Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Conspiracy Revealed
Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yi couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard Xue Yi say it, exchanged glances with each other, and asked in unison, "Why?" ”
"It's too late, the prince and Xiao Escort into the palace quickly! Remember, go to the main gate and meet in a dignified manner, quickly, or it will be too late! Xue Yi didn't explain. ET
The two were full of doubts, and Xue Yi stared at Xiao Yichen with a worried face: "Is the prince not trusting Xue'er or is he worried about something?" If you can't believe Xue'er, Xue'er has nothing to say, if she is worried about something, then what the prince should be most worried about now is the emperor's life and death! ”
Xue Yi didn't know how to explain it for a while, because asking Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu to enter the palace to rescue her was just her speculation, and she was not very sure that Concubine Jing would really assassinate Lord Xiao tonight, after all, this was a great crime that would not be tolerated by the Nine Clans.
Seeing this, Xiao Yichen no longer asked, and after changing into court clothes, he and Xiao Yu sat on the chase and went straight to the palace.
The moment the two stepped into the palace gate, they noticed that the atmosphere was different from the past, the huge palace was suddenly so quiet, although it was late at night, but there should also be guards in the palace to take turns to be on duty at night, and the palace maids and eunuchs should also have night watchmen at this time, but they passed through the imperial study all the way, the palace of diligence, it was dark and silent.
Only Concubine Jing's bedroom was brightly lit, and Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu went straight to Concubine Jing's bedroom and swept away quickly.
"Who?!" There was a snap, followed by the sound of a sword unsheathed. When Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu just walked to the corner of the hand-copying verandah, more than a dozen people wearing guard armor faced Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu with swords in unison, surrounding the two in the middle, Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu did not look at these strange guards in front of them back to back, Xiao Yichen's heart tightened, and a sense of foreboding hit his heart, could it be that Xiao Yishuo had action tonight but Concubine Jing! He suddenly remembered Qing'er.
"Who is so bold that he still doesn't retreat when he sees King Yu!" Xiao Yu drank loudly.
A purple-faced man snorted and sneered, and glanced at Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu out of the corner of his eyes: "The last general doesn't know any prince, the last general only knows Concubine Jingniang, and no one is allowed to break into the palace without Niangniang's order!" ”
Xiao Yichen couldn't care much at this time, and took out his sword and stabbed at the purple-faced man!
Where are more than a dozen guards who are the opponents of Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu, the two of them cleared these obstacles with the momentum of cutting melons, and went all the way to Concubine Jing's bedroom, Xiao Yi raised his foot and kicked the door open, first threw a flower pot outside the door in, and then people also jumped in, Xiao Yichen followed closely, the two stood at the door and looked at the dormitory and stood in place in a daze, at this moment, Xiao Yichen suddenly understood why Xue Yi let him and Xiao Yu enter the main door!
In the house, Concubine Jing's sideburns were scattered, the hairpin ring hung in embarrassment, two or three bloody paw prints on the bewitching powder of the past, and the meandering blood stains flowed down the corners of her mouth, until her white neck and half-chested chest, sitting on the ground dejectedly, a pair of hateful eyes were full of scarlet bloodshots, but a cold and contemptuous smile rose on her lips, her eyes stared at Xiao Yishuo who was holding a sword, her face was full of contempt and contempt, and she didn't look at Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu who had just entered the door.
However, Xiao Yishuo glanced at Xiao Yichen and Xiao Yu from the corner of his eye, and when he saw the two, he seemed to have expected them to arrive, but he was a little surprised, it seemed that Xiao Yi and Xiao Yichen should not stand there with such a swagger.
"Second Emperor Brother, you came just in time, this cheap concubine actually intended to murder her father, and delusionally wanted to ascend the throne and sit in the palace to be the empress?!" Xiao Yishuo's sword tip was handed forward, Xiao Yichen was afraid that Xiao Yishuo would kill people and kill his mouth, so Concubine Jing hurriedly stepped forward to hold Xiao Yishuo's sword and said: "Fourth brother, don't be anxious, or ask clearly, where is the father?" Is my father okay?! "Xiao Yichen is most worried about his father at this time, if his father really has a high mountain and a low water, then things will be more complicated, at this time there is no news from his people, Kou An is not there, his power cannot withstand Xiao Yishuo!
Siu Yat-chen did not answer.
"Chen'er, Huang'er......" Lord Xiao rolled down from the bed, looked at Xiao Yichen with an extremely painful expression, raised one hand hard, and stared at Xiao Yichen with dark eyes, as if he wanted to say something.
Xiao Yishuo stepped over and wanted to help Lord Xiao up, how did he know that Xiao Yichen was faster than him, and with a slight drift under his feet, the person had already held Lord Xiao's arms: "Father, father, if you have anything to say, wait for a while, and the fourth brother and I will ask Concubine Jing clearly." ”
Lord Xiao nodded, his eyes staring at Xiao Yichen tightly.
Xiao Yichen secretly put his finger on Xiao Guozhu's cunguan acupoint, and knew in his heart that his father was only hit by sweat medicine or something like that, and there was no danger, so he put his mind at ease. Xiao Yichen hugged his father, and suddenly felt that his father, who was seven feet tall, was so light, his eyes couldn't help but fall on his father's face, and the eyes of father and son converged, at that moment, Xiao Yichen saw the love and remorse in his father's eyes and seemed to have a little pity, he looked away and tried to swallow the moisture in his eyes.
Xiao Yishuo stood beside Xiao Yichen in a daze, his eyes seemed to be staring at Concubine Jing inadvertently, in fact, the corner of his eye never left the eyes of Lord Xiao!
