Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 170

"It's been a long time, I'm just wondering, now you don't pretend to be stupid anymore?"

When Xiao Mingrui said this, there was some irony in it.

Xie Mingyan had been pretending to be stupid for the past few years, as if she was just an ordinary court lady who didn't know anything and forgot everything about Xie Mingyan.

But ever since she escaped, Xiao Mingrui knew that she hadn't forgotten at all, she was just pretending to be stupid.

Especially now that he has got the truth, Xiao Mingrui has to admire this woman for her hard work day in and day out to be able to escape.

If she tried to hide after she escaped, or escaped from the capital, it might be really difficult for Xiao Mingrui to find her.

Or if she didn't make trouble, Xiao Mingrui wouldn't be able to find her either.

But obviously the resentment in this woman's heart is serious, she wanted to take revenge on him, Xiao Mingrui, and want him to be unlucky, so it's not surprising that she arranged such a thing.

But no matter how powerful she was, she was still caught and appeared in front of Xiao Mingrui again.

Xie Mingyan's complexion was a little pale. Several years of incarceration made her complexion look pale and feeble, and her whole body also looked very haggard and old.

But even so, she was still a woman in her twenties. She was tied to a chair and could not move at the moment. She only half-sarcastically said: "I am the only one who can fool you, the emperor."

Xiao Mingrui looked at the woman in front of him a little strangely. To be honest, he used to think that this woman was very inexplicable. From her appearance to the things she brought, Xiao Mingrui felt both fear and anticipation.

There are some things she left behind that he still doesn't understand. That book is one of them. It seems to be the history of later generations. Although there are some discrepancies, there are not many differences.

"After you escaped, you didn't leave the capital, but you went to find King Qi... I want to know, King Qi was already crazy at that time, everyone knew about it, why did you go to find him?"

Xie Mingyan looked at him mockingly: "Why do I know, because I came from a later life. You think you know everything after reading my book. There is only one book in that book, written hundreds of years ago. History is only an excerpt, and many things are not written on it, how do you know?"

Xiao Mingrui's eyes turned cold. He sent someone to investigate the owner of the pigeon, and finally found to his surprise that he found King Qi's watermelon that he thought was rotten.

It was written in the book she gave that King Qi had passed away in recent years, because it was not an important matter and was just mentioned in passing. Xiao Mingrui didn't know what happened, whether he died of illness or what.

However, Xie Mingyan obviously knew.

Xiao Mingrui was shocked because he found out that the matter was related to King Qi, because King Qi had already gone crazy, how could this matter be related to him?

Although King Qi deliberately used means to divert his attention, trying to make him suspect Xiao Mingchen, but Xiao Mingrui didn't believe this at all, anyone could, except his fifth brother would not do this.

It wasn't long after leaving Dezhou that Xiao Mingrui found out about it. King Qi was not crazy, but pretended to be crazy.

Xiao Mingrui was really surprised that this guy was so scheming and had been holding back for so long.

And at this time, Xie Mingyan who had been running away was caught from there. Xiao Mingrui knew that the inside story of this matter could not be let anyone know, so he had Xie Mingyan escorted all the way to Jinling. It took a long time to hurry. The time has just come here.

Hearing what Xie Mingyan said at this moment, he took a deep breath and sneered: "I know how, I live well, do you think you can pull me down by cooperating with a prince who has lost power? White Lotus Sect, tsk tsk, you guys are not The means are really good."

Xie Mingyan laughed loudly: "Yes, this matter is because I overestimated those Jianghu people. I thought their martial arts were so strong that it would be easy for hundreds of people to win them. I didn't expect them to be so useless. Actually, this matter I knew it all in advance. The assassination happened when you went south next year. I didn’t expect you to arrive this year earlier, but what should have happened happened. They still assassinated you. Although they failed, it was theirs madness."

Xiao Mingrui was really surprised in his heart, but he looked at Xie Mingyan expressionlessly.

He really didn't expect that Xie Mingyan knew so many things.

"You can't think that King Qi is pretending to be crazy, but I know, haha... I told you to lock me up. If you are willing to treat me well, I might have told you many things before... But you are so vicious , lock me up, you and that Murong Wei deserve to die, how can I not make good use of this opportunity?"

