with his backhand, and put the bow neatly on the bow.

But in a moment, the horse had already run to the front of the arrow target, Shen Yuzhou sat firmly on the horse's back, turned sideways to the right, raised his arm to draw a powerful arc, and then there was a "whoosh" sound of breaking the air, and then saw that the feather arrow had left the string.

The arrow targets in the racecourse were set up side by side dozens of paces, and Shen Yuzhou continued to run forward on his horse, his movements were coherent and smooth, and he almost did not hesitate to shoot the arrow every time, and quickly shot the arrow after putting on the bowstring.

Crisp and clean.

When the horse had gone around and returned to the starting point, the little eunuch who sang the target raised his achievement.

Six targets, each of which hits the bull's-eye.

Shen Yuzhou sat on his horse and walked slowly towards the stands, and suddenly raised his chin towards Xiao Yunjiao.

He turned against the light, and the whole person was bathed in golden sunlight, his eyebrows and eyes were not very clear, but his whole body was full of vigor, not at all like the calm Shen Hou Ye outside, but like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy who watched the flowers.

Xiao Yunjiao's heart beat two beats faster with the sound of horses' hooves.

"Brother Yuzhou, you're too powerful!"

Xiao Yunjiao was stunned, and when he didn't say what was in his heart, he realized that it was Xiao Xunguang who also came over on a horse.

"Your Majesty has also made a lot of progress."

Xiao Xunguang was hit by three arrows in six arrows, although it was not a bull's-eye, but it was very impressive for his age.

Xiao Yunjiao saw that a thin layer of sweat appeared on their heads, and asked people to bring the tea to dry, "Your Majesty and Marquis Shen are tired, right?" Take a break for a cup of tea. ”

Xiao Xunguang turned over and got off the horse and sat next to her to drink tea after hearing this, but Shen Yuzhou said: "Thank you for the princess's kindness, the minister hasn't run for a long time, and today the time and place are favorable, I want to run two more laps." ”

With that, he pulled the reins, turned the horse's head and returned to the field.

The smile on the corner of Xiao Yunjiao's mouth fell by two points, and he was naturally seen by someone with a heart.

Xiao Xunguang and Shen Yuzhou had been studying for an afternoon, and even before Shen Yuzhou left the palace, he still pulled him and agreed to ask him to come to him every day to show him skills, and he was not willing to let people leave until the palace gate was about to fall.

After they left the racecourse, an inconspicuous figure went to Shou'an Palace to avoid people and told everything they saw in the racecourse to the grandmother beside Concubine Cui.

"You did a good job, this is a reward from the concubine, go back and do a good job." Mama took out a silver ingot from her sleeve and gave it to him, and closed the corner door satisfied.

Mama returned to the dormitory and passed the word to Concubine Cui again.

"The little eunuch in the racecourse said that His Majesty practiced riding and archery with the eldest princess and Shen Hou Ye in the horse farm for an afternoon, His Majesty is very close to Shen Hou Ye, and the eldest princess is also very attentive to him, but Shen Hou Ye doesn't pay much attention to the appearance of the eldest princess."

Concubine Cui sneered, "She Xiao Yunjiao should still be able to give her a decree to marry?" Three years ago, it was sticking to people's homes, and now it is again. Well, people don't look down on her at all. ”

Mama saw that her master was happy and catered to her, "Although the eldest princess is beautiful, she is too arrogant and rude, and her reputation is ...... Don't say that Marquis Shen, but whoever is more noble will never let his son be the master. ”

"I don't know which daughter's daughter can get the blue eyes of Marquis Shen, and the palace said that he would give him Shuyao to marry, and he could push it in public." Concubine Cui felt embarrassed when she thought about it, "My Cui family's daughter has wronged him." ”

Mama hurriedly comforted, "Good concubine, good girl, our daughters are all first-class and good, how can such a foundationless military general's family climb high?" ”

Only then did Concubine Cui stretch her brows, "Yes, in the end, it was born in a reckless manner." ”

As soon as she revealed this matter, she remembered something again, and changed her words and said, "Is the matter over there in Penglai Pavilion still proper?" ”

Mama lowered her voice, "Don't worry, the concubine is using the person who came in by herself, which is very appropriate." ”

Concubine Cui nodded, "Be careful, avoid it when you go to get medicine, Xiao Yunjiao has been living in the palace recently, and I am always unsure." ”

Mama explained again, and Concubine Cui slowly put her mind at ease.

She felt that the things she planned with her brother were extremely secretive, and even the palace maids who saw them from a distance were eliminated, so naturally nothing should go wrong.

When it came to the day when the medicine was agreed, the grandmother beside Concubine Cui found an excuse and quietly went out from Shou'an Palace.

At this moment, it was noon, and all the palaces and divisions were busy with the serious matter of lunch, and there were few people on the road outside, so she went to the imperial garden openly.

Skirting a flower garden, the mama walked to a fence full of creepers.

After a dozen steps along the base of the wall, she reached out and pushed open a vine, revealing a small hole underneath!

She looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she crouched down and learned two cuckoo cuckoos at the mouth of the cave. Immediately afterward, a hand holding several paper packets came out of the hole.

Mama took off the paper bag and whispered: "Things are going well, after taking this medicine, the person will be almost the same." ”

The man outside the wall didn't reply, and withdrew his hand.

Mama restored the wall to its original state and left with what she had brought.

It was only before she left, and the people outside the wall were held up by the energetic guards who fell from the sky, and in two or three strokes, they were stripped of their limbs and chins, and tied up and carried away.