"Squeak!"

The door slammed open inward, and the loud sound made the lieutenant take a step back. He looked up at Qiao Xie, but unexpectedly saw two figures next to each other.

Qiao Xie walked with a face as heavy as water, and then Guan Qingxian followed Qiao Xie out, ignoring the surprised look in the lieutenant's eyes.

"what happened?"

Qiao Xie walked a few steps while talking, and suddenly thought of Guan Xiaoxian, so she turned her head to look, and saw that he had already closed his shirt, then turned back and took hurried steps.

The deputy general led the way, and took the time to explain: "Just now in the hall, the Holy Majesty was celebrating with all the officials, and suddenly Concubine Lan was lying on the table... walking this way, the serving maid thought that the empress was too strong to drink, so she stepped forward I helped her, but when I touched her, I found that Empress Lan was shivering all over. The imperial doctor stepped forward and felt for her pulse, only to find out that the empress had been poisoned. After another test, the drink that the empress was drinking was indeed swallowed by someone. poison!"

"Can the palace servants who are in charge of presenting the dishes and the cooks in the imperial dining room be under control tonight?"

"This subordinate has already ordered the brothers to do it." After finishing speaking, the deputy general suddenly came to his senses. Looking at Qiao Xie's calm profile, he hastily added, "This is a serious matter. I have searched all over the hall but did not find the commander. I had to make up my own mind, but I was barely able to stabilize the situation... If you want to find out who is behind the scenes, you have to come forward, the commander-in-chief."

"You did a good job this time, so don't panic."

Josie said casually.

The three of them walked without touching their feet, and after a while, they returned to the front of the hall.

Seeing that the gate of the hall was heavily guarded and the hall was brightly lit but there was no sound of silk and bamboo coming out, Qiao Xie stopped in his tracks and at the same time raised his hand to stop Guan Xiaoxian.

"Even if you go in, you can't do anything, why don't you wait for me here." Qiao Xie patted Guan Youxian's shoulder, and at a critical moment, he added in a low voice without a teacher, "Everything is up to me."

Guan Xiaoxian swallowed the "but" back.

The fact is exactly as what Qiao Xie said, even if he goes in, he won't be of much help.

Guan Xiaoxian could only nod his head: "Okay."

After that, he hid behind the huge vermilion pillar, watching Qiao Xie and the lieutenant step by step into the palace gate and disappeared.

A gust of night wind blew, Guan Xiaoxian sneezed, then wrapped his clothes tightly in a daze, staring at the palace door without blinking.

When Jing Xi and Chu Fengming hurried over, what they saw was this slightly bleak picture of "Looking at Her Husband at Midnight".

"Guardian!"

Ever since he understood the secret thoughts of his good brother, Jing Xi had deliberately understood Guan Xiaoxian. Thinking of what happened tonight, he immediately understood why Guan Xiaoxian had to wait here, so he stepped forward, wanting to A few words of relief, but after all, it was her mother and concubine who was poisoned, Jing Xi opened her mouth, and finally only choked out one sentence:

"...It will be fine."

"Your Highness..."

Guan Xiaoxian looked at Jingxi, as if he had just realized what happened at this moment, he muttered to himself:

"They said that Concubine Lan drank poisonous wine..."

The mist gradually accumulated in the eyes uncontrollably, Guan Xiaoxian seemed to be unable to even see Jing Xi in front of him at this moment.

Suddenly there was a crisp sound of "Dang Clang" from the palace, like a sharp signal in this silent night, it quickly spread throughout the entire imperial city.

Jing Xi and the others immediately looked at the gate of the palace, but before they saw anything, they heard the angry roar of the Holy Spirit——

"Slave dog! Let me drag you down, punish the Nine Clans! All of them will kill the Nine Clans!"

"Forgive me, Your Majesty!"

This sentence was like a heavy hammer hitting Guan Xiaoxian's heart in an instant, his eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.

A few figures appeared in front of the palace gate, dragging a trembling Guan Dahai in his hand—he was still chanting "forgive me" feebly, his face ashen.

