"Yes, empress." Jixiang walked quickly, walked down the steps from the flower path, and walked towards the fence on the bank of Shijiang River outside the Buddhist temple.
At that time, Luo Changan and Qiu Yan were leaning on the fence and talking.
Luo Changan has not been in good health recently, and he is deeply resentful for Aunt Mei and is anxious in his heart. Therefore, Baoyue's heart is also full of anger and his face is even more pale. He leans his back against the fence and looks a bit coquettish, "
But the owner of the jade pendant has some clues, Qiu Yan?"
"That's right, Queen."
"Who is this person?" Luo Changan tightened his hands unconsciously, "How did you get the clues?"
"My Lady, I have been acting in a big way recently and hung this pendant around my waist. I am a woman, so it is normal to hang a jade pendant. No one has asked me anything for many days. Not even the miracle doctor Cangmiao, Tong Han.
The origin of my pendant." Qiu Yan said, with a slight pause, "However, a few days ago, Si Liang, the emperor's ear and eye, came to talk to me. You know that Si Liang will always stand in the emperor's shadow and protect him personally.
The emperor's safety is like a shadow clone of the emperor. He is taciturn and only cooperates with me on official matters. However, he complimented me on the beauty of this jade pendant that day and asked where I bought it."
Luo Changan was shocked, "Si Liang! The emperor's... shadow guard leader is actually this person!"
"Well, Si Liang was the person responsible for arranging the shadow guards of the southern patrol fleet at that time. He arranged who would guard your boat and the other ships at what time. He arranged when to change shifts and when to arrive at which port.
He knows exactly how long it will stay. Therefore, it is very convenient for him to deploy anything."
"No wonder, if it were him, he could indeed do it without leakage!" Luo Changan suddenly felt a chill running down his spine. What was the exchange of interests behind being able to summon Si Liang and make him betray the emperor? How powerful is the person behind the scenes? Luo Changan's
The premonition was very bad, and there were one or two people who made guesses, but would that person be so cruel, such as the emperor's biological mother, the Queen Mother of Da Dongming? She didn't know whether the guesses were accurate, but Yan was on her list of suspicions.
The word "phoenix".
Qiu Yan nodded, "You are right, who cares about whose things belong to you. No one else asked, but he asked. I was extremely surprised by his question. That is someone the emperor has trained for seventeen years."
"How did you answer him?"
"Following what you told me, I only told him that the pendant is sold by a vendor at Shijiang Ferry. That vendor goes out at night to sell items during the ferry fair on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year." Qiu Yan paused slightly as he spoke.
, "Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and I am sure that he will go to the ferry at night to find the vendor I made up and ask about the origin of this jade pendant."
Luo Changan nodded: "You put people on the ferry. As long as Si Liang shows up at the ferry, we will know that there is something wrong with him. We must be careful and don't alert the snake. My return must not alert this superior, today
If the emperor knew it, Si Liang would know it. If Si Liang had made plans earlier, we would have been busy for a month in vain."
"Yes. I understand." Qiu Yan nodded.
At this time, Jixiang came quickly and bowed to Luo Changan and General Qiu, "Miss Shen, I am Jixiang's aunt who is close to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother wishes that your brother has made great contributions to the political affairs of the front palace and pacified Shijiang."
Regarding the theft and murder case of the merchant ship above, she is very happy and wants to come over to have a chat with you and have some gossip. The imperial concubine and the wife of the land admiral, Miss Yang Qingling, are both here."
Luo Changan was startled and said softly: "Where is the Queen Mother?"
Ji Xiang pointed his finger at the high viewing platform and said with a smile: "On the viewing platform inside the Buddhist temple."
Luo Changan looked up and couldn't help but sneer. It's about a mile away. You can see me from such a distance. How... You want to make things difficult for me. I guess it's because I have been gifted the royal bow and arrows.
, made them unhappy? Or maybe it was because I was doing something different, wearing men's clothes and wearing a mask, which made them uncomfortable?
"Okay, Aunt Lao Jixiang will lead the way." Luo Changan nodded slightly. It's not that he didn't know what he would face if he went, but if he didn't go, he would be disobeying the Queen Mother.
You usually walk up hundreds of stone steps to reach the large platform viewing platform of the Buddhist temple. There is often a rugged stone step road before entering the Buddhist temple, which can tire you to death. Maybe it looks pious.
The Queen Mother in front of the Buddhist hall was holding Song Ning in her arms and said with a hearty smile: "Ning'er recited this Tripitaka very well just now. Although she is young, she has already gained some Buddha's heart. The Ai family likes it very much."
Song Ning was like a white cat being manipulated in the Queen Mother's arms.
When Luo Changan saw this, he couldn't help but feel that the scene was familiar. Once upon a time, at the palace banquet of the Lantern Festival that year, he was held in the arms of the Empress Dowager and treated like her own daughter. This time and the other time, it's a pity.
I blame myself for being disobedient and unable to be at the mercy of the Queen Mother.
