Chapter 53: The Sword Unsheathed
Qiao Hua's eyes were full of tears, one hand was supporting his temple, and his voice was choked: "I know...... I know, I just hate myself for being useless, and I don't know when I'll be able to avenge my family. ”
Fu'an shook his head, "Miss, don't always be so distrustful of yourself, you can do it." Hasn't King Qian become our insider, and we can handle the changes in the Midyear Festival very easily. ”
Qiao Hua nodded, trying to hold back her tears, "Maybe, it's because I don't believe in my ability too much." Qiao Hua slowly stretched out his hand and trembled slightly: "However, I still watched Cai Qin die in front of me, she is at such a good age, she could have married a good family in the future......"
Before he could think about it, Fu'an said: "There will always be times when everyone can't protect it, miss, don't blame yourself too much." You said that ordinary people have the warmth of ordinary people, and there is coldness in the palace, isn't that exactly the case? ”
Qiao Hua breathed a long sigh of relief, as if exhaling all the grievances, "There is also power in the palace, and only with the help of these can I find the truth about my father's murder." ”
In the evening, the clouds swept in layer by layer, and the latter layer covered the previous layer, causing a gloomy, half-inky sky as if a heavy rain was brewing, and it seemed that the entire Great Yin Palace could be destroyed in a monstrous flood in an instant.
The head of the household department is named Ban Chengwei, who is in charge of the civil affairs and finances of the Tang Dynasty.
This night, Ban Chengwei took advantage of the darkness of the night and walked out of the household in black clothes and came to the Privy Council to meet the pious king Li Xu.
"Weichen greets His Royal Highness King Qian."
King Qian helped Ban Chengwei to get up, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said, "My lord has worked hard, I came all the way, but who found out?" ”
"No one has found out," Ban Chengwei said, took off his black robe and said: "His Royal Highness King Qian, now King Sui and King Jing have shown their own magical powers, which is really powerful!" ”
King Qian scoffed: "King Di has been overthrown by us, are you still afraid that King Sui and King Jing will not succeed?" ”
The moonlight leaked in through the crack in the window and fell on the carved table, Ban Chengwei quickly closed the door and said in a low voice: "King Sui's biological mother is Su Jieyu, and she really doesn't pose any threat to us; However, King Jing's biological mother is Concubine De. ”
"What about Concubine De?!" King Qian roared out in his throat, which sounded particularly empty and terrifying, and King Qian said angrily: "Concubine De's revenge for killing this king's mother, this king will have to settle accounts with her sooner or later!" ”
Ban Chengwei replied "yes" resignedly, and said: "It's just that now, this is ...... commonplace."
"Heh," King Qian sneered: "Sikong Jun is now the commander of the Shence Army, what is the Shence Army, the forbidden army of the Great Yin Palace!" Last year, it was really cheap for him, and I don't know what bad idea King De came up with, so he let Sikong Jun go to Queensland, and he also picked up a god army commander for nothing! ”
"Yes," Ban Chengwei said sadly, "If we can take charge of the military department, we won't be as frightened as we are now." ”
King Qian's eyes were like torches: "The household tribe is in our hands, in fact, it is not bad, and civil finance is also a major matter for the people." It's just that over the years, we have indeed received a lot of benefits......"
Ban Chengwei was quite worried: "Yes, Your Majesty handed over this matter to His Royal Highness King Sui to deal with, if King Sui really finds out, it will be enough to let Weichen go to prison, Your Highness." ”
King Qian closed his eyes, raised his hand and pressed the bridge of his nose, "This king will not let the household have trouble, observe the king more." Oh also, the woman named Qiao Hua from the Shang Palace Bureau is not simple, pay more attention, it's always good. ”
King Qian looked out of the window, and the sky was full of stars, but it made people feel very lively. A full moon is like a mirror of a woman in a boudoir, and the contours of time are carved and fresh, setting off the night even more quietly.
On the second day, the palace was as quiet as water.
The king was originally resting in the palace, but today he hurried to the palace and stuffed a letter to the guards outside the immortal palace, who were also the subordinates of the king.
Since Zheng Jieyu was executed by Concubine De, no newcomers have moved in to the Xianju Palace, and even the lower Chen Meiren and Yang Cairen also live in the Zichen Hall and the Xuanhui Hall respectively. The Immortal Palace has long been deserted now, and only the pious king occasionally comes to worship.
The guards guarding the gate of the Xianju Hall are Helian Zhan, a subordinate of King Qian, who occasionally helps King Qian walk around the palace and military camp, but there are not many opportunities to meet King Qian in person, and he is only dedicated to serving the emperor.
