Chapter 54: Doom is inevitable
Xiao Wu and Cui'er left the Xiyi Immortal Mansion together, turned into green smoke and went straight to the South Heavenly Gate.
When they arrived at Nantianmen, Xiao Wu and Cui'er were blocked by two white-helmeted and white-armored Tiangang guards holding halberds, and one of them pointed at Xiao Wu and said sharply: "Yongzheng Palace Niangniang, immediately resist the arrest of this fugitive slave in the palace."
As soon as the words fell, seven or eight Tiangang guards held halberds and hulala surrounded them.
Xiao Wu hurriedly explained to the Tiangangwei who spoke, "You don't want to talk nonsense, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who agreed to let me leave."
Tiangangwei stretched out his hand and said, "Then, quickly show the prince's order."
"I ?......", Xiao Wu really didn't think of this step, and was suddenly dumbfounded.
"No?...... That's to flee without permission and get arrested."
Cui'er sacrificed her long sword, blocked in front of Xiao Wu and confronted Tiangangwei, and finally had to knock off the long halberd that had pierced her, and fought in one place.
The four Tiangang guards also stabbed Xiao Wu with their halberds, Xiao Wu dodged left and right, and shouted: "Stop! It must be a misunderstanding, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has indeed allowed me to leave the palace, you can ask Yanwen Xingjun, he can testify to me."
Tiangangwei didn't listen to Xiao Wu's explanation at all, the long halberd stabbed from all directions with fierce energy, Xiao Wu had to sacrifice the long sword, and poured strength into his hands to wrestle with the four people, after more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Xiao Wu gradually lost the enemy, and was stabbed in several places on the shoulder and leg. When the four-pole halberd stabbed at her again, Xiao Wu flew into the air, and before her body could stand firm, she was hit in the back by a general wearing a red cloak, who carried a glorious palm wind in his hand.
Xiao Wu shouted "Ah!" and fell to the ground, "wow" and spit out a mouthful of blood, and the four halberds were on her at the same time, unable to move anymore, and the heavenly general threw out a shiny chain of immortals, tying Xiao Wu up strongly.
Cui'er heard Xiao Wu's scream, and was distracted for a moment and was also picked up by the halberd to the ground, she struggled to stand up, to rescue Xiao Wu who had been bound, but was stopped by the red cloak of the general, and the two were entangled together, only to see the sword qi like a rainbow, the palm strength was like the wind, stirring the fog and rolling like a white practice, seventeen or eighteen rounds, the two sides were in a stalemate.
"Be careful!"
Xiao Wu's mournful shout did not fall, only to see a long halberd pierced into Cui'er's body with a "poof", Cui'er was bounced a few feet away by the strength of the heavenly general, fell to the ground, and spit blood from her mouth and fell unconscious.
In the center of the main hall of the Jingzhang Palace, a large incense burner of the golden unicorn beast is emitting green smoke, and the fragrance in the hall is lingering.
Wei Xi Niangniang wears a phoenix crown and a xia veil, and sits majestically on the throne of the carved dragon and phoenix, she sits on the side of her hand, sitting on the jewels, full of smug Wu Mei Niangniang, standing at the bottom of the steps, and more than a dozen palace people serving left and right.
Everyone's eyes looked at the bottom of the steps, two people lying and kneeling covered in blood, and behind each of them stood two guards in armor and armor.
Qingtian had just dispersed, and he was chatting with Tai Bai Xing while walking out of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall together, and found Yan Wen at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for him with an anxious face.
Qingtian said goodbye to Tai Bai Xing Shili, and greeted Yanwen who ran over, Yanwen Shili said bluntly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, there is an urgent report in the palace of Yongzheng Palace, Lu Xiaowu escaped without permission."
Optimus anxiously asked, "Where is she now?".
"In Nantianmen, he was intercepted by Tiangangwei and escorted back to Yongzheng Palace"
"Who did it?"
Fang Xiang said, yes...... Personally arranged by Wei Ji Niangniang"
"It's broken!"
As soon as Yan Wen heard the word "broken", he saw the prince Qingtianhua leaving with a streamer, Yan Wen did not dare to delay, and followed closely.
When they arrived at the Jingzhang Palace, the palace people sang the newspaper "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!", so that everyone in the palace knelt down to salute and greet, Wei Xi personally greeted Qingtian to sit in the first seat, and he sat on the side.
