Chapter 95

Qin Anan said: "It's not that I won't help, but I can't help my sister. Now... I'm afraid no one knows the prince's plan. Since my sister knows the prince's plan, she should also know the prince's determination. At most, I can let King Jing help You can veto it when he proposes it, but the decision rests with the emperor, right?"

Qin Meier sighed, and said, "I used to think I was smart, but now I realize that Fourth Sister is actually the smartest among us sisters."

Qin Anan frowned slightly, and said, "Since Second Sister is fine, I'll go back first."

Qin Meier quietly sat on the soft couch with the child in her arms, looking at Qin Anan with a hint of guilt in her eyes, Qin Anan suddenly stood up vigilantly, but only felt dizzy for a while, and fell to the ground with a black plop before her eyes. on the ground.Qin Mei'er silently looked at Qin An'an who had fallen to the ground, and said softly, "I'm sorry fourth sister, I'm the mother of a child. I always have to think about it for my daughter."

Soon there was news that the Jiao Palace was on fire.The crown prince's side concubine Qin Mei'er and Princess Changle were killed in the flames, and Jing Wang's concubine Qin An'an, who was visiting Qin's side concubine in the Jiao Palace, disappeared.

"My lord... my lord! It's not good..." In King Jing's mansion, the chief steward, who was always known for his calm and steady footsteps, rushed to the study set up in the side hall of the main courtyard.

Pei Zihua leaned on the chair in a corner of the study with a face full of fun, and said with a lazy smile: "My lord, it seems that it's really not good to scare the butler like this..." Before he finished speaking, the butler had already When he arrived at the door of the study, he said to Ji Lingchen with a pale face: "My lord, my concubine...the concubine has disappeared in the palace!" Pei Zihua was taken aback for a moment, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "How is this possible? How could such a good person disappear in the palace? ?" Both of them turned their heads to look at Ji Lingchen who was sitting on the side, Ji Lingchen seemed to be in a daze, and when the two looked over, he slowly put the scroll in his hand back on the table.Shen Sheng asked: "What's going on?" The housekeeper tremblingly said: "After the concubine came out after seeing the concubine Xian, the side concubine Qin from the prince's side sent someone to invite the concubine over, saying that she had something to ask for. When the hidden guards arrived, the entire Jiao Palace was already on fire. Concubine Qin and the little princess were killed in the flames, and the princess... the princess is missing."

Ji Lingchen leaned on the wheelchair, closed his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Where did Zhiqiu and the dark guard go?"

"Zhiqiu and the secret guard are also missing." The butler said in a deep voice, "And...the secret guard in the palace did not find them."

"Very good." Ji Lingchen's deep voice seemed not to be angry, but it made people feel as cold as ice.The whole study seemed to be covered with a layer of frost in an instant, it was as cold as the bones, "The princess disappeared, and the two maids disappeared. The hidden guards in the palace didn't know anything. Very good... The king should praise these years Are the hidden guards really dedicated to their duties?"

"My lord, please calm down." Pei Zihua and the butler's expression changed, and they both knelt down to plead guilty.

Ji Lingchen didn't look at the two of them, and waved his hand lightly: "Go and prepare, the king will enter the palace immediately. Pei Zihua, secretly block all the exits from the capital. The king doesn't want to see any suspicious people leave the capital." Pei Zihua Zi Hua stood up and said, "Your subordinate obeys orders." The steward hesitated for a moment, and said, "My lord, I'm afraid the current situation is inappropriate..." Before he could finish speaking, Ji Lingchen glanced over, his eyes as sharp as a knife's edge made the steward His heart trembled, and the rest of the words were choked in his throat.Pei Zihua quickly pulled the butler and walked out. The butler frowned worriedly and said, "It's going to be exposed now... this..." He was also worried that the princess was missing, but if these things happen at this time, I'm afraid the emperor will be there. Got it, then King Jing's mansion doesn't need to be calculated by others, it should be over soon.Pei Zihua shook his head and said: "You know the prince's temper, it's useless to say anything now. Hurry up and ask King Zhao to come over, it's best to let King Zhao go into the palace with him."

The butler also knew that what Pei Zihua said was reasonable, so he sighed and walked quickly to Prince Zhao's mansion.Pei Zihua turned his head and glanced worriedly at the silent study room, and could only sigh in his heart, hoping that Qin An'an was safe.

