Thirty-one, branch affairs

Wan Zhen'er naturally heard the trembling meaning in Jian Huaizhen's words, she hesitated for a long time, and wanted to tell Jian Huaizhen about it, because in this situation, even if she told Jian Huaizhen, it was useless, because she had already found that Jian Huaizhen was obviously poisoned, and at this time, it happened to be poisonous.

When she was healing her injuries, if she told her at this time, not only would it not help, but it might also make the toxicity on her body worse, so Wan Zhen'er and Mama Chen glanced at each other, and Mama Chen was really shaking her head.

Wan Zhen'er glanced at Jian Huaizhen and said to her: "The eldest princess, the concubine is just here to ask the eldest princess for peace, and when she sees that the eldest princess is fine, the concubine will leave." ”

Jian Huaizhen looked her up and down, and saw that Wan Zhen'er had even changed the clothes on her body, which was the dress of an ordinary palace maid, so she naturally refused to believe that she was just here to ask for peace, and when she heard Wan Zhen'er say this, she suddenly became a little nervous, glanced at her, and involuntarily spurted out a mouthful of blood, and immediately a palace maid came forward to wipe it for her.

Jian Huaizhen said coldly to Wan Zhen'er: "Concubine Wan, is there something wrong with the emperor?" That's why you came to see Hongu, and you must tell the truth to Hongu. ”

Wan Zhen'er heard Jian Huaizhen ask, and saw her weak appearance, so she had to harden her heart and said to her: "That's the case, the eldest princess, just another concubine took the emperor away from the palace of the concubines, and the concubines were very angry, and originally wanted to complain to the eldest princess." But seeing the current situation of the eldest princess, the concubine knew that the concubine had done wrong, and asked the eldest princess to forgive her sins. With that, she knelt down.

When Jian Huaizhen heard her say this, she believed it a little, how vicious and jealous Wan Zhen'er was, and Jian Huaizhen didn't know it, so Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said, "You go down first, the jealousy in this palace is not a big deal." You are also an old man in the palace, and you have to think about everything. ”

"Yes, Zhen'er knows that she is wrong, and she shouldn't come to disturb the eldest princess at this time." After finishing speaking, Wan Zhen'er pleaded guilty to Jian Huaizhen and walked out.

After she walked out, Mama Chen couldn't help sighing, she looked at Wan Zhen'er, and said to Wan Zhen'er: "Since the eldest princess is asking hard, why doesn't Niang Niang tell the truth to the eldest princess?" ”

Wan Zhen'er sneered and said, "In this case, if you tell the matter to the eldest princess, do you think the eldest princess still has a life?" ”

"But, hasn't Niangniang always had a disagreement with the eldest princess?"

Yes, this palace has always been at odds with the eldest princess, but this palace knows it very well. Even if Zhu Jianchen became the emperor, the eldest princess was still the eldest princess, and Zhu Jianchen became the emperor, but the palace was nothing. It's rare that the eldest princess is still in the emperor's heart now, she is the alliance of the palace, and the palace must not be able to see her in any danger, of course, she can't tell her anything at this time. If you tell her, not only will it not help things at all, but it may also make the eldest princess's injuries worse, and the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Niangniang is really thoughtful, so what should we do now? Aside from the eldest princess, who can we ask for help? ”

Wan Zhen'er thought for a while and said: "This palace has always been in contact with the ministers of the court, but at this time, I am afraid it is too late to contact the ministers of the court." The palace remembers that Concubine Tang Shu's martial arts are strong, if she can find Concubine Tang Shu and let her protect the emperor, she can still fight. ”

"Niangniang has a point, in this case, let's hurry up and see Concubine Tang Shu. Concubine Tang Shu is the person of the eldest princess, and I believe that she will definitely be of the same mind as the eldest princess. ”

"This palace thinks so too, so what are we waiting for, let's go quickly." So the two of them hurriedly went to see Tang Jingran again.

Tang Jingran has been bored since she returned to the palace, she didn't want to see Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen came to see her a few times, she just closed the door and didn't see her, Zhu Jianshen had no choice but to let her go, after all, Zhu Jianshen felt that he was quite sorry for her.

She went to bed early this night, Wan Zhen'er and Mama Chen came to her palace and sent someone to spread the word, the little eunuch saw that it was Wan Guifei, how dare not pass it on? So he hurried in and spread the word to Tang.

