In the main hall of the Taiji Palace in the imperial city, there are many lanterns and colorful soldiers, incense is burned on the altar, everything is ready for the wedding, and the civil and military officials are also entering the hall one after another to prepare to participate in the ceremony.

The carriages and horses to welcome the relatives have not entered the palace for a long time, and most of the people are a little anxious when the auspicious time of the ceremony is approaching.

In Chang'an City, many people who heard the news of Princess Gaoyang's wedding today also gathered around the market early, ready to see a lively scene.

Soon, even Emperor Li Shimin and Concubine Yin De also came, and sat under the canopy with a dragon robe and a crown. Seeing this scene, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning: "Why haven't you come yet, it's going to be a missed hour?" What does Zongshoji Temple do? Chu Suiliang, you ride a fast horse to take a look and urge it. ”

"Yes." Chu Suiliang left in response.

Chu Suiliang rode out of the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial Palace, and heard a roar of laughter from the West Market Street from a distance, and many people crowded into a ball, unable to get through, shouting one after another, "Let the groom come out to meet the guests."

The big matchmaker is Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, who wore a big red flower robe and rode a big horse with a team of armor to open the way, and smiled and said to passers-by: "Folks, you have also eaten sugar and fruits, so please raise your hand and make a step?" Don't miss the good time! ”

"That won't do! How can there be a reason for the groom to hide in a sedan chair? Historically, only brides have been like this, right? Besides, Qin Yuma is a military attaché, how can he not ride a high-headed horse out and let us say hello? ”

"Hehe, the villagers forgive the sins, this is the custom of the old Qin family in Shandong, Yiguo Gong made a special trip to make such an arrangement, the little king can't be the master, and the horse can't caress his father's will!" Li Daozong said with a smile, "Everyone, just make it convenient and let the welcoming team pass." The auspicious time is coming, but don't wait for the bride and the guests! ”

The crowd let out a burst of laughter, but they just didn't let it.

Chu Suiliang saw this scene, and immediately came forward and said, "Lord Wang, why is he so slow?" Your Majesty has ordered the humble to urge, and the auspicious time is coming. ”

Only then did the crowd burst out of the way with a laugh, allowing King Jiangxia to lead the sedan chair of "Qin Mubai" over.

Li Daozong secretly let out a long breath and rode past with the smile.

Chu Sui's conscience was as fine as hair, and seeing that Li Daozong seemed to have a different expression, he hurriedly patted his horse and came forward and whispered: "Lord Wang, what are you worried about?" ”

"What is the worry, what is the concern? Let's go, don't talk more! Li Daozong patted the horse and moved forward.

A cloud of doubt rose in Chu Sui's conscience, and he looked at the groom's sedan chair a few times and didn't ask much, so he had to pat the horse and follow.

When the welcoming team entered the Vermilion Bird Gate, Li Daozong hurriedly called Chu Suiliang to a trouser and said in a low voice: "Bad thing!" ”

"Oh?" Chu Suiliang's face was stunned: Sure enough!

"You are fast, hurry up and report to Your Majesty that you know. Just say...... Mu Bai, missing! Let Your Majesty find a way to calm the situation. Just now in Chang'an City, Xiao Wang finally managed to suppress the situation and not make a fool of himself. In the Taiji Palace, there are Manchu Dynasty civil and military people waiting for Mu Bai, don't make a big deal out of it! ”

"This! ......" Chu Suiliang was suddenly a little dumbfounded, "At such a juncture, how did the groom disappear?" Hugh said that it was the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and everyone in the world was afraid that they were staring at this brown marriage! ”

"Don't gossip, you should go and inform Your Majesty first." Li Daozong waved his hand, "Go quickly!" Xiao Wang stalled for time here, allowing the welcoming procession to slip around the imperial city, which could be delayed for a while. Let His Majesty send someone to find Qin Mubai! ”

"You say that, don't you...... Qin Mubai is in the palace? ”

"You go and say it, and Your Majesty will know what to do!"

"Okay, let's go right away!"

Chu Suiliang is also smart, he did not take the Taiji Palace Avenue, but went around the path of the palace to the Taiji Palace, and asked a small eunuch to invite Li Shimin, who was sitting in the main hall of the Taiji Palace.

Li Shimin was already unhappy in his heart, and when he saw Chu Suiliang splitting his head and covering his face, he reprimanded: "What's going on over there Qin Mubai? The auspicious time has come and he hasn't shown up, but he doesn't want to be this parent! ”

"Your Majesty is angry!" Chu Suiliang hurriedly repelled left and right, and whispered eagerly in Li Shimin's ear.

