Chapter 74: Complaint (2nd Update)
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Tianyang was punished, and then Qi Yan set his eyes on Qin Jingyi.
Qin Jingyi was furious by him, and hurriedly covered his face with a fan: "Sixth brother, it's really not my fault, I don't know who is so bold as to dare to kill people on my painting boat." โ
It's good that he's still a prince, I can't imagine who would dare to do this.
Ling Haoyue's heart moved, yes, ordinary people are not so bold, even if they want to kill her, they don't need to kill people and set fire to Qin Jingyi's boat.
"What about Ling Wanrou?" Qi Yan asked.
Qin Jingyi smiled: "She's probably still in Gongfang." He deliberately drugged the pearl balls, and others would never find out, they would only think that Ling Wanrou had eaten too many balls made of glutinous rice and had bloated.
"Jingyi, the imperial concubine has taught you this since you were a child, probably, be careful to fall on these two words in the future. Qi Yan accused mercilessly, his words full of contempt.
In the future, as expected, Qin Jingyi was almost planted on the word "probably".
Ling Haoyue and Qi Yan glanced at each other, obviously they wanted to go together.
This killer came too suddenly and unreasonably, and he made a move on Ling Haoyue on Qin Jingyi's painting boat, obviously confirming that Qin Jingyi was not in the painting boat.
The place where the painting boat stops is not a lively place, it is sparsely populated, how does the other party know that Qin Jingyi is not there?
There are only two possibilities, one is that the killer has been following behind the painting boat and saw Qin Jingyi leave with his own eyes, and the other is that someone told Qin Jingyi that he was not here.
Obviously, if the other party had been following behind, it would be impossible for Qi Yan not to find out with Qi Yan's alertness, and even if he hadn't found it for a while, wouldn't that person have seen that Ling Haoyue had already left with Qi Yan?
Even if Ling Haoyue wore men's clothes and didn't recognize it, how could she not be suspicious, but rashly entered the painting boat to assassinate, and then set fire to the painting boat?
Then there is only one possibility left, someone told Qin Jingyi that he was not in the painting boat, and Ling Haoyue was here.
Knowing that Qin Jingyi had left and Ling Haoyue had not left, Ling Wanrou was the biggest suspect.
And if you can kill people and set fire to Qin Jingyi's painting boat, you can offend Qin Jingyi in time, and if you are not careful, it will be a big crime to assassinate the prince.
It seems that the people behind this curtain are not simple. Is it Ling Guogong? Ling Haoyue wasn't too sure.
Feihualou assassinated last night, and today he killed people and set fires? This frequency is too high, right?
Although Qin Jingyi was not a dull person, he immediately found that he seemed to have left out Ling Wanrou. Hurriedly ordered someone to go to the restaurant to check.
Just now he followed behind Ling Wanrou, Ling Wanrou went to the Windward Building to pay tribute, and he drank tea in the Windward Building, watched Ling Wanrou, and by the way, also made room for Qi Yan and Ling Haoyue. It's just that he thought that Ling Wanrou was just a fool, so he didn't pay much attention to her, could it really be that he was too negligent and was taken advantage of.
Qi Yan waved his hand, and Zhengse said, "Don't worry about her, let's go directly to the palace." โ
"What are you going to do in the palace?" Qin Jingyi couldn't keep up with Qi Yan's rhythm a little. Ling Wanrou hasn't found it yet, so she has to find out who is making trouble.
Ling Haoyue sneered: "Your Majesty will definitely not sit idly by and watch the assassination of the dignified prince. โ
Qi Yan also smiled and said: "Yes, in broad daylight, someone dared to assassinate the five princes, who knew that the five princes happened to be no longer there, the killer almost injured the county lord, and the main hall happened to pass by and save the county lord." โ
Well, a complete play has been arranged, and the next thing is to sing it in front of the emperor.
"Wait a while......" Qin Jingyi stopped them, scratched his head and said, "Sixth brother, county lord, I still don't understand, why do you want to enter the palace?"
Ling Haoyue chuckled and said: "Fifth Prince, the assassin rushed to kill people and set fire to your painting boat, and it was clear that he didn't see you in his eyes, then the power behind him must be not small. โ
"Oh, I see. Qin Jingyi figured it out now, "If my father's son is assassinated, my father will definitely be furious and order a thorough investigation of this matter, no matter how powerful the murderer is, he will inevitably not show his feet." โ
Ling Haoyue nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, now that the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, so I simply directly reported this matter to the heavens and made a bigger fuss." โ
Qin Jingyi's brain was spinning, and he said with a smile: "Do you want me to suffer a small injury or something, so that my father will be even more angry." โ
Ling Haoyue waved her hand and smiled: "Fifth prince, this is not necessary, our purpose is to tell Your Majesty that the other party does not take the people in the royal family in his eyes, knowing that this is your painting boat, and dares to kill people and set fires, if you are really injured, I am afraid that Your Majesty will think otherwise." โ
For example, the open and secret battles between the princes, now that the princes are getting older and older, they are all adults, if Qin Jingyi is really injured, then His Majesty will think that a certain prince wants to seize the throne, so he will attack Qin Jingyi, and Ling Haoyue is the one who is dragged down.
Qin Jingyi knocked his head with a fan and said with a smile: "Look at me, I'm confused." Let's go, go to the palace and go to my father to complain!"
