Twenty-nine, night came
"That's the case, the emperor should know, if King Jing is really planning to be unfavorable to the emperor, he must have made large-scale preparations, and there must be someone in this palace to receive him. If the emperor just disposed of King Jing in such a hasty manner, and did not arrest his comrades, the situation would still be the same danger. If King Jing's comrades come to assassinate the emperor again, what should I do? ”
"What's this?" Zhu Jianchen disagreed: "As long as I ask King Jing, I believe that King Jing will definitely confess to his comrades." ”
The concubine disagreed. Since King Jing has been able to crouch in this harem for so long, and has been acting indifferent for so long, does the emperor think that King Jing is an ordinary person? According to the concubine, he must be a scheming person, since he is such a scheming person, how can he expose his tricks so easily? What's more, now that he has failed, he will definitely be resentful in his heart, and he will definitely find a way to relieve the private anger in his heart. I don't know if the emperor can listen to what the concubine said, but all this that the concubine said was for the emperor's sake. ”
After hearing her words, Zhu Jianshen fell into deep thought for a while.
At the beginning, he did suspect that Xia was too late, but Xia Liu's later words made him feel that Xia should be loyal to him, otherwise she wouldn't have said it in front of her, this matter is definitely King Jing is playing tricks on you.
So in this way, Xia Lili should be on his side, and now the thing he needs to figure out is very simple, that is, whether the method Xia Lili said is effective.
He thought about it, and then asked Xia Li, "Okay, then do you have any better ideas, why don't you tell me about it, and I will see if it's okay." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. In fact, the idea is very simple, the emperor might as well be less peaceful first, and then send someone to visit secretly. Now that the emperor has known that King Jing intends to rebel, but King Jing has always been in the dark, and he doesn't know that the emperor has revealed his old secret, then King Jing is bound to have an advantage over the emperor, and the emperor can take advantage of these days to send people to investigate and secretly visit to see who King Jing has a close relationship with on weekdays. The concubine believes that she will soon be able to find out the truth, and when the time comes, the emperor will wipe out King Jing and the rest of his party, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone and be very happy. Xia's eyes were shining like stars, and he suggested to Zhu Jianshen.
After Zhu Jianshen heard what she said, he hesitated for a moment and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, but I'm afraid it's not so easy to visit his remnants." ”
"Actually, there is nothing difficult about this, the emperor can carefully observe, who is close to him on weekdays, first catch the people who are close to him, and then torture the people around him to extract confessions, isn't this possible to find out? It is inconvenient for the emperor to extort a confession from the prince, but it is definitely not an easy thing to force a confession from his henchmen, I believe that it will not take two or three days to do this, and it will not delay anything. ”
After hearing Xia say this, Zhu Jianshen fell into contemplation for a while, he thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Okay, what you said is not unreasonable." Okay, I'll think again, you go down first. ”
"Yes." After Xia finished speaking, he said goodbye to Zhu Jianshen and walked out.
When she walked out in the summer, she only felt that her legs were soft, like stepping on cotton, and her body couldn't stand steadily, she really never dreamed that Jian Huaizhen would talk openly and honestly with Zhu Jianshen, and she didn't expect that things would be exposed so quickly, so what should I do?
The most terrible thing is that King Jing has made a lot of calculations, and he didn't calculate that Jian Huaizhen would talk about this matter publicly with Zhu Jianshen, let alone that Zhu Jianshen's trust in Jian Huaizhen now has completely surpassed that of King Jing Zhu Jianchen, so things will be troublesome.
If Zhu Jianshen wants to deal with King Jing now, King Jing will be easily hit by a blow without any preparation, although Xia said something to Zhu Jianshen just now, and wanted to drag Zhu Jianshen, but Zhu Jianshen seems to be very hesitant about what she said, and it may not be able to really have an effect, so she can be called worried now, she only knows that she will never be able to expose herself at this time, once she exposes her words, then Zhu Jianshen will soon arrest her, When the time comes, if she wants to pass the news to Zhu Jianchen, it will be difficult to do it.
After she left the Qianqing Palace, she looked around and returned to the palace, she knew that although she had won Zhu Jianshen's trust, it was definitely not suitable to act rashly at this time, if there was any rash action and was discovered by Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen would not let her go so easily.
Thinking of this, she pretended to be casual and returned to her palace, she was thinking about it carefully on the road, and she only felt anxious like a fire.
Soon returned to the palace, she now knew that the most important thing she should do was to quickly reveal the news to King Jing Zhu Jianchen, otherwise, things would be in trouble.
