Dirty color

Chapter 139
Frightened and angry in his heart, on the face, the fifth prince looked distressed and anxious, and said worriedly: "This little Jiu, why is he so disturbing, if he gets hurt again, what should we do..."

Because Mr. Cheng was too excited, he didn't notice the insincere expression of the fifth prince when he said these words, but he said excitedly: "His Royal Highness, if you don't make a sound, you will already be a blockbuster. That's great, that's great. I'm in the German army." The blood feud is expected to be avenged today!"

If it doesn't sing, it will be a blockbuster! , The face of the fifth prince quickly flashed a sliver of haze. It seems that Xiao Jiu is not as useless as he has been showing all the time. He is not really fallen because of injury, but is still planning in secret What are you wearing?
Is Xiao Jiu's indifference to the throne also his disguise?

It is said that Xiao Jiu is dying... Is this also fake news released to confuse everyone?

Was he also deceived by Xiao Jiu's disguise?
Xiao Jiu is really capable, he has been out of the city for so many days, and he has done such a big thing, neither he nor the third brother noticed, if Xiao Jiu wanted to harm himself... The fifth prince shivered lightly, no, He would never allow such a situation to occur.

In the heart of the fifth prince, suspicion is getting heavier and heavier...

At this moment, Mr. Cheng finally noticed the gloomy expression on the face of the fifth prince, but he didn't think too much about it. He just thought that the fifth prince must be worried about His Highness King Yong, so he comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry, Your Highness Yong People have their own nature, and they will definitely turn bad luck into good luck."

The fifth prince will not tell Mr. Cheng what he thinks in his heart. After all, when Mr. Cheng came to vote, he knew that Mr. Cheng was only here for the third brother. I am afraid that in the eyes of Mr. Cheng at this moment, his proprietor is far less than Xiao Jiu. It is important to come, after all, Xiao Jiu holds in his hands the hope of revenge against the German army.

If Mr. Cheng is aware of his own thoughts, it's probably not very good.

So the fifth prince nodded and said: "I am just a little worried. After all, Xiao Jiu is not in good health. Forget it, let someone search for it quickly. It would be good to find Xiao Jiu a quarter of an hour earlier."

Mr. Cheng hurriedly bowed his hands and said goodbye. He was really excited, and his usual steady steps became lighter.

The fifth prince looked at Mr. Cheng's back, and said to his personal eunuch, "Come here, invite my little uncle over, and say that my prince has something important to discuss."

The fifth prince's biological mother was Concubine Pei De, and Concubine Pei De's biological father was the second assistant of the cabinet, with a high position and authority, it could be said that there were more than ten million people under one or two people, and he was also a hot figure in this Great Yong Dynasty.

Concubine Pei De was able to compete against Concubine Mu Xian who was born in a family, and the fifth prince was able to fight against the third prince without losing the wind, all thanks to the elder.

And the little uncle mentioned by the fifth prince is the youngest son of Pei Ge, and he is the same mother as Concubine Pei De, except that Concubine Pei De is the second daughter, who is ten years older than the youngest child of the Pei family. However, the two siblings have a very strong relationship It's good, and jointly, the fifth prince and this little uncle are also very close.

What is little known is that many of the fifth prince's strategies were given by the young master of the Pei family.

Now that the fifth prince's heart was gradually clouded, the first thing he thought of was to discuss with this little uncle Pei Songyan.

Pei Songyan looks like a suave and suave son, but in fact he is too. As the youngest son in the family, he has been... spoiled and loved. He doesn't need to study as hard as his elder brother. The homework is just coping, playing Playing with flowers and birds, listening to ditties, and talking about poetry and paintings with famous prostitutes in Qinglou are the normal state of Pei Songyan's daily life.

Although he has a good relationship with the fifth prince, but the fifth prince lives a very restrained life in order to gain a good reputation, so Pei Songyan feels that his nephew is very boring and doesn't like to hang out with him.

Today was called by the fifth prince, Pei Songyan also looked reluctant, and said when he entered the door: "But what's the matter? Tell me quickly, I finally got an appointment with Miss Yumei today, and I have to go there later, but thousands Don't miss a date with nobody."

