Chapter 18 – The Troublemaker Returns
Zhang Xingliang returned to Juhui Palace, a little uneasy, she knew what kind of temper her son had.
Zhang Xingliang waited for about two or three hours, but he didn't hear any movement, and couldn't help but ask Nianqin to go to the Leaning Moon Hall to find out what was going on.
Nianqin went not long ago, and came back and said: "Your Highness has no movement over there, but I just checked the palace maid who left the palace today, and took away a maid who left the palace today." ”
"That's amazing. You can't find out the movement of the Heng Hall at night, but you don't ask about the crime of Doctor Natuo at night, but you investigate the palace maid who left the palace today?" Zhang Xingliang pondered.
"Then Doctor Tuo has returned to the Leaning Moon Palace?" Zhang Xingliang asked again.
"After returning to the emperor, when the slave maid left, he met Doctor Tuo returning to the Leaning Moon Palace. "Nian Qin said.
"Didn't you pass her to the Heng Hall that night?"
"No, after the slave saw Doctor Tuo enter the Leaning Moon Palace, she listened outside for a while, but no one came to pass on Doctor Tuo. ”
When Zhang Xingliang heard this, he felt that things were not good.
Xin'er took the required medicinal materials in the Hanqi Cave to "set the fate", and still returned to the Leaning Moon Hall in the beast cart, but found that Zhilan was gone, and a palace maid named "Rui'er" was replaced.
She asked where Zhilan was, and this Rui'er only said that Zhilan was called by His Highness for questioning and would be back in a while.
Xin'er listened, although it was strange, she didn't care.
After beating the crown princess today, Xin'er couldn't help but be a little afraid, but it happened too suddenly, and sitting back is not her style!
Now that the medicinal materials are complete, Xin'er hurriedly began to refine the medicine, which can be regarded as making up for the merits, and it is best to let himself leave here as soon as possible after refining the medicine as he said.
Xin'er said to Rui'er: "You are not needed here, you go to the outside to guard."
Rui'er agreed, and Xin'er went to the Danfang by herself to start refining medicine.
The last step of this "saint chase" only needs to mix the spiritual power and venom of the flying hidden snake with silver wire, pull the venom into the original solution, merge it into a ball according to the attributes of the five elements, and seal the pill for seven days with the "fixed edge" juice extracted from the silver wire at the last moment, and it is done.
The venom of the flying snake is so precious, if there is no grandfather's handwriting, Xin'er would not dare to use it to try it directly, for the sake of freedom, she will fight!
Tuo Zhixin's Gu Fire Ring emitted silver threads, gathering like flowers.
The spiritual power poured into the silver filament, and the silver filament reached into the bottle like a finger to suck out the venom, and under the traction of the silver filament, the venom turned into a soft green droplet bead, shining with crystal light, suddenly rounded, and suddenly flattened.
Tuo Zhixin urged the silver filaments to exert force suddenly, and the poison beads were dispersed into five petals, and those silver filaments fell between each petal to inject the five elements attribute into it.
At this moment, there was a humane outside the door: "The emperor has arrived!"
Rui'er ran in and said, "Doctor Tuo, the emperor has arrived, please go out to greet you." ”
"Wait a minute. Tuo Zhixin spit out a few words with difficulty.
"Ahh Rui'er didn't know what to do, so she had to kneel there and didn't dare to get up, and she was only assigned to this Leaning Moon Hall to do things today.
Tuo Zhixin was anxious, this moment was the critical stage of refining medicine, what should I do?
Why did this emperor come here so late?
Tuo Zhixin lamented in her heart that she probably didn't look at the yellow calendar when she went out today, she was really unlucky, she first bumped into the crown princess, and now she wants to make up for it, but the emperor and queen came at this time!
Now the medicine is almost a little bit ready!
Tuo Zhixin prayed to God and Buddha in his heart: "God, Xin'er, I have always been kind-hearted and don't do bad things, please let me pass this pass!"
God apparently didn't hear her prayers.
Emperor Zhang Xingliang had already come in, and when she didn't see Tuo Zhixin coming to greet her, she said in her heart: "This Tuo doctor is really so arrogant, he doesn't even pay attention to the palace!"
The emperor and her personal maid Nianqin entered the Dan room, and Nianqin saw that Tuo Zhixin was still sitting there motionless, so she patted her on the shoulder when she went up.
Tuo Zhixin was engrossed, his shoulders were violently forced, his hands shook, and the silver filament was not able to retract, only to see that the venom flew out, and he saw that it was about to be sprayed on the emperor and Nianqin!
