Chapter 320: Who is behind the scenes?
Except for Wu Zheng himself, no one knew that he had obtained half of the "Huang Ting Jing" engraved on gold leaf from the dust handle of Wuyue Dao Chang, that is, the "Huang Ting Exterior Jade Sutra".
Therefore, after listening to Xiao Ying's account of Ouyang Qin's life experience and his peculiar experience, everyone could only guess in their hearts that Wu Zheng was very likely to have the other half of the "Huang Ting Jing" engraved on gold leaf.
In the evening, Princess Caifeng knew that she had to go back to the city. After all, he came out with the Eighth Emperor Brother, although he was worried about Wu Zheng, who had not woken up, but the funeral of the Eighth Emperor Brother could not help but participate. In addition, after the elderly father suddenly received such a blow, whether there would be any accidents, which also made Princess Caifeng very worried.
After bidding farewell to everyone, Princess Caifeng had just come to the city gate when she met someone sent by the palace. When asked, it was the emperor who sent her to pick her up. Gu Luan, who was a little uneasy in his heart, rushed to the palace in a hurry, only to learn that his father had first heard the news of the murder of the Eighth Emperor Brother, and he vomited blood and fell ill due to anger.
"Father?!"
didn't bother to go back to Caifeng Palace to wash and change clothes, and went straight to the Heart Cultivation Palace. When he entered the hall, he saw his father who was pale and depressed on the sickbed, Gu Luan couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and knelt down in front of the sickbed as soon as his legs were weak.
"Luan'er get up,"
Turning his head sideways and looking at Gu Luan carefully, the emperor continued:
"Tell my father about the situation in detail. ”
"Father......?"
"Tell me, I'm fine. ”
Gu Luan had no choice but to go out of the city with the Eighth Emperor Brother Gu Ye in the morning to admire Ouyang Qinxin's warm shed, how he happened to meet Wu Zheng and the Ning sisters during the period, how he was intercepted by fifteen people at the foot of Woyun Temple when he left, how he was forced to climb to the halfway point of Woyun Temple, how he was rescued by Wu Zheng, and how the Eighth Emperor Brother was killed by the other party, and how the Eighth Emperor Brother was killed by the other party, tell in detail.
"Who knows the whereabouts of the two of you?"
Actually, Gu Luan has also been thinking about this question.
"Father, when Luan'er left Caifeng Palace, he just said that he was going to King Zheng's mansion, and did not say anything else. As for who in the palace knows, besides the housekeeper, Luan'er doesn't know if there is anyone else. It's just that...... ,”
"Just what, said. ”
"Since the last time he set out from Jinling City, he was attacked in Linshan Mansion and Sihui County, and Luan'er guessed that his whereabouts must have been leaked. Later, I thought that it should not be the people around me, but more likely to be the Yamen of Jiangning Mansion, the Yamen of Linshan Mansion who knew Luan'er's whereabouts. This time it was different. ”
"What's the difference?"
"Father, if it weren't for someone who had placed eyeliner in Caifeng Palace, or King Zheng's mansion, it would have been impossible to grasp it so accurately. ”
"With the meaning of Luan'er,"
Speaking of this, Emperor Gu Shu motioned to the palace maid to help him up, and half-sat and half-leaned on the brocade couch with a pillow behind his back.
"Does it mean that the people behind the scenes have great powers, not only in Jiangning Mansion and Linshan Mansion, but also in King Zheng's Mansion, and even Caifeng Palace also has his eyeliner?"
"Father, beyond that, can't explain what happened one after another. ”
Emperor Gu Shu didn't speak again when he heard this, but closed his eyes and fell into a long contemplation.
"How is Wu Zheng?"
For a quarter of an hour or so, Emperor Gu Shu, who finally opened his eyes, seemed to remember to ask about Wu Zheng's situation.
When Gu Luan told Wu Zheng's situation in detail, the emperor's brows were obviously furrowed even tighter, but he didn't say anything about it, but instead opened his mouth to urge Gu Luan:
"Luan'er go back to the palace to rest first, don't leave the palace again in the near future. ”
Just as Gu Luan was hesitating, he heard his father suddenly wave his hand to the palace maid beside him and say:
"Let's all go down. ”
Gu Luan knew it was time for him to leave. As soon as I entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, I already found that today's Heart Cultivation Hall is very different from the past. Not only are the palace maids who are waiting for their father almost all newcomers, but they are also the inner servants on duty outside the door, and Gu Luan almost doesn't know them. In other words, the father has begun to suspect anyone around him.
After bidding farewell to the emperor and returning to Caifeng Palace, although Gu Luan had no emotion, he had to take a hot shower first, change out of the clothes he had worn for two days, and fell on the bed with his heart full of worries.
Finally, Gu Luan's mind was still focused on the question of who had such a great ability to put eyeliner in the Jiangning Mansion, the Linshan Mansion, the Zheng Wang's Mansion, and even the Caifeng Palace.
On the only fingers, there will be no more than three people in the court with this ability.
One of them is Jia Yi, the prime minister of Zuo, because he is in charge of the ministry, and the appointment of all officials in the imperial court, especially the appointment of officials who are released, is all from his hands, but he will eventually report to the emperor for a formality.
It's just that Jia Yi is very difficult to do, one is to install eyeliner in King Zheng's mansion, because the eighth prince has not yet married, and most of the people attached to the middle school are from the inner courtyard of the palace.
Of course, the most difficult thing is to install eyeliner in Caifeng Palace. After all, Caifeng Palace is in the inner courtyard of the palace, and no matter how long Jia Yi's hands are, it is difficult to reach here.
The second person besides Jia Yi is his grandfather, that is, Taishi Liu Shiqing.
"Could it be grandpa?"
Gu Luan finally shook his head. Although his grandfather Liu Shiqing tried his best to assist the eldest brother to compete for the crown prince, he should not be able to do such a meticulous thing with his mind. Moreover, even if Liu Shiqing had any other ideas, he really didn't have that ability.
The last person is the official Shangshu Jing Xiangyang.
Being able doesn't mean you have to do it. For example, Jing Xiangyang has always been calm and responsible, although he has been sitting on the seat of the secretary of the ministry for four years, anyone can see that in recent years, he has been appointed by all officials in the imperial court, and he is just a secretary of Jia Yi, the prime minister of Zuo. Everything is based on the left prime minister, and he will never make his own opinions.
If you really want to talk about it, Jing Xiangyang, who is still a scholar, does not have the power and courage of the servants of the Ministry of Justice.
The name of Zhang Jidao only flashed in Gu Luan's mind, and he didn't think much about it at all.
"Is it really him?"
If it is really Prime Minister Jia Yi of the left, then he must have an internal response. In other words, there must be an accomplice in the palace. Otherwise, it would be impossible to install eyeliner in King Zheng's Mansion and Caifeng Palace. Even if you happen to mix in one or two people, you will never be able to reuse them.
Princess Caifeng is very sure of this. Whether it is her Caifeng Palace, or Zheng Wangfu, or Chen Wangfu, and other key figures used in the palace of the royal brother who has not yet married, they are all from the palace.
It is precisely based on this that Princess Caifeng Gu Luan can be so sure that if the person behind the scenes is Prime Minister Jia Yi, there must be one of them in the palace. Moreover, the status of this internal should not be low in the palace. (To be continued.) )