==Chapter 40==

At the same time, in Xiao Heng's room.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Meng, two brothers, one sat on the couch, and the other was pacing back and forth in the room with a solemn face.

The one who walked back and forth with a solemn face and revealed some anxiety was Xiao Heng.

"Big brother, what should I do now?"

Xiao Meng also looked cautious, which was enough to see the problems faced at this time, which made the two brothers a little helpless.

This matter was planned a long time ago, everything was ready, everything was in order, but I never thought that there would be chaos on the spot. The junior in the family, Jiu Niang, was sober, and what was even more surprising was that the King of Chu was also sober, and not to mention this, the two of them made so much trouble together.

At that time, someone came to report that the king of Chu was not in the room, and Xiao Heng's soul was almost frightened. They really wanted to do something with the King of Chu, but they didn't mean to hurt the King of Chu, because as they said before, the people who didn't want the King of Chu to have an accident now were probably the people of the Xiao family.

This is their talisman for the time being, as long as the king of Chu is well, this time he can go to Lanling to heal his leg injury, Emperor Chengyuan will inevitably change his opinion of the queen and King Cheng, and the crisis he faced before will be resolved without much effort.

But at the same time, the Xiao family is also unwilling, this time it is not only the King of Chu who blocked an arrow for the prince, if it is about who is the worst, it will also belong to Queen Xiao Chengwang and the Xiao family behind the two.

The typical is the disaster of no reason!

Since the beginning of the dynasty, the Xiao family has always had smooth sailing, and it is the first time that someone has been threatened with a handle and has no room to fight back, which has also aroused the rebellion of the Xiao family.

Since you can create trouble out of nothing and endanger my Xiao family, then we can do the same. The center point of the attack on the crown prince is that the king of Chu left Beijing to go to Lanling, this matter is extremely confidential on the surface, but in fact, if you have the heart, you can find out the clues, after all, such a big living person disappeared all of a sudden, and it will always provoke someone with a heart to investigate.

Then the fun came, this time it was the prince and Queen Xiao, the mother and son, both of whom were mortal, but there was no choice but to appear King Chu who had inserted a pole. All the evidence points to the attack on the prince was the work of the queen and the Chengwang family, but because the king of Chu and the queen Chengwang have an inextricable relationship, Emperor Chengyuan did not believe in the so-called evidence.

In order to win the trust of Emperor Chengyuan, the queen and King Cheng endured humiliation in every way, and cared for the King of Chu and Yan Yuese, and even for his leg injury, he ordered the people to widely find a famous doctor who could treat his injury.

Empress Xiao and King Cheng will definitely not do anything to harm the King of Chu, so what about the main messenger behind the creation of this qiē before? Would they like to see the Cheng Dynasty and his family survive this crisis? It was precisely because of this that the Xiao family arranged the so-called assassination of someone that night.

It is impossible to hurt the King of Chu, they only need to make an illusion, and these illusions are for the people in Chang'an, and more seriously, they are for Emperor Chengyuan. It doesn't matter how the Xiao family is, it doesn't matter how the King of Chu is, what matters is what Emperor Chengyuan thinks and thinks, after all, everyone knows that Prince Yuanzhang is the reverse scale of Emperor Chengyuan.

But he never thought that all the qiē had been arranged, but there was a mess in the king of Chu, according to Xiao Heng's thoughts, this qiē should have happened quietly, when everyone who was stunned woke up, they would only think that there was really a night attack, and the Xiao family, who turned the tide, was the hero of the qiē.

This play was performed for the King of Chu, for Emperor Chengyuan, and even for the person behind the scenes.

I didn't expect to kill Xiao Jiuniang halfway!

Xiao Heng now doesn't know whether to say that junior is brave and invincible, or stupid as a pig, and he is only ten years old, and he dared to drag the king of Chu who was not good at jumping into the river, and he forcibly rescued the king of Chu. Xiao Heng naturally knew that there must be a reason for the King of Chu, but the King of Chu couldn't walk, so Xiao Jiuniang's role was particularly important.

It was supposed to be the Xiao family who turned the tide, but there was no danger, but it turned out that the Xiao family was really useless, and in the end, the king of Chu was on the verge of despair, and was finally rescued by Xiao Jiuniang of the Xiao family.

It seems to be the same truth, but in fact it is completely different.

