Chapter 387: The Truth (2)

(2-in-1 chapter, no update today.) )

"I understand what you're talking about, you just want to say that if I expose His Highness's Luo Yimen to the world, there will be chaos in the DPRK and China in the future, and I can't get out of it, but the result will be worse, right?" Wang Yuan smiled.

"Isn't it? You've broken the sky, and no one can make up for it. Li Guinian sneered.

"Not necessarily." Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The secret is still guarded, but there is only one more person who keeps it." Concubine Niangniang, can you explain it to Li Leshi? ”

Yang Guifei nodded lightly and said slowly: "The secret palace of the Prince's Luo Yimen will not be revealed, this is the agreement between me and Master Wang." Therefore, there will be no great chaos in the world, because no one will know what is happening today. Unless His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself wants to make it public, but the palace believes that he will not do so. ”

Li Guinian was surprised: "How is it possible? Will the mother keep this secret? His Royal Highness wants to kill Niangniang, can Niangniang tolerate it? ”

Yang Guifei said lightly: "Of course this palace can't tolerate it, but this palace has no interest in power struggle, I just want to live a peaceful life, and I don't want chaos in the court, that's not what this palace wants." I knew that if I made this matter public, the prince would naturally fall, but that wasn't necessarily a good thing. This matter will be taken advantage of by many people, and the government and the opposition will be in a mess. ”

After a pause, Yang Guifei said again: "Of course, another reason is the agreement between Master Wang and me. When the king came to the palace at noon, he put forward the condition that he should keep this secret before he told the matter. This is very understandable to this palace, because if this matter is made public, Wang Bachelor will be involved, even if he saves the life of this palace today, His Majesty and the court will not tolerate him. Besides, what Bachelor Wang said is also very right, once he is involved, someone will definitely implicate this matter on my Yang family. Nowadays, the relationship between Zuo Xiang and Mr. Wang is close, and some people are not willing to let go of this opportunity. So, I said I want to keep this secret, don't you believe it? ”

Li Guinian glanced at Wang Yuan deeply and said: "I admire it so much, you can say that you can move Niangniang to keep this secret, this is enough to make people admire." It's no wonder that you can get right and left. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "You don't want to sow discord, everything I said to my mother is reasonable, of course, there are also considerations for my personal safety, and I will not deny this in front of my mother." Lady Guifei, did I confess this from the beginning? ”

Yang Guifei nodded and said: "That's true, if he hadn't confessed so frankly, this palace wouldn't have listened to his later words." The palace will not allow him to make full arrangements to verify the authenticity of this matter. Master Wang, you bothered to make something out of nothing, and you found out Shen Qiurong, which is very remarkable. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you for the compliment, in fact, the most difficult thing in the whole thing is the thinking and judgment in the early stage, and it is not so difficult when it is determined that it may be a plan to drop the bag." After the concubine authorized me to check all the female officials around me, Shen Qiurong actually had nothing to hide. ”

Yang Guifei smiled and said: "This palace still doesn't know how you found her, when you say it's Shen Qiurong, this palace can't believe it, her appearance is too different from this palace." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Guifei Niangniang, if she shows her true face on weekdays, wouldn't it expose the fact that she and Niangniang's face are similar?" So this Shen Qiurong deliberately conceals her similarity to Niangniang's face with makeup and disguise on weekdays, but it's a pity that such things can be concealed for a while, how can she not reveal flaws for a long time? As soon as the minister investigated the matter, a female official told me that Shen Qiurong's face seemed to be changing every day, and I guessed that it was the result of deliberately applying makeup and changing his appearance on weekdays. Because she wants to hide her face, she has to put on makeup every day, but no matter how clever she is, she can't do it every day, and the painting is not her real face after all, so there will be some subtle differences in makeup every day. I don't know, others must be aware of it in their eyes, but I don't care too much. When asked about it, it is immediately exposed. ”

