Chapter 28: The Imperial City (4)
Emperor Xia took a deep breath and sighed: "Don't hide it from the two, this Sheng Zhaoyi has been very happy with me recently, I just heard that the demonic energy is related to her, I don't believe it in my heart, although I am suspicious, but please treat her in a gentle way." ”
"This is natural."
"Does Emperor Xia know when she entered the palace?" Xia Guifan asked.
"I don't remember the exact time, but it's been more than a year since I entered the harem."
"I got the position of Zhaoyi in a year, and I really can't even think of it without getting people's attention." Xia Guifan didn't say this.
After a while, Sheng Zhaoyi came, she was wearing a pink velvet embroidered brocade and ink round neck, wearing a dark blue peony skirt, her hair was curled into a peach bun, her ears were hooked with dark red jade, her white hands were as green as green jade bracelets, her waist was tied with a red Ruyi tassel belt, and her feet were wearing a pair of gold silk cloud-toed boots.
She lifted her skirt, bowed, swayed slightly, her jade-like calves staggered, her pointed chin white and red, a pair of beautiful eyes that flowed in anticipation, black and shiny hair, and picturesque eyebrows. At first glance, she is a gentle person who is knowledgeable, no wonder Emperor Xia spoils her so much.
"The concubine is visiting Your Majesty, I don't know what Your Majesty is looking for a concubine? The concubine must know everything. ”
"While we are talking, send one or two people to search Sheng Zhaoyi's room, and remember not to disturb others." Emperor Xia sent a message to the eunuch outside the door, and then replied to Zhaoyi's words: "Has Concubine Ai ever felt sick recently?" But it was a temptation.
"Everything is fine with the concubine, but Your Majesty has been resting in the imperial study recently, and if you don't go to the Heart Nourishing Hall to recuperate, and you don't come to visit the concubine, does Your Majesty feel anything abnormal?" Sheng Zhaoyi brought all her words back, she is really a smart and careful woman.
Emperor Xia twitched: "There is a golden house in the book, and I came to the imperial study only to carefully read a wide range of books, collect knowledge, and supplement knowledge with me to govern the country." It shows a momentum of self-cultivation, Qi family, ruling the country and leveling the world.
In Xia Guifan's opinion, this reason is a bit far-fetched.
"Your Majesty is really capable, he must be a generation of virtuous monarchs, and he will be praised for thousands of years." Sheng Zhaoyi praised, but there was a flash of disbelief in his eyes.
Looking at this Zhaoyi, Xia Guifan estimated that this woman was a character like Su Daji, Bao Xi, and Mi Bazi, either a talented woman and a strong woman who governed the world, and she was not a weak woman in any case.
"Ahem, the concubine has won the prize."
Xia Guifan complained on the side: Don't be hypocritical, hurry up and talk about the topic. Fortunately, the smart Sheng Zhaoyi helped him move back to the topic.
"Your Majesty summoned the concubine, not just to ask for warmth, right? These two are ......" Sheng Zhaoyi looked at Xia Guifan and the two with questions.
"You see I'm confused, I forgot to introduce the two of you." Emperor Xia patted, "These two are disciples of the Xuanqing Sect, and they came down the mountain to investigate the palace, but as for what it is, it needs to be kept secret, and I don't know, and the concubine must not publicize it." "Good fellow, not a word about it is his needs.
Turning his head to Xia Guifan and the two, he said, "Both, if you have anything to say, just ask my concubine." The implication is that he threw the pot to the two of them, and he didn't come forward to ask himself to maintain the stability of the harem.
Xia Guifan sighed, and then said: "There is a demon sneaking into the palace, we will search and get evidence, the evidence is related to you, and I hope to cooperate with the investigation." ”
"The concubine has never had contact with demons, and besides, the concubine is a cultivator, not a demon." Saying that, she showed some momentum, only in the middle of the Qi Gathering Realm.
"In order to ensure the authenticity of your answer, I will ask you in the form of ecstasy, offended!" Xia Guifan was able to use such a means against her, but not against Chen Guifei and Concubine Ya, because there was evidence pointing to it, and without evidence, Emperor Xia would not allow the use of such means to move his woman.
