159: Trade-off (7000+ monthly passes)
The awe-inspiring aura that has been experienced and practiced for a long time suddenly emanated from Jing'anhou's body, and the light surging out of a pair of tiger eyes was very cold, "If the prime minister doesn't take back your unbearable thoughts, don't blame Benhou for being polite!" ”
"What can the old man think?" Prime Minister Ke Cheng laughed, his smile really responded to the sentence that he didn't laugh, "The old man thinks about the country and the people, so he will suggest that the emperor should marry Daqi, why was Jing'an Hou said that the old man has some selfish intentions?" ”
"Humph! Whether there is selfishness or not, the prime minister knows it all too well! Ben Hou's words are put here, and the prime minister may wish to go back to his house and ponder carefully. After speaking, Jing'an Hou flicked his sleeves and strode out of the Taiji Hall.
What happened in the palace a few nights ago, and the queen was seriously injured, these Jing'an Hou heard about it, at first he was worried about Ling Wushuang's daughter, and after listening to Ling Fang explain the cause and effect, his heart gradually relaxed, and later learned that Emperor Yongjia did not punish Ling Wushuang because Ling Wushuang injured the queen, which made Jing Anhou's heart fall into place.
In other words, Jing Anhou now regards Ling Wushuang completely as a treasure in the palm of his hand, even if Ling Wushuang doesn't care about his intentions, he will not blame Ling Wushuang for a word, but will only warn himself that he is not good enough, so that Ling Wushuang, a daughter with a hard heart, does not accept him as a father from the bottom of his heart.
If Emperor Yongjia really punished Ling Wushuang because of the queen's injury and the heavy casualties of the Imperial Forest Army, Jing'an Hou's beloved daughter would not let Ling Wushuang be killed by the royal family! Just like the marriage with Daqi that happened in the court today, he will fight with reason to protect Ling Wushuang.
"Xuanyuan Yu (Xuanyuan Qing, Xuanyuan Yi) has seen His Royal Highness the Great Prince!" The three brothers of King Huai, King of Qi, and King Yu hit their horses in front of the chariot of Yuwen Wenming, jumped off the horse, and arched their hands.
They are also a prince, but in front of Yu Wenwen Jun, the three of Huai Wang have to bow their heads, bow their heads and humble in front of Yu Wen Wenjun, such a state of mind, the three of them have the same sense of shame as Emperor Yongjia in their hearts, but the situation is stronger than people, who makes Xuanyuan's national strength inferior to Daqi, speaking of fundamentally, Xuanyuan is a subject country of Daqi, if you want to change the status quo, the only way is to turn the tables, overpower Daqi in national strength, and stand on this continent.
In this way, Emperor Yongjia, and even the princes of King Huai, all wanted Xuanyuan to break away from the control of Daqi, until Feng Shui took turns and included Daqi in Xuanyuan's territory, and the world was unified. Yu Wenming Jun heard the salute outside the car, lifted the curtain one by one, looked out of the car, a decent smile appeared on his handsome face, and he opened his lips and said: "Do you think that the three of you are the three princes of Xuanyuan, King Huai, King Qi, and King Yu?" "Several adult princes under the knee of Emperor Yongjia, Yu Wenjun knows the current situation of each of them well. King Huai's legs are disabled, and he will certainly not come to meet him at the gate of the city; King Li heard that he had become a waste some time ago, and he couldn't afford to lie down, so naturally he wouldn't go out of the city to welcome his arrival, as for the fool of King Lu, not to mention, according to the three of them in succession, it is not difficult for Yu Wenwen Jun to say who the three are.
"Yu (Qing, Yi) dare not be!" The three brothers of King Huai lowered their eyes and arched their hands.
Yu Wenming Jun chuckled, wearing a purple brocade robe to show his extravagance, and said with a faint smile: "You don't have to see outside, just feel free." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and motioned for King Huai and the three of them to get on their horses and move forward, "Yes, His Royal Highness the Great Prince!" The three of Huaiwang answered, jumped on horseback, and led the way for Yu Wenwenjun in front, and the group entered the city.
