Chapter 11 The Reborn Prince of the Hou Mansion 11
Chapter 11 The Reborn Prince of the Hou Mansion (11)
There were only two words in the letter, scrawled in sharp strokes: "Assassin the Lord."
Nan Xian stared at those two words in astonishment, then took out a stack of banknotes inside, and instantly felt that the whole world was magical.
At the very bottom of the letter, lies a silver needle.
Just as Nan Xian was about to reach out and touch it, he thought of the guess in his mind and handed the letter with the silver needle to Xiao Liangzi, who was watching her expression carefully, "Take it to the imperial doctor to check whether it is poisonous."
Xiao Liangzi's eyes widened suddenly, and he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, do you have a problem with Master Mu?"
He didn't know what was written in the letter, but he had been mediating in the palace for many years, and he was very good at observing people's opinions. The implication of His Majesty's words was that he was clearly suspicious of Master Mu, and Master Mu was the martial arts master he selected for His Majesty to enter the palace.
"Your Majesty, this slave deserves to die!"
Nan Xian rubbed his temples and felt a splitting headache: "No wonder you, go down."
"The slave obeys the order."
When Xiao Liangzi ran away, Nan Xian let out a long breath: "Qixi, Mu Xuan was the assassin who assassinated me? Why didn't you remind me? Is this part of the plot included?"
Qixi did not ask questions this time, but gave a reasonable explanation: "In the previous life, the original owner followed Concubine Shu's wishes and released the crown prince of Xinguo. Naturally, there was no part about Concubine Shu bribed the assassins into the palace to assassinate her, but the host changed after passing through.
The plot, the subsequent world... just collapsed."
Nan Xian's mouth twitched: "Does this mean it will collapse later?"
Qixi said "Yeah" with a guilty conscience, and comforted happily: "The assassin returned the banknote, so he probably gave up the ticket. The host no longer has to worry about being assassinated."
Nan Xian remained silent, with a chill running down her back. It turned out that the murderous intention shown when Mu Xuan taught her the killing move was not her imagination.
But Mu Xuan... why did he give up the assassination again?
Could it be that he was very satisfied with the sweet cakes she recently asked the imperial kitchen to make for him? As the saying goes, he has a short hand and a soft mouth when he eats, so he was too embarrassed to do it?
The next day, the sky was high and the clouds were clear.
On the pavilion leading to the middle of the water from the lotus pond, Concubine Shu had exquisite makeup, and her nails painted with bright khao powder swept over the green teak leaf pattern tea cup. She looked at the person opposite from the corner of her eye: "Since the queen entered the palace, what has happened in the palace
For many things, my sister didn’t go to pay my respects to the Empress, the Empress won’t blame her, right?”
"Concubine Shu, please don't use your own name indiscriminately. I don't want to have a sister like you."
Si Xiao didn't drink any tea. He glanced around the lotus pond with his peripheral vision, impatience and violence pressing in the corners of his eyes.
Nanxian didn't stay at Kunning Palace last night.
But he had an erotic dream one night of being pressed and kissed by her.
Hearing this, Concubine Shu's smile froze, and a bit of anger flashed in her eyes.
"I have invited the Queen to come today because I have something to ask for." Concubine Shu poured two cups of tea and pushed one over with a sad smile. "The Emperor has not been to my palace for a long time. I know that I can't compare with you."
The Queen is beautiful, but in this deep palace, if the Emperor does not love her..."
That's it for what I said earlier: "Please also ask the Empress to say a few kind words for me in front of the Emperor. I will definitely be grateful! I will offer tea instead of wine and give the Empress a glass."
Concubine Shu held the tea and drank it in one gulp.
Si Xiao's heartstrings twitched, and his cold eyes drifted back, his long eyelashes slightly raised: "The Emperor didn't go to Shuxin Palace last night?"
