Chapter 279: Temptation
At the right night, King Rui received a message from Princess Qi Ling Ruoyi, and King Rui's heart was surprised and delighted, the woman he liked actually came to see him, what a thing worth celebrating.
"Someone." Rui Wang said loudly outside the door.
"The subordinates are here, I don't know what the prince commands."
"Prepare the best food tomorrow, let the kitchen stew a good blood swallow, and then prepare a soft sedan chair, and when Xi'er arrives at the door of the house, she will be carried in the soft sedan chair, don't let her get tired."
"Yes, lord." The guards were ordered to go out.
In the early morning of the next day, Ling Ruoyi came to the side gate of Rui Wang's Mansion in a simple carriage, Mu'er got out of the car and knocked a few times on the door, and then there was an impatient voice from the little servant, "Who?" ”
"Little brother, Mu'er next to my Princess Qi, please open the door."
When the little girl heard that she was Princess Qi, she naturally didn't dare to slack off, he knew very well the status of Princess Qi in King Rui's heart, and offended Princess Qi herself because she had no good fruit to eat, so he immediately changed to a well-behaved tone and said: "Miss Mu'er, wait a minute, the little one will open the door." ”
With a creak, the door opened, and the little girl said like a dog: "Princess, why don't you go to the main gate, the prince is waiting for you at the main gate." ”
"It's safer to go through the side door, I don't want to gossip." Ling Ruoyi said lightly. Then he stepped in. The decoration of Rui Wang's Mansion is very elegant, pavilions, nine-song corridors, and there are all kinds of famous flowers in the garden, which is really eye-catching.
"Miss Ling, why did you come in through the side door, the slave has been waiting for you at the door." The steward of the garden said with a smile.
"Steward Liu, I'm really sorry for you. This concubine doesn't want to cause trouble, where is the prince of your family? The meaning of Ling Ruoyi's words is very clear, I don't want to cause trouble, I came here today just to negotiate, and I don't have time to talk to you.
"The prince is waiting for you in the flower hall, you wait a while, and the slave will arrange a soft sedan chair." Steward Liu said flatteringly. Although he is facing the wife of his own prince's rival, this woman is the sweetheart of his own prince, how can he offend him.
"Don't bother, please ask Steward Liu to lead the way."
"Okay, ...... Ling" Steward Liu just wanted to continue calling Miss Ling, but was shot by Ling Ruoyi's murderous eyes.
"My prince is King Qi, isn't it because Steward Liu doesn't recognize my prince?" Ling Ruoxuan raised her eyebrows and said. Others call themselves Miss Ling with good intentions, and how could the people of Rui Wangfu not know that she is Princess Qi, and they don't call themselves Princess Qi but Miss Ling, isn't this clear that they didn't take her prince in their eyes.
"Princess, the slave naturally knows Prince Qi." Steward Liu said with a smile.
"It's good to recognize it, and don't call it the wrong one." Ling Ruoyi glanced at Steward Liu coldly, and walked towards the flower hall.
When I came to the flower hall, I happened to see King Rui, who was wearing a royal blue prince's suit, sitting on the first seat and looking anxiously. King Rui also saw Ling Ruohui at the same time, just took a step forward, grabbed Ling Ruoxuan's hand tightly and said, "Yi'er, you are here." ”
"King Rui, please respect yourself." Ling Ruoxuan shook it off vigorously, and King Rui grabbed his hand.
"Heh...... it seems that you have come to Xingshi to ask for sin." King Rui raised his eyebrows. Naturally, he didn't have the enthusiasm for Ling Ruoyi just now.
"Yes, I don't know what King Rui means by giving me a headless jade statue?" Ling Ruoyi took the brocade box in Mu'er's hand, opened the brocade box, and pointed to the headless jade statue inside.
"It turned out that I was angry because of this matter, it's nothing, I just carved a jade statue of Yun Yuqi and gave it to you, as for the headless, you will understand soon."
