Chapter 189: Danger
"This palace asked Fu Jiao to leave the capital, not to harm her, but to save her."
The eldest princess of Jianing seemed very tired.
She gently rubbed her temples, waved away all the palace people, closed the door of the palace, and said earnestly: "Fu Jiao's identity is the daughter of the emperor and the concubine." ”
Concubine Jing was shocked, "Concubine Shu? The young concubine Zhenhui? She...... Didn't her daughter die just after birth? ”
The eldest princess of Jianing shook her head, "You haven't entered the palace at that time, so you don't know the secret. claimed to be dead, but in fact, it was Concubine Shu who knew the emperor's secret. ”
“…… What secret? ”
Concubine Jing and Fu Rudi waited for her later text.
The eldest princess of Jianing said: "Concubine Shu has a very good relationship with the palace, she was full of saints at that time, and she was immersed in the joy of the princess's birth, but one night, she overheard the emperor's dream. When the emperor is outside, he has always said that he does not believe in ghosts and gods, however, he has been privately looking for the secret recipe for immortality. According to the content of his dream, Concubine Shu found various elixirs for immortality in his study, one of which was to use her own children as medicine. ”
"Children?"
Concubine Jing was dumbfounded.
The eldest princess of Jianing nodded in surprise, "Well, yes...... The flesh and blood of the offspring. ”
As we all know, Emperor Jianming's heirs are very rare. He has a lot of concubines, when he was young, there was a draft every three years, and many children were born, but most of them died, and now Emperor Jianming is almost fifty years old, except for two young and thin princes, and a princess Zhaofu, there is nothing to do.
At that time, the palace thought that the Zhao family had offended the gods and did not allow the heirs of the heavenly family to prosper. It wasn't until I learned about this from Concubine Shu and secretly verified it that I knew that the children born to those concubines, if the eight characters are in harmony with the emperor, they are all good materials for medicine and alchemy......"
The eldest princess of Jianing was young at that time.
I don't believe that my own brother would do such a crazy thing.
But she knows Concubine Shu's character, she is sincere and kind, and she will never joke about this kind of thing.
So, one night, the eldest princess of Jianing and Concubine Shu secretly sneaked into the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, and found the refined elixir of immortality in the box hidden by Emperor Jianming. After being verified by the imperial doctor, there are indeed flesh and blood in the golden pill, but whether it is the prince and princess who died young, it remains to be discussed.
The eldest princess and concubine of Jianing thoroughly investigated in the palace, and really fulfilled the sentence "If you don't want people to know, you can't do anything unless you do".
No matter how hidden Emperor Jianming was, no matter how clean his hands and feet were, those babies and girls who died tragically still gave the direction of the eldest princess and concubine Jianing. In the Danfang, they saw with their own eyes that Emperor Jianming threw a newborn baby girl into the alchemy furnace.
"To this day, the palace can still hear the mournful cry of the baby girl."
When the eldest princess of Jianing talked about the past, she had already burst into tears.
In order to keep her child from following in her footsteps, Concubine Shu worked hard to avoid the eyes and ears of Emperor Jianming and sent the princess out of the palace, which allowed Aunt Rong, who was fake pregnant that year, to pick up the abandoned baby.
"But there is no impermeable wall in the world. Concubine Shu sent away the newborn little princess, which immediately aroused the emperor's suspicion, and after a check, he learned that Concubine Shu had already known his secret. Why did Concubine Shu die young? The emperor knows better than anyone else, because Concubine Shu was killed by his own hands! ”
The eldest princess of Jianing worshipped the Buddha with the Queen Mother at that time, and escaped by mistake.
But when she returned to the palace and learned that Concubine Shu had died of illness, and then looked at the fake crying image of the imperial brother, she instantly understood everything.
From then on, she was afraid of Emperor Jianming. moved out of the palace and has been practicing Buddha in the temple outside the palace, not only for the sake of those children who died tragically, but also to atone for their Zhao family.
Concubine Jing expressed deep suspicion.
She said, "...... If this is the case, why can Zhaofu grow up safely? and the little prince of the two palace girls, all right. ”
"Zhaofu is special, Emperor Jianming can't use her flesh and blood, otherwise she will be counterattacked. At the beginning, the palace asked the five ghosts to tell Zhaofu a fortune, did they also say that Zhaofu was born with a phoenix life, which is extraordinary? ”
"There's such a thing."
Concubine Jing's voice lowered, "I thought that the emperor cherished Zhaofu and felt that Zhaofu was different from other children......"
"Nature is also cherished."
The eldest princess of Jianing sighed helplessly, "People are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless?" Even if he uses his heirs to seek immortality, he and Zhaofu have been father and daughter for so many years, and they finally have feelings. What's more, Zhaofu has no interests with him, it is true that he wants to live forever, and it is also true that he loves Zhaofu. ”
Concubine Jing has mixed feelings in her heart.
