Chapter 608: The Royal King Returns to Beijing
Xiao Jinxuan is not a stingy person, and she can even endure what others can't tolerate.
But now she is bent on going south, and in order to avoid trouble, she rarely even talks to people in this juggling team.
taught a few girls in this team to read and write, which attracted the jealousy of Little Peony and even asked her to drive away.
Xiao Jinxuan's business was almost delayed, so she naturally wouldn't sit still.
Therefore, the entire Qingde opera troupe, ignoring Xiao Peony's still cursing and crying, the convoy went directly.
As for Xiao Jinxuan in the carriage, because the door was wide open, she blew the cold wind for a while, and now she couldn't help coughing.
Along the way, every time Xiao Jinxuan had a headache and cough, or felt that it was too hard, she would take off the carefree hairpin in her hair and hold it in her hand.
Because of seeing this hairpin, she seemed to be like seeing Zhou Xianyu, she was tired and tired, and she felt that she could hold on.
Now as soon as the little peony left in the carriage, the rest of the girls were much more relaxed and casual.
Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan took off the hairpin on her head again, she looked distracted when she held it in her hand.
Therefore, I saw that in the juggling team, a girl named Xia Ling, who was about the same age as Xiao Jinxuan, couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Miss Xiao, I see that you are always alone in a daze with this hairpin, sometimes without saying a word for an afternoon. This hairpin must be very important to you, it is not left by your separated family. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but shake her head and chuckle.
"This hairpin has nothing to do with my family, it was given to me by my husband. Now that we are on different sides of the world, every time I see this hairpin, I think he is okay. ”
Xiao Jinxuan belongs to the kind of person who doesn't ask, she definitely doesn't say much.
But if someone talks to her, she rarely tells a lie without revealing her identity.
As soon as I heard that Xiao Jinxuan was already married, she was even more a wife.
Although the little girl who was in the same car immediately wanted to ask Xiao Jinxuan curiously, why did the other party travel so dangerously alone.
But such an abrupt question was immediately stopped by Xia Ling, an older girl, and then she smiled apologetically at Xiao Jinxuan.
Xiao Jinxuan, who didn't care, let alone be annoyed by this little thing, also smiled gently at the other party.
Then, she couldn't help but hold the carefree hairpin in her hand, but her eyes looked out through the car window.
In Xiao Jinxuan's heart, her thoughts drifted into the distance, and she was silently thinking about where Zhou Xianyu was now, and whether she had learned the news that she had fled from the palace.
Don't look at Xiao Jinxuan's own situation now, compared with her previous time in Beijing, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as bitter.
But what she was most worried about in her heart was not herself, but Zhou Xianyu.
Because Xiao Jinxuan understands the other party's character, Zhou Xianyu is smart, but he is also irritable and impulsive.
Especially when the bloody qi is out of control, it is easier to lose normalcy.
But now Empress Chen's mother and son, as well as Ji Lingfeng behind them, have already controlled the court, and they are faintly linked to the Xiao family, the marshal mansion with great military power.
Therefore, in today's situation, it is the most advantageous choice to focus on stability and break through one by one.
But Xiao Jinxuan was really worried, she was afraid that Zhou Xianyu would have a bloody attack, so she was messing up the rules and doing things when she lost her mind.
She was even more afraid that Empress Chen would not miss the mother-son relationship for many years, and Xiangping disregarded the righteousness of her brother and sister and joined forces to deal with Zhou Xianyu, but she was not by the other party's side, which was what Xiao Jinxuan couldn't worry about the most.
With a long sigh, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but hand the carefree hairpin to her eyes, but she was thinking about where Zhou Xianyu was and whether everything was okay.
Xiao Jinxuan, who has been in the south for more than a month, has actually calculated in her heart that according to time, she feels that Zhou Xianyu should be on the way back to Beijing now.
But people are not as good as heaven, how could she think that when Zhou Xianyu arrived in Gansu, he noticed that Zhou Xianrui told him that there were doubts about the matter of medicine.
Therefore, feeling that something was wrong, Zhou Xianyu was worried about Xiao Jinxuan, so he went straight back to Beijing in advance.
So I was worried about Zhou Xianyu in my heart, lest the other party return to Beijing, and then Xiao Jinxuan, who learned that the Beijing division was turbulent and out of shape.
Where would she have thought that Zhou Xianyu, who was thousands of miles away, not only returned to Beijing, but now he has arrived under the city gate.
Standing on horseback, looking at the white silk cloth hanging in front of the city gate, Zhou Xianyu with shocked eyes.
In fact, the emperor died, and this kind of national mourning must be notified to the state, city, and county governments across the country, so the current Great Zhou can almost be said to be known to everyone about Zhou Xianrui's death.
And when Zhou Xianyu was rushing back, he naturally heard about it.
But he couldn't believe it at all, and he couldn't accept it until now, he saw the white silk hanging on the city wall with his own eyes.
At this moment, even if Zhou Xianyu's heart couldn't accept it, the closest brothers who had only separated a few months ago.
In the blink of an eye, he said goodbye to heaven and man, although it was quite painful, but he also had to bear this reality.
Thinking about the last time he led the troops to the battle, after returning from nine deaths, what he saw was a red silk wedding tent hanging on the city gate, and that day was the day when Xiao Jinxuan married Zhou Xianrui as a concubine.
And now that the city is full of white silk, and the sibling royal brother has died, Zhou Xian Yuqiang couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and couldn't help but drive his horse into the city, and then immediately enter the palace to see how Xiao Jinxuan was.