Yang Guifei smiled and nodded: "You are very careful, this is indeed the truth." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Thank you for the compliment." After finding this Shen Qiurong, the rest of the things will be much easier. Although this woman has passed the ** of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Li Fuguo, she dares to accept the task of Bao Guifei Niangniang, which can be regarded as a bit of courage. But after all, she is a woman, and once she is exposed, she has no intention of denying it, and she pours beans on the bamboo tube. Then I asked Niangniang to arrange this play, since Shen Qiurong wanted to pretend to be Niangniang, I asked her to pretend to be this time, and Niangniang was on the side to watch the whole process. ”

Yang Guifei smiled and nodded: "This palace understands." ”

Wang Yuan turned to the stunned Li Guinian and said, "Master Li, now you should understand how this play prepared for you was performed." You asked questions for a long time, and we answered your questions for a long time, can you answer the question of the concubine. What is the reason why the prince dares to take a risk and kill his mother? It's just crazy. When did the prince have such courage? ”

"Will you give me a glass of water? My blood is running dry. Li Guinian said in a dumb voice.

Wang Yuan personally held a cup of tea for him, fed him a mouthful of it, and Li Guinian said, "Thank you." Now, I don't want to hide it. The plan to assassinate Niangniang was Gonggong Li's idea, and His Royal Highness disagreed at first, but the reason actually started from Niangniang. ”

"Why?" Yang Guifei was surprised.

"Yes, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 last year, Niangniang and His Majesty admired the moon in the palace, and you said to Your Majesty that Li Wan, the king of Rong, was not in the capital and could not be reunited, and it was very regrettable, I don't know if Niangniang remembers?"

"Remember, so what?" Yang Guifei frowned.

"Since that night, His Majesty has been more gracious to King Rong, first adding the ambassador of Longyou Jiedu, and then awarding orders to Dadu Protector, which is extremely honorable. Later, it was rumored that Niangniang introduced King Rong and Yang Zuoxiang, who was Duzhilang at the time, and then the two were very close, which aroused suspicion. King Rong must first come to visit the concubine Niangniang when he enters the palace, and he will pay tribute to many gifts, and the concubine Niangniang also said on many occasions that King Rong is smart and quiet, ambitious, and very similar to His Majesty's personality, and is a copy of His Majesty and so on. ”

Yang Guifei frowned and said in astonishment: "Has this palace said such a thing?" ”

Li Guinian said: "Of course Niangniang said it, it's not worth saying it once, I remember it every time." Because my task is to report every word and deed I heard from His Majesty and the noble concubine to Gonggong Li, I remember it clearly. ”

"Well, even if I said that, so what? Is this going to kill me? Yang Guifei was angry, and her angry appearance was even better, Wang Yuan was a little stunned when she looked at her pouting mouth.

But listening to Li Guinian: "Niangniang is simple-minded, maybe she just didn't intend to say it, but in the ears of His Royal Highness and Gonggong Li, this is Niangniang deliberately blowing the wind to His Majesty." Coupled with the unusually close relationship between Yang Guozhong and King Rong, it ...... It is inevitable that people will suspect that the left minister seems to have a strong intention to promote the king. “

"What does it mean to push King Rong?" Yang Guifei was still stupid and didn't understand.

"It's like Li Xiangguo publicly said that the crown prince is the most suitable for King Shou." Wang Yuan understood what he heard, and said it implicitly to Yang Guifei.

Yang Guifei understood, frowned and said, "Is the prince suspecting that I am acting with my cousin to promote King Rong as the crown prince?" ”

"Exactly. This incident made His Royal Highness extremely uneasy, and in the spring of this year, when the Crown Prince saw His Majesty, His Majesty's words made the Crown Prince even more worried. His Majesty scolded His Royal Highness in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for not being as talented as King Rong, and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not look like His Majesty at all, but King Rong was very much like His Majesty when he was young. After this incident, His Highness was depressed. After careful consideration, Gonggong Li believed that it was necessary to immediately stop some people from advocating the benefits of King Rong in front of His Majesty, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Gonggong Li said that even if Li Linfu pushed King Shou's remarks, there was no noble concubine Niangniang who preached in His Majesty's ear that King Rong was terrible. If this development continues, King Rong is very likely to suddenly threaten the crown prince's position. ”

