==Chapter 98==

Jiu Niang couldn't help but feel a little nervous, it stands to reason that she shouldn't have this kind of affection.

Now there are only two paths in front of her, to pierce or not to pierce.

If you don't break it, pretend that you don't know anything, you can save one thing and one less thing, if Wenjing knows it in the future, it will be providential. Poked, in this case, Wenjing will definitely make a fuss, and she will be heartbroken when she knows it.

In Jiu Niang's thoughts, she actually wanted to pierce it.

Without him, she felt that Wang Shilang was not worthy of Cheng Wenjing. Wang Shilang has a good heart, and there may be some shortcomings, but overall he is not a bad person. The only drawback is that people are too soft-hearted. Being a beautiful man and having a gentlemanly demeanor is his advantage and his disadvantage.

If he hasn't met someone with other scheming, or if there are any huge twists and turns in his life, it's actually not bad for him to have this kind of heart. The key is that he was born in a famous family, and there have always been many scheming people around him, maybe because he is still young, he can't see it yet, but it can be imagined in the future.

Especially in both lives, there is a Xiao Ru who is like a maggot on the tarsal bone to entangle her, with Xiao Ru's means, the relationship between Cheng Wenjing and Wang Shilang will not be smooth, sad early and sad at night, they all have to go through such a experience, according to Jiu Niang's idea, she prefers to cut the mess with a quick knife.

These thoughts only happened in an instant, Jiuniang has always been a very decisive person, when she pulled Cheng Wenjing's sleeve, she was a little surprised: "Hey, Wenjing, isn't that Brother Wang?" ”

Cheng Wenjing loves Wang Shilang deeply, and when she heard the other party's name, it was like being beaten with chicken blood, and she immediately looked at Jiu Niang's eyes, and at the same time saw the petite figure beside him.

Actions are faster than thoughts, and Cheng Wenjing immediately rushed over.

"Brother Shiro, who is she!"

Cheng Wenjing's movements were extremely fast, and she soon went behind the other party, and the two turned around in surprise when they heard the voice, and their faces just fell into the eyes of several people.

It was Wang Shilang and Xiao Ru.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Ling'er squeezed Jiu Niang's hand a little nervously. Ruan Ling'er has never been a fool, and she can be regarded as a clear-minded person, and she suddenly understood that this matter was a little difficult to handle. Wang Shilang and Xiao Ru are mixed together, Wenjing cares about Brother Wang so much, I'm afraid this time can't be good.

Jiu Niang patted her hand comfortingly and pulled her towards that place.

On the other side -

"You are Xiao Ru, Brother Shiro, why are you with her?!"

Xiao Ru has been in a bad mood these days, and Wang Shilang sighed and said that she should not always stay at home, and it is good to go out for a walk. Xiao Ru was comforted by him, and barely cheered up, and the two made an appointment to go out for a walk. It just so happened that Wang Shilang wanted to buy an inkstone, and the two came to Dongshi. After buying things, Wang Shilang was going to go home, but Xiao Ru said that he was a little tired, so he chose this restaurant to rest and have lunch.

Cheng Wenjing suddenly appeared, Wang Shilang thought it was nothing, but looking at Jiuniang who came after, he suddenly felt a little weak. This kind of love appeared inexplicably, but it appeared anyway, and it was revealed in Wang Shilang's face, which made Cheng Wenjing's eyes red.

"Wenjing, why are you here? And Jiuniang ......"

"Brother Shiro, you haven't said how you got with her, do you know who she is? She is Xiao Ru who framed and ruined Jiuniang's reputation, how can you two be alone! Cheng Wenjing was red-eyed and aggressive.

There are many noble girls in Chang'an City who admire Wang Shilang, but Wang Shilang has always been clean and self-conscious, he actually gets along alone with a girl, and the relationship is not simple at first glance, how can Cheng Wenjing endure it.

"Sister Wenjing, Jiu Niang, listen to my explanation......"

On the other side, Xiao Ru was accused like this, his eyes suddenly turned red, and a string of tears fell down. She looked like she couldn't stand on her feet, as if she had been hit hard, and fell to the side unsteadily, Wang Shilang hurriedly reached out to help her up.

This action fell into Cheng Wenjing's eyes, which made her even more resentful, and she couldn't help but drag Xiao Ru and wanted to tear her away. Xiao Ru looked cowardly and afraid, Wang Shilang saw Cheng Wenjing's aggressive appearance, afraid that she would hurt Xiao Ru in anger, after all, Cheng Wenjing is a person who knows martial arts, and he also knows it, so he pulled Xiao Ru behind him and blocked the front.

