[Seven Five + Sword Three] White jade dyed bright yellow

Bai Yutang and Ye Shulan returned to the White Mansion, Bai Yutang went back to his yard to change clothes, and Ye Shulan ran to the kitchen to let the aunt cook a simple bowl of seafood noodles.It's just that as soon as the noodles were cooked, Bai Shou rushed in, saying that the palace had sent someone again.

Ye Shulan could only look at the bowl of noodles and sigh, but Bai Yutang patted her head comfortingly, and then went out to receive the order.

After a while, Bai Yutang came back, casually tossing Minghuang's imperial decree: "Let's go, we have to enter the palace again."

Bai Shou, who was standing by the side, hurriedly caught it, and then held it respectfully.

"Ah?" Ye Shulan was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the delicious seafood noodles, "What about the noodles?"

"Come back and eat!" Bai Yutang said, took the steel knife, and went out with Ye Shulan.

The person who came this time was Eunuch Chen, the servant who brought Ye Shulan and Ding Yuehua into the inner garden last time—Ye Shulan only found out later that this was the apprentice of the Eunuch Chen Lin who was next to the emperor. Whatever the surname, I followed Chen Lin's surname, and everyone in the palace used to call him Little Chen Eunuch.

The little Eunuch Chen treated Ye Shulan and Bai Yutang more respectfully this time than last time: "The miscellaneous family should thank the two knights a lot for coming this time - today's assassination is thanks to the help of a few of you, otherwise, but How dangerous!"

Not interested in these flattery words, Ye Shulan changed the subject and asked, "Why are there so many guards turning back in the morning?"

"Hey!" Little Eunuch Chen immediately made a bitter face, "Do you still remember the guard Chu who came to pick you up this morning?"

Ye Shulan nodded, and Bai Yutang was also a little interested - that Chu guard's kung fu seemed to be pretty good.

"Then it's Chu's guard, Xiao's guard is about the same!" Little Eunuch Chen waved his hand, "This guy looks like a good person, but I didn't expect it to be a secret agent sent by the Liao Kingdom. His real name is Xiao Chu, and he is in ambush in the palace. After a long time, if Commander Qi, who was in charge of commanding His Majesty's personal soldiers, had not been very strict, he would have succeeded several times. He just took advantage of this trip to pick up Young Master Bai into the palace, and replaced all the guards he brought with him with those who were hiding in Beijing. He joined forces with other guards and maids who had been hiding in the palace for a long time, and wanted to kill the emperor and the ladies in one go. Although those people usually wait outside the palace, it is difficult to get close to the masters. But this time, I took advantage of everyone's trance and killed me..."

Little Eunuch Chen said with a smile: "So thanks to a few of you - this assassination was not only unsuccessful, but His Majesty caught his feet and dragged out a large number of secret works in the palace, not only from the Liao Kingdom, but even from the Liao Kingdom. There is Xixia."

Although little Eunuch Chen said it very easily, Ye Shulan was speechless in her heart—is this really reliable? There are so many secret operations in the majestic imperial palace and forbidden court... Is it true that the people in charge are not free-spirited?

Bai Yutang also lost interest—that Chu Xiao looked dignified and upright, but turned out to be the spy of an enemy country. As a Song native, he hated Liao people the most!

Just as he was talking, he met Bao Zheng Zhanzhao and his party head-on.Zhan Zhao waved his hand to say hello, glanced at the young Eunuch Chen, and said with a smile to the people around him, "Look, I've hit it off—I said I can meet you."

Little Eunuch Chen hurriedly stepped forward to salute Mr. Bao's guards.

The two parties worked together as a team, talking while walking towards the palace.

Zhan Zhao looked at Ye Shulan with a smile: "I'm afraid you'll be able to drink the cup of tea you want in a while."

After hearing this, Eunuch Chen immediately came over and interjected: "Xiao Ding female hero likes to drink tea? What kind of tea? There are a lot of tribute tea in the palace warehouse. After the miscellaneous family returns to the palace, I will ask Master to help you get some from His Majesty."

