Nong Hua Makeup
Chapter 84 The rain is coming
Chapter 84 The rain is coming
The queen sat on the top and looked at her kneeling on the ground for a long while before she couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Jiacai, you have been in the harem for many years anyway. Is it possible that this palace is so in your eyes?" Stupid? Believe you, didn’t I push myself to a dead end.” After the queen finished speaking, she coldly glanced at Yun Jiang on the side, and said coldly: “What are you still doing in a daze? The talented man is serving in the palace of the honorable man, and you send him back in person, and tell the honorable man exactly what Cai said just now!"
Jiacai knelt on the ground, raised his head in surprise, and only realized he was careless when he saw the empress' indifferent eyes.The queen is indeed difficult to deal with, and today's situation, I'm afraid it hasn't pushed her into a desperate situation at all.
She didn't argue, she followed the rules, then stood up and looked at the queen with a smile: "Since the empress doesn't believe in the concubine, the concubine doesn't dare to speak too much, the concubine will leave."
The queen didn't respond to her indifferently, Yun Jiang immediately went up to look at Jia Cairen, and led her out, then the queen raised her hand and overturned the teacup on the table, revealing all the anger she had hidden just now, with a gloomy face .
outside the palace.
The queen's matter is fermenting. Even if Zhao Kan didn't take her life, he will spare no effort to destroy her, a famous queen, this time.
In Xu's mansion, Doctor Lu stroked his beard after checking Lin Jinhua's pulse, and said meaningfully: "She should have taken the antidote long ago, so even if the arrow is poisonous, it has not yet penetrated into the body. Clean up the wound, and decoct a few medicines."
"Then there will be Lord Laulu." Xu Boshan said gratefully.
Doctor Lu looked at Lin Jinhua, who was lying pale and sleeping on the bed, with a smile on his face: "This is a trivial matter. When Miss Lin wakes up, I would like to ask her about her antidote. What is it?" After speaking, he looked at the poisoned arrow that was placed on the tray and taken out from her shoulder, the blood stained on it had turned black, showing that the poison was strong, and she was actually fine.
Doctor Lu took a look, and then followed Xu Boshan outside to prescribe medicine.
In the room, Mrs. Xu's eyes were red, and when she saw Xu Chengqing standing on the side, she wanted to twist his ears: "How can you let Jinhua go to the mountain alone? Fortunately, the guards of Prince Ning's Mansion are working nearby this time, otherwise the consequences Unbelievable."
"Yes, my son knows his mistake." Xu Chengqing stood on one side, seeing Lin Jinyu suffering such a serious injury, and felt extremely guilty.
Seeing that Lin Jinhua was always awake, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't hold back his tears any longer. He lay down beside the bed and began to cry: "It would be great if I went with you at that time..."
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Xu only sighed.Thinking of today when Mo Xue suddenly came back with the injured Lin Jinhua, she felt something was wrong.They obviously only said to watch the dragon boat race, why did Jinhua go to the mountain?Moreover, she was shot by an arrow, and Mo Xue also had many scars on her body.
"Okay, don't cry, let her rest for a while." Mrs. Xu took Xu Zhaozhao's hand, glared at Xu Chengqing again, and then led everyone down.
Mo Xue didn't dare to come to the bed until they left.
Zhao Huaiyan came out from the dark, walked to the bed, looked at the person who was still sleeping, feeling very cold all over.
Mo Xue retreated to the side and said softly: "My lord, this matter about the empress may have something to do with King Jing. When this servant heard the man talking to the young lady, it was King Jing's voice."
"This king knows it's him." Zhao Huaiyan finished speaking indifferently, looked at the person on the bed, and said, "But the Empress Dowager didn't seem to listen to what this king said, nor did she take care of Hua'er for this king." He was in the forest It was the one who saw the queen clearly blocking the arrow with Jinhua as a shield.
Mo Xue didn't dare to respond, because she felt that the prince was afraid that he was going to get angry with the empress.
Just as he was talking, Mo Feng came in from the outside and also brought news.
"My lord, the empress has sent a letter to the palace, summoning you to return to Beijing immediately." Mo Feng said, at this moment, in the eyes of outsiders, the lord should still be at the border.
"Don't worry about her." Zhao Huaiyan stood up, her heart was already full of anger: "I tell you, don't help her with this matter."
"But that's the case, if the Queen's Empress is not able to secure her position, it will be affected. Wouldn't that be a loss to you, my lord..."
"This king has never wanted this world." Zhao Huaiyan glanced at her indifferently, then turned to look at Lin Jinhua, seeing that her eyes were tightly closed, as if she was very nervous even in her dream.
He clenched his fists tightly, and only ordered: "Take care of Hua'er." After finishing speaking, he walked away.
Mo Feng and Mo Xue looked at each other, but they didn't dare to mention that Zhao Huaiyan's serious injury was still unhealed, and he could only hope that Lin Jinhua would wake up sooner.
After Zhao Huaiyan left the Xu residence, Gao Zhi was already waiting outside, seeing him coming out, he immediately had someone drive a carriage to him, and said: "My lord."
"Ready?"
"Yes." Gao Zhi nodded.He understood the prince's temper, once he made a decision, he would not change it easily, so he stopped persuading him.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Huaiyan stepped into the carriage directly.
Gao Jie looked around and saw no one, so he put on the veil cap and drove the carriage forward.
In Pingxi Palace.
Pingxi Wang and his wife were shocked when they learned about the Puji Temple.
In the study, Princess Pingxi looked at King Pingxi worriedly and said: "My lord, King Ning is thousands of miles away. Even if he can go back immediately, he may not be able to arrive in a while. Now that the people are full of complaints, the emperor is afraid that he will really come back this time." Make a tough move."
"No one thought that those people would dare to plan to go to Puji Temple, and even bribed the guards around the queen. Most of those people are also fake, but the reputation of bloodshed and killing innocent people has already spread. The matter of Gu worms is now on the empress's head, if no one comes to take the blame, the empress may really have an accident." King Pingxi also sighed, but after much deliberation, who can be the scapegoat?Ordinary people definitely can't. If it wasn't someone with a high position and authority, who would have the ability to arrange the overall situation?The emperor will not believe it either.
After much deliberation, King Pingxi took a deep look at Princess Pingxi: "I'm afraid it's better for us to protect ourselves wisely, otherwise, if we get involved, it will be a catastrophe for Pingxi Palace."
Concubine Pingxi was more thoughtful, she thought about it, and looked at him: "Why don't you tell the empress this method, let her find someone to take the blame..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then heard the butler rushing over: "My lord and concubine, the Library Pavilion was burned."
"What!" King Pingxi stood up abruptly. Apart from the thousands of books that came out of the library, the most important thing was the evidence he had collected over the years from various officials secretly communicating with him. The peace talisman!
King Pingxi took a few steps to the door and opened it. Seeing the butler trembling, he said coldly, "How could it be on fire?"
"The slaves don't know that the Library Pavilion is located in the middle of Songzi Lake, and there is no spark in the pavilion, but for some reason, a lot of arrows with fire suddenly fell from the sky. The servants wanted to put out the fire, and the arrows shot in front of the servants. , the servants can't get close at all, they can only helplessly..."
"Wait..." King Pingxi paused, and frowned at him: "You said someone set the fire on purpose, why don't you let you fight the fire?"
"Yes."
"Then any of you were injured?" King Pingxi slowly tightened his hanging hands.
The butler shook his head: "No, the arrow did not allow the servants to pass, but it did not hurt the servants."
"This king knows, let's step back." King Pingxi showed a bit of solemnity on his skinny face, and raised his hand to send him away.
Princess Pingxi came over and looked at him worriedly: "My lord..."
King Pingxi raised his head and looked into the distance, with complicated eyes, and sighed softly: "It seems that someone deliberately stopped us from meddling in the Queen's matter."
Princess Pingxi also became serious: "Then, what do you mean, my lord, that you really don't care about the empress?"
"Order it down, and say that the king is seriously ill, and everyone stays at the mansion to take care of him and is not allowed to leave the mansion." He reluctantly nodded, sighed heavily, and then turned his head and went inside.
Somewhere outside Prince Pingxi's mansion, Zhao Huaiyan looked indifferently at King Pingxi who had turned and left, knowing that the matter was done, he turned and left.
in the palace.
Before the empress could come up with a countermeasure, she heard the news from the palace people that the emperor and the empress dowager came to Kunning Palace together.
