The concubine is poisonous

Chapter 183
Hearing what Gu Xinning said, Du Wangshan felt more and more that it was because he didn't do things well that caused today's calamity, and he should be blamed for all the crimes, so he knelt on the ground and said to Gu Xinning: "It's all the fault of the humble minister who underestimated the enemy. Let the emperor fall into crisis, I am willing to bear all the responsibilities, please punish the empress."

Gu Xinning stretched out her hand to support Du Wangshan and said: "I just said that this matter cannot be entirely blamed on Mr. Du. Mr. Du, please hurry up. It is inconvenient for me to interfere in the political affairs of the DPRK and China, and I have to rely on Mr. Du for support."

With Gu Xinning's support, Du Wangshan stood up slowly, but kept his head down, as if he had done something wrong.

Gu Xinning seemed to think of something, and asked, "By the way, where is King Zheng, is he in court now?"

Du Wangshan shook his head and said: "King Zheng came back from Nanjiang, and after telling the queen and the emperor what happened to Nanjiang, he left quietly."

Gu Xinning sighed and shook her head, "Oh, this King Zheng, is he really so afraid of contacting the court? He couldn't have been persecuted by someone in the palace when he was a child, so he developed fear?"

Du Wangshan shook his head and said: "The persecution is not enough, it's just that King Zheng is used to the struggle between the court and the opposition, and he hates it very much, so he swore that he would only be obsessed with the rivers and lakes all his life, not enter the court, and ignore political affairs."

"Oh, it's a pity." Gu Xinning said with some regret.

Du Wangshan nodded in agreement and said: "But it is also because of this that the relationship between the emperor and King Zheng can be pure and flawless. It only protects brotherhood. There is no intrigue or helplessness of mutual use."

Gu Xinning went on to say: "Tomorrow I will return to the palace. In the past few days, Mr. Laudu will send more spies out to find out the place where the emperor last appeared. I will also take advantage of this time to deal with some matters in the harem, so as not to The empress dowager will make trouble from it."

Du Wangshan nodded and said, "Okay, I will send more people to pay attention to this matter."

"In addition, Master Du needs to send someone to southern Xinjiang to meet the high priest of southern Xinjiang and find out the current situation in southern Xinjiang."

Du Wangshan nodded again, clasped his fists and said, "I understand, I will make arrangements tomorrow."

A few people chatted for a while, because Zuo Haobai and Gu Xinning were exhausted physically and mentally from the long journey, they went back to the room arranged by Du Wangshan to rest after a while.

At this time, Ying Lian had already returned to southern Xinjiang, her whole body was almost covered with dust all the way, and her face, hair and clothes were almost hard to see her original appearance.

Ying Lian tremblingly came to the high priest's mansion and hesitated for a long time before asking her family to report to the high priest, because he knew that in southern Xinjiang, even if he didn't come to the high priest today, the high priest would find her sooner or later. Unless he leaves southern Xinjiang forever.

So instead of being sought by the High Priest, it is better to take the initiative to find the High Priest and explain the whole story to the High Priest. Maybe the High Priest can forgive himself for the sake of taking the initiative to report the letter.

The people the high priest sent out to meet Ye Junyan before were all in vain. The high priest already felt that something was wrong, and now he heard the report from the servant that Ying Lian, one of the maidservants in charge of serving Ye Junyan, had suddenly returned and wanted to see her again. I feel even more ominous in my heart.

So he quickly asked the servant to summon Ying Lian in.Just seeing the dust all over Ying Lian's body and the worn-out shoes, you basically already know what happened?So he hurriedly asked, "What happened to the emperor on the way? Where are the others?"

Ying Lian hurriedly knelt down and said: "Qi High Priest, we encountered an ambush on the road, and the other side has a large number of people and is well-trained. Because our side did not take precautions, the entire army has been wiped out."

Hearing Ying Lian's words, the high priest almost wanted to slap the table and stand up. He glared at Ying Lian and asked, "The whole army is wiped out? Your majesty...?"

Ying Lian quickly shook her head and said, "No, the emperor ran into the woods at that time, but the people in ambush did not catch him. We searched for a long time, but we couldn't find the emperor. I believe those killers must not be able to find him either."

"The emperor went into the forest alone? Can someone accompany you?" the high priest asked with concern.

Ying Lian shook her head and said: "No, at that time the emperor was clamoring to go back to the southern border, but was stopped by Master Li, the emperor ran into the forest alone in a rage, and then chased after him, but the mountains are deep and the forest is lush, the emperor I don’t know where I hid and haven’t come out.”

Hearing the words, the high priest let out a long sigh, and suddenly asked, "You said just now that the entire army was wiped out, why are you okay? Why did you, a weak woman, escape."

Ying Lian knew that the High Priest would definitely ask such a question, so she had already thought through the words she had thought of several times in her heart, and did not come to see the High Priest until she knew it all by heart. In fact, the words Ying Lian thought were true. He was just afraid that what he said was too vague or stuttered, which would make the high priest feel that he was making up a story, so he deliberately straightened things out silently in his heart, waiting for the high priest to ask questions.