After Tang was woken up, she was a little unhappy, she didn't know what Wan Zhen'er was going to do, because her lover Yu Mian's death had an indescribable relationship with Wan Zhen'er, so she had always been full of hatred for Wan Zhen'er, and when she heard that Wan Zhen'er came to find her in the middle of the night, she only thought that Wan Zhen'er was here to make trouble.

She thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, since Concubine Wan is here, let her in." ”

"Yes." The little eunuch agreed, so he went to invite Wan Zhen'er in.

After Wan Zhen'er came in, she saw that Tang Jingran had already hastily dressed up.

Tang Zhenran glanced at Wan Zhen'er coldly, and said to her: "Wan Guifei, I don't know what is going on, let you come here in person?" If you are here to quarrel with me about the emperor's affairs, then I advise you not to, because I have no feelings for the emperor from beginning to end, and I will not rob you of the emperor, and I will leave the palace after I stay in the palace for long. ”

"I know, this palace knows that the reason why you entered the palace this time is because of the matter of the eldest princess, and it is just under the guise of the emperor. This time I didn't come here to talk to you about these small things, but I really wanted to talk to you about something very, very important. ”

"What's important?" Hearing Wan Zhen'er say this, she said disapprerovingly.

Wan Zhen'er glanced at her and said to her: "No matter what you do to the emperor now, you should also know what the princess's heart is." Now the building is about to fall, and it is difficult to support a single tree, but apart from you, this palace really doesn't know who to find. ”

Hearing what she said indistinctly, Tang Jingran was even more puzzled, Tang Jingran glanced at her and said to her: "Please also ask Niangniang to explain things clearly, I don't know what Niangniang wants to express." ”

Wan Zhen'er nodded and said, "Actually, what this palace wants to express is very simple, that is, I hope you can save the emperor." ”

"Your Majesty? Did something happen to the emperor? Tang looked up at her, not knowing how much of what she said was true and how much was false.

"The emperor really had an accident, and now only you can save him." Wan Zhen'er took two steps forward, knelt down for her with a plop, and said to her: "I also ask Miss Tang, you have a lot, save the emperor." The emperor has always been the king of a country, even if this palace has done a lot of sorry things for you before, this palace also knows that it is guilty, but it has nothing to do with the emperor, please save the emperor. ”

Tang was shocked when she saw Wan Zhen'er suddenly kneeling down for herself, because she felt that things were too sudden, she hesitated for a long time, and never dared to believe Wan Zhen'er wholeheartedly, but she still stepped forward to help her up and said, "What's the matter?" You stand up and talk. ”

Wan Zhen'er told the story of the matter concisely, and after Tang Jingran heard it, she was a little suspicious, because she knew that Wan Zhen'er had always been scheming, and this matter was very important.

Of course, on the other hand, she also knew one thing, that is, King Jing Zhu Jianchen was indeed going to rebel, so she couldn't help but hesitate for a while.

She thought for a moment and said, "This matter is very important, it is definitely not for you and me to decide, I still have to go to see the princess and aunt before I can make a decision." ”

"By no means, if you go to see the eldest princess at this time, won't you kill her? The eldest princess has been poisoned on her body, and at this time, you go to see her, and she knows the news, so what's the matter? ”

Hearing Wan Zhen'er say this, Tang was shocked and felt that what Wan Zhen'er said was indeed reasonable, but ......

She stared at Wan Zhen'er carefully, trying to see any clues on Wan Zhen'er's face, but saw that Wan Zhen'er was also looking up at her, Wan Zhen'er's face looked no different from usual, as if every word she said was true.

She hesitated for a long, long time before she said slowly: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll trust you once." The reason why I am willing to do this is not for you, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. My Tang shocking life is not worth anything, if you harm me today, I will admit it. ”

Wan Zhen'er was stunned when she heard her say this, Wan Zhen'er knew that she had hurt her many times all along, so she would have said this, Wan Zhen'er raised her hand and said: "I, Wan Zhen'er, swear here, if I harm Tang Shufei today, I would rather be thundered by the sky than die well, and I will never be able to ascend to the throne of the queen in this life." ”

After hearing Wan Zhen'er say this, Tang was slightly stunned, and then nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you." ”

Tang Jingran knows one thing deeply, that is, Wan Zhen'er has only one biggest wish in this life, that is, to be able to ascend the throne of the queen, and now that she swears by the throne of the queen, what she said must be true.

