Chapter 20 Lost Lock

Emperor Qi looked at the queen standing under the moonlight not far away, and she was indescribably gentle and charming. In terms of appearance, she was not as amazing as Yuan's concubine, and her exquisite and small facial features were even a little cold, but I didn't know that she was deeply moved by the slightly cold appearance. Although he had seen the 17-year-old queen at the time of the wedding, she looked more beautiful without powder at this moment. Especially the words just now made Emperor Qi feel a little guilty.

Is it just because of her brother that she has to neglect such a woman who understands her? Are you too selfish?

"Queen, are you here to enjoy the moon?" Emperor Qi walked slowly to Empress Renchen.

"I want to see the emperor." There was no surprise in Queen Renchen's tone and said lightly, "Your Majesty, the moonlight is beautiful today, isn't it?"

"Yes, I haven't seen such a beautiful moonlight for a long time."

"Does the emperor like to see the moon?"

"It's not that I don't like it, but I don't know how to appreciate him. I'm very tired, really tired..."

"Your Majesty, take off your shoes."

"What?"

"Take off your shoes."

Although he was puzzled, Emperor Qi still took off his shoes, and Empress Renchen also took off his shoes, then took Emperor Qi's hand and said, "Don't think about anything, run with my concubine."

The two ran along the path like this. Not long after, Emperor Qi felt that his legs were as heavy as lead: "I'm tired. Stop, stop."

Empress Renchen held Emperor Qi's hand tightly and said, "Your Majesty will hold on for a while."

The two ran for a while and came to the Fire Dance Pavilion. Emperor Qi was already very tired and suddenly sat on the stone bench and gasped.

"Your Majesty, are you tired?"

"I'm tired, I'm exhausted."

Queen Renchen stretched out her hand and said, "Let's go."

"Do you still want to run?"

"No, let's go back this time."

"But I'm too tired to walk. Let's go after a break."

"No, the emperor must go."

With no choice, Emperor Qi held the hand of Empress Renchen, and the two walked back slowly along the original road. Strangely speaking, the exhausted body actually felt relaxed, and Emperor Qi had a feeling of relief.

"Queen, I feel much more comfortable."

Empress Renchen took out a silk scarf and wiped the sweat from Emperor Qi's forehead: "When you are tired, running is the best."

"Although I'm not tired, I feel hungry."

"Then let my concubine prepare some snacks for you, including the emperor's favorite yam porridge and horseshoe pastry."

"How does the queen know that I like to eat like this?"

"I asked the imperial chef." Empress Renchen said with a smile, "But it's not good for my health to eat horseshoe cakes tonight. My concubine prepared some pumpkin cakes for the emperor, and it's best to eat them with yam porridge."

"There is a queen."

The next day, the sky was shrouded in large lead-gray dark clouds, and the thick clouds kept approaching the ground until it turned into a rainstorm and suddenly fell.

Yonghe Hall, Emperor Qi listened to the sound of rain outside the hall. He was waiting for someone, but he did not want the person he was waiting to come.

"I want to see you."

"Let him in."

"Yes."

"I want to see the emperor."

"Get up, Department of Criminal Justice, I'll let you find out the murderer of the crown princess within a month. Have you found out?"

"Return to the emperor, Weichen has found the murderer of the crown princess."

"Oh?"

"It's Prime Minister Zhao Shun."

"Bold, how can the prime minister be the murderer?" Emperor Qi's eyes were as deep as a lake, which made people unable to figure out, "Do you have any evidence?"

"To the emperor, there is no evidence."

"What?" Emperor Qi patted the table heavily and said angrily, "Since there is no evidence, how dare you say that the murderer is Prime Minister Zhao? Are you playing me?"

"I dare not. Although there is no evidence, I found this at the scene of the death of the crown princess." Mei Nianfa put a piece of jade pendant on the emperor's table and continued, "This is Lord Zhao's personal thing."

Emperor Qi looked at the piece of jade on the table mountain and said to himself: Mei Nianfa, you really have the ability to get even the jade pendant worn by Zhao Shun.

"Can this jade pendant explain that Prime Minister Zhao is the murderer? It's a little joke, and the princess holds the key in her hand when she dies, but the door is closed. What's going on?

"Your Majesty, this issue has been solved."

"Ter up and say it."

"The only key of Jiaotai Hall is in the hands of the crown princess. How to send the key in after the murderer closes the door is the biggest problem in this case." Mei Nianfa paused and continued, "But we all ignored a question, that is, is the lock really the lock of Jiaotai Hall?"

"You should make it clear."

"Your Majesty, at the time of the crime, a locksmith cut the lock, but no one knows where the cut lock went. All the ministers thought that the murderer made an identical lock to replace the real lock in the Jiaotai Hall, so that all of them could leave the key in the hall and then lock the door, but those who did not know thought that the lock was It's the real lock of Jiaotai Hall.

"So it is..."

"Your Majesty, the reason why Weichen thinks that Prime Minister Zhao is the murderer is that this jade pendant at the scene is the property of Prime Minister Zhao, which is just a reasonable suspicion."

"Reasonable, but not sentimental." Emperor Qi said, "Do you want to think that Prime Minister Zhao is guilty with this jade pendant?"

"Weichen is frightened."

"I allow you to investigate Prime Minister Zhao without official position restrictions, but you can't arrest him."

"Yes."

Soon, the news that Zhao Shun was the murderer of the crown princess quickly spread all over the capital, but unexpectedly, Zhao Shun, who had always been arrogant and domineering, only obediently accepted the investigation of Mei Nianfa. This made the second prince Qi Xian a little restless. It was true that things went according to his plan, but he felt that it was not so simple. Something must have happened in it.

In the other courtyard where Yanfei lived, Qi Xian put a grape in his mouth: "Mother, what do you think of this?"

Concubine Yan, who was no longer young, sat in front of the bronze mirror and said, "What do you think? It was you who killed the princess. As long as this matter is not traced to you, any result will be fine.

"But mother, the result should not be like this." Qi Xian said.

"Result? So what do you want?" Concubine Yan said, "Is it worth doing this for a woman? What's good about that Yu family?"

"What I can't get will be destroyed. Wasn't Queen Shunde also killed by your mother?

"I thought that if I killed the queen, I could become the queen, but I was destroyed by Zhao Shun's bastard, which made me so miserable. Fortunately, I held the Empress Dowager's weakness in my hand and thought she wouldn't do anything to us.

"What weakness?"

"You don't need to know."

"Mother, are you still worried about your son?"

"It's not that I'm worried about you, but this secret is too big."

"Tell me, mother. A son like you will be sad."

Concubine Yan turned her head and said, "Well, I'll tell you, so that you won't be able to eat and sleep. In fact, Emperor Qi was not the son of the late emperor at all, but the child born by the Empress Dowager and a actor who sang in the palace.

"How do you know such a secret thing, mother?"

"Why don't I know that I saw the actor and the Empress Dowager with my own eyes..." Concubine Yan said, "There is a butterfly-shaped birthmark on the back of the actor's neck, and there is also a Xingle King. If it weren't for the father and son, how could the face birthmarks be the same?"

"Oh, my God..." Qi Xian looked at his mother in surprise, "What a secret is this? Won't the Empress Dowager kill us secretly?"

"Don't worry, I have told several confidants outside the palace about this matter. As long as I suddenly die, they will spread the news immediately."

The Tao is one foot tall and the demon is one foot high, and Qi Xian thought about these words in his heart.