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Chapter 353 Ruan Zhaoyi

Su Jingci clenched his fists and closed his eyes tiredly. After a long time, the ups and downs of his thoughts calmed down a little.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked out the window with a self-deprecating smile on his lips.

Just now he...was distracted again.

These days, the longing that he had suppressed with all his strength, suddenly started to move again because of the appearance of that letter.

In the end - he still couldn't completely erase her from his heart.

Taking a deep breath, he felt a growing headache, and stretched out his fingertips to rub his temples.

After getting the letter, he immediately sent someone to investigate the matter, and sure enough, he found some clues.The maid serving the wine behind Emperor Chen and Su Yan that night was temporarily replaced, and after the New Year's Eve, they all died strangely and violently. If there was nothing tricky about it, who would believe it?

And those two court ladies who died suddenly had more or less connections with Su Rao.

Originally, only two palace maids died, so no one would notice anything, but if things were connected together, the secrets hidden here would be worthy of scrutiny.

Su Jingci knew very well in his heart that regarding the matter of Emperor Chen and Su Yan, even if they were drugged, as the parties involved, it is impossible for the two of them to be completely unaware.It's just that Emperor Chen probably didn't expect that he would have incest with Su Yan, not because of his drunken sex, but because... he was calculated by others.

With father's temperament, if he knew about this matter, would his attitude towards Su Rao be the same as before?

Sure enough, he only sent someone to blow the wind in the palace for a while, and this matter was heard by the emperor.With Emperor Chen's suspicious nature, he immediately noticed the clue, sent someone to investigate, and soon found Su Rao.

At that time, Su Rao's idea was just a temporary idea, and because she was also caught in the trick, the aftermath was not very clean.In addition, Su Yan was dead, and it had been so long since this incident, she never thought that she would be dug out again, moreover, the incident was directed at herself.

By the time she realized something was wrong and wanted to fight back, it was already too late.

When it comes to the face of the royal family, Emperor Chen would not let the rumors fly all over the sky, and quickly sent someone to suppress them.It's just that in the bottom of my heart, I completely hated Su Rao. Although this matter could not be dealt with in the open, the Emperor soon issued an imperial decree, passing on the long-standing crown prince to Su Jingci.

Su Jingci let out a long sigh of relief, and looked away.

In any case, the crown prince has been obtained, and Su Rao will soon leave the Chen Kingdom. In the end, he won this war without gunpowder smoke.

He will definitely make himself stronger as soon as possible, and one day, he will be strong enough to rival Shen Chuhan.In this life, he may not be able to get Song Qinghuan anymore, but he must stand at a height that she can see!
At this time, Su Rao in the palace was not at peace.

She sat in front of the dressing table, looked at herself in the mirror who had regained her appearance, touched the creamy skin with her fingers, and there was a mocking smile on the corner of her lips.

Unexpectedly, she had been planning for so long to fight for the crown prince's position, but she still lost in the end.

How Su Jingci learned that she attacked her father and Su Yan at the beginning, she does not know, but the matter is a foregone conclusion, no matter what, she can only face the result squarely.

However, Su Rao is not an ordinary person after all. Seeing that she has completely lost her advantage and status in Chen Country, she immediately set her sights on the other three countries.

Since she couldn't get the rights she dreamed of in Chen country, then she found another way out.

She was selfish and naturally wanted to go to Zhao Country.

Now that Shen Chuhan has returned to Zhao Kingdom, if she wants to marry Emperor Zhao, it is probably impossible.As for the second prince, Jun Che, who seems to be on equal footing with Shen Chuhan, she is not optimistic at all.Right now, the two parties are equally powerful, but it is just an illusion deliberately created by Shen Chuhan. In terms of strength, Jun Che is not Shen Chuhan's opponent at all, so she will naturally not hurry up to give away the head.

As for the newly rising Yan Kingdom, the domestic situation is not yet stable. She is not familiar with the crown prince Ning Xiao, and she doesn't know how capable she is. It would be a bit risky to marry him. Besides, the two have never met before, and he may not necessarily agree to marry him. .

