Chapter 146: Plotting
Shi Tianyi was attacked, and angrily looked around for a bold madman, and when he and Xiao Wenxuan looked at each other, his arrogance was suddenly gone.
Xiao Wenxuan warned him with his mouth: "If you dare to look again, gouge out your eyes!" ”
Shi Tianyi opened his mouth, but finally accepted the warning, and Xiao Wenxuan looked away first, got up to find a place to clean up the debris.
This scene fell into the eyes of Lu Qiaohui on the other side, and she hated her silver teeth so much that she couldn't stand it, and the man couldn't stand it, all of them were eating from the bowl and thinking about the pot.
In the middle of the dinner, the representatives of the two countries exchanged martial arts on the spot, of course, each with its own victory and defeat.
Then there is the part where everyone uses their talents. The ladies have been practicing all kinds of boudoir talents at home for more than ten years, just to have the opportunity to show their skills on this occasion.
So the ladies came on the stage one after another with the encouragement of the ladies, playing, singing, and dancing, and for a while the field was willow green and pink, and the scenery was pleasant. Light singing and dancing, intoxicating.
Lu Qiaohui's eyes kept staring at Xiao Wenxuan, and when she saw that he was only looking at Su Muling opposite, she was very surprised. Looking for Shi Tianyi again, there is no trace of him. Lu Qiaohui couldn't stand stunned and got up to leave.
Not long after a while, Su Muling, who was already half-full, saw Immansha walk out of the hall with a palace maid, and after a while, a palace maid came to Su Muling and whispered: "Prince and Princess Ning, the princess of Di Guo invites the princess to talk by the lake." ”
Su Muling was trying to go out to breathe, so she gladly accepted. She got up and followed the palace maid to the outside of the palace, when it was already dark, and everywhere outside the hall was brightly lit, and the lanterns that could be seen everywhere on the lake not far away illuminated this summer night as if it were day.
It's July, and it's the hibiscus season. The cool breeze by the lake and the fragrance of lotus flowers hit her, blowing away the heat and irritability of her body, and an indescribable sense of comfort permeated her body.
"What about the crown princess?" There was no one by the lake, and Su Muling turned her head to ask the palace maid.
The palace maid looked around and replied in surprise: "I was still here just now, the princess waited, and the slave maid will go to find it." ”
Su Muling was not in a hurry, and waved her hand to send her away. Suddenly, the palace maid's face changed abruptly, and she suddenly stretched out her hands and pushed them towards Su Muling.
Su Muling was completely defenseless, and he didn't grasp it at hand, so he stumbled and fell directly into the water. After taking a sip of lake water, several figures flashed in Su Muling's head.
She struggled to the surface as she pretended not to be in the water, then went up and down a few more times, and then disappeared as she sank into the water again.
The palace maid covered her chest, panicked when she saw people sinking to the bottom of the lake, and opened her mouth to shout: "Come on...... Princess Ning...... Fell into the lake...... "Just a step is about to run."
At this time, a black shadow passed in front of her eyes, and the palace maid only felt that her legs were weak, and she collapsed to the ground, unable to move again.
Su Muling dived into the water, and under the cover of the lotus leaves of the lake, he saw the situation by the lake clearly. She heard the palace maid shouting, and when she saw someone jumping down again, it was Shi Tianyi, who she had always hated.
Su Muling swam away silently. She couldn't go ashore, and she couldn't let Shi Tianyi find out, because she didn't know what role Shi Tianyi played in this 'accident'. She's going to wait!
Shi Tianyi touched the water for a while and gained nothing, stunned and stupid, just now he clearly saw Su Muling being pushed into the water by this palace maid, why is the kung fu person gone after such a while? This lake is stagnant water, shouldn't it be floated away?
Just when he was confused, a group of people heard cries for help pouring out of the main hall, and the leader jumped directly into the lake like a lightning bolt and swam to Shi Tianyi's side......
