Chapter 166: The Ploy Fails
After that, the secret guard told Xiao Yan in detail what Leng Hengjun did after entering the palace, as well as how Fengyu dealt with Leng Hengjun.
Xiao Yan felt very funny after hearing this, originally he had been worried that Feng Yu would be embarrassed by Leng Hengjun, it seemed that he was underestimating Feng Yu too much.
However, Leng Hengjun was tricked like this, and I don't know if he noticed it, whether he would have a grudge against Feng Yu, or if he would have other thoughts about Feng Yu?
With an uneasy heart until sunset, Xiao Yan immediately changed his clothes, and then sneaked into the palace.
Fengyu didn't expect Xiao Yan to come to her at all, so when she saw him in the dormitory, she was still a little surprised.
"Why are you here again?" Feng Yu was a little complaining in her words, but there was a hint of excitement in her tone, and even her face was happy.
Xiao Yan didn't answer Fengyu's question, but asked, "Did Leng Hengjun embarrass you?" ”
Looking at Xiao Yan in some surprise, Feng Yu just wanted to ask him how he knew, but suddenly remembered that there were Xiao Yan's people everywhere in the palace, such as Du Yu beside him.
Thinking of this, Feng Yu said honestly: "Yes, but I cracked it." ”
The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth rose an arc, stared at Feng Yu and said, "I heard that he took the initiative to invite you to the suburbs, and then somehow, the queen mother and the concubine Qing also went with me." ”
guessed that Xiao Yan must have known the ins and outs of the matter, and now he was just ridiculing himself, so Feng Yu pretended to be stupid and said, "Yes, I also think it's strange." ”
"Obviously, I was invited by the second prince, but in the end, how did I change from two people to four people?"
Seeing Feng Yu's cute appearance of pretending to be stupid, Xiao Yan couldn't help but gently pinch the tip of her nose, and said with a doting face: "Eccentric, you have the most ghost ideas." ”
Feng Yu's little face was high, and her eyebrows were slightly raised, "Who made him uneasy and kind to me." ”
With a chuckle, Xiao Yan said, "I thought you didn't know, but I didn't expect you to have such a strong sense of prevention." ”
"That's it." Feng Yu's eyebrows were slightly raised, and her triumphant appearance made Xiao Yan couldn't help laughing.
Because Xiao Yan was also responsible for the safety of the Rongyi envoys, it was not appropriate to stay in the palace for a long time, so after the two said a few words, Xiao Yan left.
It's just that what Xiao Yan didn't expect was that Leng Hengjun arranged for guards to stay in the palace, and when he left the palace, he happened to be seen by the guards who stayed behind.
"Are you sure that person is Xiao Yan?" Leng Hengjun said in a deep voice.
"Absolutely."
Leng Hengjun's eyes gradually became gloomy, hum, it seems that his guess is correct, the relationship between Xiao Yan and Fengyu is indeed not ordinary.
Since it was confirmed that it was Xiao Yan, Leng Hengjun immediately went to the emperor and reported to the emperor that there were assassins in the palace.
There were assassins in the palace, and as soon as the emperor heard that it was okay, he immediately asked people to search the palace and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter!
As soon as the decree was issued, the palace was immediately heavily guarded, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the palace, and the royal guards led people to search the palaces closely.
Leng Hengjun sat on the chair and drank tea leisurely, waiting for Xiao Yan to be searched, he wanted to see what Xiao Yan would do when the time came.
The general of the Northern Capital and the princess of the Northern Capital secretly communicated with each other, no matter how you think about it, it is a big crime to kill the head, but I don't know what the emperor will do with it?
However, after searching the palace for two hours, no clues were found, which made people wonder if any assassins had broken into the palace.
Originally, Feng Yu was talking to Qin'er, but the palace guards suddenly ran in, saying that an assassin had broken into the palace and was ordered to search the palaces.
Feng Yu thought that there was really an assassin at first, but she felt a little strange, so she sent someone to ask carefully what happened, and finally suddenly remembered whether Xiao Yan was seen by someone.
Thinking about it like this, Feng Yu suddenly became nervous, if Xiao Yan's head was found out, and others chased after him, then Xiao Yan would definitely not be able to hide.
After thinking about it for a while, Feng Yu immediately took Qin'er to the imperial study to see the emperor, she had to find a way to fool the assassin in the past.
"Your Majesty, the princess asks to see you."
"Kira? What are you doing at this time? The emperor was a little puzzled, and then waved his hand, "Let her in." ”
Feng Yu walked in with Qin'er and saluted the emperor, "Erchen has seen his father, and his father is Jin'an." ”
"No courtesy."
"Thank you, Father." Feng Yu straightened up, looked at the emperor and said, "Father, the emperor saw that the palace was heavily guarded, and after inquiry, he learned that there was an assassin who entered the palace, I don't know what news I found?" ”
The emperor frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "No." ”
Hearing this, Feng Yu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and then said: "Father, the son thinks that there are no assassins at all, but someone is stealing in the palace and mistakenly considered an assassin?" ”
The emperor pondered for a while according to Fengyu's conjecture, and felt that there was indeed such a possibility, so he turned his head and said to Gonggong Li beside him: "Immediately send someone to count the treasury and the items of each palace." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
For a while, from searching for assassins to counting the items in the palace, Leng Hengjun didn't know what was going on in the middle, which caused the emperor to have such an idea.
