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Chapter 59 Undercurrent

Shen Yanchuan looked at the little emperor who had spent a lot of effort to untie his bowstring, took another three-stone bow, set three arrows, and all three hit hearts.

Putting the bow back on the rack, Shen Yanchuan clapped his hands: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Before satisfying condition two, condition one must be satisfied first."

"What's the difference between these two!" The little emperor's heart was flustered, "No matter how difficult the first condition is, at least there is a clear time limit, but the three-stone bow is impossible for ordinary people to draw!"

Shen Yanchuan's tone was light: "The minister is waiting for the day when you can draw the three-stone bow."

The little emperor took off his fine clothes, walked back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation without saying a word, and began to sulk.

wait!Wait until the Year of the Monkey!Shen Yanchuan just deliberately didn't want me to make out with him!I have spent so much effort and learned so many things, but in his heart I am still a little thing that can't do anything!

The little emperor wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry casually, so he had to keep his face straight for two days, but no one cared about him. Shen Yanchuan was often away, and the palace people thought that he was worried about political affairs, so they all lowered their heads and worked in silence.

On the third day, the little emperor threw all the albums under the pillow back to Xiao Fuzi.

Xiao Fuzi also guessed that his moodiness had something to do with the noble concubine, but thinking that both of them fell asleep before, thinking that it would pass slowly, he didn't talk much, only then did he realize that he was very angry. Feeling about breaking up with the imperial concubine directly, she asked in a panic, "Yo, Your Majesty, what is this?"

"The envoy will arrive in the capital in a few days. I don't have time to read these, so don't show them to me in the future." The little emperor lay on the bed, picked up the soft pillow and pressed it on the back of his head, as a statement and those albums The determination to say goodbye.

Xiao Fuzi was very worried, because he didn't know what the emperor was bothering about, and wanted to ask the noble concubine, but found that the other party was not in the palace at this time. Come, I say I'm asking to see the emperor." The people in Taifei An's hands rarely come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but now the two of them are preparing things for the princess who is marrying far away, and they have contacts. Xiao Fuzi thinks it's normal, the little emperor She also thought it was quite normal, but when Aunt Tao entered the hall, her expression was hesitant to speak, and her expression was not very good.

After the little emperor turned his back to the left and right, Aunt Tao said, "Your Majesty, a strange thing happened in the palace of the imperial concubine."

Seeing her blushing and thick neck, the little emperor beckoned her to sit down: "Well, don't worry, just sit down and talk slowly."

Aunt Tao shook her head, and she didn't mean to sit down: "This morning, the concubine found a few large black characters on the courtyard wall, saying that Princess Ling has passed away, and those letters sent back are all fake. Human deception!"

"Where is it?" The little emperor got up immediately, "Take me to see it now!"

"I can't see it, it's gone now!" Aunt Tao hurriedly stopped him, and her voice became higher. Seeing that the little emperor sat back, she continued to explain in a low voice, "That's a word crawled out by insects and ants. What was written in lacquer ink was washed away by a torrential rain before noon."

The little emperor frowned and said, "Insects?"

Aunt Tao's expression was solemn: "Yes, my mother suspected that it was a warning from heaven, but after reading the letter, she didn't want to believe it was true... She was holding back on this matter for a day, because she had no other basis, so she didn't dare to tell anyone. , but it can’t be treated as if it never happened.”

Aunt Tao knelt down here, with a pleading look on her face: "Your Majesty, I beg you to find a way to confirm the safety of Her Royal Highness in Beishuo. The princess is the heart of the empress. If the princess has something to do, the empress will definitely also……"

The little emperor quickly comforted: "Auntie, don't worry, you go back and tell the concubine that it is about the safety of the imperial concubine, and I will definitely investigate... By the way, if the concubine doesn't mind, can I have a look at the letter sent by the imperial concubine?" ?”

"Yes, Madam brought it here." Aunt Tao took out a few letters from her sleeve, "All the letters from Beishuo in the past two years are here."

"Okay, auntie, go back first. After I have checked, I will send someone to return the letter." The little emperor motioned her to put down the letter, and gave her last order before she left, "Repress this matter first, don't tell anyone. , let the concubine not worry, and rest in the palace for the next two days."

After Aunt Tao left, the little emperor said casually, "Shen Yanchuan, this is too strange."

The words slipped out of his mouth, only then did he remember that Shen Yanchuan was not in the palace, and he was unwilling to go out to find him now——I have been chilled for so many days!I will not take the initiative this time!I can handle things myself!

As soon as his stubborn temper got over him, the little emperor didn't call anyone into the hall, but walked around the hall by himself, trying to clear his mind little by little.

He doesn't believe in "warning from the heavens". The so-called "worms and ants showing characters" are either a coincidence, or someone deliberately used stone honey and other things to lure insects to show characters.

The little emperor didn't open the letter right away, but recruited Hu Qian, and handed over the letter he had received to the other party: "Go and check the source and handwriting first, and go to the study to save the hairpin lower script that the princess practiced a few years ago. Compared."

Because there are items that can be compared and verified, the secret guard checked quickly, and the answer was: "The writing is indeed the princess's writing, and the paper used for the letter is honey fragrant paper specially provided by the Beishuo royal family, and the ink is also commonly used by the Beishuo royal family." ink, the handwriting will glow purple under strong light."

The little emperor nodded, and read the letters one by one. The tone between the lines was familiar to him, and the content was very fragmented. They were all rhetoric about reporting good news but not worrying. Don't drink plum wine too much... You can't find anything wrong with it.

From this, it can be basically confirmed that the person who left the ants characters on the wall was definitely trying to provoke the relationship between Tai Hong and Bei Shuo maliciously, and it was very likely that it was a good thing done by the Zhan faction of the previous dynasty.You don't need to bother the dark guards about this kind of thing, you should be able to come to a conclusion by beating and tapping in the early morning.

