Jingmen Fengyue

Chapter 690: Face Saint (2)
Xie Fanghua remembered her previous life and stopped talking.

The carriage slowly arrived at the gate of the palace.

At this time, the palace gate happened to be wide open, Wu Quan came out from the palace gate, saw Xie's carriage, he was stunned for a moment, and stepped forward, "The miscellaneous family just got the news that the old lady of Xie's Rice Grain has gone. I thought Miss Fanghua would stay in Xie's Rice Grain for a long time, but I didn't expect to enter the palace so soon!"

Xie Mohan opened the curtain, looked at Wu Quan, "Grandfather, are you going to Xie's Rice Grain?"

"Originally the emperor wanted to send this old slave to Xie's Rice Grain to have a look. Now that Miss Fanghua has entered the palace, the old slave will take Miss Fanghua to see the Emperor first, and then go out of the palace to Xie's Rice Grain later." Wu Quan said.

Xie Mohan nodded, and asked Xie Fanghua softly, "Shall I accompany you into the palace?"

Xie Fanghua shook her head and got out of the carriage slowly.

"Since there is a father-in-law leading my sister-in-law into the palace, I will wait for her at the palace gate, please trouble my father-in-law to take care of my sister-in-law." Xie Mohan cupped his hands to Eunuch Wu.

"Don't worry, Mr. Xie! This old servant will definitely take good care of Miss Fanghua! The emperor just met Miss Fanghua and asked about Linfen Bridge and the Fourth Prince. It's nothing serious, don't worry!" Wu Quan said in a low voice.

Xie Mohan nodded, feeling a little relieved.

After getting off the carriage, Xie Fanghua stood at the entrance of the palace and looked at the palace gate for a while, then followed Wu Quan into the palace.

The palace in spring is solemn and solemn, with a faint fragrance of pollen.

Wu Quan led Xie Fanghua inside, while explaining to her, "The emperor just got off the morning court, and he is waiting for you at Lingque Terrace."

"Is there anyone else here?" Xie Fanghua nodded and asked when she saw that she was heading towards Lingque Terrace.

"Originally, the emperor wanted to summon you first after the morning court, but because you went to Xie's Rice Grain, the emperor sent someone to call Qin Hao, the eldest son of Prince Ying's residence. When Zajia first came out, the eldest son Qin was talking with the emperor. Tell me about going out to suppress the bandits this time." Wu Quan continued, "This time, the eldest son has made a small contribution, exterminating the bandits on three hills, killing three bandit leaders, and confiscating more than 1000 people. .In the future, the capital will have a radius of two hundred miles, and it will be peaceful for a long time."

Xie Fanghua thought about Qin Hao's posture when he returned to the city last night, and was noncommittal.

Not long after, the two came to Lingque Terrace.

Wu Quan went in first to report, and after a while, he came out and said to Xie Fanghua, "In addition to the eldest son Qin Hao, Prince Ying is also here. He should have just arrived not long ago. Your Majesty invites you in."

Xie Fanghua nodded, and slowly walked into the Lingque Terrace.

A month ago, on the New Year's Eve at Lingque Terrace, Qin Zheng forced the emperor to order a marriage here.At that time, Lingque Terrace still had Xiao Liang who had just passed the winter.Today's typhoon Lingque is warm and sunny.

The emperor wore a bright yellow dragon robe and sat at the head of the throne, and the Prince of England sat at the bottom in a court dress.Qin Hao sat a little far away from the two of them, and he was indeed reporting the situation of the bandits.

Seeing Xie Fanghua come in, Qin Hao stopped talking, and both the emperor and Prince Ying looked at her.

Xie Fanghua greeted the emperor and Prince Ying.

As soon as she bent her knees, the emperor waved his hands and said kindly, "Girl Hua, excuse me!"

Xie Fanghua straightened up slowly.

The emperor ordered Wu Quan to show Xie Fanghua a seat.

Wu Quan hurriedly invited Xie Fanghua to sit in the lower seat of Prince Ying, two ranks higher than Qin Hao.

