with words in mind

Chapter 339: The Soul Demands the Heart Door 6
"My lord." Uncle Qiu came to Yanming Courtyard with a plate of roast chicken, "Auntie Chef specially prepared what the princess likes to eat."

Qi Ming, who was standing in the courtyard, took a look and ordered: "The princess has recently taken tonic medicine, so let the kitchen prepare some seasonal vegetables and porridge, and send them in together."

Uncle Qiu nodded, and when he turned to leave, he hesitated and leaned back again: "My lord, speaking of the kitchen, I have something to report."

Qi Ming: "Say."

Uncle Qiu: "The time when the lord was not in the mansion was due to the negligence of this old slave. I checked the pharmacy today and found that several bottles of gold sore medicine were missing, and some cooked food was missing intermittently in the back kitchen."

Qi Ming frowned and asked, "Have you found out who stole it?"

Uncle Qiu showed a puzzled face: "These days, the old slave has sent someone to guard the back kitchen, and things seem to be long-legged. There are still few things."

Qi Ming felt very puzzled, there was no newcomer in the palace recently, who was so bold as to steal things from the palace: "Where's the pharmacy?"

Qiu Bo: "Since the prince came back, the pharmacy has stopped."

"Could it be that this person is injured? You continue to send someone to watch the back kitchen." Qi Ming waved Qiu Bo to back down, "Lu Jiu!"

"Master." Lu Jiu brushed shoulders with Qiu Bo.

"Search the whole house to find the person who stole the medicine. This person is likely to be traumatized."

"Yes!"

After Yan Mo had dinner, he still didn't let anyone disturb him until Haishi, when Qi Ming saw that the lights in the main house hadn't been turned off, and after burning the biography in his hand, he strode into the depths of the main house.

"Shh."

Seeing the other party signal to silence, Yan Mo frowned and observed, then she followed Qi Ming into the secret passage again.

After arriving at the old place, Yan Mo saw a familiar figure and knew it was Nanny Leng.

"This old servant has seen the prince and the princess."

Qi Ming: "Why is it so urgent?"

Mother Leng raised her bright eyes and said, "Cuili is awake."

Yan Mo and Qi Ming: "!!!"

"That day, the empress put Cuili on duty, and after delivering the refreshments, she went out of the courtyard and stood guard outside the gate." Mother Leng recounted what Cuili had said.
Cuili understood her responsibilities, and even though she guarded the door, her extraordinary ear still played a role.

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry." This is Deng Shangshu's voice, "That one also said that when the time comes, I will definitely help you, so that your empress can't act rashly. The East Palace is in trouble recently. Your empress should avoid it, so as not to cause trouble."

"The East Palace is uneasy recently?" Concubine Qi's tone was full of curiosity and excitement.

Deng Shangshu: "That said. The prince has a weak temperament, but he can sit firmly in the East Palace. Among them, in addition to His Majesty's favor, he also has the approval of the courtiers. Whether it is the previous administration or the subsequent rectification of the capital, he has done a good job. Being clear and straightforward, it shows that the prince is not incompetent. Your empress should listen to my advice and don't provoke him again."

"Brother, don't worry." Concubine Qi smiled obediently, "My sister knows, just don't provoke me."

Afterwards, Cuili listened to the footsteps and waited for Deng Shangshu to leave.Unexpectedly, just after Deng Shangshu walked not far away, she suddenly heard the crisp sound of something breaking in the inner courtyard!
Concubine Qi accidentally knocked a small teacup, she thought no one heard it, but when she looked up, she saw Cuili rushing to pick it up.

"Your Majesty, this servant will clean up now."

Concubine Qi looked at the gate in the distance and the gradually shrinking figure belonging to her brother, and suddenly realized that she was careless!This little servant girl she is not very familiar with might have extraordinary hearing power!

I would rather kill by mistake than let it go! ! !

But for a moment, Concubine Qi didn't hesitate at all, taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness, she picked up a vase and smashed it at Cuili! ! !
"It's time to take you to the knife!!"

Afterwards, after calling, Mother Leng entered the inner hall, and saw Cuili who was bleeding head and blood.

