Faced with the suspicion and temptation of his royal brother, and the overt and insinuating ridicule of some of his colleagues, King Jingbei fell into distress.
It is said that thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness. Once a concubine is rejected by the emperor, she will be accused by someone who is interested in her, and it will become one of the evidences of her contempt for the emperor's brother and her attempt to usurp the throne. It will also make the emperor's brother even more suspicious.
But he felt really uncomfortable if he had to swallow his nerve and accept the spy that the royal brother had planted around him.
Is there really no choice? King Jingbei sat in his study and sighed helplessly at the imperial edict placed on the table.
The princess came in with a big belly and a bowl of lotus seed soup. She looked at King Jingbei tenderly and said: "Your Majesty, please eat some lotus seed soup first to calm your nerves... I already know the minister who rewarded your concubine. If the prince can trust me, I will let my concubine make the arrangements. I will definitely not do it." She will be in the way of the prince..."
Under the princess's patient guidance, King Jingbei felt a little more at ease. He smiled and nodded, pecked the princess on the forehead, then caressed the princess's belly and murmured: "Weier, thank you for your hard work..." After a pause, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he said seriously: "If that maid doesn't know Anyway, if I dare to collide with you, you can do whatever you want. If my brother takes the blame, I will bear it!"
After that, he asked the princess's personal maid who was waiting outside the door to send the princess back to her room to rest. He sat down at the desk, picked up a pen and paper, and started writing a letter.
After writing the letter, he called Xiao Kai who was guarding the door and asked him to deliver it to Weiyuan Escort Bureau overnight.
Weiyuan Escort Bureau meeting hall. Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, Zheng Miao, Yan Ruoyu, Nangong Yu, Nangong Yue and others rubbed their sleepy eyes and read the secret letter from King Jingbei several times.
Qin Chuan put down the letter and said with a troubled expression: "The emperor is really good at playing! If you disagree with someone, he will put an informant next to him... This is not enjoying the blessings of others, this is just a pink skull, here to kill you... …”
Everyone was originally very depressed, but after listening to Qin Chuan's comments, they staggered around happily for a while.
Zheng Miao laughed at the top of her voice: "No, my brother described it too vividly... No matter how beautiful the spy is, she is still a deadly red skeleton. The poor prince has to face that woman every day, and he can neither love nor scold her. , don’t you want to be worried to death..."
Xiao Kai nodded when he heard the words and agreed: "That's not the case. If someone is ungrateful and always uses chicken feathers as arrows to catch people and cause trouble for no reason, won't our palace be in trouble every day from now on... Therefore, our prince specially asked me to bring a message to you, so that everyone can help think of a solution..."
Su Qiqi had been listening to everyone's speech in silence. Seeing that everyone had almost finished speaking, she finally said, "This matter is simple. The emperor's kindness cannot be rejected, but we can deal with it appropriately..."
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone became energetic and looked at her with approval.
Su Qiqi mentioned several more ways to deal with the "female spy" given by the emperor or even to instigate the "female spy" to rebel. Everyone also added some methods and details.
Xiao Kai asked Ouyang Qi to help record them one by one, and then happily returned to the palace to resume his duties.
On the auspicious day chosen by the emperor, King Jingbei brought his maid Caiping into the palace and arranged to live in Wutong Garden, the most remote residence in the palace. He also sent her several carefully selected maids and servants, who were supposed to take care of her daily life, but in fact monitored her every move.
For several months, King Jingbei did not set foot in Wutong Garden. Only the princess occasionally brought people over to take a look and buy some clothes, jewelry and daily necessities for her.
When the maid Caiping first came here, she was quite peaceful. Apart from eating, drinking and sleeping every day, she just played with the cat, played the guqin for a while, and occasionally went to the back garden for a stroll.