Then the king handed the letter to Helian Zhan and said, "Your mother is seriously ill now, and I have only just received the news, so I have asked my father to allow you to go home to visit your relatives. Here's some silver for you......"
After saying this, the king raised Helian Zhan's right hand, handed him a bag of silver taels, and closed his five fingers tightly.
Helian Zhan looked dazed: "Why...... Why didn't I know? ”
Then the king looked around and said in a low voice: "At present, wars are frequent, and His Royal Highness King Qian is busy with everything else, and there are times when he can't take care of you. Don't tell anyone about this letter, this is my special will to ask my father for it, and I also gave you this silver tael, you don't have to pay me back. ”
Helian Zhan burst into tears, knelt on one knee and clenched his fists, and gave a military salute: "The grace of His Royal Highness the King, his subordinates must not forget." ”
"Get up quickly," the king helped Helian Zhan up, "you go home today to visit your relatives, rest for a few days, and then come back when your mother recovers." ”
Helian Zhan clasped his fists and saluted, his face was flushed, he took the token given by King Sui, and walked towards the palace gate.
The palace is deep and has several heavy cornices. Then the king looked at the back of Helian Zhan's sword hurriedly walking, shook his head and sighed. When this letter was just delivered, it fell into the hands of King Sui, and King Qian didn't know about it at all, and I hope King Qian wouldn't know about it.
Thinking of this, the corner of the king's mouth smiled faintly, and he came to the Shanggong Bureau and told Qiao Hua about it.
Qiao Hua was not shocked when he heard this, but just smiled jokingly: "His Royal Highness the King is very good at seizing the opportunity to envelop others. ”
Then the king pretended to nod proudly, "That is, the wisdom of this king is unmatched, after all, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last time, this king and Lord Sikong Jun also found out the Hubu Shangshu Ban Chengwei, but it was just because of the lack of evidence, so I couldn't do anything with him." Unexpectedly, the people in this household are not honest! ”
Saying that, King Sui lowered his head again, as if he had a heavy heart, and continued: "However, if you really say that I am extremely intelligent, then I will definitely not be as good as the second brother. ”
Qiao Hua looked at King Sui's eyes and said, "You mean His Royal Highness King Di." ”
"That's right," King Sui's eyes were full of coldness, "In the past, my father always said that the second brother was the most outstanding of us. But later, he slowly didn't like his second brother very much, although his father didn't say it, but as a son, I could feel it. ”
Qiao Hua had just finished doing something, only a hairpin was on his head, Qiao Hua sat down and said, "How can you and I guess the king's thoughts, even if it is his own son?" ”
Then the king also sat down and fanned the wind, "It's almost the end of August, and the weather still hasn't turned cold, in the end, people's hearts are colder than God." ”
Qiao Hua nodded silently, "What about you?" ”
Then the king was thoughtful, but there was a smile on his face: "This king's heart may have been cold before, but now that the situation in the palace is rising again, I am afraid that no matter how cold my heart is, I can't hold it back." ”
"In a few days," Qiao Hua said in a low voice, "He's going to go on the expedition again, right?" ”
Glancing at the sun-lit hairpin tip on Qiao Hua's head, King Sui shook his head and said, "You seem to be very concerned about Lord Sikong Jun, August twenty-five is the day he goes to Hedong again." ”
A faint sentence almost swept out a deep blood mark in Qiao Hua's heart, Qiao Hua touched the stone steps under him, gritted his teeth and said, "How much does Your Highness think this victory counts?" ”
Then the king was a little silent and looked at the sky, "This king thinks...... If His Royal Highness King Di is here, the odds of victory are 100%. ”
The smile on Qiao Hua's cheeks lingered for a long time, as if time was frozen at this moment, and she said word by word: "Then, let's let His Royal Highness King Di go together!" ”
Then the king was horrified: "Really?!" ”
Qiao Hua looked at King Sui's shocked face, but felt a little funny, so he said: "The amnesty period is coming, and the emperor and queen will definitely go out of the palace to pray for blessings and sacrifice to the sky." Of course, I am not 100% sure about this matter, whether I can rescue His Royal Highness King Di depends on whether we can use our enemies. ”
Then the king frowned slightly, "The second brother is now grounded in the mansion, this is the will of my father." Wouldn't it be a rebellion for us to rescue him? ”
Qiao Hua wiped his cheeks that were tickled by the wind, and chuckled gently: "So I said, this method is not 100% feasible, it depends on how our opponent reacts." Didn't you just say that you don't know what's going on in your majesty's heart? Let's show him the 'rebellion' once. ”
Then Wang looked at Qiao Hua for a long time, and then gradually had the fire of faith, clenched his fists and smiled: "A word is a certainty!" ”