==Chapter 157==

The hall was warm, but the atmosphere dropped to freezing.

After Emperor Chengyuan entered, he went to the first place and sat down on the gum, his face was dark and his eyes were cold.

He has been the emperor for many years, and his momentum is extraordinary, and if he is replaced by others, I am afraid that he can't stand this kind of high pressure at this time, and he can't help but kneel on the ground, only begging Emperor Chengyuan to spare him. But the King of Chu is not very human, so in the eyes of Emperor Chengyuan, the King of Chu has a somewhat solemn face at this time, but his feelings are quite calm, which makes him can't help but have a complicated light in his eyes.

If you take it seriously, among the several adult princes, the King of Chu is the most similar to him, whether it is that kind of heart or means, Emperor Chengyuan is very appreciative. If there was no prince in front, Emperor Chengyuan felt that he would appreciate this son very much, but unfortunately there was no if.

As long as he thought that the prince was lying on the couch now, not knowing his life and death, Emperor Chengyuan wanted to strangle everyone who wanted to harm the prince.

The hall was quiet, and the pin drop could be heard.

When the king of Chu saw that Emperor Chengyuan did not speak, he sat there with his eyelids half-drooping, and he did not seem to be in a hurry.

Ruan Ronghai stood aside, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

"You're good, your princess is even better!"

Emperor Chengyuan's voice broke the silence, and surprisingly, his voice did not show annoyance.

The King of Chu's expression was not obvious, and said: "If the father and the emperor still think that the Chu Wangfu attacked the imperial brother, the sons have nothing to say." ”

"At this time, you still don't admit it, the thing belongs to your Chu Palace, or is it sent to the East Palace by your good princess, who are you?"

"Then Erchen dared to ask, what good is it for Erchen and Erchen's princess to do this? Who would poison something they sent? Since it is a selfish method, the first thing to do is to get rid of one's suspicion, poison one, and take the mansion to resist his fate-" The king of Chu raised his head and looked directly at Emperor Chengyuan: "This kind of deal, does my father think his sons will do it?" ”

The king of Chu will not.

Just because Emperor Chengyuan still had this bit of clarity left in his mind, the King of Chu was able to stay here safely at this time, although he was under house arrest, at least for the time being, Emperor Chengyuan did not do anything with him. Of course, this is only temporary, if the prince really has three long and two short, Emperor Chengyuan under the madness doesn't know what he will do.

It is precisely because he understands that he still has a glimmer of life that the King of Chu can still maintain his composure in this situation. He was summoned to the palace in too much hurry, and he didn't prepare at all, and now he didn't know anything except that he knew that the prince was poisoned by the medicine offered by the Chu Palace.

But the king of Chu has a brain, although he doesn't know what the specific situation is, but he knows very well that he can only gamble at the moment, and bet that Emperor Chengyuan will calm down and give him a chance to find out the truth of this qiē matter.

So when Emperor Chengyuan appeared in this palace, the king of Chu knew that he had won the bet, and the prince must have been fine for a while, and Emperor Chengyuan was still hesitating to move him for the time being.

Born as an emperor, even if he can do whatever he wants, many times many realities force him to bow to reality.

The life and death of the crown prince is uncertain, King Cheng, King Zhao, King Qi, King Liang, young and dull, and Sheng'er is still in infancy. King Chu and King Cheng of Zhao have been going around for many years, and they understand Emperor Chengyuan's thoughts too well, just because these two dared to secretly attack the crown prince back then, the two of them had no hope of inheriting the unification, because Emperor Chengyuan would not allow it, as long as there was other choice, he would not allow the assassin of the prince to sit on his throne.

So in this case, Emperor Chengyuan will not move him for the time being, as long as there is no direct evidence to prove that he assassinated the prince, he will not move him for the time being. And since Emperor Chengyuan was able to come to this palace, it shows that he still believes in his heart that he did not assassinate the prince.

As a knife, it has been used by Emperor Chengyuan for many years, and being able to gain this trust makes the King of Chu feel both happy and sad, but this is also the only thing that the King of Chu can rely on at this time.

Emperor Chengyuan listened to the words of King Chu and sneered: "You won't, but it doesn't mean that your good princess won't either." Don't think that I don't know that your princess is reluctant to pass Sheng'er to the crown prince, and now in order not to pass on her son, she is so stupid that she dares to poison the prince. ”

Hearing this, King Chu's heart suddenly fell to the bottom.