Then, there is only the last Liang country left.

In many aspects, Emperor Liang Yin Zhan is indeed the most suitable candidate.

First, he was able to stand out from the scuffle of winning the heirloom back then. Apart from Shen Chuhan's help, his own ability should not be underestimated. Just because he was able to hide his strength and bide his time for so many years, it was already unmatched by many people.

Second, Shen Chuhan kept him in the dark for so many years, and took away one of his generals before leaving. With his temperament, how could he be willing to swallow this breath?And he also knew that he and Shen Chuhan and Song Qinghuan had a sworn hatred, and an enemy's enemy is a friend, he couldn't understand this truth.

Third, she and Yin Zhan have cooperated and contacted before, so the final result is not too happy, but Yin Zhan is a smart person, and he will not give up future interests because of past festivals. She is fully confident in persuading him to reconnect with him Cooperate yourself.

Fourth, Yin Zhan's harem is now empty, and the post is vacant. The only concubine who deserves to be favored is Song Qingyu, the former Anyang Emperor of Yu Kingdom. She has also had some contact with Song Qingyu, and she knows that her rank is completely incomparable with Song Qinghuan .Besides, now that Yu Country has been destroyed, she has nothing to rely on, and pulling her off the horse is just a matter of moving her fingers.

And the last point is also the most important point.

Yin Zhan is not in good health.It is said that Yin Zhan was born with poison from his mother's womb. He has been plagued by illnesses and his body is weak. Later, he seemed to find some medicine and took the poison in his body. The poison in his body was cured, but his body was still not fully recovered.That's why I wanted to exchange Dry Yeqing with her for Qing Yuanguo last time.

How can it be so easy to find Qingyuan fruit?From the current point of view, I am afraid that it is also hanging with some precious medicinal materials.If such a body dies young, as a queen, she can immediately hold the real power firmly in her hands.

Therefore, she acted decisively and sent someone to send a letter to Yin Zhan quickly.

Sure enough, Yin Zhan did not disappoint her.Although he expressed his dissatisfaction with his leaving without saying anything between the lines, he finally agreed.After all, compared to Su Rao, a dishonest collaborator, he obviously wanted Shen Chuhan, the "betrayer", to pay the price.

However, all of this is based on the fact that he didn't know that Su Rao had stolen the withered leaf green from the palace. If he had known, this matter would probably not be so simple.

Su Rao let out a breath slowly, picked up the horn comb beside her, and combed her beautiful hair one after another, with a cold look on her face.

Yin Zhan doesn't know about this now, nor will he know about it in the future.

"Red Sleeve." She put down the comb and called out coldly.

There were footsteps coming in a hurry, Hongxiu raised the beaded curtain and walked to the inner hall, and a blessed voice saluted, "Your Highness."

"Go and see, how are the preparations for Liangguo going?"

"Yes." Hongxiu agreed, hesitated for a moment and then said, "The empress has sent people to remind her several times, asking you to go to the empress's palace, do you see...?"

Su Rao lowered her eyebrows, her expression was still cold.

The queen is not very happy that she wants to marry to Liang country.After all, the queen is only a daughter like Su Rao, who has gone far away to Liangguo. In this way, she has no one to rely on in the future, so how can she be happy?
But with Su Rao's temperament, no one can stop what she wants to do.What's more, now that everything is a foregone conclusion, the empress told her to go over now, at most she was talking about it.

After all, it's his own mother, Su Rao can't do too much, thought for a moment, got up, and said coldly, "Let's go, let me go and have a look."

*
Half a month has passed, and Jin Yiwei still hasn't found any clues about Concubine Xiao's disappearance.

On the outskirts of Song Mansion, Shen Chuhan's people live in the neighbors. Concubine Xiao Gui and Jun Xi have Ji Liuyun's two human skin masks as cover.