There was chaos in the field.

"Cheng Wenjing, what do you want to do? In public, is it possible that you still want to beat someone? Wang Shilang was angry and anxious, and couldn't help frowning and reprimanding.

Cheng Wenjing's body shook badly, her eyes were red, but she couldn't bear to cry. This is the first time that Wang Shilang has reprimanded her so harshly, and it is for other women!

She was shameless here, glared at Xiao Ru hatefully, then at Wang Shilang, turned her head and ran away.

"Wenjing!" Ruan Ling'er shouted, and then chased after her.

Jiuniang coldly glanced at the two opposites, especially focused on Wang Shilang, hooked the corners of her lips, and turned to leave.

"Wenjing, Jiu Niang-"

Wang Shilang wanted to chase after him, but was dragged down by Xiao Ru's weight on him.

Xiao Ru grabbed Wang Shilang's sleeve tightly, hung his head and sobbed: "Brother Shilang, it's all my fault, it's all me who caused you to be misunderstood......"

Wang Shilang didn't want to leave, but the figures of Jiuniang and the others had disappeared from sight, and in desperation, he could only sigh heavily and focus on Xiao Ru.

"It's okay, Wenjing has been impulsive since she was a child, but she doesn't have any bad intentions. I'll apologize to you for her, she doesn't know the truth of the matter, so she said that about you, and I'll explain it to her. ”

"Thank you, Brother Shiro......"

Xiao Ru lowered her head and wiped her tears and hid the strange light in her eyes.

That Cheng Wenjing has always been a person who likes to chatter, so that day's riding class, Xiao Ru learned from the side that when Xiu Mu was resting, she and Xiao Jiuniang Ruan Linger were going to come to Dongshi. It is not difficult to find out when Xiao Jiuniang will go out, so she will let her personal maid follow a few people all the way, although because she has only one maid at hand to use, she can't know exactly where a few people are, but as long as they are in a place, they will probably always meet each other.

Xiao Ru worked tirelessly, and found an excuse to pull Wang Shilang to accompany her for a long time, buying the so-called rouge gouache that her daughter's family likes, thinking that she would have to do useless work today, but she knew that God helped her, and she met here, and it was not in vain that she tried her best to design this experience.

The bigger the trouble, the better, the younger brother of the princess, who can climb up to the princess, the sister-in-law of the Wang family, presumably those people in the Xiao family will also look at her differently, and her life will be better in the future. As for Wang Shilang, this is the person she has been happy with for two lifetimes, and she knows the Wang family too well about Wang Shilang, Xiao Ruru is sure that she can enter the gate of the Wang family.

This is the only way back that Xiao Ru can think of, and she will never let it go.

*

Cheng Wenjing ran too fast, Ruan Ling'er didn't catch up with her, let alone Xiao Jiuniang who came later.

Ruan Ling'er was so anxious that she wanted to cry, "Jiu Niang, what should I do?" ”

Jiu Niang patted her hand comfortingly, and said, "Don't worry, Wenjing is not too young, she has nowhere else to go, she must be going home, let's go to the place where the carriage is parked." ”

When he arrived at the place where the carriage was parked, sure enough, Mafu Dakui said that Cheng Niangzi came in a hurry, and left in the carriage without saying anything.

Jiuniang and Ruan Ling'er were relieved at this time, and the two discussed going to Cheng Mansion to see if Cheng Wenjing had gone back, and if not, how could they talk to the Cheng family. The two and the three maidservants got into the carriage, and Cheng Wenjing's personal maidservants looked crying, but Jiuniang and Cheng Wenjing didn't dare to cry.

When they arrived at Cheng's mansion, they learned that Cheng Wenjing had returned, so the two asked their subordinates to lead them to Cheng Wenjing's residence.

After arriving, she saw Cheng Wenjing crying heartbroken, and several maidservants couldn't persuade her, so Jiuniang and Ruan Ling'er also stepped forward to persuade her. After persuading for a while, Cheng Wenjing stopped sobbing.

"Wenjing, don't be too sad, maybe there is some misunderstanding?" Ruan Ling'er said softly.

"What misunderstanding can there be? Brother Shiro will never be alone with a woman for no reason, you see him protecting her like that, it must be, it must be......" Cheng Wenjing cried again.

