Si Tian Guan

Zhiwei stood on the steps outside the study, wringing his fingers uneasily.

It's been a while since I moved from the Huanyi Building to another courtyard. Although everything is fine with food, clothing and housing, Shizi has been very busy and hasn't seen him face to face.

He has been raised well for the past few years, and he has never served anyone. Now he is suddenly called here, which makes him a little nervous.

In the past, the little friends spread the rumor that the prince has a special hobby between the beds, and it will kill people.

The housekeeper raised the cotton curtain at the door and waved to him: "The prince calls you in."

Silver charcoal was burning in the room, and it was so warm that it was unnerving.

Before he knelt down, Liu Chongming waved to him: "Will you study ink?"

Such homely conversation made Zhiwei relax, moved to the table and gently picked up the ink ingot, watched Liu Chongming write down a few words steadily, couldn't help but praise: "It's so beautiful."

Liu Chongming looked up at him and smiled: "Have you ever learned to write?"

Zhiwei shook his head like a rattle: "No, no! The servant is superficial, he only looks good, and offends the prince..."

"What kind of offense is this?" Liu Chongming waved his hand indifferently and asked, "I never asked you, where are you from?"

"Nu's hometown is in Hekou... his real name is Yang..."

"Hekou?" Liu Chongming thought for a moment: "I also have some business over there. It sounds like you don't have an accent there?"

Zhiwei's fingers turned white on the ink stick.

"I've been away from home for too long, and when I'm greeted and sent off in the building, my mother taught me to speak Mandarin."

Liu Chongming nodded: "I heard that your family suffered a disaster, your parents and brothers are not here, and your collaterals are gone too? I don't lack people to take care of me here, so I might as well do a good deed to get you out of slavery and send you back to relatives to raise you." Come on, would you like to?"

Zhiwei's face turned pale, and he immediately knelt down: "I have no relatives in my hometown, and I don't want to be raised by others! The son wants to drive away the slave, is it because the slave is not good at serving you! If the slave does something wrong, please...please the son Punishment!"

"Get up, talk casually, don't be so panicky, I don't know how to eat people." Liu Chongming said casually: "I went to Dingling Hill for business a while ago, and I went to Shimao County."

He glanced at Zhiwei, he was always in the same panic and anxiety just now, and he couldn't see if there was any fluctuation because of the three words "Shimao County", and he couldn't make up his mind.

Just based on the mere two portraits, neither he nor Qu Shenzhou can be sure that they really have such good luck.

Whether Zhou Huaishan's four sons were lucky enough to escape by hiding in the well, whether Zhiwei has anything to do with Zhou Huaishan is unknown.

If you want to hit Zhou Huaishan's weakness with one blow, guessing is not enough.

Although Qu Shenzhou had "encountered" with Zhiwei on the street before, it was a pity that nothing was gained.

There are still some days before the palace man's body test. They have to do this well during this period of time. If they know the taste, it is naturally the best. If not, they have to find a way to let him be, but the risk will inevitably be much greater.

Maybe it will scare the snake, which is a bad idea.

"I also got two portraits."

Liu Chongming simply walked to the place, took out the two pieces of paper from the grid under the table, and slowly unfolded them while carefully watching Zhiwei's expression.

But compared with panic, Zhiwei's face seems to be more confused.

"Look, don't these two people look a bit like you?" Liu Chongming asked.

"My son, forgive me..." Zhiwei lowered his head and muttered softly, "I don't know..."

This made Liu Chongming completely in trouble.

In fact, Shen Zhou also reminded him before that so many years have passed, can a child who was only ten years old really remember what he was like before?

He also tried hard to recall the past, not only couldn't remember the appearance of his parents when they were young, but he couldn't even remember what his elder brother looked like back then. Even in his dreams, his elder brother's face was a blur.

Is this the last hope for him, or are they too whimsical?

"It's just a joke, there's nothing unforgivable." He waved his hand to make people retreat, and seeing that Zhiwei stopped at the door, hesitant to speak, he asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Shizi..." Zhiwei lowered his head: "I saw Brother Xiaoqu on the street before..."

"Huh?" Liu Chongming remained calm.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be angry, Zhiwei said bravely, "I think... Brother Xiaoqu is not a bad person..."

"Don't be a slave, say 'I'." Liu Chongming laughed out loud, knowing that Zhiwei probably heard a lot of gossip in Huanyi Building: "Why are you a bad person? Why aren't you a bad person?"

