Liu Qian walked out of the side hall of the Dexin Palace, his heart was heavy, and his expression was a little trance, so that when Li He said goodbye to Liu Qian, Liu Qian just nodded subconsciously.

The east has already appeared in the white belly, Liu Qian walked in the corridor, watching the lights pull his shadow long, every step he took, he had to look at it for a long time.

Although I don't know who planned what happened at night, but from now on, it seems that that person has stirred up Daming into a storm and is in danger.

As the head of the household department of the Ming Dynasty, this should not have been something he wanted to participate in, but as one of the emperor's most trusted people, Liu Qian had to enter the game.

Thinking about it before leaving, when he entered the side hall of Dexin Palace, Zhang Juzheng's eyes were very meaningful to himself, and Liu Qian somewhat understood what it was for.

If there is no accident in the battle for the succession of the imperial court, after tonight, it will be put on the bright side by the princes. And those Zhang Dang headed by Shoufu Zhang Juzheng, the Huailai Yang Party with Yangzhou as the core, the party where Guan Tiannan's family is located, and those in the Spring and Autumn Period, all the old ministers left, especially those left by the Great Wei Dynasty, are the most prosperous, one of the reasons is that the old man in Zhongshu Province is the imperial history of the Great Wei Dynasty, Liu Xijie.

These people, plus the princes, are just chaos on top of chaos.

But fortunately, no matter how chaotic it is, as long as the emperor does not die for a day, then the Ming Dynasty will not fall.

Internal strife has always been a more terrifying existence than external troubles

It is also unknown whether the Northern Qi will intervene.

Full of melancholy, Liu Qian returned to his house, since the emperor explained his own affairs, then he had to do it immediately, although he went to the edict, I don't know what he was facing, but he could only bite the bullet and ask the three princes. From the daring of Princess Taiping just now, Liu Qian knew some hidden things, such as who would investigate this matter, Lu Zhong and Yang Zhao were one, and then seeing that Li He didn't know when he came to Dexin Hall and stood outside the emperor's door, then it can also be inferred that Li He was involved.

The emperor did not choose Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Qin Tianjian to investigate this matter, so did His Majesty begin to suspect that among them, someone planned this matter, and the emperor did not trust them.

But fortunately, Lu Zhong's Jinyiwei did not take refuge in any prince, even if Yang Zhao had the heart to wash away the grievances of the prince, he was also powerless, plus a upright Li He, Liu Qian was not worried about someone taking this opportunity to murder which prince.

Back at the house, Liu Qian slept for a while, and when the day was completely bright, the housekeeper walked in and woke up Liu Qian, which was ordered by Liu Qian, he was afraid that he had slept and delayed His Majesty's affairs.

Sleeping for an hour is enough for an old man like Liu Qian, and when people are old, they have less time to sleep.

Changing into a normal brocade robe, Liu Qian touched the token in his sleeve, felt a little relieved, got into the carriage, and went to Meridian Lane, preparing to enter the Jinyi Guard's prison.

Meridian Lane, Jinyi Guard's Prison.

Wang Yi sat in the lobby of the Imperial Prison, and in front of him were cells of various prisons, which were all detained by some extremely vicious people, but most of them were high-ranking officials and nobles.

In the early hours of the morning, Lu Zhong brought a large number of brocade

Yiwei arrested the three princes in front of the public, and Wang Yi was thrilled to watch, he knew that the Ming Dynasty was really going to be chaotic at this time.

After Lu Zhong brought back the three princes, he imprisoned the three of them in the deepest part of the Imperial Prison, where there was no light of day, dark and damp.

Lu Zhong ordered Wang Yi to guard here day and night with a large number of brocade guards, and he was not allowed to leave a single step.

Ma Shun and Zhou Liyuan stayed in the imperial city with Jinyiwei to investigate the affairs of the palace maids. In order to avoid suspicion, Li Yuan did not enter the edict, but returned directly to his room and did not cause trouble to anyone.

Just now, the Jinyiwei stall came to report, Meridian Lane, outside the gate of Jinyiwei, there were already many retainers of the three princes, with famous posts, wanting to visit Lu Zhong and Lord Lu. However, Lu Zhong directly ordered to close the gate of Jinyiwei and not receive anyone, even so, those people still did not leave, and waited in Meridian Alley all day.

Liu Qian's carriage soon entered Meridian Alley, through the curtain, Liu Qian saw a lot of people gathered here, Liu Qian sighed slightly, he could guess the purpose of these people coming here, and also guessed their identities, after all, there is no one else who dares to appear here now except for the retainers of the three princes.

When these people saw Liu Qian's carriage, they didn't dare to rush forward, because before entering Meridian Alley, Jinyiwei sent people to welcome Liu Qian's arrival.

Along the way, Liu Qian was guessing who dared to calculate the royal family like this, so he didn't find out and was punished by the Nine Clans?

The people behind it have a plan, first framing the prince, and then assassinating the emperor, so if King Zhao fights with the acting king, will it be the calculation of the people behind the scenes?

