Chapter 51 Climax

Jingxi Palace and Jingchen Palace were built next to each other. The former is the bedroom of the eldest prince Sima Ruo, and the latter is the residence of the third prince Sima Rui. These two princes have always been considered to be the most powerful competitors of the heir to the throne. Even the palaces are adjacent to each other. The days are compared, and the days when they are commented have formed a completely different personality. .

Sima Rui has well adapted to this kind of life of intrigue. If others are cruel, he is more ruthless than others, and Sima Ruo is undoubtedly the saddest role in this political struggle. Every time he resists is a mourning when he is desperate.

At the hidden corner door of Jingxi Palace, a woman in a black cloak waited for Qin Yunuan for a long time. Looking at Qin Yunuan coming from afar, she greeted her anxiously.

"Princess Ping, you are finally here."

Qin Yunuan took off the brim of her hat and looked at the woman in front of her. She had thin eyebrows and beautiful eyes. She was a typical gentle beauty in Jiangnan Watertown.

"Not everyone is as bold as Yang Cairen," Qin Yunuan said, and the woman in front of him had lowered her head in shame. Qin Yunuan said slowly, "But Yang Cairen can think of conveying the news with the help of tribute, which is really bold and careful."

Yang Cairen shook his head: "It's not my credit. It was the eldest prince who asked someone to beg me that day. Yun Guifei had a life-saving kindness to me, so I have to agree."

How could Yun Guifei still have a life-saving kindness to such an unknown little concubine? Qin Yunuan's face immediately showed surprise, and Yang Cairen answered urgently, "Actually, Yun Guifei is not as bad as people see. She has no choice but to do many things. After all, in the palace, either you die or..."

"Yang Cairen," Qin Yunuan calmly interrupted Yang Cairen, "If you really want me to help the eldest prince and the eldest prince, you shouldn't continue to talk nonsense here."

Yang Cairen quickly led Qin Yunuan into the back door and said, "Now that most of the maids and eunuchs in Jingxi Palace have become empresses, and the third prince can even observe the movement in Jingxi Palace directly from Jingchen Palace."

Entering the inner hall, compared with the state banquet of singing and dancing outside, the inner hall of Jingxi Palace is a little frightening, not even a maidservant. Occasionally, a few women's heartbreaking vomiting sound came from the dark, which was dry, gloomy, with a desperate smell of dust.

Yang Cairen has retreated silently. With the moonlight sprinkled from the window and the candlestick in Qin Yunuan's hand, Qin Yunuan vaguely saw Sai Chun lying on the edge of the bed and vomiting his throat with his hand. He hadn't seen it for months. Sai Chun no longer looked like the heroic girl in the hunting ground. She looked hungry. Huang, like a refugee, looked up at Qin Yunuan, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes. In a moment, she was relieved: "What? Are you here too? Did the Empress send you to take me on the road? As he said, Sai Chun tightly protected his lower abdomen, "You are so cruel that you don't even let go of the children in my stomach. I know that every time the fetal medicine sent by the queen is actually something that hurts me, I will spit out all the medicine, and I won't let her succeed."

Qin Yunuan didn't say anything, but there was only a sound of a tea cup falling behind him. Sima Ruo was standing at the door with a cup of hot water, and Qin Yunuan's appearance made him a little unbelievable his eyes.

"Princess Ping." Sima Ruo quickly approached and picked up the crooked and weak Sai Chun. "You really came, I know you must understand what I mean in the painting."

Qin Yunuan said indifferently, "Beidi is rich in cattle and sheep. The eldest prince, you use cattle and sheep to refer to you and the eldest prince from Beidi. You are stopped by a fence full of thorns, which means that you have actually been under house arrest, and the lady with a sharp dagger wants to kill sheep. If I guess correctly, what you are talking about Queen Chen wants Do it to you with the help of Sima Rui's hand, isn't it?"

"No," Sima Ruo shook his head and looked a little nervous. "I'm worried that it's her father that Queen Chen really wants to do it."

Qin Yunuan was shocked: "Does the Empress want to take action against today's emperor?"

"Well," Sima Ruo said in a low voice, "I thought that the object of Queen Chen's action was me and my mother's concubine. Now my mother's concubine has also been quiet in the palace for a long time because of the wind and cold, and Jingxi Palace has completely lost contact with the outside world half a month ago, but since yesterday, I have found that most of the masters who monitor Jingxi Palace are They have evacuated. If I guess correctly, they should all have gone to the Yongchang Palace where my father held the state banquet today.

"Why is the eldest prince so sure?" Qin Yunuan raised her eyebrows slightly. At the beginning, she thought it was just to help Sima Ruo escape from her predicament, but now if she is implicated by the emperor, it is not small.

Sima Ruoqing smiled, and his refined smile made Qin Yunuan feel a little surprised. In this case, there were still people who could laugh so indifferently.

