Chapter 63
The news that Er was still alive quickly spread, and Xia Fenglan deliberately let the fake Shuang'er appear in everyone's eyes a few times.
The atmosphere in the palace became solemn.
Inside King Jing's Mansion
"Mo Lan, what's wrong?" As soon as Mo Lan came back, Xia Fenglan immediately asked.
"Your Highness's expectation is good, that person has been guarding outside the Chengnan Manor for the past two days." Mo Lan smiled and said, "I'm looking for an opportunity to make a move." β
"That's good." Gently putting down the teacup in her hand, Xia Fenglan hooked her lips and said. It's just that you can't wait, otherwise how to fall into the trap set by her and Xi.
Two days later, Fake Frost followed the instructions and sneaked out of the back door alone in the middle of the night.
As soon as he arrived at the grove on the outskirts of the city, he was blocked by a masked man in black.
The knife glowed with a seeping cold light in the moonlight.
Fake Frost panicked and ran all the way to the depths of the woods, and the man in black was also chasing after him.
With a few "brushes", several large nets suddenly fell from the forest, netting the man in black.
The man in black was only stunned for a moment, then simply cut off the net neatly, and walked over to the fake frost again.
Fake Shuang'er didn't run away at this moment, took two steps back, showed a sneer, and took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose.
A large amount of white smoke rose from the trees, and there was no choking smell, and there was a kind of sleepiness in the face.
The man in black's face turned pale, and then he realized that he had fallen into a trap. I immediately decided to retreat and leave this grove.
Suddenly, a lot of people appeared in the forest, blocked his retreat, and directly surrounded him.
There was no need for too many fierce fights, after the man in black was drugged, he was already at the end of the crossbow, and it didn't take long for him to be subdued by the people brought by Xia Xin.
Kicking the man in black who had been fascinated on the ground, Xia Xin asked him to tie him up and take away the β‘β‘ hidden in his mouth.
"King Jing is really powerful," Xia Xin sighed, "If it weren't for these traps of hers, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to capture this person alive." β
"Master Hou, what should I do next?" One of Xia Xin's attendants asked.
"Let's send it back to the house for interrogation first." Xia Xin said.
The dawn of dawn was rising, and the lights of King Jing's Mansion were lit all night, but they were still not extinguished, and Xia Xin asked to see Xia Fenglan.
"What do you ask?" Xia Fenglan asked Xia Xin.
Xia Xin shook his head and said, "The mouth is very tight, I have tried all my means, but I can't make him speak." β
Xia Fenglan frowned slightly, although she had expected it a long time ago, but when she heard the news, she couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"However, I found a strange tattoo on his body." Xia Xin said, handing Xia Fenglan a drawing, "I asked people to expand it." The prince has seen a lot, so you might as well let her take a look. β
Xia Fenglan accepted the drawings, nodded, and instructed Xia Xin: "You take a good look at people, don't make any mistakes." β
Xia Xin responded and left King Jing's Mansion.
Xia Fenglan thought for a while, and personally went to the small kitchen to make a few plates of pastries for Chu Yunxi, and asked Mo Lan to send them to the palace.
At lunchtime, Chu Yunxi opened the food box, and in addition to the food on it, there was also a pot of pastries below.
Chu Yunxi could see at a glance that this was Xia Fenglan's craft, and Fenglan always liked to make some small decorations around the pastries to make the pastries look more exquisite.
I picked up the pastry and tasted it, the sweetness was very light, but it was sweet to the heart. Chu Yunxi was eating with a smile in his eyes. The deep palace is lonely, and only Feng Lan can bring her joy, I really want to go back to the house as soon as possible and have a good love with Feng Lan.
"The imperial dining room has a heart today, and actually sent pastries." Looking at the pastry, Jin Ci said.
"This is Feng Lan's craft." Chu Yunxi smiled and said to Jin Ci, "Can't you see it?" β
This kind of detail can only be seen by people like His Royal Highness, who favor the princess to the bone. Jin Ci thought in her heart, if she saw it, then there was a problem, didn't she make it clear that she had a wrong idea about the princess?
"It seems that these guards still know each other very well, have accepted bribes, and know how to do something." Jin Ci said. In the past two days, according to Chu Yunxi's news, she gave the guards a lot of silver taels. If it weren't for that, the princess's pastries would probably not be so easy to deliver.
When he ate the third pastry, Chu Yunxi took out a small note from the pastry, and there was no word written in it, only a picture.
The five fingers were slowly closed, and after a while, the drawings in his hand were crumpled together, Chu Yunxi pursed his lips, and his deep eyes were dark.
This tattoo, she had seen in her previous life, was on King Xing's secret guard.
Concubine Li is not the murderer who killed Concubine Ning, but the queen mother is. In her previous life, the person who forced her to escape from the mansion was not King Xing, but the queen mother!
Her queen mother is really thoughtful! Every step is a calculation against her!
"Your Highness? Your Highness? Jin Ci called Chu Yunxi a few times with a little uneasiness, only to feel that Chu Yunxi at this moment had a dangerous aura on his body.
After being called a few times by Jin Ci, Chu Yunxi came back to his senses, restrained the ruthlessness in his eyes, and said, "It's okay, this king is just a little excited for a while." β
"This picture...... What's wrong? Jin Ci asked cautiously.
