Chapter 16: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
"Alright." The emperor pointed impatiently at the old woman and said, "You say." β
"Yes, yes," the old woman shuddered, seeing the queen's eyes on herself, "yes, queen, the grass people are guilty of death." β
"No, it's Erchen, Erchen makes his own decisions." The prince threw himself behind the queen, "The queen mother has always been kind-hearted and has never disdained such obscene things, but it was the sons themselves who listened to the villain's nonsense and were framed by others." β
"Villains?" The emperor looked at the prince who suddenly spoke loudly and clearly, and he really played a good show before.
"Yes, it's the second brother, otherwise how could he come so quickly, so coincidentally, and just happened to catch this old woman and tell his father. Now that he thinks about it, Erchen understands that Erchen was stupid and fell into a trap, and everything was arranged by him. The crown prince grabbed his father's shoes, grabbed the ground with his head, and refuted word by word.
"Really?" The emperor turned to Xu Yanzhuo and asked.
"Ask my father to see it." Xu Yanzhuo bowed and said, "Previously, it was me and my third brother who came to take the ancestral Taiji flag to celebrate the queen's birthday. was blocked out of the door by a group of guards with a death look, only to realize that there must be something strange inside. β
"The old woman." The emperor looked at the Imperial Forest Army who came to report.
"Report, Your Majesty, it was Prince Rui who gave me his jade pendant, and asked me to go to the periphery of the palace wall to patrol quickly." The Imperial Forest Army took out Xu Yanzhuo's personal jade pendant from his arms. Hand it to the emperor.
Xu Yanzhuo slowly stated word by word, "When my third brother and I came in, we found that the prince wanted to smell the girl's new bad deeds, and when he saw the wine on the table, Erchen smelled the smell, and the wine was filled with a special silver wine vessel, and then looked at the girl's symptoms, Erchen had seen this book of false memories in the book before. In a hurry, I sent someone to take my personal jade pendant and let my father's personal army go to patrol the periphery. β
Xu Yanzhuo turned to look at the prince, "I didn't expect that I really had someone." β
"Father, you listen to his nonsense." The prince said angrily, "A few days ago, a little servant told me about this matter, and the son was confused for a while, so he would ,,,."
"Alright." The emperor waved his hand, not wanting to hear it anymore, and the matter was probably clear by now. Even if the prince really listened to what the villain said, it was his own stupidity. Actually do such a thing. "The matter is decided. Do not proclaim. β
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! It's all the concubine's fault. The queen cried and tried to take the blame on herself.
"Punish the queen to enter the cold palace for half a year, and punish her for one year." The emperor looked at the crown prince, "The prince is grounded for half a year and is not allowed to go out." β
The emperor beckoned to Huang Gonggong, "Declare the decree, give the daughter of Taifu Wen as the lord of Zhangping, a thousand taels of gold, and a hundred acres of fertile land." β
"Yes, Your Majesty." Huang Gonggong commanded.
Only then did the emperor glance at everyone and snorted, "It's all for yourself." β
That's the end of it.
Outside the city gate, Xu Sheng was ready to send Wen Shuya home.
Xu Yanzhuo was dressed in a purple dress, full of spirit, and rode on a tall horse. When he saw Xu Sheng, he stopped, dismounted and asked Xu Sheng, "Third brother, Miss Wen should be fine, right?" β
Xu Sheng was surprised, he had always ignored himself, and even looked down on his own Lord Rui, but today he was in danger to solve the problem, and now he is still calling his third brother so politely. I think that when I went to the frontier, it was also indispensable to him. But he still smiled, "Miss Wen is fine." Just thank you to the second emperor brother for breaking the siege today. β
"It's a small thing." Xu Yanzhuo heard Xu Sheng call his second emperor brother, his heart was happy, and he was really easy to woo, presumably he was still grateful to himself because of today's incident, "You and Mrs. Wen have always been good friends, and you and Miss Wen are childhood friends." Who am I not helping you? Reached out and patted Xu Sheng's shoulder.
"Thank you, Brother Huang." Xu Sheng bowed and thanked him solemnly.
"You're welcome?" Xu Yanzhuo raised his eyebrows, glanced at the sedan chair behind him, and said, "Then I'll take the first step, and the beauty will bother the three emperor brothers to send each other." As he spoke, he jumped and landed on the horse's back in a beautiful position.
Xu Sheng looked at the back of the horse and went away, with a romantic appearance, this is to invite the world's strategists?
Xu Yanzhuo did not go back to Ruiwang's Mansion directly, but went to the outskirts of Kyoto alone.
Fun and well-being. This Wolongzi is really like a god. If such a talented person really has a bit of temper, it is understandable.
I didn't look down on his scholarly appearance before, he was pedantic and tough, and he didn't even sell the face of himself and the prince.
Now it seems that he should really be caught in his hands. Help yourself to achieve great things. Now he has designed the prince twice, last time he helped himself recapture the proton from the prince, and this time he made the queen enter the cold palace, and the prince was grounded for half a year. Obviously, he has become his own person.
By the time the prince came out in half a year, the world had already changed. I am afraid that the political affairs of the court will have already been on my side by then.
Xu Yanzhuo arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, in front of an inconspicuous small courtyard, and knocked on the knocker from the front door.
A servant came and opened the door. It was not strange to see that it was Xu Yanzhuo, and he didn't ask, but said, "Sir, I've been waiting for you for a long time." β
Xu Yanzhuo lifted the hem of his clothes and walked towards the door. It seems that he had expected that he was outside the palace and in the suburbs of Beijing, but he could know everything about the palace today. If you say it, it is absolutely impossible for this capital or even the palace to have no people with him.
