Chapter Ninety-One: Heading to the Border
The emperor looked down at the imaginary letter that should have been miserable, and he was stunned when he saw it.
I saw that after the letter was soaked in tea, it was not just wrinkled and blurred with ink, but was divided into small pieces of paper and fell off from another white paper!
Concubine Rou let go of Bai Youlan's hand suspiciously, stepped forward and picked up a small piece, looked at it and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there seems to be something strange on this piece of paper, it seems to be some kind of glue." ”
The emperor had already understood that these words were indeed Luo Mingxuan's words, but they were not the letters he originally wrote. Someone cut Luo Mingxuan's words one by one, reassembled them into a letter, and glued these pieces of paper to a piece of white paper, forming the letter that the emperor saw, full of resentment against the emperor!
At this time, Bai Youlan gently stepped forward, picked up the pieces of paper soaked in the tea, and put them on the table, and after a while, a letter was presented in front of the emperor.
Although some of the handwriting had been blurred, it was barely possible to make out what the words were, a letter with a completely different meaning than the previous one.
"Your Majesty, although someone has done something to this letter, the original meaning of the letter, except for Bai Youlan, no one knows it, it seems to be ......"
Concubine Ling still didn't want to let go of Bai Youlan easily at this time, and under the gaze of King Fu, she still opened her mouth. She didn't finish her words, but the people present all understood that the meaning of her words was that no one had seen the original letter, and Bai Youlan might have combined different content from the original letter to fool the emperor.
Bai Youlan looked at Concubine Ling coldly, and said softly: "Concubine Ling's mother said the same, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you can recover Youlan's reply, and it will naturally be clear if you take a look." ”
"And who knows if it's your real reply?"
"Lingfei Niangniang, you don't believe in the left and don't believe in the right, according to Lingfei Niangniang's thoughts, how can you prove it?"
Hearing Bai Youlan say this, a smile crossed Concubine Ling's gorgeous face, and she said, "Such an important thing is naturally ......."
Speaking of this, Concubine Ling suddenly paused, and her expression skipped a trace of unnaturalness before she continued: "Naturally, it is up to the emperor to decide." ”
In fact, at the moment when Concubine Ling paused, Bai Youlan was not looking at Concubine Ling, her whole body and mind were on King Fu, she intuitively felt that Concubine Ling's pause was entirely because of King Fu, but when she saw that King Fu at that time, she didn't make any special moves at all, she just casually reached out and moved the jade pendant hanging from her waist.
The emperor suddenly asked in a sharp voice: "Bai Youlan, I will ask you again, what is the content of this letter?" ”
"Your Majesty, what the prince has been like over the years, I believe the emperor knows better. The prince has an indifferent temperament, even if he is really dissatisfied with the emperor, will he declare it so orally and write it in letters, or will he respond with his indifference? ”
Bai Youlan's voice floated clearly throughout the study: "I believe that with the emperor's wisdom, I already know it in my heart." But there is one thing, I don't understand, the prince just wrote a letter to Youlan, why did it alarm the emperor, and how did the person who informed the emperor of this matter know? ”
It was a word that woke up the person in the dream, and the emperor's majestic gaze suddenly looked at Concubine Ling!
Concubine Ling's face suddenly turned pale, as white as a blank piece of paper, and she hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't know the content of King Jing's letter, but when she sees that the emperor is even worried about King Jing, she will ask Youlan to take a letter to the emperor." ”
"So, only when the emperor read the letter, why did Concubine Ling immediately say that the prince was dissatisfied with the emperor in the letter? Guess, why can I say it accurately, and ask Concubine Lingniang to explain. ”
Hearing this, Concubine Ling's face turned even paler, she just glared at Bai Youlan hatefully, but she didn't say anything to her, she just blindly begged the emperor, saying that she really just cared about the emperor and guessed.
The emperor's face still did not stretch, staring at the concubine in front of him, but he didn't seem to see her as a person.
Bai Youlan knew that such a letter was just a letter, and it was enough to find out that Concubine Ling was someone from the queen's side, and it was likely to be related to King Fu.
No matter what happens to Concubine Ling, at least she has become a waste move for the queen.
What's more, her real purpose is not here.
Gently hooking the corners of her lips, Bai Youlan bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the prince's letter said that the time at the border pass is not short, and the body is a little unable to support it. ”
Hearing this, the emperor's gaze instantly moved to Bai Youlan's body, as if he wanted to see her through.
"Your Majesty, in fact, what Youlan said is also true, King Jing is fighting extremely hard at the border pass, and his already weak body may not be able to hold on, and it is feasible to have Youlan to take care of him."
Concubine Rou looked at Bai Youlan, who was kneeling on the ground, and then looked at the emperor's face, and persuaded softly.
Unexpectedly, the emperor did not veto, but King Rong said: "But mother, I have never heard of the Northern Tang Kingdom, the prince is on a campaign, and his princess will be with the army, is there something wrong?" ”
Bai Youlan was a little surprised, although King Rong was relatively close to King Duan and the others, every time he saw him, he was also humble and polite, and there were some things before, he always felt that this King Rong was secretly helping Luo Mingxuan, at this time, ......