"Shen Changfeng pays his respects to the Queen Mother." Luo Changan knelt under the phoenix chair. From the corner of his eye, he saw the skirts of the harem women on the observation platform. He could not count how many concubines there were. When he entered the palace at the age of twenty,
The emperor's harem is the three palaces and six courtyards. After life and death, nothing has changed. Without Luo Changan, it is still the three palaces and six courtyards.
Di Qianao is still Di Qianao who has three thousand harems in the world.
Luo Changan has become a completely different Luo Changan who has no place to put him.
Hearing the sound, the Queen Mother released Song Ning, and then looked at Shen Changfeng with her phoenix eyes. She saw that Shen Changfeng's face was covered with a mask from his forehead to his right cheek, but the left half of his face had an alluring look. He looked familiar, but more so than Chang'an.
She was thinner, she just raised her eyelids, did not speak, and did not let Shen Changfeng get up.
Luo Changan has been in the palace for seven or eight years and is familiar with all the tricks. This is kneeling as punishment.
Some of the concubines laughed out loud, some looked at her mask curiously, and some sympathized with her.
When Yang Qingling saw Luo Changan being punished to kneel in disguise, she felt satisfied. Bitch, how can you get the emperor's royal bow and arrows? "Miss Shen, you are here. You finally walked up. It took only a moment to walk up a few hundred stone steps.
Where is the clock? Did you intentionally keep the Queen Mother waiting?"
Luo Changan said softly: "You are overthinking it. If I have been negligent, you can ask Aunt Jixiang."
"Ah! Your voice is so scary!" Yang Qingling covered her mouth in panic, as if she had never heard such an unpleasant sound in her life.
When she shouted, everyone whispered in agreement.
"Why is your voice like this?"
"I've never heard such a voice."
Luo Changan immediately frowned, feeling very unhappy. If he returned to the harem, such scenes would happen every day.
Yang Qingling then said: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I... was really shocked. Don't mind."
Luo Changan heard the whispers and some sarcastic laughter again, and felt like a lost dog kneeling under the skirts of these harem women. The lost dog Xu couldn't express her state at this time, it should be said that she was like a lost dog.
Like a dog, she knelt under the skirts of these harem women. Her heart was trembling, and she clenched her hands tightly!
I have never felt that the phoenix position is so valuable! I have never been so eager to take back my phoenix power as at this moment, and trample all those who ridicule her under my feet!
In the past, she thought she was ignorant and became a queen, and later she worked hard to become a qualified queen. But now, she sincerely wants to hold the throne and use the power for herself!
But she didn't want to come back in despair. If she wanted to come back, she would have to come back in a high-profile manner and make these people kneel at her feet to welcome her back!
Ji Xiang didn't have a good impression of Yang Qingling, so he said: "She came here in a hurry. She didn't slack off at all, and her face turned red from exhaustion."
The Queen Mother seemed to have seen Shen Changfeng and said, "It's so pitiful. It's normal to walk hundreds of stone steps for a quarter of an hour. Look at the exhaustion of climbing the stone steps. There is still sweat on my forehead. Qingling, give me some tea. She, please relieve her dry mouth."
"Yes." Yang Qingling then brought a cup of tea and handed it to Luo Changan, "Ms. Shen, have some tea."
Luo Changan just wanted to accept the tea given by the Queen Mother. Not accepting the tea would be disobedient and he must accept it.
Yang Qingling handed over the tea bowl and suddenly turned over the tea bowl. The half-warm tea splashed into Luo Changan's face. The tea flowed down the mask. Yang Qingling said in horror: "You...the right side of your face is so ugly. You Why are you wearing a hollow mask? You can see the scars when you get up close! Ah...I'm sorry, I...was scared, that's why I said that."
"It turns out he was disfigured."
"If a woman is disfigured, won't she be finished for the rest of her life?"
"No wonder he wears a mask. It's quite pitiful."
Luo Changan looked around at everyone, and found that without Feng Quan, he had no power to fight back. However... can she return to the Feng position? Does the emperor... still want her? Yang Qingling is a bitch, she really wants to do it herself. Blade, I can’t wait any longer!
"The emperor has arrived!" Haiyin's voice came from outside the palace.
Then, Luo Changan felt a slightly cool fabric pass over her shoulders, and then she saw the emperor sitting down in front of her. She lowered her eyes and could see that his dragon boots were very close at hand.
She was covered in tea, and the mask was still dripping with tea. There were even some tea leaves on the mask. The tea leaves blocked her sight. She must look extremely miserable. I didn't realize just now that when the emperor came, her eyes would be filled with tears. Pantothenic.
Di Qianao cast his gaze on Shen Changfeng's cheek, but saw that the woman who had lost control of her emotions and overturned the Dragon Case, destroyed all the furnishings in the royal study, and only calmed down after taking eleven pills, was now being manipulated into this look. , after a while, anger rose, "Everyone, is this... corporal punishment?"
"The emperor's words are serious." Seeing the emperor's arrival, the Queen Mother hurriedly said: "Qing Ling, how could you be so careless and spill the tea on Miss Shen?"
Yang Qingling immediately said: "Returning to the Queen Mother, Miss Shen seems to have a scar on her cheek. Qingling was not on guard and accidentally knocked over the tea bowl. Qingling is really sorry."
