miscalculation

Xiao Cheng wanted to enter the palace several times but failed, he was extremely anxious, but he had no idea.When I received Xiao Liang's letter that day, I felt strange, and people searched for Tian Shihua's whereabouts, but there was no trace.

He faintly felt that there was another force in the dark against him, but he couldn't figure out what it was about.In the past few days, he wanted to discuss with the general Gu Zhao, but felt that it was a bit fussy.He didn't expect that his father would ask Dali Siqing to intervene in this matter, so he really wanted to go to Gu's mansion.Just listen to the word from the palace, let him immediately enter the palace to face the saint.

He was apprehensive, knowing that this matter might not be easy, as soon as he entered the Chonghua Hall, he knelt down to salute, but it was too late to see Xiao Yi calling himself up.

"Cheng'er, my father was unwell a few days ago, so I couldn't listen to your detailed report on Lu Yuefeng. Now I want to hear you tell it from beginning to end." Xiao Yi sat on the dragon chair and asked him with closed eyes.

"Reporting to my father, the people who followed the third brother came to the palace that day and reported that the third brother was missing in Luyue Peak. The father asked my son to investigate. The son searched for three days with his troops, and the whole mountain was turned over. After searching all over, only a few bodies of palace servants were found. The third brother and his personal entourage, Xiaoge, were not among them, but only the clothes that the third brother was wearing at that time were found on the cliff. My son thought that the third emperor My younger brother accidentally fell down the valley, but the bottom of the valley was filled with corpses of palace officials. My son thought to himself, if it was an accidental fall, it would be impossible for everyone to fall at the same time. On the big tree by the cliff, there were traces of a thick rope wrapped around it. Therefore, Erchen felt that it must be the third brother who saw the egg of the divine bird on the edge of the cliff, and he asked someone to tie a rope to go down to get it. However, Erchen didn't understand why all the other palace people fell. When I got up, it seemed that everyone was pulling the rope and was pulled down by the rope. Because there is a row of footprints on the edge of the cliff, they were obviously dragged over."

"Did you find anything at the scene, such as Jie'er's sword?" Xiao Yi opened his eyes and raised his hand to make him stand up.

"My son only saw the broken sword of the third emperor's brother, which seemed to be broken by a sharp blade, and there was still half of his sleeve. It seemed that someone was fighting with him at the scene, but on this cliff, the place for fighting is extremely narrow There are five attendants brought by Sanhuangdi, and it is already very crowded, if one more person is added, I am afraid that it will be even more unstable, so I don't understand the relationship between them." Xiao Cheng talked eloquently, and said all at once over.

"Listen, forgive me, you found Jie'er's jade pendant in Hua Nong Pavilion?" Xiao Yi said coldly.

Xiao Cheng hurriedly knelt down and said: "Father, my son is convicted. I concealed this matter at the beginning, and I really didn't want to worry you. I wanted to investigate secretly, and I hope my father will forgive me!"

"Ridiculous! How dare you hide such a major matter, and dare to beg for mercy now! Do you really think I am a fool? You just want to use the smooth flow to attract attention to Huanong Pavilion, and use the jade pendant to make me suspicious. Once traced , Tian Shihua naturally ran, and even the Taifu Yin Zhonglin was involved, so naturally Concubine Lan Gui was not spared. I know, you have always been afraid of Zheng'er, and you think he is a threat. Especially because he is very close to Liang'er , you are even more unwilling to let go. Tell me honestly, why are you staring at Huanong Pavilion, and how did Jie'er's jade pendant get there?"

Xiao Liang was startled all of a sudden, he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "I am guilty! I am guilty!"

"You know Tian Shihua, and you also understand that the relationship between the Tian family and their Yin family is very important, so you know the relationship. It is because Zheng'er's grandmother's surname is Tian, ​​so he will never be the candidate for the heir apparent. Do you understand what I said?"

"My son, my son..." Xiao Cheng suddenly lost his composure and turned pale with shock.

"Tell me! How on earth do you know about Huanong Pavilion and Tian Shihua!" Xiao Yi slapped the table and asked, obviously really angry.

"My son... I overheard it by accident." Xiao Cheng knelt on the ground and said.

"Hmph, did you bury a secret clue in Concubine Chen's bedroom, hoping to hear some information? That's how you got this clue?" Xiao Yi knew in his heart that it must be Xiao Cheng who saw Concubine Liu Chen and Concubine Lan Gui in the palace. Beloved, I worry day and night that the throne will fall into the hands of the two of them.Therefore, even though he was dealing with Concubine Ji Shu and Xiao Jue on the surface, in his heart he wanted to get rid of Xiao Zheng before he was quick.It's just because Xiao Yunxiang has an abnormal mind after all, so he has no chance to be emperor.

Concubine Liu Chen must have known about Xiao Cheng's methods and used her tricks to make Xiao Cheng think that Tian Shihua was really a great help to Xiao Zheng, and that's why she did such a stupid thing.

"You child, that's all. If your mother hadn't left too early and didn't have time to tell your uncle about the Tian family, how could you be deceived to such an extent today." Xiao Yi sighed, and then asked, "Even so , you child, how could you harm your third and fourth younger brothers all of a sudden!"

"Father, my son didn't. Who did the third emperor listen to to go to Luyue Peak? My son really didn't know him, let alone why he disappeared. At that time, he was just searching the mountain according to the order, and he did find his jade pendant. I want to bring it Putting the blame on Hua Nong Pavilion, so I took the jade pendant to deceive Xiao Qi. I thought that if Hua Nong Pavilion was involved, the Yin family could be overthrown." Xiao Cheng said categorically.

"Did you kill Jiaonu and set the blame on Zheng'er?" Xiao Yi asked.

"My son really doesn't know the ins and outs of this matter, please look into it!" Xiao Cheng repeatedly kowtowed, and suddenly the skin on his forehead was broken, and blood oozed out.

"Lang'er has been close to you since childhood, even closer than Jie'er. You actually used him to worry about your brother's safety, and you wanted to use him to overthrow Huanong Pavilion. You said that the matter of Jiao Nu has nothing to do with you, if it is true How could it be such a coincidence? I don't know whether what you said is true or not. What if you found Zheng'er on the cliff, killed him, and then conspired to seize the jade pendant, plant Huanong Pavilion, and bring down Zheng'er. Then I should How? Cheng'er, you are really confused! How can I trust you now?!"

Xiao Yi trembled with anger, and continued: "I thought that you and Liang'er had a deep brotherhood, and that you would definitely look for Zhang'er for Liang'er's sake. You have really disappointed father."

"Father, my son is not convinced. These are just your speculations, and there is no real evidence. How can you do it!" Xiao Cheng shouted.

"You still dare to quibble. Father wanted you to confide something, so he will be punished lightly. If Meng Guangbin hadn't found letters in Siyue and Xiaoliu's room, with your handwriting on them, why would he call you here today? I will go Interrogated the two, but they bit their tongues and killed themselves. Isn't that clear enough?"

"Father, someone must have bought the two of them, put the blame on the son-in-law, and then framed the fourth younger brother. This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone! Father, the son-in-law is wronged!" Xiao Cheng was anxious, and knew that this matter would be difficult. up.

"Come here, let the eldest prince stay and be detained by Dali Temple." Xiao Yi waved his hand, and someone dragged Xiao Cheng away.

After a long time, Xiao Yi stood up slowly, walked to the portrait of Empress Jiayuan, and sighed softly: "Yuanyuan, what can I do? If you are here, you will definitely be able to give me some advice." He After finishing speaking, he straightened and passed out.