Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 35

Xu Xu said again: "The things in the princess's gold-painted box are precious, and even the lock is rare. It is the 'Gentleman's Four Things' lock refined by He Yan, the master lockmaker in Zhongchuan. It is the most exquisite."

"Four things about a gentleman, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting," Qin Changge said, "Which three are the princess here?"

"Green Qi, Wenping Ping, Calligraphy," Wen Chang said, "The scrolls are locked in the palace, for Your Majesty's use."

Looking carefully at Qimo's key, the keys of the ancients are naturally not comparable to the keys of the modern world in terms of refinement. Most of them are long strips, and the bottom ends are shaped according to the keyholes. Qimo's key, smiled and said: "The so-called masters, all work hard on the ingenuity of the lock shape. The lock is beautifully made and unique, but the inner core of the lock cylinder is only mediocre. You have never seen a real ingenuity. The lock—it cannot be imitated or opened by anyone, this key must have been imitated, Sister Qimo, did someone approach you today?"

Shaking her head, Qi Mo said: "No, I've been packing incense clothes in my room."

Qin Changge looked at Wenchang, she nodded, and said: "She has been in my room this morning, I watched her unlock the lock and took out the golden crossbow, and then I took it to Rong'er myself, during this time , didn't meet anyone."

"Okay, sister, let's go. Don't tell anyone what happened today." Qin Changge sent Qi Mo away, and smiled at Wen Chang: "It seems that your box was touched before leaving the palace."

Slightly startled, Wen Chang frowned and said, "It's quite possible that there are many people in the palace, but in this way, it will be difficult to find out who it is."

Qin Changge listened to her with a half-smile, and said flatly: "There are no tricks that show their feet, only ignorant fools---it's just Wenchang, have you ever thought about why that person wants to use your golden crossbow? Who is he trying to kill?"

"Who is the victim..." Wen Changxiu frowned, and suddenly opened his eyes wide, and said, "Could it not be Rong'er..."

The gift of the golden crossbow to Rong'er was entirely on her spur of the moment, and she hadn't told anyone in advance, and Rong'er had just arrived at Shanglin nunnery, if the golden crossbow was tampered with in the palace, how could the other party still be able to do it? Unknown the existence of the prophet Rong'er?
The more I thought about it, the more horrified I felt, biting my lip and staring out the window without saying a word, a dark cloud suddenly drifted across the sky, covering half of the clear sky, and the room was shady, reflecting the half-light of people's faces, Wen Chang took a step back, thinking about his first The dark and deep palace that I left for the first time is full of changes, shadows and shadows, ghosts and monsters, like night owls lurking in the shadows of the dark night, laughing strangely, waiting for a suitable time, stretching out pale fingers Sharp claws, grabbing people's throats, killing with one blow!

"Who? Who?..." She muttered to herself, a horrifying thought flashed through her mind, making her tremble, but she dared not say it anyway.

Qin Changge smiled, walked slowly to the window, covered the window sash that was blown open by a sudden gust of cool wind, and said softly, "Who do you want to hurt? It's you...or Xiao Jue?"

Wen Chang covered his mouth, gasped, and stared at Qin Changge in horror, as if she was the murderer who was secretly spying.

"We can imagine a certain scene," Qin Changge said with a high-spirited smile and a happy expression: "On a fine day when the wind is breezy, the grass is green and the flowers are flourishing, the emperor visits the eldest sister in the Jin'ou Palace, and they have a very happy conversation. When reminiscing about the past, it is unavoidable to bring up the favorite things in childhood. The eldest princess will naturally take out the golden crossbow carefully collected, and play with her siblings. Shoot, even if the princess forgot to mention the golden crossbow, even if you don't mention the past, I believe that someone will remind you in a reasonable and natural way... and then..."

She stopped laughing.

Wenchang's face was ashen, and Qin Changge's tone was joking, but the words were cold and true. This was not a guess, not a prophecy, but a dark situation that had been deduced, planned, and carefully laid out!If she hadn't left the palace with Qin Changge in advance, and if it hadn't been a blunder today, the golden crossbow would have been mentioned sooner or later by some chance, and the mechanism would definitely be triggered... At that time, what kind of event will happen!What consequences will it have!
Great changes in the palace, overthrow of the government, sudden turmoil, blood flow... Many people will die, many people will rise up, many people will be wronged and imprisoned, many people will overturn the court situation, and many people will overthrow the harem. The most powerful Xiliang Empire was torn apart, ruining the great country that Ah Jue had painstakingly laid down in years of bloody battles!

In the end, the empire reborn in blood and decay will no longer be what it was before.

The more I think about it, the more scared I become, and the more I think about it, the more horrified I become, and at that time, I can hardly imagine what will happen to me!

And when did he get involved in the shocking conspiracy to murder the emperor?She was ignorant and ignorant from the beginning to the end, Wenchang's chill came up in bursts, and in the late autumn, she tightened her skirt and began to tremble.

Seeing her pale lips, Qin Changge couldn't bear it, and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, now that you've left the palace, most of the original maidservants didn't bring it with you, but now it seems that you have purged the people around you by mistake, don't worry, Today's incident almost harmed Rong'er, and I can't stand by."