Yun Jiang was a little nervous, looked at the silent queen sitting on one side, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, the emperor and the queen mother came here together, I'm afraid they already know what's going on outside, you have to think of a way."
"Is there still no one outside the palace asking to see you?" The queen looked at her and asked, at this time, even if she didn't seek her own relationship, someone who wanted to seek Zhao Huaiyan should have come.
Yun Jiang shook her head: "There is no news, Madam, maybe someone has tampered with it and prevented them from coming in..."
"Who can do tricks, I am the one who is in charge of the Sixth Palace now." The queen's hand on the side of the couch tightened slightly, she looked at Yun Jiang, and quickly said: "Bring the knife."
"Knife?" Yun Jiang was puzzled.
The queen scolded in a deep voice: "Take off your hairpin."
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" Yun Jiang panicked, wondering what she was going to do.
The queen didn't bother to explain, so she just got up and pulled out the silver hairpin on her head. Seeing the footsteps outside getting closer, she raised her hand and directly stabbed the hairpin into her arm, then gritted her teeth and slashed down hard. There was a deep gash, and the blood immediately overflowed, causing Yun Jiang to turn pale with fright, and quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty..."
The queen threw the hairpin on the ground, and after listening to the approaching footsteps outside, she took advantage of the momentum and fell to the ground, weakly saying: "There are assassins..."
Yun Jiang quickly understood, looked at the bloody hairpin, without saying a word, pulled over the maid who was trembling with her head bowed, a hairpin pierced her throat fiercely, and watched her fall to the ground with her eyes wide open , just screamed: "What do you want to do! Come, escort, escort!"
When the people outside heard the sound, their footsteps suddenly became chaotic. After a short while, the eunuchs rushed in quickly. They were also shocked when they saw the body of the maid on the ground and the wound on the queen's arm: "Quickly send the imperial doctor!"
The leader, Eunuch An, looked around, only one window was open, and quickly ordered the eunuch: "Go after it!"
The eunuchs went away, and he helped the queen himself up again, before he asked Xiang Yunjiang, "Did you really see the assassin?"
"Well, if Lanzhi hadn't blocked this for the empress, I'm afraid that the empress would have lost her life." Yun Jiang knelt at the queen's feet with piercing red eyes and choked up, "It's all because of the carelessness of the servants who didn't see that there was an assassin sneaking in. , and let the empress be injured, the servant deserves to die..."
The empress looked at Yun Jiang coldly, and said: "That's all..."
"It's all right, she's not good at protecting the master, so she should be dragged down to beat [-] boards, and then sent to Xinzheku to serve."
A majestic male voice came, with extreme dissatisfaction and indifference.
After Yun Jiang heard this, her body froze halfway, and she didn't come back to herself until she saw the bright yellow robe coming around the corner, and immediately knelt down on the ground: "The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin..."
"Forgive me? You can't protect the queen's safety, so what's the use of keeping you?" After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced coldly at the palace servants next to him: "Don't take her away, wait for me to come and get her in person?"
Seeing this, Yun Jiang immediately turned to beg the Queen, and the Queen followed suit: "Your Majesty, Yun Jiang has been serving his concubines for so many years, this time is also negligence..."
"Is it negligent? I think she might be with the assassin. Otherwise, why is the queen and the maid named Lanzhi dead, but she is fine?" The emperor stared at the queen coldly, his eagle-like eyes seemed to be To see through her.
The queen gritted her teeth slightly, not daring to say any more, she could only let Yun Jiang be dragged away with her mouth covered.
The Empress Dowager came in from behind, and the Empress hurriedly stood up to greet her, but she heard the Empress Dowager say: "Forget it, you are injured, just lie down. The Ai family came with the Emperor this time, so there are some things that I have to ask you personally. "
The queen had already guessed what was going on: "This time I blame the concubine, it would be fine if I didn't go to the mountain, and I don't know why the guard who killed me didn't listen to the concubine and killed those innocent people. But the concubine It was indeed being chased and killed, and I think it was arranged by someone this time."
"Then this person is really amazing. Not only can he control the queen's entourage, but he can also enter the queen's bedroom to assassinate..." the emperor said coldly, and then he stepped forward and sat down beside the queen mother.
The Queen Mother's complexion is not very good-looking. As for the Queen, she was specially supported by her before. Although she can't bear children, the most important thing is that she is dignified and courteous enough, and her family is not a threat to the royal family. She is not like other concubines who are like wolves Hu stared at the emperor's position, but now it seemed that was not the case.
When the queen heard this, she couldn't lie down anymore, and regardless of the blood still flowing from her arm, she hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, and said sadly: "If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask people to ask the monks on the mountain and Miss Lin family , she was there at the time."
"Really?" The emperor snorted softly: "I have already sent someone to investigate, and it was you who frightened the killing without pardon at that time, and after you escaped from the back corner door, you met Miss Lin, but you pushed her away. It is also true that she went out to block the arrow for you. My queen is really the mother of the world."
The emperor's words were extremely ironic. The empress had been married to him for decades, and she had never heard such indifference from him.
"emperor……"
"Enough is enough. Now the people of the world are waiting for an explanation from me. Since you can't be the mother of this country, then you don't have to do it." The emperor said coldly.
The queen mother on one side was also shocked when she heard the words: "Isn't this too hasty?"
"Sloppy?" The emperor glanced at the queen mother, and said: "Kan'er has already presented sufficient evidence this morning, proving that the Gu breeder who came out of the capital was the queen's confidant, and this person has already bit his tongue. Suicide, before the evidence, can I doubt it?"
The queen was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my concubine did not raise Gu..."
"No, the people at the foot of Puji Temple today saw Gu worms crawling out of the stomachs of the people under your command, which is exactly the same as Zheng Ruyi's death." The emperor became more and more indifferent.
"But there are really no concubines. Someone must have wronged the concubines. Your majesty, you can't be so easy..."
"Enough, I don't know how to repent. Empress, do you want me to tell you all the things you have done here? Then I ask you, how did Yun Yao, the maid beside you, die? "The emperor looked at her more and more coldly.
When the queen heard this, her whole body froze.
How could she have forgotten that when the mob came up, a woman who called herself Yunyao came to her and said she wanted revenge.But it's impossible, Yun Yao died a long time ago, and was strangled to death by Yun Jiang after giving birth.
"emperor……"
"Whether you ordered the massacre of the people is not important, what is important is that everyone believes in this, if I don't punish you, the people will blame me for my selfishness and will not take the people of this world seriously. "After the emperor finished speaking in a cold voice, he looked at the queen mother on one side and said, "Queen mother, you have more experience than your son. In this case, how should we deal with it?"
The queen mother looked at his firm gaze, knowing that she could no longer control this son, she only looked at the queen, and sighed: "After all, they have been husband and wife for decades, and now this matter may be really strange. Come down."
The queen's heart sank.
The emperor coldly glanced at the queen who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "For the sake of Huaiyan's face, I can not abolish your post for the time being, but starting today, I will hand over the phoenix seal. Take a step outside the Kunning Palace, and no one from outside the palace is allowed to visit." After speaking, he did not forget to look at the Empress Dowager: "Is it reasonable for the Empress Dowager?"
"Naturally, the emperor is wiser than the Ai family. But it's all for the sake of the children. Shouldn't the fourth and ninth emperors also consider becoming kings?" The queen mother no longer cares about the queen, but she doesn't like Zhao Huaiyan, just as she doesn't like him. Like her birth mother, she was upset when she heard that the emperor let the queen go for Zhao Huaiyan's sake.
The emperor turned his eyes away, and said: "The fourth child has given birth to the emperor's grandson, so he should be crowned king, so he is bestowed the title of King Xuan. After hearing that the ninth child has made minor contributions in the frontier and is not young, he is bestowed the title of King Yu. After that, he got up and said to the queen mother: "I have other things to deal with, so I won't spend more time with the queen mother."
Seeing him like this, the queen mother thought for a while, but she didn't mention the restoration of Jiacai's concubine, she just nodded.
After the emperor left, she sighed and stood up holding the hand of the nun on one side: "Things in the harem are changing rapidly, queen, you have lived a comfortable life for so many years, and you can't even protect yourself." Forgot? How can the Ai family rest assured that they will hand over the six palaces to you."
"The queen mother..." The queen looked at her pleadingly: "The concubine really didn't do anything."
