Only Yuanchun, Jia Mu, Daiyu and the young Princess Chun'er were left in the Fengzao Palace, and the emperor took the imperial concubine Yang to Chuxiu Palace with a cold face.

Before going out, he seemed to think of something, and took the little fat man with a lot of thoughts away.

The little fat man muttered that there could only be one man in the palace, and he was slapped on the head by the emperor.

"Can you call a man?"

Jia Cong looked down at the place where the little finch was located, and closed his mouth in grief and indignation.

"Grandmother, you can see it, the wind in the palace has never stopped!"

Yuan Chun said quietly, the old lady was already frightened, and now she was even more panicked.

The old lady's hands were trembling slightly, and she asked tremblingly, "Yuan'er, tell me the truth, are you in danger?"

In the courtyard, Daiyu took the little princess to flutter butterflies and play, Yuan Chun looked at the innocent two little girls, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly: "Grandmother, don't worry, I have Ning Rong and the two mansions behind me, no matter how strong the wind blows, it won't blow to the Fengzao Palace for the time being."

"Then in case ......, I am afraid that your indisputable nature will make Your Majesty disgusted with you."

"No whatever!"

Yuan Chun held the old lady's trembling hand and comforted softly: "You still don't understand, if you don't fight, you fight." Look at the imperial concubine, she does not have a prominent family background, she does not have the appearance of the six palaces, why is she so respected? Even His Majesty once said that the imperial concubine is honored by the Yang family alone."

"Imperial Concubine Niangniang, don't fight?"

The old lady's heart was filled with endless doubts, before the emperor ascended the throne, the Yang family was only the second concubine of the palace, and there was no communication between the two at all.

It was forty-nine years after Zhaowu that she really knew the Yang family, and she didn't know anything about the Yang family at all.

However, since Yuanchun was crowned concubine, every time he entered the palace to ask for a meeting, most of them had to go to Yikun Palace to meet the Yang family first.

Yang's impression on her is always that she is covered with a faint fragrance of herbs, does not fight or grab, and speaks softly......

Such a person, in her opinion, if she didn't have the emperor's protection, she would have been torn apart by the other concubines in the palace.

I saw Yuan Chun smile: "Yang Niangniang is the person I admire the most, she seems to be indisputable, but she can make His Majesty respect so much, do you think she really has no wrists?" She's the most skillful person in the palace."

Saying this, the old lady was even more worried: "Will she be bad for you?"

Yuan Chun shook his head and whispered, "Yang Niangniang has only one princess under her knees, and she is dedicated to raising the two children left behind by Empress Yuan. The position of the fourth prince in the east palace is as stable as Mount Tai, and she is destined to be the future Queen Mother. Do you say that such a person cares about the existence of an imperial concubine who does not fight or grab?"

"What if you give birth to a little prince in the future?"

The old lady also glanced at Yuan Chun's stomach as she spoke, both hopeful and worried.

Yuan Chun smiled dumbly: "Grandmother, you really care about it. Unless the four princes and the five princes have accidents, neither the saint nor His Majesty will let my child become the crown prince. Even the civil and military officials of the previous dynasty will not let someone with the blood of the Jia family become the prince. The disaster of the future relatives, the previous dynasty is very vigilant!"

After Yuan Chun said this, the old lady was relieved and regretful.

She muttered to herself, "It's a pity, our family can't become the Cao family after all......

"Rongguofu is already a prominent lord of the country, why should grandmother think about it."

Yuan Chun saw very clearly that the future of Ning Rongjia's family would be the pillar of the country. It is not impossible to reach the pinnacle of one family and two dukes, after all, the emperor once told her that Brother Cong has infinite possibilities.

As long as the Jia family doesn't do that rebellion, Rongguo Mansion will inevitably be divided into another mansion.

The side hall of Chuxiu Palace, the door of the palace is wide open, there is a woman hanging on the beam in the hall, the red palace dress is as if it is dyed red by blood, and the people are frightened.

"Sister Qi Concubine, when did this happen?"

The lord of the first palace of Chuxiu Palace is a concubine Qi in her thirties, with an ordinary appearance, and her only advantage is that her qualifications are old enough.

In the early years, the sage gave the emperor who was still a prince, and served the emperor for more than 20 years, but unfortunately he still has no children.

She had a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, no

Stopping......

Hearing Yang's inquiry, she sighed and said, "The palace people from Fengzao Palace came to spread the word to Luo Guiren, she said that she wanted to go back and change her clothes, but she didn't expect to wait left and right and wait for it to come out, so she ...... Alas! It's all the concubine's fault, and the concubine can't manage Chuxiu Palace......

"What does it have to do with you, people who are bent on death, you can always tie them to your legs!"

The emperor couldn't bear to scold this poor man, if he hadn't been calculated back then, maybe Concubine Qi's child would have been saved.

Concubine Qi bent her knees to kneel, but Yang hurriedly pulled her up: "Your Majesty has said that it is none of your business, why are you doing this."

"Your Majesty, it is true that he hanged himself."

