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This time, LiZong celebrated his 60th birthday.

In addition, there is no war now, so his birthday is quite grand, presided over by the prime minister Jia Sidao.

All civil and military officials, dressed in auspicious clothes, took their wives to pay homage to Emperor LiZong and empress Jia Sidao.

After the ceremony, everyone sat in their own place according to their own arrangements.

After the banquet, the host stands up and drinks.

He first bowed to Emperor LiZong, then said, "ministers, you see, there is a stage in front of him."

According to the prime minister Jia Sidao, the stage is built for the Zaju performed by Zhao Yong, the eldest son of Han Wang, and Zhao Yi, the son of Rong Wang.

After the introduction, Zhao Yong, the eldest son of King Han, and Rong Wang's son also got up and once again congratulated emperor LiZong on his birthday.

Emperor LiZong thought that the emperors in front of him were often chased by the powerful enemies in the north, and they often did not live in peace. After he ascended the throne, although there were some major events, they were all in danger.

Up to now, he is very happy to have his 60th birthday here.

Emperor LiZong waved his hand to show that Zhao Yong, the son of King Han, and Zhao Zhen, the son of King Rong, both got up from their knees.

He said, "I'm glad to know your filial piety."

"Jia Aiqing, who started today's Zaju first?" He asked again.

The Prime Minister of Jia Sidao replied, "I have not decided yet. I am going to ask you to decide for yourself."

"I ask you two, which of you would like to perform first?" After listening to the words of prime minister Jia Sidao, Emperor LiZong asked Zhao Yong and Zhao Yidao.

Zhao Yong and Zhao Yi, the two little princes, naturally want to start their own drama performances in order to be in the limelight.

After listening to Emperor LiZong's question, they all vied to perform first.

Seeing the two people arguing endlessly, Emperor LiZong asked, "Jia Aiqing, you are the host of today's banquet. In your opinion, how should this matter be arranged?"

He put the problem on Prime Minister Jia Sidao.

It's hard for me to think about Jia Sidao.

As is known to all, he supported the son of King Rong Zhao. At this time, if he supported the son of King Rong Zhao to perform his plays first, Zhao Yong, the eldest son of King Han, would surely say that he was faking the public for personal gain.

In such a public place, Prime Minister Jia Sidao does not want to give others a handle.

But if Zhao Yong, the eldest son of Han Wang, is allowed to play first, he will feel that he has no face.

Seeing that Jia Sidao didn't speak, the emperor of LiZong asked, "how can this matter embarrass you, Jia Aiqing?"

"Your Majesty, these two are the sons of the royal family. Although the old minister is the prime minister, he is indeed a foreign minister. In fact, it is up to the emperor to decide such a thing." The prime minister replied.

After hearing this, Emperor LiZong of the great song dynasty pointed to Prime Minister Jia Sidao and said with a smile, "I have heard that Jia Aiqing is a crafty man. Today, it seems that he is a bit of a fool."

"I kicked the ball to you, but you kicked it back." He added.

Prime Minister Jia Sidao said, "I'm incompetent. Please forgive me!"

"Ai Qing, you don't have to take it seriously. I'm just joking with you. How can you be punished for this?" Li Zong emperor road.

He added: "since Zhao Yong and Zhao Zhen both want to be the first to perform, it's up to them to draw lots."

After that, Emperor LiZong ordered people to write one and two on the pen and paper.

After writing, he crumpled the two pieces of paper into paper balls, threw them on the ground and said to Zhao Yong and Zhao Yi, "you pick up a paper ball respectively. If you pick up a paper ball with one, you will perform the first performance. If you pick up a paper ball with two, you will perform the second performance."

"Honor the decree!" After listening to Emperor LiZong's saying this method, they naturally said that they would comply and replied.

Pick up the paper and open them separately.

Zhao Xi, the son of King Rong, cried out happily: "my performance is the first one!"

There is no suspense. The paper ball picked up by Zhao Yong, the eldest son of the Han Wang family, is written in two words.

Seeing that Zhao Yong, the eldest son of the king of Han, was a little disappointed, Emperor LiZong comforted Zhao Yong, the eldest son of the king of Han, in order to take care of the face of the house of the king of Han, and said: "the second performance is also very good, so you have more time to prepare."

