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The Imperial Mausoleum is just a courtyard close to the imperial mausoleum. It is only a place for His Majesty the Emperor to sit quietly on the eve of Qianqiu's birthday. It is only used for this night every year. It is no more spacious and beautiful than any other courtyard of His Majesty's palace.

Emperor Deqing looked at the words in the main hall with his hands behind his back.

The characters in the main hall are actually only one large character, which is a flamboyant ancient Chinese character "和".

The crown prince and the three princes knelt in a row, right in front of the door.

I don't know how long it took before Emperor Deqing turned around, walked slowly to the gate, glanced at his four sons, and said with a sneer, "Do you know this word?"

Neither the crown prince nor the son Yin Zifu dared to answer, but the third prince Liu Zizheng said loudly: "I report to my father, I recognize it, it is a word for 'and'!"

Emperor Deqing said calmly: "You three know each other, do you three know each other? Prince, do you know each other?"

The crown prince was sweating profusely on his forehead, wiped it with his sleeve, and said in a trembling voice: "I...I recognize you!"

Emperor Deqing sneered and said, "So you still recognize it, so tell me."

The prince's face was a little pale, and he said anxiously: "That is... that is the copybook left by the late emperor. It is a word '和', and it is for my descendants of the Liu family to be peaceful and peaceful."

Emperor Deqing put his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Then what did you do today?"

"Your minister is wronged." The prince kowtowed hurriedly, "What I offered you was autumn festival bamboo, but I don't know how it turned into... into...!"

"What has it become?" Emperor Deqing said in a serious tone.

The prince's teeth were chattering, but he couldn't speak for a while.

The fourth prince Liu Zifu finally said: "Brother Prince offered you crushed soil and sliced ​​ginger."

Emperor Deqing shifted his eyes to Prince Fu, and said calmly: "Fourth, in your opinion, what is the significance of the prince's sacrifice?"

"Reporting to Father, the Crown Prince offered such a sacrificial ceremony, naturally there is a deep meaning behind it, and I dare not make wild guesses." Prince Fu said calmly, "If you want to know what the meaning is, you can only ask the Crown Prince."

The prince turned his face sideways, and looked at Prince Fu resentfully, those somewhat cloudy eyes were full of murderous intent.

Emperor Deqing said slowly: "I will let you guess today!" His sharp and cold eyes shot at Prince Fu, as if he wanted to see through the real inner world of this son.

Prince Fu was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Father, no matter how we guess about this matter, maybe there will be no trouble. I am afraid that the officials will feel a little uncomfortable when they see the scene just now."

"pimple?"

"Put the broken soil and sliced ​​ginger together, I think, maybe someone will think of...!" Prince Fu paused slightly, raised his head, and said word by word: "Crack the soil and divide the border!"

"Crack the soil and divide the border?" Emperor Deqing smiled coldly, turned to the second prince Zi Yin and asked, "Second, do you think the same?"

Prince Yin prostrated himself on the ground and said respectfully, "I didn't think about it."

Emperor Deqing said calmly: "I just want you to think about it now."

Prince Yin glanced at Prince Fu, and finally said: "What the fourth brother said is quite reasonable, I am afraid that many people will think about this place."

The prince's face was pale, his body was limp, and he trembled slightly, but he saw the third prince in armor beside him and said loudly: "Father, I believe that the eldest brother of the prince has absolutely no intentions. I'm afraid there may be some misunderstandings in doing such a foolish thing." His voice was loud and sonorous, full of energy, and very imposing.

But seeing Emperor Deqing standing quietly with his hands behind his back, without saying a word, the room was suddenly enveloped in an extremely gloomy atmosphere.

"boom"!

"boom"!

There were two muffled sounds, but Emperor Deqing's body was like a ghost, and in the blink of an eye, he kicked on the chests of Prince Yin and Prince Fu. The two princes were thrown to the ground almost at the same time, and rolled twice in a row Go, although shocked, knelt down on the ground in an instant, and said in unison: "My son is terrified, my son is terrified, please calm down, father!"

Emperor Deqing looked at his two sons coldly, and said slowly: "Your fault is that you disobeyed the instructions of the late emperor in front of the copybook left by the late emperor."

