Chapter 24: Not lying
Shaoyin Palace.
Lin'an is in a good mood, today after Emperor Yuanjing proposed to abolish it in the court, after half a day of fermentation, almost everyone in the Dafeng officialdom knows about it.
Lin'an, who was in the palace, naturally heard about it.
His Royal Highness, dressed in a gorgeous red dress, sat on the swing of the vine trellis humming a little song, and under the skirt, two pairs of small and delicate embroidered shoes swayed happily.
It is natural for her to be in a good mood, and the queen admits to framing the prince and killing Concubine Fu, so the prince's brother can soon come out of Dali Temple.
The mother concubine does not have to wash her face with tears every day.
Also, the dog minions also came back alive. In just half a decade, it's almost time to run.
Lin'an actually has a feeling that the years are quiet.
"Huaiqing must be very sad now, hmph, who let the queen frame my prince's brother....... Well, for the sake of being in a good mood in the palace, I won't look for her to show off these days. ”
The demon's heart was about to move, but considering that Huaiqing's fist was bigger than his own, he chose to follow his heart's wishes and find Huaiqing to provoke him after a while.
When the time comes, bring the dog minion, he is a hero who fights thousands of enemy troops, and he will definitely be able to protect himself.
The guards outside the garden walked over, stopped more than ten meters away and stopped approaching, hugged their fists and said, "Your Highness, Lord Xu is here." ”
The smile on his framed face instantly brightened, "Please." ”
She sat on the swing and didn't move, but she was looking forward to it.
Xu Qi'an led the little eunuch in, sat on the stone table under the grapevine trellis with a grin, eating the fruits prepared by the palace maid for Lin'an, the pastries made by the chef of the imperial dining room, and the special tea.
"Eh....." shouted the palace maid standing aside.
"Huh?" Xu Qi'an looked at her puzzled.
"That's what His Highness drank. The palace maid said with a thin mosquito.
"Oh, sorry, sorry. Xu Qi'an took another sip of the cup.
At this time, the mounting couldn't be stopped, his face was red, and he said angrily: "Xu Ningyan." ”
At this time, a gust of wind blew, the vines swayed slightly, the sun passed through the vines, sprinkled on her round goose egg face, the small mouth was ruddy, the nose was straight, the charming and amorous peach blossom eyes wanted to talk about it, and under the flush of the cheeks, it revealed an indescribable charm.
A woman who is charming in her heart.
Huaiqing and Lin'an are both extremely outstanding beauties....... It's a pity that although the other two princesses are beautiful, they are not far from the words "beautiful in the prosperous world...... Xu Qi'an felt sorry in his heart.
Otherwise, he would do everything he could to wipe out the princess of Dafeng.
Lord Xu is not only the favorite minister of the eldest princess, but also the favorite minister of the second highness, and the future is immeasurable...... The little eunuch said in his heart.
In the huge capital, in addition to the princes and princesses in the palace, I am afraid that the only one who can get along with His Royal Highness Lin'an like this is Lord Xu.
In the past few days, the little eunuch has followed Xu Qi'an to investigate the case and witnessed his relationship with Princess Huaiqing and Princess Lin'an, and the blind man can see that the two highnesses attach great importance to Xu Qi'an and appreciate it.
"Isn't the case closed? Framed crisply said: "Dog minion, why do you still have to enter the palace to handle the case." ”
Based on the existence of the little eunuch, she judged that Xu Qi'an was still investigating the case, otherwise he was the one who came to Shaoyin Yuan at this moment.
"The case isn't over yet...... Xu Qi'an exhaled hard and put on a sad expression: "Your Highness, am I your person?"
"Of course. Framed nodded without hesitation.
"I was bullied. Xu Qi'an covered his face, and sadness came from it: "My family is very difficult, my second uncle told me since I was a child, and the children of poor families are in charge of the family early.....
