Chapter 23 Lanterns
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather has gradually improved, the ministers went to court, and the shops were opened, but because of the lantern explosion last night, the streets were a little deserted. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Shi Jin didn't see the scene with his own eyes, but he listened to what Xian'er said.
At that time, there were several unlucky rich children who praised the lotus lanterns made by Su Yuxian again and again, but the lanterns became brighter and brighter, and finally exploded, the lamp oil splashed everywhere, and four people were killed and injured.
Unfortunately, the one who died was actually the son of Zhao Lei, the servant of the Criminal Department, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was also in Rong Xuan's camp, which was really difficult to do.
"Princess, do you really want to enter the palace?" Bai'er put on the cloak and tied it for Shi Jin, and couldn't help asking.
The group of people outside looked fierce and vicious, how could anyone invite someone into the palace like this?
"The Holy Decree, how dare you not enter, you are terrible?" Shi Jin smiled slightly, calmly and calmly.
"Don't be afraid, as long as you follow the princess, Bai'er is not afraid of anything!" Bo'er said firmly.
"Okay, come here with your ears, I have something important to say." Shi Jin whispered a few words.
When the two came out, Su Shifeng had already prepared two carriages.
"It's been a long wait." Shi Jin stepped forward.
"Don't dare, princess, please." Su Shifeng has also heard a little about last night's incident, but why is it involved in the Northern Desert?
With doubts, he also got into the back carriage, and after sitting down, he picked up the teacup and was about to pour a cup, but he saw a secret letter in the cup.
I was shocked, could it really be related to the princess, and when I opened it, I only wrote a line of small words.
"Act at the right time and talk about diplomatic relations between the two countries."
Shi Jin held her arm and pretended to sleep in the car, since it was the emperor's personal application and it was not handed over to Empress Wei or Rong Xuan, it means that the emperor still has doubts about this matter, but this is not enough, she must bury a thorn in the heart of the Tanglin Emperor through this matter.
Let him think about it, he will not like it, after all, people are not sages, even if the Tanglin Emperor can expand the power of the Tanglin Kingdom to the strongest in the four countries, and can be virtuous and virtuous, he will not tolerate his own son to resist his will.
Especially King Xuan, who is already in full swing, if he doesn't know how to restrain and dares to challenge his authority, then his anger will be directed at King Xuan.
Entering the palace today, the most unexpected thing for Shi Jin was that the Queen Mother sent someone to pick her up as always, could it be that Rong Jing said something to her?
"Princess, the Queen Mother tells you to be careful in everything." The little father-in-law whispered.
"Annoying father-in-law thanked the Queen Mother for me." Shi Jin replied, it seems that Rong Jing did say something in front of the Queen Mother.
Su Shifeng didn't think much about it, and followed the soft sedan into the palace.
There was nothing to say all the way, and the soft sedan road went to the Zhangming Palace, which was the side hall of the Tangling Emperor to deal with political affairs.
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When the eunuch guarding the door saw Shi Jin and the others, he immediately reported to the inside.
"It is rumored that the eldest princess of the Northern Desert is Shi Jin, and the envoy of the Northern Desert is the style of the world."
Shi Jin walked in slowly, and at the same time took in the scene in the hall.
Emperor Tanglin sat quietly on the main seat, Bachelor Su and Su Yuxian stood aside, Bachelor Su's face was pale, Su Yuxian cried pear blossoms with rain, and Rong Xuan also looked at her with an unkind face.
The queen was not there, Zhao Lei stood on the other side and stared at her with blood-red eyes, eager to eat her, but Jing Zhaoyin on the side had no expression.
"Princess of the Northern Desert See Your Majesty."
"The envoys of the Northern Desert participate in Your Majesty."
The two of them still bowed down in the Northern Desert, neither humble nor arrogant.
"Please." The Tanglin Emperor frowned slightly, and said calmly.
Just as the two of them straightened up, there was another sound of notification outside the hall.
"See you at the crown prince."
I don't know why, hearing Rong Jing, Shi Jin was a little flustered, the impact of the word Qingqing on her was too great, how much did he know......
"The son visits his father." Rong Jing said in a harmonious voice, and was about to kneel down to salute, but was stopped by the emperor.
"Excuse me, Gao Zhan." The emperor waved his hand.
"Yes." Gao Zhan has followed the emperor for more than 20 years, so he naturally understood immediately, and when he turned around, he ordered the little eunuch to move a stool for Rong Jing.
"Thank you, Father." Rong Jing lowered his eyes and thanked him.
"Well, alright, everyone is here, Jing Zhaoyi." The emperor glanced at Shi Jin, who was still calm, and turned his gaze to Jing Zhaoyin ****.
After saluting the emperor, he turned around and said: "Last night, there was a lantern explosion incident during the Yuan Festival, one dead and three injured, and the people in the capital were panicked. ”
"The lotus lamp is made of white porcelain, and there are traces of gunpowder on the fragments, and when the wick is burned out, the gunpowder will be ignited, so that the lamp oil is splashed everywhere, and the fragments hurt people.
"Holy Lord, it is absolutely impossible for my Su family to put gunpowder in the lamp!" Before Master Su could speak, Su Yuxian had already cried.
Well, who would be stupid enough to put gunpowder in their own lanterns and hurt someone? Doesn't this self-destruct your reputation?
