Chapter 90: Eavesdropping
But the more Qi Jiuchen hesitated, the more annoyed Yuyan became, and she shook the bell on her wrist slightly.
Xiao Wanyan suddenly felt that she was weak, her chest was stuffy, and she couldn't breathe, Qi Jiuchen saw this, and immediately grabbed Yuyan's arm: "It's just a woman, the prime minister can't make such a big fire, since the prime minister firmly believes that this is the wife of the prime minister's mansion, then the king has no choice but to cut his love, but the king didn't marry this woman, and the resignation is also waived, this king just wants to say a few goodbyes to her, I don't know ...... prime minister." ”
Chu Huairan regained his indifferent face and nodded, "Lord Wang, please." ”
Xiao Wanyan looked at Qi Jiuchen in disbelief, looked at his outstretched hand and didn't hesitate to dodge: "You lied to me." ”
Qi Jiuchen frowned and pulled her aside, and whispered: "Wanyan, I can't explain so much, now that you have fallen into his trap, you can't turn back, don't you want to take revenge?" ”
"Of course I do, but that doesn't justify you from deceiving me."
Qi Jiuchen soothed Xiao Wanyan's emotions: "This king didn't lie to you, you listen carefully, I want you to stay by his side, pretend to be his wife, and find an opportunity to kill him, but during this period, you can't take off your mask, you have to keep wearing your current face until you kill him, and when the time comes, I will let the whole world see his face clearly and justify your name." ”
Xiao Wanyan thought about it, it seemed that there was only one way to work, and she couldn't help asking, "What you said is true?" ”
Qi Jiuchen held her hand and said firmly: "If I say a lie, I won't have to die." ”
"I believe in you."
After speaking, Qi Jiuchen took out a white porcelain bottle and handed it to her: "This is the detoxification powder, you put it in the tea and drink it before every meal," to avoid someone poisoning you, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, you can't make any big moves, this detoxification powder is the most suitable."
Xiao Wanyan hid the white bottle in her sleeve: "I understand." ”
Although it was said that she had changed her life, it was very difficult for Xiao Wanyan, after all, there was a madman around her who didn't know when to go crazy, and she was disgusted with Chu Huai to the extreme, and she even felt uncomfortable when she saw him.
She didn't have anything to bring with her in Yiwang's Mansion, the only thing she couldn't let go of Qu Xiaoran and Xiaolian, she asked Qi Jiuchen to send the two of them, and by the way, she brought Qu Xiaoran a change of face, and changed his name, named Xu Chen.
Stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a few days, nothing special, except for the need to accompany Chu Huairan for breakfast, lunch and dinner, she couldn't see him the rest of the time, she stayed in the mansion and didn't dare to leave the mansion, as for the bad things that were rumored about her in the outside world, Xiaolian heard it to her.
She had nothing to do in the courtyard to drink tea, look at the scenery, and Xiaolian's angry voice came to her ears: "Madam, you don't know how ugly it is said outside, it is obvious that Xiangye and Wang Ye are competing with each other, now it's good, not all of them are on you, I think they just have nothing to eat and support, and they don't take care of their own family's affairs, but they like to take care of other people's affairs." ”
Xiao Wanyan smiled without saying a word and continued to drink tea.
Xiaolian was like an endless bee flying around Xiao Wanyan, seeing her indifferent look, Xiaolian sighed wistfully: "Madam, you are still so casual, you are going to be called a demon girl who brings disaster to the country and the people outside, this breath can't be swallowed like this anyway." ”
Xiao Wanyan pulled Xiaolian's sleeve, pressed her on the stone bench next to her, and handed her a cup of tea: "I used to see you cowering in the palace, I thought you were a coward, but I didn't expect you to have such a temper." ”
Xiaolian was very frightened when she heard this: "Madame forgives her sins, Xiaolian is just upset for Madame." ”
Seeing that she was about to kneel down in a hurry again, Xiao Wanyan immediately grabbed her arm and pressed it back on the stone bench: "In the past, in the palace, you hid and tucked it, refusing to reveal your true character, but now that you are out of the palace, I will leave you and Xu Chen by my side, two familiar people, I am not an official woman, I don't like those mortal festivals, when there is no one, these kneeling ceremonies will be exempted." ”
Xiaolian blinked her clever eyes, sat beside Xiao Wanyan with a smile, although she was a little nervous, she was no longer restrained: "Madam, in fact, those people I think are jealous, jealous of Madame's noble status, becoming a princess and a lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, no one in the Great Zhou Dynasty knows, although the prime minister is not as high as the prince, he can hold real power, and no one dares to offend him." ”
"Xiaolian, what nonsense are you talking to your master." Xu Chen, who came back from going out, walked quickly, holding a plate in his hand, which contained Xiao Wanyan's favorite osmanthus cake: "Master, the slave just saw the princess and King Qing walking by the lake, and for some reason the two quarreled, and finally broke up unhappily. ”
"King Qing is looking for the princess?" Xiao Wanyan pondered suspiciously: "These two people don't have much contact on weekdays, although they are brothers and sisters, they have a lot of differences, unless it is because the county lord of Anping was bullied that day to seek justice for her." ”
Xiao Wanyan sighed and shook her head: "I really don't know what King Qing thinks, he cares so much about the county lord of Anping, but he has to pretend not to care." ”
Xu Chen's eyes darkened, and he looked at Xiao Wanyan and muttered, "Maybe even King Qing himself doesn't know his feelings for the county lord of Anping." ”
Xiao Wanyan didn't hear clearly, and said confusedly: "What did you say?" ”
Xu Chen immediately returned to his senses: "The slave said that it was noon, and it was time for the master to have lunch." ”
Looking at Qi Jiuyue and Fu Minmin, the pair of mandarin ducks who were working hard, Xu Chen couldn't help but think of Jiuli who was far away in Daliang, since he killed Feng Ruyi, he hadn't seen her again.