Jiuniang didn't know what to say, she broke it, the facts were already in front of her, and now it depends on what Cheng Wenjing thinks. It's just that the two grew up together, and Cheng Wenjing's thoughts about Wang Shilang didn't happen overnight, so how could she let go so lightly.

The two persuaded Cheng Wenjing a few more words.

At this time, Cheng Wenjing's aunt Mrs. Cheng heard the movement.

As soon as Cheng Wenjing saw Mrs. Cheng coming, she threw herself into Mrs. Cheng's arms and cried bitterly. In this case, Jiu Niang and Ruan Ling'er were not suitable to stay longer, so they said goodbye.

Out of the gate of Chengfu, Ruan Ling'er sighed.

"Jiu Niang, you say, what does Brother Wang really have with that Xiao Ru? How could he be like that, didn't this hurt Wenjing's heart. ”

"How can this kind of thing be said, after all, the two of them are still young, and they haven't decided to marry or anything. Maybe, maybe it's just Wenjing's unilateral ......"

Ruan Ling'er opened her mouth in surprise, "You mean to say that it's just that Wenjing unilaterally likes Brother Wang, and Brother Wang doesn't have this idea?" ”

Jiu Niang didn't know how to answer her, and said, "Okay, don't think about it too much, we don't know what is going on, and it's not appropriate to make more judgments." ”

After that, Jiuniang first sent Ruan Ling'er back to Ruan's mansion, and then took Xiaocui back to Anguo Mansion in a carriage.

On the way back, Da Kui said: "Lady, when we went out today, someone followed behind, because it was the maidservant of our house, and she didn't follow, so my subordinates didn't take it to heart." When we were in the streets, my subordinates saw the maidservant again, but she just stood at a distance and looked at our carriage, and then left. ”

Jiu Niang understood, "The maidservant girl in our house is the person next to Xiao Ru?" ”

Da Kui nodded, "It should be." ”

He is potential in the Anguo Mansion, and he is a groom on the surface, but secretly he is actually here to protect the Nine Niangzi, so he is also very clear about some of the inside information of the Xiao family.

Jiuniang pursed her lips, it seems that today's qiē was designed by Xiao Ru, for what, it goes without saying.

For those two people to mix together, Jiuniang didn't want to interfere, it just so happened that she also wanted to wake up Cheng Wenjing, and she just pushed the boat down the river, just hoping that the girl could figure it out.

There is no grass in the world, why hang on Wang Shilang's crooked neck tree, Wenjing deserves a better lover.

*

"Oh?"

In the quiet study, a puzzled sound with an upward tail note broke the silence.

"Are you saying that Jiu Niang went to the 'Qiangong Fang', through the Guò Cheng family, ready to order some gadgets?"

Qiangongfang is the property of the King of Chu hidden in the shadows, on the surface it is a shop that customizes all kinds of weapons, but in fact, it also helps him do some things that cannot be brought to the surface. Generally, the royal family and nobles of wealthy families are indispensable to raise a few guards to accompany them or something, and people like the King of Chu are indispensable to protect their safety by secret guards, and some people also have advantageous weapons, and the role of Qiangongfang is here.

"Yes."

Yang Jia stood at the bottom and hugged his fists, and he had already told the king of Chu that the ins and outs of the matter were all reported.

King Chu pondered for a moment and spoke: "How can those things for the Cheng family get into her eyes, aren't those gadgets in Liu Lao's hand nowhere to go?" Take it and pick it for her. ”

Liu Lao Nai is the top craftsman in Qiangongfang, known as the name of "ghost hand", this "ghost hand" refers to nothing else, but that he has a hand of magic to build weapons, up to swords, guns, swords, halberds, down to all kinds of □□ small hidden weapons, the craftsmanship is amazing, and the king of Chu attaches great importance to it.

Yang Jia was stunned for a moment and bowed down.

After Yang Jia retreated, the King of Chu fell into deep thought.

From the very beginning of meeting Xiao Jiuniang, King Chu felt that this girl was not simple, how could he come up with a massage method that could relieve his leg disease and a recipe for pulling out poison at a young age. Xiao Jiuniang explained that it was a recipe handed down by his ancestors, and he also ordered someone to check it afterwards, and his mother Yueji Zushang was indeed the imperial doctor in the palace, because of the crime, the male in the family was beheaded and exiled, and the female dependents were not included in the teaching department. This is also the reason why the King of Chu did not suspect Jiu Niang, because everything she said could be rounded.

