Chapter 102: Fortunately, it's brother and sister
After listening to Jiang Qingyue's reason for entering the palace, the second prince was full of complicated eyes, he thought that the entire palace was under the control of him and the queen mother, but he didn't expect that there were so many loopholes, Jiang Qingyue said that he would enter the palace when he entered the palace, and no one noticed when he entered.
"I'll go to the palace and find out who I've seen later." The second prince said decisively.
Zhou Ruian nodded, and he said without hesitation: "This time, even if I owe you a favor, I will pay it back in the future!" β
The second prince did not ridicule him for being in prison and boasted about Haikou, and any promise made by a person like Zhou Ruian was not easy or casual.
The second prince just said lightly: "What I did for her was what I wanted, and I don't need anyone to thank me." β
After speaking, the second prince turned around and walked out, with a steady pace and a straight back.
Zhou Ruian looked at his back as he left, and couldn't help muttering: "Fortunately, you are brothers and sisters." β
Because they are brother and sister, they cut off all possibilities, otherwise, he must be his strongest opponent!
It's ridiculous and lamentable, Zhou Ruian has always wanted to regain what belongs to the Jin Palace, and the goal of the second prince is also the throne, but Zhou Ruian has never looked at the second prince in his eyes and regarded him as an opponent, but now, on the love field, Zhou Ruian really recognizes the second prince.
The second prince entered the palace, and now he is a recognized prince, no one dares to slack off, and the investigation is naturally smooth.
When the second prince knew that Jiang Qingyue was sent to Princess Ningyang's bedroom, his brain exploded.
What good can these two people get together? Princess Ningyang had been displeased with Jiang Qingyue before, and Jiang Qingyue fell into her hands, so could she still have her life?
Thinking of this, the second prince immediately rushed to Princess Ningyang's bedroom.
The second prince was menacing, and as soon as he entered the door, he drove out the few remaining palace maids and eunuchs.
It was the first time for Princess Ningyang to see the second prince looking so angry, and she couldn't help but feel a little timid: "You, what do you want to do?" β
"Have you seen Jiang Qingyue?" The second prince said coldly.
Although it is a questioning statement, it is a firm tone.
Is it for Jiang Qingyue? Looking at the murderous look on the second prince's face, Princess Ningyang was so angry in her heart, why did one or two of them care so much about Jiang Qingyue? Zhou Rui'an is like this, even the second prince is like this!
"I'm your sister! I grew up with you, and now you're questioning me for an outsider? Princess Ningyang asked unceremoniously.
Younger sister?
The word sister stung the ears of the second prince, he didn't want any sister at all!
"I wish you were my sister!" The second prince said abruptly, "Don't talk nonsense, say, have you seen Jiang Qingyue?" β
Princess Ningyang was stunned when she heard the words of the second prince, "What do you mean by 'you wish I was your sister'?" What do you mean by that? Am I not your sister? β
The second prince frowned impatiently: "Answer my question first!" My patience is limited, don't challenge my limits! If you don't tell me where Qingyue is, I promise you, I'll make you regret it! β
Princess Ningyang couldn't listen to anything at this time, all she could hear in her mind was the words that the second prince said, and the information revealed in this sentence was really shocking.
Would she rather be his sister? So that means she's not his sister?! In an instant, Princess Ningyang suddenly thought of why her father suddenly didn't love her, and the strange attitude that the queen had always had towards her.
Isn't she the sister of the second prince? Not a princess? How is this possible! She is obviously a princess with a noble status! It is the golden branches and jade leaves of the father, and the most noble woman in the entire Dajing!
"You're lying to me, aren't you? I am your sister, I am the daughter of my father! I am the most noble princess! Princess Ningyang cried out in a broken voice.
The second prince looked at her with a kind of compassion and pity, as if he were looking at a pitiful thing.
"So far, you only have one way to go, tell me where Qingyue is, and I promise you that you will be prosperous and rich in the future!" The second prince said calmly: "If you are obsessed again, then don't blame me for ignoring the brother-sister relationship for so many years!" β
Princess Ningyang took two steps back in despair, her eyes were dull, her expression was stiff, and after a while, she suddenly laughed out loud: "Hahaha, fake, hahaha, it turns out to be all fake......"
Who is she and whose daughter is she? All this she grew up with turned out to be fake! Identity is fake, life is fake! That's why Emperor Xuande would abandon her so easily! Because she's just an imposter from start to finish!
The second prince was not in the mood to take into account Princess Ningyang's feelings, in his opinion, Princess Ningyang, a woman of unknown origin, replaced Jiang Qingyue's identity and became the most noble princess of the entire dynasty, enjoying so many years of glory and wealth, the emperor's honor, what is she not satisfied with?
"Tell me! Where is Kiyotsu! The second prince said anxiously.