At the beginning, in order to clarify the relationship between the palace and the rumors, Jiuniang deliberately came forward to 'refute the rumors' in person, but it was precisely because of this move that she was left with a handle that could kill her. Princess Chu was reluctant to pass on her son to the crown prince, but she was persecuted by Emperor Chengyuan and was resentful, so she secretly poisoned her......

Hearing this, King Chu suddenly discovered that the person facing the biggest crisis at this time was not himself, but Jiu Niang. With the heart of Emperor Chengyuan-

He held his composure and asked, "I wonder if my father can tell his sons what is going on?" ”

Emperor Chengyuan looked at him coldly, and after looking at him for a long time, he said, "Ruan Ronghai, you come to sue him!" ”

Ruan Ronghai, who was standing on the side, hurriedly stepped forward to tell the general situation of the matter.

In fact, things are not complicated, but in the morning, Jiuniang came to the East Palace and offered a medicinal herb, which happened to be used by the prince, so he used it for the prince.

This method is not very superb, and it is even extremely simple, but Jiu Niang obviously did not come to the East Palace in the morning, but turned back halfway. So how did it become Jiu Niang who entered the palace to offer medicine, and even poisoned the prince?

For a while, countless thoughts were drawn in the mind of King Chu. He said with a solemn face: "Erchen's princess didn't enter the palace in the morning, and because something happened halfway, Sheng'er was frightened and turned back to the house. ”

Emperor Chengyuan sneered, he was very disappointed in this son, and he actually opened his eyes and said nonsense for a woman. Ruan Ronghai, who was his tongue, hurriedly stepped forward and sighed: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, don't excuse Princess Chu, there are so many people in the East Palace, when Princess Chu entered the palace in the morning, many people saw it, who is not her." If you don't believe it, you can ask Concubine Ruan, the medicinal materials were handed over to Concubine Ruan by Princess Chu herself, and there were a lot of palace attendants waiting on the side at that time. ”

Ruan Ronghai turned his back to Emperor Chengyuan and gave him a look at the King of Chu again and again, which roughly means that he can protect himself first, and it is already very good to be able to protect himself in this situation. You must know that it is only in less than these two hours, and a lot of people have been dragged out of the East Palace, and it is natural to see what the end will be.

The King of Chu ignored him, and arched his hand to Emperor Chengyuan: "Father, the son guarantees his life, this move is definitely not done by Jiu Niang, there must be something strange in the meantime." ”

"Good, good, you're good." Emperor Chengyuan's face turned red, and he had to be angry, and the anger that he had finally suppressed soared again. He made a move, probably trying to find something to smash over, but he had nothing at hand, so he finally had to hit the small table on the gum angrily, and scolded: "At this time, you are still speaking for her, you are really confused by her!" This woman is arrogant and vicious. She harmed the prince like this, I won't let her go, you will die of this heart! ”

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is also confused for a while, don't be angry, pay attention to the dragon body." Ruan Ronghai bowed his waist and whispered to persuade, then turned his head to the King of Chu and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, if you don't hurry up and admit your mistake to Your Majesty, if there is no solid evidence for this kind of thing, Your Majesty will not be so angry." ”

King Chu took a deep breath and bowed his head: "The son knows his mistake, and I hope that my father will pay attention to the dragon body." But-" He paused, still insisting: "But what Erchen said is absolutely true, this matter really has nothing to do with Jiuniang, it was framed by someone." ”

Seeing that Emperor Chengyuan was about to be furious again, the king of Chu hurriedly said: "The son is not for others, but for Sheng'er, Sheng'er can't have a mother who murders the prince, and the son can't have a concubine who murders the prince, even if she is dead!" ”

The last sentence, King Chu looked into the eyes of Emperor Chengyuan and said it word by word.

When the words fell, the entire hall fell silent for a moment, and Emperor Chengyuan's raised hand hung in mid-air.

The king of Chu is gambling again, betting on Emperor Chengyuan's thoughts on Sheng'er. If the crown prince does not become a prince, Emperor Chengyuan is likely to act according to his previous plan and pass Sheng'er to the prince's name to inherit the incense, so Sheng'er cannot have a mother who murdered the prince.

"Erchen asks his father to give Erchen a chance to find out the truth of the matter, return the truth to the imperial brother, and return Jiuniang an innocence."

The eyes of father and son met in the air.