"You are right, my Lord." Zhao Yong bowed and replied.

Zhao Yi, the eldest son of King Rong, is a member of the official family.

This drama has been practiced for a long time. It's said that it will start immediately.

This is the birthday of emperor LiZong. Naturally, they performed the song of blessing. In order to please emperor LiZong, they played it with great care.

The emperor li Zong and the ministers under the stage all looked at the cheers.

After Rong Wang's beloved son finished performing, it was Zhao Yong, the eldest son of Han Wang.

The troupe is from the folk, and the troupe is from the family. After reading it, LiZong and his ministers thought it had a special flavor.For these two plays, Emperor LiZong was not biased.

The emperor LiZong awarded five hundred taels of gold for each performance.

In order to perform this drama, Zhao Yi of the Rong Wang family and Zhao Yong, the eldest son of Han Wang, both put on elaborate makeup.

Now that the drama is finished, I will naturally take off my make-up and come back to see emperor LiZong, Shane.

But it's strange that Zhao Yong and Zhao Zhen, who had been waiting outside for a long time, still didn't come out.

Seeing emperor LiZong and others a little impatient, Prime Minister Jia Sidao, as the host of the birthday banquet, went to the place where the two princes took off their make-up.

Unexpectedly, the place where the two princes removed their make-up was empty.

The prime minister, Jia Sidao, was so surprised that he asked his subordinates how this happened.

According to the next people's report, originally, the two princes' makeup removal was done by special people, but the two princes insisted that they should do it by themselves.

Naturally, people did not dare to insist, so they let the two princes close the door to remove their make-up.

But they just wait outside the door and dare not enter.

After listening to their report, Prime Minister Jia Sidao ordered people to look around, but he didn't even see Zhao Yong and Zhao Yi.

Now he was a little worried and did not dare to neglect. He immediately reported the matter to Emperor LiZong.

Emperor LiZong said to himself, "I just announced that Zhao Yong and Zhao Zhen were candidates for the crown prince. Today, they finished their drama, but they disappeared. Did someone hurt them?"

"My Lord, the most urgent thing is to find the two princes as soon as possible. Please give us the imperial edict and close the palace gate." Minister of the Ministry of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, played.

After hearing the imperial eunuch's order, Dong Shangxiang immediately sent him back to the imperial palace.

"Wen Aiqing, you are the Minister of the Ministry of punishment. In your opinion, how did Zhao Yong and Zhao Zhen disappear without any reason?" He asked.

When such a thing happened suddenly, the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, was also at a loss.

He suddenly thought of Xin Youxuan and Hongyin, who came to see the birthday party. He said, "how knowledgeable these two people are, maybe they can solve this case."

"My Lord, today you have invited Young Master Xin of Huangshan school and the wise lady Hongyin. They have worked together to solve strange cases. Why don't you ask them?" He played to Emperor LiZong.

As soon as he said this, Emperor LiZong remembered, and asked Xin Youxuan and the wise master to come to him.

Two big living people suddenly disappeared. For Hongyin, a wise master who has always been good, she can't sit down for a long time, but Xin Youxuan thinks it happened in the imperial palace. Maybe it's a big surprise. He tells Hongyin not to act rashly and to sit there obediently.

Knowing that emperor LiZong invited them, Xin Youxuan and the wise man got up and came to Emperor LiZong to salute him.

"Mr. Xin, miss Hongyin, I originally invited you to my birthday party to have a good drink, but I'm really sorry for this Emperor LiZong was very polite to the two people.

Don't wait for Xin Youxuan to reply, this wisdom venerable red Yin asks a way: "Your Majesty, you are welcome."

"Do you want me and my brother Youxuan to investigate the two missing princes for you first?" She asked again.

After listening to this, Emperor LiZong praised: "miss Hongyin, you are so smart. You are the one who can guess my mind."

"Such a strange case, in fact, only the girl and Mr. Xin can find out. If it's someone else, I'm afraid it's very difficult to do it." In order to make them work hard for themselves, Emperor LiZong praised them.

