Chapter 16: Instigation (2)
When the queen heard this, she immediately became angry: "That slut, dead and still ghostly!" ”
Seeing this, Concubine Yu was very happy in her heart, she deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Sister, what did Xia Rui already know about that incident three years ago?" ”
The queen was stunned when she heard this, she glanced at the jade concubine, and said cautiously: "What do you know?!" What could he know?! Concubine Rou was weak, couldn't bear it, and died of illness, this was reported to the emperor by the imperial doctor invited by their Hua family in front of everyone, and now they want to retract their confession, does the Hua family want to bully the king? Aren't you afraid that the whole house will lose its head? Isn't Xia Rui afraid of being implicated? ”
When Concubine Yu heard this, her face was different, but since the queen said so, she could only echo and say:
"What my sister said is that Concubine Rou died of illness, Xia Rui is just trying to make a mistake now, and she can't come up with any tricks, it's my sister who is worried about it......"
The queen was very satisfied with Concubine Yu's performance, she smiled, patted Concubine Yu's hand, and said, "You can't say that, you are also for my good." ”
"You and I are sisters, and it is right to support each other!" Concubine Yu's eyes flickered, and she said, "By the way, my sister can see the two concubines married by Xia Rui today?" ”
"See."
"What does my sister think?"
The queen said disdainfully: "That Concubine Hua is beautiful, but she is as stupid as a pig, but that daughter of the Yun family is very shrewd, and she knows that she is a difficult character to deal with at a glance!" Hmph, there is one thing, my sister doesn't know, the daughter of the Yun family, not only can't look down on my son Chengzhou, but also can't look down on Yu Ze, when Xia Rui wanted to win over the Yun family, my sister originally wanted to fight for Yu Ze, who knows, she actually refused in person, if it wasn't for the emperor's marriage, I don't know who she would be willing to marry! ”
When Concubine Yu heard this, she was very unhappy, and she said angrily: "There is still such a thing?!" Seemingly...... The Yun family is really going to heaven! Sister don't be angry, the Yun family won't be proud for a few days! ”
After saying this, she left with the queen.
Yun Xiao waited for the queen and the jade concubine to go away before coming out of the rockery.
At that time, it was late, the sun was about to set, she didn't stay in the imperial garden longer, and walked back to the Chengqian Palace, only to see that the sores on the face of Hua Tilt were almost gone, but the sores were still on the face, and it was estimated that they would not be eliminated for a while, and now, she could only take her back to the East Palace first.
This time, Hua Tianruo didn't say anything more, and followed Yun Xiao back to the East Palace.
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That night, Xia Rui came to Yun Xiao's dormitory.
When Yun Xiao saw Xia Rui, Yili blessed him: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Xia Rui raised his hand towards him, found a chair and sat down casually, and said, "Sit down and talk!" ”
"Yes......" Yun Xiao sat down next to him and asked, "Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already seen Concubine Huafang?" ”
A maid came in to serve tea, Xia Rui took the teacup, drank a few sips, and replied:
"Lone had been to her side just now, but she didn't see her, and her maid said that she was not convenient to see people now, and she needed to rest more, so Lone came to your side. Crown Princess, thank you so much for today's events! ”
Yun Xiao smiled slightly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to thank the concubines, the concubines just did what they should do." ”
Xia Rui nodded: "Crown Princess, you are very knowledgeable, Lone should really thank you!" ”
Yun Xiao was slightly stunned when she heard this, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Xia Rui, and asked, "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this?" ”
Xia Rui said with a smile: "Concubine Hua and Gu grew up together, what kind of personality is she, Gu knows best, when she went out of the East Palace this morning, Gu felt that her appearance was not quite right, and then there was a scream in the Chengqian Palace, and when she heard it, she knew that it was Concubine Hua, she ...... today. I've caused you a lot of trouble! ”
Speaking of this, Xia Rui suddenly sighed,
"Concubine Hua has always been pampered, she is Lone's only cousin, when Lone's mother is still alive, she loves her very much, just like her own daughter, so she is more arrogant and willful, and ...... And Lone also has a younger brother who is a fellow mother, that is, King Xuan, who loves her very much, and often indulges her in nonsense, and Lone also has a headache...... Concubine Hua still refuses to say what happened today, she must be in trouble, and she doesn't dare to say it, alas......"
It turned out that Hua Tianruo had been a troublemaker since she was a child, Yun Xiao wanted to laugh but didn't laugh, just took a handkerchief and nodded her lips, and said, "So that's the case, but today, it's not like she's in trouble." ”
"Oh?" Xia Rui raised his eyebrows, "Then what is today's matter?" ”
Yun Xiao stretched out his hand and waved away the palace people standing in the hall, and when they all withdrew, he said to Xia Rui:
"The concubine thinks that Concubine Hua should be poisoned, this poison has damaged her appearance, so in the past two days, it is inconvenient for her to see His Royal Highness the Prince, but, please rest assured, the concubine has detoxified Concubine Hua, and she is no big problem now."
