first princess

Chapter 173: Taking the Culprit by Cleverness (1)
But when she passed by Shui Lingxi, Shui Lingxi suddenly said: "Your Majesty! This painting, actually...is from the Shangshu Mansion, the elder sister of the minister..." Explaining the origin of the painting that Shui Linglong told about.

The queen angrily took people to Hualong Palace. At this time, the emperor was reviewing the memorial. When he saw the angry queen and the embarrassed concubine De, he frowned slightly and said without anger: "What happened?" ?”

The queen bowed respectfully, even though she was sullen, she still showed a bit of tenderness to her husband: "Your Majesty, this concubine has the audacity to disturb your work, it is really this concubine who has something to say, and she can't express it."

The emperor condensed his eyes and motioned for the queen to continue.

The queen calmly said: "The concubine of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion intends to present the treasure map to the concubine. The concubine asked Defei's sister to help identify it if she didn't know the authenticity. The concubine was negligent about it, and then ordered Xiao Dezi to drop the treasure map and put it in the Xun family's carriage. The concubine guessed that she was going to bring the treasure map to the Xun family! "

Concubine De cried and defended: "The concubine was wronged, Your Majesty! The concubine was indeed a fake when she identified it for the first time, but for some reason, the one found later turned out to be the real one! The concubine did not collude with Concubine Shui! Please! The emperor is clear!"

"Of course you didn't collude with Concubine Shui! Concubine Shui didn't know about it at all! You colluded with Prince Pingnanhou! Only Concubine Shui didn't know, so you wouldn't show your feet! In the end, you are only afraid of being secretive to the prince of Pingnanhoufu. It's been a long time! I don't know what evil intentions you guys are hiding?" the queen said righteously!

Concubine De really couldn't argue: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you trust my concubine! No concubine..."

The emperor blinked suspiciously, and instead of judging the treasure theft case immediately, he asked the queen, "Who did you just say presented the treasure map?"

The queen replied: "Shui Linglong is the concubine of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion." At the end, she said, "She is the eldest daughter of the Shangshu Mansion. She found it by chance in the storeroom of the Shangshu Mansion. She thought it looked good at the time, so she held it in her hand." , put the treasure map together with some inconspicuous calligraphy and paintings, and the concubine guessed that Shui Shangshu didn't know it was a treasure map."

That picture was indeed taken away by Nuo Min!The emperor's eyes dimmed at first, then brightened, and then he seemed to be in a daze. Neither the empress nor the concubine De knew what the emperor was thinking, but after a while, he heard him say in a deep voice: "Concubine De colluded with Marquis Pingnan The prince stole the treasure map, he committed a heinous crime..."

Concubine De was finally found guilty of colluding with the Pingnanhou Mansion to steal the treasure map. The emperor deprived Concubine De of her title, reduced her to a dressing-gown, and gave her a glass of poisoned wine.

If Xun Feng was lucky enough to be exempted from Shui Chenxiang's accident last time, but this time he is not so lucky.

Of course, creating something out of nothing also depends on the occasion. The concubine is the emperor's woman, and it is easy to deal with her.Xun Feng is different. He is the mainstay of a family of meritorious service. To pull him down, an illusion fabricated by Shui Linglong is far from enough.But both the queen and the emperor decided to use this opportunity to eradicate the most powerful political opponent for the prince.

The official rhetoric is that the emperor summoned Xun Feng for a secret talk, hoping to know the truth about the theft.Unexpectedly, when the emperor exposed Xun Feng's lies one after another, and planned to put him in the prison and give him a heavy sentence, Xun Feng suddenly lost his mind, pulled out the hairpin on the top of his head and began to stab the emperor.Eunuch Chang bravely rescued the Lord and took a stab for the emperor, buying precious time for the arrival of the Imperial Forest Army.Under the joint efforts of the Imperial Forest Army, Xun Feng was finally captured.Assassinating the emperor of a country was supposed to be a capital crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the family, but the emperor did not exterminate the Xun family for the sake of the old patriarch. Instead, he deprived Xun Feng of his official position and the position of heir, and exiled him As far as the eastern border, non-Zhao is not allowed to return to Beijing.

On the other side, Shui Linglong made meritorious deeds by presenting treasures, and the queen ordered Xu Shuilingxi to reconcile with Xun Feng. Shui Lingxi survived the fate of going to the bitter cold place together, and returned to the Shangshu Mansion.

