Chapter 91 Exposed

After the army was reorganized, the eldest prince took the emperor's holy decree and led the army to the western border. Although there are troops stationed there all the year round, but Xiya has attacked on a large scale this time, and the original army is definitely not enough, and support is also essential.

The eldest prince went on an expedition, and the emperor personally came to send him off, and it was also to show his attention. Although the queen's face was not good-looking, she didn't say anything. However, the eldest prince's mother, Concubine Jiang, and the Zuo Xiang faction were very proud. When the eldest prince returns victoriously, it will definitely be indispensable to be crowned a throne, and he will be able to sit on an equal footing with King Hong at that time.

Ran Xiaogu is murderous and hurtful, although he has not achieved his goal, but it is also a capital crime that can be avoided, and a living crime cannot be escaped. Baohui, who helped buy the murderer, and the remaining two gangsters have been sentenced to execution, and on Ran Xiao's side, Zhao begged to go to his mother's house. The Zhao family took a lot of silver, and it can be regarded as benevolent and righteous. Lord Xu meant to lock people up in the precept nunnery, but for the sake of Lao Wan Pingbo, he gave Wan Pingbo a chance to choose. If there is a place in Wanpingbo Mansion where Ran Xiao can be detained, it can also be discussed.

The name of the nunnery sounds like a nunnery, and there are indeed Buddhist cultivators in the nunnery, but it is not open to the public, and it is dedicated to holding some female prisoners who commit serious crimes but do not lead to death. The people who are imprisoned there will not be able to get out for the rest of their lives, and their families can visit them once every three months. In addition to serving their sentences, the female prisoners in the nunnery also have to recite sutras and work every day to repent of their sins. The goods of the work will be exchanged for money, and some sandalwood will be bought for the nunnery.

Whenever possible, no one wants any woman in the family to be sent there, except for the sincere devotion to the Buddha, otherwise it will be torture for these women.

Wan Pingbo didn't want to care about Ran Xiao at all, and Lord Xu would admit it no matter how he sentenced. The Yu family won't care about it, she can't wait for Ran Xiao to be imprisoned in the precept nunnery, this matter is troublesome, not to mention their Wanping Bofu, and even Ran Xiao's reputation will be damaged. Ran Ning is the victim, the sister-in-law in the family wants to harm her, she is the one who is sympathized, so naturally people will not think that she is not bad at all. And Ran Ji has an extra sister who murdered her sister-in-law, which really hurts her reputation, and the Yu family will never indulge it.

The Zhao family begged the Zhao family to spend so much money that they reluctantly let Ran Xiao not have to be locked up in prison for the rest of his life, but the precept nunnery is really not much better than the prison. She thought that there were a lot of Zhuangzi in the house, and even if she sent Ran Xiao over and locked up, it was better than going to the precept hermitage. And her own Zhuangzi, how can she speak. But who knew that Wan Pingbo and the Yu family did not agree, and they were bent on sending Ran Xiao to the precept nunnery.

"Uncle, madam, Ran Xiao is still young, she will change in the future." Zhao begged bitterly.

"It's the same with going to the precept hermitage to change it." Yu Shi drank tea leisurely and said: "Send it to Zhuangzi, what if she is resentful, and then bribe others to harm the people on Zhuangzi?" Although Zhuangzi is full of subordinates, it is also human life, and they cannot be abandoned to ignore their danger, otherwise who is willing to be sincerely loyal to Bofu? ”

"That's right." Wan Pingbo nodded and said: "She can even be so ruthless with her own sister, my Wan Pingbo doesn't have such a daughter." ”

Seeing that the plea could not be successful, Zhao said: "If the uncle does not allow Xiao'er to go to Zhuangzi, then the concubine will have to go to the precept nunnery with Xiao'er." That sounded a little more threatening.

Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Zhao, in addition to female prisoners, there are only nuns in the precept nunnery, what can you do when you go?" ”

"It's better to do anything, it's better than staying in the house and worrying about Xiao'er's suffering." Zhao felt that Wan Pingbo should give in this way, only Yu and her were the only two people who served Wan Pingbo in the house, and Wan Pingbo said in his early years that he would not take any more concubines, and she would definitely not be able to go.

