Accidentally married Miss Queen [Time Traveling]

The wind and snow stopped outside, and the sky turned dark immediately. Gong Yu, who was hugged in her arms, looked at Dai Ruyan so boldly, and saw her eyes turning lightly, and her eyes were on the book. It feels as if she is in a paradise where she is indifferent to the world, and the disturbances outside are irrelevant.

The hall is very quiet, there is no sound of firecrackers from time to time, no sound of people talking, just like in a deserted place.

Or the wind suddenly blows in from the slightly open window, the light from the candlestick flickers slightly, Gong Yu reaches out to close the window, so as not to disturb Dai Ruyan's reading.

Unaware that the hall had already become dark, Dai Ruyan closed the book, looked around and said, "Is it already dark?"

"That's right." Gong Yu replied lying on her back in Dai Ruyan's arms, "It gets dark very early in winter, thanks to which I came early in the morning."

Dai Ruyan put down the book, stroked Gong Yu's hair on the temples with his fingertips and said with a smile, "Just now I said that I am not a child anymore, but I always like to talk about children."

"Where is it?"

"Sooner or later, the sun is set by the seasons. The sun rises with the crowing of the rooster, and the sun sets with the returning birds. But what you said is like a race against the setting sun."

Gong Yu sighed like an old man: "But there are more things, I can't come to Ayan's side every day."

"Now that you are an adult and a prince, no matter how bad you are, someone will stare at you. If you really come to me too hard, I'm worried that someone will attack you soon."

"It's okay, I have guards by my side at all times, and I also have some guards secretly follow me at all times, nothing will happen."

Dai Ruyan smiled and said: "You have explained this to me so clearly, you are not afraid that I will leak it."

"I believe that Ayan won't harm me." Gong Yu grabbed Dai Ruyan's hand and raised the corner of her mouth and asked, "Right?"

"That's not necessarily true." Dai Ruyan scratched Gong Yu's nose lightly with his index finger, and said with a smile between his brows:

"Maybe one day Xiao Jiu will be misbehaving, and I will..."

"What will happen?"

"I will punish you not to eat meat, but only to eat vegetables."

amount……

The night shrouded the courtyard, and Gong Yu had to leave even if she wanted to have a meeting.

When the maid came in with tea from outside, Gong Yu was already sitting peacefully by the side.

The little rabbit was held in the palm of Gong Yu's hand, drinking tea on behalf of Ruyan and said: "I won't go to the palace banquet on the Shangyuan Festival."

"Why?" Gong Yu asked while hugging the little rabbit.

"The Dai family also has a banquet, and my grandmother asked me to take care of minor things, but I couldn't get away."

Gong Yu put down the little rabbit, stood up and straightened the folds of her robe, saying: "Well, I see."

Dai Ruyan put down her teacup and said softly: "It's colder outside at night, I asked the servant girl to prepare a cloak for you, so as to keep out the cold."

After Dai Ruyan finished speaking, no matter how Gong Yu tried to straighten out the folds of her robe, it would not take much time.

Helplessly, Gong Yu had no choice but to turn around and leave the hall. The wind and snow outside had stopped, and the surrounding area seemed to be much quieter.

The maid was leading the way with a lantern, and Gong Yu felt extremely warm wearing a big white cloak.

The long corridors are intertwined and complicated, Gong Yu looked back at the windows in the hall, the lights were dimly lit and asked curiously: "Sister Dai, why doesn't she go back to live in the Dai's mansion, but lives alone in this remote courtyard?"

The maid stared at him, but didn't respond, as if she couldn't hear her.

Gong Yu guessed that it was probably a deaf-mute maid, so she stopped thinking about asking questions, and could only think about asking the maid who called Biyu someday when she was free.

That maid seemed to be one of the few maids around Dai Ruyan who could speak normally.

Although the character is a bit too violent.

When Gong Yu left the courtyard with the guards on horseback, the courtyard was covered by the night and the thick fog, making it somewhat unreal.

The clatter of horseshoes sounded, and Gong Yu couldn't help laughing at herself again, why are you looking back when you can't even see the yard clearly?

You can't force yourself to stay in Dai Ruyan's courtyard, the status of the prince is sometimes a bit inconvenient.