The dark room was filled with bloody blood. Nazha was dressed in plain clothes, with disheveled hair, and sat slumped on a polished chair. The Zhu Dan red paint slowly reflected the faint light of the candle, illuminating her pale face, reflecting a wandering soul. Generally gloomy.At her feet was Xiao Anzi who died with regret.

Eunuch Zhang held the tray in one hand, and said in a strange way: "Yu Changing clothes, it's time to go on the road, don't make things difficult for our family!"

Two lines of tears overflowed from Nazha's red and swollen eyes again. She got up and hugged Eunuch Zhang's arm, begging bitterly, "Where's Eleven? Where's my Eleven? I want to see him!"

Eunuch Zhang brushed her hand away in disgust: "Sinful woman Yu Xiwan! Your Eleventh Highness is now the empress's son-in-law, and has nothing to do with you! If you want to cry, go to the underworld to cry with Lord Hades!"

Nazha's body was unsteady, she fell to the ground, her forehead hit the armrest of the chair, blood flowed down her cheek, she stretched out her hand to touch it, it was so slightly hot that it felt like a soldering iron, burning her fingertips , burning in her heart, she looked at herself in the bronze mirror, suddenly like a lion whose tail had been stepped on, she became excited for a moment: "No! I don't want to die! You are the executioner sent by the queen The emperor will not be willing to kill me! It must be the empress who made her own claim and passed the imperial decree! You let Eunuch Chang come! The emperor’s edicts are all delivered by Eunuch Chang! What are you? How dare you condemn me to death? So-called!"

Hmph, if Eunuch Chang hadn't blocked Shizi Xun's stabbing for Long Live Lord and fell unconscious tonight, it really wouldn't be his turn to pass on this decree!Eunuch Zhang squinted at Nazha contemptuously: "Hold her down for our family! She has to drink this poisonous wine, and she has to drink it if she doesn't drink it!"

A few young eunuchs were reluctant to do anything due to the majesty of Concubine De in the past.

Eunuch Chang raised his feet and kicked them one by one: "Long Live Lord's will is to give Yu a change of clothes and poisoned wine. If she doesn't drink, our task will not be completed! Are you afraid of a dying person, or are you afraid of the high-ranking Long Live Lord?" ?”

The few people didn't hesitate any longer, stepped forward, and held down Nazha!

Eunuch Zhang smiled coldly, grabbed her jaw, and poured poisonous wine into her mouth...

"I didn't expect it to be like this." After listening to Zhuge Yu's explanation, Shui Linglong in Moheyuan was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.The emperor likes Nuomin, and regards Nazha as Nuomin's substitute, even if Nazha "steals the treasure map", the emperor will more or less take into account some past friendships and spare Nazha's life, or... Did the emperor really care about the treasure map so much?

Zhuge Yu hugged Shui Linglong on his lap, and while stroking her belly, he said with a half-smile: "Concubine De is dead, but Nazha is not."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Shui Linglong looked at him with wide eyes.

Zhuge Yu held her in his arms, put his chin against her soft shoulder, and said with a hint of teasing: "Didn't you say that the emperor regards Nazha as your mother's substitute? Since he loves Nazha so much, you How can this kind of framing, which is not considered clever, be hidden from his eyes?"

Shui Linglong turned her head and stared at him unconvinced: "What? Are you looking down on me?"

Zhuge Yu smiled lightly, touched her red lips that were pursed in anger, leaned over to swallow them again, tasted it carefully with the tip of his tongue, and then said in Shui Linglong's eyes that wanted to shoot him into a sieve: "Isn't that what you plan to do?" Concubine De and Xun Feng are the hearts of the emperor and the empress. You know that the empress has wanted to bring down concubine De for a long time, and you also know that she and the emperor are deeply jealous of Xun Feng. Since they have covered it up for you, and they have blocked all kinds of loopholes for you, you can watch Concubine De and Xun Feng fall from their horses with peace of mind. In the end, you can still nest in the palace on the grounds of pregnancy discomfort and fright. Don't go to face Sheng. Anyway, the palace is protecting you, and the emperor can't force you to go. In the case of the second best, the emperor can only interrogate Shui Lingxi and Shui Lingyue. Of these two, the former hates Xun Feng The latter has been out of favor for a long time and has to lean closer to you, who made you show your strength in front of Shui Lingyue again and again?"