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in the Royal Palace
Emperor Xiqin was in the imperial study to approve the folding, and suddenly heard the little eunuch come to report, the fifth prince, the sixth prince of Southern Qi, and the lord of Haoyue asked to see him.
Why are so many people here today?
Emperor Xiqin's eyelids jumped, as if it was not a good thing.
"Xuan. โ
After a while, I saw Qin Jingyi walking in pitifully, and knelt on the ground as soon as he entered the door.
"Father, you must be the master of your sons. โ
And Qi Yan and Ling Haoyue, who came in with them, did not have very good faces, Ling Haoyue did not say anything, only knelt silently next to Qin Jingyi.
Qi Yan is the prince of Southern Qi, so he doesn't need to kneel, but only bows slightly: "Murong Yan of Southern Qi has seen Your Majesty." โ
Emperor Xi Qin looked at Qi Yan, then at Qin Jingyi and Ling Haoyue who were kneeling below, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "Get up and speak." โ
One by one, they knelt on the ground, their heads hung down, and he couldn't see the expressions on their faces. The emperor is best at judging the authenticity of a person's speech from his expression.
Qin Jingyi and Ling Haoyue stood up.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Emperor Xiqin asked, looking at the three people standing below.
Qin Jingyi replied: "Father, it was the mother concubine who said that the county lord of Haoyue was poisoned by negligence at the banquet that day, and she couldn't help it, so the son specially invited the lord of Haoyue County to visit the lake today, which can be regarded as making amends to the county lord." It was good, but halfway through the child minister went to the teahouse to explain, who knew that the county lord of Haoyue was assassinated in the painting boat, fortunately the sixth brother passed by to save the county lord, the assassin was unwilling, and directly set fire to the painting boat, fortunately the county lord is fine, otherwise the son will not be able to escape the blame. โ
"Someone assassinated the county lord?" Emperor Xiqin was puzzled, if he wanted to assassinate Qin Jingyi, he thought it was possible, the prince always made enemies inadvertently.
Looking at Ling Haoyue standing below, Ling Haoyue hadn't said a word since she came in, and stood there quietly.
Emperor Xi Qin recalled that Ling Haoyue had rarely appeared in the palace since the death of Princess Anding and Ling Juma, and there were few rumors about her in Beijing, so she didn't look like someone who would be assassinated?
Qi Yan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, when the main hall arrived, the assassin stabbed the county lord with his sword, which was very dangerous. โ
Qin Jingyi nodded and said: "Yes, father, that person took advantage of Erchen's absence, committed murder in Erchen's painting boat, and finally directly set fire to the boat, today it was Erchen who invited the county lord to come out, if something happened to the county lord, how can the minister explain to the dead Aunt Anding and Ling Yuma." โ
"Your Majesty, the murderer knows that it is the painting boat of the five princes, or does he kill people and set fires, it seems that he is not worried about what will happen to the five princes if he finds out?"
Qi Yan said while quietly glancing at Qin Jingyi, enough, this bitter drama is a bit too much.
Qin Jingyi is this virtue on weekdays, and the imperial concubine also spoils him, and he is used to being obedient, but he unconsciously overdone, and was reminded by Qi Yan that he was a little more restrained.
"Father, I don't know who is so bold and dares to assassinate the royal family, it's simply lawless. Qin Jingyi's expression was very angry.
Although Emperor Xiqin didn't show it on his face, he didn't feel very comfortable in his heart, as Qi Yan said, the other party didn't take Qin Jingyi, the prince, in his eyes at all, otherwise he wouldn't have committed murder under his nose, and the target of the assassination was still the royal clan lord and county lord.
"Haoyue, do you know who attacked you?" Emperor Xiqin looked at Ling Haoyue.
Ling Haoyue owed a debt and replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Haoyue doesn't know." The courtiers rarely go out on weekdays, and they have never had a grudge against anyone, so I really don't know who wants to attack the courtiers. โ
This answer was decent, not leaking, Emperor Xiqin thought for a moment, and said: "Haoyue, you live in the palace first, I will send someone to find out about this matter." โ
Emperor Xiqin's reaction was expected.
Ling Haoyue replied, "The courtiers obey the order. โ
Qi Yan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty for permission to stay in the palace for a few days, the post house is really boring." โ
Emperor Xiqin said with a smile: "The six princes can live at will." "Southern Qi and Western Qin have been friends for many years, Qi Yan is the prince of Southern Qi, and he is a distinguished guest, Qi Yan is a good guest, and he will inevitably treat him with courtesy.
"This hall likes to be clean, so I ask Your Majesty to arrange a secluded place. Qi Yan continued.
Originally, Emperor Xiqin wanted to say that it would be better for him to live with Qin Jingyi, but since he opened his mouth, Emperor Xiqin was not easy to refuse, so he immediately ordered the palace people to clean up Yunxi Pavilion and let Qi Yan live.
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When the three of them came out of the imperial study, Qin Jingyi couldn't help but ask, "Sixth brother, you won't be calculated and deliberately want to live in Yunxi Pavilion." โ
Yunxi Pavilion is impartial, next to the Queen Mother's Shou'an Palace.
If you want to talk about where is the quietest in the palace, out of the cold palace, only the queen mother's palace is the quietest.
Ling Haoyue lived in the palace, of course, with her maternal grandmother, the Queen Mother, and lived in Shou'an Palace.
Who is Qi Yan happy and quiet?