After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

Qi Zizhen was completely awake after dozing off, and immediately got up, changed clothes, and went straight to the palace.

Fortunately, Ning Qingwei understood his temperament, and waited for him to finish his breakfast before telling him about it.

When Qi Zizhen rushed all the way to the palace, the order in the harem had been maintained by Song Yaoxu.

Cui Liang was sent by him to search the place where Concubine Xuan died tragically, while he himself was temporarily handling a series of follow-ups in the imperial study.

When Qi Zizhen arrived in the imperial study, Song Yaoxu was comforting the twelve princes under the care of Concubine Xuan.

The Twelve Princes are the youngest princes, only seven years old this year. After the death of his mother and concubine, he suddenly encountered such a thing, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

"Let's not go to the South Study Room today, and rest for a day, okay?" Song Yaoxu squatted in front of the child, smiling softly.

There were still tears on the child's cheeks, it was obvious that he had just finished crying, so he replied, sobbing, "Okay, thank you, thank you, Brother Huang."

Song Yaoxu patted the child's head again and asked him to rest in the cubicle of the imperial study, then stood up and smiled at Qi Zizhen: "Morning. Did Ning Guoshi tell you?"

Qi Zizhen nodded and took a few steps closer: "How is the situation now?"

Song Yaoxu briefly told him about the current situation: "The turmoil in the harem has stabilized. Concubine Xuan must have fallen from a height and hit a stone, and died of blood loss. However, the exact cause of death is still under investigation. Cui Liang has led the guards to Looking for clues there."

Qi Zizhen frowned, and asked again: "Can you be sure when he died?"

"It should be during the morning court." Song Yaoxu nodded and replied, "The court lady cleaned the place halfway through the morning court. At that time, the blood around Concubine Xuan hadn't dried up, and the body was still warm. It was obvious that she had just died not long ago."

If it happened in the early court time, at least Song Ping must not have done it himself.

There happened to be a towering palace wall near the grass where Concubine Xuan had an accident. If it was caused by a fall from a high place, the possibility of an accident is very high.

But how could the good-looking concubine run to climb the palace wall?

Qi Zizhen frowned and thought for a while, and finally decided: "I want to visit the place where Concubine Xuan died."

Song Yaoxu didn't stop him, nodded and said: "Little Twelve is emotionally unstable, I have to stay here to accompany him temporarily, and I will ask a trustworthy palace servant to take you there."

"Okay." Qi Zizhen had no objection to this, and went to the harem after Song Yaoxu arranged for a good person.

The guards in the harem led by Cui Liang were all trusted by Song Yaoxu. Qi Zizhen didn't specifically cover up his identity, and went straight to meet Cui Liang at the place where Concubine Xuan had an accident.

When he arrived, Concubine Xuan's body had been transferred away, only a large pool of blood and a big stone with the deepest blood stain remained on the ground.

Apparently Concubine Xuan lost blood because of hitting this big rock.

"Young Master Qi."

Cui Liang, who was looking for clues on the palace wall, saw Qi Zizhen, and immediately came down from above to salute.

Qi Zizhen nodded in greeting and asked, "Have you found anything?"

Cui Liang reported all the clues so far: "Concubine Xuan's clothes are damaged, and there are obviously male footprints on the palace wall. My subordinates initially guessed that Concubine Xuan and an unknown man had an accident on the palace wall. Arguments, misses lead to falls."

Qi Zizhen listened to his report, rested his chin with one hand, pondered for a moment and said: "Then did you find anything suspicious around here?"

Cui Liang truthfully reported: "Not yet."

After roughly figuring out the situation at the moment, Qi Zizhen put down his hands and continued: "Pay close attention to every corner near the palace wall, and if there is anything suspicious, bring it to me immediately."

"Yes!" Cui Liang accepted the order with cupped fists, and then went to give orders to the surrounding guards who stayed here to investigate.

Qi Zizhen himself was not idle, and after he finished speaking, he found a grass nearby and began to rummage.

If it is true as what Cui Liang just said, the death of Concubine Xuan may not be what the mysterious man expected.

Moreover, this happened in the early morning, and the man who died behind Concubine Xuan had no time to hide the body, which means that he must have been panicked when he left.

Once a person panics, he is most likely to be careless and lose something.

What's more, there are a lot of grass around the palace wall, going down from the palace wall will inevitably pass through the buffer of grass, if one is not paying attention, he may be hooked off some objects he is carrying.

This matter also depends on the probability. If you are unlucky, it is very likely that you will still live in a basket to fetch water.

But obviously their luck is not bad today.

Not long after, a guard on the opposite side of the palace wall said that he found something, and Cui Liang handed it to Qi Zizhen.

Qi Zizhen took the things they handed over, and found that it was a piece of warm and white jade pendant, and there was a correct word "Qi" engraved on the jade pendant.

——This is Song Jiqi's jade pendant.

There are tens of thousands of people with "Qi" in their names in Ling Chaozhong, but Qi Zizhen is sure that this jade pendant belongs to Song Jiqi.

In his previous life, he had been studying with Song Jiqi for two years, and he had carried the little jade pendant that Song Jiqi gave him for two years. The two jade pendants, mother and child, were carved out of the same mold except for their size. But familiar.

