King Dingnan thought for a long time, and did not reply to Chen Renhai's words.

"So far, it's only a matter of taking one step at a time. If it's outside of the four, it's fine, but if it's within the four...... The key to the confidential cell can only be obtained with the joint approval of Shang Shu and the chief investigator of the prison, and my father-in-law is loyal to the imperial court, and is by no means a person who forms a party for personal gain. As for the other three, this king doesn't know much...... "Dingnan is the king."

Chen Renhai said: "If this is the case, the two people who are being detained are safe. ”

"I will tell the emperor about this matter. Chen Gongzi can turn the tide this time, but the re-election of the people in the big house will be carried out on the last three days of this month, in order to ensure the safety of Chen Gongzi, Chen Gongzi you can rest in the mansion these days, so as not to be plotted again. "Dingnan Wang Road.

Chen Renhai said: "No, someone attacked the palace last night, I don't know what else happened before the end of the month, Chen was recommended by the prince, staying at the prince's house, appreciated by the prince, and granted me the right to manage the guards, how can I not do anything, be a distinguished guest in the palace alone?"

"Chen Gongzi is a person recommended by this king, why can't he be a distinguished guest? This king originally sent you to investigate and do things, so that Chen Gongzi would be familiar with the officialdom, so as not to be uncomfortable when he took office directly. "Dingnan Wang Road.

Chen Renhai said: "The prince said that he laughed, Xiaomin is a person in the rivers and lakes, who is that delicate and noble person? And yesterday someone attacked the palace at night, this is already a dereliction of duty for Xiaomin, could it be that the prince is suspected of poor protection?"

"Hahahaha...... What did Chen Gongzi say? If this king thinks that you can't even protect my palace, then why dare you be recommended to enter the palace? In this way, the deployment of the palace guards is still the responsibility of Gongzi, but Chen Gongzi is rarely involved in the affairs outside the palace before the re-election of the people in the palace. "Dingnan Wang Road.

Chen Renhai had to compromise and said, "Thank you so much to the prince, the little people will definitely protect the palace." ”

King Dingnan yawned and said, "Hey...... When people are old, they are sleepy early, they entered the palace this morning, and went to the criminal department to investigate the case during the day...... The bones of the body are a little unbearable. The king went back to the room to rest first, and Chen Gongzi took care of himself. ”

"Xiaomin sends off the prince—" Chen Renhai saluted.

After the king of Dingnan signaled for absence, he went out of the dining hall and went to the house.

Yan Yu's internal injuries had been controlled at this time and he was resting in the room. Shizi practiced evening classes, went in and out between the inner room and the outer room, lying in front of Yan Yu's bed from time to time, and asked Yan Yu if he was better, Yan Yu nodded every time, and after nodding, Shizi went back to the inner room.

Looking at the environment in front of her, Yan Yu thanked herself for the decision she made that night in Baishangju, and was glad that she was not poisoned three times or twice, but what she did a few years ago made it difficult for her to completely return to a normal woman, but she probably wouldn't want to get married and have children, although the princess had hinted many times that she wanted to be a matchmaker with someone, but she was abrupt every time - Yan Yu felt that the princess was too kind, so kind that anyone would deceive her in good faith. Just now, she also told the princess that there was a robbery, but the details described were a little different from those of King Dingnan, naturally, the princess didn't ask about this, because the princess only cared about her injuries. In fact, not only her, Chen Renhai is also deceiving the princess with good intentions, and even King Dingnan is also deceiving, but this deception is not for herself, but to maintain the simplicity and kindness of the princess.

The princess sent someone to decoction the last medicine, and the maid came in with the medicine and said, "Miss Yan, it's time to drink the medicine." Yan Yu thanked the maid and drank the medicine, and the maid said: "The princess let the girl have a good rest, and there is no need to take care of the affairs of the palace these days, so I will ask Miss Yan to move to the guest house tomorrow." ”

Yan Yu nodded and said, "Please also ask the girl to thank the princess for me." ”

The maid answered, and then left the house.