She glanced at Wan Zhen'er and said slowly: "In terms of strategy, I Tang Jingran has never had any thoughts, far inferior to you. You tell me what I should do, and I'll just do it. ”

"Okay." Wan Zhen'er nodded and said to her: "Actually, I'm also in a panic now, after I discussed with Mama Chen, we think what you should do now is to hurry up and stop others from harming the emperor." Now the emperor is afraid that there is danger, if we ignore the emperor's life and death at this time, it will definitely not work. So according to my opinion, you don't have to do anything now, hurry up and follow me to the palace in Xia, and then we will think of a way to stop Xia from dealing with the emperor. Xia must have known that the emperor was going to make a move on King Jing tomorrow, so he made this decision, and besides that, I couldn't think of any other way. Now 100,000 are in a hurry, and none of the ministers of the court can be counted on, and the only one who can be counted on is ourselves. ”

After hearing her say this, Tang nodded and said, "So far, what are you waiting for?" Let's go. So they hurried to the palace in the summer.

When they arrived outside the palace in the summer, they were relieved to see that everything was calm, as if nothing had happened at all.

Wan Zhen'er walked to the palace gate and said to the little eunuch: "I want to see Xia Guiren now, you go and spread the word." ”

The little eunuch's eyes were very raw, and he didn't know who it was for a while, and he glanced at Wan Zhen'er, Wan Zhen'er naturally knew him, but he had never seen Tang Zhenran with Wan Zhen'er.

Hearing Wan Zhen'er say that he was going to see Xia, he was slightly stunned, and then said: "Wan Guifei, haven't you heard what the emperor said outside your palace just now?" The emperor is now with Xia Guiren, and the emperor said, no one is seen at this time, so please go back. After saying that, the little eunuch made a gesture of invitation.

Wan Zhen'er was very anxious, and seeing this situation, Tang Jingran suddenly figured out one thing, that is, Wan Zhen'er was not lying, and things were indeed like that.

So she glanced at Wan Zhen'er, then at the little eunuch, and said, "You go and tell the emperor, just say that Concubine Tang Shu asked to see me, I believe that the emperor will definitely see me, trouble you, this father-in-law." ”

After finishing speaking, Tang Jingran glanced at the eunuch coldly, and when she looked at the eunuch, she suddenly found that something was wrong, because this eunuch actually had an Adam's apple.

Although he hid the Adam's apple tightly with his clothes, when he looked up, he could still let people see a little bit, his Adam's apple looked very clear, so it meant that this person must not be an ordinary eunuch, and on the other hand, he clearly saw that when the person spoke, there were faint green tendons on his hands, obviously he had practiced kung fu.

After seeing this situation, Tang Jingran suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, so she said to the little eunuch: "If you refuse to go, then I will break into the palace." ”

Hearing her say this, the little eunuch also raised his head and looked at her, as if he was wondering how capable this woman was, and after looking at it for a long time, he finally nodded slowly and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll go to the emperor right now." With that, he walked out.

Seeing him leave, Wan Zhen'er and Tang Jingran glanced at each other, Tang Jingran sighed and said: "We must be cautious, this person is not as simple as we see, if Bengong is not mistaken, his martial arts are very strong." ”

"What? Is he strong in martial arts? ”

"Not bad." Tang nodded and said, "I am a person who practices martial arts, and I am naturally clear about those who practice martial arts. I only saw him at the first glance, and I thought this person was very strange, but now after looking at him a few more times, I understand more clearly in my heart, even a small eunuch has such a high level of martial arts, so how many people are in this palace? How strong are their martial arts? Wan Guifei, you are a person who does not know martial arts, you better go back first. If you can, quickly mobilize a few Ouchi masters to help me, maybe some of the Ouchi masters in this palace have been controlled by them, but I believe that there will always be someone who will help the emperor wholeheartedly. ”

Wan Zhen'er shook her head with a wry smile and said, "Now that I can't go." Since I have chosen to come here, there is no way back, you must know, if the emperor dies, then I will naturally not be a concubine, and I am nothing in this palace. Let me live a life that is worse than death, it is better to let me die directly. Speaking of this, she glanced at Tang in shock, her eyes full of sadness.

Tang Jingran naturally understood her thoughts, Tang Jingran thought for a while before saying, "But I really need a few masters to help me." ”

"It's very simple, you hurry up and find the master of Ouchi to help Concubine Tang Shu, go quickly."

After finishing speaking, Tang sighed in surprise and said, "Okay, since this is the case, then the two of us will share honor and disgrace, and live and die together." ”

The two of them were originally hostile people, once upon a time they had such thoughts, and they were single-mindedly thinking about saving the emperor, and the two of them glanced at each other, and there was a solemn look in their eyes.