Xie Mingyan laughed happily, his face was full of complacency.

Obviously, she arranged such an assassination this time, especially the most unexpected contact was the "crazy" King Qi, which no one expected. The matter thought of King Qi.

Xie Mingyan only wanted to take revenge on Xiao Mingrui, but King Qi wanted to fish in troubled waters.

If Xiao Mingrui's family can be killed by the opportunity, then only the second prince and a two-year-old baby will be of any use. At that time, he can blame Xiao Mingchen, and when the officials want to make Wenpei emperor, King Qi can Taking the opportunity to cause turmoil in the court, when the emperor was assassinated and died or Xiao Mingchen rebelled against him, then he would find a way to return to the court to control the government.

Or even further.

If Xiao Mingrui was not killed, King Qi would also like to take the opportunity to disgust them, and then transfer the conflict to Xiao Mingchen.

It would be best to cause their brothers to fight each other.

After all, it is difficult for anyone to think that this matter has something to do with King Qi.

Moreover, King Qi thought that he had obtained the treasure of Xie Mingyan, and he could take the opportunity to make trouble if he could know some things in the future, but there were plenty of opportunities.

But no one expected that when Dezhou City was blocked, the people from the Department of General Affairs accidentally caught a carrier pigeon, and just got a piece of news.

Just relying on such a few clues, they actually caught the matter of King Qi.

He even found Xie Mingyan who was hiding.

It is true that King Qi still had some connections, like this time, someone got out a crossbow arrow and wanted to shoot Xiao Mingrui from a long distance, and the person died afterwards.

And some other members of the White Lotus Sect were also contacted by King Qi. The White Lotus Sect did not know the identity of the other party, but they were willing to provide the White Lotus Sect with arrows. Otherwise, the White Lotus Sect would not be so courageous. At this time Attack because they are not quite ready yet.

Who would have thought that Xiao Mingrui was very vigilant at the time, otherwise he would definitely be injured.

If a young child is injured, it is even more irreparable pain.

"I think you deserve to die. I haven't touched you all these years, do you really think that I dare not kill you? Conspiring with King Qi to assassinate me, such a thing can only be done by you two lunatics." Xiao Mingrui said lightly. : "Xie Mingyan, this time, I won't forgive you again."

Xie Mingyan shrugged indifferently: "It's up to you, kill as you like, I'll wait for what happens to you and Murong Wei, haha..."

She laughed crazily, almost to the point of tears.

"Who in this world is better than me? He plotted against Xiao Mingrui, plotted against the current emperor, Your Majesty Gande...haha, if my friends knew about it, they would be scared to death." Xie Mingyan said unconsciously, his eyes widening. Confused, seems to think of a lot of things in the past.

What time travel, if she can, she will never do it again.

Xiao Mingrui was suffocated in his heart, and suddenly got up, walked in front of her, looked down at her with a strange expression, he took out the book, turned out a page, and pointed to her: "What is written on it is true ?”

Seeing the content above, Xie Mingyan laughed even harder.

"Have you ever been afraid?" Xie Mingyan was not afraid of anything at this time.

When she conspired with King Qi, she completely forgot about everything, she just wanted revenge once.

But this time, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, Xie Mingyan doesn't want to stay anymore.

She didn't know if death would bring her back to her own world, but she didn't want to stay in this cold and heartless place.

"What are you laughing at? I'm asking if you are!" Xiao Mingrui was furious, and suddenly strangled her neck: "You crazy woman, don't think that you have a strange background, I dare not kill you!"

Xie Mingyan coughed, and she panted quickly: "Hahaha... Isn't it because you didn't kill me all these years because you wanted to know about the future? Didn't you just want to see if I could help you?"

Xiao Mingrui did not deny that it was indeed for this reason that he kept her in the first place.

Due to some undeniable reasons, Xiao Mingrui had to keep him.

He has a heart disease in his heart, which has been hidden in his heart for many years, but today he has to solve it.

"Joke, I got everything by myself, not by your book!"

He never thought that knowing what would happen in the future, at most, he just avoided some dangers, but when it comes to specific affairs, isn't it because of his hard work every day that the country is prospering?

