Chapter 664: The confrontation between the princesses and princesses
"I have let the secret word spread the news that we are still alive in the capital, and I can't think of an hour when the entire capital knows that we are still alive." As soon as Xuanyuan Hao sat down, he was alive to Murong Xuanji on the side, and these words were also said to the others present.
Murong Xuanji looked at Xuanyuan Hao with some surprise, he didn't expect him to move so fast, but the surprised expression on his face was only fleeting, and he quickly calmed down and asked, "Then what are we going to do after that?" ”
"When it's almost noon, let's go back to the Nine Emperors' Mansion together, so that everyone can believe in this fact even more." Xuanyuan Hao kept looking at the expression on Murong Xuanji's face and said, "I also let people monitor Xuanyuan Mo, we will know any reactions and actions he has." ”
Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan listened to the conversation between Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji, and they all had all kinds of questions in their hearts, just now Murong Xuanji had already told them that the two emperors refused to release people, but the Nine Emperors would find a way to give people out, and now seeing Xuanyuan Hao's expression, the two knew that they wanted to speak but never asked.
"Auntie, Erniang, after breakfast, I will go back to the house with the Nine Emperor Princes, I will leave Baoqing behind, she will send someone to inform me of anything here." Murong Xuanji saw that Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan were about to speak and stopped, and took the initiative to speak.
"Xuanji, you must find a way to get rid of your father." Zhou Xiaolan took Murong Xuanji's hand and spoke again, please.
"Don't worry, the Nine Emperor Princes and I will definitely find a way to save them." Murong Xuanji nodded firmly and assured the two.
After breakfast, Leng Fengran left Murong Mansion first and went to Lan Mansion to find Lan Ling'er, while Xuanyuan Hao walked out of Murong Mansion with Murong Xuanji, and saw the surprised expressions of those people on the street when they saw them, knowing that the whole thing was going according to his plan.
The news that Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji were still alive spread in the capital as quickly as the wind, and even the people in the palace knew about it.
"Xuanyuan Hao is still alive?" Hearing the words of his entourage, Xuanyuan Mo stood up from his chair in shock, unable to accept such a reality for a moment.
"Yes! This morning, many people saw the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses leaving Murong Mansion together and returning to the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion, and the two never came out after returning to the mansion. The attendant replied with a serious face.
"Qi Fangfei's words are right, the two are really alive." Xuanyuan Mo said with some regret, originally because Qi Fangfei was suspicious, he didn't expect her feeling to be right. "What's going on in the Nine Emperors' Mansion now? What's going on in Murong Mansion? ”
Xuanyuan Mo knew that it must not be such a simple matter for Xuanyuan Hao to come back alive, and he would definitely excuse Murong Mansion's intercession, if this was the case, then his previous efforts would be in vain.
"At present, there is no movement in the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion and Murong Mansion." The attendant thought for a while, and said with some hesitation: "But something very strange happened in the palace last night. ”
"What's strange?" Xuanyuan Mo asked nervously.
"According to the guards who kept vigil in the palace last night, a man in black broke into the emperor's bedroom in the middle of the night, and then the man in black was not caught, so the guard reported the matter to the emperor, and the emperor calmly let this matter be forgotten, and no longer wanted to track down the whereabouts of the man in black, and then the matter was over." The attendant said solemnly.
Xuanyuan Mo pondered silently for a while, and had already guessed in his heart that this man in black must be someone the emperor knew, maybe it was Xuanyuan Hao, so the emperor asked people not to track it down.
"Is there any movement in the emperor's place? Did the emperor mention the matter of Murong Mansion? Xuanyuan Mo said with some uneasiness, if the man in black last night was really Xuanyuan Hao, then it means that the emperor already knows that he is still alive, so it is impossible to guess what the emperor will do.
"There is no movement there for the time being, and today the emperor has been staying in the study since the early dynasty and has not seen anyone." The attendant immediately replied.
"You continue to monitor the situation in the palace and the movements of the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion and Murong Mansion, come back and tell me immediately if there is any trouble." Xuanyuan Mo said commandingly.
Xuanyuan Mo felt uneasy here, and Qi Fangfei was also frightened when she heard that Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji were still alive.
"They're really alive." The teacup in Qi Fangfei's hand fell to the ground because she was too shocked to hold it steady, but she didn't care about the teacup at all, but looked at Qi Yang with wide eyes in disbelief. Since Xuanyuan Che was thrown into prison, she has moved back from the Grand Prince's Mansion to live.
