She dressed as a concubine and was targeted by the powerful brother.

Chapter 189 Danger
"I asked Fu Jiao to leave the capital, not to harm her, but to save her."

Princess Jianing seemed very tired.

She gently rubbed her temples, dismissed all the palace people, closed the palace door, and said seriously: "Fu Jiao's identity is the daughter of the Emperor and Concubine Shu."

Concubine Jing was horrified, "Concubine Shu? That Concubine Zhenhui who died young? She... didn't her daughter die just after she was born?"

Princess Jianing shook her head, "You hadn't entered the palace at that time, so you didn't know the key. You claimed to be dead, but in fact, it was Concubine Shu who knew the emperor's secret."

"...What secret?"

Concubine Jing and Fu Rudi are waiting for her next post.

Princess Jianing said: "Concubine Shu has a very good relationship with me. She was deeply attached to the Holy Family at that time and was immersed in the joy of the birth of the princess. However, one night, she overheard the emperor talking in his sleep. The emperor was away and never Everyone said that he did not believe in ghosts and gods. However, he had been secretly looking for the secret recipe for immortality. According to the content of his dreams, Concubine Shu found various elixirs for immortality in his study. One of the elixirs was based on his own children. Used as medicine.”

"child?"

Concubine Jing was speechless.

Princess Jianing nodded in panic, "Well, it's... the flesh and blood of her biological heir."

As we all know, Emperor Jianming's descendants were very rare. He had many concubines. When he was young, there was a draft every three years and he gave birth to many children, but most of them died in infancy. Now that Emperor Jianming is almost fifty years old, he has only two young and thin princes and a princess Zhaofu. , nothing more to come out of.

"At that time, I thought that the Zhao family had offended the gods and did not allow the descendants of the Tian family to prosper. It was not until I learned about this from Concubine Shu and secretly checked it that I found out that the children born by the concubines would be born if their horoscopes matched those of the emperor. It is a good material for medicine and alchemy..."

Princess Jianing was young at that time.

He didn't believe that his own brother would do such a crazy thing.

But she knew Concubine Shu's character, sincere, upright and kind, and would never joke about such a thing.

So, one night, Princess Jianing and Concubine Shu secretly sneaked into the Yangxin Hall and found the refined elixir of immortality in the box secretly hidden by Emperor Jianming. After verification by the imperial physician, the golden elixir was indeed filled with human flesh and blood, but whether it was the princes and princesses who died in infancy remains to be discussed.

Princess Jianing and Concubine Shu conducted a thorough investigation in the palace, and the saying "If you don't want others to know, don't do anything except yourself."

No matter how secretive Emperor Jianming was, no matter how clean his hands and feet were, those babies and girls who died tragically still secretly gave the direction to Princess Jianing and Concubine Shu. In the alchemy room, they saw with their own eyes that Emperor Jianming threw a baby girl who was promised to be born into the alchemy furnace.

"To this day, I can still hear the screams of that baby girl."

Princess Jianing burst into tears when she talked about the past.

In order to not follow in the footsteps of her own child, Concubine Shu went to great lengths to avoid the eyes and ears of Emperor Jianming and sent the princess out of the palace. Only then did Aunt Rong, who had been falsely pregnant, pick up the abandoned baby.

"However, there is no airtight wall in the world. Concubine Shu sent away the newborn princess, which immediately aroused the emperor's suspicion. After an investigation, it was found that Concubine Shu had known his secret. Why did Concubine Shu die so early? Your Majesty He knows better than anyone else, because he killed Concubine Shu himself! "

Princess Jianing was accompanying the Queen Mother to pay homage to the Buddha, but by some strange combination of circumstances she escaped the disaster.

But when she returned to the palace, she learned that Concubine Shu had died of illness, and when she saw her brother's fake cry, she understood everything in an instant.

From then on, she was afraid of Emperor Jianming. After moving away from the palace, he has been practicing and chanting Buddha in the temple outside the palace, not only for the children who died tragically, but also to atone for the sins of the Zhao family.

Concubine Jing expressed deep doubts.

She said: "...If this is really the case, how come Zhaofu can grow up safely? There is nothing wrong with the two palace girls and the little prince."

"Zhaofu's horoscope is special. Emperor Jianming cannot use her flesh and blood, otherwise he will suffer backlash. When I asked the five ghosts of Yan Sheng to tell Zhaofu's fortune, did they also say that Zhaofu was born with a phoenix life, which is extraordinary?"

"That's what happened."

Concubine Jing's voice lowered, "I thought that the emperor cherished Zhaofu and felt that Zhaofu was different from other children..."

"Nature is also cherished."