Qingtian sat at the head of the hall with a gloomy face, and saw Xiao Wu kneeling on the ground with an angry face, her face was pale, her body and mouth were covered with blood, and she was obviously injured, and Cui'er was lying next to her, who was already unconscious.
Wei Xi peeked at Qingtian, secretly surprised that the prince came so quickly, there was a trace of panic in her heart, but she still maintained a dignified and peaceful demeanor on the surface, she got up and saluted slightly, and took the lead in speaking: "The king came just in time, and the concubine is interrogating the escaped palace maid...... After all, she was once a scholar of the king, how should she be punished?
Qingtian only glanced at Wei Xi, but did not speak.
Seeing that the prince didn't say a word, Wei Ji turned his head to Yanwen, who followed up together, and said: "Xingjun came just right, this palace is trying to confirm that it is not allowed by Xingjun and personally sent Lu Xiaowu out of the palace?"
Yanwen has been following Qingtian today, and was confused by Wei's words, he said honestly: "If you go back to Niangniang, Xia Guan has always been by the prince's side today, and I haven't seen Lu Xiaowu, so how can I send her out of the palace?"
After listening to this, Wei Yan faced Xiao Wu and shouted loudly: "Bold and bold, dare to talk nonsense, don't you keep saying that it was Xingjun who agreed to let you leave the palace according to His Royal Highness the Prince's wishes?
Xiao Wu supported the ground with his hand, trembling all over, looked at Yan Wen angrily, and said angrily: "Xingjun, didn't you say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew about my request to see me and allowed me to leave......? What does that mean?...... Why do you want to hurt me?!".
Yan Wen suddenly understood in his heart that his identity might be used by others, so he hurriedly explained and reminded, "Lu Xiaowu, I have been with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and I really haven't done it, what you said...... Think about it, is that person really like me?
Wu Meijiao's voice, after a moment of coldness, interjected, "Send the guards to ask, don't you know right away, whether it was sent by the stars?"
"Come!", the cold voice of the sky was as cold as ice.
After a while, the two guards guarding in front of the palace gate came in and knelt on the ground to salute.
Wei Xi pointed at Xiao Wu and asked the two guards: "This palace asks you, today, did you see Si Wen Xingjun and send this Xian'e out of the palace gate?"
The two guards glanced at Xiao Wu and hurriedly replied, "If you go back to Niangniang, my subordinates haven't seen Siwen Xingjun today, but...... But this Xian'e secretly cast a psychedelic spell, or Si Wu Xingjun helped to solve it...... The subordinates did not guard the palace gate well, and they were willing to accept the punishment."
All the confessions pointed to Xiao Wu lying, it was the Yongzheng Palace that she escaped from using psychedelic magic, Xiao Wu was indistinguishable, she looked at Qingtian with almost pleading eyes, shook her head and explained, "They are lying! I didn't ...... Nope!".
Qingtian frowned and looked at Xiao Wu coldly, he believed that she felt more sorry for her, but he didn't know where to help her get out of trouble.
Seeing this scene, Yan Wen glanced at the prince who was in trouble, sighed, and quietly left the main hall.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Wu Mei took the opportunity to interject and give his verdict opinion, "Escaping from the palace without permission, lying and quibbling, and daring to break into Nantianmen, this crime should be punished."
Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Wu Mei was very embarrassed, and she was busy covering her mouth and coughing lightly to cover up.
The scene was a little embarrassing, and at this time, the armor-clad Wu guard behind Xiao Wu held a burden in both hands, and said: "Tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Tianfei Niangniang, when I was escorted back from Nantianmen just now, a burden fell from this Xian'e, and my subordinates also brought it back."
Qingtian had seen this burden in the small dance room, and ordered in a cold voice: "Open!".
With the opening of the baggage, the night pearls, small gold wares and some jewels in the Chenghua Hall were scattered all over the place with a "bang", in addition, there was a painting and a scroll of books.
Everyone present was stunned, and Xiao Wu was even more stunned and stunned.
At this time, an internal official came in and said: "Tell His Royal Highness the Prince, Heavenly Concubine Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Seventh and Ninth Highnesses to ask for a meeting outside the palace."
"Go and reply to the two highnesses, just say that the palace is busy, let's come back another day"
The inner palace felt embarrassed, and said again: "The two highnesses said...... If they don't let them in, they ......."
"What about them?", Wei asked sharply, thinking that if these two highnesses were allowed to come in, it would be a big trouble, and they would have to find a way to stop them.
