The Golden Hairpin

"Is there anything I dare not, is there no brothers in the royal family?" The emperor put down the tea cup and sighed, "We have a dozen brothers. There are only you, me and the ninth brother... I never expected that you and the seventh brother would have a misunderstanding, and they were in agreement..."

Seeing the emperor's words choked with sobs, he was so sad that he couldn't speak. Li Shubai said lightly: "Your Majesty has misunderstood his younger brother. Although the younger brother and seventh younger brother have been provoked and misunderstood, there is no doubt that there is no unsolvable enmity."

The emperor looked at him intently and said slowly: "However, everyone said that you killed the seventh brother in public at the back mountain of Xiangji Temple that day... Everyone present can testify for King E and prove that you killed him. ."

Li Shubai looked down at the tea cup in his hand, silently.

"Fourth brother, seventh brother always respects you and loves you, and you two get along the most harmoniously on weekdays, but what you have done will make the seventh brother who trusts you the most, and would rather give up his life, but also in the public. Directly at your crime?" His voice was low, suppressing grief, "Fourth brother, what are you going to do so that you can ignore the life of seventh brother?"

"What does your majesty mean, do you think the courtier murdered the seventh brother?" Li Shubai asked quietly.

"I don't want, I don't want to, and I don't dare to believe it!" He frowned and said with a sad voice, "But in Xiangluan Pavilion, the seventh brother's rebuke to you, I witnessed it with my own eyes; you killed the seventh brother in Xiangji Temple, Hundreds of God’s military forces testified, how can I believe you when you call me?"

Xu Shi was too emotional, and the emperor gasped violently after saying these few words.

"The minister only wants to ask your Majesty." Li Shubai put down the tea cup in his hand and said quietly, "On the day of Xiangluan Pavilion, the seventh brother jumped out of such a high attic in public. Naturally, there is no reason to survive, but why? , A dead person appeared in the back mountain of Xiangji Temple again?"

The emperor's face suddenly became difficult to look at, and cast a gloomy look. He stared at Li Shubai, who was calm in front of him, and slowly said, "Perhaps, the ancestors and ancestors are alive in the sky, please protect him from escape."

"Your Majesty is the prince of a country, do you believe in these strange powers that deceive the old village children?" Li Shubai's eyes are clear, his tone is wind on the water at this time, and the water flows quietly. All relatives and relatives have only one life and it is absolutely impossible to die twice. Therefore, if the seventh brother scolded me in Xiangluan Pavilion and committed suicide, then it is true that everyone in Xiangji Temple saw that I was killed by me, it must not be the seventh brother. ; And if the seventh brother who died in the back of Xiangji Temple was the seventh brother, then the one who denounced me in Xiangluan Pavilion for subverting the country must not be the seventh brother---Your Majesty, do you think so?"

His voice was so gentle and soft, but the emperor frowned, raised his hand to press his temple, leaned on the Pingji behind him, gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

"Your Majesty Shengming decided that if he wants to convict his younger brother, then the younger brother has to ask, what on earth is his younger brother guilty? Did the younger brother force the seventh brother to death in Xiangluan Pavilion, or was witnessed and killed the seventh brother in Xiangji Temple? ——Which one is the guilt of the courtier?"

The blue veins on the emperor’s forehead were exposed, and it took a long time before he squeezed out a few words between his teeth: “What is the difference between these two charges?”

"Naturally, there is a difference." Li Shubai did not rush, and ordered a second cup of tea for him. His voice was clear and slow. Then there was a fountain outside the window. "If your majesty convicted his courtier as forcing his seventh brother to commit suicide in Xiangluan Pavilion, then The seventh younger brother appeared in Xiangji Temple soon, so the court's younger brother was not guilty of this charge; if your majesty convicted his courtier to kill King E in Xiangji Temple, then who was the one who slandered his younger brother with death in Xiangluan Pavilion? Isn’t it time to borrow death and slander again? So in this case, we have to go through interrogation again."

At this point, Li Shubai looked at the emperor who had an extremely ugly face, and even a faint smile appeared on his lips: "Your Majesty, it seems that there are too many doubts about the death of the seventh brother. Confused for the seventh brother."

The emperor put his hand on the couch and slowly squeezed out the number from his mouth: "What do you want to...?"

"The minister is not talented, the world is so big, and those who believe in me should also have one or two. Although the minister is here to pull his neck and kill him, his majesty must give the world a convincing charge. Otherwise, the world will understand it. The truth, when the time comes, I am afraid that it will trigger discussions between the ruling party and the opposition, which will only increase trouble." He finished speaking lightly, and stopped talking, only looking at the emperor in front of him, waiting for his response.

When the room was quiet, the water and wind rose suddenly outside the window, the stray flowers gathered, and the ripples were slight.

Letting the flowers fall like snow, he sat in front of the emperor, his figure remained unchanged, even his expression did not change, he was still so depressed and calm.

The emperor's face was even more ugly, even showing a greenish color. He pressed his temples, a little sweat came out on his forehead, and even his body trembled uncontrollably.

Seeing him in such anguish, Li Shubai got up to help him tap his temples, and said, "Your Majesty has an illness, so why bother to take care of the courtier himself? Let it be heard, and you can summon him."

The emperor pressed his head and moaned, opened his hand that had just touched his temple, and weakly called out: "Fenghan——"

His voice was soft and he did not mention his breath, but Xu Fenghan, who was supposed to stay away, rushed in immediately. When he saw the emperor like this, he quickly took out the medicine bottle from his sleeve, poured the emperor two pills of pill, and took it with tea. .

