Twilight was stunned for a moment, and he said, "Father, I,"

"What are you? Father asked you, if you choose Miss Ling as the crown princess, do you still want to kill the crown prince? ”

Seeing that Twilight Yunhan was silent, His Majesty the Emperor said: "I see that you are not as calm as this girl, Qiao'er, I heard that General Xiao said that the other half of the things are in the palace, but you have eyebrows?" ”

Ling Zhiqiao was happily eating the dazzling food on the table, and when she saw His Majesty the Emperor asking her again, she swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "Your Majesty, although the courtiers know where this thing is?" But I can't get in? ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, this thing should be in the secret passage under the palace now, but the exit outside the palace can no longer be found, I inquired, a few years ago, suddenly one day, the earth trembled, and a place outside the palace became a lake, which is the exit of the secret passage, so I can only find it from the palace."

However, some of the locations of the secret passages that my father asked me to remember did not match the current directions, so Qiao Er thought that he would first look at the architectural atlas of the palace pavilion, so that it would be more accurate.

"Are you sure it's in the womb?" His Majesty the Emperor looked at Ling Zhiqiao.

"Of course, the courtiers can be sure that it was my father who told me that he had left half of his things in the secret passage, so that they would not fall into the wrong hands when they were caught. So Your Majesty, why don't you let the prince go to another palace, so it will save more trouble? ”

His Majesty the Emperor shook his head, pondered for a moment and said: "It is not a trivial matter for the prince to move the palace, and the palace was chosen by the queen mother. ”

Ling Zhiqiao finally stopped eating, after all, she was the only one who was eating, she said with questions: "Your Majesty, the courtiers don't understand, since you are suspicious of the queen, why are you still afraid of her?" Aren't these things all obvious? ”

"Obviously, girl, it would be nice if it was as simple as you thought, if Empress Jiang chose you as the crown princess, she must be suspicious of you, this is very clear to Du Yunhan and General Xiao, otherwise why would they all be in a hurry to find me?

If you think about it carefully, do you have evidence for Empress Jiang's suspicions?

Ling Zhiqiao and Twilight Yunhan looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time, Twilight Yunhan spoke: "But Father, a few days ago, Qiao Er was in the palace and was attacked by Nangong Ying, but fortunately, she fell into the secret passage and escaped.

"Is there such a thing? Isn't Nangong Ying, the governor of Dongchang, dead? His Majesty the Emperor asked.

Ling Zhiqiao's eyes widened and said, "When did he die at a good time, he was in the palace!" If he died, would it be a ghost who was chasing me that day? ”

"He's not dead, so why do you want to change to the governor of Dongchang?"

Twilight Yunhan spoke, "Father, didn't the new Du Du Mo you said wear a mask?" ”

"Exactly, this Nangong Ying was recommended to me by the queen's mother, and there was nothing wrong with it, after Twilight Yunhan returned to the palace, Queen Jiang said to me that Nangong Ying suddenly had a chest disease and died in the palace, so she recommended a new governor, I am also lazy to pay attention to this kind of idle matter, and I have not asked deeply, but I have seen a person wearing a mask around the queen."

"Your Majesty, the one with the mask is Nangong Ying! He didn't die, but I poisoned his face while chasing us. Ling Zhiqiao said.

"It seems that in order to maintain a certain balance over the years, I have really made her too presumptuous."

"Your Majesty, you want to maintain balance in the palace too much, but if Twilight Yunhan didn't escape death this time, and my father and I also died at the hands of Nangong Ying, how can you talk about checks and balances?" Twilight Yunhan tugged at Ling Zhiqiao's arm and told her to stop talking.

Although His Majesty the Emperor was a little unhappy on his face, he still motioned to Twilight Yunhan: "You let this girl continue, I will see what she says?" ”

"Your Majesty, then Qiao'er said it bluntly, although your majesty's own consideration was for your patience with this matter back then, but have you ever thought that this will invisibly make the queen mother or the person who made this plan more daring."

"May I ask Your Majesty, is there no incense in the palace today?"

