In the pavilion in the center of the lake, there is a reclining chair, two rattan chairs, and a pear wood table, on which pastries and tea are placed. The clear water of the lake is occasionally filled with fish swimming, a few lotus flowers bloom on the water, and a small boat is tied to the pavilion, which is quiet and peaceful. Zhao Qingyan hugged a Xiao, covered with a big coat, curled up in the recliner and squinted at the scenery in the lake.

The warm wind blows on my body, but I feel cold.

Zhao Qingyan tightened his shirt and looked at the lake with lost eyes. Unlike this beauty, there is no peace in his heart, only chaos and emptiness. As Chen Huayi said, he should have seen through it easily, but something else blocked his vision - not conceit, trust.

Who could it be? Chen Huayi pointed to the ground of the palace, and the meaning could not be more obvious.

Empress...... Or the Prince.

Zhao Qingyan sighed into the cold palm, his mind was still empty, he couldn't find the two of them to harm him at all. The momentary blow caught him off guard, and he couldn't figure out anything.

Suddenly, a figure in the distance stepped on the waves and landed in the pavilion, and King Xin rowed a raft slowly and slowly came to the pavilion and walked up to the pavilion in the middle of the lake: "You are very leisurely." ”

Zhao Qingyan looked at them, put away his thoughts, and asked with a chuckle, "Why can't you be leisurely?"

King Huan sat down, took a piece of dim sum and put it in his mouth, and exclaimed: "Who made the dim mau? It's delicious, and you haven't eaten a few pieces?"

Zhao Qingyan said lazily: "I made the plum blossom cake you ate and the lotus seed white fungus soup next to it, and the rest was taken from the kitchen." I have a bad appetite and no appetite, so I have it for you. ”

King Huan looked into the lake, saw that the lotus flowers had not yet produced lotus flowers, and asked, "Where did you get the lotus seeds?

Zhao Qingyan said: "I picked it from Jiang Wuyan, and when I came back, I saw that it was still very fresh, so I stewed a pot of porridge." ”

King Huan filled a small bowl, scooped a spoonful, and frowned: "So bitter?

Zhao Qingyan stretched out his hand from under the big drum, and pointed to a position: "There is sugar, you will not be bitter if you put some of it." He took a few sips of the cooled tea on the table, put it back, and put his hand back into the big pot.

King Shin asked, "Are you cold?" or go back to the house?"

"If you don't go back, you're suffocated. Zhao Qingyan muttered, shrunk his body again, and then looked at King Xin, "Uncle Jiu, sit down, should I talk about the harvest of going out this time first, or will you tell me about what happened in the capital these days?"

King Huan pouted: "It's just a little bit of a matter, it is estimated that you have checked it yourself in a few days, if you don't know anything, just ask." ”

Zhao Qingyan nodded and asked, "What is the result of the imperial doctor's examination of the medicine? I heard that the tonic medicine I sent was poisonous?"

King Shin found a good-looking snack and tasted it, and added, "It's not that the tonic is poisonous, it's that the tonic you gave him is deadly when used together." "A person who does not have a high level of pharmacological knowledge will not be able to add up several great tonic medicines into poison." These are the exact words of the Imperial Doctor. ”

Zhao Qingyan frowned: "The medicine of the big tonic?" carefully recalled the medicine he gave him, and smiled: "How is it possible? If I believe that those medicines can be eaten with a disease, I can't think of any way to eat the dead." ”

King Huan finally took out a piece of paper from the pile of things in his arms and gave it to him: "It just so happens that I have been carrying this thing with me since I gave it to me." It was what the Imperial Physician had found in the leftovers and vomit in the kitchen, and the back page was a recipe written down by the cook in his house. Because the vomit is basically something that has just been eaten, it is easy to distinguish. ”

Zhao Qingyan took it and looked at it carefully, looking a little surprised: "Ginseng and quinoa?

