The next morning, before dawn, Luo Xi had already led a group of palace people to rush back, and instructed the queen to take care of the aftermath in the Jinsu Temple before going back, standing beside Luo Xi, I could clearly see the blue and white of the queen's face.

I am naturally accompanied by Luo Xi and have never been separated for half a step, so many things have happened in a row in the past few days, it can be said that the changes are very serious, I am already exhausted, I don't know whether the queen's mood at the moment is lonely or wronged, and I have no intention or strength to think more about and maintain the queen's usual children's thoughts.

Through the veil-like light mist in mid-air, you can still vaguely see some of the surrounding scenes, but it is not so clear, the wisps of mist and cool breeze wrap around the green tree trunks, and the birds can be faintly heard between the branches.

I don't know what the reason is, the driving car of this drive suddenly stopped, and a father-in-law said outside: "Your Majesty, Niangniang ......"

When I heard my father-in-law talk, I lifted the curtain and asked, "What's going on?" Why don't you go? ”

The father-in-law knelt on the ground with a sad face, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minions just found a man and a woman fainting in front of the official road when they opened the road, and when they got closer, they turned out to be ...... It's ......"

I hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”

The father-in-law only buried his head on the ground and trembled, not daring to speak.

I glanced back at Luo Xi, and I also had some doubts in my heart.

Luo Xi frowned, pulled me to get up and got out of the driver's seat, and asked in a solemn voice: "What's going on, 1510, I listen!" ”

The father-in-law raised his head slightly, and then lowered it again, "It looks like it's ...... It seems to be Jieyu Niangniang and ...... Prince Hening. ”

After he finished speaking, my eyebrows tightened, and I immediately shouted angrily: "What nonsense! ”

The father-in-law hurriedly kowtowed and said: "What the mother said is true, I am afraid that the slaves have bad eyesight and are wrong, please ...... Your Majesty Your Majesty, Mother Move......"

Before my father-in-law finished speaking, Luo Xi had already raised his feet and walked over quickly, I was very nervous behind him, my heart was beating so fast that I seemed to be about to jump out of my throat, there was still one step left, I couldn't help but raise my hand and gently tug his cuffs, and said softly: "Your Majesty......"

Luo Xi glanced back at me, his face was so grim that it was frightening, and the palace people who surrounded him saw Luo Xi kneeling on the ground respectfully, his steps paused slightly, and he was just about to step forward to take a look, I grabbed his arm again, "Your Majesty, don't." ”

His gaze wandered over me for a moment, then gently brushed my hand, "I must see." ”

I dragged him and said firmly, "Then, let me accompany Your Majesty." ”

He nodded.

Wisps of golden sunlight sprinkled at his feet, and every step forward seemed to be stepping on a layer of red brocade, just one glance, Luo Xi was extremely angry, looking at the two people lying on the ground, his eyes were almost about to erupt fire, his fists clenched "gurgling", after a while, he suppressed his voice and said: "Tie these two people to the palace and then make a decision!" ”

Along the way, Luo Xi never said a word again, I was also very surprised, I couldn't figure out what the reason was for everything that happened in front of me, the Queen Mother has always done things without leakage, it stands to reason that Zhuang Jieyu and Prince Ning should have gone away to the end of the world, how could they both faint on the official road and be seen by Luo Xi.

At noon, properly placed, the porcelain vase placed around Duan Yutang is full of silver bell-like flowers, the calyx is white, the bone china is general, faintly flooded with translucent luster, the top of the petals is a circle of different shades, twisted and twisted light cyan, and it seems to be dyed in nature, the father-in-law pushes open the long window of coral, there are dozens of flowers and trees planted outside, the plants are tall and handsome, at this time in the middle of summer, the wind moves the flowers and falls, thousands of flowers, paving several layers, such as the beginning of the snow, it is very clear, and the eyes are full of not feeling a trace of heat, Luo Xi had already changed into a dark unicorn brocade robe and sat in the middle of the inner hall, his face was blue, and his eyes flashed with an uncontrollable anger, like an enraged beast.

I looked at Zhuang Jieyu and Prince Ning who were kneeling on the floor tiles, and frowned, even if I tried everything to figure out what happened, it was too late at this moment, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

When the queen heard that such a major event had happened on the way that insulted the reputation of the harem concubines, she couldn't take care of it and hurried back, looking at the queen's neatly combed sideburns that were a little loose at the moment, she could know that she must be in a hurry on the road, and she was sitting next to Luo Xi.

