After being given a marriage to a rival

The carriage stopped at the gate of Dali Temple.

??Yun Yang got out of the car with the food box in his arms, and said to Yuan Li, "I can go in by myself, you can go back."

??Song Yin also got off the horse, stood still in front of the carriage, and reassured: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the Crown Princess."

?? Yuan Li nodded, called Yan Jing over, and gave a few more instructions.

?? Yan Jing responded carefully.

?? "Don't worry, Your Highness, the servant will make all the arrangements before going back."

Seeing that Yuan Li was about to leave, Yun Yang thought of something, hurriedly took out a plate of pastries from the food box, stuffed it into Yuan Li's hand through the car door, and said: "You didn't eat breakfast, this is for you, so much left and right I can't finish it either."

?? Yuan Li glanced at the plate of red jujube cake, nodded and accepted it.

?? "Let Song Shaoqing tell Gu about something."

??He had instructed him several times on the way, and Yun Yang knew that he was telling Song Yin specifically this time, so he nodded.

??Song Yin naturally covered up this meaning, and hurriedly expressed his attitude again.

"By the way, I still have something to report to Your Highness."

??Song Yin took out a broken red petal from his sleeve, put his hands in front of Yuan Li, and said: "This is what I found on the Shuoyue Assassin."

??Yuan Li took it, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it for a while, his expression changed.

??He said: "This item may be of great help to Gu, and I am grateful to Song Shaoqing for giving it to you."

?? Song Yin hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

"The minister also picked it up by accident. If this thing can really help His Highness find out the truth and help the Crown Princess get rid of her grievances, it will be considered a merit."

??After Yuan Li left, Yun Yang followed Song Yin to the prison.

??Song Yin pointed to the innermost cell at the end of the corridor and said: "I have had someone clean it up carefully, and the embarrassing princess has moved in first."

?? Yun Yang glanced at the cell and saw that the cell was clean and tidy. There was no straw on the ground, but a simple camp bed with a brand new bedding on the bed, so he knew that Song Yin had really bothered.

??Sincerely said: "Thank you Song Shaoqing."

?? Song Yin saw that this little prince was quite talkative, and he didn't have the arrogance of ordinary noble children, so he felt a little fond of him, and said with a smile: "This is what the minister should do. The princess has orders, just look for the old nine Just do it."

?? Song Yin pointed to a jailer behind him.

??The jailer immediately stepped forward and saluted Yun Yang.

??Yun Yang saw that the jailer was already grey-haired, so he said, "Uncle Lao will take care of him."

The old jailer was flattered, and said with great emotion: "Prince Princess, you don't have to be polite to the old man. The old man's useless young son ran away with a beard girl a few years ago, and it was only because of the protection of Changsheng Wang and his wife that he survived under the hooves of the Shuoyue people. The old man wished he could tie a grass ring in return, how dare he accept the gift from the little prince."

??The old jailer sent hot tea, and helped Yan Jing move in bedding and other toiletries.After some arrangement, the cell looks like a small room that can be lived in.

??After packing up his things, Yan Jing returned to the East Palace to report to Yuan Li.

??Yun Yang sat on the bed with her knees tucked in a daze.

??In order to prevent other prisoners from colliding with Yunyang, the cell Song Yin arranged was very secluded, and there were no other prisoners living in the surrounding cells. It didn't matter if there was light in the daytime. At night, when the night fell, the cool wind would blow Swish down the corridor to get into the prison, the emptiness and loneliness are also caged like a net.

??The old nine came to deliver the freshly boiled rice porridge to Yun Yang. Seeing the young man huddled himself into a ball and leaned against the corner, he couldn't help but feel distressed and said: "If the little prince feels cold, the old slave will send a brazier over .”

?? Yun Yang nodded.

?? Ask: "What time is it?"

??Old Jiu opened the prison door, put the porridge on the case, and said, "It's the end of the unitary hour, and there's a curfew."

?? It's time already.

?? I don't know where the dog prince is now, what he is doing, and has he thought of a way to deal with the mastermind behind the scenes.

??The rice porridge on the table is steaming, sweet and attractive.

