After the scum of the enemy prince, I got pregnant

The aftershocks of the turmoil at the court meeting that day had not yet reached the alley in Chang'an, and the secret talks between the prince and the saint in the Lizheng Palace were even more secret.Therefore, when Li Pei came out of Daming Palace safely, everyone was still a little dazed. After hearing the news, the subordinate officials who were waiting outside the East Palace waited eagerly, until the chariot landed outside the mansion, and then they all gathered around.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" Wang Lu asked as he helped the prince get off the chariot with one hand.

Although Wang Lu followed the crown prince all the way, he was already aware of the result, but because Li Pei was not in Chang'an, the subordinates in the East Palace had been in fear for too long, so his question was more like an answer to the question. A kind of appeasement from everyone.

Li Pei only half-raised his eyes, said a short "um", and was about to step into the gate of the mansion.

However, the reception in the East Palace, which had been brewing for several months, was obviously not as simple as it seemed. After Wang Lu got the prince's response, he immediately clapped his hands in a certain direction, and a group of servants came from nowhere to bring a few Whip, as he said, he was going to hang it in front of the East Palace gate.

After returning from the saint's place, Li Pei's interest was not very high, but the noise around him still made him stop involuntarily.

Wang Lu looked at Li Pei's eyes and glanced at the beaming red whip, and then he didn't know what to think of. The originally tense jaw line suddenly softened a lot, and his eyes also relaxed.

"What is this for?" Li Pei asked.

Wang Lu, who didn't know the common sense that red firecrackers are most commonly used on wedding days, hurriedly explained with a smile: "This is not your Highness's triumphant return from the battlefield. Are you going to be unlucky?"

The smile on Li Pei's face faded, "Go to bad luck?"

Wang Lu nodded: "I heard that this is what people do in the market."

"Then let it go."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Wang Lu felt that when the prince said this, there was a bit of dangerous coldness in the dull tone.

"The king of Linzi is still missing, and there are many rumors in the market, and setting off the whip at this time is just right to send the entire East Palace and bad luck away."

"..."

Wang Lu was stunned for a while looking at the back figure that gradually disappeared behind the mansion gate.At that time, the servants on the side were still asking him if he was going to light the fire at the auspicious time, and the officials gathered around him with more than a dozen mouths opening and closing, not knowing what to say...

Then he finally had a flash of inspiration, and he caught some clues in the lively red atmosphere around him.

"Retreat first."

The servant who had just hung up the firecrackers gave a pause, and the subordinates on the side also fell silent, looking at Wang Lu suspiciously.It's just that the latter stepped through the door after saying that, followed the prince's footsteps and hurried towards the study——

"Wait until the princess comes back and then hang up..."

Before the lingering sound was over, everyone looked at each other with surprised eyes.

Princess?

When did the East Palace have a princess?

……

With no one else around, Wang Lu closed the door of the study, and saw the prince was sorting out the secret documents on the table that he had read countless times, so he asked respectfully:

"That matter... the saint hasn't agreed yet?"

These secret documents are the clues to the Xu family's injustice case that Donggong has placed in the Yushitai Dali Temple and the Six Departments' cronies in the past few years.

As those nails buried in the court rise higher and higher, they are getting closer to the truth.And the letter that Li Pei received was the "key evidence" that Ke Shunzhe had found a few months ago and presented to the saint five years ago, which made the third division conclude that Uncle Xu was guilty——

Marry an official woman first, and then secretly bury her in the wilderness after the Dongchuang incident...

"I know it's perjury, but I still don't want to reverse the Xu family's case." Li Pei shook his head, looking thoughtfully at the traces of contradictions between the black and white words and the previous files. At present, it is far from enough to reach the saint.

"He said let me remember that the Xu family is guilty."