"Whether you have done it or what you have done, you know it in your heart. If the Ai family doesn't ask or tell, don't think that the Ai family doesn't know. There are not many things that the harem wants to hide from the Ai family." After finishing speaking , glanced at the incense that was still burning in her censer, her eyes were a little complicated, she turned her head and walked away.
Seeing that all the palace people also followed suit, the queen restrained all her sorrow, gritted her teeth and looked at the blood-stained hairpin on the ground: "You all want me to die, but I don't die!"
The news that the queen was deprived of her phoenix seal and placed under house arrest in Kunning Palace quickly spread, and Zhao Kan was the most proud.
The first time Zhao Kan got the news, he didn't go to the palace, but came to Xu Mansion.
Xu Boshan and Xu Chengqing have already taken office, and only Mrs. Xu is at home.
When Madam Xu saw Zhao Kan who came to visit suddenly, she couldn't figure out what he was going to do, so she led him to the flower hall in a polite manner, and said, "I don't know that the prince is here, but I have something to ask my master?"
"No, this king just heard that Miss Lin was injured, so I specially sent some supplements." After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands, and immediately a dozen attendants brought a large pile of brocade boxes each. After opening, ginseng bird's nest , Ganoderma lucidum and famous medicines, all of which are good things that are rare in a hundred years.
Even Mrs. Xu was a little speechless, and hurriedly said: "My lord, there is really no need for you to spend so much money, Jinhua..."
"Mrs. Xu, you're welcome. I'll send some more after these things are finished. How is Miss Lin, are you awake?"
"Still in a coma." Mrs. Xu said truthfully, and she felt something was wrong when she looked at Zhao Kan.
Hearing this, Zhao Kan frowned slightly, glanced coldly at the attendants beside him, and said, "The poison can be cured?"
Mrs. Xu's eyebrows twitched slightly. Except for Doctor Lu and Xu's family, no one knew that the arrow in Jinhua's hand was poisoned.
She looked at Zhao Kan and said, "Your Highness has an antidote?"
"This king is naturally..."
"My lord, it's getting late, it's time for us to enter the palace." The guard on the side said hurriedly.
Zhao Kan also came back to his senses, and then looked at Mrs. Xu coldly and smiled: "It turns out that Jinhua's intelligence is hereditary. It's getting late, and if Miss Lin has something to do, Mrs. Xu can always find me. We're going to be a family soon, and this king can't bear to see her suffer." After saying that, he flung his sleeves and walked away.
Mrs. Xu watched him walk out of the Xu residence, and then she frowned slightly when she looked at the huge pile of tonics.
At this moment, Lin Jinhua had already woken up.
Once the poison is removed, all that remains is skin trauma.
Xu Zhaozhao watched her take the medicine, and waited until the medicine was finished before handing over a piece of candied fruit.
Seeing her red eyes, Lin Jinhua chuckled, "It's okay."
"Blame me……"
"I don't blame you. If you were here, you would protect me, I know." Lin Jinhua smiled.
Xu Zhaozhao had a sore nose, hugged her and wept for a while before resting.
Not long after, news came from outside that Wang Ruyan came to visit with other ladies from the house.
Lin Jinhua didn't think much about it, thinking it was a lady she knew well, so she asked Mo Xue to welcome her in, but after entering, she noticed that Mo Xue's gaze was not quite right.
"It's here, why is this place so small." The woman covered her mouth and waved the handkerchief in disgust, before muttering: "Ru Yan, can you hurry up, let's leave after watching."
Wang Ruyan just smiled, and when she saw Lin Jinhua, she walked over anxiously, took her hand and said, "Jinhua, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, that's..."
"It's Tao Xin, the daughter-in-law of the Tao family." Wang Ruyan lowered her eyes to hide her sadness, and said to the disgusted woman, "Xin'er, this is the Jinhua I told you about."
"Oh." Tao Xin glanced at Lin Jinhua's face, even though it was pale, the facial features were very delicate.She curled her lips, cursed vixen inwardly, and went outside without further words.
Lin Jinhua looked at the way she was walking and the color on her face just now, paused, and said to Wang Ruyan, "Does Miss Tao cough after walking a few steps?"
"How do you know? She seems to have said that since the past few years, she has been uncomfortable. She will sweat profusely when she is a little tired, and she can't sleep at night." Wang Ruyan said.
Lin Jinhua just smiled and shook her head, and didn't tell her about Miss Tao's physical problems. After all, it might be a hidden disease, or it might be poisoning. She wouldn't know unless she took her pulse, and she couldn't say for sure.
After Wang Ruyan said a few words, Tao Xin outside came to urge her again. Lin Jinhua looked at her and asked, "Is there something urgent?"
"Today..." Wang Ruyan's eyes got wet, she just smiled and said, "I will go to Changle Nunnery with my mother and Mrs. Tao."
Mo Feng and Mo Xue on one side were also stunned, and invited Mrs. Tao to Changle Nunnery, wouldn't they want to see each other?Bazi and other things are just going through the motions, and when the cutscene is over, it's time to make an engagement.
Lin Jinhua was also stunned for a moment, seeing her wandering eyes, she held her hand tightly and said, "Ru Yan, are you really not waiting for brother to come back?"
"Don't wait, it doesn't matter to me when he comes back, as long as he is safe." After Wang Ruyan finished speaking, Tao Xin came to urge him again.She finally stood up and said with a smile, "I'll come see you later." After finishing speaking, she turned around and left.
Mo Xue looked at the tears streaming from her eyes when she turned around, but in the end she just sighed softly in her heart.
Lin Jinhua didn't know what to say.
As the evening approached, another letter came. Lin Jinhua didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he opened the envelope, he saw that it was from Lin Jincheng. He was going back to Beijing in three days.
Lin Jinhua was surprised: "Why so fast..."
"My servant heard from the lord that Ling Mo, the general soldier of the Southwest, escorted Princess Yuan all the way after receiving Princess Yuan, and there was no accident again. I thought that the young master hurried to catch up with the princess, and then turned back." Mo Feng said.
Lin Jinhua lifted the quilt from her body and walked down slowly, feeling overjoyed in her heart, her brother might be able to stop Ru Yan when she comes back.
"Miss, you are not in good health, so don't come down to have a shower."
"It's okay, I want to go to the yard to get some air." Lin Jinhua was so happy that she couldn't get bored at all.
Xu Chengqing also just came back from duty at this moment, and went straight here with Xu Zhaozhao as soon as she returned to the mansion, and was relieved to see that she was able to leave.
Before the two of them were relieved, the butler ran over with a strange expression, looked at Lin Jinhua, hesitant to speak.
Xu Zhaozhao was helping Lin Jinhua to sit down in the gazebo. Seeing this, he said nervously, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. What are you doing so covertly?"
"Miss, you are from the government..."
"What happened to the people in the government?"
"Do you still remember the woman who wanted to kill you with a knife at the gate of Pingxi Palace?" the housekeeper said.
Lin Jinhua naturally remembered, but didn't King Pingxi take care of what happened that day?
The housekeeper gritted his teeth slightly, and said: "That woman is not an ordinary woman, but a relative of the second wife of Dingnan Hou, and before that, Mrs. Yan went to the government to testify, saying that she heard the woman say with her own ears, In order to seize a piece of land in the countryside, the young lady had people kill her all over the house, now that there are witnesses and evidence, the people from the government want to interrogate you."
After hearing this, Xu Chengqing's face darkened suddenly: "Nonsense, can you prove it with just a few words from them?"
"Xu Shaoqing, if there is no real evidence, how could Jing Zhaoyin personally bring someone to arrest him?"
When a male voice came out, Lin Jinhua looked, who is it not Dingnanhou?How did he get involved in these things.
Marquis Dingnan glanced at Lin Jinhua, his eyes dimmed, and he raised his hand: "Take him down and send him to the government."
"Wait!" Xu Zhaozhao immediately stopped Lin Jinhua and looked at Dingnanhou: "It is the government's business to arrest people, so there is no need for Master Hou to do it for him."
"Princess Yongle wants to protect the murderer? Come on, this is an accomplice, take them down together." Dingnanhou said directly.
"You—" Xu Chengqing was about to speak, but Lin Jinhua secretly pulled his sleeves, and then turned to look at her, but she looked at Dingnan Hou calmly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, since the government has summoned you, the girl Ding It will pass, but if Dingnanhou's mansion takes people, the daughter of the people will die, and she will not step out of this yard. After all, according to Lord Hou's wishes, that woman is the new favorite relative of Lord Hou. What should I do if I take private revenge halfway?"