Princess Ningyang turned her head and looked at the second prince with a worried expression, feeling extremely relieved in her heart, she hooked the corners of her lips and showed a weird smile: "Let me tell you, Jiang Qingyue is dead, she has entered her father's palace through the secret passage!" β
The second prince was shocked, although he had had this guess for a long time, but now that it has been confirmed, he still can't hide his shock.
"Authentic? How can there be an authenticity? The second prince couldn't help asking.
Princess Ningyang continued to laugh and shouted, "Guess, guess how I know?" Hahahaha......"
The second prince frowned deeply, it doesn't matter how there is an authenticity now, what matters is whether Jiang Qingyue is really in the emperor's bedroom.
Although it is still uncertain, the second prince has already believed this statement, not to mention anything else, the queen has been looking for an assassin with such fanfare, but she has not been able to catch a person, and it is almost impossible in the entire palace, unless the assassin has already left.
But Jiang Qingyue didn't go back, she could only be in the palace, except for Emperor Xuande's bedroom, there was no other place to hide a person in the entire palace!
But even in Emperor Xuande's bedroom, there is no guarantee that Jiang Qingyue will be safe!
The second prince immediately turned around and walked out, heading straight for Emperor Xuande's bedroom.
At the same time, the queen's patience finally ran out, and she decided that she couldn't leave all her hopes on finding the jade seal!
The queen decided to attack Qin Guifei and the Seventh Prince first, and immediately, she sent someone to Qin Guifei's bedroom.
Qin Guifei and the Seventh Prince have long been under house arrest by the queen, and now they are simply slaughtered, and the guards broke into the palace and directly arrested Qin Guifei and the Seven Princes in the Zhengkun Palace.
Qin Guifei's coquettish face was a little embarrassed, and her hair was scattered in front of her forehead, but her eyes flashed with a light of refusal to admit defeat.
The queen mother sat on the chair and looked at Concubine Qin condescendingly, "My sister seems to be very unconvinced by her situation?" β
Qin Guifei squinted her eyes and said coldly: "It's because my skills are not as good as others!" I have nothing to say! But I'm not convinced! Fang Yaru, I'm not convinced! β
Fang Yaru is the name of the queen's mother, and when she heard this name, a trace of nostalgia flashed in the queen's eyes.
Fang Yaru represents all the innocence and innocence of her girlhood, and now she is just the mother of a country.
Concubine Qin is really unconvinced, since she took over the Fengyin and ruled the Six Palaces, she has also made a lot of preparations, but she really didn't expect that the queen would be so caught off guard.
The queen snorted coldly, glanced at Concubine Qin, and said mockingly: "You are not convinced? What are you not convinced? The phoenix seal is in your hands, and the six palaces are all under your control, but you just ridiculously replaced some low-level palace maids, do you think that if you do this, you can hit me? β
Concubine Qin pursed her lips, her eyes a little gloomy.
She thought it was right, and she thought that she had done a good job, especially after Dingguo Gong was forced to die, she felt that with her own wrists, the position of the prince was already a matter of probing.
"Of course, you also removed a lot of housekeepers, and you cleaned up the imperial dining room." The queen mother continued to say lightly: "But you are wrong about one thing, the most important thing in the entire palace is not the palace maids and eunuchs who serve, but those guards!" Only by controlling absolute force can we guarantee the absolute right to speak! β
Qin Guifei frowned slightly, she understood now, but it was too late.
The queen whispered, showing a look of disdain, and her tone could not hide her smugness: "You didn't want to meddle with your own people in the guards, because you have to maintain your empathetic, non-fighting and non-fighting image, so that the emperor thinks that you are just a docile and virtuous woman," After a pause, she smiled mockingly: "Look, it's wrong again, isn't it?" How can you still be naΓ―ve to put everything on that man? β
This time, Concubine Qin was completely speechless, she always wanted to maintain her gentle and petty image in front of Emperor Xuande, naturally in order to pave the way for the Seventh Prince, so even if Emperor Xuande sometimes asked her for her opinion on government affairs, she would smile and shake her head and refuse, indicating that her harem could not interfere in politics.
This has indeed won her a lot of praise, and Emperor Xuande is also very satisfied with her, but now these praises and satisfaction can't save her.
The queen mother hooked the corners of her red lips and showed a cruel smile: "A woman who has entered the palace first has to rely on the emperor, and then her son, but what she needs to rely on most is herself!" You can't even figure this out, and you're embarrassed to say you're not convinced? It's ridiculous! β
"The emperor's love, it's not nothing, his love is left to that cheap woman, do you think you are a little similar to that woman, and you think you're amazing? What you get is only pet, not love! The queen said mockingly: "Speaking of which, we have fought for a lifetime, in fact, the best thing is still that cheap woman, she doesn't have to do anything, she doesn't have to fight, the emperor's heart is all about her." β
Speaking of this, a complicated look flashed in the queen's eyes, but it flashed so fast that almost no one saw it.