This day, the Sect Master of Luomon really lives up to his reputation.
When I entered the courtyard, I saw that Qi Wenxiu was still dressed as a scholar, concentrating on tending to flowers and plants, and he looked harmless to humans and animals. It can deceive many outsiders. No wonder he didn't find him in the world before, and after more than a year in office, no one knew the true face of the sect master of Dulomon. Xu Yanzhuo, who had never been impressed, had to really re-examine the person in front of him.
In this way, I am fortunate to be able to receive this person and let him use it for his own use. "Qi Gongzi is really leisurely."
Qi Wenxiu heard the voice, raised his head, looked at Xu Yan Zhuo and said, "Lord Rui has time to come to the outskirts of Beijing, but there is also Yaxing." β
"Don't dare, there is a strange person like Qi Gongzi here. Not to mention the suburbs of Beijing, it is the end of the world, and this king has to chase it to the end. Xu Yanzhuo saw that Qi Wenxiu was in full bloom in Nalamei, looking like a scholar, with handsome facial features, and a tall and elegant posture, so that he really had the arrogant posture of a literati.
How could Qi Wenxiu not hear that this hall was the prince of Chaorui, making fun of himself, "The prince laughed. β
Xu Yanzhuo looked at this great talent, although he was resourceful, he was not a person who could joke. blamed himself, he suppressed the prince twice in a row, and this time he was even more defeated. was a little carried away, only to expose his true nature and joke with others. "Don't mind Gongzi Qi, this king just treats you as his own."
"The grass people understand." Qi Wenxiu was a little surprised when he heard Lord Rui's apologetic words, as far as he knew, these eight dragon ball princes were very high-flying on weekdays, and they were just in the palace, and they could even directly pull out their swords in the palace and kill the guards who blocked them. Now I come here, but I want to show my own attitude.
Put down the flowers and plants in his hand, bow down, and say solemnly, "Now that I have boarded the ship of the prince of Rui, I will be able to help the prince ferry to the other side of the right." β
"Haha, good!" Xu Yanzhuo listened to Qi Wenxiu's words and was stunned for a moment. He hurriedly helped him up, "Good birds choose trees to perch on, and this king will not live up to you." β
"Lord Wang, please." Qi Wenxiu invited Xu Yanzhuo to sit down in the courtyard.
"I don't know what about this king. Please also ask Qi Gongzi to answer. Xu Yanzhuo said the cup in his hand and watched the tea rise and fall.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it's okay."
"How do you know that there must be an old woman outside the walls of the palace who has not escaped?" Xu Yanzhuo could understand that he had already planned this matter, and there was a villain who slandered the prince today. And he lied today. It's not that I went to the Taiji Hall to send guards to arrest people. But before he found the prince, he had already sent someone to take his jade pendant to the periphery of the palace wall to arrest people. And he told himself about it yesterday.
How did he know when he would send someone to find him? If it's too early or late? How did the timing come at the right time?
"It's just a coincidence." Qi Wenxiu gently and skillfully said a word.
"Oh? By coincidence? Xu Yanzhuo raised his eyebrows, his beautiful eyes squinted and flashed an instantaneous judgment, and then he returned to his merry and wanton manners.
How could Qi Wenxiu miss his instantaneous change, and said, "There are still many things in the future, and Qi's city will naturally be wide open for the prince." β
At this point, Xu Yanzhuo naturally understood. It doesn't matter what kind of curve he has inside, as long as he can use it for himself. Sooner or later, one day he will be able to grasp his core. "Then the king is waiting for the prince of Qi to open the city gate for the king."
"Stay tuned."
After sending Xu Yanzhuo away, Qi Wenxiu returned to the courtyard, folded a plum blossom with his hand, twisted his fingertips, and the plum blossoms on the plum blossom instantly dispersed, and the petals withered and fell to the ground.
The fish took the bait.
There was a dark shadow in the courtyard, and the shadow was not yet active.
Xu Sheng was sent to Wen Shuya on the way back to the mansion and the palace, but in the suburbs of Kyoto, he met Qi Wenxiu.
Xu Sheng was riding on a horse and was surprised when he saw Qi Wenxiu on the road. Looking at this gesture, I think I have been waiting here for a long time. Xu Sheng hurriedly dismounted and greeted, "Young Master Qi, what is this?" β
"That's right, I'm waiting for you." Qi Wenxiu smiled, looking harmless as a scholar.
"Wait for me?" Xu Sheng's face was full of doubts.
"Exactly." Qi Wenxiu looked at the upright and serious prince of Tai'an in front of him, among the three princes, he was the youngest, only twenty years old, but he had been training in the frontier for four years, and he was full of soldiers. But it also lacks the cunning of the intrigues in the deep palace. "Wang Ye and Shu Ya are childhood friends?"
"Yes." Xu Sheng's face was puzzled, he didn't understand why Qi Wenxiu mentioned this, after thinking about it carefully, isn't this Qi Wenxiu the proud protΓ©gΓ© of Taifu Wen, and naturally knows Shu Ya. Only then did he understand, "Could it be that this is ,,,? "With you behind to help?
"Exactly." Qi Wenxiu naturally saw Xu Shengwei's doubts clearly after speaking, "There are some eyeliners from me in the palace, but fortunately I came in time." β
Xu Sheng was horrified in his heart, but his face remained silent, "In time? You informed the Second Emperor Brother. β
"This is exactly what the grass people are waiting for this prince today." Qi Wenxiu bowed his hand upright.