Chapter 116: Counting is Counting
Although the prince has a gentle temperament, it does not mean that he has no temper, and now she has repeatedly disobeyed orders, which is a great disrespect to His Royal Highness.
"The slave and maid don't dare, the slave and the maid know their mistakes, and I hope that His Royal Highness will spare the slave and maid!" She held the scroll high and begged for mercy.
When Jing Yao turned around again, he had already regained his kind and gentle demeanor, and he personally bowed down to help the palace maid.
"You don't have to be so scared in front of Lonely, such a delicate face, now that his forehead is oozing blood, hurry back to the room and put on some ointment."
"Thank you, Your Highness, the slave and maid are leaving."
Jing Yao unfolded the picture scroll smoothly, and the fragrant scene of a beautiful man taking a bath was presented.
In the picture, the man smiled back shyly, and his clothes were half-revealing and seductive. His appearance is clear, delicate and white, just a ** back, which fascinates the hearts of countless spring girls.
Jing Yao's brows twitched, who is this kind of Danqing who disturbs the palace.
"Wait, I have something to ask you!"
The palace maid who was about to leave paused, trembling and turning back.
"Lone just wants to ask you, where did you get this picture scroll?"
"This is Brother Tan from the hot water room, sold to me"
"Lone knows, you can step down."
When the palace maid walked away, Jing Yao said in a deep voice: "Banquet pool." ”
"The subordinates are here!" A dark shadow flashed, and the man bowed his head behind the prince.
"All such picture scrolls that appear in the East Palace will be burned!"
"Subordinates obey orders."
Inside the house, Tan Luo walked out of the door with the freshly drawn scroll and bumped into several men head-on.
"Bold Tan Luo, sell paintings privately, disturb the palace, and burn the scroll at the behest of His Royal Highness!"
"What, you still don't let people live, first deducted my silver taels, and now confiscated the scroll, which despicable villain told me the secret this time?"
Seeing that she was unwilling to give in, the guard showed his sword: "If you don't want to be expelled from the East Palace, you will honestly hand over the scroll, offending Your Highness will not benefit anyone." ”
As soon as she heard that she would be expelled from the East Palace, no matter how stubborn she was, she had to obediently hand over the scroll, and she would have a long time to come, so she didn't have to fight for the breath of the moment.
When it was approaching, Tan Luo took the token and went to Jingren Palace to prepare a soup bath for the prince, and then, she lurked among the nearby flowers and saw the man's figure enter the bath.
Taking advantage of the fact that the shadow guard's attention was on the master, she hurried to the prince's bedroom and slipped in quietly.
That's right, she's here as a thief tonight.
As the saying goes, it is better to rob than to steal, and it is better to cheat than to steal, Tan Luo decided to use the safest way since ancient times, that is, the gentleman on the beam, robbing the rich and helping the poor.
She is not greedy, as long as she can scrape together enough silver taels to make soft armor, besides, she also gets back the moon gift she deserves. After being so at ease, Tan Luo packed up a piece of floral cloth and decided to sneak into Jingren Palace and pack it away.
In the prince's room, a black shadow tiptoed, and it was none other than the thief Tan Luo.
Learning from the lesson of the last time she was caught in the pawnshop, she didn't dare to do anything with the royal mark on the item. After choosing like this, she took a ruler, a scabbard, a pair of obscene trousers, and ten crystal clear Go pieces.
If these inconspicuous things are lost, the person concerned will not notice them at all. Just as a certain woman was complacent about her cleverness, the sound of a rope came from the roof, and then a rope hung from the beam.
Tan Luo hurriedly packed up the stolen goods, put them in her pocket, and rolled under the bed. Through the narrow gap in the bed curtain, she saw the man in black sliding down the rope and quietly falling to the ground.
With the help of the pupils, she could clearly see that the man in black covered his face, revealing only a pair of gloomy eyes. The visitor was obviously well-trained and agile, and he unhurriedly took out a luminous stone and shone it into the room.
Tan Luo lay under the bed and held her breath, saying that the last time she met an acquaintance over the wall, this time she was a thief and met a thief, it seems that she lived for three thousand years, and finally committed Tai Sui.
The thief was obviously more professional than Tan Luo, he took out a few porcelain bottles from his bosom and placed them on the table, carefully blended them, and evenly spread the colorless and odorless liquid on the jade cup.
He is poisoning and plotting against the prince!
Tan Luo's eyes widened, her heart was like a drum, if the prince died on this, she would naturally be happy, who told this man to be unable to get along with her silver three times and twice.
But then I thought about it, if the crown prince fell, the world would eventually return to the throne of King Qin, although she couldn't understand why King Qin pursued her one after another, instead of hiding in the east at that time, it was better for her to save people's lives with kindness.
The man in black put away the bottles and cans, and the table was back to normal.
At this moment, the light outside the door suddenly appeared, and several figures gradually came to the door, but were stopped by the guards patrolling nearby.
"It turned out to be Gonggong Liu, this is to bring tea to His Highness again."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must drink a few cups of fragrant tea every night when he returns to the palace, this is the Jiukeng tea that has just been paid, our family understands the rules in the palace, please do it."
Liu Gonggong said, uncovering the tea lid, the pleasant fragrance came to the face, and the aroma was elegant and long-lasting.
The guard took out the silver needle and slowly stirred it in the tea, and after making sure that it was non-toxic, he raised his hand and let it go.
Gonggong Liu stepped into the bedroom with the two little eunuchs behind him, he placed the teapot on the table, and the little eunuch lit the candlestick with his hands and feet and closed the door.
"Father-in-law Liu came in person." When the guards saw him walk out with the little eunuch, they bowed down to greet him.
