Chapter 68: Interrogation

When Yongning woke up again. It was already dark when I found out. She found herself lying in a strange and gorgeous room, the bed was soft, and the wounds on her body had been rebandaged. There were only two dim palace lamps in the room, but there was a slightly familiar girl dressed as a palace maid next to the bed who was leaning on the bedpost and pretending to sleep.

Yongning's gaze flickered involuntarily. Strange places, strange people, she knew in her heart that most of the things she was worried about had happened. Even if she tried her best to protect King Jin, she was still inevitably suspected. However, judging from this accommodation, the situation should not be too bad.

Her mouth was bitter, and she tasted it for a while, like the taste of ginseng soup. She moved slightly, and found that although she was still a little weak, it was not weak, and judging by the recovery of her magic, she had probably been in a coma for several days......

Yongning pretended to have just woken up, and snorted a few times, and the palace maid sat up straight very vigilantly. "Little lady, are you awake?! Great, the slave maid will go and ask the imperial doctor......" The palace maid ran out very happily. Yongning, who originally wanted to say something, was slightly disappointed.

The imperial doctor came quickly, and seemed to be resting near the left. The old man with white hair slowly checked Yongning's pulse, and without explaining, he directly gave a prescription, and then explained that the palace maid could let Yongning eat some liquid food. The food had been prepared a long time ago, and before the imperial doctor could go out, another palace maid came in with a food box.

Yongning also had injuries on his hands, and the palace maids served very diligently, and they fed the food very professionally. After drinking a bowl of porridge, Yongning shook his head, refused to eat any more, and pulled the palace maid and asked, "Is His Royal Highness King Jin good?" ”

The palace maid helped Yongning to lie down, and replied with a light smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is no longer in serious trouble, and the imperial doctor said that as long as the good life will be raised for three or two months, it will be able to recover as before...... This afternoon, His Royal Highness King Jin also asked about the little lady's injury, and explained that if the little lady woke up, she must tell him......"

"Where is this?" Yongning put on a confused expression very appropriately.

"This is the west side hall of the Lizheng Palace...... the palace maid threw out an answer that made Yongning stunned: "The queen mother was worried that it would be inconvenient for the little lady to pass on the imperial doctor after she returned home, so she left the little lady in the Lizheng Palace to take care of it!" There was a lot of envy in her tone, as if Yongning had received great grace.

It turns out that I have already returned to Beijing! But Yongning couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Lizheng Palace, this is the queen's bedroom! When the prince born to the queen was a minor, he lived with him in the east side hall, and the underage queen daughter lived in the west side hall...... It seems that her current treatment is indeed high! It's all time to catch up with the princess......

At this time, Yongning didn't want to ask anymore, just from the few words of this palace maid, she already understood a lot of things. Now there is only one thing she can do, and that is to wait! Waiting for the emperor to summon him, or waiting for the outcome of the incident......

She drank the medicine that the maid had decocted in a groggy manner, and then fell asleep again. And earlier, the news of her awakening had spread quickly throughout half of Chang'an......

Fang Xuanling was woken up from the bed, and when he heard the news from the emperor that Yongning had woken up, his heart was half relieved. Since his daughter was rescued, he has not seen anyone, only that the injury is quite light, but the emperor did not tell him what happened, and he was not easy to inquire. It's just that from the mouth of the janissary who went to the rescue, I heard about the danger of that Jedi, and I couldn't help but be afraid. Of the five hundred guards who went, only about a hundred returned, and it was a great luck that Yongning and King Jin were able to escape from such a place.

Come to think of it. After the accident, Yuan Tiangang's words of comfort echoed in his ears again. His life is in heaven, and it is unspeakably precious......

Fang Xuanling rubbed his forehead, didn't dare to think about it anymore, turned around and went back to the room, and told his wife, who had been worried for a few days, of the news that Yongning had seen well.

Overnight, I don't know how many people couldn't sleep at night.