Princess Jianing sighed helplessly, "People are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless? Even if he uses his offspring to seek immortality, he and Zhaofu have been father and daughter for so many years, and they still have feelings for each other. What's more, Zhaofu has no interests involved with him. It’s true that he wants to live forever, and it’s true that he loves Zhao Fu.”

Concubine Jing's heart was full of mixed feelings.

Fu Rudi, with a tense face, suppressed his anger and said: "He can't bear to leave Princess Zhaofu, so he has been looking for Concubine Shu's daughter?"

They are also his children, but they are close and distant.

Princess Jianing lowered her head and acquiesced.

"When I returned to the palace this time, I found that the emperor was looking for another way to live forever. Instead of using the blood and flesh of his descendants as medicine in the past, he was looking for the fountain of youth in a place called Yingzhou."

"Fountain of Youth?"

"Well, I have read that ancient book. To find the Fountain of Youth, you need to open something called a blood pool. The blood pool still requires the whole blood of your children. It is the most yin and poisonous way." Princess Jianing looked outside the palace , blue sky and white clouds, clear sky. It was a bright spring scene, but the hearts of all of them were filled with darkness and sadness.

She continued: "After so many years, of course the emperor does not want to leave Princess Zhaofu and the two young princes. After all, they have a father-son relationship. Only the baby girl that Concubine Shu sent away back then is connected by blood with him, but it is not important."

Fu Rudi is not worth it for Fu Jiao.

Previously, he was worried that Fu Jiao's status as a princess would be completely different from his own. Now it seems that her so-called princess status is a shackles and a bait to allow Emperor Jianming to fulfill his ambition.

Princess Jianing lowered her eyes, feeling sad.

Knowing that the emperor was also looking for Fu Jiao, Princess Jianing couldn't bear it after living in Buddhism for a long time.

Fortunately, she had better luck than the emperor and was the first to learn that the concubine of Fu Zhenqing, the eighth-rank eunuch in the capital, was the daughter of Concubine Shu. Just at this time, Concubine Jing came to her and asked about Princess Zhaofu's nightmares day and night. Princess Jianing followed suit and made Fu Jiao bear an unfounded charge and asked Concubine Jing to do things for her.

Princess Jianing initially just wanted Concubine Jing to send Fu Jiao away, but she underestimated Concubine Jing's love for her daughter and directly bribed the Xie family and ordered the kidnappers to eradicate her.

The eldest princess was panic-stricken, and quickly asked her cronies to find the two kidnappers, and spent a lot of money to prevent them from killing people, and only sent the people thousands of miles away to Qianzhou. Over and over again, the butterfly wings flapped, but after all, nothing was the same.

Instead of being sent away, Fu Jiao was alerted and allowed to live in the government office with Fu Rudi from then on.

In this way, no matter Concubine Jing, Mrs. Xie or Princess Jianing who controlled all this, they were all out of reach.

It was as if the gauze curtain covering the eyes had been opened.

Looking back on the past, everything is traceable.

Princess Jianing caused all these troubles just to protect Fu Jiao's life without involving her.

Unfortunately, people are not as good as God.

She cried out: "I have been friends with Concubine Shu for many years. How can I watch her only child die tragically in the hands of his father? But there are too many secrets that cannot be revealed to my mouth. I am seeking advice from Taoist experts while not alarming The emperor sent Fu Jiao away. Only if Fu Jiao stays away from the capital and away from the emperor can she truly be at peace. Master Fu, do you understand my painstaking efforts?"

As a high-ranking person, since he cares about the royal family's face, he also has to protect his old friend's daughter.

Princess Jianing was caught between the imperial brother and Concubine Shu, and was in every possible dilemma. Concubine Jing was in a daze.

She no longer cared about Fu Rudi's soft sword against her neck.

She looked at Princess Jianing with dull eyes and said with a wry smile: "Princess, it turns out that you are just using me and Zhaofu. You want to use my hand to make the emperor suspicious of your absence."

He kept saying it was for Zhaofu.

At the moment, it seems that these are all Princess Jianing's words.

"I do not know what to do."

Princess Jianing closed her eyes tiredly, "Concubine Jing, you must understand that what I do cannot be known to the emperor. Otherwise, I, the eldest princess of the Yuan Dynasty, will just end up like Concubine Shu."

Since Emperor Jianming dared to do such a thing, he was the master of the world and could easily kill anyone.

Just at this moment, there was a "clang" sound outside the palace door.

"who is it?"

Fu Rudi said sharply and looked sternly.

He let go of Concubine Jing, took three steps at a time and chased her out, dragging out the people hiding outside the palace. After seeing the face of the visitor clearly, Fu Rudi's expression suddenly softened, and he said in shock: "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

The chubby King Guangping couldn't run.

He could only stand up bravely and look back and forth at Princess Jianing and Concubine Jing with a pair of mung bean eyes.

