Hearing this, Princess Derong raised her eyebrows.
"Monkey-faced eunuch?" She seemed to be remembering, and nodded suddenly, "You mean the one Shao'er called that night? He is indeed a famous person in front of my mother, and he knows all this."
The outside world only knows that Li Shao is crazy, and everyone has their own guess as to the specific reason.
Not many people know that Li Shao mentioned the monkey-faced eunuch.
Lin Yunyan didn't care whether the eldest princess's words were complimentary or bitter, she just continued to state her request.
"Yes, that's the eunuch. I want his whereabouts."
"Then you asked in the wrong place," the eldest princess took a sip of tea. "Since you know what happened to Shao'er before and after he went crazy, you should also know that the person serving you has never seen the so-called monkey-faced eunuch. Eunuch Cao personally searched for it.
There was no gain after trying it again. In the final analysis, it was Shaoer who had nightmares and was frightened."
"I heard this from others, and others believed it, but I don't believe it," Lin Yunyan said very calmly, "Although I don't know how the eunuch escaped Eunuch Cao's search, but I think he must have appeared. Your Highness
I'm not so crazy that I can't tell the difference between dreams and reality. Besides, I'm going to come to the eldest princess's mansion to ask for help, so I'm naturally confident."
"Oh?" Princess Derong looked at Lin Yunyan with interest.
If she only listened to the previous words, she would probably continue to discuss with Ning An whether Li Shao was dreaming or it was just something happening.
But the last sentence...
Princess Derong was indeed very curious.
Why would Ning'an seek help by coming to her?
Although she expressed her dissatisfaction with Li Shao in Cining Palace, she had never done anything extraordinary before.
Thinking like this, Derong asked the same question.
Lin Yunyan dared to mention it, so she dared to answer: "It is true that the people who rescued His Highness Li Rong from the valley were people from our Chengyi residence, but from beginning to end, I had doubts about his words.
His Highness Li Rong is not as innocent as he said. I also have some evidence here that he knew more or less what Li Du was doing.
That day, I went to the Jingxin Hall with you, and you asked me to accompany the princess in chanting sutras. You and His Highness talked a lot."
"Is that all?" Princess Derong asked.
"With His Highness Li Rong's current ability and manpower, he cannot sneak the monkey-faced eunuch into Yuqing Palace quietly without leaving any flaws," Lin Yunyan said, "You did it, and it seems that you were unaware of it.
But everything will leave traces as long as it is done. Therefore, this is my request."
Princess Derong pressed the tea cup on the table.
It says "request" and the meaning behind it is "exchange".
Ning An asked her to use the eunuch's whereabouts in exchange for keeping silent.
At present, the Holy Emperor is ill in the palace, and Eunuch Cao is unable to do anything. After being concealed that day, there was no direction for the search, so he managed to hide it from the public.
Once Ning'an kills the old eunuch and enters Yuqing Palace, the first thing Eunuch Cao will investigate is Yutang.
Yutang's identity was extremely clean. She had been in and out of the palace maid's office a few days before the incident. Follow this line to check...
Derong did not dare to insist that he would not be caught by Eunuch Cao.
She looked deeply at the junior in front of her, at the girl she had watched grow up.
It's not unusual for Ning'an to be favored at a young age.
Derong put himself in his shoes and thought, if she were the empress dowager, she would also pamper this precious baby. She was a relative from another generation, and she was Shen Yun's child.
Moreover, Ning An is beautiful, has a gentle and well-behaved personality, and has a lovable appearance and temperament.
Derong felt pity for Ning An, who lost her mother when she was young, and took care of her a lot in the early years. However, she did not expect that the gentle and reserved Ning An would have such a time to show off her talents.
This kind of sharpness is not the cold light of a sword coming out of its sheath, but more like the bright moon on Twelve Nights.
The silver light shines brightly.
"Ning'an," Princess Derong sighed, "we plain people don't speak secretly.
You saw me talking to Li Rong, and you must have guessed that I would take action.
I am the instigator and you are just watching from the sidelines. Shaoer goes crazy and you have to take half of it."
Lin Yunyan was neither humble nor arrogant, and calmly accepted the eldest princess's words: "According to what you said, it is indeed true."
The eldest princess laughed when she heard this.
She just likes to talk to smart people. If she would rather pretend to say things like "it has nothing to do with me" or "I didn't expect it at the time", then there is no need to continue the conversation.
Those who hold on to the handle and want to escape unscathed are all wishful thinking.
She doesn't do business with people who are only infatuated and have no determination.
"Smart boy," the eldest princess praised, "If you are so smart, why do you have to come to your door today?
You can just pretend to be stupid and don't know why Shaoer is crazy.
