Chapter 16 (20)
Luo Jin smiled: "I'll settle accounts with you later." The prince's books are all neatly arranged in order from thin to thick. However, there is an extraordinarily thick book in the middle, which is incompatible with the medium-thick book, and the outer edge is a little protruding, which does not belong to the same plane as the books in the same row. Imagine how a person who has always been meticulous in his work suddenly became careless? This book must have been read recently, and it was not placed by the prince himself. If someone outside the house peeps, he will be very cautious to put the book back in its place, and only those who have acquiesced in the prince will dare to be so casual. Speaking of the identity of this mysterious guest in the palace, it is easy to deduce that nine out of ten is the little demon girl of the Demon Sect, she hid in the mansion to recuperate from her injuries, and took out a book to read it in her spare time. But that book was neither a secret book of martial arts nor a secret scroll of the court, but a chronicle that could be found everywhere in the city. I did a quick flip through it, and there were no annotations on the page, only a little ink dripping from the margins of one of the pages, and there was nothing special about what was written on that page. In addition, there are no mezzanines, no letters, no secret records, why do you think she reads such ordinary books? First of all, it can be ruled out that she is studious by nature, and there is only one explanation: it is not that there is a problem with the books in the palace, but that the books themselves. In order not to alarm the prince, I put the book back on the shelf, and deliberately set aside half of it, and then bought the same book at the book market for my mother's reference. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, the room burst into boos. Some said: "It's just a broken book, and it can also give you a lot of nonsense." "Maybe the demon girl was bored and bored, so she took a book and flipped through it to pass the time. "It's really interesting to be able to think of running to the book market and buying another copy, and you don't have to waste so much money." "Discovery is equivalent to not discovery, to put it bluntly. ”
Obviously, the eunuchs were not convinced that Luo Jin had taken the credit, and even more contrasted their own incompetence, so they attacked him in groups for a while. Immediately, there were several muffled sounds of "knock" and "knock", mixed with the cries of pain from everyone's fists. Luo Jin said with a smile: "You have only been on an errand in Yinxue Palace for a few days? It's no wonder that it's not easy to find something good from him and your old master, Concubine Zhen. ”
Zhen Ying's face turned white, and then slowly turned red, she couldn't help but snicker at those eunuchs who were "stupid" and "blind their master's dog eyes", but she didn't expect that a few of the most unreasonable things were the ones who were transferred from her palace by the emperor's decree. In this way, it is as if the spearhead of the enemy is reversed. Although he only scolded in his heart just now, and was not known to anyone, he was still so embarrassed that he couldn't find a crack to get into. On the contrary, Luo Jin's analysis is clear and gradual, but she is the main maid of Yinxue Palace, and she will never be able to hope to cultivate her own Yin Yin like this.
Missing a few words of laughter and scolding each other in the room, and listening to Shen Shiyun's pretended explanation, a few words made the eunuchs' shame subside, and the idea of loyalty rose, and he took advantage of the situation to order everyone to make persistent efforts, and he would be rewarded for his meritorious deeds every day. Then the footsteps started, Zhen Ying hurriedly retreated behind the screen, staring at the eunuchs pouring out of the inner room one by one, and giggling to the outside of the hall. As soon as she was about to step out, she saw Luo Jin turn her head and glance at the screen, Zhen Ying was full of fear, only to feel that she had seen her slightly exposed boots, but fortunately, she only smiled evilly, ignored it, and covered the door of the palace when she stepped out.
Zhen Ying was nervous in her heart, but she didn't think she had the intention of exposing it, so she ran to the front and inserted the latch on the door first, and thought: "Shen Shiyun ordered her subordinates to keep an eye on Prince Yu at all times, they must have known about the assassin a long time ago, and it will not be new for me to show off again at this time." Fortunately, they haven't found out the whereabouts of the prince yet. ”
Iced the hot cheeks with the back of his hand, straightened his clothes, walked into the inner room, and saw Shen Shiyun lying on the bed, his eyes closed, his willow eyebrows frowned slightly, his petal-like lips were slightly pursed, and he even pretended to be unconscious and looked cowardly, which can be called my pity. The body is covered with a water-blue brocade quilt, and the material is precious. Zhen Ying snorted heavily and said, "There are no outsiders right now, don't pretend, I have something to say to you." Shen Shiyun "sleeps sweetly" and does not blink her eyelashes. Zhen Ying raised her voice and said, "Did you hear it?" Shen Shiyun still gave her an unconsciousness.