After a while, when the queen saw that no one was talking, she patted the chair case, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Zhuang Jieyu, what happened, don't hurry up and tell the truth!" ”

The light and shadow outside the window were quietly reflected on Zhuang Jieyu's clear water-like face, and the deep light in her eyes turned bright, but there was no emotion on her face, and there was a sense of perseverance in her tone, "There is nothing to say, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it." ”

Prince Ning's eyebrows were suddenly stunned, like the circles of a pebble thrown into the water, "No," he slowly turned his head sideways to look at Zhuang Jieyu, his gaze fell lightly on her slightly raised lower abdomen from top to bottom, "You can't die." ”

Zhuang Jieyu shook her head gently, "The ends of the world, life and death go hand in hand," under the gaze of the two phases, love surged strongly, and as she spoke, a bleak smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her eyes narrowed slightly, "I believe that the child is also willing." ”

The queen and I glanced at each other, and were so shocked by Zhuang Jieyu's words that I was almost speechless.

I didn't think I was too surprised, but I felt a lot of pity in my heart, bowed my head slightly, and whispered: "Is it possible to have two lives with one corpse?" ”

Most of Luo Xi's face fell into the shadows of the branches outside the window, and his eyes stared straight at Prince Ning, "Second brother, I never thought that you would be such a person," the smile on his lips showed a very mocking look, "Your prince's palace lacks concubines and is so short that you want to enter the palace to seduce my harem concubines," his eyes were secretive, like a black hole had been cut out of the sky, his lips trembled slightly, and his fingertips stretched out to Zhuang Jieyu, "Even if this slut I never look down on it, and I have never touched it, but even if I enter the palace, I can't allow anyone to take it, To take her out of the palace for half a step, she must be born as a royal person and die as a royal ghost. ”

I sighed, "But Prince Ning is also a royal person, and Zhuang Jieyu and Prince Ning are not ...... together" As soon as she was halfway through the words, the queen's body shook, glared at me angrily, and interrupted: "Meng Zhaoyi, what are you talking about!" It's so presumptuous! It's just unbearable! ”

I couldn't just see death without help, so I had to get up and kneel in the center of the hall and said: "Your Majesty has always had no warmth for Zhuang Jieyu, since Zhuang Jieyu doesn't have a sacred heart, why not let her live, after all, ...... After all, Zhuang Jieyu is pregnant, even if Zhuang Jieyu is wrong, the child is innocent. ”

Luo Xi couldn't help but change color, and said in a deep voice: "It's because the sluts are pregnant that I can't let them live." ”

I wondered, "Why?" ”

Luo Xi said: "The harem concubines and the prince have given and received each other privately, and the secret meeting is already called me, so that the royal face is lost, not to mention that it has been secretly married, if I don't punish it severely today, what face will he have to meet the ancestors in the future?" ”

The queen said: "Your Majesty is right, such a corrupt act of virtue must be severely punished, if it is once indulged, everyone in the harem will follow suit in the future, it is really difficult to manage," the queen said, solemnly got up and knelt in the center of the hall, "Your Majesty, I really can't imagine that such a bad thing happened in the harem under my control, it is really my responsibility, and I feel ashamed in my heart, in addition to Your Majesty's severe punishment of Zhuang Jieyu and Prince Ning, please also ask Your Majesty to severely punish me to set an example." ”

Prince Ning let out two chuckles, everyone was confused, I lowered my head and squinted at him, wanting to warn him with my eyes not to mess around, but he didn't care, he looked at Luo Xi and said: "I knew that I would not be able to escape death, what is there to fear of death," he glanced at Zhuang Jieyu with soft eyes, and his voice was extremely gentle, "Xu is the will of heaven, even the Queen Mother can't help us," Then, he slowly got up, snorted lightly, and said, "Luo Xi, you have always wanted to put me to death, do you think I really don't know, Five years ago, you were afraid that you had just ascended the throne and the government was not stable so you didn't dare to kill me, but you were afraid that I would stay in Jiankang, so you sent me to Wenshan Prefecture, and now you have secured the throne of the emperor, you should be looking for a reason to dispose of me, but don't forget, I still have 5,000 iron cavalry in Wenshan Prefecture, once I give the order, 5,000 iron cavalry will immediately fight with the king of Yunnan. ”

Luo Xi's eyes were bright, and he said calmly: "Do you think I will be afraid like this?" ”

Prince Ning said with a smile: "Your Majesty is naturally not afraid, because Your Majesty has the biggest bargaining chip in his hand to deal with the Yunnan Wang faction. "I seemed to feel that Prince Ning's gaze quietly fell on me for a moment, but when I looked back, it didn't.

