Wu Mei sat on a chair and looked at the snowflakes outside in a daze. After a while, she said: "I think you already know about the rumors in the court. Help your mother eliminate the impact of this matter. Pei Yan has not He died after the three halls held a joint trial, which will cause a lot of turmoil in the court. On this occasion, neither I nor your father want any more accidents to happen to the court. This court You made it a mess and a mess in the past two days, and there are more than 30% new faces. "
"This can only show that Pei Yan's power is too huge. He has been serving as the Secretary of the Central Committee for many years and has cultivated his own followers..."
"Are you accusing your mother and me? Are you accusing your mother of improper employment..."
"Don't, don't, don't take everything from yourself. What I mean is that Pei Yan is ambitious and has a disobedient heart for a long time. He just pretended to be good and even you, the queen mother, were deceived by him. I guess Di Renjie has already started to eliminate the influence, not to mention that the bodies of Pei Yi and others are there, and Lao Ba and the palace maid have testified, and... By the way, where is Wei Tuan'er, your personal palace maid? " Li Hong was startled when he thought of this and hurriedly looked at the other maids in the palace to see if there was any sign of Wei Tuan'er.
"You don't have to worry about this. Your mother knows what to do. You can go after Yuan Day. My mother has promised you. If you want to go to Jiangnan, you can go. But whether your father agrees or not, you have to decide for yourself. , I can’t make the decision for your father.”
"Well, don't worry, Queen Mother. I will definitely be able to convince my father. I will go to Jiangnan this time. You also know that the aftermath of Pei Yan's stay in Chang'an and the court has such influence. Then Yangzhou I don’t know what it will be like now, so I can’t help but go on this trip.”
"Okay, okay, don't get an advantage in front of me and act like a good boy. Go ahead. Your father is still in the Xuanzheng Hall and is very angry right now. You three can go over." Wu Mei waved her hands impatiently. She discovered that Li Hong, a little brat, was like a tiger locked in a cage when he stayed in Chang'an.
As soon as he heard that he agreed to let him out of Chang'an, his whole person seemed to become brighter all of a sudden.
The three of them bowed to Wu Mei one by one, and then left the Penglai Hall. Li Zhe and Li Xian had a bitter look on their faces. As soon as they walked out of the Penglai Hall not far away, they began to complain that Li Hong was too murderous last night, why did he have to let Wen Cheng commit suicide? , now that it’s fine, my father feels very sorry. If the three of them go there, they will definitely be scolded by their father.
Walking in the palace where snowflakes are still flying, everything you look at is completely white. Even the Jinwu guards in the palace are like snowmen, standing still in the snow.
Before arriving at the Xuanzheng Hall, Di Renjie was already covered in thick snow. He was standing in the passage where the courtiers usually walked, looking left and right in the direction of the harem.
Looking from a distance, a black and white figure was pacing back and forth in the snow anxiously, and he guessed that the snow under his feet was as solid as porcelain.
"Were you really not responsible for the death of Pei Yan and the others?" Li Xian lowered his head and thought about Li Hong's every move yesterday. After thinking about it, he could only hold Bai Chun in his arms and talk at the gate of Prince Pu's Mansion. Most suspicious.
But this does not mean that it was Li Hong who did it, and he himself told his mother just now that he let Bai Chun go there just to protect Pei Yan. Who knew that Pei Yan still died despite all the layers of protection.
"Did I have time to kill Pei Yan yesterday? I don't know how to kill Pei Yan?" Li Hong shook off the snowflakes on his body, looked at Di Renjie's shadow, and walked forward bravely.
"Bai Chun has time." Li Zhe helped.
"Are you stupid? If Bai Chun had time to kill Pei Yan, you and I would have died long ago last night. You still want to expect Bai Chun to come and save you!" Li Hong kicked Li Zhe again. There was a big snow-covered footprint on his butt, and even Wu Mei in the Penglai Hall behind him could see it clearly.
Looking at the happy scene of the three people walking side by side, although there were arguments and discussions from time to time, it was much more harmonious than the tense and fighting situation between Li Tai and Li Chengqian back then.
Wu Mei looked at the snowflakes flying in the sky from time to time, and looked at the three brothers walking in the wind and snow. She felt bursts of relief and peace in her heart for no reason: "If we can continue to be so harmonious, it will be a blessing to the royal family. ”
When the three brothers saw Di Renjie discovering them, they immediately showed expressions of relief. They quickly walked up to the three of them and saluted one by one. Then they said apologetically: "Please forgive me for being rude, King Pei and King Ying. I want to be alone..." "
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, isn't it just the thing about Dali Temple that you made so mysterious, as if I am willing to listen." Li Zhe looked at Di Renjie, who had a pockmarked face, and tugged impatiently. Li Xian's sleeves were lifted, and the two of them took the lead in walking towards the Xuanzheng Hall.
After seeing the two people walking away, Li Hong looked up and looked at the heavy snow that was still falling, pointed to a corridor not far away, and said, "Let's go, let's talk there."
"Yes, Your Highness, I am waiting for Your Highness here. I am afraid that Your Highness has guessed the purpose of your visit, right?"
"I don't know. You, Di Mazi, are so reserved and so secretive. How could I guess what you wanted to do with me today?" Li Hong put his hands in his sleeves and stood under the corridor, looking at the snowy scene outside, and said calmly.
