Concubine's true colors

Chapter 226

After a whole night of tossing, whether it was Xiao Jinxuan or Xiao Zhuxiong Duanzi, they slept very deeply that night.

And they are in this secluded small town, sleeping very sweetly, but far away in Changping, the capital, but because they cannot be sure whether they are still alive, they have restless sleep and food, and can't sleep at night.

I saw that it was already past midnight in Prince Tai's mansion, but Zhou Xiantai was still sitting in the study. Even Ji Lingfeng, who was about to take the imperial examination in autumn, was not reviewing books, but sat beside him, frowning Difficult to stretch.

And Zhou Xiantai also asked anxiously at this meeting:
"Ling Feng, the people we sent out, did they find the seventh brother and Xiao Jinxuan? Even if they fell off a cliff and died, there should be bodies to be found, and if they were lucky enough to survive, there should have been news back The capital is now, so his life and death are so uncertain, it really makes His Highness feel uneasy."

Originally, he just wanted to call Feng Hualong to get rid of Xiao Jinxuan, but how could Zhou Xiantai have thought that Zhou Xianyu would be involved.

Now Emperor Ming had fallen into a coma after hearing the news that Zhou Xianyu had fallen off the cliff.

The 6 troops of the Beijing Army Battalion were also ready to move, forcing the court to give them an explanation. If Zhou Xianyu was here and there was no news, the [-] people would disobey the order and go find the other party's whereabouts by themselves.

Besides, at Prince Rui's Mansion, Zhou Xianrui was completely irritated, Emperor Ming was under his sole control to investigate Xiao Jinxuan's robbery and Zhou Xianyu's fall from a cliff.

As a result, the most stern and selfless virtuous king of the Great Zhou Dynasty not only killed his relatives righteously, but also directly put Gu Qingge, his cousin, into death row.

Even after learning that the black armor guards were involved in this matter, he took the imperial guards assigned to him by Emperor Ming and surrounded Prince Tai's mansion, and all those involved in the case were taken back to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation.

Because Zhou Xiantai was extremely suspicious of this matter, Emperor Ming was furious, and even ordered to confine Empress Xue in Fengxiang Palace. Even if Prime Minister Xue begged for mercy, Emperor Ming didn't give face, and even reprimanded Prime Minister Xue After a meal, he was kicked out of the palace.

The Xue family was deeply rooted and powerful, and Emperor Ming was always quite afraid of it, so he had to give three points of face.

But now it is obvious that the death of his beloved son really drove him into a hurry, and even had such a momentary impulse that Emperor Ming wanted to disregard the instability of the political situation and directly destroy Xue's family, so as to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Therefore, although Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianyu only fell off the cliff and disappeared for a short period of three or four days, there was an undercurrent surging in the capital, and all forces from all sides were mixed together. The possibility of a coup d'état is easy.

At this time, whoever can find Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianyu first will have the upper hand, and this is also the reason why Zhou Xiantai is so restless now.

It's not that he didn't think about treason, but he didn't dare to make a move before Zhou Xianyu died, otherwise he would take advantage of the turmoil in the capital and send troops to force the palace.

As a result, Zhou Xianyu came back on the back foot. At that time, the [-] soldiers of the Beijing military camp in the opponent's hands will instantly razed his palace to the ground. Let alone forcing the palace to usurp the throne, it will not matter whether he is alive or not. It's two things.

And Ji Lingfeng heard that Zhou Xiantai had done this for no less than the tenth time tonight. When he asked him if he had found Zhou Xianyu's body, or if there was any news, he knew that he was his master, and he really couldn't wait.

"Your Highness, please calm down. Although the Holy Majesty has fallen ill, there is still Prince Jianguo, and Prince Rui is assisting him. Ling Feng knows that His Highness is worried about capturing Xiao Jinxuan and causing Yu Wang to fall off the cliff. Therefore, he wants to first Raise troops in one step. But it’s really not the right time now, please don’t worry, we’ll have to wait.”

