"Then if he wanted to use you to insult me, why did he take you away back then?" Ran Yunpo asked.
"Because he has greater ambitions, he kept me alive until now." Xi Honglei calmly answered Ran Yunpo's question and said: "The emperor should have thought about why Mu Yunmeng didn't kill you and become the emperor himself.
He is arrogant and arrogant. He wants to make Xuanxuan Kingdom stronger without having to do these trivial things by himself. Now that Xuanxuan Kingdom is getting better and better under the emperor's governance, Mu Yunmeng
How could you not be tempted?"
"Hmph, my world can't be taken away just by him?" Ran Yunpo snorted coldly and said in a cold voice: "This time I want to see whether he killed me or I killed him!"
Xi Honglei's few words of praise made Ran Yunpo's confidence surge. Xi Honglei looked at Ran Yunpo's confident look and smiled sweetly. "Yes, your Majesty will definitely win this time. Your Majesty, Honglei will no matter how strong and self-reliant he is."
, they are just women. So this time, the red tears will all depend on you, the emperor."
Xi Honglei said softly, and then leaned into Ran Yunpo's arms again. Her hands slowly wrapped around Ran Yunpo's waist. Xi Honglei lowered her head so that Ran Yunpo could not see her face.
Xi Honglei looked at the ground with cold eyes, letting Ran Yunpo slowly hug him. Closing his eyes gently, Xi Honglei waited for a while and asked: "Your Majesty, is there any news from Xixi Kingdom recently?"
"What do you want to ask?" Ran Yunpo looked at Xi Honglei warily and asked.
"I just said it casually, why is the emperor so nervous? Forget it, I won't ask." Xi Honglei shrugged helplessly and stood up. "Your Majesty, it's getting late, you'd better go back and rest.
Right. Coming to me in the middle of the night will inevitably make people gossip. The emperor has just publicly expressed his determination to have a queen today. The ladies are staring at the emperor's every move. The emperor must act cautiously. "
"What? Are you angry with me?" Ran Yunpo didn't move, still sitting there, looking at Xi Honglei with a half-smile and asked.
"The Emperor is worrying too much. I really think about the Emperor. Besides, if the Queen Mother knows about it, there will be trouble, right? There are some things that the Emperor doesn't want to say, so I won't ask. The Emperor doesn't want me to know, so I will
I don’t want to pry, and I’m not angry or angry. Please rest assured, Your Majesty.”
"Sure enough, even I may not be able to speak to you with this sharp-tongued mouth." Ran Yunpo stood up, tapped his tear-stained lips with his fingers, and said softly: "Well, I will go back today.
When I want to see you, I will send someone to inform you."
Xi Honglei bid Ran Yunpo farewell and began to think secretly about the purpose of his coming to Jialingyuan today. Was he eager to prove to himself that he was innocent and had nothing to do with Chen'er's matter? Or was he just here to see the excitement...
…?
Chen'er's matter, no matter how you put it, has passed so unclearly. Due to Chen'er's identity, neither Ran Yunpo nor Shu Rumei had the time to investigate. So Xi Honglei can do this
Yes, just make yourself extra careful.
Qiu Shitian's injury gradually healed under Xi Honglei's care. Apart from being in Jialing Garden every day, Xi Honglei spent almost the rest of his time wandering around the concubines' palaces.
, who dealt with them. So from the mouths of these women, Xi Honglei also gained some understanding of the current situation in the court.
Just as Xi Honglei thought before, no one selected by Ran Yunpo this time has someone in his family who holds an important position. The struggle between the party and the government is getting more and more intense. Ran Yunpo must be trying to use these individual women to benefit from it and suppress it.
The ministers in the court asked them to listen to him.
As for the reason why Xi Honglei was involved, Xi Honglei thought that firstly, Ran Yunpo wanted to prove to her that he trusted her. Secondly, it was also to delay Xi Honglei's time and not let her have time to do other things.
He wanted to lock Xi Honglei's hands and feet. Ran Yunpo didn't even mention a word about the plan to join forces with Xi Honglei to get rid of Mu Yunmeng as mentioned before.
Ran Yunpo deliberately restrained Xi Honglei. In addition to trying to find a solution, Xi Honglei also felt worried and anxious in his heart. There has been no news about Mu Yunmeng these days. Regarding matters outside the palace, Xi Honglei can only rely on
What these concubines say is accurate, but it is not certain. What is Mu Yunmeng busy with now? What is going on over there in the Zizi Kingdom? Has Xixi Kingdom, which has been sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight, made any moves?
?
The more Xi Honglei thought about it, the more annoyed she became. There was anger in her heart that she couldn't express, and she couldn't curse her. She could only tell herself secretly that once she had a chance to escape from this palace, she would never come back again. She prayed secretly.
, I hope there will be news about Mu Yunmeng soon, and the things I want to know will be revealed soon.