The Xiao family didn't even use it to let a little lady save the king of Chu by mistake, what would Emperor Chengyuan think? What do the people there in Chang'an think? Xiao Heng's face blushed when he thought of that scene.

Seeing that the eldest brother didn't speak, Xiao Meng stroked his beard and sighed: "Actually, let me say that the truth is the same, all in all, our goal has been achieved, this is the luck in misfortune." ”

That night, knowing that the king of Chu had disappeared, Xiao Meng was also stunned, and finally saw that the king of Chu had jumped into the river according to various signs. After knowing this qiē at that time, the two brothers were both heart-to-heart, but fortunately, the junior was still useful, and he simply pulled the king of Chu ashore, instead of the two of them being buried in the belly of the fish.

When looking for the King of Chu that day, everyone thought that as long as the King of Chu could be safe and sound, now that the King of Chu is safe and sound, these two people are thinking about how to report this matter to Chang'an, whether it will make the Xiao family lose face and so on. Therefore, it is said that people's * is insatiable in their desires, and if they have one, they want to have two, and this has been the case since ancient times.

Of course, Xiao Heng is not only thinking about whether he will lose face, but whether the King of Chu will notice something, after all, the idea that day they beat everyone passed out, but the King of Chu was awake.

Will he see any clues?

Xiao Heng pondered for a moment, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth: "Now in this situation, I can only make a bloody investment, and if I want to do a show, I will do a full set!" ”

Xiao Meng was stunned for a moment and nodded.

*

What happened that night was like a book to the rest of the ship.

It seems that after just a sleep, something earth-shattering happened.

Everyone doesn't know the specific details, they only know that they met bandits that night, and then Jiu Niangzi saved the King of Chu, and now Jiu Niangzi has not woken up yet.

It wasn't until the early morning of this day that the boat finally found a county town to dock, and when someone saw the corpse lifting down, they understood the tragedy of that night, and felt especially admired that Jiuniangzi was able to save His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and at the same time felt a kind of sincere happiness for his own ignorance.

Xiao Jiuniang has not woken up yet, she has been in a coma for three days, and the fever has not subsided for the first two days, and then the fever has subsided, but the person has fallen into a state of groginess, except for occasionally babbling a few words, most of the time she is not awake.

Doctor Liu is especially glad that it is a good thing that the heat can subside, and if the fever continues, Dr. Liu is afraid that Xiao Jiuniang will burn into a fool. In fact, whether Jiu Niang will become a fool or not is not important to Imperial Doctor Liu, he is the imperial doctor in the palace. But the cold face of King Chu made him sit on pins and needles, and he wished that Xiao Jiuniang would wake up quickly, and he would be able to retire.

"Your Highness, do you want to go and take a break?" Chang Shun asked cautiously.

The king of Chu did not speak, and looked at the place of the bed with dark eyes.

"Your legs ......," Chang Shun said.

"Nothing."

Chang Shun sighed and retreated.

The state of the king of Chu is actually not as good as what he seems, he was soaked in the cold river water that night, and was blown by the cold wind for so long, Xiao Jiuniang directly started the heat, he did not have a fever, but he was a leg disease. It took a lot of effort for Imperial Physician Liu to suppress the poison, and then the king of Chu fell into the pain after his leg disease. In the past, this situation could be resolved by someone, but now that person himself has a high fever, let alone help King Chu massage his legs and feet.

According to Chang Shun, it is best for His Highness to lie quietly at this time, so as to alleviate the pain of leg disease, but His Highness is stubborn, except for resting at night, most of the time he stays in the room of the Nine Niangzi.

Chang Shun can understand the feelings of King Chu, no matter whether someone directed and acted by himself that night or something else, Xiao Jiuniang was able to desperately rescue His Royal Highness, which was moving. Chang Shun also thanked Xiao Jiuniang from the bottom of his heart, so he couldn't say anything else to stop it.

The room was very quiet, and the people lying in the bed were in a state of confusion.

Occasionally, he would babble a few words, or suddenly cry, but the king of Chu knew about it, so he was not too surprised.

“…… Don't forget......"

“…… What a loss......"

Suddenly, the man on the couch whispered again. Others couldn't understand it, but the king of Chu, who had been here for several days, knew the general meaning of his words.

