Shizi's farm husband

Royal Palace.

"Reporting to the emperor, the king of Zhennan personally came forward to prevent us from taking Xiao Shizi away, please forgive the emperor's punishment." The eunuch who passed the decree knelt on one knee and said respectfully.

"Well, I see, you step back."

Xiao Zhiyuan leaned against the bed with a pale face, and raised his hands.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that Xiao Zhiyuan didn't pursue the matter, the eunuch who delivered the decree would not dare to stay any longer, so he quickly nodded and retreated.

"Your Majesty, are you going to arrest Prince Xiao?" Qin Yining asked curiously while gently feeding Xiao Zhiyuan the traditional Chinese medicine brewed by the imperial physician.

"Old Seven is dead."

"Uh, how...how could..."

Qin Yining's hand holding the medicine bowl couldn't help shaking, "A few days ago, didn't the Seventh Prince come to visit you, Your Majesty? Why did it disappear in a blink of an eye? Wait, what the Emperor meant was that the matter of the Seventh Prince Has something to do with Xiao Shizi?"

"Ah."

Xiao Zhiyuan nodded with a heavy face, "Before he died, Lao Qi coughed and wrote the character 'Ling' with his own blood. Looking at the entire royal family, who else can there be besides Xiao Ling?"

"Your Majesty, don't be angry."

Qin Yining quickly patted Xiao Zhishen on the back.

"Ning'er has a heart." Xiao Zhiyuan, who finally calmed down, lay down with Qin Yining's help, and then continued, "I will definitely investigate the matter of the old seven."

"But your majesty, didn't Zhennan Wang come forward to stop him?"

Qin Yining reminded.

"I expected this to happen a long time ago. After all, the emperor only has Xiao Ling as his son now. It's understandable that he would do this. But the emperor can protect Xiao Ling for a while, but he can't protect him forever."

Xiao Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes slowly, gritted his teeth word by word, and said, "When I get better, ahem, I will interrogate Xiao Ling myself."

"Your Majesty, your body..."

"It's okay, Ning'er, bring me the elixir."

"Okay, I'll get it right away." Qin Yining immediately walked to the place where the pill was placed.

Oh, have you started yet?

……

"What's going on, what's going on? How could Prince Xiao murder the Seventh Prince for no reason? There must be some misunderstanding here." Zhao Heng stamped his feet anxiously.

"Xiao Ling, we..."

"I'm fine, Shen Qing, calm down." Xiao Ling interrupted what Shen Qing was about to blurt out, and calmly replied, "Didn't you and I expect this day?"

"I know the truth, but I don't want you to be framed. This obviously has nothing to do with you, so why should I rely on you."

Shen Qing said indignantly.

"Because I am now the son of Prince Zhennan."

Xiao Ling touched Shen Qing's head, and smiled.

"Master Du, this way please."

"Thank you, Manager Fang, for leading me the way." Du Shicheng strode towards the opposite direction where Xiao Ling and the others were, and said straight to the point, "My lord, my son, the general will receive news that the seventh prince is dead, and he is dying I wrote the character 'Ling' in blood."

"So that's how it is..." Xiao Zhishen rubbed his chin, "Then no wonder Brother Huang dared to blatantly send the Imperial Forest Army to arrest people, presumably he is a famous teacher."

"Yes."

Du Shicheng frowned and nodded, "Also, the fact that the prince murdered the seventh prince and the emperor sent the imperial army to surround the Zhennan palace has spread throughout the capital."

Xiao Zhiyuan was also ruthless. After learning that his men had not caught Xiao Ling, he immediately changed his plan.

He did not hesitate to expose the matter of the Seventh Prince, but also used rumors to take the opportunity to discredit the Zhennan Palace.

"My lord, my son, what should we do next? This matter is passed on, not to mention anything else, those self-proclaimed officials will definitely use this to make trouble."

A look of worry flashed across Du Shicheng's eyes.

"Find out the cause of the Seventh Prince's death first, remember, no matter what the details, I must know."

Xiao Zhishen thought for a while, and replied decisively.

"It's the lord, I will leave and let people find out the ins and outs of the matter." With Xiao Zhishen's fame and fortune, Du Shicheng quickly acted.

period.

As Du Shicheng thought, the officials began to play Xiao Zhiyuan frequently, wanting to arrest Xiao Ling.

At the same time, as Xiao Ling's crime of murdering the Seventh Prince Xiao Qize was made public, the reputation of the Zhennan Palace fell to the bottom all of a sudden.

"Look, Xiao Ling, the roselle flowers in this world are the same as ours in the last days. They turn red after being dried and soaked in hot water. It would be more like it if they could move."

"Want to try it?"

Xiao Ling complacently helped Shen Qing make a cup of roselle tea.

"it is good."

Shen Qing nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"I said, Master, you are too leisurely like this?" Qin Haoran, who was dressed as a scholar, casually shook the folding fan in his hand, "Could it be that you are not afraid that you will be troubled by the matter of the Seventh Prince?"

Under the day and night surveillance of the Imperial Army, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion has turned into a prison cell in disguise, forcing Qin Haoran to pretend to be a scholar again to get in.