King Huan was stunned for a moment, and glanced at King Xin: "The people in his house said that you gave him this." ”

Zhao Qingyan thought for a moment and nodded: "I did send it, but it has been sent for half a year." He said that his stomach was very distended, and I gave him a pack to induce vomiting, and I told him very clearly that the effect was avoidant. People participate in quinoa and eat it is very toxic, although it will not die, but the dosage is large, and the old man is really uncertain. So I told him a few times. ”

He looked at the medicinal materials written on the paper again, and made sure that there were no other medicinal materials that met the standards, and then he looked at King Xin, looking a little funny: "Uncle Jiu, this can't be what the imperial doctor said about being proficient in pharmacology, right? I think as long as you know a little about medical skills, you should know that it is poisonous." ”

King Huan shook his head and said, "I don't know, the imperial doctors only said that you can understand it if you show it." I can't take a break these days, and I haven't asked carefully. The packaging of the medicine is unique to the hospital, and his own medicine will definitely not be from the hospital, so you can only give it to him. Coupled with Ouyang Xiu's actions, it is really unfavorable to you. ”

Zhao Qingyan looked at the paper in his hand and muttered, "I really underestimated the puppet palace." ”

King Huan asked, "What are you going to do?"

Zhao Qingyan asked rhetorically: "What do you mean?"

King Huan and King Xin glanced at each other, and King Xin spoke: "Fourth brother and I mean that you don't want to move recently, just stay in the mansion, and wait for us to find out the people before you go out for activities." Brother Huang meant to ask Ouyang Xiu directly and let him come forward to prove your innocence. Thirteenth Brother ......"

King Huan spread his hands helplessly: "I don't think any way is good, and I can't think of any suitable way." ”

King Xin was also helpless: "Ouyang Xiu's sudden departure is too strange, and it is very unfavorable to you. But if you ask him face to face, not to mention whether it is possible to startle the snake, even in his identity as an old minister, he should not be suspicious. ”

Zhao Qingyan smiled faintly: "Isolation, it's good to give an explanation to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, so it's okay." ”

King Xin was slightly embarrassed: "Mo'er, don't get me wrong, I didn't doubt what you meant." ”

Zhao Qingyan lowered his eyes and smiled nonchalantly: "Anyway, I don't want to move, let me stay in the mansion." No, it's okay for me to stay in Ouchi's cell for a while. But you can't catch people at all, and the result is just a few random torture and beating, and there is no difference. ”

King Huan said: "Yes, the fourth brother and the ninth brother plan to do so, to prove that you can't have anything to do with them, and then find a few random people to blame, and it's over." This seems to clear your guilt, but in fact it is equivalent to making you sit down. But if you investigate carefully, I am afraid that you will not find any results. ”

"Don't care, that's it, just show it to the puppet palace. Zhao Qingyan lay down and said leisurely, "I have already told my father, just tell Uncle Huang." The puppet palace is competing for the throne, according to Tang Xiaoyu, the war will officially start in about a month, and the Ming Palace is empty. You pretend to believe that I killed Bao Zheng to show them, and wait until Tang Xiaoyu gives me the news and sends troops to attack the Ming Palace. Defeat the puppet palace and prove my innocence, is that okay?"

The two were slightly stunned and asked, "How to pretend?"

Zhao Qingyan smiled lightly: "This is not simple? I was grounded, I was relieved of my position as privy councilor, I didn't come to see me when I was sick, and I didn't give me anything I liked." If it's not enough, I'll pretend to be crazy and stupid, and give me the name of the prince. ”

King Xin looked a little angry: "It's easy for you to say, where is such a casual thing? What if the fake becomes true?"

Zhao Qingyan took a sip of the bowl of porridge that King Huan didn't drink, and joked: "Just such a small thing can make a fake come true, Uncle Jiu's words make me chill!"

King Huan said: "That's it, I don't feel comfortable listening to Brother Jiu's words." ”

King Xin smiled bitterly: "Yes, yes, I said it wrong, a mistake of the tongue." ”

Zhao Qingyan stirred the porridge: "I believe that it will not be faked." If you directly protect me with the resentment of so many people, it will be too embarrassing for you. It's much better, and it's not a big deal to just make a gesture. It's fun to see what happens to those people in the past. ”

King Xin sighed: "I have wronged you. ”

King Huan sighed: "You think it's funny, my privy envoy has suddenly lost three privy envoys, who will consider me? ”

Zhao Qingyan smiled, didn't speak again, lowered his head and drank porridge silently, and suddenly asked after a while: "What kind of person does Uncle Thirteen think Xia Peng is?"