The wind and snow stopped and fell again, and the capital city seemed to be a world of ice and snow, but it did not diminish the enthusiasm of the people of the Palace Kingdom for the Lantern Festival.

At the royal banquet, Gong Yu was wearing a scarlet robe and wearing a jade crown, although she looked a little thin among the princes.

The Shangyuan Festival banquet was not as amazing as the New Year's Eve banquet. Gong Yu ate a few glutinous rice balls, watched the dancing girls, and the hall was brightly lit.

Gong Yu felt that it was extremely boring, but found that His Highness the Third Highness still did not attend the banquet.

It is heard that His Highness the Third Highness has been imprisoned in Dali Temple since he was reported and has not been released until today.

Apparently the emperor didn't really intend to kill, but was just out of breath at the time.

This time, His Highness the Third Highness was imprisoned, and the regime in the court collapsed. I am afraid that it is impossible to fight for power again.

After drinking for three rounds, Gong Yu was almost full of tea in his stomach. The Taifu on one side was as rigorous as ever, while the Fifth Highness was drinking wine with His Highness Sixth Highness on the other side of Gong Yu. It seems to be a little different.

In the past, before His Royal Highness Gongquan was deposed as the crown prince, His Royal Highness Fifth and His Royal Highness Six were both from the same school as Gongquan.

Later, Gongquan was suddenly abolished and banned for a year, one retreated behind the scenes, and the other remained calm in the hall.

Now that Gongquan has returned to the main hall, these three people seem to have their own ghosts, and they are not indifferent to each other, but they are not close to each other.

Or maybe Gong Yu's scrutinizing gaze was too obvious, His Highness the Sixth Highness raised his wine glass to signal, and Gong Yu had no choice but to hold up the wine glass filled with tea and drink together.

After the banquet was over, Gong Yu returned to the mansion in a sedan chair, and the old butler was busy in the mansion with a group of servants.

Gong Yu rewarded the servant, and then reorganized the expenses of the mansion, and exchanged the money earned in the shop for some bank notes, thinking that if Dai Ruyan really didn't want to leave the capital.

Then food and clothing will cost a lot in the future, so I still have to save some.

He has raised a large number of people under his command, and he needs a lot of money for drinks during festivals.

In the early spring, when the snow melts, the willows on the banks of the river in the capital have sprouted, showing a little bit of spring.

But Gong Yu, who was in the early court, felt that the situation was very difficult. Chen Ming, the Minister of Dali Temple, reported that the Third Highness had committed suicide in the prison.

As soon as the voice fell, His Majesty's face darkened instantly, and all the officials in the hall suddenly dared not breathe.

It wasn't until the morning was over that Gong Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he left the main hall. Although it was cold outside, it was much better than in the silent main hall.

His Highness the Sixth Highness and Zhou Wencai were walking along the stone steps on one side. They seemed to be in a hurry, and something seemed wrong.

On the contrary, the Fourth Highness, who was the deadly enemy with the Third Highness, seemed to be relieved, and left unhurriedly.

Zhou Wencai had been the champion of the new department in the last scientific examination, and was recently promoted to a fourth-rank official. He is currently in charge of the examination that the candidates who are going to Beijing to rush for the examination will soon take.

Gong Yu only felt that the current scattered relationship between characters was really a headache.

If what Qin Hua said is true, then this test may be another time for various forces to secretly arrange contacts.

The Third Highness suddenly committed suicide again.

So what are these people up to?

Gong Yu didn't go back home in a sedan chair, but walked alone on the streets of the capital.

The street was still bustling, and the pedestrians looked hurried. When Gong Yu arrived at the gate of His Highness the Third Highness's mansion, he saw that there was already a white note for funeral preparations on it, and happened to meet Qin Hua who came out of it.

"Why are you here, sir?" Gong Yu asked puzzled.

Qin Hua saluted and said: "I heard that His Highness the Third Highness committed suicide in prison, and I'm here to investigate the situation."

"How's the situation there?"

The two walked around the street and entered a teahouse, Qin Hua said: "The Third Highness died by cutting the meridian on the neck, and the murder weapon was a broken tea bowl."

Gong Yu leaned against the window, looked at the servants hanging white lanterns in front of the mansion of His Highness the Third Highness, thought for a while and asked, "Mister, do you think this matter is strange?"

