Changqing Ci

The disappearance of the emperor and his former female official is a major event. It is reasonable to order to search for it. The imperial guards searched all over the city, but Tang Mo ordered that if they can't find it in the palace, they must give up looking for it, so as not to alarm other people.

The palace attendant in front of the Tai An Palace was replaced by Rihan. Yuan Qingming did not agree at first. Zijin was a person close to the emperor. If he changed it rashly, it would attract the attention of others. Besides, only Tang Mo knew about Rihan's identity. , nobody else knows.

The courtiers in the court knew Zi Jin, she represented the emperor as soon as she appeared, how could this little-known person replace Zi Jin.

The Empress Dowager made people suspicious, so she transferred Aoki to Tai Andian, where she stayed with Rihan.

But on the second day, Tang Mo chose to let Yuan Qingming search for Zi Jin with great fanfare, not only in the palace, but also sent people from six departments to search together, causing a lot of trouble in the city.

If you don't look for it, you will appear guilty. Even if Zijin didn't tell the truth, the person who arrested her would guess the reason.

Tang Mo herself also went to find Xun Yi, but the latter knew nothing, so she was not confused about Xun Yi's details.

The Great Qi Heavenly Prison belongs to the Ministry of Punishment, and there are heavy guards inside. Those who want to enter must either use money to get through, or are high-ranking people. This has always been the place with the strictest guards outside the Forbidden Palace of the Qi Emperor. There is no Imperial Guard here, only the Ministry of Punishment people guarded.

Yuan Qingming searched the palace several times, and even risked the night to visit the Pingnan Palace, but found nothing.

To everyone's surprise, the missing person has been locked up here.

The sky prison has never been a quiet place. People who enter today may be killed tomorrow. This is not hell, but it is more terrifying than hell, because the difference between here and the outside is too great.

Here, there is no daylight, no freedom, only endless fear.

A man came outside, wearing a black robe, even his face was covered. The jailer guarding the sky prison led him to the end of the dark passage, passing through the busiest cell, where some of the detainees were nobles. , some of them were common people, all crying and crying for injustice.

The cell at the end of the dark passage is the strongest, with only a narrow window above the iron door, people outside can see the situation inside through the window, but people inside cannot see outside.

The jailer held a lamp and stood outside the iron gate. He didn't have a key, because the key was in the hands of the man in black.

After he bowed his waist and handed the lamp to the man in black, he turned around and left. He could guess that this man must have a high status.

The man in black opened the cell door by himself, and walked in with a lamp. The clean official robes of the detainee inside were already stained with dust, his eyes were covered by black cloth, and he sat there calmly, as if he believed in his captors. won't kill her.

The sound of light footsteps still startled her, she turned slightly to face the source of the sound, "My lord, grab me as soon as you catch me, what are you doing with my eyes blindfolded, so that Zi Jin can't guess your identity. "

Xun Yi paused, and Zi Jin's attitude was a bit rebellious, but she was very smart and guessed that he did it, but he didn't want to admit it, so he lowered his voice: "You only need to answer two questions, and I will let you go." leave."

The voice was dark and resolute, and Zijin was familiar with this voice, but if he could falsely convey the Queen Mother's edict in the palace, the person who did it to her must be noble, and this man's voice was more like King Pingnan, but seeing In fact, she couldn't see the person's true face, and she couldn't identify him after going out.

Right now, life-saving is the most important thing, she said with a smile: "What's the problem?"

"It's very simple. First, where is Your Majesty now? Second, what is the relationship between Your Majesty and Wei Lingci?"

"These two questions are indeed very simple. The first question is that His Majesty is in the Tai'an Palace. The second question is that Master Wei and His Majesty are in a master-student relationship. This is a well-known thing in the world. Are you a fool? Such a simple question is worth catching me."

"Don't try to fool me. Your Majesty is not in the Tai'an Hall. I have sent someone to check this point. Where did she go and whether she went to the frontier? As for the relationship between her and Wei Lingci, I am afraid it is not a simple teacher-student relationship. , but a shameless love.”

