"Little fool, it is I who should protect you, not you who worry about me. ”

Yang An dropped a kiss on her forehead, with infinite tenderness in her eyes. After that, a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, although it was fleeting, he was still discovered by Cheng Jingjing.

"Your Majesty, but is there anything else?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from her, Yang An had no choice but to say: "After spring is the day of the triennial draft, although I don't want to accept so many concubines, but in order to block the mouths of those ministers, I can only do what they want." Only in this way can I keep you safe for the rest of your life. ”

"It turned out to be a draft," Cheng Jingjing lowered her head and covered the sourness in her eyes: "Your Majesty, as the king of a country, should also accept concubines in order to continue the royal bloodline." Your Majesty doesn't need to take into account the feelings of the concubines, just do what you want to do. ”

"I am very pleased that you can think so," Yang An happily hugged her and said, "At that time, I will arrange for you to be in charge of the final selection of the brand together with the queen and the concubine, and I hope you can keep some of the people you like." ”

"The concubine knows. ”

Cheng Jingjing leaned lightly on his chest, but the thoughts in her eyes turned and turned. Since Yang An gave her such an opportunity, she would not let this draft go so smoothly, let alone let those ambitious people come to this harem.

In this harem, there must be no more people who shake her status!

The rising sun once again shone under the majestic palace, the glazed tiles shone with a solemn light, and when the day dawned, Ling Shuang put on his armor and followed the team to the Xuanzheng Palace.

"Captain Gao, please slow down. ”

When they were about to walk out of the corridor, the voice of a palace maid came from the front. I only heard her say: "I came to take someone away on the order of the noble concubine, and it won't hinder you from doing things, right?"

"Since it is an order from the noble concubine, the subordinates have no objections. ”

Listening to the previous conversation, Ling Shuang's heart became faintly uneasy. At this time, a figure walked towards him, and it turned out to be Cheng Guifei's personal maid painting.

"Lingshuang, come with me, our mother is invited. ”

Thinking that the man had killed his own sister, Ling Shuang said coldly: "Dare to ask the noble concubine what is the matter with the next lady? ”

"Do you dare to be disrespectful to the noble concubine, and are you not afraid that Your Majesty will remove you from your post?" said unmoved: "I advise you to cooperate better, Niangniang just wants to say a few words to you, don't make everyone unhappy." ”

Ling Shuang clenched the saber at his waist, and when he thought he was going to die, he nodded with a dark face. It seems that he still knows his identity in the palace, and he doesn't dare to openly oppose the concubine.

After the two of them left the corridor, they came to a small pavilion not far from Luan En Palace. At this time, Cheng Jingjing was standing in the pavilion looking at the small pond thoughtfully, not knowing that someone was coming behind her.

"Niangniang, Ling Shuang is here. ”

Hearing the sound of the painting, Cheng Jingjing turned around and said to her: "You go down first, don't let others get close to this small pavilion, the palace wants to say a few words to this imperial guard." ”

"Yes. ”

After the painting left, Cheng Jingjing looked at Ling Shuang and said, "This palace thought you wouldn't come." ”

"My subordinates see the concubine Niangniang," Ling Shuang bowed her head with the hatred in her heart and said, "I don't know what the important thing is for the concubine Niangniang to find her subordinates?"

"Do you know that you have committed the capital crime of the Zhulian Nine Clans?" Cheng Jingjing looked at him with a cold face.

Ling Shuang paused for a moment, and then said with a righteous face: "My subordinates don't know what crime they have committed, and I ask my mother to say that my subordinates are not used to this kind of trick." ”

Although he looked calm, his palms were slightly sweaty. Could it be that this Concubine Cheng found out about his private meeting with Wen Miao?

"What's the crime?"

At this time, Cheng Jingjing slowly walked up to him, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Deceived the emperor to fornicate with the harem concubines, and gave birth to a small evil seed, what crime do you tell the palace?"

Ling Shuang's eyes widened instantly, and he pretended to be calm and said: "Where did Niangniang's words come from, my subordinates have no dealings with harem concubines on weekdays, let alone have an affair with them, and as for giving birth to a sinful seed, this is even more nonsense." Please don't insult the reputation of your subordinates!"

Cheng Jingjing saw that he still refused to tell the truth, so she picked up a teacup and said slowly: "This palace has long known that you would react like this, but this palace saw that it had a night with you in the past, so it kindly came to advise you, the concubines of this harem can't be touched." Do you know that Your Majesty already knows the identity of the third prince Yang Yin, and after the spring, he will behead him and his mother together?"

"What?!"

Ling Shuang clenched her fists, and a few beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down her forehead: "Why did Your Majesty kill the Third Prince and his mother?!" Concubine Xian Niangniang has always been loyal to Your Majesty, you have known her for so many years, it is impossible not to know who she is!"

"Hehe," Cheng Jingjing couldn't help laughing, and she turned her phoenix eyes to look at him: "This palace and Your Majesty have already found out the identity of the third prince, he is not Your Majesty's biological flesh and blood, but you and Wen Miao! ”

"Impossible, impossible! Your Majesty must have made a mistake! Although I have a bad idea of Concubine Xian, but Niangniang and I are just a master-servant relationship, and nothing has happened between us!"

Seeing Ling Shuang's fierce argument, Cheng Jingjing was also puzzled. Looking at his fierce reaction, it didn't look like he was lying, could it be that the third prince was really the child of Wen Miao and His Majesty? Could it be that she had guessed wrong in the first place?

"Do you think this palace will believe you?" she said coldly to Ling Shuang, "Those three princes look no different from Your Majesty, and based on this, Your Majesty can see what Wen Miao is hiding from him." This palace came here today just to remind you, these words should be left in front of Your Majesty. If you still want to live, you can escape with Wen Miao and the third prince as soon as possible. ”

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left the pavilion, leaving Ling Shuang alone at a loss. In fact, he had long found out that the third prince and the emperor did not look like each other at all, but he never expected that the truth of the matter might be like that. But he and Wen Miao had never done anything like that, it was the night they were drunk......