"You have a sharp mouth." Ding Nanhou glanced at her, looked at her loose clothes because of her injury, and the slightly opened collar seemed to be able to see the whiteness inside, couldn't help but the evil fire rose, and said: "If you If you don’t want to go with Benhou, then Benhou will ask someone from the government to pick you up.” After speaking, he immediately ordered the people around him to watch over him, and then he turned and left.
As soon as he left, Xu Zhaozhao panicked immediately, turned his head and pulled her and said urgently, "Jinhua, what should we do? You are not in good health yet."
Lin Jinzheng sighed slightly. Originally, she wanted to take this opportunity to make the queen suffer, but when Concubine Xian saw the queen losing power, she immediately pounced on her like a hungry wolf. Did she really regard herself as her biggest opponent?
She comforted Xu Zhaozhao a few words, then asked Mo Xue to bring some more wax pills that she had always prepared, and said to Mo Feng, "Quickly inform Mo Yue, you will do what we planned at the beginning."
"Miss, you..."
"It's going to be all right, Zuo is just being wronged. With the Xu family here, it's not easy for them to put this hat on my head, and..." Lin Jinhua recalled that Mrs. Yan that day, with a cold face: "Who It's not certain who will live and die."
Seeing her talking to Mo Feng in private, Xu Zhaozhao felt a little timid, and quietly approached Xu Chengqing: "Brother, do you think sister Jinhua seems to be different from ordinary?"
Xu Chengqing looked at Lin Jinhua, then at Xu Zhaozhao, raised his eyebrows slightly: "Only you will always be the same." My silly sister.
"what?"
"It's okay..." Xu Chengqing said perfunctorily, seeing that Lin Jinhua had quickly made arrangements, he stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, I will start to investigate immediately."
"There's no need to investigate, they must have made irrefutable evidence that we can't overthrow. If my cousin is willing, I want you to do something for me." Lin Jinhua knew Concubine Xian, she suffered once, and she will do it next time It is more comprehensive, so it is unrealistic to find a breakthrough in the dead woman, but there is one person among them who has problems from the beginning, as long as they are found, they can be defeated in one blow.
Xu Chengqing nodded slightly, and Lin Jinhua immediately stepped forward and whispered in his ear.
After saying that, Xu Chengqing's eyes widened: "This...really..."
"Mo Xue will help cousin." Lin Jinhua had just finished speaking, and there was another sound of footsteps outside. It turned out that Xu Boshan had come over with the people from Jingzhao Mansion.
Xu Boshan's face was not very good-looking, and he presumably negotiated with him from the beginning, but there was no good result.
Seeing him like this, Lin Jinhua stepped forward and smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, nothing will happen to Jinhua." After speaking, he glanced sideways at Marquis Dingnan who was standing not far away, and said, "Your Majesty has been in poor health for the past few days. unwell?"
Marquis Dingnan looked at her coldly: "Never."
"Really? That's strange. From looking at Lord Hou's face and listening to Lord Hou's words, the daughter of the people should have nightmare symptoms, and the symptoms are not mild. In the past few days, Lord Hou's appetite should have increased so much that he has already It's uncontrollable, especially to the smell of blood." Lin Jinhua raised her hand and pressed her wound hard, and the moment the blood spilled out, Marquis Dingnan's pupils dilated uncontrollably.
But soon he controlled it, frowned and drank heavily: "Nonsense."
Lin Jinhua already had the answer in her heart, and the corners of her mouth slightly curled up. She glanced at the people in Jingzhao Mansion, and said, "Please, please lead the way."
The people in Jingzhao Mansion were familiar with Lin Jinhua, so they politely let her go first, and then followed.
As soon as she left, Xu Chengqing glanced at Mo Xue, nodded to each other, and went out together, leaving only the worried Xu Boshan and the bewildered Xu Zhaozhao.
When the news reached Zhao Huaiyan, he was in a secret house behind Prince Ning's mansion.
He stood outside the door, looked at the closed door, and said in a deep voice: "What else do you want to do? I will do what I promised you, but I told you, don't try to hurt Jinhua. "
"My son, is he also in love with a woman?" She finished speaking slowly, and then continued: "But all men in the world are fickle, Yan'er, how long can you love her? When she is old and fading, Or when you are useless, or when she raises her weapon against you?"
"No matter when." Zhao Huaiyan's eyes were heavy. This life has not come easily, and he will never let her get hurt easily.
"is it?"
There was a soft laughter from inside, without any emotion: "If that's the case, then I'll give you another year. If it takes too long, I won't be patient, and we've all been waiting for you for a long, long time... Yan'er, if you don't do well, I won't even be able to keep you as a mother."
Zhao Huaiyan didn't speak, only felt that the breath in the room was fading away, so she turned and left.
After leaving the yard, Gao Tian looked at him nervously, and seeing that he was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "My lord, Miss Lin was taken away by the people from the government." Gao Tian explained the matter of the government, Cai said: "Should we go to the government immediately?"
"The root cause is not in the government." Zhao Huaiyan said lightly, looked at the carriage on one side, and said, "Send a message to the people in the palace. If a talented person wants to die, then let her be fulfilled."
Gao Tian trembled all over: "My lord, if you do this, where is the Ninth Prince..."
"Since he chooses to do anything to this king, he should think about this day." After finishing speaking, he could feel the injuries on his body exhausting his strength, and he could only hold on and said, "Make arrangements, I want to see Jinhua tonight. "The cell is so dark, she will be afraid.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Gao Zhen dared not persuade him any more, so he had to order someone to do it.
The night in the capital seems to be safer for people than the day.
Jia Cairen was still kneeling in the long corridor outside the Yonghe Palace. After Lian Qiao slapped thirty times from left to right, she rubbed her wrists and muttered: "It really hurts me to death, I don't know if Cai Ren's face is too thick It's too thick, and it hurts my servant's hands so much."
Jiacai was kneeling on the ground, his face was already swollen, and the corner of his mouth was stained with blood. He looked at the sarcastic eyes from the concubines sitting on the sedan chair, his face was indifferent.
Lian Qiao saw that she didn't speak like this, and raised her hand to beat her again, when suddenly she heard a voice at the door calling her: "Okay, stop beating when you've had enough beating, your empress is asking you to come in and serve her."
Lian Qiao took a look at Gui Zhi who was also serving by the honored person, so she hurriedly restrained her attitude and said flatteringly: "Thank you, sister Gui Zhi, for your reminder."
Guizhi glanced at Jiacai indifferently, seeing her calm expression, knowing that this must be a real ruthless character.
After sending Lian Qiao away, he stepped forward a few steps, bowed to her politely, and said: "Your Majesty, why should you make things difficult for the nobles, why don't you live well in this harem."
When Jiacai heard this, he looked at her with a distant smile: "In this harem, who can live well?" Unless he was willing to be trampled under his feet all his life, groveling his knees all his life, unable to even lift his head when walking, otherwise he would To fight, to fight, until the last pawn is used up, and the last breath is used up!
Guizhi was startled when he heard the words, and then laughed: "I heard that the biggest opponent of the empress outside the palace is the lady surnamed Lin. If the empress doesn't mind, this servant has a good idea."
Jiacai looked at her indifferently: "Do you think I will believe you?"
"Believe it or not, the maidservant can just talk about it or not. But the maidservant should not even think about exposing the servant girl in front of the nobleman. The servant girl will not admit it." Guizhi smiled, and when the prince mentioned Miss Lin before, his eyes were full of affection She is worthless for the princess, and Lin Jinhua must die.
When Jiacai saw the fierce light in her eyes, he paused. It seemed that there were quite a few people who had trouble with Lin Jinhua, but it was her ability to make so many people want to kill her.
After Guizhi finished speaking, Jiacai looked at her with a half-smile: "You are not someone who respects noble people..."
Guizhi paled slightly, and forced a smile to look at her: "Why do you care who the servant is, as long as you can kill Lin Jinhua, isn't it the best?"
Jiacai smiled: "That's right."
"Then I'm going to trouble your mother." After Guizhi finished speaking, she got up and glanced at her, then turned and left.
After the people left, Jiacai raised his eyes and looked at the sky. The sky was still clear during the day, but now it was overcast and rainy.
