Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

Although the cold rain was sparse, the cold wind was biting. A dozen or so servants' lanterns were arranged in two rows, leading directly to the dark ruins, and for a while illuminated the gloomy place quite brightly.

Li Lang and Zhao Rang got off the jade chariot respectively, and the attendants immediately put on cloaks for the two of them. The cloaks were tanned from a whole piece of cowhide. They were only cut and stitched in the middle. Li Lang didn't wait for the cloak to fall on his shoulders, so he blocked it with his hands impatiently: "Take away the burden!"

Seeing this, Zhao Rang hesitated to speak, stretched out his hand to untie the fastened cloak, and handed it to the attendant.

Li Lang smiled slightly at him, without saying much, turned around and took the lantern from the servant, and walked forward in the rain. When he reached the ruins, he heard Zhao Rang who was behind him whisper, "Your Majesty, please stop, Yunchen please go first."

"No." Li Lang answered two words quickly, taking bigger steps, stepping into the wreckage of Zhu Rong after the ravages.

Zhao Rang had no choice but to follow quickly. The two walked a few steps one after the other. Li Lang stopped suddenly, turned his head and said to the long string of "tails" behind him: "You don't need to follow, just wait outside. .”

The servants did not dare to disobey their orders and stopped at the same time. Zhao Rang frowned, but Li Lang strode forward again without waiting for him to object.

This palace is independent from the westernmost part of the Leng Palace, and is not connected to other places. Fortunately, it has not affected other places.However, because of its remote location and few people, the whole small hall was burnt beyond recognition, with broken walls and ruins to the eye, but the more you go in, the more complete it is. The flames were blackened, but it never burned or collapsed.

Seeing this situation in the daytime, Zhao Rang felt puzzled, so he said to Li Lang, "Why did this fire start from the outer hall?"

However, Li Lang's expression was dignified, but his eyes didn't seem to be looking at the ruins of the fire scene, and he answered the wrong question: "Jingdu, there is something that I forgot to tell you all the time."

Seeing that Zhao Rang took the opportunity to walk in front of him, he couldn't help smiling, his eyes and brows stretched a lot, and his words became a little more relaxed: "Your princess attacked Nanyue County by surprise and took your son away. We dispatched and wiped out the Wuxi Clan kings and others, but there is still no trace of their mother and child."

Zhao Rang's face remained motionless, he pondered for a long time, sighed bitterly, and whispered: "It's her style of doing things, she wants to be happy for a while, and decides to make a decision immediately."

Li Lang looked into Zhao Rang's eyes calmly, and said for a long time: "I will have your little daughter brought into Jinling, in case someone harms her, and calculate the itinerary according to the post report received, that's all." It will be there in a few days.”

Zhao Rang was moved by this news. He was surprised at first, then heaved a sigh of relief, hugged Li Lang's shoulder carefully, and murmured: "Thank you..."

"Jingdu——" Li Lang opened his mouth, but his throat seemed to be choked by a foreign object. Take advantage of the situation and hold Zhao Rang's hand.

It's a pity that there are still many things on his mind, all kinds of doubts, and there seems to be no way out. Li Lang originally planned to get straight to the point, but when he met Zhao Rang, he couldn't ask anything.

This morning, it was unreasonable to go straight to Chengxian Palace. The main reason was that it was not because of lovesickness. Earlier, I just received the news that the cold palace was on fire and Zhao Rang’s sister had disappeared without a trace. According to reports, it is said that traces of Nanyue's tyrant princess were found in the royal capital. Combining with the border between South Vietnam and Yunnan and Guangxi, it is difficult to find the trace. This woman is very likely to sneak all the way to Jinling.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, because of the celebration of the Chongyang Emperor driving out of the palace to climb the heights in Jinling City, the city was strictly forbidden. Travelers and merchants had to go through several inspections before they were allowed to go through the city gate. The suspicious woman was stopped by the guards when she was leaving the city. Next, she was supposed to be detained for a medical examination, but the woman ran away when she saw that the situation was not good. The imperial army chased after him for half a day, but she disappeared near the general's guest house.

The General’s Guest House is naturally the residence of General Xie Kun who is still stranded in Jinling after returning to Gyeonggi to report his duties. He refused without any room for change.

The leader of the Forbidden Army is only a small lieutenant, so he can't stand up to General Xie's power, so he can only withdraw his troops and report.

After learning about this, the Secretary of the Imperial City took the first step to secretly report to the emperor before the palace ban, and contacted the hidden eyes and ears in the annex, hoping to get approval.

Li Lang was stunned at first when he received this report, and then sat in a sad city, feeling a little overwhelmed and helpless.

Thinking again and again, he had what he did from last night to this morning. In his thoughts that could not be dispelled, the thought when he saw Zhao Rang for the first time grew again: if that person can't do it wholeheartedly, he will be locked in the deep palace. As a last resort, after all, I couldn't bear to hurt him.

Li Lang didn't believe that the two of them were walking together. Seeing that the willows were dark and the flowers were bright, his trust in him had even reached the level where he could hand over the military power and be escorted by his soldiers. Zhao Rang would have other plans-what was he planning?

Ninety-five supreme position?Li Lang shook his head with a wry smile. Zhao Rang is not such a ignorant person. Even returning to the South Vietnam secession to claim the king would be difficult for a while. Son.

Maybe Zhao Rang just wanted to leave him, the emperor who was obsessed with personal affairs but could not be disobedient?

This made Li Lang's heart twitch suddenly, and it took him a while to recover.