Zijin's bound hands were slightly sweating, smelling the musty smell, and his face remained calm, "This is all your imagination, I can't answer, but if you don't let me go back, I'm afraid His Majesty will not let me go if she finds out." about you."

Xun Yi narrowed his eyes, the light here is dim, there is no sunlight, he likes sunlight, and he doesn't like this kind of dark method, but he has no other way to go, only to start from Zijin.

"Zijin, you are just a small palace man. If your majesty dies, you will die. If you don't want to change someone else, you won't go to war with the courtiers because of you. Those who know the current affairs are heroes, and a few words can explain it clearly." , Why do you have to struggle hard, this is a place that no one will guess."

He had a bad temper, but at this moment he had to endure it. He didn't know where the little emperor had gone, but he definitely wouldn't be in the Hall of Tai'an as everyone said.

Being tied up, her body was in a stalemate, and the blood in her whole body couldn't flow freely, Zijin moved her hands and feet, and leaned against the wall. Through the black cloth mask, she seemed to see the ashen expression of the visitor, and she followed Xun Changqing for so long, is also the thing that knows her most.

She said that she would betray the young master. Xun Changqing was kind-hearted and would not kill her, but he would not allow her to stay by his side either.

With emotion and reason, she shouldn't reveal the emperor's secret.

"I've already answered it just now. If you don't believe me, why don't you believe me by making up a few lies? If that's the case, why are you arresting me?"

Xun Yi looked at this woman who was chatting freely, his heart was filled with anger, he stepped forward and grabbed her by the throat, threatening: "Zi Jin, you are Ana Yanran's person, I know, I can also kill you before the emperor comes back. If you are punished, killing you is a simple matter without the emperor's intervention, so don't toast or eat fine wine."

"I've already said...killing me...it's useless..." Zi Jin's face flushed red as she couldn't breathe after being pinched by someone's throat.

Strangling people to death is easy, but the previous things were in vain. Xun Yi withdrew his hand in time, his eyes moved slightly, "Zi Jin, if you don't say it, it means that the emperor has really gone to the frontier. It took 49 days in July, and now 30 days have passed. There are still nineteen days left, and she is not in the imperial capital, and many unexpected things will happen to her, your silence is the best answer."

Zi Jin collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, stopped answering his words, and still kept his decision just now, ignoring this man's words, as long as Yuan Qingming is in the imperial capital, nothing will happen, there is a queen mother in the harem, If there is Tang Mo in the hall, there will be no chaos.

Knowing that he couldn't speak, Xun Yi quickly tidied up his clothes, locked the cell door with his own hands, put the key in his arms, and ordered no one to approach him.

The prison is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but Li Ganzhi of the Ministry of Criminal Justice has received Xun Yi's orders, so he only knows that the criminals in the Jianghu are imprisoned inside. After all, Xu Ke was once imprisoned there.

Among the six departments, only the Ministry of Rites is quite noisy these days. Your majesty’s filial piety period is about to end, and it’s time to prepare for the big wedding. This time, in order to prevent the incident of Gu Liangrui from happening last time, the Ministry of Rites reported the names of almost all men of the right age in Daqi go up.

No matter how unwilling His Majesty is, it will be impossible to drive everyone out of the imperial capital, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the nobles.

Rong An knew that King Pingnan was His Majesty's biological father, and he had to pay attention to this matter, so he sent the proposed roster to the palace for him to review before handing it over to His Majesty. However, the current situation made him understand that Tang Mo in aspect is The minister of humerus in the court hall, of course, let her know about His Majesty's wedding, so he also sent her a copy.

Tang Mo in the prime minister's mansion was worrying about Zijin's disappearance. When he suddenly saw the quota sent by the Ministry of Rites, his temples jumped a few times. When he opened it, he saw that there were all handsome men, most of whom were empresses.

