Chapter 171: The princess should keep an eye on the minister
"Fourth Highness, are you crazy?!" Fan Qian finally couldn't help but ask the question he had always wanted to ask.
In his opinion, Chu Zhao was simply a madman.
Obviously, everything he and Fan Qiongran did was for Chu Zhao, but Chu Zhao not only didn't appreciate it, but now he also intervened.
Even if he stayed out of the matter in order to protect himself, Fan Qian felt that it didn't matter, but now, he bit them back!
Could it be because his son once robbed one of his women? But Fan Yunsheng is dead!
Fan Qian was full of doubts and unwillingness, he suppressed his hatred and looked away from Su Xuan's body, and looked at Chu Zhao angrily.
Chu Zhao didn't care about Fan Qian's questioning, his thin lips smiled sarcastically, and he stretched out his hand and said, "Prime Minister, please."
It's finally over.
Fan Qian asked him if he was crazy.
He's been crazy for a long time.
The world thought that he was killing his relatives in righteousness, but he just wanted to protect Chu Yi alone and clear the obstacles for her to get there.
Chu Yi watched Chu Zhao and a team of Crane Control Divisions take Fan Qian away, turned around and looked at the eldest princess beside him, nodding to each other.
Although there were twists and turns, it went smoothly in the end.
She did everything she had to do, and the rest, it was up to time.
Chu Tingxiao said again: "As for the virtuous concubine, she colluded with the chief eunuch to endanger the safety of the palace, disrupted the order of the harem for many years, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and brutalized the palace people.
After all, Concubine Xian is the mother concubine of the fourth prince, and now that Fan Qian is only in prison, he can only put her under house arrest temporarily.
Chu Yi heard the emperor's decision, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Chu Tingxiao still gave Concubine Xian, or Chu Zhao a little face.
However, there is one thing he doesn't know yet, if he knows about Concubine Xian and Su Jingyuan......
She looked in the direction Chu Zhao left again, and muttered in her heart, her fourth brother, is it really the fourth brother.
She wasn't sure herself.
The emperor finally said that when the princess was assassinated, thanks to the protection of the imperial guards Xiao Yan and Yin Bing, he gave the two of them a hundred taels of gold, and reiterated that he would reward Xiao Yan with a mansion and allow him to move freely in the capital.
As for those who drink ice, it is a privileged holy decree: if you drink ice and get married, everything is prepared according to the rank of the county lord.
Of course, it's too early to talk about these.
But gold is real.
Chu Yi was quite happy to thank the two of them.
Inside the Weiyang Palace.
The charcoal fire in the hall burned very strongly, warm and suitable, and there was a faint smell of sandalwood burning in the Pixiu incense burner.
Xiao Yan sat on a chair, his underwear open, revealing his injured shoulder.
Chu Yi carefully removed the gauze and replaced him with a new medicine: "The recovery is very fast, but that arrow is really too deep, and it must be scarred again......
Her movements became softer and gentle, and her eyes were slightly red as she stared at the arrow wounds that seemed to be visible to the white bones of the forest.
Although Xiao Yan's face was a little pale, there was a smile hidden in his eyes, and he said, "The princess knows that the minister is covered with scars, isn't it okay, it's okay."
He was already satisfied that he could let Chu Yi personally administer medicine for himself.
Chu Yi looked at the old scars on his body, and his eyes became sour.
She suddenly remembered that he had been injured before, and she had told herself the same thing.
It wasn't until now, after knowing his special physique, that she understood what the reason was why he said again and again that he would not die and that he was fine.
"Even if you're fine, it hurts."
Speaking of the previous words, Chu Yi's mood became more and more complicated and distressed, because she knew how much darkness and thorns the man in front of her had gone through to become what he was now.
"If the princess blows it to the minister, it won't hurt." Xiao Yan said, with a hint of expectation in his tone.
Chu Yi blushed and blew slowly, his eyes not knowing where to look.
Xiao Yan felt that his originally painful wound, under Chu Yi's comfort, was like touching a piece of cool ice on a hot summer day, and it suddenly became cool: "As soon as the princess blows, the minister really doesn't hurt anymore."
Unconsciously, Chu Yi saw the bell-shaped scar on his chest again.
That scar was not available to Xiao Yan in his previous life.
She stretched out her hand and gently touched her cool fingertips, "What the hell is this?"
Xiao Yan felt that the place where he was touched by Chu Yi seemed to be hot, and something suddenly flashed in his mind, but it was very vague.
"The minister doesn't know, perhaps, this is the mark of the princess who loved the princess in his previous life, this time, I want to find you with it." He said in a low voice.
When the bell is hot, that's when his heart beats.
Chu Yi's heart was beating like thunder, and he had to look away.
She suddenly remembered that the last thing she saw before she died was Xiao Yan's grief-stricken face, and the last thing she heard in her ears was the sound of a bell coming from nowhere.