But there is no one around her who is trustworthy, how dare she tell others about such a big thing? And tell others that it is definitely not safe, in case it accidentally affects King Jing Zhu Jianchen, what should I do?
It's summer, but Zhu Jianchen cultivated it single-handedly, she would rather suffer any danger and harm to herself than Zhu Jianchen any danger or injury, she can be said to be dead set on Zhu Jianchen.
She was so anxious that she couldn't do it, she thought about it for a long, long time, but she didn't come up with a way, she thought to herself, she had to wait a little longer, and wait until it was later, so she spent the whole day anxiously, and what made her feel relieved was that Zhu Jianshen didn't take action during the day, which was obviously that Zhu Jianshen had listened to her thoughts.
Zhu Jianshen waited until Xia Li left, and carefully thought about whether what Xia said made sense, and he felt that what Xia said was actually not unreasonable.
If you want to deal with Zhu Jianchen at this time, you can indeed only catch Zhu Jianchen alone, and you can't wipe out the rest of his party, which is not necessarily a good thing for yourself, but at this time, if you don't catch Zhu Jianchen, then things don't seem to be so simple.
All in all, it gave him a lot of headaches. He thought about it for a long, long time, but he didn't come up with a way, so he never made a decision.
Gu Leng saw that Zhu Jianshen had not made a decision, he was standing beside him, and he was also a little nervous, so he glanced up at Zhu Jianshen and said to him: "Your Majesty, are you still suspicious of the eldest princess now?" Why haven't you made any decisions for so long? Or does the emperor already have another idea in his heart? ”
Zhu Jian thought about it deeply, and then said to him Xia Li's thoughts: "Actually, I also want to deal with King Jing now, but I am indeed very conflicted in my heart now. If I deal with King Jing now, then I will definitely not be able to wipe out the rest of his party, so I want to arrange for you to send someone to investigate and secretly visit, hoping to find out the rest of his party and wipe it out. ”
Hearing Zhu Jianshen say this, Gu Leng was so anxious that he hurriedly said to him: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to track down the Yu Party at all. Your Majesty, what you have to do is to make a decision immediately, you must first arrest King Jing, and then torture him slowly. Otherwise, it will be too late, the so-called soldiers are fast. Gu Lengyi hurriedly persuaded.
Zhu Jian thought for a long time before he said slowly: "Although what you said is not unreasonable, but I always have my own thoughts, he is my brother after all, do you think I want to torture him?" I don't think it's possible. Okay, I don't want to say anything, let's get rid of his remnants first. You immediately send someone to keep an eye on King Jing now, see who has a close relationship with him, and when the time comes, catch his henchmen, maybe you can get twice the result with half the effort." ”
Gu Lengyi hurriedly sighed, he thought about it, things seemed to have started from Xia, after Xia came to see Zhu Jianshen just now, Zhu Jianshen made up his mind so quickly, obviously Xia made up his mind to Zhu Jianshen.
Since Zhu Jianshen listened to Xia's statement, it is useless for him to say anything now, the thing he regrets most now is to put Xia Li in, he and Zhu Jianshen can be said to be both prosperous and lossy, if there is any danger to the emperor, then his skin as a slave will not exist, and Mao will recover, but Zhu Jianshen is the master after all, his words are the king's way, he thought about it for a long time, and had to go out.
He didn't think about anything now, what he thought about the most was to quickly arrest the people who were close to Zhu Jianchen, the king of the same scene, and only in this way would Zhu Jianshen hurry up and take action.
So he immediately ordered to send someone to monitor Zhu Jianchen, and at the same time, Xia was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, she kept sending people out to listen to see if anything big had happened in the palace, and her palace maids and eunuchs reported to her after they came back, saying that nothing major had happened in the palace, and she was a little relieved after knowing the news.
It wasn't until the afternoon that she was sure that the emperor would adopt her opinion, and she felt a little more comfortable, so she waited carefully, she believed that the night would come soon, it was just an afternoon, for her, it was like a thousand years, ten thousand years, so long, after all, she had something in her heart now, and it was the most urgent time.
Soon, night had fallen, and the palace was lit with octagonal glass palace lamps everywhere, and Xia Li's heart was a little calmer.
I finally waited until the evening, but I couldn't go out, because although it was already night, people inside and outside the palace still came and went, and if I wanted to see King Jing Zhu Jianchen at this time, I really needed to take a big risk. Because she suggested that the emperor send someone to spy on Zhu Jianchen, she believed that the emperor must have done the same, so she planned to see Zhu Jianchen again in the middle of the night.