Too many doubts made Liu Qian have a headache, and the old man thought for a while, then simply didn't want to, and directly closed his eyes to recuperate.

Entering Jinyiwei, along the way, no one dared to stop him, and the old man was led in front of Lu Zhong.

"Lord Lu. ”

Lu Zhong is also tired, he now mobilizes all the spies in Jinyiwei in Chang'an City and these people on the surface, and investigates door to door when he comes, in the imperial city, before Ma Shun and Zhou Liyuan send back the news, this is the only way to come without any clues.

"Lord Liu, why did you come to Jinyiwei so early?"

Liu Qian smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Lu, there is no need to make fun of the old man, those Jinyi guards who were placed in the imperial city have already passed the news back." ”

When Lu Zhong saw Liu Qian talking like this, he simply stopped making fun of Liu Qian, and said directly: "Lord Liu, your errand is not easy to do." ”

Liu Qian sighed and shook his head helplessly, "Who said it wasn't, but since Your Majesty asked the old man to come and ask a few princes, the old man can only come hard." ”

Lu Zhong put down the paperwork in his hand, walked in front of Liu Qian, and stretched out his hand, "Although Your Majesty asked you to come, there should still be procedures." ”

When Liu Qian took out the Dexin Hall from his arms, the token that Gao Lishi gave himself was handed to Lu Zhong, "This is the second time I have seen this token, the last time it was when His Majesty ascended the throne, I had just taken office as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and followed the Ministry of Rites at that time, when Lord Zhao went to the Taimiao." ”

Lu Zhong took the token, looked at the four big characters on it, and touched it

Familiar lines, "Who said no, Your Majesty can hand over this token, this is still really angry." ”

Liu Qian took the token, looked at the sky outside, and said, "Is the old man's grandson awake now?"

"No, the little one should be sleeping soundly by now, should I send someone to wake him up?" ”

Liu Qian hurriedly refused, waved his hand, and signaled that it didn't have to be like this, "In the next period of time, I may also come to you to hide, so leave a room next to the old man's grandson for the old man, not too big." ”

Lu Zhong smiled, "It is an honor for Jinyiwei to be able to come to Meridian Lane, but the house money here is not cheap." ”

Liu Qian snorted coldly, took out a silver ticket from his arms, and then put it on the table, "The old man will miss you this money?"

Lu Zhong smiled, walked to the table, bent down to pick up the silver ticket, picked it up, looked at the sun, and looked at it carefully. Liu Qian looked at Lu Zhong's movements, and said angrily: "Lord Lu, the silver ticket in the old man's hand is not fake." ”

Lu Zhong glanced at the number of words on the silver ticket, carefully touched the material of the silver ticket, Lu Zhong put away the silver ticket, and said with a smile: "Lord Liu said this outside, how can I, Lu Zhong, doubt Liu Shangshu." ”

Liu Qian glanced at Lu Zhong and asked softly, "Now the old man can go and meet the three princes." ”

Lu Zhong turned sideways and made a gesture of please, "Lord Liu, please, the old man will lead the way himself." ”

Liu Qian snorted coldly and strode out of the room, Lu Zhong touched the silver ticket in his arms, and followed with a smile.

With a bang, the door of the Jinyi Guard's edict slowly opened, and Wang Yi, who was sitting here, instantly got up and shouted, "Who?!"

In the dark, Lu Zhong followed Liu Qian behind him and walked out slowly, "It's me." ”

After Wang Yi saw Lu Zhong, Yu Guang saw Liu Qian who was looking for something there, "My lord, what is Liu Shangshu?"

Lu Zhong explained: "On the emperor's orders, come and ask the three princes, you should just let him in if nothing happened." ”

Wang Yi nodded and came to Liu Qian's face, "Lord Liu, do you have a token of Your Majesty?"

Liu Qian took out His Majesty's token from his bosom and handed it to Wang Yi, who checked the token as usual and found that there was no discrepancy between the token and the record of Jinyiwei, and returned the token to Liu Qian.

"Lord Liu, I'll take you there. ”

After Wang Yi finished speaking, he took the lantern in the hand of the Jinyi guard on the side, walked in front to lead the way, Liu Qian nodded, and followed behind Wang Yi.

After walking in the edict prison for a long time, Liu Qian was secretly frightened, the three princes were locked up in such a place, this must be Your Majesty's will, so it can also be seen how disappointed and angry Your Majesty is with the three princes.

However, Liu Qian didn't believe that the emperor would not be under pressure, in the harem, when Liu Qian left the Dexin Palace, he heard some gossip news, saying that those ladies had gone to the queen mother's door and knelt outside, just waiting for the queen mother to speak. But I don't know why, the Queen Mother hasn't spoken yet, which makes Liu Qian a little puzzled, according to reason, the Queen Mother knows that in the future, she should be more or less and will bring a few words to the emperor, after all, it is a matter involving the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the future of the imperial court, the Queen Mother will not care, but now the Queen Mother will not say a word, so things will go in an uncontrollable direction.