Li Shubai watched coldly, waiting for Xu Fenghan to help the emperor sit on the couch before he walked to Xu Fenghan's side and asked in a low voice: "Your majesty's dragon body is not in peace, why don't you discourage your majesty from going out of the palace?"

Xu Fenghan said with a bitter face, "His Majesty Kui, your Majesty cares about you, and you have long been summoned by the prince to inquire about this. However, everyone in the palace persuaded your Majesty, and the prince was confined here, and there was great public grievance. Your Majesty came to visit you. It's very inappropriate. That's why your Majesty concealed everyone in the palace from coming to visit the prince. It is really a brotherhood, how can the old slave be dissuaded!"

Li Shubai looked at the emperor who frowned on the couch, sighed lightly, and stopped talking.

Until the emperor's headache passed, Xu Fenghan carefully asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to drive back to the palace?"

The emperor nodded in an invisible margin.

Li Shubai bowed to him calmly, "My minister respectfully sends your majesty."

Huang Zixian held his breath and waited for a long time until the emperor left, but could not move.

It wasn't until Li Shubai came into the ear room and sat down next to her that she suddenly took a breath, feeling that her back was wet with a thin sweat.

Li Shubai patted her on the shoulder and whispered: "Your Majesty's murderous intention has already risen, you should go back quickly, so as not to cause trouble."

Huang Zixia raised his hand to hold his arm, and asked in a trembling voice, "What about you?"

"I've said it, I'll kill my neck here, and sit and wait for death." He raised his hand back to hold her palm, gently intertwined her ten fingers, and his face showed a seemingly non-existent smile. "If I run away, then everyone in the world will say that I was the murderer of King E. Even if I survived, my reputation was tarnished and the seventh brother died inexplicably tragic. What's the point?"

Huang Zixian stared at his calm and firm face and couldn't help asking: "Is the truth more important than life?"

Li Shubai couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand to caress Huang Zixia's forehead and smiled and asked, "The world's first goddess detective, how can you ask such a question?"

Huang Zixian bit her lower lip, nodded silently, and said, "You are right...No matter what the truth is, no matter how powerful the black hand behind the scenes is, all I can do is to pursue the truth and return to the underground, His Royal Highness King E A tranquility."

"What's more, the truth this time is related to my safety, doesn't it?" He smiled and stared at her, shook his head with regret after thinking about it, and said, "Actually, you are by Wang Yun's side, which is considered a safer one. Choice. After all, the power you have to face today is a hundred times stronger than you think."

"I'm not afraid. In fact, when I left Shudi, I went north to Chang'an by myself and chased your footsteps. At that time, I thought about--" Huang Zixia supported his chin, leaning against the window and looking out at the falling flowers like snow. Looking back at Li Shubai again, watching him stare into his deep eyes, and slowly said, "Take that step, and in this life, I will never look back."

It is logical to marry into a high family family, a peaceful and stable life, the second half of life of a husband and a child... everything was abandoned by her forever at the moment she rode on the sand and galloped north.

After that, her life will embark on another path. The mist loomed in front of her, and the place where her feet stepped was sometimes fragrant grass and sometimes thorns. When the clouds and fog in front of you are scattered, either on a cliff, or on a smooth road--

However, no matter what she is facing, she will face it with her head up, not afraid of all kinds of difficulties and dangers. Because this is the way she chose. Because on this road, she followed Li Shubai all the way.

She still remembers the red leaves sent to her by mountains and rivers last year, brilliant and dazzling. But now she is really sitting next to Li Shubai, and the flowers have fallen like snow.

"In any case, at least, we are together today, you, me, and countless flowers blooming. These years, at least we have not been disappointed."

"Are you satisfied with this gift?"

On the carriage returning, Wang Zong asked her calmly.

Huang Zi Xia bowed his head to thank him and said, "Yes, Zi Xia thanks the prince."

If she hadn't heard the conversation between the emperor and Li Shubai today, how could she know that the emperor had torn off Li Shubai and had a murderous intent, and how could she know that Li Shubai's situation was so difficult?

Although Li Shubai attacked the shield of the son with the spear of the son, and temporarily eliminated the danger, as long as he was willing to pursue it, there would always be excuses. Now that the ruling and opposition parties have been incited, the world is full of suspicion and confusion with Li Shubai, and wanting to add his crimes, it couldn't be easier.

As if seeing her thoughts, Wang Zongshi asked: "You know, why did your Majesty come to see King Kui in person today?"

Huang Zixia didn't answer, only raised his eyes to look at him.

"As I said, there are changes in all quarters now. Although the Shence Army is enough to sit in Chang'an, the troops stationed in various places can only rely on King Kui's restraint. Now the emperor is seriously ill and the prince is young. Under such circumstances..." When he said this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at her expression, "I wonder what your Majesty's attitude towards King Kui is now?"

The road in Chang'an was flat, and the carriage swayed only slightly along the way. Huang Zixian sat silently, and only briefly said: "Your Majesty...seems to be anxious to resolve this matter."

Wang Zongshi looked at her expression, and saw that she had no other words or expressions, and then said: "Don't worry, even if he is an emperor, there are many things that he does not want to do."

Huang Zixia nodded silently and said, "Yes."

"Moreover, there are more articles that can be done behind this matter. Not only can your majesty do it, you, me, and even..." Said with a smile but a smile, "Many people will seize the opportunity."