Fu Rudi tightened his face, and said resentfully: "He is reluctant to Princess Zhaofu, so he has been looking for Concubine Shu's daughter?" ”
is also his child, but there are distant relatives.
The eldest princess of Jianing lowered her head and acquiesced.
"When I returned to the palace this time, I found that the emperor was looking for another way to live forever. is no longer the golden pill that used to use the flesh and blood of the heirs as medicine, but is looking for the fountain of immortality in a place called Yingzhou. ”
"Fountain of Youth?"
"Well, I've seen that ancient book. To find the Fountain of Youth, you need to open something called the Blood Pool. The blood pool still needs the whole blood of the children, and it is the way to be yin and poisonous. The eldest princess of Jianing looked outside the palace, the blue sky and white clouds, and the sky was clear. It was a splendid spring scene, but the hearts of all of them were full of gloom and sadness.
She continued: "After so many years, of course the emperor is reluctant to give up Princess Zhaofu and the two little princes, after all, there is a father-son relationship. Only the baby girl sent away by Concubine Shu back then was connected to his blood, but it was irrelevant. ”
Fu Rudi is not worth Fu Jiao.
Previously, he was also worried that Fu Jiao would become a princess for a while, and his identity was separated from him. Now it seems that her so-called princess identity is a shackle and a bait for Emperor Jianming to complete his wolf ambitions.
The eldest princess of Jianing lowered her eyes and felt related.
Knowing that the emperor was also looking for Fu Jiao, the eldest princess of Jianing couldn't bear it if she lived in Buddhism for a long time.
Fortunately, she had better luck than the emperor, and was the first to learn that the concubine of Fu Zhenqing, the eighth grade supervisor in the capital, was the daughter of Concubine Shu. At this time, Concubine Jing came to her and asked Princess Zhaofu about her nightmares day and night, and Princess Jianing pushed the boat down the river, so that Fu Jiao was burdened with a trumped-up charge, and asked Concubine Jing to do things for her.
At first, the eldest princess of Jianing only wanted Concubine Jing to send Fu Jiao away, but she underestimated Concubine Jing's love for her daughter, so she directly bought off the Xie family and ordered the kidnappers to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.
The eldest princess was flustered, and hurriedly asked her cronies to find the two kidnappers, and spent a lot of money to let them not kill people, but only send people to Qianzhou, which was thousands of miles away. Back and forth, butterfly wings flapping, after all, nothing is the same.
Fu Jiao was not sent away, but startled the snake, and let her live in the mansion with Fu Rudi from then on.
In this way, whether it is Concubine Jing or the Xie family, or the eldest princess of Jianing, who controls all this, they are all beyond the reach of the whip.
It was as if the veil covering the eyes was opened.
Looking back, everything is traceable.
The eldest princess of Jianing made so many troubles, just to protect Fu Jiao's life without involving her.
It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven.
She lamented: "This palace and Concubine Shu have been friends for many years, how can they watch her only child die tragically at the hands of her father? But there are too many secrets that can't be announced, and the palace is asking for Taoist masters, and at the same time sending Fu Jiao away without alarming the emperor. Only when Fu Jiao is far away from the capital and the emperor can she be truly safe. A piece of hard work in this palace, Master Fu...... Do you understand? ”
is in a high position, since he takes care of the royal face, he also has to protect the daughter of the deceased.
The eldest princess of Jianing was sandwiched between the royal brother and the concubine, and she was in a dilemma.
Concubine Jing looked in a trance.
She didn't care about Fu Rudi's soft sword against her neck anymore.
She looked at the eldest princess of Jianing with a dull gaze, and said with a wry smile: "Eldest princess, it turns out that you are just using me and Zhaofu. I want to borrow my hand to make the emperor not suspicious of you. ”
kept saying that it was for Zhaofu.
At the moment, it seems that it is all the words of the eldest princess of Jianing.
"I can't help it."
The eldest princess of Jianing closed her eyes tiredly, "Concubine Jing, you must understand that what I am doing cannot be known to the emperor. Otherwise, I, the eldest princess of the Great Yuan Dynasty, would just end up with the same fate as a concubine. ”
Since Emperor Jianming dared to do such a thing, he was the lord of the world, and it was easy to kill anyone.
At this moment, there was a "clang" sound outside the temple door.
"Who is it?"
Fu Rudi looked at it sharply.
He let go of Concubine Jing, chased her out in three steps and two steps, and dragged out the people who were hiding outside the palace. After seeing the face of the person who came, Fu Rudi's expression softened for a moment, and he said in shock: "Lord Wang, why are you here?" ”
The chubby and fat King of Guangping couldn't run.
He could only stand up hard, with a pair of mung bean eyes, looking back and forth on the eldest princess of Jianing and Concubine Jing.
"King Guangping?"
