The grass and the mountains bloomed for a moment
In the evening, Mallow secretly went to Wanchaozong and entered the Taiji Pavilion to see Shangguan Tianyuan.
As soon as Xun Shaoling returned to the palace from the palace, he heard that Zhou Jinse had hanged himself, and before he could rush to the Jade Linge Palace to see her remains, the imperial doctor told him that Zhou Jinse was pregnant, and her death was one corpse and two lives, Xun Shaoling was shocked and sad, and then this double bad news reached the ears of the Empress Dowager Wei, and the Empress Dowager Wei almost fainted.
Xun Shaoling immediately ordered someone to investigate the cause of Zhou Jinse's death in detail, no matter how you look at her suicide, it was too sudden and unreasonable, until the searcher found the talisman of Wan Chaozong in Zhou Jinse's bedroom, and Xue Cheng reported that Shangguan Tianyuan had entered the inner palace without authorization during the day when Zhou Jinse hanged himself, he probably understood, and he was suddenly shocked and extremely disappointed in Shangguan Tianyuan. Even if Shangguan Tianyuan took the initiative to explain to him the inside story of Zhou Jinse's matter, and clarified that it was not he who forced Zhou Jinse to die, it would be useless, after all, he was also a person of Wan Chaozong, he knew Wan Chaozong very well, and he also knew the depth of Shangguan Tianyuan City, and the death of the beloved concubine was indeed too heavy, so he suffered too much blow.
Shangguan Tianyuan also understood that although Xun Shaoling's reply to him was to believe that he did not force Zhou Jinse and did not have the intention of installing a detailed surveillance on the Son of Heaven, Xun Shaoling was suspicious of him after all, but because of the relationship between master and apprentice, the refusal to see him in these days is proof. When the inner palace was singing and mourning day and night, Shangguan Tianyuan was even more worried in the Taiji Pavilion.
As soon as she entered the Taiji Pavilion, she knelt down in front of Shangguan Tianyuan, and cried for a long time: "Elder, please avenge my sister, she was killed!"
Shangguan Tianyuan was surprised, he didn't think about this possibility, but he didn't expect Mallow to say so surely: "How do you know?
Mallow replied: "Before my sister died, I had seen Concubine Lang, and told Concubine Yan that she was pregnant with a dragon child, and Concubine Lang later returned to the Splendid Palace and looked depressed almost sadly, and was in a coma for a while, just that night, Mallow overheard her and the palace maid Ruyi seemed to be talking to a man, and when Mallow entered the dormitory to break them, although the man was not seen, but Concubine Yan and Ruyi's master and servant had tears on their faces, and Concubine Lang was still sitting on the ground, which was really abnormal, and Mallow became suspicious...... But I never thought that my sister would hang herself in the Jade Linge Palace that night...... Elder, my sister is getting the emperor's favor and is pregnant with a dragon son, why did she commit suicide? Mallow knows her sister's character very well, and even if she is afraid that Wan Chaozong will hold her accountable, she will definitely not exonerate herself by committing suicide! She has always been strong, how can she compromise so easily? Elder, Concubine Yan must not be able to get out of the way! Mallow guessed that she asked people to kill my sister, and then made it look like my sister committed suicide! How vicious she is! I hope the elder will be clear!"
Shangguan Tianyuan pondered, "Mallow, are you sure you heard a male voice?"
Mallow burst into tears, gritted her teeth and nodded: "I'm sure!"
"In this way, Concubine Jin is really suspicious of being careful, then I am afraid that the person who met her is her colleague in the palace, she is afraid that Concubine Jin's pregnancy with a dragon will make her lose His Majesty's favor and cronies, so let the same door kill Concubine Jin, and implicate the guilt to Wan Chaozong, one is to protect her status so that she can do fine things, and the other is to provoke the relationship between His Majesty and Wan Chaozong to make His Majesty suspicious of the old man......"
"Yes!" Mallow was a little excited, she completely agreed with Shangguan Tianyuan's opinion.