Ye Shulan glanced at Bai Yutang: "In fact, I would rather have a good meal than tea."

Little Eunuch Chen, who didn't know the cause and effect, was puzzled. The three of them who knew the inside story looked at Bai Yutang's stomach together—haven't eaten after so long?

Ye Shulan looked up at the sky——Tangtang went back to change clothes and took a bath by the way, didn't he have no time to eat?

The place where Zhao Zhen met them was in the Royal Study Room. After everyone was talking, they arrived at the gate of the palace not long after.This time, after all, the emperor summoned, Ding Yuehua and Ye Shulan didn't have to separate from Bai Yutang and the others.

The imperial palace is very large, but it does not have the grandeur corresponding to it, and the decoration is extremely simple, but fortunately, it is also somewhat elegant, not too shabby.Ye Shulan looked at the surrounding scenery, and finally confirmed, well, this emperor is really stingy.

Entering the imperial study room, one can see the emperor sitting on the main seat at a glance - he doesn't look very old, about 35 years old, and he doesn't look like an emperor, but has a pure face, like an honest person.However, even if the other party had an honest face, matched with the bright yellow dragon robe, and the faint aura of a superior person, Ye Shulan did not dare to underestimate her, so she respectfully followed Ding Yuehua.

Zhao Zhen looked at a few people with a smile, and finally his eyes stayed on Ding Yuehua's face, and then turned to Ye Shulan - he recognized everyone else in the last competition, but these two heroines didn't get to know each other well. The bigger one, he had just heard from the empress--women don't give way to their eyebrows, a giant que protects her and Concubine Pang unharmed... Hey, wait, isn't the que the Zhan Zhao's? ...Oh, maybe that's the case.After a little thought, Zhao Zhen understood the relationship between Miss Ding and Zhan Zhao.As for the slightly smaller one, yesterday he watched with his own eyes that the other party knocked back a group of assassins with light and heavy swords, and that skill was even more agile.It's just her clothes... Zhao Zhen suddenly remembered that the memorials he had read recently seemed to show that someone was walking around in bright yellow clothes, asking him if he had a clan leader to leave the fief.When he saw the adjective "swaggering" at the time, he thought it was a bit interesting, so he only asked the people below to pay attention to her whereabouts and reported her, but no one caught her. Until later, when he entered the border of Tokyo, he suddenly disappeared. I was nervous for a few days, afraid that someone was trying to harm him, but I didn't expect to go to the White Mansion...

Seeing that Zhao Zhen kept silent, everyone was a little surprised. They quietly looked over from the corner of their eyes, only to find that the emperor's gaze had never moved away from Ye Shulan.Everyone secretly glanced at Ye Shulan again. Seeing that dress, their hearts skipped a beat—the Ye family girl usually behaved too naturally, and in addition, few people dared to provoke the girl next to Fifth Master Bai. They all forgot that the other party This outfit is out of order!

Bao Zheng wanted to smooth things over, so he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty..."

"Ah?" Zhao Zhen came back to his senses now, and in order to conceal his gaffe, he hurriedly said with a smile: "I summoned you into the palace today to reward you for your rescue today. If you didn't save me, Not only me, but also my empress, today I'm afraid it's... fame and wealth, whatever you want, as long as it's not too much, I will try my best to agree to it."

The other party's reaction was that they didn't take the matter of Ye Shulan's wearing yellow clothes to heart. Bao Zheng stroked his beard and stood aside, smiling to see what demands they could make.

Lu Fang was the oldest, calm-tempered, and thought far ahead. He immediately bowed and said humbly, "The emperor is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. As the citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, it is our responsibility to protect His Majesty. The grassroots have nothing to ask for."