The sound seemed to guide the wandering soul to the direction where it should go.
Perhaps, this is really God's mark for them in the dark.
The temperature in the hall became hotter and hotter, and Xiao Yan thought to himself, it turned out that if he loved someone, no matter how much he did, he would not be satisfied.
Just when the tips of the noses of the two were about to touch each other, Yin Bing suddenly came in.
"Yi, this gold—"
Drinking ice paused, and his blue eyes widened, his eyes full of surprise.
Chu Yi pushed Xiao Yan away, grabbed his open collar with his hand, covered his chest, and whispered, "That's another price!"
She turned to Drinking Ice, the tips of her index finger curled up nervously, and smiled, "Drinking Ice, why don't you have a good rest."
Holding a black box, Yin Bing walked up to Chu Yi, put the box on the table, and whispered, "I can't use this gold, give it to Ah Yi."
Chu Yi opened the box, and inside was the one hundred taels of gold that Chu Tingxiao had just rewarded to Drinking Ice.
Chu Yi looked at Xiao Yan sharply.
There was no wave in the latter's eyes, as if he did not understand her signal.
"Have you packed up all the things in the Mingyue Pavilion, the mansion on your father's side will be properly arranged in less than half a month, and you can move out of the palace." She suddenly realized this, and her red lips pursed.
"It's nice to be free in Shangjing, but I don't want it." Xiao Yan took Chu Yi's hand, held it tightly, and said seriously.
He didn't wait for Chu Yi to say anything, and said lightly: "The minister will personally refuse this matter, after all, the minister is an extremely dangerous proton of Yongguo, or should he stay with the princess, and the princess will supervise the minister."
"That mansion is the heart of my father, wouldn't you not be ...... if you don't live there?"
Chu Yi also wanted to persuade him, although she hoped that Xiao Yan would stay in the palace, but because she was a person who longed for freedom, she knew what it was like to lose her freedom, so she didn't want to trap Xiao Yan in the palace.
The person she loves should be an eagle with wings spread, not a snow wolf trapped in a cage.
Xiao Yan glanced at the gold that drank ice, his thin lips were raised, and he said unhurriedly: "I can't use that mansion, you can pawn it, and then hand it over to your Crane Control Division for military expenses."
That's not more than a hundred taels of gold.
Drinking Ice shook his head and left the main hall.
Alas, she was still unemployed.
The atmosphere became sticky and sweet again, the breath of the two was entangled, and the lips almost touched each other, as if there was nothing.
"Your Highness—hiss—"
Pillow Xue turned around suddenly, screaming inwardly, and her tone trembled: "It's okay, the slave has made a mistake, you continue."
After a while, she brought the decocted wound medicine: "Your Highness, this is the medicine that the imperial doctor told Xiao Gongzi to drink."
Chu Yi looked at Xiao Yan with a straight face, and spit out a word expressionlessly:
"Drink."
Xiao Yan furrowed his brows, and the tip of his nose wrinkled.
"It smells
It's really bitter, Ah Yi, I don't really have any big deals, can I-"
"No," Chu Yizheng interrupted him rhetorically, "This is for external injuries, and it must be drunk."
Xiao Yan smelled the bitter taste, his handsome face was a little distorted, and he suddenly remembered the medicine that Zhang Xiaonian gave him to drink when he first came to Yongguo.
He suspected that there was coptis in that medicine!
Xiao Yanfeng's eyes were closed, and he did psychological construction for himself.
The moment he closed his eyes, Chu Yi's lips pressed up.
His jaw was held by her, and it was lifted, and the slightly cool breath and the sweet taste of peach candy transitioned into his mouth together.
Why are her lips so soft?
He opened his eyes in surprise for a moment, his clear eyes were full of disbelief and joy, and his heart was filled with sweetness at once.
Chu Yi's long eyelashes were like two soft black feathers, falling softly on his heart.
Xiao Yan suppressed her messy breathing, grabbed her waist violently, and kissed her hard. Until both of them were contaminated with the sweetness of candy, until the sweetness almost disappeared in their mouths.
"W, can I drink it now?"
When Chu Yi was let go by Xiao Yan, his breath was unsteady and he gasped, pointing to the decoction on the table.
Xiao Yan's amber eyes stared at her without blinking, and she couldn't help but lick the corners of her lips: "There is no taste."
Chu Yi: "What's tasteless?"
"I still want sugar." He leaned close to her lips and said in a deep voice, his breath burning.
Chu Yi directly took out a piece of candy and stuffed it into Xiao Yan's mouth, the tips of his ears were red.
Under her supervision, Xiao Yan finally drank the decoction.
Only then did Pillow Xue reappear, calm down, and return to her usual gentleness and calmness: "Your Highness, Xiao Nian got the news over there, Su Jingyuan, is going back to Beijing."