Even if one day I am settled by Sixth Brother Qiuhou, I will not be blamed on you."
"Of course I can pretend not to know anything," Lin Yunyan paused and spoke sincerely, "But I can't do anything about killing my mother despite knowing that my enemy is close at hand. I couldn't find him at first, but now that I know he has appeared, How can I let him go? My only target is the monkey-faced eunuch. I don't care what you and His Highness Li Rong agreed to."
The eldest princess examined it and smiled again.
yes.
That monkey-faced eunuch was the weapon that drove Li Shao crazy, and was also the mother-killing enemy of him and Ning An.
As much as Ning An and Xu Jian were so determined to bite Li Du, it would be strange if they could let go of the culprit who started the fire.
The word mother is the most profound.
Especially those who lost their mothers when they were young, they always have endless thoughts about their mothers.
Li Shao's thoughts were mixed with interests, but he didn't care about the late Queen at all.
Li Du chose a servant for his biological mother, Zhang, and poisoned his adoptive mother, Concubine Dong.
Derong herself was the same. Her biological mother died young. Even though the Empress Dowager was very kind to her, she would often see her biological mother's voice and smile when she dreamed about it at night.
Thinking this way, Princess Derong relaxed a lot. She leaned on the pillow and spoke slowly.
"The agreement between me and Li Rong is simple to say the least."
"As I said in Cining Palace, Sixth Brother is kind-hearted and nostalgic. As time goes by, I'm afraid he still won't be able to let go of Shao'er."
"I have to avoid future troubles forever, but I can't kill Shao'er with one knife. I don't have the ability of my second brother to kill people invisible. Moreover, my second brother has made too many attacks, so the palace must be alert. Once Shao'er dies in an unknown way,
, will all think of poisoning him."
"You just said that if you do it, there will be traces. When it is found on me, I will pay for Shao'er's life. I want to destroy him just to live a good life in the future. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"
"I have a good idea but lack of useful people, so I went to try Li Rong. Unexpectedly, Li Rong is young, and my second brother really left him a killer move."
"The monkey-faced eunuch made a big fire and burned down the emperor's road to the second brother. He didn't dare to show up and return to life, so he hid. Who would have thought that more than ten years later, the second brother would find him again."
"That old eunuch is cunning and Li Rong can't stand him. I'll take his wife and son as hostages and force him into the palace to scare Li Shao."
"I didn't expect that I would be frightened out of my mind. I just made the fuss more fierce and pushed the rumors about Sixth Sister-in-law, and then I can ignore it. After all, there are many people who want to take advantage of the east wind, but I didn't expect that most of them are
It is fate, Shaoer is crazy."
"That's fine. To be fair, I don't want to drag Sister-in-law Six into the water."
"I sent the old eunuch into the palace and took him out of the palace. My people are still watching him, afraid that he will cause trouble, but I think he is timid and must be planning to leave where he is and continue to remain anonymous in a distant place.
If you had come a few days later, I'm afraid the building would be empty."
"Since you want to avenge your mother, I will definitely not stop you, but you should do things cleanly and don't leave any evidence. You don't want to take revenge and have to pay for it, right?"
Lin Yunyan rolled her eyes: "This is natural. Don't worry, eldest princess. Although I am a weak woman, the Duke of Guo also left available manpower before he went to Yumen, so I can handle it well."
Derong gave the address.
Lin Yunyan remembered it in her heart and stood up to say goodbye.
Derong sent her out of the flower hall and said, "That's fine, everyone has their own reasons, and no one will betray anyone casually."
Lin Yunyan smiled: "Yes, interests come first, which is quite stable."
Princess Derong called her nanny to see off the guests.
Looking at Lin Yunyan's back, she didn't leave for a long time.
Ning'an was the most well-behaved girl in the capital a few years ago. She had a good status, good looks, and a good upbringing. She was placed in all the rules and regulations, and everyone would give her a thumbs up.
But for Derong, Ning'an has changed a lot now and has become more interesting.
On the surface it is still perfectly integrated, but under the soil the roots and branches are wild and full of vitality.
"I can't do anything to kill my mother despite knowing that my enemy is close at hand. I couldn't find him at first, but now that I know he has appeared, how can I let him go?"
In my mind, the words Ning An said over and over again.
The better Princess Derong is, the more meaningful she becomes.
Ning'an sat back and watched as she and Li Rong attacked Li Shao. As an insider in Ji'an Town, did she sit back and watch at first? Or even push it?
The cause of Li Du's death was determined to be that he was accidentally killed by his subordinates during the fight, but it was Shen Chen who fought with him, and it was Ning'an who met him on the narrow road.
Was it really manslaughter?
There is no answer.
Of course, the eldest princess doesn't need answers either.
