The concubine is poisonous

Chapter 30 Questioning
Gu Xinning silently listened to Ye Junyan's words, and after a long time, she suddenly said: "Yes, I have noticed that there is a problem in the water before. I don't know how to remind you, so I used this method."

Ye Jun said: "You could have said it directly, but you kept away from it because you didn't want others to find out that you understand these things."

Fearing that her identity would be exposed, Gu Xinning hurriedly took over the words to cover up, "Yes, I have always pretended to be weak, because I think that men like to be heroes and have the desire to protect women, so the weaker I am, the more you will hurt me. Take pity on me, and give me all your love."

Ye Junyan said expressionlessly: "You want to be a queen? Do you think you want to compete with Ran Yunmo as soon as you enter the palace?"

Gu Xinning deliberately pretended to be arrogant and said, "I haven't always done well."

Ye Junyan turned around and looked at Gu Xinning and said, "Do you really think you are doing well? Since entering the palace, you have caused a series of troubles. If it wasn't for my heart to protect you, you would have survived to this day?"

Gu Xinning tried her best to widen her eyes, looked at Ye Jun with a look of incomparable surprise, and said, "Really? Has the Emperor been protecting me? Didn't the Emperor say that he only treats me as a pawn?"

Ye Junyan stared at Gu Xinning and said coldly: "It is because you are a useful chess piece that I will protect you and bring you by my side when I leave the palace."

Gu Xinning put on a dejected look, pouted sullenly and said, "Oh, people thought the emperor was reluctant to part with his concubines."

Ye Junyan coughed dryly and said, "Ahem. I'm not that nympho, does your father know that you understand that?" What Ye Junyan said refers to Gu Xinning's ability to distinguish between poison and drug.

Gu Xinning said: "I don't know, I learned it secretly from a stranger, and I never told anyone."

Ye Junyan was silent for a while and then asked: "Your secret has been discovered by me, do you still have the guts to go back to the palace?"

Gu Xinning said innocently: "Of course I'm going back, I haven't become a queen yet."

Ye Junyan was stunned. He originally thought that his concubine Ning was a person who was so scheming that people couldn't predict it, but tonight she frankly made people feel that this girl didn't seem to have so much scheming. The desire to be a queen is nothing more than an obsession.

May I ask which of the concubines in the harem does not have such ambitions and delusions?Could it be that the woman in front of me really just wants to be a queen?Ye Junyan thought he had grasped Gu Xinning's secret, but now he was suddenly not sure.

Ye Junyan looked at Gu Xinning and asked word by word: "You, still think you have a chance to be a queen?"

Gu Xinning looked serious, and said affirmatively: "Of course there is a chance. As long as the Queen's position is vacant, the concubine will have a chance. Besides, the concubine is still the emperor's pawn. The emperor will definitely treat me favorably." Gu Xinning said as she spoke. , while lowering his head and slipping into Ye Junyan's arms.

Ye Junyan was really in a daze. He didn't trust Gu Xinning at first, but he wanted to take advantage of the time spent alone with Gu Xinning to find out Gu Xinning's flaws by surprise. Xiang, I didn't expect that after spending a long time thinking, I still haven't fully seen Gu Xinning's details.

Gu Xinning's act of plunging her head into Ye Junyan's arms caught Ye Junyan's surprise, she stood there in a daze, and after a while said: "It makes sense, but the most I can do is to prevent you from being bullied, empress." You may not be allowed to sit."

Zhao Yuning breathed a sigh of relief, and when she was thinking about what to say, it happened that at this moment Nian Se shouted from a distance: "Master, madam has eaten."

During the meal, Gu Xinning appeared to be much more naughty and savage than before, suddenly raised the bowl in front of Ye Junyan, asking Ye Junyan to cook for herself, and then teased Ye Jinfeng's dark skin.Zhao Yuning's sudden change made several people feel embarrassed.

Using Gu Xinning's explanation to Ye Junyan: "Anyway, the emperor can see what it is, so there is no point in covering up." As for whether it was covering up before or now, Ye Junyan can't tell at this moment. , Gu Xinning herself can tell the difference.

A person who has been suppressed for a long time will always have some changes in his personality and habits. Similarly, imitating a person for a long time will gradually become a habit.Gu Xinning had just entered the harem before, her foundation was not stable, and the emperor's will was unpredictable, so many places have been suppressed and controlled.

But now the secret of her unique skills can no longer be kept. In order to keep the secret of her identity, she seems to be returning to her nature on the surface, but in fact she is indeed suppressed again. She has almost forgotten what she should be like in real life.

Although the temple was dilapidated, but fortunately the courtyard was big enough and there were enough rooms. After cleaning and tidying up, two rooms with relatively minor damage were found, so the Ye family brothers and Gu Xinning's master and servant each shared one.

After dinner, after Gu Xinning and Nian Se returned to the room, Nian Se finally couldn't help asking what he had been holding back all night: "Mother, why did you suddenly change today?"

Gu Xinning knew the question in Nian Se's heart, and asked, "Do you think I took the wrong medicine today?"

Nian Se stuck out her tongue and said, "You said this yourself, not me."

Gu Xinning smiled and said: "Damn girl, you are still hiding your words when talking to me. Ye Junyan has already found out that I can distinguish medicines. I lied to him that I learned it secretly from other people. In order to prevent him from further doubting my I have no choice but to pretend to be savage because of my identity."

