Du Ankang has not been by Bai Li's side for a long time, it was only a few months ago, when Bai Li enrolled in the Knowledge Academy, Bai Wanqian asked him to follow Bai Li. After all, Du Ankang, who pierced the armor and six grades, is also a good player in Kyoto.

At his age, although he feels ashamed, he will not show his frustration and anger like Bai Li. The most useless thing in the world is powerless emotions.

Squeak, the door opened.

Bai Li walked out of the room, holding a dagger in his hand, which frightened all the attendants and servants to take a step back.

"Let's go, follow me to kill Yu Zhi." Bai Li was full of anger. All day long, his mind was on how to make Yu Zhi and Qiu Ruoruo die.

It's just that there are not many ways, he can't kill Qiu Ruoruo, so he can only start from Yu Zhi. His father is a household secretary, and his official rank is higher than Qiu Ruoruo's father, but Qiu Ruoruo's grandfather used to be a master.

This is not comparable.

Du Ankang grabbed Bai Li's right hand holding the dagger, there was no expression between his eyebrows, and he said calmly in the face of this angry child: "Are you sure it's Yu Zhi?"

Are you sure?

Up in the air.

Bai Li is also confused, his analysis is very reasonable, and it is very likely that he is close to the truth. If Yu Zhi knew, he would definitely praise this kid for not losing to white jade. But tracing the cause with Yu Zhi and others as the murderer always feels a bit far-fetched.

The shame of asking the question is that he is willing to make a feud with the Hubu Shangshu Mansion? And the eldest lady of the Five Cities Terracotta Division is still an accomplice? There is also a guy at the top of the Qingyun test list who is also willing to do such a thing?

The odds are extremely unlikely.

They would not have thought that Yu Zhi was just avenging Ye Qinghuan, and if he couldn't pinch the hard persimmon of Du Ankang, he would pick Bai Li and pinch the soft persimmon.

"If you want to go, go for it. Ye Qinghuan followed Yu Zhi's side, you can't pass his level, and besides, Qiu Ruoruo is not something you can deal with. Du Ankang said again.

Bai Li's arm was relieved, and the waiter and servant were dismissed. He turned to Du Ankang and said, "Please help me, sir."

There is no intimate tone and title on weekdays, Bai Li asked for someone for the first time, and what he asked for was his own staff, very sincere and solemn. It stands to reason that the Lord commands his servants. But...... Will Du Ankang agree?

……

Yu Zhi still followed, and made Qiu Ruoruo proud several times along the way. He made an excuse - to find clues about the people who had beaten him and kidnapped him.

I have to say, this excuse ...... Very lame.

The gate of Zhao Wang's Mansion is very large, and it was late at night when he came last time, so Yu Zhi didn't see it clearly, but now that he can see it clearly, Yu Zhi feels that the door of the Qiu family's mansion is a little smaller.

Yu Zhi walked on the marble floor, felt the slightest coolness, suddenly felt something, and glanced back at the more majestic palace opposite.

Seeing that Yu Zhi stopped, Qiu Ruoruo asked suspiciously, "Brother Xiaoyu?"

Yu Zhi scratched his head, looking at the battle flag fluttering in front of the palace, and felt a trace of indescribable discomfort in his heart.

"What's that?" Yu Zhi pointed to the black battle flag with gold patterns, and the tiger was embroidered with golden silk thread.

Qiu Ruoruo looked in the direction of Yu Zhi's finger, "The battle flag of the king side by side is also the royal flag of His Royal Highness the King of Chu today." ”

"Oh." Yu Zhi responded, and then walked towards Zhao Wangfu. He felt a little familiar in his heart, and he always felt that he had seen this battle flag somewhere.

This was the first time Yu Zhi had met King Zhao, a middle-aged man who was angry with a book.

After a day of treatment, the life of the prince of Zhao was saved, and the doctors in the palace also saved their lives. Although the prince of Zhao Wang was still in a coma, his breath became smoother.

King Zhao didn't have the heart to receive the three of them, and the identities of the three were not worthy of King Zhao's reception, so he just let people take them around the courtyard to find some clues.

When the three of them were about to leave, they met the maid who came from the opposite door. The maid carried a box in her hand, the box was very delicate, and it should be a very precious thing in it.

"Madame heard that the prince was assassinated, and asked the little slave to send a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and I wish the prince a speedy recovery." The maid said, and handed the box in her hand to the butler of Zhao Wangfu.

"Little slave girl, do you want to go in and sit down?"

The maid smiled and declined: "Madame can't do without people by her side, and the little slave needs to go back to serve as soon as possible."

The two sides will no longer be polite.

On the carriage back, Qiu Ruoruo was very depressed, after all, she didn't find any useful clues, this was the second day, the second day without a clue.

"Who's that maid?" Yu Zhi asked for no reason.

Qiu Ruoruo remembered the handsome-looking maid just now, and she saw it for the first time. "That person should be the maid of the lady of the king of Chu."

