Lu Qingrong was stunned, and his first reaction was to look at Tang Yue.

I saw that Tang Yue's seat was also empty.

looked around, only to find that Tang Yue was called to talk by the Queen Mother.

The implication couldn't be more obvious.

If you don't talk about it sooner or later, you chose this time, it must be to trip Princess Jing and make her have no time to take care of the disobedient sister-in-law.

Tang Yue was like a mirror in his heart. On the surface, he dealt with the Queen Mother, and accompanied him without saying a word, but his mind followed Tang Shan and didn't know where to go.

Subconsciously touched the things in his sleeves, since the purse with the fan pendant had been collected on him, and the second prince had been sitting in the banquet without moving, I think they couldn't make any moths......

However, in the behavior of the Queen Mother, there was a sense of calmness, which made Tang Yue always have a bad premonition.

It's not that she thinks too much, but the Queen Mother has no intention of giving up today's plan at all.

Seeing the two princes sitting firmly at the banquet, the Queen Mother knew that the original "private meeting" scene was hopeless.

However, she who is bent on pulling the East Palace will never give up so easily.

Since the second prince refuses to take the bait, let's make a fuss about Tang Shan alone!

Empress Dowager Wu sneered in her heart, thinking that the purse was on Tang Shan, if she died like this......

No matter how much the second prince is full of mouths, he wants to make it clear.

After about a cup of tea, the imperial banquet was nearing its end.

And the most lively part of the Duanyang banquet is the next thing to start watching the lake and shooting willows.

The so-called willow shooting, as the name suggests, is to shoot willow branches in the distance with a bow and arrow. Whoever can shoot the prescribed willow branch accurately and quickly wins.

Because willow branches are far less easy to shoot than willow leaves, this is a difficult game. Extremely ornamental.

This made the willow shooting activity, which was originally to pray for blessings and rain, favored by the emperor, and gradually became an indispensable activity for the Royal Duanyang Festival.

The emperor was full of interest, and those courtiers who were waiting to play, some wanted to take the opportunity to show their skills, and some were just for fun, all of them looked eager to try.

And the foreign women, including Lu Qingrong. also have the opportunity to watch a lively scene from afar.

Lu Qingrong followed everyone out of the pepper garden, and within a few steps, he arrived at an empty field close to the east bank of the Taiye Pond, which was where the lake was watching and shooting willows.

This time. Except for the queen mother and the queen who could sit on the women's side, the rest of the people had to stand aside and watch.

But the emperor, I don't know if it was for safety reasons, also sat on the queen mother's side.

With the emperor's order. The willow shooting competition on the field officially began.

The emperor likes to be lively. There are no restrictions on who can participate.

As a result, the players in this round are of different levels, regardless of age, and their identities are also different.

There are sons and daughters of the princes, civil ministers and military generals, and even a few ceremonial supervisors and attendants.

Fortunately, there is no need for any cooperation here, everyone plays their own way. It's a competition, but it's actually a fun. Although there were many people on the field, it was still orderly.

It's just that I tossed for a long time, but I didn't see anyone shoot the willow branches.

In order not to injure others by mistake in the random arrows, those willow branches were inserted on the rocks near the lake, which were completely different from the crowd watching behind them.

Feathered arrows flew around the willow branches, and not many of them could touch the leaves, let alone the more slender ones.

At this moment, someone shot an arrow, and without even touching the rocks, it flew directly to the side of the Taiye Pool, and then fell into the river.

No one could tell who had shot the arrow, so everyone held back their laughter and looked at the lake with the arrow's track.

At this glance, some sharp eyes found an abnormality.

In the Dragon Boat Festival, the lotus flowers on the Taiye Pond gently shake and dance, compete to bloom, and in the turquoise of the lotus leaves, a touch of red faintly emerges, and with the sparkling lake, it shakes slightly, and it is a heavy object at a glance.

The emperor is here, and safety cannot be ignored.

Several guards immediately jumped onto the two small boats docked by the lake and rowed closer.

Seeing that it was fished up, several people were shocked, and they didn't dare to shout.

Hurriedly approaching the shore, the guards above staggered to the emperor to pray.

"Floating on the surface of the lake is a woman, who has lost her breath......"

The emperor was suddenly completely disinterested, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?" ”

It's hard for those guards, where do they recognize it.

One of the guards cautiously replied: "Judging from the crown dress, it should be the foreign woman who entered the palace for the banquet today." ”

When the emperor heard this, he first ordered the game to be suspended, and then looked at the queen mother.

The Queen Mother had heard it clearly, and at this time she directly called Mama Li: "You go to the lake to see which one it is!" ”

Mama Li left in response.

Chang Gonggong got the emperor's orders and trotted all the way over.

At this time, although the surrounding people could not hear clearly, they could also see a rough idea as the boat docked and the body was placed on the shore.

It's just that it's so far away that I can't be sure who it is.

Of course, not everyone is so confused.

For example, Lu Qingrong and Tang Yue.

The two of them were already in a cold sweat when they saw the little red in the lake!

Lu Qingrong only felt a chill coming, it was obviously the height of summer, but it was like being in an ice cellar.

