Volume 1 Dongchang Yan (Sweet Pet) Chapter 3 Murder and Punishment

sent away the florist Zhao An, and as soon as he returned to the house, Gu Yunxi couldn't wait to shout to Gu Yunyao:

"Sister, you're crazyβ€”"

"My good sister, don't shout!"

Gu Yunyao hurriedly closed the door. Turning to look at Gu Yunxi, seeing her with tears in her eyes, he reached out and touched her head, and explained with Yan:

"I've been on good terms with him for a long time. He is loyal and honest, and he is so good to me, today...... Didn't ...... me much."

"However, this matter is due to me, if I am bumped into by Gu's mother and the overseer......"

"Don't worry, not long after Xi opened, a word came from the palace and called all the people in Dongchang. Yun Jin was so angry that she was coaxed by Gu's mother to roll the dice, so I had to ...... free."

Gu Yunyao said, her face became more and more delicate.

Gu Yunxi looked at her intently, and found that her look didn't look like guilt, but rather like a recollection of Yixingshan.

"Sister, have you forgotten that you are about to enter the palace? Don't be foolish when you're tough! ”

"You...... Do you really think entering the palace is a good way? ”

Gu Yunyao took away the look of fugue, and looked at Yunxi's impatience again, and her expression showed a slight surprise.

"Isn't it? Aren't we, the girls who grew up in other courtyards, just to enter the palace one day to listen to errands? ”

Gu Yunxi was stunned.

Gu Yunyao smiled lightly at her, both pity and helplessness:

"Silly sister, parents in the world who really love their children, who wants to throw their own flesh and blood into the fire pit? Palace...... That's a fire pit that never returns! ”

"Sister......

Gu Yunxi was taken aback, and looked up at Gu Yunyao, who looked sad, very puzzled.

She smiled wryly at her:

"Good sister, my sister takes you as my own sister, so I am willing to say these confidant words to you. You just need to keep them in your heart, don't just tell other people, and one day you will understand the heart of the eldest sister. I have planned for myself, this tribute courtyard is definitely not a place for you and me to live for a long time. ”

"Sister......

Gu Yunxi felt that the eldest sister looked at her with a strange expression, as if she was inexplicably entangled.

Gu Yunyao didn't say much to her anymore, only smiled:

"Eldest sister, I believe you will understand sooner or later, okay, it's late, let's rest......"

-- I'm the abominable dividing line --

After being summoned by the imperial concubine, Leng Qingtang hurriedly left the Youzhu Tribute Courtyard, entered the palace and was led into the Yongning Palace by the inner servant.

Wearing the main hall into the dormitory, as soon as he entered the door, he caught a glimpse of a wet stain on the red brocade carpet wearing the gold-patterned You Fenglaiyi in front of the road.

It must have been that she was troublesome again and dropped the cup......

Leng Qingtang thought secretly, did not dare to delay under his feet, and followed a little palace maid wearing a colorful silk satin skirt to the front of the agarwood bed.

There is a beautiful woman lying on the side of the twisted silk brocade tent embroidered with beads and gold thread hibiscus flowers, and she is not wearing a red sleeved shirt with gold dragon and phoenix text, only a red Luo gown, revealing a pink neck, and a deep groove is faintly visible in the purple embellished flower bandeau inside.

At this time, it should be the time for the harem to sleep, she has already unloaded the redundant and gorgeous phoenix crown golden hairpin, scattered the butterfly wings and flowing clouds and black buns, and the green silk wrapped in pear blossom fragrant head oil is like a black waterfall on the warm yellow phoenix bixia brocade futon spread a piece.

Looking at the face, it is indeed a symbol of beauty.

The goose egg face was like cream, and under the candle flame of the jasper glass lamp next to it, the blown skin glowed with an ivory luster. Under the slender eyebrows that enter the sideburns, a pair of charming peach blossom eyes are full of anger and resentment.

She is the master of Yongning Palace, the most favored imperial concubine Wan of Emperor Jingxiao today, whose name is Yuyao.

"Chen Leng Qingtang to the imperial concubine Niangniang, Niangniang's holy body Jin'an."

Leng Qingtang stopped in front of the bed, smiled slightly, lowered his eyes and bowed down, the voice of greeting was deliberately lengthened by him, and the tail note was raised by one degree, which seemed very playful.

"Hmmm......"

Wan Guifei's mouth did not open, and she forced a sound out of her throat.

Seeing Leng Qingtang, the disgust on a wonderful face subsided somewhat, and he lazily moved his body to adjust his sitting posture and make room for the phoenix bed.

"Why did you come so late......

"Mother forgiveness."