That night in the middle of the river, Xiao Jiuniang was on the verge of death, and unconsciously said a lot of words, at that time, the king of Chu didn't have time to think about it because of the crisis of the situation, but in hindsight, it caused a storm in his heart.

Chang Shun didn't know that the reason why the King of Chu came to guard Xiao Jiuniang most of the time was not only because he was worried about her safety, but because he wanted to hear more content.

……

“…… Mu Jinting, in order to save you, I put myself on the ...... You must remember it......"

“…… If you dare to forget, I won't let you go......"

“…… One Mrs. Rongguo is not enough, let's come to ten......"

“…… Master...... I'm so cold...... Xiao Jiu'er felt like she was dying, just like that time......"

……

King Chu was not a fool, these words of unknown meaning made him think a lot, and he even thought of the anomaly when she changed her words after calling him 'Lord' when she met Xiao Jiuniang for the first time and the second time, including many, many incomprehensible things afterward.

Even so, he still didn't figure it out, and when so many things were intricately mixed together, the fog on her body became even thicker......

Lianzhi led two maidservants in, first saluted the king of Chu, and then one held Jiuniang, one fed medicine, and the other was beside him.

Jiuniang is not in a conscious state, so it is extremely difficult to feed the medicine, and the three people who have a small half bowl of decoction have been fed for a quarter of an hour. After feeding Jiu Niang some water, Lianzhi helped her wipe her face and hands, put the person into the quilt, and a few people retreated.

The king of Chu gently slid the wheelchair to the front of the couch, the pale cyan silk gauze mattress, the quilt embroidered with peony face with silver thread of the same color, a little person lying quietly in it, the long black hair was scattered behind his head, it seemed that the person was getting weaker and weaker, and the small face with a big palm was originally a little flesh on it, but now it became thin and pale, and the long and slightly upturned eyes were now closed, covering the smart and cunning eyes in the meantime......

"Who the hell are you?"

The King of Chu murmured softly, and his voice was very soft, so light that it seemed to disappear after a gust of wind. He stretched out his slender hand and touched the little face, from the sideburns to the emaciated pale cheeks to the pointed chin......

"Who the hell are you? Why? ”

*

The king of Chu had a dream.

This dream has been repeated since the day and night of the attack.

At the beginning of the day, the dream was extremely vague and only fragmentary, making it difficult to tell whether they were dreaming or imagining. It took another two days to become clear, although it was still a fragment, but after waking up, the king of Chu was probably still able to piece together some content.

In the dream, he has grown up a lot, and he seems to have a lot more abilities than he is now. He still stayed in Chang'an, and it seemed that he had built a mansion......

The king of Chu is vague about this, but he has this feeling in a hazy way, but no matter how much he has, he is gone, and only when he reaches a certain place, his dream will become clear.

That place is the Xiao family.

It was a very strange state, the king of Chu seemed to be divided into two people, one was him who knew that he was dreaming, and the other seemed to be him in the dream, so the description was not right, he could feel the feeling of 'he' in the dream, but there was a feeling of being a bystander.

The king of Chu felt that he was plotting something, and every time he went to Xiao's house, he always had a doubt about why he went, but he didn't know why he went, until he saved someone.

A man who was almost beaten to death by a rod and was already dying.

He saw that he had spoken out to stop him, and that person was rescued, and his mood was a little weird. Then the man was picked up by two servants, she looked up at him, and she looked indifferent in her dream, but the king of Chu who was watching was shocked.

It turned out to be her, she when she grew up.

This surprise did not last long, and the qiē in the dream continued to move forward. Sometimes it is her who appears in the picture, sometimes it is himself, it seems that from the moment he sees her, this dream becomes two protagonists, just a qiē about her, he can only look at it, but he can't 'feel' it......

He saw that he met her intentionally or unintentionally, or mentioned her in front of the Xiao family, and her situation seemed to be getting better day by day.

The king of Chu wondered why he did this, could it be that she was different to himself, but he didn't feel that it was about love, and it seemed that he had a purpose. Although this purpose is unclear, the king of Chu has gradually had a conjecture in his heart......

Sure enough, she took the initiative to lean over.

This idea of 'sure enough' was very abrupt, but the king of Chu was not surprised, and when he thought of her temperament in reality, it seemed that there was an explanation.

“…… I'm just looking for a backer......"

Maybe this statement is true.

