Chapter 224: Wedding Turmoil
Baili Anning's wedding is over, but the turmoil caused has been continuing.
After Yang Lin was killed, Yang's father hanged himself not long after returning home, and Yang's mother was heartbroken and died. A few days ago, the Yang Mansion, which was the envy of everyone, became a desolate place overnight.
Shen Ninghua held the scroll, and when she heard the news from Hongling, her eyebrows wrinkled slightly: "Father Yang and Mother Yang have all passed away?" ”
"Well, I heard that the Yang family was also dispersed, and the family property was divided by a few clansmen of the Shu Branch, and now the people of Kyoto are talking about it."
Shen Ninghua sneered, his eyes were cold: "It's really timely, what about that Ruixue?" ”
Although Yang Lin is hateful, judging from his actions, he suddenly confessed to her, there must be something strange in it, but it was only a day or two before and after, and the Yang family had an accident, and they became dead without proof, no matter how you look at it, it is not normal.
"The slave maid has been sending people to keep an eye on her, and when Princess Anning's wedding was in chaos, she left the Yang Mansion, and our people were lost, and now we can't find anyone."
Shen Ninghua nodded: "It's not surprising, that Rui Xue should be the person next to the queen, and it can't be an ordinary person to be assigned to do such a thing." If it is really caught by our people, then we really have to think about it and think about it to see if the queen has other successes. ”
Hongling was extremely surprised: "Does the queen mother also have such a force outside?" ”
"Do you know what the Zhao family made their fortune for?"
"The Zhao family?"
"Pushing up the five generations, the ancestors of the Zhao family were born in the rivers and lakes, and later helped the emperor of the previous dynasty, so that he was able to be pardoned, and entered the court out of the rivers and lakes.
"Could it be that the Zhao family's Jianghu power has always been retained?" Hongling was extremely surprised in her heart, the fifth generation has been at least one or two hundred years old, and the power of the rivers and lakes that developed at that time has been retained until now, which can be said to be a miracle.
Because the forces of the rivers and lakes are relatively less restrictive, and there is not much loyalty, although there are many people who pay attention to righteousness, but after more than 100 years of development, what kind of loyalty has basically been consumed.
"Originally, the Zhao family has not shown its minions, I thought that the Jianghu forces in their hands should have disappeared, but now it seems that I should have thought wrong, those Jianghu forces not only did not disappear, but have been retained and developed to this day." Shen Ninghua's eyes were dark, and her guard against Zhao Huiying slowly rose to the highest level in her heart.
Hongling was worried: "Miss, in this case, wouldn't you be very dangerous?" "Miss often goes in and out of the palace, and now the relationship with the queen is not good, in case she is in trouble, then I am afraid it will be too late to take precautions.
"Danger is there, but it's not unguardable." Shen Ninghua picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Chu Junyi also has some power in the palace, plus other princes and concubines, although the queen is huge, it is not to the point of covering the sky with one hand, and her every move is related to His Royal Highness the Prince, if she wants to protect the prince, it is impossible to go too far, in addition, since the Zhao family has hidden the power in their hands for so long, maybe they have a more advanced plan in their hearts, I am afraid that they will not expose the hidden forces of the rivers and lakes for me." ”
At this time, Chu Junyi happened to walk in, handed over the cloak on his body to Hongling, and sat down beside Shen Ninghua: "Are you talking about the queen's mother?" ”
"Well, you should know, that Ruixue is missing."
Chu Junyi nodded, waved his hand to let Hongling go down, and stretched out his hand to hold Shen Ninghua in his arms: "Well, my people also just discovered that there are forces in the rivers and lakes hidden behind the Zhao family, but what you guessed just now is right, the reason why this force has been hidden for so long and no one has found out is because the Zhao family and the queen have scruples in their hearts, and since they have concerns, it is impossible to act unscrupulously, so we have a way to deal with it." ”
Feeling the warmth coming from behind her, Shen Ninghua couldn't help but relax and approach him in his arms, although the fetal poison in her body was resolved, but the damage to the bottom of her body was also more serious, her body was always cold in summer, and there was no warmth at all in winter, after Chu Junyi knew this, as long as she was by her side, she would definitely hold her and warm her, and at night she would put her hands and feet on herself to warm her, and she would definitely let her sleep peacefully.
"Now that the emperor is in good health, he can't make a mistake with the prince pressing, so the queen's concerns are heavier, but if he doesn't press it, the queen doesn't have to worry about anything else, and the person in charge of the court won't know who it is at that time."
Chu Junyi nodded, holding her arm tightly: "You are right, so until our strength is enough to compete with the queen, we must not let the emperor have anything." ”
"Well, tomorrow is the day when Baili Anning enters the palace, and I will also go to see my father, and by the way, I will send him the medicine to nourish his body."
"Okay," Chu Junyi said, lowering his head and sniffing Shen Ninghua's hair, a narrow light flashed in his eyes, "Ninghua, do you remember what you said at the Spring Festival?" ”
The topic changed a little suddenly, Shen Ninghua didn't react for a moment, and in a slightly stunned space, he felt that the arm around his waist was tightened more and more, and his ears turned red.