He used green tea instead of wine, and played against the pregnant Concubine Liu for several games. Under the soft words of the concubine, he gradually turned his heart away from the dark clouds. After calming down, he immediately understood the seriousness of Zhao Rang's incident, and the mysterious disappearance and strange return. Now, it is impossible for Zhao Rang to do this alone, and there is absolutely no possibility for Jingdu to have an internal response in the palace. The most reasonable conclusion is that there are people who are powerful enough to reach the Nine Layers Forbidden Palace to act secretly. Leveraging Zhao Rang's ability and his status in Li Lang's mind, he pointed his sword at the emperor and poked his weakness.

However, in Zhao Rang's words, how true and how false?

Why can't you be honest with him?

Is it still because he is the king and the other is the minister?

After tossing and turning until halfway through the ugly hour, he got up and leaned against the window, and heard the sound of rain. After all, Li Lang made up his mind and went to Chengxian Palace against the wind and rain. When he arrived at the gate of the palace, the feeling of cold rain pouring on him was inexplicable. The carefreeness of his life also made him unexpectedly gain Zhao Rang's care and... a little jealousy, which is really rare.

However, the joy has come to this day. When he deliberately provoked the topic of the concubine, but Zhao Rang still couldn't be frank, it almost disappeared. Zhao Rang's grateful approach made Li Lang more determined. If he can't ensure that this person is credible , in any case—

"Your Majesty beware!"

Li Lang stumbled at the sound, caught off guard, and was about to fall forward. He was in a hurry to stabilize his body, but Zhao Rang quickly pulled him back to his right.Li Lang was extremely embarrassed, he didn't want Zhao Rang to see through his distraction, he looked around randomly, but he happened to see something, pointed his finger and said strangely: "Jing Du, what do you see?"

Zhao Rang heard the words and looked intently, only a few feet away, a section of emerald green was exposed under the ashes, he let go of Li Lang, went up to check with the lamp, bent down and stretched out his hand to pull it out, the two recognized at the same time, this is actually It is a jade flute with a very unique body, and a small dragon with its head held high is carved on it. The dragon body hovers between the blow holes, and the dragon head volleys above the mouthpiece. It is exquisite, lovely and lifelike.

"This is?" Li Lang was curious, so he wanted to take it over and examine it carefully. Zhao Rang refused, turned around the flute, and saw the word "卍五" engraved on the tail of the jade flute. When he first met Yuxiao who lured him to the cold palace.

"Jingdu?" Seeing that Zhao Rang's face was gloomy, and Li Lang was about to take over Yuxiao again, Zhao Rang blocked it and said, "Don't move, this thing has a murderous intent inside, if you accidentally touch its mechanism button, it will shoot out piercing holes." The hidden weapon of the body skin, the poison quenched on it sees the blood seal the throat."

Li Lang frowned and said in surprise: "Could it be..."

"Yes," Zhao Rang inserted the jade flute into his waist, and nodded with a smile, "It is under this object that the minister's daughter died tragically."

"It's not dangerous for you to take it?" Seeing Zhao Rang's unthinking actions, Li Lang couldn't help showing worry in his tone. His thoughts turned and he looked at Zhao Rang intently. : "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about your ministers. After the tragedy happened, the jade flute was broken by my minister... the princess of Wuxi. I ordered the local craftsmen to make a picture of it. I still know a thing or two about it."

After hearing this, Li Lang nodded silently, and couldn't help but said: "It seems that someone put this thing here intentionally after it passed through the water, does Jingdu feel the same?"

Zhao Rang asked without answering: "If so, what is the purpose of this person?"

This stumped Li Lang, he pondered and said intermittently: "It can't be because of me... I did it on a whim, and even the gods couldn't predict it... That's... Jingdu, this thing seems to be for you, The Empress has no real power, and you have to decide most of the affairs in the harem, even if you didn't discover it yourself, you should know that this jade flute is alive."

The two looked at each other without saying a word, their hearts were like mirrors, if Li Lang's deduction is true, there is still one question that cannot be avoided: what is the purpose?

For Zhao Rang, the ultimate goal, leading to the end, is to deal with Li Lang.

"Jing Du," Li Lang's doubts accumulated for a long time couldn't be suppressed, he lowered his eyes and asked, "You really have no clue?"

Zhao Rang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slowly.

After a moment of silence, Li Lang sighed: "Forget it, let's go ahead and see, maybe we can find something——I don't believe that the person burned to death here is that Li Ming, the body is indeed a woman, but it's all gone." A piece of black charcoal is easy to deceive people."

Zhao Rang raised his eyes, moved his lips slightly, hesitated to speak, turned around and raised the lamp in front of him, and led the way slowly.

After walking for a while, Li Lang looked around and said, "This should be the bedroom—"

Before the words were finished, suddenly there was a blur in front of Zhao Rang, who was in front of him, put down the lamp, turned around and hugged him in his arms, the strength was so great that Li Lang immediately fell back on the ground, and he was in the state of embracing in the smoke and ashes. It rolled for two weeks before stopping.

Li Lang was still ignorant of what was going on, and had already heard Zhao Rang yelling, "Come here to protect you!" As soon as the sound of footsteps approached, Zhao Rang let Li Lang go, leaping forward for more than ten feet, quickly disappeared without a trace.

This shock was no small matter, Li Langyu jumped up, desperate to fend off the guards, gritted his teeth, and ran towards Zhao Rang's departure direction. When he rushed closer, he also discovered something strange: When it was the colonnade, there was a square downward entrance. Peeping through the light from the rear, one could vaguely see the neatly repaired stairs.