Xie Mingyan nodded: "That's right, you are formidable, wise and powerful. But so what, let me tell you, what is written in that book is true, that's how it is written in history books!"

Xiao Mingrui let her go, and withdrew his hand as if he had been scalded by a hot charcoal fire, his face was livid and ugly: "You..."

His voice was a little hoarse: "You said that you can change history, and I have the final say on all of this."

Yes, history is created by people, isn't it?

He is the emperor, and if a decree is promulgated, it is likely to change the fate of many people.

Can't he still change the fate of some people and the direction of the so-called history?
He didn't believe that he couldn't change everything after knowing the future.

Xie Mingyan started giggling, her laughter was sharp and piercing: "It's useless, history can't be changed!"

"It has changed, the assassination time has been advanced as you said, hasn't it?"

"It's useless. These things that should have happened may be reversed in advance due to time problems, but they will still happen. King Qi will still die, and you will still be assassinated. As for your beloved queen, haha, I have already Said, she will die a terrible death!"

Xiao Mingrui punched Xie Mingyan in the face angrily, knocking her out immediately.

"No, I said that if you can change it, you can change it!"

Xiao Mingrui's eyes were red, his chest was heaving and unsteady, walking back and forth in the room, occasionally looking at Xie Mingyan, the heart disease in his heart seemed to be a demon, which made him unable to calm down for a while.

Xiao Mingrui threw the "Zheng Shu Twelve Emperors of the Great Qin Dynasty" on the table, and sat on the armchair by himself, with unspeakable worry and anger on his face in the light.

"I'm rich in the world, can't I even keep the woman I love?"

Xiao Mingrui calmed down, he didn't read that book anymore, it was useless, everything above would not change.

"My fate is up to me. I don't believe that if I know it in advance, I can't change all of this. If so, what's the use of knowing? Is it true that being an emperor still has to follow a fixed route? It's destined by God, I don't believe it." Can't change anything!"

Xiao Mingrui was talking to himself, after a long time he put away the book, hid it in the bookcase, and locked it.

"Small road."

Xiao Luzi hurried in, seeing the unconscious Xie Mingyan, his eyelids twitched.

"Take this woman down and lock her up."

Xiao Luzi agreed, covered Xie Mingyan's head again, and asked someone to take her away.

Many things remain as usual.

In the quiet Qingjiangpu, the night is misty, and the boats on the Grand Canal go back and forth, and some white-capped boats sailing at night sail into the distance.

Xiao Mingrui stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the canal under the moonlight, his heart fluctuated.

Fate, this ungraspable and indescribable fate, even he, the supreme emperor in the world, cannot grasp it.

Although he is the supreme being in the world, although he stands on a high place, he does not do whatever he wants, unless he wants to be a tyrant, unless he wants to be rebelled.

But he doesn't believe in fate. He has struggled to survive since he was a child, and later ascended to the throne of Nine-Five Supreme. All of this is not based on a book, but on his own ability.

And he didn't believe that with all the manpower and material resources in the world, he couldn't change all of this.

"What about history, I will write it as I let it be written!"

Xiao Mingrui thought arrogantly in his heart, then turned around and left suddenly, with wind in his clothes.

Although the bedroom on the dragon boat was not comparable to the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace in the imperial palace in the capital, it was also decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, very exquisite. When entering the bedroom, I saw Murong Wei telling stories to the children in the flower hall of the bedroom.

The three little radish heads sat on the side, raising their heads obediently, like little dolls waiting to eat candy, listening with round eyes, sometimes exclaiming and sometimes asking questions.

Xiao Mingrui stopped and stopped.

Murong Wei was telling them "The Story of Avanti".

"Avanti boasted of himself and said: 'I understand the language of birds.' The emperor heard this, and the emperor took Avanti to hunt. As he walked, he came across a broken earth wall. Hearing an owl "cuckoo" from under the wall, he asked Avanti, "What did you hear it say?" Squeeze, and soon his country will be like my lair.'”

"Mother, this Avanti, won't the emperor beat him?" Lele blinked her eyes. She was happiest when she was listening to stories. She usually slept more than she was awake, and she didn't know about this child. What's the matter, to develop such a sleeping god who loves to sleep.