Ling Shuang's whole heart sank, instead of conjecturing here, it was better to find Concubine Xian and ask for an understanding.

In Jinle Palace, Wen Miao was sitting in front of the desk with the three princes reading poetry books. At this time, Shuangxi walked in and said to her, "Tell Niangniang, there is a royal guard named Ling Shuang outside the door who wants to see you. ”

"What is he here for?" Wen Miao's face changed, and he said unhappily: "This palace is busy now, I don't have time to pay attention to him, let him come back another day." ”

"But, mother, he said he had something urgent to ask you......"

Shuangxi wanted to continue to speak, but was frightened by the gentle and sharp eyes. She stubbornly said, "The slave knows, so let him go back." ”

She turned and left the house, and then there was a commotion outside.

"You can't go in, our mother said it, and now I don't have time to pay attention to you!"

Hearing Shuangxi's anxious shout, Wen Miao hurriedly stood up with the third prince in his arms. When she wanted to turn around and leave, she saw Ling Shuang's hair messy and broke in.

"Ling Shuang, you are so bold!" she rebuked angrily: "Who gave you the courage to break into the Jinle Palace of the main palace? Why don't you hurry up and get out of the main palace!"

"Mother, who is this?" Yang Yin hid in her arms in fright, looking at the comer with small eyes open.

"Let me ask you," Ling Shuang walked up to their mother and son, pointed at the third prince and asked tremblingly, "Is this my child?"

"What are you talking about?!" Wen Miao's face suddenly lacked blood, and she whispered: "This is the palace compound, you can't talk nonsense, you go back to the palace quickly!"

"Give me the baby!"

Ling Shuang snatched the third prince, looked at his eyes that were very similar to herself, and asked angrily: "This is my child, right? It's my child, right?! The emperor has never favored you, this can't be his child at all! It turns out that you have been lying to me!"

"Shut up Hongu!!"

A loud slap hit Ling Shuang in the face, and he froze like a stone.

Wen Miao opened a pair of red eyes and said: "Yin'er is the son of the emperor, the third prince of the dynasty, how can he have anything to do with a vulgar person like you! When does the emperor favor this palace and what does it have to do with you, does this palace need to tell you everything? You remember to this palace, Yin'er has nothing to do with you at all!"

At this time, Ling Shuang finally had a trace of reason, and he muttered, "Why is Yin'er not at all like the emperor, and why do his eyes look so much like me?"

"Did someone say something to you? There are so many gossips in this palace that only the most stupid people would choose to believe it!"

Taking advantage of his stunned, Wen Miao recaptured the third prince. She asked Shuangxi to take Yang Yin down, and then closed the door and said to Ling Shuang: "You tell this palace, which person who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead is making irresponsible remarks about you?"

Ling Shuang paused and returned: "It's Cheng Guifei." ”

"Is it her?!" Wen Miao gritted her teeth and said: "What kind of brain do you have, Cheng Jingjing has always been an enemy with us, you actually believe what she said? Do you forget that she killed Xiao Man? This is just her discordant plan, why does she want to say such things to you?"

“…… Is Yin'er really the emperor's child?" Ling Shuang didn't answer her, but asked relentlessly.

Wen Miao took a deep breath, and then said to him patiently: "All this is just a lie made up by Cheng Jingjing, Yin'er is His Majesty's own flesh and blood, if you really believe her words, then there is nothing to say in this palace." ”

Ling Shuang has been honest all her life, but she didn't choose to believe her in this matter. He thought for a while, nodded and said, "Thank you Niangniang for waking me up, I'll go back." ”

Seeing that he finally stopped making trouble, Wen Miao breathed a sigh of relief. She also thought that the secret she had worked so hard to keep for so many years had been discovered, but fortunately, Cheng Jingjing's slut had no evidence to expose her, otherwise her and Yin'er's lives would be in danger.

Yang An has indeed not spoiled her for so many years, occasionally just come over to talk, and there is no matter of the bed between husband and wife.

In order to keep her position as a virtuous concubine, she must give birth to a child by unscrupulous means, but fortunately, God has let her hide her secret and go through it safely for so many years, and all this must not be discovered by Cheng Jingjing!

"Niangniang, can there be a birthmark on the back of the third prince?"

Just as Wen Miao was immersed in thoughts, the voice of Ling Shuangmu came from the door. Wen Miao didn't think much about it, so she replied casually: "Yin'er has had a birthmark there since she was born, how do you know?"

"Of course my subordinates know," Ling Shuang said with a dull gaze, "Because I also had a birthmark on my back from birth, my mother told me that every man in my family would have this thing. ”

Wen Miao trembled, and the whole person was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. She said with cold hands and feet: "This, this is just a coincidence, don't think too much." Yin'er, he's not ......"

"Niangniang, please rest assured," Ling Shuang said in despair: "The subordinates will not tell the emperor about this, let alone let Cheng Guifei know." The subordinates will never put you and the Third Prince in danger, because this is the only thing I can do. ”

"This palace has said that Yin'er is not your child. ”

Wen Miao was still arguing weakly, but the other party opened the door and left. She immediately sat down on the ground, unexpectedly that this secret was discovered by him.

When she was drunk with Ling Shuang, she took off the clothes of the two of them without him realizing it. Later, she got her wish and became pregnant with Yin'er, and this unseen past was buried deep in the dust.

Unexpectedly, everything she worked hard to manage was ruthlessly torn up by Cheng Jingjing!