Zhiwei's fingers were twisted in his sleeves, and he muttered in a low voice, "I don't know...it's just that I heard people say that faces are born from the heart, Brother Xiaoqu has clean eyes...not a bad person."

Isn't he a bad guy?

After staying for a long time, I went down to the corridor after seven turns and eight detours. Sure enough, there were people.

He thought... In fact, he was a big villain.

Spread out on the table were the news received from the Liu family in the morning. Qu Chenzhou heard footsteps behind him. Just as he was about to turn around, his hands covered his mouth. , pressing the soft tongue.

"Don't move!" Liu Chongming pressed him down on the table, threatening in a cold voice: "Splendid camp inspection!"

Qu Chenzhou grabbed the edge of the table with one hand, turned his face sideways, his voice seemed to be able to squeeze out a handful of water, he bit his finger lightly, and said vaguely: "Master Jun, I'm wronged, I'm a good citizen."

"A good citizen? I looked like a fox, did he have a tail?"

"Master Jun is joking, it's in broad daylight, where did it come from..." Qu Chenzhou's soft hum suddenly got stuck in his throat, his head rested on the table, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

"I can't just listen to your sophistry," Liu Chongming said with his hand underneath, "you have to check it carefully."

The two were lying on the table together, he could see the papers spread out, and asked casually: "The next target is Dong Chengyu?"

The news came through his hands, so he naturally knew the origin of this person.

Although the salt and iron transfer envoy is away, he handles a lot of money, and at the beginning of spring, he responded to the hexagram of "Jinshan sinking". The person who will be sent to Beijing to reconcile accounts at the end of this year will naturally choose a capable subordinate.

This is Dong Chengyu.

It is also one of the names on the roster - Shen Zhou said that these people really trust and pursue King Huai, and they are as crazy as Ren Rui in their bones, and they don't even have anything to do with the Song family.

People like Dong Chengyu were kept by King Huai's side, always on guard against the Song family.

Unless King Huai committed the crime of treason and injustice like King Ning, it would be difficult to beat him to death with one blow, but how could it be possible that King Huai was so shrewd?

"Dong Chengyu wants...to go to Beijing to reconcile accounts, so he has to go to the account department..."

Qu Chenzhou half-closed his eyes, responding to Li's breathing lightly and heavily.

Originally, it was just held in the hands of someone, but soon the warm and moist lips touched the back of the neck, and just arched up like an electric shock, but was let go.

He was so soft that he couldn't think of it, and he only looked sideways feebly: "Bastard...just relieve me from my fatigue..."

Liu Chongming wiped the fine sweat off his face for him, and whispered in his ear: "If you want to relieve fatigue, shouldn't you use me? After you come back, you haven't gone in properly yet."

Once before, Shen Zhou was called away by the bell just as he started.

"I'm going to enter the palace soon, there's not much time... Your words..." Qu Chenzhou lazily replied in a nasal voice, then suddenly snorted softly, and closed his eyes: "I'm going to hang me up and down again..."

The smell in the air gradually became heavier, as if the heather was slowly blooming.

Liu Chongming put him on his back on the table, twirling the crystals of his fingertips, and just about to bend down, he was pushed out by his hands in his temples.

"Don't make trouble, clean it up for me..."

"Don't worry, this is just helping you, and no one will find out."

Still in the lingering aftertaste of joy, he turned sideways and shrunk into a ball with just one touch, and was unfolded again.

Liu Chongming lowered his head and continued vaguely what he just said.

"As soon as I got the news about Dong Chengyu, I already said hello to my second uncle. I can't let him go back like this this year. It's just that my second uncle is outside, and there are still three or four days before I can return to Beijing."

"I've checked Dong Chengyu before, and you've seen it too, right? He was able to be a doctor in Duzhi at the beginning, because there were suddenly no more at the top, so it was his turn."

"If there is no problem with the accounts this time, I want to start from this aspect."

"You can make arrangements," Qu Chenzhou lazily replied, "Be careful...Mu Jingyan...how is Zhiwei going?"

"I mentioned Shimao County, and I also showed the portrait. I will pay attention to his reaction in the near future."

Qu Chenzhou hummed, was carried back to the chair and sat down, glanced at Liu Chongming's waist, and stretched out his hand to hold it.

"Or now..."

The small bell hanging on the entrance of the corridor jingled, and like a torrent of bells, it suddenly knocked away the beauty of the room.

It's the bell from Qufu.

The two looked at each other - Steward Lin ringing the bell above must be in a hurry.