Tuo Zhixin threw out the wire net and blocked the venom, the venom deviated from the direction and sprayed onto the eagle wood carving on the side, only to see that the wood carving suddenly burst out of green bubbles, turned into juice, and spread.
Seeing this, the emperor and Nianqin were both frightened and were in a daze, Tuo Zhixin had already reacted quickly and grabbed the emperor's arm and pulled her over, avoiding the venom spreading under her feet.
"You-you-bold!" Nianqin saw Tuo Zhixin openly tugging the emperor's arm, and immediately pointed at Tuo Zhixin and scolded.
"Dead, dead!" Tuo Zhixin ignored Nianqin's accusation at all, and just screamed, "The venom is spilled!
"Okay, you Tuo Doctor, you are so unreasonable to the emperor!" Nianqin raised his palm and was about to hit Tuo Zhixin.
"Nianqin, no!" the emperor scolded. Last time in the Yeheng Palace, Ye'er's attitude towards Doctor Tuo had been clearly expressed, and the implication was not to touch his people.
"Yes, sis. Nianqin quickly put her hand down.
"Come out, Nianqin, you call someone to clean up here. "The emperor said.
"Yes," said Nianqin.
Out of the Dan room, came to the main hall of the Leaning Moon Palace.
The emperor sat on the main throne and looked at Tuo Zhixin, who had a fluttering expression, and sat down: "Doctor Tuo, I came to this palace today to ask about you and Miss Yan, I heard that you hit Miss Yan's car today and beat her, but is there such a thing?"
"Oh, yes. At this time, Xin'er was thinking that the venom of the flying snake had been spilled, and she didn't know how to explain it, and she was already disheartened.
Speaking of which, the venom was sprinkled or caused by the arrival of the emperor, but the emperor is Haoye's biological mother, does he blame his mother?
Now that he is doomed, one sin and two sins have the same effect, and it doesn't matter anyway.
When the emperor saw that she admitted it without justification, she was also so angry, how much is this girl so pampered and so arrogant?
The emperor didn't expect her to say only one word of kindness, and she couldn't help but be suffocated, and she didn't know what to say.
After a slight pause, the emperor said: "Don't you know that Miss Yan is the future crown princess? What's more, you should apologize if you hit someone first, and you actually beat her like that?"
"Yes. I'm sorry. Tuo Zhixin said.
"You-" Seeing Tuo Zhixin answer, the emperor was really angry.
"Okay, since you also admit it, you are a physician of the Xuan Medical Department, and this matter is under the jurisdiction of the prince, and it is inconvenient for the palace to interfere, so you can go with me to find Ye'er. ”
"Huh? I'm not going. Tuo Zhixin suddenly woke up and waved his hand again and again.
"What? confess guilt but don't admit punishment?" the emperor said angrily, "If you don't go, do you want this palace to order someone to drag you there?"
"Ahh
The emperor and Tuo Zhixin arrived at the Chengyue Palace, but the prince was not here.
"What about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Nianqin asked.
Several guards of the Chengyue Hall knelt on the ground and were speechless.
"If you dare not return to the emperor, you will see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince later, and you will die ugly one by one. Nianqin threatened.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went down to the Shenxing Hall. "The guards knew that the prince and the emperor had a deep relationship, so how dare they not listen, so they had to tell the truth.
"What?" Zhang Xingliang felt bad and hurried to Shenxingtang.
Shen Xingtang
The entire hall of Shenxing Hall is dominated by black, and at this moment, Haoye is sitting on the main seat with a pair of domineering sword eyebrows, his perfect long legs show the spirit of a king, and his cold momentum freezes the air around him.
Yan Leyao, who fainted, was thrown at Haoye's feet by the attendants.
"Wake her up!" Haoye commanded coldly.
A bucket of cold water was splashed on Yan Leyao's face, making her wake up leisurely, who was already extremely embarrassed.
A flawless god-like male face is close at hand, and it is the bright night that she has been in love with for many years.
Despite the cold glow of her dark blue eyes, she couldn't help but indulge in them, until a heart-piercing pain came from her jaw and tears immediately flooded her eyes.
Haoye sat there, unscrupulously spread his long legs, and his long hand easily grabbed Yan Leyao's chin, forcing her close to his face: "You are such a little trick, this king has seen a lot in the palace." Bitter meat tricks, useless to me!"
With a contemptuous smile on the corner of Haoye's mouth, he looked at her cruelly, without a trace of pity.
"This king tells you, don't waste your efforts! Even if she beats you to death, it will be your own fault, because she has no reason to take the initiative to trouble you!"
Haoye let go of her chin and ordered, "Bring those two in for me!"