"Niangniang, the eyeliner of Jinle Palace has news. ”

At this time, in Luan'en Palace, Cheng Jingjing was sewing the sachet calmly. Hearing what the painting said, she immediately put down the sachet and said, "Then Ling Shuang can't sit still so soon? ”

The painting handed the note in the small bamboo tube, Cheng Jingjing anxiously unfolded the letter, and when she read the content on it, her face showed a smug look: "Sure enough, as expected by the palace, the life experience of the three princes is greasy." ”

"Niangniang, could it be that the three princes are really not the emperor's own flesh and blood?" asked in a low voice.

"Well," Cheng Jingjing tore up the notes in her hand one by one, and said slowly: "Then the Japanese Palace used the radical method against Ling Shuang, and he really ran to Wen Miao to question." However, thanks to Wen Miao's leakage, Ling Shuang and the palace were able to know who the biological father of the third prince was. ”

"Niangniang, this is a big deal," the painting said nervously: "The palace guards and harem concubines not only **, but also gave birth to a little prince, if the emperor knows, but it is not a pity to die ten thousand times, this is simply damaging the royal face." ”

"Wen Miao's death is coming," Cheng Jingjing looked at the front with cold eyes, and said word by word: "This palace has waited for so many years, and finally waited for the opportunity to send her to Huangquan, but this palace will not let her die so easily, and this palace will let her be spurned by everyone before she dies!"

"When do you plan to tell the emperor about this?"

"Wen Miao is a shrewd person, once he senses that something is wrong, he will definitely strike first. Without further ado, tonight the palace will go to see His Majesty. ”

After Cheng Jingjing finished speaking, she remembered something, and told the painting: "The eyeliner on the side of the pie is keeping an eye on Wen Miao, and once there is any movement, you need to inform the palace as soon as possible." ”

"The slave knows. ”

In the middle of the night, the palace lost the majesty of the day, but became gloomy. When Cheng Jingjing came to the side door of the imperial study, she saw that there were still flickering candles inside.

Since ascending to the throne, Yang An has stayed up late every day to deal with many trivial matters in the world. One reason is because he doesn't want to see the people living in misery, and the other reason is because Emperor Yang Zhong of the previous dynasty left too many messes, so he had to work hard every day.

"Your Majesty, why haven't you slept yet?"

Just as Yang An was concentrating on reviewing the recital, a gentle voice suddenly came from behind him. He put down the pen and said to the visitor, "What are you doing in the imperial study so late?"

"Your Majesty also knows that it's getting late," Cheng Jingjing put the black chicken soup she made on the desk, and reproached the other party with some complaints in her tone: "If it weren't for Father-in-law Chang telling the concubine, the concubine wouldn't know that you don't care about your body so much." Although you are the king of a country, but everything is important, if one day you fall from overwork, what will you do with the people of this world?"

"Why does Chang Fu talk so much? It seems that I have to teach him a good lesson. ”

After Yang An finished speaking, he picked up the bowl and spoon and drank a sip of black chicken soup, and couldn't help but praise again and again: "Your cooking skills are really getting better and better, according to me, the imperial chef in the imperial dining room is going to be robbed of his rice bowl by you." ”

"How did Your Majesty know that this was done by the concubine?" Cheng Jingjing asked in surprise: "The concubine didn't tell you who made it, could it be that Your Majesty can still tell the taste?"

"As long as it's something you make, I can tell. ”

Yang An put the things aside and said to her: "Say, what's the matter with coming to me so late, you have something hidden in your eyes, don't think I can't see it." ”

Cheng Jingjing's cheeks suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head weakly: "Why is Your Majesty so powerful, you can also know if the concubine has something in her heart?" Since Your Majesty has said so, the concubine will not dare to disturb you." ”

"I have been married to you for many years, and although there are many separations, there is no one in this world who knows you better than me. ”

Seeing that her trick was exposed, Cheng Jingjing had no choice but to open the skylight and say something, and knelt on the ground with a wave of her sleeves and said: "The concubine wants to tell Your Majesty tonight that the matter is related to the lives of three people, and if the concubine has half a lie, she is willing to bear Your Majesty's punishment." ”

"Jingjing, what are you doing here?"

Yang An looked at her puzzledly and said, "If there is anything to talk about, I don't like you to kneel in front of me like this." ”

"No, please listen to your concubine's words first," Cheng Jingjing stubbornly knelt on the ground and said with a solemn face: "The concubine wants to tell Your Majesty that the third prince, Yang Yin, is not your biological son, he is the son of Concubine Xian and the imperial guard Ling Shuang." These two people had a close relationship as early as when they were in the Anwang Mansion, and after entering the palace, they took advantage of His Majesty's inattention to fornication. Although Concubine Xian and her concubine are like sisters, she dares to do such a disrespectful thing to His Majesty, and the concubine really can't hide it anymore. ”

After she finished speaking, she held her breath and waited for Yang An's reaction, she had thought that Yang An would be furious or shocked, but she never expected that Yang An would actually say to her calmly: "I knew about this matter a long time ago. ”

"Your Majesty?!"

Cheng Jingjing was dumbfounded for a while, she didn't expect to get such an answer.

I saw Yang An say slowly: "I have never pampered Concubine Xian, the moment she conceived the child, I knew what was going on, but I didn't know that the person who had an affair with her was Ling Shuang." ”

"Your Majesty, it turns out that you already knew...... Cheng Jingjing asked dumbfounded: "Then why are you ......?"

"Why did you leave Concubine Xian and the Third Prince behind?" Yang An said, "I just feel that I owe Concubine Xian too much, since I entered King An's Mansion, I haven't given her anything, and she has stayed by my side without any demands." I don't lack her as a concubine, nor do I lack a third prince, since she wants to be prosperous and rich, I will give it to her. ”

"Your Majesty, how do you know that she is a person who wants nothing?"

