There is a fake demigod in the East Palace

Ye Zhaoling's words plunged the scene into chaos.

Hearing that there was an assassin in the room, the guests' interest in watching the excitement was extinguished by half.No matter how they left at this time, they felt like fleeing after hearing the news. They had to pretend to stay outside the door calmly, but they didn't dare to take a step closer.

Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, the assassin turned around and was about to flee the scene, ignoring Ye Zhaoling on the ground.But the special agents of Yaoqing Palace rushed forward immediately and took down the assassin on the spot with the advantage of numbers.

The crisis was quickly resolved, and the attendants quickly came to Ye Zhaoling to help him up, and carefully checked his condition.

Prince Rui was concerned about Ye Zhaoling's safety. Even though this vicious killer had been successfully controlled by the secret service, he still didn't dare to get close.

So Prince Rui hid behind the door and asked timidly: "How is Jingnan Hou? Are you injured?"

"Don't worry, my lord." The attendant kneeling beside Ye Zhaoling briefly checked his physical condition, raised his head and said, "It seems that he is just drunk."

The discovery of an assassin in Yaoqing Palace can be said to be a serious matter.

The frightened guests outside the study were given a password, and they returned to the banquet hall as if nothing had happened, trying to cheer up and continue tonight's dance.At the same time, all the security guards in the palace were mobilized, and a carpet search was carried out throughout the imperial city.

The banquet hall was still singing and dancing, and this small episode did not disturb this wonderful night.The inside and the outside of the temple, which are just a short distance away, are like two different worlds.

Ye Zhaoling was drunk and was sent back to the East Palace to rest.Yaoqing Palace is not qualified to interrogate suspects. Once the assassin is captured, he will be secretly escorted to the Royal Security Office for interrogation.

After the transfer of the assassins, the secret service personnel conducted a comprehensive search of the Queen's study, and finally found poison and firearms in a sandalwood gilt grid.

All kinds of evidence left at the scene showed that these murder weapons were brought by the assassins. If Ye Zhaoling hadn't broken through the conspiracy in advance, the queen might encounter an accident tonight.

Rong Zheng finished his meeting with the royal families of various countries, and as soon as he walked out of the side hall, he saw Yan Tian standing outside the door with a serious face.

An ominous premonition flashed in Rong Zheng's heart, but he didn't show it.He calmly socialized a few words with the guests around him, and he didn't walk towards Yan Tian until the crowd in the corridor cleared up.

"What happened?" Rong Zheng asked in a low voice.

The news of assassins appearing in the palace naturally cannot reach the ears of foreign royal dignitaries.After the accident, Yan Tian didn't dare to go in to report and waited here.

"Your Highness." Yan Tian came to Rong Zheng and said to him, "Li Weidong was arrested an hour ago."

Rong Zheng's footsteps paused slightly: "Why?"

Yan Tiandao: "He was suspected of assassinating the Empress and was taken down on the spot."

This incident happened so suddenly, Rong Zheng was also very surprised, but at the moment he is in Yaoqing Palace, he can't show any abnormality.Rong Zheng led Yan Tian through the corridor as usual, and asked as he walked, "How could he assassinate the queen?"

Li Weidong is the most outstanding intelligence officer in the East Palace Intelligence Bureau, and has provided Rong Zheng with a lot of important information since he joined the job.Now that the Minister of the Interior is about to retire, the eyes of all parties in the royal family are fixed on this position.

Rong Zheng originally placed high hopes on Zheng Yiyuan, but the only seedling in the East Palace was designed to be imprisoned before.In order to prevent the Ministry of Internal Affairs from being controlled by the imperial party, the East Palace urgently needs to find out the dark lines planted by the Queen in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and get rid of them before they are officially appointed.

So as early as a few months ago, Rong Zheng entrusted this important task to the most capable Li Weidong.

Yan Tian simply explained: "Li Weidong assassinated Jingnanhou, and was captured by Suzaku on the spot, and then the secret service searched in the Queen's study and found the murder weapon he brought."

"Ye Zhaoling?" Rong Zheng didn't expect this matter to be related to Ye Zhaoling: "What did Li Weidong kill him for?"

Rong Zheng knew that Li Weidong would appear in Yaoqing Palace tonight. In fact, Li Weidong entered the Queen's study at his behest.Tonight Yaoqing palace is full of dignitaries, the secret service's first priority is to ensure the safety of those dignitaries in the banquet hall, there will inevitably be mistakes in other aspects, this is the best time to spy on information.

But Li Weidong is so good, how could he do anything to Ye Zhaoling?

Yan Tian saw Rong Zheng's doubts, and he simply reported the ins and outs of the matter to Rong Zheng in a few words.

After listening to Yan Tian's statement, Rong Zheng thought for a moment and said, "He was framed."

This conclusion is very obvious, and Yan Tian agrees with Rong Zheng's point of view.Li Weidong had a clear goal, only to spy on information, the murder weapon left at the scene could not have been brought in by him.

"Who would do it?" Yan Tian asked.

Rong Zheng looked at Suzaku riding hurriedly in the garden, and said a name: "Zhong Yu."

Except for this person, Rong Zheng didn't do what he thought.

Only the personnel inside Yaoqing Palace could place the murder weapon in the Queen's study in advance.Zhong Yu had long expected that Rong Zheng would send someone to spy on Yaoqing Palace, so he specially set up a trap to wait here.Li Weidong was arrested as an assassin, not only eliminated the prince's most powerful helper, but also charged Donggong with treason, and maybe he could interrogate some secrets related to Rong Zheng from him.

If Zhong Yu's plot succeeds, Rong Zheng will be punished as treason.Even if the imperial power is weak in modern society, it is a felony for the prince to conspire against him.

Yan Tian gritted his teeth and said: "The national teacher is going to put you to death."

It was not the first day for Rong Zheng to see Zhong Yu's methods: "No matter what the price is, Li Weidong must be exonerated."

At present, the evidence of Li Weidong's assassination is weak, but Zhong Yu has never done anything in vain. Since he chose to do it, it means that he has a way to make Li Weidong bear this charge.

Yan Tian asked: "Your Highness, are you not worried that he will say something that shouldn't be said?"

The implication of Yan Tian's words is very obvious. Compared with trying his best to exonerate Li Weidong, there is a more secure way in front of Rong Zheng. After all, the dead can't open their mouths.

"I believe he won't." It's not that Rong Zheng disagrees with Yan Tian's approach. Li Weidong has served the East Palace for many years no matter what, he is temporarily unwilling to do things like this: "First find a way to save people."

While talking, the two had already returned to the banquet hall. Before entering the door, Rong Zheng specifically told Yan Tian: "Also, send someone to keep an eye on Ye Zhaoling."

"Your Highness, are you suspicious of him?" Yan Tian temporarily withdrew his hand to push the door: "In my opinion, it should be that Marquis Jingnan broke into the Queen's study by mistake after drinking, lost his composure and had a quarrel with Li Weidong, and then the two sides went to war. Or He inadvertently broke Li Weidong's actions, in order to avoid revealing his whereabouts, Li Weidong had to subdue him first."

Ye Zhaoling didn't know Rong Zheng's plan, and in that case, it was reasonable for him to identify Li Weidong as an assassin.Furthermore, Ye Zhaoling's identity background is very clean, and there is no reason to be involved in it.The biggest possibility is that he was used by Zhong Yu tonight.

"Since Zhong Yu has set up this plan, it is not Ye Zhaoling who broke into the Queen's study today, but someone else." Rong Zheng pushed open the door of the banquet hall first: "But the timing of his appearance is too coincidental, so we have to guard against it." .”