"It's okay, it's all for His Highness." Gonggong Liu smiled casually.
When the footsteps faded away, the black-clothed man lurking on the beam of the house uncovered the tiles and hurriedly rushed out, and inadvertently, a piece of letter paper fell, and the man left without noticing.
Now it was Tanluo's turn to get out of bed, and she got up and patted her sleeve to look at the white jade cup that had been smeared with poison.
How can the matter be resolved without arousing any suspicion?
She thought for a moment, and there were three ways, either to hide the cup, but in case the prince was idle and found it again; Either the cup will be broken, but this will inevitably attract the attention of the guards outside the door.
As for the safest method, Tan Luo has been prepared. She threw the dead spider caught from under the bed into the white jade cup, and she didn't believe that it would disgust you!
With everything done, she was going to burst out of the roof as well, and she hesitated again when she jumped onto the beams.
What if the prince is a tea addict and wants to pull out the dead spider in the cup and take a blind eye to the tea?
So, Tan Luo flew down again and poured the tea from the jade pot into the night pot, well, in this way, she could go with peace of mind.
After a while, Jing Yao finished his hot spring bath and returned to his dormitory.
In the room, the air was filled with the fragrance of tea, and he walked to the table, picked up the white jade cup, and frowned.
He actually saw a spider the size of a fingernail lying in the cup, and he trembled, who was fearless all his life!
Jing Yao threw away the white jade cup in his hand in a panic, and the fragments were scattered in a mess, making a crisp sound.
He stretched out his fingers and stretched out to the teapot to suppress the shock, and the moment he picked it up, Jing Yao shouted in a deep voice: "Banquet pool!" ”
"The subordinates are here!" The close guards of the night watch came running at a rapid pace, clasping their fists and saluting.
"Lonely and ask you, who entered the room just now?" Jing Yao's expression was solemn.
"Not long ago, Gonggong Liu and two little eunuchs came to bring fragrant tea to His Royal Highness, but other than that, no one else entered the house." The banquet pool told the truth.
"As a lonely's close guard, can't you see that an outsider has broken in?" Jing Yao opened the lid of the pot, and there was no water left inside, "This teapot is still hot, but the tea has disappeared out of thin air. ”
"It's a dereliction of duty on the part of the subordinates, and the subordinates receive the order!"
In the middle of the night, the Praetorian Guards searched for the assassin's whereabouts near Gyeongin Palace, and inside, Yanchi found a suspicious letter in the corner of the house.
"Your Highness, please see." Yan Chi handed the letter to Jing Yao and stood with his head bowed.
Jing Yao unfolded the letterhead, the handwriting on it was from the familiar brother's hand, his face became more and more solemn, and finally he pulled the letter tightly, muttering to himself: "This is from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other." You and I have been brothers for more than 20 years, and my brother has never thought of putting you to death, why do you want to press you step by step? ”
"Hongyi, you have gone too far in poisoning and plotting this kind of thing!"
Yan Chi was shocked by the majesty of the crown prince, and subconsciously took a few steps back, hanging his head and not daring to look at him.
Since he was so eager to compete for the throne and give his brother a cup of poisonous wine, Lone naturally didn't want to appease him. Yanchi, you put on your night clothes and go to the Qin Palace's mansion to restore your life, just say that the prince is poisoned and unconscious, and he is in danger, so he wants to let them show themselves. ”
Hearing this, Yanchi raised his eyes to look at the prince, and finally fell to the ground, kneeling down.
"As His Royal Highness's close guards, his subordinates have died with all their might, if his subordinates do not return tomorrow, please also ask His Highness to choose another guard as soon as possible, so as not to be seen."
"Banquet pool!" Jing Yao held up the man, his eyes full of sadness, "In the East Palace, only you and Xuancheng are trustworthy, although Lone is the prince of the dynasty, he is also the target of the public, under the whole world, how many people want to put me to death, if I can retreat with my whole body, this throne, Lone don't want it!" ”
"His Royal Highness's accession to the throne is the will of the people, and his subordinates dare to predict that with the wisdom of the saint, he will never agree to His Highness to give up the position of prince. Besides, even if His Highness is conceded, with King Qin's current intentions, does His Highness think that he will not be wiped out? I hope Your Highness will think twice! ”
Jing Yao sighed, looked at the bright moon outside the window, the battle for the throne, is it about to start tonight
In the dense forest near the palace of King Qin, Yanchi was dressed in a black night robe, his face was wrapped in a black scarf, and at his feet was a man in black who was still breathing, and this person was the assassin who poisoned the prince.
His stalking skills were extraordinary, and he quickly tracked down the Assassin in the forest, who was waiting to be resurrected.
"Say, didn't King Qin send you!" Yan Chi placed his blade across the opponent's neck.
The man just snorted coldly and bit through the poison sac hidden between his teeth. His eyes widened, and a trace of black blood flowed down his mouth and nose, and he was already exhausted.
Not far away, there was a slight sound of footsteps.
Yan Chi hurriedly dragged the man into the grass to hide his figure, and he immediately wiped the blood from his sword and followed the source of the sound.
The person who came was dressed in a black cloth cloak, not as tall as the King of Qin.
"Is it done?"
Yan Chi bowed his head and replied in a deep voice: "The crown prince is now poisoned and unconscious, and he is in danger, and His Royal Highness King Qin will sit on the throne just around the corner!" ”
"Hongyi, that kid can sit on the throne?" The other laughed sadly.
Yan Chi's drooping eyes suddenly lifted and looked at the comer.
At the same time, a dark weapon with a dark blue shot out, and it didn't enter the center of his eyebrows, and Yan Chi's pupils widened, and his eyes fell in shock.
"How could it be you"
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