"However, the dog in Jingxiu Palace, who was stabbed with a thousand knives, extorted me ten taels of silver. ”
Although Lin'an is a, he is still very righteous, and when he heard this, he was really angry, and jumped off the swing with a "poof", and raised his eyebrows:
"Let's go, go to Jingxiu Palace, this palace will preside over justice for you. ”
The silver is small, but the person who bullied her Lin'an is a big problem.
Xu Qi'an followed Her Royal Highness the princess "well-behaved", looking aggrieved, walked for a while, and asked casually:
"Your Highness, is there a palace maid named Lang'er beside Concubine Chen?"
"Hmm. Lin'an nodded.
"This palace maid is the old man of Jingxiu Palace. ”
"Yes, since I entered the palace, I have been serving by my mother's side. ”
"Your Highness, can you tell me about this person, such as what you like, what you hate, and what has happened recently. ”
"How can this palace care about what a palace maid is doing recently. ”
She thought about it and added: "I like to eat mung bean cakes, I often see the queen mother give her the rest of the mung bean cakes, she loves to eat them." ”
After a question and answer, I arrived at Jingxiu Palace.
From a distance, I saw the gatekeeper who had just "greedy" ten taels of silver from Xu Qi'an.
Xu Qi'an stepped forward and slapped him, then pointed at the eunuch who was covering his face and said, "Your Highness, he is the one who blackmailed me." ”
"You ....."
The eunuch guarding the door covered his hot face, angry and angry, he didn't expect Xu Qi'an to come back with His Second Highness to find trouble.
How can he also be a person in Chen Guifei's palace, and there is a seven-rank official in front of the first assistant, but he is a person in front of Chen Guifei's door.
Generally speaking, foreign ministers don't dare to be so hard with the eunuchs in the palace, and if they suffer losses, most of them swallow them and swallow their anger.
"One more mouthful. ”
In front of outsiders, Lin'an maintained the proper posture of a princess and commanded coldly.
Xu Qi'an slapped him again, and the eunuch who threw him stumbled and his ears rang.
"The people in this palace also dare to blackmail, and they will spare you once in the face of the concubine. Next time, if you dare to be disrespectful to Lord Xu, you will be directly degraded to coolies. ”
Lin Anqiao's face was like frost, "Spit out the silver." ”
Willing to give a trivial gatekeeper a chance, she is actually a very kind woman, more innocent than most royal women...... Xu Qi'an said that it is precisely because of this temperament that it is easy to provoke scumbags.
Lin'an has a good relationship with me, I have to watch her closely, and I can't let her be harmed by scumbags.
The eunuch guarding the gate was unwilling, and five taels of silver was more than his monthly money, but he didn't dare to disobey the orders of the Second Highness, so he could only hand them over.
He took out the silver ticket that he had just covered and offered it with both hands: "The slave dog looks down on people, please don't blame Lord Xu." ”
Xu Qi'an didn't answer, "What I gave you is ten taels." ”
Ten taels?!
The eunuch guarding the gate raised his head, dumbfounded, and argued: "It's obviously five taels, how can Lord Xu wronged the slave." ”
Xu Qi'an immediately looked at the framing and said loudly: "Your Highness, you look at this dog thing that violates the yin and yang, and I don't take you seriously at all." ”
Lin An stared at her peach blossom eyes that couldn't be fierce.
"Slaves don't dare, minions don't dare ....."
The eunuch guarding the door touched it for a long time, took out three taels of silver, a handful of broken silver, and cried with a sad face: "There are only so many slaves." ”
Xu Qi'an smiled and put the silver in his arms: "Doing good deeds may not be rewarded, but if you don't do good deeds, you will be liquidated one day."
"This official has taught you a lesson, and these silver should be regarded as shackles. ”
Some people always think that if they do something wrong, they just need to apologize, and no matter how aggressive others are, the other party is not sensible. If an apology is useful, what else do you need to do with the law....... I got five taels of silver, and when I came back, it would be over?
Then, he turned his head to look at the side face with rounded framed lines, "It's all here, Your Highness will take me into Jingxiu Palace, just in time to end the Fu Concubine case." ”
At that moment, Framing led him across the courtyard gate and into the courtyard.
