The prince is hard to serve

The noise next door didn't last long, it took about a cup of tea before it stopped suddenly.

After the movement stopped, not long after, the three nuns walked in together, holding Si Ruo, who was all wet, as if she had been fished out of the water.

Walking to the center of the room, they put Si Ruo down and let her sit on her knees on the ground, while they bowed respectfully to Concubine De Gui and Concubine Xian.

Putting down the teacup in her hand, Concubine Degui raised her eyes, glanced at Si Ruo who was collapsed on the ground, then looked at them again, and said softly: "How is it? This court lady can recruit the person behind the scenes gone?"

Wang Momo stood up and said respectfully, "I want to report to your empress, this court lady has already confessed."

Hearing this, Concubine Degui raised her hand to caress her temples, with a smile on her brow, she casually asked: "Oh? Who ordered her to poison and murder the Second Prince?"

After hearing this, Concubine Xian also tilted her head, staring closely at them with a serious and serious expression.

Wang Momo lowered her head and whispered, "This... this old slave dare not answer."

"Why don't you dare!"

Concubine Degui frowned slightly, with a cold face, and reprimanded sharply: "Behind you, standing is this Palace, and this Palace is directly ordered by His Majesty. Is there anyone who can be more intimidating than Your Majesty? Does it scare you?"

"The old slave dare not—" The three of them knelt down together, buried their heads extremely low, and after a while, raised their heads slightly and looked at each other.

They deliberated with each other for a while, and then it was Wang Momo who came forward and replied again: "The person behind the scenes that the court lady confessed to is, is the concubine Liang."

She already knew the answer in her heart, but on the surface, Concubine Degui still pretended to be shocked, and even almost knocked down the teacup on the side, she confirmed again: "Is what you said true?"

Wang Momo lowered her head and said humbly: "I dare not lie, this is indeed recruited by this court lady, the empress can confront her."

Turning her head, Concubine Degui looked at Concubine Xian beside her, blinked her eyes a few times, and then deliberately asked: "Sister, do you want to confirm with them again?"

She knew that the reason why Concubine Xian, who had always disliked noise and devoted herself to chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, asked Emperor Yan for his order to participate in this interrogation was to beware of her, fearing that she would play tricks during the interrogation.

"No need." Not wanting to stay here any longer, Concubine Xian stood up expressionlessly. She glanced at Concubine Degui condescendingly, and then said in a low voice, "Since I have already asked the person behind the scenes, I will directly Leave it to His Majesty to decide, whether it is true or not, you will be able to distinguish it at a glance when you are in front of His Majesty, and you and I don't need to speculate at will."

After thinking carefully for a moment, Concubine De Gui nodded and said: "That should be the case, it's my sister who is thoughtful." After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hand again, pointed to Mother Wang, and said to her: "You follow me to the main hall, Your Majesty reports, as for Nanny Zhou and Nanny Li, you should go down and wait."

"Yes."

They responded respectfully, and immediately, Nanny Zhou and Nanny Li bowed their bodies, lowered their heads, and retreated first, leaving only Nanny Wang standing where they were.

Seeing them retreat, Concubine Degui straightened her sleeves, followed Concubine Xian, and also stood up. She turned her head and ordered a few eunuchs to bring Si Ruo back to the main hall first, and then a maid helped her Started, walked slowly, and left this temporary 'torture room'.

And Wang Momo followed behind her step by step.

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The words are divided into two ends, at this time, in the main hall.

During the period of waiting for the results of the interrogation, Emperor Yan did not sit idle without saying a word, but asked Yan Wenhao carefully about the few things that happened in the past few days. Occasionally, he would Turning his gaze to Mu Ziling who was beside Yan Wenhao, he stopped by and asked him a question.

Emperor Yan has always known that Mu Ziling followed Mu Jiyan since he was a child, and was hailed as a child prodigy at a young age. When he grew up, he never lost sight of the crowd, but became more and more outstanding, and became a well-known talent inside and outside the capital. .

Moreover, there is even a saying that Nan Yu Bei admires.

Nan Yu refers to Yu Huainan, the direct son of the Yu clan in the south of the Yangtze River, while Bei Mu refers to Mu Ziling, the direct son of Yanjing's Mu family, Mu Jiyan.

Previously, Emperor Yan disliked Mu Ziling as a man, and because he married into the royal family, the royal family became a laughing stock in the world, and the common people talked about it after tea and dinner, so he was displeased and directly ignored Mu Ziling's true nature. He is admired by scholars all over the world, and has the status of a talented scholar.

Now, because of the appearance of Mu Ziling, Yan Wenhao has gradually recovered and been regenerated as the national teacher said; the strange disease that has made all the imperial doctors helpless for so many years in Yan Wenhao's body is in a short period of time. Within a few months, he was cured.

This made Emperor Yan no longer only have a single dislike for Mu Ziling, but also gradually became more satisfied.

When Emperor Yan changed his previous attitude towards him and suddenly became friendly, Mu Ziling felt a lot of surprise in his heart, but he soon understood.

——The reason for the sudden change is nothing but because of Yan Wenhao.

Couldn't help turning his head to the side, and glanced at Yan Wenhao, who was calm and composed. Mu Ziling couldn't help thinking that if Emperor Yan knew, Yan Wenhao planned and designed all of this from beginning to end. What kind of expression would he have...?