There are many talents in the palace, and a middle-aged waiter came out to make a simple report after inspecting Luo Guiren's body.

Jia Cong followed the surveying chamberlain into the house, and the furnishings were slightly different from those of the Central Plains, with extremely obvious exotic colors.

There was a piece of paper on the table, and she said one thing in a few strokes, the hibiscus paste was given to Zhou, and the reason was jealousy.

The handwriting is sloppy, and it should be of the essence of time. However, Jia Cong never believed that things would be so simple, according to the experience of palace fighting dramas in his previous life, things that were too coincidental and too smooth were often unreasonable.

"Luo Guiren believes in Buddhism?"

Jia Cong pointed to the small Buddha statue in the Buddha shrine, the traces of incense and candles are very heavy, which should be caused by years of worship of the Buddha.

The palace people secretly glanced at Luo Guiren who was put down, and when Jia Cong asked, he couldn't help but shudder.

She replied respectfully: "After the nobles went north from Nanyue, they went to Da Bao En Temple to invite the Buddha statue back, and the incense has been burning day by day over the years."

Jia Cong nodded, and leaned closer to the Buddha statue to take a closer look.

This Buddha statue is one of the three Buddhas, Maitreya Buddha, made of gold lacquer and copper, small and delicate, no different from other Buddha statues.

Hey?

Jia Cong put the sandalwood placed on the Buddhist shrine on the tip of his nose and sniffed it slightly. This fragrance is unique and seems to be very different from other sandalwood scents.

With a little effort with his fingers, he kneaded a piece of sandalwood into powder, and the taste was even worse.

"Jia Xiaosan, what did you find?"

Jia Cong expressed his doubts, and the emperor immediately ordered someone to put away the sandalwood and give it to Xia Shouzhong to send to the incense-making everyone for identification.

"Your Majesty, the minister always thinks that this matter is a little strange......

The Emperor asked, "Where?"

Jia Cong shook his head, staring at the big red palace suit on Luo Guiren's body, unable to figure it out!

"I don't know, I just feel it...... Don't you think this is a smooth investigation?"

"It's too smooth, it's so smooth that I doubt it."

The emperor took the paper handed by Xia Shouzhong, read the few last words on the paper, and snorted coldly, "Jealousy? Just a jealousy. Is it possible to take me for a fool? She is a princess of a foreign domain, and she has no cronies in Beijing, where did she get the hibiscus ointment?"

"The old slave also feels that something is wrong, the Forbidden City is isolated from the outside of the palace, and there are strict rules. Hibiscus paste is such a strange thing, where can the princess of the outer domain who has been in the capital for three years can easily get it. What's more, Zhou Guiren has been smoking for a long time, how much does it need?"

Xia Shouzhong's words are not unreasonable, hibiscus paste is a consumable, which can make Zhou's D addiction so great, how much hibiscus paste is needed?

Unless Luo Guiren's hands and eyes are up to the sky, it is impossible for a person to become such a ghost.

Jia Cong looked at the situation in the side hall, and the layout style of Nanyue was very different, which made people feel novel.

The paintings on the walls are supposed to be the scenery of South Vietnam, and there are not a few books on the shelves, but there are a lot of knick-knacks.

There are a lot of flowers and plants, but most of them are also seasonal flowers and plants, so there is nothing strange about them.

Jia Cong checked them one by one, shaking his head while picking them up and putting them down......

Boom!

Empty?

When I put down a small clay doll on the shelf, I accidentally touched the inner wall, and the sound came out was a little strange.

Knock knock!

Jia Cong knocked lightly twice, and his heart was overjoyed.

He pushed open all kinds of miscellaneous things here, fruits

Then a small dark grid appeared.

The emperor also discovered Jia Cong's abnormality, and when he stepped forward, Jia Cong had already pulled out the dragon-headed short sword at his waist.

"Your Majesty, you should hide first, in case there is a trap, it will not be good."

"This is the palace, where did the trap come from?"

Jia Cong pursed his lips: "That's not necessarily, the minister has read it in the script, and the general secret room and the like are either poisonous smoke or hidden arrows......

Syllable!

There was another slap on the brain, and the emperor said with a cold face, "Hurry up and open it!"

Crunch!

The dark grid is very small, and there is no poisonous smoke and dark arrow as Jia Cong said, but it is covered with snow-white fox skin, and a wooden box inlaid with gems is placed on it.

The wooden box was unlocked, and Jia Cong placed it on the table and opened it, and there was only a golden crown of hair and a few letters.

At this moment, the emperor's face was completely blackened...... No, it's green!

This golden crown is obviously a man's thing, and it is in the style of the Central Plains.

Gee......

Jia Cong secretly glanced at the emperor's green face, and his heart was infinitely reverie.

He didn't dare to rummage through the letters in the box, for fear that he would know too much and be killed by the emperor with a green head.

For a while, the emperor didn't go through those letters, his arm trembled slightly, Xia Shouzhong opened his mouth and didn't dare to speak, the atmosphere in the side hall was a little dignified, like a cold winter, which made people want to tremble.

"Ome, look at what's in this letter!"

