The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 245

Of all evils, gossip spreads fastest, more violently with increasing speed, and more vigorously as the area of ​​​​spreading spreads.

That's why Mr. Lu Xun once wrote: "There is confusion among the crowd, and there is contention among dissenting opinions; all words make money, and the accumulation is not true."

Qin Wan wrote these sixteen characters on the paper and smiled. She felt that reciting some of Mr. Lu Xun's famous aphorisms would not only be of great use in writing essays, but also help in critical moments. Be busy and solve big problems.

Ren Nandao brought news to Qin Wan, saying that Qi Guozhang had arrested several disciples who were expelled from Leidaomen for doing evil in the early years. They admitted that because they hated the teacher, they assassinated the two sons of Concubine Zheng. Put the blame on Lei Daomen Dongji Taoist and others.

With such a simple method of catching the bag and taking the blame, Yaoxing was cleared of the charge of assassinating the prince, and was allowed to return to Zoucheng.

Hearing the news, Qin Wan didn't know whether to be happy or worried. She was happy because Yaoxing could finally continue to be her eldest princess of Dongyi in a legitimate way. What was worrying was that those essentially irreversible injuries were so easily wiped away. Great trauma and pain were caused.

Fortunately, Yaoxing came to Zoucheng, Qin Wan comforted himself.

Ning also sent a secret letter, asking Qin Wan what he needed to help her.

Qin Wan returned to the channel and made political preparations to support Yaoxing's proclaiming emperor and accept Dongyi's surrender to become the Kingdom of Shu; at the same time, he secretly mobilized the Northern Rong Army and Tian Chen's Nanliang Army to attack Dongyi from the west and south. Once the plan fails, they need to provide immediate military suppression and support.

Qin Wan didn't want to fight.

She has lived through war and hates war.

But there are some things that must be prepared for war, she has no choice but to do so.

In order to compensate Yaoxing for suffering, King Dongyi specially arranged a princess mansion in Zoucheng for her.

And Qin Wan also offended all the doctors in the entire college because of his eloquence and heresy during the few days of borrowing at Yunxia Academy, and all the doctors went to Lin Yujun to sue Qin Wan. She was kicked out of the school at night, so she happily packed up and moved to the princess mansion.

"Yaoxing, can you play the piano for me?" Qin Wan found Yaoxing holding the piano, and begged her to play the piano coquettishly.

Ever since Qin Wan moved into the Princess Mansion, she stuck to Yaoxing like a dog's skin plaster every day.Yaoxing is also used to pampering her, whatever she wants to do, Yaoxing agrees to it all, and never refuses.

"Okay, what do you want to hear?" Yaoxing asked.

Qin Wan said: "You can play whatever you want, as long as it is played by you, I like it."

Yaoxing put the piano on the table, raised his slender fingers, and gently landed on the strings.

What Qin Wan didn't expect was that Yaoxing actually played the song she sang that day on their way to the northern palace.

At that time, Yaoxing was obviously unconscious, but he actually memorized this piece of music.

Listening to Yaoxing playing, Qin Wan couldn't help but sang along again: "...In the days and years, I will travel all over the world, King Wen Mengxiong, and the Weishui River..."

After one song, Qin Wan burst into tears: "I didn't expect you to memorize this song."

Yaoxing smiled lightly: "It's a very nice song, does it have a name?"

Qin Wan nodded: "Its name is "You Lan Cao". I think this song is very suitable for you. In my eyes, you are just like You Lan. You were born on a high cliff and are uniquely beautiful, which makes people envy you." .”

Yaoxing put down the piano, shook his head and said, "I'm not as good as you said..."

"Good is good. I will never lie to you." Qin Wan said.

Yaoxing sighed softly: "As far as I know, you have made some moves in Dongyi recently, and you have met Concubine Zheng."

Qin Wan admitted: "Do you still remember our agreement? The biggest problem with me as a person is 'persistence'. Since I said it, I will definitely sit down. I will definitely let you ascend the throne smoothly."

Yaoxing looked out of the window, the cold air brought the breath of winter: "It seems that you will be celebrating the New Year in Zoucheng tonight, is it alright with His Majesty Emperor Ning?"

Qin Wan tilted his head and looked a little lonely: "Oh... I don't seem to have celebrated the New Year with him, not only have I not celebrated the New Year, but I have not celebrated any festivals, and even now I don't know his birthday. , You said that our relationship can go so far, if it wasn't because Grandpa Yue tied the red thread tightly enough, we would have broken up a long time ago. But I am also very, very happy to be able to celebrate the New Year with Yaoxing."