Luo Changan always lowered his eyes and let these people do what they wanted. When he saw the emperor again, he didn't even want to say anything. After all, his voice was 'harsh'.
The Queen Mother ordered Song Ning: "Ning'er, serve tea to the emperor."
"Yes." Song Ning handed a cup of tea to Di Qianao and said softly: "Emperor, please have some tea."
Di Qianao took a look at Song Ning's face. He could have benefited from this 70% similar face, thinking about people when he saw things, but now he felt bored. He raised his hand and said, "Put it down."
Seeing that the emperor was impatient, Song Ning felt aggrieved. When the emperor needed me, he would ask me to draw my eyebrows, but when he didn't need me, he would neglect me like this. She put the tea cup on the table without saying anything.
The Queen Mother personally helped Shen Changfeng up and said warmly: "Your brother has served the emperor well in the front hall. I have sent you here today to say something. Don't be afraid."
Yang Qingling also enthusiastically took Luo Changan's wrist and said: "Miss Shen, there is an accompanying imperial doctor here. Take off your mask and let the imperial doctor look at your face. Ugly people don't avoid treatment. All the doctors in the palace are It’s excellent.”
Luo Changan still didn't speak, as if she was mute, and she didn't want the emperor to hear her voice. Besides, she was at a disadvantage and couldn't force herself. She would repay her a hundredfold one day!
Yang Qingling continued: "Miss Shen, why don't you speak? The voices of southern women are very sweet, so your voice must be very beautiful too."
Luo Changan just looked at her coldly, with murderous intent growing in his eyes.
Di Qianao's face had turned completely cold, and his murderous intent was even worse.
Luo Changan was trembling all over. She knew in her heart that Yang Qingling wanted to make her embarrassed in public. She didn't want to suffer from this mute. The only person present who could help her vent her anger was the emperor. She planned to take advantage of his status. That day In Jiuxi Palace, he seemed to be unable to control himself with Miss Shen.
Before Luo Changan realized it, she had already reached out and grabbed Di Qianao's sleeve. Last time, he said harsh words, saying that if they meet again, she will lose her head and body. She doesn't know how he will react to her. , she doesn’t think that now is a good time for her to return to the throne. If she takes off her cheeks at this time, there will be nothing more than becoming a laughing stock. She can only take a chance on his intolerance.
Di Qianao moved his arm and looked at her hand that was clenched on his sleeve. His distant eyes softened. After all, his aura was like that of a queen. He couldn't bear to neglect this aura, but he was willing to be taken advantage of by Miss Shen. He raised his head His eyes met her profound gaze, and he couldn't help but sway, and it was hard to look away for a moment. He said softly: "What do you want, just say it."
Luo Changan plucked up the courage and said in what he thought was a 'harsh' voice: "Help me."
"I want to help you, it's easy." Di Qianao grabbed her wrist and pulled her close, "But... what is the reward?"
"Finish the unfinished business of Jiuxi Palace." Luo Changan whispered.
Emperor Qianao smiled slightly and took her waist, and then placed her on his lap to give the Queen Mother a good look. Taking advantage of the fact that I had lost my wife and didn't care about it, he manipulated me for half a year, using wild and unseemly methods. Shen Changfeng dealt a fatal blow to the Queen Mother, a loving mother and a filial son.
Just because I don't tell her on weekdays doesn't mean I don't know what she is doing. Don't even think about it in the future. No one is qualified for that position except Luo Changan!
He wiped the tea leaves off Miss Shen's cheeks with his sleeves, but did not respond to the reward she offered. He was really afraid of the almost split desire and self-blame that night in Jiuxi Palace.
Luo Changan was puzzled. He seemed to have made some kind of decision.
Everyone was shocked when they saw that the emperor actually put Shen Changfeng on his lap.
The Queen Mother also frowned. Ao'er is here again! After leaving Chang'an, a long wind came! After all, she just likes some unseemly women! Why don't you want to take the right path!
Yang Qingling was so angry that she fumed, so she added: "Miss Shen is surprised, I just wanted the imperial doctor to look at your face and throat, so why did you complain in front of the emperor..."
Snapped!
Before Yang Qingling finished speaking, she heard a crisp sound and a blow of zhenqi fell hard on her cheek. Due to the force of the zhenqi blow, she fell to the ground with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. There were stars in her eyes and her head was pounding. When she raised her head, she saw the emperor's hand falling slowly.
The emperor didn't even hit her skin-to-skin, but hit her with his true energy from a distance?!
"I have endured two cups of tea from you. Noisy." Di Qianao said coldly: "I have lived for thirty-three years, and this is the first time I have hit a woman with my own hands. This shows how disgusting you are!"
Yang Qingling covered her swollen cheeks. The word "abominable" was like a knife inserted into her heart. The emperor I loved so much actually said that I was abominable. I felt like death. I couldn't help but hate Shen Changfeng. If I couldn't do it, I would kill Shen Changfeng. Also... kill me, Si Liang can help me, "Emperor, beat me in public..."