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Not long after Tianshi Yuan left, the sixth prince brought his concubine Shen Shixi to meet the emperor.

It is the rule of this court that the prince will bring the princess into the palace to meet the queen mother and the emperor on the second day after getting married.

Although it was so dangerous last night, in the daytime, it seemed as if the darkness was illuminated by the sun, and the streets were full of people, just like usual.

Except for the heads hanging on the city gate and at the entrance of the vegetable market, it is almost impossible to feel that the dynasty almost changed last night.

The sixth prince was wearing a dark green robe today, as if overnight, he became a little calmer and more gentle, just as gentle as jade.

There was actually a sachet hanging around his waist, which must have been a gift from the princess.The crescent-white material is embroidered with a few leaves of orchid grass, which is elegant and exquisite, quite a match.

And Shen Shixi was a woman at the beginning, she was more beautiful than a peach blossom, and she became a little more charming overnight.

Li Beichen looked at the sachet on Lao Liu's waist with a smile on his face.

Letting the younger brother marry the princess has always been the responsibility of the emperor's heart.Now a stone in my heart has finally fallen.With such a virtuous and beautiful woman taking care of him, my younger brother's health will gradually get better.

"Lao Liu, have you ever taken the princess to pay respects to the queen mother?"

"I've already been there. Brother Huang, the Queen Mother also rewarded the Princess with a Hetian jade bracelet. It is said that the Emperor Father gave it to the Queen Mother when she gave birth to me." The sixth child said with a smile.

"The Empress Dowager is very kind to my concubines." Shen Shixi replied shyly with his head down, still a little embarrassed.

"Has the road been smooth? Have you observed any abnormalities?"

From the corner of his eye, the sixth child glanced at the princess, then at the emperor, and saw that the emperor had signaled that it was all right, and there was no need to avoid it, so he said:
"My brother sent someone to conduct a thorough investigation of the palace. Fire oil was found in the kitchen, firewood room, and warehouse. If Chen Ning hadn't told me to prepare in advance, the consequences would have been disastrous."

"Well. Can you find out who did it?"

"My brother, the servant, confessed without hesitation, and he believed that he did it himself. The minister interrogated him about the source of the fire oil and the way he entered the palace. He kept his mouth shut and refused to confess even when he was sentenced to death."

"Take it to Dali Temple for trial. They have more ways than you. As long as you don't dare to judge yourself, it means you are still afraid of death. If you are afraid of death, there is a way." Li Beichen said.

"There must be traitors in the palace, so that dog slave refuses to tell. I will screen everyone in the palace when I turn around. I don't believe I can't find the traitors here."

The Sixth Prince usually likes to be quiet and quiet, so there are not many servants in the mansion.In the past six months, a large number of servants have been added to get married.The other party probably took advantage of this vacancy and placed people to lurk in.

Li Beichen thought of Yuan Tianshi's words just now, so he said: "Sixth brother, don't act rashly. The investigation also needs to be investigated, don't suspect randomly, and observe secretly. After the investigation, it is of course good to have results. If there is no result, just pretend there is no result.

We cleared out the current mole, and the other party will inevitably arrange for new people to come in or instigate other people.Just wait and see what happens, and believe that they are more anxious than us.It's a fox, always showing its tail. "

"Then how to ensure safety?" The Sixth Prince asked anxiously, his eyes subconsciously swept over Shen Shixi.

Seeing this scene in Li Beichen's eyes, he felt very gratified. The younger brother accepted the princess from the bottom of his heart and took her seriously.

People who are not big brothers may not understand this feeling.The younger brother marries a daughter-in-law and lives a good life. Being an older brother is a joy!

Before that, he was still worried that there would be a rift between the brothers because of Jiang Yuebai's incident.

Today he is relieved.The Empress Dowager also felt the same way after meeting the two of them just now—gratified.

Shen Shixi knew that the Sixth Prince was doing it deliberately, but she was willing to cooperate.

He has been staring at the sixth prince affectionately.She believes that the human heart is made of flesh, and she will always warm the sixth prince's heart with her sincerity.

Li Beichen said: "Of course the safety of the palace must be well ensured. You are newly married, so you can spend more time with the princess. There is no major event in the court for the time being."

"I also said that there was no major issue. I heard that the whole capital was in a state of chaos. It was said that the emperor was vigorously promoting anti-corruption. The prime ministers all voluntarily pleaded guilty and handed over corrupt money and silver. Now the officials are struggling to confess or not. Some people went to Meng Prime Minister, another group of people went to find Prime Minister Chen."