Yongning woke up early the next day, and while the palace maid was freshening up for her, she heard a commotion outside, and then saw the door being pushed open suddenly, and then Princess Jinyang broke in with a cloak.

"Yongning, Yongning......" Princess Jinyang stood on the side of the bed with a worried face and looked at Yongning, gasped for breath, and then whispered: "You, are you better?" ”

Yongning smiled and said: "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, it's no big deal, it's just ......" She looked down at the little hands that were wrapped like zongzi, and said with some worry: "I just don't know if there will be scars in the future......"

Princess Jinyang pushed away the palace maid who was blocking her, sat on the edge of Yongning's bed, took her hand and looked at it, and said, "Don't be afraid! I was so worried about the last time my arm was cut, and then the imperial doctor came up with a kind of jade ointment, and I wiped it a few times, and the scar was really gone...... I'll go back and ask the imperial doctor to see if you can use it, and if you can, I have a lot of them there, all for you! If it doesn't work. Just let them think of another way......"

"That's great! Thank you, Your Highness! Yongning saw that the palace maids serving Princess Jinyang walked in one after another, looking like they wanted to persuade but didn't dare to persuade them, and hurriedly said, "Is Your Highness going to Hongwen Pavilion today?" Don't delay with me, I'm fine anyway, so you better go and get ready......"

Princess Jinyang's palace maids also came in unison to persuade her to go back, and she had to confess that Yongning wanted to let the palace maids help her get it, and then left like a gust of wind.

Yongning had a lot of abrasions on his body, and he couldn't get out of bed and walk around, so he lay in bed in a daze all morning. Neither the emperor nor the empress seemed to take her awakening seriously and forgot about her. She thought that Princess Jinyang would come back from school in Hongwen Pavilion and should come to see her again, but who knew that even Princess Jinyang never appeared again.

For three days in a row, Yongning stayed in this room quietly, except for the two palace maids who had been serving her, she had never seen anyone else, nor did she dare to inquire about any other news, but from time to time she talked about homesickness, her father, and her mother, although the two palace maids would comfort her a few words, but they did not tell her any news about the Fang family.

Just when Yongning's patience was about to be exhausted, a little eunuch finally came to pass the word - the emperor summoned him in the Liangyi Palace!

Yongning secretly breathed a sigh of relief and let the two palace maids freshen up and dress up. Then he was carried all the way to the emperor in a soft sedan chair.

The Liangyi Hall is in the inner court, and those who can be summoned by the emperor to discuss matters must have at least five official positions or above, and they are basically close ministers of the clan. As soon as Yongning was carried in, the first thing he saw was not His Majesty the Emperor sitting in the center, but Fang Xuanling, who was sitting at the bottom left. After not seeing each other for a while, Yongning suddenly felt that his father was really old......

Fang Xuanling saw that her little daughter, who had always loved her, was carried in with a pale face, and there were still faint traces of bandaging on her hands, and her brows furrowed tightly.

The emperor may have given Fang Xuanling face, but seeing Yongning struggling to get down to the ground to salute, he hurriedly waved his hand at the palace maid serving next to him. said: "She has injuries on her body, you take good care of them, don't hurt again...... Girl, politeness is not on this, you just sit and talk back, don't move! ”

Yongning made a flustered posture and looked at Fang Xuanling, as if he was afraid of his father's blame. Who knew that Fang Xuanling, who had always been cautious and well-behaved, actually nodded and said to Yongning: "Don't you thank Your Majesty?!" ”

"Your Majesty Xie......" Yongning hurriedly made a gesture of great blessing, although he was sitting, but it was like that.