Cheng Jingjing stood up from the ground in a trance, she didn't expect things to turn out like this. She thought that after tonight, Wen Miao would become the soul of the sword, but Yang An protected her everywhere, this woman turned out to be more powerful than she thought in her heart.

"Jingjing, why do you say that?" At this time, Yang An stepped forward to support her and persuaded: "I don't want to pursue the incident many years ago, so don't worry about it anymore." You are like sisters with Concubine Xian on weekdays, and it is normal that you can't accept such a thing for a while. If you don't want to associate with her anymore, don't see each other in the future. ”

"The concubine knows," a wry smile appeared on the corner of Cheng Jingjing's mouth: "Your Majesty is so magnanimous, what else can the concubine say." Since His Majesty has chosen to turn a blind eye, the concubine will no longer have much to do, and I only hope that Concubine Xian will be clean and self-conscious in the future, and will no longer hide under your nose to do those unseemly things. ”

"It's late at night, you go back and rest first. ”

Yang An called a palace maid and sent her back to Luan En Palace.

After returning to her dormitory, Cheng Jingjing sat on the edge of the bed like a deflated ball. Yang An's attitude made her disheartened, she thought she had found a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but she actually slipped away from her fingertips like this.

"Mother, when did you come back?"

At this moment, the sound of painting sounded in the dark room, and I saw that the candlestick was lit, and the dim light was sprinkled all over the ground.

"Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Cheng Jingjing sitting on the edge of the bed decadently, the painting hurriedly walked over with her skirt. She asked worriedly, "But what happened to Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty has long known the life history of the third prince," Cheng Jingjing said with a gloomy look in her eyes: "This palace has calculated everything, but it has not calculated what Your Majesty's heart thinks. His Majesty didn't want to end Wen Miao's life, he wanted to give her a lifetime of glory and wealth. After the third prince becomes an adult, she will be able to take her son to enjoy her old age and live a carefree life. ”

"This ...... How can this be? Your Majesty really meant that?" he covered his mouth in surprise.

"Hehe, even you can't think of it, right?" Cheng Jingjing's eyes suddenly became fierce, and she said ruthlessly: "But how could this palace let her get what she wanted? Even if His Majesty doesn't care about everything she did, this palace will not forget who made this palace suffer the pain of disfigurement in the first place, let alone who killed the first child of this palace, as well as Jinyuan and her children, all died in her hands. Tomorrow you will trick Wen Miao into the Imperial Garden, and this palace will let Her Majesty hear with his own ears what she has done. ”

"Niangniang, how can the slave deceive the virtuous concubine?"

"You tell her that the emperor wants to see her in the imperial garden. ”

Cheng Jingjing looked ahead coldly, tomorrow at this time, she will definitely take off her brocade clothes and go to prison.

The next day, a maid from Yang An's side came to Wen Miao. Although she is a person close to the emperor, she has already been bought by Cheng Jingjing.

"You said Your Majesty wants to see the main palace?"

Wen Miao looked at her suspiciously, and asked, "In the past, it was a letter from Chang Gonggong, why did it change to you today? ”

"It's normal for the mother to not know the slave maid," the palace maid bowed her head and said: "The slave maid is the lamp-holding maid next to the emperor, and she is also responsible for passing a word to the palace concubines on weekdays. If the mother doesn't believe it, she can send someone to ask the emperor about it. ”

"No need," Wen Miao suddenly said with a pleasant face: "Since it is a person from His Majesty's side, no matter how much this palace asks, it will not trust Your Majesty." Wait for the main palace to dress up, and then go with you. ”

"Okay. ”

"By the way," Wen Miao turned around and asked before leaving, "Your Majesty has asked the three princes to go over together?"

"Back to the mother, no. ”

Hearing what the palace maid said, Wen Miao's face showed a look of disappointment, and then she nodded and turned around and walked into the inner room.

At this time, the imperial garden was in full bloom, and when Wen Miao came to the place pointed by the palace maid in a brocade dress, his face instantly became gloomy.

"Is it you?" she gritted her teeth and looked at the person in front of her: "Did you send someone to trick this palace out?"

"It's me, Sister Wen, don't come unharmed. ”

Cheng Jingjing slowly turned around and said to her, "Sister, do you know what I called you for?"

"Bengong doesn't want to hear your nonsense here!" Wen Miao was about to leave after speaking, but was stopped by a voice behind him.

"My sister and the ** gave birth to the third prince, so she is not afraid that one day this matter will be discovered by Your Majesty? Or is my sister not afraid of being discovered by Your Majesty at all, and is willing to follow Ling Shuang to the end of the world?"

"This palace doesn't know what you're talking about," Wen Miao said coldly: "If you say those unwarranted things to others again, this palace will definitely enlighten Your Majesty and let Your Majesty return justice to this palace." ”

"Justice?" Cheng Jingjing sneered: "When that sister killed my child in King An's Mansion, who gave me justice? Could it be that the Lord of Yama under the ground will give me justice?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Wen Miao couldn't help but reveal his original hideous face.

"You also deserve justice?" she walked towards Cheng Jingjing, and said with hatred in her eyes: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been deceived and used by Zhuang Hanxue, let alone become a killing tool in her hands." If it weren't for you, I could have grown old with His Majesty, with a group of children under my knees, and it was you who snatched everything I had!"

"Yes, what if I killed that child? What if Xiao Jinyuan died because of me telling you? What if I was the one who caused your disfigurement? This is all what you deserve! It's all because of you that I became like this!"

Wen Miao walked in front of Cheng Jingjing with fierce emotions, and at this time, there was only a fist between the two, and they hadn't been so close for a long time. It's just that they were good sisters who depended on each other at the beginning, but now, they have become two enemies who want to skin each other.

