Taohua didn't know what the Nuanchun Pavilion was, but the road that Hong Aya took her on was not too remote, and even met the palace attendants passing by along the way, which didn't look like there was any unsavory conspiracy at all.

"Princess, there is the Nuan Chun Pavilion in front." Red Aya suddenly stood on her feet and pointed ahead, "Princess, please come in, it's just this girl—" She looked at Mint and lowered her head, "This girl is better waiting outside with the slave." ”

Momoka also looked up. A small attic shaded by trees, the window is half-hidden, you can vaguely see a bright yellow figure seems to be pouring himself a drink, there is a small waiter standing under the attic, Taohua vaguely remembers that this is also an apprentice of Du Neijian, but I don't know what the name is, and it is not as useful as the small road.

In addition to the emperor and queen mother in this palace, no fourth person dared to wear bright yellow clothes, even if the queen had great courage, she did not dare to commit this taboo, so there was no one else in the attic except the emperor himself. Coupled with the people guarding the attic, it looks as if everything is normal.

Taohua thought about it for a long time, and finally said, "Mint just send me to the attic door, don't go in." "She didn't dare to leave the mint with the red aya, what if the queen disposed of the mint first?

But it seems that Red Aya has no intention of getting rid of Mint, and even retreats to make way for Momoka and Mint.

This made Taohua feel even more strange in her heart, and while walking forward with mint, she pulled a hairpin out of her bun.

This hairpin looks like silver, in fact, it is similar to the silver needle used for acupuncture, it is mixed with copper and tin, only the lotus flower on the hairpin head is made of gold and silver wires, and after inserting it, it looks like an ordinary hairpin, in fact, there is no problem with really starting to stab people to death.

This is Taohua specially asked the craftsman to build, and there is such a mint on the head, but the hairpin is an inconspicuous silver silk plum blossom, and every time the master and servant enter the palace, two must be carried, just in case.

"I'll go up and see, if something happens down there, you just have to resist, and it doesn't matter if you stab anyone to death." Taohua clenched the hairpin and whispered to the mint.

But before she could finish speaking, the little chamberlain had already greeted her: "The princess of the county is here." The emperor is waiting. He smiled and said to Mint, "Sister is still waiting, it's cold today, there is hot tea and snacks in the house, sister go in and have a cup?" ”

Taohua climbed the stairs and entered the warm spring pavilion. This Warm Spring Pavilion is not big, but it is just a small room. The light in the room is not very sufficient, and there are some treasure pavilions at will, and some books and antiques are put in place, and they are a little messy, and there is a small incense burner on several cases, and light smoke is rising, as if someone has just been reading books in this room, just because they left suddenly, so they have not been able to return to their original places.

Tables and chairs were set up in the depths of the room, and the Emperor was drinking glass by glass with his back to the door, and two or three empty flasks were already in his hand. Taohua walked in, and he didn't even seem to hear it.

Taohua took a closer look from behind and was sure that this was the emperor. It's just that the atmosphere in the room is quite strange, and she doesn't know what to do for a while. The room doesn't seem to open the doors and windows from time to time to breathe, and there is a faint musty smell, mixed with the incense in the furnace, which smells a little uncomfortable.

The chest was a little evil, Taohua pressed the stomach that wanted to churn, and suddenly felt that something was wrong—this incense had a peach blossom aroma, mixed with the smell of wine, and it smelled intoxicating, so it covered up a little of the other smell, like some kind of ...... It's something that's a little hallucinating.

Is it a mandala? Or is it □□? Before Taohua could fully distinguish it, she hurried over and extinguished the incense in the furnace.

Hearing the movement, the emperor turned around to take a look, and for a moment, Taohua felt that she had seen something in the emperor's eyes that frightened her—the emperor seemed to see another person in her.

"Mingyi—" The emperor's lips moved slightly, and he gently spat out a name. His voice was very low, but because it was too quiet in the Warm Spring Pavilion, Taohua still heard it.