Autumn has been strong, Yan Yu came to the menstrual affair on the first day of coming to the palace, if the menstrual event is cold, her lower abdomen and waist will hurt, which is also the root of the disease she once fell, plus the recurrence of the old injury last time, her lower abdomen hurt so much that she was unbearable when she was cold tonight. Fortunately, there was the medicine left for him by Imperial Physician Liu, she got up with the bed board, sat up wrapped in the quilt, opened a packet of medicinal powder on the bedside table with both hands, and put it all into her mouth, and ate some water in the bowl - when Imperial Doctor Liu was diagnosed and treated, she knew that she had menstruation, and also knew her physique, so he gave her this medicine to prevent the pain during menstruation.

The medicine was put into the stomach, and a burst of warmth entered the lower abdomen, and at this time, Yan Yu was able to sleep comfortably.

The night passed, and the sun shone into the courtyard of the house.

The princess came to visit Yan Yu after breakfast, and Yan Yu's complexion today was much better than yesterday. Yan Yu's porridge bowl was placed on the bedside table, she ate very cleanly, this milk porridge was her favorite, although the princess didn't know that this was her favorite, she could make up for her, so she ordered the kitchen to boil this porridge.

"Come to Yan Qi, you love to drink this porridge, it's so good, your body recovers quickly, and this milk is the best for your body. The princess said.

Yan Yu got up and leaned against it, and said, "Thank you princess for your love, for some reason, after taking the medicine yesterday, I don't want to eat." When I woke up this morning, I felt hungry, this porridge slave really likes it, and it is so good. ”

"Don't say that you are a slave anymore, I think the emperor will probably order you to enter the palace, even if the emperor has no such intentions, it doesn't matter, I recognize you as a sister." I've ordered someone to clean an attic in the northwest corner, and you'll move there after lunch today. The princess said.

Yan Yu was speechless in an instant, and she didn't know how to answer. For so many years, she has never trusted anyone, even if she was in Tianxiangyuan that night, she would only beg Pu Mu and others to save her out of her life-saving instinct, and then although she was also rescued by the wind, she felt that these people were doing this for the purpose of trying to find out the truth. However, the princess in front of her made her really feel the warmth she had never felt, and tears flowed from her eyes - she hadn't shed tears for many years.

"Sister, why are you crying?" asked the princess.

Yan Yu said: "The princess doesn't know that the slave maid's parents have died since she was a child, and no one regards the slave and maid as relatives...... The princess loves the slave so much, the slave and the maid...... My sister saluted my sister today-" After that, when she got out of bed, she was going to buckle her head with the princess, and the princess immediately picked up Yan Yu and said, "Sister doesn't have to--my sister is not well, go back to bed and lie down first, and tell the maid if you have something." ”

While the two were talking, a maid came to report and said, "Princess, Yuwen Shangshu is here." ”

The princess became excited for a while, and said, "Father is here? Father has been busy with prison affairs all day long, and he hasn't seen him for a long time...... Come on, let's get dressed up with Miss Yan—"

Before Yan Yu could react, the princess sat on the edge of the bed, held Yan Yu's hand and said, "Today my father came, I want to be a righteous daughter to my father with you, so that you have a father and a sister." ”

"Thank you so much, sister. Yan Yu said. After that, a maid helped Yan Yu into the princess's inner room. The princess's face couldn't suppress her excitement and happiness, and she said to the maid in the room who came to report the news: "Where is Shangshu?"

"Discuss with the prince in the reception room in the front yard. The maid replied.

The princess said: "You wait here, and after Miss Yan finishes dressing up, please come to the reception room in the front yard." With that, the princess led the two maids in the courtyard outside the house to the reception room in the front yard.

In the reception room, Yuwen Shangshu said: "Virtuous son-in-law, the matter has an eyebrow. ”

"Uncle Yue is saying that there are clues in yesterday's secret trial?"