?? Yun Yang was indeed a little hungry, so he got off the bed with his shoes on, sat down by the desk, picked up the bowl and tried to drink a sip.

?? At this time, a rough howl suddenly sounded in the corridor, followed by the jailer's scolding.The voice was vaguely familiar, and Yun Yang was surprised: "It's so late, who is yelling?"

?? Lao Jiu looked resentful: "Who else could it be? The Shuoyue Assassin who imprisoned the young prince is now also locked up in Dali Temple. The ghosts are screaming all day long, and people let him out. If it weren't for the law of the country , the old slave really wanted to chop him off."

?? As soon as Lao Jiu finished speaking, Huyan Lianzhen's violent and loud voice resounded in the corridor again.

??Yun Yang: "Is he like this all day long?"

??Old Jiu snorted: "Isn't it? The other prisoners next to him were so noisy that they couldn't sleep, and they all clamored to change cells. He didn't even think about it. This is Dajing, not him. He shouted Potian, so he wouldn't want to leave the gate of Dali Temple. Don't worry, Xiao Shizi, this prison has its own rules, although the old slave can't kill him, there are ways to make him suffer."

??Yun Yang naturally knew that these jailers had a good set of methods to punish the prisoners, so the prisoners were afraid and fearful of them, so they didn't ask any more questions.

?? East Palace.

??Cong Yingda stepped into the hall and reported to Yuan Li: "Your Highness, I went to the Pharmacy Bureau to ask. The red petal is called 'Xixiang', also called Ye Laixiang. There is only one from the Pharmacy Bureau in the palace. It is grown in the medicine garden. Because this flower can be used as medicine, and its efficacy is quite special, the Department of Pharmacy has always strictly controlled it. Yesterday, only one person went to ask for it."

??"who?"

"Ban Concubine, and the Third Prince. In addition, the subordinates carefully questioned all the guards near the Taiye Pool last night. According to them, apart from breathing Mr. Su by the lake because of vomiting last night, Ban Concubine also It appeared by the pool once, and stood there for a while, as if waiting for someone."

?? Yuan Li frowned.

?? Staring at the red petal on the case, asked: "You just said that this flower has special effects, how special is it?"

?? Cong Ying tactfully: "This flower actually has another name, Acacia Fragrance. Cough, the Pharmacy Bureau is afraid that the harem concubines will use this fragrance to invite favor and damage the body of the dragon, so it is strictly forbidden for all palaces to plant this flower privately. Of course, this The flower also has a function, which is to help sleep, so some concubines often use the excuse of insomnia to ask the medicine boys for this flower, and soak it in water before the servants go to bed. Banfei also uses this excuse."

"Ban Concubine and Yu Concubine have always been at odds with each other, and Ban Concubine's Qinfang Palace is next to Yuxia Palace. If Ban Concubine really intends to frame Yu Concubine for an assassin, let the assassin hide in Qinfang Palace first." It’s not a bad idea to jump into the Yuxia Palace again the next morning, and this can also explain why the guards of the Yuxia Palace didn’t notice the existence of the assassin at all.”

Seeing that Yuan Li was silent, Cong Ying asked: "Your Highness, do you think your analysis is wrong?"

??Yuan Li pondered: "It sounds reasonable at first glance. But there are a few big doubts. First, Ban Fei has lived in the deep palace for a long time, so how does she know the identity of Huyan Lianzhen? Second, even if Ban Fei knows Hu Yanlian With Zhen's status, how could she be willing to be manipulated by her and join her in framing Concubine Yu. Third, even if Concubine Ban was instigated to frame Concubine Yu, would it be Concubine Ban's responsibility to bite Yangyang? Why is Concubine Ban? Do it."

?? Cong Ying: "Maybe, it's for the third prince."

"Bitting the crown princess is tantamount to dragging His Highness and the East Palace into the water, even including the Changsheng Palace. Now that the First Prince has been deprived of his fiefdom, if something happens to His Highness again, the only one who can afford the position of Crown Prince The third prince is here. Moreover, the third prince happened to go to the Pharmacy Bureau to borrow the "Xixiang" yesterday, a little earlier than the concubine Ban. The petals of Xixiang on Huyan Lianzhen's body may come from the concubine Ban, the third prince, or Yes, the three of them conspired."

