Chapter 63: Undercurrents

Just when Dou Meishuang was still a little surprised, Leng Changxi had already walked out of the door sideways, and he covered the door in time, even if Dou Meishuang's eyes were sharp, he couldn't see the movement inside.

"I don't know, for this small request, the Thirteenth Imperial Concubine is allowed?" Leng Changxi was full of grace, wearing a silver mask in time, but the chin with a perfect contour was still exposed, he held his hands behind him, and a temperament like a king dominating the world emanated from every pore of his body, Dou Meishuang looked at Leng Changxi's eyes for a while, and suddenly smiled: "The emperor only invited the eldest princess to enter the palace." ”

"The eldest princess is not in good health and needs someone to take care of her."

Dou Meishuang carefully looked at Leng Changxi's cold and deep eyes through the position of the silver mask's eyeholes, and almost for a moment, she felt as if she was immersed in them and couldn't extricate herself.

"But the emperor's meaning ......."

"Don't say that the dignified Xixia Imperial Princess, she doesn't even have the power to bring two more people into the palace, Western Xia is the territory of Jing Yuanchu, I know it, and I don't have a single soldier in my hands now, and I don't have the most powerful shadow guard in the past, what, even if this is the case, do the thirteen imperial concubines have to be wary of me?" Leng Changxi's words were a little provocative.

Dou Meishuang frowned: "Okay, I'll take you into the palace, but it's okay, if anything happens, I'm not responsible." She can take these two people into the palace, but who knows what Jing Yuanchu thinks, if Jing Yuanchu is unwilling, he will definitely send someone to kill these two people halfway, Dou Meishuang looked at the quiet and elegant Leng Changxi, and she suddenly felt a little flustered in her heart, because she didn't know which side she would be on when the time came.

"When you go to Western Xia, you are helping the Thirteen Princes achieve great things, and everything else is not important." This is what Sima Rui instructed in her ear when Dou Meishuang left Daqi, she has always adhered to the law of her own behavior and doing things, because she has to rely on Sima Rui and Jing Yuanchu to have her current status, and now, she actually began to doubt the law of doing things, and all this is only because of Leng Changxi.

The eldest princess went out of the post house, and the busiest person was Du Yichang, who secretly said hello in his heart while giving Dou Meishuang a gesture, and finally sent away this troublesome Bodhisattva who couldn't be driven away.

Jing Donghua prepared for the eldest princess the most secluded and elegant warm incense pavilion, where the food and clothing and the original Lotus Concubine were undoubtedly second only to the queen's grade could enjoy everything.

And there are more than 100 people who came to pick up the eldest princess into the palace, a soft sedan chair carried by twenty-eight people stopped at the palace gate, waiting for Dou Meishuang's carriage to enter the palace gate, and they all greeted him, in addition to a few old courtiers who came to greet the eldest princess, naturally there was Jing Yuanchu, he stood at the palace gate upright, but saw Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan following the eldest princess's carriage, his eyebrows were twisted unconsciously, and he asked Dou Meishuang with his eyes, but he was skipped by Dou Meishuang bowing his head;

"Who is this?" The minister at the front looked at Leng Changxi and wanted to determine Leng Changxi's identity.

"I am the eldest princess's righteous son, and this is my wife," Leng Changxi replied, "We also escorted the eldest princess all the way back to Xiliang City, and His Royal Highness Thirteen knows this best." Leng Changxi looked at Jing Yuanchu on the side, "Yes, Your Highness the Thirteen." ”

Jing Yuanchu didn't have a good seizure, so he just nodded silently and smiled awkwardly: "Yes, the eldest princess can return to the palace safely, and the merits of these two cannot be ignored." Jing Yuanchu panicked inexplicably, he always felt that he had arranged everything very well, although he failed to take the life of the eldest princess, and now the eldest princess can't speak or act is no different from a dead person, and the stand-in he trained with great effort has won the trust of the emperor, as long as the eldest princess is successfully brought into the palace, and then send someone to burn the post house to the ground, and burn these two people who are in the way and those who know the inside story to death, you can treat the secret as the truth and continue to act.

The eldest princess stayed in the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, and there were naturally not a few people who wanted to come to visit during the period, but Jing Donghua had already thought about it for the eldest princess and issued a death order.

Looking at the calm, but the furnishings and configuration are readily available, the entrance to the main hall is a rosewood carved hollow screen, in the center is a square wooden couch, the top is covered with the softest and warmest goose plush futon, the bottom is with the most tender and tender lamb fur sewn up wool cushion, to ensure that the eldest princess will not feel cold when lying on it, nor will she feel uncomfortable, the bed is burning with a pure and fragrant warm fragrance.

In addition to the mahogany coffee tables and other furniture in these rooms, Jing Donghua also deliberately allocated sixteen second-class palace maids to the eldest princess, four personal palace maids, and two big palace maids, one of whom is good at massage, can massage the muscles of the sleeping eldest princess to prevent muscle atrophy, and the other is a little skilled in medicine, the leading housekeeper's aunt is surnamed Yu, an old palace maid in her thirties, who looks very capable, and she didn't say what she would do, but the other twenty-two people listened to Aunt Yu's words, It seems that this Aunt Jade should also have some prestige and status in the palace.