However, neither the superiors nor the forbidden army who dragged him turned a blind eye to Guan Dahai's begging for mercy.

Guan Dahai seemed to understand that there was no hope of survival, his Mu Leng's eyes circled around, and for some reason, suddenly met the gaze of Guan Xiaoxian who was hiding behind the pillar.

Guan Dahai was stunned for a moment, then immediately closed his mouth, gave up even struggling, and suddenly withdrew his desperate eyes, as if the father and son's stare at each other just now was just an illusion.

However, Guan Xiaoxian couldn't stand anymore, he shook his numb palm, a force suddenly surged from the soles of his feet, forcing him to take two steps forward from slow to fast.

"father--"

Shouting Fang to exit, suddenly one hand covered Guan Xiaoxian's mouth from behind, and at the same time dragged his limp body back to hide behind the corridor pillar.

Hearing the change, the forbidden army immediately looked vigilantly, but was stunned when they saw Jing Xi.

While holding down Guan Xiaoxian, Jing Xi shook her head solemnly at the few imperial guards.

So the imperial guards looked away, and hurriedly dragged Guan Dahai away.

Before being completely dragged out of everyone's sight, Guan Dahai cast a grateful gaze at Jingxi from a distance—then he was dragged into the dark night.

Seeing this, Jing Xi breathed a sigh of relief, let go of the struggling Guan Xiaoxian, and spoke first:

"It's useless for you to chase him now. I'm afraid Mr. Guan has already been imprisoned. It's the imperial guards who arrested him. No one dares to let him go unless the emperor orders him."

Hearing this, Guan Qingxian was silent for a moment, then whispered to Jing Xi:

"...Thank you."

If he really broke through just now, he would either be caught and thrown into prison together, or he would collide with the other party, and the end would be even worse.

Seeing that Guan Xiaoxian had calmed down, Jing Xi was relieved, and after a few more instructions, she turned her head to look at Chu Fengming and said:

"There is no rest tonight, you go back first, I'll go check on the situation of the concubine mother."

Chu Fengming nodded, but stood still.

Jing Xi watched with urging eyes, seeing that Chu Fengming was not moving at all, he had no choice but to turn around and walk towards the palace gate with a reddish face.

-

Fu Ru was standing beside the palace gate, when he saw Jing Xi approaching, he saluted hurriedly, and led him away from the main gate to the back hall.

Jing Xi kept walking, and asked in a low voice to Fu Ru who was following him:

"What's the situation with the concubine?"

Just now, he was beside Guan Gaoren, and he could see that he was hiding in the dark and nodded at him from a distance, knowing that the situation of the mother and concubine might not be as dangerous as the rumors outside, so he was not in a hurry.

Furu also replied: "Your Majesty is fine. She was a little uncomfortable when she first drank the wine, but after our people checked the pulse, they said that the poison in the wine was very small, and they took a few doses of medicine to recuperate for a while." The time will be great…”

"That's good." Jing Xi heaved a sigh of relief, recalling the roar that he heard just now, and was a little puzzled.

Fu Ru looked carefully at Jing Xi's expression, guessed the doubts in his heart, and quickly explained:

"Although the body is not in serious condition, the people behind the scenes dare to attack on such an important occasion. It is always too rampant. The empress means that she simply pretended to be dying, and made a big deal so that the emperor can investigate carefully. Who is behind the instigation... It is only because His Highness is too worried that the Empress sent her servants to tell you the truth. There are so many people at present, whether it is before the Empress's sick bed or to meet His Majesty later, His Highness must not have any The omissions..."

Jing Xi knew it well, and followed Fu Ru into the apse.

The servants in the palace had long since been replaced by people from Concubine Lan’s palace. Jing Xi still didn’t dare to be careless. She knelt in front of Concubine Lan’s couch with red eyes and acted out. " At that time, he looked up and almost didn't laugh out loud——

A bowl of sweet and delicious Poria cocos paste!