For a long time-

"Okay, I'll give you this chance!"

After speaking, Emperor Chengyuan stood up and walked away. Ruan Ronghai glanced at King Chu and hurriedly chased him out.

Emperor Chengyuan's footsteps were very fast, and it seemed that there was infinite anger in his heart that had nowhere to go, and Ruan Ronghai shrank his neck and followed suit.

Suddenly, Emperor Chengyuan stopped: "Leave her alive first." ”

Ruan Ronghai suddenly shook a spirit, as if he suddenly remembered something, answered yes, and hurriedly went down to order.

*

Jiuniang sat quietly on the wooden couch.

This palace room is extremely dilapidated, and the furnishings in the room are very simple, except for a couch, a screen and a few broken boxes, there is nothing else. There was a strong musty smell in the entire palace, pungent and unpleasant, and Jiu Niang didn't know that there was such a place in the palace.

It was cold and damp, with only a small window that let in a faint light from the outside. There was no earth dragon and no charcoal fire in the house, and the weather was already cold, Jiu Niang just sat for a while, and then felt a chill drill into the cracks of the bones.

It's just that now she can't care about this qiē, and her mind is full of how the king of Chu is, how the house is, and how her son is...... If something big hadn't happened, she wouldn't have been thrown into a place like this......

I don't know how long it took, but the door creaked open from the outside.

Jiu Niang looked sideways and saw two people dressed as palace people walking in. One of them carried a tray with a white silk on one and a small porcelain vase on the other.

Jiu Niang's pupils shrank, and the whole person stood up. She doesn't know anything anymore, and when she sees Bai Aya, she should understand in her heart.

Is this here to kill her?

What the hell is going on, and there is no room for manoeuvre? Who wants her to die, is it Emperor Chengyuan?

"Princess Chu, under the command of Your Majesty, let's give you a ride."

Jiuniang couldn't help but step back, sat down on the wooden couch, she pulled off a hairpin on her head and squeezed it tightly in her hand.

"I want to see Your Majesty, I want to see Your Highness."

Among them, the short and fat palace man smiled very maliciously, "Princess Chu, don't struggle, where is this, this is the court." Your Majesty's life, who dares to question it, you should be happy, and you will find less trouble for us. We're done with our errands, and we're going back to get back to our lives. ”

"That is, do you choose white silk or dove wine? Let the slave maid say, Bai Aya should hurry up, but the death is ugly, although the dove wine is a little painful, but it is also better. Let the slave and maid say, you still choose the dove bar. ”

As soon as these two sang and harmonized, they completely ignored Jiu Niang's existence, and they set a way for Jiu Niang to die. Seeing the calm appearance of the two of them, it is estimated that this kind of work has not been done in the past. While the two were talking, they put down the things in their hands, and the short and fat grandmother took the bottle of dove wine and forced it towards Jiu Niang.

"Get out!"

A silver light flashed, Mama's hand shrunk, she covered her hand and exhaled in pain, and the bottle in her hand also fell to the ground and shattered. When I looked at it again, there was an extra bloody wound on my hand.

The grandmother was angry and angry, and scolded loudly: "Wow, you dare to hurt people, you deserve to be the arrogant and domineering princess of Chu." But if you fall into the hands of the two of us today, you will be considered to have lived to the end. He turned his head and scolded the tall and thin grandmother next to him, "You're dead, you haven't come up to help me, since she toasts and doesn't eat and drink, we don't need to leave her dignity." ”

As he spoke, he took the white silk, but the two of them pressed Jiuniang and wanted to put it on her neck.

Jiu Niang's eyes showed despair, holding a hairpin and waving it wildly, and the other hand touched the ring on her hand.

At this critical moment, the door was slammed open from the outside, and a small chamberlain stumbled in.

"Pass on Your Majesty's message and leave Princess Chu alive."

He took a breath to see what was going on, and then ran over and pushed the two grandmothers away.

"Your hands and feet are inevitably too fast, it's okay to catch up, go away and go away, Your Majesty said that Princess Chu will be killed, and our family was sent by Chief Ruan to pass the word."

The two grandmothers were stunned, and they didn't dare to disobey the order, so they went to the side and stood aside.

"Why don't you go quickly, the pestle is an eyesore here?" The little chamberlain hurried the two of them, and the two knew that he was serving in Zichen Palace, and he was the godgrandson of Chief Ruan, so they didn't dare to offend, so they could only retreat quickly.