The rest are sprinkler maids and janitor eunuchs, and not much to mention.

Although Jing Donghua issued a ban, within a few days, someone came to visit the eldest princess at the behest of Jing Donghua, and the person who came was none other than the crown princess Bai Shishi, who had a slight relationship with Qin Yunuan.

The surname Bai is also a surname that can only be owned by nobles in Western Xia, the princess was originally very high, and the prince can be said to be a good match, plus she is the daughter of the family, she was only eleven years old and settled down with the prince, married at the age of fourteen, and the prince has been in love with each other for more than three years, and the relationship between the two is very good, which is something that the entire East Palace knows.

Today's sunshine is just right, Leng Changxi specially found a rocking chair for the eldest princess, and carried the eldest princess out to bask in the sun, the winter sun was warm and not stinging, and it was sprinkled warmly on her body, so that Qin Yunuan, who was wiping her fingers for the eldest princess, enjoyed it very much.

Thinking that they have also lived in Nuanxiang Pavilion for three days, Jing Donghua has not appeared, and the so-called Jing Donghua and the son of the eldest princess have not even come, sometimes Qin Yunuan doubts whether he is in the palace of Western Xia or in the courtyard of an ordinary person's house.

Until the eunuch's high-pitched chanting broke the silence in the courtyard.

"The crown princess has arrived."

As soon as the words fell, a figure wearing a purple jacket and a Akane skirt appeared at the door, and the princess Bai Shishi's faint smile and the white plum blossoms that have not bloomed in this courtyard are intertwined, making people feel that this scene is really beautiful;

"I've seen the crown princess." There were only Qin Yunuan and a few palace maids in the courtyard, all of whom were female dependents.

Bai Shishi greeted him with a smile, held Qin Yunuan's somewhat cold hand and said: "I have long wanted to come and see it, but there are too many things in the palace, and it is really not easy to enter your warm incense pavilion, and I really asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to the emperor for a permit the day before yesterday, so I dared to come." Bai Shishi's words were naturally easy-going, and Qin Yunuan was like an old friend who hadn't seen her for many years, rather than a princess with another identity. After Bai Shishi finished speaking, she made a color to the palace maids around her, and the idle people immediately left with interest.

Bai Shishi looked at the eldest princess who was lying in the rocking chair quietly with her eyes closed and said, "Are you better now?" ”

Qin Yunuan shook his head: "It's still the same." "After that, he is about to kneel down in front of Bai Shishi" I haven't thanked the princess for saving her life. ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Bai Shishi hurriedly helped Qin Yunuan up, "I said it at the beginning, I will help you, it is a matter of course." ”

That's right, this crown princess Bai Shishi, who seems to have nothing to do with Qin Yunuan, has actually helped them a lot in secret.

The first time, after entering Xiliang City, Leng Changxi asked Mu Qingyu to send the eldest princess into the palace, in fact, the process was not as easy as they imagined, especially Leng Changxi later learned that he was about to leave with the eldest princess, and later encountered the assassin sent by Jing Yuanchu and unexpectedly met Concubine Lotus to relieve the siege, in fact, Concubine Lotus was led by the crown princess Bai Shishi.

And the second time, it was Jing Yuanchu who was injured and lived in Xihe Palace, when Bai Shishi noticed the abnormality of the little palace maid who tried to enter the palace, but she didn't dare to act rashly, so she only asked the personal palace maid around her to notify Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi to go over, so Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan appeared in the palace for no reason.

At first, Qin Yunuan would also doubt Bai Shishi's purpose, but after knowing and understanding Bai Shishi's personality, she was convinced of this woman, this woman who had the world in mind.

That night, in the face of Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan's double questioning, Bai Shishi finally told the truth.

"Jing Yuanchu's ambition, ordinary white people can see it, but the emperor has been reluctant to Jing Yuanchu, a good helper in politics, and the courtiers, most of them were bought by him, Yuan Xiao is too generous and kind, he would rather believe that everything his thirteenth brother has done is paving the way for him, and he doesn't want to believe it, in fact, Jing Yuanchu has been eyeing him, hoping to replace him one day, I can't let the future of Western Xia fall into the hands of such people, you should also know that Jing Yuanxiao and Beidi's Wanyan Su, There is also your Daqi's Sima Rui colluding with each other, collaborating with the enemy and treason, Yu Gong, my Bai family has been heroic for generations, even if I am a woman, I have to defend the last bit of dignity in Western Xia, Yu Private, I am the crown princess, the prince is my father-in-law, and I will protect his country for him. ”

Later, everything Bai Shishi did did verify her words, there are not many people who deserve Qin Yunuan's affirmation and praise, Bai Shishi is one.

"I'm here to tell you news, you have to be prepared." Bai Shishi looked at Qin Yunuan, she tried to be more tactful and softer.

"Hmm."

"Do you know why the emperor and the illegitimate son haven't come to the Warm Fragrance Pavilion these days?"

"I'm curious, too." Qin Yunuan seemed to have a sense of foreboding.

"Alas," Bai Shishi shook her head, "The emperor has been preparing for the supervision of the army recently, and it seems that this time he is going to take the illegitimate son with him." ”