The Queen Mother's carriage had just left the city gate when it was stopped halfway.
The Queen Mother opened her eyes immediately when she heard Wei Liu's voice, and Sheng Ling helped her out of the carriage.
The cold wind was strong and in the dark night, Wei Liu seemed to have brought many men and horses, and the battle looked quite large.
"What's going on?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to see the princess. There was an emergency. He learned that the princess had left the palace, so he had to send his subordinates to chase her. I also asked the princess to go there first, as a humble official."
The Queen Mother frowned after hearing this, "What's so important? I can't wait even a moment."
Wei Liu must take the princess back tonight. He remained silent. None of the guards in black with swords behind him had any intention of giving in.
The Queen Mother actually had a kind temper, but she also felt some anger at this time and was about to reprimand her.
Sheng Ling said first: "Master Wei, I will go with you."
There was a faint smile on her face, and there was no hint of guilty conscience.
She was indeed not afraid, she was convinced that Zhao Shi would not be able to catch her.
Apart from saying a few words, she did nothing else.
She did not put the medicine in the wine. The little palace maid who poured the wine is now a corpse, and the corpse cannot speak.
Mingzhu and Song Huaiqing opened the door to the side hall by themselves, and climbed up to the bed by themselves.
Sheng Ling bought that pair of gold coins from a merchant who traveled to the Western Regions. It cost a high price and was rare.
It was an advantage for Mingzhu to sleep with Song Huaiqing, but Song Huaiqing's mother would definitely not let her live. A respectable lady would not tolerate sand in her eyes.
Sheng Ling thought like this, curved the corners of her mouth, and smiled a little deeper.
…
Everyone in the palace was in danger, and the prince ordered him to dig three feet into the ground to find the little palace maid. He wanted to see her alive and dead, but she wanted to see her body.
A large-scale war was launched, and all palaces were searched.
Finally, the body of the palace maid was found in the dry well of the cold palace. There was a hole in the little palace maid's head, and her body was a little stiff.
Zhao Shi glanced at the body lightly and was silent for a moment, "Carry it down."
His Royal Highness went to war to punish a group of people, which alarmed his mother.
She still understands her own son. He has been a good boy who doesn't talk much since he was a child, and his temper has always been docile. I don't know what happened to make him so angry.
But after all, her son was old, and she didn't want to ask about anything bad, so she went to find her husband with a very confused heart.
Zhao Nanyu was not surprised at all that she would come over and ask. He casually said, "It's his private matter."
Song Luan smiled and said, "Does he have a private partner now?"
Aren’t you busy with official duties on weekdays? I don’t even have a girl I like.
Zhao Nanyu knew everything, but he was too lazy to care, "Yes, so let him be."
He had the ability to rob and rape the daughter of the common people, hiding it from his mother for more than a year. It seems that he also knows how to leave the impression of a good boy in his mother's mind.
Zhao Nanyu was not even interested in exposing him in front of Song Luan.
Song Luan sighed, "I'm worried about him."
Zhao Nanyu said: "You might as well worry more about me."
Song Luan pretended not to hear this sentence and continued: "When he was a child, I was not nice to him for a few days. By the time he settled down, he had grown up. I always felt like I was losing money to him. I was afraid of this The child has a psychological shadow."
Zhao Nanyu didn't feel anything at all and hummed twice.
"It's better to lose your temper than hold it in." Song Luan explained to himself.
Zhao Nanyu frowned slightly, "Don't worry about his ."
Song Luan pushed him away, "Since you don't know anything, I'm going to go. I'll ask him myself another day."
Zhao Nanyu followed her out and couldn't bear to tell her that you couldn't ask anything from your son.
Zhao Shi's mouth is indeed very strict. If he doesn't want to say it himself, no matter how hard others force him, it will be useless.
It was already late at night, and most of the people who attended the palace banquet had been sent out of the palace.
Sheng Wenlin and Song Huaiqing stayed.
Sheng Wenlin still couldn't believe that Sheng Ling had such courage to design a plan on so many people's heads.
Song Huaiqing also didn't want to believe that the woman he liked was so cruel.
He wanted to marry Sheng Ling. It was said that his family background was not bad, so it was not difficult to marry a princess.
"Brother Song, why did you go there?"
"I told you that you need to rest when you're drunk. The palace maid took me there."
"Even so, how can the trapper ensure that you will be drunk?"
Song Huaiqing's face turned pale, and Sheng Ling took the initiative to propose a toast to him.
He didn't speak.
Sheng Wenlin didn't say anything. He was silent for a long time. He said, "I will send my cousin to Xiangyang tomorrow."
She cannot be left to continue causing trouble.
Zhao Shi only found it funny when he heard what he said. After half a stick of incense had passed, Wei Liu brought Sheng Ling to him.
Sheng Ling looked at them with a smile, and glanced at Song Huaiqing from the corner of her eye. She saw that he was still wearing the same clothes as before, and her eyes became cold.
It seems that things are not working out.
She obviously put incense wood in the incense burner in the side hall to add fun.
The lanterns under the eaves lit up with soft light, shining on her face.
Sheng Ling asked: "What does Brother Prince want from me?"
The spring night was slightly cool, and the gusts of wind blew by, making the whole body feel cold. The moonlight shines on the window lattice, and there are several reflections on it.
