Because of Luan Jia's arrival, the Royal Racecourse at the foot of Yuquan Mountain was heavily guarded today. There were hundreds of elite Imperial Guards at the gate of the palace alone, not to mention the accompanying guards from various families stationed outside.
Since the Japanese pirates invaded the capital a year ago, even though the Beijing camp has plowed the territory of Beizhili three times in the past six months, the imperial troops guarding the Queen Mother Luanjia have not relaxed for a moment.
Ta da, da da...
"Stop whoever is coming!"
It seemed that several knights were galloping in the distance. The Imperial Guards guarding the gate raised their hands and shouted to stop them.
"Hey!"
Xilulu...
The horse raised its front hooves high, and the visitor reined in the horse and stopped. He jumped off the horse and clasped his fists and said, "Liu Xianglian, Duke of Liguo, has something urgent to do with Mr. Lian of Rongguo. Please let the general know as soon as possible."
Although Liu Xianglian didn't like to mention that she was from the Liu family of Duke Li's palace, this was the only way she wanted to meet Jia Lian.
Sure enough, after hearing the words "Li Guogong's Mansion", the imperial guards guarding the gate immediately sent people to find Jia Lian in the palace.
Liu Xianglian and others outside the gate seemed to be very impatient. One of the men dressed as a warrior asked in a low voice: "Brother Liu, is there any use in asking Mr. Lian about this matter? We might as well report it directly to the official, and maybe we can get a reward." silver."
Liu Xianglian heard this and quickly stopped her in a low voice: "Hush, this matter must not be made public. If word gets out, your life and mine will be at risk."
When it comes to her daughter's reputation, Princess Deqing will definitely go crazy. It's okay for him to say that he is also a noble son, but these brothers in the world may not be able to escape the wrath of the princess's house.
Liu Xianglian had a high reputation among the knights in the capital. Although these people could not understand how harsh the wealthy family was on their daughter's family's reputation, they still obeyed and remained silent.
They paced anxiously outside the palace, looking at the patrols coming and going inside the gate from time to time.
Suddenly, Jia Lian's figure appeared in Liu Xianglian's sight. He waved happily and shouted: "Brother Lian, here!"
"Why is Erlang here?"
When Jia Lian heard that Liu Xianglian was looking for him in an emergency, he hurried to the palace gate in confusion.
Liu Xianglian cupped her hands and said, "Brother Lian, please take a step to speak..."
The two avoided others, and Liu Xianglian whispered: "When I was hunting in the dense forest north of the city with a few brothers, I saw a large group of thieves hiding in it. I was planning to quietly exit the dense forest to report to the police, but I saw a group of forbidden troops escorting a group of thieves. An exquisite carriage arrived in the dense forest, and the leading Imperial Colonel must have colluded with others to hand over the people in the carriage to the thieves..."
"Huh? Custodes?"
"It's the Forbidden Army. My little brother felt nearby and heard the conversation between the captain and the leader of the thieves. The person in the carriage was Princess Tu of the Princess Chang's Mansion in Deqing. The captain of the Forbidden Army should be from Prince Dongping. The thieves seemed to be with It's related to the Shanxi merchants. They plan to send the princess to Shanxi, and they should have gone towards Yanshan by now."
Liu Xianglian spoke as fast as possible about what she saw and heard, and nodded solemnly and said: "And I heard that person say that Prince Dongping has the intention to rebel and plans to raise troops in Liaodong to seek power. !」
It is basically an open secret that the four kings with different surnames are not loyal to the court. But when it comes to directly launching an army to rebel, there are many who have the will and few who have the courage. After all, there was Emperor Zhaowu in Daxia who had been oppressive for decades.
"Second brother, second brother Liu..."
Jia Cong was a step slower and came late, accompanied by Liu Hong, the fourth son of the emperor who was curious about Liu Xianglian.
Jia Lian's eyes lit up when he saw Liu Hong coming. He pulled Liu Xianglian up to meet him, and whispered to Liu Hong for a while. Then Liu Hong opened the way and hurried to the palace with Liu Xianglian and others.