Xi Honglei was busy every day, so she naturally forgot some small details. So when she saw Shen Binfeng at the door of her house, Xi Honglei's first reaction was, what is he doing here? But she did not expect that she took it from the study
Those books have not been returned yet.
"Miss Xi, I'm here to get the book." Shen Binfeng looked at Xi Honglei's confused expression, smiled slightly, and said, "It's been a while since you took the book from me. You should have finished reading it."
Xi Honglei smacked his head suddenly and nodded in realization. Looking down at Chen'er beside him, Xi Honglei said: "Chen'er, go back to the room quickly and take out the two books on the bedside."
Chen'er obediently ran back to get the book. Shen Binfeng watched Chen'er leave and come back with soft eyes. After taking the book handed over by Chen'er, Shen Binfeng took out two more books from his arms and handed them to Xi Hong.
With tears in his eyes, he said: "This is the book I specially selected for my child. I will teach him to read it when I have time."
"Sorry to trouble you." Xi Honglei said apologetically to Shen Binfeng, "I will definitely not forget to return the book this time."
Shen Binfeng knelt down and waved to Chen'er. Seeing Chen'er walking up to him obediently, Shen Binfeng rubbed Chen'er's hair and murmured: "Sure enough, he is exactly the same as his father when he was a child."
Shen Binfeng's voice was very soft, so except for Chen'er, even Xi Honglei who was standing beside him didn't hear clearly what he said.
Shen Binfeng and Chen'er talked for a while and then left. Xi Honglei took Chen'er back to the room and curiously flipped through the book that Shen Binfeng sent.
"Mom, Chen'er wants to read it too." Xi Zichen took a book from Xi Honglei's hand and read it for a while, then spoke again and asked, "Mom, what is this?"
Xi Honglei looked at the thing in Xi Zichen's hand, and his eyes suddenly trembled. He quickly took the book from Chen'er's hand, Xi Honglei carefully tore off the page, and looked deeply at the content on it.
Two of the pages of the book in Chen'er's hand were handwritten, which was completely different from the others. Shen Binfeng hid the letter in the book in a very clever way. If you just look at these two books placed on the table, There was no trace of anything hidden at all. Chen'er accidentally turned to this page. It was purely a coincidence.
Xihong tearfully looked at what Shen Binfeng wrote for her. The more she read, the more chills she felt down her spine.
There is always no shortage of secrets and topics in the palace, but Xi Honglei never knew that this place was much darker than she imagined.
Shen Binfeng wrote a lot in the letter, involving many things that Xi Honglei knew or didn't know. He even told her what Xi Honglei had always wanted to check. This made Xi Honglei , suddenly I had a bad feeling.
Why did Shen Binfeng suddenly tell her so much? What was he afraid of? Afraid that no one would know about these things until he died? Or what did he mean?
Xi Honglei sat there stiffly, holding Shen Binfeng's letter in her hand, feeling a little headache.
There is no doubt that Shen Binfeng is on the side of Xi Honglei and Mu Yunmeng. He trusts Xi Honglei because of the relationship between Mu Yunmeng and Chen'er, so in Xi Honglei's heart, he has The thought of not wanting anything to happen to Shen Binfeng.
Xi Honglei read Shen Binfeng's letter carefully again, his eyes fixed on one place, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
In the letter, Shen Binfeng told Xi Honglei the secret of Lin Yi's disguise. He also told Xi Honglei that the person who helped Shu Rumei kill the emperor and disguised himself as the emperor was Lin Yi.
Normally, when it comes to disguise, the first reaction is to put a mask on your face and then do some detailed processing. But Shen Binfeng told Xi Honglei a method that she had never considered before. .
Shen Binfeng said that when Lin Yi and others disguise themselves, they always peel human skin from the recently deceased and then process it. Every time they perform exquisite disguises, they are more than just doing tricks on their faces. Lin Once the mask is made, it can be stitched from the person's face to the back of the neck, where the person cannot see it with their eyes, that is, where it is blocked by the hair.
In ordinary disguises, if you look carefully, you can find subtle flaws at the ears. In order to solve this problem, Lin Yi even extended the length of the mask to the chest, in order to deceive people and make the fake look real.
Xi Honglei tried hard to recall the scene on the cliff four years ago, and what the Mu Yunmeng who appeared in front of him looked like. If Shen Binfeng said it, then the Huangfu Qiong of that year was also It might be that...Sima Hong is red?
When Xi Honglei thought of Huangfu Qiong, he immediately thought of Sima Hong. Xi Honglei knew Sima Hong's feelings for Mu Yunmeng, and could also see how much Sima Hong wanted a child that belonged to her and Mu Yunmeng. .Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for a woman like Sima Hong to pick up Ling'er from the street and take such careful care of her to this day. The reason why she raised Ling'er is because Ling'er is the daughter of her and Mu Yun. The child that Meng brought back together, isn’t it?