"I called you here today, mainly to ask about you and King Jin in distress......" Li Shimin got straight to the point and went straight to the point: "You will tell you about the events of that day from beginning to end." ”

In the past few days, Yongning has already thought about this story very well, for this problem that she suddenly appeared, she made up her mind not to admit it, as long as she insisted that she was caught in the old palace, then those men in black were caught, and the testimony may not be able to win people's trust. So, she cleared her throat, starting from the barbecue meeting at noon, and then explained in detail that she would go to that place with King Jin, it was really a coincidence, and then those very thrilling experiences were even more ups and downs by her, and before she finished speaking, Fang Xuanling was already so scared that she took her in his arms and didn't let go.

In the end, Yongning shrank in Fang Xuanling's arms, tears fell down in pairs, and Li Shimin couldn't bear to ask any more.

His Majesty the Emperor actually didn't have the idea that the Fang family and the assassins were in the same group at all, but for the past few days, someone kept muttering these words in his ear, and he kept Yongning in the palace in line with the idea of returning the Fang family's innocence, and summoned her to interrogate today. At this time, Yongning finished telling what happened, and after returning from King Jin, he said it tightly without a little ambiguity. He couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, feeling that he and Fang Xuanling were definitely a model of "getting along with monarchs and ministers", he turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Wuji who was sitting at the bottom right, and said, "Auxiliary, do you still have anything to say?" ”

These days, it is the eldest grandson Wuji who is nagging in his ear very much, he specially called the eldest grandson Wuji to come over today to listen, and by the way, he also wants to ease the relationship between his brother-in-law and his beloved prime minister. Although he is quite satisfied with the fact that the two people are not on the same page and often disagree with each other, but as an emperor, when there is too much trouble between his subordinates, he still has to check and balance......

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Yongning with a smile, and just as he wanted to speak, he heard a commotion from outside the hall. Li Shimin frowned, and motioned to the personal eunuch beside him to go out and see what was going on. The eunuch soon came back and knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, it's His Royal Highness the King of Jin......"

Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson Wuji with a dark face, and then said, "Xuan! And the eunuch immediately took the command and departed.

King Jin came quickly. Yongning felt that he might have broken into the gate of the palace, and then the eunuch who had seen him saw him as soon as he left the palace, so he could come in so quickly.

King Jin greeted Li Shimin in a proper manner, and then greeted each other with the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling respectively, and immediately walked to Yongning, looked at it carefully, and then frowned and said, "Why is your complexion still so bad?" But the imperial medicine is careless? But what's uncomfortable? Do you want to change to a doctor? ……”

Although Yongning was moved by King Jin's concern, the aura of the three big people present was too strong, and she only shook her head slightly, not daring to say more.

Fang Xuanling coughed dryly and hugged Yongning tighter in his arms. He didn't talk to King Jin, but looked at His Majesty the Emperor sitting on the throne very calmly.

His Majesty the Emperor is also dissatisfied with his son's words and deeds, can these words be said in front of the public? He also saw Fang Xuanling's dissatisfaction with his son, so he hurriedly beckoned King Jin to him: "Your injury is not healed yet, didn't the imperial doctor say that you should rest in bed?" You've come to see me, but what's the matter? ”

King Jin also noticed that his behavior was inappropriate at this time, the tips of his ears flushed, lowered his head, and said in a whisper: "I, I heard that my father summoned Ah Fang for questioning, so, so I ......"

Li Shimin frowned, and asked in a cold voice, "I heard?" Where did you hear that? ”

King Jin glanced at Li Shimin for some reason, grabbed his sleeve a little nervously, and said, "Yes, it's Brother Wei Wang, what you said when you came to see me just now......"

Li Shimin's eyes darkened, and then patted King Jin's back, which was regarded as appeasing this simple son, and then said very seriously: "The affairs of the Taiji Hall and the Liangyi Hall are not allowed to be inquired about, you should know these rules!" In the future, you must never act so recklessly, you know? "No mistakes, no skipping words.

King Jin suddenly understood what Li Shimin's eyes meant just now, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, motioned for his obedient youngest son to sit down beside him, then looked at the eldest grandson Wuji again, and asked again: "Auxiliary, is there anything else to ask?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's face had returned to normal at this time, and he arched his hand at His Majesty the Emperor with a smile, and said, "The minister does have a few questions to ask the little lady of the Fang family......

