After talking about personal matters, King Xin brought the topic back to Mr. Li.

"Do you really think he belongs to the second prince?" After King Xin finished speaking with a half-smile, he took out a jade pendant and handed it to Xie Lan. Xie Lan didn't know this jade pendant, but he knew King Xin. It was obvious that he had a purpose in bringing this thing out at this time.

Sure enough, when he took the jade pendant, King Xin continued, "My men found this jade pendant in Lord Li's hair."

Xie Lan suddenly raised his head, his eyes not only surprised, but also a little more complicated.

After they caught Mr. Li, they searched him but did not pay attention to his hair. In fact, most people would not think of hiding things in their hair. They can only say that this Mr. Li is really not an ordinary person.

Fortunately, those who believed in the king paid attention, otherwise such important evidence would have been ignored.

Xie Lan lowered his head again and looked at the jade pendant in his hand. It was an ordinary piece of jade material, with nothing but exquisite workmanship... Wait a moment, Xie Lan came to the table with the jade pendant, put the jade pendant close to the candle, and then saw that it was bare The jade pendant on the top reveals the character "grandson".

Sun family in Yuzhou?

Xie Lan raised his head and asked King Xin.

"You guessed it right, it's the Sun family." King Xin sighed and sat next to him, "Originally, Lord Li is the second prince's son. He only needs to hide in my palace for a period of time before he can be sent to Kyoto City. Reveal the true face of the second prince.

But now this matter is not what we thought, and it may even involve... Beauty Wang. "

Beauty Wang is His Majesty's favorite. When the Wang family committed such a big thing, Your Majesty was under pressure to protect the Wang family. Now I'm afraid...

"Although you will feel uncomfortable if I say this, I still want to say that it is better to pretend that you don't know about this matter. After sending the person to Kyoto City, let the second prince investigate."

At that time, whether they are dog bites dog or not, it has nothing to do with them.

Xie Lan played with the jade pendant in his hand and said nothing for a long time. Seeing this, King Xin became more and more worried. He opened his mouth several times, but finally said nothing.

After the night darkened, King Xin left the guest room and returned to the study.

The counselor had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time. When he saw him coming back, he immediately followed him in.

"Reporting to the prince, as you expected, after King Dingbei and the others left there, someone followed closely and killed Mr. Li's substitute. In addition, things are not peaceful in Kyoto. The second prince has taken over the Ministry of Punishment, and now He is trying to win over court officials for his own benefit."

"This matter has been expected for a long time." King Xin was not interested in what the second prince did. He never thought highly of him. Now that his behavior is still so aggressive, he feels that his good days will not be long. .

He was able to get to where he is now from nothing, just relying on brains and good luck is not enough. It's more about assessing the situation.

It's a pity that since the death of the third prince, the second prince has felt that this position is in his pocket, so he has become less and less secretive in his words and actions, and it is only a matter of time before he arouses public outrage.

Now he is more concerned about the one in Meirenju.

The prince she gave birth to is twelve years old this year. This is an age that is neither too high nor too low, and makes people feel that there is no threat, but it can be dormant and become a blockbuster.

And he never thought that a person who had been favored for many years would have no ambition.

Over the years that Wang Meiren has been in the palace, she has offended so many people. If her son cannot take that position in the end, she is afraid that her life will be in danger. How could she, a smart person like her, not think of this?

If she thought about this, how could she do nothing.

And that jade pendant is the best evidence. Sun family in Yuzhou. I almost forgot about them.

"Go and find out where the people of the Sun family in Yuzhou have been recently." After a pause, he added, "Focus on the investigation, the eldest son of the Sun family, Sun Chong. This man is deeply scheming and resourceful. When you lead the investigation, You must be careful, lest he discovers you."

Beauty Residence

"What did you say? Xie Lan and the others went to Xingzhou and arrested Mr. Li." After hearing the news, Beauty Wang's eyes darkened visibly.

He is completely different from the smiley eyes and gentle water he used to be.

"Where is Mr. Li?"

"He has been killed by our people. But this incident alarmed the Crane Guard."

What?

This is the result that Beauty Wang fears most. She didn't expect that so many things would happen in just one day.

"What's going on?" He Wei is far away in Kyoto City, and Xingzhou is an extremely small place. They will not go there without a major case.

"I heard that He Wei went to investigate the case. He happened to come across this incident. Now..." The servant glanced at Beauty Wang, and then continued with a worried expression, "I'm afraid that your Majesty has already gotten the news."