"It's all done to Xuanyuan?" In the middle of Yu Wenwenjun's team, in a luxury car no less than Yu Wenwenjun's own, a woman's slightly coquettish voice came out, "Back to the county lord, it's here!" Hearing the maid's answer, the woman raised her hand, lifted the curtain, glanced outward, and said with some disdain: "This Xuanyuan really can't be compared with our Daqi." ”
The maidservant said: "What the county lord said is, according to the slave maid, this place is far less rich than our big gathering. ”
"If it weren't for the eldest brother who said that Xuanyuan's King of Qi is known as the first beautiful man in Xuanyuan, the lord of this county would not have followed him to this Laoshzi place!" The woman who spoke was the only daughter of Prince Rui, the brother of Emperor Qinglan, and was named the lord of Sirou, only because Prince Rui used the word "Sirou" when he asked for the title of his only daughter in order to miss the late princess.
Prince Rui is a rare infatuated species, and he only marries one concubine in his life.
Side concubines, no concubines, the couple are deeply in love, clinker in Princess Rui is pregnant, waiting for the day of delivery, due to excessive blood loss, not long after giving birth to the lord of Sirou, he died, which is a heart-wrenching blow to Prince Rui. I wanted to leave with my beloved woman, but seeing the young daughter who had just been born not long ago, Prince Rui suppressed the idea of following his lover away.
In order not to let the county lord of Sirou forget his mother who died of childbirth because of giving birth to her, and the longing for his lover in his heart, Prince Rui took out a word from his lover's name "Roujia" and made the title of the county lord of Sirou. In the years that followed, seeing that his only daughter looked more and more like his lover, Prince Rui gradually pinned his thoughts on his lover on the county lord of Sirou, blindly indulging in the only bloodline left by his lover.
As a result, the temperament of the county lord of Sirou was not as gentle and doctoile as her title, but he cultivated the vices of arrogance and arrogance, arrogance and unreasonableness.
In this regard, Prince Rui did not realize that in his heart, the county lord of Sirou will always be a good one, a sensible, well-behaved, gentle and lovely little daughter, and the county lord of Sirou in front of Prince Rui, and even when he appeared next to Emperor Qinglan, he concealed his bad habits very well, and as a result, he won the emperor's uncle* Emperor Qinglan.
Or it can be said that the lord of Sirou is very good for the entire royal family, who let Emperor Qinglan's harem concubines not give birth to a princess for him, speaking of which, he can't complain about Emperor Qinglan, he has no feelings for the harem concubines, and he is very fortunate to them, so how can he talk about having more children?
Seeing that the only daughter of Emperor Qinglan * Prince Rui was boundless, the harem concubines wanted to attract the idea of Emperor Qinglan, but when the county lord of Sirou entered the palace, they were all enthusiastic like treating their own relatives and children, coaxing everywhere, letting and accommodating the county lord of Sirou, which further promoted the formation of the vice of the county lord of Sirou.
"The slave maid seems to have heard someone salute His Highness just now!" The maidservant knelt behind the county lord of Sirou, kneading his shoulders and whispering in the ear of the county lord of Sirou.
The closed eyes of the county lord of Sirou trembled slightly, and said, "The county lord heard it, and the king of Qi is sure to be among the three people who gave the big brother a gift!" The maid nodded, lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and said, "If King Qi agrees with the county lord, will the county lord marry him?" "The maidservant girl can talk to the county lord of Sirou like this, which shows that she has some weight in the heart of the county lord of Sirou.
"Marry him?" The county lord of Sirou opened his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "This county lord hasn't thought about it yet. The maid withdrew her hand, knelt down to the side of the county lord of Sirou, and looked at the county lord of Sirou, "This Xuanyuan is not in the eyes of the county lord, according to the slave maid, the county lord is still playing here, and then he will return to us with His Royal Highness." ”
"I must go back, otherwise, my father won't die of sadness!"
"What the county lord said is that the prince is such a daughter as the county lord, and he doesn't want the county lord to leave his side and marry Xuanyuan far away!" The maidservant whispered.
The other three maidservants, kneeling on the side of the car, kept their heads down and did not squeak the whole time.