Luo Xi looked at him in disgust, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he was silent for a long time before squinting and asking, "What do you want?" ”

Prince Ning smiled lightly, "I want to make a deal with you, third brother." ”

Luo Xi asked, "What deal?" ”

I looked back at Prince Ning, and vaguely saw a few green bamboos swaying outside the window, and he was set off in a graceful manner, "I will make a deal with the third brother with the five thousand iron horses, if the third brother can spare the lives of Zhuang'er and the fetus in her womb, and the five thousand iron horses will all belong to Your Majesty, what is it?" ”

Zhuang Jieyu crawled to Prince Ning's feet, dragged the corner of Prince Ning's gray robe, and shook her head desperately, "No, no......" Two lines of tears fell.

Luo Xi said: "I know, but your five thousand iron horsemen are still far away in Wenshan Prefecture, and far away water can't quench your thirst." ”

Prince Ning said with a smile: "Doesn't the third brother know that the sweat and blood iron cavalry of Wenshan Prefecture can gallop thousands of miles in one day, and I don't feel tired, and I have my own way to let them listen to my orders even if they are thousands of miles away. ”

Luo Xi was stunned for a long time, and did not speak, as if he was thinking about something, after all, Prince Ning's five thousand iron cavalry was indeed very attractive.

Seeing Luo Xi's slight hesitation, the queen admonished again: "Your Majesty, don't listen to it!" In the harem, the concubines and the prince deserve the death penalty in secret! ”

I hurriedly said: "There have been a lot of things happening in the palace these days, the Queen Mother has died, and Xiangxiang has another corpse and two lives, it is really not suitable to take people's lives at this time!" ”

Luo Xi took a deep breath, got up slowly, walked in front of Prince Ning, leaned forward slightly, and whispered in his ear: "I promise you." ”

I finally let go of my heart.

The queen's face was ugly, she refused to give up, and knelt forward two steps, "Your Majesty! ”

Luo Xi raised his hand to stop her, "Needless to say, I have made up my mind!" Then Prince Chaoning asked, "Now you can tell me what the five thousand iron horsemen are to listen to?" ”

Prince Ning nodded, his tone was indifferent, "Soldiers are not tired of cheating, what if the third brother breaks his promise and regrets it?" ”

Luo Xi turned his face, sighed lightly, and said with a smile: "I have never joked," as he spoke, Luo Xi's eyes swept over Prince Ning's face, "The matter has come to this, do you still have room to bargain with me?" ”

Prince Ning took a step closer to Luo Xi and whispered, "Yes," with a secret smile on his lips, "Third brother, your biggest bargaining chip...... I know a lot about this chip, so why don't I take this opportunity to talk about it? ”

After hearing this, Luo Xi's cheeks trembled slightly, and after a long time, he said to his father-in-law on the left and right: "Bring pen and ink!" I want an edict! ”

Soon, the fathers-in-law were ready, one of them was walking with a horse as a writing table, and the rest of them put the pen, ink and paper inkstone above their heads, kneeling at Luo Xi's feet, Luo Xi tore open the edict, picked up the pen and dipped it in thick ink and wrote it out, and then looked at it first, and then handed it to Prince Ning and said: "Second brother, so, okay?" ”

Prince Ning read the edict quickly, nodded with satisfaction for a while, walked up to me and handed me the edict and said, "I also hope that Zhaoyi Niangniang can keep this thing for me, and protect Zhuang'er and the fetus in my womb." ”

I froze in place, very embarrassed, "I ......"