The fifth prince glanced at Pei Songyan helplessly, and then invited Pei Songyan to the study, served him with good tea, and then talked about Feng Qingli's attack by the thunderbolt.

After Pei Songyan listened to it, the aura of Mr. Feng Liu had disappeared from him, and was replaced by the natural fierceness of the Pei family. After pondering for a while, he said: "His Royal Highness King Yong is young. With this kind of forbearance, and knowing how to hide your strength and bide your time, you have fooled all the old foxes, it is not easy, it is not easy."

The fifth prince said, "Yes, I have been in contact with Xiao Jiu often, but I didn't realize that Xiao Jiu has been disguising himself, deceiving everyone to lose their vigilance against him."

What the fifth prince didn't say was, what was Xiao Jiu thinking in his heart, would he compete with him for the throne?

In fact, even now that Xiao Jiu told him personally that he was not interested in the throne, the Fifth Prince couldn't believe it anymore, who knew if he was pretending again.

Although the fifth prince didn't say these words out of his mouth, Pei Songyan could also think of them. Pei Songyan smiled and said, "Are you worried that His Royal Highness King Yong will also come to grab some position?"

Ordinary people can think so in their hearts and dare not say it so bluntly, but the fifth prince didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Pei Songyan's words. Instead, he nodded directly and said, "Father Huang likes Xiao Jiu the most." Now, if Xiao Jiu has been pretending all these years, and even the news that he is sick and unable to conceive is false, I'm afraid Father will like Xiao Jiu."

Isn't it, no matter Xiaojiu really didn't want to enter the court or it was just to pretend to be himself, some time ago he clearly rejected the errand given by his father, but his father still decided to let him go.

And what was directly given was a good job that they might not be able to get if they fought hard.

The eccentricity of the father can be seen.

Pei Songyan also nodded. Although it is said that the emperor loves the eldest son and the common people like the youngest son, who knows if the emperor will be on a whim. Anyway, the eighth prince, the queen's direct son, cannot inherit the throne. The remaining adult princes, anyway. None of them are legitimate sons, so it depends on their respective abilities.

"This time, my dear third brother is in such a hurry, he does things a little carelessly, I'm afraid he will anger father..." The fifth prince spoke slowly, but both he and Pei Songyan understood the meaning of what he said— The third prince was totally trying to die this time. Although there was no evidence, because of his crazy behavior, the emperor might be disappointed in the third prince. The third prince had basically lost the possibility of inheriting the throne.

In this way, the fifth prince became the only choice. After that, as long as the fifth prince works hard, when the emperor dies, the fifth prince will be the new emperor. But all of this is based on the fact that King Yong Feng Qingli will not compete with the fifth prince basically.

If Feng Qingli returns safely, and he has made a lot of contributions this time, he is afraid that he will be looked at differently by those ministers in no time.

This is really not a good thing for the Fifth Prince.

After the fifth prince and Pei Songyan looked at each other, Pei Songyan said decisively: "This is a very good opportunity!"

At this moment, Pei Songyan does not see the slightest dandyism and flirtatiousness of the young master, only sharpness and viciousness.

After the fifth prince finished listening, he nodded solemnly.

This is indeed a very good opportunity, the ordinary Xiao Jiu, as the one-word side-by-side king, as the emperor's favorite prince, there are always many guards around him to protect him, openly or secretly, and want to kill these It was very difficult for the guards to kill him.

To take a step back, Xiao Jiu doesn't have so many guards around him, and the assassins he sends can kill Xiao Jiu, but if Xiao Jiu dies, his father will definitely be furious. After a thorough investigation, there is no guarantee that he will not Find out the clues and implicate yourself.

The consequences of killing Xiao Jiu are too serious.

Not worth the candle!

But this time is different. This time, let’s not say that Xiao Jiu is alone. As long as he is found, it is very easy to kill him. The fact that killing Xiao Jiu has no consequences is already very shocking. People are moved.

Anyway, everyone knows that this time it was the third prince who crazily attacked and killed His Royal Highness King Yong and Lord Qiu Qida. Even if Feng Qingli died, others would only think that it was the third prince who did it.