Xia Rui was shocked when he heard this: "Okay, how could she suddenly be poisoned?" ”
The matter involved the queen, Yun Xiao pondered and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is no evidence in the concubine's hands now, which can prove that someone poisoned Concubine Hua today, but the concubine wants to take the liberty of asking, have you ever had a holiday with the queen?" ”
When Xia Rui heard this, his eyes darkened slightly.
He rubbed his thumb lightly, pondered for a moment, and replied:
"Now that Lone has joined forces with your Yun family, there is no need to hide some things from you. Actually, you also know that the queen is not Lone's biological mother, when the lonely's mother was still alive, her father loved her mother very much, which made the queen very unhappy, the queen not only didn't like her mother, except for her father, all the people who were close to her mother, she didn't like them all! If you think that today's thing was done by the queen, it is not impossible. ”
Xia Rui said this, Yun Xiao listened to it, she was very pleased, and she said again: "I'm afraid that Concubine Hua thinks that today's incident was deliberately harmed by the concubine in order to compete for favor!" ”
When Xia Rui heard this, he smiled dumbly, he shook his head and said: "Concubine Hua is younger than you, she is not sensible, you just look at my face, don't worry about her!" ”
Yun Xiao could see that Xia Rui still maintained this cousin, but Yun Xiao was not jealous.
For Yun Xiao, figuring out the intricate interpersonal relationships between people in this palace is the most important thing at the moment.
She raised her eyebrows again and looked at Xia Rui, and asked rhetorically: "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really believes in the concubines very much, and really has no doubts at all?" ”
Xia Rui put down the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile: "If Gu didn't guess wrong, what you suspect in your heart is that today's incident is that the queen is deliberately provoking the relationship between the two concubines of the East Palace, right?!" ”
Yun Xiao was stunned when he heard this.
Seeing this, Xia Rui explained: "Lone said, the queen doesn't like Lone, Lone is not confused, such a simple discord plan, how can Lone not see it?" If you want to harm Concubine Hua, why do you want to move her appearance, you are obviously more beautiful than her! ”
When Yun Xiao heard this, his cheeks turned red.
She retracted her gaze and said in a cold voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's way of praising people is really special! ”
Xia Rui deliberately added fuel and vinegar and said: "Lone is just telling the truth, if it is said that Concubine Hua wants to move your appearance, Lone feels a little credible." ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!"
At this moment, Xia Rui suddenly said: "Crown Princess, why do you think that your praise smells of gunpowder?" Lonely praises you, but you have to fight with Lone! ”
"You ......"
Xia Rui's words were deliberately provoking her, Yun Xiao frowned a little angrily.
Here, Xia Rui, who couldn't hold back his laughter, had no choice but to apologize to Yun Xiao: "Okay, okay, I can't make fun of you, you did a great favor to Gu today, what reward do you want, just ask." ”
Yun Xiao was only then deflated, Xia Rui liked to inch in, so she couldn't be polite, she said:
"The concubine heard that the library in the palace has all the books in the world, and there, there are no books that cannot be found, and the concubine wants to go and take a look, but it is heavily guarded, and it is a place for the emperor to read books, and if there is no warrant from the emperor or the prince, it is impossible to enter, I don't know...... Can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be generous? ”
"All you need is this?" Xia Rui shook his head with a smile, took out his warrant very happily, handed it to Yun Xiao, and said, "Gu thought that you would ask Gu for some jewels and gems, or take the opportunity to embarrass Lonely, but you just wanted to read a book." ”
Yun Xiao asked solemnly, "Why did the concubine take the opportunity to embarrass His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”
"This ......"
When Xia Rui heard this, his face was full of embarrassment.
He couldn't answer, so he had to stand up and find an excuse to perfunctory the past, "Tonight, Concubine Huafang, Lone can't go, I can only barely make up for it here, Lone's warrant, you run out, remember to return it to Lone early, it's not too early now, Lone is also tired, Princess, it's better to rest like yesterday!" ”
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With Xia Rui's warrant, in the afternoon of the next day, Yun Xiao entered the royal library very smoothly.
This library is very large, and there are indeed many books in the collection, although there have always been special people to take care of them, and the books are also classified and placed, but because there are too many types of books, Yun Xiao searched for two hours in it, and only found a few historical materials that recorded Loulan in a corner.
The content written in these books is similar to what Yun Xiao learned from his master before, and it doesn't have much value.
Thirty years ago, there was no mention of why the monarch of Loulan suddenly launched a war on the border.
Although Yun Xiao didn't find anything on this trip, it made her more firm in her previous guess, that is: In the events of that year, there must have been internal ghosts and Loulan in the Great Xia Kingdom who colluded with each other to frame her grandfather, and the superior did not want this matter to be known by outsiders, so it was so clean in the history books.
If so, who would that person be?