On the corridor, when the maid heard Xiao Jue's voice, she not only did not look back, but her steps became faster and her head was lowered.
"stop!"
Xiao Jue drank again, and the maid trembled, finally stopped and said in a trembling voice: "Xiao, General Xiao, what do you want..."
Xiao Jue walked up to her and looked directly at her face with two sharp eyes.
The maid lowered her head, staring at her toes, and sweat began to appear on her forehead.
The other maids also looked strange, secretly wondering if General Xiao had fallen in love with Zhuer. If so, he would be disappointed, because although Zhuer had just arrived in the palace not long ago, he was deeply liked by His Highness and the Princess.
It's impossible to give her away.
"It's okay..." Xiao Jue's eyes stayed on her for a long time, suddenly laughed, waved his hand and said: "I recognized the wrong person, you go ahead."
The maid hurriedly bowed to him and walked forward quickly.
In the hall, Princess Huai wiped the blood from the corners of King Huai's mouth distressedly and complained: "How could your Highness fight with General Xiao..."
"It's okay." King Huai took the handkerchief from her hand and said with a smile: "You don't know, we were beaten more severely when we were children. If the empress hadn't stopped us, we would have had several fights every day..."
"The past was before, and now is now." Princess Huai said angrily: "You two are so old, how come you are still like children..."
She glared at King Huai and said, "I'll get you some medicine!"
After Princess Huai walked out of the room, the maid walked in, looked at King Huai, and said with a pale face: "Your Highness, General Xiao, General Xiao seems to have recognized me..."
King Huai smiled at her and said, "It's okay. You can go back to your room first. I will handle this matter."
The maid nodded and slowly withdrew.
"You are still too soft-hearted. If Zi Zhu dies, she will be your eternal leverage. If she is exposed, you may lose all your previous efforts at any time. In this way, all your arrangements over the past ten years will be in vain."
An old voice came from behind the screen.
King Huai glanced at the figure behind the screen and said, "It's not your turn to teach me what I do."
"Don't forget, if all your efforts are wasted, all the efforts I have made on you over the years will be in vain." The voice said with a hint of murderous intent: "Since the person named Xiao has figured out her identity, why not let him
Shut up forever to avoid future trouble!”
King Huai looked in the direction of the screen and his voice was extremely cold: "If you touch a hair on his face, I will let your whole family be buried with him!"
The figure was silent for a long time, and his tone finally softened, "You know the importance. You should handle this matter yourself."
Princess White walked in from outside, and there was no sound from behind the screen.
King Huai put medicine on his face and walked back to the pavilion by the lake.
King Fu looked at him and asked, "Why didn't you tell him?"
King Huai said: "The Xiao family is very small. If the empress were still alive, we would not be willing to let him take such a big risk."
King Fu sighed and said, "Just like this, you will suffer..."
"Just get used to it." King Huai smiled nonchalantly, picked up the chess pieces again, looked at the chessboard, his face changed slightly, and asked: "Did you move my chess pieces?"
"Who do you think your Uncle Wang is?" Prince Fu snorted coldly and said, "If I touch your chess piece, Anyang will never be able to marry for the rest of his life..."
…
Half an hour later, when Tang Ning saw Xiao Jue again, she stood up from her chair in shock.
He looked at Xiao Jue, who had a bruised nose and swollen face and was walking with a limp, and asked in shock: "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Xiao Jue waved his hand and said, "I accidentally fell."
If he wanted to fall like this, he would probably have to roll down the Western Mountain. Tangning looked at him and asked suspiciously: "Lu Yazhi discovered that he was raising a woman outside?"
Although Lu Ya was never polite to Xiao Jue, she would never beat him up like this. Apart from the fact that Xiao Jue was raising a woman outside and she discovered it, Tangning couldn't think of a second reason.
If we say it was someone else's fault, there are not many people in the capital who dare to fight General Ximen Wei.
"It's King Huai." Xiao Jue knew that he couldn't hide it from Tang Ning, so he said, "But he's not much better than me."
Tang Ning was shocked that Xiao Jue actually took action against King Huai. What was even more shocking was the second half of his sentence.
Xiao Jue weighed several pounds. No one knew better than him. King Huai gave him two hands and could still beat him like this. How could he be more embarrassed than Xiao Jue?
