Chapter 34 Dynamics of all parties
Just when Bi Yuntao was teasing Xiaolan, the other families were in a different situation. Some were happy and some were sad.
"If you don't succeed enough, you will fail more than you deserve! Two losers!" The second prince looked at the kneeling Zhao Mingsheng and Ji Wuli with a gloomy look.
"Second Prince, calm down, we will accept the punishment!" Ji Wuli saw that the Second Prince was angry and quickly begged for mercy. "Although we didn't succeed, Xiaolan has already gone to Prince Qi's Mansion. With Xiaolan's skills, good news should come soon."
"Hmph! I hope so, otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind!"
"Your Majesty, there is news from Prince Qi's Mansion!" A guard hurried in.
"Speak quickly!" Ji Wuli's face lit up and he said quickly.
"The King of Qi has been assassinated. The assassin has been caught and is being executed and interrogated. It is said that the person who gave the instructions has not yet been found out." The servant quickly reported the news to King Qi.
The second prince's face was overjoyed when he heard it, and he asked directly, "How is King Qi? But he is dead? Is this true?"
"Back to Your Highness, Prince Qi was only slightly injured and not dead. This incident should be true. I saw the Imperial Concubine hurriedly entering Prince Qi's Mansion with my own eyes." The second prince frowned, his expression changed, and his eyes With a gloomy tone, "You go down."
"Second Prince, do you want to rescue Xiaolan?" Zhao Mingsheng looked at the Second Prince's gloomy expression, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask.
The second prince glanced at him and said, "No need, she's just a chess piece thrown away casually. With a few sweet words from this prince, she was so fascinated that she even dreamed of being my concubine. Huh! A cheap maid, she still wants to fly." Climbing a branch and turning into a phoenix?! She's not even qualified to be my king's maid! It's better to die, so that you don't have to show up in front of me as soon as I go to your place and look at you!" His tone was harsh, no With a touch of emotion.
"Then, wouldn't it be bad if Xiaolan betrayed the second prince?!" Seeing the second prince's determination, Zhao Mingsheng quickly reminded the second prince.
The second prince thought for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. She can't stay anymore. Let's leave this matter to you two! Since the two things failed, after dealing with Xiaolan, don't do any good deeds for the time being. Don't act rashly, wait until the birthday of the emperor's grandmother is celebrated in a month." The second prince stood up and prepared to go back to the bedroom, "Wait a minute, Wu Li, you go find some birthday gifts for me in the past few days, and forget about this matter. "
Ji Wuli looked embarrassed when he heard this, but he still agreed.
When the two of them left the room, Ji Wuli and Zhang Mingsheng both had gloomy expressions on their faces. Zhao Mingsheng said, "What a pity for such a maid. I originally wanted to enjoy it myself, eh!"
Ji Wuli snorted, "It's just a maid. It's not like your mother doesn't have anyone better than her. You just lost a maid. I'm going to be bleeding heavily. A birthday gift worth tens of thousands of taels won't be able to impress the second prince." .Why!"
The two of them looked at each other and sighed, "Damn it, King Qi, I don't know what kind of bad luck he had, he didn't succeed twice in his plans." When Zhao Mingsheng thought of Bi Yuntao's plan to destroy himself and others, he A pain in the balls.
"Okay, let's go quickly and find someone to deal with Xiaolan. Otherwise, if Xiaolan can't bear the punishment and turns us in, we will have to shed our skins even if we don't die."
The two of them returned to their respective mansions with their own thoughts.
"Bang!" "Crack!" "Crash!" The third prince angrily threw everything he could see in the study out, "I'm so angry! Damn the King of Qi, damn the Left Prime Minister. Just because he helped a woman. After the aftermath, they ransacked the house and found the weapons hidden in my possession, ruining my grand plan!"
"Your Highness, calm down." A staff officer was advising on the side, "Now the person in charge over there is dead. Although his son has never been involved, we still have to eradicate the roots! If he knows some clues, then we can …”
The third prince breathed heavily for a while, and finally calmed down, and said: "Indeed, now is not the time to be angry. This prince is too impulsive. I will leave this matter to you. Don't leave any traces." After finishing speaking, , I was really angry, and angrily hit the table with my fist, "Damn, what a pity, all that money was used to make wedding clothes for others!"
