Seeing Zu An's dumbfounded look, the Crown Princess said displeasedly: "Why, do you think my heart is like a snake?"
Zu An sighed: "I feel a little cruel."
The Crown Princess said coldly: "This palace is a cannibalistic place. If you don't kill others, others will kill you. People who are not cruel will have grass growing on their graves."
Zu An couldn't help but said: "Why is it so? Now you and Concubine Bai are allies. If you guess wrong and cause internal strife, it will end up being advantageous to King Qi's people."
"I will not put my own safety above the kindness of others." The Crown Princess glanced at him sideways, "Why, are you feeling distressed? Don't forget, you and I are in the same boat now. If she reports you,
I am finished, and you will die without a burial place."
Zu An fell silent, understanding that what she said was indeed the truth.
Seeing his reaction, the princess's tone softened: "If I don't have to, I don't want to do this, but the only person I can trust now is you. I don't dare to lie to others about this matter, so don't
Emotional."
Zu An said in a deep voice: "I have my own sense of proportion."
Although her plan was the safest, he didn't want to completely become a knife for the other party.
Seeing that he did not express any objection, the Crown Princess nodded with satisfaction.
After a group of people returned to the East Palace, the Crown Princess went back to the inner room to rest. Zu An was outside accepting congratulations on his promotion from a group of colleagues. While he was responding, he was very worried.
At this moment, a young eunuch came to convey the order, and the emperor summoned him.
Everyone else in the East Palace looked envious. Except for a few powerful ministers in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty, he was probably the only one who had the honor to be summoned by the emperor every now and then.
They even suspected that the number of times the concubines in the harem had met with the Holy Spirit these days were not as many as his.
Zu An was aware of his own suffering. Every time he met the emperor, he felt a lot of pressure. The guy was moody and very suspicious. His life would be in danger if he wasn't careful. Most likely he came to him this time because of the scandal he had with the princess.
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As expected, when he arrived at the Imperial Study Room, the purple-faced man in dragon robe enveloped him with unfathomable eyes: "I heard that the Crown Princess has promoted you to the title of the Crown Prince's concubine?"
Zu An's heart trembled. How long has it been since just now? He actually already knows?
As expected, his eyes and ears are everywhere in this palace.
"Back to the Emperor, the Crown Princess has indeed promoted me to the rank of concubine."
The emperor was expressionless: "I heard that the Crown Princess was alone with you and drove all the maids and eunuchs to the door?"
Zu An replied: "The Crown Princess has a bright heart, and we are discussing business matters, so naturally there is nothing to avoid."
"She is smart, knowing that the more she does this, the more she can block other people's opinions." The emperor suddenly changed the topic, "But I just doubt what you really have?" Zu An's face changed slightly and he said hurriedly: "
Your Majesty, the Crown Princess and I are innocent, and this is a completely false accusation. This matter has been reviewed by the three departments, and even the Lord Jijiu has been asked to ask questions, so they can prove our innocence."
The emperor snorted: "I heard that you just went to Baihua Palace?"
Zu An thought that this guy's thinking was really fast, so his face was naturally respectful: "Yes!"
"Why did you go there in the first place? Could it be that something happened there?" The emperor was sitting on a high dragon chair, unable to tell his mood at this time.
Zu An wondered if the emperor knew something?
But he was still relatively calm on the surface: "The Crown Princess suspects that the mastermind behind this incident is Concubine Bai."
"Then why did the two of them talk happily again not long after?" The emperor picked up the tea and took a sip.
Zu An was no longer surprised as to why his intelligence was so accurate: "That's because Concubine Bai has a kind temperament and quickly explained the misunderstanding. Moreover, now that the prince's exam is about to take place, they also want to work together to overcome the difficulties and don't want to cause any complications."
The emperor snorted: "They still know how to take the overall situation into consideration."
Then he asked: "Then who do you think framed you?"
Zu An said in a deep voice: "Not sure."
"Not sure?" The emperor sneered, "In the prison, you kept pointing out that people from the Shi family were harming you."