The two princes fell to the ground in horror, not daring to speak.

"The first emperor wrote down the word "he" to let you love each other, get along peacefully, and even more harmoniously, but the two of you actually used the worst guesses to figure out what the prince meant in front of me." Emperor Deqing's voice changed. Senran: "Don't forget, he is your big brother!"

The prince's originally pale face finally showed a smug look, seeing his two younger brothers in a state of embarrassment, he just felt comfortable all over, and he couldn't help but feel a little flustered in his heart, it seems that the father is still partial to him, and still loves him.

He glanced sideways at the third prince who was frowning tightly, his eyes became a little complicated, fearful, resentful, but also grateful.

The prince didn't feel complacent for a long time, when the figure of Emperor Deqing appeared in front of him like a ghost, he was surprised, but he heard a "pa", his face was extremely hot, but he was slapped severely by Emperor Deqing slap.

He was a little dazed, covered his face, and stared blankly at Emperor Deqing.

Emperor Deqing looked at him coldly, and said solemnly: "You did too many things wrong today."

"Father, son...!" The prince turned pale again, and wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know where to start.

"Of course I know, with your useless courage, of course you don't dare to do such a thing." Emperor Deqing's words dripped from his mouth like ice: "Your stupidity is to be punished by others on such occasions." Putting on a dish without realizing it, your pig-like brain can’t even protect your own sacrificial ceremony, so what else can you do?”

The prince trembled all over, he didn't dare to speak to each other, let alone look at the emperor in front of him.

"My Great Chu worshiped the heavens and worshiped the ancestors, and everything went smoothly, but because of you, you became the laughing stock of the world, and even damaged the foundation of the country, and the evil came. You are really a good deed." Emperor Deqing seemed very happy. Excited, he suddenly coughed violently.

The third prince hurriedly said: "Father, don't be angry, you...you have to take care of yourself."

Emperor Deqing coughed for a long time, took out a yellow silk from his bosom to wipe the corners of his mouth, and then said word by word: "After returning to Beijing, you will stay in the East Palace honestly, without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the gate of the East Palace, lest you Make fun of the world."

The crown prince gritted his teeth, full of resentment, but under Emperor Deqing's awe-inspiring aura, he had no choice but to bow down and say: "I obey the order!"

Although the fourth prince and the second prince were both kicked by Emperor Deqing, they were terrified at first, and when they saw Emperor Deqing slap the prince, they even ordered him to leave the East Palace, and they couldn't help showing imperceptible smiles.

The Imperial Mausoleum was very quiet and depressing, and the guards and eunuchs outside all felt like they had hair all over their bodies.

It has just been passed down that the deputy commander of the inner treasury was summoned to come to the Imperial Mausoleum to meet him, because this time the prince's sacrificial ceremony is under the custody and escort of the deputy governor of the inner treasury, so His Majesty the emperor sent an order to see him, just to ask why this happened Things that shouldn't happen.

The ministers of the imperial mausoleum began to leave the imperial mausoleum in an orderly manner after the majesty's order was conveyed, preparing to return to the capital.

Naturally, some good ministers would gather together "coincidentally" and say that kind of extremely cryptic words, which were nothing more than expressing their own views on the prince's ceremony.

These words are always very cryptic, so that you can't find a trace. They naturally have their own way of speaking, a way that outsiders cannot understand.

In this era, Fengshui superstitions are favored, and it is always very unlucky for the prince to have such a joke when worshiping the heavens and ancestors, so some taboo words have begun to be circulated in private.

These taboo words are naturally aimed at the prince. Such an incident that insults the power of the country and heaven happened to the prince. What methods will His Majesty the wise emperor take to deal with this matter?

"Will the crown prince be abolished?"

These are words that many people want to say but don't say.

However, the seasoned ministers know that compared to the matter of offering sacrifices to the heavens and worshiping the ancestors, the matter of abolishing the crown prince will shake the foundation of the country even more. However, the current Empress Dowager Mother is trying her best to support the crown prince, and the obstacles to abolishing the prince are too great.

But who can understand His Majesty's thoughts today, and who dares to understand!

