Placid Chang'an

Su Cen was very disapproving of this kind of face-to-face that could not solve the problem and wasted time. The dissatisfaction on his face was almost ready to come out the moment he got the imperial decree, but the sacred will cannot be violated. He also knew how much he was. He could only continue with a dark face.

It was probably the first time that the eunuch had seen a face-to-face sage's will to accept death like home, and he didn't dare to step forward to urge him for a while.

Su Cen took a deep breath, and turned around to explain the task to the people in Dali Temple, "Two people come back to interrogate the housekeeper of Xu's family and Xu Lin's, and ask them if they know Liu Kang. Who are the two mysterious owners of Cuijixuan? Two more people will come to find out the origin of the two paintings, and the rest will stay here, and the servants of the Liu family will interrogate them one by one. What did you do, but you have to ask for evidence.”

Then he turned his head and pointed at Ning Santong, "You, go back and do the autopsy. I want to know whether the person was drugged, how, what drug was given, and when he died."

As soon as Su Cen finished the call, he walked out the door, walked about ten steps and then turned around, frowning at the eunuch, "Let's go."

The eunuch who came over to announce the decree was stunned in place, not yet able to figure out how it had only been a day since the assassination in front of the imperial court, how he became the boss, painting and drugging, watching Su Cen make arrangements in a hurry, and then left without stopping, It seems that whoever delays him has a mortal hatred with him, so he hurriedly followed, "Let's go, let's prepare the sedan chair for Master Su."

Su Cen was on the way to the imperial city with a face full of reluctance, but he didn't know that there had been several times of bloody storms in the palace.

The Zichen Palace, the emperor's bedroom, was very lively.Since the emperor has not yet been in charge, there are not many ministers who come to the Zichen Hall to discuss the affairs of state on weekdays, but today it is uncharacteristically full of people standing half of the hall.

The reason is that the little emperor disobeyed Li Shi's order for the first time and did not go to the early court.

Although the little emperor can't make the decision in matters of state, he is required by Li Shi to participate in the morning court every morning. It is called learning to watch first, but in the eyes of others, the little emperor is just a vase placed on it by Li Shi. , save the reputation of being a monopoly.This morning Li Shi and a group of ministers waited for half an hour in the front court but did not wait for anyone, so they directly brought the morning court to the little emperor's bedroom.

The little emperor was pulled down from the bed directly by Li Shi, and the little emperor's nurse at the time was also brought down. At that time, she was already paralyzed by fright, and she fell down from the bed, her clothes were disheveled, and she lay on the ground shaking. It's like a sieve.

Even if the little emperor is young, he has already been weaned at this age, and the wet nurse has already been ordered to send him out of the palace, so there is a problem if he appears here again.

Li Shi narrowed his eyes and glanced at the wet nurse, raised his eyebrows, "Who asked you to come?"

The nurse was so frightened that she couldn't speak anymore, she just kowtowed to Li Shi and kept repeating: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life..."

Li Shi is not a patient person, he didn't have time to watch her crying and howling, and waved his hand, "Enter the palace privately, luring the emperor to delay the early cholera court, drag her out, and die with a stick."

The nurse rolled her eyes and almost fainted on the spot.

When the two guards stepped forward to set him up, the wet nurse regained her senses and hugged the little emperor's trouser legs, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Zhuo'er, save the wet nurse..."

The little emperor Li Zhuo seemed to have not woken up, he stared fixedly at the people around him being dragged away with his big eyes open, as if he was trapped in a nightmare and couldn't get out.Seeing my wet nurse being dragged out of the house, it was like waking up from a dream, and hurriedly pleaded: "I sent the wet nurse here, Uncle Emperor, please spare the wet nurse."

"You asked her to come?" Li Shi glanced at the little emperor, frightened him, and then said: "When was the decree issued? Who announced the decree? Which door came in? Who led the way? When? ?”

The little emperor was stunned by the question, and he muttered for a long time before he said: "Zuoyintaimen... Xu, Xu time."

Li Shi ordered: "Go and call the guards on duty at Zuoyintai Gate."

"Huang, Uncle Huang, I remembered wrongly," the little emperor hurriedly corrected, "I also forgot the exact time."

"Then call all the guards who were on duty at all gates of Miyagi last night."

The little emperor's whole face was wrinkled into a ball, and he begged, "Uncle Emperor..."

Li Shi lowered his eyes and looked at the person in front of him, "You are the emperor, and you are responsible for every word you say. You know how many lies you need to cover up a lie, and how many people will be involved during this period. Not just the guards on duty at the palace gate. , and the eunuchs and maids in your palace, I can investigate them one by one, and punish those who lie and those who don’t report the knowledge one by one. At that time, you will implicate countless people because of one person. Is this your example as the king of a country? "

The bottomless pair of eyes made people see nowhere to hide. The little emperor was afraid of these eyes, and now he dared not raise his head, so he could only murmur: "Nurse just wants to come to accompany me. I'm scared at night and can't sleep, only the wet nurse is willing to accompany me..."

"She came to accompany you?" Li Shi smiled coldly, "What did she tell you?"