"Mit." Sima Ruo continued to laugh and said, "Yesterday, I found the impossible soil in Jingxi Palace under the corner of the courtyard, which is the Xixia royal mud specially used to raise green begonias. For this state banquet, yesterday my father has ordered all the green begonias to be moved to Yongchang Palace as decorations. Therefore, I am 80% sure that , Princess Ping, do you believe me?

Qin Yunuan was silent, and his deep eyes and Sima Ruo's equally deep eyes looked at each other for a long time. This time, the involvement was too big. If he made a mistake, he would lose all the game.

The night of Jingxi Palace is so quiet that you can hear the thin but heavy breathing of three people. It is so quiet that you can hear the sound of knives coming out of the sheath between the song and dance of Yongchang Palace.

Emperor Zhaoxuan sat high at the table, squinting and looking at the Hu dance performed by the Beidi dancer on the central stage of the banquet with great admiration. Leng Changxi half pinched the wine cup, and his ear was the latest news brought by Leng Shuang. After listening to it, he frowned, but soon his face returned to calm.

However, Sima Rui opposite took the initiative to talk to Leng Changxi: "Looking at General Leng who hasn't spoken all night, are you worried about Mrs. Leng's body?"

Leng Changxi didn't even look at Sima Rui: "Nuannuan has always been able to take care of herself."

"Oh? Is it?" Sima Rui's eyes inadvertently glanced elsewhere, and his fingertips raised the wine cup slightly. Such an imperceptible small move was seen by Leng Changxi. He knew that this was a signal.

"What are your hands doing, Third Prince?" Leng Changxi suddenly shouted. Just when everyone's eyes gathered on Sima Rui in surprise, an assassin in black hidden among the musicians had jumped up in the air, took out the soft sword that had been hidden in his sleeves, and ran straight to Emperor Zhaoxuan.

This person has excellent skills and is extremely fast, just like a flying arrow.

But immediately, a shadow faster than him chased him in an instant. The two were full of delicious banquets, and the noble ministers in the hall were panicked and had fled separately.

Seeing that the main force was weakening, other assassins immediately came to help. In a short time, three or five assassins in black rushed out of the maids with daggers or soft swords. They thought that with more enemies and fewer enemies would have a chance of winning, but who expected that two rows of black armored soldiers immediately rushed in outside the hall, each of which was strong and powerful, and glued for a moment. No.

Leng Changxi took the opportunity and threw out a pair of ivory and silver chopsticks in his hand, which directly hit the hearts of the two assassins. Although the banquet was in a mess, the battle ended extremely cleanly and decisively, and no one was injured.

Seeing that the assassins in black had been taken down one by one, the father-in-law beside Emperor Zhaoxuan climbed out from behind the pillar and guarded Emperor Zhaoxuan's feet tremblingly: "I...I just saved... It's too late to save you, I hope..."

"Get out of here." Emperor Zhaoxuan kicked away the fake slave. Although he had also experienced a military career, the situation was urgent, and he could not avoid being frightened. On the contrary, Empress Chen behaved very well just now. Her first reaction was not to escape, but to block in front of Emperor Zhaoxuan with her body. For this reason, she accidentally frightened her feet and let Emperor Zhaoxuan was quite moved.

"Help the queen to go back to the palace to rest." Emperor Zhaoxuan looked at it with heartache.

"No," Empress Chen's eyes flowed with tears, "I won't leave, I will accompany the emperor."

Emperor Zhaoxuan appeased Empress Chen, and the next sentence was to say to Leng Changxi, "General Leng has made great contributions to protect him. It's just that these assassins, so bold, dare to try to assassinate me when I entertained the messengers of Beidi, bring them down and interrogate them well. The eldest prince of Beidi shocked you."

At this time, an assassin suddenly moved his jaw, and the sharp-eyed Leng Changxi immediately came forward and quickly pulled the assassin's jaw vigorously. Needless to say, it must have been dislocated.

"General Leng, you..." Sima Rui stood up tremblingly and covered his emotions very well. It seemed that he, like everyone else, was just a frightened prince.

Leng Changxi glanced at Sima Rui coldly, but ordered Leng Wu to take out a red bean-sized poison bag from the assassin's mouth. If Leng Changxi hadn't found it in time, the poison here would have killed the assassin.

"This assassin wants to kill himself," Leng Changxi explained, "I can't let him die. If he dies, he can't ask anything." After Leng Changxi finished speaking, his eyes were clearly looking at Sima Rui.

The corners of Sima Rui's eyes twitched slightly: "General Leng's eyes are really sharp."

At this time, the maids in charge of sorting out the scene suddenly came up with a wooden tray with a few soft swords in it. The leading waiter bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this murder weapon that fell from the assassin."

Emperor Zhaoxuan took a slight look and just wanted to clean up the mess. After all, this was in front of Prince Beidi. He didn't want to lose face, but suddenly a loud voice came from the crowd: "Huh? Isn't the purple rose flower unique to the dragon and tiger riding under the soft sword?