After the thick smoke cleared at the main gate of the Criminal Department, Luo Qingzhi looked at the streets in the dark night and could no longer see any trace.
"Fortunately, I was prepared." After Luo Chen finished speaking, he blew his whistle and a yellow dog ran out of the alley.
Luo Qingzhi ordered, "Go and chase."
Luo Chen nodded, led the yellow dog and ran towards the dark night.
Meng Feng said: "Do you need me to escort the princess back to the house?"
"No need." Luo Qingzhi shook her head and said, "Commander Meng, please return to the palace and resume his duties."
"yes."
Luo Qingzhi was about to leave when a spring rain came one after another. She had to stop where she was and looked at the sparsely falling rain. She remembered the conversation between Gao Yan and herself last night.
"Aluo, I'm going to die soon. This world needs you to protect me."
Luo Qingzhi looked at the figures of the imperial guards lingering outside the house, and Gao Yan immediately explained: "Haven't you noticed it yet?"
"What did you find?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
"These two pairs of Imperial Guards are my deadliest servants. They are deaf-mute."
Gao Yan's voice was very soft, but Luo Qingzhi heard it sincerely. Although she had known that emperors in the past generations would raise dead servants for themselves, she never knew that this method was used to prevent them from telling secrets.
Luo Qingzhi looked at the pale-faced Gao Yan and said, "I will write a letter immediately to ask Zhixin to come back."
Gao Yan shook his head, "It's useless. The owner of Yaowang Valley already met me last year."
Although Luo Qingzhi was skeptical, she still continued to ask, "What's the reason?"
"Poisoned."
Luo Qingzhi sighed deeply, "I know that the previous Imperial Hospital Commander was good at detoxifying strange poisons. I will look for him and I will find him anywhere in the world."
"No," Gao Yan stopped him and said, "You can't leave the capital. I need you to help me cultivate an heir in the capital."
Luo Qingzhi was a little angry, "Your Majesty, don't you know what the Jin family is like? Do you really want such a person to ascend the throne?"
Gao Yan asked back: "People from the Jin family are not suitable, then...who is suitable?"
Luo Qingzhi did not answer.
Gao Yan continued to ask: "Aluo thinks Gao Zhen is more suitable, right?"
Gao Yan's question was looming in front of her, and Luo Qingzhi couldn't avoid it. She could only say lightly: "He is not suitable now."
"Arlo!"
The shout brought Luo Qingzhi back to her senses. She raised her head, and Gao Zhen held an umbrella and ran towards her in a hurry.
She looked at Gao Zhen, thinking about her answer last night.
"He is not suitable now, but no one can predict what will happen in the future."
Gao Zhen had already arrived in front of her, raised the umbrella over her head, and asked eagerly: "Are you okay?"
Luo Qingzhi shook her head.
Gao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Aluo, go home."
Luo Qingzhi nodded, "Yeah."
The raindrops hit the umbrella, and the sound rises and falls, like drum beats, touching people's hearts.
Gao Zhen tilted his umbrella towards Luo Qingzhi and asked, "Aluo, you and His Majesty have already discussed this matter, right?"
Luo Qingzhi was still thinking about what happened last night, and did not immediately notice that something was wrong with Gao Zhen's mood. Instead, she silently hummed.
Gao Zhen said calmly: "Your Majesty really trusts A Luo the most."
"Yeah." Luo Qingzhi answered unconsciously again.
Gao Zhen noticed Luo Qingzhi's absence and stopped talking. The two of them just walked back to the Princess's Mansion in silence.
Luo Qingzhi was confused. She didn't know who poisoned Gao Yan and why.
She thought, "The Jin family is powerful, but because of this, Gao Yan is most on guard against them, and it is difficult for them to succeed. Other forces are also not able to succeed..."
Luo Qingzhi couldn't think of anyone who would assassinate Gao Yan. What she was most worried about was that there were some forces in Jinling that she didn't know about at all.
Luo Qingzhi, who was deep in thought, completely ignored Gao Zhen's eyes, so she would not know that Gao Zhen's eyes were full of thoughts.
Only her.
Returning to the Princess's Mansion, Fan Li and Qin Shu greeted him at the door.
Luo Qingzhi looked at the concerned eyes of the two people and explained, "It's okay, everything is fine with me."
"Let's go back to the study and talk." Luo Qingzhi said.
Arriving at the study, Luo Qingzhi looked at Gao Zhen, hesitant to let him know about Gao Yan.
Gao Zhen noticed her eyes, looked at her, and asked: "Do I want to go out?"
Luo Qingzhi immediately shook her head, "No need."
"Last night, His Majesty told me something." Luo Qingzhi began to talk about what happened last night.
Everyone present was surprised to varying degrees after learning that Gao Yanming had passed away not long ago.
Fan Li was the first to speak, "Your Majesty should not lie about such a matter."
Qin Shu said: "If the courtiers know this news, I can't even imagine what will happen."
Luo Qingzhi said: "Your Majesty will naturally not let such news leak out, but the problem now is that your Majesty himself does not know who the poisoner is."
"Since there is no news yet, it means that the person who poisoned the poison may not know that he succeeded." Fan Li analyzed.
Luo Qingzhi nodded, "Sir, you are right."
Qin Shu shook his head, "Now I really know what it means to have another wave after another wave."
"No matter what, let's settle the immediate matter first." Luo Qingzhi said.
