Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 220 The Tragedy in the Palace
"I just said this for your sake." Gu Sixiao raised her head, looked at Lin Mo Niang, and said in a low voice, "Perhaps these words shouldn't be said, but Sister Mo Niang, I can't bear to see you get hurt—in fact, there are rumors in the market that, It's not just that the prince killed innocent people, but also his own girl."

"Nonsense, Lan Xin isn't dead at all!" Sudden silence, Lin Mo Niang looked at Gu Sixiao, covered her mouth, and widened her eyes, "You, you mean—impossible..."

"You know that might be true," Gu Sixiao said in a deep voice, "those girls, why can't you find out who it is, because they are all dead, quietly, no one knows—if you are serious Going to see it, you should find that the girls in Jianchanghou's mansion often have new faces. On your wedding night, why was the girl I called to serve in your room so confused? Could it be you that she is afraid of?!"

"You mean that girl?" Lin Mo Niang whispered as if in a dream, "I heard that she broke a vase that night and was sold out of the house."

"Really sent out to sell the house?" Gu Sixiao asked, Lin Mo Niang couldn't hold on anymore.

Not wanting to admit the facts, but also feeling that what Gu Sixiao said might be true, she turned around, clasped her hands, nervous and tangled, just kept whispering: "It's impossible, it's impossible—how could he Could it be someone like that?"

Looking at Lin Moniang, Gu Sixiao wanted to speak again, but there was commotion not far away.

"Your Majesty has arrived..." There were whispers in his ears.

Gu Sixiao hurriedly corrected her posture and turned to the front.

A little far away, she couldn't see clearly the face of the man who was slowly approaching, but could only see the bright yellow casual clothes and the small golden crown on his head.

The emperor didn't dress very formally, so it can be seen that he really regarded this sacrificial ceremony as normal.

However, most of the concubines who are far or near behind him are dressed very solemnly. As long as the imperial concubine who stands closest is dressed in simple and elegant clothes like your majesty, it can be seen that this imperial concubine really knows your majesty. Heart.Otherwise, how could he have been favored for decades?
Standing behind the right side of the emperor is the crown prince, who is wearing a python robe for formal occasions today, because the crown prince can wear bright yellow, at first glance, it looks even more grand than the emperor's attire.

And behind him, there are some princes, and a group of first-rank officials, presumably it was these people who accompanied the emperor just now.

The emperor was approaching, and before he had fully reached the lake, everyone by the lake knelt down.

Gu Sixiao knelt down slowly, and before she knelt down, she felt someone beside her knelt down with her.

Turning his head to the side, it was Su Jingchun.

Without speaking, Su Jingchun just squeezed her fingertips.

Frowning, he whispered, "It's so cold..."

He said again: "Don't be afraid—it's me!"

Gu Sixiao nodded, feeling very complicated.

"Get up! Tonight is a sacrifice for the souls of all living beings. It's just for the sake of your heart. Don't be too cautious-open the water gate!"

As soon as he gave an order, the eunuchs around him immediately sent down the order, one after another, until Lao Jiu, the wrestlers who had been standing under the water gate for a long time responded, and within half a cup of tea, the water gate opened.

The current was turbulent, and before the Yankou boat was released, countless river lanterns rushed out with the water, but the current was too fast, and many river lanterns were knocked over.

Some people let out a low voice, but there were also some people who had already prepared and prepared the lamps early in the morning. At this time, they squatted down to light the river lamps and put them into the river.

Seeing the big boat sailing slowly out of the water gate, the emperor stroked his beard, nodded with a smile, turned around again, held on to the concubine's hand, and asked with a smile, "Can you set up a river lantern?"

"I would like to release the river lantern together with Your Majesty." The noble concubine smiled and turned her head, and a maid prepared a river lantern and sent it to her.

Holding hands like this, the emperor and the imperial concubine came to the lakeside and put down a lotus lantern with their own hands.

Turning their eyes, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Although they are not young anymore, and the emperor is almost sixty years old, but this glance is still very warm.

Not far away, Prince Rui smiled slightly, although he didn't look complacent, but his expression was very happy.

But the prince lowered his eyes, as if he didn't want to see this scene. If he had sharp eyes, he could still see that the prince's sleeves were trembling slightly.

At this age, he is no longer fighting for his father's favor, let alone being angry for the deceased queen, but this scene once again proves that the emperor has a special liking for the noble concubine, but it makes the prince feel deeply threatened.

Although he is the prince, who knows if the emperor will suddenly become confused and change the prince because of the wind beside his pillow?
However, fortunately, in the past two years, the emperor has also favored those beauties who have just entered the palace. Although he still loves the noble concubine, the number of nights in the imperial concubine's bedroom has gradually decreased.

Although this is a trivial matter, it still made the prince feel a little relieved. Perhaps, he was just comforting himself.

The emperor and the imperial concubine let off the river lanterns, and the concubines who followed behind, as well as the royal family and ministers, also stepped forward to release the river lanterns.

Vaguely, a concubine said: "It's strange, why didn't I see Wang Meiren?! She likes to play these new tricks the most!"

