"I didn't inject the poison. Although I intended to inject the drug, the drugs I administered were just aphrodisiacs for the pleasure of having fun with him. I never thought of killing him in this way. "Cao Yunran slumped to the ground, shaking her head and said.

"Your thoughts have given others a chance." Si Ruihan said coldly.

Hearing this, Cao Yunran was silent for a while, she closed her eyes, "Will the Cao family be implicated?"

"Assassinating the emperor is a felony, your father has a heart of disobedience, implicating the whole family... It is reasonable, reasonable and legal." Si Ruihan said.

Cao Yunran stumbled to her feet when she heard the words, her face was full of sadness, "It was not my wish to step into the harem, the thick soil and red walls, how I got here countless days and nights, the queen must not know."

"At that time, the emperor was always by the empress's side. Empress, I am like this in my life, so what will happen to you?" Cao Yunran said and laughed.

"The fate of my life has never been in my control. When I struggled to the end, I turned out to be a joke." Cao Yunran stared at Si Ruihan carefully.

"If there is an afterlife, I will definitely not join the royal family or be a concubine." After she finished speaking, she slammed her head against the wall not far away, and blood poured all over the wall.

Si Ruihan stood still on the spot, coughed a few times for a while, raised his hand to cover his lips, and when he opened it, there was a dazzling blush, he quietly clenched his hand and put it by his side.

Yinglan appeared behind him at the right time, looking at him worriedly, "Your Majesty."

"It's okay, order someone to bury her, after all, she is the emperor's concubine." After finishing speaking, Si Ruihan turned and left.

From dawn to dusk, from spring to midwinter, what is there that I don't know, how come I haven't experienced the pain of implicating the whole family.

The scene of the previous life made Si Ruihan's heart ache. After all, he didn't really let go, didn't really let go...

After the morning court, Xiao Jingyuan came all the way to Tenghui Pavilion. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Si Ruihan standing in front of the table, holding a brush in his hand and bowing his head.

He walked over slowly, and saw that the other party was drawing an ink painting, which showed rolling mountains and a fisherman sitting alone in the middle of the lake.

"Why do you think of painting?" Xiao Jingyuan asked.

"Concubine Hui is dead, does the emperor know?" Si Ruihan didn't answer, but asked instead.

Xiao Jingyuan lowered his eyes, "Do you care about what she said?"

Si Ruihan paused slightly, "Your Majesty hasn't had breakfast yet, I asked Fu Ling to arrange a small kitchen for the Emperor to cook some food."

"Ruihan." Xiao Jingyuan grabbed his arm and wrapped him in his arms.

"Trust me." Xiao Jingyuan's deep voice rang in Si Ruihan's ears, and his dense breathing also rose and fell in his ears, tugging at his heartstrings.

"Master, the meal is ready." Fu Ling said standing outside.

"Let's eat." Si Ruihan said lightly.

"Cao Xin was imprisoned in the dungeon, and the rest of the Cao Mansion were detained." Xiao Jingyuan said.

"Is the emperor not going to kill him?" Si Ruihan asked.

"Killing him is not the time, keeping him will make people with ulterior motives panic all day long." Xiao Jingyuan squinted his eyes and smiled.

"The emperor suspects that there is someone behind him?"

"Cao Xin is not so courageous."

"If he had been more courageous, he should have killed those people last night to avoid future troubles, instead of worrying that if the other party died, his retreat would be cut off."

"For such a person, if no one has planned before and promised him benefits, he will not be easily baited." Xiao Jingyuan said.

"Don't mention him anymore. I just got the news today that Song Shiqing took the Song family to the north." While talking, Xiao Jingyuan was holding vegetables for Si Ruihan.

"To prevent accidents, the emperor had better send someone to covertly protect him all the way." Si Ruihan said.

"Accident?" Xiao Jingyuan asked curiously.

"The Song family is also well-known in the southern hinterland. Although King Zhennan has fallen, some people may not be willing to see the Song family dominate. Taking this opportunity to break the foundation of the Song family, how capable the remaining Song Mingyuan will be. "Si Ruihan said.

"Okay, I'll let someone arrange it." Xiao Jingyuan smiled.

"I have nothing to do today, how about we go out of the palace together after we finish our meal?" Xiao Jingyuan said.

"Have you reviewed the emperor's memorial?"

"Let's talk about it when we come back. It's too late. It's so boring to be in the palace all day. Just think of it as relaxing with me." Xiao Jingyuan said flatteringly.

"Your majesty still has a lot of poison left, so you shouldn't leave the palace rashly." Si Ruihan said without looking at him at all.

"Ruihan, you don't feel sorry for me at all." Xiao Jingyuan said while grabbing his sleeve and pursing his lips.

Si Ruihan finally gave Xiao Jingyuan a look of charity, "If the emperor can finish approving the memorial before lunch, I will accompany you out, how about it?"

"Then you have to accompany me." Xiao Jingyuan said while licking his face.

"I still have to go to the Empress Dowager, there must be an explanation for Concubine Hui." Si Ruihan said.

Xiao Jingyuan sighed helplessly, got up and straightened his clothes, "Then I'm going to approve the memorial, and when I'm done, I can't break my promise."

"nature."