The palace was already in chaos at this time, the prince's face was gloomy, and he stared at everyone present with crazily suspicious and ferocious expressions in his eyes.He can ignore Qin Meier and the little princess being burned to death, but if there is one of them, Princess Jing, then he can't ignore it.The prince never thought that someone would take advantage of his loopholes in his own palace.That's right, as soon as the incident happened, the prince realized that this was by no means an ordinary accidental escape, it was a conspiracy against himself.Concubine Jing died in the palace, and she was summoned by her side concubine... The prince couldn't imagine how much trouble would be caused if King Jing got into trouble because of this incident.Although he sent his cronies to guard the guards of the capital immediately after the incident, but he was still restless in his heart.

His eyes fell on Concubine Xian who was sitting on the side, and the prince's eyes became more complicated and difficult to discern.If you want to ask who the prince suspects, the first thing he suspects is that King Zhao and the others are involved in framing him.

Looking at the emperor sitting on the side with the same bad expression, the anger in the prince's eyes gradually receded.He can't mess up by himself now, there are more difficult people to deal with behind him.He is his own father...and the emperor, and he cannot back down.

"King Jing is here!"

Ji Lingchen walked in with a stern expression on his face, followed by the indistinguishable King Zhao, who was wearing a light blue cloak with silver silk cloud pattern, and the royal robes with white silver dragon embroidered inside were exposed at the neckline.

"My King, Ji Lingchen, has met the emperor and concubine mother." Ji Lingchen said carelessly and respectfully.

The hall was full of solemnity, the emperor restrained his mind, and said loudly: "Prince Jing is free."

Ji Lingchen said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Forgive me for being rude, may I ask where is the crown prince?"

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, the prince glanced at the completely indifferent emperor, his eyes sank, and he looked sideways at King Zhao.Seeing that King Zhao didn't intend to speak, he calmed down and said, "Fifth Brother, Princess Jing was also in the Jiao Palace at that time. I'm afraid it's already...Please ask King Jing to express his condolences."

"My condolences?" Ji Lingchen angrily swept across the people in the hall, and asked in a deep voice, "My concubine was summoned by your side concubine, now that she is gone, do you tell me my condolences?"

"The Jiao Palace is on fire, and the concubine Qin, the little princess, and the servants of the Jiao Palace have all found the body. Only Concubine Jing hasn't heard anything. Please calm down, Dust." The emperor sat up and said seriously, "It's just now...Princess Jing is dead. No one is seen, no dead body is seen. The fire in this charming palace...is really weird."

After hearing the emperor's words, Ji Lingchen raised his head and asked in a cold voice: "The emperor means that someone is going to kill Concubine Qin and the little princess, and this king's concubine was just implicated by accident?"

King Zhao also sneered and said, "Isn't this very natural? Who has the guts and the ability to set fire to kill people in the palace? And just happened to burn Concubine Qin and the little princess to death? Who knows if Princess Jing is What did you see that was silenced? Even if you haven’t been burned to death, you should still be in the palace now.”

The prince narrowed his eyes, stared at King Zhao and said, "What's your opinion, second brother?"

King Zhao said with a smile: "My brother has no objections, but since Princess Jing is not alive or dead, we have to give an explanation to the courtiers and the people. We can't say that Princess Jing just disappeared in the palace. If so In the future, who will dare to enter the palace among the imperial court wives?"

The emperor frowned and said, "What does King Zhao mean?"

"Father, what I mean is that it is best to search the palace. If Princess Jing is really alive, she must still be in the palace. Maybe even the murderer who set the fire can be found. So many of us are doing it here. The murderer wouldn’t just come to us just like that, would he? Presumably King Jing and Ben Wang have the same meaning. Ah Chen, don’t you think so?”

Of course the prince didn't want to search his harem, but he couldn't disagree with King Zhao's honest proposal and King Jing's angrily agreed.It is almost conceivable that this matter will become a joke and spread to every corner of Daxing without waiting until tomorrow.The prince secretly hated him, his younger brother, who had been wrong since childhood, was now taking every opportunity to smear his face.

Ji Lingchen did not participate in the mighty search, but stayed in the side hall to rest on the grounds that he was unwell.He knew in his heart that it was impossible for the prince's so-called search to find any useful clues.It is quite possible to search out a bunch of messy things in the prince's harem.Normally, he wouldn’t mind following along to have a look, but now he’s in a very bad mood, and it’s already the limit to hold back a few words to those people in the hall calmly. , By the way, give him a heavy blow.

"My lord, where is Jiaogong..." An Yi and the butler stood behind Ji Lingchen, one on the left and one on the right, and asked worriedly.

Ji Lingchen raised his hand to stop him, shook his head and said, "I'm fine. Tell Pei Zihua to give up the palace, An'an is not in the palace."

