Red Robe

where is her handmaid. "

The eunuch rolled his eyes and said, "I was sent by His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess to serve the Third Prince."

Li Zaiyu sneered, "Very good, what about the maid who served Qianjun earlier."

The eunuch thought for a while and said, "Still in front of the third prince."

"You call him away and find someone else to take care of him. After half an hour, bring Concubine Ning's personal maid to see me." Li Zaiyu gritted his teeth.

"Yes!" The eunuch responded quickly.

After a while, no one knew what happened, the maid who had been taking care of the third prince was replaced by another maid who was born face to face.

And an hour later, Concubine Ning's close maid was also called out.

The maid was overjoyed, she thought she was going to be replaced, but unexpectedly, the eunuch who called her out said: "You come with me."

The palace maid was trembling all over, and immediately guessed who wanted to see her, after all, this father-in-law had been following the Holy Master the whole time.

She didn't dare to say much, she could only tremblingly walk behind the eunuch, and walked to the Jinlin Hall.

The palace lady knelt down as soon as her legs gave way, her head slammed on the ground, she bit her lower lip tightly and did not dare to say a word.

The dragon bed was covered by a curtain, and she still couldn't see the emperor lying on the bed, and she was even more frightened when she couldn't see it. The hairs all over her body stood on end, and she was breaking out in cold sweat.

Li Zaiyu heard the thumping sound and said coldly: "Do you know why the maid who served in front of the third prince was replaced?"

The maid said tremblingly, "No, I don't know."

"Then I will tell you, she!" Li Zaiyu paused for a moment, and then said: "I have smallpox."

The palace maid trembled even more, even her teeth were chattering.

"Smallpox is extremely easy to spread to other people, and it is very difficult to revive. The maid contracted the disease for the prince, so I will not treat her badly." Although Li Zaiyu spoke slowly, every word was full of vigor.

Concubine Ning's personal maid was trembling badly, but she didn't dare to say a word.

After a long time, Li Zaiyu said: "Are you afraid?"

"Afraid, afraid!" the maid said.

Li Zaiyu nodded, "You have to be afraid, it's just that you have concealed something that you shouldn't, and you should be even more afraid."

The court lady lying on the ground stared wide-eyed, then kowtowed to the ground again.

"If you tell everything you know, I will definitely not blame you. You are just a court lady. If the people behind you didn't want you to do so, how would you dare to have a different heart." Li Zaiyu's voice stopped abruptly.

Lying on the bed, staring at the veil on the top, he slowly said again: "Tell me, is what I said right?"

"Yes, yes." The palace maid responded immediately: "Your Majesty's words are absolutely true, it was Concubine Ning who asked the servants to hide it, how dare the servants refuse to obey."

"Concubine Ning ordered you to hide something." Li Zaiyu asked.

The palace maid bit her lower lip to blood, her eyes were full of panic, "Ning Concubine, she, she, she, she..."

"What did she do?" Li Zaiyu sat up and asked the kneeling person in the distance through the curtain.

"She—" the maid seemed to bury her head in the ground, and after a long time she loosened her clenched teeth and said, "She is having an affair with His Highness the Second Highness!"

Li Zaiyu's eyes went dark, he almost fainted again, he lay down quickly, and after a while he could see the veil over his head clearly, he gasped for breath as if he was about to die.

"You dare to say half a lie, I will never forgive you lightly!" Li Zaiyu gritted his teeth.

The palace maid shook her body and said: "I don't dare. Two months ago, His Highness the Second Highness entered the Renyi Palace and spent the night with the Empress, and the Second Highness even left a token for the Empress."

She pursed her lips, took out something from her cuff, raised her hands and said: "Yesterday, my mother ordered me to hide this thing. I dare not hide it in Renyi Palace, so I take it with me."

"Present!" Li Zaiyu snapped.

The eunuch standing aside quickly took it over, bowed and inserted the thing into Li Zaiyu's curtain.

Li Zaiyu picked up the thing and took a closer look, and immediately a mouthful of blood gushed into his throat.

He swallowed it obstinately, and said coldly: "I understand, you step back."

The maid kowtowed a few times when she heard the sound, then got up and retreated tremblingly.

