Give you a spring

After leaving the palace, Pingwei went back to the yamen to find Qi Zheng.

Master Qi has come back and is pacing back and forth inside.

"What's wrong?" Ping Wei saw him and asked.

"Your Highness, I just went to the Ministry of Rites. I sneaked into their library and looked through the files that recorded the royal family. I found..." Qi Zheng saw him and hurried over, speaking very fast and authentically.

Ping Wei interrupted him, "Sneak in?" He raised his eyebrows, "When did Lord Qi become so good at it?"

Qi Zheng touched his nose subconsciously and looked away. He is a literati and doesn't know martial arts, but... "Didn't Liang Jingzhao come to ask me how to interrogate a prisoner last time? In return, he taught me how to open a lock."

"Open the door of Zangshu Pavilion?" Ping smiled slightly, "You can count as helping each other."

"That's not the point," Qi Zheng said, "I found the records about that year."

"Well, you said."

"I brought them back." Qi Zheng turned to face the desk in front of him, and then looked back at Ping Wei, seemingly innocent.

Ping Wei was stunned for a moment, then walked quickly to the desk and opened the file on it. There were three big volumes in total. He saw it as soon as he came in, but he didn't pay much attention to it as it was the case that Qi Zheng was dealing with. He didn't want to... .

"You actually stole them from the palace?" Ping Wei looked at Qi Zheng in surprise, when did the other party become so bold.

"Isn't this...the content is too much for me to read in time?" Qi Zheng was also a little embarrassed, and said softly, "This is the first time for an official to do this kind of thing. I am always worried that someone will come in in the Library Pavilion , so I didn’t pay much attention to read the words on the dossier, and simply thought about bringing them back.”

"Does someone go in and clean the Library Pavilion at ordinary times?"

"Usually it's like once every half a month. If it's not something important, the Ministry of Rites won't send people in suddenly."

Even though he said so, after Qi Zheng came out of the palace, he was trembling with fear, his heart was up and down, but fortunately Ping Wei came to look for him soon, seeing this His Highness, his uneasy heart finally settled down. So impatient before.

Pingwei glanced at him helplessly, and asked softly, "Are you okay?" He really didn't expect that Qi Zheng would do such a thing for himself, sneaking into the library and stealing the files inside, a single thing If you are found out, you will be punished, right?

He thought for a while, "We'll go through these files tonight, sort out the important information, and see if we can return them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Okay," Qi Zheng replied.

Ping Wei smiled slightly, "Don't worry too much."

The two each took a file, Ping Wei stood in front of the desk, sat in the chairs together, and read through it carefully.

Master Qi didn't know the existence of Gu Jing, he mainly wanted to find the previous records about Chongdi and Ming concubines, while Ping Wei wanted to find out the records related to Gu Jing, before he came to the capital, he told every courtier I did a simple investigation, but I didn't find such a person as Gu Jing, presumably it was deliberately hidden.

Then this is very interesting. What did an important minister who helped him seize the throne and was also a general do to be killed by Emperor Chong and wiped out of existence.

What happened to Gu Jing was somewhat similar to that of Concubine Ming.

Then thinking of her own biological mother, Ping Wei quickly scanned every word, thinking that it is possible that these two have done something to be forgotten together on purpose.

Moreover, the concubine Ming was originally a "concubine" of the second rank, but was demoted to a "concubine" of the fourth rank after that incident.

"Your Highness," Qi Zheng moved the file in front of him, "It turns out that Emperor Chong and Concubine Ming met in the 17th year of Jingwen. She is a girl from an ordinary family, and her hometown is Yu'an."

It was the same place where His Highness stayed before... Qi Zheng was surprised, and couldn't help wondering, "So she sent you there?"

"It's possible," Ping Wei glanced at the contents of the file, "but I don't know why she did this. Do you think Emperor Chong knows about this?"

"I'm not sure, you said that she secretly sent you out of the palace, maybe it was Emperor Chong's acquiescence? But that's not true," Qi Zheng frowned, "Didn't it mean that they had conflicts?"

Pingwei lowered his eyes, "Look at the year when Concubine Ming was demoted."

Qi Zheng also brought over the remaining volume. After half a cup of tea, he pushed a volume in front of Ping Wei, "It was the 11th year of Chongli. Look at the records above, Ming concubine Shen Qingru was demoted due to poor conduct For a concubine." After a pause, "Your Highness, what do you think of poor conduct?"

However, Pingwei was distracted. He stared at the five words "Chongli 11th Year". ...but what does that mean.

"You just said that you have bad conduct, what do you think of when you mention this?" He asked Qi Zheng.

"Framing other concubines to cause miscarriages, accepting bribes, reselling palace items, and..." adultery?Qi Zheng didn't dare to speak out.

Pingwei thought about all the possibilities he said, and looked thoughtfully at the restless Master Qi, "You know I just... went to find a eunuch who was in the palace more than [-] years ago. Is it Du Shubao?"

He recounted what happened in the afternoon.

