The summer solstice has not yet arrived, and the days are long and the nights are short.

To the west of the brightly lit imperial city, a black shadow flitted under the moon, like a bird falling on the corner of the eaves.

The black figure lowered its head, looked at the figures in the room, and murmured: "What a good day to kill people..."

The next day, the news that Zhao Yuyun hanged himself in Jinse Palace was spread in the palace.Three days later, Dali Temple finalized the case, but it was Baohua Pavilion's assassination of the Seventh Prince.Afterwards, Zhongshu Province issued an imperial edict, the offender, Fu Ling, hanged herself in fear of crime, removed her concubine, and was not allowed to enter the imperial tomb.

It is said that the eighth princess went to the Duke's mansion to make a fuss for a whole day, but after failing to ask for a single soldier, she led a dozen guards in the mansion to the imperial study.The emperor was furious, righteously killed his relatives, and directly put the eighth princess in prison.

"But His Majesty is kind after all, and will not do anything to the Eighth Princess." Cai Xun clasped his feet and sat by the fence of Feixie Pavilion, looking at the flower garden below.

After working for a long time, Chen Guyue, who finally got a vacation, took a sip of black ginseng soup mixed with wine, stroked her long beard, still looked like a fairy, and said: "Your Majesty knew that the eighth princess was used by villains, so naturally she won't hurt Get the killer."

"You know again?" Lao Cai gave him a disdainful glance, then turned to look at the silent precious apprentice, "I heard from Old Ghost Chen that you also went to the Jinwuwei camp that day, what did you do?" ?”

Song Mingyue and Shen Yuxin looked at each other subconsciously, and the two shrewd old men suddenly understood, and the old boss Cai even put on a face of listening to your nonsense, waiting for Shen Yuxin to speak.Unexpectedly, Shen Yuxin was silent for a while, and asked knowingly: "The second elder actually understands in his heart, that's expensive... no, Fuling is just a scapegoat, right?"

Chen Guyue remained calm, and took another sip of soup and wine, Cai Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "Could it be that the palace is really going to be full of chaos, and this world is considered peaceful?"

Shen Yuxin thinks that although she is not a gentleman, she is not a villain with evil intentions either.Chen Guyue and Cai Xun, as Zhao Zongqian's right and left arms, are common sense for the emperor to share his worries and solve his problems.But because of this, innocent people died in vain, and Shen Yu felt that her conscience was not at ease.

Cai Xun, who knew his son Mo Ruo's father, did not wait for Shen Yu to open his mouth, and said half-relieved and half-relieved: "Disciple, please remember that people in the palace, whoever has power, are not innocent."

When mentioning the innocent second son, the rosy figure disappeared in a flash, and Shen Yu felt even more troubled. She couldn't help but said: "There are often people who say that the sky is not fair, but there is an old saying in Tu'er's hometown that people are doing what the sky is watching, and the blue sky is a bright mirror." There is no wronged soul in the world, and one day the blood debt will be paid in blood!"

After saying that, Shen Yu got up and left.

Song Mingyue looked at the two elders, and saw that the two elders nodded silently, so they also got up and chased after them.Don't look at Shen Yuxin's thin body, but her walk is windy, Song Mingyue took small steps and chased after her for a long while, and finally caught up with her in the small garden in front of Room 36.

But before she could open her mouth, Shen Yu turned around and asked, "What happened to the matter I asked you to investigate that day?"

"The case surnamed Zhao has been closed, you still want to continue the investigation?" Song Mingyue frowned slightly.

Shen Yuxin's face was cold, "They can disregard the lives of others, but I can't just watch innocent people die in vain!"

"There are so many people who died in vain in the palace, don't tell me you have to avenge them all!?" Song Mingyue felt that Shen Yuxin was making trouble for no reason, and it was not the case before, so her voice couldn't help raising her voice a little.

"She's different!" Shen Yuxin roared angrily.

Song Mingyue was slightly taken aback, and Shen Yuxin stepped forward to get close to her, staring at her with a pair of cold eyes, like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, "Don't you want revenge? Don't you want Zhao's country to be ruined and his family destroyed?" Is it? As long as you continue to investigate, you will be able to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and even if the surnamed Zhao wants to keep his son, it will be difficult, don't you want to see with your own eyes how he put your own flesh and blood to death with your own hands?"

Shen Yuxin in front of her was like a different person, as if she had seen him before, Song Mingyue was so shocked that she didn't know what to say.She still likes that Shen Yuxin who is gentle, courteous and thrifty to everyone, that Shen Yuxin who always apologizes in a panic when she makes a face, and that Shen Yuxin who tries to please her, but this scheming and ferocious Shen Yuxin in front of her makes her feel terrified.

But Song Mingyue was Song Mingyue after all, not a naive young lady who was spoiled and raised in a deep boudoir.She calmed down very quickly, stared at Shen Yuxin's eyes without dodging or evading, and said coldly: "Who is she you are talking about? Although Mr. is a guest under the Eighth Princess' family, it is not enough to have such great sympathy for the master's biological mother." What's more, the eighth princess didn't seem to inform the gentleman before trespassing on the imperial study, so why did the gentleman bother? Or is it that the gentleman has other plans?"

No one except Zhao Ye knew the identity of the assassin, and Shen Yuxin hesitated. This was a personal enmity, just like Song Mingyue's desire for revenge was also her personal enmity, so she was always reluctant to involve Shen Yuxin before.Only now did Shen Yuxin truly appreciate Song Mingyue's good intentions, but she still had no hesitation.

