Things are still being done by someone.

  At this time someone brought over the broken rope that Zhao Xi had discarded.

  "Government..."

  Looks quite decent, but deliberately makes a sneaky appearance. What's going on?

  "Speak! Is there something that needs to be avoided in front of the imperial court?"

  Fu Bi has always been disdainful of eunuchs, especially those in the Imperial City Guard. However, this is an ancestral institution and the court cannot interfere with the Imperial City Guard, which is under your sole control.

  Since it involves the comfort of the imperial son, even if it's the inner palace, as the prime ministers of Great Song, they would have the right to know when they encounter it.

  "What's the reason? Please let the gentlemen know. Speak up."

  "Returning to the official's house, the beheaded bodies were of varying heights and not uniform, which was not due to the sharpness of the blade, but rather due to wear and tear."

  Damn it! Zhao Xi just took a glance and understood... This is what happens when someone has been played.

  Idiot! Is it not due to a non-sharp tool? Can't you see that it's new teeth? If it were worn out, would there be so many new teeth?

  A three-year-old doll has no right to speak. Zhao Xi had no choice but to listen obediently and watch...

  What's wrong with this? It seems these old guys have figured something out.

  Fan Zhongyan looked at Han Qi, and Han Qi exchanged a glance with Fu Xian, both of them slightly shaking their heads.

  Since the prince is safe and sound, even if it's a huge power struggle behind the scenes of the palace, it can be put aside for now. Currently, implementing new policies is the top priority of the imperial court.

  Once the struggle for power is brought into the imperial court, it will be dragged out too long and may even have to postpone reform, or it may even die in the womb.

  Don't mention anything about internal and external collusion, as for these few people, who doesn't know the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty's harem?

  Because of Your Majesty's children, there have long been factions standing in the court, and even open and secret struggles have been going on for a long time.

  How could they not be clear?

  At this time, the biggest thing for the imperial court was to implement new policies. Originally, there were not a few opposing voices, and if this matter were to be diverted, it would likely lead to another chaotic situation, and reform would once again be put on hold.

  The drawbacks of Great Song Dynasty can't be delayed anymore!

  Zhao Xi looked at his old father holding the rope and then casually threw it aside.

  At this time, Zhao Xi seemed to have heard Fan Zhongyan and others' faint sighs...

  Got it! It's hanging high again. Let it hang, let it hang, one day the burden will be too heavy and it will break.

  Is this what it means by light and heavy, fast and slow? Zhao Xi understood that if it didn't involve himself, he would also choose to let things slide in the current situation. However, he would continue privately...

  I think it's unlikely that Father and the others would let this go so easily. I hope they're just letting it go, not letting him off scot-free.

  Because of Zhao Xi's fall, the new policy's report also ended in such a headless and tailless way. After all, what will happen to the new policy, let alone this fall, Zhao Zhen threw away all his thoughts, even if he had some doubts in his mind, he couldn't think of anything now.

  It is necessary to implement new policies, otherwise it will be impossible to change the current situation of internal and external troubles. The so-called "petition", is just that Zhao Zhen needs other people's determination to influence him, so that he can also become determined.

  Zhao Xi really didn't have anything wrong with him, not even a scratch or broken skin, except that his clothes were stained with mud, and it was hard to tell that this kid had just been thrown out.

  "Was it confirmed that he fell off from the swing?"

  When everyone returned, Fu Yi walked past the swing again and looked at the place where Zhao Xi fell off, measuring the distance... How is this possible?

  As a scholar who revered ghosts and gods from afar, Fu Yi was also somewhat perplexed at this time.

  At such a great distance, Emperor Wuzong of Song unexpectedly didn't have any trouble. Is it true that the heavens are really protecting the Great Song?

  "Returning to Master Hui, it's true that she fell off the swing. Prince E is bold, and we smaller ones can't outdo him, so...so the swings are a bit high."

  Several gentlemen stopped and their eyes alternated between the fallen object and the swing.

  This... is really hard to explain, judging from their perspective. After all, the young master was still just a two or three year old child, not an adult, yet he managed to achieve something that even adults couldn't do without getting hurt at all.

  "Your Highness, are you sure everything is alright?"

  Seemingly concerned, actually dispelling doubts. Zhao Xi was very clear.

  "Returning to you, sir... I feel hungry."

  It can be considered as getting away with it. As for Empress Cao, or his old man, Zhao Xi didn't think it was too difficult to fool them, just these few people, to be honest, he could only pretend to be a good boy.

  He himself is just a doll.

  The imperial court of the Great Song is a leaky pot, and the harem of the Great Song is also a leaky pot. In just a few days, the whole capital city has already spread the news.

  "Your Majesty, outside there is already a play that has been made into a mistake of heaven and human error. The people are praising your virtues without end."

  Zhao Xi liked it when outsiders came, so he could hear some stories from the streets and truly understand what the Song Dynasty was like.

  Today, there has been a topic that has been discussed all along: The mistake of the rope is not the fault of man.

  People who were chatting would occasionally turn their heads and praise him a few words... It's really neither leaving nor staying.

  It turned out that Nangzi was leaning against the newcomer, her eyes smiling and narrowed... Today is her mother's arrival.

  When adults talk, especially women, Zhao Xi can't interrupt and some things need to be filtered.

  Zhao Xi didn't understand why the Emperor's father didn't stop the people from discussing, and also didn't understand why he didn't investigate how these words were spread.

  In feudal society, weren't there even cases of literary inquisition? How could they not care about public opinion?

  Wouldn't it be those husbands who spread it out on purpose?

  It's indeed possible, one is to add some popularity for the empress and the crown prince, two is to shift the attention of the people, so that the new policy can be implemented smoothly.

  Zhao Xi thought, and indeed there was such a possibility.

  Just as Zhao Xi had expected, neither the husbands nor his imperial father would let him off so easily.

  The Imperial City Guard specially dispatched some people to secretly investigate among the eunuchs and palace maids.

  "The official said that there were still no leads. Several days before the incident, just after the prince started playing on the swing, the suspect could not be found."

  "Someone checked all the swings in the backyard and they were all worn out, broken just these few days. Incompetence..."

  Yanfu Palace, Zhao Zhen furrowed his brow, listening to the report of old eunuch Chen Yang, and the worried look on his face became even more intense.

  "Has the night watchman of the Imperial City ever asked for news?"

  "Returned to the official residence and investigated one by one. They were all three to five people in the same position, and no one left alone during that time."

  "...the front hall..."

  "Returning to the official residence, the palace gate was locked at midnight, no important military or national affairs, and no one could enter the palace gate."

  It's obvious that the swing has been tampered with.

  Chen Yang's quick thinking in front of Prime Minister Li might not be able to deceive the prime minister, but it can prevent Zhao Xie from being tainted by such a shameful affair at a young age.

  But Zhao Zhen felt a deep sense of fear, having originally lived in such a fragile and vulnerable imperial palace!

  Zhao Zhen was reluctant to give up, but the Imperial City Patrol had been investigating for many days without any results. Was it really going to let the outer court intervene in palace affairs?

  It's enough for you to bear such shame yourself, no need to let the whole world mock together.

  Another compromise! Zhao Zhen felt like he had been compromising his whole life.

  "Dismantle all the swings in the Houyuan. Also, arrange for your people to keep a close eye on Prince E, there must be no mistakes!"

  What else can be done? Zhao Zhen being this emperor is really suffocating.