138 Death Trap

Because of the matter of the second prince, the queen's birthday naturally can't be done, after Gonggong Yi left, Princess Antai took Mu Peilan's mother and daughter back to Yihui Palace, Xuanlong and Yingluo The two county lords have been waiting in the palace, they entered the palace before the second prince was assassinated, and originally planned to go to the queen first to salute and then go to find her mother Princess Antai, but I didn't expect to hear such a terrifying news halfway through, at this time to the queen's Ningyi Palace is just to add chaos, so the two sisters discussed it and changed to Yihui Palace.

Princess Antai instructed her cronies and eunuchs to guard the palace gate, took her two daughters and Mu Peilan's mother and daughter to the main hall, and summoned a big eunuch to ask what the news about the assassination of the second prince was.

The big eunuch's surname is He, and he has been staying in Yihui Palace today, Princess Antai also has some eyeliner in the palace, and when such a major event happened, someone immediately sent the news over through various channels.

Grandpa He listened to Princess Antai's question, and methodically brought the news he received one by one.

"You say, the second prince and his eight retinue were all killed by someone with one palm? And there are no traces of a fight? Princess Antai frowned.

"Yes, the guards who went to investigate the scene said that there were fragments of crisp tendons and cartilage in the incense burner in that hall, and most of the second princes and others were affected by this kind of incense, so they were weak and unable to resist. The palace where the second prince was found was originally inhabited by two talented people, and they were moved to another place only a few days ago, leaving only a few palace maids and eunuchs to take care of it, today is the queen's birthday, and those palace maids and eunuchs happened to be temporarily transferred out to do things, and the gate of the palace was also locked. It is rumored that after the queen found out that the second prince was missing, she sent a lot of people to search all the way, only to find that the gate of the palace was hidden, and the copper lock in front of the door was missing. He Gonggong bowed and replied.

Princess Antai asked a few more words, and then waved her hand to let Gonggong He retreat, turned her head and waved away the other palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting, and even the two daughters were sent to rest together, and only she and Mu Peilan's mother and daughter were left in the main hall.

Princess Antai sighed and said: "I have never liked this son born to the queen, but after all, it is my aunt who has been called me for more than 20 years, and today I heard that he died tragically at a young age, I really don't know what it feels like." ”

Although Mu Peilan's mother and daughter can understand her feelings, but from their point of view, they feel that the second prince is innocent of death, not to mention how ruthless he is when he and the ministers who persecute the political views of the old party of Xia Ge on weekdays, just because he intends to take Bai Poria away today to cook raw rice and mature rice, and force her to marry into the prince's mansion, it is enough to pinch the little sympathy in their hearts.

Princess Antai looked at Bai Poria and said: "The queen seems to have a single-minded feeling that you have something to do with this matter, I heard that the first thing she did when she woke up was to ask Gonggong Yi to escort you to Ningyi Palace, do you know what the reason is for this?" ”

Bai Poria flattened her mouth, feeling that there was nothing to hide, so she said: "The accident I had on the way to Huilan Palace today is estimated to be related to the second prince. ”

Who is Princess Antey? As soon as I heard this, I understood that the girl who thought she was with her son was safe and sound, but her son died, and all mothers instinctively thought that her son's death had something to do with the girl.

"What happened on your way today?" Princess Antai felt very strange, why did the queen and the second prince's plan die halfway, why did the second prince and his subordinates fall to death in that uninhabited palace, and according to the queen's panicked behavior of sending people around to find the second prince, that palace was obviously not the place where they originally agreed to "break the private relationship", why did the second prince run there?

Bai Poria said: "Today I sat in the sedan car to the halfway road, the eunuch who pulled the car suddenly turned the direction to the fork in the road, I felt that something was wrong, was about to open his mouth to ask, suddenly he fell to the ground and fell unconscious, Danzhu and Banxia caught up and called a few times He did not respond, I think this thing is stilted, there is no half a figure nearby, so I got off the sedan car, let the two of them pull the sedan back the same way, so that they can find someone to help, and then they met you." ”

She only concealed what happened to you. Danzhu and Banxia didn't remember that they had been knocked unconscious, they only remembered that Bai Poria's sedan car suddenly turned, and they chased after it to ask why, but they tripped over the skirt and fell a lot, and when they got up and caught up again, the eunuch who pulled the car was already fainting. These are the things that Bai Poria only found out after Xiao You left, and from their strange expressions and the fact that Xiao You was not mentioned in their conversations, she knew that most of these two palace maids were forced to modify their memories by special means such as hypnotism by Xiao You, so she was not worried that they would not confess or leak her bottom.

Princess Antai knew that she didn't need to lie to herself, and today's events had a strong smell of conspiracy, obviously someone had pre-designed it, and Bai Poria's mother and daughter didn't even know about her in advance when they entered the palace, let alone themselves, this series of events was too coincidental, especially the eunuch who fainted inexplicably, easily caused the queen and the second prince's plan to die halfway, saved Bai Poria Cocos, and indirectly made the second prince embark on the Huangquan Road - if it wasn't for the dirty idea of calculating Bai Poria Cocos, even if it was in the palace, The second prince didn't only bring eight entourage guards by his side, he originally didn't want too many people to know the inside story of this ugly incident, but he didn't expect to let the assassin have an opportunity to take advantage of.