Speaking of the last sentence, there was a rare chill in her tone.

Hearing her words, Wen Chang was relieved a little, shaking his lips and said, "Changge, thank you..."

"Call me Mingshuang." Qin Changge turned his eyes clear, as clear and cold as winter without snow, "There is no need to thank you between you and me."

She padded her hands with a cloth and went to pick up the flying needles on the ground.

Wenchang looked at her questioningly, and Qin Changge sighed: "It seems that I am really a hard worker... I still have to go down the mountain. Who has tampered with the golden crossbow? I can't find out for a while, but the flying needle must be a clue. .”

She held the needle from a distance and looked at it for a while, and said: "The material is vaguely made of heavy iron from the Chihe River, and there seems to be something else... I haven't been here for a few years, when will there be more hidden weapon masters in Xiliang?" ?”

Smiling, he carefully packed the needle in a box, and beckoned to his son, "Young Master Xiao."

Young Master Xiao walked over with short legs.

"Come on, let's go back and visit the flower pickers."

Qi Fan squatted on the coffin, making his new candy with a sad face.

"Woo--" Qi Fan licked his gum hard, and said angrily, "No one will eat it--I want to melt."

Rong Xiaotian rolled his eyes.

"I said, why did you agree to take Rong Rong away to Miss Ming?" Rong Xiaotian frowned, "Although she looks suspicious, but in case, I said in case, she has ulterior motives and is not good for Rong Rong. We have guards to watch over us all the time, and it is impossible to guard against her who wears Rong Rong even when she sleeps."

"Of course I understand this truth." Qi Fan stirred his syrup and said with a smile, "I just saw a scene that you didn't see, and my heart was moved, and I felt relieved to leave Rong'er to her."

"Oh?" Rong Xiaotian raised his eyebrows, suspicious.

"You don't know, the night Miss Ming first came to eat with us in Lanyou Pavilion, Rong'er fell into her arms when she entered the room, the look on Miss Ming's face when she hugged Rong'er... Tsk tsk, didn't you see , I never expected to see such an expression on such a calm and calm face."

Qi Fan took a sip of the syrup, frowned, picked up a handful of hawthorn powder and threw it in, and said: "She thought I was standing behind her and couldn't see——Actually, there was a copper plate with engraved calligraphy in the pavilion. Everyone Yao Chongzhi's handwriting was polished smoother than a mirror, and she happened to be standing diagonally opposite the copper plate with no writing on it, when she hugged Rong'er, she thought no one saw it, with that expression..."

Qi Fan paused, stopped his hands, and suddenly there was a trace of disappointment in his expression, and said lightly: "I only saw it on my mother's face."

When mentioning his mother, Rong Xiaotian stopped talking as soon as he wanted to speak, and said after a while in silence: "Actually, you should go back and have a look now and then... After all, it's been so long..."

"Don't mention this matter," Qi Fan immediately cut off his words, straightened up, looked at the sky, and said with a smile: "The pigeon is back, let's see how the new master will praise us?"

Rong Xiaotian remained silent, looking at his bright smile, deep black eyes, and brows, he frowned tightly again.

Unfolding the scroll and reading it carefully, Rong Xiaotian let out a hey, but Qi Fan frowned, and said: "The master didn't allow us to enter the palace back then, and we didn't know who was around her. Now it seems that this Miss Ming must be very pleased with her master, you see, she has learned a lot about her tone of voice, which is quite mean."

Rong Xiaotian coughed.

"You're catching a cold, why are you coughing?" Qi Fan was still looking at the secret letter with "every word pig and chicken", shaking his head and saying: "'The secret report is like a businessman bargaining, and the secret letter is like a rotten scholar's great poem. If there is someone behind Ruiyi, Dingdang startled Huang Quan, clapped his palms and sighed: there will be successors, tsk tsk, this girl, who is clearly in her prime, speaks in a gloomy tone, like an old ghost who has been dead for decades?"

cough cough!Rong Xiaotian coughed again.

"What's the matter with you today? You're so delicate?" Qi Fan wondered, reached out to Mo Rong Xiaotian's forehead, and was slapped open by him.

Eye to eye with Rong Xiaotian who was facing the door, Qi Fan finally understood why Rong Xiaotian's throat was so itchy today.

The two figures, one big and one small reflected in the pupils of the other party, were smiling maliciously no matter how they looked.

Qi Fan twitched the corners of his mouth, turned around slowly, and when he completely faced Qin Changge's mother and son, he had a smooth and natural smile like a spring breeze: "Ah...Ms. Ming, what gust of wind brought you here ? Ah, Rong Rong, you are finally here, I think you are thinking so hard..."

"The rambling wind and hellish wind brought me here, an old ghost." Qin Changge stepped into the door with a gentle smile.

"Is it you who miss me, or the weird candy you can't sell?" Xiao Baozi followed suit, wrinkled his face and hid away from the sugar bowl.

Qi Fan continued to maintain the same smile very powerfully, bowed to the guests, and ignored the mother and son's poisonous tongue, but Qin Changge's next sentence immediately made him bitter.

(End of this chapter)