Not to mention the above, it is also surprising that a ten-year-old girl can drag herself to the riverbank when she is on the verge of death. Of course, it can also be said that the other party's temperament is good, after all, the king of Chu himself is one of the representatives of the young heart, and he can't question others.

But after Jiuniang went ashore, the packet of medicinal powder stuffed into him before fainting aroused the suspicion of the king of Chu. Jiuniang seemed to have forgotten about this packet of medicinal powder afterwards, but the King of Chu was silent and asked people to take it to find out, it was actually a strong drug, as long as a little inhalation was enough to stun a strong man.

Where did she get it? Could it be that it is also the recipe passed down by the ancestors?!

There are too many doubts on Jiu Niang's body, it seems to be covered with a veil, the king of Chu has been suspicious several times, but in the end, it is not over, just like he thought before, she will not harm him, he just needs to know this.

It's just that the weird dream, coupled with these doubts, and the tip of the iceberg that she occasionally shows that do not match her appearance, every time King Chu thinks of it, he can't help but fall into contemplation......

Who are you? Why did it come about?

There was such a question from the king of Chu a long time ago, and at this time things seemed to be back to square one. The king of Chu had a faint guess in his heart, this guess was hazy, but it had always existed, but it just made him disbelief......

*

East Palace

The prince sat in a wheelchair and listened quietly to the cries in the inner sanctum.

After a long time, just when the chamberlain Futai couldn't help but want to say something, the prince waved his hand slightly, and Futai pushed him out of here.

It wasn't until he was far away that Futai couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, don't worry too much about the crown princess, you are not in good health, but you can't be worried." ”

The seemingly calm words actually implied a hint of resentment.

Futai knows it, and the prince knows why.

It stands to reason that Fu Tai should not be so expressive, after all, he is just a slave, and the person he condemns is the mistress of the East Palace, the crown princess.

But since the crown princess married into the East Palace, as a wife, she should have waited for her husband to extend her heirs, think about what the prince thinks, think about what the prince thinks, and try her best to do what a □□ room should do. But she didn't do this, let alone her duties as a crown princess, but instead caused a lot of trouble to the crown prince.

Crying every day, as if anyone is sorry for her, her heart is fragile, she can't stand any gossip, her ears are soft, and listening to the wind is rain.

The crown princess is difficult, but isn't it difficult for the crown prince?

On the outside, we must guard against those who have dirty means, and on the inside, we must comfort this crown princess. Fu Tai thought that the prince, whose body and bones were quite stable before, had become weak after taking the medicine prescribed by Imperial Doctor Hu since his marriage, and he was obviously vomiting, but he had to pour the medicine into it, and once he drank the medicine, he couldn't eat a few meals, causing his body and bones to become weaker and weaker, and he couldn't stop resenting the crown princess.

What is the use of marrying you into the door? Cry, cry, why don't you die?! But Futai would never dare to export this kind of words.

A small chamberlain came to report, "Your Majesty came to visit His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The crown prince hurriedly ordered Futai to push him to see Emperor Chengyuan.

In the main hall, Emperor Chengyuan was entrenched in the first place, looking at his son with complicated eyes.

"It is said that the emperor, you have seen better in the past two days, and now the scenery outside is just right, the weather is neither cold nor hot, you can let the people below push you out to breathe, so as not to be stuck in this palace and suffocate some people to get sick."

This is a pun, that is, he cares about the prince, but he also blames the princess.

Now don't talk about Futai, even Emperor Chengyuan is deeply disgusted with Wang Yan'er, if it weren't for looking at the face of the prince, if it wasn't for the woman hanging the name of a princess, Emperor Chengyuan couldn't wait to drag her out and cut it down.

Something that doesn't work!

The prince heard the words, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "The child went out to breathe, but it just rained heavily the day before yesterday, and the weather was good, so he didn't go out." Father, don't be angry with Yan'er, she is young and under a lot of pressure......" He paused, his words bitter, "Don't blame her, you have to complain only that the child is useless." ”

With a 'click', the saucer in Emperor Chengyuan's hand shattered. In the temper of Emperor Chengyuan, he usually smashes out, but in front of the prince, he is self-controlled, so his movements are smaller.