"Fourth brother, dare to ask what's going on?" After Xiao Yichen settled down the lord of Xiao, he looked at Xiao Yishuo suspiciously.
Xiao Yishuo raised his eyebrows, and the sword in his hand pointed at Concubine Jing and said: "Brother Second Emperor doesn't know, I have long seen that this Concubine Jing is not a fuel-efficient lamp harboring evil intentions, but because of the difference in identity, her father and emperor rely on her very much, so she didn't do anything, two days ago, this cheap concubine beat her palace maid, the palace maid was afraid, and ran to my Tianbao Palace, and told Concubine Jing to kill her father, and wanted to be a female emperor!" ”
Xiao Yichen looked at Concubine Jing and asked, "Niangniang, is what King Tianbao said the truth?" ”
Concubine Jing was still staring at Xiao Yishuo tightly, listening to Xiao Yichen's words, the resentment on her face deepened, and she whimpered in her mouth, but she couldn't say a word, Xiao Yu suddenly spoke: "Lord, don't ask, Concubine Jing's tongue is probably gone." ”
Xiao Yichen noticed the blood stains on Concubine Jing's lips and neck, he couldn't help but secretly scold Xiao Yishuo for being vicious, he had witnessed Xiao Yishuo and this woman sharing the same bed, this woman had also planned for him to be the prince, even if there was a gap between the two, why not end up her life at once, but torture her like this.
Xiao Yichen knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he just said lightly: "Presumably that palace maid is called Li Qing?" ”
The muscles on Xiao Yishuo's face flicked slightly, and his eyebrows moved: "What?" The second emperor brother has seen this palace maid? ”
Xiao Yichen shook his head: "I just know that the palace maid in this palace and Concubine Jing are no closer than a palace maid named Li Qing, just guess." ”
Lord Xiao on the side suddenly called Xiao Yichen in a low voice: "Chen'er........"
"Father." Xiao Yichen agreed and walked to the bed, Xiao Guozhu pointed at Xiao Yishuo with his hand and said: "Chen'er, fortunately, your fourth brother came in time today, otherwise my father would have been a demon concubine's ghost, and my father's body may be difficult to support today's affairs, I have handed over the edict to Prime Minister Lan Guang, you have to find the edict to assist your fourth brother well, remember?" Lord Xiao held Xiao Yichen's hand and stared at Xiao Yichen tightly.
Xiao Yichen didn't understand his father's meaning for a while, didn't his father hand over the edict to himself? Why is it there in Languang again? Could it be that Lan Guang still has an edict there? Lord Xiao grabbed Xiao Yichen's hand, and his fingers quickly wrote the word "you" in Xiao Yichen's palm.
Xiao Yichen suddenly realized, and nodded busily.
Someone had already taken Concubine Jing down, Xiao Yichen was staying in the palace to stay overnight, how could Xiao Yishuo warmly invite, and he was bound to interrogate Concubine Jing at night, Xiao Yichen knew that Concubine Jing no longer had a tongue, and the tendons of her hands and feet had been broken by Xiao Yichen, and she was already like a wasted person, and she couldn't ask anything, so she had to go in order to stabilize Xiao Yishuo, and tossed for a night, as Xiao Yichen expected, she didn't ask anything.
The two left the palace and returned to their respective mansions.
Xiao Yichen had just stepped into the gate of the palace and saw Xue Yi sitting by the railing of the verandah. He walked over quickly, untied the big curtain and wrapped it around Xue Yi's body, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed: "It's early in the morning, why are you sitting in this tuyere?" ”
Xue Yi smiled: "Where is it so delicate, but I don't know if everything in the palace is okay?" ”
Xiao Yichen nodded and looked at Xue Yi curiously: "How do you know that Concubine Jing will assassinate her father?" How did you know that Xiao Yishuo would arrange an ambush to intercept me? ”
Xue Yi shook her head: "Do you still remember what Xiao Escort once said when the concubine was in a coma?" ”
Xiao Yichen thought carefully and nodded: "So what?" ”
Xue Yi's gaze turned to Magnolia Flower: "The concubine felt a little strange when she heard Xiao Escort mention it, Miss Li Qing was originally the niece of Concubine Jing, and the two of them were ....... again" Xue Yi's face suddenly turned slightly red, hesitated for a moment and then said: "According to what the prince said, the two of them had an affair with the four princes, and the three of them should be of the same heart, but Li Qing ran between the two, and listened to Xiao Escort ask about Concubine Jing's conspiracy to change color, but Xue Wu didn't know a word about it, and the concubine thought that one of them must be cheating!" ”
Xue Yi paused and continued: "The matter of killing the monarch is not something that can be said to people, especially Xue Wu, Xiao Yishuo will not know that Xue Wu is a person, since he intends to let Xue Wu overhear, he naturally wants to lure the prince to take the bait, if the prince visited the palace last night, I am afraid that he has already been killed by the people ambushed by the four princes, and will give the prince a name of killing the monarch and usurping the throne." ”
Xiao Yichen nodded: "It's just that how can this Li Qing watch Xiao Yishuo beat her aunt into a waste?" ”
Xue Yi shook her head and sighed: "Has the prince forgotten that Escort Xiao investigated Li Qing's life experience?" That Li Qing was fostered in Concubine Jing's house, how could she have had a trace of gratitude, some were just complaining and dissatisfied, the fourth prince was young and handsome, powerful and powerful, if she really ascended the throne and became the emperor in the future, my simple sister was naturally not her opponent, I am afraid that this Li Qing girl's ambition is not only not smaller than that of Concubine Jing, but greater! ”