The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 559 Please enter the urn (Part 2)

Royal study.

Princess Ning'an sat beside the emperor with a gloomy expression.

The emperor patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't take it to heart, there will always be a day when the truth of the case will be revealed."

Princess Ning An said in a low voice: "Occasionally, I wonder if I shouldn't come back? Back then, I was blind and refused to listen to the dissuasion of the emperor's brother and mother, and insisted on marrying a far away frontier fortress. As a result, I was entrusted to an inhumane person, causing dozens of border crossings to die. Tens of thousands of people suffered from the flames of war, and so many soldiers lost their lives. When His Majesty proposed to confer me the title of Princess Protector, I actually understood that I was not qualified."

The emperor looked at her: "Ning An..."

Princess Ning An met his gaze: "Brother Huang, listen to me."

The emperor nodded helplessly: "Okay, tell me."

Princess Ning An reproached herself and said: "It is the emperor's kindness that I can be accepted by the royal family. Please don't mention the matter of rewarding me."

The emperor said earnestly: "This is not your fault. Whether you are there or not, the remnants of the previous dynasty will cause trouble in Zhaoguo. You are just a poor person who was used by them. If it is not you, there will be others. Don't blame yourself anymore. Your words remind me, is it because I dote on you too much, making some people jealous, so I feel dissatisfied and cause many troubles?"

Princess Ning An remained silent.

The emperor comforted her and said: "I have my own opinion on this matter, and I will definitely not let you be wronged. You just pretend you haven't heard anything today, and I will find out the truth."

Princess Ning An's eye circles were a little red.

Seeing her like this, the emperor couldn't help thinking that when she was a child, Ning An was a lively and active child, and she didn't cry like ordinary little girls. When she was wronged, she found a place where no one was around and sat quietly There, I tried to hold back my tears.

Every time he finds Ning An and makes Ning An happy.

Thinking of the past, the emperor felt sorry for Ning An even more.

I don't know how many times she hid in a corner and was secretly sad during the years when she was alone in the frontier. Has anyone found her? Does anyone care about her?

The emperor called Wei Gonggong: "Go to the Ministry of Punishment and tell Shangshu Xing to keep his mouth shut. Don't reveal any information about this case for now."

"Yes."

Eunuch Wei took the order and went.

But it was too late.

On the way from Eunuch Wei to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he heard people discussing this matter.

"You two little brothers, what were you talking about just now?" Eunuch Wei raised the curtain of the car, and called to the two young men on the side of the road in a good voice.

Since it is to be kept secret, his identity is not easy to reveal. He is wearing the clothes of an ordinary master.

The two thought he was a rich man in the capital, so they told him the news they had heard in the teahouse.

"I heard that Xianleju colluded with the royal family and killed the soldiers who returned from the frontier!"

"Yes, is there such a thing?"

Lao Jijiu is well aware that the speed at which a rumor spreads depends entirely on the bloodiness of the rumor itself. It doesn't matter whether it is exaggerated or not, as long as it spreads widely!

"Who did you kill?"

"Young Master of the Gu Family Army! Gu Changqing!"

"Ahem!" Eunuch Wei almost choked himself to death!

How did you get involved with Gu Changqing?

Didn't it say that the person who was assassinated was Miss Gu?

And it was an attempted assassination!

"Did you make a mistake? Gu Shizi went to condolences to the families of the soldiers."

"He was killed on the way out of the city! Not far from Feng County, someone came out from a nearby post station and saw corpses and bloodstains all over the snow!"

It was obviously Miss Gu fighting with the killers of Xianleju, and the people who died were all Xianleju's people!

Who made up this, this, this!

"Oh, what a tragedy, what a tragedy! Gu Shizi fought the enemy bravely in the frontier, but was assassinated by the royal family when he came back. This is because he fears that Gu Shizi's achievements will surpass the master, so he has to kill the donkey!"

"He didn't die in the hands of the enemy, but died in the hands of his own people. It's really chilling."

"It seems that he did not die, and escaped."

"Then Gu Shizi will be hiding in Tibet from now on, right?"

This is the first version that Eunuch Wei heard.

And there's a second one.

The previous content is similar, Gu Changqing was assassinated when he went out of the city, it was Xianleju who colluded with the royal family, but it was not the theory of the royal family killing the donkey, but the princess of the royal family fell in love with Gu Changqing and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law.

Gu Changqing disagreed and angered the princess, so she was frantically retaliated by the other party.

"What a mess!" Eunuch Wei's head grew big.

The third version is the most troublesome for Eunuch Wei, the victim is still Gu Changqing instead of Gu Jiao.

"I heard it's a remnant of the previous dynasty!"

"Haven't the remnants of the previous dynasty all perished?"

"It seems that a fish slipped through the net and sneaked into the capital, and colluded with Xianleju to take revenge on Gu Shizi and the Gu family army!"

"Poor Gu Shizi was seriously injured, and his life and death are uncertain."

"And I also heard that the royal family has secret operations, and the remnants of the previous dynasty are lurking in the palace."