"I just came back from outside, and the streets are already buzzing." Qi Yang said affirmatively.
Qi Fangfei sat back in her chair in a big blow, feeling extremely uneasy in her heart, if Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji showed that they were also involved in the murder of one of them, then they would fail if they had finally gained the emperor's trust, and the little achievements they had finally gained would be lost.
"Are you alright?" Qi Yang saw that Qi Fangfei's face was wrong, and there was still panic and panic in his eyes, and he asked worriedly, "Is something wrong?" ”
Qi Fangfei immediately shook her head and denied it, and found an excuse to say: "Now the emperor finally trusts the three princes a little, but as soon as the nine princes come back, the three princes will be beaten into their original form again, so our previous efforts for the three princes may be wasted." ”
Qi Yang thought about it for a while, and felt that what Qi Fangfei said made some sense, originally Qi Yang planned to help Xuanyuan Che, but before he could do anything, Xuanyuan Che was suddenly put in prison by the emperor, it was Qi Fangfei who told him that Xuanyuan Mo was the person he wanted to help, and later saw that Xuanyuan Mo's power was getting bigger and bigger, Qi Yang immediately chose to stand on Xuanyuan Mo's side, but he didn't expect to kill a Cheng Biting Jin halfway.
"Daughter, what do we do now? If the three princes are defeated by the nine princes, and the emperor appoints the nine princes as the crown princes, then we will not have a day to turn over. Qi Yang asked Qi Fangfei a little anxiously.
Now Qi Fangfei was very flustered in her heart, and she didn't know what to do for a while, she got up and walked back and forth in the house, and only said to Qi Yang after a long time: "Dad, don't do anything for the time being, look at the attitude of other ministers in the imperial court, there should be some people of the Nine Emperor Princes who thought that the Nine Emperor Princes were dead, so they took refuge in the Third Prince, and now that the Nine Emperor Princes have come back safely, you want to see what those people are doing." ”
"Good!" Qi Yang also lost his mind because of Xuanyuan Hao's sudden return, and now when he heard Qi Fangfei say this, he immediately agreed.
The imperial court has become a little unpeaceful because of Xuanyuan Hao's return, and even some people in the harem have begun to have various ideas because of this matter.
Although the queen was placed under house arrest by the emperor in the palace and no one was allowed to visit, after all, the queen had lived in this harem for decades, so how could she have no choice at all because of this house arrest.
Whether it was Xuanyuan Mo who was outside to win over the courtiers to the other party's Murong Mansion, or the imperial concubine who began to take power in the harem, the queen knew everything, and the news that Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji were still alive quickly reached the queen's ears.
The queen stood in front of the desk and seemed to be drawing Danqing without asking about the world, but she was thinking about all kinds of ideas in her heart, thinking that Xuanyuan Hao's safe return was a turning point for her, and she was thinking about how to make Xuanyuan Hao agree to cooperate with her.
"Queen, just now the imperial concubine reprimanded the imperial concubine in front of other concubines in the imperial garden, and asked the imperial concubine to go back to the palace and think about it behind closed doors." At this time, the maid walked in from outside, saw the queen painting, and said softly.
"Do you know what's going on?" The movement of the queen's hand did not stop, but she asked calmly.
"The slave maid heard that it seems that it was because the imperial concubine went to ask the imperial concubine to let the third prince release the eighth prince, but the imperial concubine not only did not agree, but also reprimanded the imperial concubine for not being able to teach her son." The maid stood aside and replied respectfully.
The queen didn't say anything again, and after a long time, the queen put down the brush in her hand, picked up the painting she had drawn and looked at it carefully, the paper was painted with a phoenix, and suddenly asked the maid, "What do you think of this phoenix?" ”
The maid was stunned by the queen's sudden question, and was stunned for a while before she reacted and immediately replied: "The phoenix painted by the queen is lifelike, very good." ”
The queen just sneered, threw the picture she had just drawn on the table, walked out from behind the desk, and said disdainfully: "The crow wants to fly on the branch and become a phoenix is just a dream, even if it flies on the branch, it will always be a crow." The imperial concubine wants to replace the palace and become the king of the harem, which is a fool's dream. ”
Although the queen was not angry, the expression on her face made people shudder a little, and the maid on the side lowered her head and did not dare to make a sound.
"If this palace is not mistaken, among so many princes, the Nine Emperors seem to have the best relationship with the Eighth Prince, and the Eighth Emperor is also filial to his mother."
"Yes. The relationship between the Nine Emperors and the Eighth Emperor is very good. The maid whispered along with her, a little puzzled by the purpose of what the queen said.