There were only two people in the Jinlin Hall, and the hall was extremely quiet.

After a long time, Li Zaiyu said: "This is Li Wuyin's personal jade pendant. I tied it on him when he was young."

The eunuch lowered his head and said: "Just now that maid..."

"You can't stay." Li Zaiyu said.

Chapter 86

86

The capital was cold and windy, and the sky that hadn't been overcast for a long time suddenly darkened.Dense clouds covered the sun hanging in the sky, and only a circle of light could be vaguely seen.

As winter was approaching, the capital city near the north of Dongzhou was already a bit cold, and the outskirts, which had been dry for a long time, unexpectedly began to rain. Although it only fell for a little bit, it moistened the earth.

The howling wind swept across the post road, rolling up fallen leaves and dust, and the dust that was raised seemed to form a mud barrier, rolling towards the city.

In the mansion in the west of the city, the beauty in red sitting cross-legged on the couch suddenly opened her eyes, like a fish thirsty for water, she finally jumped into the sea, took a sharp breath before regaining her senses.

At the moment when he returned to the soul in the palace just now, the soul thread was torn almost to pieces.

Her soul seemed to be greedy for the warmth of that body, and she was firmly attached to it.

It was obviously still an hour away, but the taste of returning to her soul had already made her feel uncomfortable.

It was as if the sky collapsed and the earth fell, the broken sky hit her head on the top, and the sunken earth was about to drag her into the abyss, her soul thread was clearly about to be torn apart.

Fortunately, he returned to the main seat without incident, and there was no other discomfort at the moment when he opened his eyes except for some dizziness.

It seems that she still hasn't learned the art of seizing a house, and it is really difficult to understand, otherwise, with Bai Tu's cultivation, how could she be trapped in a rabbit's body and cannot get out.

The ray of soul that was separated by her gradually settled down in the body, and the three souls and seven souls merged into one, slowly sinking into the sea of ​​souls.

For some reason, my body felt a little sticky.

Xian Yu was stunned for a moment, at first she didn't know what was going on, but then she remembered what Li Qingning had done before returning to her soul.

She was stunned, it was clearly what she couldn't ask for in her previous life, but now this feast is really in front of her eyes.

She put it on, but she was at a loss, not knowing how to swallow it.

For a moment, she seemed to be put into the charcoal that was burned in the stove. Not only was she roasted fiery red, but her whole body was scorching hot, almost smoking.

This is really embarrassing, how could she imagine that Li Qingning did such a thing to appease her.

But, why do you use this kind of thing to comfort her? Does she really seem to be such a dissatisfied person?

Xian Yu's face was red and her ears were red, her lips, which were usually bloodless, had been bitten red, her face was as beautiful as peach blossoms, not only her eyes were like peach blossoms, but now even her complexion was a bit like.

She didn't know how Li Qingning was able to do such things with a face as frosty as frost, her eyes fixed on the bronze mirror were as indifferent as water, her red lips were tightly pressed, and not even a single sound escaped.

If Li Qingning hadn't cleared her five senses, if she hadn't loosened her clenched teeth a little later, and then lost her breath, she would not have believed that this man was... blasphemy.

Even though her whole body was trembling slightly, Li Qingning was still restrained, and the movements of her hands never stopped.

In the sea of ​​souls, she was trembling just like Li Qingning, and she couldn't help but tighten her legs a little. She could even feel the touch of Li Qingning rubbing that soft flesh clearly, and the damp heat of her fingertips was even more so. Persevere.

Li Qingning wasn't insulting herself, she was clearly torturing her.

It was only after Li Qingning let out a dull sound from her lips that she finally relaxed, and she didn't dare to stay for a moment, so she left immediately.

After returning to her soul, everything she felt from Li Qingning's body seemed to be brought back by her strand of soul, and there was an illusion that she was still in the other party's soul sea.

Xian Yu lowered his eyes to look at his hands on his knees, and lifted them up to see that they were dry.

The ten fingers are round and clean, they don't look like they are stained with something.

She squinted her eyes, just in time to see the snow-white rabbit crouching beside her legs.

Bai Tu's ears trembled, and he looked up at her.

One person and one rabbit looked at each other without saying a word.