Zhen Ying was furious, so she wanted to lift her quilt and pull her up from the bed, but after all, she thought about her manners, tried her best to restrain herself, stood beside her bed and scolded: "Do you think that if you pretend to be dizzy, this palace will have nothing to do with you? But don't be too happy, the royal crown prince is not a trivial matter, a woman from a humble background like you, even the blood flowing in her veins is lowly, and she must not tarnish the royal bloodline. You can be the imperial concubine, it is God who took a nap, he woke up, you should also wake up. It's better to make a plan early, and if you give birth to a man, you will be sent directly to the pure body as a eunuch, and if you give birth to a woman, you will be sold into a brothel to pick up customers......
She thought that she had scolded poisonously enough, and she would definitely be able to provoke Shen Shiyun to wake up on her own, but her mouth was dry when she scolded her, and she still sank into the sea like a stone, and she couldn't stir up a trace of waves. made up his mind and secretly thought: "Dead Hoof won't be angry, don't come to scold me, if I want to break her psychologically, I have to use the new chips in my hand." He turned around and walked away, sat down on the round stool next to the table, rotated the teacup with one hand, admired the pattern on the wall of the cup, and said in a long voice: "It's really a blue sky and a white day, and I bumped into a ghost under Lang Lang Qiankun, this palace just came from Xihua Gate, who did you say I saw? It was Prince Yu talking to a beautiful woman, and they were still discussing going...... Hey, I can't remember it for a while. I know that some people are concerned about the movements of the prince, and they sent eunuchs and guards to all the palace maids, and they kept an eye on them from morning to night, but they still lost their ......."
After she finished saying this, Shen Shiyun sat up from the bed, waved her hand to open the curtain, and walked behind Zhenying. Zhen Ying was proud, held the base of the teacup, lifted the teapot with her other hand, lifted it slowly, poured the tea, did not look back, and smiled: "What, you also have a time when you can't hold your breath? Don't you want to pretend to be dizzy and fool people? Ah, Concubine Yun's body is not well, why did she get up, go back to bed and lie down to rest." She was always half killed by Shen Shiyun's leisurely tone when she spoke, and this time she imitated herself, but she felt indescribably happy.
Shen Shiyun snorted and said, "I can't hold my breath, it seems that you have always been you, right? I'll ruin your reputation first, and then make a few moves to provoke the generals, and it will be as I wish. And just now, I thought that you were talking ugly, and I didn't want to see you in general, and if you sleep, you were sleeping, so what could you pretend to be? Even if you close your eyes and refresh your mind, it is also freedom. You disturb people's dreams in vain, let me out. ”
Zhen Ying sneered: "Qingmeng? It's a spring dream, right? It's a pity that the timing of your spring dream is not right, when Prince Yu came to Yinxue Palace to find the emperor, and personally told him what he planned to do and where he was going to go in the future. You sent a group of minions to listen to no avail, this is called 'stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to find', I didn't pretend to be unconscious, I stayed in the temple and heard it clearly, this is called 'it takes no effort to get it'. ”
Shen Shiyun's heart moved, she fell into the water and took a risk, "put her to death and then live", and then she was really in a coma for a while, Zhenying said that she was confident, not like she was making it up, and she thought that the eunuch reported that the prince had gone out of the house alone, and it was very likely that it was really something. On the surface, he was still disdainful, and sneered: "Why does this palace care about the whereabouts of the prince? If you think that I know the situation of everyone in the palace in detail, you will also promote me." ”
Zhen Ying said: "Don't hide it, I didn't misunderstand you." Okay, let me ask you a question, you answer honestly, and I'll tell you everything I know, that's fair enough, isn't it? The assassin who pretended to be a guard and tried to kill you last time was clearly not dead, so why did you shield her?"