The staff officer hurriedly came up again to persuade, "Your Highness, since King Qi has ruined our plan time and time again, why don't we let the people over there..." He said, making a gesture of wiping his neck, "And, this time, the Emperor Will you doubt His Highness?"
The third prince glanced at him and said, "It doesn't matter, it's just a suspicion, and there's no evidence. When you send people to do things in the future, bring the weapons from the second prince's residence. Even if they are left behind, they won't doubt us. Even if they are really captured by someone, I suspect that the evidence in my hand also points to the second prince." After speaking, he pondered for a while, then picked up the note, wrote something, and put it in the carrier pigeon.
Watching the carrier pigeon go away, he said: "What you said makes sense, it's time to make this show more joyful!" The tone was solemn and cold, and there was no hint of joy that he was ready to watch the show. .
In the Chancery's study room, the emperor had long known that someone was secretly hiding weapons, and had asked the Zuo Prime Minister to send someone to interrogate him. However, he still felt that there were still some omissions, and kept pacing back and forth. Finally, he felt that he should discuss the matter with the Zuo Prime Minister, and quickly asked someone to do so. The message came from the left prime minister.
"See your Majesty." "Okay, excuse me!"
The emperor did not wait for Zuo Xiang to express his gratitude, and hurriedly asked: "I came to you to ask you about the matter. Can you find out clearly?"
"Back to the emperor, the interrogation is still going on. But according to my opinion, that boy doesn't know anything. It's just a pity that the person in charge is dead. Alas!" Zuo Xiang reported truthfully.
The emperor snorted, "Huh! If you can't find it, let's forget it. It's just those two people." After a pause, he said: "Ai Qing, do you think they will kill people and silence them?!"
Zuo Xiang pondered for a while, then slowly said: "80% of the time I will, and maybe I will blame others."
"How?" the emperor asked, but the left prime minister looked troubled and didn't know whether he should speak or not. "But it doesn't matter. If you have offended anything, I will pardon you. I sent you here this time because I wanted to discuss the matter with you." The emperor knew that there might be some disrespect in what the left minister said next, so he specifically pardoned Wu. crime.
"Since they will come to kill people and silence them, there will definitely be casualties, so they will definitely let the dead guards in their hands wear the clothes of other princes' guards and use weapons engraved with the logos of other princes. This can confuse others. You can also take the opportunity to read a book and weaken their power."
"Then, in my opinion, how should this matter be handled?" the emperor asked again.
"In my opinion, it's better for us to just follow the plan."
"Oh? What kind of strategy is there to take advantage of the situation?"
"Since the people behind the scenes will come to eradicate the roots, then let's follow their wishes. Anyway, that person is no longer of use to His Majesty, so we just go with the flow. Then we took the weapons and clothes left by the assassins and specifically questioned Bai Bai in the court. official."
"At this time, no matter who jumps out to accuse, it will be the mastermind behind this incident. If it is not the real mastermind behind the incident, it must be related to this incident. But it is not ruled out that there will be people who add insult to injury."
"However, Your Majesty does not need to worry. You only need to note down the people he supports, and then secretly investigate, search for evidence, and prepare backup plans in advance. When the time is right, you can catch them all."
The emperor glanced at the Prime Minister with a profound look, pondered for a moment, and felt that it was not much different from what he thought. He asked again: "Then when does the Prime Minister think the time is right?"
The Prime Minister Zuo smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't you already have a plan? Why bother asking the old minister again?!"
"Hahaha, the one who knows me is Prime Minister Zuo!" "Your Majesty is so complimentary!" Then Prime Minister Zuo was pulled by the Emperor to discuss some details before retreating.
After coming out of the palace, Prime Minister Zuo couldn't help but touch the cold sweat on his forehead and sighed, "The situation is about to change! I hope King Qi can escape unscathed, otherwise Ruoxi will be left a widow!"
While these people were planning their conspiracy, Sister Xue, who had been rescued by Bi Yuntao, had just finished bathing and changing clothes, and was lying on the bed thinking about everything that had happened today.