The queen's words, word by word, were like a knife, stuck in the heart of Concubine Qin.
Qin Guifei's face was pale, she could no longer put on the most pitiful expression to get the slightest pity, she had been proud of the side face similar to Qing Guifei, and there was no way to save her.
"I have nothing to say, I just beg you to let my child go." Qin Guifei said in a low voice.
The queen raised her eyelids, glanced at her, and said lightly: "After fighting for so many years, you are the stupidest person to say." β
Qin Guifei was shocked, trembling and hugged the Seventh Prince, the Seventh Prince is thirteen years old this year, he doesn't cry or make trouble, snuggled in his mother's arms, he seems to have understood something, but this is no longer a war that he can intervene in, what he can do seems to be just straightening his back, supporting his mother, and maintaining her last pride.
Concubine Qin understood that if today's situation was reversed, she would not let go of the queen and the second prince, so the queen said how stupid she was.
"It's stupid, but it's something every mother does, protect her child." The queen continued.
Concubine Qin raised her head and looked at the queen deeply.
The queen sighed: "But, I am also a mother, and I also want to protect my son." With that, she stood up, turned around and walked to the inner room: "Give them a good time." β
The light in Concubine Qin's eyes became dead silent, she suddenly pounced, fell to her knees, and kowtowed desperately: "I beg you, I beg you, let my child go!" He's still young! Otherwise, if he is poisoned and dumb, he will become mute, and he will not threaten the status of the Second Highness! Please, please......"
Qin Guifei's heart-rending shouts resounded throughout the Zhengkun Palace, for the sake of her son, she gave up all her pride and self-esteem, only to find a way for her son to survive.
However, the queen never spoke.
Qin Guifei was dragged down, she seemed to be finally desperate, and couldn't help shouting: "Fang Yaru, you won't end well!" You're not going to end well! β
No one responded to her, only her cries.
After a long time, the palace maid who went to the execution came to report: "Niangniang, everything has been dealt with." β
The queen mother leaned on the small collapse to rest, and when she heard the words, she opened her eyes and said lightly: "Got it." β
The queen mother comfortably picked up the teacup, everyone who was against her was now trampled under her feet, how is Zhou Rui'an, and how arrogant is Concubine Qin? So what's going on now, it's not the same to let her slaughter!
That's what rights taste like.
The queen smiled slightly, and as soon as she put down the teacup, she saw Mama Gui hurrying over: "Niangniang, the second highness has gone to His Majesty's bedroom!" β
The queen's face changed suddenly.
Empress Ishihara Fu ordered to guard the emperor's bedroom, and the order he received was that not a single fly could be put in, which was a very intuitive order, but what if the person who wanted to enter was the queen's own son?
Ishihara is now contradictory left and right, no matter how the queen is, she is just a woman, and it is impossible to sit on the throne no matter what, and it is the second prince who will be the emperor in the end.
Now that the future emperor is going in, Ishihara is beginning to contradict, whether he wants to let him go or not?
"Your Highness, Niangniang's order, no one is allowed to enter, please don't embarrass your subordinates!" Ishihara said sincerely, paused, and gave the second prince an idea: "If His Royal Highness insists on entering, why don't you go and invite Niangniang to join him?" β
The second prince sneered: "This prince is the son of his father and the emperor, and he is ordered to supervise the country, you are a little guard commander, and you dare to block my way?" Who the hell gave you the guts! β
Ishihara complained in his heart, everyone is in a group, is it necessary to hurt each other like this? He sighed in his heart, why hasn't the queen come yet? He really didn't have the confidence to deal with the second prince.
"Your Highness forgives your sins, and the minister is also acting on orders, and you can't let Your Highness in today no matter what!" Ishihara gritted his teeth and said.
Ishihara was tough and serious on his face, but he wanted to cry very much in his heart, he offended the future emperor! It was as if he had seen countless small shoes that could not be worn.
The second prince didn't talk nonsense with him, "Then let's see if you have the ability!" β
After the second prince finished speaking, he walked inside directly, this is directly about to break in!
Ishihara's subordinates immediately pulled out the weapons in their hands, and Ishihara was frightened! It's over, he not only offended the future emperor, but also had to do something with the future emperor, if he hurt the future emperor, the queen could tear him apart!
The second prince also came prepared, and the guards behind him also showed their weapons.
The second prince looked at Ishihara coldly: "Ishihara! Are you sure you want to do it with me?! β
Ishihara wanted to say he wasn't sure!
The second prince sneered, "I want to see which of you dares to hurt me!" With that, he went straight in.