?? Yuan Li remained silent.

?? Cong Ying was puzzled: "Your Highness has other guesses..."

?? "Nothing."

??Yuan Li raised his head and glanced at his guard commander indifferently: "Gu just thinks that Concubine Ban doesn't have that kind of brain."

?? Cong Ying: "..."

?? "Then now?"

??Yuan Li: "Since we have found out, first report the situation to Father, and let Father make a decision."

?? Qinghui Palace.

?? Palace people were repatriated.Emperor Sheng Yuan sat cross-legged on the couch, holding the registration book presented by the Pharmacy Bureau in his hand.When the queen mother heard that there was news about the case, she also hurriedly put on a silk gown with round flowers at home, and rushed over with Aunt Sun serving her.

??The concubine Ban took the third prince Yuan Che and knelt down nervously.

?? Emperor Sheng Yuan put the brochure back on the tray and asked, "Didn't you preside over the Empress Dowager's palace banquet yesterday? What are you doing in the pharmacy?"

Concubine Ban hurriedly argued: "Your Majesty, this is the first time for this concubine to host such a big banquet. I have no experience and no helpers. I am really nervous. I had a few glasses of wine in the palace last night, and for some reason, I suddenly had a headache. Your Majesty, you know that the concubine has always had this old problem. The concubine was afraid of procrastinating, so she messed up the banquet and lost the Queen Mother's interest, so she sent someone to the pharmacy to borrow medicine. The concubine didn't know the assassin at all. .”

?? Speaking of this, Ban Fei suddenly turned her head, her eyes were hot on Yuan Li who was sitting downcast.

?? "I don't know how many people have been in contact with the medicine in the Pharmacy Bureau. The prince suspected that it was on Bengong's head just because of a petal that didn't exist. What is the intention!"

?? Yuan Li faintly: "I remember that you don't need to go through the Taiye Pond to go back to Qinfang Hall from Rongshou Hall?"

?? Concubine Ban was startled.

?? Yuan Li twitched his lips sarcastically.

?? Emperor Shengyuan asked: "What's going on?"

Yuan Li stood up and said respectfully, "My father, according to the memories of the guards near the Taiye Pool, when the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was in progress last night, Concubine Ban took her personal palace servants to stay by the rockery beside the Taiye Pool. For a while, it seemed that they were waiting for someone. What's more, the assassin happened to disappear out of thin air near the Taiye Pond after sneaking into the Queen Mother's birthday banquet last night. Regardless of whether there is any connection between the two, since Concubine Ban Responsible for hosting the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, first went to the Pharmacy Bureau to get medicine, and then wandered around the Taiye Pond, this is probably too many times to leave the venue."

?? Ban Fei's complexion suddenly changed.

?? Emperor Sheng Yuan turned cold and looked at Concubine Ban.

"I remember that the Tai Hospital prepared pills for you to treat headaches. When you had a headache, you didn't go to the Tai Hospital or Qinfang Palace to get the pills, but went to the Pharmacy Bureau. Concubine Ban, is this your way?" A little too far around?"

?? "I heard people from the Pharmacy Bureau say that 'Xixiang' isn't used to treat headaches, is it?"

??Ban Fei's complexion turned red.

?? When the queen mother heard the word "Xixiang", she looked at the concubine Ban in surprise and anger: "You are the master of the first palace, and you have been in the palace for so many years. If you don't set an example, it's fine to set an example for everyone in the harem." , how dare you bring such low-grade things into your own palace, even the newcomers who just entered the palace, even if you don't care about your own face, you should also care about the emperor's body..."

??"cough."

?? After all, in front of the juniors, Emperor Shengyuan interrupted the Queen Mother.

??The queen mother still hated iron and steel and scolded: "Stupid! Confused! You, you, you let Aijia say something about you!"

?? Unlucky enough to encounter such an embarrassing incident involving the master, the palace man who was in charge of the pharmacy couldn't wait to bury himself in the cracks in the floor.

?? Concubine Ban also broke the pot and took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears.

"Why would the concubine be willing to do this? Isn't it all His Majesty who despises the concubine for being old and decrepit, and recently only goes to the palace of those little foxes. an idea..."