Qi Zizhen remembered that during the days when he was still in contact with Song Jiqi in this life, Song Jiqi was allowed to enter and leave the harem at will because of the empress dowager's preference, so he must be very familiar with the road in the harem.

...There must also be many opportunities to communicate with the concubines of the harem.

Qi Zizhen's eyes dimmed, he clenched the jade pendant in his hand, and said bluntly, "Cui Liang, follow me back first, and the rest of the guards stay here and continue to investigate."

"Yes." Cui Liang clasped his fists once again to accept the order, and went back to the imperial study with Qi Zizhen.

In the imperial study room, Song Yaoxu was still working on today's memorial, and when he saw Qi Zizhen came back, he put down his work, poured him a cup of tea and put it on the side of the table, and asked about the situation after he sat down: "Did you find anything? "

Qi Zizhen nodded, and took out the jade pendant found by the guards and put it on the table: "This jade pendant was found on the other side of the palace wall where Concubine Xuan had an accident, and I recognize it as Song Jiqi's jade pendant.

"Furthermore, Cui Liang also said that there were obviously male footprints on the palace wall."

"Song Jiqi..." Song Yaoxu whispered the name, his eyes darkened.

But soon he returned to the original state, and continued to ask: "So Song Shi's matter is also related to Song Ping?"

Qi Zizhen nodded, then shook his head: "Song Jiqi is Song Ping's son, so logically speaking, he is indeed related to Song Ping, but..."

He paused, then continued in a low voice: "I know there is a dungeon in Song Jiqi's yard. Even Song Ping doesn't know about that dungeon. Song Jiqi secretly built it without Song Ping's knowledge."

Song Yaoxu understood what he meant.

Song Jiqi was always flamboyant, impulsive and cowardly.

It is very likely that Song Shi accidentally ran into the adultery between him and Concubine Xuan, Song Jiqi impulsively arrested him and locked him in the dungeon, and absolutely did not dare to tell his father Song Ping.

And today he also probably wanted to come to Concubine Xuan to plot something, but a momentary mistake resulted in Concubine Xuan's death.

So this matter can be related to Song Ping, or it can have nothing to do with Song Ping.

Qi Zizhen moved the jade pendant in front of Song Yaoxu, stared at him fixedly, and waited for him to make his own choice.

Song Yaoxu looked at the jade pendant, and after a while, he finally let out a sigh of relief, took the jade pendant, and there was a calculation in his eyes that he wouldn't normally have.

"Tomorrow, let them put on a good show."

On March [-]th, only two days have passed since Lu Yuanbainke's fraud case, another astonishing case broke out in the court——

The eldest son of Prince Guan, that is, Song Jiqi, the son of Prince Guan, had an affair with the late emperor's concubine, killed the late emperor's concubine yesterday, and kidnapped the tenth prince Song Shi.

Shunhe Emperor Song Yaoxu asked Song Ping about his crimes. Song Ping said he didn't know about it at the beginning, but Song Jiqi was escorted by Zuo Jiayi, who had already sent to search the palace of Guanwang, and reported that he was found unconscious in the dungeon of Song Jiqi's courtyard. The awakened Tenth Prince Song Shi.

Song Jiqi tried to defend, but Song Ping always said that he didn't know about it, and scolded Song Jiqi with a dignified appearance.

Song Yaoxu ordered Song Jiqi to be beheaded in the afternoon on the grounds that Song Jiqi had murdered the royal family and the late emperor's concubine in the court hall, and handed over to Song Ping to supervise the beheading.And he also stated in front of civil and military officials that if Song Ping could complete the task of supervision and beheading, he would be believed to be loyal.

Song Ping finally took over the person who supervised the beheading, and watched Song Jiqi be beheaded for public display in the afternoon.

Listening to Cui Liang's report, Qi Zizhen couldn't help feeling that Song Yaoxu did a great job.

Not only did he establish his own majesty, but he also forced Song Ping into a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness.It is conceivable how ruthless a person who can watch his eldest son beheaded for public display will treat other people.

After hearing Song Jiqi's results, Qi Zizhen asked about Song Shi's current situation, and learned that Song Shi was still in a coma.

It should be that Song Jiqi didn't dare to kill Song Shi at that time, and couldn't let him escape, so he drugged Song Shi specially.Although Song Shi's life was not in danger, the dose of the drug was a bit heavy, and he didn't know when he would wake up in a while.

The guards were a little confused when they heard it: "The murder of the royal family can be continued, why didn't His Majesty take this opportunity to solve Song Ping at once? Don't worry about night long dreams if you leave a hidden danger?"

Qi Zizhen shook his head when he heard the words, and said, "Now is not the time. It is of course what we want to solve Song Ping, but if this is the case, Qin Ling and Changsun Wushun will still be a hidden danger."

"The opponent we really want to solve is not only Song Ping, but also a series of intricate forces under Song Ping."

The guard still didn't seem to understand, and frowned, "But if Song Ping is forced to watch his son be beheaded, what if he loses control and does other unreasonable things? Rabbits will bite when they are anxious. Human."

Speaking of this, the guard paused for a moment, and put it another way: "A dog will jump over the wall when it is in a hurry."

Qi Zizhen sneered, and there was a bit of sharp light in his eyes.

"What we are waiting for is the day when he jumps over the wall."

The author has something to say: the next chapter jumps the wall, at most one or two chapters, this dungeon will be over (.)