He thought that she delayed dealing with Concubine Shu and Xi Jin because she still had feelings for Concubine Shu and was reluctant to touch her, but listening to Concubine Shu, Nan Xian didn't go to Shuxin Palace for a long time.
Concubine Shu was stunned for a moment, with a hint of schadenfreude in her dim eyes: "The Queen is new to the palace, but she must have noticed that Your Majesty... doesn't like to have sex with women." She raised her charming eyes and looked at Si Xiao.
Si Xiao's calm expression was broken by Concubine Shu's long words, and her cold eyes swept over.
Concubine Shu, who knew the identity of Nan Xian's daughter, sneered in her heart. She was the legitimate daughter of Marquis Yongrong and the Queen, the mother of a country. She married Nan Xian and she had to remain a widow.
"There are only two of us here, the concubine and the queen. The queen doesn't have to hide anything from the concubine. If the emperor is flirting with women, I would already be a mother." She glanced at Si Xiao with a look of resentment and sympathy, "It's such a pity that the queen has such a beautiful face."
, Your Majesty, she has never touched the Queen."
Si Xiao's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but think of that reckless kiss again.
Nanxian, it’s true that his sleeves have been cut off.
Seeing that his expression finally changed, Concubine Shu's eyes flashed slightly, she poured another cup of tea and continued following the topic.
"The emperor must have never touched the queen. My concubine has been married to the emperor for several years and has accompanied her from the crown prince to the supreme emperor. However, he is not afraid of the queen's jokes. The emperor has never even held my concubine's hand..."
The charming and passionate kiss kept replaying in his mind. He knew clearly that he and Nan Xian were wrong, that the world would not tolerate it, and that he hated it the most, but he couldn't help but think about it and recall the feelings that Nan Xian's warm lips pressed against him.
A trembling feeling.
Si Xiao took a dry sip of tea, looked around, and continued to listen to Concubine Shu's plaintive narration: "...The queen is beautiful, does she have a sweetheart before she enters the palace?"
"What do you mean, the imperial concubine, is that the emperor is not close to women but to men?" Si Xiao didn't see Xi Jin's figure, his patience ran out and he interrupted her calmly: "If there is nothing wrong with the imperial concubine, I will leave first."
Seeing him getting up and about to leave, Concubine Shu became anxious and fell towards the pavilion, "Ouch——"
Not knowing what she was up to, Si Xiao paused in his steps and looked over with sharp eyes.
Concubine Shu was a little frightened by his eyes, but now that the matter was over, she could only bite the bullet and said with a pale face: "Queen, can you give me a hand? I seem to have sprained my ankle."
Si Xiao narrowed his eyes.
Xiao Liangzi was sweating profusely and stared at the emperor who was leaning down to peek at the conversation between Concubine Shu and the Queen. He turned his head and glanced at the guards and eunuchs behind him. He lowered his voice and leaned over: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu seems to have fallen down.
Already..."
It is said that the emperor's mind is unpredictable. He had served the emperor for so many years and thought he had some understanding of the emperor. However, during this period, the emperor's thoughts became increasingly difficult to fathom.
Concubine Shu, who was favored by the Sixth Palace, suddenly fell out of favor.
The emperor's favorite sycophant, the Minister of Household Affairs, was secretly ordered by the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation. It was found that he had embezzled millions of dollars, and his mansion was directly confiscated. There was also floods in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor, who had always been unstrategic and inactive, actually came up with the South-to-North Water Diversion method.
Also, His Majesty suddenly wanted to practice martial arts on a whim. In the past, His Majesty would not go to the school grounds for ten days and a half.
What surprised him even more was that the silver needle His Majesty gave him actually contained deadly poison.
"Your Majesty, eat some grapes..." Xiao Liangzi took the tray from the palace maid.
They have all been squatting here for a quarter of an hour, sweating profusely under the blazing sun.
Nan Xian ignored it and stared in the direction of the lotus pond pavilion.
"Plop——"
The sound of falling water reached everyone's ears.