Chapter Ninety-Seven: Counting is Counting
"Wait. Sun Pingling smiled slightly, and said slowly, "This thing is a birthday gift from the princess to the queen anyway, since it was given, then now this divine bird is the queen's thing, it's not easy to dispose of it at will, right? ”
Changle's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at Sun Pingling's eyes with surprise and doubt, and a trace of anger, she smiled lightly: "What you said makes sense, since this is the case, let's wait for the queen to come back and make a decision." ”
Afterwards, Sun Pingling beckoned the ministers to continue the banquet, waiting for His Majesty and the queen to return, and the banquet hall was calm on the surface, but how many people were secretly guessing in their hearts how to understand today's events?
Was this divine bird's attack on the queen today an accident or was it intentional? After all, it was well known to everyone when this Princess Changle loved His Majesty.
After a while, they saw that Mi Zi and Qian Yan, who had already taken care of their wounds, came back, and everyone greeted the two of them.
Qian Yan said dignified and generous: "Because of me, I disturbed your Yaxing, I salute you a cup to apologize." ”
The crowd drank together.
After a pause, she looked at Changle again and said, "Changle, I respect you for this glass of wine, don't take it to heart." ”
"I should ask the queen for sin. Changle held the wine glass and said, "I didn't expect such a thing to happen on the queen's birthday, this beast injured the queen's jade body, according to my meaning, it should be dealt with, what does the queen think?"
"I'm just a small injury, this divine bird is so beautiful, if you kill it like this, wouldn't it be a tyrannical thing?" Qian Yan said, "Since I have accepted this birthday gift, then this thing is mine, so good, I will be fine in the future, Changle don't have to worry." Come on, take Changle's gift and take it down. ”
"Yes. The two eunuchs stepped forward to carry the cage away, and at this time, one of the eunuchs said suspiciously, "Niangniang, there seems to be some white powder on the beak of this sacred bird?"
"Oh!" Changle explained, "it's just a bird, and I don't know where it has been pecked and stained with some dust." ”
The servant was clumsy, but felt that the powder was extraordinary, and the queen's hand was pecked, and it was better to test it just in case. The eunuch knelt down and said.
"What do you mean by that?" Changle said with a sneer, "Do you think I want to murder the queen?"
"The slave doesn't dare!" the eunuch said tremblingly, "It's just for the sake of the queen's phoenix body, and just in case, it's better to test it." ”
Changle turned around, raised his eyebrows and looked at Mi Zi and Qian Yan, and asked, "You don't believe me either, do you want to test it?"
Qi Zi's face sank for a moment, and then said: "Since someone questions this matter, if you don't understand this matter today, I'm afraid that if something happens in the future, I'm afraid that it will affect the princess." ”
"You don't believe me?" Changle's eyes narrowed slightly, "Why did I murder her?"
At this time, a maid knelt down and said: "Because Princess Changle loves Your Majesty, she hates because of love, and what she can't get, she doesn't want others to get! ”
"Oh!" Qian Yan was shocked, "There is such a thing! Concubine Xian, is there really such a thing?"
Sun Pingling sighed slightly and said, "There is indeed such a thing. ”
Qian Yan looked at Changle angrily: "Changle, I regarded you as a friend, but I didn't expect you to want to murder me, what else do you have to say?"
"Of course I have something to say!" Changle chuckled, "because they are all talking nonsense! I thought that the queen was extremely smart, but I didn't expect to be deceived by the words of a few cheap maids, so obviously sowing discord, can't the queen hear it? Or do you want to be hard-hearted and ruin my reputation? I am the queen of the Dayue clan, and I sincerely came to Nan Chu and befriend Nan Chu, but I didn't expect Nan Chu to be so scheming, it's really eye-opening!"
After a pause, Changle said: "Queen, you said that I wanted to murder you, but what evidence do you have? Is it just because I was pecked by this bird, do you think that I want to use a bird to stab you? Even if I want to use a bird to stab you, how can I get out of the way? Am I so stupid?"
"Princess Changle is sharp-toothed, I won't argue with you. Qian Yan said, "Go and ask the imperial doctor to come and check what the white powder on this bird's beak is!"
Changle stood coldly, his face full of disdain.
After a while, two imperial doctors came, and the two carefully examined the white powder on the bird's beak, and then carefully examined the wound on the back of Qian Yan's hand.
"How?" asked Zizi.
"This ......," said the imperial physician with an embarrassed face, "this white powder is nothing but pearl powder, not a poison, the queen can rest assured, your body is fine." ”
"Pearl powder?" Qian Yanhu frowned suspiciously, and asked angrily, "Have you checked it clearly?"