People have some curiosity, but it doesn't matter if they can't satisfy it.
Ning An dared her to guess, but even if she was sure that more than half a month had passed, she still couldn't find any evidence.
Even more so, Ning An knew that she didn't care about those trivial matters.
If the second brother rebels, he will definitely die. If the second brother does not die, there will be trouble again later.
Shao'er must also be destroyed once and for all. Ning'an chose to watch, which means that they have the same judgment on Shao'er's matter.
Since the purpose is the same, the eldest princess does not attach much importance to the process, reasons, means, and secrets.
Just like the eldest princess herself, only she knows her reasons.
She never told anyone, not even the prince-in-law knew about it.
For a period of time, Derong often had dreams.
There was no cause or effect. She saw her older self walking through the long palace passage at night, but was blocked by seven or eight eunuchs.
She was imprisoned in a dilapidated palace. The palace was once her home and the place where she grew up. However, she could not even tell where the palace was located.
Then she met Li Shao.
In the dream, she yelled at Li Shao, scolding him for controlling the government, putting the emperor under house arrest, and killing Zhongliang. She scolded him for destroying Dashun's centuries-old foundation and destroying the Li family!
She cursed until she was out of breath, but Li Shao asked the eunuch to give her a bowl of soup with a ferocious expression.
When she was dying, she cursed Li Shao over and over again that he would not die well.
Derong had had dreams like this many times.
Every time I woke up, I was sweating profusely and felt very weak.
It was such an inexplicable dream. Normally she shouldn't be influenced by the dream, but if she had too many dreams, how could she not have any grudges?
Especially in the past two years, Derong looked at Li Shao more and more shamelessly. She gradually believed that if no one stopped Li Shao, in a few years, when he reaches the age in her dream, the dream will probably be
It's not just a dream anymore.
No matter how bad it was, she couldn't watch Li Shao continue without any preparation.
Dashun cannot be destroyed, and the Li family cannot be destroyed.
Her life is still so long, she is the most noble princess, the eldest princess...
Moreover, Derong took a deep breath. Ning'an and Xu Jian seemed to be the people who had the most consistent interests with Shao'er's gaining power, but even Ning'an was sitting back and watching something happen to Shao'er.
Perhaps, they knew something inside that she didn't know.
Maybe, they also had some dreams.
On the other side, Lin Yunyan returned to the Fuguo Palace.
She gave Shen Chen the address given by the eldest princess.
"The eldest princess's people are keeping a close eye on the old eunuch before he can escape," Lin Yunyan said. "The instructions have already been given. If you take action, they will not care."
Shen Chen nodded and asked, "What about you?"
The princess is not without means to take people's lives, and of course she wants to avenge her mother with her own hands.
Lin Yunyan said: "Of course I want to take action myself, but I also know that leaving Beijing at this moment will only cause trouble, and if you bring people back to Beijing, it will not be as convenient to deal with them later as outside Beijing. You go ahead and deal with it."
Shen Chen responded: "Don't worry, the murderer won't be allowed to escape again."
In the evening, Shen Chen left the capital.
Riding a fast horse, they rushed to a county under Gyeonggi Province overnight.
The city gates were closed. Shen Chen waited until dawn and entered the city with the people.
And in a house in the city, a woman was chattering: "I won't let you take this, and you won't let me take that. What I know is that you have made a fortune, and you are afraid that your poor relatives will come to disturb you. Those who don't know think you have caused something."
I’m going to flee, hey, is there any problem with the source of your money?”
The monkey face said: "I said that I went to the capital to do something for the nobles and received the reward, but where can the nobles do their job? It has always been a rule to take the money and leave. The nobles don't like us to keep it, for fear of causing trouble.
, hurry up, you have to leave today!"
With such urging, in the afternoon, Monkey Face drove the carriage by himself, taking the woman and two children with him.
After leaving the city and walking along the official road until dark, we found a dilapidated temple to rest.
What no one noticed was that as soon as they left the city, there was a man and a horse following them.
That is Shenchen.
After entering the city, he found that the monkey face was about to run away, so he did not rush to take action.
The most convenient place is in the wilderness.
When the fourth watch was approaching, the women and children were fast asleep, and Monkey Face was snoring. Shen Chen appeared and gently grabbed Monkey Face's throat, knocking him out instantly.
Then, he put the monkey face on the horse and walked along the mountain road.
Previously, he had to dig a hole and bury Geng Baoyuan. This time, Shen Chen thought, he had to light a fire first and then bury him.
In this way, he can be considered as avenging the princess for killing her mother.
If they took action, they would definitely do the same thing.
Speaking of which, it's already snowing in the capital, and it's even winter in Yumen.
I don’t know when I will be able to defeat the enemy and return.
