In stark contrast to the Winter Palace, there is a large field of plane trees planted outside the Long Autumn Palace, which in the cold early spring period, their leaves wither, the trunks are bare and stretched in the cold wind, the walls are painted a warmer brown, and the wall tiles are a deep brown-black.

After inspecting and entering the gate, the forbidden law enchantment can also be felt here, Li Chengfeng did not come to the backyard this time to see the person he was looking for, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw the prince holding his hand, standing in the middle of the front yard, looking up at a huge locust tree with his head up.

This is a very large locust tree, the tree is more than ten meters around, and it takes six or seven big men to hold hands to encircle it.

Above this locust tree, the original lush leaves have withered and fallen, leaving only the huge trunk canopy, although there is no lushness, but from this huge canopy you can still see how magnificent the tree was in its heyday.

Li Chengfeng walked closer, the prince tilted his head slightly, although he still looked calm and calm, but Li Chengfeng clearly saw his deep tiredness from his brow.

"You're here?" the prince nodded at Li Chengfeng.

Li Chengfeng said strangely: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't seem to be curious about the arrival of Weichen. ”

The prince smiled bitterly and said: "The father is furious, imprisoned the lonely and the fourth brother, and transferred the power to the younger sister to take charge, the younger sister is innocent and does not understand political affairs, although she is indifferent and silent on weekdays, but she is a temperamental person in her bones, she will definitely come to you for help, and find a way to save the orphan." ”

Li Chengfeng smiled and said, "The crown prince knows her highness very well about the temperament of Her Royal Highness. ”

The prince shook his head, he sighed and said: "Brother Li Xian must have come to investigate the case, if there is anything you want to ask, just ask, Gu Zhi has nothing to say." ”

Li Chengfeng nodded and said, "Just act according to the rules, and I hope His Highness will understand." ”

Zhao Hanqing said: "But it doesn't hurt to ask. ”

Li Chengfeng said: "When does Your Highness meet Your Majesty on weekdays?"

Zhao Hanqing said: "If you are alone in Shenjing, you will go to your father every evening to greet him." ”

Li Chengfeng said again: "How long do you stay at a time?"

Zhao Hanqing said: "Nearly half an hour at a time. ”

Li Chengfeng said: "The prince gave His Majesty a pair of thousand-year-old ginseng seven days ago, but is there such a thing?"

Zhao Hanqing nodded and said, "This is indeed the case." ”

Li Chengfeng asked, "Why do you want to send it?"

Zhao Hanqing said: "My father was obsessed with beauty, self-destructing the dragon body, seeing that he was losing weight and thinning day by day. It's a pity that he is lonely and clumsy, and he can't persuade his father to stay away from villains, abandon beauty, and govern the country wholeheartedly for the benefit of the common people. Therefore, I can only send a pair of ginseng, hoping that my father can think about it when he sees it, and even if he doesn't, he can make up for his father's body. ”

Li Chengfeng immediately asked: "But there is a prescription imperial doctor and a big teapot to take care of His Majesty's dragon body, why does the prince still send this medicine? ”

Zhao Hanqing shook his head and said: "This thousand-year-old ginseng is different, this is a thousand-year-old red ginseng found by a lonely person from the north, it is extremely rare, there may not be three in the world, and I don't have it in the Daqi Royal Medical Library." ”

Li Chengfeng nodded and said, "Dare to ask His Highness why he has no children?"

As soon as this sentence was finished, the eunuch accompanying him and the eunuch who recorded it were all stunned, and the accompanying eunuch immediately said: "Lord Li, Hugh is rude!"

Zhao Hanqing was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled bitterly: "It's okay." Why is it so childless? Alas...... For most of the lonely year, there is a lot of time outside, either supervising the government, investigating cases, or visiting the people, where is there so much time to get along with the imperial concubine? and...... Lonely is still young, and you can't force it to ask for a child. ”

Li Chengfeng immediately turned around and asked, "I heard that Imperial Doctor Fang has a good personal relationship with His Royal Highness?"

This sudden shot back to the horse killed the prince and the eunuch next to him were stunned, and they couldn't turn around for a while.

Zhao Hanqing quickly replied: "He once saw a doctor for his beloved wife and cured his beloved wife's hidden illness for many years. ”

Li Chengfeng said again: "His Royal Highness seems to have a close relationship with His Majesty's chief of guard?"

