Chapter 158: Entering the Court
When Xiao Yi returned to King Yi's Mansion from the light smoke and green willows, he found that Qin Zhong was no longer there, and Lu Luoju was also empty, and a trace of bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and a wisp of uneasiness grew in his heart, but he didn't know where this uneasiness came from.
Because Mu Qingchen couldn't be found in the mansion, Xiao Yi simply left King Yi's mansion, returned to the light smoke and green willow, and sent someone to inquire about Mu Qingchen's whereabouts.
When the maid in King Yi's Mansion saw Xiao Yi leaving, he only thought that he had gone to those Qinlou Chu Pavilions to find girls, and he didn't have any suspicions, and Qingchen usually didn't go out in Luluoju, so the rest of the people in the mansion didn't know that Qingchen had quietly left.
Xiao Ling wrote in the letter that he only gave Qingchen three days, if within three days, Qingchen could not find where Feng Xiran was being held, and sent someone to rescue Feng Xiran, then she would personally enter the palace and change Feng Xiran out, otherwise, Xiao Ling would strip Feng Xiran naked from all over his body, and hang Feng Xiran at the gate of the city, so that everyone who entered and exited Ningyue Kyoto could see the true face of this famous number one master of martial arts.
If this is the case, Qingchen would rather Xiao Ling kill Feng Xiran with a sword than come up with such a method to torture him. Feng Xiran is such a clean and dusty man, he should be detached from the world, unstained with dust, but he was dragged into this filthy world by her. She was already sorry for him, how could she let him be insulted like this in Xiao Ling's hands?
So no matter what, she must let Feng Xiran be safe.
In the past three days, Qingchen successively met with the father and son surnamed Hou and Luo Yiyi, and finally went to the light smoke and green willow in person, found Xiao Yi, and explained his intention to him.
Xiao Yi didn't know that Qingchen was the real owner of the Star Picking Tower, and he didn't know where the underground secret passage of the Star Picking Tower was, so he could only wait for Qingchen to take the initiative to contact him, and after waiting for three days, he finally saw Mu Qingchen dressed in men's clothes.
"Do you know how dangerous it is for you to do this?" Xiao Yi shook his head disapprovingly and said.
"I have not come today to ask for your consent, but I have already decided to inform you and ask for your cooperation. Qingchen said, "Xiao Ling wants to use this opportunity to catch you and me, and we also want to use this opportunity to catch him off guard." ”
"Okay, I promise you, but you also have to promise me to protect yourself no matter what happens. Xiao Yi nodded helplessly, and finally agreed to Qingchen's plan.
This plan is extremely bold, if you are not careful, you will lose everything, and you will never recover, but if it is handled properly, then it will be Xiao Ling who will not recover.
Although Xiao Yi did not approve of Qingchen's adventure in the palace alone, he was still very happy, happy that Qingchen did not exclude him from her plan, because he knew that Qingchen had finally begun to rely on him.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to joke with my life. Qingchen smiled and spoke, and then added in his heart: Because I have already died once, I cherish every moment of my life.
After the two agreed, Qingchen left without a smile, leaving Xiao Yi with a shallow smile and a dashing back.
However, the sea is crossing, the world is unpredictable, and the fate is unknown, if Xiao Yi had known that letting Qingchen enter the palace would become the most regrettable thing in his life, then even if he died, even if he put aside all the fame and status of Ningyue Country, and put aside everything he has now, he would take Qingchen away and fly away.
After three days, the rain in Kyoto gradually began to lighten, and only a few gentle wisps of rain fell from the air, fell on the body, penetrated into the clothes, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Qingchen sat in an inconspicuous carriage, driven by a coachman hired from elsewhere, followed by Huai Jin and Jin Yan. The carriage drove directly to Chaoyangmen and was stopped by the guards guarding the gate.
It didn't take long for the Chaoyang Gate to be opened, and a luxurious carriage came out of it, and the person driving the car was Zhang Jing, the commander of the forbidden army, but he saw that he drove the car directly to the carriage that Qingchen was riding, jumped down from the car, and said:
"Princess Yi, please. ”
Qingchen lifted the curtain of the carriage, came out of it, was helped out of the carriage by Jin Yan, and got into the carriage driven by Zhang Jing, looked at Huai Jin who was sending him off, and Jin Yan who was about to cry, and waved his hand at them:
"Let's all go back, I'm fine, I'll be able to come out soon. ”
"Princess......" Jin Yan looked at Qingchen and seemed to want to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he choked up.
Qingchen shook his head and didn't say anything more, just glanced at Huai Jin, asked her to take Jin Yan away, and closed the door of the carriage, cutting off Huai Jin and Jin Yan's sight.
Zhang Jing didn't say anything more, just drove the car, turned the head of the car, and headed towards the Chaoyang Gate, while Xiao Ling sat at the highest place in the imperial city, waiting for Mu Qingchen's arrival.
Qingchen sat in the carriage, with mixed feelings in her heart, going around and around, she still couldn't avoid this palace after all, in the past she served by the side of the first emperor as Shangyi, and later became the queen of the new emperor of Ningyue, and then later, she stayed in the palace as a princess and pro-princess, thinking that after marrying Xiao Yi, she would be insulated from this place, but she didn't expect that now for the sake of Feng Xiran, she still has to step into it again.