"Are you finished?" At this time, the corners of Cheng Jingjing's mouth hooked up a smile, and I saw her say unhurriedly: "I thought that after swallowing my anger for so many years, I could write off everything in the past in exchange for your repentance and reform, but I didn't expect you to be so insidious and vicious, not only pushing me Yao'er into the water, but also wanting to kill Xu'er, how many people died in your hands before you woke up?"

"What do you want to say?"

Wen Miao looked at her vigilantly, and the words came out of her mouth in a strange way. How could she want to make herself repentant, this person simply wanted to let her go to hell immediately.

Just as Wen Miao's heart was filled with a trace of unease, a footstep came from behind her. When she looked back at the person, the blood in her body suddenly seemed to be drained.

"Your Majesty—"

Before she could speak, Yang An slapped her to the ground.

"You poisonous woman!" Yang An looked at her angrily and scolded: "I tolerate you so much, why do you want to do these unconscionable things?

"Your Majesty, no!!" The hairpin on Wen Miao's head fell to the ground, and she climbed to Yang An's feet and said desperately: "Your Majesty, you listen to the concubine's explanation, none of this is true! You listen to the concubine's explanation! All this is made up by Cheng Guifei, and the concubine has not done those things!"

"Dare to quibble when you are dying!" Yang An kicked her away, and ordered the Imperial Forest Army behind her with a black face: "Put this poisonous woman in the prison, and ask for beheading after the autumn!"

"Your Majesty, I am the mother concubine of the third prince, you can't do this to me!"

The Imperial Forest Army put Wen Miao up, and she turned around with tears on her face and shouted: "Your Majesty, the third prince can't live without his mother concubine, you spare the concubine once, Your Majesty!"

"Hurry up and take her away!" Yang An said with a calm face: "I don't want to see this person again, so take her down immediately." ”

These royal forest soldiers had never seen the emperor so angry, and hurriedly obeyed the order to take Wen Miao away from the imperial garden. After everything was quiet, Yang An turned around and looked at Cheng Jingjing with annoyance: "It turns out that you have been living in pain for so many years, and I still don't know at all, and I have made you suffer so many grievances, how can I compensate you?"

"Your Majesty doesn't need to compensate the concubines," Cheng Jingjing said lightly: "Just like Your Majesty said, the things of many years ago have passed, let them drift away with the wind, as long as Wen Miao gets the punishment due, the concubines can sleep peacefully, and there is no need to feel guilty about the deceased night and night." ”

"I won't let her go easily!"

Yang An grabbed her arm and it hurt, even if it was this Ninety-Five, he never thought that he would be deceived by a little woman.

At this time, he hated the gentleness of deceiving himself, and at the same time felt sorry for the lover in front of him, if everything could never happen, he would not let those old things happen.

"Your Majesty, what is going to do with the Three Princes and Ling Shuang?"

"Ling Shuang's death penalty is inevitable, as for the third prince," Yang An hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Abolish the status of the prince, demote him to a commoner, and he must not step into the palace again in the future." ”

In the dark and damp prison, Wen Miao sat in a cell wearing a dirty prison uniform. Unexpectedly, she was still sitting in the magnificent Jinle Palace in the morning, but lying in this rat-ridden prison at night. From time to time, there were bursts of miserable screams outside the cell, and she couldn't help but shiver.

"It's time to eat!"

A rude voice rang out in front of the cell door, and then a bowl of all-vegetarian meals was thrown in.

Wen Miao looked at the unsatisfactory food, and couldn't help but reprimand: "This palace is a virtuous concubine, you dare to let this palace eat this kind of pig food?

"Yo, do you really take yourself seriously?" the jailer squatted down happily and threw a handful of straw into the bowl: "Let me tell you, if you enter this prison, even the queen mother will eat this pig food." If you want to eat well, the emperor will definitely prepare a hearty meal for you on the day of the beheading!"

Wen Miao's face turned pale with anger, and he raised his chin and said: "Your Majesty just wronged this palace for a while, and when this palace comes out of this prison, it will definitely make you regret not doing it at the beginning!"

"Hmph!" the jailer kicked over the food and said coldly, "Alright then, Concubine Xian, let's wait and see." You don't have to ask us to give you pig food!"

After he finished speaking, he turned to leave, not forgetting to spit at Wen Miao.

"You remember it for this palace!"

Wen Miao rushed to the cell door and shouted a few times, and then sat down on the ground in embarrassment. Several rats came out of their holes and were eating their food on the ground with relish.

"This palace will definitely go out......" She didn't believe that she would die here, and muttered to herself like crazy: "Your Majesty just listened to the villain's words for a while...... Will definitely come back to Hongu...... There is also Yin'er in the main palace...... Your Majesty will definitely not kill this palace like this......"

She said something she wouldn't even believe, and finally broke down and grabbed her hair and cried. I didn't expect everything she had worked so hard to get, since it was all gone because of carelessness. Her blood-stained hands were about to send herself onto the Yellow Spring Road.

The days of staying in the cell always passed slowly, and when Wen Miao fainted from hunger and fell to the ground, he was desperate to find that Yang An would not come to pick him up.

"Boss, why don't you give her food?"

At this time, the voices of two jailers came from outside the cell, and one of them said in a rough voice: "This virtuous concubine dislikes the food in our prison, so Lao Tzu simply won't give her food, see how long she can last." ”

"Boss, this is not good," said another jailer timidly, "she is a virtuous concubine, and if the emperor finds out that we have done this to her, it will be a loss of her head." ”

"You idiot!" The other party knocked him on the head hard, and said scoldingly: "How beautiful is she outside the prison in this day, she is a checkmate criminal when she enters us! A person who is about to be beheaded, are you still worried that the emperor will care about her?!"