"Hey, I heard something here. When the son-in-law was killed by Gu Shizi, Princess Ning'an pleaded with Gu Shizi to let the son-in-law live and die on his own in the snow-capped mountains, but Gu Shizi ignored Princess Ning'an's objection He killed the consort on the spot."

"Ah, could it be..."

Eunuch Wei looked up helplessly at the sky.

It's over, it's all over now.

Once the news is spread, it is not so easy to take it back, not to mention that there is a saying that is good, it is better to keep it out, the more the emperor forbids the people to talk about it, the more heated the people's discussion will be.

It would be fine if the emperor were a tyrant, if hundreds of people were killed, no one would dare to speak nonsense.

Unfortunately he is not.

This also led to the continuous fermentation of the incident. By the next night, almost the entire capital heard that Xianleju colluded with the royal family to assassinate Gu Changqing.

Gu Changqing is not in the capital at the moment, even if the emperor wants to call him out to clarify the truth, he can't.

The emperor could choose to let Gu Jiao stand up and say that she was the one who was assassinated, but that would mean that the assassination case of Xianleju was confirmed.

Besides, is there a big difference between assassinating Gu Jiao and assassinating Gu Changqing?

The difference is only in the speed of transmission. As the young master of the Gu family army and the heir of the Ding'an Marquis, Gu Changqing has a greater reputation in the capital.

Gu Jiao was too low-key.

Her name isn't gimmicky enough.

But the essence of the matter is the same.

Furthermore, this matter is not a question of whether the victim is Gu Jiao or Gu Changqing, but a question of which royal family member is behind the scenes.

"Princess, the tea has overflowed." Lian Er reminded in the Nuan Pavilion of Bixia Palace.

Princess Ning'an looked at the tea that had been spilled on the table, put down the teapot that had been poured for an unknown amount of time, and said, "Wipe it."

"Yes." Lian'er took a rag and wiped off the water stains on the table little by little, "Princess, you have been restless for the past two days, did something happen?"

"No, nothing." Princess Ning An said.

The Bixia Palace was well protected by the emperor, and no messy rumors were heard, Lian'er only thought that the master was because of Huangfuxian.

She comforted her and said: "Don't worry about the young master, he will just be petty. When he grows up and becomes sensible, he will know how to honor you."

Princess Ning An said: "Lian'er, if one day you are captured, will you betray me?"

Lian'er said solemnly: "Of course not! Lian'er's life was picked up by the princess. Without the princess, there would be no Lian'er. Lian'er will not betray the princess!"

"Yeah, my life is mine, how could you betray me?" Princess Ning An regained her previous look, she smiled, "Go to the small kitchen to see how the soup for the queen mother is doing."

Lian'er went to the small kitchen, and when she came back, she had an extra food box in her hand: "It's packed for you."

Princess Ning'an took the food box and went to Renshou Palace.

Never thought that Xiao Heng was there.

Princess Ning'an looked at Xiao Heng in Queen Mother Zhuang's study.

Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "He is the Liulang that Ai's family mentioned to you, Ning An hasn't met Liulang yet, right?"

Princess Ning'an was stunned, then smiled slightly: "Ah, yes, I haven't seen it before."

Xiao Heng got up, bowed his hands and bowed: "Princess Ning'an."

Princess Ning An nodded her head in return.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed to Princess Ning'an: "Didn't I tell you not to cook?"

Princess Ning'an smiled and lifted the food box and put it on the table: "This is the soup made by the cook of Bixia Palace."

Empress Dowager Zhuang signaled Eunuch Qin to take over.

"Come here, slave." Eunuch Qin opened the food box from Princess Ning'an, and brought out the soup inside.

Princess Ning'an smiled: "Then I'll go first, and I'll come back tomorrow to greet my mother."

Princess Ning An came out of the study and heard Empress Dowager Zhuang say to Xiao Heng: "Go on."

Xiao Heng said: "No, those are the only rumors heard by the people."

Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "The only way to quell the rumors is to let the witness speak. Are the witnesses awake?"

Xiao Heng: "She's awake."

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "Didn't you get drunk for seven days? You woke up so soon?"

Xiao Heng: "Jiaojiao has the hangover medicine in her hand, she wakes up in the morning, but she can only speak in the afternoon."

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "Has she confessed who is behind the scenes?"

Xiao Heng shook his head: "Not yet, she refuses to say."

"Have you been punished?"

"Use it, use all available punishments, and keep your mouth tight."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted and said: "If you can't be hard, you can be soft, and if you can't be soft, you can rape. I don't believe that everyone in Xianleju is tough. You go and buy someone and let her visit Hua Xiyao Going to poison Hua Xiyao in the name of someone else, saying that it was a snack given to her by the young master. Hua Xiyao won't fail to understand."

"Princess, your handkerchief..." In the courtyard, a little maid looked at Princess Ning An in a daze and said.

Princess Ning'an looked down at the torn veil in her hand, and said with a warm smile, "It was scratched by a branch, and I was thinking about what to do?"