"Princess, please, the emperor is waiting for you. I don't know how long it took, Zhang Jing stopped the carriage, got out of the carriage, stood at the door of the carriage, bowed down and said.
Hearing this, Qingchen stretched out his hand to push open the carriage door, walked out of it, jumped slightly, and fell to the ground, looking up at the palace next to him, his eyes flashing slightly.
Fengzao Palace.
It was here that day that she spent the three most regretful days of her life, allowing Xiao Ling to fabricate charges and wipe out the Ye family, so that she couldn't do anything. But I don't know why Xiao Ling asked Zhang Jing to bring her here now.
"Princess, please. Zhang Jing saw that Qingchen had no intention of going in, so he reminded again.
Qingchen noticed that Zhang Jing's address to her was no longer Princess Yi at the gate of the palace, but a princess.
With a slight turn of thought, Qingchen suppressed his thoughts, took a deep breath, walked to the palace gate of Fengzao Palace, slowly pushed open the door, and walked in openly again.
The last time she came, it was more than a year ago at night, it was her and Xiao Yi's cave room candles, she came to Fengzao Palace alone, just to take out the list of people who recorded the Star Picking Tower, because she was afraid that if she put it here, sooner or later she would be discovered by Xiao Ling.
It seems that it has been a long time since I have seen the view of Fengzao Palace. The scenery everywhere is the same as in the past, although it is late autumn, there are still many flowers and plants that have not withered, and some persistent flowers and plants are still alive even if they have been bathed in the breeze and drizzle for several days.
The fine and dense rain fell from the air again, hitting Qingchen's hair, making her whole person suddenly burst into bursts of water, but she still walked calmly, walking on a familiar road like a leisurely stroll, things are people, because in the past, it was Ye Xi who followed her.
Finally walked through the atrium and came to the main hall of Fengzao Palace, looking at this place that had achieved the glory of Ye Chengcheng's life, but also destroyed the hope of Ye Chengcheng's life, and his heart was full of emotion.
"If you really deserve to be a smart person, entering the palace is your best choice. Suddenly, Xiao Ling's voice sounded from the inner hall, and then a sound of footsteps came, and Xiao Ling was seen wearing a dragon robe and walking out of the inner hall.
"Where is Feng Xiran? I want to see him. Qingchen saw Xiao Yi and spoke directly.
"You entered the palace, it was really for him. When Xiao Ling heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said so.
"It's not for him, is it for you? Xiao Ling, I still don't know what your purpose is for letting me enter the palace. Qingchen spoke again, "Could it be that you want to force the Heavenly Star Kingdom to fight you?"
"What if I said that I let you enter the palace so that you could be the queen?" Xiao Ling said inexplicably, "You know, since Ye Qingcheng's death, the back seat has been vacant, didn't Mu Qingjue let you run to the back seat? As long as you nod, I will give you the opportunity to fulfill your wishes, and this Fengzao Palace is yours." ”
"Take me to see Feng Xiran first, otherwise, you won't want anything from me. Whether it is the matter of Ye Chengcheng, or the so-called edict of the first emperor, or ...... I'm a person. "Qingchen talks about the conditions without changing his color.
"What are you talking about?Do you know about Ye Tingcheng, and do you know the edict of the first emperor?" When Xiao Ling heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he immediately asked.
The reason why he was surprised was because the crystal coffin in the secret room of Longchen Palace had been destroyed, and Ye Tingcheng's body had disappeared, but what had happened in the past year was full of weirdness, all of which showed that it had a great relationship with Ye Tingcheng, so he once suspected that Ye Tingcheng was not dead.
In addition, he didn't know whether the first emperor had left an edict, because in the year when the first emperor died, he had been fighting in the south and north outside, and until the first emperor was seriously ill, he was still on the front line of the battle against the Heavenly Star Kingdom, so what the first emperor did, he actually didn't know completely. But he fully believed that Ye Chengcheng had the ability to get the edict, but in order to help him ascend to the throne, Ye Chengcheng hid the edict.
Qingchen knew what Xiao Ling was thinking, and he didn't explain, he sat down directly on the Nanmu chair in the hall, lowered his head, looked at his fingernails, or played with his hair, just didn't make any positive response to Xiao Ling's question.
When Xiao Ling saw this, he knew that Qingchen had to see Feng Xiran's side before he was willing to tell everything he knew, so he snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves and turned around:
"Come with me. ”
Hearing this, Qingchen raised his head and looked at Xiao Ling's back, a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, which was fleeting, and he didn't have time to catch it. Then he got up, followed behind Xiao Ling, walked out of the Fengzao Palace, and headed towards the heavenly prison.
"You locked Feng Xiran in the prison?" Qingchen asked.
"You probably would have thought that I would treat Feng Xiran like a heavenly machine, and detain him in a place that you can't think of anyway, but you forgot that the most dangerous place is the safest place, Feng Xiran has been imprisoned in the heavenly prison for so many years, and your people have never been here. Xiao Ling said, with a smug smile on his face.
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(Tianjin)