"Yes, yes, the little one is wrong. Ahh

Suddenly, there was a scream outside the door, and I saw a burst of blood splashing to the ground. Wen Miao struggled to open his eyes and looked over, and found a figure piercing the jailer's sword through the chest.

"Ling, Lingshuang?"

She got up in surprise, moved her dry lips and asked, "Your Majesty is going to take the palace away?"

With a "bang", Ling Shuang cut the lock of the cell door, he rushed in, picked up Wen Miao and said: "Don't be delusional anymore, the emperor has decreed that you will be beheaded after autumn, the third prince is in the carriage in the grove outside, I will take you away!"

"No, I'm not leaving!" Wen Miao beat his chest and struggled desperately: "Let me go, I still have to wait for Your Majesty, Your Majesty won't kill me!!"

"When are you going to be obsessed!!"

Ling Shuang yelled at her and glared angrily: "Do you think the emperor will spare you now?" Now that Jinle Palace has been sealed and the third prince has been demoted to a common person, it will only be a dead end after you go back!"

"What, my Yin'er, my Yin'er has been demoted to a commoner...... Wen Miao cried and shouted: "No, my Yin'er is a prince and cannot be demoted to a commoner." I want to see Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty......!"

Ling Shuang ignored her completely, and slammed her palm on the back of the head. Riding on the large number of Royal Forest Army, he killed Wen Miao all the way out on his back.

At this time, it was the time of the shift change, and the soldiers of the prison were lax, and it was not long before he broke through the gap and escaped. When they came to the carriage in the grove, Ling Shuang put Wen Miao down and pushed him into the carriage.

"Mother, mother, what's wrong with you. ”

Seeing his mother unconscious, Yang Yin was so frightened that he cried. As a young man, he had no idea that his world had been turned upside down, and he didn't know why this strange uncle had brought him out of the palace.

The Royal Forest Army did not catch up, and Ling Shuang drove away in a carriage. He knew that robbing the prison was a dead end, but it was Wen Miao's only hope of survival.

At this time, a royal forest soldier in the palace rushed into the imperial study, and he knelt on the ground in a panic: "Your Majesty, Ling Shuang has robbed the virtuous concubine in the prison, and the three princes are gone!"

"What, Concubine Xian escaped?"

Cheng Jingjing put down the ink ingot in her hand and said to Yang An: "Wen Miao didn't know how to repent when she died, and she dared to escape from the prison without permission, it seems that she still expects her to make a comeback." The concubine has a reluctant request, can Your Majesty let the concubine go out of the palace with the Imperial Forest Army to chase her?"

Yang An knew what she was planning, and at this time, he no longer had any pity for Wen Miao, so he said: "The sinner Wen Miao is at your disposal." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, concubine. ”

Cheng Jingjing's eyes flashed with bloodthirsty fierceness, it seemed that today was the time for her and Wen Miao to end everything.

For six years, she didn't want to pierce her throat with a sword all the time, and she wanted her to die in her own hands day and night. Now that this wish was about to come true, she trembled slightly with excitement.

Her sword was already hungry and thirsty, and she wanted her sword to be filled with the woman's blood.

In the woods on the outskirts of the Imperial City, a horse-drawn carriage was galloping. Ling Shuang vigorously increased the strength of the horsewhip, hoping that this car could quickly take their family of three to escape from the capital.

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, an arrow struck the trunk of a tree in front of it, startling the horse's front feet, and a group of royal guards quickly ran out and surrounded the carriage.

Ling Shuang hurriedly restrained the panicked horse, and prepared to get out of the car with the determination to die and fight this group to the death. When he lifted his sword and jumped out of the car, he saw Cheng Jingjing slowly walking out of a group of royal forest troops.

"Ling Shuang, don't struggle," Cheng Jingjing looked at him indifferently and said: "You have been surrounded by fifty guards of the Imperial Forest Army, and there is still a team of people behind you who have not arrived, do you think you can fight a hundred with one enemy? ”

"If you don't try it, how do you know?!"

Ling Shuang shouted, raised his sword and rushed towards the Imperial Forest Army. Blood soon covered his body, and he saw five glittering spears pierce his body.

A mouthful of blood spat out of Ling Shuang's mouth, and Wen Miao ran out of the carriage with a scream. Cheng Jingjing saw that she finally appeared, and said with a smile: "Sister is finally willing to come out?

"You let him go!" Wen Miao shouted heartbreakingly: "He is innocent, he has never done anything, you can't just kill him like this!"

"It seems that my sister is still reluctant to give up this man. ”

After Cheng Jingjing finished speaking, she ruthlessly ordered the Imperial Forest Army: "Kill him, Your Majesty has an order, and he can't stay alive." ”

"No !!!!!"

A scream rang out in the woods, causing the birds to flapp their wings and flee. Seeing Ling Shuang fall to the ground weakly, Wen Miao shook her head and cried: "How can you be so ruthless and kill an innocent person, everything I do has nothing to do with him, he is just Yin'er's biological father." ”

"Stand down, all of you. ”

Cheng Jingjing took the Imperial Forest Army aside, then walked up to Wen Miao, pinched her chin and said, "Why should I keep him alive? He is your husband and the biological father of your child, as long as there are people related to you in this world, I will not let him live." The truth in this world has always been that one life pays for one life, and everything you have done, I will make you pay for it with blood!"

"You won. ”

Wen Miao suddenly laughed, she laughed so poignantly that she laughed in tears at the end.

didn't expect her to say such a thing, Cheng Jingjing was stunned for a while. She thought she would be liberated, but she didn't expect that her heart felt like something was choking.

At this time, she realized that what she wanted was not a mere life, but just an apology from her. The person who once depended on her for her life was now about to die at her hands, but she was not as happy as she thought.

