Chapter 18: The Truth?
"How can it be Ruoling?"
Hearing the news, Xiao Qiming, who was standing in the back and was also waiting to see Zhao Lingshu's ugly appearance, pushed away the crowd of onlookers in front of him regardless of it, and walked quickly into the pavilion to carefully identify it. Who is Xiao Ruoling, who is lying naked on the ground and her face flushed and not her sister?
At this time, Xiao Ruoling was still delirious, and the man next to him knelt on the ground and trembled, kowtowing while kept saying, "Spare me, I was framed!" Spare me! ”
Xiao Qiming hurriedly took off his robe to cover Xiao Ruoling's body, turned his head to look at the man next to him who was also kneeling naked, kicked him viciously, picked up the unconscious Xiao Ruoling and left the pavilion.
Walking out of the pavilion, Xiao Qiming immediately ordered the guards to detain the man. His eyes were full of murderous intent, so much so that the guards wondered if they had misheard, whether they had killed him or detained him. But if you think about it carefully, even the princess of the dynasty and the sister-in-law of the Third Highness dare to defile, and this man is not far from being beheaded.
"It's not me, it's not me! I was framed! Leave me alone! The man was lifted up by two guards, with a frightened expression on his face, struggling to defend himself.
But no one paid any attention to him.
Someone had already told the queen about this. The queen, who was originally lying on the chaise longue resting with her head tilted, heard the news and was furious. The wide sleeves swept over the table of the small table on the side, and the teacups and dishes full of tea and candied fruit were all swept off, and the tea splashed the queen's body and spilled all over the ground, and all kinds of candied fruit did not know which corner of the palace to roll into.
Fragments of fine porcelain mixed with green tea leaves were spread all over the floor, adding some life to the anger. The more the queen thought about it, the more angry she became, she felt sorry for her daughter and was worried that the emperor would let Xiao Ruoling be confined in the palace from now on.
The eunuchs and maidservants next to them fell to their knees one after another, their heads pressed deep on the ground, not daring to make any sound.
The originally good Hundred Flowers Banquet actually happened to such a disgraceful thing, and the protagonist is still his own daughter, a princess of a country with a noble status. What if this thing gets out? Not only will his daughter suffer from the contempt of the world, but the majesty of the entire royal family will be greatly reduced.
"Zeng Xiang!" The queen shouted.
"The minions are here!" Zeng Xiang, the most powerful eunuch beside the queen, stood up from the kneeling temple gate and trotted to the queen to kneel down again.
"Call the Third Prince!" The queen trembled angrily and commanded Zeng Xiang in a loud voice.
"Yes, Queen." Zeng Xiang led the order to leave.
The queen sat down in her seat, panting incessantly, her chest still unquenchably angry.
"The Queen Mother." Xiao Qiming knelt in front of the queen, looking at the mess on the ground, and knew how angry the queen was without asking.
"How could such a thing happen at a good feast of flowers? Besides, your own sister has been ruined? The queen did not look at her son, who was kneeling in front of her, but at the debris-covered ground.
"I don't know!" Of course Xiao Qiming knew what was going on, but he never thought that the person he wanted to harm would become Xiao Ruoling? If the queen knew about these things, she might not know how to punish him.
"Since I don't know, then check it out for me, find out what he is, and give your sister justice!" The queen looked at her most proud son in front of her, and the anger and sadness on his face made her believe that her son was also innocent.
Zhao Lingshu, who pretended to watch the excitement at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, looked at what was happening in front of him, and there was a haze in his heart that could not be dissipated. She and Xiao Qisheng helped each other escape this catastrophe. But who knows how many traps Xiao Qiming and Chu Lanxi have set up in front of them and are waiting for them?
Today in the previous life, the purpose of Zhao Lingshu to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet was to meet Xiao Qiming, who also came to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
When Zhao Lingshu was taken to the pavilion by Chu Lanxi, he also used a similar excuse to leave her alone in the pavilion. Maybe what Chu Lanxi wanted to harm at the beginning was himself, but things changed and he hurt others by mistake. Zhao Lingshu sighed, feeling guilty for the innocent person who was implicated.
