Chapter 29: The Butterfly Effect 2
When Zhu Youxiao hurriedly returned to Ciqing Palace, what he saw was the same as usual, no one was sad, no one was in pain, as if it was just an insignificant cat and dog that died.
Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao slowed down his pace, and he finally realized that his judgment was affected by the knowledge of later generations. Only he knows that this Liu is the biological mother of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty in history. But none of this happened, at this moment, this woman who died for no reason was just the lowest layer among the concubines in the palace, and no one cared about her when she died.
Thinking this in his heart, the movements of his feet also changed, and with a slight turn, he walked towards his dwelling. Wang Chengen, who was panting behind him, looked confused, and the anxious and angry appearance of the master at the beginning made him very worried, for fear that something would happen. When he thought of returning to Ciqing Palace, he instantly seemed to be a different person, which made him worry in vain.
"I'm still too young!" Zhu Youxiao didn't care what the eunuch who followed him thought, but just sighed his age in his heart. At the moment, he is only seven years old, he can't do anything, and no one listens to him.
"Everything can only wait." Zhu Youxiao sighed secretly in his heart. He didn't plan to ask Liu Shuren about the cause of death, it was useless, the most important thing was to make himself stronger, so that he wouldn't die in vain like Liu Shuren.
Judging from his current situation, increasing his own force is the safest and most effective way at present. And there is another greater benefit of practicing martial arts, that is, health, in ancient times, in this place of medical pity, having a good body is more important than anything else.
On the way back, he also went to Wang Cairen's dormitory. Wang Cairen still greeted him warmly as always, asked questions, and cared very much. Zhu Youxiao couldn't stand her enthusiasm a little, and the two left in a hurry after talking for a while, but when he left, he didn't notice the faint worry on Wang Cairen's happy face.
When he returned to his dormitory, the medicated bath was ready, and after stripping naked, he soaked in it, and the warm medicinal juice brought him a burst of comfort, and he relaxed all over his body.
There is also a palace maid next to the palace maid who keeps filling the mezzanine of this large bath barrel with hot water to ensure the temperature of the medicinal juice inside. This process continues throughout the night until dawn.
Since he was five years old, he began to practice martial arts, and he came over like this every night, and for three years, he barely touched the bed.
Sitting in the bathtub, he is not idle, but according to the unique breathing and puffing method, better absorb the effect of the medicine, this way is very hard, if he does not have an adult mind, he will not be able to persevere.
With the cooperation and breathing, Zhu Youxiao sat quietly while quietly thinking about the current Ciqing Palace. Liu Shuren's death made him realize that there was a great murder opportunity hidden in this quiet and peaceful palace on weekdays.
What worries him even more is his mother, Wang Cairen.
According to the above statement in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Cairen was bullied and humiliated by Xi Li Xuanzhi and died of anger. According to Zhu You's own interpretation, he was tortured to death by Xi Li Xuan. As for the reason, it is likely that Xi Li's own son died young, while Wang Cairen's son is still alive and the eldest son.
Oh, I forgot to mention that Wang Cairen's second remaining son, Zhu Youxiao's younger brother, has also died.
In short, in history, Xi Li Xuanzhi was jealous and killed Wang Cairen. And now at this time, Xi Li's son is still alive and well, and he is also the imperial grandson of Wanli, his status is respected, his mother is more precious than his son, and Wang Cairen's status is much higher than that of Xi Li, far from the concubine who has little weight in history.
It was Zhu Youxiao who was just a little worried about his mother. He felt that Wang Cairen was a little too much, too arrogant and domineering, and something would happen sooner or later.
"I'll have to persuade her another day." After thinking about it, he slowly closed his eyes and focused on his luck.
In the dark night, the lights in Ciqing Palace were bright, and Liu Shuren's body had been collected and put into a coffin, waiting for tomorrow's burial. Liu's etiquette is very simple, just bury as a palace maid, after all, the status of the prince is not good, let alone one of the lowest concubines beside him.
Liu's family was so miserable that she didn't even stand in the mourning hall, only a coffin containing her, and she stopped quietly in a fighting room.
"Whew!"
In the room, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed, and then a palace lamp was lit, and the hazy light provided a glimmer of light to the room.
Two figures appeared under this light ⌒ Take a closer look, one of them is hunched over, it is Cao Huachun, who was asked by Wang Cairen to pass. The other person was dressed in a tulle palace robe, with a long skirt dragging to the ground, and bursts of fragrance emanated from her, looking bewitching and moving.
This is exactly the Xili selection service who is favored by Zhu Changluo.
"Niangniang to the master, oh no, it's a thousand years old, I really know everything about it, comparable to the imperial concubine Niangniang!" Hunched over, Cao Huachun complimented with a flattering smile on his face.
In this palace, the master was originally the title of the prince, but Zhu Youxiao's departure made this title transferred to him, after all, he was the youngest, wasn't he. As for Zhu Changluo, those palace maids and eunuchs changed their names to Chitose Ye. This is also another title for the crown prince.