The deputy commander of the internal treasury soon came to the outer circle of the imperial mausoleum, but unfortunately he did not come by himself, but was carried up. His throat was like a blooming red plum blossom, and the stamen was pierced. throat.

The deputy commander of the internal library is dead, and only his body came.

His Majesty the Emperor was busy with everything, and he didn't have the heart to look at the corpse of a so-called deputy commander. However, the death described by the eunuchs seemed to have moved this most powerful man. When he saw the plum blossom blood on the deputy commander's throat, he just He sneered a few times, dropped a sentence of "excellent swordsmanship", and under the guard of the eunuchs, he walked slowly towards the driver he had prepared.

The prince looked at the dead body of the deputy commander of the internal treasury, and he felt cold all over his body. His eyes gleaming with hatred looked at the second prince and the fourth prince. In his consciousness, the only person who set such a trap to harm him was the Who is one of these two people?Or in other words, is it the set of these two poisonous thorns?

The purple clothes of the Kyoto Prefecture quickly took away the body of the deputy commander of the internal treasury. This murder happened on the day of Qianqiu's birthday, right next to His Majesty the Emperor. This is undoubtedly a shocking thing.

Wei Shantai, the Governor of Kyoto "King of Hell" was also one of the ministers who accompanied him this time. He personally rushed to the scene of the death of the deputy commander of the internal treasury to investigate. There are a pair of very small eyes on his face, which are almost narrowed into a slit. He looks like a cheerful old man, but when his small eyes fall on the bloodstain of the plum blossom, the pupils in the small eyes shrink sharply, scanning around The cold purple clothes said a word: "Let all brothers forget about this matter, let's stop this matter!"

So the purple clothes couldn't understand why Fu Yin dared to provoke the King of Hades, but was afraid of this little plum blossom blood.

Wei Shantai gave these purple-clothed people a very clear answer: "We in Kyoto Prefecture, no one is its opponent!"

The Kyoto Prefecture and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the two most powerful dark agencies and spy agencies in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor. In the area of ​​Kyoto, and even in the territory of Dachu, there are very few things that these two agencies cannot find out. .

As one of the dark organizations, the Kyoto Prefecture is strong and feminine, and has done countless things that ghosts can't do, but quietly retreats before this plum blossom bloodstain.

Why did that person, who made everyone in the capital fear, kill a small deputy commander of the internal treasury?Is it really just to kill people?

The Crown Prince's sacrificial event, the officials naturally wanted to conceal it, but unfortunately there were too many people present at the time, and any one of them might publicize this event in an extremely secretive way. As for those parties targeting the Prince, it is natural happy to do this.

Even if you hide it from other places in Dachu, you can't hide it from the capital. Even if you hide it from the common people in Kyoto, you can't hide it from the princes and nobles in Kyoto. He didn't dare to announce it loudly, but Xue Poye, who lived in the consort's mansion, still knew the whole process of this matter.

Xue Poye had no contact with the prince, let alone know how the prince was. Although he had faintly heard that the prince was a stupid and violent person, Xue Poye would never believe with certainty what he did not see with his own eyes.

He didn't have any subjective joy or depression about this matter. In his eyes, it was just a strange time.

What lingers in his mind the most now is the meeting with the yellow-robed man in Hexi Marsh the night before. Why did that strange and strange yellow-robed man leave those words? Who is he?

When His Majesty the Emperor returned to Beijing last night, he was silent and didn't make any big moves. However, General Longyi of Beimo, the third prince Liu Zizheng, was busy with military affairs. On the second day of Qianqiu's birthday, which is today, he didn't take any rest. He rushed to the North Desert with his personal guards.

That was the place he most yearned for.

Xue Poye was already [-]% certain in his heart that Hua Gongwei was a member of the Huangpao man, a nail set up by the Huangpao man in the son-in-law's mansion, and he was able to insert his followers into the mansion of the son-in-law, so the yellow robe man naturally had an extraordinary ability and identity.

So Xue Poye wanted to find out the details of the man in yellow robe from Hua Gongwei.

The man in yellow knew everything about him, but he didn't know anything about him, which made Xue Poye a little annoyed.