Ding Zhaohui was eager to try and tell the governor of Songjiang Prefecture to take care of their affairs, but after hearing Lu Fang's words, he couldn't help but think of his twin brother's request before he left: "Zhaohui, you are naturally reckless and don't like to follow the rules. We don’t care much about this area of ​​Songjiang Mansion. Big brother can handle any disaster for you, but now you have to be careful when you go to the capital. Brother Lu has a calm temper and far-sighted thinking. If you don’t know how to make a big decision, just ask Lu Big brother is learning."

Thinking of this, Ding Er could only suppress his thoughts in frustration, and bowed respectfully: "As Brother Lu said, His Majesty's safety is related to the stability of the Song Dynasty. It is the responsibility of the people of the Song Dynasty to protect His Majesty, and the people of the Song Dynasty have nothing to ask for. .”

Ding Yuehua was looking at Ding Zhaohui with a heart full of heart, afraid that the other party would become serious again, at this time he was relieved to hear what the other party said, and immediately followed: "Minister women are just like what elder brother said."

When she arrived at Ye Shulan, she looked at Lu Fang, then at Ding Er, and finally at Ding Yuehua. The expression on her face was obvious—are you all idiots?There is no advantage.

Ding Yuehua felt bad when she saw it, so she stopped Ye Shulan before she was about to speak, and said with a smile: "My sister probably wants to ask His Majesty for a cup of tea..."

ah?Ye Shulan opened her mouth wide, she didn't want to make such a small request!

Sitting in the upper position, Zhao Zhen naturally had a panoramic view of Ye Shulan's expression. He couldn't help laughing, waved his hand, and said, "Hey, I have to talk about it myself. Miss Ding, what do you want?"

Ye Shulan immediately became happy: "I want... Well, you asked me so suddenly, I can't think about it for a while... Or, why don't I talk about it when I think about it?"

Here Ding Yuehua reprimanded Ye Shulan conveniently, but Ye Shulan was not afraid of her at all, so everyone could only look at Zhao Zhen with a little trepidation.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen was very good-tempered. After hearing this, he nodded and agreed: "That's fine. Tell me when you think about it. But this request can't be too much."

"I know!" Ye Shulan nodded happily.

Finally arrived at Baiyutang.

Everyone looked over, wondering what Bai Yutang would ask for, especially since the other party hadn't had lunch so far, wouldn't he want an imperial meal?

Unexpectedly, Bai Yutang glanced at Ye Shulan, and said slowly: "Caomin hopes His Majesty will allow Shulan to wear yellow clothes."

Everyone was stunned—they were really worried about the yellow clothes on Ye Shulan's body just now, but seeing that the emperor seemed to have no intention of pursuing it, they subconsciously avoided it, but Bai Yutang... Actually, although everyone seemed to have no request, in fact they did. The biggest request - how much credit is for saving the car is self-evident, and their non-greedy at this time can win the favor of the emperor even more. Sitting on the throne, no one dared to offend them in the Songjiang Mansion, and the benefits they gave were limited, but the honor of saving them was unlimited.But Bai Yutang gave the credit to Ye Shulan...

——What kind of thought does this contain!

Bai Yutang felt a little embarrassed by everyone's ambiguous eyes, and looked up at the sky pretending to be calm, but his white jade-like face was faintly stained with a faint blush.

The reason why Ye Shulan was stunned was——Wow, this is the first time that Bai Mouse called her by name... The previous time he yelled at her first and last name with anger, but this time he called Shulan in a low voice, Oh my God, this voice is really nice to call this name, it makes my ears itchy... Ah, my face seems to be a little hot all of a sudden... But I am so happy and want to laugh, what should I do?

Ye Shulan lowered her head, unconsciously grinding the ground with her delicate boots, but she could still clearly see her red cheeks.

interesting!Zhao Zhen looked at this scene with his chin propped up, feeling that it was really interesting, then he cleared his throat and said deliberately: "The yellow clothes are only worn by the royal family, but Bai Shaoxia asked Miss Ding to wear yellow clothes. I don’t know what it means? And the daughter of the Ding family is ostentatiously walking through the market in a yellow dress, is there something I don’t know about?”