"Your Highness, what you are looking for is a palace maid named Lang'er, please help me invite it. ”
Xu Qi'an followed the palace maid into the side hall, and the framed went to visit the concubine, he shouted at the back of the red dress, and the red skirt didn't look back, and said coquettishly: "I know." ”
Entering the side hall, a small palace maid stood not far away.
Xu Qi'an asked, "Where is the latrine?" ”
"Wait a minute, sir. The palace maid responded softly, went out to find a little eunuch, and said, "Take the adults to the toilet." ”
Xu Qi'an left the side hall with the eunuch, went to the latrine in the south of the compound, closed the door, poured out the Confucian version of the "magic book" from the fragments of the book from the ground, tore off the paper that recorded the qi technique, and ignited it with a qi machine.
Two streams of clear air shot out of the pupils, and then converged.
"With it, the magic books are half thinner. No, I'm going to use it forever. After the spring season, I will go to Yunlu Academy and meet my three teachers. Well, the poems of the white prostitutes have to be thought out in advance........"
Returning to the side hall, he drank tea and waited for the palace maid named Lang'er.
........
Inner courtyard, main house.
Chen Guifei leaned lazily on the soft collapse, and two personal palace maids were waiting, one rubbing her shoulders and the other pinching her legs.
There is no imperial concubine in Emperor Yuanjing's harem, and Chen Guifei can be said to be under one person and above all the concubines. Moreover, it won't be long before her status in the harem is really invincible.
Holding a book in her hand, Chen Guifei said with a smile: "This "Spring Court Moon" is really well written, the more I read it today, the more I like it." ”
Lang'er pursed her lips and chuckled: "Niangniang, this is in a good mood, and I feel good when I look at the book." ”
Another palace maid echoed with a smile: "Yes, although the prince has not come out of Dali Temple yet, it is also a matter of time or time." The mother washed her face with tears in recent days, and the slaves and maids were distressed to death. ”
Lang'er whispered: "I really didn't expect the dignified queen to be so vicious, harming Concubine Fu and framing the prince, we thought she was really kind and kind." ”
Chen Guifei frowned and reprimanded: "Don't put the beak of the queen mother." ”
"Mother, you're just too careful. After His Majesty proposed to abolish it in the court, after the princes confirmed it, she was no longer the queen's mother. Another maid giggled.
"Maybe our mother will be the queen in a short time. ”
Chen Guifei frowned again and again, wanting to reprimand the two palace maids who were open-mouthed, when she suddenly heard a sound of light footsteps.
"Mother, Lin'an is here. ”
The light and shadow outside the door swayed, and Lin'an's shadow fell into the room, and then, the fiery red skirt was like a cluster of fireworks swaying in the wind.
The silence of the two palace maids ended the topic.
Chen Guifei showed a loving look, straightened her waist, and beckoned: "Lin'an, didn't you just come here in the morning?" ”
"I miss my mother, I can't wait to stay in Jingxiu Palace and accompany my mother every day. ”
Lin'an is a coquettish girl, beautiful and sweet-mouthed, both Emperor Yuan Jing and Chen Guifei are very fond of her.
"Then accompany the concubine to chat for a while, and when you get bored, you will meet Shaoyin Yuan. Chen Guifei took her daughter's hand and asked her to sit beside her.
"Okay!"
After sitting down, he said coquettishly: "The main thing is to miss the concubine, and then do something by the way." ”
Chen Guifei's smile remained unchanged, and she said softly: "What's the matter." ”
Framed looked at Lang'er and ordered: "Lord Xu has something to ask you, he is waiting in the side hall of the outer courtyard, you go over." ”
After speaking, like Chen Guifei explained: "It is Xu Qi'an, the watchman I cultivated, and the mother concubine also has an impression of him, and he is handling the case of the prince's brother." It seemed that he had something to ask Lang'er, but the minions guarding the door wouldn't let him in. ”
Chen Guifei pondered for a moment and waved her hand, "Lang'er, go see him." ”
"Yes. Lang'er said, her hands flat on her lower abdomen, Lianbu stepped over the threshold, out of the yard, and her figure gradually moved away.
