The crown prince Li Changze entered his room angrily, turned around and closed the door heavily, Cao Anqing, who was following him, was almost slapped in the face by the door, stood outside the door for a while, and then gently pushed the door open and came in, and saw the prince sitting on the chair with an angry face, as if he was thinking about something, and his eyes were a little fluttering.

"It's better now."

The prince slapped on the table with a snap: "My younger brother Changye fell off the cliff, of course he, as a subordinate, has to go out of his way to save him, but there are people in the army who talk about it, saying that I won't save him if I die next to Changye!" How do I treat Changye, others don't know, you don't know? How could I not save Changye! Even my father's eyes looked at me a little wrong, could it be that my father thought I pushed Changye down? ”

Cao Anqing lowered his head: "Your Highness doesn't have to think too much, what do those ignorant villains say, why should Your Highness care?" Your Majesty will not blame His Highness, it was just an accident. ”

The prince said: "The limelight has made Shen Leng out, why didn't you fall to death?" ”

Cao Anqing sighed secretly in his heart, none of them fell to their deaths, and they really shouldn't be.

Naturally, he would not tell the prince that a few days ago, after His Majesty had just decided to hold a winter hunt, he immediately arranged for someone to secretly come to the Yanshan Palace and did his hands and feet on the guardrail of the lookout.

Of course, Cao Anqing doesn't know who will fall, and he is not sure if someone will fall, it doesn't matter, if no one falls, it will be as if nothing happened, if someone really falls down and dies...... For him, it doesn't matter who falls.

If the emperor falls down and the crown prince ascends the throne smoothly, he, as the most trusted person around the prince, will naturally become the role of the current generation of Fangzhou, and even more authoritative than Dai Fangzhou, he believes that he will have a great influence on the prince.

If the crown prince falls, of course it is also very good, after all, the elder hopes that the emperor's son will die, and if the second prince falls to death, it will have the same effect.

No matter who falls to their death, they always have to find out why the accident happened.

Cao Anqing felt that he was going crazy, a madman who could barely maintain some sanity.

After learning that Ge Lao was dead, Cao Anqing felt that half of the sky had collapsed, and he also wanted to continue to execute according to Ge Lao's arrangement, but the hatred in his heart was about to be uncontrollable, and he had to avenge Ge Lao's revenge.

"Ask you something."

The prince looked at Cao Anqing: "You really don't know about Liao Weiqing?" ”

"The slave really doesn't know."

Cao Anqing pounced and knelt down: "The slave really doesn't know that Liao Weiqing is also the person who Mu Zhaotong inserted into the East Palace, he should be monitoring His Royal Highness the Prince's every move in the East Palace, Mu Zhaotong is really a wolf ambition, Liao Weiqing, Liao Shaoxian and Feng Peng's affairs, the slave and maid don't know at all." ”

"Alas......"

The prince sighed: "Get up, I don't really blame you, it's just that out of anger at the time, you didn't have the ability to recover such a big thing, in vain I still trust you so much, I asked you to clear the line on Mu Zhaotong's side, don't think it's over, who knows that there are still a few people like Liao Weiqing in the East Palace, and if there is any accident, my father will really be disappointed in me." ”

Cao Anqing said in his heart This is exactly what I want to do, but he said sincerely: "It's the slave and maid who are not careful, if you can investigate carefully, such a hidden danger can be eliminated, and the slave and maid will be more careful in the future." ”

"Just remember."

He glanced at Cao Anqing: "You say it's strange, why can you fall?" ”

Cao Anqing lowered his head and said: "It's normal for that place to fall into disrepair for a long time, and no one can predict such an accident."

At the same time, His Majesty's bedchamber.

Under the lights, the emperor was making tea slowly and skillfully, and the fragrance of tea in the room gradually diffused, Han Zhaozhi and Wei Lan stood opposite the emperor, both of them lowered their heads, waiting for the emperor to speak.

"Did you check?"

The emperor washed his tea and looked up at the two men: "Don't tell me that this is really just an accident. ”

"The minister carefully inspected the broken fence."

Wei Lan said: "The wood of the fence is the thickness of an arm, and there are routine inspections every month, if there is any damage, it will be repaired in time, just five days ago, in order to welcome the arrival of His Majesty, this place has also been specially inspected, and the minister observed that the wood was hollow and looked like it was eaten by insects, but the sawdust inside did not look like it was eaten by insects." ”

Han Zhaozhi said: "Your Majesty ......"

He opened the box he brought and put his hands in front of the emperor: "This is handed over to the minister by His Royal Highness the Second Prince." ”

The emperor frowned slightly: "Changye handed it to you?" What is it. ”

He pulled the box over and looked at it, there was a piece of wood inside, took out the wood and looked at it carefully, the emperor's face changed: "Sure enough! ”

Han Zhaozhi said: "No one would have thought that when His Royal Highness the Second Prince fell down from the fence, he still grabbed this piece of wood and didn't let go, it stands to reason that this thing fell into the deep stream below the mountain where can it be found, so the people who do it should feel that there is no need to worry, but His Royal Highness the Second Prince brought things back, and did not show them to anyone, directly found the minister, and handed over the things to the minister, His Royal Highness the Second Prince is worried, someone wants to harm His Majesty." ”

The emperor nodded with satisfaction: "Changye, I didn't disappoint you. ”

