The group rushed over, the night wind blew by, and the clothes were roaring.

At this time, the palace gate had already been locked, but the Western Factory was ordered by the emperor and no one dared to stop him. The soldiers checked the cards of the rosters and immediately released them. They asked Tang Fan a few more questions, but the man who brought Tang Fan into the palace kept talking and said that the emperor's guards changed drastically. Finally, they waved their hands and let them in quickly.

When you enter the palace gate, you have to dismount. This is an iron rule. No one can violate it. At most, those cabinet masters and ministers are carrying a carriage. When powerful officials like Wang Zhi and Shangming enter the palace, they do not have such special treatment. They all have to dismount and walk. Tang Fan and others are naturally even more impossible for exceptions.

But the inner factory actors who brought Tang Fan in were very anxious and were walking fast. They were martial artists. Tang Fan followed for a while and couldn't keep up. He was panting. The man in the leader was anxious. He couldn't help but let his left and right men hold Tang Fan's shoulders and arms, lift the person up halfway, and walk forward quickly. Now, Tang Fan didn't have to use force, and only his toes followed him on the bluestone slab, as if he had learned light skills in an instant.

He was also happy and said kindly: "I'm so tired, which has dragged you down, and you've been bothered!"

The Forbidden City was dark, and there were only faint candlelights in some palaces ahead. In addition, there were lanterns held by soldiers on duty occasionally, and several lanterns that were illuminated by their group of people.

Although the emperor was rich in the world, if the huge palace city was bright and bright, it would be a huge expense and could not afford it at all. Tang Fan had never seen the Forbidden City at night. He didn't need to see the road by himself now. Taking advantage of the distraction, he watched the majestic and vast palace city from afar. What appeared in his heart was not worship and admiration, but under the cover of darkness, the palaces and rooms in the palace city, and there were no unknown grudges, love and hatred, and sadness and joy in the world.

If you weren't worried about breaking the ban, this would be a good material for writing a storybook!

Under the swaying candlelight, Tang Fan's side seemed extremely calm. He was neither panicked by being summoned to the palace late at night nor fearful of dealing with the West Factory.

Although the leader of the inner factory didn't know why Mr. Wang suddenly asked him to call the small official into the palace, Tang Fan's performance undoubtedly made the other party look at him a little differently.

Fortunately, he didn't know what Lord Tang was thinking now, otherwise he would have to collapse.

In addition, this time, this time, Tang Fan came here for the second time. The last time was more than three years ago. When the palace examination ranking was announced, he entered the palace with many people in the same year. In a solemn atmosphere, he followed the civil and military officials to pay homage to the emperor.

Looking back at the beginning, the emperor's style was really, cough... it was too far away to see clearly.

After all, Lord Tang is not a person hundreds of years later, so it is impossible for him to know the layout of the Forbidden City. You must know that as the residence of the emperor, in order to prevent the observance of those who are interested, this kind of palace map must be strictly kept confidential. One day, if Tang Fan can be a senior official of the six ministries and often enter the palace to participate in politics and make decisions, he will naturally become familiar with it over time.

So at the moment, Tang Fan didn't know where they were going to take him, so he could only follow him involuntarily.

The group walked for about two quarters of an hour, passed through one palace gate after another, and saw one palace wall after another. Their steps finally slowed down. Not far away, there were figures of people in the palace, with bright candles and bright doors open. There were still many people walking back and forth at the palace gate and even outside the palace, and the guards were very strict.

This is the destination of their trip, Tang Fan knew.

The soldiers finally put him down and stepped on the slightly rough stone slabs on their feet. Tang Fan suddenly felt a sense of peace of mind when he was down to earth.

Although the sedan chair is fast, it is not something you can enjoy. Now his arms are hurting slightly.

"Let's go." Until now, the leader's Nei Factory finally spoke up such a word.

Tang Fan couldn't help but whisper: "You dare to ask, where is it?"

"You will know when you go in." The other party refused to say a word.

Tang Fan originally wanted to make himself mentally prepared. Seeing that he was so serious, he was calculating in his heart, so he stopped asking questions. He followed those people up the steps and was searched and interrogated by the guards at the door. After a long time, he was put in.

The one who took him in was not the inner factory man who had just taken him into the palace, but was replaced by a young eunuch with a strange face.

The other party thought that he was on duty here often, so he said "wait" to Tang Fan and went in. After a long time, he came out. He said "Come with me" and turned around again.

After entering and seeing the various decorations in the hall, Tang Fan was not showing it on his face, but he was already a little relieved.