?? !"

??The Queen Mother's eyes fell on Yuan Che who was behind: "What's the matter with you, a dignified man of seven feet, who is ignorant and inexperienced, but also touches that kind of thing. Do you also need to invite pets?"

?? Yuan Che touched his nose uncomfortably.

"Grandmother was joking, why does my grandson need these? It's Qing Nu. I've been feeling a little uncomfortable these two days. I always have nightmares at night and can't sleep. My grandson took some out after hearing that Xixiang has miraculous effects. .”

?? However, others don't know what kind of virtue his grandson is, so how could the Empress Dowager not know.

??The Queen Mother naturally didn't believe this nonsense, knowing that he took this thing mostly for fun, hated him for not being up to date, and hated Yin Yue who only knew how to hook up with her grandson to do promiscuous things.

?? Yuan Li always looked cold.

??Especially when I heard Ban Fei crying about the reason, she barely concealed the disgust and sarcasm in her eyes.

??Emperor Sheng Yuan saw it, sighed, and asked Ban Fei: "The medicine was uncovered beforehand, why did you go to Taiye Pool?"

?? Concubine Ban twisted the veil.

?? "Chen Qie, Chen Qie heard that Concubine Yu has been sending people to salvage things in the pond for the past two days, non-stop day and night, and she was curious, so she ran over to secretly peep."

??Emperor Shengyuan was surprised: "Concubine Yu?"

??"yes……"

"Then what did you see?"

?? "Well, when the concubine went there last night, no one from Concubine Yu's palace showed up. The concubine waited for a while and went back to the banquet after seeing nothing to do."

?? Emperor Shengyuan passed on Concubine Yu.

Concubine Yu admitted the matter very calmly: "Two days ago, when the concubine passed by Taiye Pond, she accidentally dropped a hairpin and entered it. It was rewarded by His Majesty when the concubine first entered the palace. It was lost, so the palace servants went down to salvage it."

??Emperor Shengyuan gave Ban Concubine a glance, and Ban Concubine was so ashamed that she bowed her head embarrassingly.

"Since it's an oolong, the prince will continue to investigate. As for the concubine Ban and the third child, until the truth is found out, they will stay in the palace and think about their mistakes behind closed doors, and don't come out."

?? Emperor Shengyuan finally spoke.

Concubine Ban wanted to argue, but caught the Queen Mother's warning eyes, and held back her words.

?? Yuan Li respectful should be.

??Yu Guang saw that Emperor Shengyuan stretched out his hand to help Concubine Yu, and looked away coldly.

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?? After eating the porridge, Yun Yang climbed back to the bed and sat down.

??Although Lao Jiu sent a brazier over, it was dark all around, only oil lamps were lit in the corridor and the cell, and the chill still couldn't stop the chill from creeping into his robes.

??Yun Yang covered the quilt, rubbed his hands lightly, inexplicably remembered those ghost stories he had read in the story books, the little ghosts in it liked to jump out at night to scare people, so he was a little scared, thinking, if little Qin Qiong was in That's good, it will definitely give him courage.

?? However, it is impossible for little Qin Qiong to come over, and I don't know if Uncle Zhou has fed them on time.

?? The boy thought about it, and finally fell asleep wrapped in a quilt in a daze.

??Sleeping until midnight, suddenly felt something move on his face, Yun Yang thought of the legendary little ghost, and immediately broke into a cold sweat with fright, and opened his eyes.

?? "What? Did you have a nightmare?"

?? A gentle voice came.

??Yun Yang stared blankly at Yuan Li who was sitting by the bed, thinking he was dreaming, he was surprised and delighted: "Why are you here?"

?? Yuan Li took out two porcelain bottles, one black and one white, from his sleeve.

"I'm afraid you'll have a heart attack in the middle of the night, so I'll send you pills."

??Yun Yang has not yet recovered from the palpitations, and asked Yuan Li in frustration: "Do you think there will really be little ghosts at night?"

?? Yuan Li was taken aback.

?? smiled: "That's just a lie to deceive children."

??"Really."

??The young man's eyes lit up, and he instantly regained his spirit and spirit.

