The little girl hides her secrets

Gu Yuefei calmly listened to Fifth Zishu's words, took a deep look at him, and said without emotion, "I wish your father a good recovery."

After speaking, he closed the notebook and left without looking back.

The fifth son-shu stayed in the Imperial Hospital all night until dawn, and the fifth book still did not wake up.

A country cannot be without a king for a day. During the period before the truth is found out, the second prince Chen Shiheng temporarily controls the government. The imperial capital is calm on the surface, but there are undercurrents surging in private, and there are many voices of dissatisfaction with the second prince.

Gu Yuefei stayed up all night, not only contacting various clues, but also searching for yesterday's assassin.

According to the description of the people in the palace, the assassin was highly skilled in martial arts. He failed to assassinate the emperor yesterday and fled quickly.

He frowned, closed his eyes for a short nap and then opened them. He gulped down a cup of tea, ate a steamed stuffed bun casually, and went to the third prince Chen Xianzhong's room.

It was rare for Chen Xianzhong to spend the night in the palace. He was flipping through the book calmly, looking at ease.

From the old emperor's death to the present, he only went to the emperor's bedroom to take a look, and he didn't express anything else.Not only him, but the other princes also couldn't play the scene of father-son love, which shows how failed the old emperor was in this respect.

Seeing Gu Yuefei coming, Chen Xianzhong seemed to have guessed it a long time ago, and asked his servants to pull a chair for Gu Yuefei to sit down, and calmly said: "Master Gu has worked so hard, so there is no need to salute. If you have any questions, just ask."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your compassion." Gu Yuefei sat down, took out a thick account book from his pocket, handed it to Chen Xianzhong, and said, "This is the account book I got from Your Highness's residence. From last month to now, the expenditure has suddenly increased. However, as far as I know, His Highness did not do anything extravagant, please tell me where the money is going."

Chen Xianzhong took the account book, and praised: "This is not something I put in the open, Mr. Gu checked it carefully."

He glanced at Gu Yuefei quietly, even though he guessed that he would be found by Gu Yuefei, Chen Xianzhong still felt displeased, and when he ascended the throne in the future, he would definitely suppress Gu Yuefei hard.

Chen Xianzhong was thinking like this, but there was a faint smile on his face. While turning through the ledger slowly, he said: "The ministers are doing things neatly, and this money is a reward from the palace. Will reward more."

The implication is that all the money was used to buy courtiers, as long as you stand on the side of the second prince, there will be more benefits in the future.

Gu Yuefei frowned slightly, as if he hadn't expected the palace to be so discordant, out of rigor, he asked the second prince to explain to whom the money was given to, and left with the account book after making a clear record.

He took the account book and went to various ministers' mansions to verify it, and took the opportunity to check for suspicious things. In the end, he really found the wrong place, which was in the mansion of Doctor Yushi.

At that time, Zhang Shuyu, the censor doctor, had just come down to court, and just happened to meet Gu Yuefei outside the mansion. He felt a thump in his heart, and his gray beard trembled unconsciously.

Zhang Shuyu smiled and said kindly: "Master Gu is here to investigate the case, why don't you sit at the mansion and I'll ask the servants to make tea for you."

Gu Yuefei is more than 20 years younger than Zhang Shuyu. Although he has a high official position, he looks peaceful on the surface.

He calmly said: "No need, I'm just here to inquire about a small matter, and I'll leave after I've finished."

"Master Gu just ask," Zhang Shuyu said.

Gu Yuefei said: "I learned from the third prince that he bought you with money, and I want to know how much the third prince paid for your house."

Zhang Shuyu almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, he helped his hair crown which was not crooked at all, and said awkwardly: "One thousand eight hundred taels of gold."

Gu Yuefei looked at the 2000 taels of gold clearly written on the account book, and asked again: "Master Zhang must have remembered correctly."

Zhang Shuyu felt strange, his heart was flustered, and he couldn't agree with the third prince at this time, so he could only tell the truth: "800 taels of gold, I haven't touched it yet, Mr. Gu can go to the warehouse in my house to check. "

"No need." Gu Yuefei waved his hand wearily, and tightened his grip on the ledger a little. He nodded slightly at Zhang Shuyu, and then left without looking back.

200 taels of gold is not a small amount, the third prince deliberately concealed it, he must not want to tell him, what did the third prince do with this money.

The case has not progressed at all, and there are more and more questions, but it is undeniable that the third prince bought the courtiers with a large sum of money, causing most people to side with him. Sit safely on the throne.

Gu Yuefei couldn't let go of his tense nerves. Even though he was exhausted, he still didn't want to rest, so he came to the courtyard where the second prince was temporarily staying to look for him.

The second prince, Chen Shiheng, was dealing with a mountain of official documents. He felt that he was being targeted. There were so many nonsense in the official documents, and he had to write even big things, which made him feel quite tired.

Seeing Gu Yuefei coming in, he said irritably, "If you have any questions, just ask."

Gu Yuefei said: "The Second Highness has many suspicious points, but there are two things that make me very curious."

As he spoke, he took out a cracked safety clasp and a black bracelet with hair braided in from his pocket.

Gu Yuefei said: "I have no intention of touching Your Highness's privacy, but I would like to ask Your Highness to explain it to you."

Chen Shiheng snatched the safety clasp and bracelet in displeasure, put them in his hands cherishingly, and said, "You are so brave."

Gu Yuefei said without fear: "There is an emerald bead engraved with red bird on this safety buckle. According to my investigation, it should belong to Princess Huairou. I don't know why the Second Highness has such a close relationship with Princess Huairou."

Chen Shiheng glared at him, gritted his teeth and said, "My aunt is very kind to this hall, shouldn't this hall keep something as a souvenir?"

Gu Yuefei exposed him and said: "Your Highness is lying, Princess Huairou is not good to you. On the contrary, it is recorded in the palace that she suffered from hysteria and often beat and scolded His Highness Second Highness. After the emperor sent her to marry her, she suddenly became normal. Xigan has made a great contribution.”

Chen Shiheng's eyes became dark, he stroked the safety button with his palm, and asked, "What does Mr. Gu think?"

Gu Yuefei blinked his tired eyes, and said: "I don't know if the Second Highness is clear, but your eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Princess Huairou, almost the same."

Chen Shiheng closed his eyes, clenched his fists and said, "Stop talking, since you already guessed it, why bother to ask, I was born of Princess Huairou, and I do have half of the emperor's blood."

"Then it is reasonable for His Royal Highness to kill the emperor, just to avenge Princess Huairou." Gu Yuefei continued.