Ding Zhaohui was taken aback for a moment—well, Ye's sister has indeed been registered in the Ding's family. Speaking of which, if Ye Shulan was convicted of wearing a yellow dress, their Ding's family would not be able to escape.

"Your Majesty, Shu Lan is not from the Ding family. Her surname is Ye. What she did has nothing to do with the Ding family." Bai Yutang explained, "If His Majesty refuses to allow it, the grass people will naturally have nothing to say. It's just that Shu Lan is still young. She is ignorant. It is the fault of the grass-roots people who have lived with her for many days but did not remind her. If His Majesty wants to punish her, the grass-people should be punished together with her."

Everyone looked at Bai Yutang again, and Zhan Zhao sighed in a low voice, "Fifth Bai said more than everything he said to Zhan."

The others nodded together.

"Okay, okay." Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "It turned out to be Miss Ye. I can clearly see Miss Ye's heroic appearance in saving her. I am not an ungrateful person, so I will not judge crimes lightly. But yellow is indeed reserved for the royal family, so I will leave it for now." So, it's better for Miss Ye to change after she goes back."

Ye Shulan also knew at this time that wearing yellow clothes is not allowed here, she blinked, and although she was reluctant, she agreed.

After the reward for rescue came to an end, Zhan Zhao cupped his hands and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have already heard about the assassination, but I still have some doubts—even if this Xiao Chu has been operating in the capital for many years, how can he not?" Gathering so many people without being noticed? The guards are fine, and what is even more suspicious is how could the maids from the empress dowager's side be involved?"

Mentioning this, Zhao Zhen's expression became serious: "This matter is also my doubt. The reason why I called you and Xiren here today. Although the captured assassins confessed in unison that they were from Liao, I always feel that there are many doubts. , I hope you can check it out."

Bao Zheng frowned, the crescent moon between his forehead became more obvious, he cupped his hands and said: "I understand, I will definitely explain this matter to His Majesty."

Talking about business over there, Ye Shulan inevitably felt a little bored, looking around for some fun, Bai Yutang rubbed her head and asked in a low voice, "Bored again? Go out for a walk?"

"Yes?" Ye Shulan was overjoyed, and when the two of them were about to go out on tiptoe, they suddenly heard Zhao Zhen ask: "It's an accident that Ding Erxia and Bai Shaoxia were also involved, but I don't know if you two are interested in accompanying me." Help Zhan guards to find out together?"

Ding Er was listening to the conversation here, thinking about it, he felt suspicious, he was eager to try it, after all, the few days in the capital were really boring, and after checking things out, he could gain the favorability of the emperor, so he immediately I nodded.

Bai Yutang was called out abruptly, he had no idea what he was talking about here, when he heard Ding Er's answer, and seeing the wink from his elder brother, he also nodded.

Zhao Zhen clapped his palms and laughed: "Okay, okay. With the help of two young men, I think this matter will be cleared up soon——Xiren, you can save your mind and concentrate on next year's scientific examination."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion!" Bao Zheng hurriedly thanked him.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang and Ding Er with a half-smile and bowed his hands to thank him.

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Yeah. It's still early in the day, Zhan Zhao, you guys start to investigate now while the clues haven't been destroyed. Tonight, I'm going to give a banquet in the Imperial Garden, and you can go directly to the banquet after you investigate for a while. It also saves you the trouble of going back and forth.”

"Zhan Zhao leads the order." Zhan Zhao saluted, then turned to look at Ding Zhaohui and Bai Yutang: "Second Brother Ding, Fifth Master Bai, shall we start now?"

Bai Yutang, who was about to go out, looked left at Eldest Brother with a look of relief, Ding Er was full of interest, looked at the Emperor with great interest, looked right at Zhan Zhao, his eyes were full of sympathy, and suddenly felt, did he accidentally sell himself?

