Chapter 173 Unfathomable 2

There was silence in the Deqing Palace, and I leaned against the upper seat and turned over a poem book. The good sunlight is shining on the ground for a long time, reflecting a layer of mild luster. There was a shadow in front of the door. I raised my eyelids and quietly stared at the two shadows outside the door.

It was Zhou Molan who came back with a maid in her hand. She was the one who guarded the hall in my Deqing Palace.

I glanced down and continued to look at the words in the poem, but I couldn't see them. Zhou Molan threw the maid on the ground. I didn't look at her and directly ordered her without saying a word: "Eat what crawls inside and outside, pull out the stick and kill!"

The maid knelt on the ground, hurriedly kowtowed her head more than a dozen times, and asked pitifully, "Why did the Empress kill me?"

"Why did I kill you?" I glanced at her and sneered at the corners of my mouth: "You put the hair in the rouge box."

The maid shook her head in shock: "I dare not!"

I closed the poetry book and looked sharply: "Don't you dare? Without my order, why do you listen to Zhuge? The maid bowed her head and said, and I said coldly, "Laer down!"

The eunuch outside the hall got an order to lift the maid of honor and drag her to the outer court. I disdained her crying, nodded to Zhou Molan and turned into the inner hall.

Actually, I don't know whether the shadow I saw in front of the couch that night was in a dream or reality, but the hair found in the rouge box must have been deliberately put in by someone, and this person will only be the person who can go in and out of Deqing Palace. Their purpose is to scare me, so I will trick and lead the snake out of the hole. I was actually waiting for the arrival of picking qiao when I drank tea in the backyard, because someone would report to her about what happened after discovering my hair. Most people will blame such strange things for superstition, so they can boldly show her sleep in the Dragon Hall. They don't want to lose face by me in public. She hates me to the bone and will try to harm me again. On the other hand, I had Zhou Molan stay outside the bamboo pavilion, so I captured the maid who informed the news, who was the eyeliner of the bamboo pavilion.

I will punish my own maid of honor, and others will not have any objection, and so will the picking of urns, otherwise she will not act on herself. She is indeed a little smart, but this cleverness doesn't work from time to time. As for her sudden thought of using her hair to cause my panic, and she happened to close her dream, among which... I don't know. Maybe it's just a coincidence, I hope so.

The next day after returning to the palace, Li Shimin issued an order to seal Xiao Zhu, the prime minister of Luoyang County, as the servant of Dali Temple, and set off to enter the palace three days later. A month later, I stood in the square of His Royal Highness Taiji. When Xiao Zhu saw me, he was already enlightened. When he saw Li Shimin on the throne of Taiji, he should have also known my identity. He held the official hat on his head. Although he was smiling, it was extremely unnatural, but he brought some strange emotions. As for what it was, I couldn't figure it out.

I smiled slightly and asked, "Your Majesty loves talent. Can you still adapt to the forced transfer from Luoyang like this?"

Xiao Zhu was embarrassed: "It's just a little unexpected."

I said, "Let's go with me. I have something to discuss with you."

Xiao Zhu answered and walked slowly on the palace road with me. I thought it would be more appropriate to open my mouth. After all, I have to be very careful about asking him. After another walk, Xiao Zhu couldn't help asking first, "I don't know what to order from Empress Defei?"

I smiled lowly: "Didn't you always call my aunt?"

Xiao Zhu shook his head with sigh: "In this palace, I'd better honor the Empress, so as not to be criticized."

He is a strong man. He must be afraid that others will say that his promotion is due to nepotism, and he is also afraid that I will suffer from such words. I didn't embarrass him. I looked at the roof of the towering palace and was slightly distracted: "Do you know who is the emperor's favorite in this harem?"

Xiao Zhu didn't know and said, "Isn't it the Empress Defei?"

I shook my head: "It's a filling." I left the palace people behind, walked away from him, and continued, "You have just entered the palace as an official, and the grudges in the harem are still unclear. If you believe in this palace, you don't need to ask about the origin, just do what this palace says. I don't know how to bind the emperor, but I can be sure that the emperor has hidden feelings about her kindness. The deceased Empress Changsun once entrusted this palace to investigate and handle this matter, but the palace was not wise enough to find out. This time, please also ask Lord Xiao to help this palace, the deceased Empress Changsun, and the emperor!"

With the order of Empress Changsun, Xiao Zhu must not dare to push it. Sure enough, he lowered his head and thought for a moment and asked, "Where does the Empress want me to start?"

I told him, "The emperor has a portrait on his hand, and the person on the portrait and I can imagine it very much. The people in the palace think that the person who painted this is the palace, but only the emperor and Cai Chongrong know that this person is not the palace. The emperor must be unable to find it, so he can only listen to the collection and appearance of the bamboo pavilion.

"Portrait..." Xiao Zhu muttered.

"What's the problem?" I asked.

"No, no!" He came to his senses and said, "I must find out and solve the confusion in the mother's heart."