Li Shimin waved his hand at the eldest grandson Wuji, motioning for him to ask casually.

After the eldest grandson Wuji got permission, he turned around and arched his hand at Fang Xuanling, then looked at Yongning and asked, "Little lady of the Fang family, you saw three dead people and so many dead horses in the old palace, aren't you afraid?" How dare you continue to move around? "Normally, when a seven or eight-year-old girl sees so many dead people at first glance, can't she cry in fright and collapse there and dare not move? But the little girl in front of me can still think about it and walk around, which is so strange......

Yongning obviously felt Fang Xuanling's body stiffen, obviously her father also felt that this was a flaw. Yongning gently patted Fang Xuanling's arm without a trace, and then looked at the eldest grandson Wuji with big tears in his eyes, and said, "I, of course I'm afraid...... But, if I stay there, I, I'm even more afraid! I just, I just thought, even if I can't find other guards, I can find a place where I can't see the dead...... Daddy, I'm afraid! With that, she buried her head in Fang Xuanling's arms.

Fang Xuanling patted Yongning's head comfortingly, glared at Eldest Sun Wuji fiercely, and said, "Lord Eldest Sun, let me ask you, whose child can be bold enough to sit in the pile of dead people without moving?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji obviously didn't expect Yongning to answer like this, and coupled with Fang Xuanling's run, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, glanced at Li Shimin apologetically, and then coughed dryly, and said, "This is the old man's gaffe...... Well, I also want to ask the little lady of the Fang family again, were you and King Jin thrown off the cliff together? ”

Yongning nodded with red eyes, and didn't even look at Eldest Sun Wuji.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin said that when he woke up, it was you who pulled him to hang on the vine, the little lady is so capable, she can hold His Royal Highness the King of Jin in a moment!" The eldest grandson Wuji listened to the very satisfying stories narrated by King Jin and Yongning respectively, and always felt that something was wrong, a coincidence was a coincidence, but if there was a series of coincidences, it would no longer be a coincidence......

Yongning blinked in confusion and said, "But I just held on...... I was afraid in my heart, and I saw His Royal Highness King Jin in front of me, so I stretched out my hand and grabbed His Highness, did I do something wrong? "No mistakes, no skipping words. She turned her head to look at her father and asked in a low voice, "Daddy, am I wrong?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

Fang Xuanling made a calm face, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, and then looked at His Majesty the Emperor, without saying a word.

King Jin's face turned red, and he didn't understand what his uncle meant? Is it because he was dissatisfied with the fact that he was spared?!

Li Shimin has no patience for the eldest grandson Wuji's unreliable "questions", which is more than picking bones in eggs! This is obviously a subconscious move of the little girl, where can you ask people to tell all these things one, two, three?! The point now is that with the help of the Fang family's youngest daughter, the Nine Emperor Princes, whom he has always loved, have returned safely!

Li Shimin finally waved his hand at the eldest grandson Wuji, and said with a little dissatisfaction in his tone: "Auxiliary, if your questions are all these shadowless things, then don't ask again, the daughter of Fang Qing's family is seriously injured, but she can't withstand your torture like this!" ”

His Majesty the Emperor's words are not insignificant, and the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly got up and confessed, and then said pleadingly: "Your Majesty, the minister has one last question, I want to ask the little lady of the Fang family, what ......do you think?"

"Good!" When Li Shimin heard it, since he was the last one, he would be approved.

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled at Fang Xuanling, and then asked Yongning: "The little lady of the Fang family, the guards who went down to the bottom of the cliff to save people later told me some things, coupled with the experience told by the King of Jin, as well as some corroboration by the imperial doctor, I found that the little lady seems to be quite proficient in marching and fighting......

