Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 358 Gambling
Rong Yu secretly wiped off the cold sweat oozing from his palms, and made up his mind that he would never meet Xia Zijin in private in the future, otherwise Xia Shengqing would find out, and the neck on his head might not be safe.But on the bright side?Even if she is married and he is willing to protect her, no one can control her!
A smile immediately appeared on Xia Zijin's face, like the scorching sun rising in winter, it exploded in Rong Yu's eyes, sending a soft light to his heart that had been sunk in the ice for many years, followed by his heart beating violently stand up.

Here, Xia Zijin and Rong met. After Xia Qin comforted Liu Nianxia, ​​he returned home full of anger, leaned on the chair to drink, and felt depressed when he thought of being entangled in this brown candy.After thinking for a long time, he suddenly got up and went into the palace to see Yue Jing'an.

Yue Jing'an had just finished washing her hands when she saw the servant girl coming in, saying that the crown prince was visiting.She froze for a moment, flashing through her mind what had happened to Xia Qin in recent days, a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips.It seems that Xia Qin couldn't handle Liu Nianxia by himself, so he specially asked her to come here.

It's a pity that he was the one who found this person. He was supposed to use Liu Nianxia to break Xia Zijin to him, but unexpectedly, he became a stepping stone for Xia Zijin instead.

Now Ming Shengdi is extremely grateful for the friendship of his daughter who sacrificed her life to save her father. Yue Jing'an feels a headache when she thinks of this, and she can't wait to dig Xia Shengqing's head open to see what he is thinking.

It would be fine if he really poisoned Ming Shengdi to death, but he wanted to save him.Ever since Ming Shengdi woke up, he had placed manpower in the palaces of various concubines, and he was afraid that he would suddenly suspect everyone.

If she hadn't been quick-witted and wiped away all the evidence that might point to her, and used a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain, maybe Ming Shengdi would have suspected her.

Yue Jing gripped the armrest of the chair angrily, her heart ached.

Speaking of it this way, she was the one to blame for the failure of this strategy. After all, she had neglected Xia Shengqing's obsession with Xia Zijin, and immediately asked someone to invite Xia Qin in.

As soon as Xia Qin entered, he bowed to Yue Jing'an, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, I still want to help the Crown Prince. That bastard Liu Nianxia actually wants the Crown Prince to marry her. It's really disgusting!"

Seeing that he didn't even pretend to be gentle and refined in the past, Yue Jing'an secretly sighed, "In that case, the prince should marry her at her request."

"What?" Xia Qin never expected that she would say such words, and the expression on her face twisted instantly.

Yue Jingan saw that he was so impatient, she sneered, "The emperor is worried about how to solve this obtrusive thing. If the prince is willing to help the emperor get rid of this evil, he will naturally be favored by the emperor. Such a good deal, the prince Why can't you see clearly?"

Xia Tian listened in confusion, "What does this mean?"

"Prince, the emperor doesn't want Liu Nianxia to remind him of the fact that he almost killed his own daughter even more than you do now, but Liu Nianxia has saved the emperor's life, the emperor can't deal with him directly, but if the prince is willing to bring her into the mansion, left and right are just a matter of choice." Concubine, if you kill me, you will die. Why should the prince worry about this?" Yue Jing'an rubbed her brows, with a hint of hatred that iron can't be made into steel.

"It's just that before accepting her into the mansion, the crown prince has to tell the emperor first, so that the emperor will remember your contribution." Yue Jing'an picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea slowly, moistened her throat, and finally Then speak.

After being reminded by Yue Jing'an, Xia Qin suddenly felt enlightened, and quickly got up to say goodbye, and strode towards the imperial study.

The Empress suddenly went blind, Ming Shengdi was soft-hearted, and ordered people to guard her to the death. Zhang Yuanshou and others were naturally on standby at any time, waiting to enter the palace to treat the Empress.The servant girl who had testified against the queen was also taken into custody by the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and she was brought up for interrogation after the queen's eyes recovered.

