Darkness of Rebirth

It snowed for three whole days, and the Minister of Criminal Affairs and the Minister of Dali Temple led people to investigate day and night, but still found nothing.Of all the maids and eunuchs at the banquet that night, except for those who belonged to the East Palace, only the palace maids and eunuchs who passed the dishes from the imperial dining room had entered the East Palace.

After checking one by one, none of these court ladies and eunuchs had the motive of poisoning.The maids and eunuchs in the palace were all sent to the palace since childhood, and Si Zhengsi will assess all the palace ladies and eunuchs in the palace every three months. If there is any misbehavior, the lighter ones will be punished, and the serious ones will be directly punished. He was sent out of the palace.

Rules are dead, but people are alive.Although Si Zhengsi would assess them every three months, there would still be people who missed them, especially the maids in the palaces of the princes and concubines.As the ancient saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people, and the Imperial Dining Room is a particularly important institution in the imperial palace.

If the meals in the imperial dining room were sent to the emperor and princes, there would be specific eunuchs who tasted the dishes. They would try a bite of each dish before sending it to the palaces after confirming that it was not poisonous.And the meals were delivered to the emperor's palace, and eunuchs would try the dishes again in front of the emperor to confirm that there was nothing wrong before presenting them to the emperor.

The dishes were delivered to the East Palace from the Imperial Dining Room, and the section from the Imperial Dining Room to the Eastern Palace has never been opened.The wine was also delivered from the imperial dining room.All the food was tasted before being sent out to the imperial dining room, and there was no problem. After being sent to the East Palace, the eunuchs did not try it again, but distributed it directly to the princes and princesses. In the end, something went wrong. .

The food was the same, the wine was the same, the four princes were either poisoned or drugged, only Princess Feng Ling was safe and sound, the only thing she didn't touch was the wine at the banquet.

The servant of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of Dali Temple focused on the wine, but they still found nothing. The wine they drank that night, the wine jug in which it was contained, and the wine glass they used were all checked, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Even the only clue that can be investigated is broken.

The time limit was up, and the two people, who had no clue, consciously went to Emperor Qianwen's Hall of Self-cultivation to plead guilty.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent, and nothing useful has been found out." The minister of punishment and the minister of Dali Temple knelt in the center of the hall together, and said in fear to Emperor Qianwen who was sitting upright.

Emperor Qianwen looked at the two of them, and after a long time, he asked, "Do you still remember what I said three days ago?"

Three days ago, the imperial edict, if you can't find anything useful, just resign and go home to farm.

"My minister remembers."

"Then what are you doing here in my cultivation hall? Go directly to the Ministry of Officials to return the official seal, write a resignation letter, and go home to farm!" The superiors did not get angry.Emperor Ganwen looked at the two courtiers who had been officials for a long time, and felt angry. He really wanted to swear at them and scold them bloody heads, but it was a pity that he was the emperor, and the emperor's majesty could not be lost.

Zhao Hezhang and Xuan Qiuyu hurriedly withdrew from the Hall of Self-cultivation.

I thought that Emperor Qianwen would take the initiative to plead guilty and let them go because they have been diligent and diligent officials for many years.

Sigh, that's all, isn't it just resigning from office, it's better than being involved in disputes among the princes and finally losing his life.All of this is just the beginning.

After the servant of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple left, Emperor Qianwen summoned the dark guards and asked, "Did Anfeng find out anything?"

An Zhou clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the Emperor, Feng Anwei told his subordinates that the drugs and poisons were indeed poured into the wine that night, and the people who poisoned were the maids and eunuchs in the imperial dining room. Where are they? One, the Feng Anwei is still investigating."

Emperor Qianwen pondered for a moment, and asked: "In this case, why didn't the minister of punishment and the minister of Dali Temple find out?" He didn't even know where the poison was put. I have been an official in the court for many years. It seems that in the future, more inspections will be required in the selection of officials, and an official position cannot be given just by passing the imperial examination.

"Reporting to the emperor, Lord Zhao and Lord Xuan also started to investigate the wine, but there was neither trace of poison nor trace of drug in the remaining wine that night. They were not sure, so they reported that there was nothing. Find out."

"Then how can Anfeng be sure that the drug and poison are all in the wine?" Emperor Qianwen looked at Antian with a burning gaze.

"Feng Anwei didn't tell his subordinates, everything has to wait for Feng Anwei to investigate clearly, and wait for him to report back to the emperor in person." The dark guard is different from those ministers. He showed his fear and spoke calmly and without emotion.Their creed has only one, loyalty to the king.As long as they are loyal to the emperor, the emperor will not kill them. They are the secret guards who can kill whoever they want.

If An Yun hadn't left the Dark Guard Organization, he might have been trained to be like other Dark Guards.

"Well, step back." Emperor Ganwen nodded slightly, letting An Zhouyin back to the beam of the main hall.

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Stuffed in the bedroom for three days in Dongfangdu, looking at the thick snow outside the house, I feel itchy and want to go out to play in the snow.The belated heavy snow lasted for three days at once, which was heavier and thicker than in previous years.

