Chapter 54 Old Past

People only remember how dignified and elegant the Empress Chen was, but few people knew that the emperor's favorite was the seventh prince Sima Qiu's biological mother, the Empress Shufei. Even when Empress Chen had never had a son or a daughter, she wavered to establish Shufei, but suddenly there was a case of witchcraft. Emperor Long Yan was furious and not only degrade every eunuch in the palace, beheading and exile, but also exile Sima Qiu, who was only six years old at that time, to the remote and lonely imperial mausoleum, which was called replacing the emperor to guard the tomb for filial piety, which was actually another way of exile.

Ten years ago, it was an eventful autumn. Just when the Empress Shufei was imprisoned for the witch case, then it came that the Empress Shu committed suicide in prison, and the fire in the Weiyang Palace. At that time, Empress Chen became an indispensable virtuous assistant to the emperor, and the emperor gave up the full power to manage the harem. Queen Chen has also had the glory of Empress Chen for more than ten years.

Leng Changxi came back a little tired when he came back in the evening. He must have been quarreled with me in this court. Qin Yunuan carefully brought him a cup of hot tea. Before he could speak, Leng Changxi took the initiative to talk about it: "The matter of Queen Chen has settled. The poisoning of Concubine Yun and the eldest prince under house arrest is enough to kill her. Now Ten years ago, there was another case of witchcraft. There has been evidence to prove that Empress Chen used the maid of honor beside Shufei to frame her and sent people to poison Concubine Shu in prison.

Qin Yunuan couldn't help sneering: "This evidence is too sudden and comprehensive. How can such a long-lost matter be found out at this time?"

Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan looked at each other and understood their feelings. Who else could have such a ability and have such a deep hatred for Empress Chen besides Sima Rui?

"Anyway, the emperor was really angry this time and ordered that the remains of Queen Chen could not enter the imperial mausoleum, and the people were not allowed to mourn."

Qin Yunuan sighed, "Queen Chen valued fame most in her lifetime. In this way, she really couldn't close her eyes."

After the death of the mother of a country, she was buried outside the royal tomb. Since the establishment of Daqi, there has never been such an example.

Qin Yunuan rubbed Leng Changxi's shoulders, and Leng Changxi narrowed his eyes very happily. At this time, Leng Wu came in and reported that a carriage suddenly came at the back door of King Ning's Mansion. The owner of the car did not know who it was, but he said by name that he wanted to see Leng Changxi.

"There are as many people who want to see me as there are people who want to kill me," Leng Changxi sneered, "Do I have to give face to everyone?"

Leng Wu paused and suddenly arched his hand and said, "I understand."

In the deep and dark alley, a black carriage stood quietly at the back door of Ningwang Mansion. The carriage went from the carriage to the carriage curtain, and even the clothes on the carriage man were all black, as if to melt into the darkness of the night.

"This distinguished guest, please come back. If it's too late today, our master won't see the guest." A capable servant at the door had a sharp light in his eyes, and he knew at a glance that it was not just a servant.

"It doesn't matter," the tone of the people in the carriage was ethereal, like a boneless hairline. For a moment, it was difficult to distinguish between men and women. "I can wait."

"Well, then you can wait."

The night became thicker and heavier, but the carriage was still motionless. The horse seemed to be humane and did not make a sound.

The coachman couldn't sit still. It was cold in the middle of the night, and he was already shivering: "Son, let's go back. You've always been in good health. If you freeze again..."

"What if it's frozen?" The tone inside sounded a little weak, "I have stayed in a colder place than this."

Suddenly, the person inside did not move. His ears moved slightly, as if he heard a slight friction in the air. If he guessed correctly, it should be a pair of fine-pin martial arts boots, which were stepping on the eaves and yellow tiles towards this side. This person's skill is excellent, and it is difficult to find an opponent comparable to him in Daqi.

"He is still here." The people in the carriage smiled. In an instant, he heard a light sound of landing. Facing Leng Changxi, who suddenly appeared in front of the carriage, the coachman was as surprised as if he had seen a ghost and fell from the carriage with a trembling.

The people in the carriage were extremely calm. He opened half of the curtain, showed his sickly white face, and smiled and said, "General Leng is so big. He came so late."

Leng Changxi turned around and said bluntly, "I don't like to listen to nonsense. If the seventh prince has something to say, say it quickly."

Sima Qiu, the seventh prince, came down from the carriage unhurriedly. Although he was 15 or 16 years old, but because he stayed in such a cold place as the imperial mausoleum all year round, Empress Chen bribed the guards and Mister of the imperial mausoleum to take strict care of Sima Qiu and abused him in every way. Sima Qiu looked thin and pale. Like a sprout that has not grown up.

"I just like General Leng's straightforwardness," Sima Qiu took a few steps closer. "I just want to cooperate with General Leng."