"Spirit...... How are you? What about Ling'er? ”
Xiao Wenxuan's eyebrows were raised, and the fingers that grabbed his arm almost dug into his flesh.
"I, I didn't find it either."
Shi Tianyi was a little weak-hearted, and broke away from Xiao Wenxuan to stay away from him.
Su Muling, who had been hiding in the distance, was happy when he saw Xiao Wenxuan entering the water, he finally came. She wanted to call Xiao Wenxuan, but there was still Shi Tianyi between them.
Su Muling opened her mouth and closed it, continuing to hide, she didn't dare to take risks, she was afraid that Shi Tianyi would approach her one step faster than Xiao Wenxuan.
"Ling'er? Ling'er? ”
Xiao Wenxuan panicked, Su Muling fell into the water, and Shi Tianyi was also present, could it? He didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he took a deep breath and dived underwater, desperately searching for it with his excellent night vision.
Su Muling knows water, even if he falls into the water, he will not die in a short time, but in case, no one dares to guarantee that it will happen.
Xiao Wenxuan was up and down in the water several times, and there were also people rowing boats on the shore and looking for them everywhere with lanterns.
Su Muling saw that Xiao Wenxuan was gradually getting closer to him, so he quietly dived underwater, emerged from Xiao Wenxuan's side, pretended to be about to drown, and poofed a few times.
In an instant, Xiao Wenxuan grabbed her: "Ling'er? Ling'er, I'm coming, I'm coming......"
Seeing that Xiao Wenxuan was so nervous that he was incoherent, Su Muling secretly pinched his waist and eyes, and winked at him mischievously in the dark night.
Xiao Wenxuan felt a pain in his waist, and then saw Su Muling pretending to be weak, leaning on him with his whole body, but secretly sending Qiu Bo to him with his back to everyone. Xiao Wenxuan gritted his teeth, paddled his other hand into the water, grabbed her buttocks hard, and then warned her in a voice in her ear that only they could hear: "Scare me like this again, I will divorce you." ”
Su Muling rarely saw him being cruel to her, knowing that he was anxious and angry, he was not annoyed, and looked at the people on the shore and replied to him in his ear: "Someone wants to harm me." ”
Xiao Wenxuan listened, and his eyes immediately fell on Shi Tianyi.
Shi Tianyi, who was pulled into the boat, was soaked and as soon as he sat down, he met Xiao Wenxuan's murderous eyes, and he opened his mouth: It's not me. but silently.
Xiao Wenxuan was helped ashore by several eunuchs with Su Muling in his arms, and the emperor and several ladies who heard the sound also arrived.
"What's going on? How did a good one fall into the lake? ”
Xiao Wenxuan hugged Su Muling and didn't put it down, but just looked at the palace maid fainting on the shore and said to the emperor:
"Back to the emperor, this palace maid was instructed to trick Ling'er to the lake and push her into the water. Please ask the emperor to seal off the palace and interrogate immediately. ”
"Be bold and cover the sky, I'm still here, someone dares to do this dark thing, come on!"
The president of the Imperial Guards led the stone dragon forward.
"You're in charge of it."
Yu Shilong received the order, and the two subordinates carried the palace maid to be taken down for interrogation. After taking two steps, it didn't feel right, let go of the palace maid and sniffed again, the palace maid was already dead.
The emperor frowned, and said angrily: "Check, check it out for me!" ”
The second prince who came with him saw that Xiao Wenxuan and Su Muling were drenched, and the night was cold, Su Muling couldn't stop shivering, and hurriedly said to Xiao Wenxuan: "I have ordered someone to pick up the clothes, you go to Qingyun Pavilion to freshen up first, and the clothes will be delivered immediately." ”
After Xiao Wenxuan nodded his thanks, he took Su Muling in his arms and ran quickly towards the Qingyun Pavilion closest to them by the lake under the leadership of the palace people.