"Are you afraid it will be useful now?" Xiao Ling didn't answer the question, not paying attention to this matter at all.

"Uh……"

Qin Haoran was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Is the prince planning to give up?"

"Young Master Qin, you think too much."

Xiao Ling shook his head, and placed the brewed luoshen tea in front of Shen Qing, "We are in the light, and the enemy is in the dark. If we act rashly, it will only backfire."

"I'm too anxious."

Qin Haoran quickly returned to his habitual foolishness, and smiled, "It's just that I want to tell Shizi one thing, my father's illness has recovered, and at some point, he may personally handle Shizi's affairs."

"I will be careful."

"Master, you should not only be careful this time, but also pay attention to my father. Although he looks very kind, he is a scheming person on the inside. It would be fine if he is not on the side of any prince, but a little Once you have made a decision, you will rule out dissidents without hesitation."

The alien Qin Haoran spoke of was Xiao Ling.

Because Xiao Ling has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands, with Qin Yanzhi's cautious style, he will definitely not let them go.

……

Soon, Xiao Zhiyuan, whose complexion finally improved, immediately let the courtiers into the palace.

"My humble minister sees the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor"

"Everyone who loves you is free of courtesy."

Xiao Zhiyuan raised his hand to signal the courtiers to stand up, and he directly stated his purpose, "Ahem, I called you here today to choose my son's death."

"Yes."

"Where is the left side?"

"Wei Chen is here."

Qin Yanzhi immediately came out and saluted Xiao Zhiyuan respectfully.

"Ahem, since Qin Aiqing's illness has recovered, you will be in charge of the interrogation regarding the choice of children." Xiao Zhiyuan panted slightly and ordered.

Xiao Zhiyuan originally wanted to interrogate him himself, but his body simply didn't allow it, so after thinking about it, he handed over the matter to Qin Yanzhi.

Firstly, Qin Yanzhi is the prime minister on the left, and secondly, because Qin Yining has become the empress, Qin Yanzhi has not joined any prince's forces, so it would be best for him to interrogate,

"Yes, I will do my best."

Qin Yanzhi clasped his hands and replied.

In fact, some time ago, Xiao Zhiyuan had privately let Qin Yanzhi understand the ins and outs of the matter.

"Cough cough, come here, bring Xiao Ling up to me."

soon.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Zhishen came to Xiao Zhiyuan together, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "See Your Majesty."

"Emperor brother, cough cough, why are you here?"

Although Xiao Zhiyuan had long expected that Xiao Zhishen would come, but when Xiao Zhiyuan saw Xiao Zhishen's face was only slightly pale, Xiao Zhiyuan couldn't help frowning.

Isn't Xiao Zhishen seriously ill?Why do you look better than me?Could it be that his so-called serious illness has been faking all along?No, it's impossible. The imperial physicians I sent to Zhennan Palace to help him diagnose and treat him are all my people, so how could they be bought by Xiao Zhishen?

Come on.

Xiao Zhiyuan had been secretly guarding against Xiao Zhishen all along, even if the imperial physician sent there would not be the same person.

The purpose is to know whether Xiao Zhishen's illness is faked or not.

"As Ling'er's father, how could I not come?" Xiao Zhishen smiled wryly and shook his head, "Besides, I still don't believe that Ling'er would do such a thing. I hope the emperor can find out the truth. To rectify Ling'er's name."

"Imperial brother, I don't want to believe it as a brother, but the facts are right in front of my eyes."

"Seeing is not necessarily believing. How can the emperor conclude that Ling'er did this with just one word? Don't the emperor think this is too hasty?"

Xiao Zhishen questioned directly.

"Brother, do you mean that I am the one who is wrong?"

"I dare not."

"I……"

"Your Majesty, since Prince Xiao is here, shall we start?" Qin Yanzhi said calmly, interrupting the debate between the two.

"can."

Xiao Zhiyuan quickly nodded in agreement with Qin Yanzhi's words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Qin Yanzhi bowed his hands to Xiao Zhiyuan, then shifted his gaze to Xiao Ling, and asked for a while, "Xiao Shizi, did you do it on purpose for the matter of the Seventh Prince?"

"The Seventh Prince and I just met each other a few times, why should I kill him so painfully?"

"The bloody characters written by the Seventh Prince, how will Xiao Shizi explain? The Seventh Prince clearly wrote the word 'Ling', and I have also found someone to read it. The handwriting is indeed exactly the same as the Seventh Prince."

"Master Qin, may I ask how the Seventh Prince died?"

Xiao Ling asked a question coldly.

"Bold Xiao Ling, if the emperor is here again, how can you..."

"Lord Qi, this matter is related to the life and death of Prince Xiao, why can't you ask?" Xiang Dongliu glanced at Qi Jingyuan displeasedly, "Could it be that you are guilty?"

"Xiang Dongliu, this matter has nothing to do with me, why should I feel guilty?"

"Since it has nothing to do with it, Master Qi, why do you want to stop Xiao Shizi? Could it be that you are still thinking about the remnants of the previous dynasty? Then it is Xiao Shizi who blamed you?"