Chapter 25: Be Honest

At this moment, Xu Qi'an could not hide the stunned and surprised expression on his face.

The result of the Qi Hope Technique made his heart vigilant, and various thoughts collided with each other, and sparks flew everywhere.

He quickly thought of two possibilities: First, Lang'er actually doesn't like to eat mung bean cakes, and the reason why he loves to eat is because he wants to please Chen Guifei.

Second, she was lying, and the Qi Hope Technique was not screened, which meant that she had a magic weapon on her body that shielded the Qi Hope Technique.

The first possibility is not possible to judge for the time being.

The second possibility is the reason why Xu Qi'an's scalp is numb and adrenaline secretion is crazy.

How could the palace maids of Jingxiu Palace have a magic weapon to shield the Qi Lookout Technique?

What is she doing with the magic weapon that shields the Qi Seeking?

Unless, she needs to use this magic weapon to hide from the world these days. Unless she knew she would be cross-examined in the near future.

What has she done these days?

She's been to the Imperial Pharmacy!

As for whether he was stiffened by Li Daitao, in fact, Lang'er standing in front of him was an "outsider" disguised as a disguise....... Xu Qi'an felt that it was unlikely, and if he was wearing a human skin mask, he couldn't hide his observation.

If it is the "transformation" technique of a high-level powerhouse, it is even more impossible. This is the Imperial Palace, and high-ranking powerhouses can't sneak in at all.

"Lord Xu?"

Lang'er frowned, squinting at Xu Qi'an, who had lost his expression management.

"Can't make up her mind easily, maybe she just doesn't like to eat mung bean cake and inadvertently said what is in her heart. ”

Thinking in his heart, Xu Qi'an did not panic to stabilize his emotions, but kept his face a certain "bad", stared at Lang'er, and said in a slightly angry tone:

"Although Miss Lang'er is a person next to Concubine Chen, her temper is inevitably too big, this official has shed blood for the court and made great contributions, Miss Lang'er's attitude is so contemptuous, does she have an opinion on this official?"

Lang'er glanced at him and said lightly: "Lord Xu has thought about it a lot, the slave is not contemptuous, and she has no opinion on adults." ”

After a pause, Shi Li said: "The slave is still in a hurry to go back to serve the concubine." ”

After saying that, he stepped out of the threshold and left.

Looking at the back of the palace maid leaving, Xu Qi'an's heart sank to the bottom.

Just now, in the feedback of the Wangqi technique, Lang'er still didn't lie.

The question in the last sentence is that Xu Qi'an is covering up his gaffe, and he is also digging a pit and waiting for Lang'er to jump.

First of all, Lang'er was very impatient with this inquiry, and she was disgusted with him, and wanted to send him away as soon as possible....... Xu Qi'an can confirm this.

When a normal person is faced with a question like "do you hate me", out of politeness, they will subconsciously perfunctory and not admit it, so this constitutes lying.

However, in the feedback given by the Qi Hope Technique, Lang'er's mood was unusually stable, and no lies were detected.

From this, it can almost be confirmed that this palace maid has a magic weapon to shield the qi technique, and it also verifies her weakness on the side, and deliberately uses this kind of means to avoid torture.

At this point, a terrifying truth has been revealed.

She is the one behind the scenes!

Chen Guifei?!

At this moment, countless details and clues emerged in Xu Qi'an's mind, and pheromones were like boiling lakes.

I really didn't expect that....... Hurry out of here and report my findings to Duke Wei and Huai Qing....... Xu Qi'an didn't want to stay in Jingxiu Palace for a moment.

It's like entering a barren mountain hotel in the middle of the night, only to find that it's a haunted house. The usher was a demon with eyes on his face, carrion, maggots crawling all over his face.

The plates of food on the table are maggots,, carrion, and human heads.......

Xu Qi'an was the living person who inadvertently peeked into the secret of the haunted house, his scalp was numb, and he just wanted to pretend that he didn't know anything, and then leave quickly before the evil ghost reacted.

"I'm done, little father-in-law, let's go back. ”

Xu Qi'an took a deep breath and calmly proposed to leave.

"Yes!"