The internal official replied tremblingly: "They said...... Only...... Break into the Temple".
Wei Ji shouted a little angrily: "The Jingzhang Hall of the main palace, who wants to break in, can you break in? Go and inform the two highnesses, just say that His Royal Highness the crown prince is here, let them not make a mistake, and leave quickly."
Qingtian glanced at Yan Wen, the two eyes met, he immediately understood that it was Yan Wen's arrangement, so he said in a deep voice, "Announce them in, this gentleman wants to see, what is important to them?"
Zi Xiao and Gui Yan followed the internal officials into the main hall and saluted, "Say hello to the prince's brother!
"Get up and speak", Qingtian looked displeased, and his voice was as cold as ice ballast, "You two are here, what's the big hurry?"
Guiyan squatted in front of Xiao Wu, and when he saw her injuries, he immediately said angrily: "I heard that Lu Xiaowu, my brother's friend, was injured and brought here, so let's take a look, my brother is afraid that she will suffer from unwarranted disasters."
Wei Xi's face was full of anger, and she went straight back, "What does His Royal Highness the Ninth mean by this? Does it mean that this palace wants to harm her? Your Highness might as well take a look at the things on the ground for yourself, will you still say that she is still a friend of Your Highness?"
At this time, Zi Xiao knelt in front of Xiao Wu on one leg to visit the injury, and Qing Tian saw that he had sealed Xiao Wu's main vein, and understood that Xiao Wu had suffered internal injuries.
Guiyan didn't give an inch, and replied: "Hmph! Your Highness just believes in her! Hehe, these jewels are like dung in her eyes...... The mother said that she stole the evidence because it was in her baggage?...... What if they were searched out after several hands? I would like to say that it was deliberately put in by people with ill intentions to frame the blame."
Wu Mei felt that it was time for her to speak and express her position, she couldn't let the two highnesses ruin the long-planned plan, and Tsundere said: "How to say, this matter is also Yongzheng Palace's own business, so I won't worry about the two highnesses, it's better to avoid it."
Optimus looked impatient and interrupted in a cold voice, "All right! shut up...... Bring me the book and the drawing."
Yan Ran stepped forward and took two things, bowed down and handed them to the prince, Qing Tian opened the book first, and saw that it was Xiao Wu who was going to go to the place, so he only glanced at it, and threw it to the ground.
Wei Xi motioned for Zhiwei to pick it up with her eyes, only glanced at it twice, and saw that it was worthless, so she returned it to Zhiwei.
Qing Tian opened the painting again with a dark face, and saw the back of a beautiful young man, which he recognized as Xiao Wu's painting.
Why did she paint this picture? Why did she leave with her? What does she have to do with the person in this painting? Could it be that she left with her heart in mind, ignoring her own emotions, for the sake of this beautiful boy? A bunch of questions suddenly came to her mind, her eyebrows furrowed and furrowed, and the fire of resentment and jealousy rose in her eyes.
Seeing that the prince was holding the painting, his expression became even colder, Wu Mei saw the opportunity, and couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, this painting was painted by that cheap maid, and it was seen by the concubine and Yanran with their own eyes...... At that time, the concubine guessed that the person in the painting might be someone she was good with...... Sure enough, the concubine's maid Tsing Yi said that by the pond next to the Luoying Palace, she had seen this cheap maid have a private meeting with a man in white...... Later, I also heard that there was a military guard who was also there and arrested a man in white who had entered the palace privately, and it was this who helped the man escape at the scene...... Now that it is in series, there must be no doubt that she will have a private meeting with the man in the painting."
The sudden shocking news caught Qing Tian off guard, and doubts flashed in his heart, but jealousy still prevailed, and he grimaced and commanded in a deep voice, "Go, the witness is coming!"
There is no wise man in love!
Zi Xiao's eyes were also rounded, and he looked at Xiao Wu noncommittally. In the hearts of passionate lovers, they can't tolerate others to get involved.
Holding the painting in his hand, Qingtian stared at Xiao Wu fiercely, and said angrily, "Lu Xiaowu, how do you explain these jewels......?" The painting?...... Say!".
Xiao Wu slowly hooked the corners of her mouth, her pale face full of ridicule and disgust, "This jewel is not mine, ask me why I am here......?" Those who have done this, by the way, also ask...... His conscience will not hurt!".