However, such thoughts flashed through his mind quickly when he just learned the truth, when he was the most angry and sad, and never appeared again.

He knew that it was impossible for him, and he would not have the heart to really report the truth to Emperor Yan.

He likes Yan Wenhao.

Still immersed in his own thoughts and unable to extricate himself, Mu Ziling's eyes were emptied, and the voices from the outside world were no longer heard, and even Emperor Yan's questioning was completely ignored by him.

After not seeing Mu Ziling answering himself for a long time, Emperor Yan frowned, and a trace of displeasure flashed across his face.

Seeing Emperor Yan's changed expression, Yan Wenhao hurriedly took a step forward, and explained for Mu Ziling: "The reason for Qianhe to do this is because the minister asked Qianhe a question during dinner, and Qianhe didn't think of it at the time. The answer, but if Er Chen gives him some time, he will figure it out."

Shaking his head, Yan Wenhao gave a doting smile, and then continued: "This is the nature of modesty. He wants to think thoroughly about any problem. Now he may have thought about that problem again, so he left God, I hope Father will forgive me."

Hearing this, Emperor Yan gradually loosened his frowning eyebrows, and gradually dissipated the displeasure on his face, and became interested in the question Yan Wenhao asked: "Hao'er, what question did you ask Mu Ziling?" ?”

Yan Wenhao said with a smile: "It's just a small interesting question. I'm playing with Qian He. If the father is curious, I will be bold enough to ask you a question?"

Tapping the low table beside him lightly with his index finger, Emperor Yan laughed, nodded slightly, and said with great interest: "Well, tell me."

Therefore, Yan Wenhao smiled and said a sentence, which contained the names of dozens of medicinal materials, and then he asked Emperor Yan with a smile, "Father, now you come to guess, the son-in-law mentioned earlier Among these herbs, which one is the most unsatisfactory?"

Hearing the question, Emperor Yan couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said helplessly, "What kind of question is this?"

Yan Wenhao smiled, even the brows of his brows were tinged with a lot of smiles, and then he replied with a smile: "Of course, ordinary questions can't be difficult for meekness, so, Erchen played tricks and came up with this trick. Question, this is one of the games my uncle often played with Erchen back then, and I couldn’t think about the answer from a conventional perspective. Erchen didn’t understand it at the time, and my uncle always stuck white notes all over his head, and cried to find his mother. Complain..."

His tone was full of memories, Yan Wenhao finished speaking with a smile, and after a pause, he asked again: "Father, have you thought of the answer?"

Hearing Yan Wenhao's sudden mention of Yunjing, Emperor Yan's eyes suddenly paused, and after a while, the smile on his face gradually faded, and his eyes were full of nostalgia, and in the depths of his eyes, there was still a There was a deep pain that was completely undetectable.

After being silent for a while, Emperor Yan came back to his senses, and then replied quietly, but his voice became a little hoarse, and it seemed ethereal and distant: "Is it ginseng?"

He vaguely remembered that when Yunjing returned from meritorious service and was injured by a sword, he personally sent a plant of thousand-year-old ginseng to Yunjing to mend it. At that time, Yunjing was leaning on the head of the bed, staring at Looking at the ginseng in the box for a long time, after a long silence, he suddenly looked up at him, blinked at him, and asked with a smile, "Do you know what is the most unsatisfactory medicinal material in the world?"

At that time, he couldn't answer it, but now, when he heard the question again, he already understood it.

Back then, Yun Jing wanted to tell him, and at the same time, to comfort him, that nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life must not be fully estimated, so there is no need to pay too much attention to the truth of everything——

At that time, he was worrying about his position in the Eastern Palace.

Lowering his head, Emperor Yan pondered quietly for a while, and when he raised his head again, all the expressions he had shown just now had all subsided, returning to the same appearance as before.

Turning his head, Emperor Yan asked Fuxi, "How long has it been?"

Fu Xi immediately replied: "Your Majesty, half an hour has passed."

Emperor Yan frowned, thought for a while, and ordered: "Send someone to go and see how Concubine De Gui and Concubine Xian's interrogation of that maid is going?"

Fuxi nodded, and then called a little eunuch, whispered something in his ear, and the little eunuch hurried out after listening.

But the little eunuch had just left for a short time, and soon trotted in again: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine and the virtuous concubine are back."

As soon as his words fell, Concubine Degui took the first step and walked in with gentle steps.

Cursing her lips, Concubine De Gui smiled sweetly. She saluted Emperor Yan, and then said softly: "Your Majesty, the concubine has fulfilled her mission. I have already asked the person behind the scenes."

Hearing this, Emperor Yan's eyes flashed a smile, he smiled and stretched out his hand to Concubine De Gui, took her to sit beside him, then patted her hand lightly, and said softly: "Well, Concubine Ai has worked hard, There is Concubine Lao."

Shaking her head lightly, Concubine De Gui replied softly: "It is the honor of my concubine to be able to share your majesty's worries. How can we talk about hard work." My sister is helping."

After hearing the words, Emperor Yan turned his head, glanced at Concubine Xian who was still kneeling in the center of the main hall and kept her posture of saluting, and said in a low voice: "Get up without courtesy, Concubine Xian, I have to trouble you today. "