"Gu Jing?" Qi Zheng said "Hmm", lowered his head and flipped through the files he had read just now, "I seem to have seen records about this person...Here, he is a native of Linjing , born in the early years of Jingwen, an official for generations, the son of the great general Gu Yansheng, later joined the Ministry of Officials and became a civil official, and has a very close relationship with Emperor Chong, I think Emperor Chong took him with him when he went out of the palace several times."

"What records? Du Shubao said that Emperor Chong had been to Yu'an, and the concubine Ming he met there, do you see if there is Gu Jing among the people who went with him?"

"Yes," Qi Zheng pointed to the words on the file, "So Gu Jing also met Concubine Ming at that time."

"Have Gu Jing and Concubine Ming been in contact again since then?"

"There is no relevant record, but in the afternoon, the official checked it with his own method. After being brought back to Linjing by Emperor Chong, Concubine Ming stayed in his mansion. Gu Jing and Emperor Chong have such a good relationship and helped him seize the throne. I think he and Concubine Ming will run into each other a lot."

"After Emperor Chongdi succeeded to the throne, did the two of you attend any banquet together?"

"Chongli had it three years ago. Whenever there is a banquet in the palace during the New Year's festival, Gu Jing's name will always be on the guest list, but after that, it is gone. And... I don't know what happened. Three years after Chongli, he proposed to Emperor Chongli to resign."

Is it because Gu Jing found out that his brothers in the past might not be able to tolerate him after he ascended the throne, so he wanted to quit?Ping Wei looked to the side, "What do you think? What do you think?"

"Based on what I said earlier, I have a guess in my mind, but I don't know if it's correct," Qi Zheng hesitated, "Du Shubao explained that my concubine is a very transparent and generous woman, so the lower official said earlier that he framed his concubine and accepted bribes." The guesses about reselling items in the palace may be wrong, considering Gu Jing’s existence, I think..."

He stopped, and Ping Wei continued, "Are you having an affair with someone?"

"Ah."

"But didn't she have a deep love with Chongdi before?"

"Yes, at this time the fourth person appeared again."

"Queen?"

Qi Zheng didn't deny it.

Ping raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Is it because the empress was jealous that Concubine Ming was favored by the emperor, and designed to make Emperor Chong believe that Gu Jing had an affair with Concubine Ming, and then caused Gu Jing to be killed and Concubine Ming to be demoted?" He looked at Concubine Ming interestingly. Qi Zheng changed the subject, "But there is a problem, since Gu Jing has an affair with Concubine Ming, why don't I?"

Qi Zheng was stunned, and immediately knelt down, "I don't mean to be an official."

"I know," Pingwei bent down to help him up, "but according to Emperor Chong's temperament, or any man, he can't tolerate his wife and friends being involved together, right? If Concubine Ming and Gu Jing are really shameful After learning about this matter, Emperor Chong didn’t need to let me wander outside the palace for so long, right? Whether it’s his own or not.”

"really....."

"And I went to meet the queen this afternoon," Ping Wei looked at him and said, and told him what he had talked with Jiang Yuanzhi in Yuxiu Palace.

Qi Zheng was thoughtful, "The empress said she has a good relationship with Concubine Ming?" This is different from his previous assumption...

Ping Wei said "Yes", "But I'm not sure if what Du Shubao told me is true."

"What's the meaning."

"It's not that he lied to me on purpose, but...the empress said that she had no impression of Du Shubao, and he was just a little eunuch," Ping Wei said softly, "That means he was with Chong at that time. The four of Di and Gu Jing are not close, but they have received help from Gu Jing for a short time, so what he knows may only be part of the facts, not the whole picture."

Qi Zheng nodded, but felt that something was wrong, he asked, "Your Highness, are you going to investigate the person who worked in the palace more than 20 years ago?"

"Correct."

"Only three people are still alive?"

"Ah."

Qi Zheng frowned, "Then His Majesty is deliberately getting rid of those who were involved in this matter back then, but according to what you said earlier, Du Shubao is so familiar with the events of that year, why is he still alive, and he is living in Linjing blatantly?"

Ping Wei's eyelids twitched, "It makes sense."

"Could it be..." Qi Zheng's thoughts turned quickly, "Is someone protecting you?"

"Who else has the ability..." Ping Wei followed his train of thought, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Queen?!"

Is that why he was called to the palace by the queen after seeing Du Shubao?The other party already knew that he was investigating the past.

"It's possible," Qi Zheng said, "but the queen said that she doesn't know this person."

"Could it be that she did it on purpose?" Ping Wei was silent for a while, "Wait, let's leave Du Shubao alone, he is not the point, the most important thing is to find out the real relationship between Gu Jing and Concubine Chongdi Ming."

"Okay," Qi Zheng heard the words, and continued to look down at the file, but he heard an inappropriate "grunt" sound.

He looked over immediately, and saw Pingwei put his hands on his stomach helplessly, "I just remembered that after breakfast, I haven't eaten any more."

Qi Zheng looked outside—it was already dark, and it was evening.

"It's time for dinner too, Xiaguan and you go out to the teahouse to eat?"

"it is good."

The ears are slightly red.

However, the two of them failed to achieve their wish, because just as they walked out of the front hall, a policeman rushed in with a pale face.

"grown ups!"

"What's the matter?"

"Nanling... Nanling is fighting Donghu!"