Author: Loeva

Zhao Mo caught up with the carriage that Zhao Qi was riding in, and the two brothers returned to the city first in a low-key manner.

After entering the city, they did not go home directly. Instead, they found an inconspicuous place, changed carriages, and headed to the palace.

Neither he nor Zhao Mo had ever opened the cloth bag in Zhao Qi's arms, and had to show it to the emperor and the prince first. In order to avoid taboos, Zhao Mo had not even touched the cloth in which the things were wrapped, and even asked Yuan Tongzhi along the way.

A small official from the Secret Service who stayed behind sat in the same car with their brothers, so that the small official could see clearly that no one had done anything to the cloth bag.

The cloth bag was delivered to the emperor and the prince intact. Zhao Qi, with the encouragement of Zhao Mo, carefully saluted the emperor and the prince, and then repeated the explanation of the two Beirong spies in detail.

What he did: "They asked me to go back to the annex of my brother's palace, find a time when no one was around and go into my brother's study, and then find a consecrated lacquer box with black paint and gold paint. On the lid of the box was a beautiful woman leaning

Those who were looking at the flowers in front of the window. When they found it, they opened the lid of the box, put the contents of the cloth bag in, and then locked it. They also told them how to lock it."

While Zhao Qi was thinking hard, he told him the tricks the Beirong people told him, including how to open the lacquer box if it was locked, how to lock it without others noticing, etc.

After he finished, he continued: "They asked me to finish it before my brother's birthday on the second day of February. It doesn't have to be too early. It would be best if I could finish it at the end of the first year or the first day of February. They said it was

I was afraid that if I put the things in too early, my brother would find out. Other than that, they didn’t say much. They just threatened me and told me not to tell anyone where I was going, and they weren’t allowed to look at the contents of the bag. They also didn’t let anyone find out that I had moved it.

This box in my brother’s study.”

Zhao Mo looked at the cloth bag in surprise, his expression a little unhappy. He subconsciously looked at His Highness the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince had an expression of astonishment on his face. The black lacquer box with gold and lacquered figures... sounded very familiar. He remembered that he had just given such a box to Zhao Mo at the end of last year, and that box did have a mechanism.

With a hidden lock. This was a box presented by the servants. It was just a plaything. He had thought about giving it to his daughter Princess Minshun to play with, but Princess Minshun was not interested in such things and instead asked for another box in the study.

An ornament - an exquisite Western music box, which was presented by the Crown Prince of Shu, which was very much in line with Princess Minshun's preferences. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave up the music box and had no use for the mechanism, so he placed it in the study.

On the Duobao grid. Zhao Mo saw it accidentally and thought it was a machine box. After asking, he found out that it was indeed a machine box, so he asked him for it, and he casually gave it to Zhao Mo.

This machine box is not an important thing. It is a trivial matter to go to the East Palace Study Room. It fell into the hands of Zhao Mo. It is a trivial matter that has not been widely publicized. So how did the Beirong secret agent know about it? And he actually even had the machine box.

He knew exactly how to open the secret lock, and he knew the patterns on the outside of the box very well.

Is it possible that the Beirong people also planted spies in the East Palace?!

When the prince thought of this possibility, his heart immediately shuddered, and a slight cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The emperor saw something strange in the faces of the prince and Zhao Mo, and asked, "What's going on?"

The prince first signaled Zhao Qi to retreat, and then told the whole story. Zhao Mo also said: "The third cousin of the Qin family likes the machine box, and my grandnephew asked His Highness the prince for the lacquer box. It was originally planned that next month Qin San

It was given to my cousin as a gift on her birthday. Because a box was too simple as a gift, my grandnephew prepared some other things and put them in the study together with the box. Everyone waiting in the study knew clearly that the box

No one can touch it. My grandnephew has just moved into the other courtyard not long ago. He usually sees guests in the hall of the outer courtyard, and rarely invites outsiders to the study. Those Beirong spies actually know that this box is placed in the outer courtyard.

It was really strange in the study room of the grandnephew. The grandnephew only knew that the people waiting in the other courtyard were either from the palace or were sent from Suning. It was impossible for anyone to collude with Beirong. And if not

No one you can trust is qualified to enter your grandnephew's study."

The emperor frowned and asked Zhao Mo: "How many people know that you put this box in your study?"

Zhao Mo hesitated: "My grandnephew didn't tell anyone..." This was originally a surprise he had prepared. Even Qin Hanzhen didn't know about it. At most, it was Ah Shou and Ah Xing who were waiting closely. They knew better.

It was Fei's mother who prepared jewelry and other gifts for him. Even Qingdai only knew a rough shadow from Fei's mother because she never came to the study. But these people were all his confidants.

, it is impossible to leak the secret.

The prince interjected: "I know it, I know. Guang Lu mentioned it during a chat, and also mentioned something to put in the machine box as a birthday gift for the cousin of the Qin family. Erchen

I made fun of him at that time. This is not a confidential matter, so there are palace servants and chamberlains present." He paused, "Maybe the East Palace needs a thorough investigation."

The emperor did not comment on this. Even if the East Palace really wanted to conduct an inventory, it would not do it openly. He ordered Zhao Mo to open the cloth bag and said: "Look at what is inside. The Beirong people want to hide this thing in your study, but also

It is clearly stated that it must be put in before your birthday, but what kind of medicine is being sold in the gourd?!"

