Jiang Rongyue listened to the queen's words, her heart sank fiercely, and her hands under her wide sleeves unconsciously clenched, and her chest was extremely stuffy.

Lu Nianjin is still plain and bland, she is different from Jiang Rongyue, she has never thought of being like a mother and daughter with the queen, and her only hope is not to be an enemy. If she treats her well, she should be close to her, and if she treats her badly, she should be distant from her.

"My aunt is so good to my cousin, isn't my cousin moved?" She was distracted, Jiang Rongyue suddenly spoke, looked at her and asked.

Lu Nianjin caught the jealousy that flashed in her eyes, and shook her head gently, "Don't be moved...... Because I will be better for the queen mother. ”

Jiang Rongyue: "......" She bit her lower lip hard, resentful and aggrieved, "Cousin-in-law means that I am not good enough for my aunt, and I am making trouble for my aunt?" ”

"I didn't mean that," Lu Nianjin shook his head helplessly, paused slightly, and said, "In addition, kindly remind Cousin Jiang that it is best not to put on makeup when you have a wound on your face, otherwise, it will suppurate and fester." ”

"You, cousin-in-law, are you telling the truth?" When Jiang Rongyue heard the words suppuration and festering, her face changed suddenly, and she asked in horror.

Lu Nianjin nodded, and said unhurriedly, "In order to whiten the makeup powder nowadays, lead powder is more or less added to it, and the lead powder is poisonous, and if it is pasted on the face for a long time, it will naturally rot the face." ”

"But, doesn't my aunt also use the makeup powder of Jiangnan Pavilion?" Her eyelashes flickered as she looked towards the Queen.

The queen was looked at like this by her niece, thinking of her skin after removing her makeup at night, she gasped, paused for a moment, and then turned to Lu Nianjin and said, "Jin'er, since you know that lead powder is not good for the skin, do you know how to regulate it?" ”

"Naturally," Lu Nianjin bowed slightly, looking at the queen and said, "Another day, the daughter-in-law will enter the palace and tell the queen mother in detail." ”

When the queen heard this, she said yes repeatedly, and then looked at Jiang Rongyue, who had a bitter face, and said, "Since it is not good to apply makeup powder on your face, you should wash it away?" As she spoke, she glanced at Yao Huang.

Yao Huang agreed, picked up Jiang Rongyue and walked towards the apse.

Soon, Jiang Rongyue took off her makeup, and when she came out again, the scars on her face appeared, one red and one purple, it looked terrifying, and the thin cotton yarn couldn't cover it at all.

The queen looked at it, frowned, and said, "You can't participate in the banquet like this, so let the palace send you back!" ”

What could Jiang Rongyue say, she could only cheer up and said, "Auntie, Rongrong still wants to stay in the palace to accompany you for a while," After speaking, she was afraid that the queen would not agree, so she added, "You won't have a cousin-in-law, so you won't be in pain anymore, right?" ”

The queen had no choice but to say, "Then let Yao Huang take you to the side hall to rest." ”

"Okay," Jiang Rongyue replied crisply, "When my aunt finishes the feast, I'll come over to accompany my aunt, and we'll sleep together tonight." ”

Queen: "......" sleeping with such an ugly monster, won't he have nightmares at night?

"Auntie?" Seeing that the queen didn't reply for a long time, Jiang Rongyue couldn't help but scream, touched her face aggrievedly, and said, "Auntie, you shouldn't dislike me, right?" ”

The queen was indeed disgusted with such a face, but thinking that this was her own niece, she endured it again, looked at her with a complicated face, and comforted, "Silly Rongrong, this palace is your aunt, how can I dislike you, this palace is afraid that she will turn over at night and accidentally press your wound." ”

As he was talking, Peony walked in from outside, knelt down and said, "Niangniang, the banquet of Zhanghua Hall has begun, you and the crown princess should pass." ”

When the queen heard this, she no longer entangled with Jiang Rongyue, she looked directly at Yao Huang and ordered, "Serve the county lord well, don't be lazy!" Otherwise, this palace will ask you! ”

"Yes, Niangniang," Yao Huang agreed, and walked towards the side hall with Jiang Rongyue.

