Chapter 180: Brother-in-law

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Huangfu Hao died at the hands of the crown prince, and somehow it gradually began to spread in the market. Emperor Wen Hui wanted to put Huangfu Hao's guards under house arrest, but now the situation has become out of control, if it can't be controlled, I'm afraid it will be chaos.

But how could the people in the palace of the king of Qin sit still and wait for death, the news reached the ears of the emperor of Qin, but in just a few days, someone quickly turned around and sent a message, vowing to Emperor Wen Hui to give an explanation, otherwise he would send troops to set foot in Mingqi!

If it was the Qin State in the past, Ming Qi would naturally be able to compete with it, but now there is a big Liang ambition that is unclear, and he is lurking on the side, and if there is another Qin State, Ming Qi will really be over this time.

Under the conclusive evidence, Emperor Wen Hui had no choice but to put the prince in prison. Although it is also deliberately taken care of, in the end, it is still one step to abandon the car to protect the handsome.

Therefore, the older Emperor Wen Hui gets, the decisiveness of his former youth is finally exhausted. Not to mention what this practice will make other sons think, even the courtiers will feel cold when they see it. In order to protect himself, he knew that the prince's assassination of Huangfu Hao was strange, but he still put the prince in prison.

In fact, it is true that Emperor Wen Hui is not to blame, the reason why he put the prince in prison is not only to give an attitude to the emperor of Qin and temporarily calm the anger of the emperor of Qin, but also for the sake of the prince's safety. Those guards of Huangfu Hao are eyeing each other, bent on avenging Huangfu Hao, if the prince is not careful one day, in case he dies at the hands of those guards, it is not impossible. Now that the prince has become a prisoner, there are so many people guarding the prison, so there will be no incident.

It's a pity that no one understands Emperor Wen Hui's thoughts, and because of his move, even the queen can't sit still.

As soon as the queen entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, she asked angrily: "Your Majesty knows that the crown prince has been wronged, why did you lock him up." Your Majesty has acted like this, and you have never thought about what the courtiers will think of him in the future?"

Emperor Wen Hui frowned, he didn't like the feeling of being questioned very much, so he said, "I have my own opinions. ”

Emperor Wenhui still has some affection for the queen, the queen is his wife, when the emperor was alive, the heir is as fierce as today, if it were not for the support of the queen's mother's family, Emperor Wenhui would not necessarily come to this point. Now that the queen's maiden family has long been deliberately taken over by Emperor Wen Hui, it is impossible for there to be a dictatorship of relatives. Therefore, Emperor Wen Hui is also willing to give the queen some affection, not to mention that the queen is also the biological mother of the crown prince.

In private, the queen is indeed a good queen, she is not jealous, and she takes care of the harem very well.

"The concubine begs His Majesty to take back his order. The queen said: "The prince will have to face the courtiers in the future, and if Your Majesty does this, it will make the people of the world misunderstand!" If it was in the past, the queen would never refute Emperor Wenhui's decision, but a mother is always very sensitive in the face of her son. The queen will not allow the crown prince's future to go wrong, not even a drop of dirty water.

What's more, this time it is not an ordinary fault, the crime of murdering the crown prince of Qin, once it is confirmed, Fu Xiuyan is afraid that it will be difficult to save his life. Although the queen does not interfere in the affairs of the court, it does not mean that she is ignorant of the affairs of the court, and once there are signs of danger, they will be extinguished when the signs appear.

Emperor Wen Hui has been anxious about this matter in the past few days, and his heart is extremely upset, but the queen is stirring up at this time, and suddenly said impatiently: "I do things, I don't need you to point fingers!"