Pei Geer, the youngest, giggled and said, "Owl, I want an owl!"

The tiger's head looked thoughtful: "Mother, is Avanti asking the emperor for advice? In fact, he doesn't understand bird language at all, right?"

Murong Wei smiled and said, "It's up to you to think for yourself."

Xiao Mingrui nodded secretly when he heard it outside. In fact, this story was told by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that water can carry a boat and water can overturn it. It is a truth. A king should treat the people kindly, and can't impose violent taxes, otherwise the people will rise up and overthrow you. up.

Avanti is an allegory, not a real understanding of bird language.

Persuading the emperor to accept advice in this way is just a tactful way.

Hutou really started to think, but Lele soon pestered Murong Wei to tell another interesting story, asking Murong Wei to tell the story of Cinderella.

Murong Wei asked Lele to practice the changed big characters tomorrow, or she would not tell the story at night, and Lele hurriedly agreed.

Wen Pei is still young, and at this time he also listens to the story of Cinderella with his sister, and he is full of energy.

But Tiger Head has obviously heard this story many times, and has long lost interest. At this time, he is thinking about the story of Avanti just now.

"Cinderella married the prince, and they lived happily ever after."

Lele looked forward to it: "It would be great if I also had a pair of crystal shoes, but Queen Mother, where is this place? Why is there a dance?"

"That's a Western story, and the customs are different from ours."

"The queen mother knows a lot." Lele said adoringly.

She loved listening to her mother tell stories since she was a child, and she didn't know how her mother knew so many good stories, and she would make them some strange toys. Since childhood, their siblings lived very happily, although now they have to start to read and judge when they grow up. Writing and learning court etiquette bothered her a bit, but Lele still loved being with her mother the most.

Xiao Mingrui coughed lightly, Murong Wei looked up and said hastily: "The emperor is back, why are you standing outside?"

"Father!" All three children came to pay their respects, Xiao Mingrui smiled and patted the head of the younger son, and asked Hutou: "What do you think about the story your mother told you just now?"

Hutou said seriously: "I feel that Afanti wants to persuade the emperor to treat the people well, otherwise the country will be destroyed sooner or later like a wall being knocked down."

Xiao Mingrui nodded, Hutou was only five years old, although he was out of the court to study, but he was very smart to think of these things at such a young age, Xiao Mingrui was very satisfied, and told Hutou the story of Tang Taizong.

When Murong Wei saw that the father and son were talking about how to govern the country, she shook her head helplessly. Lele was a little sleepy, so Murong Wei sent her back to sleep.

Wen Pei was also taken away by the nanny, and only Hutou was left talking to Xiao Mingrui, listening to his father talking about the events of Tang Taizong at that time, the simple-to-understand narration made the child listen very seriously, and looked at his face with admiration. Father.

Murong Wei felt a little jealous, and thought, you brat, who raised you up when you were young, your father is very busy all day long, it is rare to see you, and I don't know why you are so close to him.

Xiao Mingrui talked to his son for half an hour, and seeing that it was getting late, he told Hutou not to forget his homework, and let him go back to rest.

There was a gentle breeze on the boat, and it wasn't hot, Xiao Mingrui looked at Murong Wei's peaceful face, and was in a daze for a while.

"Husband, have you seen Xie Mingyan?"

Murong Wei also paid special attention to Xie Mingyan. After all, Xie Mingyan also came from time travel. Although she did not come from the same world as her, it also made her different from other people.

Xiao Mingrui nodded, "This matter is actually related to the matter in Dezhou. Thank you Mingyan... She cooperated with King Qi and arranged for the assassination."

Murong Wei was very surprised: "But how did she know, and isn't King Qi crazy?"

"He's pretending to be crazy... Xie Mingyan, you know, she knows some things about the future, so she took advantage of these things, how did she do it in the middle, I won't talk about it, but the White Lotus Sect was planning to assassinate him, It's just that they were used by them, and both parties benefited. Later, I got some information and found them, and I didn't expect it."

She completely believed that Xie Mingyan and King Qi had done this.

