Raiders of the Villainous Emperor[Transmigration Book]

"There seems to be a lot more people wearing red clothes in the palace these two days?" Si Jin looked around, and even with just a glance, he could see several palace ladies in red clothes.

Rong Guo was not established for a long time, and several emperors were not very strict in the management of the harem. In Murong Qi's term, the harem was empty and idle, and some trivial matters were more casual.

The harem does not have very strict requirements on the clothes of the palace ladies. They can wear the clothes issued by the palace, or they can ask people to buy fabrics or ready-made clothes outside the palace.

It's just that red is a positive color, and there are very few people who dare to wear red clothes. Even if they see each other, no one will say anything.

But in the past two days, Si Jin has seen more than one court lady wearing red clothes, and more than one, such a ratio is not normal.

Murong Qi seldom cared about the affairs of the harem these years, and after Si Jin came back, he paid even less attention and did not send anyone to keep an eye on him.

So he didn't look around until Si Jin mentioned it, and he really saw several figures in red clothes.

He frowned, and turned to look at the eunuch behind him: "Go and find out what's going on."

The little eunuch didn't seem to be completely ignorant of the news. Hearing Murong Qi's words, he knelt down and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, it seems that these red clothes came from the cold palace, saying that they were... in Ruyi's room." Discover."

Murong Qi frowned, and was about to speak, but was pressed down by Si Jin.

He looked at the little eunuch: "Go and check, see who has entered and left the cold palace these days, and find out who sent the red clothes into the palace."

The little eunuch quietly raised his head and glanced at Murong Qi.

Murong Qi nodded, emphasizing: "From now on, Master Si's order will be my order."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant obeys."

After the little eunuch finished speaking, he immediately got up and told the matter.

The size of the Rongguo Palace is comparable to the Forbidden City in Si Jin's memory. It would take an hour or two to walk through the palace on foot. In addition, there is no monitoring at this time, so we just search out of thin air until the truth of the matter is found out. I don't know when it will be.

Simply Murong Qi and Si Jin didn't have to find out the truth of the matter.

Who is behind this incident? It only takes a little guesswork to know the truth clearly.

Among the princes who entered the palace this time, except for two uncles of Murong Qi, the rest are his brothers.

The princes of the two uncles have never participated in anything from the beginning to the end, and they should not participate in it this time.

Among these many brothers, the remaining four in front of Murong Qi had already experienced Murong Qi's violent rage 12 years ago, and received a "disability" gift. They knew Murong Qi's character, so they It is to do it, and it is a one-hit kill, instead of reaching out and probing like it is now.

In this way, the only suspicious ones left were the old seven and the eighth who were photographed under Murong Qi.

The old eighth Murong Xi has been running around these days, wanting to fight for the crown prince, it is not in his interest to make trouble at this time.

Calculated in this way, only the seventh old Murongli is left.

Both of them could guess the answer, looked at each other and smiled, and didn't care when the truth would be found out.

After all, Murong Qi, as the Ninth Five-Year Lord, even if he attacked the prince, as long as it was not a serious crime of beheading and punishing the nine clans, it would be a one-sentence matter, and it didn't matter whether he got it or not.

"Sometimes I really wonder, does your Murong family have some rebellious genes, knowing that the chances are slim, and you all rush forward like desperately?" Si Jin asked curiously.

He was really surprised by this question.

Forget it in the original book, according to the original book, Murong Qi is indeed a foolish tyrant, and it is normal for a group to attack him.

But from the perspective of this world, what Murong Qi has done these years can be regarded as a good emperor even if he cannot be regarded as a once-in-a-lifetime emperor. At least the officials under Murong Qi are all terrified when they are officials. No one dared to embezzle, and every cent of the money allocated by the court was honestly used by the people.

The people live and work in peace and contentment, fishing, woodcutters, farming, studying, and doing their own way, and they can basically live their lives well.

Looking at the whole world, there is no catastrophe that causes people's names to die and corpses to litter the fields.

It was a time of peace and prosperity.

However, at such a time, there is still the prince who wants to have a good life, but he wants to rebel, which makes people puzzled.

Murong Qi didn't care about Si Jin's teasing, instead he said with a smile: "To be honest, if I wasn't the emperor, I would also like to grab this seat."

Si Jin turned to look at him, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "It's strange, I think it's unbelievable to put the same thing on King Zhong Lian, but I don't think it's strange to put it on you, and if your majesty comes down to snatch This seat is likely to be snatched."

"So much trust in me?" Murong Qi smiled.

"Well, it should be." Si Jin nodded.

After saying this, he walked forward on his own.

The thought that flashed in his mind was almost the same as the content of the conversation between him and Murong Qi.

Where did King Zhong get the confidence to think that in this peaceful and prosperous age, he could snatch the throne from Murong Qi?

Just using the concubine Hong who had left long ago to provoke Murong Qi's relationship with him?

Or... something else?