The queen's heart jumped, she had been married to Emperor Wen Hui for so many years, so she naturally knew what kind of character Emperor Wen Hui was. Immediately, his expression eased, changed his previous questioning appearance, and said softly: "The concubine knows that His Majesty is upset, so the concubine is impulsive." The concubines were also worried about the crown prince...... I remember that the prince was not good at reading when he was a child, and the prince couldn't learn no matter how he taught, so His Majesty personally taught the prince to learn...... In the prince's heart, His Majesty is the most wise and powerful. Now the concubine and His Majesty know in their hearts that this matter must have nothing to do with the prince, the prince has a gentle and generous temperament, how can he kill people? Even if he kills, he will definitely not be stupid and be an assassin in the daytime. Your Majesty, the crown prince is innocent, you are the father of the prince, do you have to watch the prince bear the infamy for trumped-up charges?"

In the end, these Huairou words played some role, and Emperor Wen Hui's expression also softened. Among the nine princes, the one that Emperor Wen Hui wants to support the most is the prince, so he naturally doesn't want the prince to fold here in vain. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a report from a palace maid outside: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian Niangniang is here." ”

The queen's face was as usual, but her hands clenched fiercely in her sleeves. Among the concubines in the palace, Concubine Xu Xian was the most arrogant, because she gave birth to two twin princes, King Zhou and King Jing, who were pampered and delicate on weekdays, although she acted arrogantly, she grasped Emperor Wenhui's heart tightly.

And the ambitions of the two brothers King Jing of Zhou, the queen is not ignorant. Concubine Xu Xian naturally hopes that her sons can sit in that position, so once something happens to the prince, Concubine Xu Xian will not let go of this opportunity to fall into the ground.

I saw Concubine Xu Xian walk in slenderly outside, even if she had given birth to two sons, Concubine Xu Xian's appearance did not age at all, I heard that she had to bathe in goat's milk every day, her skin was smooth and firm, compared to the youth of the twenty-eight girl, there was more mature charm that only women have. There are three thousand beauties in this palace, and Concubine Xu Xian's appearance is indeed jealous, no wonder Emperor Wen Hui knows that Concubine Xu Xian is proud and domineering, but he still spoils her all the time.

As soon as Concubine Xu Xian came in, she greeted Emperor Wen Hui and the empress. Then he smiled and said: "Your Majesty has not been in a good mood recently, and the concubine asked the pastry chef in the imperial dining room to make some purple snow bird's nest and serve it to Your Majesty to taste." I didn't expect my sister to be here too. ”

The queen smiled faintly, not wanting to say more to her. But where would Concubine Xian let go of this opportunity, looked at the queen and said, "My sister came to find Your Majesty today, isn't it for the prince's business?"

Before Emperor Wen Hui could say anything, the queen raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "My sister is too lenient!"

Concubine Xu Xian covered her mouth and smiled, looked at Emperor Wen Hui, who was speechless, and glanced at the queen again, before she said unhurriedly: "Originally, my sister shouldn't talk about these things." But Your Majesty was already worried about this, why didn't my sister know how to be considerate of Your Majesty, and still bother Your Majesty at this juncture?" She asked the palace people to put down the basket in their hands, and said: "The prince's matter is not only about one person's life, the good prince of Qin is folded here, only the prince and the prince of Qin are there that day, my sister naturally believes that the prince will not do such a crazy thing, but I have to come up with evidence?"

"If you can't come up with evidence, how can you convince the public? Besides, the people on the other side of the Qin State are so close. If His Majesty hears his sister's words and releases the crown prince, the Qin State will know it, and I don't know how much it will make waves. My sister can't just think about herself and the prince in her heart, and she has to think about the people in the world. Concubine Xu Xian's words were considerate, but the queen's face changed.

"Shut up!" said the queen angrily.

Concubine Xu Xian pretended to be frightened, stepped back, looked at Emperor Wen Hui aggrievedly, and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine kindly persuaded my sister, but my sister didn't appreciate it, and the concubine was really wronged!"

Emperor Wen Hui is one head and two big, and no one wants to see it at this time. He didn't know that Concubine Xu Xian's words were sowing discord, just to prevent the prince from having a good time, but Emperor Wenhui couldn't deny that what Concubine Xu Xian said was the truth. In the matter of the crown prince, it is no longer the prince who is implicated, but also the attitude of the Qin State. Ming Qi can't tolerate a little mistake this time, if this matter is not handled well, no one can say what kind of disaster it will bring to Ming Qi in the future.

