Chapter 38 Temptation
After reading the content of Huo Yuanji's summons order, Chen Yutian let out a long sigh.
"What did Yuan Ji say?" Xue Tianhan asked.
"They found the missing Eighth Princess. "Tatsu Yu Tiandao," and, according to the eighth princess, the person who designed to kill the two princes, as well as kidnap her, was the eldest princess. In addition, based on Concubine Ling's prediction technique, they deduced that the black-robed national teacher was likely to be an evil shadow. And the palace maid next to the eldest princess is very likely to be Hanama. ”
"Flowers, Evil Shadows?" Gongsun and the others were taken aback, and then frowned slightly.
After a moment, Xue Tianhan nodded first, "It's not impossible. After all, Lang Yue's visit to Daliang Mountain in the Central Plains was also the order of Concubine Ling. ”
Speaking of Daliang Mountain, everyone remembered the scene when Lang Yue inquired about the past of the ghost town, and they also asked at that time, it was Concubine Ling's order, and now, they have also understood that Concubine Ling's order is based on her Spirit Fox prediction technique.
"The magic of Linghu prediction has never made mistakes. If so, I am afraid that what the message said is true, and those two are very likely to be the remnants of the Jianghuai League. "Long Zun and Sword Saint are rarely present today.
Chen Yutian looked at the two sages, his brows furrowed slightly. If this is the case, there will be an explanation for the fact that the eldest princess's maid went out of the palace to see Ye Hong that day. These three people are all remnants of the Jianghuai League, so it is naturally not strange to meet each other.
What really worries him is whether there is a shadow of the Heaven Destroying Sect behind these things.
"I remember that my lord once asked the Ninth Princess a question: Can a woman from the barbarian kingdom ascend to the throne and become a king khan?"
Everyone nodded.
Xuan Xi even said: "I still remember that Lang Yue once said that in the barbarian country, as long as you are good enough, even if you are a daughter, you can ascend to the throne." ”
"Yes, I remember. Tang Fengling nodded, and then looked at Gongsun with some doubts, "But sir, what are you doing with this now?"
Gongsun smiled and glanced at Chen Yutian, "I think, we should already know what the motive of the eldest princess is for doing this!"
Chen Yutian smiled and nodded.
"Motive?" Ling Miaoyin looked at Chen Yutian and Gongsun in confusion, and then remembered what Gongsun had said just now, her eyes flashed slightly.
"You mean...... Princess Celestia's motive for killing the two princes?"
"Not only that, in my opinion, putting chronic poison on Jieli's lunch should also be her method. Gongsun shook his head lightly.
"What do you mean...... She did all this to seize the throne?" Xuan Xi understood what Gongsun meant, and spoke with a little surprise.
"Of course. Killing the only two remaining princes has eliminated the last stumbling block for her to become the crown prince, and poisoning her father can allow her to ascend to the throne in the shortest possible time, so why wouldn't she do it?" Gongsun sneered lightly twice.
Everyone nodded, Gongsun's inference was reasonable, and if the poisoning was also done by the eldest princess, then the problem of adding dead wood and grass to the teacups of the two princes would be solved.
"You say...... What would happen if Jieli found out about his poisoning?" Chen Yutian pondered for a long time, and suddenly smiled at everyone.
Everyone looked at his smile, and for some reason, they felt a trace of ...... from it Afraid.
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"Is what you said true?"
Jieli suddenly stood up from behind the bookcase, looking shocked and frightened. Just now, he had learned the fact that he was poisoned from Gongsun. However, Gongsun did not directly reveal that the mastermind behind the poisoning was the eldest princess.
Gongsun nodded and said, "This matter is what the students have seen with their own eyes, and there will be no mistakes. If Your Majesty still has doubts, the student only needs to try it with a silver needle and he will know it. ”
Jieli pondered for a moment and nodded.
Gongsun looked solemn, took the silver needle taken out from the needle bag in his arms, and came to Jieli's side. Jieli raised his arm slightly, and Gongsun took the needle and pricked it gently, and then pulled it out.
Gongsun Fang pulled out the needle, and saw that on the tip of the needle, the bright silver that originally reflected the light of the candle flame had turned black in an instant. Suddenly, Jieli and the guards in the study all changed their faces.
"This ...... This is ......" Jieli's expression was frightened, and a very obvious gloomy color swept over.
