Murong Xuanji sneered in his heart, looked at the emperor with some coldness and said: "Those ministers in the court are all grass on the wall, and whichever prince gains power will fall to which side, who else will be there besides our Murong family?" Since the emperor loves the Nine Emperor Princes, my father and they also treat the Nine Emperor Princes wholeheartedly, your purpose is the same, why does the emperor still deal with our Murong Mansion? ”

"One mountain can't accommodate two tigers. I know your father is faithful to me, but I sit in such a high position that I don't allow others to be on my side. The emperor said earnestly.

"Doesn't the emperor feel that the height is unbearable?" Murong Xuanji asked the emperor coldly, "The eldest prince has been poisoned and his life and death are still uncertain, and now that the Nine Emperor Princes have also been poisoned, even the imperial doctors in the palace are helpless, doesn't the emperor feel that he has lost too much while sitting in this seat?" ”

The emperor was not angry at Murong Xuanji's rudeness, but said calmly: "This is my fate. Since I am the emperor of this northern kingdom and have supreme power, I must also bear the loneliness of a person. ”

"I'll find evidence that my dad and my brother are innocent. Since the emperor is unwilling to let them go, nor is he willing to save the lives of the Nine Emperor Princes, then it is up to me to do all this. Murong Xuanji said firmly.

The emperor looked at Murong Xuanji with appreciation, glad that Xuanyuan Hao had found a good wife, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "You are worthy of being the daughter of a great general, you have courage and courage, I believe that you will be able to save the Nine Emperors, and you will definitely assist him well." ”

In the face of the emperor's praise, Murong Xuanji just looked at him expressionlessly, and saw that he never changed his mind, so he turned around and left in disappointment. After leaving the palace, Murong Xuanji immediately took out a jade pendant and handed it to her, and told her: "You take this jade pendant and hurry up to the Eastern Tang Kingdom, give it to their lord, tell him about the poisoning of the Nine Emperor Princes, and ask him if he has seen the poison of this phenomenon, and if there is any way to solve it." ”

"Yes!" Xuanque carefully put away the jade pendant, and hurriedly set off to the Eastern Tang Kingdom without further ado.

Murong Xuanji glanced up at the already slightly lit sky, sighed heavily in his heart, cheered up and rushed back to the mansion, but met Xuanyuan Jue who came to visit at the door.

"The Eighth Prince." Murong Xuanji politely led Xuanyuan Jue into the mansion, and was just about to take him to find Xuanyuan Hao, but he stopped him.

"Nine Emperor Princesses, please stay." Xuanyuan Jue called out to Murong Xuanji, and when he saw her puzzled gaze, he said, "I also heard about the Nine Emperor Brothers this morning, how is the situation of the Nine Emperor Brothers now?" ”

"The relationship between the eighth prince of Xie, now the situation of the husband is not very good, the imperial doctor said that he has been poisoned by a very rare poison, and this poison is not like the poison of the Beiming Kingdom, I have ordered someone to find a way to cure this poison."

Xuanyuan Jue nodded, sighed and said, "It was fine when the Nine Emperor Brothers went to look for me yesterday, but I didn't expect it to be today-" Xuanyuan Jue glanced at Murong Xuanji and opened his mouth to comfort, "The Nine Emperor Princesses don't have to worry too much, if it is poisonous, there will definitely be an antidote, and I will also order someone to find the antidote." ”

"Thank you, Eighth Prince." Murong Xuanji nodded gratefully, and asked with some curiosity: "I don't know what the husband said about the Eighth Prince yesterday?" ”

"It's for the general's business." Xuanyuan Jue blurted out and said, seeing Murong Xuanji's somewhat surprised look and curious, "Could it be that the Nine Emperor Princesses don't know that the Nine Emperor Brothers have been thinking of ways to rescue Father Ling and several Brother Ling during this time. ”

"I know." Seeing Xuanyuan Jue's inquiring gaze, Murong Xuanji immediately replied calmly, but he was still slightly surprised in his heart. So Xuanyuan Hao had always assured her that he would rescue Murong He and the others, but Murong Xuanji always thought that he was perfunctory, and he didn't expect that he would really work so hard to find clues.

