Chapter 187: Guilt
Poria knew that An Ning would let herself take the blame, but this was obviously a matter between the two countries, how could she, a little palace maid, do such a thing?
The king of Nanban looked at An Ning who was still confused, and he also had some doubts in his heart, after all, no matter how stupid An Ning was, he should not do such a thing as assassinating the royal family of Dayong.
"The king asks you, if you don't know anything, what about the twenty guards around you? Where have they all gone? These secret guards are specially trained by this king, and only you are a princess in the entire Nanban can have these secret guards, even if it is your brothers, this king has never given them a secret guard! The more the Nanban King talked, the more angry he became, and he loved this daughter as a treasure in his palm, but her character always did all kinds of excessive things for herself.
An Ning blinked, looked back at Poria and said, "You girl, what about my secret guards?" When I went to Dayong, wasn't I afraid that you would take care of these secret guards? Where are the Dark Guards now? ”
Poria was shocked, she had long expected that An Ning would definitely come out and talk about this matter.
When An Ning left Nanban, he handed over the twenty secret guards around him to Poria to manage. During Dayong's time, An Ning never played the idea of these secret guards, after all, these secret guards were An Ning's last hole cards, if she took it out easily, her life might be in danger in the future.
It's just that after An Ning returned to Nanban again, he took these secret guards away from Poria's hands.
"The slave and the maid don't know. At the beginning, the princess did let the slaves and maids manage these secret guards, but after the princess returned to the national capital this time, she had already taken the secret guards into her own hands. Now where these guards are, the slaves and maids don't know. Poria lowered her head and said respectfully.
"You talk nonsense!" An Ning glared at Poria Cocos, obviously they had already said it when they were in the Princess's Mansion, why did this Poria suddenly betray herself at such a time?
Poria raised her head and looked at An Ning, although she was left by An Ning's mother, she had never really felt at ease by An Ning's side, she was always worried, for fear that her life would end in the next moment.
"Slave nonsense? Does the princess dare to swear that the slave is really talking nonsense? Poria tilted her head to look at An Ning, her eyes full of confusion and doubt.
An Ning's heart slowly sank, she really didn't dare to swear, she did let those secret guards go to Dayong to assassinate Su Xiaoya, but how could she dare to admit this kind of thing?
"Father, father! My daughter really hasn't done anything like this! The royal family who assassinated Dayong, how could the daughter be so stupid as to do such a thing that undermined the peace between the two countries? The daughter knows that she always makes her father angry, but no matter how bold her daughter is, she doesn't dare to do such a thing! An Ning didn't dare to look at Poria's eyes, so she had to crawl to the feet of the Nanban King and kept begging the Nanban King.
The Nanban King's face was gloomy, of course he knew who the mastermind of this matter was, Poria was a little palace maid, even if she had the power in her hands, she would not dare to do such a thing. What's more, Poria has been staying in the territory of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, how can she have a grudge with Princess Jin of Dayong?
It's just that the choice between the two is really difficult now. If he is directly convicted of Poria cocos, I am afraid that the ministers in the court are not blind and blind.
"You...... No matter how confused you are, how can you rest assured that the secret guard given to you by this king will be managed by someone else? Do you want to be angry with your father and me? The king of the Southern Barbarians bowed his head to help Anning, and in two or three sentences, he gave Poria Cocos a crime.
There was frost in Poria's eyes. The father and daughter sang and harmonized, clearly not wanting to bear the consequences themselves. Now that the king of the Southern Barbarians has convicted himself, I am afraid that tomorrow the entire Southern Barbarian Kingdom will know that Princess An Ning was deceived by the people around her, and easily entrusted the secret guard in her hands!
"Your Majesty!" Poria screamed unhurriedly.
Seeing that Poria was still talking like this at this time, the king of the Southern Barbarians was a little impatient in his eyes, but he still said: "Poria you are too overstepping, the princess trusts you to put her secret guard in your hands, how can you live up to the princess's expectations so easily?" ”
"Now this matter can't be hidden, and tomorrow this king will hand you over to Dayong's people to deal with. But don't be sad, this king will take good care of your family with the princess. The Southern Barbarian King's tone was cold, and he did not have the slightest appearance when he had just comforted An Ning.
Poria sneered: "Family? I'm afraid that the king and the princess have forgotten, where did the slave and maid come from? At the beginning, in order to protect the mother, the slave's mother was killed by the former Liu Guifei, and the whole family was killed, and only the slave and the mother survived. Even if the king forgets this, doesn't the princess remember? ”
An Ning was flustered in her heart, she naturally remembered, and even before her mother died, she kept holding her hand and asked her to treat Poria well.