Looking at her in the dream, she did everything she did in reality, approaching herself step by step. King Chu's mood was weird, but in the dream, he accepted it calmly, and it seemed that he still had a sense of intention.

As the two became more and more familiar, the Xiao family changed their attitude.

At that moment, although the king of Chu was unknown, he had an epiphany-

It turned out that the two of them were just using each other. She is in order to stand up in the Xiao family and have the power to protect herself, and he-

……

The King of Chu suddenly woke up from his dream, and his forehead was wet with sweat.

After a long time, he lay back on the couch, his eyes staring at the darkness in front of him.

The dream was suddenly interrupted, but the king of Chu was clear in his heart, and continued to think in a trance-

And he's just hateful.

His aunt's name is Xiao Die, the daughter of the eight rooms outside the Xiao family, and she was selected to enter the inner room. After that, Xiao Yue (now Empress Xiao) married King Wei as a side concubine, and Xiao Die followed her wife. Initially married to the Wei Palace, Xiao Yue and Xiao Die were not favored, at that time, the original Princess Wei had not died, and the two of them were in love, where could King Wei's eyes see others.

It's a pity that the King of Wei fell into the rebellion of seizing the heir, Princess Wei was not in good health, she was pregnant, and she was worried about her husband's safety. Until that day, the king of Wei finally won the final victory, but when he returned home, he faced the death of his wife's difficult childbirth, and the prince Yuanzhang of Yuanzhang, who had just come out of his mother's womb.

The king of Wei mourned, and on the day of his accession to the throne, he canonized the former princess of Wei as the queen of filial piety and the concubine as the crown prince, and no one was allowed to object.

Princess Wei's roadblock is finally dead, and the women of the Wei Palace's Mansion are freed, and now it is their group of 'hard-working people' who have moved from the Wei Palace's palace to enjoy honor, not the short-lived ghost of Princess Wei.

According to the example, the first emperor's funeral is less than three years, and it is not allowed to be selected to fill the harem, so in the harem, it is the turn of the group of women in the backyard of the original Wei Palace.

After King Wei ascended the throne, the two side concubines were made concubines, and the others were named concubines, Jieyu, and beauties. Xiao Die was named a concubine, a butterfly concubine.

At that time, Emperor Chengyuan did not have many heirs, only Prince Yuanzhang was alone, and it was imminent to extend the heirs, and the harem concubines had their own means. Concubine Liu Xian and Concubine Xiao De, Concubine Liu Xian is beautiful and virtuous, is an empathetic interpretation flower, since the death of the Empress Yuan, he has repeatedly comforted Emperor Chengyuan who is in the pain of losing his wife, and Prince Yuanzhang is still in infancy, Emperor Chengyuan is worried about the government, so he handed over the prince to Concubine Liu Xian to raise temporarily. Because of this, Concubine Liu Xian's status in the harem is very high, although she is on the same level as Concubine Xiao De, but she is a lot higher out of thin air.

Concubine Xiao De is unwilling, but she is not as good as Concubine Liu Xian, and she is not as scheming as Concubine Liu Xian, so she can only do something else. Her method is to push out the butterfly concubine, this is the first time that the butterfly concubine who has always lived in a simple place appeared in front of people's eyes, and it was not until this time that everyone found out in a trance that the butterfly concubine was so Xiao Xiaoxian Hui Queen.

Emperor Chengyuan empathized and began to come to the residence of the butterfly concubine frequently, and the butterfly concubine lived in the palace of Concubine Xiao De, and naturally Concubine Xiao Defei also got the holy favor.

Concubine Xiao Defei was pregnant, and she was pregnant in October and gave birth to a king, Concubine Liu Xian was unwilling to be robbed of the limelight, and gave birth to King Zhao before Concubine Xiao De. A year later, Die's concubine was also pregnant, gave birth to the King of Chu, and when she gave birth to the King of Chu, Die's concubine was named Die's Concubine.

The two daughters of the Xiao family were in the limelight in the palace for a while, but how can the world conclude that people's minds will always change according to different circumstances. After Concubine Xiao Defei slowly gained a firm foothold, she gradually saw that this sister was not pleasing to her eyes, and the existence of Concubine Die's life reminded her of her humiliation all the time.