"The guards in the prison at Dali Temple are all top-notch experts. No one should be able to sneak in quietly and assassinate the Third Highness and escape safely."

"That's what I guessed at first." Gong Yu looked at the beggars who were looking around in front of His Highness's mansion and said, "But I also wondered if Brother San Huang committed suicide yesterday, why did he commit suicide yesterday? He has been imprisoned for several months. I can't bear it in my heart, it should be the desolate and lonely New Year's Eve, or the day of Shangyuan Festival."

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"I don't know if it's just intuition." Gong Yu smiled and said, "Why don't you send someone to investigate Chen Ming, Minister of Dali Temple?"

Qin Hua nodded and said, "Okay."

"By the way, I will go to the mansion later to gather those three knights who claim to be among the best in the Jianghu."

"What is your highness going to do?"

"Do an experiment."

At first, Gong Yu also thought that His Highness the Third Highness committed suicide. After all, a prince who is full of criticism, who is no harm to the struggle for the throne, why should he be killed?

After thinking about it for a while, of course there are still two possibilities. One is that the Third Highness has always been vicious, maybe some enemy took advantage of his weakness to kill him; You must kill him to protect yourself.

No matter what the motivation is, one thing needs to be considered. If you want to kill someone in Dali Temple, and you are still a prince, this is not something that can be done just by relying on martial arts.

The Dali Temple Prison is the highest guarding standard in the Palace Kingdom, and in modern terms it can be said to be a powerful legal department.

In this heavily guarded prison, the guards and guards inside definitely know each other. Those first-class guards who suddenly broke into a stranger are not fools.

Moreover, it is said that each floor of the Dali Temple prison needs a key, and the key to each prison door is in the hands of Dali Temple Minister Chen Ming.

This means that anyone who wants to kill the Third Highness has to contact Chen Ming first, and may even have to kill Chen Ming first to open the door of the Third Highness's prison.

But the high priest Chen Ming didn't show any other possibility at all, maybe he hid the loss of the key very well, or maybe the murderer took his key and returned it before he found out.

However, no matter what kind of situation the Third Highness really died, and at the hands of others, it was impossible for Chen Ming to be so calm about such a sudden accident.

Of course, all these assumptions are based on the premise that His Royal Highness was really killed. If he hadn't been killed, then Chen Ming's reaction would be normal.

Gong Yu looked at the white lantern in front of the mansion of His Highness the Third Highness, and saw that the front of the door was getting more and more deserted. She couldn't help thinking that there might be another possibility for the murderer.

A possibility that does not require the key to be stolen or returned.

After deep thinking, Gong Yu felt that she had startled herself and muttered to herself: "Let's look at the specific situation on Chen Ming's side first."

At night, Gong Yu held a banquet in the mansion, and when the three big men heard that they had a mission, they immediately praised each other.

"We three, but what does Jiang Hu want us to do?"

Gong Yu drank tea and said: "I want you to divide into three groups, sneak into the prison of Dali Temple, and find Chen Mingna, the minister of Dali Temple, to find out the news for me."

"No problem! Isn't it the Dali Temple?" The bearded strong man gulped down his drink and responded boldly.

"Okay, then let the three strong men drink this glass of wine and set off."

When the night was dark, the three of them jumped across the roof and disappeared in front of Gong Yu. Gong Yu held hot tea and asked, "How long do you think they can survive?"

Qin Hua stood aside and said, "These three are good at fighting, but not good at hiding. I'm afraid they will be discovered soon."

"Assuming all three of them are found, at least one point, the guards of Dali Temple Prison are well-deserved reputation." Gong Yu turned and entered the hall and said: "I don't know if Mr. Chen can find out about Chen Ming's relationship?"

"Chen Ming, Minister of Dali Temple, his father was a veteran of the two dynasties, he was a loyal minister, and his mother was the younger sister of the Taifu. However, Chen Ming never married a wife and had no children under his knees."

"So this means that nothing was found on Chen Ming?"

"Yes, Chen Ming is busy with his official duties, so he seldom makes friends with others, and has almost no close friends."

Gong Yu went back to the low table and served some soup hungry, then asked suddenly: "I don't know if you are Geng this year, sir?"

Qin Hua was slightly taken aback and said, "I'm already 23."