After Qu Chenzhou entered the palace, he didn't see Emperor Yu's face, but a general from the Jinwu Guard greeted him, while relaying the dictation from the Holy Master, while leading him to the Zhongyu Palace.

The Jinwu guards outside had already surrounded Concubine Xian's residence. Seeing him coming, they made a way to the left and right.

In Zhongyu Palace, naturally Liu Qingru was sitting upright, while Concubine Yu and Concubine Xian were seated on both sides, but one was being interrogated and the other was being interrogated.

"I have seen the three empresses," he cupped his hands in salute, and said again: "The emperor sent his ministers here to make a divination for the concubine Xian."

Liu Qingru didn't respond immediately, but asked, "Qu Sitian, do you know what happened?"

"I'm terrified, I just heard about it," Qu Chenzhou paused slightly, and lowered his voice: "Someone told the emperor that Prince Jing is not the emperor's own flesh and blood..."

"Now that you know it, let's go."

He raised his eyes slightly and saw Liu Qingru shaking his head slightly invisibly, and he knew in his heart that he didn't want him to take risks because of Concubine Xian.

Although it had been expected that King Huai would also pay attention to Dong Chengyu's movements, and knew that there would inevitably be problems with reconciliation with the household department, he did not expect that Mu Jingyan's attack would be the key.

Everyone knows that Concubine Xian has a good relationship with the Liu family, even though there was "some discord" with Liu Chongming before King Jing, it has gradually subsided over the past year.

More importantly, even if no one revealed the secret letter to him, he could still think that the person who was mentioned in the secret letter to have an affair with Concubine Xian must be Liu Weixian.

In this way, killing three birds with one stone, they will be in a mess here, let alone take care of Dong Chengyu.

After Ding Lingqiu came back, Ding Lekang died, and the tricks that King Huai used to try to win him over suddenly disappeared.

Qu Chenzhou could imagine that once King Ning died, King Huai might be doubting his relationship with Chongming.

If he tampered with Concubine Xian's case and aroused suspicion, he would definitely lose the big because of small things, so Liu Qingru signaled him to stay out of the matter.

He walked slowly to Concubine Xian, facing Concubine Xian's flushed eyes from crying just now, and said softly: "Mother, I must have offended you."

There was a note of flowers and grass on the table next to him. After a while, he picked up the pen and dipped it in the ink. Before the tip of the pen fell off, he heard Liu Qingru scold: "Qu Sitian!"

Qu Chenzhou raised his eyes and saw Liu Qingru's uncommon restlessness, and the hands clasped in front of him trembled a little.

"Qu Sitian... I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds!"

Concubine Yu, who had been silent at the side, suddenly spoke out, as if to comfort her: "Your Majesty, don't panic, Qu Sitian says everything, and she will definitely give the emperor a good explanation. Your Majesty, what you say is not right. Concubine Xian is fine."

Liu Qingru glanced at her, and asked in a cold voice, "Tell me, what's wrong with me?"

Concubine Yu wanted to say something more, but she reluctantly held back.

Qu Chenzhou stretched out his hand to pinch his cuff, stabilized his wrist, and left two words on the grass paper - Ning He.

To everyone's surprise.

Behind him were Liu Qingru's worry, Concubine Yu's surprise, and Concubine Xian's silence, all of which he couldn't care about.

Standing outside the imperial study for a while, Qu Chenzhou left the palace without waiting for a summons.

He didn't even guess this result. When divination for Concubine Xian, he couldn't think of anything to do in his mind, so Concubine Xian's "peace" is naturally there, not because of him. meddling.

However, based on his understanding of King Huai, since he dared to disclose this matter, he must have made sufficient preparations.

The records of the respect room, the statements of the imperial physician, Wen Po, etc., and the whereabouts of the second uncle may even be clearly written.

Otherwise, with Concubine Xian's prudence and dignity, how could the emperor order the Zhongyu Palace to be locked up just by relying on an informer?

The only possibility of "peace and harmony" lies in Liu Weixian in eight out of ten.

And Liu Weixian will return to Beijing in a few days, will there be an accident on the way back to Beijing, and he will "die in fear of sin", or what?

Just now, time was running out, and he was actually negligent for a moment, and he didn't think of this.

I don't know how the whistleblowing will end if the second uncle returns to Beijing safely.

"Chongming... big brother..."

He didn't dare to gallop the horse, for fear that people would see his anxiety.

"You must protect Second Uncle to come back safely."