Chapter 162: Dark Clouds
The Queen Mother picked up the teacup on her side, lifted the lid, and took a sip.
"What's going on in the middle of the court?"
Wang Zixuan looked at the Queen Mother's casual appearance and frowned: "Now the people in the court seem to think that the case of King Ning Yuan was committed by my royal family, and the princes have been united." ”
It was also a coincidence that the princes who were originally careful because of the death of a king of Ningyuan, completely united against the Wang family, and now in the court, even the emperor can no longer suppress it.
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly: "This is also expected, is there any news of Ming Xiu?" ”
Now at such a critical moment, Ming Xiu can only be used to suppress these princes, as long as there is a prince, no matter how famous the princes are, coveting the throne is tantamount to usurping the throne.
Wang Zixuan hesitated for a moment before bending down and said, "Back to my aunt, the whereabouts of Prince Mingxiu are still ......."
"That's it." The Queen Mother put down the tea cup in her hand, frowned and said angrily: "The mourning family knew that you were useless, but I didn't expect you to be so useless!" ”
Wang Zixuan hurriedly lowered his head: "It's my nephew who is not doing well!" ”
"Okay, you don't have to be busy going to Ming Xiu, you go to suppress the people in the court first, and the mourning family will find a way to do this."
"Yes, Queen Mother." Wang Zixuan bent down respectfully, his heart became more and more depressed, and it was the first time that he had a trace of resistance under the pressure of the Queen Mother.
He forcibly suppressed this thought, and was about to retreat, but saw that the Queen Mother suddenly stretched her look: "You wait, the mourning family has recently recruited a capable person, do you want to help the mourning family see if you can help us do anything." ”
Wang Zixuan looked at the Queen Mother curiously, a trace of doubt flashed on his old face, and he saw the Queen Mother beckoning behind the bead curtain: "Come out, show your ability to the good nephew of the mourning family." ”
A tall man dressed in a black robe with a golden mask on his face walked out from behind the beaded curtain, and under the golden mask was a pair of gray pupils, when he looked at Wang Zixuan, Wang Zixuan only felt that he was being targeted by an unknown beast, and this beast was quietly dormant waiting for the opportunity to bite off his neck.
Wang Zixuan shuddered.
The man nodded towards Wang Zixuan, then withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the Queen Mother, with a little inexplicable dryness in his voice: "Queen Mother, what do you want to see today?" ”
His tone was awkward, sounding like a person who couldn't speak had just learned how to speak, Wang Zixuan's brows jumped, and he saw the Queen Mother looking at the man kindly: "Today, you are the best at performing." ”
The man lowered his head and pondered for a while, then turned his head, looked at Wang Zixuan intently, and said, "As long as I will, I am good at it, what does the Prime Minister want to see?" ”
Wang Zixuan stiffened his head and looked at those gray eyes: "I don't know what Your Excellency will do." ”
The man's gray pupils contracted slightly, and his body remained motionless, but Wang Zixuan felt that under that golden mask, there must be a strange smiling face.
Mama Li gave him a seat, and he sat on the chair and moved his body uncomfortably.
The masked man nodded and said, "Okay, it's ugly." ”
With that, he waved his hand, and a rose inexplicably appeared in his hand, and with the movement of his hand, the bright red rose petals slowly changed color with his movements, and after a while, a good red rose turned into a white rose.
He rubbed the branches and leaves of the flowers with his hands, and the white rose turned into a beautiful peach blossom again.
Wang Zixuan sneered in his heart, he was still the queen mother and found someone who was capable, it turned out to be just a person who could do illusions, and it was still the lowest level of illusion. He also likes to watch illusions on weekdays, and he always pulls the few people in the house to perform, and he has seen a lot of this kind of low-level and boring illusions.
As if the pressure on his body was removed, Wang Zixuan took a sip of the teacup on his side, and was about to put down the stall of the teacup, when his hand suddenly emptied, Wang Zixuan subconsciously looked sideways, only to see that the original teacup in his hand had disappeared, and what was left was just a beautiful peach blossom.
The Queen Mother and several palace people looked at the dumbfounded Wang Zixuan and laughed out loud. Seemingly extremely annoyed by this low-level teasing, Wang Zixuan gritted his teeth and turned his head, and met the pair of gray pupils with a smile.
The man bent down apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've disturbed the Prime Minister, but I heard that the Prime Minister likes to enjoy flowers very much, and in order to express my apologies, a small gift is not a respect." ”
Wang Zixuan looked at the man strangely, but in the blink of an eye, he heard the exclamations of the palace people.
"Look! The king is in full bloom! ”
Hearing this, Wang Zixuan hurriedly lowered his head, only to see that his official uniform was full of colorful flowers, and after a while, the whole person was submerged in flowers, of course the flowers are beautiful, but when they grow on Wang Zixuan's body, it looks funny.
Wang Zixuan felt that he had been insulted, and he was so angry that he pulled out all the flowers on his body, but as if he was against him, the flowers were pulled out and born, making Wang Zixuan mad, and he didn't know where he got the courage, so he stood up and glared at the man: "You ......"
"The mourning family is still here, what are you going to do?" The Queen Mother looked at the angry Wang Zixuan, and her old eyes were a little shining, "It's just a little joke with you, are you angry?" ”
Seeing that the Queen Mother was angry, Wang Zixuan had no choice but to grit his teeth and hang his head with a flower: "My nephew doesn't dare." ”
There was a vague gaze staring at him tightly, Wang Zixuan sensitively saw a trace of abuse from that gaze, his hands were clenched into fists in the cuffs, but he felt a softness again.
