Chapter 52: Conspiracy and treachery
"Isn't she insolent from birth? Relying on the merits of his father and brother, he was arrogant and unreasonable, and he was named the county lord at this time, and his nose was not allowed to rise to the sky. ”
Lin Xinrui was originally disgusted with Sheng Mingzhu, but now when she saw that the county lord of Ling'an had completely turned her face with her, her heart was happy, and the relationship with the county lord of Ling'an was getting closer and closer, as soon as she entered the palace and saw the position of the county lord of Ling'an, she came over, and while speaking, the afterglow of her eyes fell on Xie Yan's body from time to time.
"Because she is a subordinate, she dares to turn her face with the county lord, which shows that she doesn't take the county lord in her eyes at all, let alone the past friendship with the county lord."
"Such a person is not worthy of fellowship with the county lord at all."
“……”
The county lord of Ling'an was even more gloomy because of the movement of a few people next to him, and the anger in his eyes was even worse.
Xie Yan, who was holding a cup and sipping next to him, sat upright, like a piece of beautiful jade exuding the glow of the moon, just sitting there attracted the attention of many noble women, and when he heard the words of several noble ladies beside the lord of Ling'an, he couldn't help frowning.
Just wanted to speak, but saw Princess Fushou and His Royal Highness the King of Chu coming over here, Princess Fushou was good at dancing with long sleeves, and naturally had to have a warm greeting for Xie Shizi of the eldest princess's mansion.
After the people left, Xie Yan's eyes looked towards the seat of the Sheng family, and he saw a circle of flattering and enthusiastic people, where was there still the shadow of Sheng Mingzhu.
Looking around, Ling'an, who had been sitting, was also gone.
Fearing that the county lord of Ling'an would be angry for a while and do something annoying, Xie Yan hurriedly sent the people who were waiting around him and asked him to look for it quietly.
The county lord of Ling'an didn't seem to care, but in fact, his mind had been paying attention to Sheng Mingzhu's side, and seeing that not long after she sat down, someone from the palace whispered something in her ear, and then saw her face change slightly, looked around, and quietly followed the palace people away.
As soon as he entered the banquet, he left in a hurry, looking flustered, something must have happened, and the lord of Ling'an saw this, left everyone behind, and quietly followed.
Sheng Mingzhu followed the palace people out of the Qilin Hall and has been going in the direction of the lotus moon pool, at this moment it is late autumn, a pool of withered lotus leaves, craggy rockery gravel in the faint light exudes a forest chill.
"Is it missing here?"
"It's here, the slave maid obeys the orders of the county lord and follows all the time, and whoever thinks of the wrong kung fu will disappear." The palace man who spoke was closely served by Concubine Li's side, her name was Biqing, Sheng Mingzhu glanced at her quietly, not missing any expression on her face.
In the previous life, the edict of the Sheng family to raid the house and go to prison came very quickly, and they didn't even get any news in advance, and after a few days of panic in prison, they did not usher in the light of day, but ushered in the tragic death of their father and brother in treason, and the news that Sister was filthy and messed up the palace.
What kind of person is Sister A, she knows best, as a concubine in the palace, she is already frightened step by step, and the honor and disgrace of the family are even more placed, even if she is confused, it is impossible to do such a thing, and a series of things are too coincidental.
She doesn't believe in the so-called coincidences, all coincidences are just the inevitability that someone deliberately targeted their Sheng family and wanted to put their Sheng family to death.
Before Sister A's accident, what role did these palace people who served her side play.
"Have you ever found any of these rockery culverts?"
"The slave maid was afraid of startling others, so she only searched hastily, there are many rockery gravel holes on this side of Heyue Pond, and it takes a lot of effort during the day, not to mention that the night is dark now, and the four princes are thin and short, just find a hole and a nest, which is enough for us to find."
"What about the palace people who follow the four princes?"
"Halfway just now, the fourth prince suddenly started a fire, and the palace people around him left for some reason."
"County Lord, what's wrong with the Fourth Prince?" Bi Qing had doubts on her face.
Sheng Mingzhu didn't speak, secretly thinking, she had been on guard in advance, how could such a thing happen? Could it be that what happened in the previous life is unavoidable?
In the previous life, more than half of the banquet in the Qilin Palace, the palace people who were waiting beside the four princes looked frightened, and suddenly broke in, shouting that the four princes were gone, and everyone searched around, but finally found the dying and unconscious four princes behind the rockery of the lotus moon pool.
The doctors of the Tai Hospital diagnosed and treated them overnight, and they used all kinds of secret medicines in the palace to get their lives back, but their bodies were ruined because of this, and the rest of their lives were basically wasted.
The saint was furious, drank the order to investigate thoroughly, and in the end, all the suspicions were pointed at her sister's head, and even the palace people came forward to testify, and saw the palace people of Liren Palace sneakily leaving in a panic on the side of Heyue Pond, and then there was news in the palace that Sister A would order someone to kill her because the four princes insulted her.
The evidence is conclusive, Sister Ah couldn't argue, and in the end, it was my father who vouched for his life to solve the suspicion in the heart of the saint, and in the end, this matter was not talked about, and it has always been a mystery who the fourth prince was killed.
Concubine De Niangniang and Princess Furui have regarded Sister A as mortal enemies since then.
Since she met the Four Princes just now, she has been sending people to secretly pay attention to the traces of the Four Princes, and if there is anything wrong, she will hurry over and return to the courtesy.
Sheng Mingzhu's eyes fell on the dark and bottomless dry lotus pool, on the surface of the black pool, the withered lotus was ruined, and the withered lotus leaves and residual flowers covered the pool densely, hadn't someone been put into the lotus pond?
I was just about to find a palace person to go down and test it, but I heard a suppressed scream behind the rockery.
Sheng Mingzhu and Bi Qing were standing in a relatively remote position, or the perpetrator didn't expect that there would be someone here at this moment, so he lowered his voice and said: "Let's see if he is still angry, if he is out of gas, throw it here." ”
Through the gap, I only saw two black-clothed people looking around, seeing that there was no one around, they left the four princes in their hands, and then quickly disappeared.
Bi Qing gasped, covered the exclamation in her mouth, saw the person leaving, and just wanted to speak, she saw the two people who left carrying one person on their backs and returning again, and put the person on their backs near the four princes.
Sheng Mingzhu saw with sharp eyes that the person on the back of the man in black was the little chamberlain of Sister Liren Palace.
At this point, Sheng Mingzhu still has something he doesn't understand, so he has a big plan to frame him, and when this little chamberlain wakes up and sees the four princes whose life and death are unknown around him, even if there are ten guts, he should be frightened, and the first reaction in the panic is to take advantage of no one to find out, and quickly leave the place of right and wrong, then he can think of other things, his demeanor is flustered, his expression is hurried, and in the eyes of those who have a heart, it is the conclusive evidence of the murder.
The situation is urgent, and the two murderers must not be allowed to leave, Sheng Mingzhu immediately shouted, there are assassins. Then he jumped out, trying to restrain the two people, but he didn't want to move twice, and the injured leg stabbed and couldn't get his strength.
Bi Qing also followed, shouting, "Catch the assassin, catch the assassin." ”