The queen looked at Lu Nianjin and said gently, "Jin'er, let's go!" ”

Lu Nianjin stood up and helped the queen to walk out together.

When the two arrived at Zhanghua Palace, except for the emperor and Xiao Xun, almost all the concubines and relatives who should have arrived arrived.

The queen walked towards the dragon and phoenix chair in the first place, and Lu Nianjin sat down after the first case of the emperor's head.

Not long after, Xiao Xun accompanied the emperor over.

Everyone in the hall stood up and saluted the emperor, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

The emperor waved his hand, "Zhong Aiqing is flat, and the prince is flat." ”

Everyone sat down again, and Xiao Xun also sat down beside Lu Nianjin.

"Don't leave your seat tonight!" He took her hand and whispered.

When Lu Nianjin heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "What does the prince mean by this?" ”

"Do you remember what happened to Qingyao last time?" He was talking about the last big banquet, when Qing Yao waited for the prince to change his clothes, but was possessed by Mo Mingren.

Lu Nianjin still had some impressions, and then thinking of the noise outside when she changed clothes that day, her brows tightened, "What does the prince mean, Lu Guifei, she wants me to go and kiss?" ”

Xiao Xun squeezed her hand with a little force, "It's not for you to kiss, she wants your life!" As he spoke, he said in a deep voice, "If you really fell into the trap at that time, for the sake of royal face, my father will never give you a chance to defend yourself, and he will directly give you death." That's how the royal rules are. ”

"So that's the case, I understand......" Lu Nianjin shuddered and said coolly.

Xiao Xun sensed her fear and anger, lowered his voice, and said comfortingly, "Jin'er, don't be afraid, with this palace, no one can think of calculating you." ”

“…… If, I mean, what if I really fall for the trick one day, how will the prince choose? After a long time, Lu Nianjin looked sideways at Xiao Xun, with a mist in his eyes, and asked a little ethereal.

Xiao Xun listened to her, as long as he thought of that possibility, his eyes were full of murder, and under the case, he squeezed her hand extremely hard, as if he wanted to scrap her wrist.

"What will the prince do? Will it kill me? Lu Nianjin asked, looking at him for a moment.

Xiao Xun met her stubborn eyes, was silent for a moment, and finally spoke, "If I didn't protect you, this palace is incompetent!" If you really go to that step, in front of your father, this palace will desperately protect you, you live, this palace lives, you die, this palace dies. ”

Lu Nianjin looked at him with four eyes, listening to him say these words solemnly in a low voice, she only felt as if her heart had been hit by something, tears flowed out of her eyes, and she couldn't stop it, through his cool eyes, she seemed to see him draw his sword and confront the emperor.

The sword was across his neck, and the red blood flowed down, he looked at the emperor stubbornly, and said coldly, "You want to kill Lu Nianjin, unless you step on my corpse." ”

"Why is the crown princess crying, isn't she arguing with the prince?" Suddenly, Lu Guifei's voice sounded in the main hall.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Nianjin's table.

Lu Nianjin also came back to her senses at this time, she secretly wiped her tears with Xiao Xun's hand, stood up and said, "Back to my father, the emperor, and the queen mother, Lu Guifei, I didn't get angry with the prince. ”

"Then why did the crown princess burst into tears at the banquet, could it be that you are reluctant to be the prince of the Japanese princess?" As Concubine Lu's number one dog, Concubine Ning covered her little belly that had not yet been conceived, and said with a smile.

Lu Nianjin couldn't help frowning, looked at her coldly, and said, "If Concubine Ning can't speak, let someone who can speak." ”

"What does this mean, Crown Princess?" Concubine Ning's face changed, and she asked angrily.

Lu Nianjin didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore, and looked directly at the emperor, the meaning was very obvious-Father, are you sure you want to let this woman who is a little child angry and can't be on the stage continue to stir up the feast?

The emperor is so smart, just for a moment, he understood Lu Nianjin's eyes, he darkened his face, looked at the green road beside Concubine Ning, "Since your master is not feeling well, there is no need to force her to lead the banquet, help her go back and rest well." ”

Lu Wu was stunned for a moment before he stepped forward to receive the order to help Concubine Ning go back.