Xie Fanghua thanked her and sat down slowly.

"Hua girl's complexion is still as bad as before! I heard that you just came out from Mrs. Xie's Rice Grain?" The emperor looked at Xie Fanghua, and found that she still looked weak, her complexion was pale, and she didn't look much like when she was seriously ill. Different, "The old lady of Xie's Rice Grain passed away?"

Xie Fanghua nodded.

"For so many years, Xie's Rice Grain and Zhongyonghou's Mansion seem to be alienated, but they are blood relatives. Once something happens, they are still a family." The emperor said something, "I heard that the old Marquis and Xie Shizi Went to Xie Shi Rice Grain?"

Xie Fanghua thought about not seeing each other for many days. The emperor was not anxious, upset and furious because the fourth prince Qin Yu was assassinated when he returned to Beijing, and the century-old ancient bridge was blown up. Thinking that the emperor is the emperor after all, the emperor has the ability to be immovable.Of course, apart from Qin Zheng being able to make him jump off the table in anger, I am afraid that there is nothing major that can make him angry. Thinking of Qin Zheng, he remembered what the old lady said.She restrained her thoughts and said lightly, "The emperor is right. After all, Xie with the same surname is a descendant of an ancestor. Ordinarily, it looks distant. Once something happens, you still have to rely on the family. Not only the Xie family, but also the Qin family. That's it. I heard that King Yuqian and the two young masters are going to Beijing soon, and they brought a lot of birthday presents. Although King Yuqian is far away in Lingnan and hasn't seen the emperor for many years, the brotherhood has never been forgotten."

The emperor was taken aback, but he didn't expect Xie Fanghua to mention King Yuqian, and used Qin and Xie as metaphors to refute him.

"My grandfather and elder brother rushed to Xie's Rice Grain when they heard that the old lady was still alive. Unfortunately, when they arrived at the gate of Xie's Rice Grain, they heard that the old lady had gone. Grandpa and elder brother were sad I couldn't bear to see you again, so I went back home." Xie Fanghua said again.

"In these years, Mrs. Xie's old lady has been ill for a long time and has not been out of the house. Hua girl, you have also stayed behind closed doors. I heard from Wu Quan that the old lady wanted to see you on her deathbed. I am very surprised! She has many grandchildren, why? I just want to see you?" The emperor didn't seem to be upset by Xie Fanghua's metaphor just now.

Xie Fanghua smiled faintly, "She has quite a few grandchildren, but I am the only young lady in the Zhongyonghou Mansion. Because Brother Yunlan was the one who invited me back to Beijing after a long time, she has always missed her grandson, and she was able to meet her at the end of her life. In order to thank me, he also wanted to meet me. This is not too strange. After all, brother Yunlan has always been close to his brothers and sisters, and he is more close to me. No one can persuade him except me. Tell me, remind me more in the future Brother Yunlan's withdrawn temperament."

"Is that so?" The emperor didn't quite believe it.

Xie Fanghua smiled and asked, "What else could it be? What do you think the emperor should be?"

The emperor choked when he was asked, he didn't think it was that simple, but he couldn't come up with it for a while, and turned his head to look at Prince Ying in embarrassment, "Brother Wang, why do you think this girl speaks so eloquently? I was stunned for a while." I was taken aback."

Prince Ying looked at Xie Fanghua twice and smiled, "Your Majesty, don't think that Hua girl has been seriously ill for many years. She is weak in body and bones, and she is weak. That's wrong! Think about her mother back then, and think about her aunt Xie Fanghua back then. Feng! Xie's women and daughters are all eloquent and don't suffer."

The emperor laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Yes, I'm not surprised when Brother Wang said that! It's true! I was fooled by her lingering illness for so many years, but I forgot about it."

Xie Fanghua lowered her head and refused to talk to them.

"Okay, let's talk some gossip. I called you here today to ask you about the situation of Linfen Bridge. I heard that the fourth prince did not go with the team welcoming the imperial court, but sent you back to Beijing with Xie Yunlan The team left together. But why did the news leak out? What happened halfway?” The emperor corrected.

