135. Coerced confessions
As she was talking, Chu Cheng vaguely heard a squirming voice, and her face sank: "Someone is coming, you go quickly." ”
Lin Boqin also heard the sound of footsteps, he felt something from his sleeve and stuffed it into Chu Hui's hand: "Since it is sent away, there is no reason to take it back." With that, he quietly left.
As soon as he left, Qin Gao led a few palace maids and eunuchs to appear, saying that Emperor Jianwu had something important to announce, urging Chu Ji to return to the banquet quickly.
Chu Cheng lowered her head and glanced at the peony flower silver hairpin in her hand, but she couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth.
Huanyue and Xixing also blamed the foreign minister Meng Lang, but when they saw Chu Cheng's expression, they observed their words and expressions, and they didn't have many words.
Chu Cheng returned to the banquet, and her eyes subconsciously swept over Lin Boqin, but found that he had not returned. When he was suspicious, he saw Emperor Jianwu get up and smiled at her: "Today is a rare gathering, and I plan to inform you of a happy event in front of all Aiqing." ”
When Chu Cheng heard this, her heart "chuckled", and she secretly said that it was not good.
Sure enough, the next moment, I heard Emperor Jianwu say loudly: "Princess Huarong has reached the age of marriage, and Yu An, the princess's sister-in-law, is both civil and military, and looks dignified, and I am very happy." discussed with the queen and intended to recruit Yu An as a son-in-law, and the marriage will be completed in the middle of next month. ”
Chen Taishi and Chen Yu'an were beaming with joy.
Chen Yu'an immediately got up and thanked him, "Weichen can marry a princess, it is really a blessing from the tenth generation!" ”
Taishi Chen also hurriedly agreed.
When he made this statement, the officials under him said hello one after another.
Chu Cheng's face was pale, but in front of everyone, she still had to maintain the princess's style and demeanor. She groaned slightly, then stubbornly said, "Father." ”
"Huarong, what do you want to say?" Emperor Jianwu's eyes were a little cold.
Empress Renxiao, who was beside him, glanced at Huarong and motioned her not to talk nonsense.
Chu Cheng frowned, but said, "Erchen can't marry Chen Kexing." ”
The crowd was amazed.
Emperor Jianwu was about to be furious, but Chu Cheng immediately bowed his head and said: "The beginning of next month is the Imperial Grandmother's Sacrifice Day, and in previous years, my father would fast for three months around the Imperial Grandmother's Memorial Day, but the sons and daughters did not participate because they were greedy for fun. Now that the retainer wants to leave the palace and marry someone else, he feels very guilty about the imperial grandmother, so he wants to follow his father's example after returning to the palace, eat fasting and recite Buddha, pray for the emperor's grandmother, and beg his father for permission. ”
Emperor Jianwu's expression was clear and uncertain.
Chu Cheng turned her head, looked at Chen Yu'an, and raised her eyebrows: "What do you think of Chen Kexing?" ”
She asked this trickily, no matter what, she had to agree, otherwise she would be disrespectful to Concubine Kang Hui.
Chen Yu'an couldn't, so he had to answer stubbornly: "...... The princess's filial piety can show the sun and the moon, and Weichen thinks this move is very good. ”
After a while, Emperor Jianwu hummed and said, "In this case, Huarong, you will start fasting after you return to the palace." After the Mid-Autumn Festival, he will marry Yu An. ”
"The retainers obeyed."
Chu Cheng was unwilling, but she could only bow her head obediently.
Procrastination is only a stopgap measure, and when the time comes, let's think again...... It's a big deal, and then take the trouble to escape from the palace.
After the feast.
Chu Ji tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't sleep.
Xu is magnolia fragrance wafting outside the window was too strong, thinking of seeing Lin Boqin before, Chu Cheng couldn't help but raise his hand and stroke his lips.
I can't sleep anymore.
Huanyue Xixing was awakened by her, thinking that she was thirsty, and couldn't help but ask, "Princess? Do you want to drink water to moisten your throat? ”
Chu Cheng thought for a while and said, "I can't sleep, you can walk with me." ”
She lifted the futon, put on her clothes, and went along the bluestone path in the direction of Magnolia Garden.
The magnolia garden is full of trees, and it looks a little shadowy at night.
Chu Cheng took out the peony flower silver hairpin from her sleeve and rubbed it repeatedly, her mood mixed.
At this moment, she suddenly heard a voice from the bushes, Chu Cheng was slightly stunned, it's been the middle of the night, is there a palace maid and eunuch here? Suspicious, she stepped forward with Huanyue Xixing and said sharply: "Who is sneaking here? ”
Not long after, two middle-aged people came out of the bushes, both dressed in brocade clothes.
Chu Cheng saw the faces of the two clearly, and was suddenly shocked: "Uncle Sanwang? Marquis Yuwen? ”
"It turned out to be Huarong."
King Hengping breathed a sigh of relief.