?? Yuan Li nodded.

?? "If there are so many resentful ghosts asking for their lives in the world, how can there be villains who dare to commit crimes."

??His tone was clear and light, but there was an inexplicable soothing power. Yun Yang couldn't help asking: "Then are you going back now?"

?? After finishing speaking, the young man thought to himself: "Fortunately, I woke up in time, otherwise I wouldn't have seen you."

?? This is frank and straightforward.

?? Yuan Li was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Are you still used to staying here?"

?? "It's okay. Song Shaoqing has taken care of everything inside and out, and will also send me delicious and delicious food regularly. There is also Old Ninth Uncle, who treats me very well. It's just..."

?? "What is it?"

?? "It's just that there is no one around, it's a bit boring."

??Yuan Li suddenly thought that when Yun Yang was in Dongxi Pavilion, he never seemed to be away from the guards. Even when the guards were not around, he would hug the milk leopard.I'm afraid that since childhood, this little thing has never been the same as it is now, staying alone in one place, and it is a dark prison with no light.

??So he said: "You can sleep peacefully. Now that the curfew has passed, and you are alone as the prince, it is not good to go around in violation of the prohibition all the time. I will stay here to accompany you tonight."

?? Now Yun Yang was taken aback.

??Yun Yang knew that he just found an excuse so that he could accept this kindness with peace of mind.He is the crown prince and has official duties, how dare Wuhou in the city stop him.

??After getting along with each other day after day, the more he found Yuan Li good, the more lonely Yun Yang felt.

??Yuan Li saw that the young man suddenly became depressed, and asked, "What's wrong?"

?? Yun Yang shook his head.

?? "Nothing, I just think that you are fine."

?? Yuan Li smiled.

?? "You are Gu's princess, so Gu naturally wants to treat you well."

?? Yun Yang thought in a guilty conscience, it's because you don't know what else I lied to you. After you know, you still don't know how to become angry from embarrassment.

?? When Yun Yang thought this way, Yuan Li's eyes fell on the two porcelain bottles.

?? Qi asked: "Why are there two bottles of pills, the white bottle is a pill for heart disease, what kind of pill is in the black bottle?"

??How could Yun Yang dare to say that it was the breath-suppressing pill to suppress the tide, so he said vaguely: "It's just a supplementary pill."

??Yuan Li didn't ask any further questions, but sniffed the strange fragrance in his nose, thinking, it's such a special fragrance, it doesn't look like something from the Central Plains, could it be another strange medicine that Nie Wenyuan begged from the barbarians?

?? It must have cost a lot of money.

??Fortunately, this little thing was born in the palace. If it were an ordinary family, it might die before it grows up.

??How did Yun Yang know Yuan Li's thoughts? When he heard that Yuan Li would not leave, he was in a good mood. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked Yuan Li how the case was going.

?? Yuan Li talked about the general situation, and said: "I suspect that the mastermind behind the scenes is still hiding in the palace. The most important thing now is to find out who else has contacted Xixiang."

??Yun Yang: "What if it's framed, could it be that Xixiang is something deliberately designed by the mastermind behind the scenes to frame the concubine Ban's mother and son?"

?? Yuan Li said: "I have thought about this possibility, but Xixiang is the only clue I have so far. I don't want to waste it in vain. Moreover, I always have an intuition that Ban Fei's going to fetch Xixiang is not necessarily as simple as a solid favor. , Mr. Gu suspects that she is hiding other things."

??Yun Yang quickly understood Yuan Li's obstacles.

Concubine Ban is the emperor's concubine after all. Yuan Li wanted to investigate Concubine Ban, but it was impossible to interrogate concubine Ban with both soft and hard methods.

?? So, the efficiency is naturally much lower.

?? Yun Yang said: "How about starting with Huyan Lianzhen?"

??"he?"

??Yuan Li shook his head: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but this person looks simple and honest, but in fact his mouth is extremely strict, and he can't pry anything at all. Gu can't directly punish him now."

??Yun Yang: "Let me try!"

?? Yuan Li looked over unexpectedly.

?? Yun Yang whispered, a little awkwardly said: "You, you just prepare a set of women's skirts for me."

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