Now that she heard the high priest's question, Ying Lian quickly lowered her head, uttered the lines she had already memorized very fluently, and described the situation to the high priest.

However, the clever one was confused for a while, and it is not uncommon for cleverness to be mistaken by cleverness. After listening to Ying Lian fluently speaking the lines he had prepared earlier, the high priest lowered his head and pondered for a while, looked at Ying Lian sharply and said: "Is this really the case? Really?" Didn't you make it up to lie to me? The old man even began to suspect that you were a spy sent by the enemy."

When Ying Lian heard what the high priest said, she quickly shook her head and waved her hands and said, "No, no, I'm really not a spy. Please check it out, high priest. If it was slender, I would have run away a long time ago, and I dare not come back to see the high priest." .”

The high priest was not in Dali Yinglian, but after looking at Yinglian coldly, he thought silently. The high priest thought that maybe the other party deliberately asked Yinglian to come back and said what he said just now to disturb his line of sight, but at the same time, it is also possible that what Ying Lian said is true.

If this is the case, it means that Ye Junyan is alone in the deep mountains, his life and death are uncertain, and only a weak woman, Ying Shui'er, is perseveringly looking for Ye Junyan.

A weak and boneless maid, and a childlike emperor who is mentally confused, even if they can walk together, can they really survive in the mountains and forests?The high priest began to worry.

Then seeing Yinglian who was kneeling and trembling on the ground, the high priest asked displeasedly: "You know that the emperor is alone in the mountains and forests, and life and death are unpredictable, but you leave the emperor and your sisters to beg alone?" Live, do you know that based on this, even if you are not a spy, this old man can still kill you!"

Ying Lian hurriedly cried and said: "I beg the high priest to spare me, Lian'er knew I was wrong, Lian'er didn't want to, but the emperor was nowhere to be found, the mountains and forests are so big, it is impossible to find it, Lian'er took a special breath, Just to come back and report to the high priest."

"What about Ying Shui'er? He doesn't know that the mountains and forests are very big? He doesn't know that finding someone is difficult? He doesn't know that it is even more difficult to survive in the mountains and forests? Why does he know how to take care of the overall situation, while you only know how to live alone and make excuses? He said that he wanted to report to me and make excuses for his cowardice, so someone came here to put Ying Lian in a prison and reflect on her, and don’t let her out without my order." After the high priest said, he became more and more angry.

Hearing what the high priest said, several guards came in from outside the door, ready to escort Ying Lian away, Ying Lian hurriedly begged for mercy: "Please forgive me, the high priest, for the sake of giving my life to come back and report the news, I beg the high priest show mercy."

"Your selfishness, disregarding the diplomatic relations between the two countries, a heinous person like you, did not kill you, it is already a lenient, take me down." The high priest said without even looking at Ying Lian.

At this time, several guards had already started to support Ying Lian and pulled her out, but Ying Lian was still struggling and shouted hoarsely: "What does it have to do with little slaves like us if we are not friends? It's just to serve people, so why don't we fight for our lives? Why did the emperor of another country have an accident and ask us to take care of his life? Isn't the life of a servant a life? Lian Er refuses to accept, Lian Er refuses to accept, and people I didn’t lose it on purpose, so what does it have to do with me?”

The high priest said coldly: "What does it have to do with you? Is this your psychological motivation for daring to come back? Do you think that as long as you really didn't lose it, you think you are a victim? You can still be in danger without knowing your life or death." I am wrong, you are not a heinous crime, you are simply heinous, dragged out by me and executed on the spot."

The high priest was shocked to hear the bad news, and his emotions were very volatile at first, and now he would not be angered by Yinglian's words, so it was difficult to control his emotions for a while. He observed for a while, and when his anger dissipated and the matter was found out, if it really had nothing to do with Ying Lian, he might be released.

However, Yinglian repeatedly irritated her with words, and finally broke the reason of the high priest, and was ordered to be executed on the spot by the high priest.

The moment before she died, Ying Lian recalled in her mind the quarrel she wrote when she and Ying Shuier were parting. At that time, she said similar things to persuade Ying Shuier, but Ying Shuier didn't listen. My own persuasion, I also warned myself, don't say the same thing in front of the high priest, otherwise you may be in danger of life. At that time, I repeatedly told Ying Lian to remember it and not to speak nonsense.

But at that time, Ying Lian didn't take what Ying Shui'er said at all, because psychologically, he didn't think what Ying Shui'er said was right at all, and thought it was just his paranoid and unrealistic.

But now, Ying Lian finally regrets, regrets not listening to Ying Shui'er's words, regrets not following Ying Shui'er's request, and now she really complies with Ying Shui'er's words. The catastrophe of killing one's body, one regrets the past.

"Shui'er, you're right, after all, I'm still inferior to you! Hahahaha." This was Ying Lian's last words before she died, and she looked up to the sky and laughed.

(End of this chapter)