It's cooperation again. Leng Changxi glanced at Sima Qiu with Yu Guang: "I dare to ask, seventh prince, why?"

"It's just that we have a common enemy." Sima Qiu's tone began to be a little excited.

"The enemy of the seventh prince is Empress Chen," Leng Changxi's eyes were slightly picky, "Now Queen Chen is dead."

"It's not enough," Sima Qiu shook his head and said, "Queen Chen and Sima Rui, how can they pay me back? Do you know what kind of life I live in the imperial mausoleum? Speaking of which, I am the prince, but in the imperial mausoleum, I am their tool for fun, the laughingstock of their conversation, I can endure food deduction, and I can also endure rough work, but Sima Rui, do you know what he did later? In order to please the local snakes in the capital, he arranged the servants of the local snakes who had violated the boys into the imperial mausoleum. I was plain, white and tender, and became their object of fun at night. General Leng, can you imagine? As a man, do you have such a shameful past?

Speaking of this, Sima Qiu struggled to punch the carriage and made a dull sound: "He and Empress Chen killed my mother, let me lose the tranquility and glory I should have, and took away my most basic dignity as a human being. For him, I don't eat his bones and drink his blood, and it's hard to solve this hatred."

Leng Changxi just smiled coldly after hearing this: "That's your business and has nothing to do with me." After saying that, he was ready to turn around and leave. If it hadn't been for his warm analysis that the death of the Empress Shufei was likely to be related to the fire in Weiyang Palace, he might have found clues from Sima Qiu, and he would not have given up the soft fragrance and gentle jade in the room and ran out in the cold.

"Doesn't General Leng want to know his true background?" Sima Qiu shouted, "I have been struggling to investigate the fire in Weiyang Palace for so long, but every time there is such a little clue. With your ability, such a small thing has been found out long ago. General Leng, haven't you thought about why?"

Leng Changxi looked back with a cold expression: "What do you mean?"

Sima Qiu smiled and said, "General Leng, you haven't thought that there will be something wrong with the people around you?" Sima Qiu slowly approached and said as he walked, "I'm really not in good health, and my eyes are not very good because of staying in a dark environment all year round, but it is precisely because of this that my ears are more than ten times better than ordinary people's hearing. I heard some things, and you may not hear them."

Leng Changxi's body is motionless: "The seventh prince, you should know that I hate being threatened the most."

"No one dares to threaten you," Sima Qiu shrugged his shoulders. "I'm begging you to cooperate with me."

Leng Changxi stared at Sima Qiu for a long time, and he was also hesitating. In fact, he had already found what Sima Qiu said, and he had been secretly investigating, but the progress was very slow.

The two met their eyes. After a long time, Sima Qiu suddenly said, "I have everything you want, Leng Changxi, the son of the eldest princess of Weiyang Palace."

Leng Changxi's pupil shrank, and Qin Yu, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but jump. This was also what she had always suspected. Now she suddenly jumped out of Sima Qiu's mouth, which was unexpected but also expected.

The quiet air seemed to freeze, and Leng Changxi's masked face could not show joy or sadness. He suddenly turned his head and ordered the shadow guard hidden in the dark, "Kill him."

In an instant, swords and shadows shine in this empty alley. Sima Qiu saw such a posture for the first time. His feet were soft and fell on the coachman's body. He tried his best to explain: "My mother had an excellent friendship with the eldest princess before her death. After the eldest princess and her relatives were rescued and hid in the palace, only my mother was in front of me. I have visited General Leng. If you want to know more about your biological mother, you should not kill me so recklessly. I am still valuable to you.

Leng Changxi raised his hand and made a stop gesture and said in a low voice, "Then I'll kill you later."

Sima Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and boldly tested, "General Leng, don't you invite me to go in and talk slowly?"

Leng Changxi replied coldly, "Go to the first floor and don't dirty the place of my Ning Palace." In fact, Leng Changxi has clearly known at this moment that there are people he wants to guard against in Ningwang Mansion.

Qin Yunuan was worried and naturally followed, but at the door of the secret room on the third floor of the first floor of the capital, Qin Yunuan hesitated. She took Leng Changxi's hand and asked gently, "If you don't want me to know, I won't go in."

As soon as the words came out, Qin Yunuan was dragged into his arms by Leng Changxi.

"I hope you are with me. Everything about me is not a secret for you.

In the room, Sima Qiu's face finally turned a little red. He said quietly, "This matter should start from 23 years ago. At that time, Xixia and Daqi fought for years, and the people of Daqi suffered unspeakably, just like the current Beidi and Daqi. However, this time, it was Daqi who used peace to seek peace and get married. It was Princess Qinghe, the most noble eldest princess of Daqi, and the one who escorted Princess Qinghe to Xixia was Leng Zhongyi, the king of Ning, who had admired the eldest princess for many years.