It's just that I wished that Chu Lanxi wouldn't follow me, and after Chu Lanxi left, I saw that there was no one around, so I planned to run alone to confess to Xiao Qiming.
She didn't know where Xiao Qiming was at the time, so she could only grab one of the attendants and ask him, "Do you know where the third prince is?" I have something important to do with him. ”
The attendant glanced at her: "Third prince? The minions don't know where he is now. But the minions had just seen him go in the direction of the rockery. ”
Zhao Lingshu happily gave the attendant a golden hairpin: "Nuo, reward you." After speaking, he took his skirt and walked quickly towards the rockery.
Now it seems that Xiao Qiming and Chu Lanxi were also doing things in the rockery. It's just that the attendant had already told the two of them about his whereabouts about asking Xiao Qiming.
And he ran to the rockery with an expectant face, and what he saw was actually Xiao Qiming, who had just met with Chu Lanxi.
Zhao Lingshu remembered that at that time, she was full of shyness, and mustered up the courage to run in front of Xiao Qiming, but she didn't dare to look up at him. She stood in front of Xiao Qiming, and the self-confidence given to her by her courage and family background disappeared in an instant. She only worries, worried that her makeup today is not attractive enough, her jewelry is not delicate enough, and her carefully selected clothes are not brilliant enough.
"What is Miss Zhao looking for?" Xiao Qiming's voice was gentle enough, so gentle that Zhao Lingshu felt that he also loved her deeply.
"I, I'm ......" Zhao Lingshu finally raised his head, but he still didn't dare to say the words hidden in his heart.
"Huh? You what? Zhao Lingshu looked at Xiao Qiming's eyes, and there was her reflection in those beautiful eyes.
"I like you." Zhao Lingshu finally mustered up the courage to finish this sentence, and then lowered his head again, all looking like a little daughter's shyness.
Zhao Lingshu waited anxiously, she was afraid of rejection, afraid that the person she loved would not love her, and afraid of being disheartened after rejection. Wait so long until she feels a warm embrace.
"Xiao too." Zhao Lingshu listened to the beautiful voice and said the answer she wanted to hear the most, and happily hugged Xiao Qiming back.
Zhao Lingshu hid in Xiao Qiming's arms and smiled happily, Xiao Qiming slowly let go of her, and then Zhao Lingshu felt a warm temperature on his lips.
He actually kissed her! Zhao Lingshu's face turned red instantly.
After the kiss, Xiao Qiming lowered his head and looked at her at eye level, and said seriously: "I will marry you." ”
She thinks she has met her lover and found the love of her life.
Thinking back to this, I really responded to that sentence: how happy I was at the beginning, how chilling I am now.
Xiao Qiming, who was already interested in getting close to her, was of course happy to accept her wishes, but he was so stupid as to believe that he was sincere, he had a hard time, and he loved himself.
At that time, the power of the Weiguo Mansion and the love of her father and brother protected her too well, giving her a pure and immaculate heart, but it also made her easily mistrust the traitors, and she couldn't see clearly those suspicions and deceits, which led to the demise of the family.
Thinking of this, Zhao Lingshu's eyes were moist, and the heart of the girl who was ignorant in the past was now scarred and returned after being weathered.
The person who did the hard work in the pavilion was a young lady from a five-rank official's family. Later, the queen also ordered a thorough investigation, and found out that someone had lit incense in the pavilion, and the man had been drugged to cause the incident. After the incident, the young lady hanged herself in disgrace, and the matter was closed, and it was not found out who ordered the incense and the medicine. Now that I think about it, the answer is clear.
But now Xiao Qiming and Chu Lanxi have teamed up to harm Xiao Qiming's own sister, is this a consequence of self-inflicted? What could be wrong with that young lady to be defiled like that? What is wrong with Xiao Ruoling, to bear these for her brother?