After a long time, Bai Tu finally said: "As expected of the old man, I taught it, and it was able to come back safe and sound."

Xian Yu pursed her lips, feeling tired all over, and didn't want to say a word.

"Why, isn't it hurt?" Bai Tu asked hastily.

Xian Yu seldom sat so upright, she pursed her lips and did not move, the feeling of being swept away by desire still remained in her heart.

It was obviously not her body, but even if she returned to her soul, it seemed that her soft flesh had been teased.

Embarrassed, really too embarrassed.

"Could it be that you're stupid?" Bai Tu stood up anxiously, nuzzled her legs and asked.

Xian Yu frowned, and moved her knees to push the rabbit who was hugging her away.

Bai Tu was suddenly pushed to the edge of the couch, almost fell to the ground, he quickly exposed two teeth and bit the mattress, and then stabilized himself.

Xian Yu felt uncomfortable all over, maybe he had passed on the feeling, he still felt weak, and just wanted to lie down and not move, to take a good rest.

But if he lay down, wouldn't it be admitting that he had suffered a disadvantage from Li Qingning again?

This can't be done, just once, why is it that she suffers every time?

Besides, I didn't really eat it this time.

Seeing her pursing her lips and her starry eyes staring round, Bai Tu didn't know who she was angry with, and said again: "If you are really stupid, it's no wonder I'm old, it's because you are not good at learning."

Xian Yu glanced at him, stretched out his hand and flicked on his fur, then loosened his clenched teeth, and said word by word: "Say who is stupid."

Bai Tu kicked his legs and jumped to the ground, and jumped onto the table with a whoosh.

He snorted, and wanted to reprimand this junior, but seeing that even the corners of her eyes were flushed, she seemed to be extremely angry, so he didn't say the reprimand, but muttered: "It's like wanting to be dissatisfied. "

Xian Yu simply closed his eyes and said nothing. As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard the doors and windows being blown by the wind.

Bai Tu turned his head to look at the window lattice, and said in a deep voice, "Why is it getting dark all of a sudden?"

The cold wind blew in through the crack of the door, bringing with it a damp, muddy smell.

Xian Yu opened his eyes suddenly, and asked in surprise, "Is it raining?"

Although the wind in the city has been quite strong these past few days, it has never been as strong as it is now, the wind is raging, and the dust on the ground is rolled up, and the doors and windows are shaken endlessly.

"It seems that the three or nine days of this year will not be easy." Bai Tu said suddenly.

Xian Yu frowned and looked in the direction of the doors and windows, smelling the muddy smell blown by the wind, but couldn't detect anything amiss, thinking to himself, could it be that the wind is really not being manipulated by someone behind the scenes.

"Do you think there's something wrong with this wind." She said suddenly.

Bai Tu rushed to the window, intending to push the window lattice with his mouth and nose, he was silent for a while before saying: "It is common for the sky to change suddenly."

Xian Yu walked over with bare feet, and propped up the window lattice with wooden sticks.

Suddenly, the cold wind hit the house, and it really caught a little rain.

The gauze curtain in the room was blown up, the books rattled, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

Xian Yu looked up at the sky outside, only to see that the sky was gloomy, as if more rain was brewing.

"It's a bit strange." Bai Tu said suddenly.

"What's so strange?" Xian Yu put down the wooden stick supporting the window lattice, and simply closed the window.

"I can't tell." Bai Tu muffled, "I seem to remember something, but this memory is like the wind, I can't catch it."

Xian Yu raised his hand to support the gold jewelry on his forehead, pushed the black hair hanging on his chest behind him, frowned and said, "Then you have to think about it."

Bai Tu jumped to the ground, jumped on the ground a few times, and said leisurely: "I'm going to sleep first, I'll remember if I wake up."

Xian Yu has lived with this rabbit for two lifetimes, so he naturally knows his temperament.

This rabbit is lethargic. He found enough reasons to find ways to sleep. There were several times in his previous life, as if he was about to sleep to death in a dream. Fortunately, he was awakened by her.

Bai Tu is not omnipotent, maybe because of the rabbit's body, the soul is not fit, although he can't get rid of this body, but there are always a few days every month to endure the pain of being squeezed by the soul.

