The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 562

"Little brother, something happened to your mother!"

Xiao Jingkong looked at Huangfuxian worriedly, "Don't be sad."

"I'm not sad." Huangfu Xian said calmly.

Xiao Jingkong scratched his head in confusion, how could he not be sad? If something happened to Jiaojiao, he would be very sad.

Huangfuxian slowly withdrew the hand that was grabbed by the little guy: "Maybe they got it wrong, my mother is fine, you go back first."

Xiao Qingkong: "Oh."

This time something happened to Princess Ning An, and the place where the incident happened was in the Imperial Study Room. Once the news spread, the entire harem was alarmed.

Empress Xiao, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Shu and others went to the imperial study room one after another, but found that it was surrounded by imperial guards and no one could enter.

"Can't I enter the palace?" Empress Xiao asked coldly.

The commander of the imperial guards, surnamed Fu, saluted with his fists clasped, and said: "The assassins are being hunted inside, for the safety of the empress and all the ladies, please wait here for a while."

"How's your Majesty doing?" Concubine Shu asked anxiously.

Commander Fu said, "Your Majesty withdrew from the back door and returned to Huaqing Palace."

Concubine Zhuang rolled her eyes: "You didn't say it earlier!"

Did they come here to catch assassins?

Empress Xiao and her party hurried to Huaqing Palace again, and Huaqing Palace was also surrounded by imperial guards with three floors inside and three floors outside. Fortunately, there were no assassins coming in and out here, and no one stopped Empress Xiao.

Concubine Zhuang Gui and Concubine Shu saw her go, and followed her recklessly.

Needless to say, Empress Xiao's status is stable, her son is firmly seated as the crown prince, and her elder brother Xuan Pinghou is fighting in the South Island again.

Concubine Zhuang lost her favor for a while because of King Ning's affairs, but she still relies on the Queen Mother and the Zhuang family. As long as the Queen Mother does not abandon her and the Zhuang family does not reject her, she will always have a place in the harem.

The same goes for Concubine Shu. Her two nephews have just made great achievements in the frontier fortress, and she is also rising with the tide. Who dares to block her way?

The fourth concubine to enter Huaqing Palace was Concubine Yu, the biological mother of King Rui.

Concubine Rui gave birth to the little princess in October last year, which is also considered a credit for spreading branches and leaves for the royal family.

The rest of the concubines were not so lucky.

All the palace people in Huaqing Palace lowered their heads and knelt on the ground, and the whole palace could not help but permeated with a cold and heavy atmosphere.

For some reason, an ominous premonition welled up in Empress Xiao's heart. When she passed through the Hanging Flower Gate,

She suddenly stopped, looked at a little court lady kneeling on the ground and asked, "Did Your Majesty come back alone?"

The little maid said nervously: "If you go back to the queen, you will come back with Princess Ning'an."

Empress Xiao frowned.

Ever since Qin Chuyu was repeatedly bullied by Huangfuxian to the point of crying, Empress Xiao didn't even have much affection for Princess Ning'an.

It's just that the emperor came to comfort her from time to time, so she didn't find fault with Ning An.

But in the end I don't like it.

The emperor and Princess Ning'an came all the way to the outside of the bedroom in a Luanjia. These little maids and eunuchs didn't know what the emperor's condition was. They only heard that Princess Ning'an was injured and her body was covered in blood.

Empress Xiao didn't ask any more questions, and walked quickly towards the bedroom.

At the entrance of the bedroom, the maids and eunuchs were kneeling on the ground to wipe away the mottled blood, Empress Xiao's heart tightened.

As she stepped inside, a strong smell of blood filled her nostrils with the smell of medicine for sores, Empress Xiao's scalp went numb.

"His Majesty!"

Concubine Zhuang jumped past her and ran straight towards the dragon bed!

Concubine Shu and Concubine Yu took a look at Empress Xiao and held back, no matter how worried that His Majesty's dragon body would not have the confidence to run in front of Empress Xiao like Concubine Zhuang.

Princess Ning An was sitting on the chair beside the bed. Her forehead was injured, her face was covered with blood, and her right arm was also injured. An imperial doctor was treating her injury.

The other two imperial doctors gathered in front of the dragon bed to check the emperor's injuries, and Eunuch Wei wiped his tears anxiously beside the dragon bed.

"Your Majesty, the concubine came to see you!" Concubine Zhuang Gui came to the bed impatiently, but found that the emperor's forehead was wrapped with thick gauze, his face was pale, and he seemed to have fallen into a coma.

Concubine Zhuang asked palely, "What's wrong, Your Majesty!"

