The Coming of the Dead (III) (Part II)

"How do you know about the prince? Do you dare to talk nonsense about this kind of rumor of contempt for the prince?! ”

"Where am I talking nonsense, this is the truth, the prince is powerless to play with women, and the side concubines in this mansion are......"He suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and stopped abruptly.

Wan Ning stared at him coldly: "Which side concubine in the prince's mansion is talking nonsense to you in order to seduce you?" ”

Li Niu'er quickly understood: "Previously, Tang San Shao got the hint of Female Official Zhou, and he had already checked the medicine in the heart, and San Shao said that although this medicine was secret, if the person who had handled it applied it to his hands with alum water, a red mark would appear. The crown prince and the third young man are on their way over, and when the time comes, let a few side concubines and the people around them paint their hands with alum water. ”

"In that case, why don't you do it?" At this time, Yiyi had already come in, and immediately ordered the people behind him to do it. Concubine Liu and Tong Meiren followed him. Tong Meiren was a little panting, and Concubine Liu seemed to have a little messy hair because of her running dress, she didn't react for a while, and asked suspiciously: "What is the prince asking them to do?" ”

Yiyi turned around and looked at her coldly: "Let people prepare alum water, and give Concubine Liu and the people around her a good coat of hands." ”

"What does this mean, Prince? It's the female official Zhou who wants to harm you, what are you doing with the concubine? ”

Yiyi squinted: "Did you let your subordinates smear your hands with alum water, proving that you drugged and framed Wanning today, and colluded with a foreign man to frame the third young grandmother of the Tang family?" Or do you confess it yourself? ”

Concubine Liu was shocked, but she was still calm on the surface: "Why did Your Highness say this?" Could it be that His Highness suspects the concubine? It was Lady Zhou who betrayed you with outsiders, how can you suspect the concubine?! ”

Tong Meiren also looked at the prince in surprise at this time, didn't she make it clear to the prince just now? Or did the prince hear it wrong? She looked at Concubine Liu suspiciously, looked at the crown prince, and Concubine Liu grabbed her: "Tong Meiren just heard with the concubine that Huang Guard and Female Officer Zhou were talking about the past, and they were all ambushed by your side for the third prince in the early years. Now he also controls Tang Sanshao through Female Officer Zhou. ”

Huang Chengbiao suddenly said loudly: "You woman, you were sent by the third prince, obviously you were jealous of the female official Zhou, so you gave me two hundred taels of silver and asked me to spoil the female official Zhou." ”

Concubine Liu looked at him sarcastically: "Huang Chengbiao, you are about to die, and you are still protecting your woman?" Do you still want to come forward and take the sin and let her escape? Obviously, what you just said here is that you are all doing things for the three princes, and even Tang Sanshao has been co-opted by you. ”

"You say they say they control Xinjie?" Yiyi didn't pay attention to Huang Chengbiao, and raised his eyebrows and looked at Concubine Liu.

"Of course, although Tang Sanshao is your cousin, he is also the cousin of the third prince, not to mention the unclear relationship between Lady Zhou and him, it is said that Lady Zhou went to Guanxi, and the third prince also made a special detour to see her, the two of them must not be simple."

Yiyi smiled slightly: "Even you know this?!" Lone is very curious, but a side concubine in the prince's mansion knows so well about the people outside, and even pays attention to the affairs of Kansai. Could it be that the position of the lonely prince is too unstable, and the labor concubine is worried? ”

Concubine Liu's heart was cold, she was anxious, and she said too much. She hurriedly glanced at Tong Meiren: "This is what they just said inside, and both the concubine and Tong Meiren heard it." ”

Tong Meiren frowned, could it be that she was too nervous and didn't hear it? But Concubine Liu said this, she couldn't refute it, the family sent her to the palace to assist Concubine Liu to fix her favor in the prince's mansion.

Yiyi glanced at Li Niu'er, then shook his head with a smile: "Do you think this prince believes in Concubine Ai or Xiao Li." His slender eyes narrowed slightly, and the cold look contrasted with the warm smile. Concubine Liu looked at him blankly, not knowing how to respond for a while.

"Concubine Ai might as well tell Gu directly, what is the purpose of your troubles today? Who instructed you to come and divide Prince Ben and the three young couples? ”

"The concubine will not dare to separate His Highness and Tang Sanshao until he dies. But this slut, she colluded with others to calculate you, and Tang Sanshao would inevitably not be used by them. In an eventful season, I hope that His Royal Highness will be cautious. Nothing is as important as His Highness's safety. Concubine Liu lowered her head and said unhurriedly. After a period of nervousness just now, she strongly controlled herself to calm down, and couldn't make mistakes again because of panic, so as to fight for a glimmer of life for herself: "She was still here just now and plotted with Huang Chengbiao on how to control Sanshao. Even if they don't succeed with the three young people, Your Highness needs to take precautions! Yiyi stared at her for a long time and didn't speak.

Xinjie and Wanning glanced at each other, this woman is really scheming, even if she knows that she is making the last struggle, she still doesn't forget to pull on her back. She understands Yiyi's suspicious character, and now even if she believes that the couple is innocent, but she doubts this kind of thing, and if she hears too much, she will naturally give birth to ghosts, not to mention that Yiyi inherited the emperor's suspicious temperament. The husband and wife and Li Niu'er quickly exchanged glances, but neither of them spoke, and no matter which of them spoke now, it would arouse the prince's suspicions. And Li Niu'er is just a subordinate, if he helps the Tang family defend at this time, he will also be jealous. The room was as quiet as if the air was frozen.