Seeing that although Zhou Xiantai didn't refute, but his expression didn't listen to the persuasion at all, Ji Lingfeng could only anxiously continue to persuade:

"Your Highness, although the political situation in the capital is currently in chaos, as long as the Holy Majesty is alive, there will be no chaos, and you should know that in a few days, the West Prince of Daliang Kingdom, the Third Prince of Beirong Kingdom, and many other small countries Envoys, all of you will come to congratulate the Holy Majesty on his birthday. This is a major event for the whole country. If you do something at this time, once our Great Zhou is in chaos, it will give other countries an opportunity to take advantage of it. Which is more important, I think. You must be able to weigh the pros and cons.”

Emperor Ming's birthday was in November, and it was indeed approaching in a blink of an eye. Although countries would fight against each other, in front of politics, there were no permanent enemies at all, and there were only permanent interests.

Therefore, even the Beirong Kingdom, which had just finished a fight with Da Zhou, should congratulate now, so it still came to congratulate, so as to show the tolerance and etiquette of a big country. As for whether to fight in the future, that is a matter of the future up.

And Zhou Xiantai saw that Empress Xue was now confined to the bedroom, and Zhou Xianrui himself was detained in the Prince's Mansion, almost under house arrest. Now that Zhou Xianyu's life and death were uncertain, and Emperor Ming couldn't get sick, he was indeed in a hurry, and he didn't want to miss this Great opportunity.

So what about treason, history has always been in the hands of the victor, as long as he can ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, whoever dares to disobey, he has the confidence to suppress them all.

But seeing Ji Lingfeng, the analysis is also reasonable. Now that the diplomatic missions from various countries are visiting, they will come to Beijing one after another in the near future. He can suppress the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he can't stop the mouth of the world. Zhou Xiantai doesn't want to just take the throne , Let the countries think that he is a cold-blooded bloodthirsty generation, which has a very bad influence on him.

Immediately weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Xiantai could only sigh secretly, knowing that the time had not come, he only asked Ji Lingfeng to continue to step up the search for Zhou Xianyu's whereabouts, no matter whether he was alive or dead, as soon as there was news, he would report back.

In Prince Tai's mansion, Zhou Xiantai was restless because of being under house arrest, and even thought of forcing the palace to rebel.

In fact, in Prince Rui's mansion today, at midnight, the lights are also brightly lit, and the mansion door is wide open. There are rumors about Zhou Xianyu and Xiao Jinxuan who are suspected of being Zhou Xianyu and Xiao Jinxuan, and even letters from Feige. Send it to the palace.

Zhou Xianrui, on the other hand, is wearing a dark purple coiled dragon pattern cloak, sitting in front of the desk, concentrating on it, with a dignified expression, carefully browsing through the thousands of copies of information in front of him, hoping to find something useful in it, so that At least he knew whether Xiao Jinxuan and Xiao Jinxuan were still alive in this world.

Thinking of Xiao Jinxuan, Zhou Xianrui's right hand couldn't help clenching into a fist. The purple slender figure of the other party appeared in his mind all the time in the past few days.

In so many midnight dreams, Zhou Xianrui was thrown off a cliff by the other party, falling to pieces, bloody dreams, and woke up in a cold sweat.

And Zhou Xianyu, his good brother, Zhou Xianrui, actually still can't accept that Da Zhou, the legendary young battle king, would die so young, tragically at the foot of Tu'er Ridge.

Ever since the two of Xiao Jinxuan fell off the cliff and disappeared, Zhou Xianrui has basically been in a state of extreme fatigue.

The crown prince was benevolent, and Emperor Ming fell ill again. It was said in the court that the crown prince supervised the government, but all matters, big or small, were basically inseparable from his deployment and review.

Zhou Xianrui, who returned to the mansion exhausted after finishing the affairs of the court during the day, had to collect and sort out the news to find out the whereabouts of Xiao Jinxuan and the two of them.