However, the next moment the emperor turned around and said lightly, "Close the door." ”

Momoka just wants to push the window open now so that the smell of the room can be dissipated. The Emperor seemed to be able to guess her thoughts, and without raising his head, he pointed to a window on the other side: "Only that one can be opened." ”

Taohua closed the door, and with some confusion, pushed open the window that the emperor was pointing to, and found that there was a rockery on the other side, and the mountain was planted with flowers and trees, which firmly blocked this direction. Of course, you can't see the scenery outside from the window, but people outside can't see whether the window is open unless they climb the rockery.

"Does the emperor know what's in this incense?" Momoka pushed open the window, and the cold air rushed in, making her mind clear, and she took two deep breaths, suppressing the feeling of nausea in her chest before she could speak.

The emperor still lowered his head and said lightly: "Anyway, it won't be a good thing, just like the things in this wine." ”

In the wine? Taohua looked at the table with a little surprise, only to find that there was a small scroll on the table, and the person in the painting was dressed in a bright red regular clothes, standing under a peach tree, holding flower branches, and smiling brightly.

Now Taohua can distinguish the pattern of the clothes, the clothes worn by the people in the painting are very similar to the regular clothes of the princess of the county, only the embroidered patterns on the hem are different, and the person who wears such a dress must also be a member of the royal family, but there is no official title. With this, Taohua knew who the person in the painting was: "This is the eldest princess?" ”

"It's Xia." The Emperor stared at the painting and said slowly, "Today is her sacrifice day. ”

Taohua looked at it from a distance and saw four words written in the upper right corner of the scroll: Mingyi statue.

The emperor raised his head and seemed to be amused by Taohua's movements: "What are you doing standing so far away?" Are you afraid that I won't be able to eat you? ”

Taohua carefully observed his eyes and found that everything was normal with him, there were no symptoms of red eyes, and his pupils were not abnormally dilated, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but still said: "The courtiers feel that there is no resemblance between the courtiers and the emperor's eldest concubine. ”

At this point, she finally guessed what the queen had in mind. The matter of going ahead to succeed Brother Xu is a pretense at all, and the queen's purpose is to force her to the emperor!

The festival day of the Xia clan. The mood of the emperor. Drinking alcohol with incense. plus her big red regular clothes similar to Xia's. Everything shows the queen's thoughts.

Momoka had an urge to kill at this moment. If the queen is in front of her now, she doesn't dare to guarantee that she won't have to stab her with a hairpin a few times - the queen is going to completely destroy her, and maybe even Shen Shu and her children will be destroyed by the way!

However, now that the queen is not here, and the emperor is so unpredictable and profound, Taohua can't help but hold back her mood and deal with it carefully. The so-called companion is like a companion tiger, although she once firmly believed that the emperor did not regard her as the Xia family, but this situation, as well as the look in the emperor's eyes when he turned back just now, made her a little frightened, and unconsciously clenched the hairpin in her sleeve.

"There really is no similarity." The emperor cherished the portrait and held it in his hand, "The Xia family has a soft temperament and is a little naïve, which is completely different from you. ”

This sounds like a disparagement, but Taohua can't ask for it: "In this way, the courtiers really don't understand, what does the queen want?" ”

The emperor laughed lightly, with a bit of sarcasm: "Didn't you say that the queen has a sign of madness." If it weren't for the madness, I wouldn't have thought of anyone who would have devised this plan for the Ming Emperor. "It's not that the queen hasn't read books, it's just that the sages have read all the books in the dog's belly, but she has learned these things.

Yuzhen is Yang Yuhuan, and it is said that she is the princess of King Shou, the son of Emperor Tang Ming, and was favored by Emperor Tang Ming, and her father took his son and wife. The trap set by the queen now is a brother taking his brother's wife, and it's almost the same.

"So the emperor has long known...... "So this incense ......