After Li Shimin heard this, his eyebrows suddenly stood up: "There is such a thing? “

"King Jiangxia did say so. Presumably, he is not a man of his own words! ”

"How can it be!" Li Shimin was suddenly furious, gritting his teeth so hard that his bones rattled, "Under my eyelids, someone dares to kidnap the horse!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry. According to the Qin family, Qin's horse suddenly disappeared after being announced into the palace by His Majesty last night. In this way, most of the possibilities of Qin Concubine's horse are ...... Trapped in the palace! Chu Suiliang said.

"What? How is this possible! Li Shimin was shocked and angry, and said, "Yesterday it was indeed announced that he entered the palace to inform him of the great victory in Lanzhou, so that he could marry with peace of mind." Afterwards, I had a few drinks with him. I drank a little more, and sent him home. I didn't detain him, could it be that he was still a childish slave? That's impossible! ”

"Why doesn't Your Majesty announce the King of Jin and find out as soon as you ask?"

"Come on, pass on Li Zhi!"

Li Zhi was also preparing to attend the wedding in the Taiji Palace, and Shao Tian called him. Li Shimin asked: "Childish slave, I ask you - you sent your teacher home yesterday, did you send someone to your home?" ”

"No, no." Li Zhi rarely saw Li Shimin so angry, and he was a little troubled, and said in a panic, "Erchen sent Dong Hua and Zhao Ming, two personal eunuchs, to prepare a carriage and horse to send him home. What's wrong, something happened to the teacher? ”

"Then where is Dong Hua and Zhao Ming now?"

"I went to send someone off yesterday, and I haven't seen anyone come back so far."

"What?!" Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened in his heart, and he scolded angrily, "You idiot! Why is there no way to do things consistently? It's just that you didn't personally send Qin Mubai to the house, and you sent someone to send him home, and you have to reply to the letter before it is safe. You don't get anything in return and you don't care, how do you do things? ”

A few thunderous shouts frightened Li Zhi and immediately knelt down, and said in a panic: "Father's forgiveness!" Erchen went to find Dong Zhao and the others, looking for a teacher! ”

"Don't go yet! - Wait, you can't do things well, Chu Suiliang, you go with him! ”

"Yes." Chu Suiliang agreed to the promise, stepped forward to help Li Zhi and prepared to leave.

At this moment, the two eunuchs rushed in in in a panic like ants in a hot pot. Li Shimin was angry, and when he saw that these two eunuchs had no head or brain, he was even more angry, and was about to shout angrily, when he saw that they were the two eunuchs in charge of the court who had always been the most stable, he suppressed his anger in confusion and asked: "What's the alarm, it's all out of shape!" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong!" The eunuch Song, the chief eunuch of the Inner Garden, who was the leader, turned white with fright, and stepped forward with a trembling mouth, whispering eagerly.

When Li Shimin heard half of it, his eyes were almost straight, and his face was red and white.

Before Mr. Song finished speaking, Li Shimin screamed in shock, and fell down with his hands up.

"Ahh Your Majesty!!! ”

A room full of people, a mess......

After the time of a stick of incense.

Just as the master of ceremonies on the altar was about to shout loudly, "The auspicious time has come", Chu Suiliang immediately appeared to stop him and said: "Your Majesty suddenly fell ill with an emergency, screaming several times and fainting to the ground. For some reason, the ceremony is temporarily taken from the sand, and the date will be determined! ”

"Ah!!h

The Tai Chi Hall suddenly exploded!

"His Majesty the Emperor suddenly fainted?! This...... How can this be born! ”

"Everyone, don't panic!" The eldest grandson Wuji was the first to stand up, pressing his hands and everyone was silent.

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced around with satisfaction and said, "I am most familiar with Your Majesty, and I know that although Your Majesty has always been a dragon and a dragon, he has a hereditary syncope. Maybe it's because I've been tired a lot lately, and I've waited too long for a cold wind today, so I feel a little unconscious and faint temporarily, and I'm expected to be fine. We are all ministers of the society, and we should focus on the overall situation. The fainting of His Majesty should not be spread to the public, so as not to alarm the people and cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"What the eldest grandson says is true, and what he says is true." Everyone agreed.