After saying that, he kissed her soft red lips again, a woman is too smart to live tired, he thought she was trying to plot against Shui Lingxi with a treasure map, so he didn't take it to heart, he didn't expect her to Targeted Xun Feng and Concubine De.

Shui Linglong smiled, and asked again: "You just said that Nazha is not dead, what do you mean?"

Zhuge Yu looked at her playfully, as if waiting for her to figure it out.

Shui Linglong narrowed her eyes suspiciously, and fell into deep thought: "Could it be...the emperor knew Nazha's true identity a long time ago, killed Concubine De on the surface, but actually let her go free and let her go back to Mobei?"

The arc of smile at the corner of Zhuge Yu's mouth gradually widened, the candlelight reflected on his handsome face, and the brightness in his eyes increased a bit: "That's right. The reason why Mobei lost to Dazhou is largely due to too many internal differences. With the treasure map, you can’t find the holy relics in Mobei, and you can’t command the major factions that have been fighting for a long time. Now that you have the treasure map, Nazha, as the princess of the Dong family, naturally has an extraordinary appeal.”

"I seem to understand what the emperor is doing." Shui Linglong felt a chill in her heart, "He first incited the Tai clan to start a civil strife, and ordered Guo Yan to go out to fight. Guo Yan won a big victory under the cooperation of the inside and outside, and the Dong clan After being slaughtered, only the eleven princes in the palace were left! Then he used the excuse of the Thai family to present a fake treasure map, and Guo Yan severely injured the Tai family. Now, the princess Dong was born carrying the treasure map , even if the Thai family wants to turn against it, they don’t have that much ability. Therefore, there is no one else except Nazha and the eleventh prince according to the will of the people and the aspirations of the officials! After being stable, marrying a man from Mobei, and giving birth to a more pure bloodline, wouldn't the eleventh prince's throne be ruined?"

Zhuge Yu smiled indifferently: "Guess again, what exactly did the emperor give Nazha to drink tonight?"

Shui Linglong's bright eyes widened: "Don't tell me it's the perfect medicine!"

Zhuge Yu didn't answer, but Shui Linglong got the answer she wanted from his icy eyes, the emperor's methods were cruel, no less than Xun Feng.Nazha, who loves her son like her life, will suffer from the pain of separation from mother and son, and will willingly become the emperor's claws to seize Mobei, because this is the only way for her to reunite with her son.If her guess is correct, on the day when Mobei truly surrenders to the eleventh prince, the emperor will kill the mother and keep the son, so as not to let the Mobei regime fall into the hands of the Queen Mother.

Suddenly thought of something, Shui Linglong's expression became solemn: "Since the emperor knows that Nazha is not from Dazhou, will he suspect the king's father?" After all, this false identity was fabricated by the prince for Nazha.

A trace of tiredness appeared between Zhuge Yu's brows: "It's been dealt with, it can't be found."

Shui Linglong raised her hand to press his temple, squinted her eyes and smiled, and changed the topic: "Then tell me, what will the emperor and queen think of my behavior?"

Zhuge Yu enjoyed her gentleness, and his tone became gentle: "You are the prince concubine of the palace, which naturally represents the position of the palace. In their eyes, your every move is ordered by the palace. In the eyes of the two of them, it is just a means by the Zhenbei Palace to suppress the Pingnanhou Palace. They are unlikely to think that everything is your scheme, and they are afraid that the Palace can even use the pregnant daughter-in-law in order to eradicate political enemies! "At the end of the talk, Zhuge Yu pinched her pink face angrily and amusedly.

Shui Linglong put down her hand and snorted: "Xu Feng held me hostage last time, I couldn't be more angry, I just wanted to make him never recover." It was an explanation of why she hated Xun Feng so much.

Zhuge Yu stared at her intently, as if he was trying to tell the truth from what she said. Shui Linglong had lived two lifetimes, and she had already acquired the ability to keep her face and heart beating, not to mention that she was not completely lying. It was quite annoying for her.Zhuge Yu couldn't see anything, smiled lightly, and said again: "Okay, Xun Feng was expelled from the Pingnan Palace, and since then he has nothing to do with the Xun family, and without the protection of the Xun family, it would be better for him to make a comeback Difficult."

As long as Xun Feng is not dead, she will not be at ease. To be able to be an emperor in his previous life, Xun Feng must first have the life of a nobleman; in addition, he does have perseverance and brains that are higher than ordinary people. It's not stiff, she doesn't believe that Xun Feng has planned for many years, and it will be difficult for him to leave Xun's house.