Thinking of this, Emperor Wen Hui felt bored when he thought of the crown prince, and even became impatient with the queen. He said to the queen and Concubine Xu Xian: "Go down, I will be quiet alone." ”

The queen finally waited for Emperor Wen Hui to loosen her mouth, she didn't want to be stirred up by Concubine Xu Xian, and her previous efforts were all wasted, and she was still unwilling in her heart, but before she could speak, Concubine Xu Xian spoke first: "Since Your Majesty doesn't want to be disturbed, the concubines will retreat first." Please take care of your majesty's dragon body, don't be too sad about it. ”

Emperor Wen Hui waved his hand without raising his head.

No matter how unwilling the queen was, she had to retreat with Concubine Xu Xian.

After leaving the Heart Cultivation Palace, the queen stopped, looked at Concubine Xu Xian and sneered: "This palace knows what you are thinking in your heart. But the son you gave birth to will never be able to replace the son of this palace!"

Concubine Xu Xian smiled and said, "My sister said this, but it will hurt my sister." The crown prince is golden and noble, but his sister is looking forward to his well. They are brothers and sisters, and they say that they will not be replaced. She giggled again, admiring the queen's seemingly irritated expression, and said, "My sister has always wanted to replace it, it's my sister." After that, he stroked a beaded flower on his sideburns, and walked away enchantingly.

The queen was the only one left, standing in place and gritting her teeth.

The queen and Concubine Xu Xian entered the Heart Cultivation Hall one after the other, and soon reached the ears of the others.

Concubine Dong Shu sat on the couch and listened to the maid playing the piano. It is played with high mountains and flowing water, spring water, and majestic mountains, which is an excellent picture. She doesn't like to compete with outsiders, believes in Buddhism, and when she doesn't go to the Buddhist hall on weekdays, she embroiders and embroiders in her side hall to listen to the piano, not like a concubine, but like an outsider. The most neglected of the four concubines is her, and it is surprising how she became one of the four concubines.

And under her, the man sitting in the jade-colored brocade robe also smiled slightly, listening sideways, as if immersed in the sound of the piano for a long time.

At the end of the song, the maid hugged the piano to thank her, Concubine Dong Shufei waved her hand, and the personal palace maid sent a reward of silver and sent the maid out.

The people in the side hall all retreated, and Fu Xiuyi said with a smile: "The mother concubine is in a very happy mood today. ”

"The queen couldn't sit still. Concubine Dong Shufei said with a smile: "I personally went to the Palace of Heart Cultivation to intercede for the prince, and Concubine Xian followed." Now that Concubine Xian and the queen are about to tear their faces, they are naturally worth rejoicing. ”

Fu Xiuyi laughed: "The prince is down, and Concubine Xian will naturally not let go of this opportunity." King Jing of Zhou wants to replace the crown prince, and Concubine Xian will definitely contribute in the harem. ”

"Unfortunately, it's not a good idea. Concubine Dong Shufei took a sip of tea: "However, the snipe and the clam do not compete, how can the fisherman benefit?"

Mother and son laughed together.

Fu Xiuyi's facial features are more with Concubine Dong Shu, she looks cold on weekdays, and when she laughs, she is soft and soft, which makes people not wary at all.

Concubine Dong Shu said, "How have you been lately?"

Fu Xiuyi smiled: "I have discovered some interesting secrets, and I am investigating, I think it won't be long before there will be results." ”

Concubine Dong looked at him with disgust: "You have always had an idea, so I don't have to worry about these things." Speaking of which, now it's time for you to get married. You are not young, and if you drag it out, you will inevitably be used as a raft. Virtuous concubines, they can't wait for you to marry a powerless woman as a princess. Concubine Dong Shu sighed as she spoke, and said, "Originally, Shen Miao was in love with you, but I thought that if she continued to be in love with you, and finally let her enter the door, you would always have the help of the Shen family." I never thought that the world was impermanent, not to mention that she changed her personality later, even now, you can't stand the Shen family. ”