The emperor glanced out of the door: "I just found out that Xiao Qizi and Fengyi Palace have a very close relationship." Today, his master was stumped by the affairs of the Mingguang Palace, and he served the wine and incense. ”

Xiao Liuzi is probably the name of the inner servant outside, Taohua asked cautiously, "Isn't he the apprentice of Du Neijian?" ”

The emperor bowed slightly: "It's an apprentice, but it's far less useful than Xiaolu in front of his master, probably because of this, he defected to the queen." He snorted lightly, "As for the of Hongyan, she was stuffed in by the Queen Mother, thinking that I didn't know about it......"

Taohua inexplicably felt a chill behind her: "Hong Aya, how long have you been serving the emperor in the Mingguang Palace?" "Look at Hong Aya's early twenties, I think it's not a short time to stay in the palace.

The emperor glanced at her with a smile: "She has been by my side for six years. Why, do you think I'm scary? ”

Six years...... knows that she is the queen mother, and she can still serve by her side for six years. Taohua did feel a little cold on her back, but she still had to keep her calm on her face: "Your Majesty, this is lying on the salary, trying the courage to endure and not ......" The technique of patting sycophants has improved.

The Emperor laughed. It's just that the smile is only at the corner of the mouth, but it doesn't reach the eyes: "Six years is nothing, I ascended the throne at the age of eighteen, and the Xia family died, and it has been sixteen years now." ”

Taohua was silent. Sixteen years of forbearance, this is really not something ordinary people can do, not to mention that the emperor was only eighteen years old at the time, this age was just a big child in her previous era.

"However, I didn't expect you to actually enter the palace today." The emperor was distracted for a moment, and the coldness in his eyes faded a little, "If you don't come today, the queen's efforts will be in vain." It's just that Prince Cheng sent something over, and you can't hold your breath? ”

"The courtiers came today to deliver a letter to the emperor." Taohua remembered the letter in her arms and quickly took it out, "The guards around the prince returned to the capital in disguise yesterday, and the courtiers also took the opportunity of becoming the princess to enter the palace. ”

"I see. I don't think you're supposed to be such an impulsive person. The emperor took the letter, did not open it immediately, only sighed, "It's just that since you have entered the palace, you can't go out." ”

"Huh?" Taohua didn't expect the emperor to say such a sentence, and couldn't help frowning, "But Brother Xu is still at home...... "Is this going to be calculated?" But what about Brother Xu?

The emperor was a little surprised by her reaction: "Why, aren't you afraid that I will really ask you to change your name and surname?" "If you change your name and surname, you will no longer be the princess of Anjun, but you can be a member of the concubines in the harem. Just looking at Jiang's meaning, it seems that he is not worried about this at all, but is just worried about the son at home.

Taohua raised her eyebrows: "The courtiers don't feel that they are similar to the emperor's eldest concubine, and they don't think that the emperor needs someone to replace the emperor's eldest concubine, if it can be replaced, then isn't the emperor's affection for the emperor's eldest concubine all fake?" ”

In fact, she is not completely worried, but at this moment, of course, it is wisest to praise the emperor.

The emperor raised one eyebrow, looked Taohua up and down, and nodded: "Okay." The people in this palace - no, I think the whole capital thinks that I have other plans for you, and I can't imagine that you can say such a thing. However, I also have to say that sometimes, I think you really like me more than others. "There are 3,000 beauties in the harem and 100,000 families in the capital, but it is rare to see a person like the Jiang family.

Momoka coughed lightly, feeling a little embarrassed. The emperor was such a forbearant person, but he didn't expect to speak so bluntly.