"Nine Emperor Princesses, rest assured, I will definitely do what the Nine Emperor Brothers please, a few days ago I went to the military camp to learn about the use of military law by the second son of Murong before, many people said that the second prince was wronged, I also asked those who supported the second prince to sign the love letter, tomorrow morning I will hand over this love letter to my father, I believe that the second son will be released soon."

"Thank you, Eighth Prince." Murong Xuanji heard Xuanyuan Jue say this, and her mood also improved, which can be regarded as some good news that she has heard in the past few days, "Actually, it is easier to find evidence for my father and eldest brother and second brother, what I am worried about is the third brother, after all, the matter of the third brother involves a human life, and there was no witness present at the time, and I don't know what the real murderer looks like, and it is a little difficult to catch the real murderer and clear the third brother's guilt." ”

"That's right, I went to see the scene of the crime, it was a remote alley, usually few people pass by there, and it is indeed not easy to find witnesses." Xuanyuan Jue said with a solemn expression.

"Eighth Prince, I want to ask where is the body of the woman who was killed?" Murong Xuanji suddenly opened his mouth and asked Xuanyuan Jue, since the third brother was wronged, there must be some clues that we ignored, and I want to find those clues in person.

"The deceased was a woman in a Qinglou, who had no father, no mother and no relatives, so Yizhuang buried the person after the corpse." Xuanyuan Jue thought for a while and said, looking at Murong Xuanji's expression and asked with some incredulity; "Could it be that the Nine Emperor Princesses want to open the coffin for an autopsy?"

"The eighth prince doesn't know, the third brother is different from others, although he usually uses his right hand to hold a pen and things, but he likes to use his left hand when holding a sword and other weapons, and the third brother is not used to using a sword, he always feels that the sword is not as heavy as a spear, and it is not easy to hold in his hand, so I have always suspected that if it is really the third brother who wants to kill that woman, in the process of struggling, how can the third brother, who is not good at using a sword, accurately stab the woman in the fatal heart with a sword." These suspicions Murong Xuanji has not told Xuanyuan Hao that he originally planned to find evidence by himself.

Hearing Murong Xuanji say this, Xuanyuan Jue also felt suspicious, he originally felt that Murong Xijun would not be able to kill, "Nine Emperor Princesses, I'll go with you." ”

Murong Xuanji nodded, Xuanyuan Jue was the eighth prince after all, and it was more convenient to do things than to be a woman's family.

"Let's go to see the Nine Emperor Brothers first, and then we'll look for evidence together." Xuanyuan Jue said anxiously.

"I also ask the eighth prince to keep it secret from my husband, I don't want my husband to worry about it." Murong Xuanji opened his mouth to ask Xuanyuan Jue.

Xuanyuan Jue nodded, and quickly entered the house to visit Xuanyuan Hao. Although Xuanyuan Hao was awake, he was not in good spirits, and after the two chatted for a while, Xuanyuan Hao's body could no longer support it, and after letting him lie down and rest, Xuanyuan Jue and Murong Xuanji came to the cemetery.

"I've got someone to dig up the body, let's go over and have a look." Xuanyuan Jue pointed ahead and said to Murong Xuanji.

Murong Xuanji nodded, and the two walked quickly to a big pit, and there was a person lying on the bamboo mat next to it, covered with a white cloth.

Murong Xuanji slowly approached and squatted down, slowly uncovering the white cloth, and saw that it was a gray face of a dead man without any breath.

Murong Xuanji lifted all the white cloths, looked the deceased up and down, and finally fixed his gaze on the clothes on the deceased's chest, which were still stained with blood.

"Eighth Prince, look." Murong Xuanji suddenly turned his head and shouted at Xuanyuan Jue, pointing to the blood stains on the deceased's clothes and said, "Don't you think there is something wrong with the color of this blood?" ”

Xuanyuan Jue squatted down on the other side of the deceased, carefully rummaged through his clothes, and found that the blood stains on them were a little darker.

