Linque

On the evening of the Shunxing Festival, according to folk customs, after night falls and the stars are out of the sky, it is time to set up incense tables and light lanterns in the courtyard to worship the stars of the heavens and pray for good luck in the new year.

But this year was unfortunate, the sky was still clear during the day, but at night it was windy, the sky was overcast, and not a single star could be seen.

Ling Ye and Chu Heng waited on the platform for a long while, but they didn't wait for the stars, but they waited for the Son of Heaven Shadow Guard who reported the matter.

At noon today, there was a commotion in front of the Xinghan Bridge in the outer city. Because of the Shunxing Festival, many dignitaries ordered to go to Baiyun Temple to worship the gods. These two were also the most frightened at the time of the accident and were nearly injured.

The school lieutenant on duty in the jurisdiction was frightened when he heard about it, but when he arrived at the place, Mrs. Wen Xinhou ignored them, and didn't even let the two families who were arguing on the Xinghan Bridge be held accountable. Brothel, went back with a heavy heart.

The school lieutenant didn't dare to take it seriously, so the incident was reported layer by layer, and finally it came to the emperor's shadow guard.

The shadow guards are all clear about Shen Dai's "prospective imperial concubine".The Yanhe Shen family attaches great importance to this eldest daughter. When she came to Beijing, she was surrounded by BMW carved cars and hundreds of servants, taking care of her as precious as jade. Today, Shen Dai suffered such a collision outside, but Mrs. Wen Xinhou did not pursue it on the spot. , there must be a demon if something abnormal happens, not to mention the subtlety of that place——

"Yuelao Temple?" Ling Ye frowned slightly. He and Chu Heng had only been there in the morning. Why did this happen suddenly? He thought about it, and immediately said, "Where did that frightened carriage hit?" ?”

After the shadow guard checked the scene, he was concerned about this matter.On the night of the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Ling Ye and Chu Heng hung a wooden token of love on the big banyan tree, and the shadow guard knew about it.It so happened that the carriage hit a tree today, and the wooden sign was shaken off the ground.

Whether there are any of them, just looking at the abnormal reactions of Mrs. Wen Xinhou and Shen Dai, I am afraid that they are almost the same.but--

First, there was a blockage under the bridge, then the startled horse crashed into a tree, and then the wooden sign happened to fall in front of Shen Dai who fell under the banyan tree, which made her see it straight.

"It's not impossible, but it's really a bit of a coincidence." Ying Wei said, "I haven't found out whether there is a pusher behind it."

Ling Ye put Frost on his face, and ordered: "In the name of Wucheng soldiers and horses, temporarily seal off the area around Xinghan Bridge, and go secretly to see if the wooden sign is still there."

If it was there, what Shen Dai saw must have been done deliberately.

"I obey the order." The shadow guard cupped his hands, hesitated for a moment, and said again: "Your Majesty, if the Marquis of Wenxin really knew about you and Chu Shimo, they might take some action. After all, the late emperor left an oral order referring to Wenxin. Shen Dai, the eldest daughter of the Concubine Hou, is..."

"There has never been a verbal order." Ling Ye interrupted, and said lightly, "Rou Ze has already discussed marriage, and Shen Dai of course..."

In the middle of his speech, he suddenly stopped, and the shadow guard in front of him also froze.Ling Ye turned his head sideways, and sure enough, he saw Chu Heng standing a few steps away with his dragon-pattern cloak in his arms, listening to their speech with interest, with a half-smile on his face.

"..." Ling Ye suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Before, they sat on the platform around the stove and waited for the stars, and the frost gradually fell at night.Just as he was about to go to the inner room to change into a cloak, it happened that the shadow guard came to report something, Ling Ye stayed to listen, and Chu Heng went in alone.It was because of his absence that the shadow guard talked about Shen Dai.

Ling Ye didn't set up defenses against the owner of the footsteps, and didn't even pay attention.The shadow guard stood a little further away, only thinking that they were palace people walking back and forth in the palace, he didn't react until he saw Heng's face clearly, but it was too late.

The only thing I can do now is to pray that Empress Chu didn't hear clearly.