Shangguan Tianyuan frowned, pondered silently, hesitated, and said, "But this is just speculation after all...... You haven't found any proof of it......"
Mallow suddenly bowed, and said in a resolute tone: "Elder! What Mallow heard that night is clear proof! Mallow dares to guarantee with her life that Concubine Yan must be Nanke's spy! As long as Mallow investigates again, she will inevitably find out the evidence and find out her accomplice!"
Shangguan Tianyuan said: "It's not that the old man doesn't believe your words, it's just that there is no clear evidence, which is the most distressing." The old man sent the two of you sisters to supervise Concubine Yan, and he had already suspected her, but without evidence, how could His Majesty believe it?"
"Elder, Mallow must do her best to find evidence, but at this time, we can't tolerate her!" said Mallow said.
Shangguan Tianyuan's eyes showed essence, he bowed slightly, and said, "Hmph! The old man will never tolerate that demon girl!"
He thought that even if there was no clear evidence for the time being, but Weiyang's suspicion of being a spy was already confirmed, if he went directly to Xun Shaoling, he was afraid that Wan Chaozong would not be able to find out anything for a while, and he would end up with the same result as the last time he checked Wei Rushen, but he would lose his trust. Shangguan Tianyuan must deal with Weiyang, so he had a strategy to deal with Weiyang with the help of external forces.
After Shangguan Tianyuan explained to the mallow mallow , the mallow went to the Luanfeng Palace to see the Empress Dowager Wei and revealed her origin to the Empress Dowager Wei, she was also from the Zhou family and was a biological sister with Zhou Jinse. She didn't mention that this was Shangguan Tianyuan's idea, but just told the Empress Dowager Wei the truth about Zhou Jinse's tragic death with tears in her eyes, so that Empress Dowager Wei knew that this was indeed not Shangguan Tianyuan's fault, but Weiyang's murder, and told the Empress Dowager Wei in detail what she heard that night.
Empress Dowager Wei was already grief-stricken by Zhou Jinse's death, and when she saw Zhou Jinse's sister Zhou Jinkui, she was furious when she learned such a cruel inside story. As the master of the harem, whether Weiyang is a fine work or not, she can't tolerate Weiyang's suspicion of persecuting the concubine, not to mention that Zhou Jinse is still her closest relative.
At dusk, Ji Chang'an crouched on the top of the main palace of Shaohua Palace, with his telescope in front of him, looking at a white shadow fluttering, as she approached, his eyes left the mirror, no longer lying on his stomach, sat up, put the hand holding the telescope on his knee, smiled slightly, and looked intently at Jianing who fell in front of him.
Jianing sat down next to him, and he still looked at her like that, and she asked, "What's wrong?"
He just didn't look away, and replied: "Actually, you are the most beautiful in white clothes, do you know? Just now I saw you fall in front of me, I remembered the first time I saw you......" He smiled.
“…… In Feiyun Pavilion?" Jia Ning recalled the events of that time, a little embarrassed.
Ji Changan knew what she was thinking, smiled at her evilly, and shook his head: "No, it was outside Youzhou City, that night, when you were chasing Xun Shaoling, I inexplicably crossed over and fell in front of you, I thought you were filming......"
"Say these unintelligible words again......" Jianing said strangely.
Ji Changan moved closer to her and continued: "In short, that was the first time we met, although you were wearing a hat, but at that time I thought you were so beautiful, dressed in white, holding a sword, a little bit of a little dragon girl......"
Jianing looked at him, deliberately pretending to be fierce to hide his shyness, and his slender palm compared a knife to his neck, threatening: "Do the right thing! If your ability to investigate the case is not as good as your ability to talk about words, this princess can solve you without a sword." ”
Seeing her like this, Ji Changan was not afraid but felt cute, the evil and provocative gaze swept over her close face, and lowered his head and kissed the back of her hand: "Okay, do the right thing." ”
Jianing's hand trembled, as if he had been stung by a needle, and immediately withdrew his hand. Ji Changan bowed down and continued to look at the direction of Changming Hall with a telescope, both of them were silent for a while, the sunset in front of them fell into the sky like fire, her face was blown by the wind, and her face was soft.