Imperial doctor Liang finished examining the emperor's right arm and began to examine his left arm. Hearing this, he bowed to the noble concubine Zhuang: "Your Majesty's head was injured, and whether there is any injury in the rest of the place, the ministers are carefully diagnosing. "

Empress Xiao stopped in the middle of the bedroom, and said calmly, "Noble concubine, come here, don't disturb the imperial doctor to treat your majesty's wounds."

"I don't want it! I want to guard His Majesty!"

"Come on!"

Empress Xiao gave an order, and Su Gonggong stepped forward with two Kongwu powerful eunuchs, and took down the yelling Concubine Zhuang.

Empress Xiao glanced over Concubine Zhuang Gui, Concubine Shu and Concubine Yu: "You are all waiting outside."

Eunuch Su came to the three ladies and said, "Three ladies, please."

Concubine Zhuang Gui didn't want to go out, but she also knew that the situation was stronger than others. After King Ning's accident, the queen mother didn't like her anymore, and she didn't have the capital to challenge Queen Xiao.

Zhuang Guifei left the bedroom angrily!

She went out, Concubine Shu and Concubine Yu couldn't stand still, so they had to retreat together.

Princess Ning'an came to greet Empress Xiao.

Empress Xiao looked at her injury and asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?"

Princess Ning'an looked haggard: "Skin trauma, it's fine."

Empress Xiao asked: "What happened in the imperial study room? I heard that an assassin has come."

Princess Ning'an lowered her head, choked with sobs and said: "Yes, the assassin... assassinated the emperor, I failed to stop him, and still injured the emperor."

Empress Xiao said sternly: "You go back to the Bixia Palace first to recover from your injuries, and this palace will deal with the assassin's affairs."

Princess Ning'an looked back at the unconscious emperor reluctantly.

He also took a look at Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei quickly lowered his eyes.

Princess Ning An turned her face, bowed to Empress Xiao, and said, "Yes."

After she left, Empress Xiao called Eunuch Wei over again, and asked with a dignified expression: "What's the matter with the assassin? Why did the well-behaved imperial study sneak into the assassin? Don't your majesty have great masters?"

Eunuch Wei looked puzzled: "Yes, yes, but..."

Empress Xiao frowned and said, "Just what?"

Eunuch Wei said sadly: "It just happened too fast. No one expected this kind of thing to happen. If Princess Ning'an hadn't stepped forward to block the knife for His Majesty, I'm afraid His Majesty would have been in danger. The assassin will see you." After one move failed, he grabbed the inkstone on the table and hit His Majesty on the head..."

Empress Xiao's eyes were cold: "Who is the assassin?"

Eunuch Wei lowered his eyes and said, "A yamen servant from the Ministry of Punishment."

After interrogating Eunuch Wei, Empress Xiao finally figured out the ins and outs of the emperor's assassination. It turned out that His Majesty was investigating a case related to the royal family recently, and today a prisoner in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice pleaded guilty.

The yamen servant named Sun Ping came to deliver the prisoner's confession to His Majesty.

Xing Shangshu is the emperor's confidant, so the emperor would naturally not doubt the person he sent, but this Sun Ping suddenly pulled out the soft knife hidden in his belt while His Majesty was reading the confession, and stabbed at His Majesty.

Eunuch Wei was at the door, so far away that he couldn't see clearly what Sun Ping was doing.

Princess Ning'an was the first to react, and rushed over to block the knife. Her right arm was seriously injured, and she accidentally knocked her forehead on the stool when she fell.

It was too late when Eunuch Wei found out that something was wrong and called someone to escort him. Sun Ping was too close to His Majesty, and His Majesty was hit by the inkstone that Sun Ping grabbed.

He wanted to hit him a second time, but Princess Ning'an rushed over, pulled out the knife left on her right arm, and stabbed it into Sun Ping's heart.

At that time, there were only the emperor, Princess Ning'an, and Eunuch Wei in the imperial study room, and there was no fourth witness.

Empress Xiao asked the guards at the city gate again to confirm that Sun Ping had indeed entered the palace in the name of sending a confession.

Of course, Empress Xiao also asked Eunuch Su to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, and the news he got was consistent with what Eunuch Wei said—Sun Ping came to deliver the confession.

However, the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not expect that Sun Ping would assassinate His Majesty.

Sun Ping and Sun Jian are a pair of cousins, one in his early twenties and the other in his twenties. The two of them work under Xing Shangshu, and their official positions are not high, but they can always go in and out by Xing Shangshu's side, which is highly valued by Xing Shangshu.