Yongning is really confused this time, has she shown excellent military talent? Why didn't she find out herself? "The little girl doesn't know what the eldest grandson said?" She subconsciously held her father's hand, not knowing where she had gone wrong.

"Suck blood and dispel poison, hit stones to make fire, and fire is hot...... The old man said this, the little lady should understand, right? There are many words without mistakes," the eldest grandson Wuji raised his eyebrows and raised his beard, sitting straight and waiting for Yongning's answer.

"Does this have anything to do with the war?" No mistakes, no word skipping. Yongning routinely pretended to be stupid, and looked at the eldest grandson Wuji very innocently and began to explain: "The matter of sucking blood and removing poison is a story that my mother told me when I was a child, many years ago, my father was bitten by a snake, and then my housekeeper sucked out the poisonous blood, and my father picked up a life, so my mother told me that I should respect the housekeeper in the future, and hitting stones to make fire is a trick that my second brother often plays, and he also used this trick to cheat me when I was a child!" As for the hot land of the fire, this one was seen on Daddy's hand...... Does this have anything to do with war? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji squinted at Yongning, he didn't expect this little girl to be so difficult to deal with, and he actually said these things clearly, which made him more and more suspicious of King Jin's distress incident, and there was another inside story! But out of the corner of his eye, he saw the father and son in the upper position, their faces were extremely ugly, and he didn't dare to continue asking, so he smiled awkwardly, spread his hands, and said that he would give up.

Li Shimin's face softened at this time, and he asked Yongning with a smile: "You said that the fire is hot, you saw it from your father's hand?" Is that a hand-prick? Although he asked Yongning, his eyes were on Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling hugged Yongning and owed a debt, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has a habit of taking notes on things, and daily will see, hear, think, and think of things that are useful to record for later use, and have accumulated a lot over time, and the courtier's daughter saw these things in the minister's study, so she proposed to sort out the plan for the minister, and the minister felt that this was also a good thing, so he allowed her...... I didn't expect her to be diligent for a while, but it saved her life......"

"Huh? It turns out that Fang Qing still has such a habit? Where did you write down the events of this hot land? Li Shimin seemed to be particularly interested in this and asked endlessly.

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "This is what General Qu Tutong taught me during the Battle of Tiger Prison back then...... On that day, His Majesty sent me and General Qu Tu to attack the Tiger Prison for a long time, and it rained heavily during the march, and the ministers were weak and could not withstand the cold, so General Qu Tu used a fire to barbecue the hot land and let the ministers camp...... Alas, looking back on the past, the minister ......" he said, and his eyes turned red.

Li Shimin was also brought back by Fang Xuanling's words, and brought back the heroic feelings of conquering the world back then, and he cared a little more about these old ministers who unswervingly followed him, and excitedly talked about the year with Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji. While talking, he also mentioned a few words about King Jin from time to time.

Yongning was naturally not interested in these, and she was injured on her body, so she was discouraged at this time, and she fell asleep in Fang Xuanling's arms.

When the three monarchs and ministers of the Liangyi Palace were talking enthusiastically, suddenly someone outside the door said: "Your Majesty, Fu Di, the regular attendant of Jin Wuwei, asks to see you!" ”

Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly got up and resigned, and King Jin also resigned together, and Li Shimin did not keep it, but gave Fang Xuanling's father and daughter a bunch of rewards.

Fang Xuanling did not let Yongning sit in the soft sedan chair again, but walked out with her in his arms. As soon as Yongning heard that he could go home with his father, his excitement suddenly came up, and that little sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant.

When they came to the outside of the hall, they saw a tall, well-armoured general approaching. As soon as Yongning saw this person, his eyes immediately flashed, and after the eldest grandson Wuji talked to him for a few words, Yongning became more and more sure of one thing! She leaned close to Fang Xuanling's ear and whispered, "Daddy, this general's voice is exactly the same as the man in black who captured King Jin that day......

Fang Xuanling's figure paused, then patted Yongning gently, and then slowly left as if nothing had happened......

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