About half a month later, the maid serving Caiping came over to report to King Jingbei and Princess Caiping, saying that Miss Caiping had suddenly had a bad temper in the past few days and wanted to go out several times. After being stopped by her and several other maids, she closed the door and went back to the house. Throwing things..."
The prince and princess looked happy after hearing this. After the maid left, the prince picked up the princess, let her sit on his lap, put his arms around her, and said with a contented look: "It seems that the eyeliner chosen by the emperor is not very smart!"
The princess nodded with a smile on her face and said: "If she can keep her composure, she should be careful... She is so easy to be impulsive, but it is not difficult to deal with..."
The prince nodded and said: "This time, I can sit back and relax. With her temperament, I don't think she will be able to make any big waves..."
While the two were talking, Xiao Kai's voice came from outside the door.
King Jingbei and his wife hurriedly stood up to greet him.
Xiao Kai briefly introduced the situation and presented the paper recording the response to the Yuzhi female spy to King Jingbei.
King Jingbei browsed for a while, put it in his arms, and said approvingly: "Young Master Nangong is really a heroine... With their help, I will be able to eliminate the traitors as soon as possible and help my brother to stabilize the country... …”
Over at Wutong Garden, Caiping was troubled by the delay in getting close to King Jingbei and getting useful clues to inform the emperor. Especially in the past few days, she couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep. She was extremely frightened when she thought that the date set by the emperor and the grand master to report intelligence was coming soon.
It seems that using beauty to seduce King Jingbei and obtain evidence will not work. She must find other ways to get close to King Jingbei as soon as possible.
She thought hard for several days and finally came up with a strategy that she thought was safer.
I heard from the servants in the mansion that the princess’s birthday will be in a few days. When the time comes, King Jingbei will definitely hold a grand banquet and invite relatives of the emperor and high-ranking nobles to attend. Maybe he can take advantage of the crowd and secretly go to King Jingbei's study to look for clues.
On the day of the princess's birthday, Caiping had just put on her night clothes and went out when she was discovered by the Xiao brothers who had been hiding nearby. Xiao Jie asked his younger brother to follow Caiping and find an opportunity to delay the situation while he immediately reported the news to King Jingbei.
After hearing Xiao Jie's report, King Jingbei simply used the trick and got a fake evidence and locked it in the drawer of the bookshelf in the study.
Caiping didn't know it was a scam, so she entered the study and rummaged around. As soon as she got the fake evidence, before she had time to open it for confirmation, she was caught by King Jingbei and brothers Xiao Jie and Xiao Kai.
The maids and servants who were on night duty nearby and some guests attending the banquet also heard some noises, but they were not sure what happened.
Not long after, rumors spread in the capital that the newly married concubine of King Jingbei had dirty hands and feet, and had stolen the royal treasures and was placed under house arrest.
Master Yan heard the news and hurriedly entered the palace to discuss with the emperor. The emperor sent secret guards to sneak into the Jingbei Palace and found Caiping who was under house arrest. Under her guidance, the secret guards went to King Jingbei's study to look for blood jade and evidence.
A few people were rummaging around without any clue, when the door was suddenly pushed open, and King Jingbei led the Xiao brothers and the palace guards to block their entrance.
Seeing that he had been exposed, the leader of the secret guard simply revealed his identity and took out the gold medal given by the emperor. He arrogantly stated that he was looking for evidence on the emperor's order. If King Jingbei was asked to surrender the blood jade and the evidence of rebellion, the emperor might exempt him from the death penalty out of brotherly love.
King Jingbei showed no fear in the face of his threat. Just stared at him coldly.
The leader of the secret guard was so stared at that his heart went crazy and he said in a stern voice: "Your Majesty, please stop engaging in trapped beast fights... The Grand Master has found witnesses of your rebellion. You'd better plead guilty..."
"Witness?" King Jingbei snorted coldly and said disapprovingly: "I'm afraid that witness was also fabricated by you..."
The leader of the secret guard was stunned for a while, and was choked to the point of being speechless.