Murong Qi walked up to Si Jin, held his hand, and said casually: "Rongguo has only had three emperors since its founding, and this seat was originally snatched from the previous royal family. The emperor's grandfather has a belligerent temperament in his bones. , I am afraid that there is a similar impulse in the blood of the Murong family."

"It makes sense to say that," Si Jin said with a smile, "It is said that the general trend of the world is that the long-term will be reunited and the long-term will be divided. No one can say what the future will be. The same is true of the Murong family, and the same is true of the former royal family."

"I can't do anything about Murong's future, but I hope to hold on to our future." Murong Qi said in a low voice.

Si Jin paused, then raised her eyes and smiled, clasped Murong Qi's hand tightly behind her back: "En."

With just a short sound, many thoughts flashed through Murong Qi's mind, and there were many things he wanted to say, but in the end he still didn't say a word.

What's the use of talking so much?That day has never really come, and no one will know what will happen.

The time to investigate the candidates for the adoptive prince was getting closer, and the ministers of the Imperial Academy had to put aside their work for the time being and concentrate on researching the investigation plan.

Not surprisingly, the person who is finally selected will definitely be selected by the Hanlin Academy as the prince and Taifu.

What they need to do is to know the situation of the future prince in advance, and choose a prince who is capable of inheriting the throne from among the many candidates.

But before that, Murongli received news from the palace.

"How is it possible? The emperor has no doubts about such a thing?"

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates found out through investigation that after the emperor saw the situation in the palace, he directly sent someone to check the identity of the person behind the scenes. He didn't have any doubts, and he didn't even summon the big palace lady for questioning."

"Si Jin didn't say anything either?" Murong Li frowned.

"Yes, that Mr. Si...doesn't look wrong."

Murong Li walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and after walking back and forth a few times, he suddenly remembered something: "Could it be that he didn't know that Concubine Hong likes to wear red?"

"But my lord, is that the emperor?"

"That's right," Murong Li lowered his eyes, "Si Jin can abandon his fiancée at home and stay in the palace with peace of mind, it means that he is definitely not a person who values ​​feelings. How can such a person care about whether he is a substitute?"

Murong Li didn't know why, but from the bottom of his heart, he believed that Si Jin was someone who had to be dealt with. If Si Jin could not be dealt with, then this person would definitely bring him great trouble for the fight for the throne.

He didn't ask the mysterious voice in his head about this question, but chose to trust his own feelings.

Anyway, he is just a scholar, at best he is the Emperor's man, at worst he is a male favorite, how difficult is it to deal with such a person?

"By the way, go and find out what preferences this person has, preferably enough to make him change his mind." Murongli ordered.

It's one thing to bring someone from Si Jin's hometown, but it's another thing to find a way to bribe Si Jin.

His plan is at a critical moment, and there must be no surprises.

"Yes, my lord."

Weiyang Palace.

"Aiqing, what do you like?"

"Favorites?" Si Jin raised her head from the pile of books with a serious expression, "Does gold, silver and jewelry count? I like money!"

"Forget it, I will find a way to get someone to bring you gold, silver and jewelry." Murong Qi said with a smile.

Si Jin heard the word "people" emphasized by Murong Qi, and narrowed her eyes: "Is this going to be deceived?"

"How can something that someone sends you willingly be considered a scam?" Murong Qi blinked at him, lowered his head, wrote a few words on a small note in front of him, and handed it to the person standing beside him. people.

The man bowed to take the things and left quickly.

Si Jin put her hands on the table and propped her chin: "Is this someone asking about your preferences? Who is it this time?"

Murong Qi smiled: "These days there are a lot of people asking about your preferences. I don't know who it is, but since they want to check, let them check. It just so happens that my private bank is empty, so fill in more. It's good to go in."

Si Jin raised her eyebrows and looked at Murong Qi with a smile: "Aren't those things for the ministers? Your Majesty intends to take them all for himself?"

Murong Qi also got up with a smile, took out something from his bosom, put it in front of Si Jin, put his hands on the table, leaned over to look at him: "This is the key to my private treasury, from now on all my private treasury will belong to Ai Qing gone."

Si Jin looked at the key in front of her and said it was a key, more like a seal.

The square white jade seal has a statue engraved on it, which should be one of the mythical beasts. Judging from the shape of the statue, it should be the legendary "God of Wealth" Pixiu, which can only enter and cannot enter.

The size of the seal is only a quarter of the size of the palm of your hand, which is just right for you to hold in your hand.

The emperor's private treasury is different from ordinary people's private treasury. The different keys should be created to prevent theft, while the private treasury is stolen.

But at this moment, the key was in Si Jin's hands.

He played with the key in his hand for a while, looked up at Murong Qi, and deliberately smiled: "Is this considered a dowry?"

Murong Li was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Now that the dowry is in Ai Qing's hands, when will Ai Qing lift up the sedan chair and marry me back?"

Si Jin rested her chin, with a smile in her eyes: "I have accepted the key, but the matter of marriage is a big one. No matter how carefully Rong Chen thinks about it, he will definitely not disappoint His Majesty's love."

The two looked at each other, and there was no haze in their eyes, as if everything had been settled.