Just when Chu Huairan was about to put him to death, Xiao Wanyan stopped him in time and held his other hand: "Xiangye, I'm a little uncomfortable. ”

Chu Huairan saw that her body was weak, and immediately threw it aside, Xiao Wanyan fell into Chu Huairan's arms when she saw this, and said softly: "I'm so tired." ”

Chu Huairan threw a sharp eye at Qi Xiaoran: "Get out with this minion, don't let me see you trying to do anything harmful again, otherwise, you will go back to the palace and be your noble princess." ”

Suddenly got up from the ground, calculating in his heart, at first he heard the rumors and didn't believe it, thinking that the prime minister would not be bold enough to go against the royal family head-on, but he didn't expect that now he would not even care about his life for a woman, it seems that there are some things he still needs to think about before making a decision.

Seeing Qi Xiaoran's unwilling appearance, with red eyes and tears, he hurriedly supported him and muttered in a low voice: "Princess, a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses, now she is upright and pampered, and she can't be hard-hitting." ”

The word pampering is deeply rooted in Qi Xiaoran's heart, her mind is full of scenes of following Chu Huairan behind her when she was a child, but I don't know when this feeling suddenly changed, the person who only doted on her is now with another woman, she can't see this kind of scene, she shook off her hand angrily, and shouted: "Okay, you like this woman and want to live a happy life with her, I don't want you to get your wish, I want to make you uneasy." ”

Qi Xiaoran ran out crying, but she had to follow.

In Chu Huairan's heart, he was surprised that this person was a spy sent to him by the enemy country, as for why, it was unknown, at first, he thought that a large number of empresses and the Great Zhou Emperor, but judging from the emperor's poisoning, Xuan Ran definitely had nothing to do with the Great Zhou.

Chu Huairan's eyes darkened, frowned, and he was distracted for a while, until Xiao Wanyan tugged at his sleeve, pretending to be unknown: "Xiangye, what's wrong with you?"

Chu Huairan came back to his senses at this time, he straightened his expression, and put on a smile: "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought that you haven't been home for a long time, and a few days ago, your mother asked someone to ask." ”

Mother? Xiao Wanyan then remembered that she had indeed not gone back since she got married, except for Xiao Wanqing who often came to sit and sit, she had never seen anyone at home again.

But as soon as she went home, she would see the father who had cut off relations with him, she hesitated for a while, only to hear Chu Huairan say slowly: "When you get well, I will accompany you back, and your father will not dare to say anything." ”

Xiao Wanyan still couldn't help but say more: "Xiangye, you know my father's character, he is very stubborn, in case there is a conflict, you must bear more." ”

Chu Huai dyed the broken hair on her sideburns and nodded, "I know." ”

After a few days of tossing Xiao Wanyan was really sleepy, and before she knew it, she fell asleep on the bed, Chu Huairan settled her down and went to deal with her own affairs.

The huge Prime Minister's Mansion was unusually quiet, until the sun set in the afternoon, and a noisy shout broke the silence, and knocked on Chu Huairan's study in a panic: "Xiangye, it's not good, go and see, the princess is going to hang himself, and the slave can't persuade him." ”

A touch of impatience flashed on Chu Huairan's face: "If you want to die, die far away, don't defile the threshold of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Still refusing to give up, he pestered in every way: "Xiangye, you should take a look at the princess in your love for many years, if something really happens, it is not easy to explain to the emperor." ”

Looking back, now that the emperor is sick in bed, the queen mother is in power, and many things are controlled by the queen mother, this woman is much more shrewd than Qi Jiulu, and she is even more spoiled by Qi Xiaoran's daughter, in order not to cause trouble, Chu Huairan had to stop this farce.

He got up and flicked his sleeves, with a flat face: "Lead the way ahead." ”

This matter soon reached Xiao Wanyan's ears, and she came to her senses, holding a small piece of bamboo tube brought back by Qu Xiaoran in her hand, and looked at it carefully: "One crying, two troubles, and three hangings, it is worthy of being a woman from the palace, and I can't forget this little trick to keep a man for many years." ”

Qu Xiaoran snorted disdainfully: "The women of this Da Zhou can't look at it, they want to rob people with the empress, and they don't look at their own virtues." ”

Xiao Wanyan smiled and said nothing, but she was naturally a little proud in her heart, to say something unseemly, as long as she wanted to, there was no man in the whole Da Zhou that she couldn't take, and she was a little sympathetic to Qi Xiaoran's unladylike encounter: "This kind of method has long been outdated, and I dare to show it, the emperor is obviously such a shrewd person, but his sister is a brainless person."

, obviously the same queen mother is so far apart. ”

Speaking of the Queen Mother, Xiao Wanyan has never been able to figure out what the situation is in the palace recently, this Queen Mother seems to be difficult to deal with, at least from the rumors, it sounds like a difficult person to deal with.