"Now I have nothing," Wen Miao looked at the sky at this time and said: "I have no Your Majesty, no identity, no one who works hard for myself, these things have been taken away by you, you have won." ”

"You are wrong," Cheng Jingjing said coldly: "You will still lose your child, but I won't let him die before you, I will let him suffer all the humiliation for you!"

"You—what do you want to do to my Yin'er?!"

Wen Miao grabbed her clothes and begged with all her might: "Please let my child go, give him a way to live, he didn't do anything, he is innocent!" Jingjing, I beg you, let my child go, I will be a cow and a horse for you in the next life, let you trample on it!"

"This kind of thing, leave it to Lord Yama to say it!"

Cheng Jingjing pushed her to the ground after speaking, and then the knife fell in her hand, ending Wen Miao's life in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the convulsive corpse on the ground, Cheng Jingjing turned around and left expressionlessly, she could finally come out of these hatreds, and from then on, she finally no longer needed to watch out for someone to harm her children every day.

"Woo woo woo - concubine...... I'm scared ......."

At this time, Yang Yin's crying sound came from the carriage, although he didn't know what was happening outside, his intuition let him know that the concubine was no longer there.

"Uhhh

Cheng Jingjing opened the curtain of the carriage, she looked at the people in the carriage with blood on her face, and said softly: "Yin'er, your mother is dead, come here, the palace will take you away." ”

Yang Yin looked at her in horror, her small body constricted in the corner of the carriage. The noble concubine Niangniang, who used to be kind to him, has become a terrible ghost for some reason.

"Niangniang, are these three princes going to be killed together?" At this time, a royal forest army came behind Cheng Jingjing.

"You guys go back first," Cheng Jingjing looked at Yang Yin in the car and said: "The palace will place him in a peasant family, and from today onwards, he will have nothing to do with the palace, and he is not allowed to tell anyone about this matter, except Your Majesty." ”

The guard glanced at the third prince who was so frightened that he peed his pants, clasped his fists and said, "Subordinates obey orders." ”

As the sun set, a group of people walked through the Chengtian Gate into the palace. Behind the team was a carriage, and Cheng Jingjing was sitting in it thinking about her thoughts.

After Wen Miao's death, she was finally relieved, and the guilt and chagrin of so many years finally disappeared. It's just that the road in this palace is not over yet, for the sake of Yueyao and Xu'er, she needs to start thinking about ways to consolidate her position.

The carriage clattered under the lonely palace walls, and finally stopped in front of Luan En Palace.

When Cheng Jingjing stepped out of the car, she saw the painting side happily greet her.

"Mother, the little princess has woken up!!"

"What?!" Cheng Jingjing's blood rushed to her brain in an instant, and she asked in disbelief: "Did you say that Yueyao woke up?

"Niangniang, this is true!" said with tears of joy in the painting: "Imperial Doctor Bai is in the wing room, and Princess Yueyao is talking to him! The slave has been waiting for you at this gate for a long time, just to tell you the good news as soon as possible!"

"Quick, help the palace in, my Yao'er is awake. ”

Cheng Jingjing stumbled into the door, and the painting hurriedly helped her up. The two of them soon came to the quiet wing, and at this time a group of palace maids were happily standing at the door to watch, and some people were even more happy to cry.

"Yao'er, my Yao'er. ”

Cheng Jingjing shouted and rushed into the house, and when she saw Yueyao leaning weakly on the bed looking at herself, she pounced in surprise.

"Mother," Yueyao, who had just woken up, didn't know how long she had been asleep, rubbed her eyes and asked, "Mother, I seem to have fallen into the water...... And then、And then I don't remember anything......"

"Yao'er," Cheng Jingjing hugged her and choked up: "It's good that you wake up, my mother has been waiting for you for a long time, and finally waited for you to wake up." Mother thinks you, you ......"

"Okay, okay," Bai Yuanyao stood aside and reminded her: "Yueyao is still very weak when she just woke up, don't make her cry anymore." Although she has woken up now, her health is not as good as before, and she still needs half a year of recuperation to return to normal. Now she can't resist any disease, so it's better to be careful. ”

"Hongu is so happy. ”

Cheng Jingjing let go of Yueyao in her arms, picked up a handkerchief and wiped her tears and said, "Yao'er, you have been in a coma for more than a year after falling into the water, but don't worry, Uncle Bai will help you recover well, and it won't be long before you can take your younger brother to play together." ”

"Brother?"

Yue Yao tilted her little head and asked puzzledly, "Mother, when did I have a younger brother?"

"This ......" Cheng Jingjing didn't know where to start for a while.

At this time, the painter came up and said: "Princess Yueyao, when you were sleeping, Niangniang gave birth to a little baby, the little prince's name is Xu'er, you will be able to see him soon." ”

Cheng Jingjing thought that Yueyao would not accept this fact, who knew that she would clap her hands happily and said: "Great, I also have a younger brother, mother, when I can get out of bed, I must take my younger brother to play!"

"You, you, you're really playful. ”

Cheng Jingjing pinched her nose and laughed dotingly.

Seeing the bright smile on her face, Bai Yuanyao was stunned for a moment. Since entering this palace, he hadn't seen Cheng Jingjing smile like this for a long time, and now that she smiled, it seemed that the whole world was bright.

Six years later, inside the palace.

"Princess, princess, you wait for the slave!"

In the corner of the imperial garden, Yue Xi was panting on the gravel road with two palace maids, and not far from them, a figure was flying a kite with great interest.

"Hee-hee, this princess's big dragon has finally flown into the sky!"

I only heard a burst of laughter like silver bells in front of me, and a delicate girl was happily looking at the big kite in the air, and from time to time she pulled the silver filament in her hand.