As Liu Xianglian said, when she learned that her daughter had been kidnapped, Liu Shule, the eldest princess of Deqing, was at a loss for a short time and then immediately went crazy.
Not only did he secretly go to see the Queen Mother to borrow troops, but he also sent people around to find everyone from the Dongping Palace who came to attend the meeting.
After seeing a group of Yulin Lang leave the palace quickly, Shui Rong in the high pavilion opened the paper fan with a snap and said to the old housekeeper beside him: "Send a message to Wang Si and send Princess Tu back to the capital tomorrow. Remember to let everyone in the capital know that the beloved daughter of the eldest princess of Deqing was given to the thief by the Dongping County Prince’s Palace. You must also sue
To tell the world, what these thieves originally wanted was Uncle Rong En’s nephew, Gusu Lin Ruhai’s only daughter! "
Snapped!
The wine glass in Qian Kun's hand fell to the ground and broke into eight pieces. His arms were shaking violently and he looked at his confidant Qian Er in disbelief.
"Why is it Princess Tu? Didn't you say that Lin's daughter was injured during the polo match, so that she could leave early and return to Beijing for treatment? Why is it Princess Tu?"
Qian Er said bitterly: "The spy came to report that Princess Tu had a conflict with the Jia family and whipped the tiger brought by Jia Cong. This made the Queen Mother furious and ordered Princess Tu to be sent to Zongzheng Temple to be punished... "
"Damn it! Doesn't Wu Zhuan know Princess Tu? What happened to him? Since Princess Tu is in the carriage, he doesn't know how to adapt?" Qian Kun was like an ant on a hot pot, sweating like rain. .
After a brief moment of panic, he urged urgently: "Hurry up and chase after the Japanese pirates and let the Japanese pirates bring you back safely. And send someone to find Wu Zhuan, and find him and his people..."
Qian Kun made a motion to cut Qian Er's throat. Qian Er immediately understood and retreated with fists in hand.
"Damn, damn, damn! What went wrong?"
No matter how much Qian Kun scolded him, he still couldn't stop things from getting completely out of control. When people from the Princess Mansion came looking for him, Qian Kun almost ran away.
When I finally calmed down and came to the main hall of the palace, I saw not only the prince-in-law Tu Shizhong, the eldest princess of Deqing, Liu Shule, but also the current Queen Mother Cao, the fourth prince Liu Hong, the two brothers Jia Lian of Rongguo Mansion, and some who looked familiar. A well-dressed man and three trembling warriors.
When he was about to salute after being stunned, his grandmother Wei and mother Bai also rushed to the door of the main hall in confusion.
"My wife (I) pays homage to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty Jin'an!"
"Get up."
No matter how domineering the cheap granddaughter is, she is still a relative of the emperor. Because of her actions, she was kidnapped by thieves. Empress Dowager Cao felt guilty and angry at the same time.
She glanced at Liu Hong and saw that Liu Hong coughed lightly, ignored the Wei family and the Bai family, and went straight to Qian Kun and asked: "Qian Kun, where is Princess Tu?"
"ah?"
Qian Kun's heartbeat quickened immediately, and he pretended to be confused and asked, "Your Highness, Fourth Highness, what? Princess Tu?"
"Liu Erlang, tell me!" Liu Hong stared into Qian Kun's eyes and ordered.
Liu Xianglian clasped her fists and accepted the order, and described what she saw in detail. The atmosphere in the main hall of the palace became more and more solemn.
Empress Dowager Cao waved to Jinxi and called him to her side. After whispering a few words, Jinxi quickly exited the hall.
Among the others, the eldest princess of Deqing, Liu Shule, wanted to kill Qian Kun, who was still pretending to be crazy and acting like a fool. Although the two Jia brothers expressed regret for Tu Siqi's incident, more attention fell on the rebellion in the Dongping Palace.