Hearing this question, the emperor thought about it, "Oh, that beauty who can play the flute? Why can't I see her?"

Although it was only favored once before, the emperor still had some impressions.

The noble concubine glanced at the emperor reproachfully, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this concubine will send someone to find your beloved little beauty."

"Hey, what is my love, isn't the concubine the only one I love?"

This sentence was said very lightly, the people nearby only saw what the emperor said, the imperial concubine raised her head to look at the emperor, smiling very coquettishly.

Although he didn't know what he was talking about, he was very envious of the concubine's kindness.

"That beauty Wang, even said how much His Majesty likes her, I don't think so."

"Don't you know? I heard that Wang Meiren recruited an imperial physician before, and said that she hasn't come to Tiankui for a month."

"Really? Can she be so lucky?!" All the concubines whispered, talking lively.

In the distance, a eunuch suddenly ran over, scrambling and scrambling towards the lake, and even fell a big somersault, only yelling: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something happened..."

Such disrespect in front of the king is a capital offense. A senior eunuch who knew this young eunuch hurriedly shouted: "How courageous! Such ignorance, which master taught you! Hurry up and fork it out, ruthlessly hit!"

"No, no, it's true, something really happened!" It seemed that he was really frightened, and was stopped by someone. The little eunuch still stammered without repenting.

Immediately, a eunuch stepped forward, held him back, and covered his mouth.

But she didn't want the commotion to make the imperial concubine speak up: "What happened? Which palace is the little eunuch from? Ask him to come and answer."

The big eunuch didn't want someone to drag him down forcibly, so he had to take the little eunuch over to reply, "Your Majesty, this is an ignorant person who is by Wang Meiren's side. It is really a capital crime to disturb the holy car like this. The slave and maid should drag him down immediately." ..."

The imperial concubine frowned, "It happened to be talking about Wang Meiren! Where's your master? Why is there no one here?"

As soon as Beauty Wang was mentioned, the little eunuch immediately kowtowed, "Your Majesty, empress, you must decide for Beauty Wang! She, she was just killed!"

"What did you say?" The imperial concubine was startled, she could hardly believe her ears, but at this moment, she didn't dare to ask any more, she just turned her head to look at the emperor.

The emperor was shocked when he heard this sentence.

In the inner courtyard of the deep palace, even though there are a lot of people coming tonight, it is said that there is no need to be formal, but the people who come are all the family members of the ministers, and there is no wrongdoer.Could it be an assassin? !

Only then did the emperor think so, the prince had already stepped forward vigilantly, stood in front of the emperor, and shouted loudly: "Escort! Escort—there are assassins..."

Looking at the prince, the emperor was very relieved, but the little eunuch looked at the prince deeply, with strange eyes.

"Your Majesty, you have to be the master for Beauty Wang, and punish that villain severely! Wang, Beauty Wang is still pregnant with a dragon fetus in her stomach, so she has two lives!"

After all, the little eunuch fell to the ground and cried loudly.

Gu Sixiao heard it from a distance, and turned to look at Su Jingchun.

Su Jingchun pursed his lips and remained silent for a while, with a gloomy expression on his face.

All of a sudden, she knew that Su Jingchun knew about this, and maybe it was because of this that she chose Beauty Wang on purpose.

The emperor is old, if Wang Meiren is really pregnant with a dragon fetus, no matter whether she gives birth to a prince or a princess, it will be a child of old age, which will definitely make the emperor happy.

But now, if a person is dead, still pregnant with a dragon fetus, then the emperor will be ten times, a hundred times more angry.

"I just told her to tell the madman who molested her..."

Without looking into Gu Sixiao's eyes, Su Jingchun just murmured in a low voice.

But Gu Sixiao knew that he was talking to her.

Without speaking, Gu Sixiao just held Su Jingchun's hand tightly.

If he is guilty, then she is willing to bear half of it for him, not to mention, it was also her crime.

When the emperor heard that the dead Wang Meiren was pregnant with a dragon fetus, he really flew into a rage.

Even the imperial concubine hastily pleaded guilty, "It's all my fault that my concubine didn't notice, I didn't know that Wang Meiren was pregnant with a dragon fetus."

"I don't blame you..." Helping the concubine up, the emperor also calmed down a bit.

Judging by the words and deeds of the little eunuch, the perpetrator was not an assassin.

"Who killed Wang Meiren?"

The little eunuch raised his head and said in a loud voice: "When the servant bumped into him just now, he called the nearby guards—otherwise the servant ran too fast, and he would have been beaten to death by that villain..."

As he spoke, he pointed to his forehead, it was indeed broken, bloody and bloody.

The eunuch at the side kicked him hard, "Quickly answer Your Majesty's words."

The little eunuch swallowed, "Yes, it's Zheng Xuan, the son of the Marquis of Jianchang!"

The prince, who was still acting as a loyal escort in front of the emperor, was completely taken aback, "Impossible! You are talking nonsense..."

He shouted loudly, but the prince was really guilty.

The prince knew very well what kind of person his brother-in-law was. If he wanted to talk about this matter, it was really possible that he did it.

(End of this chapter)