Yuwen Shangshu said: "When I entered the government this morning, I saw Pi Shilang burning some manuscripts. When I asked him why he burned the manuscripts, he said that they were old family letters and poems that he usually wrote, and that they took up his books, so he burned the papers. When he saw me coming, he seemed a little flustered......"

"Burning manuscripts, many officials in the DPRK and China will do this, the bookcases are limited, the official documents are too tired, and there are not enough private letters, if they are not important, they are afraid that people will see the family letters, so they will catch fire. "Dingnan Wang Road.

Yuwen Shangshu said: "It is not uncommon for officials to burn manuscripts, but most of the manuscripts in his hands are opened letterheads, and there are some poetry manuscripts, in addition to some marked envelopes, only one is an unmarked envelope." ”

"Not marked?" asked King Dingnan. At this time, he had already guessed what Yue Zhang's heart was thinking - Pi Shilang wanted to have something to do with this matter, so he took the opportunity of burning the manuscript to burn the secret letter that might leak secrets, but his heart was still full of questions - if it was a secret letter, how could Pi Shilang be so careless to put it on the case of the criminal department itself to review the official document?

King Dingnan asked, "Dare to ask Uncle Yue, do you remember what you did after you and the other three adults returned to the Punishment Department yesterday?" ”

"I also paid attention to the things that the virtuous son-in-law paid attention to, and when I returned to the government office that day, Tang and Zhong both filled out the arraignment file, escorted the two to the confidential cell and returned to their home. Pi Shilang sent someone to the patrol room to get the classics of the rivers and lakes in the class, and wanted to check where the singer in the violent death row a few days ago came from and what faction he was from. In this way, I also left, looking through the relevant arraignment records, and the arraignment records only contained the details of the crime confessed by the two people and the said upline employer, the employer was the shopkeeper of Baishang Ju in Longbi Guanzhong, but I sent someone to check, and the shopkeeper of Baishang Ju had long been gone. Coincidentally, that night's arraignment was also done by Pi Shilang. Yuwen Shangshu said.

King Dingnan pondered for a while, and said, "What kind of person did the Pi Shilang find out who that singer was? And the reason for the violent death written in the file by the son-in-law was not recorded, and the cause of death was not found?"

Yuwen Shangshu shook his head and said, "Seven or eight people came, and the corpses were examined, and there were no traces of external or internal injuries...... What a hell of a thing. Pi Shilang checked the classics all night until this morning, he said that the classics only recorded that there was a singer in the land of Sichuan and Shu who had killed people and robbed money with secret weapons, and the singer had been beheaded last autumn, and the singer could not use musical instruments, but could only sing songs, not like the two singers. When I left the palace at the same time, Pi Shilang was still investigating, and I didn't pay attention to him after that, but this morning there was a matter of him burning the manuscript. ”

"Did Waiter Pi leave the palace this morning?" asked King Dingnan.

Yuwen Shangshu said: "He took leave with me, because he stayed up all night yesterday and was a little sleepy, so he went back to his house to rest until after lunch." ”

King Dingnan was silent, and he fell into thought again - Pi Shilang's various actions made him very suspicious, and the secret letter in Yue's mouth was also traceable, and someone secretly sent it last night. In addition, during the arraignment that night, he was the one who was most suspected of being the one who was responsible for the two singers, but why was the cause of death so unclear for the two singers? These two singers were captured by Pu Mu in the Zuo Xiang's mansion, and Yan Yu also mentioned that they were the killers of Shen Lie's men, but why didn't the Zuo Xiang ask after the arraignment? Could it be that the Zuo Xiang also knew some secrets, but out of safety, he didn't tell himself? On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the left minister once advised himself to wait until he reorganized the inner hall and then told the emperor the details, naturally, the left minister is a minister, and he is a relative of the emperor, if the people in the palace bite back, the left minister will naturally not be able to bear it. King Dingnan knew that the available evidence could not confirm the traitor that Pi Shilang thought he had, and he needed more favorable information.