Yang Guifei opened her mouth slightly and said softly: "Then you decided to kill this palace?" ”

Li Guinian said in a deep voice: "Since it is determined that the noble concubine Niangniang and Zuo Xiang are working together to promote this matter, then if you want to put an end to the pillow wind, you can only let Niangniang shut up." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not dare to make up his mind, but it was Gonggong Li who tried his best to persuade him to make plans early, and His Royal Highness agreed to Gonggong Li's suggestion. Gonggong Li began to design this action against Niangniang seven or eight months ago, inserting Shen Qiurong into Niangniang's side, imitating and learning Niangniang's manners, expressions, talking and laughing, etc., you all know the rest of the matter, and I don't need to repeat it. ”

Wang Yuan and Yang Guifei both understood, and the context of the whole thing was already very clear, and the reason was that Yang Guifei's unintentional praise for King Rong caused Li Heng to have an extreme sense of crisis. The position of the crown prince has already been impacted, Li Linfu has long publicly expressed his support for King Shou, and now the new force Yang Guozhong is going to promote King Rong to the throne, and the most favorable factor is that there is a noble concubine blowing the wind by the pillow, and the prince's status is in jeopardy. Under such circumstances, Li Heng had to agree to Li Fuguo's desperate strategy and attack the concubine.

Although the root cause of the incident has been planted since the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, several successive incidents involving the prince this year may have hit Li Heng's fragile mind even more. He is like a frightened bird, he will magnify everything to the extreme, so as to overreact. This crazy plan to drop the bag and assassinate is very problematic in the eyes of ordinary people, but when it feels embattled, what kind of crazy action is actually reasonable and understandable.

And once this crazy plan succeeds, it will not only eliminate the possibility of King Rong ascending to the throne, but also may place a character next to His Majesty's pillow that is most beneficial to himself. Once the bag is successfully dropped, you will basically be able to sit back and relax in the future, because the fake concubine Niangniang will only say things that are beneficial to Li Heng and become the key chess piece controlled by Li Heng, which is the most attractive part of the whole plan.

Yang Guifei sighed and said softly: "I see, this palace understands everything, if it hadn't learned of this conspiracy, this palace would have been killed today and wouldn't know why it died." My words are really just unintentional words, and this palace will never participate in the battle, but unfortunately each of you does not understand the heart of this palace. Those words will be remembered by you in your hearts, hated in your bones, and it is really scary to think about it. ”

Wang Yuan comforted: "Niangniang is auspicious, so they didn't succeed, please relax your mind." Now that the matter is clear, please ask the mother to decide what is in front of you. What to do with the Year of the Turtle? ”

"I don't know what to do." Yang Guifei muttered.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, the minister will deal with it on behalf of Niangniang." ”

Wang Yuan stretched out his hand to pick up the dagger and walked towards Li Guinian, Li Guinian's face was pale, and his eyes were full of begging for willingness when he looked at Wang Yuan.

"Master Wang, can you ...... Spare him his life? Yang Guifei shouted behind her.

Wang Yuan turned his head to stare at her and said, "Guifei Niangniang, I don't want to kill him, but this person really can't stay." Today's benevolence will leave the disaster of tomorrow. If he doesn't die, I will die, and he will definitely inform the prince and Li Fuguo of today's events. That would be the beginning of trouble. ”

Yang Guifei was stunned for a long time and said, "That's it, you decide." ”

Wang Yuan turned his head to Li Guinian, whose eyes were scattered, and said, "Brother Li, you know that I can't keep you, don't blame me." I'm sorry. ”

Li Guinian knew that he was not fortunate today, so he sighed and said, "Master Wang, please give me a good time, don't let me suffer more." I think that I should have been obsessed with music and rhythm, but I was forced to participate in the game, and I really regret it. However, if there is an afterlife, he will not be a person who is controlled by men. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "If you can understand this before you die, you can live a life in vain." If you are controlled by people everywhere in life, it is better to die. ”

Li Guinian nodded slightly and closed his eyes. With a wave of Wang Yuan's hand, Li Guinian's throat was slit, and his body fell to the ground, killing him instantly.

