Chapter 139 Beiyan

Author: Feng Si Niang

If Du Heng knew what Concubine Long said, she would definitely be stunned and spend all her energy to refute her.

Concubine Long's logic is very shameful, but there are always two points of fallacy -

The little eunuch finally turned pale and stopped talking.

Concubine Long saw that he really didn't know much, so she impatiently asked someone to drag him down and have his skin peeled off. She did what she said.

"Wait a minute! -" the little eunuch shouted hurriedly: "Let me be a wise man even if I die!"

The guard looked at Concubine Long's face——

"In that case, let's ask~" the imperial concubine Shi Shiran said.

"You..." Concubine Long glanced sideways——

The little eunuch was instinctively frightened and trembled. Under the coercive gaze of the imperial concubine, he was forced to change his words——

"How...how did you guess that the eunuchs in the palace are the agents of the Tenth Prince?"

Concubine Long flicked a little rouge foam from her fingernails and said, "No matter how stupid Zhou Yan is, he still knows that he wants to rebel at night, so he still chooses a night like the first day of the new year. Did he bribe the eunuchs and see the eunuchs who are in charge of candles and lighting lamps?

It will be very clear whether we have used any hands or feet..."

Oh, I have to thank Du Heng~

After Concubine Long answered his questions, the young eunuch finally knelt down weakly and allowed the guards to drag him out.

"Peel off his skin and make a lantern to show all the people in the Forbidden Palace who have any strange thoughts clearly, clearly, clearly, clearly——"

Although Concubine Long's words were soft, the content inside them was terrifying. The other eunuchs who agreed to serve as internal agents for the tenth prince Zhou Yan would definitely not end up much better.

On the one hand, she used the method of "making lanterns" to punish the eunuchs who "extinguished the lanterns" for the tenth prince, and on the other hand, she wanted to frighten the palace servants who dared to have second thoughts and achieve the purpose of killing one to serve as a warning to others...

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Du Heng took advantage of the moonlight to arrive at the Prince's East Palace that night two days ago.

When she escaped the layers of guards in the Prince's East Palace, she stopped behind a large lake stone in the back garden of the East Palace.

She could hide from the servants in the house, but she would never get close to the prince who was surrounded by secret guards.

She looked at the prince with cold eyes, pacing back and forth under the wisteria trellis with a book in his hand, while several counselors stood with their hands hanging down like stars over the moon.

Even outside, bright scented candles are lit, and refreshments are available under the candlelight.

Although he looked a little anxious, looking from a distance, it seemed that he was just worried about where the sunspots on the quince wood chessboard in front of him should fall, or why this year's Yuqian Longjing was not delivered until May...

Even if it is an urgent matter for the family and the country, if it is handled by the prince, it will always have a "romantic" flavor;

In his opinion, the sadness caused by the smoke of war can only be compared to the pain and sadness of the beautiful flower bones with their petals scorched and rolled up.

But there is also an advantage. The prince has soft hands and soft ears, so he will never become the "unruly lord" like Concubine Long.

After Du Heng walked out of the lake stone, he continued to move forward amidst the scoldings and threats such as "Who is that person?!", "If you take one more step forward, shoot and kill!", he didn't care at all about the faint light reflected by the white blade——

"Hey~" The prince raised his hand to block the sharp blade in the secret guard's hand: "I'm just a little girl, how can I kill me in front of you? -"

But when Du Heng walked up to him, he looked at him from head to toe and showed a look of disappointment without concealing it: "Miss, if you come to the East Palace late at night, you'd better have something urgent to do, otherwise...

"

"Is the safety of His Highness Taisun considered urgent? Is it considered urgent that the three and ten princes of the Zhou family cross the line and fight against each other? Is it considered urgent that Beiyan is ready to reap the benefits?——"

Du Heng dropped three bombshells in one breath, and the prince and his advisers were so shocked that they could not say a word for a long time.

After the counselors looked around each other, they all turned their attention to the prince. It seems that they all had the same idea——

The prince also had a vague idea. They were just waiting for him to give orders...

Du Heng also straightened his sleeves that were stained by climbing over the wall, planning to sit down and talk face-to-face with the prince later...

That being the case——

"Where did you come from, this crazy woman! Quickly drive her out!" The prince even took two steps back and threw the book on the stone table to make his orders appear more powerful...

Du Heng: "..."

Counselors: "..."

"Wait a minute! -" One of the counselors, who was clothed in brown cloth and looked to be the oldest, stopped the guard who was about to come forward and detain Du Heng, and whispered into the prince's ear:

"Your Highness, although this woman's whereabouts are strange and mysterious, what she said can be traced if you think about it carefully; and the three points she raised are clearly interlocking... How about we first listen to who she is?

How to say it?——

If it’s really her nonsense, it won’t be too late to rush by then!——”

The prince felt a little embarrassed on his face, but he still showed the majesty of a prince, flipping his sleeves and turning his back to Du Heng: "In that case, let's talk about it..."

The prince's words did not make sense, and the counselors around him were also very anxious. One of them couldn't help but ask:

"Girl, may I ask why you asked the three questions above?

Although His Highness Taisun was involved in danger, it was also a natural disaster. According to your opinion, could it be a man-made disaster?——"

That's right. It was a "man-made disaster" planned by the tenth prince Zhou Yan, and Xue Feibai would further let Zhou Xian stay in Guihua City forever.

"The conflict between the third prince and the tenth prince has long been revealed. This is why His Highness the Crown Prince chose not to compete with each other. But what you are saying is that their struggle has reached a fever pitch? Could it be that this naturalization earthquake is too

Even if Sun is in danger, he has already become a piece in the chess game?——"

That's right. The prince's counselors are very clear at first glance, and they have some strategies.

Du Heng squinted his eyes and looked at these people carefully - some were recommended by his grandfather, and some were personally recruited by Xue Feiqing, Zhou Xian and his brother. The prince had the advantage of listening to others' advice.

"As for the appalling third question raised by the girl... we are really puzzled by the answer:

If the third conclusion is drawn from the first two reasons, it does make sense; but if the first two are only based on the girl's "no evidence" guess, isn't the third one a bit arbitrary and far-fetched?

?..."

No, this is absolutely certain.

It was precisely because of Zhou Yan's "taking risks" that she strung together the pearl-like clues scattered all over the floor. When these pearls were worn into a necklace, they would become the "neglectful" Zhou Yan.

"The noose around the neck of the "lady" gave her a fatal blow——

And in this silent game, it was Xue Feibai who acted as the spearhead.
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