Murong Xuanji, who felt strange, examined the appearance of the corpse from head to toe again, and soon made other discoveries.

"Look at her lips and nails." Murong Xuanji boldly picked up the deceased's finger and handed it to Xuanyuan Jue, "If it is a normal death, her lips and nails cannot be black and purple, unless—"

"Unless she died of poisoning." Xuanyuan Jue understood the meaning of Murong Xuanji's words, and got up with a grim expression and said to the entourage beside him, "The cause of death of this corpse is suspicious, immediately bring it back to Yizhuang and bury the corpse again." ”

"Yes!" Several of the attendants immediately put the white cloth over the corpse again, and then took the corpse away.

"If you hadn't found out this time, you might never have known that the woman was poisoned to death." Xuanyuan Jue said sincerely.

"Whether he died of poisoning or not needs to wait until the autopsy to determine, I did this entirely for my third brother." Murong Xuanji said without credit, looking at the corpse that was carried away, and sincerely asked Xuanyuan Jue and said, "Whether my third brother can wash away his grievances will be entrusted to the eighth prince this time." ”

"Nine Emperor Princesses, rest assured, I will watch the whole process of this autopsy, and I will definitely not let innocent people be aggrieved, nor will I let the murderer go unpunished." Xuanyuan Jue firmly promised.

"Master, it's not good!" The henchman walked into the study in a panic and saw that Chu Wanwan was also in the study, so he lowered his head and stood aside without speaking.

Xuanyuan Mo saw the panicked and anxious appearance of his henchman, and knew that something big must have happened, so he said to Chu Wanwan with a hypocritical smile: "You go back to the house first, and I will go to you when the things here are done." ”

Although Chu Wanwan was curious about what his henchman was looking for Xuanyuan Mo, he still didn't ask much, but nodded with a thoughtful smile and said, "Okay." When Chu Wanwan walked out of the study, she also closed the door of the study intimately, but she did not go far, but walked to a remote place next to her, hiding under the window and eavesdropping on the conversation between the two.

"What the hell is it that makes you so flustered?" Xuanyuan Mo asked with some displeasure.

"Master, that woman's body was taken away by the Eighth Prince." Happiness said with a sad face.

"Woman, what woman?" Xuanyuan Mo didn't react for a while, and only after asking did he ask in shock: "Are you talking about the woman who was killed by Murong Xijun?" ”

The henchman nodded. With a solemn expression, he said: "This morning, the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Emperor Concubine went to the cemetery and dug up the woman's body, and it didn't take long for the Eighth Prince to order someone to take the body away. They seemed to have found some clue. ”

"Where is the body now?" Xuanyuan Mo asked nervously.

"I was sent back to Yizhuang. The Eighth Prince said that the cause of the deceased's death was suspicious and that it should be re-investigated, and he also ordered people to look at the body, and no one else was allowed to approach, and the Eighth Prince had to be present in person for this re-examination. The henchman relayed all the news to Xuanyuan Mo.

"Damn Xuanyuan Jue, do you have to go against me?" Xuanyuan Mo angrily smashed the things on the desk in his hand and shouted.

"Master, if the Eighth Prince really finds evidence, then the Third Prince of Murong will be proven innocent and may be released." Looking at Xuanyuan Mo's angry appearance, the henchman cautiously spoke.

Xuanyuan Mo gasped heavily, and after thinking for a while, he felt that something was wrong, and asked strangely: "How could this matter be that the Eighth Emperor and the Nine Emperor Princesses came forward, and the Nine Emperor Princes?" ”

"I heard that the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses were attacked yesterday, and the Nine Emperor Princes seemed to be seriously injured, but the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion was heavily guarded at this time, and our people had no way to find out more news, these are just some news from the palace, and we are not sure if it is true or not." The henchman said respectfully, "Master, do you want to let the humble post go to the palace to inquire about some news?" ”

"No need, you don't have to go, I'll go myself." Xuanyuan Mo thought about it for a while and decided to go to the palace in person and discuss it with his mother.

