The queen glanced at the ear lightly, and snorted coldly, "You think that if you just find someone to cut off the ear and send it over, I will think that it belongs to Hua Jing."
Er? Ning Yunshang, I just thought that your methods have improved, but I didn’t expect that you can’t stand the praise. It’s a shame that you are willing to use such a clumsy method.”
Yun Shang smiled slightly and said calmly, "Why doesn't the queen want to take a closer look? Is it because she is afraid? Chang'er heard that there is a birthmark on the emperor's ear..." The words were general but she didn't go on.
The queen frowned slightly and glanced at the thing on the ground again. There seemed to be a rouge color on the back of the ear, which was like the shape of a plum blossom. The queen turned back her eyes calmly and quietly held her hand in her sleeve.
It was so tight that the long crotch stick went into the palm of my hand and it hurt.
"It's just a birthmark. Some of the old people in the palace know this feature of Jing'er, so why would it be weird to fake it? Ning Yunshang, you don't have to waste your time. It's just an ear. If you have the ability, you can
Bring Hua Jing to me, and I will believe you." The queen said, without saying a word, she walked to a chair aside and sat down.
Yun Shang curled her lips and said, "Come here, take it and feed it to the dog."
The secret guard put the things into the box and took them out. Yun Shang smiled and walked to the queen, "I forgot that mothers and concubines are used to deceiving themselves. If this is the case, then I don't need to say more. Come on,
Lock the Queen in a dark room."
The darkroom is in the queen's bedroom. There is a darkroom on the wall behind the bed. This is where the queen deals with some people privately. It is also equivalent to a small torture chamber. She also accidentally broke into it in her previous life.
I’ve been there before, so I know it. Now it looks like it’s a good place.
Yun Shang summoned Ning Qian, disguised herself as a queen, explained everything one by one, and left.
As soon as Yun Shang left, Li Fuyi hurried over, with a bit of anxiety in his eyes, "All the concubines in the palace have disappeared. Does the Queen know who did it?"
The empress disguised as Ning Qian was sitting in front of the mirror, looking at the face of the person in the mirror. Seeing Li Fuyi asking this, she couldn't help but frowned, "What are you doing, sister? Do you really think that I am like this?"
You can break into Qiwu Palace if you want?"
When Li Fuyi heard this, he was slightly startled. Seeing that she was still arranging the queen's score, his eyes could not help but become cold, "Sister, you are now at this time, and you are still arranging the queen's score. I don't know if you are still a queen."
How long did it take? Do you know how much time my father spent planning today's event? If you ruined my father's important event, I'm afraid you won't know how you died by then."
When the queen heard this, she laughed suddenly, "Yes, how long can I be the queen? Do you think you will have a good end? Even if your father ascends the throne, so what? You are just a
A concubine from the former dynasty who was abandoned like a pair of worn-out shoes, where will her dignity go? "
"Let me ask my sister again, where did the concubines in the harem go?" Li Fuyi stared at the queen with a bit of anger in his eyes.
The queen smiled, picked up the comb on the dressing table, and combed her slightly messy hair, "Where are you going? Didn't my sister come to ask me to capture all the concubines in the harem and send them to the Golden Palace?"
"There is no one in Jinluan Hall!" Li Fuyi slapped his hand on the table.
"Oh? Really? There is naturally no one in the Jinluan Palace. I am suspicious. Among the people in this palace, there are people from the emperor. If anyone is not careful, something will very likely go wrong. As my sister said, my father will be ruined by then.
This palace cannot bear to deal with such a big event, so I kept them all in the dark room of my palace." The queen turned around and looked at Li Fuyi with a bit of uncertainty in her eyes, "I
I don’t know, but I need your guidance when doing things.”
After saying that, he turned his eyes and looked in the mirror again, "No wonder they say that this concubine is uneducated. She bosses around like this to my sister-in-law. Your rules were taught by your despicable mother? Don't you?
I thought that since I have been in the palace all these years, I don’t know what happened at home, but I know very well that you personally killed your despicable mother in order to compete for your father’s favor.”
Li Fuyi's eyes suddenly ignited with murderous intent, "What the elder sister said is that the younger sister has exceeded the rules. Since the elder sister has already planned, the younger sister will not say more." After saying that, he looked deeply.
