Dali Temple.
There are three animal cages placed on the stone table in the inner courtyard, inside which are respectively a white rabbit, a small monkey and a large mouse. The three small animals are about the size of a cat. Seven or eight young men in official uniforms of Dali Temple surrounded them, bowing and staring at the three little beasts.
"This little white rabbit is so cute, with those red eyes rolling around, it makes my heart melt."
"This little monkey is sensitive and cute, I want to take it home."
"This big mouse looks like a big mouse full of rice."
They were chattering, and the three little beasts were very cute while drinking water and picking vegetable leaves.
Someone asked: "Master Shen, what are you doing after buying these three little beasts?"
Shen Zhiyan and Murong Ci stood aside, he smiled meaningfully, "I'll find out later."
After finishing speaking, he put the three big white hooves he had prepared into the three animal cages respectively, and then closed the doors of the animal cages.
Those young men looked forward to what happened next, their eyes wide open.
Murong Ci stared intently, hoping that what the shopkeeper said would work.
Not long after, the big mouse changed its face first, shook its head violently, let out a deep roar, and the tentacles around its mouth stood up.
From a naive and docile little beast to a ferocious and terrifying beast, it only takes an instant.
It jumped up and down in the animal cage, ferocious and furious, and let out several low growls in succession, as if suffering from mania, and its gray-black eyes were full of fierce light. Seeing the hooves lying aside, it rushed towards it, and opened its fangs to bite angrily.
The white rabbit and the little monkey have also changed, but they are not as fierce as the big mouse.
After a while, the Shuoshu bit the hoof "scarred".
The men took a few steps back in shock, frightened by Shuo Shu's ferocity.
Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan looked at each other, as expected.
After a cup of tea, the white rabbit and the little monkey calmed down and became docile again, but the big mouse was still brave, indefatigable, vicious and frightening.
After a while, Shuoshu slowly returned to normal.
Shen Zhiyan took the three big hoofs out of the animal cage. In contrast, the hoof bitten by the Shuoshu was the most "injured". There were many large and small wounds, and several wounds were slightly deeper. Torn down.
"Is it similar to Sun Yumei's bite wounds?" Murong Ci smiled brightly, these wounds are clear at a glance, and it is basically certain.
"It should be Shuoshu."
Shen Zhiyan looked at her and smiled. Today's trip to Dongshi was not in vain, and he solved the mystery of "fish cannibalism". The wounds on Sun Yumei's and Xiaolu's arms and faces should have been bitten by rats.
A servant of the Dali Temple clapped his hands and laughed, "The mystery of Luohe fish cannibalism has been solved." His Highness and Mr. Shen have joined forces, and there will be no mystery that cannot be solved."
Everyone echoed and flattered.
Shen Zhiyan ordered his subordinates to deal with the three little beasts and escort His Highness back to the palace.
Murong Ci refused, saying that he had made an appointment with Qin Ruo.
He didn't insist and sent His Highness away from Dali Temple.
She went to Shuyuxuan, and under the guidance of the woman in Tsing Yi, she came to a bamboo building in the northwest.
The two sides of the bamboo building are planted with phoenix bamboos, which are dense and green. As the breeze blows, the green bamboo leaves sway like butterflies, a little cool and quiet.
The corridor is shady, in the green background, Rong Zhan is dressed in white, his sleeves are breezy, his black hair is tied with a plain crown, and there is a jade hairpin stuck in it. The smoke and water patterns on the white clothes fluttered with the breeze, free and easy.
Holding a plain fan in his hand, he gently lifted the delicate chin of the woman in Tsing Yi, "Can you tell me your name?"
There is a bit of chic in frivolity, and a bit of suave in romantic.
Without squinting, Murong Ci went straight into the bamboo building and came to the private room on the second floor.
The bamboo building is shady and cool, and being in it is indescribably cool and pleasant.
The woman in Tsing Yi prepared tea and brought refreshments, and Rong Zhan came up.
He lifted his robe and sat down, and suddenly he came close to her and looked at her carefully, and said with a playful smile: "The owner of the village has lost his balance, but he needs to make up for it."
"That girl's name just now, I got it," she teased, took a piece of mung bean cake and ate it slowly.
"The owner made fun of it." He didn't feel embarrassed, but calmed down.
"I asked you to investigate, but there are results"
"What the No. 1 village in the world wants to find out, even a hundred years ago, you can find out." Rong Zhan finished a piece of mung bean cake with a few mouthfuls, drank a cup of tea, and then said, "Back then, King Rui and King Jing were deadly enemies. They fought openly and secretly. For many years. King Rui has been favored by His Majesty, but he is extremely cautious, even in his own palace, he is careful in everything, from the palace servants sent by the palace to the servants of the palace, he secretly cleaned it up several times."
"Get to the point." Murong Ci rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"Master, please be safe and don't be impatient." He smiled brightly, "King Rui respects his wife, Princess Rui very much. From the outsiders' point of view, King Rui and his wife are deeply affectionate, and they have the same eyebrows. King Rui doesn't have a side concubine, but there are a few A concubine. I spent a lot of effort and visited many people to find out that King Rui's favorite woman is a concubine, but few people know about it."
"Oh why is that concubine called?"
"King Rui is wise. After weighing the balance, he didn't mention the woman he likes most as a side concubine, and he doesn't have a special room to dote on her. Instead, he treats her as an ordinary concubine."