Di Renjie showed a self-deprecating smile on his face and said slowly: "Your Highness is joking. I never dare to hide anything from you, but your Highness has tricked me this time. I just want to know how your Highness came up with this wonderful idea." ?”
Li Hong took his hands out of his sleeves, tilted his head and looked at Di Renjie, and said impatiently: "Di Mazi, if you have something to say, just say it. If you have nothing to do, just get out. I don't have time to play riddles with you."
Li Hong still didn't believe it. Di Renjie could tell that he died from carbon monoxide poisoning. In his memory, the history clearly recorded the death of people from charcoal stove poisoning in the Song Dynasty, so he was sure that this At that time, people were still ignorant about the concepts of carbon monoxide poisoning and death from charcoal stove poisoning.
Even if it is recorded in the "Washing Out of Wrongs" in the Southern Song Dynasty, people's analysis of the carbon monoxide poisoning incident in the charcoal stove often believed that the smoke was the cause of the disaster. At that time, people could not distinguish smoke from colorless and odorless gases, so this At that time, I was no longer afraid that Di Renjie would find out anything.
And for the sake of safety, he was afraid that Di Renjie would find out any clues, so he didn't even think of using the poison he gave Wen Cheng last night. After all, it was not easy to come into contact with Pei Yan, and even if he came into contact, it would be easy for others to leave him. On the handle. Second, if it was poisoned, Di Mazi would definitely be able to detect it with his shrewdness and rigor.
Di Renjie saw that Li Hong's answer was flawless, as if he was an innocent person who had no idea that Pei Yan and others were dead, so he had no choice but to stop testing and instead asked for advice: "Your Highness must have heard about it from the Queen, right? Yan, Xue Yuanchao, and Gao Zhizhou died mysteriously last night. There were no signs of fighting at the scene. The jailer even said that the three cells were very quiet throughout the night, and... According to the jailer, their expressions were very calm when they died, unlike Someone was poisoned to death.”
"Then according to what you said, he slept to death?" Li Hong asked.
"This..." Di Renjie was stunned for a moment, doubting his guess. Could it be that His Highness was not responsible? "This is the first time I have heard of sleeping to death..."
"That's not entirely true. When Xu Jingzong died, didn't he just sleep to death unknowingly? If you don't believe it, you can ask Xu Yanbo, he was in the East Palace." Li Hong said easily.
"Your Highness, even if someone died while sleeping, is it too much of a coincidence?" Di Renjie wanted to capture some useful information from Li Hong's eyes, but in the end it was still in vain. Li Hong's performance was completely He looked uninformed.
"Then ask yourself first, is there something shameful about you that Pei Yan got into the hands of, so you were murdered as close to the water as silently as possible? Of course, it's also possible that it was Liu Dewei who did it. After all, he is also from your Dali Temple, isn't he?" Li Hong said with a mysterious smile: "You should first focus on how to eliminate the bad influence of Pei Yan's death on the court and you. As for how to die, Yes, the person is there, are you still worried that the body will escape? You have to pay attention to priorities in everything, otherwise, the harem will be blamed on you, so think about it yourself. "
After saying that, Li Hong ignored Di Renjie's efforts to stay, and walked away in the wind and snow, and died. The queen mother was angry because she thought he was hiding it from her again, and secretly killed Pei Yan, not because he wanted to save Pei Yan's life. .
What's more, if Li Dan was robbed, if it were his mother, Pei Yan would probably have his family confiscated and his family exterminated. In this way, Pei Yan should actually thank himself.
The Xuanzheng Palace was already in sight. The two unlucky guys learned the lesson this time and did not go in immediately. Instead, they were waiting for them in Bixue under the eaves of the Xuanzheng Palace, accompanied by Lian Tie.
"Why don't you two go in first?" Li Hong stood under the eaves of the corridor, and Lian Tie hurriedly helped him pat the snowflakes off his body.
Li Zhe rolled his eyes, shook his body as if he was in need of urination, and said dissatisfied: "Why, we go in first and let our father scold us and let us vent, and then you go in and pick up the ready-made ones? We just Not stupid."
"What Lao Qi said makes sense, I agree. This time you go in first, and we will follow behind. If you want to be reprimanded, you should be reprimanded together, and you should bear the head." Li Xian looked at a group of palace people. As we walked slowly in the snow, it seemed that it was time for lunch, but I guessed that my lunch would have to be used together with my dinner.
"You two are really promising." Li Hong despised the two of them, then turned his head, looked at Lian Tie and asked: "How is it? Are you relieved of your anger? At least you know the whole story, right?"
"Back to Your Highness, after the court today, I went to the Queen to lose my temper, and then called King Yin to the study for questioning. But King Yin didn't know anything. He just said that he fell asleep last night and something happened. I don’t know anything at all, and I have never met Aunt Wencheng. Zong Chuke and the Minister of Punishment were also called in for questioning, but... no one could fully explain what happened last night, so, this matter, slave. I thought it was up to you, King Pei, and King Ying to clear up His Majesty's doubts." Lian Tie looked around and said in a low voice when he saw that there was no one around.
"Okay, I got it. Lead the way. If you don't believe it, you can even eat the three of us."
"Try it! Give me some seasoning, and I'll want to eat you three beasts alive!" Li Zhi's voice came from the window behind him.
"Well… ."
Li Hong quickly looked back and said, Damn! The four of them stood at the window of Father Long’s study and discussed for a long time! This is not seeking death!
(End of chapter)