readx; Chinese New Year's Eve is a time for family reunion, farewell and welcome the new. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 On both sides of the streets and alleys of info Jingshi, whether rich or poor, every household has pasted new Spring Festival couplets and door gods; The sound of firecrackers and the laughter of children came and went; The faint smell of gunpowder and the aroma of the Chinese New Year's Eve meal are mixed together, which is exactly the taste of the year. This year is especially better than previous years, because the gates of the city are burning fireworks all night, bright fireworks keep blooming in the dark blue night sky, disappearing, and blooming again, accompanied by the people of the city to keep the New Year, but also for the first time the Ming Emperor's capital Jingshi has become a city that never sleeps.

However, near the Xiaoyao Bo Mansion in Zhengyangmen, it was a different scene. A large number of sergeants of the Imperial City Guard Regiment dressed in civilian clothes quietly gathered from all directions, and politely "invited" irrelevant people to the distance, and the streets outside the palace gate fell silent all of a sudden. There are two big red lanterns hanging at the entrance of Xiaoyaobo's mansion, but the door of the mansion is closed, and there is no sound in the courtyard wall, and the atmosphere is really weird to the extreme.

At this time, there were small snowflakes floating in the night sky, and Yan Ling was just about to go up to call the door, Zhu You shook off the cloak he was wearing, and said with a frosty face: "Don't make a noise, go over the wall!" ”

Yan Ling didn't dare to slack off, took a deep breath, jumped on the high wall on tiptoe, and saw a big sedan chair parked in the front yard at a glance, which was the one where Queen Rui'er was sitting. He was immediately relieved in his heart, and just turned around and smiled at Zhu Youzhen: "Holy Lord, it is really here..."

"Silence!" Zhu Youzhen's expression was even more serious, "Quietly open the door!" ”

Yan Ling was so frightened that her scalp was numb, so she had to float into the courtyard, go to the door hole and gently pull the latch of the door, and Zhu Youzhen immediately rushed in. Yan Ling still wanted to ask, but Zhu Youzhen said coldly: "Don't you think it's unusual enough for the New Year's Eve to be so quiet in this Xiaoyao Mansion?" ”

Yan Ling woke up suddenly, secretly thinking that his master Zhou Kui was greedy for money and lustful, just after being named Xiaoyaobo, he married a few concubines, and there were a lot of maids and servants in the mansion, but there was no quiet on Chinese New Year's Eve, which was indeed too abnormal. At this time, he was also vigilant, and two or three ups and downs turned around the front yard, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly returned to Zhu Youzhen: "Shengshang, everyone is asleep in the room!" Moreover, there are still eight people sleeping in the wing, is... It's the queen's sedan chair and palace maid! ”

"Don't wake them up yet, lest you startle them!" Zhu Youzhen said in a low voice, "Quietly control all the passages in the mansion, you and I will go to the back house to find the queen and Uncle Xiaoyao!" ”

Yan Ling didn't dare to speak at this time, so he had to follow Zhu Youzhen and sneak behind. Along the way, I passed by some people's accommodations, and when I clicked on the window lattice paper, I was also sleeping, and there was not even a single awake person in the entire Xiaoyao Bo Mansion!

When I arrived at the back house, I saw that the bedrooms of Zhou Kui and several of his concubines were also all dark, and when I looked over, the people inside were also asleep, but Zhou Kui was not among them. There is a very quiet courtyard in the northeast corner of the mansion, and there is a faint candle flame shining through. The two approached cautiously, but heard the sound of sobbing coming from inside.

"It's the Queen's Mother!" Yan Ling was terrified, and was about to break in, but was grabbed by Zhu Youzhen and signaled to take a sneak look first.

The two of them quietly walked into the courtyard with bated breath, but saw that the door was open, probably because the last person to come in forgot to close it. Looking inside, the blood in the two of them was almost coagulated!