Nian Seshan smiled and said: "It's not like pretending, I think the empress is doing it very naturally, it's my sister's nature."

Gu Xinning pulled Nian Se over, pressed Nian Se into her arms and said coquettishly, "Stinky girl, you are courting death."

Nian Se hurriedly begged for mercy: "Nian Se knew it was wrong, Madam, please forgive me!"

Gu Xin gave Nianse a blank look, and after letting her go, Nianse returned to a serious look and said, "Mother, do you think the emperor will doubt your identity?"

Gu Xining said: "It won't happen for a while, even if his suspicion is at most summoning Zhao Zhongran or Zhao Yuning's younger brother for questioning, do you think they dare to tell the truth?"

Nian Se nodded and said, "Well, that's true, I hope my sister's plan can continue smoothly."

In another room, Ye Jinfeng also asked Ye Junyan: "Second Brother, did you show off the matter with Concubine Ning?"

Ye Junyan nodded and said, "Well, I thought that by surprise, I would be able to force out the truth."

Ye Jinfeng then asked: "Then what was the result?"

Ye Junyan smiled helplessly and said: "Oh, that's what you saw. She admitted that she has supernatural powers, and she pretended to be weak just to win my attention."

Ye Jinfeng frowned and said, "Is it really so simple to win attention?"

Ye Junyan shook his head and said, "I can't tell."

Ye Jinfeng suddenly showed a murderous intent on his face and said: "Second brother is in the world's blessing, he must not leave a hidden danger by his side, why not let me" Ye Jinfeng said while raising his hand in a killing motion.

Ye Junyan stopped and said: "I still have a place to use her, and since she is poisonous and sleeps next to me every day, if she wants to harm me, she has a chance to do it long ago. Maybe it is what she said, but It's unknown if I can become a queen just to win my favor."

On the other side of the mountain, the bandit-like people who blocked Guoye Junyan's way before were sitting on the ground, and several leaders who looked like leaders were gathering together again, discussing, and one of them, a bearded man, said: " According to Phantom's information, the boss will go to the upper reaches of the Qingsha River in a few days, so we might as well arrive in advance and lie in ambush and wait for the rabbit."

A skinny man continued: "Now we don't have a boat, and going up is sailing against the current, and from time to time there will be driftwood floating down the mountain, which is dangerous and unknown."

The bearded man said displeased: "Then what can you do, they have been away from the palace for a while, after seeing the situation of Qingsha River, they should not stay for a long time, once Zhao Yuning returns to the palace smoothly, the Prime Minister will not let us go .”

The skinny man said: "The mountain is high and the road is dangerous. Zhao Yuning is a weak girl, so she should stay at their station and wait."

A man with deep scars on his face said: "It's also a way to sneak up on the people they stayed behind, but we also have to make a plan in case Zhao Yuning goes up the mountain together."

The gray-clothed man who had been silent on the side suddenly said: "Ha Wu from Southern Xinjiang still stays on the mountain. When necessary, let him take action. He will not help with Prime Minister Ran's affairs."

The source of the Qingsha River is located on Qianzhang Peak, where there are many strange rocks and overlapping peaks. On this huge mountain made of rocks, lies the source of the largest water system in Zhaoxuan Kingdom.

The terrain here was formed by the migration of the earth's crust over tens of thousands of years, and countless indestructible huge rocks formed a huge natural stone bed. Surrounded by this rock that is stronger than steel, there has never been a precedent such as a dike collapse for more than a thousand years.

Although the breach of the dike this time was based on the premise of continuous months of heavy rain, Ye Junyan still found it unbelievable.Ye Junyan once suspected that the strangeness of this incident was more like a man-made disaster than a pure natural disaster.

It was because of this layer of suspicion that Ye Junyan decided to come to inspect it in person.

The birds and beasts on Qianzhang Peak are jumping happily, living their own lawful lives as if they are unaware of the disaster at the bottom of the mountain.

In the early morning, three or five tents were located in an open space on Qianzhang Peak. A man dressed strangely was eating the leg of a pheasant. Suddenly a gray pigeon flew over and landed on the man's shoulder.The man put down the chicken leg in his hand, rubbed his oily hands on one pair, then reached out and found a small bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg, took out a note from it and wrote: "Recently someone went up the mountain, and the woman killed the man and released it." .”

This big man is exactly the Ha Wu that the man in black was talking about last night. Ha Wu is a general under Ha Qishan, the leader of the Ha clan in the southern Xinjiang tribe.

The tribes in southern Xinjiang divided their territories by their surnames, and they originally formed their own battles. More than 400 years ago, the leader of the Ying clan was born and unified all the tribes in southern Xinjiang.After more than 300 years of war between the two generations of emperors, they were still unable to defeat each other, but the people of the world suffered unspeakably. In the end, the two countries agreed to stop fighting with the original boundaries and coexist peacefully.It has been more than [-] years.

In the past 400 years, the two sides were friendly on the surface, but in fact they had their own intentions.

The Ha clan is one of the five powerful clans among the various tribes in southern Xinjiang. There are also the Mo clan, the Xiao clan, the Ying clan, and the Tuoba clan. The Ying clan has been the recognized leader of the various clans for hundreds of years.

(End of this chapter)