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Yang Guifei watched Wang Yuan cut Li Guinian's throat with one knife, and her heart churned a little when she watched the scene of blood gushing, and she retched with a bow holding the wooden fence of the soft couch. Wang Yuan hurriedly asked, "Is Niangniang okay?" ”

Yang Guifei waved her hand, retched a few times, raised her head with a pang, and covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief: "Dispose of their corpses." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Please ask Niangniang to call two reliable chamberlains to remove the body and bury it, and clean the ground." ”

Yang Guifei nodded with a white face, walked outside the screen and beckoned the two chamberlains in, the two chamberlains were frightened and overwhelmed when they saw the situation inside, Yang Guifei said: "After the palace guards leave, the two of you will carry these two corpses to the backyard and bury them under the peach blossom tree." Turn around and clean the place, and leave no traces. All the bloodstained things were taken out and burned. Whoever asks you about today's events will say that you don't know, and if anyone says more, the palace will bury him under the peach blossom tree. ”

The two attendants agreed in unison, and hurriedly began to clean up.

Yang Guifei said to Wang Yuan: "The smell of blood here is too strong, let's talk in another place, I still have something to ask you." ”

Wang Yuan bowed down and said, "Listen to Niangniang's orders." ”

Yang Guifei walked out of the pavilion by herself, Wang Yuan slowly followed behind, the sun had already set outside, and the light was dim in all directions. When the female officials saw Niangniang coming out, they hurriedly gathered around and waited. lit the palace lamp to lead the way, and left here with a hug and entered another warm pavilion.

After retiring everyone again, Yang Guifei sat down in the lamp and muttered, Wang Yuan didn't dare to disturb, and stood aside and waited.

"Wang Yuan, you have made a contribution to saving this palace today, how should this palace reward you?" Yang Guifei slowly raised her head, and looked at Wang Yuan quietly with a pair of autumn water eyes.

Wang Yuan said: "Guifei Niangniang, today's incident is not only to save Niangniang, but also to save yourself, how can you talk about credit?" ”

Yang Guifei was silent for a moment and said, "I have something to ask you, and you answer honestly." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Concubine Niangniang, please ask." ”

Yang Guifei said: "A few months ago, I summoned you alone to ask you about a secret matter, do you remember?" ”

Wang Yuanyuan's skin was numb, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Remember." ”

Yang Guifei nodded and said, "Just remember, after the death of my third sister, Mrs. Qiuguo, the letter that was left with me about the records of your interactions with the crown prince and Li Fuguo." Hongu asked you about this at the time, how did you answer Hongu? ”

Wang Yuan's heart was beating wildly, and he forced himself to calm down: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, the minister was ...... What is said is that they did not have substantive contacts with the prince and Li Fuguo, but they only co-opted Weichen. ”

"But what do you say now? Today, you have become the deputy commander of the Luo Yimen, and you have even participated in the assassination of this palace. What do you have to say about that? Yang Guifei said coldly.

Wang Yuan's mind was racing rapidly, this matter was already contradictory, he thought he could fool the past, but he didn't expect Yang Guifei to be so careful that she still remembered her own words at that time. It's really tricky to be exposed in person. The tricky part is not because he was proven to be a character of Luo Yimen and colluded with the prince. The real trouble is that if Yang Guifei suspects that Mrs. Qiuguo's death is related to herself, then it is the most annoying.

Because the previous letter explained itself as Li Fuguo's wishful harassment of himself, that is, he said that he had nothing ulterior motives, even if Mrs. Qiu Guo found out, he had no motive to kill. But now it's very different, once it is proved that he is indeed a subordinate of the crown prince, then the lady of the country has a real motive to kill her after discovering her secret, and this is the key. Therefore, in any case, the concubine cannot be allowed to think about this.

"Niangniang forgives the sin, the criminal concealed it from Niangniang at the beginning, and he really deserves death." Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "But the criminal minister is also a last resort. Because the criminal didn't want Niangniang to misunderstand, coupled with selfishness, he wanted to keep his future, so he deceived Niangniang. ”

Yang Guifei's face was as cold as ice, and she said quietly: "Go on."