After leaving Tenghui Pavilion, Xiao Jingyuan's originally smiling face sank, and Li Fu, who was behind him, looked at him with a bad expression, and his heart hung in his throat.

After going around for a few times, Xiao Jingyuan finally stopped. He waved his hand, and Li Fu hurried forward, "Your Majesty."

"Send someone to the prime minister's mansion, and tell the old prime minister that I will stay overnight tonight. Don't disturb the people at home." Xiao Jingyuan said.

He knew about Si Ruihan's conversation with Cao Yunran in prison, and he also knew that such a thing would shake Si Ruihan's heart and remind him of the past.

In the final analysis, they were peaceful on the surface, and Si Ruihan's pain for the past hidden in his heart still wouldn't dissipate, just like he himself couldn't let go of the other party's death in his arms.

For Xiao Jingyuan's arrangement, Li Fu was taken aback for a moment, then quietly bent his lips. He was worried that the emperor would be divorced from the queen, but now it seems that he is in pain.

Yunhua Palace

When Si Ruihan entered, he saw the other concubines and royal servants in the harem sitting silently at the side. When they saw him entering the door, they all hurriedly knelt down to salute, not at all the posture they used to follow behind Concubine Hui.

"Son, please greet the queen." Si Ruihan saluted.

Wen Chengxian fiddled with the teacup but never asked him to get up. Si Ruihan restrained his expression, and naturally knew it in his heart.

All kinds of things in Concubine Hui's yard yesterday, after all, the Empress Dowager remembered in her heart, so she was going to beat herself up.

"Get up." Putting the teacup aside, Wen Chengxian spoke slowly.

Si Ruihan got up and sat down on his seat. Wen Chengxian glanced at the people present, "Since you entered the palace, you should know what to do and what not to do. Concubine Hui was already in prison this morning to apologize for her sins. The whole family will also be buried with him."

All the concubines couldn't help but tremble when they heard this, Wen Chengxian raised his head slightly, "Yulu Junen is the emperor's will, and no one can disobey it."

Satisfied with how everyone shivered, Wen Chengxian raised his brows slightly, "Okay, the queen stays here, and the rest of you kneel down."

When everyone left, Wen Chengxian glanced at Si Ruihan, "Come here, play chess with me."

The two sat on both sides, each holding a chess piece. After Wen Chengxian dropped a piece, he said lightly, "The emperor had a plan for what happened last night, did you know it in advance?"

Si Ruihan was holding a chess piece in his hand, his expression was normal, "I don't understand what my father means."

After finishing speaking, he dropped the chess piece in his hand, and Wen Chengxian looked up, "Concubine Hui is a member of the Empress Dowager, and she is very close to the Empress Dowager on weekdays. Now that she is dead, what do you think will happen to the Empress Dowager?"

"Be wise and protect yourself, find another way." Si Ruihan said.

Wen Chengxian said while laying down, "It's good that you understand, the emperor is not feeling well recently, you need to take care of him."

"I understand." Si Ruihan dropped his hand and said.

Wen Chengxian took a closer look, and threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess basket, "The style of chess is much stronger, let's go down."

After Si Ruihan left, Wen Chengxian got up and stood in front of the window, with a smile on his lips unconsciously, after all, he was a wolf with his own thoughts...

Si Ruihan went out and sighed, he didn't choose to go to Tenghui Pavilion but went to the Imperial Study Room, Li Fu watched Si Ruihan coming towards the Imperial Study Room from a distance, rolled his eyes, and trotted towards him.

"Queen." Li Fu bowed and said.

"Is the emperor in the imperial study?" Si Ruihan asked.

"Yes." Li Fu said.

"En." Si Ruihan was about to walk in, but Li Fu stopped him quietly, his movements were secretive but Si Ruihan was keenly aware of it and stopped.

"Your Majesty, Wang Junshi is in the imperial study." Li Fu said with a suppressed voice.

"Wang Junshi", Si Ruihan went over the name in his mind, and couldn't help but think of Wang Junyan, the calm man in his previous life who didn't fight or grab.

Si Ruihan glanced at the closed door indifferently, "Ask the emperor to remember to drink the medicine." After speaking, he turned and left.

Inside the room, Xiao Jingyuan glanced at Wang Junyan who was kneeling in front of him and frowned slightly, "What did you just say?"

"The minister said just now that someone else poisoned the emperor." Wang Junyan raised her eyes and said.

"Concubine Hui herself admitted that she poisoned me, and she apologized with death. You have evidence for what you say now." Xiao Jingyuan said with narrowed eyes.

"The medicine given by Concubine Hui is just an ordinary medicine for the love of men and women, but the poison poisoned by the emperor is fierce. It is not that kind of medicine at all." Wang Junyan said.

"You know the details." Xiao Jingyuan said with a smile.

"Servant, you have to protect yourself." Wang Junyan said neither humble nor overbearing, not minding Xiao Jingyuan knowing that he had spies in the palace.

"You dare to say it." Xiao Jingyuan said, propping his head on one hand.

"Then tell me, who is going to poison me?" Xiao Jingyuan looked at him heavily and asked.

"The person who poisoned you is... the Queen..." Wang Junyan said with her head bowed.

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