The Golden Hairpin

Huang Zixian nodded and saw water drops on his temples, and asked, "Is it raining outside?"

"A little snow has melted into the hair." He brushed it carelessly.

Huang Zixian looked at the seemingly broken snow outside, and exfoliated the fire a little, and said, "Why come here to tell me this in such weather?"

"Because, I want to see you." He smiled, his gaze fell on her, he looked at it for a long time, and then said softly, "I'm worried that you will be bored every day."

Under his gaze, Huang Zixia felt distressed, she could only turn her gaze to the side, looked at the pair of Agashnes in the crystal bottle, and said: "Fortunately, sometimes I also look at what the prince gave me. Little fish."

"You don't just feed the fishes all day long, do you? Let me see if you have gained weight." He smiled, picked up the crystal bottle and looked at it carefully. He turned his head and looked at her again, "Oops, fish and people are so thin, is it always snowing because of bad weather?"

Huang Zixian couldn't help but laughed, and said: "Xuehua said, I was really wronged, and I will be in charge of the fish when they grow up."

He smiled and looked at the little fish in his hand, then smiled at her. He looked at the smile on her face that had not yet been suppressed, looked at the bright eyes, slightly curved eyebrows, and the corners of the raised lips, and he felt a touch of sweetness in his heart.

He gently placed the bottle on the table and whispered to her: "Zixia..."

Huang Zixian raised his eyebrows to look at him.

He didn't know what he wanted to say to her, as if he just wanted to call her by her name like this, as if he just wanted to see how she looked when he turned to him.

After a long time, he said a little unnaturally: "Actually, it's not about Lu Dicui."

"Huh?" Huang Zixia was a little surprised.

"It's the queen who wants to see you."

Huang Zixia was surprised and asked: "His Royal Highness is looking for me? Any instructions?"

"I don't know this. The elder female officer came to convey it, and the queen asked me to take you to see her."

In the dense rain and snow, Huang Zixian followed the maid to the steps of the Penglai Hall of Daming Palace.

Sitting in front of the screen of the carved fairy mountain pavilion, Queen Wang was dazzling with a dress of gold thread among the purple sunset glow. In the whole world, she is the only one who can afford such a golden and purple color.

After everyone retired, only the two of them remained in the huge hall, looking empty and lonely. Huang Zixian saw the cigarettes rising from the furnace of Mount Liujinbo, which made the hall look dazed and blurred. The face of the king and queen seemed to be separated by the clouds, making her unable to see her expression clearly.

I only heard her voice, plain without any emotions: "Huang Zixia, congratulations on your grievances and revenge for your family."

Huang Zixian bowed his head and said, "Thank you for your highness the queen's bet."

She was still calm, and asked slowly: "I heard that you went to Shu land this time, and you also cracked a case involving a Yangzhou trickster?"

Huang Zixian's voice was calm, and she said intently: "Yes. A choreographer named Fu Xinruan in Yunshao Academy of Yangzhou, who died in the hands of Qi Teng after arriving in Shu. Her sisters Gongsun Yuan and Yin Lu Yi conspired to murder Qi Teng for revenge. Now that Lauder has dealt with them, they should have saved their lives and finally exiled to Xijiang."

"What a pity... the sisters are deeply in love. They could have lived their lives as usual after revenge. Everyone is in peace. Why did you come to stir this muddy water again." The voice of the Queen was slightly cold.

Huang Zixian lowered his head, but his slender waist was straight and straight. He only said calmly: "The law is the principle of human sentiment, the law is the first, and the love is behind. If there is a grievance, the yamen will deal with it. Why private use of lynching?"

Queen Wang stared at her for a long time, slowly stood up, and walked off the agarwood couch.

She walked to Huang Zixia, stopped and stared at her for a long time. Huang Zixia thought she would reprimand herself, but she smiled lightly and said, "Then you have to meet someone like you in order to restore others' innocence. If this time, you are not in Shu, you think Fu Xinruan Can someone really avenge her for her death? And who can solve the case jointly done by Gongsun and Yin Luyi?"

Huang Zixian whispered: "The law of heaven is clear, you have justice."

"Sometimes, I think if you don't show up, many things will be better." The Queen walked around her and said slowly, "But sometimes, without you, maybe there are some things, It’s never possible to know the truth. And I—it just so happens when I need the truth.”