"Although my name has been decided early, I am also a human being." The emperor seemed to find Taohua's embarrassment quite interesting, and actually added, "People are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless?" ”

Taohua coughed again, with a straight look: "The emperor is right." People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless? This love is not only the love of men and women, but also the love of brothers, family and country. It is precisely because the emperor is also a human being that the courtiers feel that the emperor will never disobey human ethics and do things like beasts. ”

The Emperor looked at her with a smirk: "Where did you have such confidence in me?" ”

Taohua covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed dryly: "Don't dare to hide it from the emperor." The courtiers also dared to believe the emperor because they knew that the emperor entrusted his net worth to the prince and the Dingbei Marquis Mansion. ”

The emperor suddenly laughed: "Well said! ”

There was emotion in his expression, but his face was full of energy, as if he had unloaded some burden at this moment: "You said it well! I dare to entrust everything I have to the king of Anjun, and the king of Anjun can entrust his wife and children to me! I'm a human being too! I am a human first, then an emperor! ”

There was a sarcastic look in his eyes again: "Only people as mad as the queen and the Yu family think that everyone behaves like them, and they think that they can do whatever they want if they are in a high position......"

He didn't say the words later, because there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and someone knocked lightly on the door a few times, and then the voice of Du Neijian came in: "Your Majesty, everything is disposed of." I'm afraid the queen will come over in a while. ”

Is this to catch the traitor? Taohua pinched the hairpin in her hand. Of course, now is not the time to move the queen, but it is better not to let the queen appear in front of her, otherwise she really can't guarantee that she can restrain herself.

The emperor seemed to think the same way: "Take the princess of the county to live in the Qiuliang Palace." The strangulation one outside, and the same goes for Red Aya! He sneered coldly, "Since I have done something unseemly, I am naturally going to kill people." "Xiao Qizi and Red Aya have completed their mission and can go to die. When they died, the Empress would be even more convinced that he and the Chiang clan must have done something.

Du Neijian pushed open the door and bowed respectfully to Taohua and said, "Please come with the slave and maid." ”

There is a small road behind the warm spring pavilion, which is said to be a road, but in fact, it is a gap between the rockeries that only allows people to pass. That is, Taohua is only three months pregnant, and her body shape has not changed, if it is five or six months, I am afraid she will not be able to squeeze it.

Mint also came out of the hut at the head of Nuan Chun, and her face was a little pale. When she and Xiao Qizi were perfunctory in the house, suddenly Du Neijian brought someone in and directly strangled a bowstring around Xiao Qizi's neck. Although Supervisor Du Nei immediately took her out of the house and did not let her witness the scene with her own eyes, just thinking about it made her feel a chill in her back.

"Princess, where is this going?" Mint finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Autumn Cool Palace." Du Neijian replied for Taohua, "The princess is going to live in the palace for a while." ”

"For-" Mint was about to ask when he heard a commotion from the direction of the Warm Spring Pavilion behind him. Du Neijian glanced back, and his eyelids, which were usually drooping, were raised, revealing a gloomy cold light, which happened to be reflected in Mint's eyes, and scared back all her words.

It's not very far from the back door of the Autumn Cool Palace. A palace man guarded there, and without saying a word, he took the master and servant of Taohua in, passed through a bamboo forest, and sent it into the inner hall.

Lu Ying was fidgeting there, and when she saw Taohua, she greeted her excitedly: "Sister Tao! ”

When she arrived here, Tao Hua felt a little out of strength: "Lu Ying-"

"The emperor said you want to stay with me for a few days." Lu Ying looked surprised, "I heard that you are happy again?" It's just - Brother Xu didn't bring it into the palace? ”

It turns out that Lu Ying still doesn't know anything?

"Your Majesty—what did you say?"

"I just said that King Anjun went to the northwest, and you should come to the palace to live in peace." Lu Ying lowered her gaze slightly, and said in a low voice, "Anything else, I didn't ask ......" Of course she knew that this was just an excuse. There were those rumors in the palace, King Anjun was not there, Taohua should avoid suspicion, how could he live in the palace. And if you really come to live in the palace, why don't you bring Brother Xu?

However, the emperor asked Taohua to live with her instead of elsewhere. Somehow, Lu Ying felt that he was determined - the emperor must not have any intentions for Taohua as the legend in the palace said.

