In the afternoon, a noise suddenly came from the originally quiet imperial study room. The two guards guarding the door looked at each other, and then they both turned around, as dumb as a wooden sculpture, as grand as a stone statue, not daring to breathe more.
In the imperial study room, the emperor turned pale with anger. He stood up, supported the table with one hand, and pressed some books under the palm. The flesh of his cheeks seemed to twitch a few times with excitement, and he gasped for air.
Eunuch Yu on the side quickly stepped forward to help him bring tea and water to his back, and helped him sit down, "Your Majesty, calm down, don't get so angry that you get so angry."
The emperor reluctantly took a sip of hot tea and calmed down a little. However, he was still out of breath, and his face turned from white to green. He shouted in a low voice, "Come here, pass on Hou Qianxing."
Shangguan Ye seemed not to notice the emperor's reaction at all, sitting calmly and drinking tea. Murong Qiufeng, perhaps also influenced by Shangguan Ye, no longer felt nervous as before, sitting next to him.
, but still a little reserved and kept silent.
Seeing the emperor being so angry, I couldn't help but suddenly sympathize with him, and I was also a little glad that Shangguan Ye did not become the emperor. Being the emperor was indeed not an enjoyable job.
The emperor calmed down for a while and then asked Yu Guan to put away the paper notebooks. Then he softened his stiff tone and turned to look at Shangguan Ye and Murong Qiufeng, "Thanks to you this time. By the way, how are you doing?"
You will know that An Lanxin must be hiding something, have you found anything else suspicious?"
Shangguan Ye raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't really want to speak, and was a little dissatisfied with the emperor's tone of interrogation?
Murong Qiufeng had no choice but to answer instead, "Your Majesty, we discovered this accidentally. It can be said to be a coincidence, but there is another thing..." At this point, he hesitated, not knowing whether he should do it now
Say, would it be too shocking? What would happen if he knew that the one he loved sleeping next to his pillow was never the woman he really wanted to love?
When the emperor saw that Murong Qiufeng was hesitant to speak, and saw the unbearable and worried look on his face, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could it be that there was something more serious than this?
For a moment, I felt a slight chill in my heart, and my face turned green and white. I covered my chest and gritted my teeth, "It doesn't matter. You and I have said it, I can bear it."
"Ahem." Seeing the emperor's even more shocked look, Murong Qiufeng coughed in embarrassment and turned to look at Shangguan Ye, only to see him lazily holding up his chin and curling up the corners of his mouth with a hint of amusement.
Sloppy and lazy, but with a hint of schadenfreude, I couldn't help but secretly sigh.
After thinking for a while, he finally spoke up, "Your Majesty, the reason why we are in Lanxin Hall is because of Concubine An's guidance, and also, this Concubine An is not the Concubine An in prison."
"What...what do you mean? You mean there are two An Guifei?" The emperor immediately heard the meaning of his words and guessed what he wanted to say, and his face suddenly turned livid again. ""This matter is still temporary.
Maybe, because there is no evidence." As he said that, he told everything about his encounter with An Lanxin today.
But the more the emperor listened, the worse his face became.
Just at this time, Hou Qianxing rushed over.
The door of the royal study room was opened, and Hou Qianxing hurriedly walked in. Seeing Murong Qiufeng and Shangguan Ye appearing here, he was slightly startled. Aren't these two people investigating the case in Concubine An's yard? How could they appear in the palace?
"The humble ministers see the emperor and the prince."
"Hou Aiqing, please excuse me and get up and speak." The emperor didn't know if he had been hit too hard. He would turn from tense to tired. He rubbed his swollen forehead with one hand and waved feebly with the other.
Hou Qianxing straightened up and felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, so he asked, "I wonder what important matters the emperor has when he summons his ministers to come here."
"Hou Aiqing, take a look first, and then give me your thoughts." After saying this, he gestured to Yu Guan.
Guan Yu immediately held the papers and books, walked to Hou Qianxing and said, "Master Hou, please take a look."
Hou Qianxing picked up the books with confusion and looked at them carefully.
But after seeing the contents in the book, his expression suddenly changed.
The records in these blue notebooks turned out to be some newly promoted officials from various places in the past year. This is not surprising. What is shocking is that one of the notes among those officials turned out to be
nationality.
He counted carefully and found that there were more than two hundred people, but except for a dozen, none of them were from Yanguo. In total, there were people from five countries.
From here, if he can't see what happened, then he is not worthy of being an official. These are all spies of the enemy country. And looking closely at their positions made him break out in cold sweat. Those positions can be
They are all important positions, and some of them are in charge of many confidential items even if they are not high-ranking.
As for those papers, he knows the stamps on them better, and he knows it better than anyone else, because he has always been responsible for recording these. There is also a book specially recorded, which is locked in the marble bookcase.
Suddenly it occurred to me that the tattoos on the so-called dead soldiers of the Dugu family that the prince said were also fake.
"Your Majesty, this..." Hou Qianxing felt his hands and feet were cold. Holding these things felt as heavy as lifting a heavy weight. If this was true, it would really put the country in danger.
The emperor closed his eyes, breathed out slowly for a long time, and said calmly, "Right now, you are the only ones I can trust. I don't know what your opinions are."
He really feels very depressed now, so depressed that he wants to vomit blood. Good guy, as an emperor, most of the country is about to be occupied by others. He doesn’t know it. Even the person who sleeps next to him is a weapon arranged by others. When did it really happen?
I don’t even know if I will die.
Hou Qianxing took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, just having a seal is not enough to put people in without anyone noticing. Besides, their positions are not the highest. Obviously... obviously they need help from senior officials." At this point.
, Hou Qianxing immediately thought of the Anfu who was implicated, the Dugu family who was framed, and the prime minister who was assassinated. These people are really the foundation of the country. Even if only one of them really rebels, what will happen to Yanguo?
That said, it's all a big blow.
How could these emperors not know this? They could not help but turn their attention to Shangguan Ye, and he was glad in his heart. If he had not accidentally learned a letter at the border that accused someone of treason in the court and came back to investigate the case secretly, I am afraid that he would not be able to find out like this now.
Many pests.
In fact, the letter was accidentally obtained by Tiansha Pavilion when he took on the next mission, and was then handed over to Shangguan Ye.
It was Shun who received the deal that day. The person he assassinated was just a low-level corrupt official, but the other party was very generous, so Shun's curiosity was aroused. As a result, he was careful and discovered the letter.
He also took the official to Shangguan Ye and asked him about the matter, but unfortunately his knowledge was limited.
Later, Shangguan Ye sent someone to inform the emperor and rushed back to Lucheng overnight. He encountered many chases along the way. It was also because of that time that he met Murong Qiufeng for the first time, and was saved by Murong Qiufeng who repaid evil with kindness.