Wan Pingbo thought for a moment, put down the teacup, and said, "Okay, you can go with Ran Xiao." If you don't, it's best to keep you, but if you don't, you can figure it out for yourself. ”

Zhao Shi was dumbfounded immediately, she just wanted to threaten Wan Pingbo, she didn't really want to go to the precept hermitage, but she didn't expect Wan Pingbo to really agree.

Yu's heart was happy, but his face was still relatively calm, and without waiting for Zhao to speak again, he immediately said: "Since Zhao's decision to go, the concubine body will also be arranged, and the uncle can rest assured." ”

"Hmm." Wan Pingbo nodded, didn't want to say anything more, got up and said that he still had something to do, so he went to the study alone, leaving behind the Zhao family, who had never come back to his senses, and the Yu family, who couldn't hide his smile.

As soon as Wan Pingbo left, Yu said to the maids: "Go and pack up for Aunt Zhao, let the coachman prepare the car, and send Zhao to the precept nunnery tomorrow morning." ”

As for what the Precept Nunnery will do if it doesn't accept the Zhao family, what the Zhao family will do, then it's none of the Yu family's business. The Zhao family is a concubine, and it is not so easy to come back after leaving the Wanping Bo Mansion, and she will not allow the Zhao family to come back. And even if the Zhao family regrets it tonight, she will not let the Zhao family see Wan Pingbo again.

In Qingfeng Courtyard, Ran Ning sat in front of the zither and plucked the strings. She hadn't touched this kite for a long time, and it was inevitable that she would be rusty. Now her wrist is much better, and the medicine given to her by her stepfather works very well, and it is good and fast. The weather was very good today, and Ran Ning was also interested, so she started to play the piano and slowly played a slow-paced tune.

Recently, Yuan Hengyang and Du Muyi have come more frequently, all for the sake of Xiya. Zhong Su wanted to tell her, Ran Ning listened to it a little bit, if she didn't say it, she wouldn't take the initiative to ask. I heard that although the West Cliff was menacing, General Fengguo and the generals who were originally stationed were experienced military generals, and they were struggling to support and wait for support in the case of unequal forces, but they did not let the West Cliff people attack the city. When the eldest prince arrives with his army, the battle situation should ease a little.

After sending Yuan Hengyang and Du Muyi away, Zhong Su returned to Qingfeng Courtyard, and heard Ran Ning playing the piano at the door.

"Your hands don't hurt anymore?" After Zhong Su entered the door, he walked over with some concern, held up Ran Ning's wrist, and checked it carefully. The sound of the piano stopped.

"It doesn't hurt." Ran Ning smiled.

Seeing that there was really no problem with her hand, Zhong Su sat down on the soft couch with confidence and said, "I haven't heard you play a tune for a long time, let's play one." ”

I don't know if it's because he was poisoned before, and his body is still a little weak, although his internal strength is still completely negative during this time, there is no sudden jump, and he is generally stable, even if there is no Ran Ning's piano sound to help him calm down, he is no longer crazy. This is a good phenomenon, but after a long time, he will inevitably miss Ran Ning's piano sound.

"What do you want to hear?" Ran Ning asked with a smile.

"Whatever you want." He is not picky, as long as Ran Ning plays well.

Ran Ning smiled slightly, and bounced the mountains and flowing water. Although it is a little rusty, the sound of the piano is not audible, which shows that years of practice are not in vain.

Looking at Ran Ning's slender and beautiful hands and quiet and beautiful appearance, Zhong Su suddenly felt that it was a pity that Ran Ning followed him. But even if it's a pity, he's not ready to let go. He loves Ran Ning, so he wants to keep her by his side, watch her well, and protect her well.

At the end of the song, Ran Ning said with a smile: "I really can't throw it down, I just stopped for a while, and the level is already far from before." ”

"I think it's still good." Zhong Su didn't feel any different from before.

Ran Ning smiled and didn't speak. Now that her hand has just recovered, she can't rush it, just pick it up slowly. Now the whole country is worried about the conquest, and there will definitely be no palace banquets, and even if there is a banquet, singing and dancing will be omitted, and the Rite and Music Division will be able to relax for a while.

"When the Sixth Prince ascends the throne, I will find a way to reconcile my internal strength and get rid of the madness. When the time comes, I'll take you to seclusion. Zhong Su walked up to Ran Ning, picked up her face, and said softly.