"When you arrive at the Xuanyuan Palace, the eyes of the four of you will brighten up the eyes of the county lord Fang, so as not to make any mistakes and lose the face of our Daqi." After combing the broken hair in front of his forehead, the county lord of Sirou raised his eyebrows lightly and swept them over the four handmaidens one by one.
"Yes."
The four maidservants answered in unison.
In the hall of the pepper house.
"You all stand down, this palace wants to be alone!" The sky broke down, and there was not a trace of news into the palace, the queen lay on the pillow, and endless anger suddenly rose in her heart, but she couldn't burst out of her anger in front of the palace people, so she could only wave her hand and leave the inner hall.
"Yes!"
The palace people who were waiting in the inner hall bowed their heads in unison, and retreated from the inner hall.
Without thinking about it, the queen already knew Prime Minister Ke Cheng's plan last night, and it was a failure. She hated Ling Wushuang's ability to be too strong, and at the same time, she was also very angry with Prime Minister Ke Cheng's father, in her opinion, Prime Minister Ke Cheng probably didn't send more dead soldiers to assassinate Ling Wushuang, so that Ling Wushuang avoided a catastrophe.
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, but she couldn't move her body now, so she could only lie quietly.
"Ling Wushuang, you were lucky to avoid the catastrophe last night, and this palace doesn't believe that there is no way to take you all the time!" The corners of the queen's mouth moved slightly, and she said silently.
As the words came out, a fierce look appeared in her eyes, and her hands clutched the futon under her, as if the futon was Ling Wushuang, eager to tear it into powder. Especially the matter of Li Meiren, which made the queen hate Ling Wushuang even more, she thought that if Ling Wushuang did not hurt her, then Emperor Yongjia would not summon Li Meiren.
Such an idea, I am afraid that only the queen will have it. Why didn't she want to think about Emperor Yongjia's attitude towards her, far less intimate than before? Then again. Emperor Yongjia has her in his heart, and will ignore her during the period when she was injured by Ling Wushuang, but uncharacteristically summon newcomers? For these, the queen didn't think about it. She is confident that Emperor Yongjia loves her as much as ever, as for Emperor Yongjia that night with a cold face, brushing his sleeves and leaving the Jiaofang Palace, the queen comforted herself, it was Emperor Yongjia who scolded King Lu because of her staff, and she was angry for a while, so she would not accompany her in the Jiaofang Palace.
"Master!" Cui Hai held the dust in his hand, hurriedly walked into the inner hall, bowed and saluted.
The queen's face returned to calm, and she said lightly: "You are all an old man in the palace, why are you still so shocked when you encounter something?" Cui Hai heard the queen say this, wiped a thin sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, stepped forward, and said, "The slave is guilty!" ”
"Forget it!" The queen slowly raised her arm, shook her hand, and continued, "Did you hear any news?" ”
Cui Hai nodded and said, "The slave just heard a news from the palace, saying that the great prince of Daqi has come to our Xuanyuan!" The queen's eyes flashed slightly, and she thought in her heart, what did this good Great Qi send the prince to Xuanyuan for?" Have you ever heard about the purpose of the prince of Daqi to Xuanyuan? Cui Haidao: "I heard that the prince of Daqi came to ask for marriage. ”
"Asking for a kiss?" The queen was puzzled, although Emperor Yongjia had four princesses under his knees, two of them were adults, and they all had horses; The remaining two are still childish, so that the prince of Daqi is unlikely to be able to establish a kiss at all, could it be that there is another hidden secret?
Seeing the doubts in the queen's eyes, Cui Hai whispered: "Master, the prince of Daqi came to Xuanyuan to ask Princess Lu for marriage. ”
The queen was stunned by Cui Hai's words, "Is this true?" "The mother of a country, after all, is not like ordinary people, and in a flash, the queen asked Cui Hai.
Cui Haidao: "Back to the master, this is what the slave heard the little eunuch who was waiting in the Taiji Hall when he first dispersed the early dynasty. In an instant, the queen's eyes had a bright color, and the object of the prince of Great Qi who came to Xuanyuan to marry turned out to be Ling Wushuang? Didn't he know that Ling Wushuang had already married that fool from King Lu? Or did he also come because Ling Wushuang was a goddess?