How could Concubine Ning be such a short-sighted and good-looking person to leave, she slapped open her green hand, looked at the emperor, and said in a sweet and aggrieved voice, "Your Majesty, the concubine's body is much better, and the little prince in the belly is also very well-behaved, there is no trouble with the concubine, the concubine can hold it, besides, the banquet is just sitting and eating and drinking, watching the performance, the concubine ......"

"Green!" The emperor didn't wait for Concubine Ning to finish speaking, so he interrupted her and said coldly, "I still don't accept your master's return." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Wu responded in a trembling voice, and whispered in Concubine Ning's ear and said urgently, "Niangniang, the emperor is already angry, and now it is for the sake of the little prince's face, so he will give you a step down, if you don't leave, the emperor should let people drag you, and then we Qixiang Palace are afraid that we will lose face." ”

Concubine Ning listened to Lu Wu's advice, and finally gave up the struggle, and was half-pushed and half-helped down by her.

After Concubine Ning's stubble, the rest of the people didn't care why Lu Nianjin was crying, only Xiao Xun, after she sat down, frowned and asked, "Jin'er, why are you crying?" ”

Lu Nianjin glanced at him sideways, his eyelids were slightly red, and he said with a complicated expression, "Just now, after the prince answered my question, there seemed to be a faint flash in front of me...... The scene you said, you are really, willing to resist the emperor, and I live and die with me, I feel deeply in my heart, and I ......"

I couldn't help but burst into tears.

Xiao Xun listened to her, was silent for a moment, and then suddenly approached her and whispered in her ear, "Do you remember what this palace told you after this Dunlun, and this palace has also seen a lot of shadowy pictures?" You say, could it be that we were husband and wife in our previous lives, so when we do similar things in this life, we will feel something? ”

When Lu Nianjin heard him say this, she suddenly thought of Meng Qingting again, didn't she just have the memory of her previous life? Perhaps, she could find an opportunity to ask about her past life!

Xiao Xun didn't know Lu Nianjin's thoughts, and seeing her distracted, he couldn't help but pinch her waist under the table, and said, "What is the crown princess thinking?" Why don't you answer Hongu's words? ”

Lu Nianjin was pinched by him, and then he came back to his senses and said angrily, "I'm thinking about the past life mentioned by the prince...... Perhaps, in our previous life, we were really husband and wife. ”

"Does the prince remember Meng Qingting's specialness?" As she spoke, she mentioned Meng Qingting again, raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you think she looks like the kind of person who was reincarnated without drinking Meng Po soup?" ”

Xiao Xun listened to her words and instantly had an epiphany, "You mean, it's because she has the memory of her previous life, so she can not predict so many things?" ”

Lu Nianjin, "I'm so skeptical. ”

While the two were talking, the peony beside the queen suddenly walked towards this side, stopped beside Lu Nianjin, blessed her body, and said, "Crown princess, the mother sees that your eyes are swollen from crying, and let the slave take you to the side hall to wash up." ”

Lu Nianjin raised her head and looked at the queen, and after a distance, the queen nodded at her.

"Let's go!" Lu Nianjin lowered his head, stood up, and walked out with Peony.

Xiao Xun watched her walk away step by step, his brows furrowed slightly, and he glanced at Yun Jiang, who understood and secretly followed with Yun Xun.

Lu Nianjin was led to the side hall last time by Peony.

After changing clothes and washing, she was about to leave, when a stone suddenly bounced from the beam of the room, she only felt a pain in her back, and the next moment, the whole person lost consciousness.

At the same time, the two black-clothed men in strong suits on the beam jumped off the beam with lightning speed, and before Lu Nianjin fell to the ground, they quickly caught her and the peony beside her, without making a sound......

Seeing that a quarter of an hour had passed, another quarter of an hour had passed, Lu Nianjin had not come out yet, Yun Jiang and Yun Xun who had secretly followed couldn't help but get anxious, the two looked at each other, Yun Jiang looked towards the side hall, and called in a low voice, "Girl? ”

There was no response at all.

Yun Jiang's face changed, she said offended, and the next moment, she raised her foot and kicked open the door of the side hall.

As soon as the door opened, there was an unobstructed view of the environment inside.

I saw Lu Nianjin and Peony lying on the ground, their faces burning peach.

