Chapter 21: A Visit from the Xianbei Tribe
On the night of the Xianbei clan's visit, as soon as Concubine Niangniang was named a noble concubine, His Majesty came out of the Niangniang Palace in a hurry and stayed overnight with others.
The slave was not with Niangniang at that time, and I also heard these from sisters in other palaces.
The next morning, when His Majesty and the guests were drinking in the main hall, the news of the adultery between Concubine Niangniang and Prince Xianbei suddenly came. At that time, the entire Chonghua Hall was transferred to entertain the Xianbei guests, and no one saw how Tuoba Han entered the harem.
When the slave and His Majesty arrived, they saw the mother lying on the same bed with Na Tuoba Han. His Majesty was furious and immediately threw Niang Niang into the dungeon........
"No, it can't be, my mother wouldn't do such a thing." Ji Remei retorted excitedly.
"The slave maid naturally understood that there must be something strange in it, and when the slave maid went to visit the mother for the last time, she told me that His Majesty ...... him."
In the dark, a pair of eyes monitored everything in the hall, and the dark arrow was released, which pierced Aunt Su's chest with unmistakable accuracy. She snorted and fell to the ground.
"Who, who's there, come out!" Ji Lianmei hugged Aunt Su's body, tears came out of her eyes, and she yelled, wanting to chase her out of the door.
At this time, Aunt Su grabbed her cuffs, quietly stuffed a book into Ji Lianmei's cuffs with trembling hands, shook her head at her, smiled, and slowly stopped breathing.
"Aunt Su, Aunt Su......" No matter how Ji Lianmei shook, the old woman didn't wake up.
Emperor Wu's dormitory.
"How?"
"Back to Your Majesty, it's settled."
"Hehe, Ji Lianmei, a little girl is still trying to go against me." Wu Jinggong narrowed his eyes, and his always kind gaze became fierce and abnormal at this moment.
"Then Your Majesty, do you want to stop the second princess from continuing to investigate the case of Chonghua Palace?"
"Not necessarily. The important person is dead, can she still turn the sky and invite the soul of the concubine back? She wanted to check, so she asked her to check. Don't stop her from entering the palace these days. ”
This was incomprehensible to the assassin of the assassination.
"Princess Liu Guo has repeatedly entered the palace, behaved strangely, interfered in the politics of the Wu Dynasty, and leaked the secrets of our dynasty, which was carefully made for Liu Guo. Is this reason sufficient for me to crusade against Liu Guo? Wu Jinggong drank all the tea in the cup and exhaled happily.
"By the way, in a few days it will be the day of the Xianbei envoy's visit, you send someone to prepare." Wu Jinggong commanded.
As for Ji Lianmei, she is in a stalemate again.
Just like Wu Jinggong said, she has lost an important witness, and all hope can only be placed on the book and Prince Xianbei that Aunt Su gave her before she died.
But the book that Aunt Su handed her was clearly blank, so what kind of mystery could she see?
Well, let's find out the news from Prince Xianbei first.
Three days later, the mighty men and horses of the Xianbei tribe walked into Gusu City and marched all the way to the palace, causing commotion and onlookers among the people.
"On behalf of the Xianbei clan, I would like to extend my greetings and heartfelt blessings to Your Majesty." The man at the head bowed to Emperor Wu. He had a dark complexion, slightly golden hair, a slim robe, a jeweled belt around his waist, and two mustaches showing a bold beauty. Different from Wu Yueguo's loose and elegant conservative clothing, the Xianbei family pays more attention to showing the curvaceous beauty of the human body.
He was the prince of Xianbei back then, known as Tuoba Han, but now, he has ascended the throne and become the new khan.
Ji Lianmei doesn't know much about these ancient ethnic minorities, but looking at the appearance of the Xianbei people, they probably live in the area where Mongolia and Russia meet.
At this time, the so-called translators could not fully read Russian, and could only guess what they were trying to say based on their body language, while the Xianbei people could learn Chinese.
Wu Jinggong heard that Ji Xia had also come to the territory of Wu, so he invited him to join him in the banquet.
Ji Lianmei sat beside Ji Jingchen as a princess, and directly opposite Ji Xia and another man in gorgeous clothes, on the side, were the princes and princesses.
"Distinguished guests, please take a seat, come and sing and dance." Wu Jinggong was happy, clapped his hands and shouted, and a group of graceful girls walked in from the palace gate.
Ji Yucheng always sat there and drank himself, whether the Xianbei tribe visited, or the beauties came forward to dance, he didn't raise his head, as if everything that happened around him had nothing to do with him.
As for Ji Lianmei, she didn't like singing and dancing, nor did she like An An to sit in separate places, so she could only look around, wondering if she could find something interesting to relieve her boredom.
Her eyes drifted back and forth, and suddenly, when her skirt flew, she saw the person sitting next to Ji Xia, who seemed to have been looking at her.
In his eyes, there was unwillingness, regret, and longing.
Ji Lianmei was so uncomfortable being stared at by him, she leaned into Ji Jingchen's ear and asked:
"Hey, Ji Jingchen, who is that person across from me?"
Ji Jingchen glanced in that direction and replied, "He is Lu Youyuan, the prince of Yan Kingdom, and he was sent to Liu Kingdom as a righteous son since he was a child, and his relationship with you seems to be quite good." Hey? How could you not know him? ”
"I, I, my father, gave birth to so many brothers, how can I remember who is who." The heart is weak, prevarication.
