In the next few days, there will be no news of the prince. Cai Ling took all kinds of treasures, went to Baohe Forest several times, drank tea and played chess with Jiang Tai, and said too often: "If you come to learn medicine, I will naturally welcome you, but just come empty-handed." Besides, I don't have any news about Your Highness. ”

Cai Ling pinned his hopes on Tao Tao again, but he didn't come for a few days. I couldn't bear it, so I sent someone to invite it, and when I came back, I only replied that the prince of Tule had come to the capital, and Yang Duwei was ordered to accompany him. Escort during the day, but not at night? Cai Ling made a special trip to the General's Mansion for this purpose, but she ate a closed door, and the people in the house only said that the young lady was sick and not suitable to see guests, and she was locked out of the Zhu Gate before she explained her intentions.

Cai Ling did not give up, waiting for the news was very anxious, she decided to take the initiative strategy, that is, she stood for a long time in the place where Yuan'er had waited for Shen Muchi's car, and looked at several Zigai, but none of them were Donggong's cars. Cai Ling returned in a huff, Yuan'er was writing in front of the desk, and the little fat hand waved lightly, "Auntie, come and see if I write this correctly?" ”

"Oh." Cai Ling held up her spirit and demonstrated to Yuan'er one stroke at a time.

"Sister." He Yue, who went out to inquire about the news, jumped forward.

"Any news?" Cai Ling hurriedly asked.

He Yue shook his head in disappointment, and only said: "I heard that five days ago, the prince of Tule and His Royal Highness the crown prince competed in the palace to test swordsmanship, and His Royal Highness narrowly won. ”

Swordsmanship? Five days ago? Isn't that the day after returning to the palace, where can the wound heal in such a short time! He actually took the wound to test the swordsmanship! It's terrible! Cai Ling clenched her fists, but her legs and feet were still paralyzed.

"Sister! Where are you going? He Yue called Cai Ling, who was in a hurry out.

Cai Ling stopped, where is she going? The palace gate is deeply locked, heavily guarded, how can she go to the East Palace to meet her without a palace card and no holy decree to enter the palace. You can go to King Qin's mansion, but the mansion is deep, and there is no one you want to see for a long time.

"Yue ......" Cai Ling turned her head, for a long time, she never showed helplessness, but this time she was powerless, "I want to meet him." ”

The full moon hurried over at this juncture, and when she saw the appearance of the young master, she knew that the matter was urgent, hesitated, and Cai Ling asked, "Do you have something?" ”

"Back to the young master, there are nobles waiting in Cailing Pavilion." The moon is full.

Cailing Pavilion nobles? Her heart trembled, her mind was full of him, and she rushed upstairs in a hurry. The door of the pavilion was empty, and she tidied up her messy hair at the door for a while, and then hurriedly pushed the door in.

Sitting in front of him, there is someone else. Cai Ling respectfully curts, "Niang Niang Wan'an." ”

The concubine can't leave the palace except for sacrifices, attendants and provincial relatives, but today Concubine Xuan is sitting here, her face solemn and full of worry. Cai Ling held back her tears, if the news was not good, what good would she hear, "The people don't disturb the purity of the mother." ”

"Ling'er......" the concubine called her, her tone still gentle.

Cai Ling paused, lowered her eyes, and didn't dare to look into her eyes.

"The main palace spends most of its time in Weiyang Palace. It's been a long time since I've seen the spring in Chang'an City. The concubine opened her mouth quietly, as a princess of the previous dynasty, she was born in Weiyang, grew up in Weiyang, and stayed in Weiyang after marriage, "The market is prosperous, the door is full of pearls, she sings about wine, and she doesn't ask about the world, these are enough reasons for you to stay away from the forbidden palace." ”

"Ling'er just doesn't want to get involved in right and wrong." She always asks for self-preservation.

"If this palace begs you?" The concubine stood up and took Cai Ling's hand.

A stream of heat poured into his heart in an instant, warming his cold body, if there is anything in this world that is worth asking for from the concubine, it is when the prince is not dead. She cried with joy, it turned out that he was not dead! She was guilty of thinking that he would die. If she didn't die, why did Concubine Xuan come in person? A heart hangs again.

"What happened to Shen Muchi?" Forget to avoid it, call it by its name, and ask knowingly!

