Yijuan cloud

Chapter 122
Mrs. Xu was originally very excited and resentful of me. Seeing that I was dumbfounded, she sneered and spoke in a calm voice, word for word: "There is something more interesting. When Tang Shou had an accident, , Cao Junlei took the initiative to request an order to go to the northern border to investigate. At that time, she didn’t think anything of it. Moreover, I was angry that the eunuch was harming Xianggui, so she asked my father to also read Tang Shou’s book. I forgot that you were guarding the office at that time, Tang. If Shou falls, won't you be fine?"

"Now that I think about it, Tang Shou behaved erratically. It's not just two days a day. Why did someone take part in his rape and humiliation as a talent show girl at that time?"

At this point, she suddenly stopped talking and frowned, as if she was trying her best to endure something.

I think she must be thinking about the turbulent changes involving powerful officials in the DPRK. Is it related to my being in the garrison office?
If this is true, the thoughts and plans here are really as deep as the mountains and the ocean...

Is it Cao Junlei's plan?Or is it the arrangement of the prince?

At that time, Xianggui often sent messages to the Xu family in Beijing. The Xu family must have known that the prince treated me with great respect and even asked me to be his personal maid. Therefore, when the Xu family disguised herself as a maid and went to the north to visit the seriously injured prince, I am very annoyed that I have a bad mind and an unruly attitude.

She stayed with the prince all night, and when it got light, she had to stay away. However, she didn't even take a break, so she came to lecture me and ordered me to return to the capital with her. She also refused to allow me to step out of the house for a few days before returning to the capital. .

At this moment, she may have thought of that or what the prince was thinking, and the pain in her heart must have reached the extreme...

She married Prince Yi not because of family interests and other factors, nor was she involuntarily like Cao Yingshan. She chose the person herself, just because of Prince Yi, but in the end she was careless and ruthless.

I was also surprised, confused, bitter and sweet, I didn’t know what it felt like.

I also thought that at that time, Prince Yi had just woken up from a serious injury and had no strength to speak. How could he plan this?

I whispered: "Cao Junlei is the emperor's personal soldier and serves in the Jinyi Guard. It is his duty to investigate and deal with Tang Shouyuan. The emperor trusts him and it is appropriate to order him to go."

"Yesterday, the county of Yangzhou that was the first to report Tang Shou could not bear the punishment and confessed, saying that Zhang Guan, the prefect, encouraged him to report, saying that if the report was meritorious, the emperor would reward him based on his merits. Zhang Guan was Ma's brother-in-law who participated in politics, and Cao Junlei is the son-in-law of Chenglong who participates in politics!"

After Mrs. Xu said sternly, she smiled instead. Her dimples on her cheeks were very sweet, but under the dim light, her eyes flashed brightly: "He really values ​​you."

I couldn't bear it, lowered my eyes and said: "This matter is of great importance, how could these things happen because of a woman like me?" "Cao Junlei would not do it for you, but he couldn't stand the prince's entrustment. I didn't believe that the prince and Cao Junlei formed a party for personal gain. , but even now I have to believe it.”

"Since you came to Beijing, the prince has often gone to see you for private meetings. I asked someone to follow you so that he could know when he went to see you and how long he had been with you." She shook her head and smiled bitterly:

"The people who followed came back and said that the prince often likes to eat at Yipinju. I also thought that the food there was so good that I ordered people to buy it and eat it. Unexpectedly, there was something else."

"After the emperor became suspicious, he sent his personal guards to follow him. He found that both the prince and Cao Junlei liked to go to that restaurant, both front and back. Of course, Yipinju is a famous restaurant in the city, and there are many dignitaries and nobles who go there to eat, but who The prince is under suspicion, and the bodyguard found a roll of oil paper in the anchovies he was going to serve to the prince today."

I was suddenly startled and tried my best to recall the scene when I went to Yipinju for dinner with him at noon.

The waiter brought the anchovies over. He smiled, raised his chopsticks, gently picked up the fish's lips and placed it on my plate. Then he also picked up the fish and ate it himself.

The anchovy was really delicious, but after eating it for a while, although his interest was not as high as before, there was nothing unusual about it.

"What's written in it?" I asked in shock, suddenly breaking out in sweat.

Mrs. Xu also looked sad: "It's just a line from Cao Mengde's poem, and it's not a treasonous statement. If I really have to say it, it's just a matter of ambition. I don't understand why they act like this. Officials in the DPRK and the Central Government form a clique." It's normal for Pai Yuan to do this, but they are just trying to help each other, but the emperor thinks it is treason, and he will never let it go."

She looked at me: "I begged in every possible way. When I wanted to marry the prince, my father said that I could marry anyone, but I couldn't marry King Yi. He said that the late emperor loved him the most."

"The emperor stood out among several princes, and climbed to the throne after going through many difficulties and dangers. He treated the prince on the surface with kindness, but in fact he had many scruples in his heart. A prince who was on guard could not give me a stable life at all. After hearing this, I became even more worried. I feel sorry for him, and I selfishly thought that my Xu family might be able to help him, and I have been asking my father to help him and mediate for him in front of the emperor, but I took all precautions, but a monster like you came out!"

I remained silent for a long time before saying: "If the sun and moon travel out of it, the stars will be brilliant. If they go out of it, but this sentence?"

(End of this chapter)