The man's top-down momentum made Qin Huan a little upset, "Just kidding, what are you really doing." Qin Huan withdrew his hand and suppressed the restlessness in his heart, "I'm going to the queen's palace, it's inconvenient for you to be accompanied by a man." ”

The implication is that Shi Beiyan should leave, "Throw it away when you run out, the county lord really only treats me as a joke." ”

"I didn't take you for a joke."

"And what do you take me for?" Shi Beiyan asked rhetorically.

"Fox friends and dog friends." Qin Huan blurted out.

"Okay, in that case, this son will not have a heart to heart with you, and will reveal the news in the palace to you." Shi Beiyan smiled indifferently and turned around to leave.

As soon as Qin Huan heard the news, he hurriedly stopped in front of him, "You misunderstood me, I mean, it's impossible to be a fox friend and a dog friend, we have to be friends in life and death, and the two sides don't hide each other." ”

Shi Beiyan pouted when he heard her words, "The queen and Yi Jieyu don't agree, when you look for the queen, don't mention Yi Jieyu." ”

Qin Huan was puzzled, "Isn't Yi Jieyu the person sent by Uncle Guo, how can she disagree with the queen?" ”

"It's not what it used to be, now that Your Majesty goes to the harem, nine out of ten times are in Yi Jieyu's palace, this Yi Jieyu has long stopped taking the queen in her eyes." Although Shi Beiyan was away a few days ago, his news network had already secretly reported to him about the big and small things in the capital.

Qin Huan frowned, "How can you see it, isn't this Yi Jieyu so obvious?" ”

"Listening to the grapevine, His Majesty gave Yi Jieyu the golden silk colorful phoenix dress that should have been given to the queen, and the queen went to Yi Jieyu to ask for it, and ate a closed door, and later the prince also went to Yi Jieyu to trouble, and the two had a very unpleasant quarrel.

At that time, the prince was not in prison, and Yi Jieyu relied on His Majesty's favor not to put the queen in her eyes, and in today's situation, Yi Jieyu has long been the de facto master of the harem in addition to her low status. ”

Qin Huan was surprised, "Your Majesty has always put state affairs first, and I can't imagine that there will be a time when a woman will be favored in the harem." ”

Shi Beiyan looked at her face muttering in contemplation, and reminded, "Actually, the queen can go later, He Yuanxiang died in the palace for a night banquet, maybe you can start with the palace banquet." ”

"Good thing you didn't hurt your brain!" Qin Huan instantly cheered up, "Let's go, let's go to the Internal Affairs Office." ”

The two of them held the token chartered by His Majesty and walked through the palace unimpeded.

Qin Huan found the head of the Internal Affairs Office and asked him to tell her everything that happened on the day of the night banquet.

Li Zhong of the Internal Affairs Office was in charge of the banquet that day, he recalled, "Prime Minister He has been sitting in the palace since the beginning of the night banquet, and in the second half of the banquet, it is convenient for Prime Minister He to leave the banquet, and after a short time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also went out, and later there was a report from the guards that His Royal Highness the Prince killed the Prime Minister." ”

Qin Huan held the token and turned it in his hand, "How many people came to the banquet that night that day, and when Prime Minister He went out, who else left the table?" ”

"On that day, there were three princes and eighteen adults at the table, and when Prime Minister He Cheng left the table, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, were not there, but Lord Zhao left the palace early due to old age and physical discomfort, and the guards in front of the palace gate saw it with their own eyes." Li Zhong also investigated these.

Qin Huan then asked, "Did Prime Minister He Cheng have anything unusual before he went out, and did he come into contact with anyone?" ”

"There is no abnormality, and no one else has spoken to Prime Minister He alone." Li Zhong suddenly thought of something, "By the way, before Prime Minister He left, a little eunuch poured him wine. ”

Qin Huan and Shi Beiyan glanced at each other, "Where is that eunuch now?" ”

The eunuch was Li Zhong's subordinate, and he recognized it, "That eunuch's name is Xiao Guozi, and it is his turn to keep vigil and serve today, and he should be sleeping now, the county lord please come with me." ”

Li Zhong led them to the eunuchs' residence, and he pushed open one of the rooms, "Xiao Guozi, hurry up and see the county lord!" ”

There was no response in the room, and Xiao Guozi was lying on the couch quietly, as if he was not breathing.

Shi Beiyan's eyes narrowed, and he strode over to probe his snort, Shi Beiyan lifted the quilt covering Xiao Guozi's body, and Xiao Guozi remained motionless.

"He's dead." Shibei Yan Road.

"What!" Li Zhong didn't believe it and shook Xiao Guozi, but found that Xiao Guozi didn't react at all, his face turned pale, "He...... He was fine yesterday, why did he die......"

Xiao Guozi's body did not have any external injuries, and there was no sign of a fight in the room.

Qin Huan rubbed his eyebrows, "Go find the imperial doctor." ”

The hospital immediately sent an experienced imperial doctor to check on him, and after the imperial doctor's diagnosis, he concluded that he had a sudden heart disease and died of sudden death.

This kind of death is not uncommon for eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, and the work in the palace is not simple, not to mention that as a subordinate with many bitter colds, people who can't survive it die every year.

After Qin Huan came out of the Internal Affairs Mansion, the whole person was a lot more melancholy, "When the heart disease is not good, but we want to go to him, he will die, it is a coincidence, I find it hard to believe." ”

The Internal Affairs Office searched Xiao Guozi's house and didn't find any clues that could be used, but when Beiyan spoke, "Xiao Guozi is dead, and the clues have come out." ”

Qin Huan hooked the corners of his lips, and the two of them had a heart, "The person who really killed He Yuanxiang is in the palace!" ”

She went to the Internal Affairs Office temporarily today, and Xiao Guozi died violently on the way to them, it is conceivable that only the people in the palace can keep track of their whereabouts at any time, and only the people in the palace can have such fast movements.

As the sun sets, the red glow shines over the vast palace.

Qin Huan and Shi Beiyan walked along the high red wall to the palace gate, outside the palace, Shi Yi was anxiously waiting for them.

As soon as Shi Yi saw the two of them, he quickly brought the carriage over, and the three of them walked to a secluded place before Shi Yi spoke, "County Lord, Second Son, the Wen Po we are looking for was killed by robbers on the way back to her hometown!" ”

Qin Huan's eyelids jumped, "What's the matter?" ”

Shi Yi took a deep breath and said, "As soon as I left the city, I saw a group of officials carrying piles of corpses to Yizhuang, and I happened to pass by at that time, and when I glanced at the corpses on their wooden boards, I found that there was a female corpse that was particularly familiar.

I got off the horse and went to ask only to learn that these people were all people who had been killed by bandits outside to rob money, and the female corpse had a purse from the East Palace, and the money was robbed, but this purse is enough to prove that she is the stable woman we are looking for! ”