The deacon and eunuch had just taken the travel card, and when he heard Ling Zhiqiao ask, he hurriedly said, "Miss Ling, I forgot to order it from the slave family today, you listened to General Xiao!" The slave family will go to the point. ”

"Father-in-law, you just need to bring the soothing incense, and you need to bring all the soothing incense."

Twilight Yunhan asked suspiciously, "But what's wrong with this incense?" ”

Ling Zhiqiao nodded and said to His Majesty the Emperor: "Your Majesty, this incense does have the effect of calming the nerves, but there is a medicine in this tranquilizing incense, called cinnabar, if it is smelled for a long time, it is a thing that can make people poisoned, does Your Majesty still think about what so-called balance in the palace?" ”

Twilight Yunhan watched his father's face become more and more gloomy, he couldn't help but worry about Ling Zhiqiao, even if he was a prince, he didn't dare to question his father like this.

The deacon and eunuch held a small box and brought it to Ling Zhiqiao and said, "Miss Ling, this is the soothing incense sent by the queen mother, it is all here." ”

Ling Zhiqiao opened it and saw that there was a reddish tower incense all over her body, and she sneezed at the same time with Du Yunhan and the deacon eunuch, Ling Zhiqiao hurriedly closed the lid, rubbed her nose and said: "Your Majesty, for people who are sensitive to cinnabar, they sneeze just like us, and Your Majesty is insensitive, so before sending this incense, there will definitely be someone who will come to test whether Your Majesty is sensitive to cinnabar before daring to use this incense." ”

His Majesty the Emperor slapped the table and said angrily: "It's really a kick in the face!" ”

The deacon and eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is angry, the slave family must thoroughly investigate the people who have recently entered the palace." ”

"Father-in-law, you don't need to check, you can't find out, Nangong Ying dares to deceive Your Majesty in person, this kind of nameless temptation may have died a long time ago." The deacon eunuch did not dare to get up, and knelt on the ground and waited for His Majesty the Emperor to speak.

"Twilight Yunhan, I'll leave this matter to you, let me investigate it thoroughly! Since you said that Nangong Ying is still alive, I will give you a secret decree in a while, suspend all power in Dongchang, and all the guards of Dongchang will be under the command of you Duyun Han, and it is up to you to decide whether to change or kill, as for Nangong Ying, the governor of Dongchang, you will throw him into prison for me, and I want to see what the hell he looks like he was poisoned by Qiao'er. ”

"Sons obey orders!" Twilight quickly got up.

"Qiao'er, I chose to suppress this matter back then, just because I didn't want the world to be disrupted, if these people released the news that they had lost the talisman, it is conceivable that now it must be the people who are not living, and all parties are rising, I don't want to see it, and I don't want to see it if there must be people who have the heart of rebellion, which is why everyone is silent, so whoever finds the talisman first will have the first opportunity, do you understand?"

"Joel understood." Ling Zhiqiao thought to herself, this emperor's old man's mind is really meticulous to the extreme, and he can bear it enough. But she really didn't dare to say that she and the little eunuch Jin Gui'er saw the queen's mother cheating in the cold palace, which was also the same unfounded.

His Majesty the Emperor saw that the deacon and eunuch were still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up quickly!" If anyone else knows what we are talking about today, it must be your most suspicious. ”

"Father, what about the blessing banquet?" Twilight Yunhan is still most concerned about whether the candidate for the crown princess is Ling Zhiqiao.

The deacon and eunuch replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, no matter how many dares the slave family has, they dare not confide half a word, and the heart of the slave family is towards Your Majesty." ”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded and said, "Give that travel card to Qiao'er!" The deacon and eunuch hurriedly got up and handed Ling Zhiqiao a jade plaque, Ling Zhiqiao took it, his face was very happy, this plaque was exactly the same as the one of the Han guards.

Twilight Yunhan squinted at her heartless appearance, and she was also angry enough.