However, Bai Youlan did not turn her head, but just looked at the emperor slightly and observed his expression. All she did before was to arouse the emperor, for Luo Mingxuan's sense of guilt, coupled with the gullibility of others to suspect Luo Mingxuan, I believe that the emperor will agree.
Sure enough, the emperor stared at Bai Youlan for a long time, saw the persistence in her eyes, waved his hand to stop King Fu and Concubine Rou from wanting to speak, and said: "Bai Youlan, when you get to the border, you have to take care of Xuan'er's body, don't let him fall ill." ”
Bai Youlan raised her eyebrows slightly, but before she could say the words of thanks, she heard the emperor say: "In order to ensure your safety, I will arrange suitable people to escort you to the border pass." ”
Speaking of thanksgiving in her mouth, Bai Youlan suddenly understood in her heart that the emperor might have a little concern for her safety, but I am more afraid that it is more of a distrust of her and a distrust of Luo Mingxuan, so he will send someone to spy on her, right?
However, do you think that this will be a rare place for me to live in Bai Youlan!
"Your Majesty, it's getting late today, please allow Youlan to go back to the house for the time being to pack up and go on the road tomorrow morning."
Seeing that the emperor agreed, Bai Youlan said again: "In order to avoid any rumors in the capital and disturb the hearts of the people, Youlan wants to ask the emperor to secretly arrange the people to go out of the city and meet again outside the east gate of the city." ”
"How can there be rumors, and why are there rumors?"
Seeing that the emperor finally stopped looking at her with such terrifying eyes, Concubine Ling suddenly became restless. It's just that her words were exchanged for the emperor's angry rebuke: "Shut up!" ”
King Jing is bloody, and if Princess Jing also goes to the border later, it will make the people mistakenly think that King Jing is going to fall. King Jingying's army is not an ordinary army, and it is not something that the emperor can command by appointing a general at will, so the invading enemy army has not been expelled, who should lead the troops to resist and expel them?
Once such a thought is born, it will not really cause panic.
How could the emperor not think of this? It's just that he didn't expect Bai Youlan to think of it, and took the initiative to propose, but he didn't interfere more, and immediately ordered Bai Youlan to return to Jingwangfu and prepare to go to the border pass.
After listening to Bai Youlan talk about what happened in the palace, Xiangdie understood the role of the letter, but she didn't quite understand why the letter sent this morning was sent to the border through the post station, instead of letting the drizzle send the letter to the prince's hands more quickly.
Doubts are doubts, Xiangdie knew her identity and didn't ask, but said with some concern: "Princess, the person sent by the emperor will definitely monitor the princess's every move, I don't know if the princess has a plan?" ”
Bai Youlan looked at Xiangdie and smiled, how did this girl know that she would not be obedient and let the people sent by the emperor send her to the border pass?
That night, Bai Youlan packed up her simple clothes, but brought a lot of poisons she made, as well as some simple medicinal herbs, and then ordered the shadow to find the drizzle who had not yet recovered from the punishment.
"Drizzle, I will leave the palace tomorrow morning, you and the breeze and heal your injuries, and then come back to me, I will leave an orchid-like secret mark along the way."
In just a few days, the drizzle lost a lot of weight, and when she heard Bai Youlan's words, she knelt on one knee and said, "Your subordinates are fine, please allow your subordinates to follow the princess." ”
"Okay?"
Bai Youlan's gaze fell lightly on Drizzle, and said, "If it's okay, you won't be what you are now." ”
Emaciated, his face was slightly pale, and before he came to the room just now, Bai Youlan had already sensed his location!
If it was before the drizzle was injured before, Bai Youlan would still need a little effort to detect his position.
Drizzle lowered her head, and when she heard Bai Youlan say this, she was afraid that she would misunderstand the prince, so she immediately said: "Please allow the princess to allow her subordinates to follow the princess, and her subordinates will definitely not make the previous mistakes and incur punishment." ”
In fact, there is a layer of other meaning in his words, which is to show Bai Youlan that it is he who makes mistakes first, and the prince will punish him.
In response, Bai Youlan snorted coldly.
There was a little silence in the room for a while, and Bai Youlan saw that the drizzle insisted, and it was estimated that if he didn't let him come with him when the time came, he would also follow secretly, right? And the drizzle and breeze, which she didn't want to harm, were punished for her again, so she agreed.
She knew that Luo Mingxuan's methods were just ordinary tricks to control people, and there was nothing wrong with it, and what she was unhappy about was that Luo Mingxuan didn't notify her, so he punished the people who belonged to her without notifying her.
Early in the morning, Bai Youlan took a few little maids and hurried to the east of the city, and joined the people sent by the emperor to go to the border pass.
Behind the carriage where the group of them were gradually moving away, in a hidden corner, one of them hooked his lips and smiled, and on his delicate face, the thin willow eyebrows were also bent.