Fu Xiuyi said with a smile: "Although I can't stand it, no one in Mingqi will suffer it." Except for the crown prince, the other brothers, who are tied to the Shen family, will arouse the suspicion of their father. Originally, the prince won the battle, and he didn't want to change halfway, so God was also on our side. He didn't have the slightest regret, but said: "Some powerful officials in Ming Qi will not marry the Shen family, although the Shen family has a big business, Shen Miao may not be able to marry well." ”

Concubine Dong Shu sighed: "Not bad. After that, he remembered something: "But the prince has a heavy deal with him this time." Huangfu Hao's matter will definitely not be easy. Do you think this was done by the brothers of King Jing of Zhou, or did King Li?"

Fu Xiuyi doesn't form gangs, because he can't trust his own brothers, and he has always been a one-man leader. Originally, King Zhou's faction and Liwang's faction fought the hardest, but now Emperor Wenhui intends to support the prince, and even has the intention to let the prince marry the Shen family, so King Zhou and King Li's faction can't help but be anxious, who knows that the prince will suddenly be killed halfway. The crown prince has become a fierce rival of the two of them, so naturally he must spare no effort to get rid of it.

This time the prince killed Huangfu Hao, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that there must be something strange in this, and the prince is calculated. After all, it is the king of Zhou and the king of Li who are the most likely.

But such blatant calculations do not seem to be the usual style of these two people.

Fu Xiuyi shook his head and said, "It may not be the two of them." ”

When Concubine Dong Shufei heard this, she was stunned and asked, "It's not them, why don't you want others?"

Fu Xiuyi's mind popped up with the faces of King Rui and Shen Miao before.

There must be some ulterior relationship between King Rui and Shen Miao. Although it is not clear what it is to maintain this relationship, as long as it is about Shen Miao, there will be a master behind his back, and there are all kinds of signs that that person is undoubtedly King Rui.

Before, Emperor Wen Hui asked the queen to test the Shen family and released rumors that Shen Miao was going to marry into the prince's mansion, and it didn't take long for King Rui to say that specious thing to Emperor Wen Hui, and Emperor Wen Hui dispelled the idea of asking Shen Miao to marry immediately.

Now this incense production is clearly aimed at Shen Miao, and now, Huangfu Hao and the prince are both defeated, but Shen Miao is safe and sound, I heard that Shen Miao was also going to Yifeng Pavilion that day, but he bumped into an old woman on the way, and he didn't go after a delay. How could it be so coincidental, could it be that this time, it was also King Rui who manipulated everything behind his back?

If King Rui did it, he was obviously in Mingqi, but he dared to act so blatantly, and he calculated and calculated the princes of the two countries, this King Rui is really a little frightening.

Seeing that Fu Xiuyi didn't know what to think, Concubine Dong Shufei asked him, "What's wrong?"

Fu Xiuyi came back to his senses and said, "It's nothing. Suddenly, he stood up again and looked at Concubine Dong Shu: "Erchen suddenly remembered that there were still some things, so he didn't talk to his mother." ”

"It's important to get down to business. Concubine Dong Shu said: "You go first." ”

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said on the other side, thank God, Ji Yushu and Gao Yang were finally released from the tower prison.

These days, these two people have been guarding the prisoners in the tower prison and have seen all kinds of methods, Gao Yang is better, but Ji Yushu is a delicate and expensive person, and he has lost a lot of weight. Not for anything else, it's strange that I can't eat and can't eat every day, and I don't lose weight.

It was easy to release it from inside, and the two held hands and looked at each other with teary eyes, speechless and choked. After a while, Ji Yushu said: "I have to go back to the Fengxian pawnshop to take a shower and change my clothes, and then I will say goodbye." With that, he ran away.

Gao Yang sighed, looking at his disgraced appearance, and his heart felt a sense of detachment. Xie Jingxing was so ruthless, wasn't it just a little negligence that he let people send them to the tower prison. That's a place where you can't even carry the iron cloak for the first time!

Not to mention pampered people like him and Ji Yushu.

