Chapter 11 Mystery 1

"He said that the maidservant has a noble temperament. Do you think it's funny or not?" Lin Zhiyuan laughed at himself and said, "It's just a maidservant and noble temperament. The most noble under this ordinary is the Empress Dowager and the Empress."

"Haha, your son-in-law's vision is really strange."

"Your Majesty laughed. By the way, now that Princess Shuning is far away from marrying the State of Lu, the eldest prince should also come back. Why is there no movement?"

Zhao Shun was silent for a long time and said slowly, "Actually, there is something I've been worried about."

"Huh?"

"If the eldest prince did not go to the State of Lu, the fourth prince did not follow Liumu to the Kingdom of Cang, and the third prince did not go to the Shenyue Palace with a strange disease." Zhao Shun paused and then said, "So what will happen after raising the army?"

"What does the adult mean?"

"If they were all in the palace at that time, they would have died in the raising of troops, which is also my original plan, but I don't know why all three people left the palace for various reasons before the raising of troops. Don't you think it's too coincidental? Did the previous emperor know that I was going to raise an army from the beginning?

"Maybe the former emperor was prepared for the rainy day and noticed some wind."

"No, no. I always feel that things are going too smoothly, as if I have been pushed forward by one hand.

"No matter what happens, in short, it is an indisputable fact that we have helped King Xingle to the throne." Lin Zhiyuan said, "Don't think so much. What I'm most worried about now is that the eldest prince will return to the capital. Anyway, he is also the prince."

"Prince?" Zhao Shun said coldly, "If he wants to come back, he will also have this ability to come back. The old man of King Jinheng hid in the Divine Moon Palace all day long. I really don't know what the relationship he has with the Divine Moon Palace. I was rejected several times when I wanted to visit. Damn it.

"God Moon Palace? Isn't that a place to pray for the royal family, but I heard that the Divine Moon Palace has half of the world's wealth. I don't know if it's just a rumor?

"Rouls?" Zhao Shun said, "Of course, it's not a rumor that the palace owners of the Shenyue Palace are among the best masters in the world. It is said that as long as the Shenyue Palace is willing to easily command the whole martial arts, in addition, the four countries are all over the Shenyue Palace. It's not good to say. That sick guy has more money than our emperor."

Lin Zhiyuan's eyes widened and looked like he didn't believe it: "How can this be? The Divine Moon Palace has such a huge power, so why do you obey the order of the State of Qi?"

"I don't know about this, but I heard that the successive lords of the Shenyue Palace have made friends with the monarchs of the State of Qi, which seems to have a history of nearly a thousand years."

"Oh, my God, no wonder the Moon Palace can survive countless court struggles. It seems that it's better to be the head of the palace than to be the emperor.

"It's not likely. Looking at the sick appearance of Liumu, I'm afraid he won't live for a few years." Zhao Shun said with a little gloating, "I don't know why the palace owners of the Divine Moon Palace of all dynasties can't live to be 30 years old."

"How many years can't you live?" Lin Zhiyuan asked, "Then who will inherit the Moon Palace?"

"This is also a secret. No one knows the criteria for selecting heirs in the Divine Moon Palace. The only thing they know is that there will be a cinnabar red mole in the eyebrows of the heir."

"There are many people with red moles in the middle of the world. Who can tell the true from the false?"

"Lord Lin, you don't know that." Zhao Shun said, "The red cinnabar mole on the center of the eyebrows is not red, which can be changed into seven different colors. Few people can do it under the mole that will change color."

"So that's it. It sounds like this Moon Palace is really a mysterious island."

The next day, the sun penetrated through the clouds, and the blue sky was as transparent as washing. However, it was on such a bright morning that the whole palace fell into panic again. The body of the crown princess Yu was found in the Jiaotai Hall.

After King Xingle succeeded to the throne, Concubine Yan moved to live in a remote courtyard, but Emperor Qi specially allowed his son Qi Xian to still live in the place where the princes lived, which seemed quite rude at that time. Therefore, some ministers proposed that the second prince should marry and move out of the palace as soon as possible, but Emperor Qi has not accepted the proposal of the court minister for a long time. On the one hand, due to the guilt of his brother in Emperor Qi's heart, and on the other hand, the Empress Dowager Renyu also likes this steady and smart grandson very much, and Qi Xian's biological mother, Concubine Yan, should be partial to the Empress Dowager Renyu's family.

The Yonghe Hall, unlike the main hall, is the place where Emperor Qi summoned a small number of ministers.