When she learned that the emperor ordered an inventory of the items in the palace, Concubine Hui immediately panicked, and she often had to check the concubines of the palace for her status in the harem.
There are also palace maids and eunuchs who do things for themselves, so they have been overdrawn all year round, and some things in the palace have been taken out and sold by her.
If these things are found out, the emperor will definitely investigate thoroughly, and if he keeps tracking down, wouldn't it be ......
"Who is the father-in-law who counted the items in the palace this time? Bring him to Hongu. ”
"Yes, sissy."
Hui Guifei saw her father-in-law in charge and bribed him heavily, and her father-in-law knew that Hui Guifei was favored by the emperor, and there were Rongyi clan and Lin Wanwei as the backstage, so she didn't dare to offend, so she accepted the silver.
After some inventory, the housekeeper's father-in-law simply reported a few things that were not valuable, and the emperor saw that the matter could not find out why, so he hastily closed the matter.
Seeing that the palace guards did not search Xiao Yan's head, Leng Hengjun was unwilling, and found that Xiao Yan did not appear all night, so he went to find the emperor again.
"Your Majesty, assassins broke into the palace last night, but no clues were found."
Leng Hengjun looked at the emperor, hesitated for a moment, and was a little embarrassed: "It stands to reason that if something like this happened in the palace, General Xiao should show up to protect the emperor's safety." ”
"But General Xiao didn't show up all night, I wondered if the person who appeared in the palace last night would be ......"
Leng Hengjun didn't finish the next words, but the emperor had already heard what he meant.
"The second prince is too worried, Xiao Yan is my general in the Northern Capital, he has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he has always been loyal to me, he will never break into the palace at night." The emperor is confident, and he believes in Xiao Yan's loyalty to himself and to the Northern Capital.
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you can't have the heart to hurt people, but you can't have the heart to defend people."
Leng Hengjun looked at the emperor with a serious face, and continued: "General Xiao has been on the battlefield all the year round and is good at scheming, if he has the heart to do something, he will definitely hide it. ”
"If he really has other thoughts, I'm afraid he ......"
Before Leng Hengjun could finish speaking, a eunuch suddenly trotted in, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, General Xiao is asking to see you outside the door." ”
The emperor glanced at Leng Hengjun and said, "Let him in." ”
After hearing that Xiao Yan was coming, Leng Hengjun's brows furrowed instantly, and then he looked at the door, only to see Xiao Yan striding in.
"The ministers see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
"Aiqing is flat."
"Your Majesty."
Xiao Yan got up and raised his head, and when he saw Leng Hengjun, he hugged his fists and saluted, "I've seen the second prince." ”
glanced at Xiao Yan coldly, and Leng Hengjun said in a cold voice: "General Xiao is polite." ”
The emperor looked at Xiao Yan and asked, "Why did Aiqing suddenly enter the palace at this time?" ”
"The minister just heard that something happened in the palace, and he was worried about the emperor's safety, so he hurried into the palace." Xiao Yan said respectfully, and glanced at Leng Hengjun, "The minister is late, and I hope the emperor will forgive me." ”
The emperor looked at Xiao Yan fixedly, with scrutiny in his eyes, "Why did you only appear now?" What did you do before? ”
Leng Hengjun also looked at Xiao Yan, his face was a little proud, as if he wanted to see how Xiao Yan wanted to explain to the emperor.
Seeing Leng Hengjun's expression at the moment, coupled with the previous incident, Xiao Yan was sure that this was all Leng Hengjun's obstruction.
After thinking about it quickly, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that today was the sacrifice day of the King of Dian, and he might be able to take advantage of this.
Xiao Yan did not have the slightest flustery on his face, he saluted the emperor respectfully, and then replied: "Back to the emperor, today is the sacrifice day of the king of Dian, and the ministers are offering incense to the king of Yunnan at home." ”
Stunned for a moment, Leng Hengjun looked at Xiao Yan with a face full of disbelief and said, "You are making this nonsense." ”
"The second prince said carefully." Xiao Yan looked at Leng Hengjun with a serious expression, and said in a deep voice: "The King of Dian is the hero of my northern capital, and on his sacrifice day, many people will worship with incense. ”
"As a general in the Northern Capital and a courtier of the emperor, how can I talk nonsense about such a thing."
Xiao Yan's words were reasonable, and every word spoke to the emperor's heart, which not only made the emperor let down his guard against him, but praised him.
"Today is the sacrifice day of the King of Dian, I have forgotten such an important matter, it is rare that Aiqing still remembers it in my heart and incense the King of Dian, which really makes me ashamed."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan immediately hugged his fists and bowed his head to the emperor and said: "The emperor is serious, the emperor has every opportunity, and everything is for the sake of the northern capital." is negligent about the sacrifice day of the King of Dian, and he is really helpless in his heart, and he believes that the spirit of the King of Dian in the sky will not blame the emperor. ”
The emperor looked at Xiao Yan with satisfaction and nodded, then looked at Leng Hengjun and said, "Second prince, today's incident is purely a coincidence, so let's stop it." ”
After speaking, the emperor said to Xiao Yan: "Aiqing, there is nothing in the palace, you can send the second prince back to rest." ”
"Minister, obey the order."
Xiao Yan straightened up and looked at Leng Hengjun, and said expressionlessly: "Second prince, please." ”
Saluting to the emperor, Leng Hengjun took the lead in walking out of the imperial study, and Xiao Yan followed behind him and hooked his lips.