However, at this time, she suddenly thought of another inappropriate place in her heart, that is, if she had to wait until midnight before she dared to see Zhu Jianchen, I believe that the emperor must have sent a large number of people to guard it at that time, and she looked a little eye-catching at the third watch in the middle of the night.
If she had gone to see her now, maybe the situation would have been better, after all, there are people coming and going now, and walking is not so noticeable.
finally figured this out, she had a plan in her heart, so she hurried to see Zhu Jianchen, just took two steps, she thought again, if the emperor spies on the people found out that he went to see Zhu Jianchen, then he would definitely know that he and Zhu Jianchen were indeed colluding, so he must not dress up like this.
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became, the more she thought about it, the more she had no idea, and after thinking for a while, she suddenly remembered what she should do, that is, if she changed into men's clothes at this time, she would definitely not attract so much attention. After having this plan, she immediately sent someone to find a set of little eunuch's clothes and gave it to her, and then she changed the little eunuch's clothes and hurried to see Zhu Jianchen.
When she arrived at the front of Jingren Palace, she saw that there were a lot of people coming and going in the place where Zhu Jianchen lived, and she was indeed not so eye-catching when she entered, so she took the food box in her hand and walked inside cautiously.
She looked around, and sure enough, she found that there were people watching her in an inadvertent place, but she was just a little eunuch in ordinary dress, and she looked like she had come to deliver something, and she did not arouse anyone's suspicion, and she hid the night and entered the palace very easily.
When she entered, the eunuch guarding the door asked her, "Who are you?" Which house was sent? What is the matter with seeing the prince? ”
She whispered something in the man's ear, and when the man heard this, his face changed greatly, and he immediately said, "You come in with me." So Xia was gone, and he followed the man in.
After walking in, Xia hurriedly went to see King Jing, King Jing never dreamed that Zhu Jianshen had already seen through his tricks, and he was still triumphant, and suddenly saw a little eunuch who didn't know much walked in, and felt strange for a while, so he asked, "Are you?" ”
Xia didn't care about saying much, and immediately took off the eunuch hat on his head, and a green silk scattered out, seeing her appearance, Zhu Jianchen was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why are you?" When are you here? Why do you want to dress up as a man to meet the king? Do you think it's fun? ”
"Of course it's not fun, it's not fun at all." Xia Liao said simply: "The reason why I took the risk to come to see the prince is because I have something important to tell the prince. ”
Zhu Jianchen thought to himself, Xia is not a person without sense on weekdays, he can feel that Xia is indeed a little like himself, but she shouldn't be able to play like this, so he was stunned for a moment, glanced at Xia, and quickly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Xia glanced at King Jing anxiously, and said to him: "Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, you better run away." ”
"What's wrong? Why did this king flee? ”
"Because the emperor has found out that the prince wants to rebel."
"What do you say? You said the emperor had already found out? How did he find out? When Zhu Jianchen said this, he raised his head and looked at Xia, and his eyes involuntarily showed a look of distrust.
Xia saw Zhu Jianchen's eyes, and understood what he was thinking, Xia Li's head was full of green silk scattered like a waterfall, and said to him: "Lord Wang, it's the person you trained single-handedly, can't you even believe it?" If I had betrayed the prince, I wouldn't have come to report to you. The prince has always been a shrewd person, can't he even understand this matter? ”
When Zhu Jianchen heard her say this, he thought to himself, yes, if she really betrayed herself, then she shouldn't have come to report to herself, so Zhu Jianchen glanced at her and said to her: "Then why did you rush to see this king?" Speak of this to the king? Who the hell told you that something was wrong with our plan? ”
"Lord, it's the emperor, and the emperor told me personally. Moreover, the emperor has now sent people to guard the door to observe which cronies the prince has, and this incident happened in the morning. I was supposed to come in the morning to inform the prince, but because the emperor sent someone to guard it, I couldn't get in at all, so I had no choice but to wait until the night was slightly dark, and I hurried over while people were not paying attention. ”
After Zhu Jianchen heard her say this, he was slightly stunned, and then said: "You have worked hard, but this king thinks that my plan is seamless, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to see through it." ”
"The eldest princess has already seen through the prince's plan, doesn't the prince know?"