"Since An An was invited by Concubine Qin, she should have been with Concubine Qin at that time. Even the bones of the little princess were found, but An An was gone...An An's...wouldn't be able to escape the charming palace, so ..." Ji Lingchen frowned and thought, the Jiao Palace was completely burned down, and now it is impossible to find any clues.The dark guard felt outside the Jiao Palace as soon as the fire broke out, but he didn't see An An coming out.Moreover, the fire in Jiaogong was burning too fast...

"Come on."

"My lord." An ordinary-looking old eunuch appeared at an inconspicuous side door of the side hall, waiting respectfully for Ji Lingchen's order.

Ji Lingchen said indifferently: "Go and see if there are any secret passages or mechanism secret rooms in the Jiao Palace. Also, who did Concubine Qin often come into contact with during her lifetime. Finally...send someone with medical skills to check on Concubine Qin and the little princess. Corpse."

The old eunuch was not at all curious about what Ji Lingchen ordered. His wrinkled old face was still calm, and he said respectfully: "This subordinate obeys the order, and will definitely live up to the prince's order."

Ji Lingchen snorted softly, and said lightly: "I don't want to pursue the matter this time. If the rest of the matter is still not good, you don't have to come to see me again."

"Thank you, my lord, my subordinates will leave."

An'an, I know you'll be fine... definitely not!Soon, I will pick you up, wait for me.

Qin Anan woke up from the darkness, only to feel a throbbing pain in his forehead.Qin An'an couldn't help but smiled wryly, he was still careless after all.Even though he knew that the prince was afraid of Achen and King Zhao, he was still sure that he would never dare to touch him in the palace.But he didn't expect Qin Mei'er to attack him.Qin An'an didn't open his eyes immediately, and lay quietly on the bed for a while, making sure that there was no one around him, and then slowly opened his eyes.

The situation seems to be much better than Qin Anan originally expected, at least she is not imprisoned in a dark cell somewhere, but in a well-decorated room.The room is arranged according to the favorite appearance of the ladies in the capital, and the furnishings in the room are all expensive and gorgeous.Even the windows are pasted with smoked gauze, which is the favorite of ladies in the capital.Qin Anan sat up, leaning against the bedpost with a helpless wry smile.Her body was limp, it seemed that Qin Mei'er had indeed injected some terrible poison.No wonder the other party dared to put her in such a defenseless room without even a guard.It must be that she is now so weak that it may be difficult for her to walk to the door by herself.

Qin An'an was thinking whether to use the space to escape now or should he see who is behind this conspiracy?

I don't know where Zhiqiu and the dark guard went?Will there be any hidden guards around here looking at her and discovering that she disappeared out of thin air? Let's wait a little longer and see what the person behind the scenes wants to do. She is sure that this person is not the prince, but she doesn't know that Bu is so big. What do you want to get out of it.

With a creak, the people outside the screen were pushed away, and a girl in green came in with something.Seeing Qin Anan sitting by the bed, she smiled in surprise, "Girl, you finally woke up!"

Qin Anan looked at her, frowned and asked casually, "What is this place? How long have I been sleeping?"

This maid is so interesting, is she pretending not to know her identity?Also called a girl, do you know that you are not a girl just by looking at your hairstyle?

The girl in green put the things in her hands on the table beside her, and said with a smile: "The girl has been sleeping here for more than two days. The girl must be hungry if she hasn't eaten for two days. Xiaoyun has prepared some porridge, girl, do you want to go first?" Use some?" Qin Anan watched calmly as the girl cleverly filled a bowl of rice porridge with a light fragrance and brought it to Qin Anan.Qin Anan raised her hand, raised her eyebrows and said, "How do I eat like this?" She can still sit up now because she is leaning on the pillar at the head of the bed, and even raising her hand feels very laborious. How can she hold it on one side? Eating with your own bowl?The girl in green smiled apologetically at Qin Anan and said, "Xiaoyun forgot, Xiaoyun feed the girl."

Qin Anan lowered her eyes and said softly, "You are such a hardworking girl."

"Xiaoyun is just a bossy girl, you don't have to be so polite." The girl named Xiaoyun smiled quietly and pleasantly, sitting beside Qin An'an's bed with porridge and began to feed the porridge carefully.Qin An'an was a little displeased with being served as a seriously ill patient, but she was not someone who would abuse herself, she would never refuse to eat, and she would never be a starving ghost!Being hungry for two days and not eating for the sake of the so-called backbone and face is to find guilt for myself.As for this girl who claims to be a servant girl, if she is just an ordinary servant girl, she is an idiot.

(End of this chapter)

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