The little eunuch did not doubt him, so he responded quite easily, and followed Xu Qi'an out of the threshold of the side hall.

Wait a minute!

Xu Qi'an's pace suddenly froze, if Chen Guifei is the person behind the scenes, then everything that happened to the queen is the price that Chen Guifei is about to pay: deprivation of position and entering the cold palace.

Whether the crown prince will be deposed or not, I can't tell....... What about the prince, Xu Qi'an doesn't care, what he cares about: What should Lin'an do?

She is very happy today, because the case is about to be solved, and it is only a matter of time before the prince is acquitted.

But then, I may push her mother into the abyss with my own hands.

When she found out about this, she would have hated me.

Compared with Huaiqing, a girl like Lin'an has a worse psychological endurance, and it is possible for the mother concubine to be beaten into the cold palace, and even given white silk and wine.

Not to mention the emperor's favor, just in terms of position, the concubine and the queen are far apart.

The queen is the emperor's wife, maybe killing a concubine will not be given death, but what about the concubine, does the concubine have such treatment?

"Lord Xu, Lord Xu?"

The little eunuch couldn't help but shout a few times when he saw Xu Qi'an in a daze.

Xu Qi'an suddenly came back to his senses, still didn't come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, and at the same time, some confusion flashed in his heart, after learning that the person behind the scenes was Chen Guifei, he still didn't solve all the questions.

Let's go back first...... I won't tell Wei Yuan about this matter first, for the sake of Lin'an, I, I'll think about it again.....

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the eunuch guarding the door glanced at Xu Qi'an resentfully.

But when Xu Qi'an approached, he immediately restrained his emotions, honestly, respectfully.

"By the way, you took my money and went inside, did you help pass it on? Xu Qi'an stopped in front of the eunuch guarding the door.

"Of course!"

The eunuch guarding the door said helplessly: "The villain has passed it through, but Sister Lang'er said that she can't see it, the slave is greedy, and she doesn't want to return the silver ticket, and it's not good to explain it to you, so ........"

So she was prepared........ Xu Qi'an nodded, and was about to leave, when Lang'er's shout suddenly came from behind him.

"Master Xu, go slowly!"

"Miss Lang'er. ”

Xu Qi'an's back muscles tightened quietly, and he turned around casually: "What's the matter?"

The pretty palace maid stopped, and smiled faintly: "Niangniang wants to thank Lord Xu for solving the case of Concubine Fu and letting His Royal Highness the Prince sink the injustice, please go over and thank you in person." ”

....... Xu Qi'an's muscles that had just relaxed tightened again. Maybe it's because of "being a thief", and my scalp is a little numb.

"The official still has important things to do, it is inconvenient to stay, the Fu Concubine case is to be done by order, and the duty lies, and the mother does not need to be grateful. "He doesn't want to see Chen Guifei now.

"Lord Xu is so polite. ”

Lang'er covered her mouth and chuckled, and said as if she was joking: "Niang Niang said that if Lord Xu doesn't go to see her, she won't let Lord Xu step out of Jingxiu Palace for half a step." ”

..... mud horse!!

Xu Qi'an's heart sank in vain, and he quietly diverged his primordial spirit, sensed the surroundings, and confirmed that he had not received feedback from the "danger signal", so he breathed a sigh of relief.

I didn't tell anyone what I found just now, including Lang'er, she didn't notice the clue, Chen Guifei couldn't know that I had seen through her tricks, she should just want to thank me and make a show....... Take a step back and say, this is the imperial palace, there are Da Nei guards outside, Lin'an inside, and the eyeliner sent by Emperor Yuanjing to supervise me next to me, Chen Guifei can't and doesn't dare to do anything to me here......

Besides, I slashed two Li Yuchun's cultivation, but I am not a vegetarian.

"Okay, I'm tired of Miss Lang'er leading the way. ”

Xu Qi'an turned his head and said to the little eunuch, "You can follow too." ”

The two followed Lang'er, who was dressed in lotus palaces, through the corridor in the front yard, and into the backyard.

The main house of Jingxiu Palace is an exquisitely built two-story attic, with layers of black tiles, flying eaves and corners, and twelve eaves beasts squatting on the square roof.