After a while, or bored, Jianing lowered his eyes and looked at Ji Changan's side face, and asked, "...... That one...... Who is the little dragon girl?"
Ji Changan laughed out loud and replied, "Aunt Yang Guo." ”
"Uh...... Who is Yang Guo?"
He replied, "The apprentice of the little dragon girl." ”
"Huh?" the more Jianing listened, the more he didn't understand: "It's an aunt and an apprentice again...... What the hell is the relationship?"
He finally confirmed the answer, saying, "They are a couple." "He just deliberately teased her.
This is really the most chaotic relationship she has ever heard, and Jianing didn't know what to say, so she just asked, "The little dragon girl is beautiful, isn't it?"
Ji Changan glanced up at her and nodded: "Yes, she is very beautiful......
"But she's already had Yang, you're disappointed, aren't you?" Jianing teased him.
Ji Changan sneered, "Haha, yes, I'm so disappointed, I don't have a chance, so I have to come to you soon." ”
Jianing's face turned cold, and he stretched out his hand to push, almost pushing him off the top of the palace.
The two had a rare and easy quarrel, Jianing looked at the side hall next to him, and couldn't help but become serious again, and asked, "How is Jiayi?"
Hearing her tone, Ji Changan felt distressed, "How can I have already taught him a lesson, and he knows that he is very uncomfortable if he misunderstands you, but ...... He's still stubborn, he doesn't want to be the crown prince, I hope you can change your mind and don't force him......"
"Do you think I'm forcing him?" asked Jianing, "but I don't know who is forcing me......"
Ji Changan said: "Okay, Jianing, Jiayi is simple-minded, he is unwilling to participate in complex struggles, and at his age, it is the time to start to be assertive, if you are too tough, he will be more firm in his ideas, it is better to take his time." When I was sixteen years old, I was still clamoring for not wanting to study, thinking about dropping out of school all day to become a wandering singer, but I was dragged back by my dad and sent directly to the army, now I think about it, my dad's decision is indeed right, but I don't regret fighting for my somewhat stupid dream......" He said, thinking that Jianing might not understand, so he didn't talk about himself, and persuaded: "You have your choice, he has his choice, if you don't agree, then you can't help it." ”
Jianing listened, shook his head, and interrupted him: "No, I never had a choice. ”
Ji Changan's words seemed to poke at Jianing's pain, or made her realize something. He got up and looked at her, and she looked at him and said, "Indeed, I don't have a choice for my background, I don't have a choice for my future, and I'm afraid I won't have a choice when I get married later...... I was born as the head of Luoyunmen, and then I obeyed the wishes of the master, the queen mother, and the uncle...... Being the head of the house, being meticulous, and helping Jiayi win the heir, these are all things I had to do when I was born, but no one has ever asked me if I want to!"
Ji Chang looked at her quietly, listening to her pour out her truth, he asked, "That...... Would you like to?"
Jianing turned her head to meet his gaze, and she said, "I don't want to." ”
"Jianing ......"
It turns out that this is her true heart, and it turns out that she has been unhappy.
Ji Changan opened his arms and bent her into his arms, and he asked, "Then what kind of life are you really willing to have?"
Leaning on his shoulder, she calmed down in her heart, and there was a lot more tenderness: "Actually...... I also have a little bit of fantasy, I used to think that if I wasn't born in the royal family, I would like to be an ordinary woman in the people, even if I was busy to get by...... Then marry a wishful man......" she said and smiled unconsciously.
He felt that this was the most true and beautiful thing he had ever heard of her, and it was also the most beautiful thing, he didn't expect that Jianing also had the heart of a little girl, so simple and true. He smiled and asked, "And then?"
Maybe the mood and atmosphere at this time were indeed too gentle, which made her have more intoxicating feelings, she buried her face, smiled fascinatedly, and said: "Then, open a shop, preferably in Jiangnan, open a tea shop or a tavern, like Zhuo Wenjun, it is not bad to be a proprietress who sells wine......"