Wang Lu has been with the prince for more than ten years, and he guessed this result from watching the latter get off the chariot.Although he didn't know why the sage was so obsessed with condemning the Xu family, the father and son of the Tian family wanted to

This matter has been awkward for too long; one is the emperor and the other is the prince, both are the foundation of the country.Seeing that the turmoil in the court for more than five years is due to the instability of the reserve position, and the final solution is only one person who compromises first...

In terms of emotion and reason, that person should be the prince.

"Your Highness, or else..."

Wang Lu wanted to persuade, but just as he tried to say a few words, Li Pei suddenly threw the secret letter in his hand on the case.There was a lot of movement, blocking the words behind him in his throat.

"Since the saint's path doesn't work, that's all."

Wang Lu was overjoyed, "Your Highness is wise..."

"It's the same for Ke Shunzhe to speak."

"..."

Li Pei didn't say anything more, but compared to what he said he was determined to win, what the saint said to him in the Lizheng Hall was really disturbing, disturbing the pool of water that he had been unable to see through all these years. become more cloudy.

The Xu family was indeed wronged back then, but the sage said that he was guilty. Was it to vent his anger, or was there something else hidden?

The strange thing is that Uncle Xu Guo was tried in court for the last time in the Third Division—it was also the time when the saint came in person, and he finally admitted the death of the "official woman"...

"Your Highness!"

The voice of the commanding guard's report came from outside the door, pulling Li Pei back from his thoughts.

"Jincheng County sent an urgent document to Daming Palace, which is about the disappearance of King Linzi."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a sound of footsteps in the study, and the back door suddenly opened.

The lead guard was supposed to be Wang Lu who opened the door. He thought His Highness wanted him to come in and answer, but just as he was about to make a move, he looked up and saw that he was wearing a red court uniform. He was taken aback, and suddenly knelt down again.

"I don't know if it's His Highness..."

"What's going on in Jincheng County?"

Although the mention was made of King Linzi, when Li Pei heard the word "Jincheng", he thought that it was the necessary place to go from Mobei King City to Chang'an.Even though he had already guessed that Li Jiao would attack A Yin, he did not expect it to be so fast.

Sensing the solemnity in the prince's tone, the kneeling man shuddered, and hurriedly reported the news he had just received word for word:

"About [-] corpses of the Black Armored Army under King Linzi were dug up beside the official road [-] miles away from Jincheng County. Wu Zuo calculated the time, and only the carriages and horses of the new Minister of Rites passed by during that time, so it is preliminarily speculated that Linzi It is very likely that Wang was hijacked by him."

Although it was a hijacking, it can be seen that those who have seen the dug up corpses have an extremely bad guess in their hearts - maybe the king of Linzi is already in danger.

I have long heard that Fu Nanyin was extremely vicious when he was still the national teacher of Mobei, but he did not expect that this time the Central Plains actually lured wolves into the house.These black-armored troops could not have been dug out. If it hadn't been for God's eyes, the heavy rain outside Jincheng for three consecutive days washed the soil loose and revealed clues. There is no chance of seeing the light of day.

The appearance of death was extremely miserable, there were many scattered corpses that could not even make up a complete corpse.

Li Pei pursed his lips tightly, and his face darkened a bit.

The guards of the palace lowered their heads, not knowing what the prince's expression looks like now, they just told what they knew in a regular manner: "The edict from the guards in the palace before half a stick of incense, announced that several adults from the six departments will enter the palace to discuss matters."

This is what I want to discuss.

The prince's life is hanging by a thread. The murderer is not the prince, but the minister appointed by the saint. This incident is enough to shock the government and the public.If the latter crime is confirmed, the death penalty is simply not enough to punish the evil.

"Ke Shilang from the Ministry of Rites also entered the palace?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the saint only announced Zhao Shilang, but did not pass on the decree of Ke Shilang's residence."

Without Ke Shunzhe?

Instead, Zhao Shuncai was announced?