She didn't blame it, her eyes wandering, and she glanced at the vacant place beside the bed. Leng Qingtang understood, got up directly, and sat in that position with his ass, not jealous of the few palace ladies present.

"Who has an extra head and dares to make the imperial concubine angry?"

Leng Qingtang approached Wan Yuyao and asked with a flattering smile.

"Who else can ......"

Wan Yuyao snorted coldly, her delicate jaw raised to the side, and she gritted her teeth with sour strength and said hatefully:

"The one from Chuxiu Palace...... It's again! ”

"Again?" Leng Qingtang's face was slightly surprised.

There was no need for Wan Yuyao to explain more, he already understood in his heart what it was to be able to let her, the imperial concubine with a high position, ignore the taboos of the palace and summon him, the head of the East Factory, into the harem in the middle of the night.

Since Emperor Jingxiao ascended the throne, there have been three lords in the harem, namely the Empress Qian of Kunning Palace, the imperial concubine Wan of Yongning Palace, and the imperial concubine Xu of Chuxiu Palace.

Fang Cai, the "Chu Xiu Palace" mentioned in Wan Yuyao's mouth refers to the Xu family, whose name is Yuanjiao.

Wan's family was a few years ahead of Xu's family, with a delicate appearance, and even a dragon's heart, and was promoted to the imperial concubine less than a year after entering the palace.

However, Leng Qingtang knows that there is another reason that can make Wan Yuyao rise to the top, that is, her illustrious family background.

His father Wan Zongguan was named the King of the West God, not only a highly influential minister in the court and the opposition, but also a military general with heavy troops, and his younger brother Wan Li was made a marquis at a young age, which shows the importance of the current saint to the Wan clan.

Nothing is perfect.

Although Wan Yuyao was favored, she only gave birth to two princesses in the past few years of serving the emperor. And since the winter of the year before last, there was news that Xu Yuanjiao, who had not been in the palace for a long time, was pregnant.

Leng Qingtang understood why Concubine Xu's pregnancy made Concubine Wan so restless.

Thinking about the emperor's concubine five years ago, after the prince died violently of malaria, his biological mother, the queen of the main palace, was in a slump, and now she worships the Buddha all day long, has no intention of taking care of the harem, and everything is handed over to the imperial concubine.

The Wan family is in power, and the only deficiency is that there is no prince by his side, but the imperial concubine Xu is pregnant one after another. It is said that a mother is more expensive than a child, once she gives birth to Lin'er, will she not directly threaten Concubine Wan's phoenix power?

It is impossible for Leng Qingtang to forget that Xu Yuanjiao's pregnancy in April last year suddenly caused an accidental miscarriage, crying that she suffered from the calculation of the traitor to lose the dragon son, which caused Long Yan to be furious, and ordered the people of the East Factory to strictly investigate for a while.

He knew in his heart that Concubine Wan Guifei had bought off the chamberlain and blackened Xu Yuanjiao, so he casually arrested a few palace ladies to apologize, and that was to cover her up.

However, no one expected that Xu's stomach was really a treasure, and after more than a year, he would be happy again!

No wonder Wan Guifei is restless-

Hehe, the woman of the harem...... It's really a non-stop effort!

Leng Qingtang secretly sighed in his heart, and did not bring his disgust to his face, and asked slowly:

"This time...... How are you going to do it? ”

"This palace still needs to consult Lord Leng, but what is the way...... Able to do it once and for all! ”

Wan Yuyao came over, and the peachy face was attached to Leng Qingtang's cheek, and the two delicate arms hooked Leng Qingtang's neck like a pair of jade-white snakes, and asked in a delicate voice.

Leng Qingtang knew that he couldn't avoid it, so he simply stirred his fingers, picked up a strand of hair from Wan Yuyao's sideburns and put it in his palm to play,

Wan Yuyao couldn't help urging:

"What's the matter, even the overseer of the East Factory has no tricks for the Chuxiu Palace?"

"Xu Yuanjiao can't move!" He shook the green skin on his palm and replied crisply.

"Why can't you move?" The beauty on her side was dumbfounded.

"Niangniang, just imagine, last year's Xu's birth in the harem was a big shock, and this year you are just pregnant and you can't wait, in case something happens, the queen will come forward......"

"Cut! I'm afraid of what that old yellow woman will do! ”

Wan Yuyao was full of displeasure, let go of Leng Qingtang, thought about it but was unwilling, came up again, shook Leng Qingtang's body lightly, and begged:

"This palace understands the stakes of this matter, so I have to bother the overseer, and ask the overseer to give this palace a trick, God doesn't know it, and it's just and thoroughly!"

Xu Yuanjiao, the daughter of Xu Langxuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Relying on being a relative of the emperor, Xu Langxuan formed a party and wrote to the court many times, asking Emperor Jing Xiao to revoke Dongchang, which was really Leng Qingtang's political enemy.