The queen hooked her finger at the maid, let the maid close to her, and whispered: "Find a reliable person to pass a message to the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses, just say that the Eighth Emperor was originally for Murong Mansion to offend the Third Prince, so he was put under house arrest, and now the Eighth Prince is in trouble, does the Nine Emperor Princes want to see death or not save it?" ”
"Yes! This is the word of the slave and the maid. The maid didn't dare to delay the queen's explanation, and immediately hurried out.
"Imperial concubine, if you want to fight with me, you are a little more immature." A chilling sneer appeared on the queen's face.
"Miss, Miss Lan is coming for you." Baoyue led Lan Ling'er into the house, and saw Murong Xuanji in a daze again, a little distressed, wanting to comfort, but not knowing how to comfort her.
"Ling'er, why are you here?" Seeing Lan Ling'er appear, Murong Xuanji barely squeezed out a smile and got up to greet her.
"I'm a little bored in the house alone, so I'm here to talk to you." Lan Ling'er said lively. Leng Fengran had already told him about Murong Xuanji before, and asked her to come here more to accompany Murong Xuanji, so she came today, but she didn't need to let Murong Xuanji know about these things.
"Okay, what do you want to talk to me about?" Murong Xuanji didn't really have the heart to chat with Lan Ling'er, but she couldn't bear to ruin her interest, so she had to reluctantly agree.
Lan Ling'er had already noticed Murong Xuanji's reluctance, so she deliberately said shyly: "The sun outside is very good, I haven't gone shopping for a long time, I want to go to the cloth village to pull some cloth to make a few new clothes, and I also want to buy some rouge, do you know that the female guard pleases herself." ”
If it was before, Murong Xuanji would have made fun of Lan Ling'er a long time ago, but now she was in no mood to laugh, so she just tugged at the corners of her mouth.
"Let's go, just accompany me." Lan Ling'er saw Murong Xuanji who was so depressed, pulled her up from the chair and said coquettishly, "Didn't you always hope that Leng Fengran and I could be together?" Now that we're finally together, you're going to help me and make him like me even more. ”
Listening to Lan Ling'er's childish words, Murong Xuanji just shook her head helplessly, unable to resist Lan Ling'er's persistence, so she had to go to the street with her.
The two of them bought cloth and rouge, and they were a little tired from shopping, and the two looked at a restaurant in front of them, which was also a restaurant that Lan Ling'er and Murong Xuanji used to take care of, so the two planned to go in and drink some tea and eat some snacks before returning home, but they didn't expect to meet Qi Fangfei on a narrow road.
Qi Fangfei was also slightly stunned when she saw Murong Xuanji, but quickly relieved herself and stepped forward to greet Murong Xuanji with a smile, "It's been a long time since I saw you, Nine Emperor Princesses, don't come to harm." ”
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern." Murong Xuanji responded coldly, his eyes didn't even look at her, and he didn't put her in his eyes at all.
"We are concubines, we are a family, and we should care." Qi Fangfei was not angry because of Murong Xuanji's ignorance, and continued to smile hypocritically and said: "I don't know where the Nine Emperor Princesses and the Nine Emperor Princes have been going to visit the mountains and rivers during this time, but even the Great General's Mansion, oh, no, it should be Murong Mansion now." ”
Qi Fangfei deliberately stimulated Murong Xuanji, and sure enough, she saw Murong Xuanji's face change and glared at her fiercely, but Qi Fangfei didn't care at all, but was secretly happy to see that she could provoke Murong Xuanji.
Lan Ling'er looked at the imminent situation in front of her, and secretly felt a little uneasy in her heart, and quietly grabbed Murong Xuanji's arm, worried that she would not be able to resist Qi Fangfei's stimulation and stepped forward to make a move.
"I'm sorry, princess, I still have something to do with Xuanji, so I'll leave first." Lan Ling'er originally wanted to take Murong Xuanji away, but she didn't expect Qi Fangfei to deliberately provoke.
"Nine Emperor Princesses, I heard that your father and three elder brothers have suffered a lot in prison, if you don't save them quickly, maybe they will have their lives to go in, but they will not have their lives to come out." Qi Fangfei deliberately used Murong He's matter to stimulate Murong Xuanji.
"If they have any strengths and weaknesses, I will make it impossible for everyone involved in framing them to die a good death." Murong Xuanji clenched her hands into fists, worried that she would not be able to control her actions against Qi Fangfei, and said word by word in a cold voice.