A smile flashed in Chu Junyi's eyes.
The next day, when Shen Ninghua woke up, the sky was already bright, and when he thought of yesterday's scene, his face turned slightly red.
caused Bai Wei, who was holding the basin of water, to worry for a while, thinking that she had a fever, Shen Ninghua finished freshening up, changed her clothes and let Qingque accompany her into the palace.
After walking two steps into the palace, he met Baili Anning, who had finished asking for peace for Baili Qingcang.
"Princess Anning?"
"Ninghua?" Baili Anning's face was ruddy, and his face was full of joy and shyness of being a new wife, "You came to greet your father?" ”
"Well, does Father have time?"
"You'd better wait a minute." Hearing Shen Ninghua's question, Baili Anning's face changed slightly, and he took her hand and walked to the side.
Shen Ninghua was slightly stunned: "What's wrong?" ”
"Is Elder Yang Ge inside?"
"Elder Yang Ge? Yang Lin's grandfather? Shen Ninghua's heart moved, Yang Lin was dead, Yang Lin's parents had also passed away, what was the point of Yang Ge Lao entering the palace again?
She was thinking about things when she suddenly felt that Baili Anning was holding her hand with a heavy weight.
"Anqing is here?"
Shen Ninghua turned around, Baili Anning was very different from the previous two days, now her face was pale, her eyes were red and swollen, and her already thin body was almost out of shape, as if a gust of wind could blow it away, seeing them, her expression did not change, and her eyes were filled with despair.
"Sister Anqing?"
Hearing Baili Anning's voice, Baili Anning raised his eyes and bowed slightly: "I've seen Sister Anning and Sister Zhaohua." ”
Shen Ninghua nodded in return: "Anqing, you ......"
Baili Anqing finished greeting, and then lowered his eyes: "Two sisters, my father summoned me, I can't let him wait for a long time, I went in first." After speaking, he walked straight to the south study.
Shen Ninghua's eyebrows tightened: "What's going on?" "Yang Lin is dead, Baili Anqing's marriage contract is naturally invalid, although it will have a certain impact on her reputation, but the emperor's daughter is not worried about marrying, this impact is also extremely limited, she should not be decadent to the current appearance.
Baili Anning's eyes were heavy, and he looked at Baili Anqing's back and said angrily: "I don't know who chewed the root of the tongue, and it has been rumored in the palace in the past few days that my father intends not to cancel the marriage contract between Anqing and Yang Lin." ”
Shen Ninghua smiled suddenly: "How is this possible?" No matter how low Baili Anqing's background is, it is also a royal princess, can't it be possible to let a dignified princess marry a dead man? ”
"I was also extremely surprised, but Anqing asked his father to withdraw the marriage contract three times and twice, but his father did not agree, but reprimanded her, which made the rumors rampant, and now it seems that even Anqing believes it a little."
Shen Ninghua's heart tightened: "What about the queen?" What did she say? ”
The queen is in charge of the harem and is responsible for raising the royal princess, if she sits idly by at this time, I am afraid that she will be said that she is unkind to her mother, can she allow such rumors to spread?
Baili Anning's expression was even more entangled: "It stands to reason that the queen mother should immediately kill these palace maids when the rumors come out to stop the rumors from continuing to spread, but I don't know why, she didn't move at all, which made the matter even more serious." ”
Hearing this, Shen Ninghua's brows became tighter and tighter: "This matter is not something you and I can manage, let's put it aside first." ”
"Hmm."
After about half an hour, Baili Anqing came out of the south study, his face became more and more pale, and the whole person was shaky, seeing that Shen Ninghua and Baili Anning didn't even say hello, and were directly helped away by the palace maid.
The chief attendant came out: "The old slave has seen Princess Zhaohua and Princess Anning, and the two princesses are polite. ”
"The steward is polite."
The chief chamberlain was full of smiles: "Princess Zhaohua, the emperor heard that you are coming, let the old slave invite you in to talk." ”
Shen Ninghua saluted slightly: "Thank you, Lord Steward." ”
"The princess has tormented the old slave."
Entering the south study, Shen Ninghua thought that he would see the angry Baili Qingcang, but he didn't expect his expression to be extremely happy.
"Ning Hua has seen his father!"
"Ning Hua, you're here, sit down."
Shen Ninghua smiled and asked, "Father, I look at you very happy, but what is the happy thing?" ”
Baili Qingcang smiled loudly: "Haha, I just received good news again, the northwest war is a great victory, Jinchuan is really outstanding, I have just issued an order to make him the prince." ”
Prince? Shen Ninghua's eyes moved, Baili Jinchuan was named the king of Dejun before, and then the rank was withdrawn, but the title is still there, and the title of De is already extremely valuable, and now it is placed in front of the rank of the prince, I don't know how much turmoil it will cause in the court.
You know, although Baili Jinchuan is disfigured, but the injury is not obvious, if you plan well, who can say the position of the Ninety-Five?