Li Beichen asked casually: "Are there still some people?"

"There are still some people who have found their younger brothers." The sixth prince said truthfully.

"Your Majesty, do you need your concubines to avoid you?" Shen Shixi saw that the chat between the two began to involve the court, so he gently tugged on the sleeve of the sixth prince.

Li Beichen thinks this action is very loving.In his mind, he imagined Jiang Yuebai pulling himself like this.Then he would probably say: "Aifei doesn't need to avoid it. Just stay here."

But for Princess Jin, he replied: "Princess Jin will go to the next room to rest for a while, and Jiang promised to be right next door."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the concubine retire."

After only Li Beichen and his younger brother were left in the room, their sitting postures were more casual.

Li Beichen asked the eunuch to serve a pot of Biluochun, and told the outside that anyone who did not see him at the moment had to wait outside, and anyone who trespassed would die.

The two then opened up to chat about the previous topic.

"How did you answer?" Li Beichen ate a walnut and gave one to his younger brother, "Replenish your brain."

"Of course I said, hurry up and hand over the money, and hand over the party by the way."

"Isn't that equivalent to cramping their tendons, peeling their skins, and bleeding them? Who would be fooled and would do this voluntarily?" Li Beichen spoke more casually when outsiders were not around.

In fact, Li Beichen was equally confused by Meng Xiang's sudden confession.

"But they are afraid of being reported, and it's even more stupid to take advantage of others and deceive themselves," the sixth prince said with a smile.

The Sixth Prince sighed quite a bit: "That's why Prime Minister Meng is really powerful. He not only preserved his reputation as a hero of the late emperor, but my elder brother still wanted to keep him in the court. Even if some ministers moved out of the Ming Dynasty's laws, the emperor would protect him knowingly and breaking the law. Not only that, this tactic calls on everyone to confess and report each other, which is even more ruthless. I always feel that this is a self-destructive way of thinking, which is very strange."

Li Beichen chewed the walnut kernels, and analyzed calmly: "There is always some special reason why Meng Xiang had to do this. For them, this is a serious injury and bloodletting. Abandoning the car to protect the handsome will be greatly weakened. Take Let me spit out the money that was in my pocket, this is not killing my parents. So they must hate Xiang Meng to death."

"People under Prime Minister Meng will no longer follow him wholeheartedly. Suspicions within the various parties will intensify, such as who on this boat will sell me, and whether I should sell others for wealth and safety."

"Maybe it's just that Meng Xiang fell, and other parties benefited, or a new party was formed." The sixth prince took a walnut himself and ate it with a walnut clip, but he couldn't hold it open.

Li Beichen smiled, "If you have ready-made ones, don't eat them. You have to peel them yourself. If you are greedy for them, you will definitely continue to be greedy. They are always cutting their flesh to heal their sores. Meng Xiang only saved his life. As for the others, it will take more time to form a new party." After some time, after this incident, there will be more mutual suspicion among them, and it will be more difficult to accomplish things than before."

The sixth prince thought about it carefully, and it was true: "Then why did Prime Minister Meng do this? This is very abnormal. None of the big corrupt officials in history took the initiative to confess. They all didn't cry when they saw the coffin, and they didn't admit it when they died. .”

Li Beichen shook his head and did not speak.

I thought to myself, maybe they have internal strife, maybe Meng Xiang was threatened by someone, maybe Meng Xiang wanted to exchange his son's life with the greatest sincerity.

The sixth prince couldn't help throwing out Wang Zha: "Then is it possible that Prime Minister Meng is the mastermind behind this rebellion?"

"Assume it's not Meng Xiang. Separate the two things first. Take one step at a time."

Li Beichen held up a walnut kernel with white kernels and brown skins, and looked at the ravines and interlaced lines on it:
"Perhaps the enemy is trying to use my hands to get rid of my right-hand man. Wouldn't it be a trick? After all, Prime Minister Meng is recognized as a prime minister with an iron fist, and he is experienced in seeking the country. It would be a good thing if he could take the opportunity to use for me."

After Li Beichen finished speaking, he swallowed the walnut kernels in one gulp, chewed them in his mouth, and said, "Even if he plots against him again, he probably has no capital now. Unless he is a minion and makes wedding dresses for others, it is still possible."

Li Beichen felt that his thinking had changed a little compared to before.

Taking extra-curricular tutoring classes is not useless.

It still seems to be useful.

The enemy made his side suspicious and sleepless at night, and the other side must be the same.

each other!