As long as the people he dispatches are careful, they will definitely be able to make the clothes seamless. Or, if Feng Qingli can be found here, he doesn't even need to do it himself, as long as he attracts the third prince's people!
The third prince must have sent someone to look for Feng Qingli.

The fifth prince discussed with Pei Songyan for a while, and after that, he made a decision and asked the Pei family to quietly send someone to search for it.

After talking about this matter, Pei Songyan immediately resumed his original image of a suave and suave son, bowed his hands to the fifth prince and said goodbye, "It's getting late, if you don't go, you will be late, let the beauty wait , It’s really not something a good man should do.”

With that said, he left.

The fifth prince was also helpless towards this little uncle. He was actually very smart, but he just didn't want to do business.

This night, the capital seemed to be calm on the surface, but in the dark, there were turmoil.

I don't know how many people, like Gu Mingxuan, suffered from insomnia.

While everyone was waiting anxiously, Qiu Qida encountered another attack. This time, someone dispatched a military siege vehicle to project thunder and boulders.

Qiu Qida was escorted back to Beijing in a coma. The third prince was terrified and wanted to attack and kill Qiu Qida again, but there was no chance. The third prince made a decisive decision and pointed all the evidence to his two important ministers. Being imprisoned, the third prince suffered a heavy loss this time.

The third prince's heart was dripping with blood, while the emperor, besides being shocked and angry, was a little more satisfied.

But to the surprise of both the third prince and the emperor, no evidence was found on Qiu Qida at all, which made the emperor angry again, while the third prince breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his eyes , aimed at Feng Qingli - since the evidence of the crime was not on Qiu Qida's body, then it must be on Feng Qingli's body. As long as Feng Qingli was caught, his crisis would be resolved.

Regardless of the cost, the third prince began to frantically search for Feng Qingli.

The same goes for the Fifth Prince.

So is the emperor.

The Zhengde army in Yanzhou was also looking for Feng Qingli.

But Feng Qingli seemed to have disappeared, and no one could find her.

The rumors from the very beginning quietly began to rise again - all said that His Royal Highness King Yong might have died in the belly of a wolf.

The emperor's face suddenly became much older - although his son is not young, it is very uncomfortable for a white-haired man to give a black-haired man, not to mention, Feng Qingli is the blood left by the woman he likes , he has always been very precious!

After hearing the news, Gu Mingxuan also felt dizzy for a while.

After that, I got sick.

Time will not stand still because of Feng Qingli's life and death and Gu Mingxuan's lingering sickness. In the blink of an eye, the twelfth lunar month has come to an end, and Gu Mingxuan's illness is gradually getting better.

When she was sick, another thing happened in the capital.

This is a big reversal of the case!

Originally, Tian Yihong sued Yong Wang Feng Qingli for murdering an official of the court to vent his personal anger, but suddenly, there was evidence that it was not Yong Wang Feng Qingli who murdered Tian Yonghai, but an official who had a dispute with Tian Yonghai before. He was impeached by Tian Yonghai, and almost lost his official position because of this. Although he did not lose his official position in the end, he was demoted, so he hated Tian Yihong to the bone.

Therefore, he bribed the water ghost to murder Tian Yonghai. He thought that the matter had been understood, but he did not expect that Tian Yihong was still alive. He wanted to kill Tian Yihong, but failed. The fault was blamed on King Yong Fengqingli. I thought that Tian Yihong would calm down after knowing that King Yongfeng Qingli did it, but I didn't expect Tian Yihong to be so stubborn and went to sue.

There are many doubts about the matter, but Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and Shuntian Mansion have concluded the trial, and the emperor has also approved the result. The ministers thought that now that Feng Qingli is dead, it is understandable for the emperor to want to preserve Feng Qingli's reputation , Besides, if they continue to entangle. The emperor, who is sad and angry, still doesn't know what he will do, so let's accept it as soon as it is good.

Because of this, all the ministers stopped their efforts, and after cursing the officials who had personal grievances with Tian Yonghai, the matter was over.

But not long after, rumors gradually spread that it was actually the Third Prince who killed Tian Yonghai this time and blamed His Royal Highness King Yong. Moreover, this statement has been recognized by more and more people .

Even, there is evidence that was rummaged out.