She looked at Lin Chen, the servant of the Ministry of Rites who delivered the books. She was promoted by the little emperor. There are very few women in the court. Pass the roster to His Majesty, if His Majesty is the first to take off your official hat, you can go home and get married."

Lin Chen has also been with the little emperor for two years, knowing that she is not enlightened in love, and he is distressed when he accepts this errand, so he immediately said: "My lord, I have no choice but to be an official, and your majesty will be in charge of the government in ten days or so. It must be arranged first, you said that His Majesty is in his youth, and he can't live with memorials every day, and it is also a big deal to spread branches and leaves."

People in the Ministry of Rituals have different concerns. Lin Chen was also influenced by Rong An, and Tang Mo was so angry that he smashed the roster in her face, "Don't ask the truth, the truth doesn't care about this matter, whoever takes the lead can go to the other person, The wrath of thunder, I can't stand it."

Lin Chen took the roster in a hurry, smoothed the creases carefully, and tentatively said: "My lord, it is said that His Majesty likes women, why don't you choose some portraits of women and hand them over? But the choice of the emperor's husband needs to be decided first."

The emperor is the most honorable person in Daqi. If she likes women, there is nothing wrong with it. After all, Daqi has become more and more popular over the years. Women go in and out of the court as officials, and even become the pillars of the court like Tang Mo. Women's love is not as good as before. Being discriminated against like that, if His Majesty likes it, you can try it.

Lin Chen's random guess was also half right. Tang Mo's temper has been forced to be a little irritable these years. Seeing that Lin Chen was still talking nonsense, his anger rose, "Lin Chen, this is a matter of the Ministry of Rites. Ask Rong An how to behave, I don't care about His Majesty's marriage here. Besides, I would like to remind you one last thing, Your Majesty doesn't like your Ministry of Rites to follow her to talk about these things every day."

Lin Chen was scolded, and he knew the problem, but King Pingnan pressed him hard, and they had nothing to do. Besides, the Ministry of Rites has always been strict in doing things, and Xun Yi was given a copy of the roster, so he must give Tang Mo a copy, otherwise There will be big trouble.

She hugged her book, saluted and walked out, thinking in her mind whether to persuade Mr. Rong to add some women's quotas to the roster. After all, your majesty is still young, so he can't be with the "Zoushu" and be abandoned. A great youth.

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The next day, the spring birds hovered over the Tai'an Palace. The ice-hard palace wall was a place for them to rest, thinking about how to build a nest here to spend the spring.

Rihan got Tang Mo's order to stay here with Aoki, she is different from Aoki, she is also half of the Jianghu, with good martial arts, so it is appropriate to stay here.

She stood aside, seeing Rong An, the Minister of Rites with a gray beard, she faintly felt that there would be another disturbance today.

Qing Mu went up to meet him, and said with a smile: "Master Rong, why did you come here? If it's about the imperial court, go to the side hall of Hanyuan Hall to find Master Tang."

Rong An glanced at the plaque above the mansion, and clicked on the roster in his hand, "I am here to look for Your Majesty, these are outstanding children in the imperial capital, sons of nobles, good-looking, suitable for the emperor's wife."

Others don't know about this, but Aoki is familiar with His Majesty's thoughts, but right now she must not offend Rong An, she smiled, "The Empress Dowager knows best what His Majesty is thinking, you should send these things to Ning'an Palace and ask If His Majesty doesn't like the opinion of the Empress Dowager, I'm afraid it will make Long Yan furious."

His Majesty has been in power for more than two years, and has a gentle temperament, but when it comes to his own marriage, he gets angry easily, and Rong An also has some headaches. Since he was reminded, he went to Ning'an Palace to see the Queen Mother.

Seeing Rong An off, Qing Mu patted her chest, who knew that she saw Pingnan Wang Xunyi before she turned around, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly appointed someone to invite the Queen Mother and Commander Yuan.