"King Guangping?"

Princess Jianing and Concubine Jing exclaimed in unison.

The two of them never expected that he would be eavesdropping here.

"What did you hear?"

Princess Jianing grabbed his gorgeous light gold and purple clothes and dragged him into the palace.

King Guangping staggered and almost tripped on the palace door. With a mournful face, he explained: "I was worried about Mr. Fu, so I came to the palace to have a look. When I came to Concubine Jing's palace, I found that all the palace people were standing outside the palace, everyone was silent, and they didn't say anything. I couldn't ask. So, I boldly came here, but accidentally... I accidentally heard the Emperor's brother... He..." His tone suddenly became tearful, and he looked at Princess Jianing and said with all sincerity: "Sister, there may be a misunderstanding. To kill your own heir is too... too..."

"It's incredible, isn't it?"

Princess Jianing knows.

King Guangping was naturally kind, but to put it harshly, he was stupid.

It was precisely because of his stupidity that Emperor Jianming safely placed him in the imperial city to resolve his withered brotherhood.

Fortunately, the person who overheard outside the palace was King Guangping. If it had been someone else, something might have happened. Princess Jianing said to Prince Guangping: "If you don't want to believe it, I can't do anything about it. But those things were all witnessed by me and Concubine Shu."

"Brother, is he hiding so deeply?"

King Guangping didn't seem to understand the joints. He held his fat head and couldn't think of the reason. "Is immortality so important?"

"Who says it's not?"

Princess Jianing smiled bitterly, "Dynasties have changed for thousands of years, and countless emperors have been seeking immortality, but no one has succeeded. But they have always continued to succeed. If obsession is not too important, who can say clearly?"

No one in the room spoke.

After a long silence, King Guangping suddenly said: "By the way, when I left the government office, I saw someone delivering a letter to Sinan. After Si Nan received the letter, he jumped up with joy. I vaguely heard what he said. 'Finally found her whereabouts'... Could it be that Fu Jiao has been found?"

Fu Rudi couldn't hear this.

His eyes widened instantly, "My lord, are you sure?"

"I left in a hurry and didn't have time to ask him in detail. If it is true, he and Si Bei will definitely come into the palace to look for you immediately..." When King Guangping said this, he slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, don't say it. When I left, they seemed to be coming to the palace. So, I will go to the palace gate and have a look. Please wait a moment."

King Guangping did what he said and did it resolutely.

Fu Rudi didn't stop him because he cared about Fu Jiao. Princess Jianing and Concubine Jing couldn't stop him.

Not long after, King Guangping left and returned.

He was panting and sweating profusely, followed by Si Nan, Si Bei and Zhao Hao. When the two of them saw Fu Rudi, he almost burst into tears, "Sir! Your Excellency! The Fourth Miss has sent a letter back!"

"what?"

Fu Rudi completely ignored Concubine Jing and the others and rushed forward, "Show it to me!"

Si Nan immediately handed the letter Rehu received to him with both hands.

Fu Rudi looked at the words on the letter eagerly, and Si Nan said next to him: "Si Bei and I were at the gate of the government office, preparing to call back the government officials who were salvaging people from Cuiwei Lake, when we received a letter from Maoshan. As soon as I After reading the content of the letter, I found out that it was Miss Fourth, so I wanted to tell the news to you immediately, but you had already entered the palace. Si Beiren Wei Yanqing and I couldn't enter the palace at all. We were in a hurry, so we had to go and see the prince, hoping that he could help. Think of a way. As soon as the prince heard about this, he took us into the palace without saying a word, and we met King Guangping on the way..."

Si Nan talked a lot, but Fu Rudi couldn't listen to anything.

In his mind, Fu Jiao only looked like when she wrote him a letter.

"It turns out that the uncle who hates defeating the five ghosts is Danyang Taoist, and Danyang Taoist is actually He Wuyan pretending to be."

Fu Rudi was shocked and suffocated by the news one after another.

Zhao Hao had already read the contents of the letter when he came.

His expression was much normal now, and he didn't even care about being rejected by Fu Rudi before. He scratched his hair and asked, "The letter told me how to get to Yingzhou. Shall we go and pick her up?"

"This is inevitable."

"...Yingzhou?"

Concubine Jing caught something unusual in their words.

She looked at Princess Jianing and asked: "Earlier, you said that the emperor was looking for the Fountain of Youth in Yingzhou, and the emergence of the Fountain of Youth requires a blood pool. Now that Fu Jiao has gone to Yingzhou, is there any connection between this?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present felt an ominous feeling in their hearts.

King Guangping even slapped his thigh, extremely nervous: "It's broken! Fu Jiao must be in danger in Yingzhou!"