(End of this chapter)
The queen sat on the top and looked at her kneeling on the ground for a long while before she couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Jiacai, you have been in the harem for many years anyway. Is it possible that this palace is so in your eyes?" Stupid? Believe you, didn’t I push myself to a dead end.” After the queen finished speaking, she coldly glanced at Yun Jiang on the side, and said coldly: “What are you still doing in a daze? The talented man is serving in the palace of the honorable man, and you send him back in person, and tell the honorable man exactly what Cai said just now!"
Jiacai knelt on the ground, raised his head in surprise, and only realized he was careless when he saw the empress' indifferent eyes.The queen is indeed difficult to deal with, and today's situation, I'm afraid it hasn't pushed her into a desperate situation at all.
She didn't argue, she followed the rules, then stood up and looked at the queen with a smile: "Since the empress doesn't believe in the concubine, the concubine doesn't dare to speak too much, the concubine will leave."
The queen didn't respond to her indifferently, Yun Jiang immediately went up to look at Jia Cairen, and led her out, then the queen raised her hand and overturned the teacup on the table, revealing all the anger she had hidden just now, with a gloomy face .
outside the palace.
The queen's matter is fermenting. Even if Zhao Kan didn't take her life, he will spare no effort to destroy her, a famous queen, this time.
In Xu's mansion, Doctor Lu stroked his beard after checking Lin Jinhua's pulse, and said meaningfully: "She should have taken the antidote long ago, so even if the arrow is poisonous, it has not yet penetrated into the body. Clean up the wound, and decoct a few medicines."
"Then there will be Lord Laulu." Xu Boshan said gratefully.
Doctor Lu looked at Lin Jinhua, who was lying pale and sleeping on the bed, with a smile on his face: "This is a trivial matter. When Miss Lin wakes up, I would like to ask her about her antidote. What is it?" After speaking, he looked at the poisoned arrow that was placed on the tray and taken out from her shoulder, the blood stained on it had turned black, showing that the poison was strong, and she was actually fine.
Doctor Lu took a look, and then followed Xu Boshan outside to prescribe medicine.
In the room, Mrs. Xu's eyes were red, and when she saw Xu Chengqing standing on the side, she wanted to twist his ears: "How can you let Jinhua go to the mountain alone? Fortunately, the guards of Prince Ning's Mansion are working nearby this time, otherwise the consequences Unbelievable."
"Yes, my son knows his mistake." Xu Chengqing stood on one side, seeing Lin Jinyu suffering such a serious injury, and felt extremely guilty.
Seeing that Lin Jinhua was always awake, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't hold back his tears any longer. He lay down beside the bed and began to cry: "It would be great if I went with you at that time..."
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Xu only sighed.Thinking of today when Mo Xue suddenly came back with the injured Lin Jinhua, she felt something was wrong.They obviously only said to watch the dragon boat race, why did Jinhua go to the mountain?Moreover, she was shot by an arrow, and Mo Xue also had many scars on her body.
"Okay, don't cry, let her rest for a while." Mrs. Xu took Xu Zhaozhao's hand, glared at Xu Chengqing again, and then led everyone down.
Mo Xue didn't dare to come to the bed until they left.
Zhao Huaiyan came out from the dark, walked to the bed, looked at the person who was still sleeping, feeling very cold all over.
Mo Xue retreated to the side and said softly: "My lord, this matter about the empress may have something to do with King Jing. When this servant heard the man talking to the young lady, it was King Jing's voice."
"This king knows it's him." Zhao Huaiyan finished speaking indifferently, looked at the person on the bed, and said, "But the Empress Dowager didn't seem to listen to what this king said, nor did she take care of Hua'er for this king." He was in the forest It was the one who saw the queen clearly blocking the arrow with Jinhua as a shield.
Mo Xue didn't dare to respond, because she felt that the prince was afraid that he was going to get angry with the empress.
Just as he was talking, Mo Feng came in from the outside and also brought news.
"My lord, the empress has sent a letter to the palace, summoning you to return to Beijing immediately." Mo Feng said, at this moment, in the eyes of outsiders, the lord should still be at the border.
"Don't worry about her." Zhao Huaiyan stood up, her heart was already full of anger: "I tell you, don't help her with this matter."
"But that's the case, if the Queen's Empress is not able to secure her position, it will be affected. Wouldn't that be a loss to you, my lord..."
"This king has never wanted this world." Zhao Huaiyan glanced at her indifferently, then turned to look at Lin Jinhua, seeing that her eyes were tightly closed, as if she was very nervous even in her dream.
He clenched his fists tightly, and only ordered: "Take care of Hua'er." After finishing speaking, he walked away.
Mo Feng and Mo Xue looked at each other, but they didn't dare to mention that Zhao Huaiyan's serious injury was still unhealed, and he could only hope that Lin Jinhua would wake up sooner.
After Zhao Huaiyan left the Xu residence, Gao Zhi was already waiting outside, seeing him coming out, he immediately had someone drive a carriage to him, and said: "My lord."
"Ready?"
"Yes." Gao Zhi nodded.He understood the prince's temper, once he made a decision, he would not change it easily, so he stopped persuading him.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Huaiyan stepped into the carriage directly.
Gao Jie looked around and saw no one, so he put on the veil cap and drove the carriage forward.
In Pingxi Palace.
Pingxi Wang and his wife were shocked when they learned about the Puji Temple.
In the study, Princess Pingxi looked at King Pingxi worriedly and said: "My lord, King Ning is thousands of miles away. Even if he can go back immediately, he may not be able to arrive in a while. Now that the people are full of complaints, the emperor is afraid that he will really come back this time." Make a tough move."
"No one thought that those people would dare to plan to go to Puji Temple, and even bribed the guards around the queen. Most of those people are also fake, but the reputation of bloodshed and killing innocent people has already spread. The matter of Gu worms is now on the empress's head, if no one comes to take the blame, the empress may really have an accident." King Pingxi also sighed, but after much deliberation, who can be the scapegoat?Ordinary people definitely can't. If it wasn't someone with a high position and authority, who would have the ability to arrange the overall situation?The emperor will not believe it either.
After much deliberation, King Pingxi took a deep look at Princess Pingxi: "I'm afraid it's better for us to protect ourselves wisely, otherwise, if we get involved, it will be a catastrophe for Pingxi Palace."
Concubine Pingxi was more thoughtful, she thought about it, and looked at him: "Why don't you tell the empress this method, let her find someone to take the blame..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then heard the butler rushing over: "My lord and concubine, the Library Pavilion was burned."
"What!" King Pingxi stood up abruptly. Apart from the thousands of books that came out of the library, the most important thing was the evidence he had collected over the years from various officials secretly communicating with him. The peace talisman!
King Pingxi took a few steps to the door and opened it. Seeing the butler trembling, he said coldly, "How could it be on fire?"
"The slaves don't know that the Library Pavilion is located in the middle of Songzi Lake, and there is no spark in the pavilion, but for some reason, a lot of arrows with fire suddenly fell from the sky. The servants wanted to put out the fire, and the arrows shot in front of the servants. , the servants can't get close at all, they can only helplessly..."
"Wait..." King Pingxi paused, and frowned at him: "You said someone set the fire on purpose, why don't you let you fight the fire?"
"Yes."
"Then any of you were injured?" King Pingxi slowly tightened his hanging hands.
The butler shook his head: "No, the arrow did not allow the servants to pass, but it did not hurt the servants."
"This king knows, let's step back." King Pingxi showed a bit of solemnity on his skinny face, and raised his hand to send him away.
Princess Pingxi came over and looked at him worriedly: "My lord..."
King Pingxi raised his head and looked into the distance, with complicated eyes, and sighed softly: "It seems that someone deliberately stopped us from meddling in the Queen's matter."
Princess Pingxi also became serious: "Then, what do you mean, my lord, that you really don't care about the empress?"
"Order it down, and say that the king is seriously ill, and everyone stays at the mansion to take care of him and is not allowed to leave the mansion." He reluctantly nodded, sighed heavily, and then turned his head and went inside.
Somewhere outside Prince Pingxi's mansion, Zhao Huaiyan looked indifferently at King Pingxi who had turned and left, knowing that the matter was done, he turned and left.
in the palace.
Before the empress could come up with a countermeasure, she heard the news from the palace people that the emperor and the empress dowager came to Kunning Palace together.
