Kong Qi was taken away by the big mention, Liu Hao couldn't stop it, barely maintained his demeanor and sent away the ministers who came to cheer today, and as soon as he turned around, he sank his face, and kicked the dead man who knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

"Rubbish! I can't even stop anyone! ”

In fact, I can't complain that the dead soldiers of the palace are half a beat slower, on an occasion like today, of course, they are the first priority to protect the safety of their masters, who knows that a person jumps out at the end of the end, not to assassinate, but to scold? The prince didn't give an order, all the officials here were court officials, and they couldn't kill people as soon as they saw them.

Not only did they not react, but Liu Hao himself was also unprepared for this sudden incident. In the past few years, Kong Qi has been subservient to him, obedient, he has long thought that he has subdued people, but he didn't expect Kong Qi to suddenly turn against the water, let alone expect that Guo Huai'an, the secretary of Dali Temple, would wade into troubled water.

"Okay, you old thief, this king doesn't take you to knife, but let you stab this king first." Liu Hao used his brain a little to guess who was making trouble behind Kong Qi, not the queen, then it could only be the Xue family.

But seeing Liu Hao's unhappy face, the strategist who was standing aside spoke up: "Your Highness, Kong Qi is talking nonsense today, so many people present have heard it, if you don't clarify it, I am afraid that it will attract criticism, in case it spreads——"

"Hmph, this king is sitting upright, why be afraid. Kong Qi was bought to slander him, but there is no real evidence, and he is just a bloody mouth, how many people will be gullible? ”

Having said that, Liu Hao had other concerns in his heart, he was not afraid that Kong Qi would denounce him, because he was sure that things had been done cleanly back then. Even if it arouses suspicion, he can't find the credentials, what he is afraid of is that the big mention point will be interrogated in person, and in front of the big insight, the truth and falsehood will be revealed.

The key is to mention whose side he will be on after knowing the truth.

Liu Hao returned to the backyard with a heavy heart, sent the maid sent by Princess Ning to greet him, and went straight to the small courtyard in the west corner of the garden.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the royal palace was full of lights, and the ground was full of joy. Only this one corner is doubly cold. Only a pair of couplets to welcome spring were posted outside the courtyard gate.

There was a fire burning in the house, two maids were sitting on a small pestle doing needlework, and on the kang lay a fair-skinned and beautiful woman, holding a book in her hand. She wore a plain cotton dress. You can't see the same hairpin ring jewelry from head to toe. The frugal appearance is incompatible with the painted pastel house.

Ning Wangfu now knows that this Mrs. Ruwei is the new favorite of the prince, because she gave birth to her eldest son and worked hard, even Princess Ning did not dare to be harsh on her. But no one knows that her other identity is actually Ji Xingxuan, the once-beautiful Xiuyuan Great Yi Master.

Liu Hao came in from outside, and the maids hurriedly got up to salute, but Ji Xingxuan put down the book unhurriedly, sat up straight, and asked softly while looking for shoes to wear:

"At this hour, you are not in front of you to entertain guests, why did you come here from the slave house."

Liu Hao waved his hand to let the maid out, walked to her with a cold face and sat down, at this time Ji Xingxuan was still grinding and putting on his shoes, he frowned and said, "You just sit." ”

There was no one in front of him, Ji Xingxuan didn't bother to pretend, his legs were withdrawn on the kang, he pulled the brocade quilt on the side and covered it, looked at Liu Hao coldly, and said, "What happened, so that the prince came to me in a panic?" ”

Liu Hao told what happened at the banquet just now, and from the moment she became Mrs. Ruwei, he regarded this woman as a help. He knows that her scheming city is not inferior to a man, and she is a great Yi master who is like a fake, so when she encounters troublesome things, she is always willing to come to her to sit down, even if she can't give advice, and inadvertently have a sentence or two of opinions, but she can make him pause, this is the truth of the bystander.

This time is no exception, after listening to his statement, Ji Xingxuan said what he thought in one sentence: "The prince is worried about the big insight technique, I am afraid that he will know that you caused the tenth princess to die violently, and he will deal with the matter impartially." ”

Once the big mention point stands on the opposite side of Liu Hao, Liu Hao will not only not be able to keep his position as a prisoner, but will even be in a state of collapse.

"Yes," Liu Hao did not deny, "The Xue family is a grasshopper after the autumn, and it won't last for a few days, plus one more Guo Huai'an, this king is not afraid of them." Only to mention that if this king wants to enter the East Palace justifiably, he must not lose his support. ”

Si Tianjian has the greatest power in his hands, not to reward and punish the children of the clan, but his right to speak in the matter of establishing the prince, no matter who becomes the emperor in the future, he can veto it with one vote.