I really don't know who the mastermind behind the scenes will be, the assassin can not only lurk in the deep palace, but also clearly know that there is no one in that palace today, and prepare the muscles and cartilage in advance, and there is a way to lure the second prince into the trap on his own initiative, so that he can kill them unknowingly...... In fact, Princess Antai knew that there was a person who could do it, but she didn't dare to think deeply, the tiger poison does not eat children, he would really kill his son like this for the sake of the imperial power?

Princess Antai shook her head vigorously, put aside the ridiculous thoughts in her mind, and cheered up: "I didn't expect you to run into such a thing once you entered the palace, the queen is probably unreasonable now, I'm afraid she will trouble your mother and daughter at any cost." Sister Peilan, I'm going to ask to see the emperor and explain this matter with your mother and daughter, how about it? ”

Mu Peilan nodded and said, "That's all." ”

The people sent out by Princess Antai soon came back to report that the emperor was in the queen's Ningyi Palace, and the people in Yiyi Palace were very clever, and they did not rush to Ningyi Palace to ask for a meeting, but just left one person to guard outside the palace, intending to wait for the emperor to come out and immediately come forward to report.

On the other side, Gonggong He received new news, the fatal wound of the second prince was in the abdomen, and the guard physician and the servant had verified it together, and felt that the angle of the palm was strange, and from the palm wounds of each person, the murderer was the same person, and the palm was as small as a child, but the palm was strong, and most of them were a dwarf master.

Bai Poria couldn't help but beat the drum secretly in her heart while listening to it, sure enough, it was your perverted child who did it!

The others felt incredible when they heard it, and Princess Antai asked Mu Peilan: "Sister Peilan, you have seen and heard the most, have you ever heard of such a powerful dwarf master in the rivers and lakes?" ”

After thinking for a while, Mu Peilan shook her head, dwarfs are physically disabled, their muscles and bones are different from ordinary people, how easy is it to cultivate superb martial arts? Not to mention the strong palm power, he is short, light and short-handed, even if there are occasional dwarfs in the rivers and lakes with excellent stature and martial arts, most of them are experts in making weapons.

When he was puzzled, the chief eunuch of the emperor's side, Gonggong Lei, came to announce that the queen was too sad to take care of things, and the affairs of the harem were temporarily handled by Princess Antai.

According to the usual rules, the queen can't look at things, and it is usually the imperial concubine who comes forward to preside over the affairs of the harem, but the emperor bypassed Mao Guifei and let Princess Antai, a married royal sister, take over.

The second prince from the queen and the eldest prince from Mao Guifei have been fighting for the position of the crown prince for many years, and now the second prince was accidentally assassinated in the palace, the biggest suspicion is that Mao Guifei and the eldest prince's mother and son, how can they hand over the power of the harem to Mao Guifei?

Princess Antai was both happy and worried after receiving the will, and said: "The emperor has probably persuaded the queen that your mother and daughter have nothing to do with the assassination of the second prince, otherwise this matter of managing the harem will not be handed over to me." But in this way, I have to be busy. ”

Mu Peilan smiled slightly and said: "Shengming has no past the emperor, so he naturally knows that our mother and daughter are innocent." When Princess Antai heard this, she was shocked, and looked at her with horror in her eyes, Mu Peilan patted her arm lightly and said, "You don't have to think too much, you have a different relationship with the emperor......"

Princess Antai smiled bitterly and said no more.

As soon as the decree was made, Princess Antai immediately got busy, she pulled her two daughters to help together, the first thing to deal with was the women who were stranded in the Huilan Palace, Princess Antai consulted the emperor, and sent the guards and eunuchs to escort them out of the palace in batches, and the emperor announced that Mu Peilan's mother and daughter would see the car tomorrow, Princess Antai turned around, and deliberately left some of the women, and then arranged to leave the palace tomorrow.

The ostensible reason is that it takes time to deal with the matter and ask each person, but in fact, it is to cover for Mu Peilan's mother and daughter. Imagine that in addition to such a thing in the palace, everyone else arranged to leave, leaving Mu Peilan's mother and daughter alone for one more day, and when they came to the mouth of someone who wanted to do so, I don't know what unpleasant words would come out.

So that night, Bai Poria was still spending time in the Yi Hui Palace. Princess Antai was busy dealing with palace affairs, and Mu Peilan and Bai Poria went into the room early to rest after dinner.

The two mothers and daughters lay side by side on the bed, the white poria was next to the mother, and the palace maids who served them were all sent outside, and the hall was so quiet that you could even hear the sound of snow falling outside.

Mu Peilan suddenly whispered, "You've seen the person who killed the second prince, right?" "Mother and daughter are connected, others may be deceived by Bai Poria cocos, but Mu Peilan, who cares about her every move very much, can detect the difference in her normal.

For example, when she found Poria this morning, she had the same vigilant gesture as the little civet flower in her arms, such as the strange expression in her eyes when she heard that the killer was a dwarf master.