The queen's dignified face froze slightly.
It seems a little unexpected.
But it faded away in a moment and turned into a happy expression:
"It is my concubine's good fortune that Your Majesty can live just a moment longer, and I am the good fortune of Nanchen Jiangshan Sheji!"
"Yes, God bless you, and the ancestors of Nanchen bless you."
The rest of the people agreed.
After the queen laughed for a while, her smile finally faded away and she said:
"Since ancient times, life, old age, illness and death have not been stopped by human power. Human beings will eventually die... Wang Yuyi, Your Majesty... how much time do you have left?"
"Report to the Queen, three days!" Wang Yuyi replied.
"Three days..." The queen looked ugly and seemed very sad. She almost lost her balance. The maid behind her quickly came up to help her.
Everyone lamented for a while, chatted briefly, and then dispersed.
As the queen is the master of the harem, how will Emperor Chen handle his "future affairs"? It naturally fell on her head, so she went first with others.
Then came Concubine Wang, Chen Keyan and Prince Tian, and finally the imperial doctor. Soon, Emperor Chen’s bedroom finally became quiet...
It is said that Chen Keyan returned to the princess mansion and met Su Xian, Li Qingniu and others, and then told them what happened just now. Although there was a little accident, luckily the secret was not exposed.
"The bait has been cast."
Su Xian stood up and faced the direction of the palace with a calm expression:
"Next, let's wait for the good show to take place in three days!"
"..."
Having said that, they did not rest on their laurels.
They gathered together, analyzed and discussed, and then made a series of arrangements to ensure a complete victory in three days. The matters discussed by everyone were ignored for the time being.
Under the busy schedule, it was approaching dusk and the sun was about to set.
The gorgeous clouds in the west are surrounded by a setting sun, which is dreamlike and very beautiful.
After dinner, Su Xian suddenly remembered something. Regardless of the risk of being discovered by spies, he walked out of the courtyard and went straight to Chen Keyan's study.
"Sir? Why are you here?"
At that time, Chen Keyan was lying down writing. When she saw Su Xian appearing outside the study door, she was startled and hurriedly got up to greet him.
"Young master is careless. If Yao... spies find out, it will be very serious."
Chen Keyan grabbed Su Xian's hand with one hand, poked her head out and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she pulled Su Xian into the study and closed the door tightly.
Su Xian had no time to pay attention to Chen Keyan's complaints. After the door was closed, he explained his purpose:
"Miss Chen, I suddenly thought of a problem, which is very serious and may cause the plan of 'playing the trick' to fail completely, so I came to find you."
"so serious!?"
Chen Keyan's heart was suddenly lifted, and she quickly asked: "What's the matter?"
Su Xian walked towards Chen Keyan's desk and said in a deep voice:
"Miss Chen should know that the man behind the scenes is so bold that he dares to murder His Majesty. This shows that his plans are very big!"
"Emperor Nanchen!"
Chen Keyan nodded and followed Su Xian to the desk. She was vaguely aware that something was wrong, but because Su Xian said it so seriously, she had no time to pay attention to it.
"That's right! What the mastermind behind the scenes wants is the throne of Nanchen."
Su Xian talked eloquently:
"Then the question arises. Now that King Li has been deposed, from the surface, the one who has the best chance of ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor is King Tian!"
"And Prince Tian is not only alive and well, but he also has a right-hand man like Miss Chen... Do you think the mastermind behind the scenes will always hide in the dark and never show up proactively if he cares about this?"
"..."
Chen Keyan thought about it carefully, and finally her eyes were certain:
"What the young master said is reasonable. It is very likely that the mastermind behind the scenes will not show up proactively because of this. In this case, half of our plan will fail."
At this time, the two of them had reached the desk and stopped unconsciously.
Chen Keyan hurriedly asked: "Master, is there anything you can do?"
Su Xian pondered for a long time and said:
"For the current plan, we have to find a way to completely eliminate the 'concerns' of the mastermind behind the scenes so that there is no obstacle for him. In this case, the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely show up!"
Chen Keyan is not a stupid person. She rolled her eyes and an idea came to her mind: "So, I and Prince Tian... it's best if they are all gone!"
Su Xian smiled and said, "That's the truth!"
Chen Keyan couldn't help but laugh. In this way, the probability of finding out the mastermind behind the scenes would be greatly increased.
When she was happy, seeing Su Xian smiling, her heart suddenly moved. She raised her hand and punched Su Xian gently, and said coquettishly:
"Is the master so happy that the slave family is no longer here?"
Su Xian saw that she was cute and charming, with a sweet smile rarely appearing on her delicate face. She looked as beautiful as a fairy. Su Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his hand to hook her waist.
At the same time he laughed and said:
"You will never be gone, because...you live in my heart."
Chen Keyan did not dodge, Su Xian naturally hit the target with one hook.
In an instant, the warm fragrance of soft jade comes out, the breath is like orchid, and the breath is gentle and delicate, which cannot be described in detail.