"What do you say these things for? Of course this princess remembers, but this incident was done by you wrong, do you still want to use the old friendship to make this princess take the blame for you? An Ning didn't dare to look back at Poria, so he had to firmly hold on to the legs of the Nanban King, trembling with fright.
Poria sneered and stopped talking.
Just when the Nanban King was about to let people put Poria in prison, he saw Jeremy Lin and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng hurrying into the palace.
"Why are you here now? This king is dealing with the matter of Dayong, and he will hand over this cheap maid to Dayong tomorrow......" The king of Nanban knew what these two people came for, so he simply pointed to Poria and said.
Jeremy Lin didn't even look at Poria Cocos, but just said to the Nanban King, "Why did the king make up his mind so quickly?" Is there already some substantial evidence? You must know that this Dayong people are not fools, and if the king casually pointed out a person and said that he was the real murderer, then the Dayong people could believe it. ”
Prime Minister Zhang hurriedly said: "Hey, General Lin's words are wrong. Since the king can say that this palace maid is the real murderer behind the scenes, presumably the king also has real evidence, otherwise how can he wronged a person casually? This is not something that a king can do. ”
When the king of Nanban saw these two singing and harmonizing, he felt a little strange in his heart, but he still said: "This king naturally said this when he has evidence." Those secret guards were indeed given by the king to the princess for self-defense. It's just that the princess had already handed over these twenty secret guards to this palace maid to take care of when she left Nanban, and this time it was also this palace maid who asked those secret guards to go to Dayong and assassinate Princess Jin. ”
Jeremy Lin hooked the corners of his mouth, the king of the Southern Barbarians loved his daughter, which is understandable. But such an empty and white-toothed indication that a palace maid is a real murderer, even a fool would not believe it.
What's more, now Dayong is really angry, otherwise Emperor Yongping would not have personally asked about this matter. Could it be that this Nanban King really thought that Emperor Yongping would still be able to look at his face, turn a blind eye, and easily expose this matter?
"Your Majesty, the seriousness of this matter must have been known to the king, and even the emperor of Dayong has begun to inquire in person. I heard that after the incident, King Jin began not to go to court, and stayed by Princess Jin's side every day, saying that he was afraid that Princess Jin would be assassinated by thieves again. Jeremy Lin "kindly" reminded the Nanban king.
If this Nanban king was not a fool, he should know the meaning of Jeremy Lin's words.
An Ning has been looking at Jeremy Lin stupidly since he came in. In the past, she had never been able to fall in love with Jeremy Lin, but now she finally likes him, why is Jeremy Lin unwilling to agree to herself?
"Shuhao, this matter was really done by Poria in a moment's confusion. After you go to Dayong, you must make amends to the emperor, and the emperor will not mind. An Ning couldn't wait to show her empathetic side in front of Jeremy Lin.
Jeremy Lin didn't even look at An Ning, just waiting for the attitude of the Southern Barbarian King.
The Nanban King had mixed feelings in his heart. He knew that Jeremy Lin was reminding himself not to be too confused, and if he insisted on keeping the peace, he was afraid that Emperor Yongping would be even more difficult to explain.
"There is really no substantial evidence for this king...... That's it, this matter is like this first, this palace maid will also be pressed down and locked up first, and then sent back to Dayong together after the king finds evidence. The Nanban King was so upset that he waved his hand to let the two of them leave quickly.
Jeremy Lin wanted to speak again, but when he thought of the matter between himself and An Ning, he glanced at Prime Minister Zhang.
Prime Minister Zhang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although the palace maid Poria is very suspicious, the matter has not really been settled now. The minister is afraid that Poria will be framed and framed, so it is better to put Poria in prison. ”
An Ning was shocked, Nanban's prison and Dayong's prison were different. Even the king of Nanban does not have this right in the prison, and he can easily interrogate prisoners inside.
This prison is in charge of the criminal department Shangshu alone, and the people in it are all people from the criminal department, even if An Ning wants people to take the opportunity to kill Poria cocos, and then write a suicide note, fake it as a suicide note in fear of crime, I'm afraid it's impossible.
"Prime Minister, it's just a little palace maid, why do you need to go to a place like the Heavenly Prison?" An Ning smiled reluctantly.
Prime Minister Zhang Cheng said: "The princess doesn't know, if this palace maid is really behind the scenes, then she is very dangerous at the moment." But if she was wronged, I'm afraid that this person will take the opportunity to kill her. Prime Minister Zhang Cheng laughed meaningfully, clearly ridiculing An Ning.
An Ning was angry in her heart, but if she couldn't calm down at this time, it would prove that she was the instigator behind the scenes.
"Okay, then listen to the Prime Minister."