Now that everything has deviated from the trajectory of the previous life, only the greed and viciousness in the hearts of Xiao Qiming and Chu Lanxi will not change. Next, I am afraid their behavior will be even worse.
Then come on. Chu Lanxi, Xiao Qiming, since you hurt me so much, then I will repay you well, including all the innocent people who were brutalized by you in my previous life.
When such a thing happened at a good banquet, the queen was in a mood to continue. She took the maid's hand and left the banquet directly and returned to the palace, her face was full of exhaustion, and even the dazzling golden hairpin swaying became listless.
The people who came to the banquet saw that the queen was gone, and there was no gossip to explore, so they were bored and planned to leave.
Zhao Lingshu also planned to leave. Before leaving, he remembered Xiao Qisheng's help to him today, and turned around to see Xiao Qisheng again.
Xiao Qisheng still looked lazy and lazy, and he didn't sit well, leaning on the back of the chair and playing with a jade pendant in his hand.
"Your Highness, Miss Zhao is here." Xiao Si reported to Xiao Qisheng.
Xiao Qisheng paused, and continued to play: "Miss Zhao is here, don't hurry up and invite in." ”
Xiao Si took Zhao Lingshu in and retreated. Zhao Lingshu looked at Xiao Qisheng, who seemed to be cynical in front of him, but actually had a city in his heart, and was a little curious about how he had so successfully practiced two faces.
"Thank you for today's events, Your Highness." Zhao Lingshu saluted Xiao Qisheng in a sincere tone.
"Not necessarily." Xiao Qisheng sat upright, "Since we want to cooperate, let's help each other." ”
Zhao Lingshu smiled when he heard this, the word helping each other is too gentle, in fact, it should be called, use each other? Tricks on each other? But she only said, "No matter what, thank you is a must." In the future, if His Highness needs a corpse, the corpse will do his best to help His Highness accomplish one thing. ”
"Okay." Xiao Qisheng's seductive eyes were full of smiles.
"The corpse left first." After saying that, the corpse turned and left. Xiao Qisheng looked at her slender back as she left, and the corners of his mouth slowly rose.
On the second day, Xiao Qiming's investigation results came out. It is said that the man was infatuated with Xiao Ruoling, and he still did not give up after being rejected for love, so he sneaked into the palace and disguised himself as a guard, lured Xiao Ruoling to the pavilion, and then used incense to stun her and defile her.
This set of rhetoric seems to Zhao Lingshu to be full of loopholes, but so what? What you need is not the real truth. As soon as the results came out, the queen immediately ordered the man to be hanged.
In the palace, Xiao Ruoling's maid grabbed Xiao Ruoling's clothes. Since the incident of that banquet, Xiao Ruoling couldn't accept the defiled self, let alone the fingers others pointed at him, and wanted to hang himself many times, but was stopped by the maid every time.
Xiao Ruoling ran to the queen and knelt in front of the queen: "Queen Mother, let me die!" I can't go on! ”
The queen looked at her daughter in front of her with a sad expression and a disheveled head, and she was distressed and angry: "My hard-working child." She bent down and hugged Xiao Ruoling into her arms, "Child, do you want to think about the queen mother?" Pregnant in October, how can you bear to leave your mother like this? ”
"But if the spirit is defiled! Father definitely doesn't like Ruo Ling anymore, I really don't have the face to continue to stay in the palace! Xiao Ruoling hugged the queen and cried loudly, "If the queen mother doesn't let me die, then I have to become a nun!" Mother, you have to promise me one. ”
The queen hugged Xiao Ruoling and cried silently, she gently patted Xiao Ruoling's back: "The queen mother promised you." The queen mother will ask your brother to send you to Zhihua Temple tomorrow, but you have to promise the queen mother that you must not seek death! ”
"If the spirit promises the queen mother."
The next day, Xiao Qiming personally sent Xiao Ruoling to Zhihua Temple. Seeing that his originally lively and bright sister had become a nun with a withered description, Xiao Qiming clenched his fists: "Zhao Lingshu, this account, I will have to settle this account with you sooner or later!" ”