"You said the eldest princess saw through it? The king naturally knows about it, but what's the use of her seeing through it? The trust between the eldest princess and the emperor has long been broken, and no matter what she says, the emperor will not believe it. ”
"Lord Wang, you are wrong. But if the emperor doesn't believe in the eldest princess at all, then it won't be, prince, you should know very well, after all, the emperor and the eldest princess have been together for so many years, and the relationship between you and the emperor is blank, do you say that the emperor will believe in you more, or will he believe in the eldest princess more? Even if he believes you a little more for a while, then if he thinks about it carefully afterwards, he may not believe the eldest princess. If the prince feels that what he said is wrong, then there is nothing to say. ”
After hearing her say this, Zhu Jianchen was slightly stunned, but he still said unwillingly: "When I went to see the emperor two days ago, I told the emperor that the emperor mainly supported me to be the emperor, and the emperor was still convinced. Why did his thinking change dramatically in such a short period of time? ”
"It's because of the scattered deaths. After Zero died, the eldest princess was very sad, and the emperor went to see her, so the eldest princess told the emperor, what did you do to the eldest princess. The emperor shouldn't have believed it at first, but after he saw that the eldest princess was poisoned, he finally believed it. The emperor also asked Wan Guifei what she should do, and Wan Guifei said that the prince should be executed immediately. Fortunately, I happened to go at that time, and when the emperor saw me, he asked me again, of course I didn't dare to show the slightest partiality for the prince, otherwise, the emperor would definitely arrest me immediately, how could I have the opportunity to report to the prince? That's why the emperor trusted me and told me what happened, and after I finished speaking, I said to the emperor that the prince should not be arrested now, I don't know what other comrades the prince has, and the emperor should send someone to spy on the prince and wipe out all the same party. So the emperor did not rush to do it, but sent some people to monitor the prince, and I could take this opportunity to wait until dark to report to the prince, that's what happened. ”
After listening to her, Zhu Jianchen finally understood what was going on, his eyes showed a hint of fierceness, he thought for a long time, and said slowly: "This king has been planning for so many years, and he must not fail at this time, if he fails at this time, this king is better than dead." ”
"Who is the person in the world who knows the prince best? Of course it's me, is there anyone who knows the prince better than me? So what the prince thinks in his heart, I naturally know very well, but the prince, the so-called stay in the green mountains, I am not afraid of no firewood. If you even take your life at this time now, then there will really be no firewood to burn in the future, so please let the prince leave quickly. ”
Zhu Jianchen was unwilling, his eyes were split, and the whole person looked distorted, very terrifying, he thought for a long, long time before he said hatefully: "This king will definitely not leave, absolutely unwilling." Hmph, this king has endured it for so many years, and he can't bear it anymore. ”
"Lord Wang, you better hurry up and take advantage of the night, it's so dark now, if you want to leave, it won't be so easy to be discovered. After you leave the palace, if you plan again, I believe you will be able to make a comeback. ”
After hearing her say this, Zhu Jianchen's eyes showed a trace of despair and arrogance, he shook his head and said: "No, this king has been planning for so many years, let this king give up now, then it is better to kill this king." In short, you listen to this king, and whoever persuades this king to leave at this time will be the enemy of this king. ”
"But you can't watch the prince die, is there a fire pit in front of you, do you have to watch the prince jump in?" Xia shook his head painfully and said.
Zhu Jianchen thought about it carefully and said, "Don't worry, I don't think this matter has no turnaround." Indeed, you have brought bad news today, that is, the emperor knows that I have ambitions, but so what? You also brought good news, the good news is that the eldest princess is injured, this is very good news. ”
"The eldest princess is injured, but there are countless guards in this palace, and they can all protect the emperor, lord." Xia said earnestly.
"Not bad." Zhu Jianchen said: "The eldest princess is injured, this is indeed a good opportunity. Yes, there are a lot of guards in the palace, but so what? The guards were stupid as pigs one by one, and the king was not afraid of them, and he believed that the king's men and horses were not necessarily worse than them, and that as long as the king was willing to take action, he would be able to deal with them. ”
Zhu Jianchen said with a smile: "The reason why this king has not dared to seek the emperor's throne for so long is because he is afraid of the eldest princess. Now that the eldest princess has really been poisoned, then she is not a god at all, she is just an ordinary mortal, as long as the king poisons her, she can still be poisoned, so what else is there to be afraid of. Hahaha. After saying this, Zhu Jianchen smiled a little proudly.
Xia Liao said that he didn't understand, looked at him and said, "Lord Wang, I still think you should think twice before acting." ”
"Well, don't think twice. Now, the time has come for this king to usurp the throne and become emperor, thank you for bringing this good news to this king. When he said this, he burst out laughing.
Xia Li saw that he suddenly became so excited and happy from despair and pain, as if something special had happened in his mind during this period, but Xia Li didn't know at all.
