Chapter 120: Events fermented
As the saying goes, paper cannot contain fire. The entire Hanfeng Temple is only such a big place. In addition, there are so many people in Hanfeng Temple. Bi Yuntao tried his best to interpret the true character of a gangster. In addition, Bi Yuntao is like a rogue. He cursed loudly without any scruples, and it was difficult not to be noticed. This incident quickly spread and spread throughout Hanfeng Temple.
Meng Ruolang, the eldest son of the left prime minister who was extremely well-informed, was the first one besides the emperor to know about this matter.
When he learned about this from his subordinates, his face was strange. He never expected that his simple reminder would trigger such a big reaction from Bi Yuntao.
Yes, he guessed Bi Yuntao's intention of doing this. He deliberately acted it out for others to see. Others could guess it with their toes, including Meng Ruoxi. As for his sister, he, as his younger brother, knows her best as a person.
His sister was good at everything, but she was quite angry. Especially after she accidentally established a relationship with King Qi, her sister became very jealous. Even Xiaolan, the maid who was newly taken by the eldest brother, As long as there is any ambiguity between the two of them, they will always be jealous. They are simply a walking jar of century-old jealousy!
The eldest brother must have noticed this, and coupled with his own reminder, that's why he took this step. The eldest brother was afraid that his sister would take advantage of her father's official position and power to secretly take revenge on Xue Ruyue, and she might even use this He came to threaten her family and did it deliberately to stop her sister from planning revenge.
But if you do this, it's not clear what the relationship between eldest brother and Xue Ruyue will be like in the future.
Meng Ruolang pondered for a while, rolled his eyes, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face, then stood up and walked towards Meng Ruoxi's room.
The emperor waved his hands away with a trace of shock on his face. He didn't expect that his fourth son, a drunkard with nothing to do, would come up with such an idea, but it was a bad idea!
But even so, the emperor's heart was full of joy. After all, his fourth son was full of women, and he only cared about spending time and drinking, so he would not pay attention to other things.
Although the starting point this time was also for women, no matter what, it was really difficult for him to think alone, rack his brains, and come up with a reasonable idea.
"Hahaha! I'm so relieved!" The emperor laughed loudly, and unconsciously thought of the time he looked at him in a neither humble nor condescending manner during lunch today. He really hadn't seen this fourth prince like him in a few days. It’s three autumns away! It seems that some simple government affairs can be left to him to handle in the future.
"Come here!" The emperor thought for a moment and called Eunuch Gui who was waiting outside.
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Gui heard the Emperor's summons and quickly opened the door and entered.
"Xiao Guizi, send someone to Jinling City secretly to check on Miss Snow's family."
"Yes!" Eunuch Gui nodded in agreement. After waiting for a moment, when he saw that the emperor had no other instructions, he quietly withdrew, leaving the emperor alone with space to think.
But as soon as Eunuch Gui quietly took a few steps back, and before he could open the door, he was stopped by the emperor.
"etc!"
"I wonder if the Emperor has anything else to give you?!"
The emperor thought of some possibilities and said to Eunuch Gui: "If you find someone taking action against the Xue family, you can take care of him secretly and try not to expose your identity."
When Eunuch Gui heard what the emperor said, he hesitated for a moment, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, what should I do if the Xue family suffers a disaster?"
When the emperor heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, with a cold light in his eyes, "What do you mean?!"
"Your Majesty, you don't know something." Eunuch Gui quickly told what he knew. "The Xue family is having a hard time these days, so I came here to ask the Queen to take care of her."
"Huh?! You little slave! Why didn't you tell me earlier!" The emperor was furious.
"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Eunuch Gui hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The Queen has told you about this before, Your Majesty, but you didn't care about it at all. When the Queen saw Your Majesty acting like this, she could only complain to Xiao Xiao and let Xiao look for him. This is an opportunity to remind you, Your Majesty!"
When the emperor heard Eunuch Gui's explanation, his anger subsided a bit, and he asked doubtfully: "You mean the Queen mentioned this to me? When did she say it? Why don't I have any impression?!"
"This..." Eunuch Gui was a little embarrassed, not knowing whether he should report the truth.
"But it doesn't matter! You have served me for so many years, and you still don't know my temper?!" The emperor waved his hand, indicating that he should speak directly.
Eunuch Gui thought about his words before speaking slowly. "Your Majesty, you are busy dealing with government affairs every day, and now it is the Queen Mother's birthday. Naturally, you don't remember these trivial matters. The Queen mentioned it during the meal, but Your Majesty was busy dealing with the left prime minister and the others. Things happened, so I didn’t pay much attention!”
The emperor pondered for a while and realized that there seemed to be such a thing. However, doubts arose in his heart at the same time, so he asked Eunuch Gui: "Since Miss Xue came here for this matter, why did she appear here to serve the emperor?" Congratulations to the Queen Mother on her birthday?"
"This..." Eunuch Gui was also confused about this, "Your Majesty, forgive me, I don't know!"
"That's all!" The emperor waved his hand and said, "I'd better go ask the queen!"
"Miss Snow is here to seek help from the Queen. Since the Queen has not taken the initiative to ask for help, she must have her own plans, so just pretend that she doesn't know. You only need to observe in secret and report to me truthfully. Unless there is someone If necessary, remember not to take action!"