Yun Jiang was a little nervous, looked at the silent queen sitting on one side, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, the emperor and the queen mother came here together, I'm afraid they already know what's going on outside, you have to think of a way."
"Is there still no one outside the palace asking to see you?" The queen looked at her and asked, at this time, even if she didn't seek her own relationship, someone who wanted to seek Zhao Huaiyan should have come.
Yun Jiang shook her head: "There is no news, Madam, maybe someone has tampered with it and prevented them from coming in..."
"Who can do tricks, I am the one who is in charge of the Sixth Palace now." The queen's hand on the side of the couch tightened slightly, she looked at Yun Jiang, and quickly said: "Bring the knife."
"Knife?" Yun Jiang was puzzled.
The queen scolded in a deep voice: "Take off your hairpin."
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" Yun Jiang panicked, wondering what she was going to do.
The queen didn't bother to explain, so she just got up and pulled out the silver hairpin on her head. Seeing the footsteps outside getting closer, she raised her hand and directly stabbed the hairpin into her arm, then gritted her teeth and slashed down hard. There was a deep gash, and the blood immediately overflowed, causing Yun Jiang to turn pale with fright, and quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty..."
The queen threw the hairpin on the ground, and after listening to the approaching footsteps outside, she took advantage of the momentum and fell to the ground, weakly saying: "There are assassins..."
Yun Jiang quickly understood, looked at the bloody hairpin, without saying a word, pulled over the maid who was trembling with her head bowed, a hairpin pierced her throat fiercely, and watched her fall to the ground with her eyes wide open , just screamed: "What do you want to do! Come, escort, escort!"
When the people outside heard the sound, their footsteps suddenly became chaotic. After a short while, the eunuchs rushed in quickly. They were also shocked when they saw the body of the maid on the ground and the wound on the queen's arm: "Quickly send the imperial doctor!"
The leader, Eunuch An, looked around, only one window was open, and quickly ordered the eunuch: "Go after it!"
The eunuchs went away, and he helped the queen himself up again, before he asked Xiang Yunjiang, "Did you really see the assassin?"
"Well, if Lanzhi hadn't blocked this for the empress, I'm afraid that the empress would have lost her life." Yun Jiang knelt at the queen's feet with piercing red eyes and choked up, "It's all because of the carelessness of the servants who didn't see that there was an assassin sneaking in. , and let the empress be injured, the servant deserves to die..."
The empress looked at Yun Jiang coldly, and said: "That's all..."
"It's all right, she's not good at protecting the master, so she should be dragged down to beat [-] boards, and then sent to Xinzheku to serve."
A majestic male voice came, with extreme dissatisfaction and indifference.
After Yun Jiang heard this, her body froze halfway, and she didn't come back to herself until she saw the bright yellow robe coming around the corner, and immediately knelt down on the ground: "The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin..."
"Forgive me? You can't protect the queen's safety, so what's the use of keeping you?" After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced coldly at the palace servants next to him: "Don't take her away, wait for me to come and get her in person?"
Seeing this, Yun Jiang immediately turned to beg the Queen, and the Queen followed suit: "Your Majesty, Yun Jiang has been serving his concubines for so many years, this time is also negligence..."
"Is it negligent? I think she might be with the assassin. Otherwise, why is the queen and the maid named Lanzhi dead, but she is fine?" The emperor stared at the queen coldly, his eagle-like eyes seemed to be To see through her.
The queen gritted her teeth slightly, not daring to say any more, she could only let Yun Jiang be dragged away with her mouth covered.
The Empress Dowager came in from behind, and the Empress hurriedly stood up to greet her, but she heard the Empress Dowager say: "Forget it, you are injured, just lie down. The Ai family came with the Emperor this time, so there are some things that I have to ask you personally. "
The queen had already guessed what was going on: "This time I blame the concubine, it would be fine if I didn't go to the mountain, and I don't know why the guard who killed me didn't listen to the concubine and killed those innocent people. But the concubine It was indeed being chased and killed, and I think it was arranged by someone this time."
"Then this person is really amazing. Not only can he control the queen's entourage, but he can also enter the queen's bedroom to assassinate..." the emperor said coldly, and then he stepped forward and sat down beside the queen mother.
The Queen Mother's complexion is not very good-looking. As for the Queen, she was specially supported by her before. Although she can't bear children, the most important thing is that she is dignified and courteous enough, and her family is not a threat to the royal family. She is not like other concubines who are like wolves Hu stared at the emperor's position, but now it seemed that was not the case.
When the queen heard this, she couldn't lie down anymore, and regardless of the blood still flowing from her arm, she hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, and said sadly: "If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask people to ask the monks on the mountain and Miss Lin family , she was there at the time."
"Really?" The emperor snorted softly: "I have already sent someone to investigate, and it was you who frightened the killing without pardon at that time, and after you escaped from the back corner door, you met Miss Lin, but you pushed her away. It is also true that she went out to block the arrow for you. My queen is really the mother of the world."
The emperor's words were extremely ironic. The empress had been married to him for decades, and she had never heard such indifference from him.
"emperor……"
"Enough is enough. Now the people of the world are waiting for an explanation from me. Since you can't be the mother of this country, then you don't have to do it." The emperor said coldly.
The queen mother on one side was also shocked when she heard the words: "Isn't this too hasty?"
"Sloppy?" The emperor glanced at the queen mother, and said: "Kan'er has already presented sufficient evidence this morning, proving that the Gu breeder who came out of the capital was the queen's confidant, and this person has already bit his tongue. Suicide, before the evidence, can I doubt it?"
The queen was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my concubine did not raise Gu..."
"No, the people at the foot of Puji Temple today saw Gu worms crawling out of the stomachs of the people under your command, which is exactly the same as Zheng Ruyi's death." The emperor became more and more indifferent.
"But there are really no concubines. Someone must have wronged the concubines. Your majesty, you can't be so easy..."
"Enough, I don't know how to repent. Empress, do you want me to tell you all the things you have done here? Then I ask you, how did Yun Yao, the maid beside you, die? "The emperor looked at her more and more coldly.
When the queen heard this, her whole body froze.
How could she have forgotten that when the mob came up, a woman who called herself Yunyao came to her and said she wanted revenge.But it's impossible, Yun Yao died a long time ago, and was strangled to death by Yun Jiang after giving birth.
"emperor……"
"Whether you ordered the massacre of the people is not important, what is important is that everyone believes in this, if I don't punish you, the people will blame me for my selfishness and will not take the people of this world seriously. "After the emperor finished speaking in a cold voice, he looked at the queen mother on one side and said, "Queen mother, you have more experience than your son. In this case, how should we deal with it?"
The queen mother looked at his firm gaze, knowing that she could no longer control this son, she only looked at the queen, and sighed: "After all, they have been husband and wife for decades, and now this matter may be really strange. Come down."
The queen's heart sank.
The emperor coldly glanced at the queen who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "For the sake of Huaiyan's face, I can not abolish your post for the time being, but starting today, I will hand over the phoenix seal. Take a step outside the Kunning Palace, and no one from outside the palace is allowed to visit." After speaking, he did not forget to look at the Empress Dowager: "Is it reasonable for the Empress Dowager?"
"Naturally, the emperor is wiser than the Ai family. But it's all for the sake of the children. Shouldn't the fourth and ninth emperors also consider becoming kings?" The queen mother no longer cares about the queen, but she doesn't like Zhao Huaiyan, just as she doesn't like him. Like her birth mother, she was upset when she heard that the emperor let the queen go for Zhao Huaiyan's sake.
The emperor turned his eyes away, and said: "The fourth child has given birth to the emperor's grandson, so he should be crowned king, so he is bestowed the title of King Xuan. After hearing that the ninth child has made minor contributions in the frontier and is not young, he is bestowed the title of King Yu. After that, he got up and said to the queen mother: "I have other things to deal with, so I won't spend more time with the queen mother."
Seeing him like this, the queen mother thought for a while, but she didn't mention the restoration of Jiacai's concubine, she just nodded.
After the emperor left, she sighed and stood up holding the hand of the nun on one side: "Things in the harem are changing rapidly, queen, you have lived a comfortable life for so many years, and you can't even protect yourself." Forgot? How can the Ai family rest assured that they will hand over the six palaces to you."
"The queen mother..." The queen looked at her pleadingly: "The concubine really didn't do anything."