Because the search for the assassin was interrupted halfway, Ming Shengdi's mood deteriorated, and he didn't smile for several days. Jump straight up, sit up straight and look at him, "Tell me, who is coming outside?"

"His Royal Highness begged to see the emperor, and said that he had something important to discuss with you." Xiao Xiazi thought about Ming Shengdi's neglect of Xia Qin these days, and couldn't help sneaking a glance at him, for fear that Ming Shengdi would get angry because of what he had reported.

Knowing that Xia Qin asked to see him, Ming Shengdi's hopeful mood disappeared immediately. Although he was unconscious before, but Xia Qin refused to exchange blood for him in order to save his life. He knew clearly that Ming Shengdi treated him. Naturally, he didn't like him anymore, so he waved his hand immediately, "I'm in a bad mood, tell him to go back, no see."

Xiao Xiazi nodded quickly, and quickly went out to report to Xia Qin, "His Royal Highness, it's not that our family doesn't help you talk, the emperor is in a bad mood right now, why don't you come back at another time?"

Seeing his embarrassment floating on the surface, Xia Tianqin's palm hanging by his side unconsciously tightened, and then he took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Xiazi, "In this case, please trouble Eunuch Xia to give this to Father, my prince. I will bid farewell first."

Xiao Xiazi weighed the letter and gave Xia Qin a strange look. In his impression, His Royal Highness is not such a talkative person, but he showed a bitter face for nothing. Xiao Xiazi rubbed his face, turned around walk into.

Ming Shengdi originally thought that Xia Qin would insist on seeing him to plead guilty for his refusal to exchange blood a few days ago, but he didn't expect Xiao Xiazi to say that he had already gone back, and he was stunned for a while, and it took a long time to recover Come on, his expression twisted for a while, and the anger that was ready to be vented was held in his chest, making him feel uncomfortable all over, and he raised his head again, looking at Xiao Xiazi, "Did the prince say anything?"

Seeing the anticipation in Ming Shengdi's eyes, Xiao Xiazi frowned involuntarily. If he read correctly just now, Ming Shengdi should hate Xia Tianqin, so why did he still show such an expression at this moment.Xiao Xiazi was puzzled, but quickly presented the bamboo slips he was holding.

Ming Shengdi suddenly felt that he had an excuse to get angry, took the letter, and glanced at him, "I don't know how to present it earlier, you bastard."

Xiao Xiazi got scolded out of nowhere, but with a smile still on his face, he hurriedly stood aside and wondered in his heart what was written in the bamboo slips.

As soon as Ming Shengdi opened it and took a look, his complexion changed drastically. He stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth, and forced himself to read every sentence. About to step forward to appease him, Ming Shengdi suddenly turned his head, his deep and cold gaze fell firmly on Xiao Xiazi.

Seeing him looking like he was going to deal with himself, Xiao Xiazi swallowed involuntarily, and cold sweat oozes from his forehead. Since he was detoxified by Ming Shengdi, his temper has become more and more uncertain. As the saying goes, being with a king is like being with a tiger. In recent days, although he has gained face in front of Emperor Ming, it does not mean that Emperor Ming will not deal with him.

It's just that I don't know what Xiaqin's letter is about, and that Emperor Ming could be so shocked and angry. Just when Xiao Xiazi was uneasy and thinking wildly, Emperor Ming suddenly withdrew his gaze, and his eyes fell on the bamboo slip again, " Go, Prince Xuan enters the palace to see me."

Xiao Xiazi was stunned, and immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly chased him out.Xia Qin was not sure about what he handed over, just as he stepped out of the palace gate and was stepping on the pedals to get into the car, he heard Xiao Xiazi's panting voice, "His Royal Highness, wait a moment."

Xia Qin immediately turned his head overjoyed, "Grandpa Xia, but Father is willing to see me?"

Xiao Xiazi gasped and nodded, when he recovered, what he saw was the back of Xia Qin hurriedly walking towards the imperial study.Xiao Xiazi followed quickly and stood outside the hall waiting.