He glanced at the queen, turned around and left Qiwu Palace.
Ning Qian looked in the mirror, watching Li Fuyi leave, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the previous master taught her one by one, otherwise she would have been discovered. Ning Qian stood up, turned around, picked up the palace lantern on the table, and left
Entered the darkroom.
There was only one chair in the darkroom, and the queen sat on that chair, with a piece of cloth tied around her mouth, staring at Ning Qian who walked in. She felt strange in the darkroom just now, when Li Fuyi came
Why was there someone outside who was answering her fluently, and the voice and tone were all imitating her own. Now, without others having to say anything, she also knew that this was actually the case.
She had also heard of the art of disguise, but no matter what, she never thought that there would be someone with such ability next to Ning Yunshang.
A question quickly flashed through his mind, what exactly is Ning Yunshang going to do?
Ning Qian stood still in front of the queen, looked at the queen with a faint smile and said, "The common girl would like to say hello to the empress. Don't be anxious, the empress. The common girl is just here to take a look. Does the empress look like the common girl? After all,
The folk girl has never seen the Queen before. The folk girl has played the role of Princess Huajing and Princess Yunshang, but she has never played the role of the queen. She was a little scared for a while, but now it seems that she should be fine."
After Ning Qian said these specious words, she turned around and left the darkroom without staying any longer.
The Queen was left alone in the darkroom, but some speculations arose in her mind. She just said, had she pretended to be Hua Jing? What was she doing pretending to be Hua Jing?
She felt a little uneasy in her heart. When she saw the ear, she didn't think much about it. She intuitively felt that Ning Yunshang must be lying to her. After all, the matter of Hua Jing being kidnapped by Cang Jue Qingsu had to be reported to the police.
Gave it to the emperor.
But now, she is a little unsure. Could it be that the person kidnapped by Hua Jing was actually a disguised person and not Hua Jing himself? Could it be that Hua Jing really fell into the hands of Ning Yunshang.
Thinking of the bloody ears, the queen felt a little chilly.
Before Prince Jing's troops arrived at the imperial city, something happened again in the Prime Minister's house. Cangyang Yu'er, who was originally linked to Li Cheng for being disrespectful to the Seventh Prince of Xia Kingdom, suddenly ran out for unknown reasons and pretended to be nonchalant.
After passing the guard at the door, he entered Prime Minister Li's bedroom. As soon as he saw Prime Minister Li sleeping, he seemed to go crazy. He kept shouting "Give me back my child" and raised his dagger.
He stabbed Prime Minister Li, and the wound hit Prime Minister Li's abdomen, almost killing him.
When Cang Yang Yu'er was about to raise her dagger to stab her again, the guards who heard the sound quickly snatched the dagger from her hand, wounded her and sent her down.
However, Li Jingyan passed out due to serious injuries.
Yun Shang listened to the secret guard's report and looked at Prince Jing with burning eyes, "Your Majesty, I believe it. Once this woman goes crazy, she will always have surprising results. Cangyang Yu'er's days in Yelang Kingdom
, just like a princess, now she marries a bad old man in the Ning Kingdom. She is still powerful and powerful, but she doesn't expect that the people in the palace will not buy her account.
People didn't dare to touch her, so they managed to get by, but unexpectedly, the child was aborted by Prime Minister Li himself. Cangyang Yu'er has always been a shrewd person, so naturally she can't bear to be treated like this."
Prince Jing looked at Yun Shang thoughtfully, "You must have drugged her too, right?"
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "That's natural. If it weren't for the fact that she is the only one with the weakest guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I wouldn't bother to target her. Cang Yang Yu'er is a bit reckless after all."
Around noon, the secret guard sent by Yunshang to Lai Fengcheng came back, "Everything is fine with Concubine Jin and the Emperor, and nothing special happened. However, a girl came to visit Lai Fengcheng two days ago.
Jin Fei empress, Jin Fei empress, let her stay. Her name seems to be Jing Wenxi. She said she knew her master, and the emperor also recognized her as the daughter of Lord Chao Zhongjing, so he allowed Jin concubine to let her stay.
Now, according to Aunt Zheng, the Queen and Miss Jing seem to be very happy with each other."