"I don't know what it's like to roll in the snow?" Dongfangdu looked at the dark cloud expectantly, and almost said that I want to go out and roll in the snow!

An Yun looked at her with a smile on his face, "What else can it feel like? Of course it's icy and cold." Even though there was a charcoal fire in the room, Dongfang Du was still wearing a silver fox cloak, and An Yun shunned the cloak Mao on the bed continued: "How old are you, yet you still want to go rolling in the snow like you did when you were a child."

"Do you still remember the first winter we met?" At that time, they were just children, she just came back from the palace, she didn't understand the rules in the palace, and she didn't care about her image as a prince. Dark clouds play together.

As long as An Yun doesn't train, he will go to her.The first snow since the acquaintance, also fell for a long time like this snow, and it has not stopped for many days, covered with silver, the sky is gray, but the whole earth is pure white, dark clouds come riding on the snow, She smiled and said to her: "Brother Du, let's go play in the snow, Yun'er has never made a snowman before, so I really want to make one, no, I want to make two, one is Brother Du, and the other is Yun'er herself... "

She didn't think of her as a secret guard, nor did she think of her as a prince. At that time, their feelings were pure and they never considered how different their identities were, until...

"Sister Du, let's go play in the snow." Just as Dongfang Du was recalling the past, An Yun leaned into her ear and whispered.After speaking, he backed away, and looked at her in a daze with the corners of his lips curled up.

The voice in my ears overlapped with the voice in my head, but the name changed from Brother Du to Sister Du, and the figure of the person in front of me seemed to overlap with the child when I was young, and Dongfang Du smiled Looking fondly at An Yun, "Yun'er wants to build two snowmen today?"

Hearing this, An Yun smiled and said, "How about making two little snowmen and putting them on the window sill?"

Banlan looked at the two people who loved each other, shook her head helplessly, and shrank her body back. Although the two always regarded her as non-existent, she still wanted to work hard to reduce her sense of existence, "Playing with snow Let's play with the snow, just don't let me go out again! '

"Don't you want to build two big snowmen?" Dongfangdu reached out and gently held An Yun's hand. She even wanted to roll in the snow with An Yun in her arms like she did when she was a child.Because at that time, the only way to hold her in his arms was by rolling the snow.But now, as long as you want to hug, you can take a step forward and hold her in your arms without any excuses or reasons.

An Yun glanced at Banlan and said, "Big snowman, let Banlan build it. You can only play with the snow on the window sill and build two little snowmen."

They are already standing so far behind, why are they still being seen? !Ban Lan looked at An Yun and Dongfang Du mournfully, and said, "Your Highness, the Second Prince, and the future concubine, please don't bother your servants. The servants are afraid of the cold and don't like snow." She has no one she likes. The person she likes is now in love with other women in front of her, how can she have the leisure to play with snowmen in the snow!

In the end, An Yun nodded and agreed that Dongfangdu went out to play in the snow.Dongfangdu asked Banlan to dismiss all the maids and eunuchs in front of the bedroom before leaving the room with Anyun.

As soon as he went out, Dongfangdu couldn't wait to lie down on the snow, rolled two laps on the snow, saw An Yun giggling, and immediately got up, a lion catching a rabbit directly threw himself on An Yun, and the two fell in love The snow ground rolled a few times, and for a while the snow ground was filled with the laughter of the two of them...

Ban Lan, who was "watching the wind", looked helplessly at the two adults who were playing with snow like children in front of her, and sighed twice, comforting herself: "Oh, it's a good thing I wasn't allowed to pile snow alone. Let me show you the snowman..."

While playing with a stick of incense on the snow, Anyun pulled Dongfangdu to go back to the house.The poisoning is mild, but her body is still not well, so it is very kind to let her out to play for a while, if she spends an hour in the snow, the wind and cold will definitely invade her body while she is weak.

Dongfang Du got up with some inclinations, stretched out his hand and gently patted the snow off An Yun's body, and said with a smile, "Let's go back now."

An Yun stared at Dongfang Du who was patting her clothes and brushing the snow. He pursed his lips lightly, and leaned forward to kiss her lightly on the corner of her lips. He didn't say thanks, and his thanks were all in this soft kiss.

Ban Lan, who was standing aside, really wanted to get sick, so that she wouldn't have to follow them all day long to watch them show their affection!These two people are really getting more and more in love with each other day by day. They used to be jealous of her, but in just a few days, they can hug and kiss like no one else is around!Don't treat her like an outsider at all, just make out in front of her like this!Was it intentional to make her suffer? !

The two were about to enter the house when they heard the sound of bird whistles.In this silent winter day, how abrupt the sound of the bird flute is.It's just that the sound of the bird flute only rang twice before it stopped.

When An Yun heard the sound of the bird flute, his body froze, and the smile on his face faded instantly. After a moment of ecstasy, he turned his head and said, "Du, I'll leave for a while."

As he spoke, he let go of his hand, but was held back by Dongfang Du, "What happened?" An Yun wanted to leave, it must be because of the bird flute he just heard.Thinking that she once gave herself a bird flute, she couldn't help guessing in her heart, did she give it to others besides herself?Thinking of this, my heart instantly became cold.