"At that moment, His Majesty has fainted. The marriage of the princess and the concubine must not be presided over without His Majesty. Therefore, the ceremony had to be postponed for the time being. It doesn't matter, it's a lot of good things! Now, you will disperse the Taiji Hall first, but you can't leave the palace, so you will wait for news in the Yamen of Zhutai in the imperial city. Maybe after a while, His Majesty will come to his senses again. Today's zodiac is auspicious, and there are many good days. Wait for Si Tianjian to choose another auspicious time. ”

"Everything is on the orders of the eldest grandson." The generals and officials also had no objections, they all dispersed one after another, and no one dared to whisper and talk about it.

Seeing this, the eldest grandson Wuji secretly let out a long breath and looked at Chu Suiliang. Chu Suiliang handed him a look, and the two of them tacitly agreed. After the hundred officials dispersed one after another, they hurriedly came to the Taiji Palace.

Li Shimin lay flat on the couch, his eyes closed, and his face pale. Two imperial doctors waited left and right beside the imperial couch, cutting the pulse and checking the pulse. Chu Suiliang and the eldest grandson Wuji entered the room, first inquired about the condition, and learned that His Majesty was fine, so they were relieved. The two of them secretly thought in their hearts that the emperor was still resourceful and adaptable. If it weren't for the fact that he suddenly pretended to be sick and collapsed, he postponed the wedding on this ground. If the time comes, the bridegroom does not show up and the wedding is not allowed to take place, and the scandal will inevitably spread, and then it will really be a great chaos in the world.

The two of them retreated to the left and right, and knelt down in front of the royal couch.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The eldest grandson Wuji called softly.

After more than ten consecutive calls, Li Shimin woke up leisurely, turned his head slightly to see the two people on the left and right, closed his eyes again, and let out a long sigh, as if he had infinite melancholy and resentment.

"What happened?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked softly.

Li Shimin lightly raised his hand and pointed at Chu Suiliang: "Ask him." I can't speak. ”

"Huh?" The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but be taken aback.

Chu Suiliang arched his hand and was about to say, when Li Shimin burst out: "Don't say it in front of me!" ”

"Yes......"

The two had no choice but to retreat outside the screen peak and whispered for a while. After hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji almost fell to the ground.

"That's good!" He couldn't help but scream.

"What's so good?" Li Shimin roared angrily, "Kill!" Kill them all! Leave not one left, chop it into a meat puree and feed it to the dogs! I don't want to see anyone again! Whoever knows, let him be killed. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang suddenly shuddered! - We are all insiders!

The emperor, who has always valued the most gentlemanly and never kills lightly, is really too stimulated today to say such cruel words!

The two glanced at each other in a cold sweat, walked lightly to Li Shimin's couch, and knelt down left and right. The eldest grandson Wuji said softly: "Your Majesty, something is wrong. Why don't you find out and ask again? ”

"Chachachacha!" Li Shimin reprimanded angrily, "No matter how you investigate, no matter what the truth is, it is also a lost family ugly!" No need to check, kill! ”

"In this way, are you falling for someone else's trick?" Chu Suiliang's cold words made Li Shimin's expression freeze suddenly.

"Treacherous?" Li Shimin, who was furious, finally found a little bit of square inch, stretched out his hand to beckon Sun Wuji to help him up a little back pillow, stared at Chu Suiliang and said, "Who would be so bold and dare to calculate my son-in-law in my harem?" It was obvious that Qin Mubai entered the court by mistake after getting drunk, and did such a pig and dog thing after drinking. There were also the corpses of four eunuchs at the scene, namely Dong Zhao and the two who sent him out of the palace, and the eunuch order of the gate guard of the court. As Qin Mubai, what did these four people do, they didn't dare to disobey; When the incident happened, the four of them had no choice but to stop it, and with Qin Mubai's skills, it was even easier to kill these four eunuchs who had no blood. Now that he is caught in bed, what can he say? ”

"Your Majesty, often the more reasonable things are, the more unreasonable they are." Chu Suiliang was not in a hurry to argue, and said softly, "Your Majesty, please think about it, when Qin Mubai was in office for a long time in Baiqi, he knew everything about the big and small things in the harem, and most of the harem concubines also knew him. Even if Qin Mubai did something after drinking for a while, why did the two concubines sleep with him until dawn and didn't escape afterwards? Besides, there are thousands of palace maids and eunuchs living in the court, and there are ears on the wall across the three or five rooms, how can there be no movement in murder and rape, but no one will catch the rape in bed until dawn, isn't this too coincidental? ”

After Li Shimin listened, he raised his sword eyebrows and muttered for a long time.