"Your Majesty can be trusted now?"
"Believe. Believe. Jieli nodded hurriedly, and then looked at Gongsun a little anxiously, "Mr. has excellent medical skills, he may be able to see what kind of poison is in this king, but there is a solution?"
Gongsun sighed, "It's a shame to say this, although the student is from the Medicine Sage, but after all, he is from the Central Plains, and the poison in His Majesty, the student has never seen it in the medicinal materials of the Central Plains......"
Hearing this, the original look of hope on Jieli's face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a kind of despair, a fear of death...... Despair.
"Can't Mr. cure this poisonous ......?"
Gongsun sighed again, "No...... Although the student could not find this poison in the Central Plains Medicinal Materials Classics, this afternoon, the students had already been to the medicinal herb shops and pharmacies in your country, and after identifying the original medicinal materials, it was already possible to confirm that the poison in His Majesty was an extremely cruel chronic mixed poison, and the poison effect could only be solved by eating it for at least three years without interruption, and the students had also found it from the medicinal herb shop. ”
Hearing this, Jieli's heart that almost mentioned his throat and eyes fell.
He's meowing, can you not be so panting so much when you talk in the future?
Jieli wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, speechless in his heart.
"So, the king's poison can still be cured?" asked Jie Liliu with a hint of tentativeness.
"Naturally. Gongsun nodded slightly, took out a written solution from his arms, and handed it to the chamberlain, "As long as Your Majesty takes medicine according to the prescription, it is guaranteed that the medicine can be cured." ”
"Besides......," he said, taking out four more crumpled and smoothed pieces of paper from his bosom, and handing them to the chamberlain, "This is the evidence that the student has gathered after witnessing the poisoning of the imperial cook, and my lord has ordered me to hand it over to Your Majesty with it." ”
Jieli's face became more and more gloomy.
He slowly took the solution and the paper wrapped in the poison from the hand of the attendant, and stared.
"Yes, Mr. Lao, please also tell the lord of the Chen Mansion that this king will not let him down. ”
Hearing this, the corners of Gongsun's mouth curled slightly, and then turned around and retreated.
Looking at the back of Gongsun leaving, the smile on Jieli's face disappeared completely, his face was gloomy as water, and after staring at the object in his hand for a moment, he suddenly clapped his hands.
A gust of wind rose, and then a figure appeared in front of him like a ghost.
"Your Majesty. ”
"Go, get everything into the way for me. Jieli ordered in a cold voice.
The man nodded, and vanished with another gust of wind......
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Mingxiu looked at the snow in front of him dressed in white half-feared and half-.
He had come to interrogate himself about the details of the second princess's disappearance.
For this person who has always been cold, Mingxiu is still a little afraid in his heart, but compared to his character, his face really makes Mingxiu feel afraid, because it is really ...... It's so beautiful.
Even though the aesthetics of the barbarian country are different from those of the Central Plains, in the face of such a handsome face that even a woman would be jealous of, Mingxiu still can't help but be a little.
Especially when such a perfect beautiful man stood not far in front of him, Mingxiu felt that his heart was about to jump out.
"Gong ...... Childe, I told you everything I had to say that day, and I really don't remember what I missed anything?"
Xue Tianhan couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw her like this. Although he sees it often, it doesn't mean that he understands why every woman who sees him has such a strange reaction?
"You don't have to get excited, I just want to ask for other details, you just have to do your best to answer. Frowning once, Xue Tianhan said lightly.
"Uh-huh, I see. Mingxiu nodded vigorously, and the on his face became more and more serious.
Xue Tianhan naturally didn't care about this, and asked directly: "I came here this time to ask you two questions, one of which is that on the night of the second princess's disappearance, was there anything more abnormal?"
"What's more abnormal?" Mingxiu thought hard about it, and then shook his head, "No, Her Royal Highness the princess still read the book for a long time as usual that day, and then locked the doors and windows and went to bed." ”
"How long did you say she had been reading a book for a long time?"
"About an hour. Mingxiu thought for a moment.
"Does Her Royal Highness the Second Princess usually like to read? In this way, she is a little similar to the third princess......" At this time, a voice suddenly came, and I saw that Ling Miaoyin, who was also dressed in white, also came here at some point.