"I didn't do anything, it was Doctor Tuo who beat people with murder, Your Highness begs you......" Yan Leyao said with a crying voice.
Zhilan and another maidservant were escorted in and knelt beside them, both with red and swollen cheeks and tears still dry.
"Zhilan, Mingzhu has already been recruited, it was you who came to send a message to her that Doctor Tuo had left the palace and gone to the Xiluo Sea, so hurry up and tell Miss Yan. Mianxing stood aside and scolded.
"Your Royal Highness Mingjian, Zhilan doesn't know anything, the last time Mingzhu came to see the crown princess - oh, Miss Yan - wanted to see Doctor Tuo, and asked the slave maid to let Doctor Tuo go out of the palace to meet if she had a chance. The slave really doesn't know anything else!" said Zhilan, crying and kowtowing.
"Call me, this is inconsistent, this king was lying when he went to the Leaning Moon Hall to ask!" Haoye ordered lightly.
An attendant next to him got the order, waved his arm and opened the bow left and right, and "snapped" twice, which had beaten Zhilan's mouth full of blood.
"Go and get the wooden staff, beat me hard, until I am killed, let Miss Yan enjoy it here, a slave who dares to reveal the whereabouts of his master, there is only one way, and that is death!"
The disdainful eyes under the cold sword eyebrows of the bright night were filled with coldness.
"Yan Leyao, if you want to tell the truth, then you don't have to watch these scenes here. Haoye turned his head and looked down at Yan Leyao.
Yan Leyao listened to Zhilan's screams and the sound of sticks hitting in her ears, and she cried so much that she couldn't say a word.
"The emperor has arrived!" This voice was simply fairy music to Yan Leyao.
Hao Ye frowned slightly, hurriedly ordered people to stop the stick fighting, and got up to greet Zhang Xingliang.
Zhang Xingliang hurriedly came in, and when he saw this posture, he trembled with anger, so much so that when Haoye came up to meet him, he didn't care about him, and went directly to help Le Yao up, and shouted, "Quickly help up the seat." ”
The attendants looked at Haoye with their eyes, and Haoye nodded slightly.
A group of attendants hurriedly gave the emperor a chair at the back and helped Yan Leyao to the seat.
Tuo Zhixin followed behind Zhang Xingliang, buried her head low, and tried her best to hide herself from the emperor's entourage, but Haoye found her at a glance, but Xin'er lowered her head and didn't dare to look around.
Before Zhang Xingliang could speak, Haoye had already spoken: "Queen Mother, why are you here, the sons have their own proportions." ”
"Le Yao, why are you wet, but someone tortures you?" Zhang Xingliang ignored Haoye, and only took Le Yao's hand and asked.
"Nope. Le Yao shook her head and said, indeed, except for splashing her with a bucket of water, no one else touched her.
"Doctor Tuo, come here, explain to His Highness what's going on?" Zhang Xingliang said to Tuo Zhixin, who was hiding in his entourage.
Tuo Zhixin, who was named, had to move out of the crowd with difficulty, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and tried to calm the fear in his heart: "Tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I was wrong, I shouldn't have beaten the crown princess." Please, sir, spare me. ”
Hao Ye saw that she was still bowing her head, and in a respectful tone that she had never used before.
"Girl, save me!" Zhilan shouted as she lay on the ground and shouted in a hoarse voice.
Hearing this familiar voice, Tuo Zhixin suddenly raised her head and saw Zhilan on the ground, who was dying, already beaten and covered in blood.
Tuo Zhixin immediately rushed over and hugged Zhilan: "Why are you here? What's going on? Why did they beat you?"
"Girl, I really don't have a heart, save me, girl. Zhilan said with difficulty, blood gurgling from the corner of her mouth.
Xin'er turned her head and tears slid down her cheeks: "Your Highness, what mistake did Zhilan make, you want to do this to her?", Xin'er was also afraid of Haoye, but seeing Zhilan's miserable situation somehow aroused her courage.
"Didn't you just beg me to spare you? This is your attitude of begging for mercy? You go back now, and I will punish you another day for your mistakes. Haoye said angrily.
"No, if you don't let Zhilan go, I won't leave!" Tuo Zhixin actually got into a fight with him.
Zhang Xingliang watched this good show and understood, this is really a brine and tofu, one thing drops one thing.
A cold light rose in Haoye's dark blue eyes, and Tuo Zhixin's teary eyes were also pushed back with a fearless gaze.
The two looked at each other for a moment, Haoye retracted his gaze, and Tuo Zhixin looked back at Haoye resolutely and without flinching although her eyes were teary-eyed.
