The First Traitor [Rebirth]

The news that the King of Qi slandered the Yuan family for secretly communicating with the King of Puyang and conspiring to rebel still spread, and it was known to all courts the next day.Although there is no evidence to prove what King Qi said, Yuan Ye still hasn't been completely cleared of the suspicion, after all, he hasn't explained the talisman clearly.

When the matter was not resolved, another urgent report came from Puyang. The emperor fainted on the spot when he heard the news, and only heard the soldier guarding the mausoleum in Puyang report sadly: "When the emperor secretly summoned Puyang to guard, the king of Puyang has not been there for a day." Appeared in the ancestral mausoleum, and the ministers went to look for it, only to find that King Puyang had passed away on his bed, and it had been three days since then!"

One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the news quickly spread from the palace and spread to all directions.The empress also hurried to the emperor's bedroom, one was concerned about the emperor's body, and the other was because of the death of King Puyang.

The emperor just woke up, not only the palace was in a mess, but even the court hall was in chaos.The emperor sent all the people he could to investigate. Although King Puyang was an abolished prince, he was still the king of the county after all. How could it not be suspicious that he passed away inexplicably at such a critical juncture?

And was King Puyang killed by someone, or died of a sudden illness?There must be an explanation for this, but there is no news at the moment, and everyone can be said to be scratching their heads.

However, the days when King Puyang died were somewhat intriguing.King Puyang passed away three days ago. King Qi also reported King Puyang's rebellion on that day, and on the same day King Puyang and Puyang guards were killed on the road, and then King Qi confronted Yuan Ye in court...

No matter how you look at it, it looks like someone killed Puyang Guard and King Puyang, so that they can't refute King Qi's words.As long as there is no proof of death, King Qi can place charges on them at will.Or was it because King Puyang was accused of treason, so he committed suicide in fear of crime?

However, the latter inference was quickly overturned.

"Your Majesty, according to the investigation, King Puyang died of poison." All relevant people were summoned to Beijing to report to the Emperor.

"Where did the poison come from?"

The inspector of Puyang, who was in charge of the case of King Puyang, replied: "According to my investigation, King Puyang had an accident on the sixth day of the lunar new year. He watched him die before leaving. In addition, all the attendants and messengers around King Puyang were killed. Because... King Puyang was a sinner and had no contacts, so it took two days This was only discovered.”

"Where's the murderer?"

"This..." The group of people below looked at each other in blank dismay. The emperor gave them too little time, and they had no way to investigate. It was not easy to find out the cause of King Puyang's death and some suspicious points.

"I ask you for a murderer!" the emperor shouted angrily.

Everyone prostrated themselves on the ground in fear, not daring to move.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" Liu Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to appease the emperor.

The emperor glared at everyone, his eyes were bloodshot and even cloudy.King Puyang was his own son no matter what, he couldn't bear to kill him, he just deposed him as the crown prince, although he was a guilty person, he never imprisoned him, and even placed some servants to take care of him.But even so, that man dared to kill and silence, and slaughtered all the people in the Puyang Palace, which shows how vicious his heart is!

"I believe that this matter should be related to King Qi suing King Puyang for treason!" Someone risked his life and said bluntly.

"Bastard, how can you speculate on such a thing?!" Others began to refute.

"Say!" the emperor said coldly.

The man got the order, and said what he thought in his heart: "In terms of days, the king of Qi reported that the king of Puyang was the first to seek rebellion, and then the emperor ordered the king of Qi and Puyang to return to the capital. The king of Qi returned to the capital first, but Puyang was on guard. But he was killed on the road, and according to the investigation by the government, King Puyang was killed after the Puyang garrison received a secret call to return to the capital."

"So what?"

"May I ask the emperor's secret summoning of Puyang to defend and the king of Qi, who knew at that time?" The man immediately asked the main point.

The emperor narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Liu Xiao: "Who are there?"

Liu Xiaoxin was startled, and quickly named out all the people involved in this matter. The emperor coldly ordered: "Send them all to Dali Temple for strict investigation."

"What about King Puyang's rebellion?" the emperor asked again in a deep voice.

A group of officials in Puyang looked at each other in dismay: "I didn't realize that the king of Puyang was recruiting troops in Puyang, and I went to search afterwards, but there was no trace of the rebellious army. It is nonsense to think about it."

"So many soldiers and craftsmen guarding the mausoleum have seen it, and still say it is nonsense? It is clear that you have neglected your duties and failed to do things!" Qi Wang's party knows that if they don't speak again, then Qi Wang will be finished!

"The matter is so important, how dare we lie to the emperor?"

The emperor stared at them for a long time, and suddenly laughed "haha", all the officials below trembled, only Liu Xiao who was nearby saw the tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.

The death of King Puyang also became a mystery in the Yuan family's heart, all these things were like a mess of threads, they were all pulled together.However, Yuan Ye hadn't found out about the theft of his talisman yet, and he still hoped that King Puyang would come to Beijing to defend himself.As a result, King Puyang died like this, as they said, there is no proof of death.

But he still has other ways to get rid of the stigma, but he just can't figure out who killed King Puyang.

Although all the clues pointed to King Qi, Yuan Ye didn't think it was King Qi's work.After all, according to his understanding of King Qi, since King Qi has the confidence to say that King Puyang conspired against him, then the rebellion cannot be false.That being the case, it would be superfluous for him to kill King Puyang, and it would even make the emperor doubt him.

If it was not killed by King Qi, he really couldn't think of who else would kill King Puyang at this time and why.

Yuan couldn't figure it out either, she asked Nan Lian: "Could it be that the princess ordered someone to kill him?"

Chuuyu looked at her angrily: "Don't wrong the princess at will!"