"The incident at the Rui Palace failed, and the entire Rui Palace, including those important servants, were secretly killed. That
Where is the concubine?" Murong Ci asked anxiously.
Rong Zhan drank tea unhurriedly, and continued: "The concubine that King Rui loved the most was named Cui Nong. Almost all the servants in Prince Rui's mansion died back then, only a few insignificant servants and maidservants were killed. out."
Cui Nong
Unexpectedly, Cui Nong from Chunwu Courtyard is King Rui's concubine, not a maidservant.
She rubbed between her brows, feeling more and more confused, "There is a woman named Cui Nong in Chunwu Courtyard in the palace, don't you find it strange how she came into the palace?"
He nodded, "It's really strange. If King Rui intends to save the life of his most beloved concubine, Cui Nong, and let her escape from the palace as a maidservant, she should escape from Luoyang City. will enter the palace"
Murong Ci speculated: "Maybe something wrong happened that year, and she had no choice but to enter the palace; maybe she was grateful for King Rui's favor and vowed to avenge King Rui, so she tried every means to enter the palace, but she didn't expect to be trapped in the palace. Chunwu Courtyard."
Rong Zhan said decisively: "I think she entered the palace with a heart of revenge."
"Trapped in Chunwu Courtyard, she was burned to death five or six years ago."
"The beauty has always been unlucky, and there is another pink skeleton in the palace."
"I still feel that Cui Nong has a lot of things worth pondering about, and there are secrets that are unknown, but it's just that I can't tell them for a while."
"Cui Nong has the ambition of revenge, so she shouldn't have been doing nothing in the palace for so many years."
The two talked about the No. 1 village in the world, and Murong Ci left Shu Yuxuan.
Back in the East Palace, she stayed in the study until late at night before returning to the bedroom to go to bed.
The morning glow is like a thousand-zhang cloud brocade, decorating the Qingyuan Hall in a brilliant and resplendent manner.
Princess Zhaohua led Ruyun Palace people into the Qingyuan Hall, but only two maids who were close to her followed her into the Emperor's bedroom.
Murong Cheng had already got up, and Yuan Shun was waiting for him to wash up.
"My son pays homage to his father."
Murong Chang saluted with a smile, then sat on the side of the bed, pulled his sleeves and said with a smile: "Father looks pretty good today."
He lovingly stroked his daughter's head, and said with a smile, "Is that so? I don't know why, but I feel more refreshed today than before."
"Father and Emperor Hongfu are in the sky, with God's blessing, those ghosts and monsters have retreated."
"As long as you stay in the palace obediently, I don't worry about you, and you will recover naturally."
"Yes, I have made my father worry. From now on, I will be a princess who can set an example for women in the world." She smiled like a flower.
"Hehehe..." Murong Cheng laughed loudly, Longyan was delighted.
"My son personally made almond cheese, Father, please try my son's handicraft." Murong Shang took the glazed cup from Yuanxiu, the court lady who was close to him.
"Hey, it's not easy for you to cook for the emperor yourself, wash your hands and make soup." He laughed and said, quite surprised, "I'm lucky."
"It's not that the father is going to try it, it's the first time for my son to do it, the father should remind me more." She smiled softly.
Murong Cheng took a sip and took another sip, frowning slightly.
At this time, a servant came in quietly, holding a red lacquered wooden table in both hands, it was His Majesty's breakfast.
Murong Chang frowned in disappointment, "Father, is it really bad?"
Murong Cheng encouraged with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay, it's your first time doing it, and it's already very rare to have such a skill."
Yuan Shun reminded: "Your Majesty, it's time for breakfast."
She stood up and took the glazed cup, "Father, let's have breakfast. My son will leave first."
Murong Cheng nodded with a smile, the waiter lowered his head slightly, and came forward with a red lacquered wooden table, Yuan Shun sensed that something was wrong, and scolded in a low voice: "Don't you understand the rules? Just give me breakfast, and you can step back." .”
The servant didn't mean to hand over the vermilion lacquer case, Yuan Shun felt even more strange, and was about to stop him from approaching the dragon couch, at this moment
A pool of silver light suddenly appeared, flashing like a shock.
A dagger pierced towards Murong Cheng who was on the dragon couch as swiftly as the wind.
He froze in shock, and subconsciously backed away.
Just this moment of effort is enough to make the waiter approach.
In the blink of an eye, the servant showed ferocious eyes, and stabbed the dagger into the flesh and blood.
However, it wasn't Murong Cheng's heart that pierced, but Yuan Shun's shoulder. Yuan Shun was so shocked that it was too late to stop him, so he could only use his own body to save him.
Blood sprayed out, and the blood splashed on the servant's face, a trace of warmth.
"There are assassins and there are assassins"
Murong Cheng yelled in horror, and fled to the side of the dragon couch in a panic.
The servant didn't succeed, his eyes full of hostility turned into fierce murderous aura, and he stepped on the dragon couch to pursue Murong Cheng.
Regardless of the serious injury on his left shoulder, Yuan Shun held the assassin tightly, preventing him from hurting His Majesty, "Come here, there is an assassin"
The assassin slapped Yuan Shun's chest, and Yuan Shun was still holding him tightly, with bright blood gushing out of his mouth, drenching all over.
Murong Cheng huddled in the corner, eyes full of horror, trembling, his face pale as death.
"Fun Lord, die"
The assassin sneered ferociously, and slapped his palm neatly, a white streak struck Murong Cheng who was hiding in the corner with vigor and vigor.