"This matter, this palace knows! Stand down. The queen waved her hand.
"Yes, master." Cui Hai responded, bowed and retreated.
When Cui Hai's figure disappeared from the inner hall, the queen immediately weighed the pros and cons of Ling Wushuang's marriage to the prince of Great Qi. Ling Wushuang really married to Daqi, and now it is a good thing for her and the King of Qi, just because Ling Wushuang is gone, no one will cause trouble, damage the prestige of the King of Qi in the eyes of the hundred officials and the people of Xuanyuan, and urge him to take the position of prince as soon as possible.
However, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, if Ling Wushuang was forced to marry the prince of Great Qi, she was angry, and used her own skills to help Great Qi dominate the world, then even if the King of Qi got the position of the prince, or even ascended to the Ninety-Five Honor, what was the point? The national strength and military strength of Daqi are already more than many times stronger than Xuanyuan, and when the time comes, coupled with Ling Wushuang's ability, the whole world is afraid that it will truly enter the territory of Daqi, and the country does not exist, what is the use of the monarch?
Empress Yu Ling Wushuang married or not married to the prince of Great Qi, and had her own decision, that is, Ling Wushuang said that she could not marry the prince of Great Qi. What's more, she still wants to take Ling Wushuang's life, marry to Daqi, and everyone is gone, wouldn't she have to put a lot of effort into getting rid of it!
"Cui Hai!" The queen seemed to think of something, and called out loudly.
Cui Haihou was in the outer hall, and when he heard the queen's summons, he hurriedly bowed down and walked into the inner hall, saying, "The slave is here!" The queen frowned and thought for a moment, her eyes were shallow, and she looked at Cui Hai, "Have you heard that the prince of Great Qi has arrived in our Xuanyuan?" Cui Hai looked respectful and said, "Back to the master, the prince of Great Qi is afraid that he has already entered the capital at this moment!" As soon as Cui Hai said this, the queen had an idea in her heart, and her eyes turned to Cui Hai and said;" Come here, the palace has something to tell you to go and take care of it later. ”
"Yes." Cui Hai responded, stepped forward to the queen's side, bowed down, listened to the queen's instructions, for a long time, Cui Hai nodded, and responded: "Don't worry, master, the slave will definitely handle this matter for the master!" The queen said "um" and watched Cui Hai's figure disappear from the inner hall.
When Ke Cheng was training the dead soldiers at the beginning, he was ordered by the queen to pick out a few machines from them to be flexibly cultivated day and night, carefully cultivated, and through the queen's secret operation, when those dead soldiers were good, they secretly entered the palace and went to be on duty everywhere in the palace.
And Cui Hai is one of those dead soldiers, and the others are hidden among the palace maids and eunuchs, and they are not registered in the book of the Internal Affairs Office, so it is very simple for the queen to get rid of any obstructive concubines, beauties.
For a long time, Emperor Yongjia has been the queen, so that the queen has not used the trump cards in her hand. This time, she is going to use it, and she wants to use it on Ling Wushuang's body.
Because the prince of Great Qi came to Xuanyuan, Emperor Yongjia wanted to set up a palace banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust, and then the court officials above the third grade, and the royal family members would bring their families to the palace for the banquet.
Li Meiren, the queen doesn't plan to make a move now, she wants to wait for Emperor Yongjia to recover and treat her like a day before she does it.
"Huh! Li Meiren, you just take advantage of the fact that the palace has no time to deal with you, and live happily! The corners of the queen's mouth were hooked, and after such a soft-sounding sentence overflowed from her lips, but it was actually cold and piercing, the whole person seemed to be in a much better mood.
If Prime Minister Ke knew that his toss was completely contrary to the queen's thoughts, what would he think? I'm afraid this can only be known when the queen and Ke Cheng meet.
Getting up early, Ling Wushuang opened the door of the house, and saw that the courtyard was clean and clean, and there were no blood stains at all, so he called the foolish king out of the house to go to the dining room to eat.
Ling Wushuang sat on the chair next to the table, turned to the Silly King, smiled softly, and asked, "Did Mo sleep well last night?" The clear eyes of the silly king blinked, and nodded innocently, "Mo Mo slept until dawn!" After the fight, she didn't sleep all night, and sat beside him, just watching him so quietly, she knew that the better she was to him, the more panicked his heart became.
