After I bloom, a hundred flowers will kill

Chapter 486 The Emperor's Temptation

Shen Xihe's actions made Xiao Huayong's heart feel as if a layer of honey had been brushed on it, and it was so sweet that his heart beat like a drum. He simply sat down next to her, and looked at her quietly without saying a word.

He always likes it like this, his eyes are full of affection, looking at her with extreme tenderness, she has always noticed it before, as if she is distracted, it always gives her the illusion that the world is still.

He used to watch secretly, but now he watched openly and aboveboard. They were newly married and he had three days to marry, and it was not easy for Shen Xihe to push him to deal with political affairs, so he let him find a comfortable position, propped his head with one hand, and tilted his head slightly Focus on yourself.

She thought that it would be better for her to get used to this situation earlier.

The two focused their gazes, Shen Xihe's gaze was on the handkerchief in his hand, Xiao Huayong's gaze was on her body.

His Highness the Crown Prince's clinginess goes far beyond that, almost wherever Shen Xihe goes, he follows her, his eyes are glued to her, and he can't move away at all.

The East Palace is under the control of Xiao Huayong, he has not been in the East Palace for more than ten years, no one has the intention to arrange people in the East Palace, and he has the intention to cultivate his confidantes in the East Palace little by little, no one has noticed the management for more than ten years.

He returned to the palace suddenly, wanting to make arrangements again, but found that the east palace was not short of people at all, and everyone was cautious, and it was not easy to send one or two people out of the vacant seats, so the east palace was as solid as gold, and Shen Xihe didn't need to take over immediately. prestige.

The people in the Eastern Palace have long been familiar with Shen Xihe, and they have long been mentally prepared for Shen Xihe to become the crown princess. Originally, the Eastern Palace only had the guards of Tianyuan and the servants of Jiuzhang Tongyu, and there were only a few palace maids. None of them can be used.

Jiuzhang handed over the internal affairs to Pearl, and because of Shen Xihe's marriage, the East Palace also had more girls, and it looked a lot brighter.

On the second day of their wedding, Shen Xihe and Xiao Huayong had to go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors early in the morning, and they were busy again. The long sacrificial rites took half an hour. After the red tape came down, Shen Xihe and Xiao Huayong knelt on the futon Kowtowing is already in full swing.

The two took the incense offered by the servant, and when they were about to kowtow three times, the spiritual tablets in front suddenly burst into flames, Xiao Huayong quickly pulled Shen Xihe into his arms, and seeing the spiritual cards on fire, he immediately stepped forward Putting it out with their sleeves, the servants also quickly stepped forward, imitating Xiao Huayong, and extinguishing the fire on other spirit cards.

Xiao Huayong held the tablet in his hand, and found that there was tung oil on the base, and the breath was very weak. It should have been put on tung oil yesterday or earlier, but with tung oil, someone had to set it on fire if it had tung oil. Xiao Huayong will enshrine The silk cloth on the wooden platform under the shelf of the coffin was lifted, and the bottom was actually empty. He keenly saw some traces, and suspected that there was a secret passage there.

Someone must have been squatting there before, but he and Shen Xihe were standing far away, so they didn't notice it. When they got close, this person set fire and ran away through the secret passage.

"Your Highness, what is Your Highness looking at?" After a short period of panic, the Minister of Rites and Minister Zongzhengsi maintained order and moved forward slightly.

Xiao Huayong simply drilled down, reached out and knocked on the floor, but the echo was not an empty sound, if the tunnel is not here, then it is also behind, there is no proof, Xiao Huayong is not good at removing the ancestral tablet to investigate.

It's fine if you can find out, but if you can't find out, it won't end well.

"The bases of these tablets have tung oil, but the other tablets don't. Someone must have made it deliberately." Xiao Huayong handed the tablet in his hand to Minister Zongzhengsi, "If there is oil, it must be ignited before it can be burned."

Shen Xihe followed him to worship the ancestors, and the tokens were lit. This is a big taboo, if not done well, it will be rumored that the ancestors did not recognize Shen Xihe, and he had to admit that someone had framed him.

Zongzhengsi Qing and the Minister of Rites checked it. There was indeed tung oil under the burning spirit tablet. The tung oil was dry, but it also had a faint smell. In fact, the tablets were all brushed with tung oil, mostly for maintenance.

"Your Highness doesn't know, these memorial tablets were found to be cracked a few days ago by the guardian servants, and I ordered someone to brush them with tung oil for maintenance." Minister Zongzhengsi replied, "It has been three days."

It stands to reason that it has been three days, and it should not be ignited lightly, unless it is set on a big fire, how can it cover people's eyes and ears, and there are no unruly people around, so where did the fire come from?

This has to be kept secret.

Noticing that everyone was looking at Shen Xihe very secretly, Xiao Huayong sneered: "This tablet is also quite interesting, all the tablets that were burnt happened to be guarded by Minister Zongzhengsi, and they are all people who have nothing to do with Gu."

The tablets burned were all side branches, not the ancestors of Emperor Youning's branch, only the tablet of King Qian who had the closest relationship with Xiao Huayong was also affected.

Everyone took a closer look and found it strange. If the ancestors manifested spirits, if Shen Xihe was not recognized, he should be the emperor. The tablet of the late emperor and the tablet of the great-grandfather of His Highness the Crown Prince were also there, so it was uncle's turn to warn?

"Withdraw these tokens, Gu and the princess will continue to pay homage to the ancestors." Xiao Huayong ordered.

"Your Highness..."

The Minister of Rites wanted to persuade him, but he saw Xiao Huayong's eyes were deep, staring at him calmly without saying a word, obviously his eyes were not sharp, nor did he exert pressure, the voice of the Minister of Rites was stuck in his throat and he did not utter it.

"Your Highness, if the token is on fire, you should immediately check the cause. If you continue to worship the ancestors at this time, it is disrespectful to the ancestors, and it is already unlucky." Ancestral position is the best policy."

"Think twice, Your Highness, please find another auspicious time, Your Highness." Hula La knelt down a group of people.

Xiao Huayong swept over them, knelt down on the futon with a plop, kowtowed to the token first, then got up and said: "The ancestors are above all, the future Xiao Huayong, with his new wife, Shen, to comfort the ancestors, the beautiful daughter-in-law is here Side, hope the ancestors will bless you."

Seeing Xiao Huayong's insistence that Zongzheng Siqing didn't want to offend Xiao Huayong, and the lit tablet was because of the tung oil, and the tung oil involved himself again, he obeyed Xiao Huayong's intention, removed the burnt tablet, and continued Host the unfinished ancestor worship.

This time, Shen Xihe and Xiao Huayong kowtowed to their ancestors smoothly, and they were safe and sound.

After the ancestor worship was over, Xiao Huayong took Shen Xihe back to the palace, got into the chariot, Xiao Huayong held her hand: "Don't be afraid, I will give you an explanation about this matter."

"Your Highness thinks, who did this?" Shen Xihe smiled slightly.

"No matter who did it, if you dare to move the spirit card, there must be His Majesty's instruction." Xiao Huayong knew that he would not say anything, and Shen Xihe also knew, "Maybe he wanted to test me."

Seeing King Qian's spirit tablet on fire, Xiao Huayong almost couldn't hold back and pounced on it. It was Shen Xihe who pulled him, but King Qian's tablet was the farthest away from him. If he pounced on it like this, it would be exposed that he knew The facts of one's own life experience.

　I’m very busy today. Yesterday, I had a backlog of many things in order to explode the update. I probably need to update it separately. Try to update [-] words, and update one chapter first. I will code as soon as I have time.

　　
　
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