Concubine Xuan was surprised, "How did Ling'er know?" Five days ago, Chi'er fought a sword with the prince of Tule, and it was supposed to be the point, but who knew that he was injured by it. This child did not make a sound even when he was injured, and even the imperial doctor did not announce it, so that the wound was infected, and now he is unconscious. ”

Unconscious! Don't declare the Imperial Doctor! Cai Ling's heart, which had just warmed up, fell into the ice cave in an instant. She wanted to rush into the East Palace, just to point at his forehead and scold a fool.

"This palace has watched this child for a long time, and since you left him, he has not thought about eating and drinking, and has become seriously ill. The illness has just healed and the injury is concealed. The palace has nurtured him for eight years, and entrusted him to the queen mother for several years, never thought that he would have such a day of self-abandonment! Although the palace regrets and is angry, which of the mothers does not feel sorry for their children. Since he wants to see you, this palace will try his best to help him. Xuan Niangniang was like water, her eyes staring at Cai Ling tightly.

Cai Ling's heart is weak, where is he giving up on himself? He only promised her to pardon Liangfu, so he couldn't let others know that the wound on his shoulder was the work of Liangfu, and he couldn't blame Prince Tule, after all, the two countries had only been friendly for a few years. He was full, and he didn't even announce it to the imperial doctor, and he endured it himself. Such a sincere and trustworthy person, how can he tolerate the words "self-abandonment"!

Xuan Niangniang was just about to speak, Cai Ling had already knelt down and said: "This time I can enter the palace with Niangniang, Niangniang's grace, Ling'er will never forget it." ”

Originally, it was the concubine who came to beg her, but instead she begged the concubine. This is the reason why Xuan Niangniang loves her, this girl will never be embarrassed.

After a brief explanation with Yuan Jie, Cai Ling went to hug Yuan'er again, but Yuan'er was sensible, but said a lot of comforting words, and said that she would not cause trouble if she followed her master.

In a hurry, Cai Ling got into Concubine Xuan's carriage. Was the purple carriage always parked at the door? When I returned to Dongxi Building in a trance, I didn't even notice such an important situation.

The carriage traveled all the way to the gate of the East Palace, Cai Ling rushed into the palace impatiently, and before Wei Wei could speak, Concubine Xuan said, "Take Miss Jiang to see the prince." ”

The dormitory is bright and spacious, with a six-foot-wide agarwood bed engraved with auspicious cloud patterns hanging lightly, and the tent lies the person she has been thinking about for a long time. When she got closer, she didn't dare to move, until the four palace maids on both sides of the table looked at her blankly, and then she walked to the front of the account, knelt down in front of the bed, and muttered, "Your Highness." ”

Shen Muchi seemed to be asleep, but the wound on his shoulder was wrapped in silk cloth, and it was clear that pus and blood were oozing. Cai Ling endured the heartache and only sat on the bed at her feet, staring at him closely. The eyebrows and eyes are slender, the bridge of the nose is straight, and the lips are greased, Shen Muchi is really good-looking.

After a while, the palace maid brought the decoction, Wei Wei hurriedly took it and asked to feed it, walked up to Cai Ling and said, "Your Highness should take the medicine, bother Miss Jiang to let go." ”

Cai Ling only got up from the bed at her feet, sat on the big bed again, helped the unconscious Shen Muchi up and leaned against her chest, and then looked at Wei Wei, signaling that she could feed the medicine. Wei Wei wanted to send her away, but the gains outweighed the losses, so she was only secretly annoyed.

From sitting in broad daylight to nightfall, and then from sitting in the thick of the night to dawn and breaking the day, Cai Ling did not feel tired or hungry, and the only thing she cared about was whether Shen Muchi was still hot.

The fever subsided in the afternoon of the next day, and the old lady's brows slowly relaxed, and she said softly: "Your Highness is fine, and you should wake up from time to time." At that time, you should rest more, heal the external injury, adjust the internal injury, and remember the recurrence of the old injury! ”

Everyone in the dormitory was relieved, and Concubine Xuan's anxious face finally had a smile, and she patted Cai Ling's shoulder and said, "You haven't slept all night, it's better to go to sleep first." ”

Cai Ling shook her head, she wanted to see Shen Muchi wake up with her own eyes, just like the last time she was outside Bao Helin's house, even hearing his movements for the first time made her ecstatic. Concubine Xuan did not dissuade her, but sat on a round bench in another place, waiting quietly.