Bang! The tea cup fell to the ground and made a harsh sound.

The emperor opened his eyes wide and looked at He Wei angrily, "You have been looking for this Li Shouren for so many years but you still haven't found him, and yet he has been serving as a parent official in a small county in Xingzhou for ten years?"

After talking about it, the emperor laughed in anger. "Is it me who is useless or you who are useless? You can't handle such a small thing."

Hewei was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and expressed his guilt. The emperor's expression did not move at all when he heard this, but his face turned even uglier than before.

"What the hell are you doing here, a bunch of trash, get out of here right away."

After He Wei left, Eunuch Liu brought over a cup of tea and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. Fortunately, this Li Shouren is dead. It can be said that evil is rewarded."

"Hmph, such a sinful person deserves to die. What makes me most angry is that such a sinful person has been an official for more than ten years.

Even if I don't go there, I know what life these people have been living in these years. "

Speaking of this matter, I became even more angry, "Check, we must find out who brought Li Shouren to Xingzhou. When this person is found, I will make him pay the price."

The emperor smashed another tea cup to feel more comfortable.

The news here quickly spread to Meirenju. When Meiren Wang learned that the emperor was furious because of this matter, Long Yan, and even threatened to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, she was visibly panicked.

"Are you sure that our people have cleaned up the traces and will never be discovered?"

"Master, don't worry, my subordinates will handle this matter personally, and there will definitely be no mistakes."

This person was the person that Miss Wang trusted the most, so she was relieved to have him guarantee this matter.

Just in case, she took the palace servant to the imperial study room.

Early the next morning, at the back door of Prince Xin's Mansion, a boy sneaked out and soon came back sneaking out of the back door and went straight to the kitchen.

King Xin and Xie Lan had breakfast together, and Li Zheng also came to accompany them. When the servants served the food, they brought his soup first. The moment he opened the lid, Tao Yaoyao's expression suddenly changed.

"Wait a minute." She stood up and came to Li Zheng, took the soup in his hand, put it on her breath and smelled it, "Someone added something to this soup."

King Xin immediately looked at the servant.

The servant was in a panic and said, "It's impossible. The slave prepared the medicine. He never left when the medicine was being prepared."

"You haven't left. Has anyone come in?" Tao Yaoyao looked at the servant.

After thinking about it, the servant shook his head, "No. After the servant received the prince's order, he was afraid of being taken advantage of, so when he was boiling the medicine, he specially found a corner. No one else except me could get close to that position. So it must not be There will be problems.”

What the servant said was absolutely certain. I guess he was quite sure of it.

If someone didn't tamper with you while you were making the medicine, then when?

"Did anyone come into contact with this decoction on your way here to deliver the medicine?" Tao Yaoyao asked again.

The servant still shook his head, "No. From the beginning to the end, I never let anyone get close to the soup, and I never left the soup."

That would be strange.

She grabbed the medicinal materials herself, and Xie Lan's people sent them to the servant. Logically speaking, if there was no problem on the servant's side, there could be no problem with the medicine.

But the key now is that this decoction has indeed been tampered with.

"Let's go and take a look at the place you just passed by." Tao Yaoyao planned to walk the same path that his servants took to see where the problem lies.

King Xin and Xie Lan followed closely behind. Seeing that the prince paid such great attention to the matter, the servants did not dare to neglect. They spoke very carefully along the way, even if they paused there, they could still speak clearly.

I was afraid that something would be missed, which would delay Miss Tao from investigating the matter.

Several people arrived at the kitchen door and found nothing wrong. At this time, the people hiding in the dark saw them. One stayed to continue watching them, and the other went to report the news.

Li Yan was jealous and resentful when he learned that his father had actually mobilized troops and mobilized people to take action personally for that fool.

Why does he treat them so differently when they are all his father's sons?

Is it because the eldest brother is the legitimate son and he is a concubine?

But are these choices he can make?

"Let our people withdraw. Wipe the traces clean and don't leave any clues."

At this time, Tao Yaoyao led the servant into the kitchen, and the servant went straight to the place where he was boiling medicine, "This is the position I chose. Girl, look, there have been things blocking this place for three years. As long as I sit here Side, even if someone comes over, they are still on my side.

However, everyone in the kitchen knows that the servant has been helping the prince make medicine recently, so he will not come here easily. "

The servant was telling Tao Yaoyao that he really tried his best and that this matter really had nothing to do with him.