"Is there a marriage then?"

"I already have a wife and daughter at home."

"In Mr.'s opinion, is it possible for a man to be bribed if he doesn't get married or marry a wife, and even lives in seclusion and is busy with official duties all day?" Gong Yu asked, taking a sip of hot soup.

Qin Hua hesitated and said, "It's hard."

"I think so too."

Gong Yu took another bite of ribs and asked, "Where was Chen Ming the night Brother Sanhuang committed suicide?"

"According to the guard's investigation, Chen Ming happened to be in Dali Temple that night."

"What a coincidence?" Gong Yu wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and asked, "When was the Third Highness found committing suicide?"

Qin Hua said earnestly: "It was discovered by the guard who delivered the food at around Mao."

Gong Yu was in a predicament for a while, so she simply stopped thinking about it and ate the white-cut chicken with her chopsticks.

Qin Hua on the side was a little surprised and said, "Your Highness, are you hungry?"

"No, it's just that I can't figure it out so I just gave up thinking about it for now." Gong Yu looked at Qin Hua who was sitting aside and said, "This chicken is tender and juicy, sir, don't be restrained and eat as much as you want."

"We may have to wait for the three of them to come back tonight before we can rest."

Qin Hua took a sip of the tea in front of him and still didn't move his chopsticks. He just looked at Gong Yu and said, "No matter what the reason for His Highness's suicide, there is one less opponent for the children of the royal family. Why does Your Highness care so much about the cause of His Highness' death?"

"Because I want to know if it was suicide. If so, the murderer might not just want to get rid of Brother Sanhuang."

"Your Highness, do you mean this is a game?" Qin Hua was surprised just now.

Gong Yu held the soup bowl in his hand and sipped it, the wind outside was blowing, making the doors and windows rattling.

On the contrary, the hall seemed a little too quiet, and a little noise could be made loud.

After her body gradually warmed up, Gong Yu couldn't sit still, she got up and walked around a few times, seeing that Qin Hua seemed to be in deep thought, she didn't disturb her.

Until Qin Hua suddenly said: "If you follow His Highness's guess, then there must be flaws in Chen Ming."

"Yeah, so I'm waiting for what kind of news those three will bring."

"The minister will send someone to investigate Chen Ming's matter again." When he was about to be ugly, it was already dark outside, and Gong Yu yawned one after another.

I saw the three strong men entered the hall with their arms, their bodies were covered with blood, obviously they had been discovered.

"Your Highness, there are hundreds of organs hidden in this Dali Temple, except for the elder brother, both of us have been recruited."

The strong man at the head pulled out a sachet from his arms and said: "This is the official hiding in the most secure hidden compartment. We happened to bump into it, so we thought it might be useful, so we brought it here."

Gong Yu held the sachet in her hand and said, "Thank you, three strong men."

"Come here, send three strong men to bandage their wounds."

It's just that there is nothing special in this sachet, except for some vanilla, there is nothing else in it.

Gong Yu asked puzzled, "What is the mystery of this sachet?"

Qin Hua approached and said, "Your Highness, why don't you let me take a look?"

"it is good."

I saw that Qin Hua held the sachet and looked at it carefully: "The silk quality of this sachet is top grade, not the specification used by ordinary ministers."

"Really?" Gong Yu took a closer look and said, "This sachet feels the same as the ones I usually touch."

"That's right!" Gong Yu immediately looked at Qin Hua and said, "This sachet belongs to the royal family?"

Qin Hua nodded and said, "It should be."

So in the middle of the night, Gong Yu realized that this might just be Chen Ming's secret love or the object of his first love.

However, she still had to go to court on the second day, and poor Gong Yu basically relied on her own willpower to stand.

After finally getting down, Gong Yu lay down on the bed and went to catch up on sleep.

Another day passed, and there was still no useful information. Gong Yu was lying on the low couch in the pavilion, and it was raining lightly outside. The weather was already very cold, and now Gong Yu didn't even want to move.

In his head, he was thinking about whether to check the body of His Highness the Third Highness. After all, if he wanted to know what the Third Highness experienced before his death, then he should find something new after checking the body.

When she was lost in thought, Gong Yu vaguely felt as if something was pulling her sleeve and opened her eyes to take a look.