But I don't know why, when she heard the name Lu Youyuan, her heart ached violently, and messy fragments drifted through her mind.
Could it be that this is Ji Lianmei's memory before?
The banquet to welcome the Xianbei people does not end until the evening, and the process is not much different from the banquet on weekdays. Ji Lianmei rubbed her unconscious legs and thought:
If it weren't for the investigation of things, I wouldn't have come to this kind of banquet.
Finally, the banquet ended, and all the guests dispersed. And the visitors of the Xianbei clan were also led by Gonggong Gao to the wing room in the backyard of the palace to rest.
Ji Lianmei rubbed her already numb legs while following behind the group.
Just as she was about to open her mouth to shout to stop Tuoba Han, a hand reached out from the darkness, grabbed Ji Lianmei's wrist with the other, and pulled her into the dark room on the side.
"Smack!" The man slammed the door shut.
He clasped Ji Lianmei's hands, and she could feel the heat coming from those hands, and the breath of a man rushing across her face.
Ji Yucheng? What does this bastard want to do.
The voice of "Pity ......." was deep and calm, even with a hoarse color.
Ji Lianmei is a spirit. No, he's not Ji Yucheng.
Ji Lianmei raised her leg and kicked the man's thigh fiercely. The force on her hand was also much smaller, Ji Lianmei broke free and asked, "Who are you who dare to do this to this princess." ”
"Shhh...... Don't you know me? I'm Lu Youyuan. ”
At this time, through a little hazy moonlight, Ji Lianmei saw the man's face clearly. It turned out to be the man at the banquet, and because Ji Reimi was a big short-sighted, she didn't see his appearance clearly. This time I looked closer, although he was not a stunning beautiful man, but his appearance was quite handsome, especially those evil eyes, which looked particularly demagogic.
"You Yuan, Lu You Yuan........" Ji Lianmei's mouth murmured these three words for some reason, and her heart felt as if she had been stabbed by a knife, as if she had been stabbed by a knife, and the pain was almost suffocating. There were many messy memory fragments in my mind, and tears flowed down unconsciously.
Who's crying, no, it's not me, it's Ji Lianmei.......
She covered her chest and rushed out of the door, but Lu Youyuan did not chase out.
I can't see the road clearly, I just know how to run forward. The real Ji Lianmei's thoughts drove her away from that man.
Running and running, she crashed into a man's arms.
"Ji Lianmei? What happened to you? You look at me. The man's face was hazy, and his tone was soft.
"Is it Ji Yucheng?"
"Don't be afraid, it's me. What happened. ”
After receiving an affirmative answer, Ji Lianmei suddenly threw herself into his arms, tears flowing freely, "I don't know, I don't know why I'm crying, my heart hurts so much." ”
"If you don't want to think about it, don't think about it. I'll send you home. Ji Yucheng patted her on the back like comforting a child, picked her up, and walked all the way back to King Cheng's mansion.
When she returned to the house, Ji Lianmei was already asleep. Ji Yucheng gently put her on the bed, tucked the quilt, and then walked to the corridor with a gloomy face, and called, "Situ." ”
Xiao Yige flew down from the eaves in response, "Yes." ”
"You go and find out, that man named Lu Youyuan."
Xiao Yige paused for a moment and said, "Yes." ”
At the banquet, Ji Yucheng noticed the man's eyes looking at Ji Lianmei. Unwillingness, nostalgia, tenderness, guilt. What is the identity of this man, which would make Ji Lianmei so heartbroken. What happened to make a man look like this?
Ji Yucheng slowly clenched his hands.
Ji Lianmei lay on the bed and dreamed that she was in the clouds. She looked around curiously, but saw a woman in the depths of the clouds, with an identical face, dressed in fine clothes, quiet and beautiful.
She opened her mouth and smiled, "Hello, the woman who occupies my body. ”
"Are you...... Princess Ji Lianmei? ”
"Yes."
"Your Royal Highness, ....... you"
"As you can see, I'm dead. The moment you took possession of my body, I was already dead. ”
"I'm sorry, I ......."
Her fingers touched Ji Lianmei's lips and smiled softly, "No need to say I'm sorry." At that time, I was completely disillusioned, and it was much easier for me to leave like this. ”
"The reason why you are seriously ill is because of that person named Lu Youyuan?"
"yes." She smiled bitterly, "He is the righteous son of Yan Guo and my childhood sweetheart's playmate." We grew up together, and one day, he confessed his heart to me. He told me that he would marry me, take me out of the palace, and give me the happiness I wanted, no matter what the odds were. But when his father told him that he could give him a high official and assist him in becoming the new King of Yan in the future, he completely forgot what he had said to me. ”
"The palace is an abyss for me. I could see the danger, but I couldn't stop it from coming close to me, so I wanted to die. But when my consciousness was about to wear out, you came to my body. I'm sorry, but I brought the disaster to you. ”
"Princess, don't say that, this.... It's unpredictable. ”
"Your real name is Ann Lofe, isn't it? You are an optimistic woman, but the palace battle is too dangerous, don't lose your heart. ”
The woman's figure gradually blurred, she smiled, took Ji Lianmei's hand, and gently dropped a kiss on her forehead: "I'm going to disappear, I wish you all the best." If you can, please say to Lu Youyuan on my behalf: 'I don't blame him, I like him, and I don't regret it, it's just a past grievance, I think this is the end.' ’”
She turned into light and dispersed, and Ji Lianmei opened her eyes violently and found that the sky was already bright. And she was lying on a green bamboo bed.