"The slave maid is called Xiao Luzi, Chief Ruan asked me to bring you a message, so that you don't panic, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is fine for the time being." Xiao Luzi helped Jiuniang up and whispered.

Jiu Niang didn't care about her wolf bèi, and tugged at his sleeve: "This little adult, can you tell me what happened?" ”

Xiao Luzi scratched his head: "The slave doesn't know, the slave is just a messenger ......"

Jiu Niang hurriedly pulled out the golden hairpin on her head, removed the bracelet on her hand, and stuffed it into his hand. Xiao Luzi refused again and again, and said with a sad face: "I really don't know, I'm just a messenger ......"

Jiuniang saw that she really couldn't ask, so she had to give up.

Xiao Luzi said again: "You can't leave here yet, you have to wait for His Majesty's instructions." The slave and maid still have something to do, so they won't stay long. Seeing Jiu Niang's pale face, he couldn't help but say again: "Don't worry, stay here with peace of mind, since His Royal Highness the King of Chu is fine, presumably you will be fine." ”

With that, he hurried away, and the door was locked from the outside again.

Xiao Luzi stepped out of this room, and he changed the innocent color he had just been in the room, not only did his waist stand up, but he also seemed to be a lot more shrewd.

However, it is also conceivable that he can become Ruan Ronghai's godgrandson, and who is a simple person. In this deep palace, if you believe in appearances, sooner or later you will be swallowed alive by life.

Seeing Xiaoluzi coming out, the two attendants guarding the door leaned over and shouted one brother after another, which was closer than calling his brother. Judging from the physiognomy, it is really shocking, because these two people look to be in their thirties, and this little road is only a teenager.

However, in this palace, the rank of the chamberlains is never calculated according to age, but according to seniority, or according to the power in their hands. Xiao Luzi is the inner servant of Zichen Palace, and he is also Ruan Ronghai's godgrandson, and there are not a few internal servants called Ruan Ronghai's ancestors, so Xiao Luzi has a brother, which is actually nothing.

"Wait carefully, don't look at people who are in trouble for a while, and then hold high and step low."

Xiao Luzi grew up in this palace since he was a child, and he understands the temperament of these palace servants too well, just like the two palace people just now, if they didn't know that Princess Chu would definitely die, how could they dare to be so presumptuous. But this person's life is really hard to say, as long as the coffin is not decided, no one knows what it will be like.

"Look at what you said, brother, since you have commanded it, we must wait for the one inside with good food and drink. But what the hell is this charter, you have to tell us about it, and we can do it. One of the long-skinned chamberlains asked with a smile on his face.

Xiao Luzi kicked him and scolded: "Charter? What charter do you want? Don't forget that you dare to step on people before he falls, you don't want your life, do you? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, how dare we." The waiter was kicked by Xiaoluzi, and he had to pretend to be extremely comfortable.

"Okay, I won't play tricks with you, our family has to go back to restore our lives." Xiao Luzi patted the hem of his clothes, put one hand behind his back, and made his grandfather Ruan Ronghai look like he was facing each other on weekdays. "Anyway, you remember, the good life is waiting."

After speaking, he left Shi Shiran.

One of the two chamberlains behind him snorted at his back.

"What kind of appearance, if Lao Tzu had such a good grandfather, Lao Tzu would still use it here to lick your grandson's fart/stock?!"

"Hey, what do you mean by him, he really wants to be served with good food and drink? Don't forget that this is a garden! "Which nobleman who has entered the court is still waiting with good food and drink?! But Xiaoluzi came to pass the word, these two servants really can't wait to ignore it, Xiaoluzi is small, but there is Ruan Ronghai behind Xiaoluzi. Perhaps, this is what Mr. Ruan meant?

"Okay, what do you want to do so much, let the good students wait, and the good students will wait, and maybe they can use it to ask for a reward in the future. Even if something happens, they still have to bear it, not to mention that Xiao Luzi didn't say it, he hasn't fallen yet. ”

"Yes."

*

It was just an afternoon's work, and the situation of the Chu Palace's palace became delicate.

The king and princess of Chu were all summoned into the palace, and the palace was surrounded by a large group of Jin Wuwei, and they were not allowed to go out or enter, and the entire Chu palace began to panic.