"Okay." Ran Ning smiled and responded, she didn't need to be rich, comfortable and comfortable, it was more rare for her than rich.

Zhong Su leaned down and kissed Ran Ning's lips lightly. Ran Ning's eyes widened unexpectedly, this was the first real kiss since they got married, Ran Ning didn't expect it to happen like this.

Both of them were very jerky, and even bit each other's lips, but neither of them cared, so they tried to get close to each other, expressing the most intimate feelings in this simplest way, and hearts that will never change.

Ran Ning didn't know, but Zhong Su knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to become a normal person, the easiest and most effective way was to dissipate his internal strength. It is also very risky to be able to dissipate the internal force, because no one knows whether he will survive to the end if he dissipates it in the case of pure negative internal force......

But he had to gamble, if he didn't block it, Ran Ning would never become his real wife, and maybe when he woke up one day, he would see Ran Ning's corpse......

In the blink of an eye, it has been two months since the eldest prince went on the expedition, and the sky is gradually getting warmer, but the battle situation is getting worse. Before the eldest prince arrived at the border, the soldiers on the border could barely resist the enemy attack, but after the eldest prince arrived, not only did he not play a supporting role, but lost three cities in a row.

This time, no matter how calm the emperor was, he couldn't sit still, and what made matters worse was that the border pass came to report, saying that General Fengguo was seriously injured and was afraid that he would not be able to go to the battlefield again. This news made the court explode again, and Zuo Xiang's face was also very ugly, this should have been an opportunity for the great prince to make a profit, why did it end up like this? Not to mention the throne this time, it's good to be able to continue to go to court.

At this moment, King Hong was late, and after entering the palace, he knelt down directly and said: "Father, the eldest royal brother colluded with King Ning of Xiya and gave up three cities as a condition for Xiya to support him to become the crown prince." Such betrayal is unforgivable by my father! ”

"His Royal Highness King Hong, please don't be untrustworthy, His Royal Highness the Great Prince has a valuable character, and he will definitely not do such a thing for the country!" Zuo Xiang immediately stood up to argue, his face a little pale.

King Hong glanced at Zuo Xiang and said loudly: "There is no evidence, how dare I talk nonsense in front of my father?" ”

Saying that, King Hong took out the evidence and said: "Father, since General Zhong Xiao was wrongfully accused of colluding with Xiya last time, Erchen has always had a question in his heart, and he has never given up the investigation, and it turned out that it was actually the eldest brother who colluded with King Ning of Xiya. If this is not the case, how can those handwritten letters of King Ning be explained? It took a few days for the retainers to finally stop the correspondence between the eldest brother and King Ning, and asked his father to take a look! ”

The emperor's face was already black with anger, and Father-in-law Chang did not dare to slack off, so he immediately went to show the letter presented by King Hong to the emperor.

The letter is indeed written by the eldest prince himself, and it has his seal, which must not be relied upon. King Ning's handwriting is also exactly the same as the handwriting and seal on the letter when he wronged Zhong Su for treason. Moreover, the letter also mentioned the opinions and thoughts of the left minister, and it is obvious that the left minister is in the know.

The emperor was so angry that he threw several letters to the ground together, looked at Zuo Xiang with cold eyes, and said angrily: "Bold! In the letter, Di Yun also mentioned the idea you gave them, you are really a good courtier, Di Yun's good grandfather! ”

Hearing the emperor's words, Zuo Xiang suddenly collapsed to the ground. In their plan, this should be foolproof, how could it be possible for King Hong to catch the handle?

"Someone!" The emperor said angrily: "Remove the position of Zuo Xiang, put him in prison, and interrogate him severely." Be sure to ask about their comrades and plans. Withdraw Di Yun's military power, escort him back to Beijing, and then dispose of it! ”

"Yes!" The Praetorian Guards dragged the left with him.

"Father, Emperor Shengming." King Hong kowtowed.

"Your Majesty." A group of ministers also knelt down and agreed.

Zhong Su frowned slightly, things came too quickly, so he didn't react for a while. However, he still felt that this matter was a little strange, but he still couldn't figure out what was strange, so he could only wait for the eldest prince to return to Beijing.

But before the holy decree to escort the eldest prince back to Beijing reached the border, news came from the border - the eldest prince was killed in battle, and our army's vitality was greatly damaged.