It's no wonder that Zhou Xianyu didn't know that Xiao Jinxuan had an accident until now.
After all, the emperor was killed and poisoned by his concubines, which is not a glorious thing.
Therefore, at the beginning, Empress Chen did issue a notice to publicize Xiao Jinxuan's crime to the public, in order to use the strength of everyone in the Jingshi to catch the other party.
But later, after Guo Yi was reused by the other party, he immediately secretly helped Xiao Jinxuan, telling Empress Chen that doing so would do all kinds of harm and no benefit.
not only damaged Zhou Xianrui's first reputation, but also made people think that he, the emperor, finally died in the hands of a woman, which is really the best.
Another reason is that under such fanfare from the imperial court, Xiao Jinxuan was even asked to escape, and if it is spread, it will inevitably be ridiculed.
Therefore, at Guo Yi's suggestion, the open investigation became a secret search, and the previous notices were all replaced.
only said that the murderer who hurt Zhou Xianrui had been arrested and punished, in order to save the face of the royal family.
Therefore, after Xiao Jinxuan poisoned Zhou Xianrui, whether he was executed or not was executed for more than a month, it has been the most discussed thing among the people of Beijing.
As for the state capitals and county offices other than the Beijing Division, because they were far away, there was no notice that Xiao Jinxuan had poisoned the king of a country.
Therefore, although the local authorities in the Great Zhou Dynasty knew that Zhou Xianrui was dead, the matter about Xiao Jinxuan, except for the widespread spread of the Jingshi generation, did not get this news elsewhere.
It was also thanks to Guo Yi's hard work in Beijing, so Xiao Jinxuan left Beijing.
Just because the imperial court only secretly investigated and arrested her, so the local government did not get notified in time, so she could follow the juggling team so smoothly, otherwise it is estimated that she would have been arrested a long time ago.
Therefore, Zhou Xianyu until now, he didn't know that Xiao Jinxuan had an accident.
But as soon as Zhou Xianrui died, he also guessed that Xiao Jinxuan would inevitably be affected.
After all, the other party and Empress Chen have not been on good terms for a long time, so now he is really eager to enter the palace to meet the other party in order to feel at ease.
But the more anxious this person is, the more difficult it is to get out.
Just like the current Zhou Xianyu, looking at the originally unobstructed city gate, now it is tightly guarded to interrogate passers-by.
He is a prince and naturally has royal privileges, so he didn't have to queue up, and after revealing his identity, he thought he would be able to enter the city immediately.
But where did Zhou Xianyu think about it, he didn't say that his identity was okay.
After learning who he was, the forbidden army team sent by more than 20 palace relatives under the city gate actually drew their weapons one after another.
And the leaders of these forbidden armies will be extremely rude to point their knives at Zhou Xianyu, and then shouted in an arrogant tone:
"His Royal Highness, please dismount and hand over your weapons, Mo Du has an order, you have a close relationship with the abolished concubine Xiao, so there is an inescapable suspicion in the murder of the first emperor. Therefore, please also ask the prince to go to the criminal department with me first, and commit yourself to stay in the prison for a few days, and when you are sure that there is no suspicion, the governor will naturally let you out. ”
Although Zhou Xianyu was still immersed in painful memories because of Zhou Xianrui's death.
But when the abolished concubine Xiao, Mo Dugong, and the prison are awaiting trial, these words are connected together.
Zhou Xianyu is not a stupid person, he can't hear that Xiao Jinxuan is afraid that something has happened.
Immediately after that, the people under the city gate only felt a flower in front of them for a moment, and then they didn't wait for everyone to see what was going on.
The arrogant and rude captain of the forbidden army just now, who even wanted to arrest Zhou Xianyu and enter the heavenly prison, this would be a bit worrying.
Seeing that Zhou Xianyu used his light skills to the extreme, he not only jumped off the horse and came to the other party, but also picked up the team leader with his clothes.
Zhou Xianyu, whose eyes were already slightly red, hooked up a wicked smile at the corner of his mouth, and then said lazily with a chill:
"Repeat what you just said, did Concubine Xiao have an accident, who is that Mo Dugong, and how did my imperial brother die."
The forbidden army is now under the control of Ji Lingfeng, so this Duke Mo Du is afraid of Zhou Xianyu, so he has already given an order, as long as the other party returns to Beijing, he will bring people to the prison first.
After all, Ji Lingfeng also knew that Zhou Xianyu was not easy to deal with, and Zhou Xianrui just married Xiao Jinxuan back then, and the other party almost strangled this brother to death at the foot of the imperial city.
Now Xiao Jinxuan is not married, the whole person has been persecuted to death, and her whereabouts are still unknown.
Ji Lingfeng didn't even dare to think that if Zhou Xianyu knew that all this was done by Empress Chen's mother and son and him, would the other party dismantle him to vent his anger.
Therefore, Ji Lingfeng was helpless, and he also held a fluke mentality, and prepared to take advantage of Zhou Xianyu's return to Beijing, before the current situation was clarified, to see if he could detain people into the prison first.
As long as this war king of the Great Zhou is captured, it will be much easier to deal with.
But Ji Lingfeng wants to hit the other party by surprise, which is very good, but that also requires Zhou Xianyu to be willing to cooperate with him.
But it is obvious that even if Zhou Xianyu left the military camp for a long time, he was in the court before, helping Zhou Xianrui deal with official documents, and his heart was indeed a lot calmer.
But now that I heard that Xiao Jinxuan was afraid that something had happened, his side that belonged to the battlefield warriors was completely revealed again.