It's dawn.

The night just passed was just an ordinary night for the people of Jiankang who had just stood up shortly before they had started a new day.

They had no idea what kind of thrilling changes happened last night in the deep walls of Taicheng, in the palace.

For Gao Qiao, this was a heart-wrenching night that could not sleep all night.

The Xianbei woman Murong Zhe who was sent to the queen's harem as a maid was gone.

Faced with the questioning, Queen Xu's attitude was angry, a kind of incomparable anger.

She hugged the prince in her arms tightly, raised her eyes that were red and swollen from crying, and said in a cold tone, "The Xianbei girl was indeed offered by Murong, but because she was proficient in health preservation, her body was always weak, and the imperial physician was ineffective in conditioning. She left her as a maid at the beginning with the purpose of trying. But a few days ago, she found that it was of little use, so she had been sent out of the palace.

As for where she is now, she doesn't know.

"I am the Queen of Dayu. I have to report to the Shangshu Ling if I enter and leave the palace?"

Finally, she asked in response.

The Xianbei girl is gone, and it is impossible to start from the queen.

Fortunately, Murong Die did not escape by him - or rather, he did not escape by himself.

According to Chen's replies, he and Li Xie, the commander of the Jiankang Guard Army, took people to arrest Murong Die and surrounded the inn where he lived. When he broke in, he had no intention of escaping.

Standing in the house, surrendered, as if they were waiting for their arrival.

The jailer respectfully led the way in front, and finally opened a prison door with the key.

Gao Qiao walked through the narrow passage that was damp and dark, filled with bad smell, stepped into the prison door, and stared at the Xianbei man in front of him.

Murong Die has become a prisoner, but he can't see what he should look like after being imprisoned.

He was covered in scars, with blood hanging on the corners of his lips, his clothes were broken and stained with blood. He wore heavy shackles on his hands, his legs crossed, and sat on a messy straw with his eyes closed.

His expression was extremely calm.

It seems that it is not that he has been trapped in a cage and has just suffered a severe torture, but that he is in a glamorous state.

A face that was hard to tell the difference was actually a bit noble.

Hearing the footsteps of Gao Qiao coming in, he seemed to have not heard of them, still sitting upright, motionless, as if he had entered a state of meditation.

Gao Qiao stared at him for a moment, suppressed his anger and said, "Murong Die, I have given you a chance. If you don't tell me who is instructed behind the scenes, what's the use of keeping you!"

Murong Die slowly opened his eyes, stared at Gao Qiao for a moment, and smiled slightly: "Gao Duke, since I first came to Jiankang, you have the intention to kill me. Today, when you fall into your hands, you will kill me. If you want to kill me, you will kill me. If you want me to tell me what you want to hear and frame the innocent, I, Murong Die, was not able to do it. My sister, was unable to escape with me, and was lonely and helpless, so I presented her to the queen as a slave to seek a place of shelter. This is the whole truth. As for the other crimes, Gao Duke imagined me, and I didn't know any of them."

After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes again.

Gao Qiao nodded: "Okay, okay! You Xianbei kid are really treacherous and vicious! I only regret that I shouldn't have hesitated for a while, and even saved your life, which hurt Your Majesty! Since you are not afraid of death, I will fulfill your wishes!"

He shouted. Chen Tuan immediately entered from behind the prison door, walked behind Murong Die, and drew his sword.

The blade was placed on Murong Die's neck.

The cold light reflected on one side of his neck.

The skin is as white as jade, and the sword light is so white. The two of them shine together, and they are so weird.

"Murong Die, I will give you one last chance. Who is the one who instructed you to murder Your Majesty?"

Murong Die seemed to have not heard of it, and he had not even moved his eyelids.

A murderous intent flashed through Gao Qiao's eyes.

"Cut his head."

His voice was cold.

The blade was about to fall, but outside the prison door, a sound suddenly came from footsteps, and a sound came: "Stop!"

Gao Qiao slowly turned around and saw Xu Bi stepping in, and said coldly: "I interrogate the serious criminal, why do you do Xu Situ? What's your purpose?"

Xu Mi changed his usual laughter.

"Gao Xiang, you first interrogated the queen of the dynasty, but without being subjected to the court, you tortured Murong Di. What is your purpose?"

The two looked at each other for a moment.

In the narrow cell, the air suddenly became extremely heavy.

"I know, you have always wanted to get rid of me, Xu, and then quickly. What do you want to hear from Murong Die? Your Majesty was harmed by my Xu, so that you can ascend the crown prince as soon as possible. In this way, you can mobilize the nine ministers and officials to blame me, Xu, and even depose the queen and prince, choose someone you like to take up the throne, and listen to your manipulation so that your Gao family can always stay in power and make power in the court?"

Gao Qiao was furious: "Xu Mi! Your Majesty had already quit the Five Stones, but after the arrival of this Xianbei child, he began to eat again and lived in the queen's harem for a long time. The woman from Murong happened to be in the palace. How can you, Xu, defend it?"

Xu Bi stared at Gao Qiao for a moment and suddenly said, "Gao Xiang, no matter how many coincidences there are, even if you don't believe it, and want to put the charge on me, Xu Bi, do you have any evidence?"