For a while, all the officials were in an uproar, and the common people were full of enthusiasm—everyone has a heart for gossip, and the gossip of the royal family is even more wanting to spread.

Therefore, the third prince's reputation is getting worse!

However, although the rumors of the common people were uproarious, all the ministers in the court were silent - since others can find out these evidences, can't the emperor find out?
Regardless of whether the emperor wanted to protect the third prince or punish him privately, in short, the emperor's attitude towards this matter was that it was definitely not his son who did it.

The ministers did not want to challenge the emperor's bottom line.

When Gu Mingxuan heard the news, a faint smile overflowed from her lips, but, even though she was smiling, it looked bitter.

Gu Wenqian looked at Gu Mingxuan's appearance, and was very worried—the daughter said that it was brother-sister love, but looking at this appearance, I am afraid that the daughter thought of Feng Qingli as a lady, but the daughter was young, so she didn't understand her own It's just the mood, I just thought it was brother and sister.

Alright, now, before my daughter doesn't understand, find a man who is good enough to get engaged, so that my daughter will forget the thoughts she didn't know at the beginning - this is Gu Wenqian's plan.

Therefore, after a heavy snowfall, Gu Wenqian and Mrs. Cui took the post and went to Tsinghua Garden to talk to Gu Mingxuan, wanting her to attend the plum feast.

Gu Mingxuan was a little unhappy.

Gu Mingxuan was powerless to attend banquets at other people's houses, so she really didn't want to go out.

Gu Wenqian was a little worried, he really hoped that Gu Mingxuan would go out for a walk, if not for a blind date, it would be good to go out to relax.

Seeing Gu Wenqian's appearance, Gu Mingxuan pursed her lips and said, "Father, my daughter heard that the plum blossoms in Baoming Temple are also extremely beautiful. My daughter wants to go and see it. Besides, my daughter also wants to pray for grandma and father."

She had long wanted to go to the monastery to offer incense to Feng Qingli, but after she fell ill, her father wouldn't let her go out, so she couldn't do anything.

If you can go to a monastery, that would be great.

Hearing this, Gu Wenqian agreed after thinking about it. Anyway, he just wanted to let his daughter go out to relax. Besides, Baoming Temple is also a famous temple near the capital, and it is very reliable. Moreover, the plum blossoms in Baoming Temple are indeed extremely beautiful. There is nothing wrong with official family members going to watch it, so I said: "In this case, I will talk to your grandmother tomorrow as my father, and let your grandmother take you out for a walk."

"Thank you, father." Gu Mingxuan pursed her lips and smiled, thanking Gu Wenqian.

After Gu Wenqian left, Gu Mingxuan summoned Xiaofeng and asked her to quietly go to her mother's dowry shop to withdraw 300 taels of silver, and made an agreement with the shopkeeper that she would make up for the stolen silver next time—naturally, the money around her was not The only thing missing is that the proceeds are usually placed on Nanny Zhuang's side. She only has 800 taels with her, and she wants to give Feng Qingli 99 taels of silver, begging for his long-term peace in the next life.

Naturally, it's not easy to talk about this kind of thing with Nanny Zhuang.

As for the things that will be used for the next trip, the Fuchu will naturally prepare them. Naturally, she doesn't need to take care of her daughter's family who is not as old as Ji, so she only needs to take out another 300 taels to make up enough.

Xiaofeng nodded when he heard the words, and went to do what Gu Mingxuan wanted to do.

Xiaofeng came back soon. After returning, she first gave the bank notes to Gu Mingxuan. After Gu Mingxuan counted them, she called Du Juan and asked Du Juan to open the box and take out all the bank notes. Gu Mingxuan counted out 99 taels carefully. Put the rest away.

Du Juan didn't know why, but since Gu Mingxuan ordered her to do so, she did the same.

After talking with Gu Wenqian, Mrs. Cui thought that the end of the year was approaching, and it would be good to pray for blessings, so she agreed.

However, she would not go, saying that she was old and could not stand the bumps.

"The granddaughter isn't going either, she stays at home to talk to her grandmother." Gu Mingling said, holding Cui's arm.

"Grandmother knows that you are filial, but since you got engaged, there are very few opportunities to go out. This time, since all the sisters are going, you should go too. Before you get married, take it easy. When you get married, you can go out." Not so free anymore." Cui said with a smile.