Concubine Lan was "force-fed" by Fu Ru to get up some soup and medicine. Looking down, her son was still kneeling on the ground, her originally dull eyes were slightly opened, and her brows were raised triumphantly.

Jing Xi then understood what she meant, got up and quietly exited the door, turned around and walked towards the main hall.

Before entering the main hall, Jing Xi heard the old emperor's trembling and out-of-spirited curses, and he was roughly prepared, twisted his thighs, stared at the red eye circles, and His Highness the Eighth Prince walked into the brightly lit room In the main hall, Qiao Xie, who was standing with his head bowed in the hall, and the king, who had gray hair and a furious expression, could be seen at a glance.

"Cut! Let me push and chop them all!"

With such a furious roar, the old emperor caught a glimpse of Jing Xi walking into the hall crying from the corner of his eye, thinking of Concubine Lan who was still struggling on the sick bed, he slightly suppressed his anger, and slowed down his tone to Jing Xi:

"Xi'er is here...have you visited your mother and concubine?"

Jing Xi nodded and opened her mouth:

"Mother, she..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a look of grief appeared on his face.

The old emperor sighed, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to pick up the wine glass. As soon as the cold touch touched his hand, his face suddenly changed, and he swept everything on the table to the ground with a flick of his sleeve, and patted the table angrily:

"It's the other way around! In the palace, someone dares to poison and deliberately murder! The glass of poisoned wine was brought to my table, but the imperial dining room didn't notice it at all. What a bunch of trash! Qiao Xie, order me down, put The head of the imperial dining room drags me outside the west gate and beheads immediately!"

The head of the imperial dining room, isn't that the father of Guan Gaoren?

Jing Xi raised her head abruptly, and just as she was about to speak, a deep voice rang out before him:

"Your Majesty, I think it is absolutely impossible!"

This time, not only Jing Xi was surprised, but even the old emperor slightly closed his eyes and looked at Qiao Xie with displeasure.

"What did you say?"

As soon as the old emperor said this, Jing Xi immediately broke into a sweat for Qiao Xie, but this time Qiao Xie did not follow the usual style of watching with cold eyes, but took a step forward and knelt on the ground, clasped his fists and said neither humble nor overbearing:

"I think that if we want to catch the mastermind as soon as possible, we need the cooperation of the imperial dining room. Most of the imperial cooks only work in the kitchen. Except for the palace servants who serve the dishes, only the chief manager can go in and out of the various divisions. If this person Beheading may miss important clues." Qiao Xie paused for a moment, and said resolutely, "Your Majesty might as well hand this person over to the minister, so that the thief can be caught as soon as possible, so that the thief does not escape."

The old emperor was silent.

Jing Xi looked at Qiao Xie's resolute expression, and then at the contemplative old emperor, fearing that he would miss this opportunity, and mentioning it again would make the old emperor suspicious, so he immediately stood up and asked Qiao Xie with a look of surprise:

"So, this person can help the commander catch the culprit who killed my mother and concubine?"

Commander Qiao raised his eyelids to look at Jing Xi, and nodded slowly:

"You can give it a try."

"Father, since this person can help, please spare this person's life first for the sake of mother and concubine being deeply poisoned, and it will not be too late to send him after the thief is caught." Said, Jing Xi looked eagerly at the old emperor, as if thinking of the dying Concubine Lan, showing a sad expression.

The old emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

Qiao Xie had her heart hanging in her throat when she entered the door, and when she saw this, she clenched her fists tightly.

After a long time, the old emperor nodded abruptly:

"it is good."

Hearing this, Qiao Xie's heart sank suddenly, but it didn't stay where it was - with the character of the old emperor, it was impossible to pick it up so high and put it down gently, he must have something else to say.

Sure enough, at the same time when Qiao Xie's thoughts were changing rapidly, the old emperor suddenly moved the corner of his mouth, and showed a strange expression to Qiao Xie:

"Within three days, Qiao Qing, you must find the culprit, otherwise—

I will not spare his life. "

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