They stayed together for several years in the previous life, and she survived with this rabbit almost every time.

Bai Tu taught her spells, and she looked for some miraculous medicines that could stabilize the primordial spirit and took them for him, for ten years as one day.

She didn't know what Bai Tu's previous identity was, and Bai Tu couldn't remember it himself, he even forgot his own name and surname. To split.

Xian Yu stood by the window with his bare, jade-white feet, and he didn't feel cold, he just said in his heart that the sky is a bit strange, and it must be really weird, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.

She pondered for a moment, and although she complied with Li Qingning's words and stayed there, she didn't want to sit still.

Li Qingning was in dire straits in the palace, even if she never left the courtyard under his protection, she would definitely be in a state of panic all day long.

Naturally, she would not be disturbed by the state teacher's mind, but she really couldn't sit still.

Thinking of this, Xian Yu turned around and said, "I'll go out for a while."

Bai Tu raised his eyelids, and looked at the person standing by the window with a pair of red eyes, "What are you going out for, maybe you want to wait for the rain to pour over your head so you can stay awake."

Xian Yu gasped, the rabbit really thought she was stupid.

She simply said: "Yes, go out sober."

After finishing the words, she opened the door and walked out, her clothes and black hair behind her were all blown up by the wind.

Although there are no shoes and socks, although a pair of plain white feet stepped on the ground, they were not stained with a speck of dust, they were still as clean as ever, not even the drizzle blown by the wind.

Xian Yu walked against the wind, although the wind was strong, it couldn't stop her.

The west of the city is mostly residential, which is much deserted than the east of the city.There are often hawkers by the river, but there are few people today, and most of those people gathered their things and went home because it was dark.

After all, it was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there were many patrolling guards in the capital. Even when the heavy rain was pouring, they did not find a place to hide and were still patrolling the city.

Xian Yu bypassed the patrolling guards on the street, and raised his hand in the dark, a trace of white aura rose from his fingertips, like a silver thread, coiled between his fingers.

She wanted to make this aura follow the wind that swept through the city, so as to find some clues, but unexpectedly, there was no trace at all.

After half a moment, Xian Yu simply withdrew that trace of aura.

Thinking about what the Minister of the Household Department said to Concubine Qing, she didn't know how Concubine Qing could think of a way to meet the emperor, so she hesitated for a moment, so she had to hide herself and approach the prison.

I saw the guards guarding outside the dungeon still motionless, like people carved in stone.

Could it be that Concubine Qing has no idea yet?

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard someone say: "Then the Qing imperial concubine really confessed?"

"I don't know, but the people from the Ministry of Punishment did pick her up." Another guard who stood motionless said.

"The people from the Ministry of Punishment have been interrogating for a long time today, much longer than usual. I thought that today would be nothing but the people from the Ministry of Punishment turned back after two hours."

"Thinking about it, that person should have confessed, but he never confessed after suffering so many crimes before, so how come he confesses now?"

"It's deserted in the prison, and how can a person who has been pampered and pampered for a long time suffer? He should admit it after enduring it for so long."

The two were talking excitedly, and one of them suddenly said: "The commander is not here today, how dare you break the rules?"

The two fell silent immediately.

In the dark, Xian Yu started to smile, thinking that Concubine Qing had already come out.

That's fine, if it wasn't for the false confession, the Second Prince's subordinates would definitely not see her out of prison.

On that day, Concubine Qing, who had been imprisoned in the prison for several days, was brought into the palace, but the itinerary was very secretive, and few people knew about it.

The guards guarding the gate of the palace let the carriage pass after seeing the person from the Ministry of Punishment presenting the emperor's letter. They didn't lift the curtain to check, and they didn't know who was sitting in the carriage.

Concubine Qing was still wearing a plain white prison uniform, sitting in the carriage with her shoulders crossed.

And in that carriage, people from the Criminal Department were also sitting with her, afraid that Concubine Qing would run away suddenly.

If Concubine Qing had only pleaded guilty, the case would not need to bother the Emperor, but Concubine Qing had mentioned another name when she pleaded guilty.

The person who entered the prison for interrogation was stunned immediately, and asked several times in a sharp voice, but Concubine Qing did not change her words.

What Concubine Qing mentioned was the name of the Second Prince.