When he was taken to the main hall of the inner hall, he saw a middle-aged man with yellow silk and round necklace sitting in the middle. He was not stunned and disrespectful, and directly knelt down and saluted: "My minister, Tang Fan, please see Your Majesty."

"No gift." Emperor Chenghua said, his voice was laziness that remained unchanged for thousands of years, but he was not pretending to be lazy, but he was really lazy.

Tang Fan stood up to thank the gift, stood with a stern hand, and did not look up and looked around, his face remained calm.

Emperor Chenghua didn't care about the arrival of this little man, nor did he remember that he once praised the other party for being "clear and elegant" three years ago. He was already very tired, but what happened today was too serious. So even the three cabinet masters in the cabinet were still here and had not left the palace, so the emperor had to cheer up.

He looked at Wang Zhi: "Wang Neichen, you recommended him to the palace, so you can just say."

"Yes." Wang Zhigong replied, "There is no such domineering as Tang Fan saw when he was outside the palace.

"Tang Fan." Wang Zhi said.

"I'm here." Tang Fan still kept his head slightly lowered. Generally speaking, if he did not get permission, his subordinates could not look directly at the sage at will, which seemed disrespectful, but when he first came in, he had quickly taken everyone present into his eyes.

The emperor and the prince are there.

Wan'an, Liu Yu, Liu Ji, and the famous three masters of the paper paste are also there.

These bigwigs are already the peak figures who hold the power of the empire.

There are also some other servants, palace maids and guards, so there is no need to mention them.

Although there were many people, they did not make any noise.

In addition, only the candlelight in the hall crackled from time to time.

However, Tang Fan could see that there seemed to be a faint figure hidden behind the screen behind the emperor.

What is the identity of the hidden person? It seems that he is about to emerge.

Wang Zhi had already begun to talk about the reason for summoning him in.

Today, although Zhu Youzhang, the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, was good at the palace, but he was just made the crown prince three years ago, and his life experience was very difficult.

But since the title has been determined and reading and practicing calligraphy, everything must be cultivated according to the specifications of the Chu Jun.

The prince’s teacher team is very strong, but in addition to the teacher, he also needs to have companionship reading.

The prince's companion is usually chosen from the eunuchs in the palace, but sometimes it is also chosen from the minister's nephews. One of the princes is now a companion named Han Zao, whose father Han Fang was one of the teachers when Emperor Chenghua became the prince.

Because of his poor health, the South Korean side was about to resign from his post two years ago. However, the emperor Gu Nian's friendship with his teacher, so he gave the Korean prince's title of the young master's title, and asked the Korean son Han Zao to go to the palace to be the prince's companion.

This is not the kind of slave who will punish the prince if he fails to do his homework well, but a real companion and playmate. Han Zao and the prince are about the same age as the prince. They study together all day long and have a harmonious relationship.

But just today, when the prince and his friends were in class, Han Zao suddenly shouted that his stomach hurt. As a result, before the imperial physician came, Han Zao suddenly fell to the ground and was out of breath.

That's not bad!

The Eastern Palace suddenly became excited, and the imperial physician rushed over. He looked left and right and could not tell why Han Zao died.

By chance, just before Han Zao shouted that his stomach hurt, Concubine Wan sent someone to send two bowls of mung bean and lily soup.

The prince didn't drink it, Han had already drunk it.

As a result, what happened next.

Everyone knows that Concubine Wan also had a son and was the eldest son of the emperor, but she died shortly after she was born. Later, Concubine Bai gave birth to another one and was made the crown prince. As a result, he died two years later. Since then, no royal heir has been born in the harem. Everyone says that Concubine Wan is not allowed to give birth to children in the harem women other than her.

With the power of Wan's family, the prince can now see the light of day again. The various twists and turns experienced in it make those who hear it sad, and those who see it cry.

Okay, after all, it seems that why Han Zao died is very clear, and there is no need to be tried.

As the emperor's most beloved woman, let alone the prince was not dead, even if he died, Concubine Wan would probably not be able to do anything. The smartest way is to quickly turn big things into small things, find an excuse to hide it, and continue to maintain superficial peace.

But the problem came. After knowing this, Concubine Wan was extremely shocked and cried and immediately ran to the emperor to make trouble, saying that this matter was not what she did, and firmly asked the emperor to investigate thoroughly, find out the truth, and keep her innocent!

Because of this, the matter involved the prince, Concubine Wan and others, including the son of Emperor Chenghua. Emperor Chenghua had a headache and had to summon the prime ministers to the palace to discuss countermeasures.

The prime minister's responsibility is to govern the country. Although the three cabinet masters led by the cabinet are now scattered and the country is not well governed, it does not mean that they should solve the case.