"The Emperor's ......"

Xia Shouzhong almost knelt down, but the emperor snorted coldly and stopped speaking.

Gritting his teeth helplessly, he took out one of them and opened it and looked at it.

"Huh? Emperor, this is a letter from the forty-ninth year of Zhaowu!"

The emperor snatched it away, only to see that the letter was written by a man named Yu to Luo Guiren.

The time of writing the letter was indeed the winter month of the forty-ninth year of Zhaowu, and Luo Guiren should still be her royal daughter in Nanyue.

The emperor snorted coldly from time to time while reading the letter. Jia Cong's heart was like a cat scratching, and he stood on tiptoe and secretly aimed at ......

"Here you go! With such a lot of curiosity, sooner or later I will be hit by the board!"

The emperor's face was much better than before, at least now he was just cold, not so green.

Jia Cong muttered, "The minister is here to investigate the case, investigate the case!"

Saying this, the body honestly accepted the letter and read it carefully.

It turned out that this person named Yu and Luo Guiren met and fell in love, but they had to separate due to the obstruction of the king of Nanyue.

Most of the feelings in my heart are longing, but only the place mentioned in it makes Jia Cong puzzled.

Zhen'an House!

"It's strange that this person named Yu is actually in our Great Xia. Isn't Zhen'an Mansion under the rule of Guangxi's political envoy?"

Xia Shouzhong reminded: "General Xiao Jia, Zhen'an Mansion and Nanyue Kingdom are next to each other......

"I know, I know......"

Jia Cong couldn't help his curiosity, so he directly took out the remaining letters and opened them one by one. The Emperor also picked up one and examined it carefully.

"Zhang Yu, this person is the Zhang family!"

The number of letters was small, and the emperor quickly found out the true identity of this person from one letter.

Which one?

Zhang, the former prince and the prince Zhang Ting!

The name Zhang Ting is very familiar to Jia Cong, and Master Jing also suspected that Qin Keqing might be the daughter of the Zhang family.

He was puzzled and said, "No, my father said that the Zhang family was exiled to Lingnan, but this letter said that this Zhang Yu is a person from Zhen'an Mansion."

"I know."

The emperor was extremely impressed by Zhang Ting, Zhang Banchao was not talking about fun, and he didn't know how many protégés and former officials.

At that time, the emperor wanted to behead the old and young of the Zhang family, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty interceded for him, and he also remembered the discussion between the court and the Chinese people, so he was exiled to Lingnan.

According to the laws of Great Xia, the only way for exiled people to get ahead is to fight the battlefield and fight for the only remaining chance.

Imperial examination? It's big

The Xia Dynasty also has a political trial!

"Emperor, look here......

Xia Shouzhong handed the letter in his hand to the emperor, pointed to one of the paragraphs and said, "Here...... Nan'an County Wangfu ......"

Jia Cong also stood on tiptoe and leaned over, it turned out that this letter was written by Yuan You in the third year, and Zhang Yu said in the letter that the king of Nan'an County was an old acquaintance with him, and he could contact him more.

In this letter, most of them complained about the creation of people, complained that the king of Nanyue beat the mandarin ducks, and earnestly cared for Luo Guiren and looked for help for him in the capital......

After reading all these letters, except for eating a meal of melons with mandarin ducks, I didn't find any clues about hibiscus paste at all.

Moreover, the Huo family had already been sunk by Jia Cong, and wanted to follow the clues to investigate......

Well?

Jia Cong suddenly picked up the last letter and looked at the time of the seventh day of the fourth month of the fifth year of Yuan You.

Jia Cong was full of doubts: "Your Majesty, if it was before, these letters were probably sent to the palace by the daughters of the Huo family on the opportunity. But who sent this April letter?"

"Come on, put all the people who serve the Luo clan into the edict prison, check!"

Thump!

Before the emperor could finish speaking, a little eunuch who was huddled in the corner suddenly knelt down: "Emperor, the slave is guilty! The slave's godfather is responsible for the purchase in the palace, and this letter was sent to the palace by the slave's godfather......

What is the Imperial Prison? Except for characters like Xu Jin and Xu Qingteng in Daxia, no one is not afraid.

What's more, this little eunuch is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and when he hears people talk about the horror of the edict on weekdays, he was frightened on the spot when he heard that the emperor ordered them to be sent to the edict.

After a flurry of intermittent and incomprehensible surrenders, the emperor finally figured out what was going on.

The Huo family is dead, but Zhang Yu has more connections than the Huo family to Luo Guiren.

There is also a connection behind the Huo family, which is in the capital, and it is even more secretive.

"Send it to the Imperial Prison for careful interrogation!"

The emperor looked coldly at Luo Guiren, who was covered with a white cloth, and said in a cold voice, "Jia Cong, you went to find out what the origin of this Li family trading house is, and it is that your hands and eyes are all over the sky to this extent?"

Xia Shouzhong sighed slightly, and whispered: "Emperor, there is only one Li family firm outside the West Garden, and it is the maiden home of Concubine Li of Prince Yizhong's Mansion!"

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