If the second prince is really involved, the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot decide this case. After leaving the prison, the members of the Ministry of Criminal Justice immediately went to the palace to ask the emperor, and returned to the prison after receiving the handbook. come out.

The emperor who wrote the manuscript is now sitting in the Yuanzheng Hall.

Not long ago, he was so angry with Concubine Ning that blood gushed into his throat. He didn't expect that not long after the incident, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of Justice asked to see him together, and then he heard the name of that evil son from their mouths.

"The imperial concubine of Qing said that the truth will only be revealed after His Majesty interrogates herself." The servant arched his hands, and carefully looked at Li Zaiyu's expression while talking.

Li Zaiyu raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, he was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, although he didn't know how much what the concubine Qing said was true and how much was false.

After being silent for a while, he said sharply: "Bring her to Yuanzheng Hall to meet me."

At this point, Li Zaiyu changed his clothes and combed his hair, and was helped by the eunuch beside him to the Yuanzheng Hall.

Seeing that the time had passed for a long time, he was even more restless, his complexion was white and red sometimes, his throat suddenly choked up, and after swallowing hard, he still couldn't help coughing a few times.

The eunuch who was obsessed with whisking the dust said: "Your Majesty, the dragon's body is the most important thing."

Li Zaiyu waved his hands and said, "No problem."

After a long time, a report came from outside the door, and Li Zaiyu said in the hall: "Come in."

Several people entered the Yuanzheng Hall one by one, and the one walking in front was naturally the Concubine Qing who had her hands bound and was wearing a prison uniform.

Concubine Qing's face was filthy, her hair was messy like grass, her eyes were full of tears, but she didn't show any timidity.

Li Zaiyu sat on the top, watching Concubine Qing approaching step by step, although he hadn't asked any questions yet, he knew the general idea in his heart, and he wished he could raise his head and let out a long sigh.

Concubine Qing clenched her hands tightly, others thought she was so determined that she clenched her hands into fists, but they didn't know that she was actually holding something in her hands.

That thing is exactly that thin paper man.

Now the paper figurine has been gripped badly by her, but she still refuses to let go, thinking, this object must not be seen by others before His Majesty.

Concubine Qing knelt on the ground, kowtowed her head slowly, and didn't say a word until Li Zaiyu asked.

Li Zaiyu was silent for a long time before saying: "Concubine Qing, you can plead guilty."

Behind Concubine Qing, the people from the Ministry of Punishment were also listening.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Qing kowtowed her head again, and said: "The concubine doesn't recognize me."

These words were thrown clearly, and suddenly resounded in the empty hall.

Li Zaiyu pursed his lips, while the members of the Ministry of Criminal Justice stared straight at his eyes.

"Did you plead guilty when you were in prison? But you denied it when you came to me. Could it be that you were deceiving me?" Li Zaiyu's eyes darkened, not knowing what this Concubine Qing was trying to show.

Concubine Qing buried her head on the ground, loosened her clenched teeth, and said slowly: "If the concubine didn't say that when she was in prison, how could she see His Majesty?"

"Could it be," Li Zaiyu leaned forward slowly, staring at the kneeling person below, and said coldly, "You want to clear yourself of your crimes in front of me?"

"Exactly." Concubine Qing replied.

Li Zaiyu tightened his ten fingers on the armrest, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged, "Do you know what crime it is to blame the royal family?"

"The concubine knows." Concubine Qing lowered her head and said.

"Then you dare to admit that you mentioned the second prince's name when you were in prison." Li Zaiyu almost gritted his white teeth and asked sharply.

"The concubine did mention the name of His Highness the Second Highness." Concubine Qing's voice didn't tremble, and she didn't even flinch.

Li Zaiyu's eyes were about to burst and he said, "Then tell me what the second prince has to do with this matter."

Concubine Qing did not raise her head, she did slowly raise her hands that were lying flat on the ground.Her hands were tightly bound together, and her palms had to be stacked up and down.

She opened her palm, and saw that in his hand, a ball of paper that was no longer recognizable was lying firmly.

Concubine Qing said: "Before, this concubine wanted to present this item to His Majesty."