A little rabbit was wandering around Gong Yu's hand, and the beauty who released the rabbit was wandering around Gong Yu's pavilion.

Gong Yu blinked her eyes and thought she was delusional, she was stunned for a while before calling out: "Ayan, why are you here?"

Dai Ruyan turned around and looked at Gong Yu who was still lying on the low couch, and approached with a slight frown, saying, "You haven't gotten up yet, the snow hasn't melted yet, you probably will be able to sleep on this low couch." Caught a cold."

"I didn't sleep, I was just thinking about something."

"Ayan, you haven't told me yet, why are you free to come to me today?" Gong Yu said while reaching out and lightly tugging on Dai Ruyan's drooping skirt.

Dai Ruyan sat at the side helplessly, raised his hand to pick up the book that Gong Yu had placed everywhere and asked, "Xiao Jiu is busy these days?"

"It's okay." Gong Yu dawdled close to Dai Ruyan, resting her head on Dai Ruyan's knee and replied, "I'm just thinking that even if every royal minister uses the same material of silk or gauze, the weaving method is different." It’s different, it’s really hard to find someone with a sachet.”

"Xiao Jiu looking for someone?"

Dai Ruyan stroked Gong Yu's brow lightly with her fingertips, and softly spun around and asked softly, "Could it be that Xiao Jiu has taken a fancy to some charming little girl?"

"That's right, that girl is as beautiful as a flower, she is like a fairy, I can't wait to stay with her every day." Gong Yu said with a smile.

"Since this is the case, why doesn't Xiao Jiu let people come to propose marriage? It saves the fairy-like figure from being snatched away by others."

"Where do I need to look for, right now I'm lying in the arms of a fairy."

Dai Ruyan pinched Gong Yu's earlobe with her fingertips and said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu, I just love to talk nonsense."

Gong Yu smiled and said nothing, lying on her side, touching the sachet in her hand, and letting Dai Ruyan rub her earlobe.

"This sachet doesn't seem to be used by women."

"How did Yan see it?"

Dai Ruyan reached for the sachet in Gong Yu's hand and looked at it: "Most women embroider peonies, sweet-scented osmanthus and the like, but this one embroiders an eagle."

"So it's a man?"

It's really unexpected that what Chen Ming collects is a man's sachet, it's hard for Gong Yu not to think about it.

"What's going on in your head?" Dai Ruyan glanced at Gong Yu, and put the sachet aside.

Gong Yu smirked and didn't speak, just grabbed Dai Ruyan's hands and put them beside the temple points and said, "Ayan help me massage."

"Headache?"

"No, it's just comfortable to press."

Dai Ruyan rubbed her fingertips lightly, looked at the sachet on the side, and then looked away.

"I heard that you stayed with Mr. Qin in the hall for most of the night the night before yesterday, and later you left Mr. Qin to spend the night in the mansion."

Gong Yu nodded her head, almost forgot that Dai Ruyan was well-informed.

It is not very honorable to send one's own servants to steal things, and this is still in front of Dai Ruyan. Gong Yu naturally wanted to be a good boy, so she said: "I read a book in the middle of the night and encountered a difficult puzzle, so I wanted to find it." Come to Mr. Qin to help me solve my doubts, but it was too late, so I let Mr. Qin stay."

"So that's how it is." Dai Ruyan said in a low voice, "But men and women are different, it's better for Xiao Jiu not to get too close to Mr. Qin."

"Furthermore, I heard that Mr. Qin used to be His Royal Highness's retainer, but later His Highness was abolished, so Mr. Qin left."

"What does Ayan want to say?" Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan and asked.

Dai Ruyan stopped his hands and said: "The host and guest escaped in danger, this person cannot be trusted."

Gong Yuban sat up, and Ruyan looked at each other and said: "I also had such doubts at first, but then I asked someone to check his background."

"Mr. Qin is full of money, but he disdains the imperial examinations. He has a wife and daughter, but because of poverty, the elder brother had difficulties and was unable to recruit customers. It should be understandable for Mr. Qin to find another way out for his wife and daughter."

The sound of rain outside the pavilion gradually rang, Dai Ruyan was wearing a light blue dress and straightened her back, looking at Gong Yu very seriously.