Because the butterfly concubine Xiao is like the queen of filial piety and virtuous wisdom, she is very favored by Emperor Chengyuan, and even the king of Chu is favored by two points. Although it is not as good as Prince Yuanzhang's status in the eyes of Emperor Chengyuan, it is far beyond other princes. I want to give in to that sister, even my own son, how can Concubine Xiao De bear it.

When a butterfly concubine was pregnant with a dragon heir again, she suddenly had an early attack, and the butterfly concubine was already weak, and she was pregnant several times before, but all of them had a miscarriage for no reason. This time, fate still did not let her go, the butterfly concubine had a difficult birth, one corpse and two lives, and the king of Chu became a motherless child.

At that time, the king of Chu was only six years old.

Concubine Xiao Defei thought that the King of Chu was young and didn't understand anything, but she didn't know that the King of Chu was precocious and had his own understanding of many things.

More than once, he saw Ah Niang looking at him with a pale face and tears in her smile, and muttered in a low voice, 'This qiē is fate'......

But is this qiē all fate?

Why didn't she admit defeat?

Although the king of Chu was too detailed because the scene in the dream was too detailed, he couldn't figure out why the self in the dream looked at her differently. But when he woke up, he suddenly understood.

It turned out that because of the identity that seemed to be the same, because of the non-admitting defeat and non-admitting fate that was not the same as the A-Niang in his memory, and the ruthlessness of 'God wants me to die, I will also poke a hole in the sky'......

The king of Chu suddenly couldn't figure out whether it was true or false, was that qiē really a dream?

Why didn't it feel like it, he had a hunch that the dream would still appear, maybe he would figure out what was going on after all......

Who are you? Why?

*

The news that the king of Chu had left Beijing to go to Lanling and was attacked caused a shock in the palace.

Although the king of Chu did not have an accident, it also made Emperor Chengyuan Long Yan angry.

Empress Xiao came to Zichen Hall for two days in a row to ask to see Emperor Chengyuan, but she was turned away, and finally Empress Xiao finally saw Emperor Chengyuan on this day.

"Queen, your Xiao family is really capable, I handed over the King of Chu to you and others because of trust, you tell me how this happened?!"

Empress Xiao's face was full of grievances, and tears rippled, "Your Majesty, the concubine and the concubine's family never thought that such a thing would happen, and I don't know which thief would be so bold and reckless." There has been news from the concubine and uncle, and it is actually because someone buried the internal response, put medicine in the water on the boat, and cooperated with the person inside and outside. Fortunately, the wheel guard did not fall for the drug, and struggled to repel the attackers, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune. ”

Emperor Chengyuan seemed to smile and said: "How can I know that there is a little lady in the Xiao family who saved the king of Chu, two weak children, who escaped by jumping into the river by themselves, this is the luck in the misfortune you are talking about?" If that girl doesn't know how to drink water, if it weren't for my fate, would there be only one way to die for the king of Chu? ”

"Please punish Your Majesty, it is my Xiao family's disadvantage that will put the King of Chu in danger." Empress Xiao knelt down and bowed her head to plead guilty.

Although the Xiao family is a descendant clan and the mother clan of the King of Chu, the whole world is not the royal land, and the status of the royal family is higher than that of Yiqiē. Maybe in the face of Empress Xiao, the King of Chu only bows down, but that is the Xiao family, a subordinate, and Queen Xiao knelt down to ask for guilt, not to help herself, but to help the Xiao family.

Emperor Chengyuan laughed twice, "Even if your Xiao family still has a brave and resourceful junior, even if it is a woman, she will not let her eyebrows, this time I will forgive your Xiao family's guilt, if something happens to the king of Chu on the next road, don't blame me for not thinking about it." ”

"Thank you."

"Get up." Emperor Chengyuan glanced at Empress Xiao, who lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to her eyes, "If you make a mistake, you will be punished, and if you have merit, you will be rewarded, although your Xiao family is not good, but that junior is still good." ”

He pondered for a moment, "It is said that she seems to be only ten years old, which is rare, so make her a county lord, and you can step down." ”

"Yes."

Empress Xiao lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head, respectfully retreating step by step, until she retreated outside the door before turning away. In terms of etiquette, it is not bad, but from the perspective of identity and husband and wife, it is a little too respectful.

It's just that Queen Xiao has always been like this, and others regard her as a cautious person, and the Xiao family is well-educated.

Emperor Chengyuan glanced at the disappearing figure outside the door, and his face showed a dark and inexplicable look.