Chapter 580: The Visit of the Imperial Concubine

"The concubine greets the queen, and wishes the queen all the blessings and peace." The imperial concubine knelt in front of the queen's palace and respectfully greeted her. The sitting and standing concubines next to them are waiting to see a good show.

"It turned out to be the imperial concubine, and this palace thought you had forgotten about this palace." The queen said mockingly, she had no intention of letting the imperial concubine get up.

"The concubine doesn't dare, the queen is the head of the harem, how can the concubine forget you." The imperial concubine knew that the queen was deliberately making things difficult for herself, and she also knew that she would be very sad today, and she was ready to be targeted.

"Look at this imperial concubine's mouth, she can really speak." The queen said with a hypocritical smile, "Hurry up, the imperial concubine has worked hard during this time, and I want you to manage the harem for the palace." Imperial Concubine Xian, what do you think of Imperial Concubine in the past few days? ”

"The concubines don't dare to judge themselves, please ask the queen for forgiveness." Hearing the queen name herself, the imperial concubine was shocked, now the situation has reversed, and the queen has regained power, but she is also smart and doesn't want to offend the queen and the imperial concubine, who knows what kind of changes the situation will have in the future.

"Concubine Huangxian really knows how to know how to tell the balance, knows what to say and what not to say, and knows what to do and what not to do, unlike some people who are self-righteous." The queen glanced at the imperial concubine meaningfully, and saw that she had kept her head down, so she asked coldly: "Imperial concubine, do you think what this palace said is right?" ”

"The queen is a golden mouth, and the concubines will definitely remember it." The imperial concubine also wisely bypassed the words tactfully.

The queen just smiled coldly, and was just about to say a few more words to deal with the imperial concubine, but she heard the communication of the slave, saying that the emperor was coming.

"You're all here!" The emperor looked at the room full of concubines, and just asked casually.

"Your Majesty, my sister is here to greet the palace." The queen changed her smiling face, which was completely different from the appearance of the imperial concubine just now.

The emperor nodded, didn't ask any more, and said with some concern: "The Nine Emperor Princes were attacked and injured last night, and now they are recuperating in the mansion." The emperor glanced at all the concubines and concubines, and found that their faces looked very surprised, and finally his eyes fell on the imperial concubine, "Concubine Xian, I know that you have always loved the Nine Emperor Princes, you let people take some precious medicinal materials, those elixirs in the palace, thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and the ginseng that was tributed, in short, I will take it to the Nine Emperors' Mansion to take a good look at the Nine Emperors for me." ”

"Yes!" Concubine Huangxian stepped forward and respectfully agreed, and asked with some words: "Your Majesty, how is the situation of the Nine Emperor Princes now?" ”

"The Imperial Doctor has already been there." The emperor said ambiguously, watching everyone stand up and prepare to leave.

"Your Majesty!" The imperial concubine suddenly called out to the emperor, "Although the concubine is not the mother of the Nine Emperors, and she has never taken him with her own hands, but when she heard that the Nine Emperors were injured, the concubines were also very worried, and the concubines implored the emperor to agree to let me leave the palace and go to the temple to live for some time. ”

The emperor glanced at the imperial concubine, looked at the sincere look on her face, and then looked at the imperial concubine with sharp eyes, so he said: "Since the imperial concubine is so hearted, I will allow it, and I will leave tomorrow." ”

"The concubines obey the order, thank the emperor." Hearing the emperor's promise, the imperial concubine secretly breathed a sigh of relief, on the contrary, the queen was a little angry, knowing that the imperial concubine's prayer was fake, and it was true to avoid herself.

After sending the emperor away, the queen walked to the imperial concubine, held her hand, smiled but made people shudder and said: "Since the imperial concubine is leaving the palace tomorrow, let's go back and rest early." Bengu originally planned to have a good chat with you, but there is no hurry, there will be time in the future, and Bengu can wait for you. ”

The imperial concubine was frightened, swallowed the saliva in her mouth, and tried to calm down: "Yes, the concubine has retired." ”

The imperial concubine immediately from the queen's palace, the breath that had been holding was relaxed, the whole person seemed to have been drained of strength, and the whole person almost fell down weakly, but fortunately, the maid and other concubines on the side helped her.