Zhuge Yu held her hand and said very seriously: "Leave the rest to me, and you can take care of the baby with peace of mind."

Shui Linglong was taken aback for a moment, but then felt warm in her heart, she is not fighting alone in this life, and occasionally she has a haven to rest when she gets tired, doesn't she?

"it is good."

Zhuge Yu smiled slightly, patted her little head, and said: "That's right! Don't worry anymore in the future, I married you to let you enjoy happiness, not to let you worry about Zhuge's family every day! Zhuge's family The sky is supported by men from the Zhuge family, and I will be ahead of you when it falls, so don’t be stupid again, you know?"

Shui Linglong spread out her palms, hands, these are the same hands, but in this life she doesn't need to hold the butcher's knife anymore.Because this man said that marrying her is to make her happy, and when the sky falls, he is also ahead of her.That is to say, never use her, and will protect her even in death?
Zhuge Yu's big palm moved down, gently stroking her hard belly, and his soft tone changed, and he played the music of cool dad, "Son! Is there anyone bullying your mother in the palace today? Tell me, dad go!" Beat him up!"

At this time, Zhi Fan happened to come in with a midnight snack, and when he heard Zhuge Yu asking Shui Linglong if she was being bullied, her hands trembled in fright, and the tray almost fell to the ground!

Zhuge Yu's eyes flashed coldly, and he looked at Zhi Fan: "What's wrong?"

Zhifan turned her questioning gaze to Shui Linglong, who shook her head.Zhi Fan sneered and said: "Oh, nothing...nothing. Do not look at evil, I didn't see anything! Really... I didn't see anything!" After finishing speaking, he lowered his head, as if he was just like that The gaffe occurred when he saw the ambiguity between Shui Linglong and Zhuge Yu.

Shui Linglong plunged into his arms very cooperatively, her little paws grabbed the hem of his clothes, and said angrily, "Damn it!" Goosebumps...

Zhifan put the tray on the table, and exited the room as if escaping.

Shui Linglong knew that she was careless this time. Knowing that Concubine De and Xun Feng were in collusion, and also aware of Concubine De's abnormal state, she still bit the venison pie. According to her She was cautious in the past, but she would avoid herself in time for the slightest sign of trouble, but this time...she let her guard down.

Shui Linglong is like a child who has done something wrong and tries to hide it from her parents, she is so guilty that she breaks out in a cold sweat.

Zhuge Yu obviously felt the wetness on her forehead, held up her face and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Shui Linglong whispered, "I'm hungry."

Zhuge Yu smiled narrowly: "I'll feed you."

The guilty child didn't think deeply, just nodded his head like a garlic: "Uh...ok...huh?"

Before Shui Linglong could react, Zhuge Yu turned over and pressed her down, his slender fingers brushed slowly over her blooming, soft and graceful body, and said in a hoarse voice, "I've been hungry for more than a month, huh? I will feed you today."

Shui Linglong... astonished!
Guo Yan's task of transporting materials was successfully completed. Not only that, he also secretly visited many high-ranking officials in Mobei according to the emperor's secret order, and sent out the accompanying beauties. A total of 20 officials were bought, and the other [-] people Ten people made it clear that they would not accept the emperor's overture, and the other ten people used the word "drag": it takes time to think about it!

Guo Yan stretched his waist, how does Mo Bei care about him?He just wants to guard Linglong, he hasn't seen her for a long time, he really has wings and wants to fly back!

"General, after passing through this forest, you can see the capital after half a day's journey!" Chang Sui Xiaohan handed over a shriveled piece of donkey meat, and said honestly, "General, eat something, you eat very little at night .”

Guo Yan casually picked up the donkey meat and took a bite. It tasted like chewing wax. He frowned: "Dig a few holes, install simple traps, and eat fresh ones tomorrow morning!"

"Oh!" Xiaohan scratched his head, took out a small shovel from the suitcase, and began to dig hard.

Guo Yan was leaning on the big tree while biting the dry donkey meat, thinking about Linglong Qiao's smiling face, he only hated that he had lost his memory for five years in his previous life, and he didn't see everything he lost until he was dying. Now he is married, Acting like a child in Lai Linglong's arms again, it seems... very embarrassing!

(End of this chapter)