In the silence, the imperial eunuch came to invite someone. When she first heard her name, Cai Ling was in a trance, and she couldn't figure out why it was she who was passed to the front hall of the arch instead of her favorite concubine Xuan Niangniang. Glancing at the little eunuch again, his father-in-law smiled and said, "The emperor is waiting for the girl." ”

Xuan Niangniang saw that Cai Ling was at a loss, so she wanted to accompany her, but she knew that the mother cared about her child's feelings, and she had been waiting for Shen Muchi to wake up safely. Cai Ling smiled and stroked Niangniang's hand, "Xie Niangniang, Ling'er will go by herself." ”

Chapter XXXVIII

In terms of kinship, the saint was originally Cai Ling's uncle, but Cai Ling did not dare to call this person that way when he was a child, even when he had not yet ascended the throne.

is now a former uncle, and the involvement with the Jiang family is a hideous and terrifying scar in his brilliant life. Cai Ling was a maggot on the scar, and he wanted to crush it and stomp on it.

But today, the man sitting on the dragon chair in the front hall of the arch was unprecedentedly kind to her, "I heard that you have been waiting for the prince with all your heart. ”

"The people's daughter was paid by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the Qin Palace, but now the people's daughter can do nothing for His Highness." Cai Ling lowered his eyes.

"Good." The emperor praised, "I am very relieved. ”

While speaking, the eunuch stepped forward to whisper a few words, and suddenly saw the emperor's face pale, and said, "Bring it up." ”

Cai Ling was puzzled, and saw a young man dressed in an exotic place with a felt hat striding towards him, kneeling on one knee in the main hall, "Pardon the saint." "Ashina pardon? Cai Ling had heard this name, and heard her father say that it was a wolf on the grassland, who once led less than 10,000 troops to conquer eight tribes. She has always wanted to meet this person, but she has never had the opportunity, and she didn't expect to meet him unexpectedly today.

Cai Ling couldn't help but glance at him, with a high nose bridge, deep eyes, bright clothes, and novel braids...... Who knew that the man was also looking at Cai Ling, and there was a hint of sympathy in his playful eyes. Cai Ling didn't have time to delve into it, so he listened to the emperor's words, "Boldly pardon!" Are you guilty? ”

"What is the forgiveness of the sins?" The prince of Tule asked.

"It was a sword test, and it stopped at the point, but you had ill intentions and hurt my Lin'er!" The emperor was aggressive.

"The saint keeps accusing the pardon, but is there any evidence?" The prince is neither humble nor arrogant, "Tule is friendly with the northern kingdom, does the Holy Lord want to ignore the relationship between the two countries because of some trumped-up charges?" ”

"The prince is unconscious now, does this still need any evidence?" The saint asked rhetorically.

"It's also possible that the prince was injured by an assassin!" The prince glanced at Cai Ling coldly, "The Holy One is too arbitrary!" ”

"Presumptuous!" The emperor was enraged, "Come on!" Take down Ashina pardon and send it to Dali Temple for trial! ”

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" The accompanying Hongji Siqing hurriedly dissuaded him.

"If the Holy One is falsely accused, my Tule Kingdom will not give up!" The prince raised his head and said awe-inspiringly.

Cai Ling saw all this in her eyes, and although she was always undecided in her heart, she deliberately kept calm on her face. Although the country of Tule is small, it borders the north and south countries, and its strategic position is particularly important.

"The people are guilty." Cai Ling bit her lip and mustered up the courage to take this step.

"What is the sin?" The emperor asked coldly.

Cai Ling didn't think much about it, but said: "His Royal Highness the Prince's injury is related to the people's daughter. ”

"Something to do with you?" The emperor motioned for her to continue.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was injured by the people's daughter." No matter what, she wants to Baoliang Mansion, and she still hopes that in the future, Yuan'er will have Zhong Mingding's official eunuch family behind her.

"Bold!" The emperor was furious, "Do you know that the crime of murdering the prince can be punished?" ”

"The folk girl didn't do it on purpose." Cai Ling still wants to defend two sentences.

"Someone! Escort Jiang down and send him to Dali Temple for trial. The emperor ordered coldly.

The diplomatic incident was finally resolved. When she was taken down, the prince of Tule also deliberately looked at her deeply, and put away the sympathetic look for a hint of reverence, she didn't want any reverence, she just wanted a head. But this time it may really go crazy, how can this game be broken? It was only at this moment that the word "afraid" came to mind.