"Xia Peng?" King Huan was a little surprised, and thought for a while, "I don't know much about him, although I haven't gained much in catching the Tsing Yi thieves, but I can see that he is very serious, and his character and ability are not bad." How did you remember to ask him? Have you seen him?"

Zhao Qingyan said: "He came to see me once when he came back from the Trojan Marquis Mansion before, and I think he may suspect that I am a thief in Tsing Yi. ”

King Huan asked with interest, "Is it? ”

King Xin smiled: "It's too easy for you to clear your suspicions, I remember that when the Tsing Yi thief stole the night pearl, you also made a bet with the thirteenth brother which dancing girl would be rewarded, but all of them didn't win, and one person lost thirty times." ”

King Huan's face was slightly red: "Ninth brother!" Xinwang smiled silently.

Zhao Qingyan smiled: "So I paid attention to his file...... This guy is quite interesting. ”

King Huan was stunned: "What?"

Zhao Qingyan shook his head: "It's nothing, I remembered some interesting things." But it's hard to say, don't say it. ”

"Archives. King Huan's face became solemn, "I forgot about it." ”

Zhao Qingyan asked with a little surprise, "Thirteenth uncle, what's wrong?"

King Huan said: "I have heard a little bit of news in the Privy Council in the past few days, how do you plan to deal with the relationship between you and those people in the Qilin Pavilion?"

Zhao Qingyan ate the last spoonful of porridge: "That's it." I, such an incompetent privy deputy, killed one and drove one away, and no one was happy. I'm used to seeing intimacy and flattery, and it's quite fun to be so rare now. ”

King Xin sighed: "You, put on a boring expression, and then say it's fun, who will believe it?"

Zhao Qingyan covered his mouth and yawned: "It's fun, I'm just too lazy to laugh, and I don't have to put on a smiling face in front of you, tired." ”

Hearing his words, the two of them fell silent, although his tone was very indifferent, but in his ears, he only felt lonely and tired.

"Mo'er?" King Huan called him tentatively.

Zhao Qingyan closed his eyes and answered softly, signaling that he had heard.

King Huan had nothing to say again.

Zhao Qingyan didn't hear the next words and didn't react, and opened his eyes again: "By the way, Uncle Thirteen sees that there is a copywriter who can't be busy and can send it to me, and I am idle." Of course, don't be discovered, and if you are discovered, don't give it to me. I'm going to prepare for the puppet palace, so it's okay to pass the time. ”

King Xin asked, "Mo'er, how many people are you going to use to fight?" There are 1,000 of my Seven Kills over there who have been nearby for a long time, and I can directly transfer 400 people." If it is not enough for me to arrange in advance, I can transfer 200 more people. ”

Zhao Qingyan thought for a while: "Six hundred is not enough." I think it's about 800 to 1,000 safety points, and then Uncle Thirteen will bring dozens of guards with him. Although the Ming Palace and the Dark Palace are far apart, if we attack the Ming Palace, we may not be attacked by the Dark Palace. If the number of people is too small, it is too passive. ”

King Xin was slightly stunned, and then nodded: "Then I'll arrange it, transfer people nearby, and just follow what you said." Do you need me to come with me?"

Zhao Qingyan said with a smile: "Thank you Uncle Nine, Uncle Nine don't forget to explain it carefully to them." It's enough to have me and Uncle Thirteen, and it's okay if Uncle Nine doesn't go. ”

King Xin pondered for a moment and nodded: "It's okay." I'm still going to keep an eye on Bao Zhengfu, so I'll go back first if there's nothing to do. If there is something important for someone to go to the palace and call me, I will come. ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "Well, I know, Uncle Nine walks slowly." ”

Seeing that King Xin was waiting for him, King Huan hurriedly said: "Brother Jiu, you go first, there is nothing to do in the Privy Council today, I will stay with Mo'er for a while, and go back with Mo'er." Shin nodded, untied the raft, stood on it, and slowly rowed away.