The three of Zhan Zhao were going to investigate the case, so Ye Shulan and Ding Yuehua naturally followed.

"I'm still a novice in investigating cases, how do I investigate?" Ding Zhaohui rubbed his hands, obviously looking forward to it, turned his head to see Bai Yutang's expressionless face, and leaned over: "Hey, hey, Bai Laowu, do you know how to investigate?" case?"

Bai Yutang didn't bother to talk to him.

Zhan Zhao looked left and right, and suddenly felt——Your Majesty, you should return Master Bao to me, with two laymen, you can investigate a ghost case!

"Since I don't have a clue..." Ye Shulan raised her hand to signal, "Why don't we go and get some food first! I heard that the Imperial Dim Sum is very delicious!"

……

——Not only a layman, but also a foodie family member, your majesty, you really should return Mr. Bao!

However, no matter how dissatisfied Master Mao was with his companions’ lack of cooperation, he finally pointed out the location of the imperial dining room for them, but in the end he got questioning looks from Ye Shulan: “How do you know the location of the imperial dining room? No one here will give you food, so you have to go to the imperial dining room to get it yourself?"

Zhan Zhao was speechless—although it was part of the truth... But why couldn't they think that, as Zhan Zhao's guard, knowing the map of the palace was the most basic requirement?

Not long after that, five people squatted on the roof of the imperial dining room with a few plates of snacks and a few jugs.

Zhan Zhao held up two plates full of snacks: "Why do you have to steal them out to eat?"

Everyone looks at Ye Shulan.

"This..." Ye Shulan paused for a moment, then smirked: "...It's delicious to steal."—Actually, she got used to stealing in Hidden Sword Villa.At the time when they were in Cangjian Villa, the children preferred sweet snacks to meals, and they would skip meals every time because they ate too many snacks. of.After so many years of stealing, I didn't expect it to become a habit... Thinking of Hidden Sword Villa, Ye Shulan felt a little lost, wondering what happened to the owner of the villa, Ye Fang and them...

Just as he was thinking about it, a piece of white pastry suddenly appeared in front of him. It was fragrant, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Yunpian Cake. When he looked up, it was indeed Bai Yutang: "Eating something will make you feel better."

Ye Shulan immediately frowned with a smile, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" ate the cloud cake.

Well.Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and immediately pulled his hand away from Ye Shulan's mouth, as if just now...

Lowering her head, Ye Shulan met Ye Shulan's slightly apologetic eyes: "I ate too fast, I seem to have bitten you...Sorry..."

That kind of warm and moist feeling should be said to be licked, right?Bai Yutang's heart tightened inexplicably, he subconsciously rubbed his licked index finger, then quickly let go, pretending to be calm and saying: "It's nothing."

As for the three people next to them, they were completely ignored.

Ding Zhaohui put the snacks on the ridge of the house, folded his arms and pretended to be deep, but actually laughed in his heart a long time ago, these two are really interesting; Zhan Zhao shook his head helplessly. Really...; As for Ding Yuehua, just looking at her, she felt inexplicably ashamed, she quickly turned her head to one side...but suddenly opened her eyes wide, and patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder next to her: "Brother Zhan, look at your side!" -"

Zhan Zhao was brought back to his senses by the slap, and looked over: "What's wrong?"

"That court lady—" Ding Yuehua pointed to the sneaky figure over there, and after a closer look, it was indeed a palace maid decoration, "It was one of the assassins that day, why wasn't it arrested?!"

The others were also attracted by the movement here. Zhan Zhao squinted and looked over, while Ding Zhaohui was somewhat skeptical: "Yuehua, are you sure? The clothes and hair accessories of these maids are almost exactly the same. Could it be a mistake?"

"It's the same for you guys, but it's different for girls." Ding Yuehua gave Ding Er a white look, "I'm sure! At that time she drew a golden hairpin to assassinate Concubine Pang, but I took the giant que It flew away, I happened to be facing her at the time, and I remember it very clearly."

