Chapter 585: Chess is one move away
After Zhou Xianrui and Xiao Jinxuan agreed here, he was also anxious to know whether Xiangping's sister had always been genuinely caring for him or taking advantage of him.
Therefore, Zhou Xianrui immediately raised his voice and commanded outside, asking someone to go and invite Xiangping to come over immediately.
Perhaps because the voice of shouting outside the closed temple door was a little raised, as soon as Zhou Xianrui finished speaking, he took out a brocade to cover his mouth, and coughed uncontrollably.
At the beginning, Xiao Jinxuan stood in place and didn't care, after all, Zhou Xianrui said that she intended to poison and assassinate the other party.
Therefore, out of suspicion, Xiao Jinxuan did not plan to come forward, and Zhou Xianrui, who was now more and more suspicious, felt that she was ill-intentioned, and secretly had other thoughts.
But after a while, I saw that Zhou Xianrui was still coughing, in the end, he had known each other for many years and was once a confidant.
Xiao Jinxuan still walked to the dragon chair because of this, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhou Xianrui, hoping that the other party could relieve the cough after drinking it.
But although Xiao Jinxuan was kind, she didn't know that now Zhou Xianrui's royal front went up to the dim sum, down to the tea, all of which were prepared by Xiangping.
And secretly, the other party even threw something that hurt his lungs into the tea, so now Zhou Xianrui is okay if he doesn't touch any food in front of the palace.
But as long as you put something in your mouth, you are basically hurting your heart and lungs continuously, and this situation is getting more and more serious.
Therefore, for Zhou Xianrui now, a cup is equivalent to after the tea that has taken poison has been drunk.
He was still coughing for a long time just now, but a mouthful of blood spurted out directly and irrepressibly.
The red blood fell into the teacup that had not yet been removed from the mouth, and the good Longjing, which had just returned the fragrance of the tea soup, suddenly a smell of blood would permeate.
And Xiao Jinxuan, who was standing on the side, looked at Zhou Xianrui's appearance of trembling and powerless after vomiting blood.
After she was shocked, she immediately took the teacup, took out a red porcelain bottle from her purse, and poured out a turquoise pill from it.
Looking at Xiao Jinxuan handing the medicine in front of him, Zhou Xianrui's eyes subconsciously flashed a trace of vigilance, although he took the medicine, he didn't put it in his mouth for a long time.
Seeing this scene, if it was just now, Xiao Jinxuan would probably be questioned again because of her kindness, and she would have to become more and more dissatisfied with Zhou Xianrui's attitude.
But seeing Zhou Xianrui's obviously seriously ill appearance, Xiao Jinxuan was suddenly relieved, and somewhat understood the complex emotions in the other party's heart now.
After all, Zhou Xianrui is ten years older than her, and now five out of twenty should be in the prime of life, but now not only is his heart and lungs damaged, but his condition is obviously getting worse.
The other party now has no prince except for Zhou Yi, a registered child who has no blood, except for Zhou Xue's daughter and the child in Su Qin's womb.
In this case, once Zhou Xianrui dies, Emperor Ming who has died will be completely different in nature.
Although Emperor Ming can be said to have died in the rebellion, the other party has several sons under his knees, and someone will inevitably inherit the throne.
But even if Zhou Xianrui now calmly faces the fact that he is terminally ill, he doesn't dare and can't die, otherwise who will inherit his unification in this Great Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, under the torture of this extreme pressure and illness, he will become more and more suspicious and want to get rid of the hidden dangers that endanger Da Zhou as much as possible in his life, which may not be from Zhou Xianrui's original intention.
But he knew that his time was short, but he could only do this.
So I know that Zhou Xianrui is not afraid of death, he is just too responsible to die lightly.
So Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but chuckle, and while understanding the other party's distress a little, she said with a pleasant face:
"This pill may be of some use to Your Majesty, it was specially condensed for me when I left to relieve my symptoms when I was poisoned or my illness worsened. Although this medicine is refined for my condition, I believe that His Majesty can take it to work a little. And in this imperial study, if you have an accident, I will not be able to fly, so Your Majesty can rest assured. ”
Hearing Xiao Jinxuan's assurance, Zhou Xianrui couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
I don't know why the relationship between them, now they need this kind of assurance as a medium of trust, and the feeling of heart-to-heart in the past can never be returned.
Zhou Xianrui, who was indeed worried about the problem with the pill for a moment, finally chose to trust because of Xiao Jinxuan's words.
After he took the pill, he suddenly felt that from his throat to his heart and lungs, it was as if he had been moistened by cool spring water.
The sharp pain of chest tightness and burning gradually disappeared.
Just when Zhou Xianrui chuckled, it was rare to ease the relationship with Xiao Jinxuan and say a few words of thanks to the other party.
Suddenly, there was a crying and noisy sound outside the door, and before he could raise his voice to ask, the door of the imperial study was pushed open.
Then Xiangping burst into tears and stumbled in.
And before everyone could react, Xiangping's unseemly appearance saw that the other party did not salute Zhou Xianrui, the king of a country, but immediately ran to Xiao Jinxuan's side, holding the other party's palace skirt and kneeling on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, I saw a flash of fear and fear on Xiangping's face, and then said in a tone full of pleading:
"Jinxuan, I know, you are because I undoubtedly broke the poisonous decoction at the beginning, so you came to find the imperial brother, right. I can't say anything about you with my clumsy tongue, but Jinxuan begs you to spare me, I don't want to die like the palace concubine who was executed by you. Jin...... No, it's Concubine Xiao, I really didn't mean to wear a silver bracelet at the beginning, it's all my fault, Niangniang spares her life, the royal brother begs me! ”
As soon as Xiangping entered the imperial study, he said something panicked and frightened.
If you don't know the reason, just seeing this scene at this moment, you can think that Xiao Jinxuan really wants to kill the other party.
Xiangping's move is to retreat into advance, and although Xiao Jinxuan is dumbfounded, she secretly sighs that the other party's acting skills are really perfect now, and she is even better than the past, but she will not be disrupted because of this.
So I saw that Xiao Jinxuan first forcibly pushed Xiangping, who was holding on to her palace skirt, away, and after a little more distance from each other, she said calmly:
"Eldest Princess Xiangping, you are now at the top of all princesses. The status of the noble person cried to the front of the palace like this, knowing that you were panicked and messed up the rules, and those who didn't understand thought that it was me Xiao Jinxuan who persecuted you here. In fact, in the final analysis, I came in from the princess, but I was caught by you and couldn't get out. On top of that, you've been crying, and you don't even have the slightest chance to defend yourself. It's also a shame that Your Majesty has a Dao Mingjun, otherwise the sister will be heartbroken, and she will directly arrest and convict me, so I, Xiao Jinxuan, will not be unjustly killed. ”
Xiao Jinxuan hasn't intervened in the whirlpool of power for a long time, but her experience and experience are by no means comparable to Xiangping, a princess who only relies on vicious intentions and calculates to assassinate people.
Therefore, with a few words of understatement, Xiangping originally pretended to be innocent and pitiful, which would become vexatious, and even had a hint of suspicion of deliberately planting a false accusation.
Looking at Zhou Xianrui's frowning eyes for a while, Xiangping's heart trembled, and he secretly hated Xiao Jinxuan for being really difficult to deal with.
But thinking of the coping method that Ji Lingfeng taught her when she came, Xiangping immediately stabilized her mind.
Since it was useless to cry and show weakness, she couldn't help but change her trick again, pretending to be obedient and saying:
"Since Concubine Xiao said this, this princess is at peace in her heart. But if it weren't for the bowl of soup and medicine at the beginning, why would the imperial brother want to announce that I came to the imperial study. Could it be that Concubine Xiao was wronged for the poisonous thing in the medicine at the beginning. If this is the case, the traitorous brother behind it must not let go, and he must clear his innocence for his mother. ”
Xiangping couldn't do anything, and turned to speak for Xiao Jinxuan, in fact, he just wanted to pretend to be a good person in front of Zhou Xianrui and reduce the suspicion of this imperial brother against her.
