Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 113 The Xiao family has a big heart!
Ignoring Xiao Fengjue who was standing there with a condensed expression, Chu Junyi chose a small path out of Xiao's house and quickly ran towards the palace.

Baili Qingcang was sipping tea at the empress's Ningkun Palace, and immediately frowned when he heard what happened to the Xiao family.

The last time Xiao Jingran was successful in disaster relief, when he wanted to reward him, he found that he had nothing to reward this courtier.

He is already an official of the first rank, and his many military achievements have pushed him to the position of an extremely human minister. If he is rewarded more, he will be crowned a king and a marquis.He suddenly felt something was wrong in his heart. Da'an Kingdom did not have the rules of enfeoffing kings with different surnames, otherwise the Xiao family would go further.

"Bring him to the study room, I'll go and have a look."

Empress Zhao Huiying was holding a delicate teapot and pouring tea into the cup. When she saw Baili Qingcang leaving at a high speed, a smile flashed in her eyes. Shi Shiran put down the teapot and took a sip from the cup: " The tea tastes better after being scalded with boiling water."

Xiao Jingran stood in the hall, waiting for the emperor to appear without turning his eyes.

Shen Ninghua stood at the side slightly back, her eyes were calm without any waves.

None of them spoke, but it made people feel tense and oppressive.

The prince and others stood on both sides of the side, looking at the two people who clearly had no intersection but seemed to be at war, their faces were embarrassed for a while.

"The Emperor is here."

Baili Qingcang waved his hand to let the saluting people stand up, and asked as soon as they sat down, "Xiao Aiqing, today is not your birthday, if you don't accept the congratulations at home, why did you come to me?"

Xiao Jingran cupped his hands, his expression full of coldness: "Your Majesty, the old minister is not willing to disturb the Emperor at this time, but the matter involves Princess Zhaohua, so I have to ask you to judge."

Baili Qingcang looked at Shen Ninghua, and a word gradually formed between his brows: "Ninghua? What happened?"

Xiao Jingran turned around and looked at Chen Yun who was at the side: "Your Majesty, please ask Chen Yuanzheng to speak."

Chen Yun paused for a moment, his expression a little more indifferent, but he still spoke: "Reporting to the emperor, today is General Xiao's birthday, just when the birthday banquet was announced, Princess Anning's servant Qiu Shi came to report that something happened to Xiao Huanxi, Weichen and others found Miss Xiao who had been poisoned by the purple sleep poison at the place where the birthday gift was temporarily placed. Because she was injured by the hairpin that Shen Ninghua gave to her cousin Yang Yingxue, so I dare not say what the outcome of this matter will be. Your Majesty, you are the judge."

Shen Ninghua lowered her eyes lightly, Xiao Jingran asked Chen Yun to tell the story, because he was afraid that he would say it out, and the emperor thought he was embellishing it in his heart, but he ignored it. Chen Yun has always been upright and doesn't like to make plans. The act of asking him to speak has already made him He was unhappy.However, the ministers who have always been upright obeyed the order of the Xiao family and helped to speak, the emperor was afraid that he would feel displeased.

Baili Qingcang's eyes sank, and he asked Baili Jinze and others beside him: "Old Five, have you also gone to Xiao's Mansion?"

Baili Jinze hurriedly stood up: "Reporting to the emperor, what I know is the same as Chen Yuanzheng. When Erchen and others arrived, Miss Xiao had already fainted on the ground, and only Yang Yingxue, the cousin of Princess Zhaohua, was left. Weeping on the side, and said that there was poison in the hairpin of the princess, although Chen Yuanzheng also checked the hairpin afterwards, but the result of the matter is stupid and I have no way of knowing."

Baili Qingcang narrowed his eyes, with a cold look in his eyes: "Ninghua, what do you say?"

Shen Ninghua raised her head resolutely, stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I beg you to take back the title of Princess Zhaohua."

Those words without beginning or end caused the people present to be shocked.Xiao Jingran suddenly turned his head and looked over, is she trying to retreat?

"Ninghua, since I have opened my mouth to seal you as princess, then I will not change my golden words unless you have done something outrageous. Why, the poison on Xiao Huanxi was indeed poisoned by you?"

Shen Ninghua shook her head, with a wry smile on her face: "Your Majesty, Ninghua and Miss Xiao have only met each other twice, and there is no enmity between them. How could they poison her for no reason? I know these words will only embarrass you , but for the sake of the face of the Daan Dynasty, I have to do this, please the emperor abolish Ninghua's title of princess."

Baili Jinze said: "Ninghua, don't be childish, the emperor has always loved you very much, and this time there is no conclusion, why should you be like this." The look of implied love makes people feel extra generous and courteous.

Shen Ninghua's heart was extremely sensitive, she hadn't been in contact with Baili Jinze for a long time, this person was good at disgusting her.

Baili Qingcang: "I have to do this, so tell me, what is your last resort?"

Shen Ninghua straightened her back, and her jade-like face set off a pair of black eyes that shone brighter: "Reporting to the emperor, as the princess of Zhaohua County bestowed by the emperor himself, no matter whether I can bear the majesty of the royal family, I represent The most important thing is the dignity of the royal family. Even if he made a mistake, it should be tried by the Cabinet Court. Old General Xiao saw that his daughter was poisoned, and he asked me for the antidote without even investigating. What is the reason for this?"

Xiao Jingran paused, he didn't expect Shen Ninghua to make a fuss about it!
Shen Ninghua said she was the princess, but in the end she was just the adopted daughter recognized by the emperor. Even though she had shown her talents in Jiangnan disaster relief, she was just a little girl. Even if the emperor considered her adopted daughter, he did not treat her as much thing.

