Chapter 16 Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped

The next day, early in the morning, Jiang Wan Palace.

As soon as the sun streaked a red mark in the east, Xin'er woke up Qing Ning, who was still asleep.

"Girl, no, the emperor is here." Xin'er didn't say much, Qing Ning immediately sobered up, she knew that Xin'er couldn't say it well, that is, it was really terrible.

She quickly sat up from the bed, freshened up briefly, and walked towards the main hall of Jiang Wan Hall step by step......

At this time, the air in the main hall seemed to be condensed, and before reaching the door, you could feel the slightest coldness.

Yan Liuwan knelt on the ground, and the emperor stood aside with a gloomy face. Lou Qi and Lou Qi's maidservants stood beside the emperor, and their gloomy expressions couldn't cover the smug look they showed.

Qing Ning walked over, knelt next to Yan Liuwan in front of the emperor, and said carefully: "I don't know if the emperor is coming, what are you doing?" ”

"Yu'er, tell Yan Xiaogongzi what you heard last night?" Before the emperor could speak, Lou Qi spoke first.

"Yes" The maid got the master's order, and she was even more presumptuous" Yu'er went to send lychees to Concubine Yan yesterday on the order of Zhaoyi Niangniang, and it just so happened that Concubine Yan was bathing, and even more coincidentally, Little Prince Yan was also there. The slave maid heard the little boy say, 'Sister, these petals are really fragrant, you are also fragrant', and the concubine said, 'Then you can also come together to make the fragrance' and pulled the little boy down, and the rest of the slave and maid didn't dare to listen to it anymore......"

The servant girl's tone of adding oil and vinegar made Qing Ning angry, and the hand under the sleeve robe was already clucking, but how could she explain it?

If she is said to be a daughter, she is a deceitful king, and she will surely die; If she admits that she has an affair with Concubine Yan, she will be disgraced to the royal family and beheaded all over the house.

Lou Qi's move is really insidious.

Here, the Yan family gave her the warmth of home for the first time, and knew that she was taken in by Dai Bei and risked the world's condemnation, could it be that she was involved in the destruction of her plan?

No, absolutely not.

Qing Ning slowly raised his hand, held the hairpin on his head little by little, and twitched it, and the hairpin fell off.

Three thousand green silk poured down without restraint, reflecting the morning light, emitting a faint soft and warm yellow luster, the spring breeze rolled up the broken hair on the side of the shoulder from time to time, with that pure and beautiful face, the stunning posture of the city, the magic hand Danqing is difficult to paint.

"Your Majesty, the real name of the grass people is Yan, Qing, Ning" Qingning raised her head and slowly spoke, looking directly at the gaze projected on her by the emperor.

There, there was surprise, regret, and fierceness, and there was even a trace of fleeting admiration, mixed in it, which forbade Qing Ning's heart, and the surrounding atmosphere was once again cold to the point of weirdness, so that she couldn't help but shiver when she had always been calm.

"The Empress Dowager decrees that she will meet at the Ningrenshou Palace." The voice of an inner supervisor breaks this strange "war"

Qing Ning got up, held his beating heart, followed the inner supervisor of the decree, step by step, and walked towards the Renshou Palace.

The heart is still hanging, because she doesn't know whether heaven or hell awaits her. And every moment of the passage of time is torment for her at this time.

In the Renshou Palace, the high golden chair, the Queen Mother, wearing a plain black dress made of silkworm brocade, looking down, majestic and infinite.

qing ning looked up at her, flustered in her heart, because death is always terrible for everyone, especially, waiting for the judgment before death, but when she saw the person standing next to the queen mother, for some reason, she had a moment of peace of mind, mu ling.

"Originally, the mourning family didn't want to meddle in this matter, but Ling Er came to the mourning family for you, saying that you are a rare talent, and it would be a pity to kill you, so ......"

As soon as the Queen Mother said and waved her hand, ten women of the same costume and similar age walked out, lined up, and stood in front of Qing Ning in unison.