"Go and have a look!" Zhan Zhao casually dropped the plate in his hand, and flew away with lightness kung fu.The Ding brothers and sisters followed closely behind.

Bai Yutang looked at Ye Shulan's interested expression, then glanced at the snack in his hand, "Let's go too."

"Yes." Ye Shulan nodded, and the two immediately dropped the snacks and wine in their hands and chased after them.

When he was about to approach, Zhan Zhao suddenly reached out his hand to stop a few people: "Wait a minute, it's not for good to see her sneaky appearance. Let's follow behind and see what she does."

You still have to listen to what the experts say, and the others nodded and followed lightly.These five people are martial arts practitioners after all, it is very simple to avoid being found by the maid, and the journey has been smooth.

The further he walked, the more doubts Zhan Zhao felt, and his brows gradually frowned.

Seeing this, Ding Yuehua was very strange, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, Brother Zhan?"

"This place... has been rumored to have ghosts in the palace, and very few maids dare to come here alone. What is she coming for?"

"Maybe it's this maid who spread the rumor of ghosts here..." Ye Shulan followed closely and whispered.

"But people did die here... I saw it in the archives of the mansion, but it was several years ago. In recent years, few people have come here, and there have been no more accidents. The previous cases have been ignored... …After all, the Kaifeng mansion has limited energy, so it can’t manage that far.”

It was rare for Ding Zhaohui to be serious: "That's indeed a bit strange... such a big matter, this court lady alone must not be able to do it."

"Keep watching."

The maid walked for a long time and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated palace.

Zhan Zhao immediately signaled everyone to hide.There happened to be a lot of tall trees planted around, with flourishing branches and leaves, and everyone climbed up the nearby trees lightly and deftly, and squatted down.

The palace maid looked around, and when she realized that there was no one there, she took out a loud arrow from her sleeve and fired it, then knelt down on the ground.

Everyone lay on the tree and looked down.At that moment, a voice suddenly came from the dilapidated palace, summoning: "Come in."

man's voice?Everyone frowned.

The little maid tidied up a bit, then entered tremblingly.

Soon there was a faint voice of conversation coming from inside, the voice was a bit low, and everyone couldn't hear it clearly, Ye Shulan looked at Zhan Zhao who was on the other tree—won't you go in?

Zhan Zhao waved his hand - you stay here.

Then stepping on the branches, he reached the roof of the dilapidated palace in a few jumps, with a dexterous posture, without making a sound.

The four people on the tree couldn't help admiring secretly in their hearts - Zhan Zhao's lightness kung fu is quite decent.

After a while, when Ye Shulan was about to be bored, Zhan Zhao's expression changed suddenly, and he jumped directly into the hall from the roof. The four people on the tree looked at each other and rushed in together.

I saw Zhan Zhao half-kneeling in front of the hall, holding the maid's shoulders with both hands: "Cheer up, I'll go find the imperial doctor right away!"

"No, no need." As soon as the maid spoke, a big mouthful of blood vomited out of her mouth, "Tell the emperor, be careful, be careful, the prince..."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, and immediately asked, "Which prince?"

"Be careful..." the maid said, vomiting another mouthful of blood, tilting her head and closing her eyes.

Zhan Zhao felt for the pulse of the other party, then let it go helplessly, his voice was a little low: "...dead. Move back later and ask Mr. Gongsun to have a look."

Seeing a person die in front of her, Ye Shulan couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, she couldn't help turning her face away, and Bai Yutang, who was standing beside her, reached out and stroked her head gently.

It was rare for Ding Zhaohui not to laugh when he saw the interaction between the two, and leaned against the door frame with his arms folded—he had seen a lot of life and death, but he wasn't too sad, but death is the most important thing, and he can still show the necessary respect.

Zhan Zhao still maintained a half-kneeling posture, his face was full of annoyance - if he had come in earlier, this court lady might not have to die...