Ji Yushu returned to the Fengxian pawnshop, first asked Hongluan to put the bath water for him, took a beautiful bath, and after eating some snacks, he returned to the study. As soon as he entered, he almost let the dust inside smoke out, and Ji Yushu's study was not allowed to let people in, because there were many secrets. Therefore, no one came in to clean these days, Ji Yushu originally wanted Hongluan to clean up for him, but after thinking about it, he gave up. The one appointed by himself picked up a broom and cleaned up.

It's easy to barely see it, Ji Yushu sat down at the desk, and saw that there was a thick stack of letters on the table, so he began to flip through it. By the time he turned to the last letter, Ji Yushu was already a little drowsy, but when he looked at it, his pajamas swept away, and his face gradually began to become serious.

Pei Lang was actually locked up by Fu Xiuyi? Pei Lang's identity was exposed?

Oh my God! This big thing has happened, does anyone know? Can anyone rescue me?

There should be none. Observing Pei Lang was Ji Yushu's own private move, in the final analysis, he just wondered why Shen Miao wanted Pei Lang to be a spy by Fu Xiuyi's side. Even if Pei Lang has some talent, but the matter of a spy requires great loyalty, Fu Xiuyi is so good at controlling it, isn't Shen Miao worried that Pei Lang will be rebelled? More importantly, Shen Miao's relationship with Pei Lang before that was only mediocre, why did he dare to make such a decision.

But I didn't want to fight, and this whim came into play at this time.

Ji Yushu turned his head and was about to go out, showing the letter to Xie Jingxing, just stood up, but stopped again.

"The third brother won't lock me up again. Ji Yushu muttered.

The reason why Xie Jingxing locked up Ji Yushu and Gao Yang was because the queen summoned Shen Miao into the palace that day to test Shen Miao to let Shen Miao marry the prince, which was ignored by the two of them and not reported to Xie Jingxing.

"The third brother values Miss Shen very much, this Pei Lang seems to be interested in Miss Shen, and said that he wants to marry Miss Shen, so Pei Lang is the third brother's rival. Since he is an opponent, now tell the third brother whether he will be beaten by the third brother? The third brother definitely doesn't want to save him in his heart. Pei Lang thought to himself: "Just like I don't like the peony girl always smiling at the prime minister's son, and then the prime minister's son was shocked and broke his horse, and I was very happy." Ji Yushu took matters into his own hands and came to a conclusion: "Don't tell the third brother about this now, since there is no new news coming, he shouldn't be dead yet." Let him stay a little longer!"

Ji Yushu thought he was doing a good job, but he didn't know what kind of changes his actions would cause in the future.

......

Shen Qiu and Luo Ling, as the commanders of the garrison of the military department, are also very busy these days, and Huangfu Hao is dead, leaving a lot of problems. For those guards in the Qin Palace, killing them would cause the dissatisfaction of the Emperor of Qin, and if they didn't kill them, they wanted to ask for an explanation for Huangfu Hao, and wantonly spread rumors among the people that the prince was a murderer, which provoked Dingjing to be busy these days.

Kill and can't kill, only house arrest first. However, the guards of the Qin prince were all personally selected by the emperor of Qin to protect the emperor Fu Hao, and he was an ordinary person? In order to avoid chaos, the city garrison has doubled, patrolling around Dingjing, especially fearing that those Qin guards will hurt innocent people in order to vent their anger.

No, by the time today's business is over, it will be nearly evening. Shen Qiu and Luo Ling walked side by side on the street, it was close to the end of the year, and the streets of Dingjing were the most lively, but because of Huangfu Hao's affairs, the people were told by the city garrison to close their doors early and go home, but before night, there were already few pedestrians on the street.

Shen Qiu sighed: "If the Criminal Department doesn't come down again, the city garrison won't be able to bear it." ”

The crown prince was imprisoned, on the one hand, the emperor of Qin was aggressive and demanded an explanation, and on the other hand, Emperor Wen Hui was reluctant to give up on his only eldest son, but it was the people who suffered.

