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After the birthday banquet, the news that the late emperor might have been killed quickly spread throughout the court.

Not only the court, but also people in the harem began to discuss the matter privately.

The Minister of Punishment set out to investigate an old case from that year, but in only ten days, he was not sure what he could find out, and he was exhausted all day long.

The court officials originally thought that Xiao Jinzhi would intervene in the investigation of the Ministry of Justice, but they did not expect that since the birthday banquet, Xiao Jinzhi had not set foot in the Ministry of Justice, but instead went to the morning court as usual.

Only in the morning meeting, the topic of dealing with Xiao Rongxuan was brought up again.

This time, Emperor Xiao did not dodge or delay, but directly issued an order to convict Xiao Rongxuan of death, and the time was set in half a month.

At the same time, Emperor Xiao also announced another news.

Five days later, a grand ceremony was held to confer Concubine Xue as queen.

After hearing this decree, the courtiers looked at each other.

Is it time to seal the queen at this juncture?

And with only five days to prepare, how could that be enough?

"Your Majesty, the conferment ceremony is a big event. Isn't this a little too hasty?" The Minister of Rites stood up and spoke cautiously.

According to the rules, if a grand ceremony is to be held, their etiquette department must take the lead in arranging all the relevant matters, and only five days is not enough.

"Concubine Xue is kind and kind, and she doesn't like to be extravagant. She and I have already discussed it. All the matters can be reduced, and then the canonization ceremony will be held in front of all the civil and military officials." Emperor Xiao seemed to have made up his mind.

"But the emperor..."

The Minister of Rites wanted to say a few more words, but Emperor Xiao's majestic gaze had already been suppressed.

"I have already decided on this matter. You, the Etiquette Department, can just start making preparations. If you have any objections again, don't blame me for being rude!"

As soon as these words came out, the Minister of Rites couldn't say anything else, so he could only kneel down quickly and lower his head in response.

"Your Majesty, I feel that this is not the best time to designate a queen." Liu Changhan stood up, "After all, the death of the late emperor has not yet been found out. If you rush to seal the queen at this time, I am afraid that it will arouse more discussion. , but affects the royal majesty.”

"I have a clear conscience about the late emperor's affairs. No matter how you want to investigate, I will not interfere. But precisely because I have a clear conscience, no matter whether it is a morning court meeting or a grand ceremony for conferring the queen, I will not because these claims are false. affected by the rumors." Emperor Xiao looked sanctimonious and innocent.

Liu Changhan frowned and was displeased, but Emperor Xiao had already spoken for this reason, and although the title of empress was of great importance, it ultimately involved the harem, and the courtiers could not say much.

After the morning court dispersed, outside the palace gate, Qin Li couldn't help but frown when he heard about the title of queen.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has rushed to hold the Queen's Ceremony at this juncture. I'm afraid the purpose is not pure."

At this time, instead of doing everything possible to prevent the truth from being exposed, we would instead hold a ceremony to seal the queen, which is abnormal no matter how you look at it.

Xiao Jinzhi leaned on the carriage with a sneer on his lips, "Probably... he wants to take action at the Queen's Ceremony."

Qin Li's heart skipped a beat. As the crown prince, His Highness naturally had to attend the ceremony. In addition, there were many courtiers on that day, so the scene was grand. If there were really assassins, there would be chaos.

Moreover, the enshrining ceremony was even more stringent than the emperor's birthday banquet, and their people could not be brought in. Counting this way, it is indeed a good opportunity for assassination!

"Your Highness, should we take precautions early? Or, simply not attend the ceremony?"

Xiao Jinzhi looked in the direction of the palace entrance, "We really need to make preparations early and find a way to insert our people into the Royal Forest Army. If there are really assassins in five days, we must try our best to capture them and completely reveal the true face of Emperor Xiao." .”

"Yes, I obey." Qin Li cupped his hands and responded. After saying that, he opened the curtain and faced Xiao Jinzhi, "Your Highness, it's getting late. Let's go back."

Xiao Jinzhi said nothing and turned around to get on the carriage.

Not long after the carriage drove away, a figure jumped out of the carriage and quietly returned to the palace.

In the side hall to the west of Zhaoxia Hall, Chu Huanyan sat quietly at the table.

There was a slight noise from the window, and then Xiao Jinzhi jumped into the side hall.

Seeing Xiao Jinzhi, Chu Huanyan immediately looked at the door warily.

"Don't worry, I was very careful and didn't alert the guards outside." Xiao Jinzhi came to Chu Huanyan's side and said in a low voice,

At the same time, he looked her up and down carefully, and after making sure she was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yan Yan, I was too careless during the birthday banquet."

"Don't say that. After all, I thought at that time that Concubine Xue just wanted to see the evidence with her own eyes." Chu Huanyan said in a low voice.

Xiao Jinzhi sat down at the table and frowned, "Over there with Concubine Xue..."

Chu Huanyan shook her head and said: "There is no hope. I have talked with her. Judging from her appearance, she seems to be determined to stand by Emperor Xiao's side. It is unlikely that she will be our helper in the future."

"In the morning meeting today, Emperor Xiao said that a grand ceremony for the conferment of the queen will be held in five days." Xiao Jinzhi said in a deep voice.

Chu Huanyan was stunned, "Queen? Concubine Xue?"

"That's right." Xiao Jinzhi nodded.

"No matter how good their relationship is, logically they shouldn't be so hasty, unless..." Chu Huanyan's expression darkened and she looked at Xiao Jinzhi worriedly, "Unless the emperor wants to use the ceremony to do something."

"I think so too, so now I have to take you away." Xiao Jinzhi held Chu Huanyan's hand, "You must not stay in the palace any longer."

"No." Chu Huanyan refused without hesitation, "If I leave now, let alone whether I can escape from the palace, even if I do succeed in escaping, the problem with Emperor Xiao will still not be solved. Now write it yourself The letter is gone, and our situation is actually not much better than Emperor Xiao.”

"I will consider these things after I leave. In short, I will definitely reveal the truth..."

"How to uncover it?" Chu Huanyan interrupted Xiao Jinzhi, "Xiao Jinzhi, now that there is no autograph letter, we lack the most powerful evidence from beginning to end, unless... Emperor Xiao admits it himself!"

"You want to use the Queen's Ceremony to make Emperor Xiao feel that he is sure of victory, and then explain everything." Xiao Jinzhi immediately understood what Chu Huanyan meant.

"Yes, although the probability of this is extremely small, at present, we have no other way. I will stay and let Emperor Xiao hold the bargaining chip, so that he will be more confident. When the time comes for the queen sealing ceremony, you can pretend Be threatened and see if you can get him to tell everything.”

Of course, according to Emperor Xiao's character, even if he really feels that he has a chance to win, he may not tell everything.

However, as long as he has the intention to kill people and silence them, Emperor Xiao will become more and more untrustworthy in the minds of the courtiers.

Even if there is no complete evidence of what happened back then, as long as the courtiers believe the truth, it is not a bad idea!

"What about you?" Xiao Jinzhi looked at Chu Huanyan and asked.