Li Zaiyu narrowed his eyes slightly, intending to see more clearly what was in Concubine Qing's hand, he leaned forward again, only vaguely seeing that it was a ball of paper.

"What." He said coldly.

"Your Majesty will know it at a glance." Concubine Qing knelt down and said.

"Here." Li Zaiyu immediately sat up straight.

The eunuch standing beside him immediately went down and picked up the things in Concubine Qing's hands. He slowly unfolded them, but saw that it was actually a paper figurine.

The eunuch was startled, the sorcery of impaling a villain is common in the harem, but the villain is usually made of straw or rags, how can it be cut into such a thin shape, it seems that it can be easily torn off? Broken.

His eyes flickered, his footsteps paused for a moment, and he still presented it to Li Zaiyu.

Li Zaiyu took it, frowned and said, "What is this?"

The paper figurine was crumpled after being unfolded, and there was not a word written on it, making it difficult for people to see what happened.

"Aren't you playing tricks on me?" Li Zaiyu said coldly.

"The concubine doesn't dare." Concubine Qing kowtowed her head to the ground again, and said with a bang, "My father visited the prison today and gave this thing to the concubine, saying it was by the side of His Highness the Second Highness." The counselor gave it to him. The counselor ordered him to stick this thing behind the concubine's back, otherwise he will surely die."

She paused for a while, as if she had thought for a long time, before she said tremblingly: "My father has devoted himself to Dongzhou, but he has been pressured by people from above. The concubine dare not ask about the government. I only know that my father has been in the past few days. It's not easy in court."

After saying this, Li Zaiyu took a breath slowly and felt dizzy even more. He lowered his eyes to look at the paper figurine in his hand, and said after a long time: "Call the Secretary of the Household Department to come."

The eunuch was about to raise his leg after responding, when Li Zaiyu suddenly said: "Wait a minute."

The eunuch stopped quickly and bent his back towards him.

Li Zaiyu said again: "Rang and the suzerains of Xuzong and Lanrizong..."

The words came to an abrupt end, he pursed his lips, frowned and changed his words: "Forget it, let the two elders outside the hall come in."

"Yes." The eunuch then responded.

Afterwards, the two monks walked into the hall, saluted and listened to Li Zaiyu's order.

Li Zaiyu raised his hand, pinching the thin paper figurine with two fingers, and said, "You guys recognize this thing."

The two raised their heads when they heard the sound, and immediately frowned after seeing the things in his hands.

One of them said: "Your Majesty, I wonder if I can take it closer for a closer look."

Li Zaiyu nodded slightly, his eyes were as frosty and snowy, although he still didn't know what the paper man was used for, but looking at the expressions of the two monks, he knew that the paper man was definitely not a good thing.

The person who just asked the question stepped forward, took the paper figure with both hands, and retreated to the back of the hall, and then he and the people beside him began to look at the thing carefully.

The expressions of the two changed drastically, and they stared and opened their mouths in astonishment.

"Say." Seeing this, Li Zaiyu opened his mouth, his brows were covered with dark clouds, clearly extremely angry.

The two monks looked at each other, and one of them cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know. This is not an ordinary paper figurine. The paper is stained with talisman water and has been casted on it. Although it looks thin, it can't be torn by hand. Otherwise, why the limbs of this paper figurine were cut so slender, even crumpled into a ball, but still not broken."

Li Zaiyu's face darkened again, "What are these paper figures used for?"

"Your Majesty, this paper man is used by the evil cultivator of puppetry. Puppetry, as the name suggests, is to manipulate the living and the dead, ordering them to act according to their wishes." The monk replied.

Li Zaiyu slammed the armrest of the seat, and the blue veins protruding from his forehead were faintly visible, "Is there a solution to this technique?"

"If a paper figurine is attached to the back, just burn it to ashes with fire. The moment it covers the person's back, the paper figurine cannot be torn off with bare hands, nor can it be washed off with water," the monk replied again. .

"Wouldn't it be necessary to burn your back to undo this magic spell?" Li Zaiyu asked coldly.

"Exactly." The monk replied immediately.

Li Zaiyu's face was serious, and he suddenly asked: "Why is the Minister of the Household Department not here?"

Concubine Qing knelt on the ground and bit her lips tightly, not even daring to say a word.