There were footsteps coming again, this time it was Zhu Geng who was serving beside the emperor, coming to add silver charcoal to the stove.

The three of them didn't speak, the platform was quiet for a while, and the atmosphere was very strange.Zhu Geng went in without knowing, but his intuition told him that something was going to happen here, so he bowed and saluted, quickly finished filling the charcoal, and was about to leave with his back bent.

A voice suddenly came from my ear: "Zhu Geng."

It was Empress Chu who spoke.

"Ah..." Little Eunuch Zhu was shocked, and quickly responded: "The servant is here!"

With a smile on his face, Chu Heng only looked at Ling Ye, walked over and handed him the cloak, tilted his head and asked straight to the point: "Who is Shen Dai, and what is the relationship with your master?"

... Prayer is useless, that is all too clear.

Zhu Geng's heart was full of alarm bells, subconsciously raised his head to look at His Majesty, and immediately wanted to shake his head.

Before he could move, Empress Chu spoke slowly, and Youyou said again: "You know as much as you say, to be honest, you have been in this palace for more than ten years, if you tell me that you don't know anything—"

He lengthened the ending, Zhu Geng's legs softened, and he knelt down directly to him.

Chu Heng looked back at him, and smiled: "Get up, just ask a question, why are you nervous, Eunuch Zhu is also a fifth-rank internal supervisor, what can I do to you?"

Pointing at Sang and scolding Huai should not be too obvious, sweat dripping from Zhu Geng's forehead.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Ling Ye just wanted to speak.

Empress Chu turned her head: "Shut up."

His Majesty swallowed: "..."

The shadow guard couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he was afraid of getting burned if he stayed here, he cupped his hands decisively and said: "Your Majesty, I'm going to order you to investigate the case, and I'm going to leave." Then he quickly slipped away.

Chu Heng turned around and continued to ask: "How much does Eunuch Zhu know? Tell me."

He who knows the current affairs is a hero. When Empress Chu spoke, His Majesty dared not say a word. Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, spoke lightly and could not resist. He could only let His Majesty ask for more blessings. At the moment, it was like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube, and they all recruited.

Chu Heng frowned after listening, touched his chin and nodded, looked at His Majesty meaningfully, turned around and went inside.

By the way, let me put down a sentence: "I said why there are no stars on such a good day tonight, so the reason is here."

His Majesty stood where he was, obviously he had done nothing wrong, but he was very guilty, he hesitated for a while, and followed in.

The servants who served inside closed the door and left.

The night was getting darker, the clouds moved and the fog dispersed, but there were still no stars in the sky, but a crescent moon poked its head out from behind the clouds.The melting moonlight fell silently, and the world was quiet here, which set off the ear-whispering whispers in the inner room very clearly.

No one knows what happened that night, but in the early morning of the second day, His Majesty "returned to his old business", took pictures on the spot, spread out rice paper and painted the winter scenery of the garden. Meal, turned around and went to the dew garden.

On the ninth day of the day, the red plum blossoms bloomed on Shouyun Mountain. Princess Changning, as the elder of the clan, sent a post to invite wives and ladies from various families to enjoy the flowers.

Most of the banquets during the New Year's Eve are the dignitaries in Beijing walking around with each other and marrying each other along the way, such as Mrs. Wen Xinhou's wife, the Lin family, are naturally invited.

For some reason, Zhongpinghou's mansion has been very quiet these days. In the past years, the mistress of the Chu family, Mrs. Ye, would come to the flower feasts, but this year's festival, she and the eldest daughter are rarely seen. Chu Xin, who lived in Lishan Luyuan for a while, was brought out by Mu Xiyun.

She is Chu Heng's younger sister. There are many similarities between the two brothers and sisters. Mrs. Wen Xinhou's wife, Mrs. Lin, has seen her several times before. In the past, seeing this young girl with a beautiful face, she was just gratifying. Look, there is a little bit of seductiveness for no reason. The family's aunt and sister acted in a low-key manner, but she came out to show off, which is really impolite.

She deserves to be a compatriot of the same mother, just like her brother.

A trace of unhappiness arose in Lin's heart, the smile on his face remained the same, he nodded and said: "Mrs. Mu."