Xiao Wu's face turned red with anger, holding on to her last strength, insisting on not letting herself fall, all she could do now was to maintain the last dignity, she coughed and gasped for a while, and continued: "This painting is painted by me, this back often appears in my dreams, I don't know who he is?......? Whoever commits iniquity will have heavenly recompense...... I have said all this, if I want to kill or chop, listen to everything."
Wei Jiao glanced at the crown prince Qingtian, and was suppressing his uncontrollable anger, which made it even worse, and added: "The back in the dream?, are you telling a joke?!......? Just now, you climbed the Star Monarch and let you out of the palace, what was the result? Everyone heard it clearly...... You are lying and deserving of death!".
Gui Yan's fists were clenched, and he was about to speak, when someone came in from outside the hall.
The summoned maid Tsing Yi and two military guards were brought into the hall, and they knelt in the hall, and they all told each other how the man in white and Xiao Wu had a private meeting by the pond, how they escaped from the back mountain, and how they did not dare to tell the story for fear of being punished.
After listening to this, Xiao Wu laughed angrily, "Haha, haha, you guys are really good at acting...... If you don't make a show, it's really a loss."
No longer has the strength to defend it, and I don't want to defend it anymore, Xiao Wu has a sneer on her face, facing a group of people and so on. In the face of strong evidence, even the prince and Zi Xiao, who know herself, don't believe herself, except for being speechless, what can she do?
Wu Mei was scolded by Xiao Wu in public, so she was naturally unhappy, she didn't hold her breath, and scolded: "Dare to be a cheap slave! Dare to insinuate to the master, come here! Give me a slap."
Guiyan couldn't bear it anymore, he shouted, "I see who dares to ...... Hmph, can you make it up more exciting? She, a little girl with yellow hair, has not even figured out what the relationship between men and women is, you can make it up, and she has a private lover in the palace?!...... Oh, Your Highness has been with her for three days, so tell Your Highness what is the relationship between me and her?...... Come, come, who's going to say first?...... Why? they're all dumb."
At this moment, Qingtian and Mu Bai secretly admired Gui Yan, just now they were both puzzled in the face of evidence, but Gui Yan firmly believed Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu's eyes were full of tears, and she glanced at Guiyan gratefully, looking at each other, sincere and warm!
Yan Wen saw that Xiao Wu's consciousness had begun to be in a trance and his whole body was shaking, he really couldn't listen to it anymore, so he hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege for the crown prince, and said with a gift: "Your Royal Highness the prince, the time for the audience is almost up, Your Highness, it's time to drive."
"Okay! Ben Jun knows", Qing Tian understood Yanwen's intentions, and after more than 10,000 years of tacit understanding, they already had a clear understanding, "Ben Jun, I also understood it, and the three charges were indeed seamless, and the sentence was ...... Stick kill!".
Except for Xiao Wu, everyone was taken aback. Xiao Wu was not surprised, because she felt that so many people had gone to great lengths to calculate themselves, and it was not strange that they had come to this point.
Wei Xi, Wu Mei, Yan Ran and some waiters couldn't help but show joy and smugness on their faces.
Zi Xiao knelt on the ground with a "poof", looked up at Qingtian, and kowtowed with tears and begged: "Brother Prince, these evidences are all suspicious, if you don't find out clearly, you will be killed, this is unfair to Xiao Wu......! Could it be that the prince's brother doesn't care about it at all...... Is it a hundred years of affection with Xiao Wu? For the sake of the past, let's start with Xiao Wu."
Guiyan angrily blocked Xiao Wu to prevent Wu Wei from taking her away, his eyes were split, and he said angrily: "If you want to kill Lu Xiao Wu, then you have to look at my Ninth Highness first, agree or not?"
Weijuan glared at Gui Yan angrily, and reminded her sharply, hoping to scare Gui Yan away, "The matter of Yongzheng Palace, His Royal Highness Nine is not qualified to get involved...... Do you dare to be disobedient?"
Guiyan snorted coldly: "This matter, His Royal Highness has been involved, and if you have the ability, you will kill me first...... I will also tell the Heavenly Monarch that under the blue sky and white sun, there are only some pickled things in the Yongzheng Palace...... Heavenly Court is a place where heavenly principles are taught, so just wait for the Heavenly Monarch to judge and judge."
