Mama Qin sighed and said, "It's really not worry-free, I'm afraid that your little arms won't be able to twist your thighs at that time!" Let's go and rest! ”

Ling Zhiqiao was dragged to the bed by Mama Qin to rest, after she lay down, she thought in her head, what Mama Qin said was not unreasonable, she had better plan earlier.

When Xiao Qian entered the palace, he had already made a draft in his heart along the way, and when he entered the palace gate, he ran to the emperor's inner hall, and the deacon and eunuch saw that it was General Xiao, and immediately came forward: "The general entered the palace at this time, but is there something?"

"Father-in-law, the old man has something urgent to report to His Majesty the Emperor, and I hope that my father-in-law will say goodbye, and I have worked hard."

The deacon and eunuch replied: "General Xiao, don't be impatient, Your Majesty has just returned from the court, and the slave family will go to tell Your Majesty."

After a while, the deacon and eunuch came out, and he hurriedly made a gesture to Xiao Gan and said, "General Xiao, please." ”

Xiao Qian followed the deacon and eunuch into the inner hall, he suddenly sneezed, he rubbed his nose and asked, "Father-in-law, what is the smell in this inner hall, Your Majesty?"

The deacon and eunuch smiled and said: "This is the new soothing incense of the queen's mother, saying that it is for Your Majesty to help you sleep peacefully at night and calm your mind, maybe the general is as sensitive as the slave family, and the slave family kept sneezing when they smelled this incense coldly yesterday." ”

Xiao Qian rubbed his nose again and said, "Is that father-in-law still sneezing now?" ”

"Maybe it's because I haven't felt the smell after staying for a long time, but the slave family hasn't seen His Majesty sneeze, and His Majesty General Xiao has been looking at the edict sent by the queen mother since he came back, go over by yourself! If there is something to call the slave family. ”

After the deacon and eunuch retreated, Xiao Qianlai walked to the imperial table of His Majesty the Emperor, knelt on his knees and kowtowed: "Old minister Xiao Qian, please see Your Majesty"

His Majesty the Emperor put down what he was looking at, smiled and said to Xiao Qian: "Aiqing, excuse me, look at what is the matter with your hurried appearance?" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has an urgent report!"

The emperor frowned and said, "What is urgent, but it makes you so anxious!" ”

Xiao Qian hesitated for a moment and said: "After the court this morning, the queen mother issued a decree saying that a blessing banquet will be held in the next few days, I don't know if Your Majesty knows about it?"

"Of course you know, do you mean this edict in my hand?" Xiao Qian looked up at this time, and His Majesty the Emperor was holding up the edict of the Empress Mother.

"What the old minister wants to say is related to the announcement of the crown princess at the blessing banquet."

"Tell me about it." The emperor threw aside the edict in his hand and stared at Xiao Qian.

"Please ask Your Majesty for forgiveness first, and the old minister will dare to say it." Xiao Qian didn't dare to get up, but still knelt on his knees and looked like he was pleading.

The emperor in front of the imperial table narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Gan with deep meaning: "General Xiao, whether you are guilty or not, you have to say it to know that I don't kneel so early, how old are you, and you are still doing this in front of me, hurry up and save General Xiao from kneeling again." ”

The little eunuch moved a chair, Xiao Qian got up and sat down, and he asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, I don't know who the queen mother is going to announce at the blessing banquet who will be selected as the crown princess?" ”

"Xiao Qian, I see that you are too comfortable, and even it is your turn to worry about such things, don't you still have a concubine? Isn't this wedding and funeral thing called to her? ”

"Your Majesty, I'm not worried, can you first reveal to the old minister who you chose to be the crown princess?"

"Haha, Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian, my Aiqing, who else do you say, of course it's your daughter!" Xiao Qian chuckled in his heart after hearing this.

"Didn't you say which daughter it was?" Xiao Qian asked eagerly.

"The queen didn't say it, this edict just said that the daughter of your general's mansion was chosen as the crown princess, why does Xiao Aiqing have any objections?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister has no objection, but on the day of the selection of the crown princess, the second prince told His Majesty that he had made it clear to the old minister that he wanted to marry the old minister's concubine Ling Zhiqiao, so the old minister was afraid that the princess chosen by the queen was my concubine, after all, on the day of the selection of the crown princess, the prince also intended to choose her."

I know about this, Aiqing is talking about the concubine who has a different surname than you, right? I allowed the second prince to be cold in person, you can rest assured, and this girl is very interesting, I look at her like a person, but this girl is very good at arguing, she is really your daughter in the outer room? ”

Xiao Qian didn't dare to sit anymore, and knelt down on his knees and said: "The old minister has committed the crime of bullying the king, please forgive your majesty, and I was about to tell your majesty that this daughter is indeed not the daughter of the old minister, but she is indeed the daughter of my general's mansion!" ”

The emperor's expression was not surprised at all, he stared at General Xiao who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Then ...... she?" ”

"She is, she is the daughter of Xiao Mengzhi, Lao Chen's sister who disappeared many years ago!"

"You're saying he's the daughter of Ling Ge Lao and your sister Xiao Mengzhi! Is that what it means? His Majesty's voice made people shudder.

"It's Your Majesty, please forgive Your Majesty?" His Majesty the Emperor got up and walked to Xiao Gan's side, Xiao Qian knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

His Majesty the Emperor stood beside Xiao Qian and asked in a deep voice: "Xiao Qian, when Ling Ge Lao walked out of my palace, he never came back, and later you told me that even your sister was missing, and there was no news from the Criminal Department after investigating for more than half a year. ”

"Now that their daughter has suddenly returned to your general's mansion, you still dare to deceive me, why do I have to forgive your sins?"