Hearing King Rui say this, a bad premonition arose in Ling Ruoxuan's heart, giving himself a headless jade statue, could it be? Could it be that his husband is in trouble at the border? No, Yuqi has his own special secret weapon, and he will definitely be fine, all of this is just a deliberate temptation by King Rui.
"Concubine Ben didn't plan to understand, since the prince likes to go around in circles so much, there is no need for this concubine to waste time, this headless jade statue is still for your own use." After finishing speaking, Ling Ruoxuan stuffed the headless jade statue into King Rui's hand, turned around and walked away.
The little guy guarding at the door, when he saw Ling Ruoxuan coming with an unkind face, he didn't dare to say much, he was just a little ant-like person, and the affairs between the masters had nothing to do with him. I had to open the door with a smile and watch Ling Ruoxuan get into the car and go away, then I wiped the sweat beads on my forehead and closed the side door.
King Rui's anger finally erupted after Ling Ruoxuan left, and he slapped on the jade statue, and in an instant, the jade statue turned into broken rubble and fell to the ground.
Steward Liu stepped in when he heard the voice, "......Lord Wang, why do you bother, there are many women in the world, there will be some who are better than Miss Ling, and now she is the princess of Qi, why do you have to be her?" ”
"You said that there are tens of millions of women in the world, why can't I have her."
"Lord Wang, she is already married, not to mention that she is still pregnant with King Qi's child in her womb."
"So what, as long as King Qi is dead, this king will have the opportunity to marry Yi'er, including the child in her womb, and this king will also regard it as his own." King Rui looked into the distance.
"Lord Wang, if you do this, the noble concubine will definitely be very sad." Steward Liu said comfortingly.
"Steward Liu, this king's affairs, this king has his own opinions, don't say more." After speaking, King Rui walked out of the flower hall.
In the carriage, Ling Ruoxuan sat on the soft cushion, still thinking about King Rui's words, the headless jade statue himself would soon understand, could it be that he really installed someone by King Qi's side?
While thinking about it, the carriage had already driven into the west gate of the palace, Mu'er got out of the car and showed the gold medal that only Ling Ruoyi had, and after the guards guarding the door saluted respectfully, they got out of the way.
When he returned to Lanling Hall and saw that the queen was already waiting in the flower hall with Ruyue and Ruxing, Ling Ruoxuan hurriedly regained her mind and stepped forward with a smile: "Cousin is here." ”
"Well, I've been waiting for you for a long time. How is it, is it okay to go to Rui Wangfu today? The queen leisurely sipped the tea ceremony.
"It went well." Ling Ruoyi said with a smile. There are not many people in the palace who know about going to Rui Wang's Mansion by themselves, if someone is interested in inquiring, it is not difficult to inquire, but this queen is very concerned about her going to Rui Wang's Mansion, it seems that she must be the person arranged by Rui Wang.
"It's good if it's going well, you're pregnant, don't be so tired, how about it, I'll accompany you to the Imperial Garden for a walk."
"Okay." Ling Ruoxuan smiled lightly.
When a few people were wandering around the imperial garden, suddenly a man in black came out, the long sword pointed directly at the queen, and suddenly a small pebble flew from nowhere, hit the wrist of the man in black, the man in black was in pain, put away the long sword, turned around and fled, and the queen ordered the royal forest army to arrest it.
"Cousin, are you alright?" Ling Ruoyi said with concern.
"I'm fine, thanks to the master in the shadows." The queen said lightly. Hmph, the master in the dark, isn't the master in the dark right next to you, others didn't see it, but Ling Ruoyi saw it really, in the chaos, it was Ruxing who hit the man in black.
"Niangniang, forgive the slave and maid for talking too much, the man in black just now, the slave and maid think it's a woman." Ruxing said softly.
"Female? How so? Ling Ruoyi said lightly. It's really good kung fu, just look at it, you know that the other party is a woman, it can be seen that this martial arts is not weak.