He opened his palm, and sure enough, there were two flowers lying in the palm of his hand, but because of Fang Cai's clenching, the two flowers had been shattered and only branches and leaves remained, and the fragments of the petals were still stuck to Wang Zixuan's palm, and the pink juice stained Wang Zixuan's entire palm.
Wang Zixuan raised his head suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't dare to attack.
Seeing that the Queen Mother was tired, she rubbed her head: "That's it, I thought that you were too tired these days, and I wanted to call Dark Rin to help you unravel, but I didn't expect you to appreciate it, step down, go back and have a good rest, and control your temper." ”
Wang Zixuan opened his mouth, but met the gray eyes, he frowned and glanced at the golden mask, looked down his body to the empty waist, and couldn't tell whether he was relieved or pulled up again, and said respectfully to the Queen Mother: "Thank you aunt for your concern, but the nephew is fine, it will be fine in a few days." ”
The Queen Mother nodded, waved her hand again, and Wang Zixuan exited Cining Palace as if fleeing.
When Mama Li, who sent Wang Zixuan, came back, the Queen Mother looked at the man with the golden mask with affection.
"Dark, what do you see?"
The golden-faced man did not look at the Queen Mother inexplicably, nodded and said, "The Prime Minister's Mansion must be supported by people from Qinghe." ”
If he was not mistaken, when Wang Zixuan knew that he was going to perform an illusion, a fine cold sweat broke out on the top of his forehead, obviously, Wang Zixuan did not plan to tell the Queen Mother about his connection with Qinghe's people in this situation until now.
The Queen Mother looked thoughtfully at the direction in which Wang Zixuan left, and her subordinates squeezed the tea cup in their hands, "Then do you think this matter is good for us?" ”
The man glanced sideways at the Queen Mother and nodded slightly.
"Now that the Wang family is still in the hands of the Queen Mother, the benefits are naturally there."
The Queen Mother heard the meaning of his words, and her eyes gradually became a little angry, now that the Wang family is still under her control, her order Wang Zixuan has to listen, if Qinghe listens to Wang Zixuan, he will naturally indirectly obey her.
But what if one day, the Queen Mother can't control the Wang family?
"Then do you think that the matter of King Ning Yuan was done by Wang Zixuan?"
Dark Rin hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "This still needs to be investigated, but apart from me, only the people of Qinghe can use illusions." ”
The Queen Mother pursed her full lips, and the golden hairpin on her head staggered: "For the sake of his dead father's face, the mourning family will give him another chance, if he is no longer interested, you will make another move." ”
Dark Rin half-lowered his eyes, and the gray pupils under the golden mask tightened slightly: "Yes." ”
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Wang's family, Mrs. Wang was leisurely taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard, when she heard a rush of footsteps, she turned around with some doubts, and saw Wang Zixuan walking towards the backyard menacingly.
She opened her mouth: "Master, what's the matter?" She knew that there was a big man hidden in the study in the backyard, and every time Wang Zixuan went to the study to find someone on weekdays, he was smiling all over his face, no matter how bad it was, he was respectful, but today's menacing appearance was obviously here to find fault, which made Mrs. Wang a little worried, did something big happen to her master?
Mrs. Wang, who was a little worried, was just about to follow and have a look, when she heard Wang Zixuan's roar: "Don't come with me!" Hold the door! No one is allowed in the backyard! ”
The people of the palace trembled in fright, and their footsteps stopped in place.
Wang Zixuan had just entered the study, and he saw a middle-aged man dressed in black sitting at the table, reading a book with relish.
As if sensing something, the man didn't raise his head and said, "Prime Minister, what's the matter?" ”
Wang Zixuan slapped his hands on the table fiercely: "What's wrong?" You're too embarrassed to ask me what's wrong? Let me ask you, what's going on with that illusionist next to the Queen Mother? ”
The man put down the book and stood up suddenly, a token with the word "Qinghe" written on his waist flickering under the glimmer of sunlight outside the window.
"Illusionist?"
Seeing his uncalm look as usual, Wang Zixuan seemed to be comforted a little, but he still frowned and said, "Are you Qinghe's strongest illusionist in Da Liang?" ”
The middle-aged man shook his head: "I'm just a subordinate next to the Dharma Protector, and the hall master is the strongest person." ”
"Then let me ask you again, will your hall master use that kind of illusion that can directly transform fresh flowers into people's bodies?"
The middle-aged man pondered for a while: "I haven't seen the hall master, but the three Dharma protectors will definitely use this kind of physical illusion, what's wrong?" ”
He looked at Wang Zixuan with a panicked face: "Could it be that the illusionist next to the Queen Mother can actually do such a mysterious illusion?" ”
Wang Zixuan looked at the middle-aged man in disbelief, and after a while, he nodded and said, "Could it be that your Dharma Protector personally went out to be an undercover agent by the Queen Mother's side?" ”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked a little impatient, he frowned and said: "Impossible, the Dharma Protector is out of the horse, at most he only uses the stand-in technique, but I haven't heard that the stand-in of the stand-in technique can also use illusions, so it may have to be the head hall master himself." ”
Wang Zixuan frowned, and glanced at the middle-aged man with doubts in his eyes: "Your hall master will personally deal with a little Empress Dowager Da Liang?" ”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man just narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Wang Zixuan, and after a while, he retracted his gaze and snorted coldly.