"Girl!" Yun Jiang couldn't control and rushed towards Lu Nianjin, Yun Xun checked the side hall, she looked around, inside and out, but did not find any traces of people entering and leaving.

"How?" Yun Jiang helped Lu Nianjin to the brocade couch, moved the peony to the other side, and asked in a deep voice.

Yun Xun shook her head, "No traces of man-made have been found. ”

"Let's wake up the girl first!" Yun Jiang said with a solemn face, "You immediately go to the main hall to inform the prince, and then go and invite a imperial doctor to come over." ”

Yun Xun agreed, and retreated.

Not long after, Yun Xun came back, stepped forward and said respectfully, "Sister Yun Jiang, the prince can't leave, let's take the crown princess back to the Shifu for treatment first." ”

"That's fine," Yun Jiang nodded, and the two helped Lu Nianjin to walk out together.

What they didn't know was that not long after they left, the bed in the side hall was opened from the inside, and then, the two men in black appeared before and moved the peony leaning on the couch.

In the side hall, it quickly returned to normal.

The feast was dispersed an hour later.

When Xiao Xun came out, Lu Nianjin had already been sent to the National Teacher's Mansion, he remembered her in his heart, and explained to the emperor and the queen about Lu Nianjin's departure, so he rushed to the National Teacher's Mansion non-stop.

When he returned to the National Teacher's Mansion, as soon as he got off the horse, he quickly asked the chief butler who greeted him, "How is the crown princess?" ”

The chief butler had embarrassment on his face and hesitated, "...... If you go back to the prince, Miss Yun Jiang and Miss Yun Xun brought back it as if they were not the crown princess! ”

"What did you say?" When Xiao Xun heard that the person he brought back was not Lu Nianjin, his face changed instantly, and he rushed to the direction of Luoshen Yuan with light skills.

When he arrived at Luoshenyuan, he didn't need to ask much at all, just glanced at the bed, and understood what the big butler meant just now.

What Yun Jiang and Yun Jing brought back was indeed not Lu Nianjin, but the peony that was disguised into Lu Nianjin.

On the bed, the human skin mask on Peony's face had been stripped off, and her face was as red as blood.

"What kind of poison is in her?" Xiao Xun put one hand behind his back, looked at the imperial doctor with a cold face and asked.

Imperial Doctor Zhou shuddered, lowered his head, and cautiously replied, "If you go back to the prince, the peony girl is not poisoned, she, she is drunk." ”

"Drunk?" Xiao Xun tightened his eyebrows, closed his eyes and sniffed, "But there is no smell of alcohol in the house." ”

"Prince Qiyu, ordinary people get drunk because they drink too much, so they will smell of alcohol, but the peony girl is different, she only drank a small sip, and she was drunk and unconscious, and naturally there was no smell of alcohol on her body."

"You mean, she drank the spirits of the spirits, and she could get drunk and unconscious with just one sip?"

"That's exactly what Wechen meant."

Xiao Xun understood, he glanced at him again, "Find a way to sober her up, and enter the palace for a trip," After speaking, he walked out again without looking back.

Yun Jiang and Yun Xun glanced at each other, and there was unspeakable despair in their eyes-if the crown princess had any three longs and two shorts, the two of them would definitely not survive!

Xiao Xun rode back to the palace as fast as he could.

In the Qianyuan Palace, the emperor finished bathing and was about to sleep, but there was a rush of footsteps outside, Xiao Linzi hurriedly entered, knelt in front of the dragon couch, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the prince asks to see!" ”

"The prince wants to see you?" The emperor frowned, pinched the Buddha beads in his hand, and said suspiciously, "Didn't he go back to the house to see the crown princess, why did he enter the palace again?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the crown prince is here for the princess."

"Let him in!" The emperor pressed his eyebrows and waved his hand to order.

Xiao Linzi agreed, got up from the ground and retreated.