Ming Shengdi turned his back to the door, palm behind his back, turned around when he heard the movement, picked up the bamboo slip in his hand and threw it at Xia Qin, "You bastard!"

"I'm guilty!" Xia Qin thought of Qing Heyuan's words, and immediately knelt down with interest, "I know that I shouldn't be entangled with Princess Mingyue, but that day she used the name of the imperial sister to ask Erchen to come out. The son was not on guard and didn't notice for a while, so he fell into her way."

Xia Tian put his hands on the ground, lowered his head, and looked like a dog at a glance.But Xia Qin didn't care about his image at all, and kowtowed to Ming Shengdi constantly, "Father, I know that I deserve to die, but I just let Liu Nianxia go like this, I really don't want to be reconciled."

Ming Shengdi sneered, "Xia Qin, don't forget that Liu Nianxia is the Princess Mingyue whom I conferred."

Even if it is an illusion, Ming Shengdi can't let people hurt her in the face, otherwise, his prestige in the eyes of the world is like a stream of snow that melts in winter, which can be broken at the touch of a touch.Seeing Xia Tianqin's calm expression, Ming Shengdi couldn't help suppressing his anger, "Is everything you said true?"

"It's absolutely true." Xia Tian lay on the ground and said in tears, "It's all right for my minister to suffer such a great shame, but it's an unforgivable crime for her to dare to deceive her father. What's more, my minister suspects that she is not Concubine Liu's biological son, I specially sent my subordinates to investigate, but it was found that she grew up in the Northwest since she was a child. In this way, what she said earlier was to deceive the emperor on purpose. I really don't want you to be deceived by her. In the drum, I risked my life to report to my father."

"If the emperor wants to punish my son, I will have no complaints." Xia Qin straightened his chest, looked directly at Ming Shengdi, forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, and showed a true look.

Ming Shengdi looked at Xia Qin who was kneeling down to express his loyalty, his eyes flashed probing, and he suddenly sneered, "In this case, come, someone, press the prince down, and wait to be dealt with."

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Xia Qin never expected that he would take the risk of telling Ming Shengdi about Liu Nianxia's shameless seduction of him, what's more, he even talked about her origin, originally thought that Ming Shengdi would approve of him, but now, listening to Ming Shengdi The meaning is to question him.

For a moment, Xia Qin couldn't help being flustered, he raised his head suddenly, and bumped into Ming Shengdi's slightly cloudy eyes, and the words that came to his mouth were immediately swallowed back by him, and he quickly lowered his head, his posture was more respectful than before, "Elder Chen Obey the order."

As soon as the voice fell, a gust of wind suddenly swept in along the half-open window, and the frame supporting the window broke with a "snap", and hit the wall following the window, making a loud "clang".

The temperature in the hall suddenly dropped, Xiao Xiazi hurried in from the outer room, ordered the maidservants to hang up the heavy curtains, walked to the window in person, saw the rapidly gloomy weather, closed the window, and ordered the little eunuch to serve charcoal Here comes the basin.

Xia Qin was startled by the loud noise, reached out and wiped his head, and saw the sweat on his hand.Ming Shengdi only frowned when the gust of wind came in, and kept his eyes on Xia Qin. Seeing that he didn't show any resentment, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, put away the suspicion in his heart, "Wait a minute."

The two guards who came forward to drag Xia Qin out immediately stopped, turned around and looked at Emperor Ming, waiting for his next instruction.

Ming Shengdi made a fist with his hand and coughed twice between his lips to cover up the embarrassment on his face, "You all step back first, I still have something to say to the crown prince."

Xiao Xiazi just lit the charcoal, and the room gradually warmed up. Hearing Ming Shengdi's words, he immediately led a group of court ladies and eunuchs to retreat to the outer room to wait.

The copper basin was dyed with high-quality ermine smokeless charcoal. As the temperature in the room rose, the hands and feet that were cold just now became warmer. Gritting his teeth, he waited for Ming Shengdi to deal with him.

