"Come here, send King Xiang back to his palace. Before the truth is found out, you cannot leave his residence even half a step without my permission."
The two guards responded and came to King Xiang's side: "Your Highness King Xiang, please."
King Xiang sighed and hesitated to speak. In the end, he just nodded and raised his hand to salute Emperor Qingming: "I believe that the emperor will definitely find the real culprit and clear his name. I will retire."
In the darkness, Emperor Qingming nodded slightly, with no expression on his face.
After King Xiang was taken away, the emperor then said to the officials: "There are many doubts about this matter, and the truth has not yet been found out. Then I will order people to strictly guard the mausoleum and temple, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave."
Please come back to the palace with me."
Everyone raised their hands in response to "yes".
Seeing the emperor leaving in a sedan chair accompanied by Han Yan, the officials who greeted him respectfully couldn't help but started talking in low voices.
Several people approached Xia Tingzhen and asked a few questions about the situation in the meditation room just now.
It was naturally impossible for Ji Xiu to move up.
But he was also really curious.
Could it be that King Xiang really ordered Concubine Sun to do this?
But the way the emperor looked just now, it seems that things are not that simple.
At least for now, it seems that King Xiang has not admitted it yet.
While Ji Xiu was thinking, he saw Zhan Yunzhu approaching and coughed slightly - the man named Zhan also followed him in. It must be said that this man was a bit of a dog, but he did have the ability to coax the emperor to do this.
value.
Hearing this cough, Zhan Yunzhu walked over knowingly, saluted Ji Xiu, and said in the same respectful tone as before: "Sir."
"What is Your Majesty's attitude now?" Ji Xiu asked him.
As the two of them walked, Zhan Yunzhu said slowly: "Taifei Sun refused to admit her death, and the detectives have not been able to find other evidence. It is difficult for Your Majesty to make a conclusion easily on such a big matter. I think we still need to see how the follow-up progress will be.
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Ji Xiu nodded slightly.
It was not much different from what he expected.
The two left the monastery together, occasionally whispering a few words, and when they met others, they just walked in silence.
Faintly hearing Zhan Yunzhu's voice, Xu Mingyi, who was following Princess Yufeng, did not raise his head to look.
Zhan Yunzhu, however, seemed to have noticed something, turned his head slightly and looked in her direction.
But he met a pair of eyes that were full of frank and appreciative eyes——
Princess Yufeng looked at the young Zhongshu Sheren from head to toe, and after looking at him, she didn't seem to be satisfied. Her slightly raised eyes seemed to convey a sentence - that's all.
Zhan Yunzhu was not angry either. After silently raising his hand in salute, he calmly withdrew his gaze and continued to walk forward with Ji Xiu.
"I'll be back as soon as I go..."
Xu Mingyi whispered something behind Princess Yufeng. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night and no one paying attention, he quickly walked to the shadows aside.
This shadow is cast by several clusters of tall banana trees.
And behind these few banana bushes, someone was waiting for her.
Seeing her walking over with her skirt in hand, Wu Chao said: "I saw you walking all the way without raising your head. I thought you didn't notice that I was behind you, let alone that I was waiting for you here."
"I'm secretly watching you."
Xu Shi successfully resolved the matter of the Queen Mother. The girl now felt at ease, her eyebrows relaxed, and her tone of voice was very relaxed.
Wu Chao saw this in his eyes and relaxed unconsciously. What was supposed to be a serious topic now became very casual when it came out of his mouth: "It seems that the emperor is planning to start acting - Han Yan earlier
With a look like that, he probably found something and was eager to present it to the emperor."
But the emperor just said nothing else, only that the truth still needs to be found out.
The demeanor of King Xiang is also worthy of careful observation.
Xu Mingyi nodded: "When Han Yan entered the Zen room, Xia Tingzhen should have seen the clues, so he went in to ask for an audience. And Zhan Yunzhu - these two people may have taken the opportunity to blow something in the emperor's ears and conspired with the emperor.
What happened?"
"Yeah, but there's no need to rush." Wu Chao said, "Let's just wait and see what happens."
Xu Mingyi nodded in agreement.
The most important thing - the danger surrounding the Queen Mother has been resolved.
After she goes back tonight, she can finally have a good sleep.
Wu Chao looked at her and said: "Zhaozhao, fortunately you are here tonight. If not, the consequences would be disastrous."
"Why, you want to thank me again?" Xu Mingyi said with a smile in his eyes: "That's not necessary, the Queen Mother has already thanked me personally -"
The Queen Mother thanked her personally?
"In the Zen room?" Wu Chao asked casually.
When Xu Mingyi nodded, he raised his left hand, rolled up his sleeve, and exposed half of his wrist: "Look."
Wu Chao looked over subconsciously and saw a section of white and delicate wrist in front of him. The two of them were very close to each other to cover their bodies and facilitate conversation. Just as she rolled up her sleeves, there seemed to be a faint scent of diamonds.
It entered his nose.
Isn't she pretending to be a maid now? The clothes she wears are not her own, and she couldn't possibly incense her. How come this familiar fragrance is still there?
The young man's thoughts were a little out of control for a moment, and he asked in a daze: "What are you looking at?"
The girl waved her wrist in front of him: "Bracelet."
bracelet?
When Wu Chao came to his senses and saw the white jade bracelet hanging on her slender wrist, he couldn't help but be startled for a moment - it turned out that there was a bracelet there, but he hadn't seen it just now.
"It's beautiful." He praised promptly.
She looks good in anything she wears.
"I'm not asking if you look good or not." Looking at the young man who seemed to be a little slow in thinking, Xu Mingyi said: "The Queen Mother gave this to me as a thank you. There were so many people at that time that I was afraid of being recognized.
, and I didn’t dare to say no."
As soon as she let go of Concubine Sun, the Queen Mother called her over and held her hand. Before she could react or see what was going on, the bracelet that was originally on the old man's wrist escaped to her.
It was on her wrist - she was thinking at that time, could this be some unknown mysterious technique?
Wu Chao smiled when he heard this: "Since it is the old man's intention, there is no need to refuse."
"That's what I thought." Xu Mingyi put down his hand and said, "But I just heard Jiao Jiao say that this is the dowry of the Queen Mother, and I have never taken it off after wearing it for so many years."
She couldn't help but feel that it was a little too expensive.
Hearing that it was a dowry, Wu Chao couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Did the Empress Dowager only want to express her gratitude and had nothing else with her, so she gave the bracelet away without thinking about it carefully, or did she...want to take the opportunity to secure this wife for him?
He once heard his mother say that some dowry items were treated as family heirlooms and left to future daughters-in-law and granddaughter-in-law.
Thinking of this, the young man coughed slightly, with a smile in his eyes: "Since you have already received it, there is no reason to return it, so just take it."