"Virtuous son-in-law—" Yuwen Shangshu raised his voice, and only then did he pull King Dingnan out of his thoughts. "What is the virtuous son-in-law thinking?"

"Uncle Yue forgives the son-in-law for being rude, the son-in-law is thinking about this matter with a lot of doubts, although there are some eyebrows, but he can't make a conclusion. "Dingnan Wang Road.

While talking, a maid came into the reception room to deliver a message, informing King Dingnan and Princess Yuwen Shangshu that they had arrived at the door of the reception room and wanted to talk to Yuwen Shangshu about something.

Yuwen Shangshu said: "Hahaha...... Invite the princess in. ”

The maid led the princess in, and Yuwen Shangshu immediately smiled and said, "Good daughter-"

The princess immediately saluted Yuwen Shangshu and said, "My daughter has said hello to my father-" Yuwen Shangshu immediately picked up the princess and said, "Good daughter...... For a long time, my father misses you very much-I wanted to go to the backyard to see you after talking to the prince today, but you came to the front yard. ”

"I haven't seen him for a long time, and my father is much older......," said the princess, tears rolling in her eyes.

Yuwen Shangshu said: "My grandson is almost five years old, how can I not be old? Speaking of my grandson, you have to let me go and see him later......

"Whatever the father says, where is the reason why the grandfather needs the daughter's consent to see the grandson—" The princess laughed.

Yuwen Shangshu said: "Hahaha...... What does the daughter want to say to her father?"

The princess said: "The daughter recognized a goddaughter for her father. ”

"Oh, there is such a thing?" said Yuwen Shangshu.

The princess smiled: "This woman is a few days ago from the Prime Minister's Mansion to come to be a personal maid with her daughter, but she and her daughter are very good, and she is ingenious, kind-hearted and beautiful, and her daughter loves her very much, so she recognized her as a sister." But the daughter thinks that if the daughter thinks that she is a younger sister, this sister still has no family background, so she wants to ask her father to ......"

"No family background?, the woman's parents?" asked Yuwen Shangshu.

The princess said, "My sister's parents were no longer alive when she was a child. ”

"Such a poor woman...... Daughter, you are kind by nature, how can your father not support it, and such a good woman, I accept it as a righteous daughter, and it is also for my father's thoughts. Quickly ask someone to come out—" Yuwen Shangshu said.

The princess motioned for the maid to lure Yan Yu in. Seeing Yan Yu enter the reception room, Yuwen Shangshu looked at the woman in front of him, and seemed to feel that this person seemed familiar, and said: "The girl was born with a good appearance, I heard that the little girl said that the girl is kind and skillful, and the old man is really fortunate to have such a righteous daughter." The little girl has been delicate since she was a child, but she is kind-hearted, and if there is anything unpleasant about your sister when you get along with your sisters in the future, just tell your father-in-law, and your father-in-law will mediate with you. Hahaha......"

Yan Yu smiled and said, "My daughter asks her father-in-law's An-"

While speaking, the maid came to ask where the rice was, and King Dingnan said: "Prepare an extra pair of dishes and chopsticks, let the kitchen prepare more dishes, add a pot of good wine, and today my father-in-law comes, I want to have a few drinks with my father-in-law." Also, let someone invite Chen Gongzi to have dinner with us. ”

The evening sunset dyed half of the sky in today's capital, and in the back garden of the palace after dinner, the glow gradually filled the sky before the sunset disappeared.

The princess on the side said: "There are no big or small children, they are called aunts." ”

"Oh, aunt-" said Shizi, "the child asks the aunt to play a trick with the child-" After that, the Shizi also bowed to Yan Yu and bowed.