No one dared, anyway, Ishihara didn't dare, and others didn't dare to hurt the queen's own son, this is a biological son, a biological son! The kind that will be the emperor in the future!
Jiang Qingyue heard the movement outside earlier, and her eyes lit up: "It's Second Highness!" β
The big eunuch didn't feel that there was anything to be happy about, but his mood was a little complicated, and His Second Highness was also the child he watched grow up.
"Second Highness? Even if he comes, it won't help, how can he help his father deal with his mother? The big eunuch said, "Qingyue, you better hide quickly." β
Jiang Qingyue shook his head: "Second Highness is not such a person, he must have come to me." β
The big eunuch looked at her in surprise, not knowing where she got her confidence.
Jiang Qingyue swore and said: "You don't know, I have a lot of friendship with His Royal Highness and a deep brotherhood, don't worry, he won't be unfavorable to me!" β
The big eunuch sighed: "Silly boy, what brotherhood is deep, it is insignificant in front of power, and now that the throne is in front of you, what brotherhood can compare to the temptation of the Ninety-Five." β
In the past, the great eunuch didn't dare to say this no matter what, but now that they are in a desperate situation, he can't help but want to mention a few more words about this junior he inexplicably.
When Emperor Xuande heard this, he glanced at the great eunuch without a trace, his eyes flashed, he was once the one who made a choice, and abandoned his brother.
Emperor Xuande said with difficulty: "He, what he said...... Right. He looked at Jiang Qingyue, with a cruel edge in his eyes: "No one, no one will, for the sake of brothers, give up interests." β
Jiang Qingyue glanced at Emperor Xuande deeply, and she suddenly wanted to ask him, are you so sure, is it because you have made a choice? Does King Jin's death have anything to do with you?
But she didn't dare to ask, if this was true, then she would become the daughter of Zhou Rui'an's father and enemy.
"Your Majesty said so, so is the death of King Jin related to Your Majesty?" Jiang Qingyue raised his head, and a pair of clear eyes were aimed at Emperor Xuande's eyes.
Before Emperor Xuande could speak, the great eunuch scolded: "Presumptuous! How can you be so disrespectful to Your Majesty? β
Jiang Qingyue pursed her lips, she just wanted to know what kind of person her father was.
She looked at Emperor Xuande's eyes, serious and stubborn, "There are only three of us here, and it can be regarded as life and death, Your Majesty still doesn't dare to tell the truth?" After a pause, she continued: "I have no intention of snooping into His Majesty's secrets, but I just want to know what kind of person I want to save. β
"You, I want to know, I, what kind of person I am?" Emperor Xuande gasped violently and said, he was no longer the majestic Ninety-Five, just an old man.
"I am the final winner!" Emperor Xuande mustered all his strength and burst out with such a sentence.
He said this fluently, but with an indescribable domineering atmosphere.
Jiang Qingyue's eyes fell on him, the person in front of him, he is old now, but when he was young, he had done so many earth-shattering things and experienced so much before he could sit in that position.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qingyue turned his eyes and said lightly: "You did so many things back then, did you ever think that one day you would face the same situation?" β
Emperor Xuande was shocked, and his cloudy eyes fell on Jiang Qingyue's body, the great eunuch has always been kind to this person, and even his master was surprised when he saw it, and the big eunuch said that it was because he felt that Jiang Qingyue was inexplicably kind.
At this time, he looked at her side face, the familiar curvature seemed to be familiar, the face he had seen countless times in his dreams, his eyes trembled, as if he understood something, but he was a little incredulous.
He had ascended to the most honorable position, and he had experienced the cruelest trade-offs in his life, and now at this point, he could not believe that God would treat him favorably.
How is that possible? Impossible, he hesitated, but doubted.
The footsteps were already outside the door, and the big eunuch hurriedly wanted to push Jiang Qingyue into the ear room to the side.
The next moment, the second prince pushed open the door and walked in.
The big eunuch looked at the second prince in horror, and Emperor Xuande withdrew his stunned gaze and glared at him indignantly.
The second prince's eyes flashed slightly, he didn't know what the queen mother was going to do, but the matter had come to this point, they had no way back, he couldn't oppose the queen mother anymore, otherwise the queen mother would die, and the Dingguo Mansion would also die, and he couldn't escape the relationship.
But if he acquiesces, everything will be fine, he will still be in that position, and everyone knows what to choose.
The second prince felt that he was not a gentleman after all, he was still selfish, and in the face of the choice of interests, he compromised with his heart.
So knowing that the emperor was under house arrest by the queen mother, he could only turn a blind eye and treat it as if nothing had happened, and he was fine in prison, and the queen would handle other things for him.
He felt that he was despicable, but he still made the choice that was best for him.
If it weren't for Jiang Qingyue this time, the second prince felt that he might never set foot here.