Zhao Mo obeyed the order and carefully placed the cloth bag where everyone could see clearly, and then slowly opened the knot on the cloth bag so that both the emperor and the prince could see that the knot was intact. Open the cloth bag

Afterwards, what was exposed was another cloth bag, which wrapped the contents very tightly. It seemed that the Beirong people had hidden the contents quite tightly.

Zhao Mo opened the small cloth bag again and revealed a stack of letters inside. These were all opened letters, some were new and some were old. The handwriting on the envelope seemed familiar. Zhao Mo couldn't help but be stunned.

I was stunned, and suddenly I had a bad premonition in my heart.

"What is it?" the emperor asked. The prince also looked curiously.

Zhao Mo knew that now was not the time for manipulation, and he had nothing to fear and feel guilty about, so he presented all the letters to the desk in front of the emperor: "There are several letters, and the one above...the handwriting is a bit like that of my grandnephew's father."

The words seem to be written in the tone of the grandnephew's father's family letters to his grandnephew. However, all the family letters from his father that the grandnephew has received are all well preserved and cannot fall into the hands of others."

"Letter from Zhao Shuo?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but chuckle, "I heard that your father was tricked into taking a female spy from Beirong as his concubine. Zhao Qi is the son of the female spy. His letter

It’s not surprising that it would fall into the hands of the Beirong people. But what’s the purpose of the Beirong people going to such great lengths to send this letter to your study?”

Zhao Mo had a slight sweat on his forehead and said solemnly: "Back to the Emperor, these letters... may not really be written by my father. If he had written letters to his grandnephew, but they fell into the hands of others, there is no way he would remain silent.

"The most important thing is, what are the contents of these letters? The Beirong people sent them to his study, and made it clear that they must be delivered before his birthday. They must have evil intentions. What on earth are they doing?

What's the idea?!

The prince picked up the letter on the top and was about to open it. Zhao Mo said hurriedly: "Your Highness, be careful!" The prince just smiled at him: "It doesn't matter. The people of Beirong worked so hard to deliver these letters.

I don't believe it when I see you in your study. They are just trying to manipulate the letter to plot against you. If they can do this, wouldn't it be more straightforward to ask Zhao Qi to put medicine into your diet? Or let Zhao Qi give it to you.

How can you be on guard against a tampered gift? No matter whether the letter is true or false, it looks real, so it has to be seen by others in order to be effective, right?"

He opened the letter, and his expression became more and more strange the more he looked at it. He glanced at Zhao Mo before handing the letter to the emperor. The emperor glanced at it hurriedly and showed a strange expression. He didn't say anything and just said

He handed the letter to Zhao Mo.

Zhao Mo hurriedly took the letter with both hands and lowered his head to read it. When he saw it, he couldn't help but cursed "despicable" in his heart.

The letter does seem to be Zhao Shuo's handwriting. If it is an imitation, it is really close to the real thing. Considering the existence of Lan Xue, if the Beirong people really want to learn to imitate Zhao Shuo's handwriting, it must not be difficult. And the letter

The content is more sensitive. It seems like Zhao Shuo is lecturing his eldest son Zhao Mo, saying that he is unwilling to ask for a title for his father, and he is also unwilling to work for his father.

The method was to find a job for his father, which required a good job and real power. Zhao Shuo threatened in the letter that if Zhao Mo couldn't do it, he would not agree to adopt the eldest son, which would make the eldest son's plan fail and he would not be able to enter.

Following the East Palace!

This tone and thought are exactly what Zhao Shuo can write in a letter. But the problem is that Zhao Mo has not planned anything. If he refused to help his father find a job and a title, he said it to Zhao Shuo face to face. Zhao Shuo really didn't need it.

In the form of a letter, repeat what he once said to his son. This letter must be a forgery!

Since this letter is fake, what do the remaining letters say?

The emperor, the prince and Zhao Mo took turns to read the rest of the letter and fell silent. Zhao Mo even looked ugly.

There are not only imitated letters written by Zhao Shuo to his eldest son Zhao Mo, but also imitated letters written by Zhao Mo to Zhao Shuo. They are all responses to the words in Zhao Shuo's letter. At first, "Zhao Mo" seemed to

He refused his father's request righteously, and his words were very high-sounding; but as "Zhao Shuo" became more threatening in the second letter, "Zhao Mo" also began to make concessions, saying that he would be fine if he had something to say.

He said, what can't the father and son discuss and solve? It's not convenient for the father to take the job now, but in a few years he can make some plans. He also said that he would solve it for his father, so that his father should not be anxious; then, "Zhao Shuo"

Once again, he threatened his son, and this time "Zhao Mo" relaxed again, saying that his current abilities were limited and he could not promise many benefits to his father, but as long as his father could cooperate with him and make him successfully become the heir to the East Palace,

After that day when he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he will never treat his father badly, but now is a critical moment, and his father cannot cause trouble for him, and so on.

This letter is completely forged! But the tone of the words is very similar to the person involved, and many of the contents are Zhao Shuo’s true thoughts. It can be said that most of the contents here are very difficult to understand if people are not aware of the inside story.

It's easy to be fooled.

But this is not the point. The point is that the fake attitude of Zhao Mo towards joining the royal family is completely opposite to his true thoughts.

But what if the emperor and the prince believed it after reading the letter?
Chapter completed!