When they heard that Sun Ping had done such a rebellious thing, everyone's first reaction was unbelievable!

If it was Sun Jian who did it, they still weighed it in. Sun Jian was smoother than Sun Jian, and occasionally he was a bit arrogant and bullying, but Sun Ping was always honest and honest.

"Eunuch Su, where is Sun Ping?" Xing Shangshu asked.

"He's dead." Eunuch Su said coldly.

Xing Shangshu gasped.

Eunuch Su asked emphatically, "Who let Sun Ping enter the palace?"

Xiao Heng took a step forward.

Xing Shangshu held him back and said to Su Gonggong, "It's me!"

Eunuch Su raised his chin and snorted coldly: "Then please invite Shangshu Xing to enter the palace with the miscellaneous family! Besides, it is related to His Majesty, this assassination case will be handed over to Dali Temple, and Yushitai will cooperate with the case."

Xing Shangshu said politely: "Eunuch, please wait for a moment, let me straighten my clothes, so as not to lose my dignity in front of the palace."

"Yeah." Eunuch Su responded in a neutral manner, and led the palace staff to turn around and leave Shangshu Xing's valet.

Xing Shangshu lowered his voice and said to Xiao Heng: "I don't believe that Sun Ping will assassinate His Majesty, Liulang, find out the truth."

Xiao Heng nodded solemnly.

As soon as Xing Shangshu left, Xiao Heng wrote a letter to Queen Xiao.

The letter stated that Sun Ping was sent by him, and the confession was also interrogated by him, which has nothing to do with Xing Shangshu, and Sun Ping's matter has other secrets.

But he hesitated for a while, and finally did not send the letter.

Xing Shangshu was taken to the side hall of Huaqing Palace.

Empress Xiao sat on the main seat, looking majestically and coldly at Shangshu Xing who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Shangshu Xing, what do you have to say now? Was Sun Ping sent by you?"

Xing Shangshu said: "Returning to the queen, Sun Ping was indeed sent by the minister, but the minister did not believe that he would do something to assassinate His Majesty."

Empress Xiao: "Do you not believe it, or do you want to distance yourself from this matter?"

Xing Shangshu: "Sun Ping is a close servant of the government official. He died innocently. The minister should try his best to find out the truth and seek justice for him. How can he be so eager to get rid of the relationship?"

Empress Xiao narrowed her eyes: "So you mean that this Palace is wronging you?"

Xing Shangshu said neither humble nor overbearing: "I dare not."

Empress Xiao said lightly: "I also want to believe you, but the evidence is solid."

Xing Shangshu raised his eyes to look at her: "Dare to ask what evidence the queen said?"

Empress Xiao said seriously: "There are witnesses and physical evidence!"

Eunuch Su came over with a tray, on which was spread a brocade cloth, and on the brocade cloth were a bloody soft knife and a blood-stained inkstone!

"These are Sun Ping's murder weapons." Eunuch Su told the story of the emperor's assassination.

Princess Ning An agrees with Eunuch Wei. Princess Ning An's biggest backer is the emperor. The court is arguing endlessly over whether or not to confer her the title of eldest princess. Your Majesty means canonization.

Her majesty's accident is a great loss to her.

Therefore, if it is analyzed from this level, she has no motive for committing the crime.

As for Eunuch Wei, this is an old man beside His Majesty, who would doubt his loyalty?

At this point, Xing Shangshu understood how pale his deduction was in the face of two powerful witnesses.

Empress Xiao asked: "What else can you say?"

Xing Shangshu said: "I have nothing to say."

Empress Xiao said coldly: "Come here, escort Shangshu Xing to Dali Temple!"

Xing Shangshu knelt on the ground with his back straight, he slowly took off the official hat on his head, and carefully handed it to the palace guard who came to detain him.

Empress Xiao called the officials from Dali Temple over again, and took them to the scene of the crime to collect evidence. The palace people who had been interrogated before were also interrogated one by one.

Empress Xiao was busy until late at night, and finally couldn't hold on anymore, she leaned on the back of the chair in the side hall and fell asleep.

In the dead of night.

The candles in the bedroom flickered on and off.

Eunuch Wei knelt on the footsteps of the dragon bed, silently wiping away his tears.

A ghostly figure quietly entered, and the gorgeous skirt meandered across the clean floor.

Eunuch Wei was crying and crying, when he suddenly saw a huge shadow cast on the dragon bed, he trembled with fright, and was about to turn around, but unexpectedly, a bare hand pressed gently on his shoulder.

Eunuch Wei tensed up.

"Is Eunuch Wei cold?"