"Slave, you obey!" Eunuch Gui kowtowed and accepted the order.
"It has nothing to do with you here, please step back!" The emperor waved his hand to dismiss Eunuch Gui, and sat on a chair, deep in thought.
Seeing this, Eunuch Gui quietly retreated, not daring to disturb him, and quickly ordered his servants to deal with the matters assigned by the emperor.
Just when this rumor was spreading, a sky-blue figure quietly passed through the air. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he ducked into a house.
"The royal concubine!"
The imperial concubine, who was taking a nap with her eyes closed, heard the person calling her, and slowly opened her eyes to look at the person.
"How are things going?"
The visitor did not answer, but there was regret and guilt on his face.
"Looking at your appearance, it seems that you have failed!" The imperial concubine sneered, "It seems that you are nothing more than that! Tao'er has already paved the way for you, but you can still fail to assassinate a mere cripple! Your Majesty is This is how you were taught?!”
When the visitor heard the imperial concubine's scolding, he wanted to defend himself, but after all, his mission failed and the result was here. No matter how difficult the process was, it was meaningless. He had no choice but to let the imperial concubine scold him.
"What? You want to explain?" The imperial concubine saw her hesitant expression and sneered.
"Then I'll give you a chance to explain. I want to hear how you failed!"
"Replying to the imperial concubine, I have done something wrong, please punish the imperial concubine!" The visitor did not explain, but just bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
The imperial concubine sneered, glanced at her with cold eyes, then lowered her head and took a sip of hot tea, "If I remember correctly, before Taoer met you, you pretended to be the person next to the third prince. , this time I asked you to assassinate the third prince, but you failed again, tell me, how on earth do you want me to believe that you have nothing to do with the third prince!"
The more the visitor listened, the more chills ran down his spine. He swallowed hard, trying to moisten his dry throat, but his mouth was also extremely dry without any moisture.
"You'd better tell the truth. Don't think that His Majesty is behind you. Just because Tao'er loves you so much, you can do whatever you want and ignore my orders! Don't forget that before I got married, I was a What kind of person!" The imperial concubine looked at the visitor coldly, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
"I don't know if you have heard of this saying. If you are going to be punished outside, I will kill you. Even if it reaches your Majesty's ears, she will not have any complaints against me! You think so! Yun Lan! Oh no! To be more precise, I should call you Xia Lan!"
The imperial concubine's threat made Xiaolan's whole body feel cold. Even when the midday sun shone on her body, she couldn't feel any warmth. She was trembling all over. She was shaking because of fear. Only then did she remember that in the palace, everything When talking about the imperial concubine, everyone's expression changes.
Even though the imperial concubine was as beautiful as a flower, when she was competing for power with His Majesty, her wrists could be described as iron-blooded, and her hands were filled with countless blood, and she could kill without blinking an eye. There were even rumors that the number of people the imperial concubine had killed could easily fill a city. The methods are so cruel that even His Majesty has to retreat. She is simply a female version of Bai Qi, the God of Death.
If not for various reasons, the imperial concubine married into China, otherwise it is not known whether the current emperor is His Majesty.
Now facing the threat of death, Xiaolan knew that if she couldn't explain clearly, she would probably die. Even if the news came to His Majesty's ears in the future, even if she was His Majesty's favorite slave, after learning that she died because of the Imperial Concubine In his hands, he would definitely not turn against the imperial concubine as a cheap maid.
"I'm sorry, Xiaolan is loyal to you and Prince Qi. The reason why Xiaolan failed was because she didn't expect that the third prince had a master beside him. Xiaolan wanted to take action several times, but was discovered in advance by that person every time. , Xiaolan observed for a few days, and seeing that time was running out, she decided to take action rashly, but she almost fell into his hands. If Meng Ruolang hadn't rescued her, the empress might not have been able to see Xiaolan."
Xiaolan cowered on the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy, even her voice was trembling.
"Eh?!" The imperial concubine heard Xiaolan's explanation and said "Eh". She looked at Xiaolan doubtfully and asked: "You mean the third prince is protected by a master? And you were almost captured by him. Why did you You were able to escape because Meng Ruolang came to the rescue?"
"Yes, Concubine, everything Xiaolan said is true!" Xiaolan lay on the ground in fear, not daring to raise her head.
"Master?" The imperial concubine murmured softly, staring at Xiaolan lying on the ground, thinking for a long time, and then asked: "Why did Meng Ruolang appear there?"
"Back to the empress, I also asked Mr. Meng. He said that King Qi asked him to help find some smoke for him. He didn't know what King Qi used it for. He also warned me not to tell others."
"Bang!" The imperial concubine placed her palms heavily on the table. Xiaolan was so frightened by the sudden sound that she didn't even dare to breathe, and her body kept swaying.
"This brat, I'm so angry! Every day, my mind is filled with women, and now you dare to use these vile things. Let's see how I deal with you!"
Xiaolan was relieved when she heard that the person the imperial concubine was angry with was not herself.
"No matter what the reason for this matter is, failure is failure. I always only look at the results, not the process. I think you are still of some use, so I will spare your life this time." The imperial concubine said angrily. He stood up and said, "Why are you still kneeling?! Why don't you get up quickly and follow me to find King Qi!"