"Princess, don't run so fast," at this time, Yuexi rushed to her side with the other two, and said breathlessly: "You are born with divine power, the slave maid is old, where can I still catch up with you, you can spare the slave maid." In case something happens to you, the mother will ask us again. ”

"Aunt Yuexi, what are you talking about," Yueyao said to her while looking at the kite: "This princess has practiced good martial arts, where do I need you to protect me, according to this princess, the three of you just sit on the side and blow the wind and eat melon seeds, and when this princess has had enough, she will naturally go back with you." ”

"Your Royal Highness, don't forget what happened a few days ago. ”

Yue Xi said angrily: "You secretly ran to the cold palace without telling your mother, and you almost released Deng Jieyu, the emperor is still very angry about this matter!"

"This princess is just curious," Yue Yao pouted, "There is nothing terrible about that place called the cold palace, it's just that there are a few crazy people living there, and this princess hasn't left unharmed." ”

Just as they were talking, the kite in the sky suddenly broke its string, and Yueyao screamed in surprise and ran after the location where the kite fell.

It took her three days and three nights to make the kite herself, and she couldn't just let it fly away.

"Princess, you wait for the slave!"

Seeing that the rude and willful little princess ran away without a trace, Yuexi had no choice but to follow angrily. Who let them serve the life of their master, this little ancestor didn't cause trouble for them, thank God.

On the other side, Yue Yao followed the kite all the way to a corner, and when she saw the kite staggering and falling into a big tree, she hurriedly followed it.

"Bang-"

"Ouch-"

Hearing only a scream, Yueyao and a palace maid collided head-on. Seeing that it was the eldest princess, the palace maid hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "Princess, forgive me, the slave didn't mean to bump into you." ”

"Hurry up, it's not a big deal. ”

Yue Yao touched her sore head, and then noticed that the palace maid was standing behind the crown prince Yang Chen. The prince's brother was a year older than her, but every time the two met, he was very indifferent to her.

But she clearly remembered that a long time ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still a very friendly person, and he used to take him to play, and she didn't know why it was like this now.

"Brother Huang, you are here too. ”

Yue Yao knew that the other party didn't like her, so she touched her nose and wanted to leave.

"What are you looking for?" the prince looked at her and said coldly: "A girl is always reckless, as a princess of our country, if she is seen by outsiders, how will she talk about her father." ”

"Brother Huang has learned a lesson. ”

Yue Yao secretly rolled her eyes to the sky, now her mind is on the kite, where will she listen to the prince's words. Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will point fingers at her behavior every time, and she has long been accustomed to it.

Yang Chen saw that she looked absent-minded, and his eyes were full of disgust and he got out of the way.

Seeing that the other party was finally willing to let go of herself, Yueyao suddenly ran happily to the bottom of the big tree. The big tree, though five adults tall, was a piece of cake for her. There was no big tree in this palace that she could not conquer, and she climbed to the branch where the kite was stuck with all her hands and feet.

"Princess, don't move anymore!!"

At this time, there was a scream from under the big tree, and the little princess of Yueyao could always scare them out of their minds. She shouted to the tree, "Slave maid, get a few guards, don't move!"

"At this height, it's hard to get this princess, so I'll go down. ”

Yue Yao took the kite down, and just as she wanted to return the way she came, she didn't expect a bird to suddenly fly towards her. Because things came too suddenly, Yue Yao waved her hand and wanted to fan the bird away, but the soles of her feet didn't stand firm, and she staggered and fell down amid the screams of everyone.

"It hurts—"

In order to catch her, several palace maids also fell on the ground. Yue Yao sucked up from the human flesh cushion in pain, and a pair of phoenix clogs appeared under her nose.

"Yueyao pays a visit to the queen. ”

She suddenly secretly screamed in her heart, and honestly stood in front of the comer.

"How could the princess fall to the ground?" the queen said to Yuexi and the palace maids: "There are so many of you, you can't even look down on a princess, do you want the palace to inform the emperor of this matter? Since the people of your Luan En Palace are so useless, it is better to let the palace send a few people to replace you." ”

"Niangniang is angry," Yuexi hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "The slave and maid take care of the princess carefully, and I will never dare to do it again in the future, and please don't tell the emperor about it." ”

"Queen, it's not their fault. ”

At this time, Yueyao couldn't help but interject and said: "It's all to blame on the little bird that suddenly flew over, it has nothing to do with them, don't blame Aunt Yuexi." ”

"Princess, don't talk anymore. Yuexi anxiously tugged at her sleeve and motioned for her to stop arguing.

Princess Yueyao is still young, so naturally she doesn't know how to fight openly and secretly between adults, but she is a person who has been with the noble concubine for more than ten years, and naturally knows that this queen is deliberately making things difficult for them in the Luan En Palace.

"Well, since the princess has spoken for you, this palace will no longer pursue it. ”

At this time, the queen looked at them condescendingly and said: "If such a thing happens in the future, don't blame the palace for letting the emperor send you to the cold palace as hard labor." ”

"Thank you, slave. ”

Yue Xi kowtowed a few times on the ground, and the queen took people away. Seeing that the annoying person finally left, Yueyao pulled Yuexi up and said, "Auntie, get up quickly, there is rain on the ground, don't kneel anymore." ”

"My little ancestor," Yue Xi sighed, touched the hair on her forehead and said, "As long as the queen mother doesn't go to the emperor's side to complain that you are not, the slave is worth kneeling for an hour." ”

"Auntie, it's all my ...... to blame."

Yue Yao lowered her head guiltily: "If I hadn't caused trouble everywhere, you wouldn't have been angry." ”

"My princess, you have finally grown up," Yuexi stood up and patted the dirt on his body, and said with relief: "As long as you don't run around in the future, let the slave save some snacks." It seems to be raining again this day, let's go back quickly, or the mother will worry about you again. ”

"Hmm!"

Yue Yao nodded and followed them to Luan En Palace.