"It's not a good year. Luo Ling shook his head: "No matter what the result, Dingjing is only afraid of chaos." ”

The two glanced at each other, and each saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Shen Qiu said: "Don't mention this, I heard from my mother yesterday that my sister's family affairs have to be reconsidered." Although the prince doesn't have to worry about it for the time being, the more chaotic the situation is, the more people want to use the Shen family as a raft. My sister's identity is special, and it is inevitable that people will covet her, and if you don't settle the family affairs earlier, the future will not be good. ”

When Luo Ling heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, he heard Shen Qiu say, "Cousin, what do you think?"

"Me?" Luo Ling's face flushed slightly: "Didn't my cousin already know my thoughts?"

Shen Qiu said "hi", put one hand on Luo Ling's shoulder, and said: "You are also a martial arts practitioner, and you grew up in the army with your uncle, how can you talk about these things like those sour and rotten literati." He said, "I think you're good at everything, but you're thin-skinned." If you don't talk to your sister about this kind of thing, why don't you want your sister to take the initiative to come to you?"

Luo Ling smiled a little awkwardly.

Shen Qiu was kind and seductive: "My sister's temperament looks gentle and supple on the surface, but in fact, she is the most proud and stubborn in her bones. If you think that your sister will take the initiative to come to you, I'm afraid you don't have to think about it. Manly husband, if you like it, you like it, just go straight to it. Although you can't beat me," Shen Qiu looked at Luo Ling with some pickiness: "But the current situation is different, and it is barely qualified, if you are my brother-in-law, I will admit it!"

Shen Qiu said with arrogance, but Luo Ling became more and more surprised, he said: "This also requires my cousin's consent......

"If you don't say it, how does my sister know your thoughts?" Shen Qiu glared: "Don't say anything else, first of all, you have to find an opportunity to explain to your sister what you think." Cousin, I'll tell you the truth, Su Mingfeng's person, he was sick in the past, I don't like it, Feng Zixian, tsk, last time their sister who was harmed by the Feng family almost died, I won't mention it. Speaking of which, you're not bad. ”

"Thank you, cousin. Luo Ling smiled: "If there is a chance, I will definitely ......"

Shen Qiu wanted to say something, but saw a horse suddenly run over to the other side of the street, the horse's coat was smooth, even in the dark streets in the evening, it was dazzling, and the hero loved the good horse, Shen Qiu and Luo Ling couldn't help but be attracted by the horse.

When the man was close to Shen Qiu and the two, he suddenly stopped his horse, and the front hooves of the horse were raised, but the person above sat very steadily, obviously excellent in equestrian skills, very beautiful. Shen Qiu couldn't help but drink: "Okay!"

Immediately humanized: "Major General Shen." ”

Shen Qiu was stunned.

But I saw a man sitting on top of the horse, and his luxurious purple and gold robe shone more and more in the light of the lantern, and his figure was long and straight, and his face was wearing a silver mask, revealing a beautiful outline. The chin is smooth, the thin lips are slightly upturned, and a pair of eyes look from top to bottom, which is a bit of a smile but not a smile.

"His Royal Highness King Rui!" Shen Qiu and Luo Ling hurriedly waved at this person. They have all seen King Rui in the tributary, and they know that this dress is undoubtedly King Rui. Besides, this lazy and sparse temperament is only the only one in Ruiwang.

Rui Wang said: "You're welcome. I just thought that this king had seen it wrong, and I didn't want to be General Shen, so I stopped and said hello. He just spoke to Shen Qiu and didn't look at Luo Ling.

Shen Qiu was a little flattered, this Rui Wang was a person who didn't pay attention to Emperor Wen Hui on weekdays, and he would take the initiative to greet him? And he spoke so politely, Shen Qiu secretly warned if the other party had any tricks, but at the same time, he had a sense of self-satisfaction.

Could it be that his major general's prestige broadcast, even the Rui King of Da Liang is sought after?

But he didn't see Luo Ling's suddenly pale face.

On the waist of King Rui, there is a peace pendant, which is inexplicable.

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Luo Ling: You hurt me, and you laughed it off!

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