If Xie Mingyan knew the history, and she knew that King Qi was not crazy, it would not be surprising to find King Qi after fleeing, and it would not be strange to use the White Lotus Sect to arrange this matter. Who made Xiao Mingrui lock her up? How could she not hate their husband and wife?
However, Murong Wei didn't expect that this woman was so mad that she wanted to wipe out their family!
In particular, King Qi participated.

Murong Wei said with a sullen face: "So, she knows a lot."

Xiao Mingrui hugged her suddenly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't worry about what she knows, if you offend me, I won't let her and King Qi go."

Murong Wei was a little surprised by his performance and looked at him, but Xiao Mingrui didn't say anything, just hugged her tightly.

"Wei'er, remember, there is no one in this world who is more important than you, so...you promise me that you will always take care of yourself and not make me worry."

Murong Wei laughed: "What are you talking about? Of course I will take care of myself, but you are busy all day, so I am worried about your body."

She is a doctor herself, so she really doesn't think there is anything wrong with her.

Besides, if something is really wrong, can't she find it out by herself?
Xiao Mingrui looked at her seriously, saw that she didn't take it seriously, sighed, and thought to himself, it's enough to bear all this by himself, don't let his wife have a bad life because of these worries, so that she doesn't know anything more good.

I can always live happily, after all, it is still a bit far away.

Just let him bury these things in his heart alone, he won't tell Murong Wei about it.

The next day, a piece of news came, making Xiao Mingrui silent for a long time.

Xie Mingyan died, she committed suicide.

Perhaps for Xie Mingyan, suicide was the best ending, and she didn't want to be locked up again, let alone continue.

She wants to die, death may not be a bad ending for her, maybe she still has a chance to return to the 21st century.

Xiao Mingrui was silent for a while, then murmured: "If you die, you can die, that's fine, I don't need to hear what that woman said anymore."

He has his own way to go, and he doesn't need others to point out this way or say something to disturb his mind.

Xiao Mingrui didn't tell Murong Wei the news, because he didn't want her to know about it.

Xie Mingyan's death did not bring him much worry, and soon he forgot about it.

Because today I left from Qingjiangpu and turned to the Yangtze River, and within half a day, I arrived at Jinling City.

As Nanjing, Jinling is also a bustling place for cosmetics. On the banks of the Qinhuai River, there is a fragrance of cosmetics, and the lower reaches of Qixia Mountain are full of people.

When the emperor entered Beijing, the common people came to welcome him, so it was very lively.

Looking at this ancient capital, Murong Wei felt quite moved. At this time, Jinling City was very prosperous, and there was a huge tower in the city. This tower was very tall and overlooked the whole city. Later generations were blown up during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and future generations will never see it again. .

Today, Murong Wei was lucky enough to see this ancient pagoda, and the bustling Jinling City was revealed in the tranquility.

Hutou and Lele looked at this big city curiously. Jinling was obviously different from other cities along the way, and it was more prosperous, exuding an aura of luxury.

It's really easy to live in peace in this kind of place, but it's not easy to think about danger.

After arriving in Jinling, Xiao Mingrui first met with some local officials and dealt with some state affairs. Two days later, he took Prince Hutou to pay homage to the imperial tomb.

After paying homage to the imperial mausoleum, he would naturally not leave Jinling so soon.

Xiao Mingrui took Murong Wei and the child to change into casual clothes and toured the scenery of Jinling. Of course, in order to prevent things like Dezhou from happening, the officials in Jinling also made great efforts, but all the places Xiao Mingrui went to visit had evacuated tourists in advance. It can be said that It's done very well in terms of safety.

Of course, the assassination was just a coincidence. The assassination of the emperor does not happen all the time in this world. After all, the protection around the emperor is also very strict.

After staying in Jinling City for half a month, he also played, strolled, and did what he needed to do. It was impossible for Xiao Mingrui to stay outside for a long time without returning to the capital, so he set off to return to the capital.

This time I went back much faster, but it was already July when I returned to the capital.

It's the hottest time in July.

After I came back, I was naturally busy for a while.

However, Xiao Mingrui still found time to meet someone... King Qi.

(End of this chapter)