Chapter 51: The Muddy Waters
After that, Chu Nian got up and prepared to leave, but he didn't have the slightest intention of taking the drunk and immobile Liu Qi away, but the man in white who suddenly appeared to stir up the situation obviously had no intention of giving up, he was quite a little gloating: "Third lady Chu, General Liu is so drunk that he can't return home right now, don't you care?" β
Chu Nian put his hands into fists and raised his eyebrows to look at him, "The little girl is just a weak woman, how can she move a seven-foot man like General Liu, the little girl will go to the mansion to inform the general's guards, don't worry about Mr. β
The man in white was speechless, so he had to nod and say, "The third lady really values love and righteousness." β
I don't know if it's Chu Nian's hallucination, the words "love and righteousness" were bitten very hard by the man in white, and she almost thought that the man in white was the only one in the world who knew all her secrets.
However, looking at that ordinary face and those dull eyes, Chu Nian suddenly lost interest, took out two ingots of silver from his body, put them in front of Liu Qi, and turned around and walked towards the door.
Liu Qi probably felt that he could still rescue it, "Sanniang, you wait a minute, and when I get rid of the wine, I will send you back." β
"No need, is it possible that General Liu thinks that this ordinary gangster in Beijing can bully me?"
When the words fell, the person had disappeared at the door, Liu Qi looked at the two ingots of silver in amazement, and poured all the peach blossoms in the clay pot into his mouth.
Another gaze fell on the departing figure, and those narrow eyes flashed with an imperceptible light, and then they smiled as if they thought of something.
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The palace, Zhengyang Palace, into the night, the prince Ming Xiu but not yet peaceful, just before the Royal Forest Army came to inform the queen mother, the prince made a big fuss by the palace wall, and the Royal Forest Army present was defeated, the Royal Forest Army was resentful of the prince, but the other party is the identity of the prince, and he is a fool, how can they take a fool?
The queen was suspicious in her heart, and carefully asked who had appeared in the Imperial Forest Army at that time, and the Royal Forest Army said that their commander Liu had flown over with a woman, and other than that, there was nothing unusual.
The queen gave the beaten Imperial Forest Army a sum of silver taels to soothe people's hearts, but when she turned around, she looked at her smirking prince and wondered, if he just saw Liu Qi, Ming Xiu would not be so excited, could it be ...... The woman in Ming Xiu's arms?
But before she had time to pay more attention, she soon knew who the person who caused Ming Xiu to make trouble in the palace was.
"The Queen Mother has arrivedβ"
The queen frowned, pulled Ming Xiu, who was still smirking, to kneel down in front of the hall, and saw the queen mother slowly arrive, "Don't be polite." β
Ming Xiu straightened up and leaned over, "Imperial Grandmother!" β
The queen stopped: "Ming Xiu, don't be rude, what if you bump into the queen mother?" β
The Queen Mother waved her hand unhurriedly, and seemed to be very happy with Ming Xiu.
"It's okay, the other concubines are not angry, there are many princesses in the entire palace, but there is only one prince, Ming Xiu, and the mourning family is distressed."
The queen's face froze, and there were three thousand beauties in the harem, all of whom were deliberately stuffed into the palace by the eunuchs, and the emperor was the only one who forced her to go, so she went on such a trip, leaving few children, even if she gave birth to a few princes, they all died inexplicably.
Seeing the queen's pale face, the Queen Mother snorted coldly, "Still so indecisive, if those princes don't die, can they still protect Ming Xiu and become the prince?" You're naΓ―ve! β
"Those princes should be damned"? The queen couldn't help but clasp her hands, aren't those princes also the grandchildren of the queen mother?
Why is she so ruthless?
It was because of the coercion of the Queen Mother that she was forced to take action, God knows how much she hopes that the emperor can spread the leaves, even if it is a child born to him by others, she will not feel wrong, when her hands are stained with the blood of the emperor's blood, when she hears the baby crying in her midnight dream...... Over the years, she has not been able to sleep a single day!
But the Queen Mother, when will she let go of the emperor and her? When will the prince be spared?
She wanted to persuade the emperor to bring this vicious queen mother to justice, and to get rid of the vain ministers' royal family, but every now and then, she thought of her filial piety, the emperor's filial piety, so she had to extinguish the thoughts in her heart, but how long else would she need to do it, what about the queen mother's executioner?
The queen couldn't figure it out, and she didn't dare to think about it, she was even more afraid that it would be far away.
Seeing that the queen didn't say anything for a long time, the queen mother snorted coldly again, but she took the hand of Ming Xiu, who was smirking on the side, "Ming Xiu, how are you doing recently?" Have you met the woman you like? β
Ming Xiu bit his finger and looked at the Queen Mother, "Grandmother Huang, Lone met a woman she liked, but her father didn't ask Lone to marry her, and the Prime Minister's grandfather agreed to Lone." β
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows without a trace, and it happened that at this time, the maid brought the tea and filled the teacup, she took a sip and said, "Whose girl is it, who has such a blessing, and Ming Xiu likes it?" β
Ming Xiu's eyes lit up, "It's the county lord of Wushuang, she's beautiful, sensible, and smart." β
"Wushuang County Lord?" The queen on the side seemed to react, "Emperor, don't talk nonsense, how can the county lord of Wushuang marry you." β
"Shut up! What's wrong with the emperor and grandson of the mourning family! You mean, Ming Xiu is not worthy of that Chu Sanniang? The Queen Mother slapped the table angrily, so frightened that Ming Xiu's body trembled, and the Queen Mother hurriedly reassured, "It's nothing, it's nothing, the imperial grandmother is not scaring you." β
A trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, and she was easily caught by the queen, and hurriedly knelt down, "The queen mother is angry, it was a temporary slip of the tongue by the concubine." β
"Hehe," the Queen Mother sneered, "The mourning family just hopes that you don't turn your elbows outward at every turn, after all, Ming Xiu is your biological son." β
The queen's eyes darkened, "Yes." β
The Queen Mother ignored the queen kneeling in the hall, but turned her eyes to look at Ming Xiu on the side, her face was kind, "Ming Xiu, if you really want to marry the third mother of the Chu family, the mourning family will not stop you, and will support you, are you interested?" β
Ming Xiu's blank eyes finally regained a bit of clarity, "If you can marry the third mother of the Chu family, Ming Xiu should thank the imperial grandmother!" β
"Okay, good, good grandson."