"Your Majesty, she is the only one alive in my sister's family, this child is specially here to find the minister, the minister is really happy, so he declared that she is the daughter of the minister, and wants to give her the best care, but I didn't expect to be sent a famous post to the blessing banquet for some reason, which caused these incidents."

"And when she arrived at the General's Mansion at that time, His Majesty was still in a coma in the palace, so the old minister didn't have time to report it, and the longer it dragged on, the more he didn't dare to confess to His Majesty."

His Majesty the Emperor turned to the other side where Xiao Qian was kneeling and asked, "I don't know why Ling Ge Lao and Xiao Mengzhi disappeared, and that girl didn't say anything?" ”

Xiao Qian slowly raised his head, looked at His Majesty the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this kid brought back a token." ”

A touch of surprise mixed with a little complicated color appeared on the face of His Majesty the Emperor, and he motioned to Xiao Qian: "Get up and speak, you have to bend down to hear clearly when you kneel." ”

Xiao Qian hurriedly got up, still a little hesitant and didn't dare to continue.

His Majesty the Emperor returned to the imperial table, pointed at Xiao Gan and said indignantly: "If you don't say it again, I will really cure your crimes." ”

"Tell me, what kind of token?"

Xiao Qian walked to the imperial table, spread out his palms in front of His Majesty the Emperor, wrote two words 'Soldier Talisman' with his fingers, and then waited for His Majesty's movements.

"Really?" His Majesty the Emperor was not angry.

Xiao Qian nodded and said, "It's indeed true, but only half of it, and the other half hasn't been found in the palace yet?" ”

"It happened at the time of the blessing feast, so I guessed right? Ling Ge Lao and your sister disappeared in the palace, Xiao Aiqing, you guessed that I didn't want to make a public announcement in order to keep your General's Mansion.

"Maybe it's our pretending to be idle that has kept us safe for so many years, and the fact that this thing is only half of it proves that the pretenders to the throne didn't get it, but it's impossible for them to give it up, right? Xiao Aiqing. ”

"Your Majesty is wise, and the old minister has also searched for many years, and the assassination of the second emperor outside the palace a few days ago is also related to this matter, but the appearance of Qiao'er, this girl, I am afraid that it will shock the people who covet the throne, but we have to take measures."

His Majesty the Emperor picked up the Empress Niang's edict that he threw aside just now and looked at it, and said: "Xiao Aiqing, I was strange just now, that is, I chose the crown princess, why didn't I write the name, but only the daughter of the general's mansion?" Also, you said that half of it was in the palace, but where is it? ”

"Your Majesty, Qiao Er knows, where does she know? However, there are many places in this palace that are different from those back then, so she has to find it slowly, these days she is sick again, and she also promised to treat the mole on her face to the daughter of Lord Zhao of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, so the matter of finding things was delayed. ”

"The old minister is going to report to Your Majesty today, if the queen really chooses her to be the crown princess, won't she be sent to the tiger's mouth."

His Majesty the Emperor knocked on the edict in his hand and said: "Xiao Aiqing, if it is true that the daughter of the elected general's mansion is that girl, she must know her identity, but I am not dead yet, I will definitely be able to protect her, since things are beginning to show up, then there is nothing to scruple about." ”

"You asked Twilight Yunhan to bring that girl into the palace to see me, there are a lot of questions I want to ask clearly, so that the second prince can rest assured, someone has taken his crown prince, and wants to take away his woman, it seems that I can't pretend to be stunned anymore?"

Xiao Qian looked at His Majesty the Emperor suspiciously and asked, "Your Majesty, do you mean that you pretended to be dizzy in those days when the second prince was in danger outside the palace?" ”

"His position as the crown prince has been taken away, can I still let them take away my position, of course, first hide it, and then clear it little by little."

"Your Majesty really knows everything in his heart, the old minister should have shared his worries for His Majesty earlier, and it would not have become the situation in the palace today, but Your Majesty can rest assured, even if you don't have that thing in hand now, the old minister still has an army that can be called, and they have always been prepared for Your Majesty."

Xiao Qian suddenly felt that His Majesty the Emperor was also quite pitiful, if he didn't have the second prince, he would really be a lonely person.

"Your Majesty, what about this crown princess?"

"Xiao Aiqing, everything will change and see, no matter which of your daughters she chooses, she is just chosen, do you really want your concubine to be handed over to the prince, what do you say?"

"The old minister will retire, and let Qiao Er and the second prince enter the palace tomorrow to face the saint! Your Majesty must keep Qiao Er this time! The old minister's sister is only for His Majesty's country..."

His Majesty the Emperor actually showed some shame and said, "Don't worry, I won't pretend to be dizzy this time." ”

Xiao Qian was relieved to leave the inner hall, and the deacon and eunuch were waiting to see him off, and stepped forward and asked, "General Xiao, your urgent matter has been solved." ”

"Father-in-law, although the urgent matter has not been solved, but it can be regarded as a peace of mind, you can take away some of the incense ashes of the soothing incense to the old minister, my daughter likes the fragrance very much, I take it back and she will know what kind of spice it is made when she smells it, and let her prepare some by herself, get some lighter taste, and it will not be too pungent to put it here for Your Majesty."

"That's a good feeling, the slave family will go and pack some for General Xiao, wait a minute!"