The eldest princess of Jianing and Concubine Jing exclaimed in unison.
The two never expected that he would be eavesdropping here.
"What did you hear?"
The eldest princess of Jianing grabbed his gorgeous light gold and purple clothes and dragged him into the palace.
The king of Guangping stumbled under his feet and almost tripped over the temple door. He cried with a sad face and explained: "This king is worried about Master Fu, so he entered the palace to take a look." As a result, when I came to Concubine Jing's palace, I found that all the palace people were standing outside the palace, all of them were silent, and they couldn't ask anything. So, the king came boldly and accidentally...... I accidentally heard the royal brother ...... He ......" His tone instantly cried, looked at the eldest princess of Jianing, and said expectantly: "Sister Huang, there may be a misunderstanding." Cruelty to one's own offspring, too ...... It's ......"
"That's unbelievable, isn't it?"
The eldest princess of Jianing knows it.
King Guangping was born kind, and to put it mildly, he was stupid.
It was precisely because of his stupidity that Emperor Jianming put him in the imperial city with peace of mind to relieve his withered brotherhood.
Fortunately, the person who overheard outside the palace was King Quang Binh, and if it was someone else, something might have happened. The eldest princess of Jianing said to King Guangping: "If you don't want to believe it, this palace is helpless." But those things were all seen by the palace and Concubine Shu. ”
"Brother Huang, he's hiding so deeply?"
King Guangping didn't seem to understand the joints, holding his fat head, and couldn't think of why, "Is immortality so important?" ”
"Who's to say it isn't?"
The eldest princess of Jianing smiled bitterly, "Dynasties have changed for thousands of years, and countless emperors have sought to cultivate immortals, but none of them can succeed. But they always go forward and succeed, if it is not because obsession is too important, who can say clearly? ”
Of all the people present, no one spoke.
After a long silence, King Guangping suddenly said again: "By the way, when this king left the palace, he saw someone sending a letter to Sinan. After Sinan received the letter, he jumped up in ecstasy, and vaguely heard what the king said about him, 'Finally, there is a whereabouts'...... Could it be that Fu Jiao has a whereabouts? ”
Fu Rudi couldn't hear this.
His eyes widened suddenly, "Lord Wang, are you sure?" ”
The king was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to ask him in detail. If it really is, presumably he and Si Bei will immediately enter the palace to find you......" King Guangping said this, patting his head, "Ouch, don't say it, it seems that they are also coming to the palace when this king leaves." So the king goes to the gate of the palace and sees, and you wait. ”
King Guangping said what he did, and acted resolutely.
Fu Rudi didn't stop Fu Jiao because she was worried about her. The eldest princess of Jianing and Concubine Jing couldn't stop him.
It didn't take long for King Quang Binh to go and return.
He was panting, sweating profusely, followed by Si Nan Si Bei and Zhao Hao. The two of them looked at Fu Rudi, and tears almost burst out, "My lord! My lord! Fourth Miss, she sent a letter back! ”
"What?"
Fu Rudi completely ignored Concubine Jing and the others at this time, and rushed forward, "Show it to me!" ”
Sinan immediately handed him the letter he received with both hands.
Fu Rudi looked at the words on the letter hungrily, and Sinan said beside him: "Si Bei and I were at the gate of the mansion, and we were about to call back the officials who were salvaged from Cuiwei Lake, but we received a letter from Maoshan. As soon as I read the contents of the letter, I learned that it was the fourth lady, so I wanted to tell the adult the news immediately, but the adult had already entered the palace, and Sibei and I couldn't enter the palace at all, so I was in a hurry, so I had to ask to see the prince, hoping that he could help think of a way. As soon as the prince heard this, he took us into the palace without saying a word, and met the king of Guangping halfway through......"
Sinan chattered a lot, but Fu Rudi couldn't listen to anything.
All he could remember was when Fu Jiao wrote to him.
"It turns out that the uncle who is tired of the five ghosts is a Danyang Daoist, and the Danyang Daoist is He Wuxiao pretending."
Fu Rudi was shocked and suffocated by the news one after another.
Zhao Hao had already read the contents of the letter when he came.
His expression was much more normal at this time, and he didn't even care about the words that Fu Rudi had rejected before. He grabbed his hair, and asked, "The letter said the way to go to Yingzhou, let's go and pick her up?" ”
"It's inevitable."
“…… Yingzhou? ”
Concubine Jing caught a hint of something unusual in their words.
She looked at the eldest princess of Jianing and asked, "Earlier, you said that the emperor was looking for the Fountain of Immortality in Yingzhou, and the appearance of the Fountain of Immortality requires a pool of blood. Now that Fu Jiao has gone to Yingzhou, is there any connection between this? ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present had an ominous premonition in their hearts.
King Guangping slapped his thigh even more, and he was very nervous: "It's broken!" Fu Jiao is definitely in danger in Yingzhou! ”