The first daughter of the first daughter

Chapter 340

There is an iron box in the dark pavilion...

Lou Xuanying's gaze was attracted by it. Even though she hadn't figured out what was in the box, her strong sixth sense told her that there must be secrets hidden in the iron box, otherwise it would be impossible to specially place it in such a secret institution. In the dark pavilion.

She carefully took out the iron box. The iron box was heavy and the lock was locked. She pulled the lock hard, and the lock was also extremely heavy.

Lou Xuanying thought for a while, and after checking the size of the keyhole, her eyes fell on the desk, and then strode forward, rubbed some hardened ink, took out the drawing paper, simply drew a brush, used the ability, and A small black wire appeared in her hand.

She giggled, and fiddled with the keyhole with the wire. After a long time, the iron lock opened with a sound, and she was relieved.

The box was too full, and as soon as the lid was opened, something fell out of the box, full of beaded jewelry, covering the entire box layer by layer, which made her instantly stunned.

Concubine Lan took a lot of trouble to get an iron box, locked it and hid it in a secret cabinet, is it just to collect these jewels?As the emperor's concubine, she was so short of these jewelry that she had to hide it?

The jewelry was placed neatly, and it could be accommodated in the box as much as possible. She poured out the whole box of jewelry in one go, which also took up half of the table.

Sure enough, the whole box is full of jewelry, nothing else...

But Lou Xuanying didn't believe in evil, she reached into the box and groped for a while, and she really found the clue - there seemed to be something strange under the brocade cloth inside the box, she felt the thick compartment, but there was no port, like It is stitched after the things are put in.

She guessed that it must be the hidden secret of Concubine Lan, if she peeped without consent, it would be disrespectful to the deceased.

But curiosity is enough to kill a cat, and she also has a hunch that this secret can solve the doubts in her heart, and it is also the doubts that plague Mo Jinghao.

After a battle between man and nature in Lou Xuanying's heart, her curiosity finally overcame her uneasiness. She pulled hard on the brocade cloth, and the brocade cloth was easily torn apart, allowing her to see what was hidden inside. Letter after letter.

letter?She flipped through it casually, and there were a dozen of them.

Her conscience was deeply condemned, it was already immoral to peek at other people's secrets, and she wanted to peek at Concubine Lan's letter?
Lou Xuanying didn't dare to take it out to read, but only looked at the words on the envelope, all of them were "Lan'er Dear Parents", only the last one had the word "Kunhua", the font had obviously changed, Beautiful and soft, it should come from the hand of Concubine Lan.

Kunhua?The name sounds familiar.

She felt a shock in her heart, remembering whose name it was...

Zhuang Kunhua, the late General Zhuang, Zhuang Xinrou's father!

She had a bad premonition in her heart, and an idea grew in her heart.

Although she hadn't read the contents of the letters, she was sure that except for the last one, it was actually a letter written by Zhuang Kunhua to Concubine Lan.

The dignified General Zhuang and the emperor's concubine communicated in secret. Even if Zhuang Kunhua was Mo Jinghao's master, this kind of behavior was too outrageous. Moreover, Concubine Lan kept the letter in such a secret place, making it clear that no one could let him know. know the secret.

"Kunhua", "Lan'er", these intimate terms sound very strange.

They definitely have adultery!
When she was hesitating whether to open the letter, she heard the voice of the court lady calling her from far and near.

Oops!

If the palace maid finds out that she trespassed on Concubine Lan's palace and moved her belongings without authorization, she would die an ugly death, right?Moreover, if this pile of secrets were discovered, the reputation of Concubine Lan would be completely ruined, which would definitely implicate Mo Jinghao.

She frantically flattened the brocade, and then desperately stuffed the jewels that had fallen on the table back into the box, but the box was full, and a third of the jewels were left on the table.

This... how much effort and meticulous thought does it take to place it well?

She rushed to the dark room again, groping around the wall, but she didn't know where the mechanism was, she ran into it accidentally just now, she was too hasty, and she panicked, and now she couldn't find the mechanism at all.

"Miss Lou—"

The maid's call still came over and over again, and the voice became more and more urgent, which made Lou Xuanying wonder if she would think she was missing and report back to Mo Jinghao if she didn't show up again?
Lou Xuanying pondered for a moment, gritted her teeth, put her fingers into her mouth and bit down hard, feeling a tingling pain, and then she put all the iron box and unfinished jewelry on the table into the painting.

After collecting the paintings, she ran to the dark pavilion again, mobilized two paintings to cover the dark pavilion, and after hastily covering up the scene, she opened the door and ran out.

She lay on the corner of the wall, and didn't dare to climb out of the palace garden until she confirmed that the maid's voice was far away, then calmly walked into the sea of ​​flowers, and appeared when the maid was anxious to look back.

Seeing her, the palace maid finally let go of the big stone in her heart, hurried forward and asked her panting, "Miss Lou, where have you been?"

"No, I just wandered around in this garden, and went to play on the rockery for a while. When I heard you calling me, didn't I come here? What's the matter? I was so anxious to find me."