After entering the house and putting Su Muling down, Xiao Wenxuan reached out to untie her clothes.
Su Muling slapped him on the hand, and his face turned crimson: "What are you doing?" ”
"Take off your clothes, you'll get cold in wet clothes." Xiao Wenxuan said and came to untie her belt again.
Su Muling was so angry that she couldn't cry or laugh: "The dry clothes haven't been delivered yet, do you want me to wait naked?" ”
Xiao Wenxuan looked at her and slapped himself on the head. Su Muling's distress had already flooded his brain, and his thoughts couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.
"That ......"
Xiao Wenxuan looked at her somewhat pale face and was stunned for a moment, then took off his coat, took it in his hand and wrung it out of the water, and wrinkled it on her. Then hold her tight and warm her with her own body heat.
"How? Is it still cold? Scared just now, right? Xiao Wenxuan's voice was so soft that it was about to drip.
Xiao Wenxuan's embarrassment of concern and chaos fell into Su Muling's eyes. At this moment, she was like being roasted by a fire, and she could still feel cold there.
Snuggling in his arms, she murmured, "You'an, I knew you would come to save me, so I wasn't afraid." ”
Xiao Wenxuan heard her say this, knowing that he was so trusted, and suddenly burst into tears.
After a while, Gonggong An personally commanded people to carry two buckets of hot water into the two adjacent rooms, and several palace people waited for them to freshen up.
When he came out again, the emperor had already handed over the banquet to the second prince, and he himself came to Qingyun Pavilion to personally inquire about the incident.
"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" When the emperor saw them come out, he asked them to sit down.
Su Muling tricked the palace maid out of her, pushed her into the lake again, and said it again.
The emperor thought for a moment, and then Yu Shilong came to report.
"Your Majesty."
"Any clues?" The emperor asked. Yu Shilong's face was embarrassed, and he lowered his head: "That palace maid committed suicide by taking poison." The poison ingested was identified as ...... Coming from outside the country, it is rare in the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Outlands?" The emperor glanced at Xiao Wenxuan.
"Have all the people brought by the prince of Di Guo checked?"
Yu Shilong replied: "Back to the emperor, I checked, the prince of Di Guo and several generals have not left the hall, and the crown princess left for a while before Prince Ning and Princess Ning, but she will come back soon." ”
"She left? Where did it go? The emperor was thoughtful.
"Princess Di Guo also said that she was called out by a palace maid at that time, saying that Zhen Guifei summoned her, and the palace maid ran away halfway through."
"Did you find the palace maid?"
"Back to the emperor, not yet."
"Send someone to secretly guard the prince of Di Guo and his party. Report any changes to me at any time. ”
"Yes." Yu Shilong retreated.
"Your Majesty."
Xiao Wenxuan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Say."
"Your Majesty, do you suspect that Di Guolai wants to attack Ling'er?"
"You also heard that your daughter-in-law was called out by the princess of Di Guo, and the palace maid was poisoned by poison from the outside world, and the princess of Di Guo was not in the main hall at that time, all kinds of signs show that this matter has nothing to do with Di Guo."
"Your Majesty, can you listen to the minister?" Xiao Wenxuan didn't believe that this matter was related to Di Guo.
"You say." The emperor sat precariously and listened attentively.
"Your Majesty, the minister knows that all the spearheads are pointed at Di Guo, but the suspicious thing is here, even if the prince of Di Guo wants to harm Ling'er, why did he leave so many hints for us? Aren't they afraid that we will use this as a basis to detain them and threaten the kingdom of Di?
If there is suspicion, then Shi Tianyi, who was the first to arrive, should also be thoroughly investigated, as Gu Ling'er saw, the palace maid was still alive before Shi Tianyi arrived, and Shi Tianyi died when he arrived at the harem maid.
Therefore, the minister felt that Shi Tianyi was also very suspicious, and asked the emperor to investigate. ”