In the morning, my cousin sent someone to invite me to the palace to reminisce about the past. I was quite happy at first. It had been a long time since I had seen my cousin and my cousin. After meeting, we had a very happy conversation. Who knew that I would be asked by my cousin to replace him in the end? Getting close to King Qi could even seduce him, but he refused without even thinking about it.
Cousin, does he really not know Yue'er's thoughts? He is the person he longs for, and he lets himself seduce King Qi. Doesn't he care that his innocence is taken away by King Qi?
When I think of this, I feel depressed and sour, and I really want to cry.
In the end, he agreed. He left the palace and went to the market in despair, but he didn't expect that he would be attracted by the man in gorgeous clothes. Fortunately, King Qi appeared and saved him, otherwise...
Xue Ruyue bit her red lips, sucked her nose, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Unexpectedly, King Qi was indeed as popular as the rumors, a lustful man who could not walk when he saw a beautiful woman.
Then a blush appeared on his face, and he remembered that he had sprained his ankle. King Qi looked at his injury and stared directly at his feet with a fascination and intoxication in his eyes. Although I was shy at the time, I was still very happy. That was the most proud part of me. Being recognized and infatuated by others satisfied my vanity.
He frowned slightly and felt the pain in his feet. He sat up and looked at the redness and swelling on his ankles.
Although there are some redness and swelling on the jade feet, it cannot hide the beauty of the jade feet. The jade fingers lightly stroked her jade feet. On the soles of the feet, there were five slender toes lined up side by side, like snow sculptures, with white lining. It was red, crystal clear, like five pale red petals... I thought of that idiot looking like a stupid goose, looking at it dreamily, and my face turned even redder.
He kneaded the redness and swelling on his ankle to slow down the sprain. He felt the warmth on his feet, and the hot feeling of being held by that idiot came back again. His face was bright red, and his earlobes were unsatisfactoryly hot. Even the jade feet were stained with a light layer of rouge powder, which was pink and white.
Xue Ruyue shook her head, how could she have other thoughts about that deceitful disciple? ! I like my cousin. Although I promised my cousin, I can't let that scoundrel take advantage of him anymore, but...
Xue Ruyue bit her soft lips again. Her family has a tradition. A woman's golden lotus is like a woman's chastity. It can only be shown to her husband. If a man sees the golden lotus, she can only marry that man. If it is seen by someone other than her husband, When a man sees this, he can only fight to the death with him.
Xue Ruyue shook her head again, no, that disciple is still useful to her cousin, and her cousin also specifically told her to protect that disciple from harm.
Why! Xue Ruyue sighed, feeling a little annoyed. Is this really the case? That is my private part, even my favorite cousin has never seen it!
Forget it, since I can't kill that bastard, I can't marry him, but I can play tricks on him!
Xue Ruyue thought of the scene when she was teasing the disciple, her eyes were full of cunning smiles, and her charming peach blossom eyes were curved again, just like the moon at night, curved, bright, and very... nice.
Xue Ruyue felt a little tired, shook her head, and felt sleepy. She cheered up, blew out the lights, and lay on the bed to sleep.
After a stick of incense passed, the window of the boudoir quietly opened, and a black figure came in. He looked at the sleeping beauty on the bed, a smile appeared on his face, and then said softly: "I think big brother will definitely like me." The gift I have prepared for such a beautiful woman will definitely be worthy of my eldest brother."
The black figure wrapped a quilt around the beauty, then put it on his shoulders, pushed open the door, and disappeared into the night.
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"Xiaolan, just stay in this woodshed for a week. Although it's a little dirty, don't worry, I won't treat you badly with three meals a day. After a week, I will definitely arrange a good meal for you. room." Bi Yuntao scratched his head in embarrassment, feeling that it was really offensive to the beauty to let her live in such a dirty and messy place.
"Hmph! Don't worry, King Qi. I will be out of here in less than a week." Xiaolan was sure that the second prince would come to save her and did not give Bi Yuntao a good look at all.
Seeing Xiaolan's determination, Bi Yuntao shrugged helplessly, "I hope you can still say such things after a week." Seeing that Xiaolan was no longer paying attention to him, Bi Yuntao had to shake his head and go back to the bedroom to rest.