Nan Lian was generous, she didn't care about Yuan Jing, but said comfortably: "Although I didn't let anyone kill him, I guessed who killed him."

"Also ask the princess to enlighten me."

Nan Lian ignored Yuan Jing, who had a cheeky face: "I know I was wrong, I will never doubt the princess again, please forgive me."

Chuu Yu secretly gave Yuan Jing a look for his princess, the suspect was quick to admit his mistakes so perfunctorily, and he didn't understand why his princess would indulge her again and again!

"Wipe the daughter-in-law's back at night?" Yuan actually leaned close to Nan Lian and said quietly.

Nan Lian's pretty face flushed, and she glared at her: "You can find out who went out of the city that night!"

Find out the people in the city?Yuan touched his chin: "That night, the emperor issued two secret edicts, one was to call Puyang to guard, but this matter was kept secret that night, and it was later that the emperor ordered me and father to confront each other. It is made public. The second way is to call King Qi back to the capital. Therefore, only two people should have entered and exited the city gate that night. If there is a third person, no matter what the reason is for the third person to leave the city, he will be killed. A man of King Puyang!"

"Now that everyone is focusing on King Qi, no one will think that it has something to do with the people who left the city that night in the capital." Nan Lian added another point.

"Then how did the daughter-in-law of the princess know about it? Could it be that the sister-in-law of the princess has been paying attention to this matter all the time?"

Yuan Jing's three sentences are inseparable from the true nature of suspicion, Nan Lian is used to it, but she refuses to say the main points easily, and only lets Yuan Jing think for herself.It turned out that she couldn't get an answer from her, so she said: "I'm afraid that the daughter-in-law of the princess will not waste her time on insignificant people. It must be that there is something wrong with the people that the sister-in-law of the princess ordered people to spy on. The ones that the daughter-in-law of the princess is watching closely all the time are nothing more than important officials or honorable officials in the court... I know."

After figuring out the direction to pursue, Yuan actually left.Chuu Yu felt unworthy for Nan Lian: "She is ignoring the princess again!"

Nan Lian glanced at her, drinking tea calmly: "Otherwise, what do you want her for?"

"..." Chuuyu was silent for a while, indicating that the county chief protects the original to the end, and she can't care about it, and the two of them are willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, so she still goes to Huarui to do something easy. up!

Before going out, Yuan suddenly thought that at such a critical juncture, the Yuan Mansion must be being watched closely. If she finds someone to find out who went out of the city that night, I believe it won't be long before it gets to that person. in the ear.Furthermore, all the spearheads are now aimed at King Qi, so it is hard to guarantee that King Qi will not think that this is what the Yuan family did.

According to King Qi's vicious character, once he has no way out, he will bite others like a mad dog.If something happened to him and he misunderstood her because of her actions, he would definitely deal with Yuan Jia even more frantically.

Thinking about many reasons, Yuan actually thought that since the princess already knew who that person was and was not nervous, he knew that that person would not have any impact on their plans for the time being.That person might not be in a hurry to destroy the evidence because everyone focused on King Qi and didn't think about starting the investigation from the capital. Cha may not be in a hurry.

After thinking about it, she turned around and went back to the yard, preparing to write a eulogy for King Puyang.

When she walked towards the study, she passed her own room, and saw Luo Qijiao was studying the chess records by herself, she looked like Nan Lian sitting and drinking tea by herself, so she stopped.

Ever since she married Luo Qijiao, she has been secretly living with Nan Lian.Luo Qijiao never cared about her, and this became the default way of getting along between them.Although she will not soften her heart or show kindness to Luo Qijiao, she will not ignore her either.Especially knowing that she is in a good mood recently, I feel strange.

Luo Qijiao seemed to have spotted the person standing outside, and just as a figure flashed in her mind, she saw Yuan Jing. She put down the game record and said, "Yuan Erlang, what's the matter?"

Yuan asked amusedly, "Can't I go back to my room and take a look?"

Luo Qijiao said "Oh", almost forgetting that this is Yuan Jing's room.Yuan actually walked in and asked, "Didn't the princess come to look for you recently?"

"There have been so many great events in the court, so she came here to give someone a handle?" Luo Qijiao said.

What Princess Luohua has been busy with lately is not clear, but she believes that it will not be disadvantageous to herself.

Yuan suddenly felt that something was wrong with the room. Although the layout had not changed, many things had changed in style.For example, gauze curtains and curtains, which used to be monotonous blue and white, are now pink and red.Generally speaking, her usual hard and cold breath is less, and more warm.

She sighed in her heart, this is really not her room, it has completely become Luo Qijiao's room.

Without thinking too much, she talked with Luo Qijiao about the court situation, and hoped that she could mention it to the Luo family.Finally, he asked again, "Did the princess come to look for you at night?"

Luo Qijiao was startled, then shook her head: "Why do you ask like that?"

Yuan actually showed a strange look on his face: "Oh, it's nothing, it's just that the nurse said that he saw a black shadow coming here at night, but it was too dark at that time, so he didn't see it clearly, so he came to ask you again, what do you say?" I don't see anyone."

At that time, Luo Qijiao came forward to tell that there was nothing wrong, and the nursing home didn't care anymore, but after seeing Yuan Jing, she said so casually.Originally thinking that Nan Lian's people didn't move out, they thought it was Princess Luohua who came to find them, so they told the nursing home not to worry too much.

Luo Qijiao shook her head again: "But I didn't know someone broke into the mansion."

Originally, she thought that Luo Qijiao didn't know many people, and there were probably even fewer people who could sneak into the Yuan Mansion. Since she denied it, and Nan Lian's people didn't move, she thought it was the guard who misunderstood it!