"I don't know why the news leaked!" Xie Fanghua shook his head, "Perhaps those people are not trying to murder the Fourth Prince, but it's just that the Fourth Prince is unlucky, and it's just that Brother Yunlan and I have suffered."

The emperor let out a "huh", "Where did you start talking about this?"

"Your Majesty, you will not forget the fire at the Fafo Temple! At that time, someone assassinated me, and the room where I was staying was even entered by an assassin." Xie Fanghua stated calmly, "Later Qin Zheng thought I was in good health, and dragged me out. Jing went to Pingyang City to watch the lanterns, met assassins from the Killer Gate, met someone who secretly shot sniper arrows, and someone who planted poisonous scorpions in the inn. Later, I moved to Brother Yunlan's place and was under his care, so I calmed down for a few days After that, I became homesick. On the way back to Beijing, someone blew up the bridge with a large amount of earthen explosives, and sent a large number of killers to assassinate me. I always wondered, who did I offend? Someone insisted on my death !"

The emperor frowned, "Girl Hua, are you sure someone is trying to kill you?"

"In the past, I didn't feel that I had anything worthy of being harmed behind my back. Now all these incidents happened when I was around. Although they didn't hurt me, they implicated the people around me. I That's when I realized that the matter might be more serious than I thought. Someone really wanted my life." Xie Fanghua was thinking about it earlier, instead of asking the emperor to drag Qin Yu to ask her, so as not to be full of loopholes, then It's better to take it all on yourself, which is also reasonable.Naturally, Concubine Liu and Liu Shi were also dismissed, after all, they were aiming at her, which was not in line with their motives.

The emperor frowned even tighter, "I received urgent calls from Li Meng, the commander of Linfen Town, and Zhang Kun, the commander of Qifeng City, saying that someone killed the fourth prince, so they blew up the ancient bridge. It's completely different from what you said. no the same."

Xie Fanghua also frowned, "All I know is that someone wants to use me to deal with the Zhongyonghou Mansion, and the Fourth Prince was implicated by me. As for the [-]-mile rush of the commanding troops of Linfen Town and Qifeng City, forgive me, a woman, really I can't figure out why they said they harmed the fourth prince. After all, along the way, the fourth prince followed the team pretending to be a female family member, and did not leak any information."

The emperor fell silent when he heard the words. As the Son of Heaven, although he was sitting in the palace, he was not really closed.He would be a fool if he didn't know about the struggle between the empress and the concubines of the two palaces, the fourth prince and the two princes, and the empress' mother clan and the Liu family and the Shen family.He is not fit to be the emperor anymore.But what he didn't expect was that Xie Fanghua had embraced himself and the Zhongyonghoufu, making him want to get something out of her mouth, but he couldn't at all.He felt a little depressed, for so many years, he had really neglected and underestimated this young lady who was raised in a deep boudoir.

Seeing that the emperor was silent, Prince Ying looked at Xie Fanghua and asked peacefully, "Girl Hua, where is that brat Qin Zheng? Why didn't he come back with you?"

Xie Fanghua lowered his head, bit his lips, and lowered his voice slightly, "I heard that the Fourth Prince was passing by Pingyang City when he returned to Beijing. I was curious and wanted to see what the legendary Fourth Prince looked like. Having him is not enough, I have to go to Qin Muchu to yearn for the fourth prince..." After a pause, seeing the emperor look up, she said aggrievedly, "He left me and went to live in the Pingyang county guard's mansion, and I was picked up by brother Yunlan Went to his mansion. After hearing that the fourth prince had arrived in Yancheng, he immediately went to Yancheng to find trouble with the fourth prince. I was homesick, so I asked Brother Yunlan to send me back to Beijing."

"You bastard!" Prince Ying cursed after hearing this.

"It's not a day or two for him to be a bastard!" The emperor smiled, and said to Xie Fanghua, "I don't think it's a good idea to give you a marriage to him. Now that you have suffered such grievances, I can't ignore them. I How about canceling your engagement?"

(End of this chapter)