A trace of surprise flashed across Li Pei's eyes, and he immediately thought of the saint's attitude when he mentioned Fu Nanyin in the Legislative Hall yesterday, which was completely different from that of a few months ago when he wanted to use it to eliminate future troubles.If at that time he could understand that it was because of the eldest grandson of the emperor who had not announced it to the world, then today it is clearly about the matter of the king of Linzi, but he left the latter's confidantes alone, what is the reason for such a subtle behavior?

"Prepare the chariot, I have to go out of the house alone."

Afterwards, Wang Lu heard about the Jincheng County incident, so he naturally knew

It is said that the situation at this time is really unfavorable for their future princesses.With a calm heart, he subconsciously asked:

"Your Highness is going to enter the palace?"

Li Pei tied his robe with one hand, and ordered the guards to go down with the other hand. He was still thinking about those unsolved doubts—for example, when he mentioned the Xu family, the saint talked about Fu Nanyin and Ning Xu...

"Go to Kefu."

Wang Lu followed closely behind, and said in surprise, "Are you looking for Ke Shunzhe at this time?"

Thinking about the crown prince just saying that he wanted Ke Shunzhe to tell the truth about the framing of the Xu family five years ago, Wang Lu couldn't help but feel a little absurd.In the past, the prince cared so much about Fu Nanyin, not to mention the first two years when the two were in Chang'an, even a few months ago the prince risked his life to go to Mobei King City...

Wang Lu's thoughts stopped abruptly here.

He looked at Li Pei who was walking straight towards the gate of the mansion, and suddenly realized something.

Did the prince chase Mobei that day because of Fu Nanyin?Or is it to pave the road to subjugation in Mobei?After all, the request he made to the saint before inviting Zhan Mobei... was from the Xu family.

Thinking of this, Wang Lu's eyes changed, and he finally let out a sigh.

What happened five years ago was like a nightmare. He once thought that Funanyin was the one who could pull the prince out of it...

……

There was an eerie tranquility inside and outside the Ke Mansion. Some servants had been standing in front of the door waiting for something. Li Pei guessed that they were waiting for the summons from the inner guard to bring them into the palace. Unfortunately, things backfired, and it was Prince Yi who waited. drive.

We all know that the servant of the Ministry of Rites has always been at odds with the East Palace, and later turned to the King of Linzi, so the crown prince came to Ke's mansion for the first time, and the whole mansion was shocked.

Even when Ke Shunzhe saw the person coming, he couldn't hide his astonishment for a moment.After inviting people to sit down, he suddenly asked Li Pei:

"Your Highness came here for the matter of Fu Shangshu?"

He did not deny that some contents of Jincheng County's expedited documents showed traces of him contributing to the flames, but he did it in a concealed manner, and it was nothing compared to the fact that Fu Nanyin killed a thousand black armored soldiers.

"If so, shouldn't His Highness go to Daming Palace at this time?"

Li Pei looked at him, without the anxious gaffe in Ke Shunzhe's image on his face, but smiled inexplicably, took out a yellowed letter from his sleeve, and pushed it towards him.

"Gu this time is not for others, but an old thing."

Ke Shunzhe glanced at the letter in surprise, he didn't need to open it, but when he saw those few lines, his expression settled down.

"The case of the Marquis of Anping, the iron case settled by the sage Jinkou Yuyu, His Highness is still brooding after so many years?"

Although it was a question, everyone in the government and the public knew that the prince and the saint had become so intimidated in the past five years because of this iron case and this brooding.But Ke Shunzhe knew more than others. He said that because he wanted to dislike Li Pei.

It's just extremely abnormal, the latter didn't feel annoyed at all, instead, he put on an appearance of humbly asking for advice, and asked:

"Gu just doesn't understand a little bit, please enlighten Ke Shilang."

Ke Shunzhe: "Don't dare, please speak, Your Highness."

"Has the servant heard about the incident between the Marquis of Anping and the concubine Ning Xu of the Princess of Qin?"

As soon as these words came out, Ke Shunzhe's face suddenly changed.