In addition, Emperor Zhao never expected that Jun Xi would come back to the capital.This woman, the combination of a young woman and a child, no one would think about Concubine Xiao Gui who disappeared in the underground palace.

Therefore, they searched both inside and outside the capital several times, but Jin Yiwei still found nothing.

Emperor Zhao's anger gradually reached its peak.

He has always tolerated disobedience from others, but this time Concubine Xiao Gui suddenly evaporated from the world for no reason, and she was naturally impatient, and this anger naturally spread to the court.

Everyone knows that Emperor Zhao is not in a good mood recently.

It was a good morning, and I often got angry suddenly while talking, and the courtiers who were scolded were almost in a daze, not knowing what they said wrong.

Shen Chuhan should have been the first to bear the brunt of Emperor Zhao's anger, but Shen Chuhan handled things very properly and could not find any faults.Although Emperor Zhao had no evidence, he always felt that this incident had something to do with him, so he was full of anger towards him, and he had nowhere to vent it, often making his heart, liver, spleen and lungs ache with anger.

Most of the people who can mix in the court are human beings, and some people can see some clues after coming and going.

The emperor doesn't seem to be waiting to see King Han recently. Could it be that the wind in the court is about to change again?
But if it is said that he is biased towards King Duan in his heart, because King Duan has also received a lot of scolding recently, people really can't guess what he thinks in his heart.

Jun Che, who was in the center of the vortex, naturally couldn't hold back anymore.

This morning, after experiencing the anger of Emperor Zhao walking away again, Jun Che finally couldn't hold back his anger and called out to stop Shen Chuhan.

Shen Chuhan stopped, turned around slowly and looked at Jun Che, with a cold expression, "What's the matter, Brother Second Emperor?"

Jun Che squinted his eyes and sized him up for a few moments, trying to make his tone sound calmer, "Do you know what's going on with your father recently?"

Shen Chuhan curled his lips together, "I should ask Brother Second Emperor about this."

Jun Che raised his eyebrows, seemingly puzzled.

"Father has been very dissatisfied with me recently. Could it be that the second brother is secretly playing tricks?" His words were direct and indifferent, without any regard for the surrounding officials who had not yet left.

As soon as everyone saw that there was a good show to watch, their pace of walking outside the hall suddenly slowed down.

These two are cautious masters. Except for the occasional disagreement in government affairs, there are very few times when they have disagreements in private. The current scene is not something that can be seen at any time, so how can you miss it?

Jun Che's face darkened, he probably didn't expect Shen Chuhan to be so direct, he narrowed his eyes, and his eyes darkened, "Third emperor brother, you put such a big hat on me for no evidence, I really can't bear it Ah." Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was impossible for him to quarrel with Shen Chuhan, although his tone was a little gloomy, he still spoke cautiously.

"Really?" Shen Chuhan curled his lips into a sneer, and glanced suspiciously at his face, as if to confirm whether he was telling the truth.After sizing up for a moment, Fang looked away, and then returned to that indifferent expression, "If it wasn't you, then who?" After a pause, he seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to be saying to Jun Che, "Maybe, The reason why the father is angry is not above the court at all."

After saying this, he stopped looking at him, dropped the word "farewell" coldly, and left Shi Shiran.

Seeing his figure walking away quickly, Jun Che's eyes turned cold, but the words he said just now, "not above the court", kept circling in his mind. Could it be... something happened to the harem?

After thinking about it, he still made up his mind, dragged his injured leg, and walked out of Chongzheng Hall.

All kinds of eyes fell on his back, and there were many discussions.

When the maid came to report that King Duan was asking for an audience, the Empress had just finished her breakfast and was sitting in front of the pear tree table to make up her makeup. Hearing this, she paused for a while, holding her lip-smacking hand, and a coldness came out of the corner of her eyes, before she opened her mouth for a while, "Ask him to wait in the main hall."

The maid should be, and retreated again.

The queen picked up the lip balm, picked a little bit with her little finger, and spread it on her lips, her eyes were deep and hard to distinguish.The bright red lips lined the skin as white as snow, and the fingers painted with Dan Kou stroked it, and it was smooth and soft to the touch, as if she was still a [-]-year-old girl.