The eldest grandson Wuji thought for a moment and said, "Only now, don't spread the word. Be sure to block the harem and not allow anyone to enter or leave, and the news spread to the outside world that His Majesty suddenly fainted due to the cold, and the wedding was held on another auspicious day. In this way, it can be temporarily covered up, and His Majesty will have time to find out about this matter. ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and nodded slowly: "That's very good." The auxiliary machine, the place of the civil and military officials, is left to you to pacify. They were dismissed, and the Beijing officials returned to their homes and stayed in the hotel, and the wedding was held in a few days. Chu Suiliang, you go and invite Fang Xuanling to come. ”

"Yes." The two of them made their promises and retreated.

Li Shimin was alone on the couch, his painful eyes were closed and he knocked his forehead with his fists, shook his head again and again, and said to himself: "What's going on?" The Li family, Qin Mubai, and Ling'er, are they cursed? The marriage of this pair of children can be so twists and turns, hey!! ”

Not long after, Fang Xuanling came.

Fang Mou Du Xuan, Du Ruhui has gone, Li Shimin has always been very glad that there is Fang Xuanling, the most resourceful arm, by his side. Now that such a thing has happened, involving family ugliness, he only dares to discuss with Fang Xuanling, who has always been the most calm and experienced courtier. Although the eldest grandson Wuji is a brother-in-law, he lacks resourcefulness; Although Chu Suiliang is a confidant, he is young and doesn't know anything about the harem after all. Only Fang Xuanling, who is both resourceful and darkens the affairs of the harem, when the eldest grandson queen was alive in the early years, he was also the brainchild of the eldest grandson.

Now in such a case, it is just right to listen to his opinion.

Fang Xuanling bowed and was given a seat by Li Shimin. He is as calm as water as always, even if something big happens, it is difficult to see anything strange on that old face.

"Your Majesty summoned Weichen here, what's the matter?"

"Xuan Ling...... This time, although I am still alive and dead, I have no face to live. Li Shimin shook his head and sighed.

"Why did Your Majesty say that?" Fang Xuanling asked softly.

Li Shimin's face was a little embarrassed, ashamed to speak, and briefly told Fang Xuanling about the matter.

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling was indifferent.

This time Li Shimin was surprised, he said: "Xuan Ling must have known for a long time, you are not surprised by such a shocking thing." ”

Fang Xuanling's expression froze for a moment, arched his hand, and said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, not only did Wei Chen know it a long time ago, but he also ...... it."

"What else?" Li Shimin was surprised.

"I also know the truth of the matter, and the ins and outs. And, the real murderer has already been captured. ”

"What?!" Li Shimin was taken aback, bounced up from the royal couch, and said in disbelief, "Xuan Ling, this matter is not child's play, and you can't believe it!" ”

Fang Xuanling's face was already like ashes, he bowed his hands for a long time, and then knelt down, put his forehead on the ground, and bowed: "Your Majesty, the real murderer is Fang Xuanling, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin was suddenly petrified, all his expressions froze, and his body stiffened.

The gentleman stands, the minister kneels, and the picture is like a freeze frame.

"Xuan Ling, I say it again! This matter is not child's play, and it cannot be believed! ”

"Weichen has followed His Majesty for more than 20 years, and he never dared to speak falsely to bully the king. Qin Mubai was framed. And the person who committed the big crime in this case is Fang Xuanling himself. Please punish Your Majesty! With that, Fang Xuanling took off the black gauze hat from his head and put it aside, and knelt down again with his head on the ground.

With a "plop", Li Shimin was really dizzy and fell heavily on the couch.

The harem of the court, in the house where the crime occurred.

The armor of the Imperial Forest Army inside and outside surrounded more than ten floors, the door was closed, the corpses of the four eunuchs in the room had not yet been cleaned up, and the room was full of the strange smell of wine and blood. The two "victimized" concubines had been taken away by the eunuchs of the court for another care, and Qin Mubai sat alone in the room.

Staring at the "Autumn Moon Imperial Case Classic Incense Picture" by the great court painter Wang Lide on the wall panel, Qin Mubai's white lines did not move like a clay sculpture.

It has already happened, and it is useless to repent it. Only now is to find a way to survive.

After coming to his senses, Qin Mubai understood what he had done. Neku is empty, last night and those two fox spirits, I don't know how many times the phoenix has been upside down, and his legs are weak.

However, he didn't remember any of the details, and he didn't even know how he was here.

Obviously, yesterday I was in someone else's way. It is very likely that it was drugged and then put into a strong aphrodisiac to cause this.

Anyway, it is an indisputable fact that he gave the two concubines of Emperor Wude.

Li Shimin's fake mother let herself be ...... Every time he thought of this, Qin Mubai felt a lot of pressure and had a headache.