On the second floor, there is an observatory for sightseeing, which is suitable for drinking and enjoying the scenery during the spring season or the crisp autumn season.

When he came to the inner courtyard, the little eunuch coughed vigorously and gave a reminder.

Xu Qi'an comprehended and stopped in the courtyard.

Lang'er didn't stop and entered the inner room alone, and then, Xu Qi'an caught her thin voice: "Niangniang, Lord Xu is here." ”

Chen Guifei said "um" and said softly: "I have something to say to Lord Xu, you all step down and go to the outer courtyard." ”

Then there was Lin'an's voice, and he said in a coquettish voice: "Ah, is Lin'an going to leave? ”

Lin'an was obedient. ”

“..... Hum. ”

....... What does Chen Guifei mean by this, why do you want to hold back the others, what is there that everyone can not say while sitting in the sun? Xu Qi'an frowned.

Immediately afterwards, Lin An and the two big palace maids in the house stepped out of the threshold, and when they passed by Xu Qi'an, they secretly stuck out the tip of their tongues and whispered:

"Remember to report to the main palace later. ”

The little eunuch was in a dilemma, and he didn't know where to go, so he heard Lang'er say: "Niang Niang said, the rest of the people retreat, don't you have ears." ”

"Hey. The little eunuch nodded in response, and turned to follow.

"Wait," Xu Qi'an called out to him and reprimanded: "Your Majesty sent you to supervise me, you have to have the consciousness of a "minister", and your waist should be straighter. ”

Immediately, he said loudly: "This official is a foreign minister after all, and it is inconvenient to meet with the noble concubine Niangniang in private, and this little father-in-law is responsible for supervising this official, which is at the will of His Majesty." ”

He said this to Lang'er on the surface, but in fact, he said it to Chen Guifei inside.

After a few seconds of silence, Chen Guifei's voice came from the room: "Then wait outside." ”

"Stand far away....." Xu Qi'an waved his hand.

The little eunuch obediently retreated into the distance.

Standing in the courtyard, Xu Qi'an pretended to tidy up his appearance, but in fact, he took advantage of this short time to weigh the pros and cons and guess what would happen next.

"If you just thank me, there is no need to retreat from everyone, in other words, what Chen Guifei said to me cannot be heard by outsiders.

"I asked my little father-in-law to stand farther away, which was a compromise for Chen Guifei, and the advantage of standing far away was that I could not hear the conversation between me and Guifei, and I could clearly see our every move in the house.

"This puts an end to Chen Guifei's calculation of pretending to be an eagle eating chickens, but actually framing me for bullying the concubine...... Although this operation is a bit shoddy, I can't help but guard against it. ”

After thinking about it, he entered the room and saw Chen Guifei sitting in a soft collapse and gorgeous palace costumes.

This is the second time Xu Qi'an has seen Chen Guifei, the last time was at the ancestor worship ceremony at the end of last year, he roared at the Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple, and then pretended to show his loyalty, and saw the emperor's women up close.

Chen Guifei and Lin'an have the same face shape, a standard goose egg face, eyebrows, eyes, lips, and nose are all very standard.

In terms of appearance alone, Chen Guifei is slightly worse than the queen, but her temperament is dignified and gentle, and her affinity is stronger than that of the queen.

However, the richly embroidered dress and the complicated and expensive jewelry on her head ruined her affinity.

Among the women Xu Qi'an has seen, only Lin'an can control luxurious jewelry and clothes, the more luxurious, the stronger her charm.

It's like a lot of girls, they are beautiful when they don't dress up, but once they wear heavy makeup, they look tacky. And Lin'an is the kind of woman who dresses up more gorgeously, the better she looks.

This is not like the mother and daughter.

"After His Majesty proposed the abolition in the court this morning, Lord Xu must have heard of it. ”

Chen Guifei's voice is less of a girl's crispness and more of a mature woman's gentleness, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.

"Humble is known. Xu Qi'an nodded concisely.

"Then Lord Xu came to my Jingxiu Palace, why did you come to it?"

"There are still some doubts in this case. ”

Chen Guifei let out an "oh", smiling rather than smiling: "What's the doubt?"