The queen frowned, Chu Sanniang? Why did the Queen Mother fall in love with Chu Sanniang? Could it be ...... She wants to turn Chu Sanniang into the second her! No, absolutely not, no matter how Chu Sanniang looks at it, he is a good boy who values love and righteousness, not to mention ......
Could it be that the Queen Mother saw that they should cooperate with each other inside and outside?
The Queen Mother's mind is always very unpredictable, and the Queen Mother has never been able to judge, so she can only rely on the Queen Mother's joys, sorrows, and sorrows to judge the Queen Mother's intentions.
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At that time, Chu Nian suddenly received an invitation from Wang Zixuan, the invitation letter said that there was something important to talk to Chu Nian, and the moment she saw the invitation letter, Mei Xiang also saw Chu Nian's sincere smile for the first time in so many days.
At this time, the lady is like a beautiful poppy, with a bit of incomprehensible beauty and moving, but it is full of toxins, if others get close to her aura, they will be easily torn apart by her aura.
But fortunately, this situation only lasted less than a moment, and the pressure dissipated, and his own lady finally became an amiable lady.
When he arrived at Wang's house, it was Wang Zixuan who personally received Chu Nian.
This is the first time Chu Nian has come to the Wang family in his previous life and this life, this Wang family's mansion is not known how many times larger than the Zhenning Hou Mansion, and it is also many times larger than the Su Mansion, although Chu Nian looked around, but he did not cross the line, Wang Zixuan secretly looked at it, but he also nodded slowly.
He took Chu Nian to the study, and then asked the maid to bring a pot of tea and two cups, and sat down quietly.
Wang Zixuan poured tea familiarly, and said, "What do you think of the recent incidents in Beijing?" β
Chu Nian looked at Wang Zixuan with some surprise, "Forgive the little girl for being ignorant......
Wang Zixuan waved his hand, "It's okay, you can say whatever you want." β
Chu Nian was dignified, and after taking the teacup handed by Wang Zixuan, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
"According to the little girl's judgment, this is deliberately someone muddying the water, but what is the purpose, the little girl can't see clearly, and besides, the enemy is bright and I am dark, I am afraid that this will be unfavorable to the prime minister."
Wang Zixuan's face really changed, but he didn't hurry and said, "How can you say this?" β
Putting down the teacup, Chu Nian pondered, "I can't say, the little girl is just a suspicion in these cases, if the little girl didn't guess wrong, I'm afraid that it has something to do with the royal family, I'm just afraid that it will ...... Someone deliberately murdered the Wang family. β
"Who?" Wang Zixuan has offended many court officials over the years, but now, these court officials are either under his command or killed by the Queen Mother, and he seems to be more unscrupulous in the palace, but who would choose to attack his Wang family at this time?
That Waste Emperor? Or the Waste Prince?
Could it be...... Dowager?
If it is the queen mother, there is really this possibility, although it is the family mission, but the queen mother is not a member of the Wang family for a long time, and she has been in power for so many years, who still remembers the family? Besides, he Wang Zixuan didn't want to be pressed by an old woman for the rest of his life, so he had already started to prepare to take over the court as soon as the queen mother died, could it be that the queen mother had already noticed his intentions?
Wang Zixuan still squinted his eyes unrelentingly, "You can say it, in the future, you will protect you, don't be afraid." β
Chu Nian shook her head, "The little girl can't guess who this person can be, but I heard that a group of extremely powerful organizations have appeared in Kyoto recently, and they all have a waist card on them, with the word 'Qinghe' written on it, and the little girl heard that this group of people has something to do with the court, and many rich children cover up their crimes, and almost all of them are looking for this organization, and Na Luo Shilang has also asked for this organization." β
Chu Nian didn't lie about this, the scholar who was captured by her had such a token in his hand, and at that time, Dark San felt strange, this token had never appeared in the powerful family in the capital, but only from the token, Chu Nian checked all the old allusions, but couldn't find out which family this token belonged to.
Wang Zixuan's eyes lit up, "Qinghe? β
Chu Nian nodded inexplicably, but Wang Zixuan stood up with a laugh, "Great, San Niangzi, you can check the origin of this token carefully, check it out, and there are many rewards for it!" β
Hearing this, Chu Nian's lowered eyes suddenly flashed a glimmer of light, and he nodded in response: "Yes." β
Between the Queen Mother and the Wang family, there is anything she has not found out in her previous life, and after so many years, many things have long been different from the beginning. But why did Wang Zixuan react so much when he heard the organization "Qinghe"? I'm afraid that when I go back, I still have to ask Dark San to torture the scholar.
The water in Kyoto was finally muddied by her.