Now that this imperial concubine is going to make trouble to rectify the Xu family, she can really borrow her hand to punish the Xu family, and she can knock the mountain and shake the tiger to hit Xu Shangshu's arrogance.

However, if Xu's fetus is really a dragon, it will be useful to himself......

If you make a delaying tactic, you want to see how the situation developsβ€”

"Method...... But there's a ......."

Weighing it secretly, Leng Qingtang's lips moved, and his expression seemed to be smiling.

"Speak quickly!"

Wan Yuyao's tone was obviously impatient.

Seeing that Leng Qingtang was silent, Wan Yuyao hurriedly ordered the palace attendants present:

"You all go out and wait."

"Yes."

After all the palace attendants withdrew from the dormitory of Yongning Palace, Leng Qingtang lowered his voice and said to Wan Yuyao:

"Recently, Xiyi has developed a slow-range poison called 'Hundred Days of Immortal'. This medicine is colorless and odorless, and even silver needles cannot detect its toxicity......"

"Is this medicine insured?" Wan Yuyao looked suspicious.

Leng Qingtang smiled slyly:

"If Niangniang wants to be completely troubled, she knows that the same number of ways cannot be repeated on Concubine Xu, it is better to be a little calm, although let the woman get pregnant, wait for the dragon to grow to a certain number of months, and then feed her in a small dose every day 'Hundred Days Zhu Xian'. At that time, she didn't die, and the dragon seed in her belly couldn't bear it. As long as the dragon species is missing, the mother ...... What do you think is ...... the emperor and the queen?"

"Good! Wonderful! ”

Wan Yuyao was overjoyed and clapped her hands again and again:

"The emperor and the queen are bent on seeking a son, and they are bound to anger the Xu family! When the time comes, we will send Qin Tianjian to make a fuss...... Lord Leng Duke, you have used this trick of 'killing people and punishing the heart' well! ”

Leng Qingtang got up and knelt at Wan Yuyao's feet:

"It is the duty of the ministers to share the worries of the imperial concubine, and the joy of the mother is the joy of the minister."

"Get up, you are really the fruit of this palace!"

……

Leng Qingtang just walked out of the gate of Yongning Palace, and immediately put on a sneer, his eyes were solemn, without a trace of expression, compared to the face of Fang Ying's face in Wan Yuyao's bedroom.

Xiao Xiaoshen, the attendant who was waiting outside the hall, did not give an order, and walked quickly in the direction of the palace gate, as if there were many kinds of disgust and worries pressed in his heart, and he did not want to stay in this realm for a long time.

While thinking about it, the faint fragrance made Leng Qingtang stop suddenly. Behind him, Xiao Xiaoshen and the two guards he brought also hurriedly stopped, waiting for orders.

"Wait for me here."

Leng Qingtang gave a simple order to the entourage, and his deep voice revealed a thick exhaustion.

A short walk west along the road, you can see a palace courtyard. At the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate hangs a black nanmu plaque, which is engraved with three characters in regular script: The dining room.

There are two divisions in the palace of Dayi, the dining room and the imperial dining room, which supervise the diet of the harem concubines and the emperor respectively.

It was already midnight, and the door of the dining room was wide open, and the candles could be seen flickering inside, and he should be busy preparing supper for which master of the harem.

Leng Qingtang only glanced at the courtyard of the dining room, and did not stop for long, and came to the osmanthus tree outside the door. The osmanthus tree was a little old, with a thick trunk and lush branches.

Now in autumn, it is the peak of flowering, but I see that the green leaves of the warehouse are full of golden flowers, and from time to time they scatter bursts of refreshing fragrance.

Leng Qingtang knew that it was this special but familiar fragrance of flowers that led him to his steps, so he stood alone under the osmanthus tree with his back hand, closed his eyes tiredly, and let the night breeze blow, and the yellow flowers of the tree fell like rain.

Suddenly, the slender figure came out of the deepest part of the memory, and stood between these square inches and pursed her lips and smiled at him, with a beautiful expression.

Suddenly opening his eyes, Leng Qingtang sighed heavily, and raised his head to look at the osmanthus flowers on the tree.

Behind him, Xiao Xiaoshen came along the road with a black brocade robe in his hand, and saw that the overseer was standing under the fallen laurel tree and was speechless, not daring to ask more, and lightly passed over and draped the big robe on his body.

"Overseer, it's autumn, beware of the cold night wind."

Leng Qingtang was still silent, tied his robe, and walked away, under the cold moon, his figure was lonely.

It's been ten years, the yellow flowers are especially there, and the Si people have passed away! …… If so, are you okay over there-