"Department of Criminal Justice, what the hell is going on?"

"Your Majesty, Xiaguan is under investigation, but the cause of death of this princess is extremely unusual."

"Oh?" Emperor Qi asked, "Isn't it hanging?"

"Your Majesty, although the crown princess, like the queen of the former emperor, was hanged in Jiaotai Hall, but..." The appearance of Xingdu's desire to stop made Emperor Qi a little impatient.

"But what is it?"

"It's true that Empress Shunde was hanged, but this time the princess holds the key to the Jiaotai Hall in her hand!"

"What about holding the key?"

"The emperor doesn't know that there is only one key to the Jiaotai Hall, which has always been kept by Mother Shang of the Queen's Hall. When she got up this morning, she found that the key was missing, so she looked everywhere, but she couldn't find it." Xingdu Si paused and then said, "So Mama Shang took several palace people to look for it. As a result, when she found the door of Jiaotai Hall, Mother Shang said that the queen would receive the birthday congratulations of the concubines in Jiaotai Hall this afternoon, so she ordered someone to find a locksmith to cut off the lock on the door and then rematch the lock. But Unexpectedly, after opening the door, everyone saw that the princess had been hanged in the hall.

"Can't the key be copied?"

"Your Majesty, the key of the Jiaotai Hall cannot be copied. This is not only the Jiaotai Hall, but also the main hall and the Empress Dowager's Hall." Xing Dusi said, "This case is bizarre in this place. If the princess committed suicide, then who locked the lock outside the door with a key? If it hadn't been for suicide, how did the murderer send the key into the hand of the princess?

Emperor Qi was silent for a long time. Xing Dusi found that Emperor Qi's face was getting worse and worse. Finally, Emperor Qi smashed a book on the table to him fiercely: "I order you to find out the truth within a month, or come to see me with your head and retreat."

The Department of Criminal Justice did not dare to say anything more and left silently.

Some people are happy and some people are worried about the death of the crown princess. This worry is the criminal division that was ordered to find out the truth in a month. Naturally, Zhao Shun is happy. He was still thinking about what excuse to use to remove the crown princess Yu, but now it seems that there is no need to work hard. Compared with the bizarre death of the crown princess, he is more concerned about the impact of the prince's death. To some extent, Zhao Shun is a person who doesn't care about the process and only cares about the results. In his opinion, once things happen, he must figure out what to do next. He doesn't bother to pay attention to other things. Without saying a word of nonsense and not doing anything wrong, this is his philosophy.

In Liu Zichen's house, Wu, who had just given birth to her daughter, squatted in the backyard to wash clothes, and his hands were red and swollen with cold. Although Wu is Liu Zichen's wife, according to the law of the State of Qi, the side room is equivalent to a slave. If the birth of the side room is slightly better, the life will be better, but if the birth is not good, it is really not as good as ordinary maidservants. Moreover, once you become a slave, you can hardly change your identity, and you will pass on your identity to future generations. If you give birth to a daughter, you can only become someone else's side room. If you give birth to a man, you will become a slave. This is a rule that has not changed in the State of Qi for thousands of years.

Therefore, even in the palace, only the children born by the queen can be called the direct prince, and the prince born by other concubines is a concubine and is not qualified to inherit the throne.

"Second lady, how can you wash clothes after giving birth?" A maid named Linger squatted down, grabbed the clothes in Wu's hand and said, "Second lady, go and have a rest. I'll wash it for you here."

"But..." Wu wanted to refuse, but when she thought that the newborn child was left in the room and no one took care of it, she could only say thank you gratefully, "Thank you very much."

"It's okay, madam, go back to the house quickly."

"Linger, what are you doing?" An angry shout scared the two and almost fainted. Lin was wearing a gorgeous brocade fox fur and holding a baby less than one year old Liu Yu in his arms. Probably Lin's anger scared her. Liu Yu began to cry loudly, "Master just left, have you forgotten the rules? Don't think that you will be complacent when you give birth to a daughter for the master. Let me tell you that this family is now in charge.

"Yes, madam." Linger immediately stood up and lowered her head and said, "And madam, she has just given birth..."

"So what?" Lin raised his eyebrows and said strangely, "Second Lady? Humph, I'm the only wife in this house. Where can I get the second wife? From now on, which of you dares to help her work? Let me interrupt you.

"I know, madam."

A spring breeze blew, and somehow Wu's heart was full of anger, but soon she suppressed this anger. Perhaps Wu at this time did not know that it was her obedientness that caused decades of bloody storm in the State of Qi in the future.