A sneer slowly appeared on his lips.

"If you can provide evidence, I, Xu Mi, confessed to my guilt. If you want to kill and cut, you will follow the laws of the country."

"If you can't produce evidence, these speculations are nothing more than you fabricated out of thin air. Don't even think of shaking my Xu family!"

He glanced at Murong Die, who was still sitting on the ground, as if he was out of the matter, and narrowed his eyes.

"As for this person, he is both a suspect and a serious crime. Although you are the Minister of State of the current dynasty, you should not use criminal law privately. You must hand it over to the court guard and be interrogated by the law. Otherwise, where is my Dayu law?"

"If officials are like you, you are like a noble person, and you can replace public law with lynching, how can you be at peace with the world?"

He turned his head and called out.

The court lieutenant, one of the nine ministers, heard the sound and did not dare to look at the two people opposite him. He looked panicked and said carefully: "Gao Xianggong, since this Xianbei people are a serious offender, can the subordinate officials take them to the government office first according to the law? Don't worry, the subordinate officials must enforce the law impartially and interrogate carefully, and never dare to slack off at all!"

Gao Qiao's face turned pale, he stood stiff for a while, and finally breathed slowly.

"You should take the person with you first. You must be put into a heavy prison and be kept under strict supervision, and there must be no mistakes!"

The Tingwei, who was sandwiched between the two powerful ministers of the dynasty, finally let out a sigh of relief when he heard Gao Qiao finally let go, and hurriedly summoned people to take Murong away.

Murong then opened his eyes, slowly got up, stared at Gao Qiao, held the chains in both hands, and walked out of the prison door step by step, and was escorted away.

Xu Bi turned to Gao Qiao, his face returned to his usual appearance, and said with a smile: "Google Master, I really don't know why you always have prejudice against me. It's okay for the court to have no self Xu Bi, but I must not be without a high appearance. I Xu Bi knows this very well. It's rare that Your Majesty has the will to revive him and does not want to encounter such a change again. The current situation is difficult, domestic demand is needed to stabilize the people, and external chaos is to rush to chaos. In the future, you and I will work together to give the two families the ability to serve the court together. Isn't that a good thing?"

Gao Qiao left with his sleeves.

Xu Mi watched Gao Qiao leave with a sneer on his back.

...

From the day after the news of the emperor's serious illness, a hornet's nest broke out between the officials.

Xu Mi quickly became the central focus of attention of all officials.

Originally, although the crown prince was established, Emperor Xingping was not in good health in the past two years, but he was only middle-aged and was not terminally ill. He also had three thousand beauties in the harem, and Gao Qiao was in power.

The direction of the court in the future may not be seen at a glance.

After all, in ancient times, the prince could not become an emperor in the end, so there were many more people.

Xu's family is not necessarily the final winner.

I never expected that such an unexpected thing would happen overnight.

In addition to being shocked, all the officials, in private, all those who had been in contact with each other on weekdays began to discuss something.

Once the prince ascended the throne, there will undoubtedly be major changes in the future court.

Even though Gao Qiao was still accused of being the young emperor of the government, there was the empress dowager and Xu Mi next to him. Gao's right to speak for the court was inevitable and would be greatly restrained.

From now on, the rise of the Xu family and the Gao family retreated to the secondary. This is an obvious trend.

So it was so bright and dark that in just a few days, many people could no longer hold back and began to send Qiubu to the Xu family in order to seek refuge.

The Xu family's family gathers in a crowd of guests, and they are constantly coming and going.

The court meeting was suspended. When Gao Qiao entered the palace, before seeing Emperor Xingping's sickbed, except for a few imperial physicians and the palace servants he served, the only one of his wife Xiao Yongjia was his wife.

From that night when the emperor fell down, Xiao Yongjia moved into the palace and stayed with him day and night before his sickbed.

When the imperial physician and the palace servants saw him coming, they saluted him one after another.

Gao Qiao called the imperial physician aside and asked about the emperor's condition. He knew that there was no improvement.

Although it was expected, my mood still couldn't be suppressed and it was extremely heavy.

He looked at the emperor who was half open, and he looked like he was sleeping but not sleeping. His eyes immediately turned to his wife. Seeing her haggard face and red eyes, he couldn't help feeling sad. He went up and whispered: "A Ling, there is an imperial physician here, so you go and rest first. Don't let it hurt."

Xiao Yongjia's eyes turned from Emperor Xingping's face to Gao Qiao, stood up slowly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Follow me."

Gao Qiao sent her into the palace that she lived when she was a girl, and she had been retained. He led her to sit in front of the bed, bent down, and used the uninjured hand to remove her shoes, and said softly: "If you are tired, let's have a sleep first."

Xiao Yongjia said: "Murong Dee or not?"

Gao Qiao looked up and met her swollen eyes, and couldn't help feeling guilty.

"A Ling, I'm blaming me for being incompetent..."

"Next, do you have any plans?"

Gao Qiao was silent and slowly stood up.

"Xu was determined and used such a humble method to harm my brother. Could it be that you just watched the Queen and Xu Mi conspiracy succeed?"

Xiao Yongjia suddenly stood up, covered his face, and tears of sadness gushed down from his fingers.
To be continued...