"He sued me how naΓ―ve and ridiculous my thoughts were." The corners of his mouth hooked up a self-deprecating smile, Chu Yunxi said. Compared with her mother, she is a little worse than she imagined, and the queen mother is far more ruthless than she imagined.
"Does Your Highness know who sent to kill Shuang'er?" Jin Ci asked.
"It's Concubine Li." Chu Yunxi nodded, his face slightly gloomy.
As long as the person who was caught is handed over to his father, with the power of his father, it is not difficult to find out the news that the person behind the scenes is Concubine Li.
It's just that the queen mother's horror has exceeded her imagination. If Concubine Li falls, there is no opponent, and the queen mother is in the harem, she will really have to be unimpeded.
Jin Ci looked at Chu Yunxi quietly and didn't bother silently, she knew that Chu Yunxi was thinking about something very important.
"You ......" After struggling for a long time, Chu Yunxi said in a hoarse voice, "Let the guards at the door pass a message to Feng Lan for this king and let the people go." β
"Released?" Jin Ci was stunned, his eyes full of disbelief, "Why?" "Obviously, you can take this opportunity to bring down Concubine Li, why did you let it go like this.
"If he could, the king wouldn't want to let him go." Chu Yunxi sighed, and there was an obvious struggle in his eyes. Of course, she knew that this was the best chance to bring down Concubine Li, but she couldn't do this, and she definitely couldn't give the queen mother a chance to kill two birds with one stone.
Seeing this, Jin Ci didn't ask much, answered and went down.
For a moment, the Xiyun Hall was shrouded in thick clouds.
On the second day, the emperor issued a decree to pardon Chu Yunxi and let her return to Jingwangfu.
Chu Yunxi was slightly stunned, only to feel that this will came too suddenly. It's just that she also has a lot of things to do, so she didn't delve into it, and went home with Jin Ci first.
As soon as I returned home, I saw Xia Fenglan pacing in the yard, looking very anxious.
"Feng Lan, what's going on?" Chu Yunxi walked quickly to Xia Fenglan's side and hugged the person into his arms.
The familiar aura enveloped her whole body, Xia Fenglan was slightly stunned, raised her head, looked at the person who came, and when she saw that it was Chu Yunxi, her eyes were full of surprise: "Xi...... How did you come back? β
"My father suddenly ordered me to be released." Chu Yunxi raised her eyebrows, looked at Xia Fenglan, and said with a smile, "What?" Don't you want me back? β
"Nature is hopeful, and I look forward to it every day." Xia Fenglan blushed slightly and said, "I'm just wondering, the emperor didn't allow anyone to visit you two days ago, why did he suddenly order you to be released today?" β
"I can't figure it out either." Chu Yunxi touched his chin and said, "I don't know why, I've always had an ominous premonition recently. β
"It's good to be back." Jinxia interjected, "The princess of the province is lonely every night, and she calls Her Royal Highness's name in her dreams. β
"Jinxia!" Xia Fenglan's cheeks flushed instantly, and she called Jinxia angrily.
Jinxia blinked and said quite innocently: "Princess, Jinxia is also telling the truth. β
"Haha," Chu Yunxi said with a smile, "Jinxia, that's a good point, let Jinci take you to the warehouse to pick something you like in a while." β
"Your Highness." Jinxia said.
Xia Fenglan turned her head and decided to ignore these two people.
"Feng Lan, I just saw that you looked anxious, but what happened?" Seeing that Xia Fenglan didn't want to pay attention to her in shame, Chu Yunxi immediately pulled Xia Fenglan back with business.
"There's one thing." Xia Fenglan pondered for a while, looked up at Chu Yunxi, her face was full of sternness: "Xi, I have bad news to tell you." β
"What?" Chu Yunxi asked.
"Last night, the emperor ordered someone to take away the man in black." Xia Fenglan pursed her lips and said.
"Father?" Chu Yunxi's pupils shrank slightly, his five fingers clenched into fists, put them to his mouth, and fell into deep thought. The action she arranged was obviously very hidden, how could it be that before a day had passed, her father knew about it, and before she released her, he took people away.
Now, things have become troublesome, and Concubine Li is afraid that it will be difficult to get out.
"Mo Lan, you can arrange it quickly." Chu Yunxi said to Mo Lan, "This king wants to enter the palace immediately." β
"Yes." Mo Lan nodded, and quickly arranged the Jiaozi.
on the carriage
"Xi, what the hell happened, you are in such a hurry to enter the palace?" Looking at Chu Yunxi's solemn expression, Xia Fenglan asked.
Chu Yunxi told Xia Fenglan all his previous guesses.
Xia Fenglan's eyes widened, and then, her bright eyes were filled with distress. Knowing that he was being calculated like this by the queen mother, Xi's heart must be very uncomfortable.
Xia Fenglan thought about it, took the initiative to come to Chu Yunxi's side, stretched out her hands, wrapped her arms around Chu Yunxi's neck, and asked her to lean her whole head on her chest.
She once heard people say that when a person is lost, this comfort method is the most effective.
It's just that this posture is really a bit embarrassing, and Xia Fenglan's cheeks are a little flushed.
Smelling the fragrance on Xia Fenglan's body, the corners of Chu Yunxi's lips hooked slightly upward, her Fenglan will always be so cute.