A long distance away, the two saw heavy guards outside the door of the imperial study.

Ji Ran slowed down and moved slightly closer to Zhao Yu.

"I've been to the Imperial Study Room several times, but this is the first time I've seen this battle." Ji Ran pouted in the direction of the Imperial Study Room, "Those, are the Imperial Guards?"

Zhao Yu nodded, "Look at people, the one with the hulking back and the bearded face is Pang Fei, the commander of the imperial guards. Don't look at this person who looks like Zhong Kui and has an upright face, but he is actually the one who knows how to maneuver when the wind blows."

"Oh?" Ji Ran originally asked casually, but after hearing what Zhao Yu said, he asked curiously, "Do you have a problem with this person?"

Zhao Yu groaned, his face gloomy, "It's not a holiday, who made him miss Xiaobai..."

"Pfft..." Ji Ran almost choked on his saliva, then pointed at Pang Fei with a face full of shock and looked at Zhao Yu, "You said he wanted to look like a white man?" Oh my god, do you want Bai Muyan's peach blossoms to be like this? The painting style is so strange? !

However, Ji Ran was obviously overthinking this time.

"Where are you thinking?" Zhao Yu rolled his eyes, "I mean, he wants Brother Xiaobai to be his brother-in-law, hmph, a commander of the imperial guards wants to cling to the prime minister of a country, it's really uncomfortable It's a fool's dream, but I said that this person is true when he sees the wind, but I didn't slander him because of personal grievances, and I, Zhao Yu, never do such shameless things."

Ji Ran nodded, he still believed in Zhao Yu.

While speaking, the two of them had already walked quickly to the door of the Imperial Study Room.

That Pang Fei stood there with his chest upright, when he saw the two of them, he stretched out his hand to stop them.

"Wait a minute." Pang Fei glanced at Ji Ran, and then turned his gaze to Zhao Yu, "The emperor has ordered that no one else be allowed to enter without being called, so my son, I'm offended."

Zhao Yu's face darkened, and just as he was about to explode, the door of the imperial study room was opened a little. Ren Changfu squeezed out sideways, closed the door, and turned to face the few people.

"The emperor is waiting inside. His Royal Highness, Master Ji, please." When Ren Changfu said this, Pang Fei's expression froze slightly, but he didn't make any more troubles.

Zhao Yu snorted, didn't look at Pang Fei's face, pulled Ji Ran and followed Ren Changfu into the imperial study room.

Pang Fei and the others went in, and just now he turned his head and glanced at the closed door of the imperial study room, his eyes were restrained and his brows moved slightly, but it was only for a moment, before he regained his integrity, straightened his back, and stood still.

As for the others, they acted like they were blind, pretending not to see such an undercurrent.

On the other side, just as Ji Ran and Zhao Yu followed Ren Changfu around the outer room, he saw the humanoid stone statue in the middle of the room.I took a look at the rough carving, but even Ji Ran was amazed by the appearance that was [-]% similar to Ji Ran. Leaving aside the conspiracy theory, just talking about the stone statue, it was so similar, it was just like a copy. It was as if he had fallen out of a mold.

At this time, in the imperial study room, suddenly stood the emperor, Bai Muyan and Lu Zhen.The three of them stood in front of the stone statue, looked down at it, with serious expressions, they didn't even pay any attention to Ji Ran and the others when they came in.

Ren Changfu led the two of them in without making a sound, and retreated aside with low eyebrows, standing silently and respectfully.

Ji Ran and Zhao Yu looked at each other before stepping forward to salute.

But before they knelt down, the emperor beckoned to stop them.

"Ji Aiqing, you came at a good time, come and see if this stone statue resembles you."

As soon as the emperor said this, the faces of the people in the room changed slightly, especially Lu Zhen. After glancing at the emperor, he walked up to Ji Ran almost subconsciously, and stretched out his hand to pull him to his side. The posture is quite firm and clear.

The emperor was stunned by Lu Zhen's defensive posture, his eyes moved slightly, and then he smiled, and said, "Hey, what are you doing just standing there? Hurry up and take a look!"

Ji Ran and Lu Zhen looked at each other, and then walked over in response.

Needless to say, this octagonal image looks very similar from a distance, but it looks very similar when viewed up close. Such a rough carving, but the face is unbelievably fine. From the facial features to the charm, it's all there.

Ji Ran was amazed when he saw it, it really took a lot of trouble just to frame him.

"This carver doesn't look like it was made by one person." Ji Ran walked around the stone statue, touched his chin and said, "The overall carver is rough, does it look like an apprentice sharpening a knife, but this face, the knife The knife is fine and lifelike, it is really a master's handwriting, rare and rare, I can't imagine that my face is so charming, it makes the master sculptors so fascinated that they don't hesitate to carve a stone statue of me as a memory."

"Reminisce..." The corners of Bai Muyan's mouth twitched slightly, "Isn't it for the dead?"

Ji Ran's complacent expression immediately froze, and he squinted at Bai Muyan, thinking that the other party was doing him a favor, so he didn't care about it, but he also put away his narcissistic expression, and stood back honestly. Lu Zhen's side.

"Go back to the emperor, I've finished reading." Ji Ran pretended to be confused, and bowed to the emperor honestly.

The emperor just looked at Ji Ran with serious eyes, and was speechless for a while.

Ji Ran replied with a blank expression, "What? Is there anything else that I didn't see?"

The emperor said, "Look at your feet."

Ji Ran immediately looked down at his toes.

"It's not yours." The emperor's temples protruded, "It's the stone statue's feet."

