"Is it really possible to come back?" Nian was desperate and couldn't help but look sad. "Your Majesty, I no longer have a son. I don't want to lose my brother again. Please be merciful." As she said this, she knelt down sadly.
Begging miserably.
Seeing her mention Hong Sheng, Yinzhen's eyes dimmed, but then he said calmly: "I am also very sad about Hong Sheng's death, but Hong Sheng is Hong Sheng, and Nian Gengyao is Nian Gengyao. Don't compare the two of them.
Just talk about it. Get up and go back to your Yikun Palace."
Nian suddenly raised her head, and a strand of white hair fell from her bun, covering her almost desperate eyes, "Your Majesty! I have been married to you for more than twenty years, why can't you look in front of me?
Come on, let me go, brother, for once?"
"The imperial concubine is wrong." Yinzhen stood up and walked to Nian, looking down at her with white hair, feeling pity and anger, "It was never that I didn't let Nian Gengyao go, but that he didn't let him go.
Own."
"Your Majesty..." Before Nian could ask again, Yinzhen had already raised his hand and said, "You don't have to say anything anymore, because I will never agree."
The night wind suddenly blew in from the half-open window, blowing up the strand of white hair. When the wind was calm, the white hair also fell down, blowing through Yinzhen's sapphire blue embroidered dragon robe, revealing endless desolation and sadness, like
Nian's current mood.
And that strand of white hair also evoked the little affection that Yinzhen had for Nian. He said slowly: "Go back and take good care of your body. What happened to Hongsheng is already like this. No matter how sad you are, you can't go back to the past.
Yes, it’s better to open some.”
"Yes, I understand." Nian is not a person who doesn't know how to watch people's words, but she used to disdain these things. She was always the most favored one in the palace. Even if she was demoted to permanent status, she could still return.
She held the position of noble concubine, but now everything has changed. Hong Sheng left, the Nian family was in turmoil, her brother was relegated, and Yinzhen was as cold as a stranger, making her feel extremely strange.
Under such a situation, she had to curb her arrogance and pick up the skills she originally disdained in exchange for the right to continue to survive in this harem. But when will these days end? Or maybe it will never end...
Seeing Nian's sad departure, Yinzhen raised his head and took a deep breath. Humans are not grass and trees, and how can they be ruthless? There are only twenty years left in life, and even a cat and a dog can have feelings.
It's a pity that both Nian Gengyao and Nian Shi made too many mistakes. If they are not eliminated, how can they explain to the people of the world, and how can they explain to Ling Ruo.
Nian sent people to persecute Ling Ruo outside the palace and poisoned Hong Shi. He had never forgotten that he was forced to regain the position of Nian's noble concubine by Nian Gengyao, which made him extremely humiliated.
With no military power and Hong Sheng already gone, it was time for them to return the favor.
When he returned to the desk, he saw the words "Nian" and "Zhu" written on the paper. These two words represented his determination at the moment.
The candle flame in the lampshade suddenly jumped, dimming the light in the Yangxin Hall, which was not very bright. After the candle flame came back on, a figure shrouded in darkness appeared behind Yinzhen.
He knelt down on one knee and said hoarsely: "See your Majesty."
Yinzhen didn't look back, as if he had expected this person to appear, and said coldly: "How is the investigation going?"
The figure respectfully said: "For your information, Your Majesty, I have checked Jin Mingze's residence in the palace and also visited his home. I did not find anything unusual or valuable items. There are banks within five hundred miles of his home."
My servant has also searched all the bank accounts, and there is no money deposited in the name of anyone from the Jin family."
"So, Jin Mingze didn't get any property for harming the third elder brother?" After receiving a positive reply, Yinzhen fell into silence. No one would harm someone for no reason. There must be an equivalent exchange.
, either for power or wealth. Jin Mingze's people are all dead, so power is naturally impossible, so only wealth is left. However, the spies have searched all possible places and found nothing.
Originally, he believed that Jin Mingze was the murderer who poisoned Hong Sheng, but on the day of Hong Sheng's funeral, Jin Mingze's behavior made him have doubts. A person with a guilty conscience and fear would never behave in such a senseless manner, or even commit suicide by grabbing a knife.
.Also, Jin Mingze's insistence on chasing Liu Hua before his death also made him suspicious. Is there really something hidden in this that he doesn't know about?
While he was thinking about it, the secret agent said again: "Your Majesty, I have found something else."
"Speak." Following the word "Yin Zhen", the hoarse and unpleasant voice of the secret agent sounded again in the Yangxin Hall, "The slaves found out that after Jin Mingze was imprisoned in the Shenxing Division, in addition to Imperial Physician Liu, Concubine Xi also went there.
, and then gave Mr. Hong, the manager of the Shenxing Department, two jars of nine-fermented spring wine."
Yinzhen's eyelids twitched, he turned around suddenly, stared at the top of the spy's head, and said coldly: "Do you know why Concubine Xi went?"
Sensing the caution in Yinzhen's words, the spy did not dare to conceal anything and said truthfully: "My slave once sent a eunuch to spy on Eunuch Hong. He said that after Concubine Xi went in, he sent him out. I don't know what they talked about specifically, but Concubine Xi
At that time, I asked him for a dark room to listen to what Imperial Physician Liu and Jin Mingze were talking about."
Yinzhen's men are in charge of the spy organization that the royal family has secretly established since the founding of the dynasty to control every move of the people in the world. Everyone thinks that spies are only located outside the palace, but they don't know that there are also spies inside the palace.
The queen, who is her legitimate wife, knows a little bit about it, but she only knows that there is a group of people who are only loyal to Yinzhen. She also doesn't know exactly who are the spies.
These spies are like ghosts, living in the shadows without attracting attention. Except for the roster in Yinzhen's hand, no one knows that in addition to their superficial identities, they are also spies of the imperial court.
But after all, the palace is different from the outside. Without Yinzhen's order, they will not explore the secrets of the palace at will, because there are too many secrets in the palace, and maybe a long list of people will be pulled out if they are not careful.
, and even caused changes in the palace. This result was something that even he, the spy chief, could not afford.
Seeing that Yinzhen remained silent, the spy asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want the servants to keep an eye on Concubine Xi?" Although he raised his face, it was just out of reach of the candlelight, and only a vague outline could be seen.
, and cannot really see the facial features.
Yinzhen hesitated for a while, then said somewhat complicatedly: "No need for now, I will give you instructions when necessary." He paused and asked: "Also, has Liu Hua checked it?"
The secret agent lowered his head and said: "When I return to the emperor, I have checked. Doctor Liu once had a sister who was given away right after she was born. It was not until a year ago that she was found in Firework Alley. The woman offered her a thousand taels before she was willing to let her go.
His little sister left the brothel." At this point, he glanced at Yinzhen before continuing: "Half a month later, someone took one thousand taels of silver in exchange for Liu little sister's deed of prostitution, and sent her back to the Liu family for reunion."