Lord Prime Minister

The birth of the Ninth Prince was originally a great joy, but the Sixth Prince died at this time.

The sixth prince is born of Concubine Shu, who is only 15 years old this year, likes to be lively, and is surrounded by a group of court ladies and eunuchs wherever he goes.Huangfu Yunhua only remembered that every time he entered the palace to see him, he pestered himself to listen to interesting stories outside the palace, and at that time found it very annoying, but he did not expect to end up like this in the end.

The emperor was furious about this matter, he asked Wu Zuo to conduct an autopsy last night, and waited until the early morning in Jiaotai Hall, finally the news came.

The sixth prince was poisoned to death.

He Dinghong was used to seal the throat with blood.

As soon as the result came out, the emperor almost fainted on the dragon chair. Eunuch Li hurriedly handed him some tea, but was knocked down by a palm.

"Check it out! Check it out for me! Who is so daring to murder the prince!"

With an order, Dali Temple became busy in an instant, and all the court ladies and eunuchs who had seen the sixth prince's corpse that night were taken there and tortured.People who had been to the Imperial Garden after nightfall also questioned them one by one, but they couldn't find any clues.

That night, Hong Shaoqing of Dali Temple met the emperor quietly. On the second day, all the princes and princesses received the news, and accompanied by their guards, they went to Dali Temple in person.

Mu Zihuai felt that something was wrong with his lord, and he was busy teaching Long Lei these few days, when he looked back, he was about to go to prison.

"My lord, be careful. Even if you are questioned, it will be the prince after all, and they won't let you suffer." Mu Zihuai followed the lord to the outside of Dali Temple, and asked again worriedly.

Sometimes I feel that the prince who is older than me is shrewd and calm, and sometimes I feel that he is acting like a child.Mu Zihuai felt that he was becoming more and more unpredictable about the prince's thoughts, but when the prince pulled him over, he could only give instructions one by one, worrying that if he said a wrong sentence, his job would be ruined.

Huangfu Yunhua nodded in a good-tempered manner. The sun had not risen yet, midsummer was over, and the weather was getting colder. The people in front of him chattered calmly, like magpies outside the window in the morning. They were a bit noisy, but they did not make people feel uncomfortable. bored.

While talking, another carriage drove over.Muzi closed his mouth and looked back.

The carriage stopped a few steps away from them, shook slightly, and stepped down a petite woman.

The woman got out of the car and looked up to see the two of them, and came over with small steps.

"Fifth brother."

It was the eighth princess whom I met that day—Huangfu Wenmei.

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, "Why did Huangmei come here alone?"

"Brother has something to do, let me come over first, he will be there in a while." Huangfu Wenmei's voice was soft, with a touch of sadness in every word, her eyebrows were often furrowed, and her face was gloomy.

It was only at this time that Mu Zihuai could see clearly the eight princesses in the palace. Their facial features looked extremely beautiful separately, but when they were combined together, they felt a little bit of sadness out of thin air.The speech is also beautiful, but because the voice is too small, it is a little hard to hear.

Huangfu Wenmei raised his eyes to look at Mu Zihuai, and his eyes stayed on his face for a while.

Mu Zihuai hurriedly bowed, "Mu Zihuai, the villain, has seen the princess."

"Sir, you are polite." Huangfu asked Mei Fu, very politely.

"Since the imperial sister is here, let's go in together." The prince said again.

Huangfu asked Mei to nod, and said yes obediently.

The two entered the Dali Temple together, and Mu Zihuai watched for a while, until the black rivet door was closed again, then turned and left.

He also said that Huangfu Yunhua and the Eighth Emperor Huangfu Wenmei entered the Dali Temple, and three guards came over immediately. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a black pleated scarf, with a long sword hanging from his waist and a blue cloth on the handle. strip wrapped.The face with sharp water chestnuts is serious and serious, even if the visitor is a prince or princess, he still has a straight face.

"The rule set by the first emperor, whoever enters this gate, even if they are relatives of the emperor, are treated as common people."

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, seemingly displeased and said: "Since we have entered here, what can we do with you?"

The middle-aged man's face was as hard as a rock, and he took a step to the side. "please."

Huangfu Yunhua flicked his sleeves and strode forward, Wenmei quickly followed.Three guards followed behind, escorting them all the way.

After walking for a while, several people were already standing in the room specially used for interrogating the royal family members.The second prince, Huangfu Renhao, had already arrived, and even the fourth prince, Huangfu Hongguang, who moved out of the palace and didn't care about worldly affairs, stood in a corner in white clothes.

Huangfu Miaotong, whom she hadn't seen for two years, was wearing a crimson dress with laces on her wrists. Standing behind the second prince, her almond eyes lit up when she saw Huangfu Yunhua.

"Why did Fifth Brother come here? I haven't seen you in two years, don't you miss Miaotong?"

Huangfu Yunhua smiled, and pulled Miao Tong who was jumping back and forth to stand still. "You don't divide the time, you are here, and you are still so noisy."

Miaotong pouted, suddenly remembered something, put a layer of pink on her face, opened her mouth, and suddenly saw Huangfu Yunhua followed by Princess Eighth Wenmei, swallowed back what she was about to say, and dragged him to the Next to the second prince.

When Huangfu Yunhua saw the second prince, he and he nodded to each other, and stopped talking. Instead, Miaotong kept pulling Huangfu Yunhua to ask questions, asking about what he had seen and heard in the past two years, and also told him about his recent past. What kind of martial art has been learned, the guards in the palace can no longer handle her twenty moves.

