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..."
Zhao Guanren cupped his hands downwards and said: "My dear ladies, the princes and grandsons please return to their respective palaces and order their slaves not to go out for the time being. If there is an emergency, eunuchs can be sent to pass the news. Everyone in the East Palace, please go to the library to rest.
!”
"I retire!"
A lot of the concubines were gone again, and basically only the people serving in the harem were left. Dozens of gardeners and flower slaves were all tied up. It was difficult to control the rootless people, and half of them were scared to death.
Pants.
"Your Majesty! Wei Chen will start investigating now..."
Zhao Guanren turned around and saluted, and Emperor Shunyao waved his hand a little tiredly: "Go! No matter who is involved, I will get to the bottom of it. Anyone who dares to protect you will be killed without mercy!"
"I obey the decree!"
Zhao Guanren walked down the steps with a brochure and came to the gardeners to ask questions. As a result, they did not expect that there would be corpses in the imperial garden, and they did not eat empty wages, and no one was missing.
Zhao Guanren frowned and said: "Digging a hole will definitely kill the flowers and plants. How can you not know if the ground is being dug over?"
"Sir! Ladies all love to play in the imperial garden, and the flowers and plants are often trampled to death..."
The gardener mourned and said: "Especially around the rockery, hide-and-seeks will be trampled to death. There are also palace maids and eunuchs who are lazy and pee there as soon as they take off their pants. Besides, we are all on duty. Some people dig the soil and transplant it, but no one does it.
You’ll get suspicious!”
"Detention, I'll come back to you if anything happens..."
Zhao Guanren stood up and walked towards the palace maids again. The dozens of female officials were neither humble nor overbearing. They were serious and well-mannered, but their tone of voice was tighter than their belts. They didn't say a word that shouldn't be said. Ordinary palace maids didn't ask for anything.
"Great Commander!"
Zhao Guanren quickly ran into the middle hall. Emperor Shunyao was already sitting in the hall drinking tea. Jin Wuming stood beside him, his face as heavy as water, and asked: "How?"
"The six female officials conspired together to confess, and their confessions were word for word..."
Zhao Guanren said helplessly: "These palace maids are all old fools. There is no flaw in their confessions. I will put them back later. Please find some good female guards and secretly go over and keep an eye on them to see if anyone is there."
Destroy the evidence!”
"Don't be busy first..."
Emperor Shunyao asked in a deep voice: "I just suddenly realized a problem. Normal people should never bury the body in the imperial garden. It will be easily discovered. But the rockery where the body is found is very particular. What might you see?"
Mystery?"
"Mystery?"
Zhao Guanren quickly took out the floor plan of the palace. In fact, he could not see anything, but he could get a rough idea. He pretended to be shocked and shouted: "Array Eye! In the array eye of the Feng Shui Formation, someone is deliberately destroying the feng shui of the harem. This
Once the formation is broken, it means..."
"What is it? But it doesn't matter..."
Emperor Shunyao lowered his tea bowl and stared at it. Zhao Guanren bent down in fear and said: "Your Majesty, please don't blame me. No wonder the Yin Qi in the Royal Garden is condensed and not dispersed. It turns out that someone used vicious tricks to defeat the feng shui of the harem. Once the feng shui is defeated...
The family is exterminated! The descendants are exterminated!”
"Hiss~"
Jin Wuming took a breath of cold air, and Emperor Shunyao crushed the tea bowl with a click, and said angrily: "I know that corpses will not appear in the formation for no reason, or it is a vicious trick like male and female intercourse.
, go and find out quickly, if you don’t find out, no one will be able to eat!”