For this prince, Xia Li has always felt that he can't guess at all, and it is precisely because of this that he has a special attraction to himself, and he can make himself serve him.
Seeing his expression so crazy and excited, Xia Liao thought for a long time, and said slowly: "Okay, since the prince has made up his mind, then I have to swear to follow the prince to the death." This life is the prince's, the prince wants to live, and if he is born, he will live, and the prince will die, and if he dies, he will die. Now if there is anything needed to do it for the prince, the prince can just say it. ”
"Okay, that's it, the king didn't mistake you. If this king really becomes the emperor, he will definitely make you the queen. When Zhu Jianchen said this, he laughed.
Although Xia has been with Zhu Jianchen for so long, she knows Zhu Jianchen's temper very well, since he said so, Xia Li believes that he will definitely do this, be with the person she likes, be the queen of the person she likes, what is happier in the world? So Xia's eyes also showed brilliance, and she said repeatedly: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”
"No need for King Sheben, this is what you deserve. Now, this king has commanded you to do something, and you should go back to this king immediately, and as long as this thing is done, then this king believes that our plan will soon succeed. ”
"Yes. Lord Wang, please command. Xia said.
So Zhu Jianchen said to her: "You go back immediately, go to see the emperor, and think of a way to coax the emperor to your palace to stay overnight, and then the king will naturally have a way to deal with him." And the whole thing is done without anyone noticing, I promise no one will doubt it. ”
"Okay." Xia nodded, and immediately put on the eunuch costume and walked out.
When she walked out, she found that the people sent by Gu Lengyi were still watching, but those people didn't have the slightest suspicion of her, which also made Xia Li's heart a little relieved, since this is the case, it means that the people sent by Gu Lengyi are also some wine bags and rice bags, not as powerful as she imagined, maybe Zhu Jianchen can really achieve great things? I will be the queen by then.
Thinking of this, she was very excited, and the more excited she was, the more she couldn't suppress her pace.
At this time, someone suddenly scolded: "Which palace are you the little eunuch, what are you doing here at King Jing so late?" ”
Xia Lili was still laughing at these people in her heart just now, but she didn't expect that at this time, someone suddenly stopped her, she was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked up, but saw that the eunuch was a little angry, presumably not a big eunuch, she had never seen it on weekdays.
But in this harem, the master and the slave are different, sometimes the master has seen too many slaves, not everyone necessarily remembers, but the master is numerous, and the slaves often see it, so sometimes the master doesn't know the slave, but the slave knows the master.
Thinking of this, Xia Li's heart couldn't help but feel a panic, she tried her best to hide her panic, lowered her voice, and said: "Qiqi, this father-in-law, I am the new little eunuch in the palace of Wan Guifei,. ”
He looked Xia up and down, as if trying to find out whether what she said was true, and at this time, someone suddenly sneaked out of Jingren Palace, that person looked very suspicious, but it was much more sneaky than Xia.
When the eunuch saw this situation, he immediately didn't care about Xia, so he went straight to find the man, waved his hand as he walked, and said to Xia, "You go down." ”
Xia looked back, that person was a person next to King Jing, obviously King Jing deliberately arranged for him to come out and exonerate himself, so she was a little relieved.
Xia thought to herself, the situation just now was really thrilling, if it was recognized by that eunuch, it would be miserable, thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little afraid, no matter what, in the end, she was still not recognized by him, which is finally a good thing.
Xia thought about it carefully, and felt that she was indeed smart enough just now, just now, what she thought in her heart was that since the eunuch was born with eyes, he must not be the most important eunuch in the palace, since it was not the most important, like King Jing was going to rebel against such a big thing, Gu Lengyi might not dare to tell him, so Xia Liao bet that he didn't know what this matter was like at all.
Xia was able to escape because of this, I can't help but feel very lucky, after she hurried back, the eunuchs and palace maids only knew that she went out, but they didn't know what she was doing when she went out, and when they saw her come back, they hurriedly greeted her and said, "Niangniang." ”
Xia nodded and said: "Bengong just went out, but I just pretended to be a little eunuch, I think it's quite fun, and if there is such a thing in the future, Bengong will take you to play together." ”
Because Xia was relatively young, those people didn't expect that she would go to report to King Jing, and when they heard her say this, they all thought that she was really just going out to play. Therefore, they all came forward to her with a smile and said: "Niangniang, don't be like this in the future, in case the queen mother finds out, it will not be good." ”
"So what does it matter? Doesn't the Queen Mother let the palace play? At this, she giggled herself.