"Whether you have done it or what you have done, you know it in your heart. If the Ai family doesn't ask or tell, don't think that the Ai family doesn't know. There are not many things that the harem wants to hide from the Ai family." After finishing speaking , glanced at the incense that was still burning in her censer, her eyes were a little complicated, she turned her head and walked away.
Seeing that all the palace people also followed suit, the queen restrained all her sorrow, gritted her teeth and looked at the blood-stained hairpin on the ground: "You all want me to die, but I don't die!"
The news that the queen was deprived of her phoenix seal and placed under house arrest in Kunning Palace quickly spread, and Zhao Kan was the most proud.
The first time Zhao Kan got the news, he didn't go to the palace, but came to Xu Mansion.
Xu Boshan and Xu Chengqing have already taken office, and only Mrs. Xu is at home.
When Madam Xu saw Zhao Kan who came to visit suddenly, she couldn't figure out what he was going to do, so she led him to the flower hall in a polite manner, and said, "I don't know that the prince is here, but I have something to ask my master?"
"No, this king just heard that Miss Lin was injured, so I specially sent some supplements." After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands, and immediately a dozen attendants brought a large pile of brocade boxes each. After opening, ginseng bird's nest , Ganoderma lucidum and famous medicines, all of which are good things that are rare in a hundred years.
Even Mrs. Xu was a little speechless, and hurriedly said: "My lord, there is really no need for you to spend so much money, Jinhua..."
"Mrs. Xu, you're welcome. I'll send some more after these things are finished. How is Miss Lin, are you awake?"
"Still in a coma." Mrs. Xu said truthfully, and she felt something was wrong when she looked at Zhao Kan.
Hearing this, Zhao Kan frowned slightly, glanced coldly at the attendants beside him, and said, "The poison can be cured?"
Mrs. Xu's eyebrows twitched slightly. Except for Doctor Lu and Xu's family, no one knew that the arrow in Jinhua's hand was poisoned.
She looked at Zhao Kan and said, "Your Highness has an antidote?"
"This king is naturally..."
"My lord, it's getting late, it's time for us to enter the palace." The guard on the side said hurriedly.
Zhao Kan also came back to his senses, and then looked at Mrs. Xu coldly and smiled: "It turns out that Jinhua's intelligence is hereditary. It's getting late, and if Miss Lin has something to do, Mrs. Xu can always find me. We're going to be a family soon, and this king can't bear to see her suffer." After saying that, he flung his sleeves and walked away.
Mrs. Xu watched him walk out of the Xu residence, and then she frowned slightly when she looked at the huge pile of tonics.
At this moment, Lin Jinhua had already woken up.
Once the poison is removed, all that remains is skin trauma.
Xu Zhaozhao watched her take the medicine, and waited until the medicine was finished before handing over a piece of candied fruit.
Seeing her red eyes, Lin Jinhua chuckled, "It's okay."
"Blame me……"
"I don't blame you. If you were here, you would protect me, I know." Lin Jinhua smiled.
Xu Zhaozhao had a sore nose, hugged her and wept for a while before resting.
Not long after, news came from outside that Wang Ruyan came to visit with other ladies from the house.
Lin Jinhua didn't think much about it, thinking it was a lady she knew well, so she asked Mo Xue to welcome her in, but after entering, she noticed that Mo Xue's gaze was not quite right.
"It's here, why is this place so small." The woman covered her mouth and waved the handkerchief in disgust, before muttering: "Ru Yan, can you hurry up, let's leave after watching."
Wang Ruyan just smiled, and when she saw Lin Jinhua, she walked over anxiously, took her hand and said, "Jinhua, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, that's..."
"It's Tao Xin, the daughter-in-law of the Tao family." Wang Ruyan lowered her eyes to hide her sadness, and said to the disgusted woman, "Xin'er, this is the Jinhua I told you about."
"Oh." Tao Xin glanced at Lin Jinhua's face, even though it was pale, the facial features were very delicate.She curled her lips, cursed vixen inwardly, and went outside without further words.
Lin Jinhua looked at the way she was walking and the color on her face just now, paused, and said to Wang Ruyan, "Does Miss Tao cough after walking a few steps?"
"How do you know? She seems to have said that since the past few years, she has been uncomfortable. She will sweat profusely when she is a little tired, and she can't sleep at night." Wang Ruyan said.
Lin Jinhua just smiled and shook her head, and didn't tell her about Miss Tao's physical problems. After all, it might be a hidden disease, or it might be poisoning. She wouldn't know unless she took her pulse, and she couldn't say for sure.
After Wang Ruyan said a few words, Tao Xin outside came to urge her again. Lin Jinhua looked at her and asked, "Is there something urgent?"
"Today..." Wang Ruyan's eyes got wet, she just smiled and said, "I will go to Changle Nunnery with my mother and Mrs. Tao."
Mo Feng and Mo Xue on one side were also stunned, and invited Mrs. Tao to Changle Nunnery, wouldn't they want to see each other?Bazi and other things are just going through the motions, and when the cutscene is over, it's time to make an engagement.
Lin Jinhua was also stunned for a moment, seeing her wandering eyes, she held her hand tightly and said, "Ru Yan, are you really not waiting for brother to come back?"
"Don't wait, it doesn't matter to me when he comes back, as long as he is safe." After Wang Ruyan finished speaking, Tao Xin came to urge him again.She finally stood up and said with a smile, "I'll come see you later." After finishing speaking, she turned around and left.
Mo Xue looked at the tears streaming from her eyes when she turned around, but in the end she just sighed softly in her heart.
Lin Jinhua didn't know what to say.
As the evening approached, another letter came. Lin Jinhua didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he opened the envelope, he saw that it was from Lin Jincheng. He was going back to Beijing in three days.
Lin Jinhua was surprised: "Why so fast..."
"My servant heard from the lord that Ling Mo, the general soldier of the Southwest, escorted Princess Yuan all the way after receiving Princess Yuan, and there was no accident again. I thought that the young master hurried to catch up with the princess, and then turned back." Mo Feng said.
Lin Jinhua lifted the quilt from her body and walked down slowly, feeling overjoyed in her heart, her brother might be able to stop Ru Yan when she comes back.
"Miss, you are not in good health, so don't come down to have a shower."
"It's okay, I want to go to the yard to get some air." Lin Jinhua was so happy that she couldn't get bored at all.
Xu Chengqing also just came back from duty at this moment, and went straight here with Xu Zhaozhao as soon as she returned to the mansion, and was relieved to see that she was able to leave.
Before the two of them were relieved, the butler ran over with a strange expression, looked at Lin Jinhua, hesitant to speak.
Xu Zhaozhao was helping Lin Jinhua to sit down in the gazebo. Seeing this, he said nervously, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. What are you doing so covertly?"
"Miss, you are from the government..."
"What happened to the people in the government?"
"Do you still remember the woman who wanted to kill you with a knife at the gate of Pingxi Palace?" the housekeeper said.
Lin Jinhua naturally remembered, but didn't King Pingxi take care of what happened that day?
The housekeeper gritted his teeth slightly, and said: "That woman is not an ordinary woman, but a relative of the second wife of Dingnan Hou, and before that, Mrs. Yan went to the government to testify, saying that she heard the woman say with her own ears, In order to seize a piece of land in the countryside, the young lady had people kill her all over the house, now that there are witnesses and evidence, the people from the government want to interrogate you."
After hearing this, Xu Chengqing's face darkened suddenly: "Nonsense, can you prove it with just a few words from them?"
"Xu Shaoqing, if there is no real evidence, how could Jing Zhaoyin personally bring someone to arrest him?"
When a male voice came out, Lin Jinhua looked, who is it not Dingnanhou?How did he get involved in these things.
Marquis Dingnan glanced at Lin Jinhua, his eyes dimmed, and he raised his hand: "Take him down and send him to the government."
"Wait!" Xu Zhaozhao immediately stopped Lin Jinhua and looked at Dingnanhou: "It is the government's business to arrest people, so there is no need for Master Hou to do it for him."
"Princess Yongle wants to protect the murderer? Come on, this is an accomplice, take them down together." Dingnanhou said directly.
"You—" Xu Chengqing was about to speak, but Lin Jinhua secretly pulled his sleeves, and then turned to look at her, but she looked at Dingnan Hou calmly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, since the government has summoned you, the girl Ding It will pass, but if Dingnanhou's mansion takes people, the daughter of the people will die, and she will not step out of this yard. After all, according to Lord Hou's wishes, that woman is the new favorite relative of Lord Hou. What should I do if I take private revenge halfway?"