"That's what happened."

After listening to Nanny Leng's retelling, Yan Mo grasped the point, who is that?What does Donggong Ansheng refer to?Why did Concubine Qi take Cuili as soon as she promised Deng Shangshu that nothing would happen?What are the internal causes of inconsistent behavior?

Seeing that Yan Mo was thinking seriously, Qi Ming walked aside with Nanny Leng and asked about the situation of the Eastern Palace.

"Recently, the crown prince has almost lived in seclusion and punished many young father-in-laws in the outer courtyard. However, any small mistake will attract a big punishment."

Qi Ming breathed out a cloud of white breath, "After this matter, it's not safe for you to stay in the Palace of Joy. Besides, the Jiaoxiangfang has been emptied, so it may not be easy to check from outside the palace. If you start from the Imperial Dining Room Investigate, your situation will be more dangerous."

"What does the lord mean?" Nurse Leng raised her shrewd eyes and asked.

"Once the time is right, you have to find a way to bring Cuili out of the palace, no matter the means."

Hearing this, Mother Leng clenched her hands, saluted and said in a deep voice, "Yes."

The night sky was silent, and Qi Ming was not the only one who met secretly. In a hidden courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, a black-robed gentleman landed in front of the gate!

The cold wind whizzed his black robe, and after stepping steadily, he walked through the corridor and entered the depths of the courtyard.

Inside the house, the dim candlelight was shaken slightly because of the activation of the door, before returning to normal.

The black-robed nobleman sat down familiarly, and a large calligraphy screen was hung beside the comfortable and solemn armchair. Due to the air flow, the screen swayed slightly, causing the silhouette against it to sway slowly.

"My lord's move is really clever. Tell the truth. Let the speaker not notice it at all." The black-robed nobleman spoke first.

"It's just a small plan." The figure on the screen replied, "Deng Juli must have never thought that asking him to persuade Deng Qi is actually a hint."

"The sentence that the East Palace is uneasy actually implies that Concubine Qi is ready to cause trouble." The black-robed nobleman chuckled, full of sarcasm, "Deng Shangshu is a useful pawn."

"Although there were some differences in the process, Concubine Qi's arrest this time is also to clear the way for the crown prince." The mysterious figure said, holding the winning ticket, "How is Jiaoxiangfang handled?"

The black-robed nobleman: "Don't worry, my lord, we have already evacuated. Even if we dig the ground three feet, we can't find any clues."

"Heh~" The mysterious figure smiled and praised, with a hint of nobility in his tone, "Tell me, what will happen if I leave you?"

"Your Excellency is joking." The black-robed nobleman replied with a smile, "It is my honor to be able to saddle up for Your Excellency."

The mysterious figure smiled with satisfaction, and continued: "I heard that the Longevity Gate has been destroyed. Now, you are the last member of the Longevity Gate."

"The Longevity Gate has long since fallen, and it will be destroyed sooner or later. Besides, I have already left the Longevity Gate. From now on, there will be no Longevity Gate in the world~" the black-robed nobleman laughed, showing a little contempt and jealousy .

"Hehehe~" the mysterious figure laughed loudly, "After so many years, do you still hate it to the bone?"

"I only regret not being able to kill Yazheng!" The black-robed nobleman suppressed his anger, "The Central Plains Navy took the opportunity!"

"I heard that King Yi'an also participated in this battle."

"King Yi'an is worthy of being a disciple of the Martial Sage, and he was able to retreat from the confrontation with Ya Zheng. This kind of martial arts should not be underestimated." The black-robed nobleman said with emotion.

"It can't be more powerful than one person." The mysterious figure said and stood up, "The plan is implemented smoothly, and everything is under control."

"Don't worry, my lord, the plan is flawless, the big event will come true, just around the corner!" Said, the black-robed nobles stood up together.

Under the dim light, the shadows covered the faces of the two, and only the candlelight behind them clearly outlined the very similar figures of the two
Leaving the secret courtyard, in another accessible underground cave stronghold, a group of dead men in black were standing and waiting in a row.