Xue Tianhan frowned and glanced at Ling Miaoyin - why are you here?
Ling Miaoyin smiled and winked - why can't I come?
Xue Tianhan was silent, but Mingxiu shook his head and said, "It's different, although the third princess and Her Royal Highness the princess both like to read, their ways are different. In addition to the poems and songs of the Central Plains, the three princesses only like medical books and pharmacopoeia, while Her Royal Highness the princess of my family especially likes the art of war books of the Central Plains, which is completely different from them. ”
"The second princess likes the art of war, could it be...... She is very eager to go into battle to kill the enemy?" Xue Tianhan touched his chin and groaned, but this inadvertent habitual action made Mingxiu's heart beat faster.
"Yes, yes. The second princess really hopes to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, but we have not fought with the Central Plains for many years, and she has not been able to meet her wishes......" Speaking of this, Mingxiu remembered that the two people standing in front of him were from the Central Plains, so he quickly covered his mouth and said softly, "I'm sorry, the concubine lost her words." ”
Xue Tianhan seemed to have thought of something, and an extremely sultry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he thanked Mingxiu: "I see...... So the second question, has the second princess been in contact with the eldest princess recently?"
"Celestial Princess?" Mingxiu looked at Xue Tianhan and Ling Miaoyin suspiciously, completely unable to understand why they would ask such a question.
Ling Miaoyin explained with a smile: "Don't think too much, we just ask casually, and we don't mean anything else." ”
Mingxiu tapped her head, but there was still a flash of doubt in her eyes, obviously not believing what Ling Miaoyin had just said, but she didn't think about it anymore, but spoke.
"Although the eldest princess and my royal highness are sisters, since the two of them came of age, they have become much less interacting with each other, and the most recent time, I remember, was more than a year ago...... By the way, on the afternoon of the day Her Royal Highness the princess disappeared, we went to a tea party proposed by the eldest princess. ”
"Tea party?" Ling Miaoyin frowned slightly.
"The ...... proposed by Princess Celestia What is unusual about the eldest princess at the tea party?" asked Xue Tianhan.
Mingxiu shook his head, "No, everything was normal that day, except for the eighth princess, the third princess and the ninth princess, all the other princesses gathered together to drink tea and chat, and the same was true for the eldest princess, there was nothing more abnormal." ”
After listening, Xue Tianhan nodded slightly, "I understand, thank you......"
In other words, clench your fists.
Mingxiu hurriedly said: "Childe doesn't have to be so polite. ”
Xue Tianhan said: "Girl, you have provided us with such an important clue, and we should be courteous." We have other important matters to do, so I will leave. Please. ”
After speaking, he left with Ling Miaoyin.
Only Mingxiu was left alone, still standing in place and committing nymphomaniac.
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The night, deep and dignified.
In Jieli's study, the candles are bright, silent, and the needle drop can be heard.
Jieli looked serious, sat behind the bookcase, and his eyes swept over the seven daughters who were standing respectfully below.
At this moment, all the princesses have a solemn look on their faces, even the fifth princess, who has always jumped off on weekdays, is standing there quietly at this moment, looking at her father Khan with a pair of beautiful eyes that seem to be frightened and frightened.
The atmosphere was so solemn that almost everyone in the hall was about to lose their breath.
All the princesses were looking at Jieli, secretly guessing in their hearts the purpose of their father Khan's summoning of everyone.
They had all been summoned suddenly, without warning. Therefore, all the princesses did not know the purpose of this summoning.
It's just that seeing Father Khan's face so serious, it must be a big deal.
Jieli's gaze moved away from the face of the last Seventh Princess, Lang Yun, before he slowly spoke: "You must be very strange, why did I call you over? Actually, I summoned all of you here today because I have an extremely important matter to announce to you. ”
Speaking of this, Jieli's face changed suddenly, and then he said in a cold voice: "Bring it up!"
Several guards walked in with a dejected and embarrassed figure, and the moment they saw this figure, all the princesses' faces changed slightly.
Because this person is wearing the costume of an imperial kitchen.
But at this moment, Jieli spoke again, "Ben Khan summoned you here today to tell you two things, one is that Ben Khan only learned from Mr. Gongsun today that someone poisoned Ben Khan's lunch, and the person who poisoned it is this person!"
Hearing this, all the princesses were surprised!