"The King of Chu is the king of one word side by side?" Yu Zhi said, "The wife of the king of Chu should be called the princess of Chu, how can you and that maid just be called Mrs. ”

The title of princess is not something that can be taken off at will.

At least Qiu Ruoruo's title should be princess or princess of Chu, not lady.

Seeing Qiu Ruoruo's strange expression, Yu Zhi said again: "If it's a secret, don't say it, so as not to cause trouble."

Although Yu Zhi said this, he still wanted to know in his heart. The momentum of this gossip is really not like Yu Zhi can have.

Qiu Ruoruo's expression became relaxed again, and said: "This secret is known to everyone in the court, and there is no big trouble to be afraid of."

Qiu Ruoruo knew that Yu Zhi was not a big-mouthed person, and this so-called "secret" was well known to the upper echelons of Kyoto. There are often discussions in private, as long as they are not deliberately propagated.

Facing Yu Zhi's curious gaze, Qiu Ruoruo said: "Madame is not the princess of Chu, to be exact, Madame herself has never recognized her as the wife of the king of Chu."

……

The palace is empty many times, and there are many servants in the huge palace, and many times the crowd is also a kind of cold silence.

The owner of the palace was not in Kyoto, and there were still many things to do after the southern tour rewarded the three armies, so he didn't have much time to stay in the palace. The master once said that the woman in the palace was also the owner of the palace.

The attendants, the servants, and the guards did just that. For this woman to please, or...... Try your best to please.

But the only one who pleases is the maid called the little slave.

In the pavilion, the white veil blocked the woman's face, and the woman was dressed in a plain white velvet robe, holding an ancient scroll in her hand, and looked intently between the lines.

She doesn't like to go out, and looking at the flowers and plants in the palace is the greatest pleasure. She also did not like many people, and she was the only one in the courtyard where she lived, and the usual attendants and servants were not allowed to enter.

Therefore, today she just heard about the assassination of the prince of Zhao Wangfu opposite. What assassin? She was not curious, thinking that the son of an old friend should send something, so she asked the little slave to send a copy of Lingzhi.

"Ma'am. Lingzhi has been sent to King Zhao's mansion. The little slave bowed his head, waiting for the woman's response behind the veil.

"Okay."

The woman answered, and the pleasant voice sounded like a hollow spring. The little slave admires the woman in the pavilion very much, and seems to feel that the advantages of being a woman can be found in the person in front of her.

"What else?" When the woman saw that the slave did not retreat, she asked.

The little slave bowed and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness will be able to return to Kyoto in half a month after the message is passed on and celebrate the New Year with his wife."

"Okay." The woman replied again, and there was only one word. But the little slave could tell that the lady was very happy in her heart. The son in her mouth is the son of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the son of the King of Chu.

"Madame cares for the prince very much, and she has a cold face towards the prince, which has been the case for several years. Alas, I really can't figure out Madame's thoughts. The little slave thought to himself, "The prince's status is respected, who should not please him when he sees it, Mrs. has snubbed the prince for so many years." ”

The woman put down the ancient scroll and heard that the prince of Chu had returned to Beijing, and her heart softened again like a frozen lake in winter.

"Little slave."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Hao'er is going back to Beijing. Tell me something interesting about Kyoto these days, and I'll tell him about it then. ”

The little slave was already prepared in his heart, after all, Kyoto is also very "lively" these days.

The veil was lifted, and the woman's face slowly emerged. A woman should be a woman, who has spent nearly forty years on earth, but there is no sign of age in her countenance. Her skin is not fair, her face is not round, her nose is also decent, neither straight nor collapsed, her lips are slightly thin, and the only thing that can be said to be beautiful among her facial features is her eyes, like stars falling on the earth.

The woman is not tall, everything is so decent.

All the rules are perfectly put together, but it becomes an extremely good-looking skin.

The little slave felt that he had never gotten tired of watching it as a woman for so many years, let alone those stinky men? Except, of course, for His Royal Highness the Venerable King of Chu.

"Madame is so good-looking, no wonder the prince was obsessed with Madame early on."

The woman seemed to have heard too many words like this, her expression did not change, she put down the scroll and glanced at the little slave beside her, and motioned for the little slave to continue.

The little slave stuck out his tongue, knowing that the woman wanted to hear those interesting things, not these sincere flattery.

……

"According to what you said, that lady is not the biological mother of the prince of Chu, but she is very good to the prince of Chu." Yu Zhi wondered. Compared with the filial piety of the mother and son after the stepmother took the throne, ordinary people want to see the grievances and hatred between the evil stepmother and the stepson.

"Brother Xiaoyu, even if you don't believe me, you should believe in the vision of King Chu. How can a woman who can enter the palace side by side be a traitor? Qiu Ruoruo saw through Yu Zhi's thoughts.

Yu Zhi grinned, "Have you ever seen that lady?" ”

"The royal family generally doesn't often walk around with outsiders. Besides, the lady didn't seem to like to be disturbed either. I have only heard of them, but I have not seen them. ”

Yu Zhi leaned out of the car window and squinted at the battle flag, trying to think about the appearance of the tiger, trying to remember where he had seen it.