Princess Huaping was impatient, in her imagination, the assassination should be clean and neat, a knife, and then there were panic and rumors, and her reputation was all over the world, but in fact, she had been waiting for two hours with nothing to do, which was even more boring than the daily life in the Pony Mansion

"The princess must know where King Xiao is, let's go and ask her, I know where she lives. ”

Shangguan Ru shook her head for the eleventh time to reject the princess's plan, and each of her plans was tantamount to startling the snake, "If King Xiao is really rebelling, he won't tell the princess." ”

"What then, do you want to keep waiting? in a place like this?"

This is a house stacked with miscellaneous items, the remaining space is very small, full of dust, it seems that no one has cleaned up for a long time, the princess used to hide here to play hide and seek when she was a child, and when she first came in, she was quite touched, but now she only feels cramped, and there is no place to sit, which makes people breathless.

"It's getting dark, have you to wait?"

Shangguan Ru looked at the princess in surprise, and suddenly remembered that she was not the killer of Jinpeng Castle, "What we are waiting for is that it is dark." ”

"That's right, they all say that the moon is dark and kills people, which probably means killing people while it's dark. ”

"Let's not kill either. ”

"What, don't kill people? So what are we going to do?"

Shangguan Ru patiently explained, "Capturing King Xiao alive is more useful than killing him, he has the Jinpeng killer and many ministers in his hands......"

"Use King Xiao to wipe them out. ”

Shangguan Ru smiled, "I recommend that the princess make peace with King Xiao." ”

"Speaking of peace, King Xiao assassinated the emperor and planted me with a false accusation, this kind of person should be cut with a thousand knives. ”

"If King Xiao really assassinated the emperor......"

"What if, you saw the killer in the garden, is that still called if?"

"Okay, King Xiao assassinated the emperor, if the princess killed King Xiao. The charge of the monarch killer can never be cleared, and how to punish King Xiao should be decided by the new emperor. ”

The princess frowned and looked at Shangguan Ru, "You are not the same person I imagined, yes, what you said makes sense." But I didn't expect you to say such a thing. ”

Shangguan Ru smiled slightly, ten years ago, she would not hesitate to participate in the assassination, regardless of whether the other party should die or not, six years ago, she would have refused the princess's invitation from the beginning, and now she has learned to be thoughtful and learn to choose the plan that is most beneficial to herself.

"I'm sure the princess thinks the same way I do. ”

The princess didn't really think about anything. Her mind was all fascinated by the scene of the dagger stabbing into King Xiao's chest, but after being reminded by Shangguan Ruyi, she quickly understood that today's action was not for fun, and if she just killed King Xiao and didn't get power, she would still be a loser.

"Hijack King Xiao. She said reluctantly, and immediately became happy again, "King Xiao mantis catches cicadas." We're in the back. ”

It was finally dark outside, and the two walked out of the utility room. The princess led the way in front and searched for the whereabouts of King Xiao in the inner house.

The chaos outside the mansion also affected the ladies of the inner house, and there were waiters running around everywhere, so the princess and Shangguan Ru did not pay attention, and they soon came to the main room of the inner house, where the princess was sitting. Open the door and listen to the maids report new news at the door.

The two of them eavesdropped on the handmaidens.

Xiao Wang's Mansion was directly threatened with riots, and hundreds of Jianghu heroes surrounded the streets and alleys outside, asking Xiao Wang to come out and speak, after being repeatedly refused. Becoming more and more impatient.

"I don't know where a group of strange people came out of nowhere, holding strange knives, and they fought with the thieves, and then the thieves said that the queen mother and the princess were hiding in the palace, and they had to hand them over. One maid said she had just heard the news from the housekeeper in the front yard.

"Oh, how could those two women be in the palace? Why are they unreasonable? What about His Royal Highness King Xiao, haven't they been whereabouts yet?" the princess's voice came from inside

"Nope. Yahuan whispered that because of this bad news, several informants have been reprimanded and even beaten.

The princess is not in the mood now, and can't help but complain in public about King Xiao, "Throw a large family here, where did he go?

No one knows, and no one dares to answer.

The princess dragged Shangguan Ru, left quietly, and came to a small courtyard near the edge of the inner house, and whispered: "If King Xiao is still in the mansion, he must be hiding here, there is a powder head he sold last year, the princess doesn't know, and no one dares to tell her." ”

The princess has many eyes and ears, and those big and small beards are not all useless people, she can know about King Xiao's affairs, Shangguan Ru is not surprised, what makes her feel surprised is another thing, "But it's a stone's throw away, the princess doesn't know that there are people living here?"

"This is called hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, the princess is old, and she has not been out of the house for several years, and the people below can hide it, and no one dares to offend King Xiao. The princess spoke disdainfully, believing that none of her men dared to hide it from her.

"King Xiao is not here. After observing the cross-hospital, Shangguan Ru came to a conclusion.

"How do you know?"

"There are no guards here, King Xiao won't be so careless. ”

"Since you're here, let's go in and take a look, maybe this is King Xiao's old suspicions. ”

Shangguan Ru agreed, in fact, what she had been looking for was Gu Shenwei, she guessed that he would come here, but so far she had not found the slightest trace.