At this time, the eunuch had already come out, and the gaze in the eunuch's eyes had become very terrifying, he glanced at the two of them, and said leisurely: "The emperor invites the two ladies in." With that, he bent over and made a gesture of please.

Tang Jingran and Wan Zhen'er already knew that most of them had entered the road of no return this time, but the two of them still walked in together, and after walking in, they saw that the situation inside was as usual, Zhu Jianshen was sitting there, and Xia Liao was sitting aside.

Xia Li's face was like a spring flower, but Zhu Jianshen's face didn't seem to have any expression, they saw that Zhu Jianshen was still intact and had not been harmed, so they were not so worried.

So he stepped forward and saluted, and said: "Concubine Tang was shocked, and Concubine Wan Zhen'er, please say hello to the emperor together, long live the emperor, long live long live." After finishing speaking, they raised their heads and looked at Zhu Jianshen.

Who knew that Zhu Jianshen didn't seem to see them at all, this situation made them feel very strange, especially Tang Jingran, everyone in the harem knew that there was only one favorite woman in the emperor's life, and that was Tang Jingran, why didn't the emperor even react at all after seeing Tang Jingran? He wasn't supposed to be like this, which made them feel very strange.

And Xia glanced at them and said, "The two mothers, who broke in in the middle of the night, just want to see the emperor, right?" Now that I have met the emperor, what else is there to say? Let's go down, two mothers. ”

Wan Zhen'er and Tang Jingran glanced at each other, Tang Jingran hesitated for a moment, and said, "No, the emperor didn't order us to retreat, why did you order us to retreat?" ”

"The emperor didn't order you to step down? Then my queen can order you to step down, right? Xia said with a slight smile.

"What? Empress? ”

At this time, Zhu Jianshen, who had not spoken, suddenly came up with a sentence, which meant to say: "I have decided to make an order, and from today onwards, I will be the queen of Xia." ”

"What? Sealed Xia as the queen? Tang Jingran and Wan Zhen'er were stunned for a moment, and after the two of them glanced at each other, both of them understood one thing, if they were not mistaken, Zhu Jianshen was probably held hostage by Xia.

Tang Jingran immediately went to Zhu Jianshen's face, looked at him, and said to him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Jingran is now by your side, even if you fight to death, you will save the emperor." You don't have to worry, you don't have to be afraid of Yu Xia's obscenity at all, she is just a little woman, no matter how strong her martial arts are, I don't believe she can be the opponent of the concubine. After finishing speaking, she called Zhu Jianshen's name several times.

Who knew that Zhu Jianshen didn't hear it, but just said: "Pass on my order, and make Xia the queen." ”

He said these words in a row, and there was no expression on his face, it didn't look like he was coerced at all, but looking at him, it didn't look like what a normal thinking Zhu Jianshen said, in short, this made people feel very incomprehensible.

Tang Zhenran glanced at Wan Zhen'er, as if asking what she should do, and Wan Zhen'er was also stunned at this time, she never dreamed that after coming in, the situation was like this, she had imagined countless times that the emperor might have encountered danger, and she had imagined countless times what might happen, but what she didn't expect was the emperor's current performance.

Tang looked at Zhu Jianshen in shock, as if he was thinking about what was going on, and at this time, Zhu Jianshen suddenly said: "You two step aside, I don't want to see anyone except Queen Xia now." With that, he waved his hand.

Xia Li said to them triumphantly: "How is it? Two mothers, do you have to send someone to kick you out? After saying that, he smiled proudly.

Tang Jingran thought about this matter carefully, and when she saw Zhu Jianshen's eyes glazed over, she didn't look like a normal person at all, and the name of a medicine suddenly flashed in her mind, and the name of that medicine was called Ecstasy, which was a kind of ecstasy on the rivers and lakes, and the people who took this kind of ecstasy were all fascinated, and they didn't even know what they were doing. Looking at Zhu Jianshen's appearance, it seems that he has been lost in this ecstasy.

She glanced at Xia, suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Xia, and said to her, "What did you eat for the emperor?" ”

"What did I give the emperor to eat? I'm afraid you're mistaken, right? I didn't give the emperor anything to eat, otherwise you can ask the emperor. Your Majesty, have the concubines ever given you anything to eat? ”

The emperor was like a puppet and said, "Queen Xia didn't give me anything to eat. ”

"How? Don't you still believe what the emperor said? Do you still have doubts? Didn't I say that? I didn't give the emperor anything to eat, all of this was the emperor's willingness, if you still want to make a big fuss here, then what will the emperor do with you, I won't help you intercede. While the emperor is not angry now, you should leave quickly, so as not to bring humiliation on yourself. Xia said to them while laughing.