Rong An was easy to get rid of, but King Pingnan was not good at dealing with it, and it was even more difficult to get rid of. Besides, Zi Jin was missing and still couldn't find him.

Qing Mu has been with the Empress Dowager for a long time, and he also has a certain aura on him. After seeing Xun Yi, he saluted first, and then said indifferently: "Your servant sees the prince."

Rihan behind him also saluted, moved his steps quietly, and stood at the gate of the palace with his whole body. Xun Yi's martial arts skills are high, and it is possible to force his way in.

Xun Yi swept over a few people, called them up, and walked directly past them to Tai An Dian.There are a few people who seem to be soldiers behind, standing at the gate of the palace one by one, as if they are trying to force their way.

Rihan stopped Xun Yi, and she knew the strict rules in the palace, so she forced a smile and said, "My lord, His Majesty has a decree that no one can enter, and neither can you."

"This king is a descendant of the Xun family, why can't he go in?"

"Your Majesty orders that you cannot enter."

"Where is Your Majesty, if you let her out, the king will not go in."

Sure enough, there was a problem, Rihan and Aoki exchanged glances, she raised her foot and stood in front of Xun Yi, neither humble nor overbearing, "The prince wants to resist the order?"

Xun Yi's eyes were deep, not as deep as usual, like seeing the enemy's wolf with a gloomy light, the murderous aura on the battlefield made people shudder, he stood with his hands behind his back, "I have never seen your Majesty's will, and According to His Majesty's personal lady, His Majesty is not inside at all, it is you people who are deceiving this king and all the courtiers."

Pre-emptive strikes left Rihan with nothing to say. The female officer Xun Yi was talking about was Zijin. She couldn't predict whether Zijin had told the truth. Therefore, she was in a daze for a moment, but she insisted: "My lord said Who is it, could it be the missing sister Zijin? It was the prince who caught her?"

"It's not up to you, a little maid, to question this king about these things, get out of the way."

Tai An Dian has been a place where the courtiers have paid close attention to for a month. Xun Yi brought people here, and other courtiers followed. This place is close to the north gate of the Forbidden Palace, and it does not belong to the scope of the Harem. The Imperial Guards cannot stop them from approaching. .

Rihan looked at more and more courtiers gathering, and felt a little panicked in his heart. Here are all powerful courtiers, and in terms of power, they can't resist them no matter what.She only hoped that the master would show up earlier, it was too messy here.

The questioning made Aoki confused, and he whispered all about the fact that His Majesty was not in Beijing.

Xun Yi saw that there were too many people, and the imperial guards would not attack at this time, and Yuan Qingming had already been held back by him, and this was the right time to enter the door, he crossed Rihan and wanted to enter the hall.

Rihan is not afraid of Pingnan Wang Xunyi's reputation, on the contrary, she lives in the dark and knows when to block the enemy's footsteps.She dodged and stood in front of Xun Yi, her figure was like lightning, startling everyone.

It also made the courtiers understand that there are many people with high martial arts skills around the little emperor, and there are other people who lack Zijin.

Xun Yi didn't think that the little gatekeeper would have such high martial arts skills, so he punched him without thinking. He is the god of war on the battlefield, and his strong and powerful force cannot be blocked by ordinary people.

What's more, he intended to be quick, so he made a ruthless move, and within a few moves, Rihan was repelled, but when he was about to let her withdraw, there was another person in front of him, and the purple official robe shook his eyes, and he caught her firmly With his falling body, Rihan kicked Xunyi.

Xun Yi didn't expect that other than Ri Han, someone else would dare to fight him, and he was kicked in the face with a careless move, which made him take a few steps back to stabilize his figure.

After standing up straight, Rihan looked at the master who rescued him in time, with a guilty expression on his face.

Tang Mo straightened her official robes, raised her eyes to look at the crowd, and said in a cold voice, "Tai An Temple is a place where emperors of all ages are enshrined, and you are allowed to make noise here. Your Majesty is here, so you are not afraid of getting angry. she."