The person behind asked gently and slowly.

Eunuch Wei swallowed his saliva, subdued his fear, and whispered: "Hui, Hui Princess, the slave is not cold."

"Why are you shaking if it's not cold?" she asked.

Eunuch Wei forcibly braced himself to stop shaking.

"Is the emperor awake?" She opened the bright yellow curtain, hung it on a hook, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Eunuch Wei glanced at her uneasily, and said, "Not yet."

She raised her hand and gently stroked the emperor's cheek: "Brother Huang is really suffering."

Eunuch Wei bowed his head and remained silent.

"Eunuch Wei, who do you think caused the emperor to become like this?"

"Sun, Sun Ping."

"Sun Ping?" She was taken aback for a moment, then laughed hahaha, leaning forward and backward in laughter, and the eerie laughter echoed throughout the dormitory.

Eunuch Wei shuddered, he quietly turned his head to look at the palace servants who were kneeling in the bedroom, and found that they all fell asleep on the ground without exception.

Eunuch Wei shuddered even more.

She had laughed enough, and wiped away her tears with her fingertips: "Eunuch Wei, isn't it me? I didn't bump my head to prove my innocence, but the emperor didn't believe me, so I 'wrongly' killed him... ...had you been harmed?"

Eunuch Wei didn't know how to answer the words. If he said something wrong, he was afraid that she would go crazy, but if he said something right, he was still afraid that she would go crazy.

She said: "Eunuch Wei, you are such a wonderful person. If I let you be used by me, you really betrayed the emperor brother. Are all of you rootless people so worthless?"

At the end of her speech, she gritted her teeth and kicked Eunuch Wei to the ground.

Eunuch Wei is not as old as Eunuch Qin, but he is not young anymore. The fall almost broke all his bones.

Is this still the princess he knew? Obviously a violent maniac!

Whoever is with her is really unlucky for eight lifetimes!

She smiled mockingly: "Brother Huang, open your eyes and see, these are the eunuchs you trust. Their bodies are disabled, and their hearts are also disabled. They have no loyalty at all."

"Brother Huang, I didn't plan to attack you so soon, but why didn't you trust me? Didn't you always trust me the most?"

"Is it because I didn't give you any medicine, so you don't treat me as hard as you did to your mother?"

"But now I'm giving it to you." Princess Ning An said, taking out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom.

Eunuch Wei suddenly changed color!

He really wanted to stop her, but she could even beat the Dragon Shadow Guard, so wouldn't he give her head for nothing by rushing over?

I never realized that this princess hides so deeply before!

"Heh." Princess Ning'an took a panoramic view of Eunuch Wei's entanglement, she would not pay attention to the suspicion and disgust of an ant, she just thought it was funny, she laughed a few more times, and then turned to look at the emperor on the dragon bed , "Don't worry, it's not a medicine to control your mind. If you take too much of that kind of medicine, you will become a fool if you take it again. How can I give up? I also hope that Brother Huang can soberly witness everything I have done. .”

Princess Ning'an opened the emperor's mouth and poured the concoction into it.

Not long after, the emperor's eyelids began to tremble slightly.

This is a sign of a revival of consciousness.

It's just that although the consciousness has recovered, the body is even more unable to move.

He will know everything that Ning An has done, and bear all the betrayal that Ning An brought to him with an extremely clear mind.

His heart was cut like a knife, his lungs were burned like fire, but there was nothing he could do, and he was powerless.

I regret it, I really really regret it! It was as regretful as the emperor's mood after waking up! My chapter is like riding a rocket, the progress is whizzing! A few lines of dialogue have brought the green tea method over. In fact, if you start writing, you can write 20,000 characters. It is not an exaggeration, and experienced readers know this very well. I am determined to be a good author who has a conscience, doesn't care about literature, doesn't abuse readers, and doesn't procrastinate the plot. How long did I regret it after knowing that the queen mother recovered her memory at the speed of light? one month! A whole month! Isn't it delicious if I drag 300,000 words? Isn't it beautiful if I count more words? I also want money to eat!

I wrote in a bold highlighter on my notepad, no matter how fast I dare to move forward, I just... can't say that word.

But as many times as old Tang made a donkey, I did it as many times...

Whether you admit it or not, the progress of this article is so fast that I feel distressed every time a new chapter is released.

However, even so, some people still jumped out and scolded me for procrastination.

I was a little bit aggrieved, wondering if I should just be accused of procrastination later? This is not a waste of scolding.

But after thinking about it, those are very few after all, and it is not worthwhile to get angry with them.

OK, I'm going to bed.

Good night.