After a long time, Hubu Shangshu entered the hall. When he saw Concubine Qing kneeling in the hall, he paused for a moment, closed his eyes slowly, walked forward, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here."

"Zuoguang, do you recognize that paper figurine?" Li Zaiyu raised his arm and pointed at the paper figurine in the monk's hand.

Hearing the sound, Zuo Guang raised his head, looked in the direction Li Zaiyu was pointing at, and after his eyes met the paper figurine, he immediately said, "I recognize it."

"Who gave it to you?" Li Zaiyu asked.

"Your Majesty, it is a counselor next to His Highness the Second Highness. He visited the mansion of the minister privately and handed this thing into the hands of the minister." Zuo Guang did not dare to hide anything.

"Do you recognize that person?" Li Zaiyu asked again in a cold voice.

Zuo Guang fell on the ground and said: "I recognize that counselor. He is more than seven feet tall, tall and handsome, with a handsome face, but he is wearing a black robe and can disappear in an instant. He should be a fairy elder."

Li Zaiyu rubbed the center of his brows, "How do you know he is the second prince's counselor?"

Zuo Guang said again: "He has the second highness's name card and the second highness's jade order on him, I will not admit it wrong."

Li Zaiyu's face became colder, and he pointed to the paper man held by the monk and said, "Burn this thing, immediately."

The monk hurriedly cupped his hands, and brought the paper figurine to the burning candle on the side of the hall. The moment the paper figurine caught fire, it suddenly let out a sharp cry, which pierced people's eardrums.

The people in the hall immediately covered their ears. If they didn't turn their heads to look, they wouldn't believe that it was just a thin paper man who was burned and screamed.

After the paper figurine was burned to ashes, Li Zaiyu, who was sitting in the chair, breathed out, and his chest heaved violently for a long time before he calmed down.

After being frightened by this, Li Zaiyu became more and more sure that the paper figurine was an evil thing.

With a gloomy complexion, he looked at Zuo Guang again and said, "Did that man say something when he handed the paper figurine to you?"

"Just let me stick this thing on Concubine Qing's back according to what he said. If I don't listen to what he said, I will definitely... have no life." Zuo Guang told the truth.

Li Zaiyu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he said slowly: "I remember, I never gave you a visitation document, who gave you permission to visit in prison, Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment?"

As he spoke, he looked towards the people in the Ministry of Punishment, and those people hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is absolutely no such thing!"

Only then did Zuo Guang tell the whole story about the jade order and documents that the black-robed man handed over to him, "After the man handed over the paper figurine to the minister, he left these two things behind."

After finishing speaking, he took out the jade order and documents left by the man in black from his cuff, and said again: "Your Majesty, it is these two things."

"Submit it!" Li Zaiyu said coldly.

The eunuch took it, checked it repeatedly, and handed it to Li Zaiyu.

Li Zaiyu's face turned dark when he saw it. The red badge was indeed not an imitation, and even the positions of some fine lines were exactly the same. There was no other explanation except embezzlement.

Looking at the handwriting again, although the imitation is very similar, there are still some differences. If you can practice according to his handwriting very often, how can you imitate it to this extent?

All the big and small matters in the palace could not be hidden from his eyes, his mind was in a mess, and he thought about the account books of the Xiao Mansion, even though the original forged account books had been burned by Li Qianjun, if the handwriting was not very similar, how could it be possible to confuse the real ones.

People who want to forge account books often imitate other people's handwriting, so they can do it with ease.

Li Zaiyu supported his forehead, and thought about the strange fragrance at the Qianqiu Banquet. At that time, Li Qingning seemed to have found the Palace of Renyi, but Li Wuyin seemed to stop him when he questioned the palace attendants.

At that time...

Li Zaiyu's eyes turned cold. At that time, two palace servants were beaten to death with sticks, while Concubine Ning of Renyi Palace was safe and sound.

His ten fingers on the armrest trembled, and he looked back at the eunuch standing beside him.

The eunuch hurriedly approached and said in a low voice, "What do you want to order, Your Majesty?"

"Concubine Ning's personal maid, have you dealt with it?" Li Zaiyu asked.

The eunuch was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his voice and said, "Shang, not yet."