Qu Xiaoran followed Xiao Wanyan for the longest time, frowned, sighed to figure out her thoughts, Qu Xiaoran will recently find out the news about the Queen Mother, tell her all the news: "Empress, our people found out some things about the Queen Mother of the Great Zhou, she has a total of three children, except for the emperor is King Yi and the princess, when the emperor was young, there was a matter of the Queen Mother listening to the government, when the ministers of the court and the central government objected, afraid that the country would change hands, and became the world of people with foreign surnames, after which the Queen Mother retired to the harem and never took care of the political affairs of the court. But later, she pushed King Yi up, and she treated her equally, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was more interested in King Yi than the emperor, even if this unruly little princess was more popular with her than the emperor......"

Xiao Wanyan felt strange, obviously the three children were all the queen mother, King Yi's rebellious heart was so obvious, as a mother, not only did she not care about watching the play as a bystander, this is not what a mother should do at all, she also wanted to continue to listen to see what she could hear, but she didn't expect Qu Xiaoran's words to end here.

She looked at Qu Xiaoran with a puzzled expression: "And then?" ”

Qu Xiaoran smiled embarrassedly: "Imperial daughter, that's all, the people we sent out will inquire about this." ”

Xiao Wanyan glanced at her angrily: "Isn't there some key news?" ”

Facing Xiao Wanyan's question, Qu Xiaoran's face suddenly became serious, and he said in a heavy tone: "The people we sent out brought back these news for the first time, but the second time they went, no one came back, and later our people found their bodies in the mass grave. ”

Xiao Wanyan furrowed her brows, it was impossible to say that the Queen Mother had no problems, her fingers tapped on the table: "This Queen Mother should not be underestimated, maybe even the emperor was kept in the dark by her, if she is not a threat to our plans, it is best not to alarm her." ”

"Slave understands."

Xiao Wanyan fiddled with the small bamboo tube in her hand, and then paid attention to it, looking carefully, the inside of these bamboos was wiped very clean, but there were still some fine powders on it, she put it in front of her nose and smelled it, a familiar smell filled the tip of her nose: "This bamboo knot was brought back from the palace?" ”

Qu Xiaoran nodded and said: "Yes, since the princess was imprisoned in the post house, the slave sent someone to the palace to find out, and the people who came back said that the emperor's poisoning was related to Daliang, and the answer was on this section of bamboo, and the guards sent by the Great Zhou Emperor found these things in the post house, and ordered people to imprison all the people of Daliang in the post house." ”

This bamboo does seem to be strange, different from what she usually sees, but she can't detect the specific difference, except for those subtle powders, she paused: "The powder inside these bamboos is like fine yarn, but it is different, maybe it was filled with a strange thing before, this kind of thing neither comes from Da Zhou, nor from Da Liang." ”

These powders are delicate, sandy, and emit a subtle light under the sun, Qu Xiaoran couldn't help but say, "Could it be that this is a new poisonous powder?" ”

Xiao Wanyan was quite curious about which side wanted the fisherman to profit, and she carefully observed these powders: "These powders have a faint fragrance, which makes me feel very familiar, as if I have smelled this smell somewhere." ”

She pondered repeatedly but still couldn't remember, she always felt that the truth of the matter was around her, and the answer was about to come out, but she just couldn't say it.

Xiao Wanyan frowned, staring at the bamboo joints tightly, only to feel dizzy for a while, Qu Xiaoran was shocked, and after checking her pulse, she hurriedly took out an antidote pill and gave it to her: "Empress, are you okay?" ”

Xiao Wanyan stabilized her figure, took a deep breath, shook her head and said, "It's okay, I just feel a little dizzy." ”

Qu Xiaoran took the bamboo knots in her hand, put them in a piece of cloth and wrapped them carefully: "The slave has carefully checked before, these bamboo knots are non-toxic, how could you be poisoned?" ”

She looked at Qu Xiaoran puzzled: "You have all touched these bamboo knots before, but none of them have been, but I am the only one who has been poisoned, why is this?" ”

Qu Xiaoran hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The slave is guilty, ignoring the toxicity in it, and almost causing a catastrophe." ”

Xiao Wanyan patted him on the shoulder: "Get up, maybe my physique is weaker than yours, anyway, it's fine, don't be so flustered." ”

Qu Xiaoran got up slowly, he was worried about what happened just now, he had stopped doing things in the palace for a long time, and his vigilance was much weaker, he pursed his lips: "The slave will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

After speaking, Xiao Wanyan got up and stood in front of the door, breathing, watching the sunset, stretching her body, and only after taking a step did she hear the commotion outside the courtyard, she glanced at Qu Xiaoran: "Go and see, what's going on?" ”

Qu Xiaoran got the order, walked out quickly, and saw Qi Jiuchen's finger long sword blocking in front of Chu Huairan, with an angry face: "Prime Minister, you are so majestic, the emperor gave the imperial sister to marry you, and you are like this to her?" ”

Chu Huairan and Qi Jiuchen looked down on each other and hated each other, and when Qi Jiuchen held a sword against his neck, Chu Huairan still didn't change his face, he sneered: "Is this going to kill the first-class members of the imperial court indiscriminately?" ”