Wanting to understand this point, he immediately pleaded guilty: "The old minister is guilty. At that time, he saw the little girl lying on the ground and didn't know about her personnel. He was really anxious, so he disrespected the princess. I beg the emperor to punish me." Cang would definitely not offend him because of such a trivial matter.

"Xiao Aiqing is eager to love her daughter, I can understand." Baili Qingcang's eyes were flat, but a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, the Xiao family's heart seemed to be growing.

Shen Ninghua did not compromise, her straight back was like a green bamboo, and the majesty on her face made people dare not look directly at him: "Old General Xiao, are you embarrassing the emperor? You have made great contributions to the royal family, and the emperor will not kill you because of you." The royal family's face and easy punishment, this is the emperor's tolerance, but it is not because you rely on the capital of threatening the royal family!"

Xiao Jingran was furious in his heart, and angrily scolded: "Princess Zhaohua, the old minister is loyal to the royal family and is willing to ruin the emperor's heart. You can target the Xiao family but you can't distort the sincerity of my Xiao family!"

Baili Jinze secretly thought it was bad, Shen Ninghua raised the matter to the height of the royal family's face as soon as he came up, it's okay for Xiao Jingran to just plead guilty and beg for mercy at this time, if he refuted out loud, no matter whether he could prevail in the end, the royal father would have a pimple in his heart.And Xiao Jingran has been in a high position for a long time, how could he allow Shen Ninghua to reprimand him without making a sound?

Looking at Shen Ninghua's exquisite and unparalleled face, Baili Jinze's heart felt cold, he was really kind.

Shen Ninghua snorted coldly: "Since Old General Xiao keeps saying that he is loyal to the royal family, why does he ignore the fact that someone accidentally hurt the royal family's face?"

"When did the old man never hear or ask?"

Shen Ninghua smiled coldly, and the light in his eyes danced: "As I said just now, Miss Xiao and I have no grievances or enmity, why did you poison her, and it was at your birthday banquet, the poison of Zimian is extremely hidden, It's too easy to want a person to die silently, since I want Xiao Huanxi to die, how can I make things explode with great fanfare. Can't Old General Xiao understand such a simple situation?"

"Block?" Xiao Jingran was stunned.

"Isn't it?" Shen Ninghua raised her eyebrows, her expression showing a bit of sarcasm, "The people behind this are obviously dissatisfied with the royal family, and they dare not blatantly confront the royal family. Use such a clumsy scheme to frame me and discredit the royal family."

Xiao Jingran's complexion darkened, and her heart was full of sarcasm. She really dared to say that she was the one who smeared the royal family.

The disdain on his face was too obvious, Baili Qingcang saw it clearly, and his eyes suddenly dropped to freezing point.Shen Ninghua is the princess she personally rewarded, such an identity can't make Xiao Jingran care, so who else can he see in his eyes?
At this time, Xiao Fengjue and others also arrived, just in time to hear Shen Ninghua's righteous words.

Xiao Fengjue retorted in a cold voice: "Princess Zhaohua really knows how to avoid the most important and ignore the less important. In the Xiao family, you clearly admitted that the hairpin was given to Yang Yingxue by you three days ago, and the poison on the hairpin was also smeared on three days ago, and Zimian The main material is the Zimian flower in the south of the Yangtze River, and the flowering period of the Zimian flower is very short, and it is really not easy to cultivate, and there is a Zimian flower in your house."

Shen Ninghua's eyes changed suddenly. There was indeed a Zimian flower in her house, which was sent by Chu Junyi during the Jiji ceremony. She liked it very much. She put it in the greenhouse and took care of it carefully. Now it grows lush and lush.

"So what if I have Zimianhua in my house?"

"The princess is proficient in medical science, and there are purple sleeping flowers in the house, isn't that obvious enough?" Xiao Fengjue's voice was exceptionally cold, with a hint of sharpness in his ears.

Shen Ninghua felt a chill in her heart. The flowers that Chu Junyi gave him some time ago became the evidence that the Xiao family criticized her today. This is too coincidental and shocking!
"If you say that, one-third of the people in the south of the Yangtze River will be beheaded? Especially in Yangcheng, which one doesn't grow some Zimian to decorate the garden?"

"The princess knows what I'm going to say, why pretend not to understand."

Shen Ninghua suddenly raised the corners of her lips, her indifferent eyes were cold and cold, since the Xiao family didn't show her any mercy, then she didn't have to worry about it.There are people in the Xiao family who want to seek death, so she will give them a ride!
"Your Majesty, the adopted son of the Xiao family, Chu Junyi, seeks to see you." Just as Shen Ninghua was about to retort, a voice from outside the door came in.

Chu Junyi walked in quickly, knelt down and said: "My servant sees the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live."

Baili Qingcang didn't cry out, looked down at the handsome young man kneeling on the ground, and asked intently: "What did you investigate in your haste?"

Chu Junyi raised his head and said respectfully: "Reporting to the emperor, the servant caught a man on the way here. He is a servant of the Xiao family, but he was trying to leave the city with 500 taels of silver notes."

"Oh? Who, bring it up."

"Yes," Chu Junyi waved his hand and asked the guards outside to bring up a servant dressed as a servant. It was the servant who was ordered by Xiao Huanxi to make a carriage collision. "Back to the emperor, this person's name is Laifu. A servant of the family, this is the bank note that was found on him, Lord Yin Sun of the Jingwei Prefecture was present at the time, and he can testify."

Baili Qingcang frowned: "What does he have to do with this case?"

(End of this chapter)