From the perspective of politics and overall situation, the chief minister Wan'an suggested that the emperor expose the matter gently. Anyway, His Highness the Crown Prince is lucky. As for Han Zao, the court can issue an order to give generous politeness to the Han family, so that everyone will be happy.

But Concubine Wan stopped doing it. Whether everyone believed it or not, she repeatedly insisted that she was completely innocent in this matter.

She knew very well that everyone knew that she hated the prince and wanted to get rid of it quickly, so she was the most suspicious in this matter. If the emperor really vaguely passed on this matter, she would really jump into the Yellow River and would not be able to wash it.

Under the insistence of his beloved woman, Emperor Chenghua had no choice but to ask someone to invite the cabinet masters to the palace, and inform the Han family at the same time.

The prince didn't drink two bowls of mung bean and lily soup. He gave Han Zao the bowl to him, and the remaining bowl was given to a little eunuch next to him.

The eunuch was fine, but Han Zao was dead.

Before Tang Fan entered the palace, someone had already checked that the pot of sugar water was gone, and it was impossible to find out if there was anything inside, but the bowl and spoon themselves were not poisonous.

If there is something wrong with mung bean and lily soup, why does the servant drink it but nothing happens?

Is it okay if only the bowl Han Zao drank?

The man who brought the soup was from the palace maid in the palace of Concubine Wan, and he did not admit that he had poisoned him no matter what.

Besides, Han Zao is just a young child, so how could there be any enemy? Even if he is a vital one, the prince will be harmed. Who dislikes the prince?

The whole palace is just that person.

However, these things are hard to say, and they cannot be explained explicitly. Therefore, after the proposal of the chief minister Wan An was rejected by Concubine Wan, he simply stopped talking, so as not to offend Concubine Wan.

Both the last minister Wan and the last concubine Wan were surnamed Wan, but they had no relationship with each other. But he knew that the last concubine Wan was deeply favored by Emperor Chenghua, so he took advantage of the fact that everyone's last concubine was Wan and tried every means to get along with the last concubine Wan, so the last minister was very steadily.

This is very shameful to others. Everyone gave him a nickname called Wansui Pavilion Master. In addition, there are also various funny nicknames for the prime ministers of the cabinet. For example, the Sanfu Liu Ji, who was called Liu Mianhua. Because he was very thick-skinned and was not afraid of playing, everyone called him behind his back and directly called Liu Mianhua.

Back to the point, there is no problem with the soup or the bowl. The imperial physician cannot take the pulse of the dead, nor can it prove whether Han Zao was sick. However, according to the official and the prince, Han Zao was originally good and had no problems in his health in the past.

If someone really poisoned him, no one would believe that he was just for Han Zao, a friend. Everyone would rather believe that this was a deliberate murder and poisoning case, and the target was His Royal Highness the current crown prince.

If we investigate thoroughly, we don’t know how many storms will be caused in the inner palace and how many people will be killed unjustly. Emperor Chenghua did not love the prince, but this kind of love was limited. The prince had never grown up by his side since he was a child. Now he has established a prince for the sake of the country. Emperor Chenghua is not stingy, but he is unwilling to make trouble for this matter. What’s more, in his heart, he also feels that this matter may be related to his beloved woman, Concubine Wan.

The prince himself was also very sensible. Although he was sad to die, he did not cry and shout to avenge his little companion. When the emperor asked him, he just said that he followed his father's words.

Everyone hopes that big things will turn into small things, but only Concubine Wan is unwilling.

His Majesty the Emperor was very helpless and unwilling to rebel against the intention of his beloved woman. The matter was stalemate there. Before Tang Fan came, he had already found the two eunuchs he trusted most, Shang Ming from the East Factory and Wang Zhi from the West Factory.

In order to claim credit, Shang Ming immediately took the initiative to petition the East Factory for investigation, but Wang Zhi understood the emperor's meaning very well. They wanted to know the truth, but they did not want to make a big fuss. In the emperor's opinion, they secretly investigated it. If they found it was related to Concubine Wan, it would be easy to cover it up.

So he recommended someone to the emperor, Tang Fan.

The reason why Wang Zhi recommended Tang Fan was: Tang Fan is very smart. He is currently a prosecutor in Shuntian Mansion. His profession is quite appropriate. He also performed well in the previous Wu'an Marquis' case, so he could investigate it.

The emperor agreed, so Tang Fan entered the palace.

Others wondered when Tang Fan had joined the online relationship with Eunuch Wang. After hearing the whole story, Tang Fan just wanted to smile bitterly: Wang Zhi is pushing himself into the fire pit, who would like to get involved in such a difficult thing!
To be continued...