Zhao Hanqing sweated a little on his forehead, and he replied honestly: "The chief guard once saved Gu's life. ”

Li Chengfeng turned his direction again, and asked with a foot in the sky and a foot on the ground: "Does Your Highness know the law of the shifts of the Ouchi guards?"

Zhao Hanqing immediately said: "I don't know." ”

Li Chengfeng said: "What about the duty order of the eunuchs and palace maids?"

Zhao Hanqing sweated and said: "I don't know, and I have never inquired." ”

The questions asked by Li Chengfeng seem to be understated and light-hearted, but in fact, the people around him know that these words are murderous, because as long as the answer is not good, it is the crime of "watching and bowing"!

What does it mean to watch and bow? It is to keep inquiring about the emperor's daily life and rest, the surrounding guards, and the arrangement of his subordinates.

This kind of crime is the most terrible, because it is difficult to have empirical evidence, but once such an impression is left in the emperor's heart, it is really "deep in my heart", and it is very difficult to turn over in this life.

Li Chengfeng suddenly asked again: "Can you find out below, three days ago, Zuo Lang Ning Tongyi had inquired about the troop movement of the Divine Battalion and the Divine Machine Battalion in the capital and the rotation of officers, is there such a thing?"

Zhao Hanqing immediately replied: "Ning Tongyi is the left attendant of the military department, and it is common sense for him to consult about this matter. ”

Li Chengfeng said: "He is the left squire of the military department, not the left guard of Shenjing, and the military power of the military department does not overlap with the Imperial Forest Army, he is obviously encroaching, what is the plan?"

The eunuchs next to him all glanced at Li Chengfeng in some surprise when they asked this, and they didn't seem to understand very well: Didn't they all say that Lord Li was the crown prince? Why is the question so dangerous?

But only Zhao Hanqing knew it, and while his face was full of fear, there was a secret gratitude in his eyes, because he knew that only in this way could the emperor avoid thinking that they were covering each other, so that the prince would fall into deeper suspicion.

Zhao Hanqing replied respectfully with trepidation: "Because there were fanatics who tried to assassinate Yu Gu before, and then there was an unbelievable assassination case of the Great Star Official in the palace, and then there was a shocking case of poisoning and rebellion, which made Ning Aiqing no longer trust the Jingfang and Shenjing guards, so there was a transgression." ”

Li Chengfeng was noncommittal, but continued to ask: "Does Your Highness have a grudge against the prince who has been the crown prince for so many years?"

Zhao Hanqing immediately knelt down, kowtowed in the direction of the emperor's bedroom, and choked up: "The so-called heaven and earth are the king's master, the father is like the sky, and the son is just a child under the father's knees. If there is no father, the son is nothing. The son is both the son of the father and the emperor's courtier, and the so-called king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die; the father wants the son to die, and the son has to die!"

"Erchen's heart can learn from the sun and the moon, if he has the heart of rebellion, he will let Erchen die with a thousand knives!"

Zhao Hanqing raised his head and shouted loudly with tears streaming down his face: "Father!!" After saying that, he kowtowed heavily, and his forehead was bleeding after a few strokes.

The little bell and the others on the side looked unbearable, and even the eunuchs who recorded and supervised on the side couldn't help but be moved and secretly exchanged glances.

At this time, they realized that Li Chengfeng's step-by-step questioning was to clear the suspicion of the prince and give him a chance to express his loyalty and filial piety.

Look at how old people are, this kind of ghostly trick is so skillful!

No wonder Her Royal Highness the Princess can look down on him!

No wonder it's a dragon and a phoenix among people!

Li Chengfeng watched coldly from the sidelines, and did not stop the prince from kowtowing desperately, because he knew that the more the prince kowtowed, the safer he was.

Therefore, after more than a dozen strokes, the prince was already covered with blood and fell to the ground and fell unconscious.

The eunuch on the side hurriedly exclaimed: "It's not good, it's not good! Your Highness has fainted! Come on, pass on the imperial doctor!" After saying that, he glared at Li Chengfeng angrily and said sharply: "Lord Li, why are you so forced!"

Li Chengfeng was unmoved, just smiled slightly, and said, "It's just doing your duty!"

After speaking, he said to Zhao Xiaobao and the others next to him: "Let's go, the prince has finished asking here, it's time to visit the last person." ”

The most mysterious, the most hidden, and the most influential figure in the capital, the big teapot!