Emperor Chengyuan put the teacup in his hand on the table, and held back his anger: "Don't say this kind of thing again in the future, how can my son not use it, and she is also useless." She has a small heart and shallow eyelids, an unstable heart and a jealous woman, why did I choose her to be your crown princess in the first place. It's also because my father didn't think it through, and listened to your aunt, Princess Changping, and chose her to come in! ”

In fact, Emperor Chengyuan was not without consideration at the beginning, he was too worried about the prince, and he picked and chose his wife and family. Since he made up his mind to let the prince get married, he also had the idea of breaking the kettle, this throne from beginning to end Emperor Chengyuan only wanted to leave it to him and the queen's children, first the prince, if the prince really can't make it, then leave it to the prince's heirs, anyway, don't think about others.

As an emperor, Emperor Chengyuan thought far beyond ordinary people. Back then, he and the queen had a deep relationship, and the queen was not in good health, so it was a long time before he had a prince. Now that he is old, he said that he was long live the emperor, long live long live, in fact, Emperor Chengyuan also knew that this was all bluffing, and he had also thought about the future when he was gone.

The prince is not in good health, even if he doesn't want to admit it, he has to be prepared for the death of the prince one day. If the crown prince gives birth to an heir, the emperor and grandson are young, and he can't wait for him to grow up, so choosing a powerful mother family for him is the top priority. This is also the main reason why the king of Chu was first promoted to consolidate his power, and then the daughter of the Wang family was selected as the crown princess.

Emperor Chengyuan paved all the roads, but missed the most critical place, and if the emperor and grandson did not arrive, all his next arrangements could not be completed.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chengyuan's face showed a little bitterness, but this bitterness disappeared in a flash, and he immediately restored his usual arbitrary appearance of being in charge of the world. But this kind of arbitrariness will always be discounted by a few points after meeting the prince.

Emperor Chengyuan pondered his words for a moment and asked tentatively: "The few people I sent, do the emperor have a fancy to them?" ”

The crown prince couldn't help but smile wryly again, "Father, it's not that you don't know ......."

"Don't scruple her! It is taboo for a woman to be jealous, she is useless herself, is it possible that everyone has to accommodate her? Emperor Chengyuan frowned again.

"The child doesn't, the child just ......" can't bear it.

Knowing that his body has already dragged down one, should he drag a few more?

The prince is also a human being, he will also be tired, and now he is very tired, and he can't wait to close his eyes and never open them again, but the motivation for him to hold on is just that he can't bear to accept Emperor Yuan's sadness. He knows his own body, and the crown princess's body is no problem, so it goes without saying that it must be his reason.

The crown prince didn't want to try again, even if he was obviously obedient to Emperor Chengyuan, he didn't want to continue the joke. He will listen to his father's words and try to give birth to an heir with the crown princess, but he will not do anything else.

Emperor Chengyuan couldn't bear to look at his son's expression, so he diverted the topic: "My father wants to set up another side concubine with you, and if you don't like them, choose one you like, which can be regarded as justifiable, and let her have nothing to say." ”

That she refers to the crown princess.

The prince was stunned and did not speak.

Emperor Chengyuan continued seemingly casually: "You can choose the noble girls in Chang'an City, as long as you like it, your father will send it to you." What do you think of the Xiao family's Jiuniang? I remember that you used to have a good conversation with her, if you could, why not her? ”

The prince was in a trance, and couldn't help but think of the woman with vivid eyebrows and eyes, and remembered his own sigh before.

If she came to be the crown princess, she must not have such a headache now, at least she wouldn't cry just a little thing......

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not good......"

A palace man stumbled in, interrupting the prince's thoughts.

"What's wrong, won't you speak, don't drag her down!" Futai jumped out and scolded angrily.

"What's the matter?"

The prince raised his hand to stop Futai's movements, and he recognized this person as the person who served by the princess's side.

"The crown princess, the crown princess, she fainted......"

Emperor Chengyuan frowned, intending to attack.

The prince's face was shocked, and he turned his head and glanced at Emperor Chengyuan hesitantly: "Father, don't talk about this matter first, the child wants to go and see Yan'er." ”

The prince had a faint pleading on his face, and Emperor Chengyuan knew why, but he was afraid that he would be angry and reprimand Wang Yan'er for a lot of moths. But Emperor Chengyuan couldn't bear to refuse the prince, his son's health was not good, how could he dare to let him bother, but his disgust with Wang Yan'er was a little more.

"Go, go, it's time for me to go back to Zichen Palace."

Damn Wang Yan'er, a good daughter from the Wang family!