At this court meeting, all the officials were up and down in their hearts.

Finally got to the scattered dynasty, Zhu Qizhen went to rest, and Li Xian and others entered the palace to recruit guards to ask.

The strongman was very tenacious that night, and he was not afraid of death, and between shouts, most of them spoke with a northern accent, didn't this Tie Ling make a name for himself in Dongting? How did he arrive in the capital, and in just a few days, so many people followed him regardless of life and death.

There is another thing, which is also very strange, the leaders are very old, and they seem to be the heroes of one side, even if Tie Ling and Xue Bingyu are attractive, they should be young people who follow them, but those old men shouted and screamed, like crazy, but they were more brave than young people, and their loyalty was terrifying.

When the officials heard this, they did not understand the mystery. Li Xian suddenly saw that someone among the guards secretly signaled to him, and he knew that something was wrong, so he borrowed urine to escape. Turning the corner, the man really followed, and when he saw that there was no one around, he stepped forward and said, "Master Li, I only dare to tell you about this matter." ”

Li Xian hurriedly asked what was the matter, and the guard showed a look of fear on his face, and said in a low voice, "That night, those people were shouting that they were going to rebel, saying that the emperor was not worthy of being the king, and that there was a better person to replace him, this is not new, and the rebels are called so." But the strange thing is that someone called His Royal Highness Xue Gongzi. ”

Li Xian was stunned, "What? Did you hear it right?" "It won't be wrong, it's just that there was chaos at the time, and Xue Gongzi happened to be pulling the prince in his hand, so we thought that the other party was calling the prince." But the more I thought about it later, the more wrong it became, those people were rebels, how could they still call the crown prince His Royal Highness? Especially those old men, the excitement and wailing after seeing Tie Ling's son, even when they saw their own father and mother, they were not so excited. ”

Li Xianqi said, "What do you want to say?" The guard swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, and finally said with difficulty, "When the thief left, he shouted loudly, saying that if the emperor harmed the prince Tieling, he would be like Zhu Di sixty years ago. Li Xian blinked and said, "What does this mean?" The guard said in a low voice, "More than sixty years ago, in the year of Renwu, wasn't it Zhu Di's entry into Nanjing?"

Li Xian's brain still couldn't bend back, the guards looked at him, and said in a lower voice, "The villain asked other guards, there was an old man who was hit by several arrows, and when he was dying, he shouted, saying that he was loyal to the saint, don't you say it's strange~ And Cao Jixiang rebelled the year before last, if he succeeded~ The name of the new emperor, but it has been counted since last year, isn't it the year of Renwu?"

(Note: When the new emperor ascends the throne, the era name is often counted from the next year to show respect for the previous emperor.) If Cao Jixiang's rebellion was successful, 1461 would still be the fifth year of Tianshun, and 1462 would be the first year of the new emperor. Of course, there are exceptions, there are several cases in the Ming Dynasty, such as the successful restoration of Zhu Qizhen in the first month, and the year was set as the first year of Tianshun. ）

Li Xian was immediately stunned, and said in a trembling voice, "Nonsense! How could Cao Jixiang have anything to do with that incident~ I asked, and Gongzi himself said that they were forced to go against the court for the sake of those people in the Evergreen Gang. "No, my lord, it was their subordinates who attacked the palace in order to save Gongzi and Tie Ling!"

Li Xian said angrily, "This~ What's the difference between this?" "It's clearly big, my lord." The prince of Tieling was fascinated by people and sent into the palace unknowingly, how could the emperor be interested in bringing them into the palace to see this kind of thieves? And the villain is careful, the prince has taken care of the emperor for the past two days, not like ~ not like an ordinary person~"

Li Xian couldn't help scolding, "You don't talk nonsense~ Don't worry about this heart!" The guard hurriedly said, "My lord Mingjian, of course the villain knows that this matter is not something that the villain should worry about, but the villain is afraid that the ministers outside will worry about the emperor, so he will be excited to do something wrong." The villain thought, if ~ in case this thing is true, Gongzi and those people have been secretly discussing with the emperor in the room for a long time, and they still give up after coming out~ cough, and call their subordinates out of the palace, which shows that this attack on the palace is not Gongzi's idea, then he has nothing to do with Cao Jixiang's matter two years ago~ Childe, he is unconscious, he is innocent, adults need to remember this. ”

Li Xian finally figured out what the guard thought, and said angrily, "You are loyal~ very loyal!" and asked for a while, "What do you mean to be in the house for a long time?" After hearing this, he didn't dare to think too much, and said, "You go down, it's okay to talk about this kind of nonsense in front of me, don't mention it to others again." The guard nodded quickly and ran away.

After Li Xian went home, he couldn't help but recall Childe's words and deeds, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

The next day, after going to the court, he went to the palace to find a few guards to ask, since no one knew what everyone was secretly discussing in the house that night, only that a bandit came out of the house, inexplicably pulled out a knife and stabbed himself to suicide.

On this day, Li Xian came to see Gongzi and said casually, "I heard the guards in the palace say that the Iron Maiden called Wan Zhen'er in the palace her aunt, and Wan Zhen'er personally threatened the emperor with a knife that night, and now she is grounded in the palace, I don't know if there is really such a thing?" ”

Li Xian suppressed his heart and said, "But I heard Miss Cheng say that the Iron Girl's father's surname is Ling, and he used to be a hero who galloped across the grassland, why is his sister surnamed Wan and reduced to the palace to be a palace maid." Gongzi frowned slightly and said, "When they were young, their families were poor, so they had to give their daughters to the Wan family." ”

Li Xian said tightly, "But when did Wan Zhen'er know that Tie Ling was her own niece? She entered the palace at the age of four, if she was separated from her relatives, then her own brother gave birth to a boy and a girl, and she didn't know at all, unless she had a connection with Ling Hai." "I think so. ”

"Hmm~ I heard that Ling Hai is outstanding in martial arts, and he even dared to assassinate first, why didn't he leave the palace with his own sister?" "I don't know the details, I heard that Empress Dowager Sun treats Wan Zhen'er very much, and she can't bear to leave for a while. ”

"Can I meet Wan Zhen'er?" "My lord forgives my sins, but this matter is not good. The emperor has decreed that she should be grounded in the palace, and no one is allowed to visit her. Besides, when the lord saw her, he just asked about the palace break that night, and the emperor had ordered that the people who broke into the palace should not be investigated for their crimes, so why should the adults do this?"

"The emperor is indeed Chrysostom and Yuyan, and he pardoned those people, even the people who killed the palace guards, so why did he only imprison this person?" "It should be that she has committed other mistakes in the palace." As a foreign minister, why should you bother with these trivial matters in the palace?"

Li Xian smiled, and suddenly said, "How did Gongzi and Tie Maiden get captured in the palace?" Gongzi looked at Li Xian and said lightly, "Tie Ling and I were both unconscious at the time, how can we know? ”

"I asked many of the emperor's closest guards, and they all said that they had never received the order to bring you into the palace, and they didn't understand why you two were in the palace. "There are thousands of guards in the palace, and the adults have asked about them, not to mention the brocade guards outside the palace, if the adults insist on this matter, it will be in vain." ”

"Hehe~ Childe is right, I'm just asking. Li also thought that Gongzi and Iron Maiden must be very curious about who arrested him, and he took a step ahead of Li to find out the truth. Since the son didn't know, of course Li didn't bother to make this effort. ”

The two laughed for a while, Li Xian saw that there was a fan on the case, and took it to fan it, although the hottest day of the year had passed, he still felt a burst of heat on his body at this moment.