However, the fine lines around her eyes forced her to face the fact that she was still old after all.

There was a sharp look between his brows and eyes.

She is old, but the newcomer is as delicate as a flower bone. The Xue family has been struggling recently, and Jun Che is an unreliable master. These days, he is getting more and more worried.

What I don't know is that Jun Che has avoided him and Xue's family for so long, and suddenly came to find her today, why?
She "slapped" the lip balm on the table, stood up abruptly, and went straight out of the inner hall to the main hall.

Jun Che had already entered the inner hall at this time, and was sitting on the lower seat, sipping tea casually.

Hearing the sound of the bead curtains rattling, he looked up with heavy eyes.

"The empress." Seeing that it was the empress, he put down the tea cup and got up to salute.

The queen said "Mmm", glanced at him, and then walked to the seat at the top and sat down.Soon, a court lady served tea, and retreated again.

The queen was not in a hurry to speak, but picked up the teacup, unhurriedly stirred the tea leaves in the cup with the lid of the teacup, after a long time, slowly raised her head, and said in a mocking tone, "Take the tea How can Wang Jin'er come to find Ben Gong when he is free?"

Jun Che knew that she was upset because of his attitude some time ago, and now that he had something to ask of her, he couldn't show her face, so he apologized and said with a smile, "The empress was joking, the political affairs of the time ago were too complicated. I'm busy, I didn't have time to see your empress, so please don't be offended by your empress."

The queen snorted coldly, "Prince Duan takes care of everything every day, how can this palace have the right to be offended?"

Jun Che couldn't help being a little annoyed in his heart.

He didn't come here this time to listen to the empress taunting him, his eyebrows drooped, and there was a trace of hostility in his eyes.

Neither of them spoke for a while.

In the end, it was Jun Che who swallowed the breath first, raised his eyes to look at the queen, his expression had returned to his composure, he opened his mouth, and said straight to the point, "The empress must have noticed that father is not in a good mood recently. "

Hearing this, the Queen's eyes flashed, and she immediately understood what Jun Che was doing today, and that she was here to "spy on the military situation".

She nodded calmly and did not take the initiative to answer.

"Does the queen know why the father is in a bad mood?"

The queen has never understood this matter. Emperor Zhao's mood has suddenly turned bad since years ago, and it has not improved until now. She can't think of a reason after thinking about it. It just so happens that the two of you can discuss this issue.

Thinking about it this way, he didn't make things difficult for him, and said in a deep voice, "I am also very strange about this matter. Ever since the emperor suddenly canceled the New Year's Eve Palace banquet, he has been absent-minded and angry."

Jun Che was slightly surprised, "So, the reason why Father is in a bad mood has nothing to do with the harem?"

"The harem?" The queen raised her eyebrows, shook her head and said, "The emperor hasn't even visited the harem recently, how could it be related to the harem?"

When Jun Che heard this, he became more and more puzzled, lowered his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.

It has nothing to do with political affairs, and has nothing to do with the harem, so... what exactly is affecting his mood?
After thinking for a long while, he slowly raised his head, and his eyes full of deep meaning swept across the Queen's face, "Your Majesty never thought about...seeking Father's tone?"

The empress smiled, "The emperor is in a fit of anger, and I'm asking for trouble by getting close to me at this time? When King Duan said this, I would doubt whether you are on the same front as me. gone."

Jun Che's dark eyes rolled, "Father's erratic temperament, maybe it will affect you and me at some point." After a pause, he evoked a deep smile, "Besides, if the queen If you don’t want to do it yourself, as the master of the harem, you can let others do it.”

The queen frowned, and squinted at Jun Che, "Prince Duan might as well make it clearer."

Jun Che picked up the teacup, took a sip slowly, and then said, "For example, Ruan Zhaoyi, who has been favored recently, what does the Empress think?"

(End of this chapter)