Yun Shang felt a chill all over her body and her heart trembled slightly. Jing Wenxi...
She remembered that she had met her before at Prince Shunqing's Mansion, and she was a pretty cute little girl. However, Wen Ruyu kept tit-for-tat with her, which left a bit of an impression on her. But, wasn't she the daughter of Taichang Temple Minister?
How could I appear in Laifeng City at this time? It was just too much of a coincidence...
Yun Shang didn't believe in any unwritten theory. She only knew that abnormality was a demon. She quickly turned around and asked, "Who is the Minister of Taichang Temple?"
Prince Jing was silent for a moment and then said, "Qing Taichang Temple belongs to the emperor."
Yun Shang's expression paused slightly. Logically speaking, his father's people had no reason to target his mother and concubine. But he still felt a little uneasy in his heart, always feeling that something had been ignored by him.
After pondering for a long time, he turned around and said to the secret guard, "Go and investigate why Jing Wenxi appeared in Laifeng City and where the Minister of Taichang Temple is. Instruct the secret guards next to the mother and concubine in Laifeng Palace to not
We need to let Jing Wenxi get close to his mother and concubine."
"Do you doubt Jing Wenxi?" Prince Jing said softly after listening to Yun Shang's series of orders.
Yun Shang nodded, frowning and said, "Last night when I went to the palace to see the queen, the queen said that she would attack my mother-in-law and my younger brother. I had eaten a lot because I underestimated the queen.
Unfortunately, this time, I don’t dare to risk the lives of my mother-in-law and my brother. It was such a coincidence when Jing Wenxi showed up..."
Prince Jing did not ask any more questions. He was silent for a while and then said, "I will put some more secret guards around your mother and concubine."
Yun Shang nodded, feeling her pulse beating a little fast.
King Jing's army is heading towards the imperial city, and Xiahou Jing seems to be gathering people secretly. King Jing knows that Xiahou Jing has some soldiers in other places in Ningguo, so he doesn't dare to be careless and stays in his study every day.
Looking at the map of Ningguo.
Yun Shang also felt a little uneasy in her heart. Although she didn't know much about Xia Houjing, she also knew that it was not a wise move for Xia Houjing to defend the imperial city now. She had also heard of Xia Houjing's methods and strategies.
You should put yourself in such a passive situation.
While Yun Shang was worried about what was going on in the imperial city, she was also thinking about the situation in Laifeng City. The news from the secret guards seemed to be that everything was normal. Jing Wen had been traveling around with her brother who was a businessman in the past few days.
After making a big circle in Ningguo, they happened to arrive in Fengcheng a few days ago. Judging from the day they set out, they seemed to know nothing about the situation in the imperial city.
And the Minister of Taichang Temple...
The death anniversary of the late emperor fell in this seventh month. Because his mother and concubine were about to give birth, the emperor did not have time to worship, so he asked the minister of Taichang Temple to pay homage to the mausoleum instead of him, which was not in the imperial city.
Moreover, the prince said that Taichang Temple Minister is from the father's family, so it stands to reason that the prince's information will not be wrong.
Everything seems to be reasonable. The only exception is that when Jing Wenxi came to Fengcheng, he went to the palace to see his mother and concubine. Logically speaking, he did not have much friendship with Jing Wenxi, but according to Jing Wenxi
With his former identity, there is no need to visit the palace concubine.
Yun Shang frowned slightly. No matter what, it was always better to be cautious. She asked the secret guard to send a message to Concubine Jin, asking her to try not to meet Jing Wenxi and send her away as soon as possible.
Two or three days later, it was already the end of August. Emperor Ning suddenly sent a letter, saying that he would return to the imperial city in two days. Yun Shang calculated the time and found that Concubine Jin should have been in confinement.
My younger brother is also one month old. At this time, it is indeed time to return to the imperial city. Moreover, the imperial city has been delayed for some time. King Jing's troops were intercepted on the way and were delayed for some time. However, no
After two days out, we should be able to enter the city.
Yun Shang discussed with Prince Jing and decided to take action two days later. The situation at the border was also very urgent. The earlier the siege of the imperial city was relieved, the sooner he could be freed to go to the border to support.