Because Chen Keyan had long been interested in Su Xian, and Su Xian's words just now made her heart beat fast. Furthermore, Su Xian pressed hard on her waist, and her delicate body suddenly became half soft...
boom!
For some unknown reason, the two of them lost their balance at the same time. They tilted and fell onto the large desk, and the neatly typed documents were scattered on the floor.
"Ouch!"
Su Xian let out a scream, lying on the table and sucking in air conditioning.
"Sir, are you okay?"
Chen Keyan was startled and hurriedly got up to check. It turned out that Su Xian's waist hit the edge of the desk. Fortunately, the problem was not big and it was fine after just rubbing it a few times.
"I'm fine."
Su Xian regained his composure and suddenly caught a glimpse of the rice paper on the table. The handwriting on the rice paper was clear and strong, and it was obviously written by a man.
And this handwriting... is actually Chen Di's handwriting?
Su Xian had seen the imperial decree written by Emperor Chen himself, so he recognized it. His eyes slid to the end, his expression changed slightly, and then he slowly turned his head and looked at Chen Keyan strangely.
tomato
What did he see?
The last word on the rice paper was written halfway before stopping. The ink was very fresh, and it was obvious that it had been written just now.
And Chen Keyan was the only one in this study just now.
"Are you imitating Emperor Chen's handwriting?" Su Xian asked directly. Anyway, there were no outsiders at the moment, so it didn't matter.
"Shh!"
Chen Keyan quickly covered Su Xian's mouth with her hands. She was still a little nervous at first, but now she simply gave up. She leaned closer to Su Xian and whispered:
"Only Young Master knows about this matter. Young Master, please don't stretch yourself. Be careful that walls have ears."
The corner of Su Xian's mouth curled up, and he looked at Chen Keyan with a smile. He suddenly stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around the other person's waist, leaned close to the other person's ear and whispered:
"The ambition is really not small, have you been caught by me? Hehe, if you want me to help you hide it, of course you can, but how do you plan to repay me?"
Chen Keyan trusts Su Xian very much, so she is naturally not afraid of him leaking secrets. Su Xian's request for "repayment" from her is nothing more than a trick.
She felt relieved, wrapped her arms around Su Xian's neck, and said with a smile, "Young master, you can do whatever you want."
Su Xian thought for a while, suddenly remembered a wonderful thing, and said with a smile:
"Do you still remember that when we were on our way to Zhongshan two days ago, the carriage we were riding in made an emergency stop due to an encounter with Japanese pirates."
Chen Keyan understood Su Xian's thoughts instantly.
She rolled her eyes at him charmingly, broke free from Su Xian's grasp, walked to a chair nearby and sat down coquettishly, waving to Su Xian:
"Master, come quickly!"
Su Xian slowly walked to the chair and stood two feet away. After thinking for a while, he suddenly fell towards Chen Keyan, as if he had been hit by something.
"ah!"
Chen Keyan let out an exclamation, but there was joy and a sweet smile in her exclamation.
It turned out that Su Xian fell into her arms, just like that time in the carriage.
Su Xian was very restless, drilling and arching randomly, causing Chen Keyan to cry out "Ah", then hide and laugh again, which can be described as a trembling mess.
In the end, she gently put her hands on the back of Su Xian's head, laughed out loud, and was no longer able to stop Su Xian's "exploration."
…
…
The next day.
Imperial Palace, Emperor Chen's bedroom.
Emperor Chen was still pretending to be ill.
The imperial doctors checked the pulse every hour, but never found any problem.
The queen, the royal concubine, and other forces in the palace did not act rashly.
The palace has been quieter than ever these past two days.
However, this is just the calm before the storm, and it is very short-lived. When Emperor Chen "dies" in two days, a strong wind of level 12 will surely blow in the palace, and then sweep across the entire Nanchen!
Imperial City.
Princess Wu's Mansion.
After Su Xian figured out the loophole last night, everyone gathered together to discuss the issue early this morning.
The general policy is to make King Tian and Chen Keyan "disappear" to "clear all obstacles" for the mastermind behind the scenes, so as to easily lure the snake out of the hole.
As for how to implement it specifically, it still needs some planning.
After a morning of discussion, they formulated a set of methods:
To put it simply, King Tian and Chen Keyan were "unintentionally" poisoned by the same poison that Emperor Chen was poisoned by. Of course, they were not really poisoned, but they took Li Qingniu's fake death medicine to simulate that kind of pulse.
As for how to be "unintentionally" poisoned, that's easy. All you need to do is arrange a scene where King Tian and Chen Keyan take the medicine by mistake and then drink the water in the palace...
After finalizing this plan, the time has reached noon.
They had lunch, made some preparations, and then went into the palace.
Two hours later, King Tian and Chen Keyan returned to the princess mansion.
According to them, the plan went smoothly. The fact that they accidentally took the medicine and drank the palace water was witnessed by many palace maids and eunuchs, and must have reached the ears of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Li Qingniu said calmly:
"The poison that Emperor Chen was poisoned by is actually a chronic poison. Since you are 'poisoned' by this poison, it is impossible for you to have an attack on the spot, and it is impossible for you to have an attack today. It is best to have it tomorrow."