"Very good, bring her here." Li Zaiyu said with a severe headache.

"Yes!" The eunuch responded quickly.

Although Yangning Palace is far away from Yuanzheng Hall, Li Qingning knows exactly who entered the hall.

The most beautiful eldest princess sat in front of the mirror, and her serious appearance was reflected in the mirror.

Li Qing stared at the person in the mirror, what he did to the mirror today appeared in front of his eyes.

She raised her hand and pulled the flap that was already tightly covered, and the flap had already covered the collarbone, as if it was not enough, as if it wanted to cover the neck as well.

Pheasant feathers and twisted gold threads are embroidered with some complicated patterns on the front of the collar, and the emerald and gold threads intersect, making it glittering and green, very luxurious.

Her red lips moved slightly, as if she was talking to herself, she suddenly said: "After today's incident, she should know my heart."

That person always kept saying that she had no heart, or asked her if she had any heart in that flamboyant or resentful manner.

I don't know if this person really doesn't know or if she doesn't know, she has done all the offensive things, but she still doesn't believe it, and she still wants to think wildly.

Li Qingning lowered her eyes, the eyes were still cold and indifferent, as if repelling people thousands of miles away, she thought to herself, is it possible that she really has to hold a heart for her to see, so that she will believe it?

Today she really lowered her stance and did something she had never done before in front of the mirror. She knew that this person wanted to see him very much, otherwise in her previous life, how could she have expected her to do this many times.

Now that she's done this, it's time to believe her.

That's right, she, Li Qingning, does have a heart, and her heart is always surging because of that person.

Although she often wanted to do that in her dreams, and she could hardly restrain herself after waking up, but fortunately she always had a reserved heart, so she was able to show this to that person for the first time.

Li Qingning sighed, raised her hand and inserted the Bu Yao, which she took off before doing that, back into her hair.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?"

After regaining consciousness, Li Qingning turned her head to the side, and only then saw Fangxin standing beside her with her mouth open and closed anxiously.

"What's the matter." She said lightly.

Fang Xin asked in a low voice: "Why did Your Highness order me to... stop the eunuch who was going to bring the poisoned wine to Concubine Ning's personal maid?"

"The court lady must have something to hide, she must not be allowed to die like this, she is useful." Li Qingning paused for a moment, and said slowly: "It's still big."

Fang Xin looked anxious, and pursed her lips before saying: "But Your Highness, just now the informant sent a message that the maid was brought into the Yuanzheng Hall. Could it be that Your Majesty knew about the fact that we stopped that person."

Li Qingning bent her index finger and tapped on the table. She pursed her lips and thought for a long time before she said, "If His Majesty knew about this, why didn't you just call me to go, what's the use of calling a maid to go there?"

"Could it be that His Majesty is going to interrogate that maid again?" Fang Xin frowned.

Li Qingning looked indifferent, "Who is in the palace now?"

"Your Majesty, Concubine Qing, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Minister of Justice, two Immortal Elders, and Master Zuo Guangda." Fang thought for a while and said.

Li Qingning nodded slightly, "It seems that His Majesty is about to make a decision."

Fang Xin frowned slightly, "Then, if we stop the eunuch who gave the poisoned wine, will His Highness hold him accountable?"

Facing the bronze mirror, Li Qingning straightened her hair. For some reason, when she looked at the bronze mirror, she thought that the man was using her face to smile like she was competing with Fang Fei, which was really inappropriate.

She slowly closed her eyes, put down her hand on Bu Yao, and said, "It's just that the eunuch who delivered the poisoned wine sent the silk handkerchief that the queen dropped. Why should I pursue it? It's not about grabbing it." took his poisoned wine."

"Furthermore," Li Qingning paused for a moment, and said again: "If it weren't for this palace, His Majesty would not be able to summon that maid to the Yuanzheng Palace if he wanted to."

"What Your Highness said is very true." Only then did Fang Xin reveal a hint of a smile.

"This time, if the maid comes out of Yuanzheng Hall again, there is no need to keep her." Li Qingning said calmly.

"Yes." Fang Xin replied.

The fragrance of peach blossoms burning in the room wafted from the stove, making people drowsy.

Li Qingning sat down and said slowly: "The