Chapter 92 Suspicion of the Inner Palace

"Side suggestions", Nie Kong stopped and said, "Since you can't avoid the embarrassment between the Lord and the emperor's brother, it's better to take the initiative and take the initiative in your own hands."

"What does Manager Nie mean?"

"Sent some people to pick up the emperor!" Nie Kong looked at Zhuo Ruitong tentatively, "Lou Xun's seizure of the palace has made people angry and resentful, but the prince can take this opportunity to win the hearts of the people. When the emperor was in power before the throne, the government was in the hands of the Empress Dowager Li. The emperor himself did not have the opportunity to cultivate his supporters, and now he has lost his power. He is alone and does not constitute the prince. How many threats are there? Even if there are a few people who sympathize with the emperor, the Lord accepts the emperor and competes for the throne again, it is not easy for them to dispute. In addition, those who originally supported the King of Wu may also re-examine the situation and reconsider the necessary mind of being a monarch.

Zhuo Ruitong pondered for a moment, "It's not that I haven't thought about your advice. It's just that it's easy to do on the surface, but it's for others. If you really place the royal brother, I don't know how many twists and turns he will have. Once he finds the secret of Mrs. Ying, between our brothers, how to face this?"

"Lord!" Nie Kong Yin Yin persuaded, "I have long said that if you want to achieve great things, the Lord must not be delayed because of the private affairs of his children. What's more, the Lord's rescue of Concubine Ying is only entrusted by the eldest grandson. Therefore, the old friendship is not a great rebellious matter. As for the entanglement between Yingfei and the emperor, let them solve it by themselves."

Zhuo Ruitong was bored for a long time, and finally said reluctantly, "Forget it, let's settle the emperor's brother down first. After all, life is at stake, and I can't ignore brotherhood because of my selfishness."

Although King Wei's face was full of helplessness, Nie Kong knew that this was King Wei's biggest concession, so he was relieved and said, "The Lord has this mind, what is the world worried about?"

In the imperial palace of the capital, Ning Tanger is enjoying the afternoon sun accompanied by several maids in the imperial garden. At this time, it is late autumn. The fallen leaves in the garden are everywhere withered, and only some residual chrysanthemums are in full bloom. Ning Tanger shook her head gently as she walked and sighed, "It's like years. Unexpectedly, today's imperial garden has become this. It looks like that."

Ning Tanger looked at herself and regretted it, but did not notice that a pair of eyes were staring at her not far away.

In the Xuanqi Pavilion, a maid of honor had brought hot tea, melons, fruits and other things and put them on the stone table of Han Baiyu, and then stood on both sides to wait for the Lord. One of them greeted Ning Tanger and his party and said, "Ning Niang, the emperor knows that the Empress is visiting the garden and has sent someone to send some melons and fruit snacks. Please use it slowly!"

Ning Tanger said faintly, "Well" and asked casually, "What about the emperor? Will the emperor come over?"

"In the words of the Empress, the emperor said that after finishing the government affairs, he would come to the imperial garden to accompany the Empress!"

Ning Tanger didn't ask any more. She took the palace people to Xuanqi Pavilion and looked at the tea on the table. Ning Tanger frowned and said to the palace man beside her, "What, has the cook in the palace been replaced now? The things made are far more exquisite than before."

The palace man shrank for a moment and replied in a low voice, "Yes, you just returned to the palace. You don't know that many old people in the palace have fled. These cooks are still found by the emperor. The queen will use them first."

Ning Tanger still wanted to say something, but suddenly there was a sneer behind her, "The concubine seems to be very familiar with the palace. These refreshments are just a look. Does the concubine know that it is different from before?"

Ning Tanger turned around, and Lou Xun, wearing a dragon robe and a dragon crown, appeared behind the pavilion.

Ning Tanger bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, you are here. I'm almost bored to death. The emperor's government affairs have been dealt with?"

Lou Xun snorted sullenly and didn't say anything. He raised his foot into the pavilion, sat on the stool beside the table, picked up a crystal orange cake and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and said vaguely, "Isn't my concubine? I think it tastes very similar to that in Li's house."

Ning Tang'er smiled, "Is that right? That concubine wants to have a taste. So he also picked up a cake and took a bite. He shook his head and said, "No, Li's crystal orange cake is sweet and sour, and is accompanied by osmanthus nectar, so it is fragrant. Although this cake tastes good, it finally feels a little sweet, and there is less fragrant flowers. The emperor has not visited Li's house many times. I think he must have forgotten it?"

Lou Xun snorted coldly, "I didn't expect that my concubine had left Li's house for so long, and I still remembered the taste of Li's crystal orange cake. Unfortunately, Li's cook ran away. If I would definitely take him back to the palace and let him make your favorite orange cake for my concubine."

Hearing this, Ning Tang'er picked up the tea cup on the table and put it in front of Lou Xun. "Your Majesty, I don't care about orange cakes. I can be rejected by the emperor. I have been grateful for the oath I made with my concubine at the beginning. From then on, my concubine has gone anywhere, and I will serve the emperor with all my heart."

"Oh?" A strange look floated in Lou Xun's eyes. He didn't seem to believe Ning Tanger's words, but he still took the tea presented by Ning Tanger, lifted the lid of the tea cup and dialed it. "I forgot to ask about the pipa of my beloved concubine. Since you came back to me, I haven't seen you play the music. I haven't been able to enjoy the song and dancing of my concubine for a long time. It's done."

Ning Tanger lowered her eyes and sighed faintly, "Yes, my concubine's pipa has always been my concubine's favorite thing. Unfortunately, she fled from Weijun in a hurry, and she was afraid of attracting attention with the pipa, so she could only bear to love and leave it in Weijun. In addition, my concubine hurt her leg on the way back to the capital. I'm afraid that I won't be able to dance for the emperor again." After saying that, Ning Tanger was full of tears and seemed to have infinite hatred.

