I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

As the palace door closed, the faint smile on Qin Yun's face disappeared, and her expression became serious: "Your Majesty, as soon as Chengshou told the matter today, I will immediately follow your usual arrangement and order the Imperial Forest Army to surround Prince Lu's Mansion. The palace is strictly guarded, especially the Changchun Palace where Concubine Leng is located, and no changes have been found."

Chu Yuzhao took a sip from the teacup, and said in a casual tone: "I'm not worried about the palace, as long as Lengbing doesn't move at the border of Ningzuo, they won't dare to make any changes. I went to Longpanling on a temporary basis, even if Leng Gang will bring troops to Beijing immediately, and it will take several days to get there day and night, they dare not take this risk, at most they can only send a few assassins to make trouble."

Qin Yun hesitated for a while, then asked again: "Your Majesty, what happened today? Why did you suddenly go to Longpan Mausoleum?"

Chu Yuzhao put down his teacup, sat down opposite Qin Yun, lowered his eyes and said nothing.

He didn't speak, and Qin Yun didn't rush. After waiting like this for a while, Chu Yuzhao's Adam's apple rolled, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Sister Yun, someone has done something to Yu Ce's bones."

"How? Yu Ce's bones were manipulated?" Qin Yun stood up suddenly in shock, and the chair under her was dragged, making a screeching noise.

The sun had set and the night was falling, Luo Bai followed the little eunuch holding a lantern on the way back to Yuqing Palace.

Ahead is the side hall that he often passes by, the door is closed as usual, and the old eunuch who likes to sit on the steps is not there.Through the high weedy wall one could see an orange glow on a certain cornice where a candle was burning in a room below.

After passing through the side hall, and further ahead is the Yuqing Palace, Luo Bai stopped and said to the little eunuch, "Thank you for taking me home, let's go here, there is no need to send me home."

The little eunuch didn't doubt that he was there, and left obediently. Luo Bai walked on the spot for a while, seeing the little eunuch's back disappearing at the end of the road, he slid into the nearby woods.

Under the quiet starry sky, a white leopard is walking slowly on the forest path.

Luo Bai felt that since he told Aunt Yuan Fu not to go back today, he couldn't go back. It was definitely not because he wanted to play outside, but because he had to keep his word.

He also didn't want to go to Chu Yuzhao's place - after all, he was just driving him away, and he was unhappy - but the four little paws still moved in that direction unknowingly.

He walked slowly, and when he came across a tree he wanted, he stretched out his claws to scratch it for a while, and when he reached the side hall, he jumped onto the high wall again.

It was the first time for Luo Bai to go up this wall, because he was quite afraid of the woman who lived inside.This is purely a habitual jumping to a high place, and he only reacted after jumping up, and walked quickly on the top of the wall in small steps.

This side hall is similar to the Yuqing Palace where he lived. It is a courtyard and a row of houses.It's just that this yard is much more desolate than Yuqing Palace, full of weeds, and the houses are all dark, only one of them is lit.

The woman who looked like a night owl must have lived in that room.

Luo Bai was afraid of Ye Xiao, not because he had suffered at the hands of Ye Xiao, but because he thought that appearance was too creepy, not much better than a ghost doll.

He once woke up at night and met a night owl standing on the window sill. The gloomy look in his eyes scared him so much that he dared not open the window for a long time.

He likes everything that is good-looking, such as a well-groomed wild cat, a fat rabbit with a handsome face, and the big sister who was sitting in His Majesty's room just now.

As for Your Majesty...

Except Your Majesty, who is not good-looking.

He was still a little unhappy, and he didn't want to admit that His Majesty was the best in his heart.

But the more he didn't want to see that woman, the more he turned his head to look uncontrollably.Through the hazy window paper, one could see the back of a woman. She was kneeling in the middle of the room, knocking something with her hand, and there was a crisp knocking sound.

Hey... don't turn your head now.

Luo Bai hurriedly ran over the wall, jumped off the ground, and unknowingly arrived at the rockery in front of Qiande Palace.

