Pearl and Agate are women from the inner court after all. No matter how capable they are, the information they can find is limited, and their sensitivity to politics is limited.
But the hidden guards left by Lord Xiao were different. The hidden guards who stayed in the capital, their duty was to keep an eye on the movements of the court, the royal family and the ministers.
The same news, Pearl and Agate can only tell what everyone can see, but Hidden Guard can find out deep and unknown intelligence.
"The Empress was in a coma for no reason some time ago, and the imperial physicians were helpless. Concubine Zhou thought that the queen was praying for blessings, so she went out of the palace in micro-clothing and was assassinated outside the palace. Fortunately, Mrs. Lin Xiang rescued her."
"After investigation, the queen should have been poisoned with a poison called 'Pinting Tea'. The master of the Qin imperial doctor had seen people who were poisoned by this poison in the Central Empire. This poison seems to be related to the imperial family. Specifically, which family member has not found."
"This poison strikes once a month, and each attack is excruciatingly painful, and each attack is more painful than the last. There is no cure for this medicine, and it will not end until the poisoned person dies."
"According to Imperial Physician Qin's speculation, the Empress will be in a coma after being poisoned for at least 15 years. According to the effect of 'tea tasting', the Empress will have at most two years to live."
"Concubine Zhou Guifei proposed to go out of the palace to pray for the queen after the imperial physician announced that the queen was helpless, and specially chose the temple where Mrs. Lin Xiang often went. If there were no accidents, those assassins should have been arranged by the Zhou family."
As for why? Of course, it is to alienate Lin Xiang and the prince.
"The prince entered Miss Zhou's room by mistake, which is also related to the Zhou family. Although the girl Zhou who was mistakenly slept by the prince was the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, she was not born by Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou had a difficult childbirth that year. Born and died, this girl Zhou is actually a maid, but she was quietly carried into the Zhou residence, replacing the daughter born by Mrs. Zhou."
Obviously, the Zhou family is playing a big game of chess, and both the Zhou family and Mrs. Lin Xiang are the Zhou family's pawns.
"Keep an eye on the Zhou family and Concubine Zhou, I don't want any accidents!" Xiao Tianyao closed his eyes slightly, and tapped his fingers on the table.
The Zhou family, Concubine Zhou, the third prince... Sure enough, if you don't make a move, you must hit.
Two things in a row, it seems that the Zhou family suffered a big loss, but in fact, all the external forces of the prince were destroyed in one fell swoop.
The prince slept with the daughter of the Zhou family, and he had to marry into the house. The prince concubine came from the Zhou family, so the prince could not get help through marriage.
Mrs. Lin Xiang rescued Concubine Zhou, and the prince would definitely hold a grudge against Lin Xiang, and the fact that the prince refused to marry Lin Wanting also made Lin Xiang very annoyed. As a result, even if Lin Xiang did not fall for the third prince, he would not support the prince again.
"Yes." Hidden Guard nodded, waited for a while, but did not see any new orders from Xiao Tianyao, and continued: "Young Master Su Cha has sent a message that the Northern Li matter has been resolved, and they have returned in secret. If nothing else happens, I'll be back in two months."
"The Mo family in the Northern Territory has spread the news. The King of the Northern Territory frequently contacts people in the capital. We have not yet found out who they are in contact with in the capital. We also checked here, but we still haven't gotten any news."
"There is news from Tianzang Pavilion that it is... No matter how high the price is, no matter how high the price is, it will not sell your news. The Shadow Moon Pavilion will not accept any mission to assassinate you."
"It seems that something happened to the Meng family. Meng Xiuyuan left Beijing in a hurry, but he left a message for the princess to write to him if there was anything."
"After Prince Seibu goes back, he will give up all his rights as you said, lord, indulge in the mountains and rivers, and not participate in the struggle for power. In this way, he will win the love of Emperor Seibu."
"After the fifth prince of Nanman Nan Nuoli and the princess Nan Nuoyao went back, they were suppressed by several other princes and princesses, and they may not be able to leave Nanman in a short time."
"Nanman's former royal family has quietly gathered and is secretly preparing for a mutiny."
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The hidden guards in Xiao Tianyao's hands could not say that they were first-rate in their ability to detect news, but they were definitely not inferior to spies from other countries. Although the information on Northern Li, Nanman, and Seiwu was limited, it was not a problem to focus on a few people.
The hidden guard reported the information found during this period to Xiao Tianyao one by one, and did not dare to hide it.
When the news from the four kingdoms is added together, the number is not very large. After the hidden guard has finished all the news of the report, it is already dark, and the hidden guard quietly disappears into the darkness. Xiao Tianyao is sitting at the desk, checking the period of time. official newspaper, as well as some secret letters.
So, another half an hour passed. Butler Cao, who was standing outside the courtyard waiting for Xiao Tianyao to come out, waited left and right and still did not see Xiao Tianyao coming out, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Hey... The princess wants to wait for the prince to have dinner together, and he won't let anyone disturb the prince. Seeing that the meal time has passed, how can it be good for people?"
"Should I go in and ask? If the prince gets busy and forgets to eat, won't the princess have to wait all night."
"But if I disturb the prince's office, will the prince kill me?"
"Hey... It's really a dilemma. It would be nice if Young Master Su Cha was here."
Butler Cao kept his hands behind his back, circling back and forth outside the hospital, constantly talking to himself, but after a long time there was still no result.
In the end, the guard's personal guard couldn't see it, and stepped forward to stop Butler Cao, "Steward Cao, don't go any more, we'll all faint if we go any further."
The candles themselves were dim, and Butler Cao kept walking around, blocking the light from time to time, which was literally killing people.
"You think I want to leave." Butler Cao snorted angrily, waved to the guards sneakily, and asked in a low voice, "Is the prince really alone in the study?"
"Butler Cao, you've asked us more than a dozen times. The lord didn't summon anyone in the afternoon. He was really alone in the study."
"Then you say... If I go in to look for the prince at this time, will it disturb the prince's office? Will the prince be unhappy because of this?" Butler Cao really didn't know what to do.
In the past, in the past... No one dared to disturb the lord when he was in office.
But, but... The situation is different now.
In order to pick up the princess, the prince can leave official business. Who knows if the prince will leave official business in order to accompany the princess to eat.
What if
When he does not go in to report, the lord will miss the opportunity to have dinner with the princess, and the lord may kill him.
"No one has tried it before, and the villain doesn't know it." The guard shook his head, expressing powerlessness.
"The difficulty is the difficulty. No one dared to use this kind of thing before to disturb the prince's office." Even Su Cha and Liubai didn't dare. They wanted to see the prince because they had business affairs.
"Should I give it a try?" Butler Cao stood in front of the Moon Gate, looking faintly at the study door, still hesitating...