And now Zhou Xianrui, who is on the side, heard that between Xiangping and Xiao Jinxuan, one of them called each other Niangniang, and the other only called Xiangping a princess.
This pair of two people who were worthy of their names in the past and were like sisters, the changes and secret hostility between each other, Zhou Xianrui can be regarded as seeing them all.
Immediately, while he lamented that everyone's temperament and mentality had changed greatly, Zhou Xianrui also directly didn't talk nonsense to Xiangping, and immediately summoned the guards to capture Mo Feng, who was following the other party with a mask on his face.
Seeing this sudden change, Xiang Ping was stunned for a moment, and then ran over in a panic to protect Mo Feng, and shouted anxiously with a pale face:
"What do you mean, Brother Huang, Mo Feng is the most powerful person around the imperial sister, and he is also the head of my Golden Jubilee Palace. You have captured his son's face. ”
Xiangping's overly nervous appearance makes people feel extremely strange when they look at it.
For a while, even Zhou Xianrui felt that Mo Feng behind the mask might really be Ji Lingfeng.
So seeing that Zhou Xianrui undoubtedly immediately pulled Xiangping back, and then said majestically:
"Xiangping, Jinxuan said that you colluded with rebellious people, and this Mo Feng was disguised by Ji Lingfeng under a pseudonym. Therefore, the imperial brother can only take the mask of this slave and find out, if it is not me, I will return your innocence. ”
Ignoring Xiangping's bitter pleading and struggle, Zhou Xianrui immediately asked someone to take off Mo Feng's mask.
When he saw a face that was burned to the point of being extremely hideous, and it was by no means Ji Lingfeng, the most unacceptable result was Xiao Jinxuan.
She believed that Yang's words before his death definitely did not deceive her, and Xiao Jinxuan also firmly believed that Mo Feng was Ji Lingfeng.
But she couldn't understand what was wrong in that link, and why this person had changed so much.
Just when Xiao Jinxuan was puzzled, Xiangping, who was forcibly pulled aside, had already disappeared from the panic on his face, and walked over with a chuckle on the corner of his mouth.
When Xiangping and Xiao Jinxuan got close enough, they saw her say in a very small voice, full of playfulness:
"Xiao Jinxuan, you may not have thought that when he was interrogating the Yang family, Ling Feng deliberately showed his face to the other party. In order to bet on whether the other party will find out and tell you this secret before he dies. And Ling Feng's dark chess move now seems to have taken effect, not only do you poke the matter to the front of the emperor, but you can't wait to announce that people come over. Ling Feng, who had already figured out your thoughts, ordered someone to pretend to be him and follow me. Now the princess has kindly told you the reasons. Jinxuan, you are a bad move, you lost to Ling Feng, your skills are not as good as others, you should be convinced. ”
After fighting with Ji Lingfeng for so long, Xiao Jinxuan snorted and closed her eyes when she heard this.
knew that this time she was indeed in the other party's way, and it was difficult to get out of being completely framed.
And now that people have tested it, Xiao Jinxuan can't justify the poisonous decoction, and for a while, Zhou Xianrui's hesitant heart before also made a decision at this moment.
I saw him slowly stand up from the dragon chair and look straight at Xiao Jinxuan.
Then with a wave of his hand, he asked the imperial guards on both sides to take off each other's concubine hairpins and shake them, and after taking off Xiao Jinxuan's phoenix tail pattern palace skirt robe, he then said in a condensed voice:
"The Xiao family has no virtue, disturbs the palace rules, goes against the king's heart, and messes with discipline. Today, I abolished his concubine throne and confined him in the Zhaoyang Palace, and when all the evidence of the crime was ascertained, he was immediately executed to the throne. ”