"Your Highness! What happened..."

On a busy street outside the palace, various dignitaries crowded into a teahouse. Prince Duan sat in a wing on the second floor and looked at the palace in the distance. He held a tea bowl and wondered: "I don't know, but suddenly the four doors were locked.

, the Imperial Army has tripled!"

"It couldn't be Zhao Yunxuan who committed the assassination, he is the only outsider in the palace..."

An official looked at him nervously. Prince Duan spat out the tea he had just drank, and said in shock: "No way, he is so good at carrying out assassinations. Besides, he has to have the commander-in-chief to escort him."

You are good at what you do, is it possible..."

"Someone rebelled and put the blame on him..."

The other party stomped his feet vigorously, and all the civil and military officials in the room changed their expressions. Prince Duan threw the tea bowl and jumped up, with a pale face and said: "Oh no! The prince will not rebel, right? Something big must have happened under the martial law in the palace, and Zhao Yunxuan is

The best excuse!"

"Your Highness, don't worry! The prince has also come out, alone..."

"one person?"

Prince Duan hurriedly leaned on the window and looked out. The prince actually walked out alone with disheveled hair. There were no guards or eunuchs around him. He even turned around and cursed as he walked, as if he had been kicked out of the palace.

"It's over! Zhao Yunxuan really committed an assassination..."

Prince Duan ran downstairs in a hurry. When he came to the street, the prince had just sat next to the tea stall. When he saw them coming, he raised his hands and shouted: "Don't ask me, I don't know anything. Commander-in-Chief

By the emperor's order, I am asked to sit in the Imperial Guards Hall!"

"Brother! Don't show off..."

Prince Duan sat over, handed over a cigarette, and asked: "With the sudden martial law in broad daylight, is there someone assassinating the emperor?"

"What the hell can I do? I won't even let you comb my hair..."

The prince lit up his cigarette angrily and said: "Something must have happened. All the ministers in the palace were called out to light their cigarettes. Even everyone in the East Palace was taken away. The commander-in-chief's face was very ugly and he didn't know anything.

Ken told me, if I hadn't seen you sitting here, I would have thought you were rebelling!"

"you……"

Prince Duan said angrily: "How could I rebel? You can't say such nonsense. Did you see Zhao Yunxuan?"

"What the hell, I was brought out by the royal guards..."

The prince took a few puffs of cigarette and frowned: "It's definitely not an assassination. The imperial guards were also confused. They only knew that everyone was gathered outside the middle hall. When they saw Zhao Yunxuan sitting on the steps smoking, your daughter followed

Seventeen stands behind him!"

"Seventeen stands behind him? I understand..."

Prince Duan slapped his thigh suddenly and said solemnly: "The corpse poison must have been leaked or stolen. The emperor left him to track down the corpse poison. The purpose of gathering everyone is to check the number of people in the palace!"

"But why did you drive me out..."

The prince looked at him with a face full of astonishment. Prince Duan narrowed his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, your wife and children are all inside. Why do you want to drive you out? I advise you not to go anywhere today and stay here honestly."

Let’s have tea here!”

…

"I'm going! There are more people than people going to the market..."

Zhao Guanren was sitting on the white stone steps outside the middle hall. The total number of eunuchs and maids in the palace was eight or nine thousand, plus the concubines of the emperor and the prince, as well as the descendants of the royal family, large and small. Not counting the twenty or thirty thousand internal guards, the number

It has already exceeded 10,000.

"Hey! Get up. Apart from the Emperor, you are the only one sitting here..."

The little princess secretly kicked him. Zhao Guanren looked back and saw that Emperor Shunyao had someone move a chair to sit outside the palace door. The concubines with high status stood in a row behind him. The queen also stood there and did not dare to

He was moving around, but his brows were tightly knitted.

"If I don't get up, I don't know how long I will be busy..."

Zhao Guanren was leaning on the guardrail and refused to get up. At this time, he finally saw the second great master in the palace besides Jin Wuming, and one of the staunch supporters of the princelings, the imperial chef - Qianye Xuan!

That’s right!

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One of the great masters, Qianye Xuan, is a cook. It is said that he has been an imperial cook since Emperor Shunyao's grandfather. No one knows how old he really is. Anyway, he looks like a man in his fifties.

He wears a clean red official robe, has a thin body, and is white without a beard.

"Hurry up and give the Grand Master a seat..."

Emperor Shunyao straightened up and raised his hand. It could be seen that he respected Qianye Xuan very much. Qianye Xuan also bowed and thanked him in a polite manner. He sat down among a group of royal chefs without saying a word, and there was no emotion on his face.