After Gong Yu finished speaking, she was a little worried about Dai Ruyan, and quickly said: "But it's true that I didn't think carefully about keeping him overnight. Don't worry, Ayan, it won't be like this next time."

But Dai Ruyan just looked at Gong Yu and didn't say anything, Gong Yu asked hesitantly, "Ayan, why are you silent?"

"Did I say something wrong and made you angry?"

"No." Dai Ruyan shook his head and replied, "Xiao Jiu is very thoughtful."

"I was just a little surprised."

Accident?

Because she was lying down before, Gong Yu's robe was a little messy, Gong Yu straightened the thin belt and asked, "Is there any surprise?"

"This thin belt can only be tied by going around." Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand and gently pulled Gong Yu's wrist, pulling Gong Yu closer to him.

Gong Yu half-kneeled on the low couch, looking at Dai Ruyan in front of her, her cheeks became hot.

Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand to straighten Gong Yu's collar, holding the thin belt with his fingertips, he easily passed the belt through the buckle of the outer robe and tied it on.

Gong Yu stared at it blankly, scratched her head and said, "This dress is a little complicated. I don't understand some parts of it when I put it on recently."

Dai Ruyan smoothed the wrinkles on Gong Yu's robe and said in a soft voice: "Now that you are older, your clothes will naturally have to be changed. Are you still used to wearing this crown?"

"I'm not used to it at all."

Gong Yu said angrily: "It's like putting a stone on the head. Although it looks good, it's heavy and panicky."

"You have to get used to these things." Dai Ruyan said with a smile, then let go of her hand, and sat upright by the side.

"Does Yan also think that I'm not doing well enough?"

"No, you did a good job." Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu and said, "It's just that most of the court halls are chaotic, Xiao Jiu doesn't need to get involved."

"And I don't want you to be involved."

Gong Yupan sat on the side, reached out and poured tea to Dai Ruyan, and then poured a cup of tea by himself.

The rain was falling outside, Gong Yu took a sip of tea and said, "But brother Sanhuang's death is too strange. If it is really a murder, if the murderer dares to kill the prince so boldly, maybe something will happen."

"But none of this has anything to do with you."

Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Yu, breathed calmly and said, "Xiao Jiu, let's just let this matter go."

"Your Majesty never wanted to investigate, which means that the Third Highness committed suicide. Besides, it is wrong for you to send someone to investigate Dali Temple privately. If it is used by someone with a heart, it will become your excuse to make a big deal of it."

Gong Yu fell silent, lowered her head and replied: "Yes, I see."

Dai Ruyan gently grasped the hand that was hanging in the wide sleeve robe, and Dai Ruyan stretched out his arms and gently put his arm around Gong Yu's drooping head, and gently pressed it against his bosom, softly comforting him: "Xiao Jiu is obedient, I know you I want to find out the truth, but sometimes once the truth is exposed nakedly, it cannot be covered up as if nothing happened."

"Does Ah Yan know who the murderer is?" Gong Yuxi asked while listening to Dai Ruyan's steady heartbeat.

It seemed that the sound of the rain that was falling harder and harder outside was blocked by Dai Ruyan's steady heartbeat.

Dai Ruyan caressed the back of Gong Yu's neck lightly with his palm, and responded with a twinkle in his eyes: "I don't know, but I can probably guess."

But this sentence made Gong Yu even more confused, did Dai Ruyan know or not?

The more this is the case, the more Gong Yu cares, especially when Gong Yu reads through the books on the specifications and systems of the royal family's clothing materials. Only then did he understand why Chen Ming hid the sachet in a secret compartment.

Regardless of whether it was the royal family or the Dai family, Chen Ming chose to cover up, so he hid the sachet.

Gong Yu felt that she was one step closer to the truth, but the mourning hall where the corpse of the Third Highness was placed suddenly caught fire, and the fire burned all the evidence.

The rain is flooding in early spring, and it is not a dry time, so the fire started at the right time.

Someone is obviously destroying the evidence, and maybe someone even noticed that Gong Yu was following the whole case.

In any case, Gong Yu really had no way of knowing the real cause of His Royal Highness' death.

It was as if he had finally peeled off the cocoon to the last layer, but the cocoon suddenly disappeared in front of him.

After the morning court was over, Gong Yu walked slowly along the palace road with her umbrella in her hands, and happened to meet the little princess as she passed the imperial garden.