He thought about his situation left and right, and felt that the worst situation was probably that he was cut into tens of millions of pieces to feed the eight kings in the Taiye Pool, and then the Qin family was full of people of all ages and left no one behind. Next, it may be the martyrdom of Princess Gaoyang, Wu Meiniang's widowhood or remarriage, scolded by the world, and the whipping corpse that will be punished by the knife even if there are no bones, Qin Mubai will be stinking for thousands of years in history......

In the end, I will feel better now that I have wiped my neck with a knife.

However, Qin Mubai has never been a person who gives up easily and will end his life.

Now that you've prepared for the worst, why not do your best and try it again?

If you fight, you may not succeed, and if you don't fight, you will die without a place to be buried!

……

The four corpses froze there, and Qin Mubai turned his head to look at them, and he had the urge to wake them up and ask the truth.

"I don't know, what is Ling'er doing now? They put me under house arrest here, and I don't know what I wanted. At this time, the emperor should have known. Counting the time, it should be the auspicious time for my wedding, I don't know what the chaos will become......" Qin Mubai groaned to himself, laughing indifferently at himself, "Damn, my life is almost gone, and I still have to worry about salty radishes!" Fortunately, I am familiar with these eunuchs and the people of Baiqi and Jin Wuwei. Otherwise, I'm afraid I will be torn apart by a knife just now! Now every extra second of life is picked up. ”

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the house, and the unique sound of iron armor shaking, and the soldiers and armor that surrounded the hut seemed to move together.

Someone whispered: "Why is Her Royal Highness the princess here?" ”

"Why can't I come? You're locked up with my husband! "Princess Gaoyang's voice is indifferent and arrogant, and she is arrogant!

"Your Royal Highness, Princess, please forgive your sins! At this moment, no one can see the colt! It was actually Qin Tong's voice.

"Big brother! It's your third brother who is locked up inside! Princess Gao Yang scolded, "Do you know what you're talking about? ”

"I know." Qin Tong's voice revealed unbearability, anxiety and anger, and he said in a deep voice, "But at this moment, I am first the deputy envoy of the hundred horses, and then his brother. If he sinned, I would be the first to spare him. Even if the princess comes, the general can't let the princess in! ”

"What did you say?"

"It's like, back then, Mu Bai didn't let you enter the palace to disturb His Majesty's nap! Today, unless the princess stabbed Qin Tong and stepped on Qin Tong's corpse, otherwise, Qin Tong couldn't let the princess in! ”

With a "bang", the weapon is unsheathed!

"Your Royal Highness, don't do anything stupid!"

Qin Mubai's heart tightened, of course he knew what Princess Gaoyang had done.

Dressed in a bloody wedding robe, she stabbed a short dagger in her neck, already bleeding from her skin.

The red blood flowed from the snow-like pink neck, a few points redder than the wedding robe, a few points more dazzling.

"Get out of the way, or collect the body for me, you choose!"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, don't force me!"

"Qin Tong, you are still the eldest of the Qin family!" Princess Gaoyang reprimanded loudly, "I, Li Ling'er, and my surname is Li, for the sake of your third brother, I don't want this princess to do it, and I don't want my life, so you can't give up the position of deputy envoy of the hundred horsemen?!" ”

The audience was silent.

Douran!

"Boom!! Bang bang! With a few loud bangs, Qin Tong slammed his helmet and saber on the ground together, and shouted angrily: "Get out of the way!" Ben will accompany the princess and enter the house together! But to do big and small things, there will be a general to take care of! ”

The armor soldiers had been waiting for Qin Tong's words for a long time, and they flashed faster than he imagined.

Princess Gao Yang threw away the dagger and walked towards the house with an extra-long wedding gown and long skirt.

When she and Qin Tong pushed the door in, Qin Mubai was still sitting at the table, not moving, just looking at Princess Gaoyang sideways, and smiled slightly: "Big brother, Ling'er, you are here." ”

"Big brother, close the door."

It seems that in an instant, Gaoyang Princess Li Ling'er has become a man who stands tall in the sky!

With firm eyes and a resolute expression, he gave orders to Qin Tong, like a general commanding thousands of troops and horses galloping across the field.

Qin Tong closed the door as he said, glanced at the room, and then glanced at his third brother, sighed with shame and anger, and turned his head unbearably to look at it.

"What's the lament? Mu Bai is innocent! Mu Bai will be fine, the Qin family will be fine, we are still husband and wife, and this wedding will still be held! Princess Gaoyang said the following sentence categorically:

"Ling'er doesn't die, Mu Bai is dead!"