The court lady has doubts in her heart, rockery?But she obviously looked for it just now.

"Miss Lou, the emperor is looking for you. Besides, the prince also said that the sky will soon be dark. If you have finished playing, you should go back to the palace."

"The emperor is looking for me?" Lou Xuanying's attention was only attracted by this matter, and the time was indeed almost here. She knew the purpose of the emperor looking for her in her heart, but luckily she brought it out when she went out.

"Let's go."

Under the guidance of the court lady, Lou Xuanying returned to Shengtian Palace again.

The hall was very quiet, and the atmosphere became more serious than before. The actors and dancers had all retreated, and all the people who should be there had arrived. She paid special attention to Mo Hengyu's trace and found that he was sitting quietly. In the seat, drink comfortably, in a leisurely manner.

What kind of play is he talking about?

Before she could look away, Mo Hengyu also raised his head and looked at her, his expression was still the same cold and cold as before. He looked at Lou Xuanying, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became wider and wider.

"Girl Ying, come here." Mo Xuanming waved to Lou Xuanying who was still in a daze. Under Wu Gonggong's urging, she finally came to her senses and hurried forward.

"Xuanying has met the emperor." Lou Xuanying bowed to Mo Xuanming, and Mo Xuanming quickly smiled and got her up.

"Ying girl, do you bring the things I gave you to keep for you?"

The corner of Lou Xuanying's mouth twitched, she glanced at the queen secretly, and also noticed that the queen's expression froze after hearing the emperor's question, and then she stared closely at her.

Lou Xuanying sighed in her heart, the emperor was unrighteous to her, she thought he would ask her to get that thing back in private, but she didn't expect him to let her hand it over in full view, this is definitely hurting her!

"Bring it." She was helpless, but she could only nod in response, then took out a small box wrapped in red cloth from her sleeve, stepped forward and handed it to Mo Xuanming with both hands.

Mo Xuanming stroked his beard and smiled, stretched out his hand to take it, and then asked her to sit next to Mo Jinghao.

"Come here." Mo Jinghao stood up and waved to her. She understood his lip shape, and walked towards him step by step under the ambiguous and probing eyes of many ministers.

Everyone's eyes were on her, causing her pressure to increase instantly. She walked faster and faster, and quickly moved to sit beside Mo Jinghao.

"Ahem!" Mo Xuanming had just cleared his voice, and the whole hall immediately fell silent. After waiting for a while, he spoke again.

"Dear dears, I have summoned you to attend this palace banquet today. I have a few important things to announce to you. First of all, the most important thing is the candidate for the crown prince who has attracted the most attention in our Xuanmo Dynasty. I already have a candidate in my heart. Taking advantage of this festive day today, I want to announce this to everyone..."

Mo Jinghao paused for a moment, then looked at Eunuch Wu, and ordered: "Take out the box for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Wu replied respectfully, and immediately ran into the small pavilion in the hall. When he came out, he already had a brocade plate in his hand, and a gold box was placed on the brocade plate.

"Your Majesty, this is what you want." Eunuch Wu stepped forward, holding up the brocade plate and knelt in front of Mo Xuanming. key to open the box.

After opening the box, Eunuch Wu stood up, put the box on the table, carefully took out the imperial decree inside and spread it out on the table, then he took out the jade seal and handed it to Mo Xuanming.

"emperor."

Mo Xuanming took over, picked up the jade seal in front of everyone, and was about to put it on the imperial decree.

At this time, in the silent hall, Mo Hengyu's voice suddenly sounded.

"Father, please wait a moment. My son has something to report to Father."

As soon as Mo Hengyu opened his mouth, everyone's eyes were focused on him. He smiled wickedly and slowly stood up from his seat.

Mo Xuanming frowned and gave him a displeased look.

"If you have anything to say, wait for me to announce it." Mo Xuanming was most dissatisfied with Mo Hengyu, the eldest son, and seeing him interrupt his actions, his dissatisfaction became even stronger.

He knows Mo Hengyu's ambition and has always wanted to fight for the throne, but as long as he lives for one day, he will definitely not pass the throne to him!
"Father, my son is thinking about the entire Xuanmo Dynasty. I am afraid that my father will regret something, so I ask my father to listen to my son to finish the matter, and then think twice about whether to put the jade seal on that imperial decree .”

"Father, you might as well listen to what the eldest brother has to say." Mo Hongyi also joined the ranks of persuasion.

It's not that he wants to cooperate with Mo Hengyu, but the current situation forces him to stand on the same side with Mo Hengyu, otherwise they can only watch helplessly as the crown prince falls into Mo Jinghao's hands.

Mo Xuanming looked at the two of them coldly for a while, then put the jade seal back into the golden box, and waved his hand: "If you have anything to say, hurry up."

"Yes, father." Mo Hengyu said, nodding towards the father-in-law who was guarding the gate of the hall, the father-in-law immediately opened the door, and then walked in an old woman, followed by several plainly dressed women...

(End of this chapter)