"So that's it. If you lose the pipa, you will lose it. When I finish this paragraph, I will ask the craftsman to make a more exquisite lute for the beloved concubine. As for the injury on the beloved concubine's leg, didn't the former doctor have seen it? He said that he didn't hurt his muscles and bones. After a month of rest, he will recover. The beloved concubine doesn't have to worry too much."

"However, I even walk step by step now. Will I really recover? I'm a little worried..."

"Well, your leg injury was not treated in time on the road and was delayed, so it took a long time to heal. It's okay. If the doctor in the palace can't cure your leg injury, I will cut off his head!" Lou Xun said with a gagly smile.

Seeing this kind of ferocious smile, Ning Tanger's heart trembled, but she quickly covered it up, "Oh, not to mention the little thing of my concubine, how can the emperor worry about it? Your Majesty, why don't you drink the tea offered by my concubine?"

It turned out that Ning Tanger saw that Lou Xun had been flirting with tea, but she didn't mean to drink it, so she asked.

Lou Xun glanced at Ning Tanger and simply put down the tea cup, "I don't want to drink it now. My concubine won't be surprised!"

"Oh, what did the emperor say? If you don't want to drink it, don't drink it. How dare my concubine be surprised?" Ning Tanger then pointed to the dim sum, melon and fruit and asked, "I don't know what the emperor wants to eat?"

Lou Xun waved his hand and said, "Well, you are considerate to me. I appreciate it. You can also sit down, my concubine. You and I have been separated for a long time. I still have a lot to ask my concubine!"

"Yes, what the emperor wants to ask, the concubine must know everything." Ning Tanger sat down beside Lou Xun and looked at Lou Xun with a smile.

"It's nothing." Lou Xun put on an intimate face. "It's just chatting with my beloved concubine, but just now I was a little curious. My concubine has never been in the palace. How can she be more familiar with the imperial city than me?"

"Oh, the emperor misunderstood my concubine. I have indeed never entered the palace, but the emperor, don't forget that my concubine used to be the dancer of Li's mansion. Every time Li Jin enters the palace and returns to the house, he will boast to us servants how luxurious and how rich the palace is. The concubine is attracted by his description, so the impression Deep, now I'm really on the scene. On the contrary, I'm a little disappointed. I don't know whether it's Li Hou's words, or my concubine's imagination is so good," Ning Tanger explained with a smile.

"So that's it!" Lou Xun nodded slightly and said, "Li Jin has been a marquis for many years. I haven't seen any big scene, and I don't think it's a boast. It's just that I've described it for you curious servants. My concubine should know that Mrs. Li didn't let go of the government. In order to make her give way to the virtuous, I had to take some extraordinary measures. The imperial city was in chaos. It is also a last resort to hurting the vitality, but the beloved concubine can rest assured that when the world is settled, I will definitely order people to repair the palace. At that time, it will be more spectacular and exquisite than Li Jin's description!"

"Okay, that concubine is waiting for the emperor to rule the world!" Ning Tang'er smiled and made a blessing.

As he was talking, a giver hurriedly came and whispered a few words to Lou Xun. Lou Xun's face was full of unhappiness. He turned to Ning Tanger and said, "My concubine, I..."

"If the emperor has something to do, go ahead. Don't worry about the concubine!" Ning Tanger quickly got up and sent Lou Xun away with the palace people.

Lou Xun's figure turned out of the royal garden. At this time, Ning Tanger felt that her back was chilly. When her sweaty inner shirt was blown by the wind, she still felt cold. Lou Xun was really an unfathomable person. It was too difficult to deal with. Ning Tanger secretly thought that he would not have doubts about himself.

"I'm tired, and I have to go back to rest. Let's withdraw here!" Ning Tanger said coldly, dragged her injured leg and turned away. A palace man came forward to help her, but was pushed away by her. "I can go by myself!"

It's night. In the Yaohua Hall, Ning Tanger tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. She pushed open the window. The cold moon sky made her stare sadly. From Weijun to the capital, where is her true belonging? In the face of the sinister and cunning Lou Xun, will she die in the palace and never see the people she misses day and night again?

"Assassin, there are assassins! Catch the assassin!" A roar resounded through the silent palace, breaking Ning Tanger's reverie. She was shocked, assassin? Is it possible to assassinate Lou Xun?

But why does the roar seem to be near the Yaohua Hall?

Before Rong Ning Tanger thought too much, a palace man ran in in a panic. "No, Madam, an assassin came to the Yaohua Hall. Let's hide quickly!"

"What's the panic, where are the guards in the palace?" Ning Tanger said dissatisfiedly.

"They, they have surrounded the Yaohua Hall and asked the Empress to go out quickly to avoid it. If they don't catch the assassin, how can this Yaohua Hall stay!" With that, the palace man put a big cloak on Ning Tanger and hugged her out.

At this time, several palace people also ran out of the other doors of the hall, all of whom were nervous, and surrounded Ning Tanger and left the Yaohua Hall.

Outside the hall, Ning Tanger asked a bodyguard leader, "Where did the assassin come from? Can you see it clearly?"

The leader shook his head, "He was dressed in black and masked. My subordinates only saw him rushing into the Yaohua Hall. He must have come to the Empress. Madam, you'd better avoid being far away quickly, so as not to accidentally hurt you for a while."

Ning Tanger was stunned and didn't speak yet. From afar, another giver came running. "The emperor has an order to ask the Empress to move to Zhaoyi Palace. The emperor has prepared a night snack in Zhaoyi Palace to shock the Empress. You must capture the assassin and see people alive and dead!"