"Miss Su, don't worry, my father will definitely give you a clean slate." Rong Xuan comforted, but Su Yuxian already had a marriage contract with him, even if he couldn't marry Shi Jin, Rong Jing wouldn't think about it.
"Your Majesty, Weichen asks for justice for your majesty!" Zhao Lei is over forty years old, and he only has one son, of course, he is extremely sorry, he also knows that his son likes Su Yuxian, and he originally planned to go to Su Mansion to propose marriage after the New Year, but he didn't expect it......
"Master Su, is there anything else you want to say?" The emperor looked at Bachelor Su who was standing quietly on the side.
"Wechen didn't know that the Su family lantern was produced by the little girl, but Wechen believed that the little girl was not so vicious." Master Su sighed, as if he was exhausted, showing the appearance of an old man.
Woe to the family!
"Your Majesty, the courtiers used their reputation to guarantee that they were harmless, the courtiers did supervise the production of the lotus lantern, but they did not put gunpowder, and the courtiers specially checked the lantern before it was hung, and there was absolutely no gunpowder." Su Yuxian knelt on the ground on both knees, crying pear blossoms with rain, and wearing white clothes added to the pitiful meaning.
Jing Zhaoyin **** suddenly asked: "I don't know what Princess Beimo thinks about this?" ”
"The little girl is not talented, and she is not a fool." Shi Jin first saluted His Majesty, and then said: "Since there is no problem with the lamp before it is hung up, then Miss Su must be innocent, it can only be that someone in the public took advantage of the chaos to put gunpowder in the name of enjoying the lanterns when they were playing, so that the tragedy occurred." ”
As soon as these words came out, even Su Yuxian's eyes changed when she looked at her, and Rong Xuan looked at her in obscurity.
"The princess is still acting, didn't the princess send someone to put the gunpowder in?" Zhao Lei, the waiter of the Criminal Department, asked sharply.
Zhao Qing said cautiously. Although Rong Jing's voice was not loud, it had a faint majesty.
"Lord Zhao lost his beloved son, and the palace was also very sad, but I don't know what kind of festival I had with the adult, so I let the adult slander the palace so much." Shi Jin claimed to be the main palace, obviously to remind everyone.
She is a dignified princess of the Northern Desert, and she has just been in Tanglin for less than a month, so she has no reason to attack Zhao Lei's son.
After hearing this, Rong Xuan took a step forward and said: "This tragedy not only killed Zhao Qing's son innocently, but also made Miss Su lose her reputation, maybe the princess's eyes are not ......"
Rong Xuan was saying that she was jealous of Su Yuxian, who was beautiful and talented, so she made this poisonous strategy.
"His Royal Highness King Xuan may not know much about the customs of the Northern Desert." Shi Jin said softly.
"Please introduce King Xuan." Shi Jin turned sideways and instructed Shi Shifeng.
Su Shifeng also saluted the Tanglin Emperor and said loudly.
"The people of the Northern Desert are martial, we advocate strength, so there is a culture called 'Murali', which is translated into the Tanglin language as 'Heavenly Halberd', if we want to prove our strength, we will clearly send the battle of the Heavenly Halberd to the other side, and the loser must sacrifice everything he has, including his life."
Shi Jin glanced at Su Yuxian who was kneeling on the ground, and then said: "That is to say, if I want to get the name of this Miss Su's talented woman, I will send her a heavenly halberd openly with the gift of the Northern Desert, but obviously, I, the princess of the Northern Desert, have no reason to want the name of the talented woman of Dongling." ”
Shi Jin turned his gaze to King Xuan again, and said a little unkindly: "King Xuan is too worried." ”
This is obviously anger at Rong Xuan for underestimating the people of the Northern Desert.
"However, the Su family saw two maids playing around the lanterns for a long time, and they had tokens on them to make the minister's mansion come and go." Jing Zhaoyin **** said coldly.
"How do you explain that?" The bloodshot in Zhao Lei's eyes was very terrifying.
"Then what do those two maids look like?" Shi Jin was not frightened by him, and still asked in a deep voice.
"Gao Zhan." The emperor, who had been silent, called out loudly.
"Yes." Gao Zhan shouted outside the hall: "Take the Su family." ”
After a while, a man dressed in the appearance of an earthy yellow boy was brought up.
"You said you saw the token of the Embassy?" Shi Jin asked, neither pressuring nor hinting.
"Yes, the little one was originally going to step forward to add lamp oil, but I didn't expect that there were two people who looked like maids to praise the lanterns around them again and again, and there were tokens of the envoy's mansion on their bodies."
"The little ones only chatted with them when they hadn't seen the lanterns, and then they kept inviting me to eat Lantern Festival, and I just ......."
The little guy knelt and bowed his head.
"Emperor Shengming, if I really instructed those two maids to put in gunpowder, how could I let them wear the token of the envoy's mansion? Although my Northern Desert people are martial, they are not stupid, are they? ”
Shi Jin couldn't help but laugh secretly, the ahalline proverb that a beautiful woman has no brains seems to be specifically about Su Yuxian.
"Who knows if you Northern Desert people are arrogant and think that no one is invincible!" Zhao Lei said loudly.
"Lord Zhao is cautious!" A loud shout interrupted Zhao Lei.