She looked at the front of the remnant sun like blood, as if she was longing for something, Ji Changan saw that her eyes were shining, and she was incredibly beautiful. She whispered, "If I wasn't born in the royal family, I should be able to live like this, if I wasn't born in the royal ......"
The golden roof of the palace under the sky reflected the glow, and the palace where her mother, the eldest grandson, and Empress Empress, lived before her death, and her words suddenly stopped, as if she was startled, pushed Ji Chang'an away, and said to herself with some self-reproach: "What am I talking about? How can I say such a thing? It's delusional, I don't even want to be born in the royal family, I'm a princess......"
Ji Changan sighed in his heart, and his sword eyebrows under the mask frowned, "Jianing, yearning for freedom is not a sin, why should you suffer yourself?"
"No......" Jianing turned her head to avoid Ji Changan's eyes, she forced herself to wake up: "I can't do this, how can I do this? I want to escape? I absolutely can't escape!"
Both of them were silent and sat separately, Jianing returned to the self-contained appearance with an icy face like water, Ji Changan looked at her for a while, and then turned his head helplessly, and continued to use the telescope to explore the Changming Palace.
He broke the silence and changed the subject and asked, "What false information did you give Qin Fengge?"
Jianing lowered his eyes and replied: "I asked Mo Litou to give it to her, Mr. Tan came to Zhaoming Hall that day and left me a handwritten letter, writing a list of ministers in the court who were taught by him, and he has already contacted these ministers, and they are all willing to help Jiayi...... At this moment, Qin Fengge should have stolen this handwritten letter......"
"Oh, she's faster than you think......" Ji Changan saw Qin Fengge's figure in the telescope.
"She's already succeeded?" Jia Ning took the telescope and put it in front of her eyes to watch, she also saw that on the palace road on the back wall of the Changming Palace, Qin Fengge walked in quickly, separated from the oncoming palace people, and when the palace people walked away and there was no one around, she immediately got up and jumped into the back wall.
Jianing removed the telescope and returned it to Ji Changan, with a cold look in her eyes: "She really has a ghost." ”
Ji Changan said a little proudly: "How about it, I'll just say that she was sent to you by your second emperor's brother, right?"
Jianing chuckled and nodded, looking at him, "Okay, you're right." ”
Ji Changan laughed at himself: "It's really not easy to be affirmed by Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoming once." ”
Jianing got up, "Maybe you've been right all along. She stepped on the ridge of the main palace of Shaohua Palace, walked forward, and left him, Ji Changan sat in place, watching her walk to the other end of the palace ridge, the light figure stayed on the phoenix carving, turned around, looked at him, smiled brightly, and her eyes were cold, she raised her arms slightly, and her water sleeves swayed in the wind, like a white butterfly, she looked at him like that and smiled, and then fell back and fell down in an instant.
Ji Changan was shocked and shouted: "Jianing!" His heart jumped to his throat, and he was like a fool for a while, and hurriedly ran to the other end to look down, but saw Jianing standing on the flat ground unharmed, smiling at him with his head held high, a little naughty, his heart suddenly relaxed, and he took a long breath.
He also went down and caught up with Jianing: "You really scared me to death just now! I thought you jumped off the building like that......
Jia Ning said: "How could I not think about it so much? Just play tricks on you, your scream just now alarmed the people of the whole Shaohua Palace, as for it?"
Ji Changan pointed at her helplessly: "Ahhh
"So what? Don't you always say that I have a sense of humor and don't want the boss to make a face?"
As soon as the two of them turned their heads, they saw that there was already a group of palace people standing in front of them, Ji Changan's cry alarmed them, they came out to take a look, but saw their princess Her Royal Highness...... Suddenly, they were all stunned, and they knelt down in a panic and saluted.
Jianing asked them to calm down, and then, he looked at the closed door of the side hall, and instructed Chen Gonggong, the eunuch in charge of Shaohua Palace: "Open the door, let His Royal Highness Wu out, the punishment is over, and restore his freedom." ”