"Say..." the little emperor pursed his lips, "It is said that the divine fire descended from the sky was caused by the murderous aura of the white tiger in the west. As long as the altar is re-opened in Zhengxi to worship the sky to quell the murderous aura of the western sky, I will not have any more nightmares."

Someone said: "This nurse has a distant relative from her natal family who works in Taichang Temple. I'm afraid she wants to use this excuse to make some money."

Li Shi looked down at the little emperor: "You heard it all."

The little emperor bowed his head for a long time without saying a word, it was not easy to cry in front of the civil and military officials of the court, the golden beans in his eyes turned a few times, and finally he could only bite his lip and forcefully hold back, softly said: "I know."

"I know that there is a reason for the nurse to come here, but at least she can come to me under such a guise and is willing to talk to me. I can't sleep these days. The emperor's uncle is busy with state affairs, and the queen mother is not here. She is the only one who is willing to stay with me. .If...if the emperor is still here, I won't be afraid."

There was no one in Zichen Palace for a while, everyone knew about the feud between Emperor Xian and King Ning, the first Emperor blindly advocated fighting against the Turks at the beginning of his reign, the purpose was to tie King Ning to the border, if it wasn't for Tuogu later, there would be no one to support him He chose to call King Ning back from the border in an emergency, probably because he wanted to trap him in the border for the rest of his life.When the little emperor mentioned the first emperor at this time, it was inevitable that he would complain a little bit, and he was afraid that it would not work, and he would annoy Li Shi for no reason.

Seeing Li Shi's black jade-like eyes narrowed, the little emperor shuddered for no reason, and took a small step back.

At this time, the summoner outside the door came to communicate, and the empress dowager came.

As soon as the words were finished, the Empress Dowager Chu had already stepped in, and her phoenix eyes swept over everyone, "It's really a big battle. Is this going to force the palace early in the morning?"

Forcing the palace is a serious crime of treason. Everyone dared not speak for a while, but finally Liu Zhen replied under pressure: "Your Majesty did not go to court early today. We just came to visit because we were worried about your majesty's health."

"What's wrong with a child who occasionally sleeps late?" The Empress Dowager Chu raised her hand to stop the wet nurse who was being dragged out, "Can visits kill people?"

There are many people who can't stand the nanny's chaotic politics, and an official said: "The empress dowager doesn't know something. This woman deceived your majesty and interfered in the government. The crime is unforgivable. The prince is also for the side of the Qing king..."

The Empress Dowager Chu interrupted: "Are you saying that women have no virtue and cannot interfere with the government?"

The officer immediately knelt down: "I don't dare! The empress dowager has learned from you, and I have absolutely no intention of doing this!"

"Then what do you mean by that?"

Li Shi came out from the Nuan Pavilion: "Since you don't understand, go back and rest, why come out to make a fool of yourself."

The Empress Dowager Chu stared: "You!"

Everyone could see that Li Shi was in a bad mood today, and his patience was compromised. Even Liu Xie had good eyesight and didn't confront him. The Empress Dowager Chu came here this time, and she hit the knife's edge.

This is the enemy, the two are on the verge of breaking out, and the smell of gun|powder is full.

The Empress Dowager Chu smiled coldly, "The Ai family heard that there was a natural disaster this time, but it was because someone acted against the law and angered the gods. If you have the ability to show off your power here, why don't you quell the natural disaster?"

"If it's really a natural disaster, then it should be two minutes later." The crowd didn't understand what this meant, but Li Shi said slowly: "If it burns on the phoenix, it will be God's will."

"You...you want Aijia to die..." Empress Dowager Chu pointed at Li Shi with her bright red nails, her fingertips trembling violently, "You want to kill Aijia, you want to monopolize the power!"

"I'm talking about if it's a natural disaster," Li Shi leisurely stood with his hands behind his back, "It's a pity that it's a man-made disaster."

There was a bit of sincerity in this "pity", which made everyone present shiver for no reason.

The situation in the Zichen Palace was anxious, and no one cared about a small yellow door poking its head outside the door. Seeing that there was a lot of noise over there, Liu Zhen avoided the crowd and walked to the door, asking, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Huangmen came forward and whispered something in his ear. After hearing this, Liu Zhen's face changed, and he sent Xiao Huangmen back to the palace, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "Another one died, and he burned himself to death in the house in the middle of the night. of."

There was no sound in Zichen Palace for a while, everyone had their own ghosts, Li Shi sneered and said, "It's really interesting that natural disasters happen, one a day, the one in the sky has worked a lot."

Empress Dowager Chu's face turned blue and red, firstly, she felt lingering fear when she recalled the situation that day, secondly, the slap in the face was so fast, just now she insisted that it was a natural disaster for Li Shi, and turned her head to the heavens, the old man went to Murder other creatures.

There was a soft sobbing sound in the warm pavilion, which was suppressed and endured at first, but then it tended to intensify, and he opened his mouth to howl.

Everyone followed the sound and saw the little emperor in a nightgown crying with tears all over his face. He sat down on the ground as if exhausted, and howled, "I don't want to be the emperor anymore!"

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were taken aback for a moment, and they all knelt down, unable to pay their respects.

But I heard Prince Ning standing in the hall and smiling lightly, "That's fine."