Haoye said to Mianxing: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and the punishment is twenty lashes and sent to the laundry room." ”
"Yes, Your Highness," Mianxing said.
"What? still want to fight?" Tuo Zhixin went up to stop him.
Haoye had already flashed over, hugged Tuo Zhixin's waist, and gently lifted it up, letting her face close to herself:
"Don't get an inch, this is already the greatest favor for a slave who has betrayed his master, and if you say one more word, I will give them ten lashes, and ten lashes for one word, until she is killed. ”
Haoye's eyes looked down on her, revealing an irresistible light.
Tuo Zhixin's waist was clamped by his powerful big hand, and he didn't dare to say another word when he saw his face approaching.
"Have you made enough trouble?" Zhang Xingliang helped Le Yao and said angrily.
"The queen mother, the son....." Haoye was about to speak.
"Don't say it, call someone to freshen up Le Yao, change her clothes and send her back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhang Xingliang said.
"Yes, Queen Mother. "The night did not stop it.
After Zhang Xingliang finished ordering, he said, "Go back to the palace!"
"Congratulations to the queen mother. Hao Ye said goodbye again, Zhang Xingliang ignored it, and left without looking back.
Haoye turned his head, looked at Tuo Zhixin, and approached step by step.
"Your Highness, didn't you just let me go back to the Leaning Moon Palace, I'll go back right now. Tuo Zhixin didn't wait for Haoye to answer, and ran away like her shoes didn't touch the ground.
"Mianxing, go and call General Pu. Haoye did not stop Tuo Zhixin, who was fleeing, and turned around and instructed Mianxingdao.
This night, General Pu escorted Yan Leyao, who had already been freshened up, back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Prime Minister Yan naturally came up to greet him in person.
In the living room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, General Pu and Prime Minister Yan were talking politely.
"Prime Minister Yan, His Royal Highness specially ordered me to send Ling Qianjin back, but in fact, it is all for the Prime Minister's Mansion. Pu Zhang said.
"General Pu, what do you mean by that?" asked Prime Minister Yan.
"Don't hide it from the Prime Minister, this is the confession that His Royal Highness got from the palace today, so that Qianjin designed to frame the Xuan Yi Department Physician, the evidence is conclusive, but His Royal Highness remembered that your family has made outstanding achievements, and specially ordered me to keep quiet, and hand over the confession to you, Your Highness's painstaking efforts, can you understand?" Pu Zhang said.
"Ah, there is such a thing, I can't imagine that the little girl would do such a thing! Thank you for your forgiveness!"
"Since His Royal Highness has secretly ordered me to inform him, he naturally doesn't want this matter to spread the word, and it is a trivial matter to design and frame Doctor Tuo, but it is a big taboo for Ling Ai to insert eyeliner in the palace and spy on the privacy of the royal family, and it is a capital crime of the Jiu clan!" Pu Zhang said.
Prime Minister Yan was so frightened that he fell from the table to the ground, "Old Decay Xie His Highness will not kill!"
"His Royal Highness will naturally not treat the old minister badly, but now Ling Qianjin has done this, lost the trust of the prince, and can no longer be the crown princess, if the royal family to abolish this marriage, it will definitely not look good on your prime minister's face, in order to take care of your face, or you yourself personally propose to the emperor to withdraw from the marriage, so that the matter will be fully understood, you only need to explain to the emperor that the daughter is sick, and the spirit can not be cured, I am afraid that the prince's wedding will be delayed, and I hope to find another beauty. ”
"The old man understood. The prime minister said.
"The prime minister may not know that the household department where Ling Lang Yan Lejing is located received some rumors some time ago, and His Royal Highness is about to investigate thoroughly, if it is verified, it will make Lang and Yan Mansion in danger!"
"Ah, it's so serious!" said Prime Minister Yan in surprise.
"The lower officials also heard about this matter, and you also know that the prime minister now rarely approves the folds, and the folds are stamped with the seal of the prince's mansion, if you handle this matter well, His Royal Highness's trust in you will increase, and he will naturally look at Ling Lang differently, and he will not listen to others. Pu Zhang continued.
"Lao Yu understands, thank you General Pu for mentioning it. Yan Cheng thanked him repeatedly.
Things seemed to be as Hao Ye wished, and soon Emperor Hai received a resignation from Prime Minister Yan Cheng, saying that the little girl was sick and could not get married, and hoped that Emperor Jun would choose another beautiful woman to be the crown princess for His Royal Highness.
Of course, the Sea Emperor knew what was going on, and he didn't say anything, and what was even more surprising was that the Emperor didn't object anymore but just said yes lightly.