"It's clear, it's indeed pearl powder. ”
Changle hooked his lips and said with a faint smile: "This divine bird has always been by my side, but I am afraid that it has stolen the pearl powder I use to apply to my face, so there is this misunderstanding!"
After a pause, Changle turned his head and glanced at Sun Pingling, and said with a light smile: "Concubine Xian, this maid is obviously sowing discord, why do you want to echo her? I had some affection with Your Majesty before, everyone was young at that time, and now that all these years have passed, he has married a wife, and I am already married, why do you still mention this? Is it because I have known Your Majesty for a while, are you so intolerant of me?"
Qian Yan glared at Sun Pingling, she didn't expect her to do things like this, but instead called Changle anti-guest.
Sun Pingling also squinted at Changle, she didn't expect that she would see through their plan and plan it, thinking that she would underestimate this princess from the beginning.
"Today's things are all misunderstandings, it's good to figure it out, Changle has been wronged, it's ours, I'm here to apologize to you. Qian Yan slowly got up and smiled.
"I'm here today, in front of so many people, and I've been so humiliated, is it over with a misunderstanding?" Changle sneered.
"What do you want?" asked Qian Yan with a sneer.
"You should give an explanation, right?" Changle sneered, "I'll leave first, and wait for Your Majesty and the Queen to give me an explanation!"
After speaking, Changle turned around and left.
Qi Zi announced the end of the banquet with a calm face, and the ministers got up to leave, and then he called Qian Yan and Sun Pingling in.
"What's going on?" Qian Yan asked in a low voice, "How did things turn out like this?"
Compared with Qian Yan's anger, Sun Pingling seemed a lot calmer, she smiled faintly and said: "We underestimated her, presumably she didn't trust me from the beginning." It's just that I don't understand why she wants to come to me in the first place, if she doesn't trust me, and what the hell does this princess want to do?"
"Maybe she really wanted to take advantage of you from the beginning, but in the process, you showed your stuff, and she changed her plans. Qian Yan said coldly, "You won't choose to cooperate with her from the beginning and put me together, right?"
"The queen has seen all of today's events, and I am also surprised. If I wanted to be placed in the back of the hall, I would not cooperate with the maids arranged by the queen. Sun Pingling smiled bitterly, "But we still have to think about how to explain to Your Majesty." ”
"No matter what, we are all thinking about Nan Chu, and Your Majesty should understand us. ”
Mi Zi sat down, with a black face, and all the servants in the house were driven out by Xiao Qi, leaving only Qian Yan and Sun Pingling.
"Say it. Qi Zi picked up a cup of hot tea next to him and took a sip, "What the hell are you two doing?
Qian Yan and Sun Pingling knelt down, Qian Yan said: "Your Majesty is so wise, I must have seen it, the concubines dare not have anything to hide, we are worried that if we start a war with Northern Xia in the future, the Dayue clan will make trouble behind our backs, so we want to attract Changle to provoke the relationship between the Dayue clan and the Northern Xia, Your Majesty, although we have not done a good job in this matter, but it is indeed for the sake of Nanchu." ”
When Qi Zi heard this, he didn't speak, and glanced at Sun Pingling: "You are also involved in this matter, what do you say?"
The concubine felt that what the queen said made sense, the existence of the Dayue clan was indeed a danger to Nanchu, and the concubine also wanted to solve this threat. Sun Pingling said, "Since the queen has mentioned this matter, I also hope that it can be properly resolved." ”
"Properly solved?" Qi Zi sneered, "What is the result? Is it properly solved now? Giving people a handle, this is also called a proper solution? With such an unpopular means, it is called a proper solution?"
"It's the concubine who messed up the matter, please ask Your Majesty to condemn it. Sun Pingling lowered his eyes and pleaded guilty.
"Concubine Xian, when did you become so short-sighted?" Qi Zi snorted, "The war horse problem, don't worry about it, I have already been in contact with the dog Rong, and it will naturally be solved when the time comes." Is it true that a little big moon clan can have any impact on the battle situation?Or do you two think that Changle is a threat to you, and you just want to find a way to trouble her. ”
"Your Majesty, although our methods seem to be a little out of the flow in Your Majesty's eyes, we are indeed thinking about the overall situation!" Qian Yan said, "Your Majesty can't punish your heart." ”
"Really?" Qi Zi snorted, "It seems that you haven't felt that you have done anything wrong, so tell me how to deal with the aftermath of this matter!"