Concubine Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, or the queen mother understands the character of the prince, no matter how good the brother is, as long as it is related to the big position, there will be more or less suspicion, and fortunately, Huang Chengbiao discussed it with her after entering the mansion yesterday, If something goes wrong, let Huang Chengbiao bite her back to frame Zhou Wanning because of jealousy, the more he bites her, the more Yiyi can believe her, but he is suspicious of Zhou Wanning. What's more, the prince originally liked Zhou Wanning, and was married by Tang Sanshao, so he was afraid that he would have been with Sanshao a long time ago, and it might be more effective to smear him at this time.

At this time, I heard Concubine Yan suddenly speak: "Didn't this Huang Chengbiao kill the maid next to Guan Meiren last month, and was sent to the Chenghuang Army, at that time, the concubine was afraid that this kind of reckless person might endanger the safety of the prince and all the sisters and sisters in the mansion, so she sent him out of the mansion, why did he come back again?" Who got him into the Prince's Mansion? "The prince has no concubine, Concubine Yan is in charge of the daily affairs of the palace, and the chief of the guard she sent out can actually return to the prince's mansion. Yiyi's eyebrows moved, Huang Chengbiao had told him about it at that time, Guan Meiren was the person of Concubine Yan, Huang Chengbiao strangled people to death because he failed to flirt with the maid, and this person actually returned to the prince's mansion without knowing that he and Concubine Yan did not know.

I heard Li Niu'er speak: "His Royal Highness Qiyu and Concubine Yan, the slave just thought it was strange before, Today's banquet guest was specially explained by His Royal Highness, in order for the third young and the third young grandmother to be comfortable, His Royal Highness specially instructed the non-prince's personal guards not to get this courtyard, Huang Chengbiao needs to be asked about being able to enter the mansion, who let him bypass the personal guards and enter this courtyard. Therefore, the subordinates have already asked people to check this matter before they come, and there may be a result soon. "The fact that the place sealed by the prince's guards can also be penetrated, which means that there are loopholes in the guards, or that there are people in the guards who are not only loyal to the prince, but also other forces that can mobilize them. It's a royal taboo.

After all, Li Niu'er is Yiyi's cronies, and the people he brought are also very efficient, and soon someone came back to report: "The general affairs side has checked, and there is no record of Huang Guard's return to the prince's mansion, as for who brought him in, he is still investigating." I asked the chief of the guard just now, and said that the guard Huang showed the token of the queen's mother, Fengyi Palace, and came to send a message to His Royal Highness the Prince. However, some people in several other places reacted that someone had seen Huang Guard in the mansion yesterday evening, and that he might have someone in the mansion to answer him. ”

Yiyi snorted, I saw that the person who went to find out the alum watermark just now was holding a plate of alum water, and there were a few people standing there behind him: "Say!" ”

The man hurriedly replied: "These two are people from Concubine Liu's courtyard, and they both have red marks on their hands." None of the others. ”

Yiyi looked at Concubine Liu: "Clean your hands for Concubine Liu." ”

Concubine Liu knew that she couldn't defend herself at this time, so she had to kneel: "The concubine has a secret and wants to tell His Highness alone." ”

Yiyi glanced at her, then at Xinjie and his wife, and decided after quickly weighing it in his heart: "You just say it here, I believe in Xinjie and Wanning." ”

Concubine Liu frowned, but at this time, in order to save her life, she had to say: "The concubine doesn't want to, but today's incident was sent by Mama Qiu, who was next to the queen's mother, to order the concubine." It is said that it means the queen mother. ”

Concubine Yan shouted: "Liu Yu, you are so bold, in order to exonerate yourself, you actually dare to slander the queen." Your Highness, please leave this selfish woman to your concubines, so as not to defile Your Highness's eyes. ”

At this time, I saw someone hurrying in with Cui Mama beside the queen mother, and Cui Mama hurriedly said after seeing the prince: "It's Mama Qiu, because her brother is jealous of the Tang family, so she instructed Huang Chengbiao to do it, Seeing that she has been with Mama Qiu for many years, I can't bear to want her life, and the queen has sent Mama Qiu to Zhuangzi outside the city." ”

Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, It was not the betrayal of his closest people. In his mind, Concubine Liu is a woman who was sent for the sake of profit, and it is normal for her to be used by the queen mother for her interests. Queen Mother, is she so anxious to control him? The big position hasn't settled down yet, and she's so eager? He took a look at Wan Ning, maybe this is one of the reasons why Ning Er chose Xinjie and always stayed away from him, maybe this smart woman had already seen through the queen mother, and tried her best to avoid entering this embarrassing situation. Does she really only think of herself as a friend in her heart? If they don't have these problems, is there any other possibility? There was a hint of anticipation in his heart. There was a momentary softness in her eyes looking at Wan Ning, although it was only an instant, but in addition to frowning and looking down at Concubine Liu's Wan Ning, her husband beside her and Concubine Yan on the side both captured this moment.