Tang Yue almost couldn't stand anymore, clutching the handkerchief in his hand tightly, his nails sinking deep into his palm.

Empress Dowager Wu also put on a shocked appearance on the surface.

"What do you mean?" The Queen Mother had a calm face and sighed to the emperor: "The big festival has caused such a catastrophe!" ”

The emperor was speechless, staring at Mama Li who was coming towards him, waiting to hear her reply.

Mama Li walked to the Queen Mother and said loudly: "Back to the Queen Mother, that is the ** milk of the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion." ”

The Queen Mother was silent.

The emperor immediately turned around and glanced at Princess Chengyang, and was surprised to see that she did not show any sadness. After being reminded by Chang Gonggong in his ear, he knew that this was not Qiu Jinting.

The Emperor frowned.

There was a death in the pool of liquid, and he was certainly unhappy in his heart. But what is even more strange is that how a flat wife can also go to the palace for a banquet, and finally fall into the water and die.

The Queen Mother explained in a timely manner: "Mrs. Jingyuan and the county lord of Kangning are both in poor health, and it was the mourning family who allowed Lan Ying to follow her into the palace for a banquet. In this way, it is the mourning family who harmed her......"

The Queen Mother wiped the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief and sniffed. In fact, it is dry and thunder does not rain.

The emperor took the opportunity to persuade a few words such as "the queen mother is also out of kindness".

The Queen Mother immediately put away her sadness, and said a little toughly: "Royal Xiyuan, such a thing happened in broad daylight. We must investigate thoroughly! ”

The emperor's concern for this matter was far less important than the impact on his mood of watching the lake and shooting willows, but he also said: "Naturally, I want to investigate!" ”

With this sentence, the Queen Mother is even more energetic. He immediately ordered: "Find the medicine lady in the palace." Examine the deceased carefully to see if there is any trace! ”

After this toss, everyone around finally knew what was going on.

At this time, the people of the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion, together with Princess Jing, were summoned to the front as Tang Shan's relatives, and the Queen Mother ordered them to go to the shore and accompany the doctor to check.

Lu Qingrong, Jiang Xuan, Jiang Ke, Tang Yue. The four of them took the order and left.

Lu Qingrong and Jiang Xuan stopped a few feet away from Tang Shan. Didn't come forward again.

Jiang Ke and Tang Yue were different, and walked straight to Tang Shan's side.

The two of them have different thoughts.

Tang Yue tried his best to hold back his grief, people can't be resurrected after death, he must hold on at this time, and he must not let people take advantage of the chaos to regenerate incidents.

Jiang Ke is to protect the scene.

Like Mrs. Wu, he didn't know that Lijuan was "the queen mother's person" and what she did, but they knew that there was a mystery in Tang Shan's clothes.

And from his man's point of view, facing Tang Shan, who was lying on the shore soaking wet, he didn't realize that this dress was no longer the one he went out in the morning......

In order to be safe, he stared at the medical woman who examined Tang Shan with good eyes, for fear that someone would manipulate them and make their plan fall short.

Driven by this purpose, in the face of Tang Shan's corpse, Jiang Ke didn't even have the slightest sorrow.

With such a situation set up without regard for human life, how could the doctor girl be found casually.

The medical woman, who had already been on a mission, squatted beside Tang Shan, carefully inspecting everywhere......

A discerning person can see at a glance that she seems to be more interested in Tang Shan's clothes.

I saw that she checked up and down, especially the position of the sleeve and the middle of her arms, and touched it repeatedly for a long time, but she didn't see what it should be.

Later, the doctor girl was already sweating profusely, her face was pale, and she didn't know what to do.

In the end, after she shivered and touched the last time, and made sure that there was really no purse, she slowly got up and went to the queen mother and the emperor to return to her life in fear.

"Back to the emperor, back to the queen mother, the ** milk of the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion did drown, and there were no other abnormalities, but ...... Just ......"

Seeing this, the Queen Mother was slightly dissatisfied with her appearance on the surface, but in fact, she was happy in her heart, and asked angrily: "Just what?" ”

The medical woman didn't dare to look at the Queen Mother at all, lowered her head, and whispered back: "It's just ...... The ** milk of the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion was already two months pregnant before her death. ”

What a mess!

The Queen Mother knew that the medicine girl was lowering her head, but she couldn't help but glare at her, and immediately asked, "But did you find other clues on her?" ”

The doctor's voice couldn't stop trembling: "No...... No more ......"

The Queen Mother was furious, but she couldn't find a suitable reason to attack.

I tried my best to plan such a game, what went wrong!

Empress Dowager Wu was puzzled.

At the same time, Jiang Ke, who had just returned from the shore, also looked like ashes.

The blow caused by the meritorious attempt was far less annoying than the "two-month pregnancy" in the mouth of the medical woman!

This is my first flesh and blood......

That's it. (To be continued.) )

PS: A horizontal cannon that does not match the style of writing~~

As a straight man, Jiang Ke said that there is a difference in this dress, where is the difference, where is the difference? ! It's just the same!! ”(ノ°ο°)ノ

Ahem...... The author only occasionally can't help but be a black straight male star (?) ≧？ ≦)？