After a while, Xiao Xun walked in from outside, he didn't even have time to make a big salute, he only arched his hand, and hurriedly said his intention, "Father, Jin'er is missing!" ”

"What did you say!" Hearing the news, the emperor was not calm, he stood up directly from the dragon bed, and said in a gaffe, "Didn't you say that the crown princess was unwell and had already returned to the house, could it be that she was abducted on the way home?" ”

Xiao Xun's face was dark, "I wasn't robbed on the way back to the house, I was stolen and replaced when I was in the side hall of Zhanghua Palace, and Yun Jiang and Yun Xun brought back to the National Master's Mansion were not Jin'er at all, but peony." ”

The emperor also remembered that in the middle of the banquet, the peony beside the queen accompanied Lu Nianjin to change clothes.

"Then what do you mean now......" The emperor was silent for a moment and asked in a deep voice.

Xiao Xun's eyes said resolutely, "The people of the sons and daughters want to search the palace on a large scale, and I hope that my father will allow it!" ”

When the emperor heard him say this, his face changed, "Isn't this appropriate?" ”

However, a prince wants to search the palace on a large scale, if he is really allowed, then what will the ministers of the world think of him as the emperor!

"You can't search on a large scale, so what does the father mean?"

The emperor coughed and said in a low voice, "This matter is related to the reputation of the crown princess, let's investigate it in private." Otherwise, even if someone is recovered, what about her reputation? …… There is no room for a discredited crown princess in the royal family. ”

Speaking of which, he was afraid that he would not be able to convince this son, so at the end, he added another hammer, "When the first emperor was the crown prince, the crown princess Yu, you should still remember it?" ”

The first emperor was originally married to Yu...... At the mention of this person, Xiao Xun's face became even more gloomy.

Yu was originally designed by the side concubine, and when he went out of the palace to visit the Buddha, he was kidnapped by thieves and taken to the mountain for several days.

When she came back, although she was still innocent, the first emperor refused to tolerate her for the sake of royal face, and the three-foot white silk understood her life.

The eldest son and eldest daughter she gave birth to also lost their noble status.

And the harmful side concubine, also for the royal family's face, but was taken lightly, only punished and grounded for three years, three years later, she is still the beautiful prince side concubine, after the first emperor ascended the throne, the mother became a noble concubine by virtue of her son, and waited until the current emperor succeeded to the throne, and went to the fief with his son King Jin, and was noble all his life.

Thinking of this, the cold aura on Xiao Xun's body became more and more powerful, he clenched his fists tightly, and the green tendons at his temples were tensed.

I don't know how long time has passed, suddenly, he knelt down in front of the emperor, looked directly at the emperor with cold eyes, and said word by word, "Father, the crown princess, she is not the first emperor to marry the Yu family, and the sons are not the first emperor!" ”

"If Jin'er is the same as the Yu family, she would rather kill herself to protect her innocence, and Erchen will definitely not fail her in this life, otherwise, let the sky thunder and split, and there will be no place to bury you."

"Inquiry?" The emperor exclaimed, he didn't expect Xiao Xun to say such a thing, and he didn't expect that his son turned out to be a rare lover of the Xiao family for hundreds of years.

"Is the crown princess really that important in your heart?"

After a long time, he looked at him condescendingly and asked word by word.

Xiao Xun looked straight into the emperor's eyes, and said categorically, "Yes, in this life, the ministers and the crown princess do not seek to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but only to die on the same day of the same month!" If she dies, her sons will not live alone. ”

When the emperor heard him say this, he had nothing to say at all, so far, he could only promise him, "Okay, I can allow you to search the palace wantonly, but you have to promise me that you must not reveal a little rumor, otherwise even if the crown princess is found one day, I will not be able to tolerate her!" ”

"Sons obey orders!" Xiao Xun arched his hand and said.

"Go," the emperor waved his hand, his tone full of exhaustion.

Xiao Xun's attitude today reminded him of something he hadn't seen for a long time.

At that time, he was not a generation of emperors, he was just an ordinary prince, his biological mother was a palace maid, because of his low status, even if he gave birth to a prince for the royal family, he was only a nobleman with the last grade.

When he was a child, he followed his biological mother, and life was extremely difficult. By his side, there was only one little palace maid named Cai Wei who did not dislike him, always treated him well, and accompanied him gently like water, from sunrise to sunset, year after year, as if she would never leave him.

And so it went on until he was sixteen years old.

At that time, he didn't understand what his feelings for her were, but when he did, he had something more important in his heart.