Su Xian nodded:
"Tomorrow is the perfect time for your 'attack' to give the masterminds behind the scenes time to react and prepare. When tomorrow comes, it will be a great opportunity for us to lure the snake out of its hole!"
King Tian suddenly asked: "How are the other preparations going?"
Chen Keyan smiled and said: "Don't worry, everything is under control!"
"..."
In a blink of an eye, it was getting dark.
After a busy day, Chen Keyan returned to her room and prepared to take a shower and change clothes.
After changing clothes, she would sneak into Su Xian's room at night and have a nice intimate moment.
After all, Nan Chen's affairs have been arranged, and there should be no surprises. They will just wait until the next day to close the network, so it is rare for Chen Keyan to relax.
Looking back on these days, especially after Chen Di's old illness relapsed, she was busy all day long and suffered a huge psychological burden. Now that she finally relaxed, she also wanted to have some fun.
They were in the study last night, but they didn't actually let go. They only played around for a while and then Su Xian said goodbye and left.
Tonight, she decided to indulge herself and go crazy...
Unexpectedly, just after returning to the room, the personal maid Jian'er reported: "Princess, Your Highness the Princess of Yue Kingdom is here and is waiting for Your Highness in the Nuan Pavilion."
"Oh? Yaoyao is here again?"
Chen Keyan held her forehead and felt a slight headache, but she still turned around and went to Nuange first.
As soon as she walked outside the Nuan Pavilion door, she shouted loudly:
"Yao Yao, it's getting late. Why did you come here again? It's dark at night and the road is unsafe. You...what are you hiding in your hand?"
Chen Keyan had just finished speaking when she walked into Nuan Pavilion. She looked up and saw her sister Chen Keyao sitting on a chair, busy hiding something.
Therefore, the next half of Chen Keyan's sentence changed directly.
"No...it's nothing!"
Chen Keyao stood up from the chair and hid his hands behind his back. There was a trace of embarrassment on his round face, which was even slightly red.
Her big eyes flashed, and she raised her eyes to glance at her sister, and then quickly lowered her eyes, her eyes evasive, making people know that there was something wrong at a glance.
"You said you didn't hide anything!"
Chen Keyan's face turned slightly gloomy, she walked closer quickly, then turned around and walked behind Chen Keyao, and directly started to grab the things Chen Keyao had hidden:
"I saw it just now. Is that a book?"
"It is indeed a book."
Chen Keyao turned on the spot and avoided Chen Keyan again. He stumbled and argued: "It's nothing more than "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "University"..."
Chen Keyan laughed directly and joked:
"I don't know about you yet. You don't know how to read those sage books. Hand over that book quickly, or I will tell my concubine and let her punish you."
Chen Keyao's round little face was flushed, and her big eyes were bulging. Although she was unwilling to do so, but forced by the situation, she slowly handed over the book she had hidden in her hand.
Chen Keyan took it and took a look, her expression immediately darkened again.
This is indeed a miscellaneous book, what is the name of the book "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix".
After flipping through and scanning a few pages, Chen Keyan's expression became even more ugly.
As expected, this is not a serious book, but a book full of stories about Pan Anzijian, sexual invitations, and beautiful women in front of flowers and under the moon!
"What do you say now?"
Chen Keyan held the copy of "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" in her hand and looked at her troubled sister with burning eyes. She didn't look like a sister now, but like a parent educating her children.
Chen Keyao lowered his head, played with the corners of his clothes with his little hands, and said nothing, trying to get through.
"This kind of book is the most transferable. Yaoyao, you are in the age of cardamom. You will never read this kind of book. I will confiscate this book."
Chen Keyan put the book close to her body, gave a few lectures with a cold face, and then softened her tone and began to talk about the truth, which was nothing more than that as a woman, you need to be reserved, be careful, etc.
"Okay, I get it now."
Chen Keyao nodded heavily, but outsiders didn't know what she was thinking.
"That's good. You can't read such idle books again. Do you understand?" Chen Keyan looked pleased.
"knew."
"..."
After Chen Keyan taught her sister a lesson, she comforted her a few more words, then drifted away and ordered people to prepare hot water for a bath.
Chen Keyao was scolded and felt very unhappy, so she remembered that the purpose of coming here was to secretly "monitor" her sister to determine whether Brother Su had come to Nanchen.
So, she tiptoed and sneaked slowly to the door of Chen Keyan's room, and lay on the crack of the door to peek.
At this time, Chen Keyan had finished bathing and changing clothes. She was facing the door with her back, holding something unknown in her hands, smiling so wildly that she seemed extremely happy and excited.
Chen Keyao was puzzled, wondering what her sister was doing?
Suddenly, Chen Keyan in the room turned around and faced Chen Keyao who was peeping outside the door.
Chen Keyao's mouth suddenly opened wide and her eyes widened. What did she see?
It turned out that Chen Keyan was holding a book in her hand and was reading it with gusto!
And that book was exactly the one she brought... "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix"!