Sheng Zhaoyi cast a resentful look at Emperor Xia, and Emperor Xia shook his head and said that he couldn't help: "In order to prove your innocence, please also ask Concubine Ai to cooperate to prove yourself, I believe that the disciples of Xuanqing Sect will not do anything unfavorable to you." ”
"Come on, the pure ones are self-purifying, and the concubines are not afraid." As she spoke, she closed her beautiful eyes, her long narrow eyelashes trembling slightly.
Xia Guifan used his true qi and applied a perfect ecstasy Dafa, pressing it on her mind, she didn't resist, and after her eyes became empty, Xia Guifan asked: "In the past six months, have you ever been to Huali Palace?" ”
"The concubine is also a person who loves beauty, so she has naturally been there."
"Who was there at the time?"
"Naturally, it is Your Majesty, although the concubine is Zhaoyi, but this Huali Palace is not something that you can go to if you want to, Your Majesty or the queen or the concubine invites you to go. Speaking of which, if Your Majesty gives an order to let the concubine go at any time, it will not be so troublesome. ”
Xia Guifan glanced at Emperor Xia, only to see that his face trembled obviously. It seems that under the Dafa of Ecstasy, this Zhaoyi not only answered the question, but also said the resentment hidden in his heart, I don't know how Emperor Xia will react in the future.
"Uh, next question." Xia Guifan was no longer entangled in this, and continued to ask, "Have you ever been in contact with the demon clan?" ”
When Xia Guifan asked this question, the atmosphere in the audience became solemn, and everyone straightened up and stared at Sheng Zhaoyi tightly.
"Not yet." A simple sentence dispelled the tense and solemn atmosphere of everyone.
"Have you felt something wrong lately?"
"The concubine felt that there was something wrong with His Majesty's Heart Cultivation Palace, but she couldn't say what was wrong, what was wrong. Also, Recently, His Majesty's attitude towards the concubines is very different from the past, and he is not fortunate to be a concubine, and the concubine is difficult to suppress loneliness, is there something wrong with His Majesty's function? ”
Xia Guifan looked at Emperor Xia with a smile, only to see Emperor Xia explain with an embarrassed face: "Didn't I say it before, I suspect that there are demons who have turned into my concubines, so I don't dare to do that private thing." ”
But the apprentice Huo Lexuan almost laughed out loud, covering his mouth vigorously with a jade hand, which was very cute.
Back to the topic, I can actually find out that the heart cultivation hall is wrong, this Sheng Zhaoyi is also keen, is it a woman's sixth sense or ......
"Have you ever been to Yongle Palace and Forget Worry Palace?"
"Not once."
"You're a demon?"
"Definitely."
"Last question, how many times have you been to the Heart Cultivation Palace, have you ever done anything to the streams, springs, and tea in the Heart Cultivation Palace?"
"I can't remember the number of times, about a dozen times, all of them were brought by His Majesty, and I haven't done anything to the things of the Heart Cultivation Palace."
Xia Guifan frowned, according to this Zhaoyi's answer, she is indeed an innocent person, is someone to blame her? But why do you want to hide the demonic energy so that people can't detect it?
Just then, a eunuch hurried in.
"Report! From the Zhaoyi Palace, a demon clan technique "Heavenly Demon Transformation Dafa" and a secret letter of fornication with the demon clan were found, please take a look at it. The eunuch knelt on the ground, whisked the dust on the ground, and presented it with both hands.
"The Heavenly Demon Transformation Dafa, the demon who cultivates this method can make the demon king and the people below the realm transform into a human, and after the transformation, all the memories of the demon clan will be removed, and only the identity of the person will be remembered." Emperor Xia trembled and read out the preface to the description of "The Great Law of Heavenly Demon Transformation", "I am heartbroken, Zhaoyi is actually ......"
"Still something isn't right." Huo Lexuan's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, and it was rare to speak.
"Yes, something is wrong, the demonic energy appears out of thin air, if you turn into a human form and don't remember that you are a demon, then isn't the palace full of demonic energy?" Xia Guifan said.
"See for yourself, my heart is in turmoil......"
Xia Guifan took over the demon clan technique, and then recited: "After turning into a human form, the demon qi is introverted, and it is not possible to peep at the demon emperor, but due to the low realm, the demon qi cannot be controlled, so the demon qi will be leaked, please act with caution." ”
There is still something strange about this matter, according to the investigation of the previous two, this Sheng Zhaoyi has not been to Yongle Palace and Forget Worry Palace, is there another demon who has been to Yongle Palace and Forget Worry Palace?