The dense and exuberant torches illuminated the deep tunnel, and the visitor walked slowly under the support of several subordinates.The light of the fire shone on his precious black satin, emitting a flowing light, and the wind of walking blew the embellishment on his girdle, overflowing with gold and blue.A thin bamboo sword was pinned to his waist, shining coldly.

"Welcome to the Pavilion Master's return—"

A group of black-clothed dead soldiers half-kneeled on the ground, shouting to greet their master.

Someone took off the black gauze bamboo hat, revealing a blue butterfly mask, the main wing just covers the eyes, and there is a water drop pattern under each eye, like tears, and also like the secondary wings of a butterfly.

The soft lips lined the corners of the mouth, and the light-colored slightly curly hair shone brightly under the firelight.

"Where's the lord?" The pavilion master stopped and asked, releasing his momentum.

"The Lord has something to go out, let the pavilion master wait here."

"." Aoki Hui, who was in a hurry to return, waved his hand to let everyone go back to work. He came to the stone window by himself, looking at the dark night with fascination, and his breathing slowly changed and diffused under the cold wind. Yes, take the umbrella and follow me to meet the Lord."

The tacit answer: "Yes."

The two people who came to the entrance and waited stood in the dark mountain scenery, letting the cold wind blow
Outside the cave, there are shadows of trees in the vast mountains, and the ice crystals and water vapor in the sky are like water in ink, smudged with the twilight of the world.
The color of black reflects mountains and rivers,
Half of the country is prosperous.

Xiao Ran called Leng Xue,
The dark cold of eternal night.

Half an hour later, as the nobleman in black robe arrived, the night became darker and hazy, as if the cold air descended with the black robe, covering most of the world.

"Welcome to the Lord." Aoki Hui led Mo Ying to greet him.

"The plan has entered the final stage." The black-robed nobleman passed the two of them directly, and got into the warm cave before the snow fell, "I will present everything about King Yi'an."

"Yes." Qing Muhui answered with cold eyes.

The silent night ended in the dots of snow, and as the sky gradually brightened, the entire capital city was shrouded in a thin whiteness.

Palace, Palace of Diligence.

The emperor went down, and when he entered the hall, he was warming up with the prepared fire. When he glanced at it, he saw the most annoying son kneeling in the hall.

"I will see my father." King Xing said with a smile on his face, brimming with spring!
The emperor looked at his son's flushed face, looked at the cold air outside the door, and suddenly wondered if he was old, and the young man was in good health.

"What makes Lin'er so happy?"

King Xing smiled, took the hand warmer that Eunuch Liu had just made, and said courteously, "Father must be very cold along the way." He then handed over the things respectfully, and saw that the other party took it away in a leisurely manner. , he rushed to his father's back again, pinched him back and said, "Father must be exhausted from taking care of all kinds of affairs every day! I will pinch you, my son."

"Hmph." The emperor snorted, and said very clearly, "Is there anything you need to ask me?"

When King Xing heard this, he immediately lit up his eyes, knelt down and begged for orders: "Father, my minister will be sixteen after the new year, should I have a princess?" Without waiting for the other party's objection, he hurriedly said, "My minister I have a sweetheart! There have been a lot of incidents in the palace recently, and my minister wants to marry the princess, so that I can bring happiness to the prince brother!!"

"Marriage between a man and a woman is not allowed to be a trifle with you." The emperor didn't take it seriously, "I got married at eighteen, and you are only fifteen, which is still early!" He waved his hand and motioned for Eunuch Liu to send him off, "Let him Leave, so as not to bother me."

"Father~" King Xing refused, and got up to stick to his father just like a baby! "How can you say that the son is bothering the father? What the son is talking about is serious!"

"I wanted to talk about marriage at such a young age!" The emperor pulled his son's arm vigorously, and said a little displeased, "Why don't you see that you are so concerned about morning and evening classes?"

"Father!" King Xing's arm was like a catapult, and he walked around and returned to the emperor! "You haven't asked, who is Erchen's sweetheart?"

The emperor stared at his son's disobedient arms, and asked helplessly, "Which lady do you like?"