His Majesty the Emperor's face had softened a lot, and he asked, "Qiao'er, what would you do if Qifu really made you the crown princess?" ”

Ling Zhiqiao put away the travel jade plate and said: "Your Majesty, the courtiers have already thought about it, if the queen chooses Xiao Qinxue, then this is the best, the courtiers should have other ways to enter the palace, if unfortunately the queen chooses me, it is actually very good." ”

After Ling Zhiqiao finished speaking, Du Yunhan was suddenly so angry that he was smoking, and his fists gradually clenched, but Ling Zhiqiao was completely in his eyes.

She also got up and stepped forward, pulled Twilight Yunhan over, pressed him to his seat and said, "Second Highness, can you finish listening to it?" ”

She continued, "As long as I find that half of the talisman in the fastest time, what is the meaning of the crown princess at this blessing banquet?" His Majesty the Emperor can abolish that decree at any time, and I think His Majesty may mean the same thing! ”

Twilight Yunhan seemed to suddenly understand, and her face turned a little brighter.

His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said, "Qiao'er, your mind doesn't look like it was raised by Ling Ge's elders, it's clever enough. ”

Ling Zhiqiao said complacently in her heart, did you think that the military camp in your previous life was a fool, I have studied all kinds of strange tactics, but they didn't come in handy.

"Is that to make peace with Your Majesty?" Ling Zhiqiao said with a grin.

Still uneasy, Twilight Yunhan asked, "Father, what if something goes wrong?" ”

"What's the difference? Tomorrow, His Royal Highness will be able to carry the secret decree to clean up the East Factory, of course, no one in the palace can threaten me anymore, and then transfer Xiao Jingui to the Imperial Palace to be my internal response, as soon as the palace building atlas of my godfather arrives, I will know where the secret passage is, and everything will be fine! Ling Zhiqiao replied before His Majesty.

"Did you hear Twilight, but did you hear clearly?"

"Father, the son heard clearly."

"Then go back and arrange to take over the East Factory!" After His Majesty the Emperor finished speaking, he suddenly asked Ling Zhiqiao in confusion: "Qiao'er, when will Li Tingfeng become your godfather?" ”

Ling Qiao said with a smile: "Not long ago, the courtier's daughter and his daughter became friendly, so they went to the mansion to meet him, and took Lord Li's recognition of the courtier's daughter as his goddaughter." ”

"Hehe, interesting! Li Tingfeng, who usually doesn't smile, can recognize you as his goddaughter, which really surprises me, you can rest assured, in my heart, you and Twilight Yunhan are a match made in heaven, I still say the same thing, robbed him of the crown prince, is there a woman who robbed him, besides, just for the position of the prince that I snatched, I want to see how long Queen Jiang can let Twilight Yunfei do! ”

When Du Yunhan heard his father say this, he stopped mentioning the blessing banquet, but no matter how perfect Ling Zhiqiao's plan was, Du Yunhan's heart was still hanging after all, and he still didn't want Ling Zhiqiao to take risks.

When the deacon and eunuch saw that too much time had passed, he reminded: "Your Majesty, you and Your Second Highness still want to continue eating?" ”

Twilight Yunhan got up and said, "Father, it's good that the sons and daughters have retired, and the sons should go back early and prepare for the affairs of the East Factory tomorrow so as not to make any mistakes." ”

"Father-in-law, I'm not in the mood to eat, tell the dining room that you don't have to wait."

"Yes." The deacons and eunuchs sent the palace maids in the dining room to bring back all the food, and when they came back, His Majesty the Emperor had already written a secret decree and handed it to Twilight Yunhan.

Ling Zhiqiao got up and saluted to His Majesty the Emperor with Du Yunhan and said goodbye: "Your Majesty, then Qiao Er will go back with His Royal Highness, don't light the tranquility incense again, if the queen mother asks Your Majesty what you don't order, Your Majesty will say that you are allergic to this incense, just make up a symptom." ”

"I know, you should go back early!"

Ling Zhiqiao walked without remembering a step, turned back to His Majesty the Emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, you won't pretend to be dizzy in the future!" My medical skills are ....... ”

Before Ling Zhiqiao finished speaking, she was once again dragged out by Twilight Yunhan by the collar.