Shen Yuxin swept away her previous fierceness, and became tactful and docile, faltering but not opening her mouth.Song Mingyue was overjoyed, as if she had taken a reassurance that Shen Yuxin's cunning and shrewdness in the eyes of others was useless to her Song Mingyue.This look, one can tell at a glance that it has hit Shen Yu's weakness.So she said unscrupulously: "If Mister has something to say, Mingyue will not ask, but since the case is a foregone conclusion, then Mister don't think too much about it."

After saying that, Song Mingyue really wanted to leave.

"Hey! Come on, let's talk about something!"

This trick has never been tried and tested.Song Mingyue laughed secretly in her heart, but she wanted to catch her and said, "Do you have anything else to say, sir?"

Shen Yu hesitated for a long time, let out a long sigh, found a big rock to sit down, and sighed: "It's okay to talk to you, but this matter is my personal grievance, and I shouldn't drag you into the water."

Song Mingyue's pretty black eyebrows twitched, "Sir, do you still have personal grievances? It's really strange, so let's talk about it."

Shen Yuxin looked up at her, and smiled bitterly: "Do you know why Dali Temple has turned the Babaili Kiln upside down and still can't find out the origin of the sachet? If it wasn't for Fuling's suicide, I am afraid that there are many buildings in the Babaili Kiln." will cease to exist.”

Song Mingyue shook her head.

Shen Yuxin was not in the mood to make a joke at the moment, and continued: "Because the sachet has no root or basis, I'm afraid it was made by a single person, and when the person dies, naturally the source cannot be found."

Song Mingyue pondered for a moment, then narrowed Qiushui's eyes slightly, "Do you know who owns that sachet?"

Shen Yu nodded heartily.

Song Mingyue continued to ask: "Are you trying to avenge the owner of the sachet?"

Shen Yuxin nodded again.

"Why?" Song Mingyue was still puzzled.

Shen Yu smiled warmly, like a spring breeze, "Because she is Quxixi."

Song Mingyue's heart trembled, and she couldn't tell whether it was shock, regret, or sadness.Never thought that one day, Shen Yuxin would be so desperate for another woman.But in the end, it was the thin layer of window paper that was as thin as a cicada's wing that was not pierced, and she was not qualified to stop it, nor could it be shown on the surface.

Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Song Mingyue put aside her thoughts and concentrated on the suspicious things, "But why did the escaped assassin leave a sachet and deliberately lure people to the Babaili Kiln?"

Thanks to Song Mingyue, how could other people be able to think so clearly when their hearts were in such a state of confusion, even Shen Yuxin never thought of it.

"That's right. You really mentioned me. Could it be that Shui Yunjing has some secrets that no one knows?" Shen Yu got up abruptly, "I'm going to take a walk now!"

"Wait!" Song Mingyue grabbed her tightly and dissuaded her, "It's been so long, if there is any clue, the person behind the scenes has already been destroyed. It's useless for you to go now, you might startle the snake!"

Shen Yuxin was slightly taken aback, "It's hard to get a clue, and I can't give up so easily!"

Song Mingyue seemed to have been punched by someone. The punch was neither light nor heavy, but it was painful.Her eyes were bleak, and she said sadly, "Is Miss Qu so important?"

At that moment, Shen Yu didn't dare to look into Song Mingyue's eyes, the sharp blade called Empathy seemed to be scratching her heart, but the more she hurt her, the more clearly that rosy figure could be seen.She gently pushed Song Mingyue's hand away, and said in a low voice: "Miss Qu has a kindness to me, but now she died in vain, if I can't even repay this kindness, how can I say that I am innocent!"

She turned around, remained silent for a while, and said: "You are different from her, if you die, I will go with you, Wang Chuannai and I will accompany you."

The sour taste turned into warmth in the bottom of my heart, wrapping my heart with incomparable warmth.Song Mingyue wanted to embarrass herself, and wanted to run towards that thin figure, but with her feet rooted in the imperial city, she was still awake for more than a moment of confusion.

A figure quietly disappeared in a corner of the courtyard, exited the side gate of Qingmo Academy, and headed towards the east of the imperial city.

Yonghe Palace, study room.

The servant entered the room, bowed and whispered something in Zhao Chu's ear.

"Let him in."

Zhao Chu stopped the pen in his hand, got up and greeted him with a smile: "Master Yan, please take a seat."

Yan Mengqing still had that easy-going demeanor, didn't say much, and after sitting down, said: "The matter entrusted by His Highness finally has a clue."

Zhao Chu was overjoyed, then calmed down, and said cautiously: "Has Mr. Cai ever become suspicious?"

Yan Mengqing chuckled, stroked his beard and said, "Your Highness, you can rest assured, with Chun Nao acting as a shield, the old man is still safe at the moment. It's just that I didn't expect Cai Xun to be blind at times."

The two laughed tacitly, and Zhao Qiao praised without hesitation: "Fortunately, there is Yan Lao's help, and anyone else is not enough to do it."

"Your Highness, it's absurd, it's absurd." Looking at the entire court, there are only Chen Guyue and Cai Xun who deserve to be called "old". Isn't this standing shoulder to shoulder with the two of them, why does Yan Mengqing feel uncomfortable?

"Old Yan, tell me, what news did you get?" Zhao Chu was obviously impatient.

Yan Mengqing was no longer flattering, and said bluntly: "The old man happened to bump into Shen Yuxin and Song Mingyue in the backyard just now, and what they were talking about was the assassination of Baohua Pavilion. Did your Highness remember that they were two assassins that night? One escaped, and the other was missing."

Zhao Chu frowned, "It's true."

Yan Mengqing narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "The missing assassin is Shui Yunjing's oiran, Qu Xixi. Listening to Shen Yu's thoughts, he seems to be dead. If His Highness can follow the clues and find out the clues of Shui Yunjing, it will be inevitable. There are surprises."

Zhao Qiao's eyes were full of brilliance, "Old Yan, what you said is absolutely true!"

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