"Hmm~" King Xing shook his head and said, "My son likes the one in the prince's elder brother's palace, the palace lady!" He intentionally said the last two words lightly and quickly!

The "Gong" emperor frowned and thought, there is only one maid in the East Palace, and that is Lan Xue! "you"

As the closed disciple of the Martial Saint and the prince's junior sister, Lan Xue, even though she does not have the status of a noble family, she cannot be compared with ordinary court ladies.

"Nonsense!" He scolded his son in a low voice, "You took Lan Xue away, who will take care of the prince's daily life?"

"My son's request to marry her is also a great joy in the East Palace! The prince's elder brother will definitely agree!" King Xing had the aura of dying to the end, "My son will definitely have a good time. Hmmmm!"

The emperor really didn't want to listen, so he picked up the pastry at hand and stuffed it into his son's mouth mercilessly!

"Send me back to Qingque Palace! Without my order, don't let him enter Qinzheng Palace!"

"Yes!"

"Yeah, huh! Huha (Royal Father). Ning Ting Er Chen Shu (you listen to my son)" King Xing struggled to get rid of the dragging of the palace man, "Er Chen is like a pillow heart (my son is sincere) )! Huh! Huh—”

The emperor was so worried that he waved his hands vigorously to make people push King Xing out!

When the hall was quiet again, and seeing people walking away, the emperor suddenly realized that Lin'er was not young anymore, if the eldest son and second son were not difficult to deal with, the emperor's grandson would have to go to morning classes.

"Even Lin'er has reached such an age."

In the afternoon, King Xing's plan to propose marriage failed, so he called for help!
"Second Brother! Big event! Big event in life!!"

"Yeah." Qi Ming still avoided his younger brother who was about to cry because of his grievance, "What did you do?"

"Father, he," Xing Wang sniffed, "he doesn't want to give me a marriage, ahhhh—why did Jiang Hu reckless ask for you, but father agreed without saying a word! And Xiao Wang wanted to marry Lan Xue, Royal father didn't take it seriously at all—uah—"

Yan Mo, who was seated at the side, was very foresighted, she stayed away from the troublesome man early, and after being shot while lying down, she was looking at the pair of brothers with her upper eyelids sideways, thinking, this incident was not her "credit", the fox came out It's easy to pinch!

"Have you negotiated with He Lanxue about this matter?" Qi Ming asked tentatively.

Hearing this, King Xing immediately stopped his tears, and murmured weakly: "Xiao Wang likes Lan Xue, it has nothing to do with her status. She has been serving the elder brother of the prince all the year round." As he said this, he approached his elder brother again in a serious manner, and seriously confirmed Said, "Maybe you can't look down on Xiao Wang, a little Wang Ye?!"

"Ahem! Brother Jiuhuang, don't underestimate yourself." Qi Ming dodged subconsciously, thinking who said that he was shining like a star, and he was about to give a few words of encouragement, but he didn't want his brother to completely ignore him!
"Lan Xue is the closed disciple of the Martial Sage, what if she dislikes Xiao Wang's incompetence in martial arts?" Xing Wang fell into self-denial and couldn't extricate himself, "Every morning class, Xiao Wang can be lazy and lazy, if Lan Xue thinks Xiao Wang is not knowledgeable enough Do you think Xiao Wang is a joke? Woohoo! Second Emperor Brother, what if Lan Xue doesn’t like Xiao Wang at all?!!” As he spoke, his nose burst into tears, and he cried again with sincerity!

"." Qi Ming couldn't help covering his face and sighing, then raised his eyes and said, "The most important thing now, Brother Nine Emperors, is that you have to confirm whether Lan Xue is interested in you. If you two are in love, I believe Father will also consider it " After saying that, he watched his brother froze in place with an aggrieved face, and couldn't help frowning.
"Hmph!" Yan Mo saw it, got up and said, "I'm afraid the troublemaker doesn't have the guts!"

"!!" Xing Wang Jingren revealed his shortcomings, and cast a look of resentment in the direction of the words!

　旒装 [liú zhuì]: a pendant of a banner.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)