Chapter 77 Return of Secret Letter
The incense in the hall is strong, and it is a little choking that it is not extinguished overnight. Xiao Yuanqi coughed a few times before looking back at Xiao Yuanfeng. He looked at Xiao Yuanfeng carefully and didn't let go of him: "King Li is free, but he doesn't know why he is in this Fengming Palace?"
The unconcealed displeasure in his words made Xiao Yuanfeng's heart fall into the ice.
"My brother came to plead guilty." He knew his identity, and under his drooping head was a bitter smile at the corners of his lips.
"Criminal? I looked for my seventh brother last night, but it was very hard. However, now that the seventh brother is fine, I am also relieved. It's just that you always owe me an explanation. Xiao Yuanqi lowered his eyes and played with the embroidery on his sleeves. The exquisite lines depicted the lifelike auspicious dragon, and his open claws were like sharp blades.
Xiao Yuanfeng leaned over and bowed. He took out something from his sleeve and raised it respectfully to the top of his head. At first glance, Shen Sirong knew what Xiao Yuanfeng was holding in his hand. That thing was taken from her body when she looked at Lan Xin, and there was still a little blood on it.
"Why is this thing in your hands?" Thinking about last night's worry and whether Mother Shen was safe, she got up coldly and asked. The cold words fell into Xiao Yuanfeng's ears, like the most hurtful weapon.
Xiao Yuanfeng raised his eyes with some pain, and then smiled miserably and concealed the embarrassment in his heart: "Return to the words of the imperial concubine, this is what I found and returned to the emperor and the Empress."
"Falth? How to calculate it? I only thought that you were close to the imperial concubine, and I only allowed you to leave the palace before. If you come back sincerely, I will certainly not care about it, but you shouldn't, shouldn't make your master sad. Xiao Yuanqi waved his hand in front of him, and his freehand handwriting was knocked to the ground. Xiao Yuanfeng is also motionless.
Shen Sirong looked at the blood at the corners of his freehand mouth, squatted down and helped him get up: "I, I want to ask you, did you hurt Mother Shen?"
With burning eyes, Shen Sirong reached out and raised her freehand chin to prevent her from dodging. Her freehand eyes drooped and did not dare to look into She Sirong's eyes. Her hand reached out and twisted into a ball, biting her lips tightly.
"Tell me. Yes or no?" Shen Sirong became more and more sad in this silence, and her mind was the freehand intention saved on the street.
After all, he nodded. Between the nod, Shen Sirong couldn't stand it and sat down.
The buttocks did not point to the ground, but hung up in the air.
"Come on, take this damn maid down. Waiting for disposal." Xiao Yuanqi felt sorry for Shen Sirong's distractedness, and his low roar was like a rolling tide.
Xiao Yuanfeng just glanced at his freehand and moved his lips. After all, he did not open his mouth. Looking at Shen Sirong's fading face, his heart was sharp.
"Brother, please forgive me."
"What is the sin of King Li? This maidservant took the imperial concubine's things, and it was naturally a great achievement for the prince to return it. How can you say you are guilty?" Shen Sirong was put on the round stool, and Xiao Yuanqi also sat aside and hugged her.
Xiao Yuanfeng took a few steps forward and unfolded the leather secret letter, with a note in the middle. Xiao Yuanqi was immediately shocked and opened it without knowing it. Ten names are written on it. This is the most likely writer found by Meng Yuan. Eight of them are marked as related to the Wang family.
In his eyes, Xiao Yuanqi had the intention to kill, but Xiao Yuanfeng did not give up at all.
"If you bring it like this, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" Xiao Yuanqi faded out, and Shen Sirong stood up and looked at each other with breath.
"Brother won't. The minister and brother guaranteed his life. Except for the freehand writing, only the minister and brother saw this letter, and absolutely no royal family saw it. Xiao Yuanfeng's eyes were calm, which made people trust and could not doubt the words.
"There are no outsiders here. Sirong, tell me, do you believe him or not?" Xiao Yuanqi smiled gently and knocked on the table to let Xiao Yuanfeng sit down.
Shen Sirong knew that Xiao Yuanqi would not allow her to stand by, so he had to answer, "My concubine thought that since the prince handed over this thing to the emperor, he must have a heavy calculation in his heart. As for the prince's loyal ministers, the concubines can be trusted.
At this moment, Xiao Yuanqi must not want to hear the words of opposition. Although she is Xiao Yuanqi's favorite now, she is also a harem concubine, so she is destined to still be a pawn. At least it can restrain Xiao Yuanfeng's chess pieces, so now Xiao Yuanqi needs her to stabilize Xiao Yuanfeng.
This is only part of the reason, and her words are even more because she trusts Xiao Yuanfeng from the bottom of her heart.
"Oh?" Xiao Yuanqi's heart was invincible, and he couldn't help calm the chaos in his heart. As the son of heaven, he has a big heart, but he only has a strong exclusive desire for Shen Sirong.
"Yes, the prince took things out to show his loyalty to the emperor." Shen Sirong looked at the paper full of the list. The name on it was very strange. His finger scratched the paper. Shen Sirong said, and the other hand gently tapped on Xiao Yuanqi's leg.
Xiao Yuanqi knew that this letter had never been dropped, and then answered, "Seventh brother, although I am not your mother, I also know one thing in my heart. You are my younger brother and a member of the Xiao family. There is no outsider today, and I might as well tell you frankly that you talked to me several times, and I believed in you, otherwise I would not secretly let you go to the northwest border defense to control part of the military power.
"I feel it in my heart." Xiao Yuanfeng's heart trembled and arched his hand.
"This matter is freehand and has nothing to do with you, and you have never seen these things. Do you understand?" Xiao Yuanqi's eyebrows went into his temples, and his eyebrows raised their arc.
Xiao Yuanfeng nodded, knelt down on one knee and said, "I understand." When he looked up, Xiao Yuanfeng looked at Shen Sirong with gratitude and dodged after a slight collision with her eyes.
"However, I want to ask you a question. If I want to attack the Wang family, what will you do?" Xiao Yuanqi is testing that he can't trust people at will as a king. There have been too many brothers since ancient times. Xiao Yuanfeng has not touched his reverse scales, so he can still keep it. But he is bound to suppress the Wang family, and now if Xiao Yuanfeng has a trace of hesitation, he can't be soft.
"I must put the overall situation first, but please let the emperor go of innocent people." The sonorous words are the guarantee that Xiao Yuanqi wants to hear. And Xiao Yuanfeng's crispness also saved his life.
It was not until Xiao Yuanfeng left Fengming Palace that Xiao Yuanqi called out the dark guard. After some arrangement, four top dark guards were sent to follow Xiao Yuanfeng and control his movements at any time. Once his mind changed, he would kill without mercy.
"Does the emperor believe him or not?" Shen Sirong can no longer understand. Xiao Yuanqi's attitude towards Xiao Yuanfeng is very strange. He does not blindly trust or doubt it.