Hearing Liu Hao's confession, Ji Xingxuan smiled faintly, and said in a very determined tone: "The prince can rest assured, even if he knows that the death of the tenth princess is related to you, he will not go against you, on the contrary, he should try his best to protect you." ”

"Oh?" Liu Hao looked at her suspiciously, looking deaf.

"I can tell the prince why, but you also have to promise me one thing." Ji Xingxuan took the opportunity to ask.

"I have to talk about the conditions again," Liu Hao was not angry, and said generously: "As long as what you say makes sense, this king will promise you." ”

After receiving the promise, Ji Xingxuan leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice and said: "I told the prince that the choice of the prince has always been decided by the "Xuannu Liuren Book", you must not be able to figure out why the emperor is late, it is because the Xuannu Book was lost as early as twenty years ago. ”

Liu Hao was taken aback, he had all kinds of speculations before, and he didn't want the problem to be here.

Ji Xingxuan continued: "So the emperor has not been able to establish a prince for a long time, and appointing you to supervise the country is just an expedient measure, just because apart from you, there is no one among the princes who can take charge alone, if you are ousted from this position, no matter which prince is in charge of the country, he will become a puppet of others, the big point is that he is a pure minister, he will not watch the imperial power fall, compared to the country's plan, whether the prince killed the ten princesses is a trivial matter." ”

Ji Xingxuan's analysis was thorough, Liu Hao's eyes flickered, his expression changed, he laughed for a while, frowned for a while, and it took a long time to calm down, and he stroked his palm and said:

"I see, according to what you say, the big mention will indeed ensure that the king is."

Ji Xingxuan said again: "Having said that, the prince must not be careless, the big mention will not be difficult with you, but the Xue family will not give up." I think that in addition to Kong Qi's witness, they must have other tricks in their hands. ”

Liu Hao sneered: "As long as I don't embarrass me, I have a way to deal with the Xue family." ”

"What do you have in mind?" Ji Xingxuan was curious.

Liu Hao was on the rise, so he didn't hide it, and told her in detail: "Earlier, my father assigned me an errand to track down who caused Jingchen to be in distress on the way back to Beijing, but because there were no clues, he ran aground. Until not long ago, the palace ordered the posting of an imperial list for a wanted criminal. A manager of the Xue family was arrested. Afterwards, I found out that it was Jingchen who entered the palace and presented a portrait, and it is said that he had seen this person when he was kidnapped, so I concluded that Jingchen's distress was inseparable from the Xue family. ”

"Didn't you say that Jingchen is the so-called great safety disaster. His fate is closely related to my dynasty. Once something happened to him. It is bound to be a great chaos in the world. Only then can the rebellious ministers and thieves take advantage of it. There is no doubt that the Xue family has the intention of rebellion, since Xue Lingnan wants to settle old accounts with me. Then I don't need to be polite to him, he can let Kong Qi identify me as a mutilated sibling, can't I let people identify him as a rebel? Hehe, when the time comes, he will not be able to protect himself, so how can he ask this king for his guilt. ”

Liu Hao had long thought about making a fuss about this matter to bring down the Xue family, but he was worried that he would act too radically, and Da Ti would intervene, and without the support of Da Ti Dao, he would not be able to sit firmly in this position of prisoner. But now that he has no scruples, he can let it go.

"The prince is brave and strategic, so why worry about big things." Ji Xingxuan was sincerely praised.

Liu Hao looked at her fair and flawless face, close at hand, he could smell the faint cold fragrance on her body, his heart moved, he raised his hand to hook her chin, and raised his voice:

"The king promised you one thing, what do you want?"

Ji Xingxuan didn't dodge his frivolous move, lowered his eyebrows and said, "I want to go out and ask the prince for permission." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a pain in her jaw, and Liu Hao's eyes were full of cold light, she pinched her chin tightly, and said in a low voice: "Let this king guess, you want to go out, do you want to find your omniscient master?" ”

Ji Xingxuan frowned, and said bitterly: "It's because I've been stuck in this mansion for too long, and if I want to go outside, the prince can't believe that he can send someone to follow me." ”

Liu Hao raised his eyebrows: "Ji Xingxuan, whom this king knows, is indeed not a woman who is comfortable in the back house, but you can be willing to restrain yourself for this child, this king really wants to know who the child's biological father is, and can make you so desperate to continue the incense for him." ”

Ji Xingxuan pursed her lips and was silent.

Liu Hao laughed, let go of her, got up and walked out, "Look when you want to go out one day, send someone to inform this king." ”

This was in response to her request. Ji Xingxuan watched his back disappear behind the screen, rubbing her chin gently, where was there still half a point of sadness on her face, her expression was calm and frightening, and the sneer at the corner of her mouth was particularly distinct-

"How do you know that this kid is my lifeline."