"The little princess's flowers are so beautiful." The maid beside her praised.

"Will the queen mother like it?" the little girl asked with her big watery eyes blinking.

"Yes, the empress will definitely like it."

This little princess was originally born by a nobleman, but her physical strength was too weak during childbirth, and she was raised by the empress not long after giving birth.

Gong Yu watched the little girl being taken away by the maid, but the sachet that the little girl was wearing was embroidered with an eagle.

"Wait." Gong Yu stepped forward to call the maid who was holding the little princess, her eyes stopped on the little girl's sachet, as if her breath was being choked.

The little girl smiled and called, "Brother Jiu is well."

Gong Yu came back to her senses, touched the embroidery on the sachet and asked, "Why is there an eagle embroidered on the sachet?"

The little girl probably didn't quite understand, so she just said, "This is a gift from the queen mother to Zhu'er."

The maid at the side said: "His Royal Highness, the Empress has never liked flowers, but prefers eagles, so she embroidered this herself."

"That's right." Gong Yu replied slowly, watching the maid walk away holding the little princess.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, but Gong Yu suddenly felt very cold, and the cold could not stop soaking Gong Yu's entire body from the bones.

The empress is from the royal family, and also from the Dai clan, so she can have the money thread, and this embroidery method is unique, so Gong Yu searched all over the capital city embroidery girls but couldn't find out who made it.

Especially the empress is still Dai Ruyan's aunt, how could Dai Ruyan not know what the eagle represents, the only explanation is that Dai Ruyan deliberately disturbed Gong Yu's judgment, she was protecting her aunt.

So Chen Ming was also protecting the Empress. No wonder the murderer was able to come and go freely into Dali Temple, and even Chen Ming took the initiative to open the prison door of His Highness the Third.

Gong Yu accidentally staggered a few steps forward, reached out to support the palace wall, but the umbrella fell aside.

Thinking of the words spoken by Dai Ruyan that day, Gong Yu suddenly didn't know which ones to believe were true and which ones were false.

"Why is Your Highness Ninth Drenched in the rain here?"

Gong Yu turned around, and saw the empress was at the side, followed by the maid.

"The clothes are all soaked, and spring rain is the most likely to hurt the body." The empress said, holding an umbrella full of worry: "I heard that the nine temples are always bad, if Ayan knows about this, she will definitely be worried .”

Gong Yu stepped back in shock and replied: "Xiao Jiu... Thank you, Empress, for worrying."

The empress smiled and didn't mind Gong Yu's retreat at all, she just sent a maid to hold an umbrella for Gong Yu, and then left.

Gong Yu, who was drenched in the rain, only felt his head was in a mess, and went home in a sedan chair in a daze.

Unexpectedly, a fever flared up, Gong Yu frowned tightly, wondering why the Empress wanted to kill the Third Highness?

The cause of death of His Highness the Third Highness was cutting his throat, not a single fatal blow. If a living person's throat is cut, blood will spurt out and even splash on the wall, but that person will not die immediately, only waiting in pain and despair. With blood flowing out.

The high fever persisted, and she kept listening to the sound of rain outside. Gong Yu slept for a long time, and only woke up thirsty when her mouth was dry.

The bright sunny day outside was even a little dazzling, but Gong Yu felt pain all over her body.

"Are you awake?" Dai Ruyan's voice rang in his ears.

Gong Yu blinked and stared blankly at Dai Ruyan in front of her. The windows in the house were open, so the warm sunlight happened to fall on Dai Ruyan's dark blue clothes.

It is rare to see Dai Ruyan wearing such dark clothes, the already fair skin is even more white and unreal.

Dai Ruyan rarely put on heavy makeup, and wore those peach blossom-like earrings, Gong Yu said in a slightly nasal voice: "Ayan...it looks good too."

"Do you like it?" Dai Ruyan smiled, stretched out his hand to lightly support Gong Yu's head, so that Gong Yu could half sit up.

Gong Yu lowered her head weakly, rubbing her forehead lightly against Dai Ruyan's warm cheek and said in a low voice: "I know who is the murderer of Brother San Huang."