"This ..... Ignorant and ignorant, I have no clue for the time being. ”

The room was quiet for a short time, Chen Guifei stared at Xu Qi'an for a long time, the smile on her face narrowed a little, and after a while, it was like frost, and she said word by word:

"You're lying!"

These three words are like a hammer smashing into Xu Qi'an's heart, and like thunder exploding in his ears.

How did she know I lied....... The light in his eyes shot out uncontrollably, and his breathing was short, but he restrained all his emotions in the next moment, and said blankly:

"What do you mean by that?"

"You can look at others with the Hope Qi Technique, and others can also look at you with the Hope Qi Technique. ”

Chen Guifei picked up the teacup, took a sip unhurriedly, and sighed: "This palace invited you over just to test it, but the lie you just now made this palace no longer able to take chances." Master Xu has a keen mind, no matter how delicate the case in the world is, it is a little trick for you. ”

Chen Guifei is a warlock?! This can't be.

Why did she confess to me, aren't you afraid that I will tell Emperor Yuanjing.

What was her purpose in inviting me over?

All kinds of thoughts flashed through him, turning into a sigh: "Niangniang, why bother." I can pretend not to know. ”

Then go back to Wei Gong and Huaiqing to deal with you...... Xu Qi'an added.

At this point, the two are equivalent to being honest.

Chen Guifei's calmness surprised Xu Qi'an, and he knew that this was definitely not a good thing.

"When did you find out, just now?" Chen Guifei took another sip of tea, calmly as if chatting.

"Yes, I can see that Lang'er is disguised. ”

"But I had some doubts before, let's talk about it. Chen Guifei smiled.

Xu Qi'an muttered: "Looking back on the history of Concubine Fu's case, there are indeed many doubts, how could Niangniang put the hundred days of spring sent by the queen on the table for no reason, this is a harem after all, and the prince is slightly drunk with nourishing and aphrodisiac wine, so he is not afraid that he will do something wrong? This is not in line with your cautious style." ”

That day, Huaiqing talked to him about the experience of the queen being beaten into the cold palace, and mentioned Chen Guifei's importance to the position of the crown prince, as well as her narrow-minded and cautious style. Xu Qi'an had this doubt.

He continued: "Although the queen can buy Huang Xiaorou to set up a situation for the prince, how can she guarantee that the prince will definitely go to Qingfeng Palace......? When you think about it this way, it makes more sense.

"After that, from the discovery of Huang Xiaorou's body, to the lowly position to find clues and point to the queen, the traces of artificial push are too obvious. But if Huang Xiaorou disappears like this, it will not achieve your goal of framing the queen.

"Of course, I haven't reacted at that time, and I still feel that the queen is the most suspicious. What I can't figure out is why you sent someone to tear up the income and expenditure books of the imperial pharmacy, which should be the most favorable evidence for identifying the queen. Not only did he do this, but he also exposed himself. ”

Chen Guifei shook her head, "It's not an extra move, it was originally evidence that I deliberately left, if the organizer of the investigation was not you, it would be one of the most useful pieces of evidence to attack the queen."

"But your resurrection from the dead was completely beyond the expectations of this palace, if Huang Xiaorou's body and the booklet of the imperial pharmacy were found at the same time, the traces of guidance would be too heavy. I was afraid that you would see something and tell Your Majesty directly, so I sent someone to tear up the booklet.

"So you were suspicious at the time, but you didn't insist that it was the queen who was wronged. Oh, if Your Majesty had known about this in advance, the effect of yesterday's crying in the palace would have been greatly reduced. ”

"Then, to learn about the progress of the case from Lin'an, I will send someone to assassinate you while putting pressure on Your Majesty. As long as you die and the queen confesses again, it will all be seamless. ”

Xu Qi'an nodded slowly, this morning he still felt that the queen was the biggest suspect in his assassination, and he wanted to divorce Huaiqing in his heart. Knowing that Wei Yuan told him that the queen confessed, he felt that there was something else hidden in this case.

It turned out that the person who wanted to kill me was Chen Guifei, okay, don't say anything, I want to divorce Lin'an.

"There are still two questions about the humble position, I don't know if Niangniang can answer them?"