The little leopard stood beside the rockery, thinking calmly: I will bark a few times, if the wild cat comes, I will play with the wild cat, if the wild cat does not come, I will go to play with the beautiful brother-big sister.

So decided.

Xiaobao opened his mouth wide, inhaled and concentrated: "Oh..."

But the sound was only a breath, so small that it could be overwhelmed by the chirping of the surrounding insects.

"Ow, ooh, ooh..."

In the end, there was no sound of breath, and I only opened my mouth a few times.

Well, I don't blame me for this, it's because the wild cats don't come to me, so I have no choice but to go to Big Sister.

Luo Bai found a sufficient reason for himself, relieved his psychological burden, and trot happily towards Qiande Palace.

"Yuche is gone at such a young age, and he is not even an adult, who is so cruel, even such a small dead person will not be spared..."

After listening to Chu Yuzhao's general narration, Qin Yun covered her mouth with her hands, tears rolling down her face.The lady in the palace behind her also kept wiping away her tears, and Eunuch Cheng was even more sobbing.

Chu Yuzhao remained silent, looking very calm, took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it over: "Sister Yun, help me see."

Qin Yun raised her tearful eyes, took the silk handkerchief in astonishment, held it in her hand and looked at it carefully, the maid beside her hurriedly pushed the candle closer.

"Where did this veil come from?" she asked, sniffling.

Chu Yuzhao didn't hide it either: "I found it next to Yu Ce's bones, and Wang Zixiang confessed that it was left by the Wuzhuo monk he brought to practice."

When Qin Yun heard it, she looked at it more carefully, especially the golden star-shaped embroidery pattern.It was only then that Chu Yuzhao realized that the pattern looked very ordinary in the daytime, but under the light at this time, the brilliance flowed like a star shining with broken light.

"This veil is ordinary mulberry silk, which can be found inside and outside the palace, and those larger cloth factories have stock. It's just the golden silk thread used in this embroidery pattern..."

Qin Yun pulled out the silver hairpin on her head, picked one up with the tip, pulled out a length and turned it to the light: "If I'm not mistaken, this is not an ordinary gold thread, but a flat gold thread."

"Flat gold wire?"

"Yes, this kind of thread is very troublesome to make. Two layers of gold foil should be glued on both sides of the paper. After drying, cut into narrow strips of silk thread thickness. To make this kind of flat gold thread, one is expensive, and the other is But the technique of thread cutting is very delicate, and this craft is gradually lost. Not to mention that there are no fabric shops on the market, even if it is not common in the palace. I remember that a few years ago, there was a box of tribute thread sent from western Yunnan. , among them is this flat gold thread."

When Chu Yuzhao heard this, he immediately shouted, "Chengshou."

"The slave is here."

"Immediately go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out the tribute line of the box, and see which palace and who took it."

"The servant will do it immediately."

When Luo Bai hurriedly ran to the gate of Qiande Palace, he found that there were more than twice the usual number of guards tonight. It took him a lot of effort to climb up the beam of Qiande Palace.

He passed the imperial study room with ease, and was about to go to the apse, when he saw the evil-proof wooden plaque placed diagonally on the beam.

ha!Leopard narrowed his eyes.

He will definitely not let go of this little game that is fun every day.

Cheng Shou was returning from the House of Internal Affairs, still holding a booklet in his hand. He had just walked to the corner of the corridor when he heard the little eunuch on duty at the door of the imperial study room in front of him screaming in horror and depression.

He quickened his pace and saw two young eunuchs staring at a wooden sign at his feet, so frightened that they dared not move.

"What are you making such a fuss about?" Cheng Shou saw clearly that it was just a card to ward off evil spirits, and sternly said: "There is a lot of noise in front of the imperial study room, do you think you don't live enough?"

"Grandpa Cheng, this... this... look... look at this evil card." A little eunuch tremblingly said: "It, it fell down again."

Another young eunuch was smarter, and quickly added: "Grandpa Cheng, this evil spirit card always falls off the beam without wind or people. Indeed, it is indeed a bit evil--strange."