After analyzing it, the little emperor thought it was not a big deal, so he washed and went to bed.

However, when the palace people blew out the lamps and retreated, everything was silent, and the little emperor was about to fall asleep, a thought suddenly rose to the top of his heart:

Accompanying Princess Ling to marry to Beishuo are several maidservants who have served since childhood. The princess's tone of voice and growth experience are no secrets to them. If someone among them imitates Princess Ling's handwriting and writes to Taihong, You can't see it at all just by investigating the letter itself!

Deep thinking is the most taboo in the dead of night. This horrifying discovery made the little emperor's mind draw many terrifying pictures. For this reason, he tossed and turned all night, and fell asleep for a while until dawn.

In the early morning, he was in poor spirits, and he basically didn't listen to any content, relying entirely on pen officials and eunuchs to record.After returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and drinking a cup of strong tea, he summoned Hu Qian again and asked him if he had any spies sent to Beishuo, and asked the spies to confirm the safety of Princess Ling for him and pass the news back as soon as possible.

However, Hu Qian immediately rejected his request tactfully: "Spy agents have worked so hard to insert themselves into the Beishuo Palace. The more times they interrogate and listen to news, the easier it will be exposed. Besides, Beishuo envoys We’re still on the road, and inquiring about Princess Ting’s situation at this time will probably be regarded as a hostile act, and we won’t be able to go to war if we don’t.”

The little emperor couldn't refute his words, and was anxious to walk back and forth in the hall.

Hu Qian suggested: "The envoy will enter the palace soon, why not test the envoy directly?"

"It's pointless." The little emperor waved his hand, "If Beishuo has no intention of going to war with the Queen Mother, then Beishuo will say that she is still alive regardless of whether the Queen is alive or dead."

Hu Qian hesitated for a moment, but said nothing.

The little emperor walked around the hall again, and said again: "By the way, did you find out who wrote the words?"

Hu Qian shook his head: "Recently, there are people coming and going in the harem, and the number of secret guards is small, so they can only watch the nobles. The guards patrol and have limited routes and time. The time of the man's writing is very clever, and no one has noticed. According to the on-site investigation, the courtyard wall is surrounded by blue bricks, so it is not easy to leave footprints in the first place, and other traces have also been washed away by the rain, so... there is no clue."

He pleaded guilty with guilt, and the little emperor waved him back in a distraught manner.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the harem is full of joy, all the auspicious flowers and auspicious clothes are ready, the girls are so beautiful, they each tried on the auspicious clothes, chatting and laughing around the garden full of autumn flowers.

"Oh my god, I've been busy for so many days, and finally I'm done with these things." Wang Jieyu yawned and stretched her body in front of the clusters of chrysanthemums.

Seeing this, the poppy next to her covered her mouth and snickered that she was uneducated: "It's not a joke, they are all the most unique varieties of chrysanthemums. Especially the Chixian Jinzhu, Moran, Fangcheng Shicui and Jinlong Yuxue, All of them are only found in this imperial garden, you can’t see them anywhere else!”

Recently, the concubines and concubines of the harem worked together and got close, so Wang Jieyu was not very angry when she heard this: "Whether he can see it or not, I don't see these things in the first place. They are colorful and easy to be dazzled."

She leaned against the pillar, and saw that Concubine Tong was still wearing a gauze dress, squatting on the ground and watering the flowers, she said: "Concubine Tong, don't you want to change into auspicious clothes?"

Concubine Tong's white catkins brushed the crystal water drops on the flowers and leaves, and said softly: "It's okay to change the auspicious clothes later, these flowers will be sent to decorate the post house in a while, so I have to send them... After taking care of it so much It’s been a long time, thinking about it, I’m still reluctant.”

After hearing this, Mei Yu was very emotional: "You are an idiot who loves flowers."

While talking, the cart for transporting flowers came. Concubine Tong saw that the palace servants put the pots of wet flowers into the cart by category, and then turned around and went to the hall to change into auspicious clothes.

There are different auspicious clothes on display in the hall, and most of them are now worn by people. Concubine Tong entered one of them, and suddenly heard the palace man guarding beside him say: "Your Majesty, I found the wrong one. This is what the emperor gave to the envoys to wear." , the Xueqing auspicious clothes in the opposite room are prepared for you!"

"I just think it's beautiful, so come and take a look."

The palace man hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please go ahead, just be careful when touching it, and don't let the hand bell get entangled with the colored silk on it."

Concubine Tong took off the handbell cooperatively, and then gently touched the piping and embroidery on the auspicious clothes: "This pattern is very unique, and it is a beautiful thing if it is placed well, but it is a pity that it is easy to break. If you dare to wear it this time."

After Concubine Tong changed her clothes, she went back to the crowd, and the first person to greet her was Chu Cairen: "Concubine Tong and Wang Jieyu's auspicious clothes are better, dark and thin."

Concubine Tong straightened her auspicious red dress with yellow beads, and said with a soft smile, "You look pretty and bright."

After complimenting each other, Concubine Tong turned around and entered the palace again.

Wang Jieyu wondered: "Huh? Why did she go in again?"

Yu Meiren motioned her to whisper: "Normally, Concubine Tong is not used to wearing these clothes, she still wears Ai Wuzan's attire, didn't you see that she didn't even take off her veil just now?"

The two of them were talking back and forth, but the talented person from Chu turned left and right to hide in the crowd: "Oh, why does this bee keep staring at me?"

Wang Jieyu walked over disdainfully, snatched the shaded fan from her hand, threw the bee to the ground, and then patched it up: "Just kill a bee!"