"Tell me about it. Chen Guifei said lightly.

"The prince is already the prince, why is the mother still like this?"

Chen Guifei smiled, and her smile was very complicated, as if she was laughing at Xu Qi'an, and as if she was laughing at herself:

"The crown prince is the prince after all, and if he does not ascend the throne for a day, there is a possibility that he will change hands. The queen has always been the queen, and the four princes will always be the sons-in-law. What if I told you that His Majesty originally intended for the Four Princes? If it weren't for His Majesty knowing that the Empress didn't love him at all, the Four Princes would already be the crown princes. ”

Xu Qi'an keenly noticed that when Chen Guifei said this, there was both joy and resentment in her eyes.

"But even so, after many years, the position of the prince has not changed, is Niangniang too worried. ”

"What do you know about the court. ”

Chen Guifei sneered: "With Wei Yuan here, the four princes will always have a greater chance of winning than my son." Wei Yuan always wanted to be in charge of the court alone, sweeping away the scabies, if he wanted to display his ambitions, he would definitely put the four princes on the throne.

"I can't fight Wei Yuan as a woman, so I can only work hard from the queen. The queen is the lord of the harem, and the mother of the world is the highest honor for women. This palace is also a woman, and she is also the position of the hot queen. ”

Regarding Wei Yuan's ambitions, Xu Qi'an knew something about it, and knew that Chen Guifei was telling the truth.

"Last question, who is the person behind Niangniang?" asked Xu Qi'an.

Chen Guifei was obviously stunned for a moment, she was silent for a long time, shook her head and smiled: "This palace appreciates you more and more, it seems that Lin'an inadvertently dug up a treasure."

"How are you sure that there are still people behind this palace? ”

Xu Qi'an's eyes drooped, looked at his toes, and thought: "If Niangniang already knew what Uncle Guo did, then why did she endure it for so long and didn't make a move until this time."

"If Niangniang only recently learned about Uncle Guo and Huang Xiaorou, then who told Niangniang, it will definitely not be Huang Xiaorou. She can endure for so many years, for no reason, she will not change suddenly, and she insists on taking the initiative to reveal it to you. There must be a matchmaker among them.

"In addition, Niang Niang knew that she was lying to her humble position, and Si Tianjian's Qi Hope Technique was not something that ordinary people could perform. The humble post just guessed another possibility. ”

Xu Qi'an raised his head and stared at Chen Guifei's beautiful face, "Your target is the queen, and the people or forces behind you are targeting Duke Wei." ”

Chen Guifei lost a smile on her face, squinted her eyes, looked at Xu Qi'an for a long time, and suddenly said, "What does Lord Xu think, how is Lin'an?"

Very nice....... Xu Qi'an moved in his heart and did not answer.

"The prince told me that when Lin'an reached the age of leaving the cabinet, I silently kept an eye on it, and then found that since she met you, when she came to Jingxiu Palace, the person who talked about it the most was you. ”

Chen Guifei was kind and seductive: "The age of the girl's pregnancy and spring, this palace has also experienced it. I heard that Lord Xu will be knighted soon, although the viscount is not big, it means that you have stepped into the aristocratic class.

"This palace can promise you that within three years, I will make your title go further, and when the time comes, I will marry Lin'an to you. ”

naked wooing, this is also the reason why Chen Guifei is frank with him.

Xu Qi'an hesitated.

Chen Guifei took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Even if you know the secret, it is impossible to identify the palace, Lang'er has been in poor health recently, and she has suddenly fallen ill, and the imperial doctor has not saved her." What do you think of this result?"

How can the innocent and lovely Lin'an have a mother like you, who wants to fool me when she draws a big pie........ Xu Qi'an groaned: "Three years is too long, who knows if the concubine is fooling her humble position." ”

Chen Guifei frowned, "Two years at the earliest, the matter of knighthood is not trivial." You should be clear about that. ”

"That's not what it means. ”

Xu Qi'an waved his hand and showed a shy smile: "I want to say that it takes three years to get married, but can I get married first?"

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PS: Do you believe me when I said I took the college entrance examination?

Okay, you guys don't say anything, I'll slap my own mouth, bang bang bang.