Before the officials in charge of the case arrived, Huangfu Yunhua let her talk, but her voice became smaller and smaller.

Huangfu Yunhua looked suspiciously and saw Miaotong lowered her head, her face was flushed, she didn't know what she was thinking. "Miaotong?"

Miao Tong suddenly raised her head, then looked away again, her voice was like a mosquito. "Fifth brother, that kid from the Long family...is Long Xiu back?"

Huangfu Yunhua suddenly realized, shook his head and said: "He went to the border, you should ask your third sister, how do I know?"

"Fifth brother doesn't know, doesn't that Mu Zihuai know? Is he Long Xiu's elder brother?" Miao Tong turned her head and whispered.

"I don't know, you should ask him about that."

Miao Tong was about to speak when an official wearing a black cage crown and a dark robe with wide sleeves came in. He was in his forties, with a beard on his chin, a very thin figure, sunken cheeks, and a blue complexion. With a serious look on his face.

Hong Shaoqing sat on the upper seat holding his official robe, raised his head and scanned the room, and frowned slightly when he saw that there were still people who hadn't arrived. "It's almost time now, why hasn't the First Prince arrived yet?"

Huangfu Wenmei quickly stepped forward and replied: "Brother has something to delay, I will be there in a while."

Hong Shaoqing was still a little dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything, and turned to everyone: "Since the emperor ordered me to find out the reason for the sixth prince's death, and he is allowed to ask questions, then Hong will take the crime of disrespect today, and I hope Princes and princesses, tell the truth."

The following people didn't speak a word, and they didn't even look at him. Hong Shaoqing had expected this, and said: "My lords, please wait outside first, the second prince needs to stay for a while."

Several princes and princesses looked at each other, Huangfu Yunhua and the second prince looked at each other, seeing him nodding secretly, he felt relieved and took Miaotong out first.

Several people went out and waited in the outer hall. There was only a pot of herbal tea on the table, nothing else.

Miao Tong generously poured two cups of tea, and beckoned Huangfu Yunhua to sit down, as if he was at his own home.

He held his teacup and drank for a while, then turned his eyes and saw the fourth brother Huangfu Hongguang who was sitting in the corner poured a new cup of tea and approached him with the teacup.

"Fourth brother, why are you hiding here? Come and talk to us, and you won't see you come back once you leave the palace." While speaking, he pulled Huangfu Hongguang towards the table.

Huangfu Hongguang smiled, he has never been close to the other princes, if the emperor hadn't lost his sense of distinction after drinking and met his mother who was a maid, his pheasant would not have flown into this phoenix's nest.

Knowing that he is different from other princes and princesses, Huangfu Hongguang is also extremely law-abiding like his mother, and when he reaches the age of entrustment, he asks for orders to leave the palace.In the past few years, she has rarely entered the palace, and this is also the first time to meet other princes.

"Fourth brother, you sit here." Miao Tong pushed him to sit next to Huangfu Yunhua, and handed him the tea before sitting down.

"Fifth brother." Huangfu Hongguang took the tea and put it down again. When he wanted to get up, he was held back by Huangfu Yunhua.

"Fourth brother just sits, what to do when you stand up."

"it is good."

Huangfu Hongguang sat down before he got up, he didn't speak much at first, he only knew how to slowly drink the bitter tea in the cup, as if his heart was on the tea.

Miao Tong started chattering again, after finishing talking about this and that, it seemed like she was about to finish what she had been holding back for two years.

After waiting for a while, the door of the interrogation room opened from the inside, and the second prince, Huangfu Renhao, came out.His face is still relaxed, but if you look carefully, you can see that the corners of his mouth are a little tight, as if he is trying to endure.

Miaotong and Huangfu Yunhua both stood up, the second prince glanced at them, but still didn't have the mood to smile, but walked out of Dali Temple directly.

Such a move shocked everyone, and they didn't hear any movement outside. How could the second prince, who has always been refined and gentle, with a smile on his face, become like this?What happened in the interrogation room?

In panic, only Hong Shaoqing's flat voice was heard.

"Also invite the Fourth Prince to enter the room."

Huangfu Hongguang shook his hand holding the teacup, and the tea spilled on the table.He put down his cup and stood up, not daring to look at Hong Shaoqing, and slowly walked into the interrogation room which looked like a ghost cave to him.

"Fifth brother, do you know what's wrong with the second emperor brother?" Miao Tong asked Huangfu Yunhua in a low voice, but she didn't get a response, so she didn't dare to speak anymore.

The outer hall immediately became quiet until the fourth prince opened the door half an hour later.

Huangfu Hongguang's complexion was a little pale, but he was still able to hold himself, and he was still able to walk to Huangfu Yunhua's side, and said in a low voice: "Hong Shaoqing asked Fifth Brother to go in."

Huangfu Yunhua raised his eyebrows, thinking that Hong Shaoqing was getting more and more courageous, he didn't come to invite him in person, but sent someone to send a message, and he didn't know if it was his treatment alone, or showing off his authority.

Nodding to indicate that he understood, the fourth prince went out and left Dali Temple as soon as possible.Huangfu Yunhua stood up unhurriedly, flicked the hem of his clothes, straightened his sleeves, and walked in.

Huangfu Yunhua had just walked into the dark interrogation room, before he could stand still, a voice slammed over his head, and he was stunned by the question.

"Fifth prince, you are the heir of the royal family, but what a crime is killing your fellow man?"