Ding Yuehua looked left and right, finally walked up to Zhan Zhao, knelt down, and carefully wiped the blood from the corner of the maid's mouth with a handkerchief, bit her lip, and finally mustered up the courage to take Zhan Zhao's hand, comfortingly said : "Brother Zhan, don't be sorry. Even if you rescue this court lady, she will be charged with assassinating the concubine. But, sooner or later. Now, we should find out who is behind her as soon as possible."

The girl's hands softened, and Zhan Zhao felt a little better after being comforted by Ding Yuehua. He nodded, turned around to look at the crowd, and began to talk about what he had just heard: "There should be only that man here just now... this palace maid Tell that person about today's assassination - we saw most of the things, as for why she wasn't caught..." Zhan Zhao looked at Ding Yuehua helplessly at this point, "It's because of Yuehua With too much strength, she directly took people out of the battle. She fell into a coma and didn't wake up until noon. At this time, the matter was almost over. Everyone thought that everyone who should be arrested had been caught, but she was missed. And that man was very cautious in his words, he only said the master, but he didn't make it clear who the master was. But according to what the maid said just now, the master is probably who the prince is... However, it's not clear which prince it is... ..."

When Zhan Zhao said this, he couldn't help but frowned—the prince was involved, this case might not be easy.

Prince?The others looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't know much about these royal families, at most they only knew about the famous Eighth Prince, but it should be impossible to call the Eighth Prince the Eight Worthy King, right?

"Then, can we still investigate this case?" Ye Shulan asked - the secret of the royal family, won't it be silenced if it is found out?

When Ye Shulan mentioned it, Zhan Zhao also came to his senses: "I'll go and talk to the emperor, let's see what he wants."

Zhan Zhao went to Zhao Zhen to report the progress of the case investigation, while Ye Shulan and Bai Yutang were going back to the roof of the imperial dining room to continue eating. Unexpectedly, they met a maid on the way, and the maid cried out in surprise when she saw Ding Yuehua : "Ah, it's Miss Ding."

Ding Yuehua was already a little afraid of the maid because of the matter with the maid just now. Hearing what the other party said, he quickly took a closer look, and after confirming that he didn't know him, he asked suspiciously: "Do you know me?"

"Ah, why don't you recognize me?" The court lady came over and took her hand familiarly, "You guys have seen Miss Ding's heroic appearance in the morning, who doesn't recognize it! Speaking of which, it's really thanks to Miss Ding, otherwise we Miserable for the palace maid!"

Ding Yuehua glanced at the other party's clothes again, and vaguely remembered that the maids around the empress dowager seemed to be dressed like this - this person probably served in front of the empress dowager.

In fact, what happened this morning is not only the empress dowager who thanked them, but also the maids and other servants. Well, I guess I will have to be punished for the crime of protecting the lord. The maid saw Bai Yutang and Ding Zhaohui in a blink of an eye, she couldn't help but blushed, and saluted: "These two are Ding Erxia and Bai Shaoxia, my maidservant." It's polite."

Bai Yutang still had a cold face and ignored her, Ding Zhaohui looked at her with a smile: "What's your name?"

"My servant, Caiyun, is served by the Empress Dowager." Caiyun blushed even more, and quickly lowered her head to answer.

Ye Shulan and Ding Yuehua immediately looked at him with contempt—the maids in front of the empress dowager dare to tease him, be careful not to be spotted by the empress, and promise it to you directly!

After lowering her head, Caiyun saw Ye Shulan: "Ah, Miss Xiaoding is here too! I didn't see it just now, I'm really rude."

Ye Shulan glanced at her and puffed up her cheeks angrily—what does it mean that she only saw me?And... "It's not Miss Xiaoding, the lady's surname is Ye!"

"Oh, Miss Ye." Caiyun covered her mouth and snickered, "Miss Ye's heroic maidservant didn't see it, but I heard from other sisters that she is even more powerful!"