Zhao Shi's voice was gentle, and there was no hint of emotion or anger: "Bring the person up and show the princess."
The guards dragged up the bloody corpse and threw it in front of Sheng Ling.
The hole in the back of the head was covered with coagulated blood clots, and half of the corpse's face was dyed bright red. Red and white, the appearance of death is terrifying.
Sheng Ling was so frightened that her face turned pale. When she suddenly faced the tragically dead corpse, her legs and feet became weak, and cold sweat broke out on her back.
"Do you recognize it?" Zhao Shi asked.
Sheng Ling stiffened her neck and shook her head, "I don't know him."
She just started to get scared and squeezed out two real tears: "Brother Prince, don't scare me like this?"
Zhao Shi looked at the tears in the corners of her eyes mockingly, unmoved at all, and said, "It doesn't matter if we don't know her."
He asked people to bring up Sheng Ling's substitute maid, as well as the vendor who sold her medicine.
Sheng Ling's eyes changed drastically as she looked at the half-dead maid lying on the ground.
"Do you recognize these two people?"
Sheng Ling overestimated her ability, and her eyes suddenly turned red, "I did it."
She choked and said, "I did something wrong."
Sheng Ling wiped her tears, "I just... like you so much that I was blinded for a moment and didn't really want to hurt her."
In the past, at home, no matter how big a mistake she made, her parents and brothers would be reluctant to punish her as long as she shed a few tears.
It's a pity that this method doesn't work on Zhao Shi.
Zhao Shi looked at her with disgust, "Wei Liu, send her to Xiangyang tomorrow morning."
Sheng Ling didn't dare to say anything like she wouldn't leave now. Zhao Shi was furious. She looked at the blood all over the maid's body and felt that Zhao Shi really wanted to kill her.
Her legs were naked and she was sitting on her knees on the cold ground. There was a pair of thin hands in front of his eyes. Song Huaiqing pulled her up from the ground. His eyes were calm and emotionless. He suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth and let out a sad smile, "You can just plot against her. I won't kill her." I’ll stop you.”
A concubine's life is not valuable. If she dies, there will be others.
"But how come you also plotted against me?"
Sheng Ling didn't dare to look into his eyes, tears rolled down her cheeks and she didn't feel at all worried.
After Song Huaiqing said these two sentences, he let go of her hand, turned around and left.
…
The medicinal properties in Mingzhu's body kept coming back and forth, and she cried when she woke up, sweating profusely. Zhao Shi pressed her hands to prevent her from moving.
Mingzhu felt that the medicine was getting more and more uncomfortable. She couldn't tell who the person in front of her was. She pressed her face against his cold palm and felt a little more comfortable.
She cried and said: "I want to soak in water."
Zhao Shizheng wiped her face with a wet towel and coaxed her in a low voice, "The water is still boiling."
Mingzhu collapsed even more after hearing this, "I want to take a cold bath."
"You're going to get sick."
"No. I'm so hot. Can you fan me?"
Zhao Shi saw how pitiful she was and didn't even complain, so he slapped her.
Still can't relieve the heat.
Mingzhu suddenly grabbed his wrist, and the water droplets on her eyelashes were trembling. With the last bit of reason she had left, she bit her lip and looked at him without saying a word.
Zhao Shi sighed, he was not a gentleman tonight, he couldn't bear to touch her, he just wanted her to take the initiative.
Zhao Shiqing lowered his eyelids and continued to fan her.
Mingzhu hugged him and buried her face in his chest, "Stop fanning."
Zhao Shi stopped what he was doing and asked funnyly: "You were the one who asked me to slap you just now, and you are the one who didn't want me to slap you now."
Mingzhu almost sat on him, and the hot temperature pressed against the material of his clothes, which seemed to be relieved a lot. She stretched out her slightly trembling hands and hooked his neck, "Help me."
Zhao Shi pretended to pull her hand away. Mingzhu was really going to cry because of him. How could he pretend to be a serious person at this time
"This is in the palace, I can't mess around." He said seriously.
Mingzhu pushed him down on the bed and pressed his shoulders, "Don't pretend."
Zhao Shi smiled with his eyebrows raised, "Now you dare to talk to me like that."
Mingzhu suffered all night, and now tears fell pattering down on his heart.
Zhao Shi turned his back on his guests and inserted his fingers into her waistline...
After a few times, Mingzhu's medicinal power completely subsided, and the sheets under her pillow were so wrinkled that she could no longer see them.
Zhao Shi held her waist with one hand and whispered in her ear, "Do you know who I am?"
Mingzhu was half asleep and said drowsily: "Anyone can do it."
Zhao Shi was not angry and said she had no conscience.
He likes her to be soft and docile. During these days, she has indeed become much better behaved.
Zhao Shi was very satisfied. He put his hand on her belly. Although he didn't say anything, he could still feel the expectation in his heart.
Mingzhu felt uncomfortable being held by his hand, so she changed her sleeping position and said unclear words in her sleep, "It won't happen."
"What?"
"I took medicine."
Zhao Shi didn't understand and asked curiously: "What medicine?"
Mingzhu put her finger on his lips and said mysteriously, "Shh, we can't let him know."