"Also, this is a reply from Your Highness."
Chu Yi was stunned, and after taking the letter and reading it, there was a little surprise in his eyes.
Before, she hoped that Chu Rin would help investigate the matter of Fan and Tiepu, and also wrote a letter to remind Chu Rin that Su Jingyuan might have a problem.
However, the second letter should not have been delivered to Beifu now, and Chu Rin's reply was aimed at his first letter.
"Big brother really also investigated the evidence of Fan and the iron shop." Chu Yi said.
"And although he hasn't received my reminder yet, he said that on the day he received my letter to him, Su Jingyuan also received a letter from the prince, and from that day on, Su Jingyuan's spirit was not quite right, until recently, Su Jingyuan suddenly decided to return to Beijing, and the eldest brother said, let's get ready."
As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, Su Jingyuan's strangeness confirmed his problem.
Pillow Xue couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What about the virtuous concubine......
Chu Yi coughed: "It seems that it is the father who should be prepared."
She took a deep breath and commanded, "Go and tell your father about this in person, that ...... To put it mildly, let's just say that everything is just a guess by Yi Concubine and me, and he will judge for himself."
"Yes, slave understands."
Pillow Xue nodded with difficulty, and retreated with a long sigh.
One is His Majesty's concubine for many years, and the other is the younger brother of His Majesty's deceased best friend, and he is now the general of Yan State.
To tell His Majesty that Concubine Xian was likely to have something to do with General Su, for a while, she didn't know how to speak.
But in any case, this matter is not only about the emperor alone, but also about the blood of the royal family, and it is always necessary for His Majesty to know.
In this way, you can be prepared and not caught off guard if something happens.
Chu Yi read the letter in his hand again, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Xiao Yan, do you know the Ashina tribe of the barbarians?"
Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and spoke:
"I know a little bit about it. This tribe is one of the best in the barbarians, only weaker than the Snow Plains Royal Court, because they have been a vassal to the Yan State in history and have been assimilated by the Central Plains, so they have always been very close to the Central Plains.
The leader of their generation is named Ashina Yizhi, and Luan Timorton killed his father and won the position of Shan Yu, Yi
I can't get used to it, and I have a very bad relationship with Morton."
"Ashina Yizhi ......" Chu Yi repeated the name, contrasting with the recurring names in the letters Chu Rin wrote to himself.
Xiao Yan thought that she was worried about the war in Beifu, so she did not hesitate, and said:
"The reason why the minister knows these is actually because Yi Zhi has a good relationship with the six emperor uncles of the minister, Yi Zhi hid his identity when he was young and studied in Yedu to learn the law and art of war of Yongguo, at that time he and the six emperor uncles were two brothers, and the minister just asked Geng Chuan to contact the six emperor uncles a few days ago."
Chu Yi was surprised, he didn't expect that if he asked casually because of his eldest brother's letter, Xiao Yan would tell him so much.
"The Sixth Emperor Uncle is...... King Jing Xiao Jichen?"
She uttered a name that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
King Jing Xiao Jichen, originally known as Xiao Jichen, is the youngest sixth brother of Xiao Ji'an and Xiao Jixing.
Many years ago, when the throne of Yongguo was not decided, Xiao Jichen invited himself to go to the border of Yongguo to defend against the Hui.
He joined the army at a young age, and was canonized as King Jing because of his outstanding military achievements, and after Xiao Ji'an ascended the throne, he took the initiative to change his name to avoid the emperor.
Now Xiao Jixing is the emperor of Yongguo, and King Jing is in charge of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry of Yongguo on the border, and he is the most powerful force in Yongguo.
Chu Yi recalled his previous life, after Xiao Yan returned to Yongguo, it was with the help of Xiao Jichen that he led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to quell the rebellion of Hui, and was named the king of Yu by Xiao Jixing.
And Xiao Jichen disappeared in Yongguo because he was disgusted with the war for many years, and after handing over everything to Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan nodded: "It is him, the Sixth Emperor Uncle may be the only pure and good person in the royal family of Yongguo. If the princess wants to know about Yizhi, the minister can go and ask the Sixth Emperor Uncle."
Chu Yi knew that what he meant by saying this was telling her that he was contacting Xiao Jichen - he said the word "rebellion" that day, and now, he has already started his own actions.
"You told me about secretly contacting King Yong, and you believe in this palace like this, aren't you afraid that this palace will think that you are deep in thought?" Chu Yi asked rhetorically.
Xiao Yan looked at her, her phoenix eyes were deep and charming.
His voice was a little lower, and it became more and more demagogic: "The minister is a deep-minded person, as dangerous as His Majesty fears, or a proton sent by the enemy country, in order to prevent the minister from having problems, the princess ...... You have to keep an eye on your minister."
"However, the minister will never hide anything from the princess."
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