Fortunately, the internal and external affairs of the palace are clearly separated, and the rule has always been strict, and Sun Yi and a few Wang Delai, who are in charge of the palace people, suppressed and strictly ordered the subordinates to move around at will. In the front yard on the other side, there were Xing Yi, Yang Jia and others in charge, but there was no chaos for the time being.

But this is only temporary, and before we find out what is going on and the king of Chu does not come back, it can only be like this for the time being.

Changfeng pushed the door in, this was a study in the front yard, and there were only two people sitting in the study, Xing Yi and Yang Jia.

There are a lot of people who have to be used in the Chu Wangfu now, but only these three people can really be called the henchmen of the King of Chu. Yang Jia is outside, Xing Yi is inside, and Changfeng is in the dark. At this moment, I don't know what happened, the three of them had to be cautious, and they didn't dare to trust others at will, so all the doormen and staff of the Chu Wangfu stayed in their own courtyards.

"How's it going?" Yang Jia asked.

Yang Jia is about forty years old, dressed in a green robe, although his appearance is ordinary, but his body is very impressive. He has no official position, but everyone in Chang'an City knows that he is the disciple of the King of Chu, although he is only a doorman, but he represents the face of the King of Chu outside, and he is a high-ranking official.

He and Shi Hu Yingrong, the head of the palace, are the right-hand men of the king of Chu on the bright side, and they are even more trusted by the king of Chu than Hu Yingrong. After all, Hu Yingrong is an official of the imperial court, and he also has a position as the secretary of the criminal department, Hu Yingrong is the long history of the Chu Wangfu, he is attached to the king of Chu, so he slowly sat down as the secretary of the criminal department, and his loyalty is there, but there are a few points worth discussing. And Yang Jia is completely dependent on the king of Chu, so on the surface, Hu Yingrong is the largest subordinate official of the palace, but in fact, Yang Jia is the first person under the king of Chu.

Changfeng's face was gloomy, and he shook his head: "I haven't found any news yet, the wind in the palace is very tight, and the only thing I can know is that something seems to have happened in the East Palace." ”

For a moment, it was very quiet in the study.

After a long time, Yang Jia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, let's do this first, don't delay the news from your side." In addition, you are secretly protecting the little master, don't be negligent for a while, and let people do anything. ”

Xing nodded slightly, and his words were concise: "I'll let Xing Er watch it personally." ”

Hearing this, Yang Jia didn't say anything more, and Xingyi has always been calm.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of the study, Changfeng himself went to open the door, and heard a voice full of joy outside: "Your Highness is back." ”

The other two people in the room stood up suddenly.

Not long after, the king of Chu appeared.

Still as before, in a wheelchair, pushed by Chang Shun. At this time, he didn't look tall and strong, but as soon as he appeared, everyone's hearts fell to fruition.

It was only a short time before the news of His Highness's return to the house spread, and everyone in the mansion breathed a sigh of relief.

Several people went to the study of the king of Chu in the front yard, and the king of Chu roughly described the situation in the palace.

Yang Jia and Xing looked suspicious, but Changfeng looked thoughtful.

"How's your stare over there?"

"There's no news coming." Suddenly, Changfeng knelt down with a thud, "Please punish the master, it must be that his subordinates have missed something." ”

King Chu turned the wrench on his thumb and said, "You also thought of it?" However, King Zhao is not an idle person, you will have some omissions, and this king is not surprised. ”

Especially they didn't know what King Zhao wanted to do with that person, they originally thought that as long as they kept an eye on it, they would be fine, and find a chance to get people back, who would have thought that King Zhao would start so quickly, and it would be a killing move as soon as he made a move.

This trick is actually very simple, but it is not simple, it is simple because the King of Chu learned about this trick in advance, so when it happened, it was not difficult to guess what it was. It's not simple because many people can't imagine that there will be two identical people in this world. Xiao Ru has never shown his face in front of people before, but because of his different temperament, many people can't think of coming here, and King Zhao just took advantage of this blind spot.

"Time waits for no one, and tonight I will order someone to attack hard. However, the king reckoned that they must have displaced people, and it was not impossible for them to destroy their bodies. He paused, and his palms tightened in vain: "You have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death." In addition, he ordered someone to investigate, and the movement of King Zhao's mansion could not be let go, King Zhao has always eaten in the bowl and watched in the pot, this king feels that it is unlikely that he will destroy the corpse, and it is likely that he still wants to keep that person for the following, so don't miss the situation of entering and exiting Chang'an City today. ”

"Yes."