Seeing his life and death in his own hands, Ming Shengdi's depression that had been clogged in his chest dissipated a bit, and he sat back on the high-backed chair again, picked up the hot tea brewed on the table and moistened himself. Throat, cleared the phlegm in the throat, propped his head with one hand, leaned on the back of the chair, "Since you have evidence, you must be telling the truth, so this Liu Nianxia is really shameless, dare to drug you , and even asked you to marry him, do you really think that the Tian family's daughter-in-law is so easy to do?"

Seeing that he successfully changed Ming Shengdi's mind, and clearly told him that Liu Nianxia was deliberately pretending to be Xia Zijin at the beginning, plus the fact that he did not hesitate to use her chastity to achieve her goal when things were revealed, Ming Shengdi might have already recognized her as Xia Zijin. Despicable villain, Xia Qin immediately showed a complacent smile on the corner of his mouth, and it was fleeting. He lowered his head and looked annoyed, "Father, these facts are really unbelievable. In order to reward her for saving her life, you sealed her If you punish the princess suddenly at this moment, I am afraid that the world will think that you are deliberately making excuses to frame her..."

"Presumptuous!" Ming Shengdi is used to being the only one who dominates himself, and what he hates the most is when others point fingers at him, so he immediately shouted angrily.Xia Tian was taken aback, and immediately swallowed the words in his mouth, Ming Shengdi looked at his face ashen, although he was unwilling to admit it, he had to agree with what he said.

Indeed, if he hadn't cared about the opinions of the common people, he would have found a way to kill Liu Nianxia a long time ago, why would he wait until now.

Ming Shengdi gritted his teeth, and when he thought of what Liu Nianxia had done, he felt as sick as swallowing a fly, "Do you know how it will affect you if you bring her into the mansion?"

The dignified prince actually fell in love with his righteous sister, and even ran to the emperor to intercede in person in order to marry her, asking the emperor to reveal her identity as a princess, just to bring her into the mansion in a legitimate way.

If word like this spreads out, Xia Qin, the crown prince, will be regarded as the end.Those tough-tempered censors in the court will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.Ming Shengdi stared at him closely, trying to see other emotions from his face.

However, from the beginning to the end, Xia Qin never backed down in the slightest, "If the minister can't share the worries of the father, this prince, it doesn't matter!"

When he said these words, Xia Qin's nervous palms were sweating, and cold sweat climbed up his back instantly. He was afraid that Ming Shengdi would take his words seriously, and then he would really lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds.In order to win the favor of Emperor Ming, it is really not worthwhile to lose the crown prince.

Fortunately, after a long while, Ming Shengdi withdrew his gaze from him, and sighed with regret, "In this case, this matter has wronged you, but it's just a hidden story, and no one else will know it until she passes by." The door is up to you."

Xia Tianqinming Shengdi showed shame on his face, and his heart was shocked, "I obey the order."

When Liu Nianxia got the news, knowing that Ming Shengdi agreed to betroth her to Xia Qin, her excited fingers trembled, and a sharp needle pricked her finger. She gasped, put down the brocade handkerchief, and sucked the blood from her fingertips.

The maidservant who was standing beside her waited for her with contempt flashing across her eyes calmly, pushed the door and went out to guard, but after a while, Liu Nianxia changed her clothes, painted her eyebrows carefully, painted Yuan Shandai, her cheeks were flushed, lol It looks very gorgeous.

The servant girl turned her head, looked at her outfit, and was stunned. Liu Nianxia was very satisfied with her eyes, turned around proudly, and walked towards the door of the mansion, so she didn't see the flash of the other party's eyes when he recovered. ridicule.

On the way back from the small kitchen, Xin'er saw Liu Nianxia's figure from a distance. Just as she was about to go forward to salute, she saw the maid following behind her, squatting down quickly and hiding among the flowers.The maid who was following Liu Nianxia was keenly aware of the movement. When passing by, she glanced at the place where Xin'er was hiding with a half-smile. Patting his chest, he ran to Xia Zijin's yard.