The princess jumped into the courtyard with the help of Shangguan Ru, only the light came out of the main room in the middle, and it was silent, and it really didn't look like there was a hidden person.

The princess still didn't give up, quietly touched the window, stabbed the window paper and peeked inside, Shangguan Ru was guarding behind, thinking that if King Xiao was really here, a group of guards should have appeared a long time ago.

The princess was stunned, first confused, then furious, stood up, and did not discuss with Shangguan Ru, walked a few steps, pushed the door in, Shangguan Ru was taken aback, hurriedly followed, and stood at the door to guard against a sneak attack.

"Why are you here?" asked the princess angrily.

The four women in the room looked up at the intruder in surprise.

Of the four women, only the eldest sat at the table in a daze, and the other three women were all standing, two were Yahuan, and one was richly dressed and had a beautiful face, and looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old. It's probably the "powder" that Xiao Wang bought newly.

The old woman snorted slightly, "You're not here too." ”

"It......'s different," the princess turned to Shangguan Ru and said, "Come and meet, this is the most powerful woman in the Central Plains, the current queen mother." ”

Her tone was full of contempt and hatred, and there was no reaction on the Queen Mother's face. looked at Shangguan Ru at the door, thought for a while, and said, "You are Shangguan Ru from the Biyu Kingdom in the Western Regions?"

There were no ambushes outside, and Shangguan Ru closed the door, still standing at the door, and said, "It's me." ”

The Queen Mother looked at Shangguan Ru twice, her interest seemed to have disappeared, and she said to the princess, "Are you here to kill me?"

"I had no idea you were hiding here. ”

"Then you're here to assassinate King Xiao, hey. This is really the style of Princess Huaping, you have so many concubines, how can they be willing to let you do such a risky thing?"

"My concubines are very obedient, who dares to care about my business?" The princess was not ashamed on her face, but was triumphant, "God has eyes, I didn't find King Xiao and found you." Whatever you like to die, I can satisfy. ”

The showy woman understood the identity of the intruder. stepped forward to say Wanfu, and said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness the princess......"

"Shut up. The princess scolded, causing the woman to tremble, "Stand aside." ”

The woman was obedient, and the two maids didn't dare to squeak, and they also stood aside.

The Queen Mother smiled. "Princess Huaping has not changed her old nature, do you think there is still the first emperor to protect you?"

"Leave me alone, think about who will protect you first. ”

"I don't have anyone to protect me, I don't need it, I'm satisfied. ”

"Satisfied? The Emperor is dead. What's so satisfying about you being locked up with a shitty woman?"

The gorgeous woman on the side blushed, Shangguan was prepared, thinking that the princess could not be allowed to kill the queen mother like this, and there should be a better way to solve the matter.

The Queen Mother let out a long sigh, her eyes moved to the oil lamp on the table, at this time, she was completely an ordinary old woman, from head to toe, without the slightest luxury in the palace, "My son has grown up and can protect himself, what am I not satisfied with?"

"Are you crazy? The emperor has died, and King Xiao killed him, and the whole world knows about it. ”

"Hehe, even you are kept in the dark by my emperor, I am even more satisfied. ”

The princess was annoyed and angry, but her temper was not good, but she was not stupid at all, and suddenly many things came to her mind, she fell into a daze, walked to the table, sat opposite the queen mother, bowed her head and thought for a long time, "The emperor is really not dead? King Xiao is actually still doing things for the emperor......?" He was so ruthless that he even killed his own son. ”

"It was King Xiao who took the initiative to bring it up, and he said that this son can do this for the emperor if he doesn't learn and don't know how to do it. ”

"You already knew?" the princess looked up, her tone much less hostile.

"King Xiao has found someone who looks very similar to the emperor, but how can he hide it from me? ”

"I see, so you knew from the beginning that the Dragon King was wronged, no wonder...... But you're just throwing in the towel?"

"The emperor is my son, everything in my hands was originally meant to be left to him, he has the ability to take it away, I will only be happy, where did I admit defeat? Now I know that he can keep the throne by himself, and he no longer needs my help, and I can be the queen mother with peace of mind." ”

"Are you sure the emperor will let you continue to be the queen mother?" asked the princess sarcastically.

"Of course, I will return all the imperial seals to him, and he will keep me to show filial piety to the world. ”

The princess touched the dagger in her sleeve, and if she was defeated, she would pull the queen mother to accompany her to the funeral.

Shangguan Ru walked over and asked directly, "Who hired Jinpeng Fort to slaughter the Gu family back then?"

The princess looked at Shangguan Ru in surprise, but she didn't expect her to be interested in this matter, "Of course it's me ......"

The Queen Mother smiled again, "You and the envoy sent by Yan Qin didn't work at all, and the Western Regions would not go to assassinate the official of the Central Plains Zhishi just because two people of unknown origin paid for it, it was my emperor." Ah, he was only ...... When I was six or seven years old, I heard that I had an older brother, so I had to get rid of him, so I had to agree. But it was a mistake, it wasn't his brother at all, and we only found out the truth later. (To be continued......)