"Master, the slave maid went to the street early to buy vegetables, and I heard people talk about it, saying that the prince of Daqi is here in our Xuanyuan!" Qingying and Snow Shadow, and Flower Shadow put the food on the table, and after sitting down, they said to Ling Wushuang.
Ling Wushuang handed the Fool King a pair of chopsticks, raised his eyes to look at Qingying, and said lightly, "Didn't you hear what happened?" Qingying shook her head, "I haven't heard of this slave, but the palace will definitely send a banquet invitation to our house." "Banquet post? Ling Wushuang tapped his index finger on the table, pondered for a while, and said in his heart: Emperor Yongjia is probably not very comfortable at this time, right? A prince of Daqi came to Xuanyuan, and he was the king of a country, but he had to bow his head and be humble in front of the prince of Daqi, and most of them were aggrieved and panicked.
Emperor Yongjia can only complain about Xuanyuan under his governance, the national strength and military strength are far inferior to Daqi, and who can he complain about the rest? If Xuanyuan is rich enough, strong enough to be strong and strong, do you still need to bow down to Daqi?
The answer, of course, is self-evident.
Sure enough, not long after Ling Wushuang and the others had eaten, the little eunuch in the palace sent the banquet post to King Lu's mansion, opened the post, Ling Wushuang swept his eyes, and handed it directly to Qingying, without paying much attention to it, the palace banquet was held in the afternoon, and there were still several hours before now, so she didn't need to be in a hurry.
"Lady, Momo doesn't want to enter the palace." The Silly King looked at the post in Qingying's hand, lowered his eyes to his fingers, and muttered in a low voice. Ling Wushuang smiled slightly, walked into the room with the Fool King, sat down at the table, and said, "I don't want to either!" But there are some things that are not the way to go. "Is he worried that the queen will blame him again? Ling Wushuang's eyes were focused, he looked at the Silly King for a while, and then said, "Are you afraid that the queen will blame you again?" ”
The Silly King's bright white teeth bit her lower lip, shaking her head for a while, and nodding her head for a while, making Ling Wushuang confused for a while, she stretched out her hand to cover the Silly King's big hand, her eyes were soft, and she comforted: "Mo is not afraid, with me by your side, the queen will not treat you like this!" When the Silly King heard Ling Wushuang say the word Empress, his long and curly eyelashes suddenly trembled a few times.
Ling Wushuang took in the subtle changes just now, his eyes were cold, and his voice was light, and he said, "Don't be afraid, her good life won't last long!" "How evil the queen has to be to cause such a shadow of fear of her in the heart of the foolish king, I still remember the first time I saw the scene when the foolish king went to the Jiaofang Palace to see the queen, he seemed to be a little reluctant to the queen's approach. At that time, the queen's attitude towards the silly king, if others don't look closely, they will definitely think that the queen is considerate and cares about King Lu's good mother.
However, at that time, Ling Wushuang saw the disgust for the foolish king in the eyes of the queen clearly.
Since that day, Ling Wushuang has no good impression of the queen at all.
"Well, Momo is not afraid! Momo has a lady, and Momo is not afraid. He was not afraid to see the queen, but he hated the palace, but since she already thought so, he followed her.
Moreover, one day in the future, he and she may live there for the rest of their lives, if he really dislikes it and doesn't want to set foot in it, it won't be a matter Xuanyuan Mo thought when Ling Wushuang wasn't paying attention.
The two sat in the room for a while, and because Ling Wushuang wanted to practice, she let Yan stay in the house with the Fool King, while she herself went back to the room where she had lived before.
"Lord, after investigation by his subordinates, the dead soldier who appeared in the courtyard last night did not leave any trace." The mourner stood in the Xuanyuan Ink House, using secret techniques to teach the way. Not long after the last group of dead soldiers fled last night, Yan received a message from Xuanyuan Mo's secret technique, and instructed him to track down the group of dead soldiers who had escaped from the Lu Palace, so as to find out their lair and catch them all. Clinker, those dead soldiers who escaped, but it seemed to appear out of thin air, leaving no trace of any clues, so that they were busy and had nothing to gain, and finally returned in vain.