Cheng Shou said coldly: "There is no reason why the beam fell for no reason. It was blown down by the wind. Isn't there a ring on this card? Just put a rope on the beam. A bunch of idiots are still doing it in a daze. What? Hurry up and put the cards on the beam."

"Yes."

Luo Bai shrank in the shadow of the beam, covered his mouth with his paws, so as not to let out a laugh, even so, the uncontrollable breath made a few white beards move.

Seeing Cheng Shou leave and hurried towards the apse, he quickly followed from the beam, thinking that those two actually called Aunt Cheng Grandpa, they don't know that Grandpa is a man?It's funny, no wonder Aunt Cheng called them stupid.

Cheng Shou quickly entered the house, closed the door, Luo Bai jumped off the beam, walked lightly to the window, jumped on the window sill, and looked in through the open window.

Anyway, he often peeked at Chu Yuzhao outside the imperial study room, and he was used to it, so he didn't think it was very sneaky.

Cheng Shou entered the room, turned the booklet to that page in silence, and presented it to Chu Yuzhao.

When Chu Yuzhao's eyes fell on one of the lines, Luo Bai outside the window felt that the air around him suddenly became cold.

"Chuan Hongsi, follow me to Ningcui Palace immediately."

The imperial palace in the night is quiet and solemn, only dots of candlelight show that there are still people who have not slept peacefully in a certain palace.

The woman knelt on the futon facing the Buddha statue, closed her eyes and knocked on the wooden fish in her hand, and softly recited the mantra of pure heart.She didn't stop chanting until the loud footsteps approached from far away, the courtyard door was kicked open, and the lantern illuminated the entire Ningcui Palace.

The imperial guards rushed into this barren courtyard, standing on both sides, Chu Yuzhao strode in with a heavy face.Have the deaf-mute old eunuch and a young maid in Ningcui Palace ever seen such a scene?Immediately knelt aside and shivered.

After Chu Yuzhao left Qiande Palace, Luo Bai followed him all the time, hiding behind those trees, and tiptoed to Ningcui Palace.

He didn't understand why his brother's expression became horrifying after he read the booklet, and why he brought so many people to the side hall he often passed by in the middle of the night.

After Chu Yuzhao entered the courtyard, he also jumped onto the wall, found a corner to hide his body, and continued to peek.

When Chu Yuzhao stepped into the room, the first thing he saw was the Buddha statue sitting on the table, and the thin back of the woman kneeling on the futon.

The room is very simple, with only a bed on the left wall, and a small square table on the right wall, there are untouched meals, white porridge, cold steamed buns and a plate of pickles.There is a mahogany cabinet next to the bed, which is the most luxurious piece of furniture in the house, inside which are children's tiger shoes, windmills and other toys.

Although there are many houses in Ningcui Palace, women's daily life is obviously only in this room.

The emperor didn't speak, and neither did the others. The entire Ningcui Palace was brightly lit, but there was no sound at all.

Affected by this atmosphere, Luo Bai squatted on the wall and held his breath. Unknowingly, a few wild cats came up on the wall, eager to move towards Luo Bai's side. Luo Bai noticed it, and raised his paw to his mouth.

Hush!Don't move, don't make noise.

"Concubine Cao." Chu Yuzhao suddenly said.

The chanting in the woman's mouth stopped, she opened her eyes, and slightly straightened her body.

Chu Yuzhao raised his right hand with his back to everyone, and all the guards quickly exited the room and closed the door.

Luo Bai couldn't see what was going on inside the house, so he quickly climbed up to the roof along the wall, and several stray cats followed suit.

The little leopard walked on the roof beams of the roof. When it reached the middle position, it stretched out its paws, carefully lifted the tiles in front of it, and poked its head over to look down.A few wild cats didn't look at it, and didn't mind, they just squatted on the roof of the roof and licked their paws.

Chu Yuzhao was throwing the handkerchief in front of the woman. After the woman picked up the handkerchief, she raised her head in doubt and asked, "What does your majesty mean?"

Luo Bai saw her face clearly.

Ah, it's Aunt Ye Xiao.

He was so frightened that he almost replaced the tiles in his claws.

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Going out, it's shorter.