Chapter Eighty-Nine: Falling into a Trap

"Imperial Concubine" Yao Xuetang looked at Song Wan who was blocking Pei Ze, smiled lightly, and pretended to be puzzled: "I received a grapevine message in the temple, saying that the suspect Pei Ze is not far from the temple, so I dared to bring someone over to find out, but didn't the imperial concubine stay in the temple and pray for blessings?" How did it end up here? And I'm alone with a foreign man! ”

Hearing this, Song Wan already understood that she came prepared, I am afraid that those two letters were also forged by them... Thinking of this, her eyes lit up, and she said in a deep voice: "Concubine Yao, now that the case has not been clarified, you are besieging with so many guards, but what do you mean?" Or do you want to kill even me, the imperial concubine, here? ”

"Hehe, the imperial concubine's words are wrong" Yao Xuetang took a step forward, took out the notice posted in the capital, and said word by word: "As a member of the people of the capital, it is within my duty to maintain order and assist in the arrest of suspects, how can the imperial concubine question my loyalty?" ”

"Hmph, are you a poultry, and you're loyal!"

"You"

"Okay" Song Wan waved her hand, and when she saw her funny expression of red and white, she suddenly felt a little better, "Let's not waste everyone's time, Yao Xuetang, what do you want?" ”

"Okay, since the imperial concubine is so refreshing, then I will also say it directly" After a pause, Yao Xuetang raised his hand and pointed at Pei Ze, and said fiercely: "As long as the imperial concubine hands over the person and lets me take it back to Dali Temple, everything is easy to say." ”

"yes, what if I say no?"

"Imperial Princess, is it really good for you to protect a man other than the fourth prince like this?" After that, Yao Xuetang smiled contemptuously at the two people in the pavilion, and said coldly: "Have you ever thought that if this matter reaches the ears of the emperor, you will trample the face of the fourth prince on the ground, and how will you let him deal with himself at that time?" ”

"You don't need to confuse the public here, I and Master Pei are innocent, not as unbearable as you say, what do you mean by humiliating me, the imperial concubine, in public like this? Besides, is it possible that as an imperial concubine, in order to keep her identity, she will turn a blind eye to her loyal ministers being victimized by traitors? Isn't this contrary to what you just said about maintaining order in Beijing? Yao Xuetang, why are you talking nonsense here. ”

"You" forget it, don't talk to her, if you miss the plan later, it will be a failure! Thinking of this, Yao Xuetang turned back to the guards beside him and ordered: "You have also seen that the imperial concubine is now controlled by the suspect, so for the sake of the four princes, for the sake of the Xiao Mansion, all the soldiers will give me, and today I must arrest and bring people back to Dali Temple, and give justice to the innocent people who died." ”

"Yes."

"I see who dares!" Song Wan pulled out the soft sword from her waist and blocked it in front of her, as if anyone rushed forward, she would unceremoniously wave the jade sword in her hand!

"Imperial Concubine" Meng Yu came over from the other side with a secret horse, if it wasn't for overhearing Yunhua's report, he really didn't realize that the situation here was on the verge of breaking out...."Imperial Princess, are you okay?" Yunhua walked around to the edge of the pavilion and asked worriedly while helping Song Wan.

"It's okay" After saying that, she turned her head lightly and lowered her voice to Pei Ze behind her: "Later, we will play the striker first, and you will go first while you are in the melee, Pei Ze, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, don't do anything stupid to sacrifice yourself, you know?" ”

"No" Pei Ze looked back at Song Wan seriously, and said firmly: "I can't leave you alone to fight here, don't even think about it, and I have a bad life, at most I can go back with them, I don't believe that they can still dispose of a court official at will?" ”

"Pei Ze, do you have any brains? At first glance, this matter is that the Eight Emperors and the party deliberately set up a trap to frame you, he is the emperor's child, do you think that before there is enough evidence to bring him down, will the emperor believe you or believe him? Don't you want to solve problems, don't always have a tendon! ”

"Me"

"Leader Meng" Yao Xuetang interrupted the words he wanted to refute, looked at Meng Yu, who seemed loyal on the side, and said coldly: "Why, you also have to help the court suspect to commit a crime against me, a side concubine?" ”

"Please forgive the concubine, but the lord had instructed his subordinates to protect the princess well before leaving, and now the subordinates are just acting on the orders of the lord."

"Good sentence to protect the princess!" Hearing that Xiao Beichen had specially instructed Meng Yu before leaving the house, Yao Xuetang was immediately jealous beyond recognition..... Hmph, good, good! She wants to see if he will be so interested in Song Wan after today! "Since Leader Meng is stubborn, all the soldiers don't need to scruple anymore, give it to me!"

"Yes"....

"The imperial concubine stepped back, the sword has no eyes, don't be hurt, there is my palace here, Yunhua, you take the imperial concubine to get in the carriage and leave first."

"Okay, Princess, we"

"It's not proper" Song Wan shook her head lightly, looked at the menacing offensive on the opposite side, and said in a low voice: "This game is coming for me, if I leave, I'm afraid the situation will be difficult to end!" After that, she looked at Pei Ze, who was still standing aside, and persuaded: "Take advantage of now, you go quickly, I am the imperial concubine, and it will be fine." ”

"But, be careful" Pei Ze pulled Song Wan with one hand, and when he tried to raise the blade with the other, he was scratched by a hidden weapon on his arm...."Fortunately, this thing is not poisonous" After Song Wan took out a handkerchief and bandaged it briefly, she just wanted to turn around, and an arrow was already flying towards her! Before the people present could even react, a jade fan came from a distance and cut off the direction of the arrow, causing it to stab at the pillar next to it..."Stop it all!" ”

With a loud shout, everyone looked back, only to find that it was Xiao Beichen who was riding on a horse! "Lord"

"See the Four Princes"

"Hmph, a good sentence, why, I'm not here for a few days, and you all rebelled against me?"