Two days later, when the night was still dark, Yun Shang and Prince Jing quietly left the imperial city. In the dense forest outside the imperial city, an army of thirty thousand people was preparing to follow the law.
"Your Majesty, the secret guards have sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion, and all the soldiers inside the city gate have been eliminated."
Prince Jing nodded, raised the whip in his hand, and said loudly, "Today, we must let that old thief Li Jingyan die without a burial place."
King Jing waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him followed him towards the imperial city gate. The gate had already been captured by the secret guards. As soon as the army arrived at the city gate, the gate was opened.
The sky was bright, and there was still a bit of dew in the early morning. There was not a single person on the streets of the imperial city. The only sounds that could be heard were the kicking of horse hooves and the collision of armor on soldiers.
Yun Shang frowned slightly, it was too quiet.
They traveled unimpeded all the way to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The walls of the Prime Minister's Mansion were filled with archers. King Jing pulled out the sword from his waist and waved it, "Charge."
The hidden guard took the lead and rushed towards the archers on the wall. The shield soldiers quickly changed positions, walked to the front of the team, and raised their shields.
Feather arrows flew down like rain. The two shield soldiers in front overlapped and moved forward step by step. After the shield soldiers, the archers shot at the archers on the wall in the gap between the shields.
After a moment, they arrived at the door. Prince Jing gave an order, and the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion was knocked open.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, there were still archers hiding in rockeries with flowers, trees, and trees. Yun Shang and Prince Jing both noticed something was wrong. According to intelligence, there were 40,000 soldiers hoarded in the imperial city. Among the 40,000, no matter how many were deployed,
At the gate of the city, the Prime Minister's Mansion was still able to resist for a while. However, they were only 30,000 people, so entering the imperial city was like entering a deserted land. There were only a few archers resisting in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Judging from the current situation,
Come on, even with a full attack, these archers are only a few thousand.
"Look for me! Find this old man Li Jingyan for me!" King Jing shouted, and many soldiers rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion. Within a moment, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion was filled to the brim.
"Could it be in the palace?" Yun Shang murmured to himself, "No, the guards in the palace have already been replaced by our people. If Li Jingyan really entered the palace, there is no reason why we would not have received the news...
…”
After a while, the soldiers searched the Prime Minister's Mansion. There was no Li Jingyan, no Xia Houjing, and even no one who could be considered a master in the Li Mansion. And the original 40,000 soldiers were only a mere 3,000.
He is in the prime minister's house.
Prince Jing and Yun Shang looked at each other with serious expressions.
After a long while, Prince Jing said, "If we go according to the plan, the emperor will leave for the palace today."
Yun Shang was suddenly shocked. They had actually fallen into Xia Houjing's empty city plan. I'm afraid that Xia Houjing and Li Jingyan's plan from the beginning was not to seize the imperial city. Their father was not in the imperial city, even if the palace was
After taking it down, it was just an empty city.
Moreover, if the imperial city is captured, it will have to defend the imperial city. The imperial city is in the hinterland of Ningguo and far away from the border. Even if the Xia army captured the three border cities, they would have to at least attack all the way to the imperial city.
It would take more than half a year. It would be very difficult for Li Jingyan and Xia Houjing to hold the imperial city for half a year.
Yun Shang had previously ignored some things because she was too eager for revenge. Now when she thought about it carefully, she felt like she was enlightened, "Xia Houjing wants to attack his father and hold the emperor hostage to rule the world."
Prince Jing nodded and frowned slightly, "I felt something was wrong a few days ago, so I was afraid that Xia Houjing had secretly retained troops and wanted to attack the emperor, so I dispatched 20,000 people to escort the emperor.
, but I never thought that he would abandon the imperial city with a feint."
Yun Shang's heart tightened. Twenty thousand people, plus the guards around his father, hoped to be able to resist for a while, "We must go to meet our father immediately."
Prince Jing nodded, gave the order, and galloped towards Laifeng City with his troops.
Suddenly, Yun Shang suddenly remembered something that she had always ignored. When she met Jing Wenxi in the Shunqing Palace, Wen Ruyu once said sarcastically to Jing Wenxi, "This emperor...
No one in the city knows that you, Jing Wenxi, like Prince Jing..."
At that time, her father had just arranged a marriage between her and Prince Jing... (To be continued)
