Chapter 34: Secrets of the Palace

In the quiet cave**, an old man with a withered face was sitting cross-legged. The walls of the surrounding caves were full of large and small holes, each of which had a crystal clear thread attached to the stone pillar in front of him.

Suddenly, the old man's ears moved slightly, he opened his cloudy eyes, looked at the position on the left and raised his hand and flicked his fingers, a stone hit a certain silk thread, and a black pipe was drilled out of a hole in the cave wall, and Qin Shuangyue's voice was coming out of it very clearly.

Imperial Doctor Sun said the same. Qin Shuangyue snorted, and continued, "He also said that the toxicity of this Netherworld Flower is extremely strange, if you only smell the fragrance of that flower, not only will it not be poisoned, but it will also make people tired, and it has the miraculous effect of refreshing and relieving fatigue." But if you touch it with your fingers, you will become highly poisonous. And this Nether Flower Poison Except for the Heavenly Spider Fruit that no one has ever seen before, this world can only be tried with the bile of the three-legged golden toad with the blood marrow grass. Speaking of this, he shook his head and said with a long sigh, "Later, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recovered, he has been poisoned for a long time, so his intelligence has still been affected. ”

Ji Wuyi didn't care about this, and frowned: "Could it be that this time Yuwenjie is eye-to-eye with Concubine Yi?"

"Of course not, the emperor's concubine can see it if she can imagine it. You've been me for all these years, and those news have come easily. Qin Shuangyue glanced at him dissatisfiedly, and continued, "Although Concubine Yi is also a famous family, she is also a little dependent in the court, but for some reason she is not favored, it is said that she has not even seen the emperor's face in front of her for several years in the palace, which is also strange and pitiful." Speaking of this, he changed his words, and his face showed a look of memory, "Later, the Seven Princes went on an expedition, and His Majesty led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to see them off, and Yu Wenjie naturally came." Unknown to him, his horse suddenly broke into the guard of honor in fright. Although he was stopped by the forbidden army in time, he himself fell from his horse and broke his leg. The emperor remembered that he had a meritorious service in sacrificing toads to save the prince, not only did not investigate him for the crime of dereliction of honor, but instead sent someone to take him to the hospital and ordered the doctor to take care of him carefully until he recovered. ”

"Will it be that good?" Ji Wuhu said suspiciously, "Didn't you always tell me that this emperor was suspicious by nature and extremely suspicious, didn't his first reaction be to suspect that Yuwenjie was an assassin sent by our Black Sand Country, how could he still bring him to the palace where he lived?"

Qin Shuangyue said helplessly: "I don't know about this, who can guess the emperor's thoughts." It's such a coincidence, during that time, Concubine Yi suddenly contracted the wind cold, and because she has not been favored, there are few palace maids around her. Sometimes when she caught up with those palace maids and was called by other concubines to help, she had to go to the hospital to get the medicine herself. It was by chance that I met the amorous Yuwen prince...... It's all unjust to say. Now Concubine Yi has been beaten into the cold palace, I don't know whether she is dead or alive, but she just pity the baby who is still in swaddling clothes. ”

"What?" Ji Wuyi was so shocked that he almost bit off his tongue, and said, "Concubine Yi really gave birth to a child?" After a pause, he added cautiously, "Yuwen Jie's?" Seeing Qin Shuangyue nodded slowly, she couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's really wronged." No wonder he is crazy and usually wants to go back to Luoyang, it seems that he does have true feelings for this concubine. ”

"Who's to say it's not, I didn't expect him to be more infatuated than me. Qin Shuangyue sighed heavily and said, "So don't blame him for the stupid things he did, it's all about the word 'love' that hurts people." Although I haven't seen Concubine Yi, I heard that she is also an extremely beautiful woman, but it's a pity that she is a peerless beauty. ”

Ji Wuyi didn't feel anything after listening to the previous words, until his last sentence came out, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, and said with disdain: "Do you know again? You can't help but see a beauty when everyone else is like you, if Miss Tang wasn't born like a fairy, would you take such a big risk to rob someone from a prince?"

Qin Shuangyue took a sip of wine, shook her head and said: "Brother Ji's words are wrong, everyone has a love for beauty, I, Qin Shuangyue, am just a layman, what's wrong with liking beauty." And anyway, she is also my unmarried wife, and I can be forgiven for some excesses. Besides, I didn't know she had secretly climbed such a high branch before this. Speaking of this, he suddenly smiled strangely, put his hand on the other party's shoulder, put his lips to Ji Wuyi's ear and whispered, "Actually, Brother Ji is the best-looking person I have ever seen." If it weren't for you, I'd like to ......."

"Get out!" Ji Wuyi slapped him away, and said with a look of disgust, "Your set is useless to me, don't talk nonsense, what about the things I let you take?"

Qin Shuangyue leaned over with a grimace and said, "Brother Ji really doesn't think about it?"

Ji Wuyi didn't say a word, he directly untied the saber at his waist and threw it on the table with a clatter.