Prince Ning said: "Zhaoyi Niangniang is unwilling? ”

I glanced at Luo Xi, then turned my eyes and asked, "Prince Ning is not afraid that one day I will present this edict to His Majesty to invite merit and receive a reward?" He smiled lightly, "Everyone knows that I am His Majesty's favorite concubine." ”

Prince Ning's face was indifferent, and he chuckled, "You won't." ”

I wanted to speak again, but I was shocked by Luo Xi's movements, he dragged the unsuspecting Prince Ning, everything happened too fast, almost in an instant, a ruler-long golden dagger was inserted into Prince Ning's heart, and even the handle was missing, I was shocked, I don't know how long the dagger in Luo Xi's other hand was hidden in the sleeve, or it was hidden in the sleeve by Luo Xi from the beginning, ready to go, he didn't think about keeping his promise at all.

Prince Ning's brow furrowed slightly, as if trying to concentrate his already begun to lose consciousness, he squirmed his lips and whispered a name, but I couldn't hear it clearly.

Everyone was frightened by the sudden change, and their bodies couldn't help but tremble.

Zhuang Jieyu witnessed everything but couldn't stop it, there was a kind of indifferent and powerless sadness on her face, which made her thin and pale face look even more pitiful, she shrank her shoulders in horror, like a bird toiling in the rain and mist, retracting the pair of wings that were tired and shivering.

Prince Ning was lying there, his white skin was covered with blood splashes, his left hand pressed hard against his chest, red blood seeped out from between his slender fingers, like a fiery snake that had been winding all the way to the corner of his robe and dripping to the ground, shocking.

Zhuang Jieyu trembled and crawled to Prince Ning's side and hugged his neck and sobbed, I looked at her, only to realize that the biggest pain was that people couldn't speak at all.

Luo Xi's low gaze stared at Prince Ning, calm as stagnant water, no longer setting off a ripple, I knew what he was doing, he was waiting, waiting for Prince Ning to take his last breath.

Prince Ning's lips and teeth twitched, as if to say, "Okay...... Okay, good ......."

I took a deep breath, the recent miserable scenes one after another, I couldn't bear to look at it, so I had to retract my gaze, but suddenly swept to the corner of the skirt of a falling edict, I reached out and trembled to take it, and then lowered my eyes and slowly rolled up, a sadness was born in my heart, I could feel Luo Xi's eyes staring at my every move, after a while, I stood up, stared at Luo Xi and asked: "Your Majesty, does this edict still count?" ”

Luo Xi looked at me, "Naturally, it counts." ”

I nodded, walked to Prince Ning's side, lowered my eyes and said, "Since Prince Ning handed over this edict to me, I naturally can't afford it," I promised to Prince Ning who was dying, "As long as I am in the palace, I will protect Zhuang Jieyu for a day." ”

Luo Xi shouted in a low voice: "Okay," Shen Mo turned his face for a long time, and gently spit out a sentence in his mouth, "Jieyu Zhuang's family, if you don't abide by the palace rules, you will not be able to come out of the Sansheng Palace from now on." ”

I stared at him, with mixed feelings in my heart, saying that he was cold, but he had never loved Zhuang Jieyu, saying that he was helpless, but he killed Prince Ning with his own hands, saying that he was ruthless, but he really let Zhuang Jieyu's life go, saying that he was affectionate, but he was so ruthless, leaving no room for it......

Luo Xi said again: "As for Prince Ning," his gaze swept over Prince Ning's lifeless face, and said lightly, "Since people are dead, they will no longer pursue their mistakes in life, but after all, it is not too extravagant to wear a guilty body and bury it with the courtesy of a prince." ”

After Luo Xi finished speaking, he raised his feet to leave, and I hurriedly bowed down again, and said in a loud voice: "Feng Shuyi caused the Xiangxiang Hu family to have one corpse and two lives, and I still hope that Your Majesty will decide!" ”

Zhuang Jieyu was shocked when she heard this, and looked back at me with an incredulous look, "Xiangxiang ......"

The queen looked at me and asked, "What's going on?" ”

I am neither humble nor arrogant: "Feng Shuyi trespassed into the Wanyi Hall and spread the rumors of Lord Rong's death, which made Mrs. Rong greatly mourned, fainted on the spot, prematurely bled and bleed, and died in one corpse. ”

The queen asked, "Where is Feng Shuyi being held at this moment?" ”

I said, "I temporarily grounded her in the Hehuan Hall and waited for His Majesty to leave. ”

The queen nodded and said, "You did a good job." ”

I said firmly: "Before the death of the Queen Mother, she made an exception to posthumously posthumously crown Xiangxiang Hu as a first-class lady, and this matter cannot be stopped." ”

The queen looked at Luo Xi silently.