On the three Taishi chairs in the middle of the room, there are three familiar people: on the left is Xiaoyao Bo Zhou Kui, on the right is Queen Rui'er, and in the center is Mengyi Shitai, who has been under house arrest in Xiaoyao Bo Mansion! But except for Mengyi, the other two were tied up with ropes and were unconscious.

And the one who is lying on Mengyi's lap and crying is another Rui'er! I heard her choking up: "Mother, why?!" Why are you so stupid!! ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen and Yan Ling notice that Master Mengyi's face was like gold paper, and the corners of his mouth and eyes were oozing blood, which was terrifying, obviously he had been poisoned!

"My mother is stupid, but... But even sillier ... It's you, Leil! "Mengyi is intermittently authentic.

At this point, Zhu Youzhen completely realized. It's no wonder that since he returned to Beijing, he vaguely felt that Rui'er seemed to be different from the past, but he couldn't think of anything when he thought about it, so he didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until he found out that he and all the royal concubines were drunk in the Portuguese embassy, except for Rui'er, that he became suspicious.

What he never expected was that this time it was Rui'er's twin sister Lei'er who pretended to be her! But this time is different from the last time, the two already have a skin-to-skin relationship, if he pays enough attention, he should be able to find out... At this time, Zhu Youzhen really wanted to open the bow left and right to give himself a big mouth!

At this time, I only heard Lei'er crying again: "Why is my daughter stupid? My mother was imprisoned here by Zhu Youzhen, and my daughter wants to save you from leaving! My daughter's plan finally succeeded, and we can leave Jingshi without us knowing, but how can you... Let's not talk about it first, my daughter will take her mother out of Beijing to treat poison first..."

"My mother is taking Heding Red, and the power of the medicine has penetrated deep into the heart, you know that it is hopeless, so don't bother." Mengyi gasped and said, "It's you, let's hurry away and fly high, if you don't leave, I'm afraid it'll be too late..."

"My daughter doesn't go, she wants to go together, she wants to die together!" Lei'er finally couldn't help crying loudly, "My daughter doesn't understand, why are you taking poison!" …”

"Silly boy," Mengyi said lovingly, caressing Lei'er's hair, "My mother has been a marionette all her life, and she is guilty of a lot of sin, and she should have died a long time ago." But my mother doesn't want you to repeat the same mistakes..."

From the conversation between the mother and daughter, Zhu Youzhen finally understood the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that Lei'er was almost forced to ** Zhu Yousong in Xiangyang, but fortunately, thanks to the guidance of the mysterious iron-masked man, she sneaked all the way to Beijing to rescue her mother Mengyi.

And Zhu Youzhen looked at Rui'er's face, although he did not investigate Mengyi's crime, but also asked Zhou Kui to put her under house arrest in Xiaoyaobo's mansion. In this matter, Zhu Youzhen is in a dilemma: Mengyi has violated the law of the country, and it is a major crime of assassinating the emperor, although it is attempted, it should also be severely punished. But she is the queen's biological mother, if it is dealt with publicly, the crime of rebellion will be linked, and the courtiers will inevitably ask for the abolition, and she has no suitable reason to refuse.

And abolishing Rui'er, who is close to him and lives and dies together, is something that Zhu Youzhen can never consider. Mother and daughter are connected, if Zhu Youzhen kills Mengyi, Rui'er will not be able to deal with herself, with her character, it is even possible to find a short-term view, which is absolutely not allowed by Zhu Youzhen.

To complicate matters further, the White Lotus Sect is also involved. Because the identity of the White Lotus Sect Master is too sensitive, it is even directly related to the great question of whether the emperors below Chengzu Zhu Di are legitimate; If you dig deeper, if you pull out the old identity of Empress Dowager Zhang again, it will be even more troublesome. Therefore, Zhu Youzhen can only "deal with this matter coldly" and let Zhou Kui restrain Mengyi, and at the same time strictly seal the news and not let outsiders know about it as much as possible.

It's just a hundred secrets, although Zhu Youzhen thought of all kinds of possibilities and took precautions one by one, he only forgot that there was a Lei'er!