After hearing this, the wise master Hong Yin was a little bit old and said, "of course, no one dares to take over such strange cases if the master and my brother Youxuan don't do it."

Seeing that she was a little proud, Hong Yin, the wise master standing beside her, quickly pulled her sleeve to remind her.

After doing this, Xin Youxuan asked, "my Lord, we are just grass-roots people. It's not appropriate for us to investigate such important matters, right?"

"My Lord, I think that Mr. Xin is very right. It's really a bit inappropriate for him and miss Hongyin to take charge of the investigation." Before the emperor LiZong answered, the prime minister Jia Sidao took the lead.

Prime Minister Jia Sidao felt that Xin Youxuan and Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of the Ministry of punishment, were very close to each other, and they were rivals.

Zhao Yong and Zhao Yi, who were missing this time, were supported by Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, and by himself.

If Xin Youxuan and his wife Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of the Ministry of punishment, have reached some kind of behind the scenes deal, and have some hands and feet in the investigation of their missing cases, it is very likely that it will do harm to Zhao Yi, the little prince of the Rong family, who they support.

As a matter of fact, Jia Sidao is just a villain, a gentleman, and Xin Youxuan. Even if he doesn't like the little prince Zhao of Rongwang family, he won't do such a dirty thing.Emperor LiZong has always attached great importance to the words of prime minister Jia Sidao. Hearing what he said, he asked, "Jia Aiqing, why do you think so?"

"It's more appropriate for the royal family to be involved in this matter. It's a case jointly handled by the important officials of the imperial court and the elders of the imperial clan." Jia Sidao, Prime Minister.

Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, said, "when I set out to play the sacred, I thought what Jia Xiang said was wrong."

"What's wrong with what Jia Aiqing said?" Emperor LiZong asked.

Lord Wen Tianxiang, Secretary of the Ministry of punishment, replied: "if someone in the royal family has broken the law, it's really good to do it according to Jia Xiang's idea. But now it's not the royal family who has broken the law, but someone in the royal family has disappeared."

"In the view of ministers, it should be for the most competent people to investigate the matter, not necessarily for the important officials of the imperial court and the elders in the royal family to investigate the matter, as Jia Xiang said." He added.

After hearing this, Prime Minister Jia Sidao argued, "Mr. Wen, how do you know that there are no royal people involved in breaking the law?"

"Do you have any evidence, Lord Wen?" He asked again.

Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, said: "Jia Xiang, you are changing the concept. What we are discussing now is the disappearance of the two princes, not whether there is a crime in the royal family."

"You, Mr. Jia Xiang, have no evidence to prove that people in the royal family have committed crimes, have you?" She asked again.

Premier Jia Sidao asked: "Lord Wen, if you don't investigate, how can you know that no one in the royal family is involved in breaking the law?"

"It's all sophistry." After hearing his words, the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, said.

Prime Minister Jia Sidao said: "you know, the two candidates for the crown prince who were appointed by the emperor not long ago are missing. It's hard to guarantee that those people with ulterior motives in the royal family secretly framed the eldest son of Rong Wang and Han Wang's family in order to become the crown prince."

"According to Jia Xiang, after the disappearance of the two princes today, you think that those who meet the requirements of the crown prince are questionable?" The Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, asked.

At this time, if Prime Minister Jia Sidao admitted what Minister Wen Tianxiang said, it would be tantamount to offending many of the royal family's children.

With the clever head of prime minister Jia Sidao, he certainly will not follow the idea of Minister Wen Tianxiang of the Ministry of punishment.

He said immediately, "Mr. Wen, the prime minister is now discussing the case with you, not how the royal family is."

"Jia Xiang, don't quibble. That's what you just said." Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment.

Prime Minister Jia Sidao said, "Mr. Wen, you are just trying to add to the crime."

"The Lord is here. We heard what he said just now. With the wisdom of the Lord, he will be cheated by you, Wen Tianxiang?" Jia Sidao asked again.

Emperor LiZong said, "you two are my ministers. You are both for me. Don't quarrel."

"This matter will be investigated by Mr. Xin and miss Hongyin first. If there is no result, let others handle it." He added.