Seeing this, Yanwen also hurriedly gave a salute and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister thinks that Lu Xiaowu's words are conclusive, saying that the minister sent her out of the palace, in case ...... What she said is true, then someone must be pretending to be a minister...... The minister is the person beside His Royal Highness, so blatant and reckless, I am afraid that it is not such a simple matter whether to send it out of the palace or not?...... His Royal Highness the Prince Wangwang left Lu Xiaowu first to assist the ministers and thoroughly investigate whether there was any impersonation, which ...... However, important matters related to the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be investigated in detail, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is asked for his permission."
Qing Tianyin grimaced, looked around at everyone, and his gaze fell on Guiyan, with a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said slowly: "What Yanwen said makes sense, if you dare to hit the idea of the people around this prince, it is time to find out...... In today's rush, some of the evidence does need to be clarified...... The Yongzheng Palace of this monarch is by no means a place to kill innocents in vain. If it is not clear, His Royal Highness the Ninth Highness must not talk nonsense, and it is absolutely inappropriate to disturb the Heavenly Monarch who has all the opportunities of the day...... Benjun promised you that if I investigate this matter carefully, I will also convince the two of you."
In Qingtian's tone, he was afraid of the scandal of Yongzheng Palace, and the worry of exposing it to Tianjun, he changed his mind, and he was forced to compromise under pressure.
The two brothers, Qingtian and Guiyan, sang a double reed show, so that Xiao Wu was able to get out of the predicament.
Qingtian looked at Wu Mei, then faced Weijuan, and said angrily: "A few days ago, the rumor that the scholar lured the prince to spend the night in the prince's room spread a lot of rumors, Weijiao, you are in charge of the harem, shouldn't you also investigate this matter? Can such a thing be ignored?...... This gentleman will never allow someone to make waves and do evil in this Yongzheng Palace, according to this gentleman's opinion, it is time to reorganize the Yongzheng Palace and thoroughly rectify it."
Seeing that the prince was angry, he was obviously dissatisfied with himself in his tone, Wei Xi was angry in his heart and hated Wu Mei for deliberately causing trouble, so that he fell into the charge of poor management of the harem, and felt short of breath, Wei Wei hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt, "It is the concubine's negligence, which damages the reputation of the king, and the concubine must carefully investigate those who tell the truth and wrong, and will be punished heavily, please forgive the fault of the concubine."
"It's good to know what you're wrong, get up...... I have something to do, so let's stop for today...... Yanwen listened to the order and escorted Lu Xiaowu to Luoying Hall to imprison, and after the facts were clarified, he would be dealt with...... Without this royal decree, no one is allowed to step into the Luoying Hall for half a step...... Order someone to send that woman back to the Xiyi Immortal Mansion," Optimus commanded with a non-negotiable expression.
Wu Mei didn't want to miss the opportunity, so she dared to block it, "Your Majesty, you can't just let go of that ......."
"Presumptuous, isn't what Benjun said clear enough?", Qing Tian broke off with a black face and shouted angrily, he no longer listened to any explanation, flicked his sleeves and walked straight out of the hall.
Seeing that the prince was angry with himself, Wu Mei dared to contradict him, and hurriedly saluted and asked for his guilt, "Please forgive your sins!"
One of the greatest advantages of power is that you can rely on it, bully, be unreasonable, and even do whatever you want, and Optimus takes advantage of this.
Everyone saluted and sent the prince Qingtian away, and Wei Xi and Wu Mei sat back in their seats with angry faces.
Yan Ran looked at Wei Xi and Wu Mei, and reminded: "Luoying Hall is a cold palace, a place where the concubine who made a mistake lives, and imprisoning that little cheap maid there is not an admission that she is a person from the harem?"
Wei Xi's face was full of frustration, and she snorted: "Today's trouble, but it has fulfilled the prince's wishes...... Hmph, you can only wait and see what happens, and then move the camera later."
Wu Mei showed regret on her face, gritted her teeth and said: "If I knew such a scene, I should have let Wu Wei kill her directly when he was arrested, at least to disable her, look at the little, how can you charm His Royal Highness the Prince?"
Weijiao felt that she had a sense of frustration that she had been pecked blind by geese all day long, and she said weakly: "Now it's enough for her to bear...... It's easy for you to say, if you just kill that scholar, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not have the same attitude towards you and me as he just now."
In the Jingzhang Palace, filled with long sighs and suppressed depression, a careful calculation turned into a farce, and in the end, there was no winner.
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