After Tao Yaoyao nodded to express her understanding, she looked up and looked around. When she saw the chimney opposite, she suddenly remembered a scene she had seen in a book before and immediately called the guards to go to the roof.

After King Xin saw her thoughts, he waited aside with a sullen expression.

After a while, the servant came back from outside and got the evidence.

"Girl, is this the thing?" The guard handed the found herb to Tao Yaoyao, and Tao Yaoyao knew she was right after just one glance.

"Did you find this herb in the chimney?"

The guard nodded. The servant's expression changed.

how so?

When he chose to boil medicine here, he was interested in the safety here. Who knew that the place he thought was the safest was actually the most dangerous. If it weren't for Miss Tao's superb medical skills, he would have discovered something was wrong at the first time. problem occurs.

The prince loves his son the most. If his son has any shortcomings, his life will be ruined.

Just now, he almost died...fortunately, fortunately.

"It's interesting that you can think of such a method." Xie Lan smiled and looked at King Xin.

King Xin snorted coldly, threw off his sleeves, and angrily rushed to Li Yan's yard.

Li Yan was reading a book. When he saw his father come in, he immediately got up to greet him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got up, he was slapped in the face.

"Father..." Li Yan came back to his senses and looked at King Xin aggrievedly.

King Xin snorted coldly and said directly, "What, you are not convinced? What I said yesterday was all in vain? You actually thought of a way to deal with your elder brother so quickly.

I have taught you so many principles, how come you have learned how to repay kindness with enmity?

Has your eldest brother treated you badly over the years? Do you really have no idea why he became like this?

Li Yan, you must have a conscience. "

"Conscience?" Li Yan laughed angrily, "Father, what is conscience? If I had a conscience, would you look at me more? If I had a conscience, would you let me compete for the position of the heir apparent? ?

It's obvious that you are partial, but now you blame me for being heartless.

We are all your sons. Why is it that the eldest brother is born as the heir, but you can't see it no matter how hard I try? That was all in the past, but now the eldest brother is a fool.

Who doesn't know that the Crown Prince of Prince Xin's Palace is a fool. I often get laughed at when I go out. They think any fool can be the heir, but I can't. They think I am worse than a fool.

Father, have you ever been laughed at like this? You definitely haven't. If you had had such an experience, you wouldn't treat me like this.

So you don't understand me. It doesn't matter, you don't understand me, I understand myself. I help myself.

But since then, don’t blame me for being cruel, because it’s you who forced me to be like this. "

At this moment, Li Yan expressed all the grievances he had held in his heart for many years.

King Xin didn't seem to expect that this well-behaved and obedient son had so many reasons for him. He looked at him in disbelief, and it took him a long time to recover.

After getting the news, my aunt hurried over and saw the two father and son confronting each other like enemies. Seeing this, the aunt rushed forward to comfort King Xin, and urged Li Yan to apologize to King Xin.

If it were in the past, Li Yan might have followed her wishes and apologized, but he had already broken up with his father just now. Now he just wants to give in, but he doesn't believe it. In this case, why should he wrong himself.

"My father is worried about my elder brother's safety. Even if I knelt down and died in the yard today, my father would not have looked at me twice." Li Yan knelt down with a smile, "My son has not grown up to be what my father wanted. It’s the son’s fault, please don’t be angry, father.”

"you……"

Li Yan said sorry, but his words were full of dissatisfaction.

King Xin pointed at him angrily and couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Okay, you are really a good son of this king. If that's the case, don't blame me for being rude." King Xin called for the guards, "The second young master tried to murder the prince. Someone will come and arrest him and send him to the government. "

What?

Are you going to send her son to the government?

The aunt suddenly became anxious and said, "Master, we are all one family. If this family has something they can't talk about, why does it end up going to the government?"

Yan'er hasn't been doing well in his recent lessons, and it's inevitable that he'll be unhappy, so don't be like him. I will definitely teach him a lesson when I get back. "

The aunt said that she was going to pull Li Yan away, just like she had done countless times before, helping him get through.

But this time, Li Yan refused to leave, and King Xin refused to compromise. The father and son were at odds. Li Yan was King Xin's opponent, and was eventually escorted to the government.

The aunt chased after her. If King Xin hadn't had someone drag her back, she would have chased her to the government.

"Nonsense. No wonder a good child has become like this. It's because of your mother's habit. Okay, stop crying, it's embarrassing."