"You have a sharp mouth." Ding Nanhou glanced at her, looked at her loose clothes because of her injury, and the slightly opened collar seemed to be able to see the whiteness inside, couldn't help but the evil fire rose, and said: "If you If you don’t want to go with Benhou, then Benhou will ask someone from the government to pick you up.” After speaking, he immediately ordered the people around him to watch over him, and then he turned and left.
As soon as he left, Xu Zhaozhao panicked immediately, turned his head and pulled her and said urgently, "Jinhua, what should we do? You are not in good health yet."
Lin Jinzheng sighed slightly. Originally, she wanted to take this opportunity to make the queen suffer, but when Concubine Xian saw the queen losing power, she immediately pounced on her like a hungry wolf. Did she really regard herself as her biggest opponent?
She comforted Xu Zhaozhao a few words, then asked Mo Xue to bring some more wax pills that she had always prepared, and said to Mo Feng, "Quickly inform Mo Yue, you will do what we planned at the beginning."
"Miss, you..."
"It's going to be all right, Zuo is just being wronged. With the Xu family here, it's not easy for them to put this hat on my head, and..." Lin Jinhua recalled that Mrs. Yan that day, with a cold face: "Who It's not certain who will live and die."
Seeing her talking to Mo Feng in private, Xu Zhaozhao felt a little timid, and quietly approached Xu Chengqing: "Brother, do you think sister Jinhua seems to be different from ordinary?"
Xu Chengqing looked at Lin Jinhua, then at Xu Zhaozhao, raised his eyebrows slightly: "Only you will always be the same." My silly sister.
"what?"
"It's okay..." Xu Chengqing said perfunctorily, seeing that Lin Jinhua had quickly made arrangements, he stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, I will start to investigate immediately."
"There's no need to investigate, they must have made irrefutable evidence that we can't overthrow. If my cousin is willing, I want you to do something for me." Lin Jinhua knew Concubine Xian, she suffered once, and she will do it next time It is more comprehensive, so it is unrealistic to find a breakthrough in the dead woman, but there is one person among them who has problems from the beginning, as long as they are found, they can be defeated in one blow.
Xu Chengqing nodded slightly, and Lin Jinhua immediately stepped forward and whispered in his ear.
After saying that, Xu Chengqing's eyes widened: "This...really..."
"Mo Xue will help cousin." Lin Jinhua had just finished speaking, and there was another sound of footsteps outside. It turned out that Xu Boshan had come over with the people from Jingzhao Mansion.
Xu Boshan's face was not very good-looking, and he presumably negotiated with him from the beginning, but there was no good result.
Seeing him like this, Lin Jinhua stepped forward and smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, nothing will happen to Jinhua." After speaking, he glanced sideways at Marquis Dingnan who was standing not far away, and said, "Your Majesty has been in poor health for the past few days. unwell?"
Marquis Dingnan looked at her coldly: "Never."
"Really? That's strange. From looking at Lord Hou's face and listening to Lord Hou's words, the daughter of the people should have nightmare symptoms, and the symptoms are not mild. In the past few days, Lord Hou's appetite should have increased so much that he has already It's uncontrollable, especially to the smell of blood." Lin Jinhua raised her hand and pressed her wound hard, and the moment the blood spilled out, Marquis Dingnan's pupils dilated uncontrollably.
But soon he controlled it, frowned and drank heavily: "Nonsense."
Lin Jinhua already had the answer in her heart, and the corners of her mouth slightly curled up. She glanced at the people in Jingzhao Mansion, and said, "Please, please lead the way."
The people in Jingzhao Mansion were familiar with Lin Jinhua, so they politely let her go first, and then followed.
As soon as she left, Xu Chengqing glanced at Mo Xue, nodded to each other, and went out together, leaving only the worried Xu Boshan and the bewildered Xu Zhaozhao.
When the news reached Zhao Huaiyan, he was in a secret house behind Prince Ning's mansion.
He stood outside the door, looked at the closed door, and said in a deep voice: "What else do you want to do? I will do what I promised you, but I told you, don't try to hurt Jinhua. "
"My son, is he also in love with a woman?" She finished speaking slowly, and then continued: "But all men in the world are fickle, Yan'er, how long can you love her? When she is old and fading, Or when you are useless, or when she raises her weapon against you?"
"No matter when." Zhao Huaiyan's eyes were heavy. This life has not come easily, and he will never let her get hurt easily.
"is it?"
There was a soft laughter from inside, without any emotion: "If that's the case, then I'll give you another year. If it takes too long, I won't be patient, and we've all been waiting for you for a long, long time... Yan'er, if you don't do well, I won't even be able to keep you as a mother."
Zhao Huaiyan didn't speak, only felt that the breath in the room was fading away, so she turned and left.
After leaving the yard, Gao Tian looked at him nervously, and seeing that he was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "My lord, Miss Lin was taken away by the people from the government." Gao Tian explained the matter of the government, Cai said: "Should we go to the government immediately?"
"The root cause is not in the government." Zhao Huaiyan said lightly, looked at the carriage on one side, and said, "Send a message to the people in the palace. If a talented person wants to die, then let her be fulfilled."
Gao Tian trembled all over: "My lord, if you do this, where is the Ninth Prince..."
"Since he chooses to do anything to this king, he should think about this day." After finishing speaking, he could feel the injuries on his body exhausting his strength, and he could only hold on and said, "Make arrangements, I want to see Jinhua tonight. "The cell is so dark, she will be afraid.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Gao Zhen dared not persuade him any more, so he had to order someone to do it.
The night in the capital seems to be safer for people than the day.
Jia Cairen was still kneeling in the long corridor outside the Yonghe Palace. After Lian Qiao slapped thirty times from left to right, she rubbed her wrists and muttered: "It really hurts me to death, I don't know if Cai Ren's face is too thick It's too thick, and it hurts my servant's hands so much."
Jiacai was kneeling on the ground, his face was already swollen, and the corner of his mouth was stained with blood. He looked at the sarcastic eyes from the concubines sitting on the sedan chair, his face was indifferent.
Lian Qiao saw that she didn't speak like this, and raised her hand to beat her again, when suddenly she heard a voice at the door calling her: "Okay, stop beating when you've had enough beating, your empress is asking you to come in and serve her."
Lian Qiao took a look at Gui Zhi who was also serving by the honored person, so she hurriedly restrained her attitude and said flatteringly: "Thank you, sister Gui Zhi, for your reminder."
Guizhi glanced at Jiacai indifferently, seeing her calm expression, knowing that this must be a real ruthless character.
After sending Lian Qiao away, he stepped forward a few steps, bowed to her politely, and said: "Your Majesty, why should you make things difficult for the nobles, why don't you live well in this harem."
When Jiacai heard this, he looked at her with a distant smile: "In this harem, who can live well?" Unless he was willing to be trampled under his feet all his life, groveling his knees all his life, unable to even lift his head when walking, otherwise he would To fight, to fight, until the last pawn is used up, and the last breath is used up!
Guizhi was startled when he heard the words, and then laughed: "I heard that the biggest opponent of the empress outside the palace is the lady surnamed Lin. If the empress doesn't mind, this servant has a good idea."
Jiacai looked at her indifferently: "Do you think I will believe you?"
"Believe it or not, the maidservant can just talk about it or not. But the maidservant should not even think about exposing the servant girl in front of the nobleman. The servant girl will not admit it." Guizhi smiled, and when the prince mentioned Miss Lin before, his eyes were full of affection She is worthless for the princess, and Lin Jinhua must die.
When Jiacai saw the fierce light in her eyes, he paused. It seemed that there were quite a few people who had trouble with Lin Jinhua, but it was her ability to make so many people want to kill her.
After Guizhi finished speaking, Jiacai looked at her with a half-smile: "You are not someone who respects noble people..."
Guizhi paled slightly, and forced a smile to look at her: "Why do you care who the servant is, as long as you can kill Lin Jinhua, isn't it the best?"
Jiacai smiled: "That's right."
"Then I'm going to trouble your mother." After Guizhi finished speaking, she got up and glanced at her, then turned and left.
After the people left, Jiacai raised his eyes and looked at the sky. The sky was still clear during the day, but now it was overcast and rainy.
(End of this chapter)
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