Qin Shu asked: "Do you have any clues about Master Xia's matter?"
Luo Qingzhi looked at the door, "It will become clear when Luo Chen comes back."
"So." Qin Shu asked, "Where is Lord Bailihan?"
Luo Qingzhi said: "Yang Shen found some signs."
She took out a seal from her arms, also engraved with the words Bailihan.
Gao Zhen touched the seal in his arms and took it out.
Comparing the two, they are almost identical.
Luo Qingzhi explained: "Mr. Yang followed the clues about the seal and found a seal workshop in the west of the city. He knew that someone had carved this seal a year ago."
"Who is going to carve it?" Qin Shu asked.
"The shopkeeper said that the man was hiding his face, but he spent a lot of money." Luo Qingzhi said.
The sound of rapid footsteps was heard, and everyone in the house looked towards the door.
Luo Chen walked in, and when he met the eyes of several people, he subconsciously felt a little panicked.
"What? Everyone is looking at me."
Luo Qingzhi asked: "How is it?"
Luo Chen replied: "Li Shen hid in the Imperial College."
"Imperial Imperial College?" Qin Shu was a little surprised, "I thought it was the Jin family."
"That makes sense." Luo Qingzhi said, looking at everyone and continuing to explain, "The shopkeeper didn't know who the buyer was, but the seal was damaged half a year ago, and the buyer brought it to repair it, because the seal was "
Bailihan", the shopkeeper kept an eye on it and followed the buyer. He saw with his own eyes that man entered the back door of the Imperial College."
Gao Zhen, who had been silent for the whole time, said, "There are so many people in the Imperial College, how can we determine who it is?"
Luo Chen explained: "I sprinkled special medicinal powder on Li Shen. The spirit dog on my hand can smell it. I just need to take Rhubarb to the Imperial Academy for a walk tomorrow and I will know."
"It's not enough." Luo Qingzhi ordered, "Take Xia Ji with you to the Imperial College tomorrow."
Gao Zhen said: "What should I do with the secret passage I found in Si Ye's room?"
Luo Qingzhi said: "They set up a trap for you to find out."
"Why?"
Luo Qingzhi explained: "They knew that you went to the Imperial Academy to investigate Xia's registration case. They wanted you to discover the secret passage and those students, and then asked me to lead people to investigate. In the end, those students who had prepared in advance came back to bite me on the spot.
, as long as you say it was my instruction, then Your Majesty will definitely let me put this case aside for the time being in order to protect me."
"But..." Luo Qingzhi paused, "Zhou Jin discovered something and wanted you to stay away from this matter, so he chose..."
Luo Qingzhi didn't explain the rest of the matter, but Gao Zhen nodded clearly.
Luo Qingzhi also skipped this step.
"However, they didn't expect that I would protect you, so they used a trick and asked Your Majesty to imprison me."
Gao Zhen knew what happened next and said, "So, your majesty and you will also follow the plan."
Luo Qingzhi nodded, "If I don't let them feel that His Majesty really dislikes me, I won't do anything."
Qin Shu shook his head, "It's so complicated. They did so many things just to drag Xia Ji down?"
"At first, I thought they were dissatisfied because the examiner selected a poor family and wanted to use this to warn His Majesty." Luo Qingzhi said.
"Isn't it?" Luo Chen asked.
Luo Qingzhi picked up Bailihan's seal, "With this seal, maybe their target is uncle?"
"But." Luo Qingzhi overturned her own thoughts, "This alone can't prove anything... As long as the person who carved the seal is found, my uncle will naturally be innocent."
Luo Chen was a little worried and asked: "If we go to pick up people tomorrow, will it be too slow? What if they run away?"
"I still hope they run, but they don't move. I never know why they do this." Luo Qingzhi said.
Luo Chen said: "I'm still worried, Master, I'd better go and guard the Imperial College myself."
"good."
Qin Shu also spoke and asked him to go with him.
Luo Qingzhi shook her head, "Go to Yaowang Valley and bring Zhixin back."
"But if I leave, Master, you will only have Luo Chen by your side." Qin Shu was worried.
"Meng Feng is under my control now, you don't have to worry." Luo Qingzhi said.
Gao Zhen also said: "I'm still here, don't worry."
Luo Chen and Qin Shu left one after another.
Fan Li asked: "Is there no news from Feng Zinan yet? It's really been a long time this time."
"He sent a message the day before yesterday saying that he has some features." Luo Qingzhi said.
Fan Li sighed slightly, "Aluo, don't take it too seriously. You have heard a lot of news like this over the years."
"I understand." Luo Qingzhi said softly, "Sir, it's getting late. You should go and have a rest. They will take care of the rest."
After Fan Li left, only Luo Qingzhi and Gao Zhen were left in the study.
Luo Qingzhi was still thinking about the motive behind it. Gao Zhen wanted to speak several times but swallowed it back.
"What do you want to ask?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
"..."
Gao Zhen said: "Why don't A Luo tell me your and His Majesty's plan?"
"There are many informants in the palace, and His Majesty is worried that the news will leak out." Luo Qingzhi explained.
Gao Zhen sighed, "I'm very worried about A Luo. I'm even more worried after knowing that you were imprisoned in the Criminal Department."
Luo Qingzhi explained gently: "I, I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just that this matter is complicated."
Gao Zhen nodded, "I understand. As long as you are fine, Aluo, nothing else matters." This chapter has been completed!