"Grandmother came to tease me again." When Gu Mingling first got married, she was unreasonably steady. Now that it's been a little longer, her temper has become lively again, but after all, she has calmed down a lot, so this time she just blushed, but she didn't do it again. Make more coquettish moves.

That's how things settled.

And on this day, Mrs. Sun also received a letter from Gu Wenliang, saying that she would not be able to come back this year for the Chinese New Year, so she only brought a New Year's gift. Mrs. Sun felt an indescribable disappointment in her heart.

But three days later, Mrs. Sun took all the girls at home, including Gu Mingzhi who was still grounded, and set off for Baoming Temple.

They will stay for three days.

Before coming, Gu Wenqian asked someone to say hello to the abbot of Baoming Temple, so after the carriage arrived at Baoming Temple, the Zhike monk saw that they were the female relatives of the Marquis of Shun'an, and smiled and took them to the guest room that had been prepared earlier.

Because there were so many of them, they occupied a large courtyard. However, it was said that it was a large courtyard, but in fact, the Sun family occupied one room, and the Sun family took the mother-in-law to occupy one room; It's just my personal servant girl living with me, as for the wing room, I live in the rough envoy's wife and store luggage.

Gu Minghe and the others frowned a little, but they couldn't do anything about it.

The boat and the car were tiring, and everyone was tired, so they rested first, and after they changed their clothes and lay down for a while, it was already lunch time. After eating, Mrs. Sun took them to worship Buddha.

The little girl's patience was naturally lacking, and she was a little impetuous when she worshiped. Only Gu Mingxuan knelt on the futon, bowed devoutly, and prayed in her heart that the Buddha would bless Feng Qingli forever and ever, and be safe for a long time.

She felt a little shy, although she didn't believe that Feng Qingli had gone, sometimes, Gu Mingxuan would wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, thinking that Feng Qingli had come to visit the garden again, but when she opened her eyes, there was only silence in the room .

Nothing at all.

Therefore, I have to believe that Feng Qingli is really gone.

Others worshiped very quickly, and they were all waiting for her in the end. Seeing this, Gu Mingxuan said, "Why don't all the younger sisters go to worship other Buddhas first, I'm still weak, and I can't walk steadily, so I have to go back sooner or later." gone."

In fact, she wanted to find a Zhike monk to light the ever-burning lamp for Feng Qingli and give up the sesame oil money.

But to do this, you have to get rid of Gu Minghe and others.

Right now, it is an opportunity.

After hearing the words, Gu Mingling and the others hesitated for a while, thinking that the ordinary pilgrims have been blocked out at this moment, and those who can come in are people of high status, and nothing should happen, so they agreed.

Gu Mingxuan waited until they left, and then asked the monk who was knocking on the wooden fish in front of the Buddha: "Master, if you want to light the everlasting lamp, how should you deal with it?"

After the monk was stunned for a moment, he called a young monk and asked him to take Gu Mingxuan to Master Huikong.

The little novice took everyone there, but was told that Master Huikong was discussing Buddhist principles with the guests, so he invited Gu Mingxuan and others to accompany them for a while. Gu Mingxuan was not in a hurry anyway, so she asked the little novice to wait in a nearby clean room.

After sitting for a while, Gu Mingxuan stood up and found that the window of the clean room was facing the side of the Buddhist hall, and there was a corner door to enter the Buddhist hall. She stood silently at the window, although there was a cold wind blowing, she seemed not to feel it. to cold in general.

Xiaofeng was worried, so he could only put the big fur cloak on Gu Mingxuan's body, and persuaded softly: "Miss, your body has not recovered yet, the doctor said that it is easy to relapse after blowing the wind, so it will aggravate the condition..."

Gu Mingxuan smiled, noncommittal.

Seeing her like this, Xiaofeng whispered again: "If His Highness were here, he would certainly not want to see Miss ruining his body like this."

When Gu Mingxuan heard this, she was slightly taken aback.

Then, she lowered her eyes and said softly: "You are right, I really want to cherish myself."

Just as he was about to leave the window, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a familiar figure!

Gu Mingxuan was startled suddenly!
(End of this chapter)