"Yes, it's a little more stable...... and let's see what the emperor will do. It's just that I pity Brother Xu, it seems that I can't escape this day without a father and a mother, and I don't know what I'm going to cry like tonight......

When Taohua was thinking about her son here, the queen had already come out of the Nuanchun Pavilion, and returned to Fengyi Palace with an angry face, and a little palace maid was sent down when she entered the door.

"Mother, it seems that it has really become." The confidant palace people inquired about the news later, and Fei also ran back: "Xiao Qizi and Hong Aya are dead." "If they hadn't seen something, why would the emperor have killed?

The queen did not speak. The henchman looked up and couldn't help but be shocked: "Niangniang, Niangniang? The queen's forehead was bruised, her eyes were straight, and the muscles at the corners of her eyes and mouth were constantly twitching.

She called several times, and the queen's eyes moved, as if she had just woken up from a big dream: "What? ”

The confidant palace people didn't care about talking about the Nuanchun Pavilion, and asked first: "Does Niangniang feel any discomfort?" ”

"Discomfort?" The queen moved, feeling indescribably tired, but there was a hot fire in her heart, which made her so excited that she wanted to laugh and shout, "There is nothing uncomfortable in this palace." What about the news you inquired about? ”

The confidant palace people couldn't help but feel a little worried when they saw her eyes lit up, but the queen asked urgently, and she could only answer first.

"All dead?" The queen broke into the Nuanchun Pavilion just now, but she didn't catch Taohua as planned, but the tables and chairs in the room were messy, and there was a tear-off big red satin fragment in the crack of the table. This thing is recognized by the queen, and this material is used when the internal affairs government system of the prince, princess and princess of the county is often served.

With this torn satin piece, the queen was half set in her heart, but she didn't see the red silk and Xiao Qizi, and she was still a little unstable. At this time, she heard that both of them were dead, and she settled on it instead. This must be done, if it doesn't work out, if the emperor wants to act for her, he should let Xiao Qizi and Hong Aya both live to testify. Now the emperor has killed both of them, which is clearly to cover up the fact that it has become a given!

"Where did Jiang go?" The queen asked excitedly.

"This-" The henchmen really couldn't inquire about these many things for a while, "the slave hasn't heard about it yet......"

"Rubbish!" The queen said unceremoniously, "Don't go and inquire yet." If the Jiang family is out of the palace, it will be bad! "Once the Jiang family leaves the palace, even if Hong Aya and Xiao Qizi are not dead, she has no evidence to prove the Jiang family. What's worse is that if the Jiang family leaves the palace, it means that the emperor doesn't want to turn against the Anjun Palace, and the Yu family will be in danger.

The confidant palace man hurriedly said: "This lady can rest assured." The slaves and maids are guarding the palace gate, and Princess Anjun must not have left the palace. ”

"That's good!" The queen's eyes lit up again, "Go, send a letter to the palace immediately." In addition, the palace gates everywhere are closely watched by the palace, no matter what, the Jiang family can't be allowed to leave the palace today! "As long as she spends the night in the palace, everything is indescribable.

The henchmen rushed out. The queen only felt that she was too excited to sit still, and could not help but get up from her chair and paced in the inner sanctum. I don't know how long I walked, but the henchmen came back, and their eyes were also shining: "Niangniang, the emperor sent Princess Anjun to Qiuliang Palace!" ”

The queen suddenly stopped, only to find that it was already dark outside, and her feet were already sore, and she had walked in the inner hall for nearly two hours unconsciously.

"Yay. The palace knows ......," the queen muttered, a smile gradually appearing on her face, "The emperor said it soundingly, as if he really appreciated Jiang's medical skills, but in fact, it's not all like that!" Sage clouds, food color, sex also. No matter how nice the emperor said, he didn't think about the Jiang family in his heart......"

The smile on her face gradually became a little crazy: "Look at it, there is a knife on the head of the color character, and the emperor will fold it on this knife this time!" ”