Seeing that he agreed, I hesitated for a moment and then said, "I still don't know anything about the emperor. To tell you the truth, the last time I went to Luoyang, I encountered two assassinations with the emperor. It was reasonable that it should be strictly investigated, but the emperor suppressed the matter. I was worried and ashamed that I could not solve the problem for the emperor.

Xiao Zhu answered: "I understand."

I nodded and smiled, feeling sad: "No one knows about this anymore. I believe you as much as the emperor! Thank you for your hard work."

After that, we talked a few more words, and Xiao Zhu said goodbye. I sighed gently and looked at this luxurious palace, with thousands of complex tastes in my heart. Seven days later, I met another picker on the palace road.

It's really a narrow road for enemies. I come from Deqing Palace to relax. This huge palace, with thousands of palace roads, nine out of ten can meet picking urces. I don't know if it's fate or deliberately. She came back from the direction of Liangyi Hall and suddenly showed the usual concubines talking about miscellaneous things and approached me to talk to me. She seemed to forget the resentment between me and her, laughed with disdain, and whispered, "I have heard that Lord Xiao, who has just taken office, has been punished by the emperor and is practicing 30 sticks!" My concubine thought that what could be done by Lord Xiao? In the end, he was just a troublemaker.

I immediately asked, "What's going on?"

Caiqi otherwise said, "Lord Xiao privately investigated the Luoyang assassin, but he boldly asked the emperor about it and had the same temper as Wei Zheng, the minister."

I can't scream, and I'm very upset. Xiao Zhu found something and ran to ask Li Shimin. It seems that this matter is really not small. In a faint mind, I heard theqian muttering: "This Xiao Zhu is really bold. It's a bad thing for the emperor!"

I was stunned and stared at her: "Do you know why the emperor didn't check the assassin? Tell me."

Caiqi was stunned, bowed his head and was embarrassed, and his pleasant intention raised his eyebrows faintly: "The Empress Defei should not embarrass my concubine. It's a matter. The emperor won't allow the news to spread. Since the emperor told my concubine, he trusted my concubine, and I can't say anything about it."

What a trust, what a can't say! Does he doubt me? But I have nothing to doubt! So on the night he returned to the palace, was Li Shimin because of this? What on earth did they hide from me? I can't wait to tear open the disguised skin and see what kind of peerless secrets are in it!

Seeing that my face turned pale, I raised my eyebrows, and my words were provocative and light: "Since the emperor doesn't want to let the Empress Defei know, there must be his reason, and the Empress should not go to investigate in private. No wonder the concubine reminded that the emperor even dared to kill his own brothers. What else could he dare not do? The Empress is smart and will be able to understand the meaning of the concubine, but it is better to ask the Pope to get the exact answer, so that you will misunderstand the emperor because of my concubine's own words, which is the great sin of my concubine, and I can't afford it.

My chest has already been overwhelming. I know that I can't be moved by her words, but I still glanced at her with an elite look and said, "How can you guess my mind!"

He pretended to be frightened and quickly saluted and apologized: "Yes, I don't guess."

I am most indifferent and arrogant, but today I am inexhaustible, which gives me a chance to be happy. I stopped talking and turned away, behind her loud blessing gift.

It's not all wrong. I can't help sighing when I think of the coup more than ten years ago. King's art is that the six relatives don't recognize it, not to mention me!

Back to Deqing Palace, I stood in front of the temple gate for a long time and finally waited for the person who should come. Before the people arrived, I was far away. Li Shimin approached me, walked into the hall with a cold voice, and stood in the hall with his hands behind his back. I retreated the palace man in the temple to the door, slowly walked to him and handed him a cup of tea, which meant that he should cleanse and reduce the fire.

He pushed away the cup, narrowed his eyes, and raised his chin slightly: "Have you seen him?"

I naturally know who he is talking about, and what he guessed is also good, and I don't know whether to be happy or sad. Looking at his sharp eyes, I never avoided: "Yes."

"I said about the Luoyang assassin. I'm measured. I know how to do it. I don't want to startle the snake!" His voice became louder and louder, and his anger was soaring that I couldn't resist, and I could only agree.

However, when I thought about picking today's words, I was also angry and insisted on opening again: "If Lord Xiao did not startle the snake when he explored, the emperor would have scolded Lord Xiao! So the emperor is trying to hide the truth of the matter and startle the snake... It's just a cover.

With a "pop", Li Shimin slapped my forehead with great force. I stood unsteadily for a moment and fell heavily on the ground. The jade bracelet on my wrist was also smashed heavily, and the broken strips were deeply embedded in the palm of my hand, wet and sticky. He looked at me coldly for a long time, and finally closed his eyes and said decisively, "Nonsense! You have repeatedly crossed over your power, and I will punish you for incarceration in Deqing Palace, and no one is allowed to meet you. If I know who you have seen again, this person will definitely die!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. The maid in the hall helped me up in panic and was shocked to see the blood oozing from my fingertips. Deqing Hall is in chaos. They have never seen him attack me. In their eyes, Li Shimin has always favored me. Now, looking at my messy hair, the blood in the palm of my hand, trembling, shocked and confused. Including myself.