When Liu Xianglian repeated the conversation between the Forbidden Army Captain Wu Xian and the bandit leader, Qian Kun's expression immediately changed, and he knelt down and kowtowed to Empress Dowager Cao and Liu Hong.
"The Queen Mother, Your Royal Highness, this is a frame-up, I... Prince Dongping is very loyal to the court! I don't even know Princess Tu, so how could I kidnap the princess and give it to the thief?"
Qian Kun suddenly pointed at the two Jia brothers, with hatred on his face: "It's the Jia family, Ning Rong, the Jia family, it must be them. Because of my father's incident earlier, the Jia family hated the princess and the consort for not helping Jia Zheng. Talk, today at the polo match, the princess had another conflict with the Jia family. The kidnapping of the princess must have something to do with the Jia family!" Z.br>
"Ah……"
Jia Lian sneered and said leisurely: "If my family wants revenge, they will come directly to the door. Besides, every grievance has its own owner, and every debt has its own owner. The Ningrong Jia family does not bother to plot against their daughter's family!"
Jia Cong nodded vigorously on the side and said with his head held high: "Originally, I planned to stop Princess Tu and beat her up some other day..."
Snapped!
Jia Lian slapped Jia Cong on the head to stop him from talking nonsense.
However, he still clasped his fists towards Tu Shizhong and Liu Shule, and said pointedly: "The prince-in-law just told me that the princess was provoked today. It was the incident involving my second uncle. At that time, the prince-son-in-law and the eldest princess
They were all sent away. I believe what the consort said! "
Tu Shizhong was still calm and replied, "I also believe what Jia Zhenfu said, and I also believe what Jia Sanlang said."
Jia Enhou could do anything to take revenge. Jia Enhou's youngest son said that he would stop his daughter and beat her up to take revenge. Tu Shizhong also believed that it was very likely to happen.
Colluding with Japanese pirates...Jia Enhou would never do such a dirty thing to insult Jia Daishan.
But the Qian family has a criminal record!
Why did the gangsters in Changbai Mountain grow rapidly? It is no longer a secret that the Dongping County Prince’s Mansion cultivates the bandits’ self-respect.
Although Queen Mother Cao didn't like to take care of things, she had a very poisonous eye. After a brief confrontation, she basically determined that this matter had a lot to do with Qian Kun.
She glanced at Liu Shule, who was about to lose control of his madness, and ordered in a deep voice: "Come here, lock up Qian Kun first..."
"The Queen Mother, please be aware that my son Kunkun will not do such a treasonous thing!"
Bai knelt on the ground, kept moving towards the throne of honor, kowtowed and begged: "There is no basis for this matter. How can it be fair to imprison my son based only on the words of a prodigal?"
As soon as the word "libertine" came out, Liu Xianglian's fists clenched instantly. He bit his lip but didn't argue. Because in the impression of the wealthy families in the capital, he was indeed a prodigal.
But a warrior behind him suddenly took courage and shouted: "Fart, I, Brother Liu, keep my faith and my promise, no one in the capital knows..."
"Be brave, don't speak dirty words in front of the Queen Mother!"
The servant's fierce shouting dispelled the warrior's courage, but he still muttered: "We all heard it clearly, that person said it was King Dongping who ordered it!"
Empress Dowager Cao had already made a rough judgment and raised her hand to stop the eunuch who was about to yell: "The matter is of great importance. Since Qian Kun is suspected, he will naturally be temporarily detained. Even your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must be confined in the house and wait for the palace to return. The will. Come and take the people down!"
"The Queen Mother, I am wronged!"
"My wife has been wronged, and I ask the Queen Mother to look into it clearly!"
Empress Dowager Cao didn't give Qian's family another chance, and waved them away.
I saw the always kind and gentle Empress Dowager Cao giving an order with rare indifference: "Today's events are not allowed to be spread outside, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed! Hong'er, take your ninth aunt down to rest. Jia Cong, take people back to the capital as soon as possible and inform the emperor of this matter." .Tu Shizhong and Jia Lian are staying. I have something to tell you two."
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