Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 102
Queli's eyes were alert, guarding Huo Qi like a fierce eagle, looking completely different from his usual ignorant and harmless look.He was about to draw out the sword from his waist, but before the sword could be unsheathed, Huo Qi held him back.

As soon as Huo Qi heard the voice, he knew who it was.When she turned her head and followed the prestige, the conjecture in her heart was immediately verified. With that elusive demeanor and domineering tone, there was no other person in this world except Shen Yuning.

Huo Qi breathed a sigh of relief, but frowned again.She took a serious look at Shen Yuning, and then suddenly turned her head to look at the jade statue for a moment, only to feel that something in her mind was about to burst out of the ground.

In the electric light and flint, that beautiful face gradually overlapped with that of Shen Yuning not far away.After being stunned for a moment, Huo Qi finally understood where the feeling of familiarity came from, because the eyebrows and eyebrows of that face were [-]-[-]% similar to Shen Yuning's.

An astonishing guess flashed through Huo Qi's mind.

As her mind wandered, Shen Yuning walked up to Jade Guanyin and looked at it seriously.Huo Qi turned his head to look at that handsome and flawless face under the fire light of Huo Zhezi, and saw that his face was neither sad nor happy, so he just looked at Yu Guanyin's face silently, and there was an imperceptible difficulty in his heart.She pursed her lips slightly and said, "Your Highness, this Jade Guanyin..."

"You guessed it right." Shen Yuning glanced at Huo Qi lightly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

Huo Qi's heart moved, this Jade Avalokitesvara really... was carved according to the appearance of Concubine Jing when she was young.

After confirming the identity of the face behind Yu Guanyin, she guessed the second prince's plan almost immediately.

No matter how stupid you are, you know that honoring the imperial concubine is a taboo in the palace. Emperor Xiaowen ordered the entire Jing'an Palace slaves to die. Over the years, anyone who dared to honor the imperial concubine in front of Emperor Xiaowen would be sentenced to death. Without exception.

If Emperor Xiaowen found out that he and the Empress Dowager were kneeling down to offer incense to the Guanyin statue that he had discarded as a noble concubine, he would not know how to be angry. How could he have the sense to find out who was right and who was wrong?
The emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses.When the Jade Guanyin incident comes to light, the first person to express his anger will be Huo Xian, the person who escorted the jade statue. The second thing will be to accuse Chen Dongrong, the cousin of the fifth prince.The final plan was to burn the fire on Shen Yuning's head.The harem has always emphasized the importance of sons to mothers, and if Emperor Xiaowen recalled the past again, from ancient times to the present, he might only become more disgusted with Shen Yuning's son.

"It kills three birds with one stone, including my eldest brother, the fifth prince, and your Highness." Huo Qi was frightened and angry, but his voice was colder than the dew on the leaves in the middle of the night, "I just don't know that Huang Zhongting took two How many advantages does the prince have, to dare to transfer Baoyu Guanyin in his own territory, and not afraid of His Majesty's troubles? If something happens, he, the young eunuch, may not be able to escape unscathed."

Huo Qi knew that since Shen Yuning came to Baotan Temple, he must know the whole story, so he didn't bother to go around in circles when he spoke, and brought this clumsy drama to the surface.

"People are always willing to take risks for the sake of huge interests." Shen Yuning took out a handkerchief and gently wiped Yu Guanyin's face, her tone was full of mockery, "He wants to board Shen Yuxian's big ship, why don't he pay some price? OK?"

"Is this why Your Highness came to Baotan Temple today?" Huo Qi frowned.

"Come to see a good show in advance, and I am not disappointed." Shen Yuning's eyes have moved from the jade statue to Huo Qi.

According to previous reports from his spies, Shen Yuxian has been busy digging holes for him since Shang Yuanye.First, he sent all the spies under his command to search for a piece of white marble, and then hired skilled craftsmen to carve it into the shape of Jade Guanyin, and sent it to Shaofu at night.Shen Yu has made such a big circle first, but he still wants to make a fuss about a person who has been dead for many years.

It's just that I'm not afraid to lift a rock and shoot myself in the foot.

The death of the mother and concubine back then was far from as simple as what outsiders saw. Using half-understood things to dig holes for others, in the final analysis, it was to find a place to bury her own bones.

This time he went to Baotan Temple to offer incense. As usual, he had to accompany Queen Mother Pei. He simply came a few days early to explore the temple. Unexpectedly, he learned that Huo Qi had followed Huo Xian to Baotan Temple, so he stopped by to see her. Unexpectedly, Huo Qi discovered the secret of the Jade Guanyin in advance.

Unexpected and reasonable.

She was a very shrewd person.

"I'm afraid there are still fish that slipped through the net." Shen Yuning closed the door of the iron carriage, leaned on the edge of the carriage and looked at Huo Qi with raised eyebrows.

Huo Qi met his gaze and naturally understood that Shen Yuning wanted to hear her opinion.She thought for a moment before saying: "When Concubine Jing passed away, the second prince was only five or six years old, so he must not be able to remember Concubine Jing's appearance. This jade statue looks so real, someone must have presented Concubine Jing's portrait to the second prince. . Nowadays, the only people in the palace who can remember the appearance of Concubine Jing are probably the old people in the palace."

"That's a good point." Shen Yuning's eyes signaled her to continue.

Huo Qi understood in his mind: "The senior empresses in the palace now have their own positions, and they will definitely not take such a big risk to help. The old eunuchs around His Majesty and the Second Prince cannot be won over. Then the only choice is He is someone close to the Queen Mother. Although this person is senior, his position is not very high. For example, Aunt Shang Gonglu, who is currently beside the Queen Mother, would not do such stupid things, otherwise she would not be able to hide it from the Queen Mother’s discernment. "

"If you are not a daughter, you might as well go to the court and become a minister. There are many people with great reputations, but their talents are far inferior to yours." Shen Yuning gave her an appreciative look.

Shen Yuning's words were not a deliberate compliment, nor a condescending comment on Huo Qi, but a heartfelt appreciation, just like he admired some of his counselors.

Those old men who occupied the imperial court of Da Qi had grown a few years, but their talents had not increased at all. They had only learned the official style of cheating and cheating, and now they held great power.But if we really care about talent, learning and wisdom, she is far inferior to this little girl in the eyes of the world.

After hearing this, Huo Qi was not ashamed or happy, but was slightly stunned.

In her last life, she married Yuan Shao step by step. The two had a strong relationship at the beginning, and there were times when they raised eyebrows.Once she saw Yuan Shao worried about government affairs, she asked Yuan Shao to talk to her about these troubles, and maybe she could help him out.

But how did Yuan Shao answer her?
What he said at that time was that you could just stay in the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion as the noble concubine and give birth to the heir apparent safely.I don't want you to worry about these external worries, and you don't need to worry about them either.

Yuan Shao never hesitated to praise her.But Yuan Shao always praised her for her outstanding appearance, and many people envied him for marrying such a beautiful wife.He praised her for being born into a noble family and having a noble status, and that she was born to enjoy happiness and wealth.But it seems that he has never said anything like Shen Yuning.Yuan Shao's expectations for her have always been for a perfect wife, but never for Huo Qi.

Shen Yuning seemed a little dissatisfied when he saw her lost in thought. He leaned forward with his tall body and waved his hand in front of her eyes.

Huo Qi recovered from the past and shook his head mockingly.She turned all those innocuous emotions into a faint smile on the corner of her lips, as if nothing had happened: "I'm afraid it's too late to get the jade statue back now."

"How about that?" Shen Yuning raised his eyebrows.

"Then why not destroy it in public." Huo Qi's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning.

(End of this chapter)