Seeing this, Qin Shuangyue sat back in her place and said with an aggrieved face: "If you have something to say, why make such an exaggeration to draw your sword." ”

He muttered and complained as he pulled out a cloth bag from his cuff and threw it on the table. The contents seemed to be quite heavy, and they fell on the table with a muffled thud, "I don't know what it contains, it's dead and heavy." ”

"Tap!" Ji Wuyi glared at him, carefully picked up the cloth bag, and took out a strangely shaped bronze ball from it. The sphere is very irregular, and the surface is uneven, looking like the skin of a toad, which is extremely ugly. However, he continued to look at it with joy, and kept looking at it over and over again in his hand.

Qin Shuangyue lost interest after only one glance, and looked at the void with her hands behind her head. I don't know how long it took, but his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up with great interest and said, "I thought of it, Brother Ji, I thought of it." ”

"Huh?" Ji Wuyi was unmoved, and he didn't even raise his head. It's just that he was holding the bronze ball with a sad face, obviously encountering a problem.

Qin Shuangyue leaned next to him and said excitedly: "Do you say that there is such a possibility, the poison was sent by the emperor? Yuwenjie's horse is also the hand and foot of the emperor sent by the emperor?"

"Reason!" Ji Wuyi said absentmindedly, his fingers groping for the orb again.

"It occurred to me that too. Qin Shuangyue was obviously very excited, and said, "Think about it, if it weren't for the emperor's secret instructions, who would dare to attack the prince, it would be a big crime to punish the nine clans." Although it is rumored that it is Sook...... The concubine sent someone to do it, but I don't think so. Otherwise, the emperor is not a fool, how can he still be kind to her. Although it was rumored in the court that the emperor had already abolished the crown prince and established the seven princes, it was just a rumor, and no one dared to conclude it before the edict was issued. But there may not be no reason for nothing, who dares to spread the emperor's family affairs, unless it is the emperor himself who is this outlet. As for the shocking incident, it is better to explain, the emperor just wants Yu Wenjie to make a mistake, and then use this as an excuse to put pressure on our imperial concubine. ”

"It's full of loopholes, but it seems to make some sense. Ji Wuyi still didn't raise his head, and said lightly: "Remind you, no matter how unfavored the prince is, he is still the prince, and even the emperor can't abolish it lightly without a legitimate reason, otherwise just the twists and turns of the official will crush his dragon case." ”

"That's why you want to poison it!" Qin Shuangyue slapped the table and said, "You know, the current emperor of Great Qin had no chance to sit on the throne at all. At the beginning, the two princes failed to rebel and poisoned the prince in the palace, and although the two princes were ambushed, the first emperor died soon after due to excessive grief. This made the current emperor pick up a bargain. And the current queen is the candidate assigned by the first emperor to the crown prince, and when the emperor took over the throne, he also took over the prospective princess by the way, and the prince was born not long after getting married. Therefore, some people speculate that the crown prince is not the emperor's biological son, but the flesh and blood of the former prince. ”

"These Uncle Qin sent the news back then, it's not a secret. Ji Wuyi replied without raising his head, "On the contrary, I think Li Xiao's move is very superb." The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and he can't bear what he can't endure, compared with Jiangshan Sheji, what is the position of a mere queen. Although I did not experience that era, I also knew that he was in a very difficult situation back then, and although he barely ascended to the throne, he was still alone in the court. It is very difficult for him, a prince with no foundation, to quickly stabilize the situation in the turbulent capital and deter those forces that are about to move, and there is no other way than to rely on the power of the Ni family. Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed, "It's a pity that I haven't entered the palace back then, so that faint monarch wasted this great opportunity." Otherwise, I will definitely take this opportunity to wave my troops north and establish the status of my Black Sand country in one fell swoop. Uncle Qin didn't have to endure humiliation for so many years. Speaking of raising his head, his eyes were full of appreciation when he looked at Qin Shuangyue, "But I am very pleased to see that Brother Qin is now gradually able to take charge on his own." ”

"I've always been able to do it on my own. Qin Shuangyue sneered, and pretended to be relaxed: "We are all for the people of Limin, but the roles are different." As long as what you and I are planning can be accomplished now, what is the difference between going back earlier and going back later? ”

Ji Wuyi nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, worthy of being my good brother Kong Yang!"

"What are you talking about? Qin Shuangyue wiped the corners of her eyes and complained, "I'll tell you about business." Am I right?"

"Four words!" Ji Wuyi raised his head, and showed a bright smile at Qin Shuangyue, who was looking forward to it, and said word by word, "It's a mess!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard a soft click, and the copper ball in Ji Wuyi's hand was finally opened, revealing a small vessel.

He was pleasantly surprised to hold the thing in his palm and said, "It's really a polyyin basin." ”

Qin Shuangyue didn't care about the 'mess' comment with him anymore, and then leaned over curiously, only to see that the polyyin basin was oval, looking only the size of an egg, and the whole body was also pitted. If it weren't for Ji Wuyi's determined expression, he would have suspected that the person who gave him something had made a fake one for him, and said strangely: "This is the polyyin pen?"

"Can't be wrong. Ji Wuyi nodded, with a happy face, "With this thing, we are determined to win this auction." ”

"That's it?" Qin Shuangyue looked at it for a long time, but she didn't see anything special about this black bump, so she couldn't help but stretch out her hand, "Wait for me to see what's so subtle." ”

"Don't move!" Ji Wuyi hurriedly stopped when he saw this.