Although Xue Poye's skin and flesh have not fully recovered, his qi, blood and internal breath are already as good as possible, so seeing Princess Yi today, he was able to lift a weight of [-] catties. Although it was a bit difficult, Xue Poye Night is still very happy.

It can be regarded as a miraculous thing for a princess to achieve such an achievement in a short period of time.

He personally chose a longbow suitable for Master Yi to practice arrows in the martial arts room of the son-in-law's mansion. He just put a row of oranges at a distance of twenty steps, and asked Princess Yi to set these oranges as targets.

It is by no means an easy task to practice an arrow with a distance of [-] steps. For most people, it must be done step by step and gradually improved.

It is common sense in the world to be anxious to eat or not to find hot tofu. Princess Yi naturally understands this truth, so she shoots oranges very seriously. Every time she shoots an orange, she will be happy.

Xue Poye is now able to shoot objects at a distance of [-] steps, which is really an anomaly to some extent.

Although this is due to his hard work and progress, and the guidance of Wu Lachi, a master of arrows, it is rare to make such progress. Therefore, whenever Xue Poye is a little proud of his archery skills, he always You will think: "I am afraid that this achievement is inseparable from talent?"

Maybe Xue Poye really has the talent for archery, so when this miraculous thing happened to him, he was just excited, and didn't think it was any great thing.

In fact, many things are like this. When one has personally experienced something, the miracle in the eyes of outsiders is just a breakthrough of talent in one's own eyes.

Xue Poye calmly flirted with Hua Gongwei, and Hua Gongwei approached Xue Poye calmly, as if leaning towards Xue Poye naturally.

The two stood by the bamboo forest, watching Princess Yi excitedly shooting oranges not far away.

As soon as Xue Poye waited for Hua Gongwei to approach, he immediately smelled the unique fragrance of Hua Gongwei's body. The smell was very strong and seduced a man's most primitive sexual desire. Xue Poye immediately thought of being in the middle of her breasts The kind of frankincense.

A woman with a strong fragrance has a very strong need for a certain aspect. If you talk about wolf friends, don't lie to me!

Xue Poye was not in the mood to accept this kind of temptation at this time, with a weird smile on his face, he asked in a low voice: "Do you know who I am?"

Hua Gongwei looked at Princess Yi, with a charming smile on his face, and whispered: "Of course I know, you are my man, the man who slept with me, a one-night couple, a hundred days of grace, even if you Forget me, and I will remember you."

Xue Poye said indifferently: "The most poisonous woman's heart, if a woman really wants to harm a man, the best way is to get close to him, and the best way to get close to a man is probably beauty."

"Only men who are greedy for beauty can be approached by women." Hua Gongwei's voice was still calm, even with a hint of coquettishness: "Stone, what kind of person are you? You are greedy for beauty?"

Xue Poye laughed and said, "I have seen your master."

Hua Gongwei remained calm and didn't even speak.

"You are lurking in the Prince Consort's Mansion. I don't know why, maybe there are some ulterior motives, but these have nothing to do with me, but you must not hurt the princess, otherwise your end will be ugly." Xue Po Ye's voice was calm, as if he was narrating some kind of fact: "Since your master met me in that kind of place, it can only show that I am useful to him, even more valuable than you. If one day you I did some things that shouldn't be done, and I think your master will be happy to sacrifice you in order to use me."

Xue Poye's words are easy to understand, and Hua Gongwei can understand them completely.

If you, Hua Gongwei, really did something that hurt Princess Yi or hurt me, Xue Poye, then I will accept your master's condition for using me, and my condition is only for your master to destroy you.

"What a cruel person, do you treat your pillow like this?" Hua Gongwei was slightly frightened, but her coquettish smile covered up the flash of fright.

"The biggest advantage of me is that I can say what I can do." Xue Poye showed a bright smile, and said softly: "Even for women who have had a few years of spring breeze, I always keep my promises!" After finishing these words , Xue Poye put his hands behind his back, Yushu walked towards Princess Yi, and shouted: "That's right, that's it, shoot another twenty oranges!"

Hua Gongwei bit his lip and gave Xue Poye a hard look, but deep in those originally coquettish eyes, there was a hint of fear.