Dali Temple prison, Cailing is not the first time to set foot in. Last time, he was implicated, but now he has become the main culprit. His hands and feet were chained, and interrogation was essential. Cai Ling's eyes stared at the red-hot soldering iron, her brain was flying, it was still difficult to make up a reasonable lie, why did she want to hurt Shen Muchi? Recently, he helped her like this, and he could really be entrusted with it for the rest of her life...... Friend! She had a broken brain to want to hurt him.

"Don't be honest yet!" The thug reached out to take the handle of the soldering iron viciously, but he was burned, and quickly shook off the iron rod and raised black charcoal ash, and the scene was very funny for a while.

"Calm down." Cai Ling didn't panic, this scene was scary, but it was nothing more than to force her to speak, and she would not be tortured before she was convicted, "I think Tonger and others are clear." ”

"That's pretty much it." The look of the thug with a meaty face slowed slightly.

Suddenly, a small group came in a hurry and reported in the ear of Dali Siqing, who was sitting aside. Dali Siqing hurriedly stood up, "Hurry up." ”

After her accident, the first person to visit was Concubine Xuan. Niangniang untied the iron chain on her body with her own hands, and said to the Dali Temple: "You can't torture Miss Jiang." Dali Temple Qing bowed his head and said yes.

After the group retreated, Xuan Niangniang took Cai Ling's hand, "This palace doesn't believe that you will hurt Chi'er." If you have any troubles, you will talk about them with this palace. ”

With tears in her eyes, "Your Highness has woken up?" ”

Concubine Xuan nodded, the child had just woken up, and her body was still extremely weak, she was about to inform her about Cai Ling's entry into the palace, when she received a secret report from the palace people, and she hurried over without daring to make a noise.

"That's it." Cai Ling raised a smile and felt relieved.

"Now that people are in prison, they are not messing around, what's so good?" Xuan Niangniang scolded, "It seems that this palace still has to ask Chi'er about this matter." ”

"Mother." Cai Ling hurriedly stopped, "Your Royal Highness is seriously ill and needs to recuperate with all your heart, and Ling'er's affairs are still covered up by the mother." ”

Xuan Niangniang sighed silently before turning around and leaving, "You wait here, this palace will try to save you again!" ”

Even if she really hurt Shen Muchi, would Niangniang forgive her so easily? Xuan Niangniang is really the best mother-in-law in the world, she knew it a long time ago, but now she can't look forward to it anymore.

Yizhi arrived at night, and the Queen Mother personally saved her. Yi Zhi said: Jiang had been raised under the knees of the mourning family, and the mourning family was very pitiful to make it arrogant, this time he unintentionally hurt the prince and made a big mistake, and the mourning family was responsible, and wanted to teach it to Ziwei, and chose the day to marry the king of Yunnan by frugality.

Refers to the marriage to the king of Dian. This is the greatest gift of the emperor and the queen mother. She should have been grateful, but her heart was too clear, and she only blamed Jiang for the fact that after she was guilty, the veil that had been covering her eyes suddenly fell, and she saw everything much clearer.

Hanging the front hall, the emperor sang a double reed with the prince of Tule. How can a scheming and calculating man ignore the relationship between the two countries? Besides, if you want to take down the prince of Ture, why let her see it with her own eyes? What does the court matter do to her, a weak woman? But that national affairs, even a weak woman can't ignore it!

His Majesty wanted to test whether she could distinguish between the most important and the most important, but she had the safety of the country at heart. In fact, His Majesty has long known that Ashina pardon is not a murderer, and the prince's injury must be related to Cai Ling. The whistleblower, who else could there be besides Wei Wei, who knew the cause and effect?

Cai Ling has understood it from the beginning, but how can she be alone and stay out of the face of Prince Tule's word-for-word pressure. If you hide it, Your Majesty will probably really be murderous. Now, I am saving my life and knowing that going to Yunnan is the best destination.

The king of Dian is eight years older than her, graceful, humorous and generous, he once said that he would take her to see the mountains and mountains, listen to the murmuring water, eat all over the mountains and seas, and swim thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Every year when the peach forest is sent, he stuffs her with a piece of jade, the texture of mutton fat, and the rarity. If you can really marry him, you will be carefree and unscrupulous. But why is a heart all empty and can't be filled?

Patting the dust on her dress, she left the prison with the palace people and walked all the way to Ziwei Palace.