"The slave maid smelled the scent of incense powder on her body, it was the incense powder distributed by the Shang Palace Bureau to the palace maids this month." Ruxing said lightly.
Ling Ruoxuan had to admire this Ruxing, not only was his martial arts strong and his disguise was first-class, but even his sense of smell was very sensitive, and he caught up with the dog's nose.
"It seems that someone in the palace wants to be unfavorable to Princess Qi, such as a star, and pass on the palace message, so that the eldest brother can find out who is going to murder Princess Qi." The queen explained lightly.
It's nonsense, that sword was obviously stabbed at you, how did it become a plot against me? In addition to the emperor's dragon chair, what can be coveted is the queen's phoenix seat. She is the position of the prince's concubine, there is nothing to covet. What's more, ......, not to mention that the man in black is pretending to be Bingyu. Could it be that ......, could it be that the queen saw some clues, and she was also deliberately testing herself?
"Cousin, my cousin is still busy investigating the matter of Concubine Wan's son, so let's leave this matter to someone else." Ling Ruoyi said lightly.
Originally, Ling Ruoyi wanted to talk to Xiahou Jingqi about the queen, but she was worried that Xiahou Jingqi was anxious to protect her sister and disrupted her plan, so she decided to hide it from him first, so that it would not be easy for the other party to see through.
"It's okay, then leave it to the Shanggong Bureau to investigate." The queen said with a smile.
After strolling around the Imperial Garden for a while, Ling Ruoyi excused herself to be a little tired and wanted to go back to rest, so she returned to the Lanling Palace. At this time, the ice and rain had already taken off the night clothes, changed into the clothes of the maidservant, and waited in the flower hall.
As soon as Ling Ruoyi stepped in, he took Bingyu's hand and said, "Let me see, the injury is not serious." ”
"Princess, the slave is fine, it doesn't hurt at all." Bingyu smiled and withdrew his hand.
Ling Ruoxuan didn't believe her words, how could a stone hit on the wrist not hurt, and it was still hit by someone who knew martial arts, it would definitely hurt more than ordinary people.
"I don't believe it, show me." Ling Ruoyi couldn't help but pull Bingyu's hand and lifted his sleeves, half of Bingyu's arm was already swollen, and there was still a large bruise on his wrist that had not dispersed.
"Mu'er, go get the medicine." Ling Ruoyi said hurriedly.
Mu Er quickly took the medicinal wine, and Ling Ruoyi carefully and gently blew the medicine for ice and rain, and let him take the blood invigorating pill he had developed. "Fortunately, it didn't hurt my muscles and bones, and it will be fine in two days. I don't need you to keep vigil these days, just have a good rest. ”
"Princess, it's really out of the way, the slave was born in martial arts, this little injury is really nothing. I don't know, will today's temptation help the princess? Bingyu said softly. Because today is to test the queen of the family, if the fake queen pulls her own princess as a shield, how can it be good. For this concern, Bingyu was not too prepared when he acted, including the speed and strength of the long sword.
"Of course there is, at least I saw Ruxing hurt you with a stone, this woman is good at hidden weapons, you must be careful."
"Princess, the slave doesn't understand, aren't you looking for clues from the queen? Didn't this assassination make the false queen wary? Mengchun wondered.
"I want to find clues about my cousin, but Fengyi Palace is not anywhere else, after the previous incident with Concubine Qiong, the queen's close maids were all replaced. I wonder if it was at that time that they would also remove the queen together. ”
"What does the princess mean, is it true that the queen has long been under house arrest by them?" Mu'er exclaimed.
"I think so, maybe it was replaced long before the matter of Concubine Qiong, you remember that there was a time when the queen was very cold to me, and our relationship was almost to the point of strangers."
"Naturally, I remember, but later the queen didn't apologize to the princess, saying that she was confused."
"Maybe the queen at that time didn't want to have more dealings with me, just to fulfill her master's orders, so she had to befriend me." Ling Ruoyi's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.