Huang Zixia gave her a deep salute, silently waiting for her next words.

The Queen Wang looked directly at her and said slowly: "At least, you have collected a skull for me so that the poor child can become a corpse."

The voice of the Queen and Queen seemed to tremble slightly. She lifted her eyes to see the faint water vapor in Queen Wang's faint eyes, appearing on her calm face, which made her feel that it was just an illusion of her own.

Before she could see clearly, Queen Wang turned her face away: "Speaking of which, you are best at cracking all kinds of strange things that don't understand. But in Jingzhong, the most sensational strange thing now, it should be King E committed suicide, right? ."

Huang Zixian nodded and said, "Yes... the weirdness of this matter is elusive."

"Although everyone in Beijing is talking about it, I think that if you can see the truth through it, maybe, besides King E, you are probably the only one who can find out what happened. After all, now the Prince has taken over this hot potato. , He has to give the emperor an explanation." The Queen Wang said, walking slowly to the side. Huang Zixian got in without knowing it, he hesitated, and saw that she was walking forward without saying a word, so she hurriedly followed.

After exiting the back door of Penglai Hall, there is a long and narrow path in front of it, stretching all the way forward. Changling stood at the door waiting for them, handed her the umbrella in her hand, and opened it to cover the head of the queen.

Queen Wang didn't even look at Huang Zixia, only lifted the corner of her skirt and walked forward. Huang Zixia saw that she was wearing a pair of silver boots, and knew that she was ready to take herself out. Fortunately, when she entered the palace today, she wore a pair of short boots, and she was not afraid of rain.

Changling followed behind her and hurriedly opened the umbrella and followed them forward.

Along the bluestone trail, one or two dead leaves fell. In the rainy and snowy imperial garden, the cold and moisture kept everyone in the room. The road was quiet and there was no one. Huang Zixia followed Queen Wang and walked forward.

Until a step appeared in front, Queen Wang walked up. She looked up at the magnificent palace in front of her, but found that it was the Zichen Temple. The government and the opposition have always said that to enter the Zichen Hall, you must pass through the front door of the Xuanzheng Hall, so entering the Zichen Hall is also called "entering the pavilion", but unexpectedly there is such a secret path behind the Penglai Hall to enter.

Queen Wang walked to the door of the inner hall with Huang Zixia, and Changling put away the umbrella and stopped. Queen Wang didn't look at Huang Zixia, and Gu Zi walked into a small door. Huang Zixian followed up and discovered that this was a four-walled carved cubicle with extremely simple furnishings. There was only a small couch and a small table in front of it with pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Queen Wang sat down on the couch and leaned on it casually.

Seeing that there was nothing else in the room, Huang Zixian could only stand quietly by her side. Seeing that the Queen was silent, she remained silent.

Suddenly, on the other side of the compartment, there was a slight sound of footsteps, and then Xu Fenghan's voice came: "Your Majesty, King Kui is here."

The sound was very close, almost in the ear. Huang Zixian was shocked, turned his head and looked left and right, only to find that the voice came from next door.

The emperor's voice came from the side: "Let him come in."

She walked gently to the wall of the carved compartment and found that there was a thick layer of opaque brocade between the carved flowers. It seems that there should be only one layer of brocade and two layers of carved flowers between the compartment and the main hall of the emperor, and nothing else. It's no wonder that the voice came so clear.

Huang Zixia thought in her heart, everyone said that the emperor had a weak personality and poor health, and that the king and the queen decided on affairs in the court. It seems that the emperor directly instructed her to come here to listen to political affairs at any time-but was reprimanded by the queen. After Tai Chi Palace, she came back again, and the emperor should have been wary of her. Now this pavilion seems to be seldom used.

As she was thinking, that familiar voice came from the outside, clear and clear: "My minister has seen your majesty."

She hadn't seen her for many days, and when she heard his voice again, she suddenly felt like a world away, and was stunned there for an instant.

Queen Wang glanced at her with a smile, leaning on the couch, closing her eyes and rested.

The voices of the emperor and Li Shubai nearby came clearly. The two are brothers after all. After a while, the emperor asked, "Seventh brother...is there any clues now?"

Li Shubai paused silently for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty sent Wang Zongshi to investigate this matter, and he also went to the courtier to inquire about it. However, the courtier did not have a clue about this, so he could not provide him with any useful clues."