Only then did Ye Shulan feel a little more balanced-what's wrong with being short, being short is only temporary, but high or low martial arts are for a lifetime!She will definitely grow again!

Caiyun continued to look at Ye Shulan with a smile—it was just like what the sisters said, it was small and lumpy, but it carried such a big sword on its back, so cute!

After a while, Caiyun asked again: "By the way, where are you going?"

"Yu...uh, just strolling around." Ye Shulan almost slipped her tongue, but immediately changed her words.

"Then why don't you go to see the Empress Dowager with the maidservant?" Caiyun warmly invited, "What happened this morning frightened the Empress. She must be very happy to be able to pass.”

"But..." Ye Shulan glanced at Bai Yutang, Tangtang didn't eat lunch until now...

"The empress dowager's bedroom is a little far away from the empress dowagers' bedroom. Young hero Bai and Erxia Ding can also go there." Caiyun didn't know what the other party was thinking, seeing that the other party looked at Bai Yutang, she thought it was because she was worried that Bai Yutang and the others could not go.

Ding Yuehua said: "But we still have to wait for Brother Zhan..."

"Guard Zhan?" Caiyun tilted her head, "I seem to have seen Guard Zhan go to the Imperial Study Room just now... Let's go, I'll find someone to go to the Imperial Study Room to inform Guard Guard Zhan, and when he finishes talking to His Majesty, he will be able to I found it - he knows the layout of the palace very well!"

Several people looked at each other, and it seemed that there was nothing to refuse, so let's just go and have a look.

...Besides, Ding Yuehua suddenly remembered the maid from just now. Since that maid was omitted, I don't know if there are any other assassins that were missed from the Empress Dowager... It's good to go and have a look.

In the imperial study room, Zhao Zhen stood with his back to Zhan Zhao, frowning as if he was troubled.

Zhan Zhao knelt on one knee.He just said what he had found during the temporary investigation, and the body of the palace lady was immediately sent to Kaifeng for Mr. Gongsun to check. There is no doubt about it.The emperor didn't say anything after listening to it, but his expression was very troubled - it's normal to be troubled, the Zhao family has always been chaotic, and the two lines of Taizu and Taizong have always been in a mess when it comes to the succession of the throne. , the harder it is twisted, it is understandable that a prince wants to murder the emperor to seize orthodoxy.However, those Liao people's secret work is not all a disguise, at least, that Xiao Chu is really secret work.It's understandable to want to seek to usurp the throne, anyway, it's the Zhao family's own business, but it's not good to involve the Liao people... There is still a difference between usurping the throne and betraying the country.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Zhen finally said: "This case, let's stop here."

"Your Majesty?!" Zhan Zhao was astonished.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "I know it well. He's just as courageous... If there were no Liao people rushing forward, heh, these palace maids and guards might not be able to receive instructions until they die."

"But Your Majesty..." Zhan Zhao felt that it was inappropriate, after all, this involved a rebellious act of assassinating the king, how could it be left like this?

"...If this matter is to punish the Nine Clans, wouldn't even I have to be punished?" Zhao Zhen was still in the mood to joke, "Don't worry—after all, family ugliness should not be publicized...Okay, after the investigation is over, you can Find a place to rest first, don't leave, there will be a banquet tonight. Get back."

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to resign—but he was really curious, who is that prince?

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About the small theater derived from the content prompt:

[Team] Bai Yutang: Can I refuse to form a team?

System: I'm sorry, in this world, the emperor's will is supreme, and you have no right to refuse.

[Team] Zhan Zhao: By the way, obviously those two laymen applied to join my team, right?

[Team] Ye Shulan: Ah~~ Tangtang didn't get to eat again!Poor Tangtang~~ Humo [Team] Ding Yuehua: I said Ye Zi, can you be more reserved when you are in love!I blush for you!

[Team] Ding Zhaohui: How strong can you and Zhan Zhao be?I'm so jealous... I'm begging for love QAQ