Seeing Xia's proud appearance, Wan Zhen'er was so angry at that moment that she almost jumped up, and she couldn't wait to step forward and fight Xia to the death.

But at this time, Tang Jingran realized the seriousness of the matter, she suddenly looked up, and suddenly saw a corner of the robe floating outside, and behind the screen, there seemed to be a figure faintly, so she figured out one thing, that is, the emperor may have really been controlled, and the person hiding behind the screen is probably King Jing.

Originally, he thought that the emperor was ecstasy, but even if he was ecstasy and unconscious, it was impossible for others to ask Zhu Jianshen to say anything, and Zhu Jianshen would say anything, all this was too illogical. So she pulled Wan Zhen'er's arm and said to her: "Concubine Wan, since the emperor is safe and sound, let's step back and don't disturb the emperor's rest." ”

"That's right, what Concubine Tang said makes sense, even if you are here now, it won't be good for the emperor, I advise you to retreat quickly." After saying that, she waved her hand and motioned for the two of them to go.

How can Wan Zhen'er be willing? So she shook her head and said, "Concubine Tang, have you forgotten what you said to me just now?" Why are you leaving before the emperor is rescued? In any case, I won't leave without seeing the emperor leave safely. After finishing speaking, Wan Zhen'er stood there and raised her head to look at Xia.

Seeing this situation, Tang couldn't help but shake her head, she thought to herself, although Wan Zhen'er had a plan, but how did she know the sinister nature of this, so she pulled Wan Zhen'er hard, used her own strength, and dragged Wan Zhen'er out again and again.

After they walked out, Wan Zhen'er was very angry, she glanced at Tang Jingran, and said to her, "What do you mean by this?" Originally, I wanted you to save the emperor with me, but instead of saving the emperor with me, you ran away, are you afraid of them? ”

Tang was shocked to hear Wan Zhen'er's question, nodded and said, "Yes, I am indeed afraid of them, but so what? I know you're not afraid of them, but are you sacrificing yourself in vain? Even if you sacrifice yourself in vain and can save the emperor, that's good. But now there is no way to rescue the emperor, is the emperor willing to watch us sacrifice in vain? And these are not the most important, the most important thing is that they have already controlled the emperor, haven't you found out? ”

"Yes, I also found out that something is wrong with the emperor. Then we shouldn't leave, if we leave now, wouldn't we put the emperor in the hands of others and let others slaughter him? ”

"Of course not, if we leave the emperor in danger. Wan Guifei, I know that you have always been a very scheming person, but the rivers and lakes are sinister, and there are some things that can not be solved with scheming. I think you have overlooked one thing, that is, have you noticed that this matter is not something you and I can solve at all, the emperor is obviously controlled by them now, if we are still aggressive here, I believe they will definitely attack the emperor. The reason why they refuse to attack the emperor is because in their minds, they must feel that the emperor still has use value, and if the two of us nag in it, it alarmed many people, and this matter was made a big fuss, do you think they will let the emperor go so easily? I think there are only two things we should be doing now. ”

"What should we do?" After hearing her say this, Wan Zhen'er finally calmed down, and Wan Zhen'er had to admit that what Tang Jingran said this time was indeed very reasonable.

After thinking about it, Tang said to her: "Now that Aunt Princess is injured, then it is definitely impossible for us to bother her, otherwise, I believe that Aunt Princess will definitely use her strength." And now the only people we can trust are Lord Luo Kailing Luo, and the other is Aunt Princess's friends, that is, my uncle and uncle, as well as the masters, I believe they will definitely help us. Now the two of us will divide into two ways, one will go out to Huaiming Garden, and go to my uncle and uncles to come to help. As for you, you should hurry up and find a way to find Lord Luo Kailing Luo now, I believe that only these methods can save the emperor. ”

After hearing her say this, Wan Zhen'er finally nodded and said, "I didn't expect that I, Wan Zhen'er, would be smart and confused for a while, and even you would be inferior." ”

"Okay, it's naturally easy for people to get out of proportion in a hurry, let's not say anything now, let's go find someone quickly." So the two of them went their separate ways.