Lin An retracted his gaze and followed the topic, "Mother, if the prince's brother can restore his innocence, it depends on Xu Qi'an." Mother, you don't know, I worked so hard to train him.
"You always say that Huaiqing will cultivate talents and cultivate forces, but in fact, Lin'an is not bad. When he first met him, he was still a small catcher in Changle County. It's not that I've worked so hard to cultivate him so well. ”
Chen Guifei was surprised: "How did you know a little catcher?"
"Gee, don't worry about the details. Anyway, the talent I cultivated saved the prince's brother, right. ”
"Yes, yes, thanks to Lin'an, if you don't have the help of the people cultivated by Lin'an this time, your prince and brother will be in danger. Chen Guifei pinched her daughter's fleshy goose egg face.
........
In the side hall, Xu Qi'an sat on a chair, holding a teacup in his hand, and blew lightly.
The tea in this Jingxiu Palace, even if it is used to entertain guests, is far more mellow than the good tea treasured by the aunt.
"But compared to the tea that Lin'an drank just now, it's still a lot worse. Turned around and asked Lin'an for a few taels of tea, and let the second uncle and aunt taste the tribute. ”
Xu Qi'an thought in his heart, took a sip of beauty, then looked at the little eunuch standing beside him, and said with a smile:
"Little father-in-law, you are sent by His Majesty to supervise the official, in the words of the official, that is the minister of the Qincha. Sit down, don't stand. ”
The little eunuch actually had some insight, and said helplessly: "Out of Beijing, that's the Qincha." Isn't the slave still in the palace, it's still a slave, just like those governors, who are majestic outside, but when they return to Beijing, it's not just a small imperial history. ”
These words made Xu Qi'an laugh, "Three points into the wood, three points into the wood." ”
If Governor Zhang returns to Beijing, he will be a younger brother, and outside, he is majestic, even if he is a big man like a political envoy and a commander, he has to be respectful and respectful, and call himself a subordinate official.
"By the way, the little father-in-law is an errand boy in His Majesty's bedroom. Xu Qi'an asked.
The little father-in-law nodded.
"After the little father-in-law reported yesterday, His Majesty went to the queen's Fengqi Palace?"
There is a question, Xu Qi'an has been hiding in his heart for a long time. Yesterday, the origin of Huang Xiaorou and the queen was found in the crab pavilion, and the clues began to point to the queen, but the income and expenditure records of the imperial pharmacy were quietly torn up, so there is no conclusive evidence that the queen saved Huang Xiaorou.
With the wisdom of Emperor Yuan Jing and the city government, he should not question the queen in a hurry before the facts of the case are clear.
If Emperor Yuan Jing was really such an impulsive and brainless person, after the crown prince's case, he should directly abolish the prince.
"No......." The little eunuch shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and whispered:
"It was Chen Guifei who went to His Majesty's bedroom to cry, accusing the queen of framing the prince, and His Majesty remembered the love with the concubine, so he went to Fengqi Palace to question the queen. The slave was also called by His Majesty for questioning at that time, and the slave hadn't taken the initiative to report it at that time. ”
How did Chen Guifei know about the progress of the case?
Needless to say, it must have been framed to tell her that the stinky girl saw that there was a breakthrough in the case and was one step closer to the prince, so she happily shared the joy with her mother, which was inevitable.
While chatting, a woman in a lotus green palace dress crossed the threshold and entered the side hall.
She has handsome facial features, fair skin, twenty-four or five years old, and her eyes are round apricot eyes, the same as Chu Caiwei, but not as big as the latter.
Chu Caiwei's big eyes always reminded Xu Qi'an of the two-dimensional paper man's wife.
Coupled with a round goose egg face, sweet and cute, the title of big-eyed cute girl is well deserved.
The palace maid entered the side hall, Ying Ying gave a salute, and said, "I've seen Lord Xu." ”
"Sister Lang'er. Xu Qi'an smiled and returned the salute.