"The mourning family wants to test you," the queen mother continued: "Only one of these ten people is the personal servant of the mourning family, if you can find it in a stick of incense, the mourning family will protect your life." ”

Before the words fell, another palace maid lit a stick of incense on the side.

Qing Ning looked at the ten people steadily, all of them were decorated by first-class aunts, similar ages, and even their temperaments were extremely similar, all of them were simple, generous, and capable, and they couldn't see any difference at all.

Qing Ning squinted at the shorter and shorter incense, and she couldn't tell whether the white smoke that wafted out when the incense burned came from death......

About, only a quarter of an hour. Qing Ning lowered his eyes and thought, instead of waiting for death, it is better to take a risk.

"Queen Mother, the grass people need some fruit and a knife." Qing Ning raised her eyes and said to the Queen Mother.

"Okay" As soon as the Queen Mother waved her hand, a servant girl brought up a plate of fruit and a knife and put them on the table.

Qing Ning walked over slowly, picked up the knife and an apple, and raised his hand, no matter how he looked at it, he was going to peel the apple.

Was this woman scared silly? Still thinking about eating apples at this time?

Just when everyone thought she was going to cut the fruit, she quickly turned around, directly past the ten maidservants, and moved forward quickly, stabbing the queen mother in the throat with a knife.

At the moment when she was closest, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, and with a slight movement, Qing Ning's knife fell into the man's hand, and the man turned around and pressed the knife against Qing Ning's throat.

Everything was so smooth, Qing Ning didn't seem to have any intention of resisting at all, but the moment the knife touched her neck, she said lightly, "Niangniang, the grass people are separated." ”

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After a long silence

"Smack...... Syllable...... "......Three applause, unhurried, echoed in the empty hall, although it still sounded weird, but it made everyone's hearts relaxed, because the applause came from the Queen Mother.

"Xiang Kite, let her go." As soon as the Queen Mother's voice started, Qing Ning instinctively let go of her hand, and was let go by the maidservant. From the new station back to the bottom of the steps, his face was respectful.

The maid also stood back beside the Queen Mother, and at that time, the pillar of incense had just burned out.

Mu Ling lowered his eyes and looked at the woman under the steps, if he only took a knife, it would arouse suspicion, but it would not be easy to get his hands on it, if he added fruit, the knife would not only be logical, but also distract others.

Her intelligence and decisiveness are really a bit beyond his imagination.

But this method is really risky, if she misses, it will be a crime of one degree, enough for her to die twice.

"Once the mourning family has promised, they will let you live, but there is something unknown about the mourning family."

"The Queen Mother, please speak" Qing Ning still looked respectful, this, called proportion, she understands.

"How did you learn about Xiang Kite's martial arts?"

"Because the Empress Dowager followed Emperor Taizu to fight in the south and the north, she opened up a large territory for Tianche, and her peerless feats are admirable, and she will definitely be able to martial arts, and the people around her will naturally not be bad."

The Queen Mother laughed, this girl began to pat her ass, and she was really clever: "What if Xiang Kite can't stop you?" ”

"The grass people collect the knife" Qing Ning lowered his head and said, his voice was not loud, but he was very confident.

"Okay, what a Yan Qingning, it's worth saving the mourning family" The queen mother's voice suddenly raised, and she praised the people in the audience.

"The Queen Mother is wise, and she really lives up to the reputation of the Queen Mother Shenwu" Qing Ning bent down and saluted, not only patting the Queen Mother's ass, but also praising herself, it was really ...... Villain style, she thinks so herself.

"No" With this shout, the door of the palace suddenly opened, and an angry girl walked in, Princess Guanglian, Mu Mu.

Mu Mu walked all the way to the Queen Mother, then leaned on her arms, and said aggrievedly: "Queen Mother, if you make a mistake, you should be punished, right?" Even if the death penalty is avoided, the living sin cannot be escaped. ”