Yuwen Huaihai saluted Chu Cheng and clasped his hands, a little embarrassed.
Chu Cheng frowned: "You three don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing in this bush?" ”
King Hengping sighed, took out a small straw cage from his arms, and showed it to her: "You know that Uncle Wang likes to fight crickets, and your father hates crickets. Yuwen Huaihai touched a bush of beard on his chin, and said with a shy face: "I hope the princess will not tell me about it." ”
Chu Cheng thought something was wrong.
King Hengping and Marquis Yuwen are both masters who don't care about things, and the court can't speak, except for walking birds and fighting dogs, there is no fun, and it is precisely because of this that Chu Cheng can go closest to Yuwen Yi and Ning Que.
However, Emperor Jianwu really didn't like these market things, and it was understandable that they hid here.
Thinking of this, Chu Cheng glanced at the cricket, which was extremely fat.
She smiled and asked, "Is that Uncle Sanwang's cricket won, or is it Marquis Yuwen?" ”
King Hengping's chubby face wrinkled, and he snorted unhappily: "My invincible general, he broke a leg by his big fox fairy!" ”
"Lord Wang, don't be angry, I'll compensate you again when I go back!"
"Huaihai, you have to be more powerful than the invincible general, otherwise this king won't do it."
"Cheng Cheng Cheng, you have the final say, Lord Wang."
The two of them were entangled in that because of a cricket, Chu Cheng was secretly amused, and told the two to go back to sleep quickly, so he turned around and returned.
Seeing that Chu Cheng had gone away, Yuwen Huaihai and Hengping Wang put away the smiles on their faces and looked at each other deeply.
***
Lin Boqin knew that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chu Cheng would marry Chen Yu'an, so he couldn't help but be a little anxious.
He told Prime Minister Song Cheng of the clues he had pieced together, and Prime Minister Song immediately frowned: "If the map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains is still in the hands of Lu Guinian, why hasn't the prince found any news at all?" ”
When Lin Boqin heard this, he confirmed his guess, and he was not the only one who investigated the matter.
He must be appreciated by King Mu Xian, then he must find a map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains before everyone!
Thinking of this, Lin Boqin's heart was crossed, and he raised his eyes and said: "Prime Minister, the lower officials have a way, you can try it." He stepped forward with his ear, and Prime Minister Song couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Just do as you say!" ”
Lin Boqin frowned: "But who will ......?"
As soon as Prime Minister Song raised his hand, he was confident: "I have the right person here, don't worry about you." ”
***
Lu Feixing's evidence has not been good.
On this day, I heard a few fox friends and dog friends say that the hospital of the hospital is prescribing a prescription, and it will definitely be able to cure the disease.
The imperial physicians of the Great Yuan Dynasty were very pretty, and they only treated the emperor's relatives and relatives, and if they wanted to treat ordinary officials, they needed to be ordered by the emperor.
After several turnovers, Lu Feixing finally asked someone to ask for a prescription from the palace, and asked him to wait at the agreed place in the middle of the night.
It's spring, and when the night breeze blows, it's still cold.
Lu Feixing gathered his clothes and stood at the mouth of Huwei Alley looking forward to seeing a tall man walking towards him.
The attendant beside him whispered, "Is it the one with the prescription?" ”
However, the man did not answer, and when he got closer, he found that the man had a miserable white mask on his face, leaving only two holes in his eyes, and looked fierce and fierce.
Lu Feixing yelled that something was wrong and was about to flee, but he didn't expect to be stopped by the other party, and his shot was like lightning, knocking him to the ground with a punch.
The attendant was so timid that he was stunned.
When Lu Feixing woke up, he found that his hands and feet were tied, and his entourage fell to the ground, bleeding from his mouth and nose, not knowing life and death.
"Who are you? I'm the eldest son of Lord Lu in the Year of the Turtle! ”
The masked man lowered his voice, sounding very strange: "You don't have to know my identity, I only ask you if you know Li Siniang." ”
Lu Feixing was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Siniang's name, and then shook his head and said, "Li Siniang...... What Li Siniang ......"
"Don't pretend to be confused!" The masked man picked up a red-hot soldering iron from the fire rack on the side and approached Lu Feixing's vain and greasy cheeks, "I have a thousand ways for you to tell the truth." ”
Lu Feixing sweated, looked at the red hot soldering iron, and swallowed his saliva: "...... I don't know...... Yes!!! ”
There was a sound of "Z", and the smell of burnt flesh spread.
Lu Feixing raised his head in pain and shouted that the green muscles were hideous, and he almost wanted to faint.
The masked man lifted the soldering iron and ran it down his chest...... Stop three inches below your lower abdomen.
He sneered: "Ask you again, do you know Li Siniang?" ”
Lu Feixing trembled, his calves trembled, and he cried loudly: "Know! Know! She is a widow I knew in Yunzhou! ”