Shen Shiyun said: "This question is boring enough, that assassin wants to kill me, and I want to shield her, is this palace very willing to find death?" Zhen Ying sneered: "Because you want to put a long line, catch a big fish, and use her to find out Prince Yu's plan and interfere." Shen Shiyun smiled and said: "Hey, how do you think that this palace knows me better than I do? It's so complicated, is it your own plan? That assassin is dead, I don't need to lie to you, you insist that she is still alive, could it be that you instructed her?"
Zhen Ying said angrily: "How can there be such a thing?" I ...... it" and then remembered that she had just persuaded Chu Menglin to come to assassinate her, but the other party didn't buy her account, and it was difficult to say this sentence "How can there be such a thing" categorically, so she changed her words: "I saw her with Prince Yu, and I recognized her at a glance." Since you say that the assassin is dead, probably because I am dazzled, this inference cannot be established, and I can't tell you. ”
Shen Shiyun said: "If you don't say it, don't say it, it's so rare? Your lies are full of loopholes, and this palace doesn't want to hear it." Zhen Ying said angrily: "My lie...... How can my words be so flawed?"
Shen Shiyun said: "It's just a preface that doesn't match the afterword." If there is no problem with Hongu's memory, and you didn't seem to be present at the first assassination, how can you know what the assassin looked like? What else do you talk about 'recognizable at a glance'? Assuming what you say is true, it can only be that you have seen her before and conveyed instructions to her. To put it bluntly, there are only two choices, either you lied and deliberately framed Prince Yu, provoked him to have a relationship with the emperor, and confused the court; or you didn't lie, that is, you colluded with the rebels of the Demon Sect to enter the palace and assassinate him, plotting to rebel. You have to choose one or the other. She always had a smile on her face, and slowly said the very threatening words one by one, and after speaking, she put her left hand on the table, looked down at Zhen Ying condescendingly, and said leisurely: "It is necessary to remind you, what did you say just now? What do you mean by 'there are no outsiders at the moment'? I don't remember when I became my own person with you." ”
Zhen Ying's eyes widened, she couldn't believe the sudden reversal of the situation in front of her, and she didn't know how the translocation happened. She came to threaten Shen Shiyun with confidential information, but somehow, lured by her words, she unknowingly turned into a dead end, either of these two choices is a felony of murder, even if the emperor is gracious and the Dong E clan is preserved, she herself must be dead or alive. When she wanted to turn back, the way out was also blocked by the rules, which was clearly a crime to add to it, but it was difficult for her to refute. Furious for a moment, she raised the teacup suddenly, but the cup was clean, and there was no hot tea for her to vent, so she took local materials and lifted the teapot to splash, and the teapot was empty. The tea can't be spilled, and the action of pouring tea desperately is particularly ridiculous, and after a little pondering, I know that this is Shen Shiyun's design early in the morning to play his own trick. Although the ugliness is not big, after all, it is still a great shame to be deceived by this, obviously in the other party's heart, he is just a clown who jumps off the beam.
Shen Shiyun sat down on the stool next to her and said with a smile: "It seems that my sister's liver and lungs are hot, and her internal fire is vigorous, and she has evaporated a whole pot of tea. These words were originally the sarcastic words that Zhen Ying had said in front of Fu Lin, and I wanted Shen Shiyun to set up this small trap, just to return the insulting words in their original form, and the narrowness of the heart and the hatred of the character will be avenged, which is self-evident. said angrily: "Shen Shiyun, you ...... You are so hateful, you won't speak better?"
Shen Shiyun supported himself with one hand, and smiled innocently: "You are quite difficult to serve." This palace is polite to you, you scold me for being hypocritical, I tell you the truth, and you blame me for my bad attitude, what do you want me to do?"