Lang'er stood in the side hall and bowed slightly, "What does Lord Xu want to ask?" ”
Xu Qi'an immediately said: "I'm sorry, but the humble position is also an order." ”
After a pause, he stopped talking nonsense and asked straight to the point: "Sister Lang'er went to the imperial pharmacy a few days ago?"
Lang'er nodded.
"What are you going to do?"
"Since the prince's accident, the mother has been washing her face with tears all day long, and she is depressed, and she has a headache that day, and the slave maid went to the imperial pharmacy to get some soothing medicine. Lang'er replied calmly.
"Have you torn up the income and expenditure books of the Imperial Pharmacy?" asked Xu Qi'an.
He was also so sharp with the other palace maids and eunuchs on the list. It is expected that the qi technique is in, which is equivalent to a polygraph that has been tried and tested, and it is better than monitoring.
Although there are many restrictions on the Wangqi technique, it can be shielded by magic weapons, it is useless against warlocks, and it cannot be used to accuse officials above the fourth grade, and the case of Concubine Fu is related to the national capital, and it cannot be used as evidence.
But for these eunuchs and palace maids, the Qi Hope Technique is not restricted, and Xu Qi'an is only used to assist.
I'll make sure you're a werewolf before I come to investigate you. This is much easier and more convenient than finding clues along the vine.
Lang'er was stunned, as if she didn't expect Xu Qi'an to be simple and rude, she shook her head: "No." ”
Whew, I'm telling the truth....... Xu Qi'an, who was using the Prospective Qi Technique, sighed disappointedly in his heart.
It seems that his judgment was wrong, and the person who tore up the account books was not the Imperial Pharmacy that had entered within five days, but much earlier. As for sneaking into the Imperial Pharmacy, this is unlikely.
Because Emperor Yuan Jing's imperial pharmacy stored precious elixirs, and Emperor Dog's small treasury was used for alchemy, it would not be too much to describe the imperial pharmacy as a treasure house.
Since it is a treasure trove, it is naturally heavily guarded outside, not to say that it will sneak in.
"Two possibilities, the person who tore up the account book entered the imperial pharmacy five days ago. Or, it's a traitor in the Imperial Apothecary. Later, I will inquire about the palace maids and eunuchs who work in the imperial pharmacy......."
Thinking of this, Xu Qi'an got up and arched his hand: "I'm done asking, but this case is not over yet, and I may visit again in the future." ”
He first got a vaccination, and then he ate a closed door.
Hearing this, Lang'er's eyes showed obvious impatience.
Xu Qi'an hurriedly said: "Go back and send some small gifts to Sister Lang'er, the mung bean cake in Guiyue Tower in the capital is a signature snack." ”
He knew that Lang'er liked to eat mung bean cakes, and on the way to Jingxiu Palace, Lin'an told him.
"No need," Lang'er shook her head, with alienation and a little resistance, and said lightly: "The slave doesn't like to eat mung bean cakes." ”
Is it hated...... Oh, this woman looks like a wolf and a tiger, and she has such a bad attitude towards me, a rare beautiful man in the world.
Is the effect of the rebirth pill not good enough, or is it that Huajing has never been swept by guests, so he doesn't know the good of men?
"In that case, then the official won't bother........"
Xu Qi'an suddenly froze.
In the vision provided by the Qi Hope Technique, Lang'er's emotions were very stable and she was not lying.
Didn't lie?!
............
PS: Thank you for the reward of the alliance leader "hahaha_123", and thank you for the alliance leader of the alliance leader "The tail of the mountainside" for the reward. Thank you, two big guys.
PS: I wish the college entrance examination a smooth ride, as the old saying goes, grinding the gun is not fast and light. Then the mentality should be stable, and my mentality was as stable as an old dog when I took the college entrance examination. At that time, I was not very sensible, and I just wanted to finish the exam quickly and spend the summer vacation happily.
Now that I think about it, if I had sharpened my guns in battle, I might have entered Tsinghua University and Peking University. Hahaha........