.

"Your Majesty! No need to count..."

Zhao Guanren stood up and walked to Emperor Shunyao. He bent down and said: "There are so many people who are living on empty wages. There are 189 fewer eunuchs and 236 fewer maids. Your concubines have not yet been given to us."

Count, but Wei Chen estimates... I’m afraid it’s not enough!”

"You bastard! I'm the one who got paid for free..."

Emperor Shunyao slapped the armrest of the chair with one palm and burst into rage. The concubines were so frightened that they quickly knelt down on the ground. Wuyangyang's slaves also knelt down suddenly, and the old eunuch's expression was worse than that of his dead mother.

It's ugly, and he obviously knows how to get paid for free.

"Wait a moment!"

The Queen raised her head and said in shock: "We haven't even finished counting the guards. How do you know how many people are missing?"

"Report back to the queen! I asked them to align themselves front to back, and multiply the two rows horizontally and vertically to get the number of people..."

Zhao Guanren cupped his hands and said: "It's just that the number of people in the harem is small and it is inconvenient for me to count them. Please ask the empress to send someone to take out the roster and count them. The corpse in the imperial garden most likely belongs to a certain concubine. If the situation is true, we will be in big trouble!"

"Get out of here, everyone. If I don't have any concubines anymore, you won't be the queen anymore..."

Emperor Shunyao was so angry that he swore again. The queen didn't even dare to fart, and hurriedly ran down the steps with her concubines. Emperor Shunyao was like a caged beast, with red eyes and troops on the high platform.

Pacing up and down.

"emperor!"

Jin Wuming finally finished counting the number of people. As expected, the number of people counted by Zhao Guanren was the same, but he also handed over a list, clearly writing down any missing persons.

"All the people who are eating free money will be dragged out and chopped..."

Emperor Shunyao threw the list back suddenly. Zhao Guanren copied it and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty! If you kill someone, you will die without proof. There must be many people like Eunuch Tian who were deceived by their subordinates. We

You can’t let a sinner go, but you can’t kill innocent people by mistake either!”

"Have you made it clear..."

Emperor Shunyao pointed at the Queen angrily. The Queen hurriedly ran up and knelt down and said: "I inspect the harem every day. There is no shortage of concubines in the harem, and there are also many slaves in the harem. That is, there are five young people in the East Palace.

people!"

"Princess!"

Emperor Shunyao completely ignored his dignity and shouted: "You yourselves are shameless. Don't blame me for not giving you dignity today. Get over here. If you don't understand, I will chop off your head!"

"emperor!"

A chubby princess ran out crawling, knelt down and said tremblingly: "Tai, the prince has a heavy hand and accidentally killed several slaves who caused trouble. My wife had them dragged out and buried.

But the slaves of the East Palace cannot enter the Imperial Garden, and the deceased is not from the East Palace!"

"You bunch of evildoers..."

Emperor Shunyao gritted his teeth and cursed: "If I don't check today, I'm afraid you will keep it secret until I enter the imperial mausoleum. Don't be a princess. Come on! Throw her into the cold palace and wait for punishment!"

"Your Majesty! It's none of my wife's business. It's none of my wife's business..."

The Crown Princess knocked the floor tiles loudly, but the four female guards carried her away directly. Princess Yaoyue stood underneath without even daring to raise her head. The little princess looked gloating and took advantage of the Emperor not paying attention.

, and gave Zhao Guanren a wink.

"I'm so pissed off, I'm really pissed off..."

Emperor Shunyao walked back and forth several times, pointed at Zhao Guanren and said: "Zhao Yunxuan! Go ahead and investigate. I must find out today what happened to the woman who died in the imperial garden."

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Who is he? Find out all the monsters in the harem, and you all should go with him!"

"Thank you everyone! The yamen who have read the list can leave..."

Zhao Guanren raised the map of Zhang Jin Palace and shouted: "Si Li Jian, Yu Ma Jian, Si She Jian, Shang Bao Jian, Shen Palace Jian, Yin Shou Jian, Du Zhi Jian, Yu Kitchen, Xixin Si, Imperial Hospital,

The Bell and Drum Division, the Hung Hall Division, and the entire Eighth Outer Bureau can leave, but all the six female officers can stay!"

"Slave, please leave!"

A large number of people retreated hastily as if they had received an amnesty, but the faces of those who stayed were pale, and there were thousands of concubines and royal children, all of whom were kneeling in fear. It is estimated that everyone's buttocks were dirty.

"This is my first time entering the palace. I hope you will forgive me if my title is wrong..."
To be continued...