Zu An explained: "That's just my random guess. You can tell the Lord of the Third Division, but without evidence, I don't dare to talk nonsense to the emperor, lest I commit the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Seeing that he was so sensible, the emperor felt a lot more at ease: "Do you know why I will spare your life this time?"
Zu An asked tentatively: "Master Jijiu, did you prove my innocence?"
The emperor sneered: "You have thought of something wrong. The purpose of offering wine to ask questions is not to prove your innocence, but to prove the innocence of the Crown Princess. A minister who has such a rumor with the Crown Princess will
He already deserves to die."
"I'm terrified!" Zu An broke into a cold sweat. It seemed that he had underestimated him.
Damn it, I was an emperor in the secret realm of Yin and Shang, but I was not as ungrateful as you!
The emperor then said: "You handled the Demon Cult assassin case well last time, and you also found out the people who colluded with the assassins in the palace. Seeing that you have talent in this area, I temporarily spared your life. This time, you framed the Crown Princess.
I’ll leave this case to you to investigate, as long as you find out the mastermind before the prince’s exam. If you can’t find out, you won’t have to live anymore.”
Zu An: "..."
People pay attention to the combination of carrots and sticks, but all you have are sticks, and you don’t even see a carrot!
Although I was MMP in my heart, I could only smile on my face: "Yes, I will do my best to find out the real culprit."
"Remember to use your identity as Gold Medal Eleven to check." The emperor reminded, then closed his eyes slightly and motioned for him to retreat.
Zu An's heart moved, and he took advantage of the situation and said: "Report to the Emperor, a strange thing happened before."
"Say." The old god of the emperor is always there, and he seems to be taking a breath.
Zu An said: "I found a person secretly following and investigating me before, but no matter what method I used, I couldn't find him. That person seems to be very proficient in the art of concealment."
As he spoke, he looked carefully at the other person's expression, previously guessing that the mysterious man might be sent by the emperor.
But after spending this time together, he felt increasingly unlikely.
Of course, he did not relax his vigilance and wanted to get some information from the other party's expression.
"What?" The emperor suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes were extremely sharp for a moment, "Since you said that man is proficient in the art of concealment, why did you find him?"
Zu An replied: "I have a special ability. I can detect people at a distance around me. I can feel that he is nearby, but I can't find him."
At first, he lied to the emperor and said that he had accepted old man Mi's skills, so the emperor knew that he was a master, so he didn't worry about telling him this. In the eyes of the emperor, these skills were just trivial anyway.
As expected, the emperor did not ask further questions, but fell into deep thought: "With your current cultivation level, you can hide this from your people..."
After a while, he seemed to have thought of something, and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will send someone to deal with it."
"Yes!" Zu An had obtained the information he wanted and left with satisfaction.
After going out, Eunuch Wen sent him out and said with a smile on the way: "Master Zu is really a member of the Holy Family. In recent years, our family has not seen many people who are as appreciated by the emperor as Mr. Zu."
"My father-in-law said something harsh." Zu An kept complaining in his heart, the Holy Family is nothing, they always hit me with a big stick, huh, sooner or later, I will let those in your harem take a few blows from me too.
I chatted with Eunuch Wen for a while, thanked him for taking care of Chu Chuyan before, and then left in a friendly atmosphere of "This guy is quite good."
He went back to Baisha Courtyard and changed into the clothes of the gold medal eleven, and then went directly to the right guard general Guo Zhi.
Knowing his purpose, Guo Zhi cupped his hands and said, "If you need any help, please let me know."
Although his official position is higher than that of the other party, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy has a special status, and all the gold medal envoys are mysterious and unpredictable beings. The other party has an imperial mandate this time, so he naturally does not dare to offend him.
Zu An asked: "I want to check the records of all entries and exits from the palace in the past few days."
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Haha, I asked for monthly tickets like yesterday, and all the tough readers really gave me a lot of monthly tickets. Haha, it seems like the door to a new world has opened.
In addition, the second chapter will be a little later