Dai Ruyan's hand holding the decoction paused slightly, then passed the spoon containing the decoction to Gong Yu's mouth and whispered, "The medicine is a bit bitter, I asked the maid to prepare candied fruit."

"Does Xiaojiu want to eat one first?"

"I... am thirsty." Gong Yu said with a slightly hoarse voice:

"Okay, I'll pour water now."

The water in the mouth eased the dryness of Gong Yu's throat, Dai Ruyan held the water glass, stroking Gong Yu's back with his palm and asked, "Do you want to drink any more?"

"It's enough without these."

Dai Ruyan held a handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat off Gong Yu's cheeks, and gently touched Gong Yu's hot forehead with the back of his warm hand, and said worriedly:

"Let's drink the medicine first."

The medicine was very bitter, even Gong Yu felt nauseous, took most of it, probably Dai Ruyan also noticed that Gong Yu was not feeling well, so he stopped and handed a candied fruit to Gong Yu's mouth.

"If you hold it in your mouth, you won't want to vomit."

In fact, Gong Yu could feel that she was still uncomfortable, her head felt a little heavy, and her breathing was not smooth.

It's just that Dai Ruyan was too gentle, so Gong Yu didn't say anything, and still let Dai Ruyan hug her.

It was very bright outside the window, Gong Yu squinted her eyes slightly and sniffed the faint fragrance of Dai Ruyan's body and asked, "Did Ayan know that the empress is the murderer?"

The fingertips rubbing the acupoints beside Gong Yu's forehead stopped slightly, Dai Ruyan said softly: "I just guessed when I saw Xiao Jiu holding the sachet."

"I don't understand a bit."

Gong Yu stretched out her hands to hold Dai Ruyan Weiliang's fingertips and put them in front of her, saying, "Why did the Empress want to kill Brother Sanhuang?"

Dai Ruyan's nails were beautifully colored, Gong Yu kissed the next generation Ruyan's fingertips like a child.

"Because it was the Third Highness who killed the unborn fetus in the aunt's womb." Dai Ruyan looked down at Gong Yu who was curled up in her arms, and lightly touched Gong Yu's dry and peeling lips due to heat and lack of water with her fingertips. valve.

"Didn't Ah Yan say that the Dai family killed the empress's child?"

Dai Ruyan withdrew her fingertips from stroking Gongyu's lips, and instead stroked Gongyu's feverish side face and replied, "Because it was the third highness who personally poisoned him."

"The Dai family is just like a behind-the-scenes pusher, guiding the desired result, and the Dai family generally does not allow themselves to be stained with blood."

Gong Yu held Dai Ruyan's drooping sleeves tightly, put her cheek against Dai Ruyan's palm and said, "Why did Ayan lie to me?"

Dai Ruyan hugged Gong Yu tightly from the back, clasped Gong Yu in her arms, lowered her head slightly and whispered close to Gong Yu's ear with her lips: "I'm worried about you."

"My aunt and Dai's family are already in the same situation. If you rashly stand out, you will put yourself under the power, which is too dangerous."

"Isn't imperial power the highest power in the palace country?"

"Xiao Jiu is still too simple." Dai Ruyan pressed her cheek against Gong Yu's cheek, and said affectionately against Gong Yu's profile with the tip of her nose: "Xiao Jiu thinks that the Dai family can always marry the royal family?"

"Is it just beautiful? Or smart?"

"The Dai family is a heavy shackle for the royal family, but also a sharp sword. Even as the emperor of the palace country, he can only rely on the power of the Dai family to control the government."

Only now did Gong Yu understand that maybe Chen Ming took away the sachet that the queen left behind, not necessarily to protect the queen.

He was protecting the royal family. If the emperor knew that the prince died at the hands of Queen Dai, it would be the fuse to start a war.

And this is also the desired result of the empress, she just wants to ignite the flames of the power struggle in the palace.

Dai Ruyan stretched his arms around Gong Yu and said in a low voice, "Don't think about it anymore, the matter is over."

"What about Chen Ming?"

"Master Chen, Minister of Dali Temple, should go to court early."

Gong Yu leaned against Dai Ruyan's arms, not only thankful that Chen Ming was still alive.

"Little Jiu, don't think about it any longer. If you sleep again, you may recover from your illness."

Dai Ruyan read softly: "When the body is better and the weather is warmer,