Yan Yu immediately helped Shizi up, pinched Shizi's face, and said, "My nephew is really well-behaved, it hurts, my aunt and you have changed-" After that, Yan Yu grabbed a small pebble on the ground with his hand, and spread his hands out in his palms, "Nephew is optimistic-" After that, Yan Yu shook his palms and danced with his hands in front of Shizi's eyes, which amused Shizi. At this time, Yan Yu fixed his hands, spread them out, and a gadget appeared in his palms, which was a little lion carved in stone.

"For my good nephew—" With that, Yan Yu put the little stone lion on the stone table, and the prince couldn't put it down and smiled even more.

In the attic of Xiaozhu, Yuwen Shangshu was playing tea with the king of Dingnan, Chen Renhai was watching chess on the side, Yuwen Shangshu looked out the window and said: "My grandson has grown up a lot, and he wants to come quickly, but he was not so tall at the beginning of the year." ”

"Haha...... Seeing him so happy every day, no matter how much trouble I have, it will disappear. "Dingnan Wang Road.

A chess piece is on the board, and the winner or loser of this game seems to have been decided, "Lord Yuwen is a good chess player-" Chen Renhai said.

"Chen Gongzi, a true gentleman who is silent when watching chess. Yuwen Shangshu said.

Chen Renhai said with a smile: "Lord Yuwen's chess strength is too strong, Xiaomin is excited for a while, please ask the prince and Lord Shangshu to forgive their sins——"

"Haha...... Where did Chen Gongzi come from? Chen Gongzi also watched the rise of chess, and his father-in-law was indeed superb in chess, even if the situation was still evenly matched at this time, no matter how the layout was calculated, the son-in-law was powerless to return to the sky. "Dingnan Wang Road.

"Virtuous son-in-law, every time I play chess with you, the old man is full of joy, you and I are back and forth, and the chess game is fast, the victory and defeat are seen early, if the victory and defeat are slow, it must be a game of chess, and it is enjoyable. Hahaha...... Speaking of which, Chen Gongzi must also be superb in chess, otherwise how could he see the trend of this chess game at a glance? Another day, the old man will play a game with Chen Gongzi to see Chen Gongzi's chess strength. Yuwen Shangshu said.

King Dingnan smiled and said: "Why should my father-in-law come back another day, it's still early, Gongzi Chen, come and compete with my father-in-law——"

"Yes, yes, Chen Gongzi, please give me advice-" Yuwen Shangshu said.

By this time the sky had gradually darkened, and the moon had risen again, and the full moon had gradually retracted, and many large corners were missing. The princess felt that the weather was a little cold in front of Xiaozhu, so she asked the maid and Yan Yu to add a long robe, and then sent someone to send the son back to the room, the prince was a little stubborn, and wanted to talk or have fun with his mother and aunt again, but the princess said a word, and directly pulled the prince's face down.

As soon as the prince left, Yuwen Shangshu's chess pieces fell, Chen Renhai thought for a while, and continued to play a hand of chess. The two played against each other for half a quarter of an hour, Yuwen Shangshu began to bother calculating the chess game, and suddenly fell into a son, but when he came back to his senses, he found that he had fallen into Chen Renhai's trap, and said with a smile: "I'm old, my brain is useless." Lost, lost, lost......"

"Agreed, Lord Yuwen—" Chen Renhai said.

King Dingnan looked at the chess game for a while before he came up with it, "Chen Gongzi's chess strength is really high, and Yue Zhang's chess strength was defeated by you in less than a hundred moves." ”

From this point of view, Chen Gongzi is good at calculation, which has a big advantage in the reorganization of Ouchi. Yuwen Shangshu said.

Chen Renhai asked, "Commander Ouchi still needs to understand calculus and deduction?"

"There are people who can measure among the masters of Ouchi in the past, and there are also such exams for Ouchi's selection. "Dingnan Wang Road.

"Then thank you for the reminder of Lord Wang and Shangshu and Xiaomin. Chen Renhai said.

Yuwen Shangshu said: "Today's chess is here. By the way, virtuous son-in-law, is this new righteous daughter I have adopted really the maid of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

A small breeze blew from the window into the attic.