"Imperial Concubine, are you okay?" Someone asked with concern.

But the imperial concubine's mind was in chaos at this time, and the sky was spinning in front of her for a while, and she couldn't hear the interrogator's voice at all, but kept whispering: "Send me back to the palace." ”

"Mother!" Xuanyuan Mo, who had been waiting for the imperial concubine in the palace, saw her coming back and was just about to greet her, but saw that her face was wrong, and immediately rushed over to support her and asked worriedly: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

The imperial concubine sat back on her bed, and when she heard Xuanyuan Mo's voice, her thoughts slowly came to her senses, and she said weakly: "Why are you here?" ”

"Let's all go down first." As soon as Xuanyuan Mo was about to speak, he saw that there were other people in the room, so he sent the others away before he said anxiously: "I heard that Xuanyuan Hao was attacked and injured last night, and I want to ask the concubine if she has heard about it." But mother, where did you come back, why did you look so ugly, did something happen? Could it be the Queen? ”

The imperial concubine, who gradually eased her head, nodded, "The queen seems to be planning to deal with me, and she deliberately humiliated me in front of so many concubines today, fortunately, your father and the emperor appeared in time, in order to avoid the queen, I will go to the temple to stay in the temple for a while tomorrow." ”

"Mother, do you want to leave the palace?" Xuanyuan Mo asked the imperial concubine with some surprise, "Even so, the queen will not let you go, and it will be even more dangerous for you to leave the palace." ”

"I've already told your father, besides, the Nine Emperors did have an accident, so I don't think the Queen is in the mood to deal with me now." The imperial concubine said upset. "Compared to the palace, the outside of the palace will make me feel a little more at ease."

"Did Xuanyuan Hao really have an accident?" Xuanyuan Mo heard the key and asked in surprise: "Mother, do you know how he is now?" ”

"I don't know, the emperor let the imperial concubine go, and asked her to bring a lot of precious supplements and medicinal materials, I think the injury should be very serious." The imperial concubine pressed her head and said, "Did you enter the palace today just to know about the Nine Emperor Princes?" How's your preparation going? Now no one can guess what your father thinks, you hurry up and marry the princess of the Western Qi Kingdom as soon as possible, which will also help your forces. ”

"I'm in my own hands." Hearing about his marriage to Chu Wanwan, Xuanyuan Mo's expression also became cold, and seeing that the imperial concubine was not in good spirits, he said: "Since the mother concubine is uncomfortable, then the son will leave first, and the son will not send the mother tomorrow, you have to be more careful." ”

After leaving the palace, Xuanyuan Mo's mood was also very chaotic, Xuanyuan Hao's repeated accidents not only did not make him happy, but became more and more uneasy, whether those who dealt with Xuanyuan Hao came to help him, or another unknown opponent who was more powerful than Xuanyuan Hao.

And the queen's re-seizure of power also gave Xuanyuan Mo one more opponent, now that the imperial concubine has left the palace, there is one less person who can help her, once Xuanyuan Jue finds out the truth and the people of Murong Mansion are released, then the road in front of him will become more and more difficult, do you really want to marry Chu Wanwan and use the power of the Western Qi Kingdom to achieve your own goals?

"Husband!" Murong Xuanji walked into the room with the medicine that had just been boiled, and saw that Xuanyuan Hao had woken up, so he first walked over to check the wound for him, and found that the previous sword wound had slowly healed, but because of the poisoning, Xuanyuan Hao's body became weaker and weaker day by day, and he spent almost all of his time in a deep sleep every day, even if the imperial doctor prescribed medicine, there was no relief at all.

"Xuanji!" Xuanyuan Hao really wanted to sit up and take a good look at Murong Xuanji, but now it was very difficult to even speak, let alone move.