"Princess, this servant just saw..." Before Xin'er finished speaking, she saw Huang Chenyan sitting opposite Xia Zijin, and immediately stopped the syllables in her throat, and stepped forward to bless her body, "My servant has seen the county host."

Xia Zijin stretched out her fingers and tapped her forehead hard, "Usually you are always bluffing when you see this princess, but today when you see the dust and smoke, you become well-behaved, do you think this princess can't restrain you? "

Xin'er hurriedly confessed, sticking out her tongue, Xia Zijin shook her head and chuckled, recalling her flustered look just now, she lowered her expression and asked, "What happened before that made you hurry, but women's reserve doesn't matter?" gone."

"My servant saw Princess Mingyue walking towards the gate of the mansion." Xin'er immediately told the scene she had just seen, "My servant almost misunderstood her at first, if it wasn't for Aoki following her, this servant would have recognized her as a princess gone."

"What's going on?" Although she looks exactly the same as Liu Nianxia, ​​but they have different temperaments. In addition, Liu Nianxia has lost a lot of weight these days because she is worried that Ming Shengdi will attack her. It stands to reason that Xin'er should not Admit your mistake, is it possible that Liu Nianxia is different from the past?

Xin'er paused for a moment, and added, "My servant looks at Princess Mingyue's pretty dress, as if she is going to meet someone."

Xia Zijin immediately turned his head and looked at Huang Chenyan. Huang Chenyan immediately pursed his lips and smiled, "It seems that the pheasant that fell to the ground tried to save itself."

Xia Shengqing walked over from a distance, and heard their chatting and laughing, and involuntarily interrupted, "What are you talking about?"

"Sheng Qing, you came just in time. Just now, Xin'er saw Liu Nianxia go out, you should ask someone to follow." Xia Zijin sneered, if nothing else, Liu Nianxia must have gone to find Xia Qin.

Xia Shengqing immediately nodded to express her understanding, turned and left, and ordered the hidden guards to follow.

Speaking of it like this, did Xia Qin agree to accept her into the mansion?Seeing the back of Xia Shengqing leaving, Xia Zijin's eyes flashed with suspicion, before she could think about it, the butler hurried over and said that it was Mrs. Xia from the palace who came, Xia Zijin stood up immediately, trembling.

Huang Chenyan at the side quickly grabbed her palm, and pressed her fingers on her palm.Only then did Xia Zijin come to her senses, Xia Zijin had no sympathy for Liu Nianxia who had suffered from physical impairment and nearly died in prison.

But if the mastermind behind it wants to push Liu Nianxia to take the place of the dead ghost and welcome Ming Shengdi's favor, she will not be reconciled.Of course Liu Nianxia should be damned, but the person who instigated her behind her should be even more damned!After all, Liu Nianxia is just a pawn.

Xia Zijin was thinking wildly all the way, and walked to the front yard without noticing. It was Huang Chenyan who tugged at her sleeves before she realized it. She knelt on the ground and listened to Xiao Xiazi read out the imperial decree. , a sneer appeared on his lips, he did not expect Xia Qin to have such an ability to coax Liu Nianxia to voluntarily give up his princess status in order to be his concubine.

Naturally, Xia Qin entered the palace to ask for this imperial decree, Ming Shengdi was afraid that someone could solve Liu Nianxia for him, so he would naturally agree.

It has to be said that Liu Nianxia took a bad move and forced herself into a desperate situation. If she is willing to be her own Princess Mingyue and stay in the mansion, Ming Shengdi will forget her. After Ming Shengdi passed away, she was still a princess, but she had to live a few years of hard life, but she was flustered by Ming Shengdi's remarks about her punishment, so she did not hesitate to hook up with Xia Qin and ask for her asylum, but she didn't know See clearly whether the person you are calling for help is a human or a ghost.

But Xia Zijin naturally wouldn't remind her of these, she just waited and watched what Liu Nianxia could do.As for Xia Qin, if he thought that this would solve the matter with peace of mind, he might be wrong.Xia Zijin thought about what Xia Shengqing said earlier, a treacherous smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and she gave Xin'er a wink.

(End of this chapter)