Xun Yi followed her way, and when he looked down and saw the footprints on his python robe, his face turned livid, and the muscles on his cheeks trembled, "Master Tang said this lightly, His Majesty is no longer in the palace, you deceived us, wait Want to rebel? Your Majesty's former female official, Zijin, has told this king that your majesty is not in the imperial capital, you'd better hand over your majesty, otherwise this king can take you down at any time."

Tang Mo stood in front of Xun Yi, her eyes, which had always been calm in the ancient well, lit up with burning fireworks, tightly clenched her hands inside the official robe, and said with a sneer, "My lord, do you want to replace him?"

"Absurd words, Mr. Tang, don't speak out to provoke this king. There is so much noise here, and His Majesty has not come out. How can you make this king believe that His Majesty is in the palace? Besides, this king has heard people say that His Majesty is not in the imperial capital. Mr. Tang, take the emperor Do you want to try the play of ordering the princes?"

If it was before, Tang Mo would definitely have something to answer her, but now that Zijin has told the truth, and now Yuan Qingming has gone somewhere, and all the ministers are there, even if they are blocked, it is difficult to stop Youyou's speech.

Seeing this woman at a loss for the first time, Xun Yi waved his hand to signal the guards to open the palace gate, "If Mr. Tang wants to prove his innocence, he should do it alone instead of stopping the king."

Some people believed Xun Yi's words and concluded that the little emperor was not in the imperial capital, and wanted people to open the door to have a look, Tang Mo was too suspicious.

And Tang Mo's explanation will aggravate the doubts of these people.

There was endless noise outside the palace, the courtiers were unwilling to leave, Xun Yi became quiet instead, all he wanted was the consequences known to everyone, Tang Mo was devastated this time, and the emperor couldn't save her, she entered the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but she couldn't get out.

This place is like a vegetable market, the two sides are confronting each other, arguing with each other, not opening the gate of the palace, and vowing not to give up until they see the little emperor.

Seeing Xun Yi's confident appearance, Ri Han wanted to go up and kick him, after all, he provoked it.She leaned against the door, listening to the group of Confucian officials arguing about their merits and vying for superiority. When she turned her head, she saw a red shadow in the gap behind the door. It seemed that only the little emperor could wear red in the palace.

She stood up straight and took another look. It was indeed a red figure. The little emperor is back?

Her mind was not as fast as the door, the door was opened by the people inside, and the girl in red stood at the door, her sharp eyes swept over the faces of these people one by one, and she remembered what Wei Lingci said in the mourning hall.

Wei Ling said: You can know their character by seeing their expressions at the moment.

Xun Changqing stepped out step by step, with thin shoulders and back, wearing a red gauze dress, she was obviously a pretty and charming girl, but her eyes shone with the look that only belonged to an emperor, she was thinner than a month ago, her eyebrows and eyes Chu Ying's spirit became more and more compelling, and just one look made everyone kneel down.

She looked at Xun Yi with displeasure in her eyes, "Since you like chatting here so much, why don't you get up on your knees until tomorrow morning."

The noise in front of Tai'an Hall was due to their rudeness, and they did not expect that the little emperor really stayed in the hall for a full month. They misheard the wind and could not blame anyone for being punished to kneel.

Tang Mo looked at the body of the little emperor in front of her, feeling a little worried, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.Such a frail child travels back and forth to the frontier only for the person she loves. I don't know whether to call her stupid or infatuated.

Daqi is already on the verge of entering a prosperous age. After the frontiers are pacified, there will be a new chapter in history.Tang Mo stood up, followed the little emperor into the palace, and couldn't help reminding her: "Your Majesty, Zi Jin is missing."

"I know," just three words without another word, when Xun Changqing saw that the palace gate was closed, his eyelashes trembled, as if he couldn't support his body, he immediately fell to the side and fell into the arms of someone , heard someone call her in the ear: "Changqing..."