"Oh." Only then did Ji Ran suddenly realize that he turned his head to look at the feet of the stone statue. After standing up and watching, he squatted down to look at it. After squatting down to look at it, he stood up and bent over to continue looking, and then looked up innocently. Unidentified emperor, "Return to the emperor, minister, illiterate."

emperor:"……"

The emperor was choked hard, but his expression couldn't hold back anymore, the brows twitched several times, before he raised his chin to Bai Muyan.

Bai Muyan understood, and said, "Birth date."

"Ah?" Ji Ran was really at a loss now, "Birthdate? Mine?" Subconsciously turned to look at Lu Zhen.

Lu Zhen also nodded.

Ji Ran looked at the densely packed small characters that couldn't be distinguished, and then looked at the dragon robe on the stone statue, "Is there anything wrong with these eight characters?"

"Yes." The emperor said, "This is the horoscope that includes life and death. With your birthday, there is also the year of death and death. According to the above days, you should be a dead person."

Hearing this, Ji Ran's heart skipped a beat, and only then did he realize the seriousness of the matter, which was far from being as simple as the conspiracy theory he thought.

As far as the original owner is concerned, he is indeed a dead person from time to time, but apart from himself, even Lu Zhen doesn't know about it. How did others know? Heaven's warning?

There is a stone statue buried in the ground for warning, and it is still wearing a dragon robe... Does this indicate that he will become an emperor in the future?

Hehe, don't be funny!

For a moment, Ji Ran's thoughts were mixed, and he thought a lot in his mind, and finally calmed down slowly.

"Then that's too nonsense." No matter what the stone statue is, Ji Ran just pretends to be confused at the moment, he smiled helplessly, "I'm still alive and well, how about this stone statue It's not me, it's just a coincidence that the face looks alike." After finishing speaking, Ji Ran gestured to look at the emperor again.

The emperor's brows twitched at his silent scrutiny.

It was Lu Zhen who pulled Ji Ran away, "What are you doing staring at the emperor all of a sudden? It's disrespectful."

"Nothing." Ji Ran walked around the stone statue again, "I'm just wondering."

"Don't look at it." Zhao Yu, who had been silent and almost non-existent, said suddenly, "It's clear that someone is playing tricks, and it's a dragon robe and the year of birth and death. It's really sinister."

"What the prince said is reasonable." Bai Muyan also nodded in agreement, then turned to face the emperor, clasped her fists and said, "This fact is a lot of strange things, it should be thoroughly investigated."

Seeing that the emperor closed his eyes and didn't respond for a while, Lu Zhen's face became less beautiful, "Does the emperor really believe in the warning of this stone statue? Or maybe because of this, he suspects Ji Ran's wolf ambitions and ulterior motives?"

"Your Majesty." Bai Muyan gave Lu Zhen a calm expression, and then continued to say to the Emperor, "The stone statue was dug near the Agricultural Education Department, and its sinister intentions need not be explained. If the minister finds out that it is wrong and intercepts it in time, maybe the Emperor When you see it, it is not in the Imperial Study Room, but in the court hall."

Seeing that the emperor was still silent, Zhao Yu couldn't help feeling anxious, "Your Majesty..."

"Shut up!" The emperor interrupted Zhao Yu's unspoken words with a deep sip, his eyes swept over the faces of several people one by one, and finally fixed on Ji Ran's face, but the words were addressed to Lu Zhen, "Lu Zhen, How about leaving this matter to you to investigate?"

As soon as these words came out, several people were stunned, especially Bai Muyan and Zhao Yu, who looked at Lu Zhen with obviously inquiring eyes.Indeed, in everyone's eyes, Lu Zhen is just a commoner, and it is a great honor to be able to enter and exit the palace. It is hard not to be surprised by the emperor who entrusts him with important tasks despite having no official position.

Not to mention others, even Lu Zhen was surprised.

"What? Is there a problem?" Seeing that he didn't respond, the emperor raised his eyebrows.

"Your Majesty." Lu Zhen looked at Ji Ran, "Ji Ran and I belong to the same family, so we should avoid suspicion, but thanks to the trust of the Emperor, I will live up to my expectations and investigate this matter thoroughly."

The emperor frowned, then turned to Ren Changfu and said, "Destroy this stone statue on the spot."

Just as Ren Changfu was about to answer, the door of the imperial study room was pushed open suddenly with a creak, and several people turned their heads following the sound, only to see the Empress Dowager walking in with a group of concubines.

When the emperor saw this battle, his expression became extremely ugly.

"The Ai family heard that the emperor got a baby, and they closed the door for fear of being seen by others. They were really curious, and it happened that everyone was here, so they brought them together to open their eyes." The queen mother asked Concubine De Gui to support her Walking into the door, "Hey, such a big stone? Look, this person is wearing a dragon robe? What kind of treasure is Aijia? Is it a dragon Yan Tianwei carved by a skilled craftsman for our royal family? Aijia should take a good look at it." , which emperor is this carving?"

Seeing the impatient look of the Queen Mother, Ji Ran couldn't help but want to roll his eyes.With such eagerness, all the joy was on her face, as if she was afraid that others would not know that it was her who did it!

That's right, if Ji Ran thought it was a scheming conspiracy at the beginning, now that the Queen Mother brought so many people in, it must be the other party's doing.But it's also strange, isn't the Queen Mother being strictly guarded?How can you still act like a demon?Could it be that Lu Zhen didn't take the provocation of the emperor to heart?

Just as Ji Ran was pondering in his mind, the queen mother and the others had already come over, and when they saw the stone statue, they exclaimed in shock as if they were women. As soon as he turned over and twitched, he raised his head and fell over.

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