However, it was possible that King Huai was hiding something secret. Compared to this, Tangning was more curious about the reason why he and King Huai started fighting. She looked at him and asked, "Why did you start fighting with King Huai?"
Xiao Jue said: "I said he couldn't give birth to a son, and then he started fighting with me."
Since having his son, Xiao Jue has become more and more unscrupulous in his speech, especially when facing Tang Ning and King Huai. Even if he doesn't speak, his mysterious confidence is clearly revealed.
If so, there is nothing pitiful about him being beaten like this.
Xiao Jue waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. I have something to ask you."
Tang Ning asked, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Jue looked at him and asked, "How did the Tang family and Concubine Tang Hui poison His Majesty?"
Tangning glanced at him and asked, "Why do you ask?"
Xiao Jue said: "They are the murderers who killed my sister. I want to know how they committed suicide, can't I?"
This was a good reason. Tang Ning nodded and said, "The Tang family obtained a strange poison and secretly sent it to the palace. Concubine Tang Hui arranged for the maid to burn incense for His Majesty, and put it in the sandalwood that His Majesty uses every day.
Over time, His Majesty became poisoned."
Xiao Jue had a look of surprise on his face and asked, "Which palace maid is so bold as to dare to poison His Majesty?"
Tangning thought for a while and said, "It seems to be called Zi Zhu."
Xiao Jue murmured: "It is indeed her..."
Tangning glanced at him and asked, "Do you know her?"
Xiao Jue nodded and said, "She used to be my sister's palace maid, so I have some impression of her."
"What a pity..." Tang Ning said, "His Majesty originally ordered her to be executed in Ling Chi, but she committed suicide in Dali Temple..."
"It's better to commit suicide." Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "So as not to suffer the pain of Ling Chi."
Tangning stopped continuing the topic and looked at the bruises on his face and said, "I have some wound medicine at home prepared by Mr. Sun. It is very effective for bruises like this. Do you want to get some for you?"
Xiao Jue sighed: "It's better for you. You are the same person who can't give birth to a son. You are much better than that bastard King Huai."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Tangning and asked, "Where's the medicine?"
Tangning lowered her face and said grimly, "Get out!"
…
After Tang Ning moved here from Beijing, not only were there no fewer visitors than before, but there were even more visitors.
As soon as Xiao Jue left, Princess Anyang walked in from the outside. She looked back in surprise, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "What's wrong with his face?"
Tang Ning said: "I was beaten."
Princess Anyang was shocked and said: "Who has such courage?"
"King Huai."
"How is that possible?" Princess Anyang said with a look of disbelief: "Prince Huai and him are brothers, how could he possibly fight against him?"
Tang Ning looked at Princess Anyang and said in surprise: "Prince Huai and him... are brothers in love?"
Princess Anyang said: "After the death of Concubine Yang, King Huai has been raised by the Queen. At that time, General Xiao was away fighting, and Xiao Jue also stayed in the palace and was looked after by the Queen. The two of them slept on the same bed when they were young.
…”
This was the first time Tangning heard about this matter, and she was surprised: "Is there such a thing?"
Princess Anyang nodded and said: "However, this happened a long time ago. After the Queen Mother passed away, General Xiao returned to the capital and took Xiao Jue out of the palace. They should not be seen together much after that."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Tangning in confusion and asked, "Why did he get into a fight with King Huai?"
Tang Ning said: "He laughed at King Huai for not being able to have a child. As a man, who can bear this?"
Speaking of this matter, Princess Anyang also showed doubts on her face and asked: "Princess Huai seems to be much more fertile than Lu Ya. Why do you think Xiao Jue has children but Prince Huai does not?"
Because of the lack of scientific understanding, people in this world generally believe that women are the reason why they cannot have children.
When men marry a wife, they also tend to marry one who is good at raising children.
As for how they judge whether it is good to have children or not, there has been a set of standards for thousands of years. Tang Ning has met Princess Huai and Lu Ya. According to this standard, in comparison, Princess Huai is indeed more consistent.
But in fact, neither Lu Ya nor Princess Huai is as good as Princess Anyang in this regard.
Tang Ning glanced at Princess Anyang subconsciously. Unexpectedly, women are very sensitive to certain parts of the body. Princess Anyang actually caught his gaze, took two steps back, looked at Tang Ning in shame, and said angrily: "Dog