"Could it be that they came out of nowhere?" Xuanyuan Mojian's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he used secret techniques to ask for death.
"It's not easy to find the lair of those dead soldiers. Xuanyuan Mo paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, paused, and said, "Their appearance is probably inseparable from the queen!" At this afternoon's palace banquet, you follow the book left and right, carefully paying attention to the movements in the lower palace. ”
"Yes." Bow your hand.
In Ling Wushuang's room, Qingying, Snow Shadow, and Flower Shadow stood side by side.
"What clues are there left in those black-clothed men who died in the courtyard last night?" Ling Wushuang guessed last night that the man in black who assassinated her and the Fool King was from the queen, but if it was the queen who did it, there must be conclusive evidence in his hand. So
, she will ask the three of them at this time.
"Back to the master, when the three slaves and maidservants and the servants brought by the housekeeper took care of the bodies of those black-clothed people in the evening, they examined them in detail and did not find any objects on them that could prove their identity." Snow Shadow raised her eyes and replied to Ling Wushuang.
Ling Wushuang bowed his head and said, "It seems that they are dead soldiers raised by the queen!" ”
Hua Ying listened to what Ling Wushuang said, her big eyes blinked, and said, "Master, you said that those black-clothed people are dead soldiers, and the slaves and maids still think it's right, but you said that they were raised by the queen, isn't it a little unreasonable?" "The queen has lived in the deep palace for a long time, where did she come from to raise such a group of extraordinary dead soldiers?
After Huaying's reminder, Ling Wushuang suddenly realized, slapped his palm on the table, the coldness in his eyes was full, and said, "It's him!" Yes, he must have secretly raised a large number of dead soldiers for the queen! ”
Xue Ying was delicate, followed what Ling Wushuang said, thought deeply, raised his eyes and said, "Master, when you say he, are you referring to Prime Minister Ke Cheng?" "Only the people closest to the queen will risk being exterminated by Emperor Yongjia, and raise the dead in private.
"Hmm." Ling Wushuang bowed his head, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then said, "It can only be him!" ”
"Master, since it was Prime Minister Ke Cheng, let's find an opportunity to kill him!" Qingying said viciously. Ling Wushuang shook his head, rubbed his index finger on his chin for a while, and said, "Don't worry, I suspect that the prince's mother concubine has a great relationship with the queen and the prime minister's mansion. Until we figure this out, ignore him for now! ”
Qingying stood on the spot, rubbing his toes on the floor twice, his mouth curled, and a trace of worry overflowed in his apricot eyes, and said, "But, but if Prime Minister Ke Cheng sends dead soldiers to assassinate the master and the prince again, what should we do?" Ling Wushuang sneered and hooked his lips and said, "It couldn't be easier. He will come one, and we will kill one; Come on a pair, let's kill a pair; All in all, how much comes, how many we kill, there is nothing to scruple about! ”
Snow Shadow and Flower Shadow nodded one after another, agreeing with Ling Wushuang's statement.
"If the prince of Nanfeng is here, he will not allow the master to take his safety so seriously." Qingying lowered her eyes and muttered quietly.
She knew that Ling Wushuang had a certain idea, and whatever she said would be useless. had to move out of the south wind and persuade Ling Wushuang not to ignore his own safety.
There are disciples in the Xingyue Palace, and they will dispatch a few first-class masters at will, just like Qingfeng Lou bloodbathed He Shangshu's Mansion, how good it is to uproot the Prime Minister's Mansion, so as not to worry about the dead all day long, worrying about the dead coming to assassinate.
Ling Wushuang stretched out his hand, flicked it on Qingying's head, and said with a light smile: "It's good for you to put your heart in your belly, no matter how bad my master is, I won't die in the hands of some inconspicuous dead soldiers." "Qingying's concern for her, how could she not know? What Ling Wushuang and Qingying said in the room, Xuanyuan Mo and Yan were in the next room, and they heard it completely.
"Why didn't I think that the dead man at night was related to Prime Minister Ke?"