Now Daliang has no one except for the throne, and everything else is back on track, and Jiuli is holding the holy decree to control the government instead of the empress, but this is not a long-term solution at all.
Jiuli in the palace walked around anxiously, and the people sent out reported again and again, but they did not bring the news she wanted to hear, and Ning Han, who was serving on the side, persuaded and said: "General, don't worry, the empress will be fine." ”
Ning Han is an old man in the palace, since the emperor was alive, she has served in the palace, this time to regain the throne and Jiuli should cooperate with the outside thanks to her help, but I thought I could see the queen return, but I didn't want only Jiuli to bring people back.
Jiu Li sighed wistfully: "Now there is no news of not only the empress, but even Qu Xiaoran's news, I'm really afraid that something big will happen." ”
Ning Han saw her anxious look, and said comfortingly: "Didn't the person sent also say that the corpse under the cliff is not the empress's, the empress is thoughtful, she must be in some hidden place to recuperate, and she will come back when she recovers." ”
Jiuli stood by the window, looking at the sky, in a dull mood: "You're right, unless the empress hides herself, the guards won't find news about the empress, it's just how the empress is now." ”
After lunch, Xiao Wanyan was full of water and food, and she couldn't see Chu Huairan, so she had to walk on the street because she was bored in the mansion, since the last time she saw Fu Minmin, she felt that she was very close to her, so she wanted to go to Qingwang's Mansion to find her to talk.
It's just that she didn't want to alarm the guards at the door, let alone deal with Qi Jiuyue, so she climbed over the wall and entered, she tiptoed to find Fu Minmin's yard, and only took a step to hear the crackling in the house, the sound of porcelain pieces breaking, the sound of the shelf falling to the ground, and Fu Minmin's heart-rending questioning: "Qi Jiuyue, I see that you did it on purpose, you just want to humiliate me, and now that your goal has been achieved, what are you still coming to see me for?" ”
Xiao Wanyan's eyes widened, and Xiao Lian behind her glanced at each other, she seemed to have heard something terrible, she continued to walk forward, Xiao Lian immediately grabbed Xiao Wanyan's arm: "Madam, it's not good for us to eavesdrop like this." ”
"It's not called eavesdropping, it's called happening." Xiao Wanyan's curiosity drove her to quietly walk to the window, and then she heard Qi Jiuchen's voice sound: "Just for a bracelet, are you there?" It's a big deal, I'll buy you all the bracelets in the city. ”
Fu Minmin's eyes were filled with tears, he punched and kicked Qi Jiuyue, and smashed it on his body with something in his hand: "Qi Jiuyue, you get out of here, I don't want to see you again." ”
The move was swift and fast, Qi Jiuyue couldn't dodge and inevitably took two laps, he blocked Fu Minmin's move with anger on his face, and grabbed her arm: "Fu Minmin, don't go too far, if you don't see that you still have some use value, how can I keep you until today." ”
Seeing that he was ruthless, Fu Minmin was not to be outdone, and shouted: "Then you kill me." ”
The words he said were very ruthless, and he regretted it when he saw Fu Minmin's sad look, but the man's self-esteem did not allow him to bow his head, he held Fu Minmin's arm and threw her to the ground: "I said, for the sake of the relationship between us, I will not let you die, but if you are unreasonable and bent on death, I will let those Pingnan soldiers in the prison bury you." ”
Pingnan's soldiers are Fu Minmin's last psychological line of defense, she can't gamble with their lives, she regrets it now, regrets that she fell in love with this ruthless and unrighteous person at the beginning, she gritted her teeth and waited for Qi Jiuyue: "You dare." ”
"You see if I dare, if you die, I will immediately behead them, and no one will be left." Qi Jiuchen pretended to be indifferent, didn't look at Fu Minmin's red eyes from crying, and left the house.
Fu Minmin sobbed and roared at his back: "Qi Jiuyue, I hate you." ”
She clutched the ground in resentment, her nails broken and bleeding, and she didn't frown.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Wanyan's heart tightened, but she couldn't show up, she had to take Xiaolian out, and only took a step before she heard Fu Minmin's vigilant voice from the house: "Who's outside?" ”
Xiao Wanyan closed her mouth nervously, pulling Xiaolian and trying to escape, who knows, before they could walk out of the yard, they saw Fu Minmin coming out of the house weakly.
Fu Minmin's face was shocked when he saw Xiao Wanyan: "What are you doing here?" ”
Now that it is impossible to escape in this situation, Xiao Wanyan had no choice but to smile and say: "Don't blame the county lord of Anping, we are just passing by, I wanted to stay in the mansion boring, I want to go out for a walk with you, since you are inconvenient now, we will make an appointment next time." ”