"The medicine has just been fried, I'll feed you." Murong Xuanji gently fed Xuanyuan Hao after drinking the medicine, carefully wiped the corners of his mouth, and looked very sad when he looked drowsy, but he couldn't show it in front of him, and he didn't want him to worry, so he had to force a smile.

"Xuanji!" Just when Murong Xuanji thought that Xuanyuan Hao was about to fall asleep, Xuanyuan Hao suddenly called out to her in a low voice, if it wasn't for the fact that the room was too quiet, Xuanyuan Hao's voice would not be inaudible at all.

"I'm here, I'm right here." Murong Xuanji grabbed Xuanyuan Hao's hand, knowing that he didn't have the strength to speak, so he leaned his ear forward and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm sorry." These three were said by Xuanyuan Hao with all his strength, and then Xuanyuan Hao fell into a coma again.

"Fool, why say I'm sorry, you don't have anything to be sorry for." Xuanyuan Hao's apology made Murong Xuanji no longer hold back the sadness in his heart and cry, "If it weren't for me having a temper with you, if it wasn't for taking me home, if I hadn't left you alone at that time, you would have been fine, and the person who should say sorry is me." Murong Xuanji blamed herself deeply.

"Miss, miss, are you in there?" Baoyue shouted outside the door, and Murong Xuanji immediately wiped away the tears on her face and calmed down before pretending to open the door as if nothing happened.

"What's wrong?" Murong Xuanji opened her mouth and asked, she was slightly surprised to see the Imperial Concubine outside the door, but she quickly reacted and immediately invited the Imperial Concubine in, "Why did the Imperial Concubine come to the mansion?" ”

"I heard that the Nine Emperor Princes were injured, and the emperor specially asked me to come over to take a look, and I brought some thousand-year-old ginseng and other medicinal materials from the palace." Concubine Huangxian walked over and saw Xuanyuan Hao in a coma, sighed slightly, and then pulled Murong Xuanji to the outer room and said with concern: "Don't worry too much, the Nine Emperor Princes have experienced so much, this little injury is nothing, and his mother will bless him in heaven." ”

Murong Xuanji nodded, although she was sad in her heart, she still didn't forget to thank you and said, "Thank you for your concern, I think my husband knows that there are so many people who care about and worry about him, and he will definitely get better soon." ”

Concubine Huangxian nodded gently, glanced out of the door before whispering to Murong Xuanji: "Today I went to the queen's palace, in addition to me, there are also imperial concubines and some other concubines, and then the emperor also passed, talking about the assassination of the Nine Emperor Princes, I noticed that their expressions were very surprised, so I think it should not be people in the palace, as for people outside the palace, you should be careful." If you ask someone to spread the word, I will definitely try my best to help you. ”

"Thank you, Imperial Princess." Because of the relationship between the eight princes, Murong Xuanji knew that Concubine Huangxian said those words from the bottom of her heart, and she was very moved in her heart, and she was very grateful to Concubine Huangxian.

"Thank you, although the Nine Emperors are not my own son, I treat him and the Eighth Prince equally, and I have a good relationship with his mother and concubine, and I have always regarded him as my own child." Concubine Huangxian sighed slightly and said, "This child has been suffering since he was a child, he lost his mother when he was a child and was sent by the emperor to be a proton, but now he finally comes back but it is so bumpy." ”

Murong Xuanji, who was already sad in her heart, felt even more sorry for Xuanyuan Hao when she heard the imperial concubine say this, but she has never easily revealed weakness in the eyes of others, so she just hid the sadness in her heart.

"I heard from the Eighth Prince that he found some evidence to prove that the Third Prince of Murong was innocent, this is really good news, and you don't have to worry too much." Seeing Murong Xuanji's silent appearance, Concubine Huangxian tried her best to comfort her, "By the way, tomorrow the imperial concubine will leave Beijing to live in the royal temple for a period of time, and the third prince will have one less person to help in the palace, and now the queen is mainly dealing with the imperial concubine and him, I am just at this time, and it is the best time to rescue your family." ”