Every time there was news from the nearest local government office that a corpse was salvaged in the water, that was the moment when Zhou Xianrui was most worried, for fear that the floating corpse would be the two of Xiao Jinxuan.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhou Xianrui felt that his splitting headache had been relieved a little. Looking at the teacup in his hand, he couldn't help but smiled wryly.

Because the ginseng tea he drinks now is still the one that Xiao Jinxuan ordered Bai Shu to deliver in person.

Already accustomed to drinking this kind of tea, Zhou Xianrui thought that maybe in this life, he would never have the chance to ask Xiao Jinxuan to prepare tea ingredients for him again. An unconcealable feeling of loneliness quickly spread in his heart. , so uncomfortable that his heart was aching.

But at this moment, there was a slight knock on the door outside the study, and then a man in night clothes walked in with a respectful expression.

"Your Highness, this subordinate has returned to his command. According to your instructions, I am lurking near the Prince Tai's mansion and closely monitoring his every move. Sure enough, I saw the other party's hidden guards coming in and out of the palace from time to time. Although Prince Tai is now under house arrest, but This subordinate can be sure that the other party must also be closely searching for the whereabouts of His Royal Highness."

Hearing these words, a hint of understanding flashed in Zhou Xianrui's eyes, and then he said in a deep voice:
"Don't worry about it. The Prince of Thailand will send people to search, which is also within my expectations. Although it is not good for us to be found by him first, but as long as we pay close attention, the people in the Prince's Mansion will be the same Stocks, help us find Yuwang's helpful helpers, as long as you see them and show any signs of Xianyu's movements, you will immediately report back to this king, and then we will send people to follow, and we can easily find Yuwang. "

Zhou Xianrui was not Zhou Xianyu, and he did not have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Although Emperor Ming assigned him the imperial guards, the imperial guards were not allowed to leave the capital.

Therefore, he was able to mobilize the people who searched for the whereabouts of Xiao Jinxuan and the two of them, and only his own three hundred palace guards were left.

So the Prince's Mansion was also looking for someone in private, even if Zhou Xianrui knew about it, he didn't intend to have a relationship, he was just going to use a trick, the trick of mantis catching cicadas and orioles in the back, asking the other party to search wildly, while he waited and watched.

As long as the other party finds Zhou Xianyu, no matter whether the seventh brother is alive or dead, he will send someone to take it back directly.

At Changping, the capital, the atmosphere is extremely tense, but Zhou Xianyu and Xiao Jinxuan, who are the key figures in this matter, are sitting at the wooden table, very leisurely, eating the breakfast prepared for them by the old man Zhao .

As for the sudden appearance of the little bamboo bear dumpling, although the old man Zhao and his granddaughter were taken aback, they couldn't figure out where Xiao Jinxuan got this little thing overnight.

But seeing that the dumpling is young and very docile, it mainly doesn't attack people, so the old man Zhao also took out the remaining bamboo shoots at home and fed it. Now this little guy is hugging the autumn bamboo shoots and eating them happily.

But when everyone was eating, there was a burst of noise coming from outside the house, and then two guards pushed the door open, and came in with a fierce look on their faces.

Xiao Jinxuan, who was eating half of the rice porridge in the bowl, immediately put down her chopsticks when she saw this, and said in a cold voice:
"The officials in Zhuluo Town are so interesting. They always pick other people to come in and disturb them during meals, and they are really unscrupulous when they break into the residents and disturb the people. You still have Wang Fa in your eyes. !"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a burst of triumphant laughter from outside the door, and then a person wearing Qipin county official uniform walked in.

This man was wearing a black gauze hat, his face was broad and flat, his eyes were small, his nose was flat and his mouth was big, and he happened to be extremely short and fat. When he came in through the door, if you didn't look carefully, you could think that the other party rolled in by sticking to the ground.

And when the magistrate came in and stood firm, he raised his huge head very arrogantly, and then said with a sinister smile:
"Wang Fa? In Sishui County, the county lord is Wang Fa. My Yatou died tragically here yesterday. All of you deserve to die. Come on, take them all down for me."

(End of this chapter)