"What do you want to eat at night during Chinese New Year?" Yaoxing asked.

"Of course we have to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year." Qin Wan replied directly.

Yaoxing was puzzled: "What are dumplings?"

"It's similar to wonton but different. I'll make it for you when the time comes." Qin Wan smiled.

Yaoxing nodded expectantly.

……

The days passed quietly day by day.

When it was snowing, Qin Wan and Yaoxing were grilling charcoal fire in the house, playing the piano and singing while watching the heavy snow fall.

When it was sunny and snowy, Qin Wan and Yao Xing enjoyed plum blossoms and drank wine together in the Princess Mansion, and made vases out of plum blossoms and placed them in every corner of the Princess Mansion.

Occasionally, Qin Wan would share the secret letter from Ning Yi with Yaoxing.

There are few love words in Ning Yi's letter, and Qin Wan always complains about it.

Yaoxing will comfort her, it is not a good thing for a man to talk too much about love.

When Qin Wan wrote back to Ning Yi, she would also ask Yaoxing what to write, and Yaoxing would recommend a few seemingly heartless but sentimental sentences from the poetry collection to her, making her reply more cultured.

They happily spent three months together, celebrating the new year together, the Lantern Festival, the second dragon raising its head in February, the Shangsi Festival on the third of March, and finally heard the song from Dongyi after the Ching Ming Festival. Good news in the palace - Concubine Zheng is pregnant.

After Ren Nandao sent the news, Qin Wan put away all his leisure and relaxation.

She narrowed her eyes, revealing the cruelty in her eyes, raised the corner of her mouth and said to Yao Xing: "Yao Xing, the time has come, it's up to me."

Yaoxing knew that Qin Wan would not give up on her goal, just like a wolf lurking in the dense forest, waiting for her prey to reveal itself.

Then, within a day, under the influence of Ren Nandao's connections in the palace, King Dongyi fell ill, and the news that Concubine Zheng's child was not the dragon species of King Dongyi began to spread like wildfire inside and outside the palace of Dongyi.

A rumor, just a rumor.

But it quickly became the topic of conversation among the people of Zoucheng after dinner.

It has also become an undercurrent surging political trend in the court.

People are guessing whether the rumors are true or not.

Even King Dongyi himself began to doubt.

A few days later, this rumor was confirmed by the imperial doctor of Dongyi Palace.

It is true that King Dongyi is no longer able to impregnate any woman because of his age.

And the child in Princess Zheng's belly became a knife in Dongyi King's heart.

Soon, the man who had an affair with Princess Zheng was found.

Following Zheng's execution overnight, the power of the Wangfei faction was quickly disintegrated and shattered into dregs.

Sitting beside Yaoxing, Qin Wan listened to Ren Nandao talking about the news, Qin Wan smiled: "Yaoxing, look, I just drew a big cake for Mrs. Digging a grave. As long as she is not greedy for power and does not dream that she can have a goddess as a daughter, she will not be like this."

Yaoxing looked at Qin Wan tenderly, she knew that she would never think of such a thing in her life, nor could she do it: "Wanwan, you always say you like people like me, but you don't know how much I envy your scheming and Resourceful, you are always so keen in judging people's hearts and desires."

Qin Wan shook her head: "No, no, I'm just lucky. Many masters have said that my luck is very good. And how can kind people envy vicious people? My unscrupulous methods that fail to achieve my goals, I hope Yaoxing will never learn it. Because if everyone in this world is vicious, then this mortal world will really become a purgatory. Although I hate Yunxia Academy for blindly teaching people to be kind, I have to say that they are still kind and Nice people make people like it.”

Yaoxing heard Qin Wan say this: "In my eyes, Wanwan is very good."

Qin Wan shook her head vigorously, took a breath and said, "I'm not good, very bad. Yao Xing, do you still remember the last sentence of "You Lan Cao"? 'A gentleman's protection, a descendant's prosperity'. This world needs People like you, Yaoxing, are humble and benevolent. There was once a very great thinker called Mencius, who once said, "If the monarch is kind, the world is invincible." In my opinion, if Yaoxing is Dongyi's The king must be invincible. So I decided to protect the beauty of Yaoxing, because there is no such a clean place in my heart."

(End of this chapter)