"Hee-hee! That's nature. For Cao Huachun's sycophant, Xi Li enjoyed it very much, and the meaning of the other party's words all implied that he would have the power of Concubine Zheng in the future, which was exactly what Xi Li was thinking about when he was already ambitious.
"Gonggong Cao, I don't know it's so late, what is your intention in letting this palace come out? You must know that this palace still has to accompany Chitose Ye, after all, he just killed the Liu family by mistake, and Chitose Ye felt uncomfortable. After laughing, Xi Li asked straight to the point.
"Niangniang, why don't you take advantage of the situation tonight." Cao Huachun said with a yin smile, and by the way, he also made a gesture of cutting his throat, which contained the murderous intent of Sensen, which made Xi Li shudder.
"It's not good." Xi Li said with some hesitation, but her eyes were as bright as morning stars, and she was obviously quite moved in her heart.
"Two concubines have died in a row, and one of them is still the biological mother of the grandson, will it be ......" Xi Li was still a little worried, afraid that if things were too big, something would happen.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty doesn't like the Wang family too much, and doesn't pay much attention to it, otherwise with the credit of the Wang family giving birth to the grandson, how could he still be a talented person until now." Cao Huachun's powerful voice dispelled a lot of Xi Li's hesitation, but she was still a little hesitant.
Seeing this, Cao Huachun continued to persuade: "Niangniang, the opportunity is rare, then the Wang family seems to be aware of your temptation to seduce the Chitose Lord to commit a frustrated crime, if it is past tonight, you must be on guard." And ......" Cao Huachun was gloomy again: "Since it is said that he has a violent illness, then one is also dead, and the two, aren't they also dead?" ”
Cao Huachun's yin-measured voice, like a gust of wind, blew away all the worries and hesitations in Xi Li's heart, making her make up her mind to solve the slut of the Wang family tonight.
"Okay, then tonight." Xi Li clenched the silk handkerchief in his hand tightly and replied with hatred.
"Then Niangniang, you will lead the Chitose Lord to Wang Cairen tonight, and then thread the needle and thread the small needle, hook up the stubble, and let that Wang's words stimulate the Chitose Master, in this way, the big thing can be done!" Seeing that Xi Li agreed, Cao Huachun immediately took advantage of the situation to offer suggestions.
"Okay, that's it, your words must be picked up, so that Chitose Ye will enter a state of anger and fear that cannot be controlled."
"Slave and maid."
"Whew!" The palace lights were blown out, and the figure disappeared without a trace, only the Liu family, who was lying quietly in the coffin, witnessed the occurrence of a conspiracy. He is about to welcome his good sister, Wang Cairen.
That night, from Wang Cairen's bedroom, there were bursts of crying and pleading, which was Wang's scream. However, Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the Wang family, and Li Bao, the eunuch of Xi Li, led people to guard the gate, and no one could enter until the prince accompanied Wang An's movement and rushed in.
It's a pity that when he went in, it was already late, Wang Cairen was already lying on the ground with weak breathing, covered in scars, and the prince was holding a sandalwood chair high with red eyes, like a madman, and smashed it towards Wang.
The click, the cracking sound of the chair, took away the last trace of vitality of the Wang family, and also broke Wang An's heart.
"Woe to you!" Wang An closed his eyes in pain and slowly collapsed to the ground, this strong eunuch, the eunuch who helped Zhu Changluo and saved Zhu Changluo countless times, finally fell weakly at this moment.
He was helpless.
And the dead Wang family, there is no pain at all, her eyes are still wide open, still full of nostalgia, at the last moment, she gently spit out a few words, but the breath is faint, so that people can't hear clearly.
However, if anyone knows lip language, they must be able to know that these words are:
"Take care of my son, I can't protect you anymore."
After spitting out these words, the heavy sandalwood chair smashed on top of her, leaving her into a complete eternal sleep.
However, at this moment, the Ciqing Palace is not calm, after all, the Wang family is different from the Liu family, she is the biological mother of the grandson, and Zhu Youxiao is usually generous and approachable, and there are often many rewards given, and he has a good reputation in the entire Ciqing Palace.
Therefore, there are quite a few eunuchs and palace maids who miss the old and want to rush to the courtyard at the east end to report the situation. However, these were all knocked to the ground by Cao Huachun and Li Bao's people with sticks, and some of them even struggled fiercely and were directly killed. When someone died, there were fewer people who went out to report the news, and those who were knocked down did not struggle.
Ciqing Palace is very large, Wang Cairen's grief and these riots cannot be spread far away, and Zhu Youxiao, who is on the easternmost side, does not notice any movement at all. The people who served around him were the same, and they didn't notice it at all.
Only Xi Li, looking at the commotion in front of her, her face was very ugly, and this stupid woman seemed to sense something wrong.
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