Luo Xi finally turned around, and did not ask anyone to deal with Prince Ning's body, but walked directly to the middle and sat down, and instructed the palace people: "Summoning Lord Rong to Duan Yutang!" ”

The father-in-law responded, and passed Luo Xi's will out one by one, and within a moment, Lord Rong walked in a purple straight court suit with gentle steps, like a Zhilan jade tree, and saluted: "I don't know why Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come?" ”

Luo Xi's eyes wandered on Lord Rong, and he sighed lightly, "Lord Rong's matter is related to you after all, if you want to deal with it, you must be summoned to make a decision together, so as not to lose justice and fear that you will be truthful." As he spoke, Luo Xi stared at me intentionally or unintentionally.

Lord Rong replied, "Yes." ”

Luo Xi said quietly: "I don't know that Mrs. Rong died in Wanyi Hall a few days ago," Luo Xi pursed his lips and frowned, "Mrs. Rong didn't leave the little prince in her womb, and went with her, I was afraid that you made a mistake in the Jinsu Temple, so I didn't tell you immediately." ”

Lord Rong's face suddenly turned pale as paper, and it was not the same as Xiangxiang's face when he died, he stood with his mouth wide open for a moment, his eyes gradually moistened, and he said in a low voice: "I hope Your Majesty will tell the ministers the reason." ”

Luo Xi nodded, "It's also a coincidence, after the fake news of your death spread, Meng Zhaoyi was afraid that Mrs. Rong would be too sad and summoned Mrs. Rong into the palace to take care of her and ordered the palace people not to be too talkative, but Feng Shuyi broke into the palace late at night to reveal the news and entered the ears of Mrs. Rong, Mrs. was very sad, and the fetal gas was moved for a while, the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital and the stable woman in the palace were all saved in the Wanyi Palace for a night, and in the end they still failed to save the lives of Mrs. Rong and Xiao Shizi, Meng Zhaoyi immediately grounded Feng Shuyi in the Hehuan Hall and waited for a decision, "He lowered his eyes and sighed," After all, this matter is the fault of the royal family, and you can do it all with you. ”

As far as I could see, Lord Rong's face was cold, and the whole person seemed to be a lonely cold moon in the night sky, "My lord, this matter is my poor care that will give Feng Shuyi a chance, Xiangxiang has two lives, I have to give you, Xiangxiang and the poor child an explanation, and you say how to deal with it," my eyes couldn't help but look at Luo Xi, "Your Majesty has said so, and you will definitely not break your word." ”

Luo Xi said "um" and said, "You have no jokes," paused, and then said, "The Queen Mother is also very sad to learn about this, although the Queen Mother is now dead, but before her death, she made an exception to posthumously posthumously crown Mrs. as a first-class fate." ”

Lord Rong took a deep breath, his eyes fell on Prince Ning, who was already silent on the side of the hall, there seemed to be endless compassion and pain in his tone, and he lowered his eyes slightly: "It's all because the insiders are blessed, and they can't be treated well, Your Majesty and Niangniang don't need to worry too much, the first order has already exceeded the rules, and they dare not ask for extravagance, and the minister also hopes to accumulate more yin virtue for his wife and children, calm down the situation, and don't want to harm others again." ”

I looked at Lord Rong blankly and said this, I couldn't believe it, I felt worthless for Xiangxiang, I couldn't let my husband fight for an explanation for myself, I only felt that my chest was extremely stuffy, my eyes were hot, and I glared at Lord Rong: "Do you know, you lost Xiangxiang." ”

Lord Rong said calmly: "Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much, this matter is not Niangniang's fault." ”

I looked straight at him, then chuckled, glanced sideways at Prince Ning's corpse, and said softly: "Are you afraid, are you so afraid?" ”

Lord Rong's eyes dodged, "I don't understand what Niangniang means." ”

I stared at him, shook my head, and said in a deep voice, "If you do this, you will regret it one day, do you believe it?" ”

Lord Rong leaned over and kowtowed, "Please also ask Niangniang not to be overly hurt and take care of yourself." ”

I looked at him, and my heart was filled with disappointment and disappointment...... mourn the misfortune of Xiangxiang and anger him.