Han Zhaozhi continued: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince is worried that if he hands it over directly to His Majesty, if he guesses wrong, His Majesty will be suspicious of the ministers, so he thought of the minister, and the minister carefully looked at this piece of wood, and the fracture can vaguely be seen to be sawn, but the person who did it was very careful and deliberately dealt with it, so it was not obvious. ”

The emperor said lightly: "Those who want to harm me are not sure if I will fall. ”

He looked at Wei Lan, and Wei Lan said: "The minister personally looked at it carefully three times, and there are still several problems in the fence, and if the strength is greater, it may even cause the entire fence to be disconnected." ”

The emperor said: "Therefore, this person's target is the three of my father and son, and it is naturally best to kill one and kill one, and it is naturally best to kill three." ”

Han Zhaozhi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was really afraid that the emperor would suspect His Royal Highness the Prince, no matter how you look at this matter, it should have nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Prince, His Highness would not be stupid enough to use such a means...... Moreover, Han Zhaozhi has always had hope for the crown prince, he is also one of the retainers who watched the prince grow up, and the last thing he wants to see is a problem between the emperor and the prince.

The emperor was silent for a while and then said, "Don't make a big deal about it, this matter is ostensibly considered that I don't care, and I will investigate it secretly." ”

"Yes."

Wei Lan and Han Zhaozhi lowered their heads at the same time.

"Wei Lan, you go out first, and I and Han Zhaozhi will talk about something."

Wei Lan nodded hurriedly, bowed down and exited the room, Han Zhaozhi asked, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Arrange for someone to send Liao Shaoxian and Feng Peng to Northern Xinjiang, someone intercedes for them, since the death penalty is inescapable, then send them to Northern Xinjiang, it is worth killing a black warrior."

"Is it Shen Leng's love?"

Han Zhaozhi asked tentatively.

"Yes."

The emperor glanced at Han Zhaozhi: "I know your thoughts, you are an old man in the palace at the beginning, and you watched the prince grow up little by little, from childhood to adulthood, but you should understand that it is my son, even you don't want to believe it, do I want to."

Meaning to believe? ”

Han Zhaozhi said: "Minister, understand. ”

The emperor sighed: "Why do I insist on letting him stay in Chang'an even though I know that there is a hidden danger?" ”

Han Zhaozhi finally understood, what His Majesty meant by giving the prince a chance last time, this is the last chance for His Royal Highness the Prince, if His Majesty is not in Chang'an, and the prince really does something unforgivable, His Majesty will no longer give His Royal Highness the crown prince hope.

But this is a matter of the heavenly family, even if Han Zhaozhi is from His Majesty's retainers, he doesn't dare to talk nonsense.

"You know, what is the saddest thing about me?"

The emperor pushed the boiled tea forward, Han Zhaozhi hurriedly came over and held it with both hands, the emperor's expression seemed to be a little trance, his face was very bad, he looked at Han Zhaozhi: "You have also read the letter that Mu Zhaotong wrote to me before he died, he said in the letter that he lost a son, so he also wants me to lose a son, I always thought about Shen Leng, but then I thought that something was wrong, and he still wrote in the letter...... He plans to do one more thing for me, he wants to erase the traces he left in Daning, and the traces left by the queen in Daning......"

There was a kind of fear in the emperor's eyes, which was fleeting.

"Nagasawa...... It is the heaviest trace that the queen left by my side. ”

Han Zhaozhi's back suddenly cooled.

"I know that it's not Chang Ze's fault, it's the sorrow he was subjected to, I only can't investigate it again and again, just to give Chang Ze a chance to wake up."

The emperor let out a long breath and waved his hand: "You go." ”

Han Zhaozhi put down the teacup and bowed out the door.

When he went out, he glanced up at the emperor again, and in a trance, he found that there were so many white hairs on His Majesty's temples...... Your Majesty is reluctant to move even the queen, how can he really be willing to move the prince? That's his son.

Han Zhaozhi's heart was blocked for a while, as if there was a big stone there, and he couldn't go up or down.

Shen Leng's room, the second prince asked several times and finally made sure that Shen Leng had no problems, so he was relieved, the child who was only over ten years old seemed to have the wisdom and mentality that only adults can have, he turned around and closed the door, walked to Shen Leng's side and said in a low voice: "Master...... I don't think it's normal for me to fall off the lookout. ”

Shen Leng glanced at him: "Your Majesty said that you are not allowed to call me Master again, why do you think so?" ”

"I don't just shout in front of my father...... Master, I was holding a piece of wood in my hand and didn't let go, and when I fell down, I even thought in my mind that someone should be trying to harm me, this piece of wood is evidence, if I let go and find my body, my father can't even avenge me...... But then I realized that it wasn't for me, so I ......"

He looked at Shen Leng: "Master, do you think someone wants to harm my father?" ”

Shen Leng stretched out his hand and rubbed the second prince's head: "This is not something you should think about at your age, you should think about how to make yourself better now." ”

"I know you're skeptical, too."

The second prince said: "I think the eldest brother seems to be suspicious, General Shen...... There is one thing I haven't said to anyone, not even to Han Zhaozhi, on the lookout, my father is holding on to the railing, and I am the same, only the eldest brother is ......"

Shen Leng immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

The second prince hurriedly shut up.

Shen Leng was silent for a while, and patted the second prince on the shoulder: "Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treating you well?" ”

"Okay, big brother treats me very well."

"Then remember these."

Shen Leng looked out the window: "I always remember." ”