"Four Princes" Yao Xuetang saw that he was just angry, so he hurriedly responded with anger: "Today I received an anonymous letter in the temple, saying that the suspect in the Lantern Festival case is not far away, so I took people to find out what happened, but who would have thought that as soon as I came over, I bumped into the imperial concubine who was also here, and there was no maid guard around, I was also worried about the safety of the imperial concubine, so I was in a hurry to order someone to arrest the suspect, who knew that the imperial concubine was unwilling, and did not hesitate to meet for her soldiers, I really had no choice, The Four Princes, you see"

"You are talking nonsense" Yun Hua saw that she had been slandering Song Wan, and anxiously stepped forward to explain: "The fourth prince is not like this, it is her"

"Yunhua" Song Wan pulled the person back and slapped her in public, and said coldly: "Dare to offend the side concubine in public, that's how I taught you?" You've let me down so much! ”

"Imperial Princess"

"In the past, kowtow to Concubine Yao and apologize, if she refuses to forgive you, you don't need to serve in front of me anymore!"

"Yes" After saying that, Yun Hua walked towards Yao Xuetang with tears on his face, and just wanted to kneel down, he was stopped by him shouting: "That's it, I believe she also loves the Lord" After a pause, Yao Xuetang looked up at Song Wan, and said with a smile on her face: "I, no, calculate, compare!" ”

Damn it! This gives her the upper hand first, if she is in front of so many people, she will not only lose her identity, but I am afraid that in the eyes of the fourth prince, she will also be clumsy.... Damn, Song Wan!

"Okay, have you made enough trouble" Xiao Beichen waved his hand, as if he was quite impatient and ordered to everyone: "Escort the two concubines back to the house, as for the others" paused, he lowered his head and his eyes flashed, and said in a deep voice: "Follow me into the palace to face the saint, if there is anything, the emperor will have his own fate." ”

"Xiao Beichen"

"The Wise Four Princes"

"Song Wan" Pei Ze stood up and shook his head at him, then turned to Xiao Beichen and said noncommittally: "The whole world has its own imperial law, whether I am innocent or not, I believe that the emperor will give me justice!" ”

"That being the case, Master Pei, please" When the words fell, Xiao Beichen took the lead in getting on the horse, and ordered again before leaving: "Meng Yu, don't make any more extraneous branches, send people back to Xiaofu quickly!" If there is a next time, you will come to see you! ”

"Yes, the subordinates are convicted, and the subordinates obey the orders"

..........

"Sons see their fathers"

"Wechen see the emperor"

In the Qianqing Palace, the emperor looked at Xiao Beichen and Pei Ze begging to see him at the same time, and couldn't help but wonder: "What does Chen'er want to do?" Didn't I leave this matter to Yuan'er to deal with? ”

"Father" Xiao Beichen stepped forward and handed the token in his arms to Gao Fu on the side, and explained softly: "Master Pei once had the grace of saving his life in Erchen, if it wasn't for his help when he was in the Western Desert, I believe that Erchen may not be able to successfully see through the treacherous plan and return to the capital safely, so it is reasonable, even if he knows that the eighth brother has taken over with full authority, but he still can't ignore it, and I ask my father to punish him." ”

"Hehe, it's so reasonable" The emperor looked at Pei Ze's figure kneeling on the ground, although he had figured out a little truth in his heart, he still warned him: "Chen'er, if you can't prove Pei Ze's innocence later, then I will never spare your move to leave Beijing without permission, do you know?" ”

"Yes, Erchen understands" After saying that, Xiao Beichen looked back at Pei Ze, who had never said a word, and asked him in a low voice: "Master Pei, when you were tracking down Liao's shopkeeper in Jinan, you encountered an ambush in the bamboo forest?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Do you have any tokens on you to prove what happened that day?"

"Yes" Pei Ze took out the arrow marked with the cloud shadow dart game from his bosom and presented it in front of everyone, explaining: "Emperor Qi, this is one of the evidences that Weichen escaped by luck when he was besieged that day, and when he returned to Beijing, he wanted to report to the emperor as soon as possible, but who would have expected that the daughter of the Yao family, who was not a side concubine at that time, suddenly came to Dali Temple to report the case, saying that his maidservant Lu Lian and Liao Shopkeeper were in a group, and I hope that Weichen will be sent lightly. ”

After the words fell, seeing that the emperor was already suspicious, Pei Ze continued: "But later, when the shopkeeper Liao and his accomplices died one after another, and when Weichen secretly traced down the shopkeeper Hong according to the clues, he was inexplicably charged with being an accomplice and was hunted down. ”

After listening to Pei Ze's self-testimony, Xiao Beichen continued to relay: "Erchen also found some strange things in Jinan, the cause of death of the shopkeeper Liao was poisoning, but in the phoenix hairpin that fell beside her, there was a mark of the Cloud Shadow Dart Bureau, according to Erchen's investigation, the Cloud Shadow Dart Bureau was actually the property of Master Nilian during his lifetime, and Master Pei and Master Nilian had never intersected, how could they design and murder the innocent people in the capital because of the people of the Cloud Shadow Dart Bureau?" There are many suspicions in it, and I hope that my father can issue an order to investigate thoroughly and find out the truth as soon as possible! ”