What happened at the luncheon in King Ning's mansion flew into the palace like wings, and Queen Rui got the letter before night, and broke her beloved mutton fat jade cup at that time, and then sat quietly in the dormitory for half an hour, until it was dark, Zheng Shanggong reminded her several times outside the door that the hour had come, and she called someone to come in and wait for a change.

"Swing the Bell Palace."

On Chinese New Year's Eve, there was no big banquet in the palace, but the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner still had to be eaten, but the emperor was not there, and a group of concubines preferred to eat their own food, and Empress Rui did not call everyone to her Qiwu Palace to beg for disgust.

When the queen arrived, Zhong Cui Palace had just set up a banquet, Xue Guifei did not go out to greet her, and waited until Queen Rui entered the palace to ask the palace maid to help her up.

"No need to be polite, sister, sit down." Empress Rui looked at Xue Guifei's haggard appearance, her mood was quite complicated, she was jealous of this woman who had been loved by thousands of people, and on the other hand, she felt that she and herself were in the same disease.

Xue Guifei sat down with a big belly and smiled at Empress Rui: "This year's Chinese New Year's Eve is deserted, doesn't my sister feel lonely and come to find me as a companion?" ”

Without answering, Queen Rui walked to the table, waved her sleeves and said to the attendants in the palace, "You all go down first." Half of the people didn't move at first, and when they saw Xue Guifei waving their hands, they retreated one after another.

Soon, there were only two people left in the empty hall, Queen Rui and Xue Guifei, you look at me, I look at you, Queen Rui was the first to speak, her eyes were slightly red, as if she was trying her best to suppress her temper: "Xue He, this palace wants you to tell the truth, who did my Yao'er die at?" ”

Xue Guifei's name is a hezi, he, is the color of red.

No one called her name for a long time, Xue Guifei was in a trance, looked up at Queen Rui, and the smile on the corner of her mouth gradually cooled-

"Who killed the Ten Princesses? The queen shouldn't ask me, she should ask yourself. ”

King Ning's hands and feet are indeed clean, but Queen Rui's biological daughter, how can she not know that as long as she traces it carefully, she will definitely be able to find clues, but even if Queen Rui guesses who the culprit is, she will not say anything. Three years ago, Queen Rui relied on the death of the tenth princess to suppress her and taste the sweetness, and in the past three years, Queen Rui has also relied on the death of the tenth princess to step on her head one by one.

Now, she came to Xingshi again to ask for guilt, and made this sad and angry look to show anyone.

Queen Rui stiffened her back, she could read the disdain and contempt in the eyes of the woman opposite, but she couldn't get angry, because she lacked confidence, because she was weak-hearted.

"The queen really doesn't know?" Xue Guifei sneered: "Although the tenth princess is in the deep palace, she has a private relationship with a foreign minister, long before my nephew, she made a private agreement with someone for life, I know that the man is deliberately seducing her, but in order to get rid of the emperor's marriage, she listened to the treacherous plans of others, jumped into the lake on the sea viewing tower, and framed my little niece. ”

The lights in the hall were bright, and the face of Queen Derui was like paper.

"Don't talk about it."

"Isn't it that you want to ask, queen, do you guess, does the emperor know about what I said just now? I guess he knows, what can be hidden from the emperor in this palace? But he knew who killed your precious daughter, but he never punished the culprit, he still pampered him, and even when he was seriously ill, he let that wolf-hearted thing take on the responsibility of supervising the country. Does this mean that the emperor didn't take you as the queen in his eyes at all? ”

"Shut up."

"Oh, by the way, there is also the fifth prince who died early, that is the emperor's concubine, who died like that without explanation, and the murderer has not been found so far, it is really pitiful."

"I'll shut you up!" Queen Rui stared at Xue Guifei with a hideous face, the grace and grace in front of her were all gone, and if she said one more word, she would have to fight desperately with her.

Xue Guifei smiled, and made up for her last knife without fear: "I heard that Concubine Shu went to you the day before yesterday to ask for the lock seal of the East Palace, saying that she should let King Ning move in so that it is convenient for King Ning to deal with the affairs of the court, I wonder if the queen agreed?" ”

Empress Rui was furious to the peak, her palms were broken, her eyes were burning red, she took a few breaths, closed her eyes tightly in front of Xue Guifei, and slowly the blood returned to her face.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes suddenly, looked at Xue Guifei fixedly, and said in a dumb voice: "This palace joins forces with you, and it is bound to expel King Ning from the capital!" ”

Xue Guifei's sickly face was flooded with a sparkling smile. (To be continued......)