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【Chapter 160, Beacon -10】
Qu Wanyue was in the princess mansion when she came to this world. She is a dancing girl, her parents are dead, and she makes a living by dancing and doing business. A few years ago, when the nine princesses passed by Kyoto, Qu Wanyue happened to be bullied. When the princess saw her pitifully, she bought her and took her as a maid. She usually takes care of the princess's daily life and also teaches the princess some dances.
That day the princess was going to go to the street suddenly, Qu Wanyue went with her, but when she went shopping for clothes, she happened to meet Yu Hanjiang and Xiaolou's couple. The princess made a sarcasm and was stunned by Yu Hanjiang.
At that time, Qu Wanyue just turned around to buy sweets for the princess. She was not beside her. When she came back, she saw the nine princesses with a dark face and said angrily: "I want to go to Jiangzhou too!"
Qu Wanyue didn't know why. But as a princess maid, she can only keep up with the princess.
On the way, she heard the nine princesses scold Master Yu for being blind-eyed and ignorant of good and bad, and then she realized that Team Yu was also going to Jiangzhou.
It seemed that the location of the crime was in Jiangzhou. Qu Wanyue went to Jiangzhou with the princess in peace. It was not until she saw Long Sen at the gate of the palace that she confirmed her guess.
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After Yu Hanjiang, Xiao Lou, and Mo Xuemin entered the palace, they asked the people to inform the Eighth Prince that Yu Hanjiang, the prefect of Jiangzhou, was visiting.
The butler who was in charge of reception at the palace heard that he was the new prefect, and immediately respectfully took the three of them to the side hall to settle down, poured tea, and then turned to report to the prince.
After a while, a middle-aged man walked into the Pian Hall in a stride.
The three met the legendary Eighth Prince for the first time—a middle-aged man in his forties who was tall and sturdy, wearing a brocade and jade robe, and his brows became more handsome.
The three of Yu Hanjiang bowed and saluted: "I have seen the prince."
The prince smiled and said: "You don't need to be polite." He looked at Yu Hanjiang, his eyes full of admiration: "This is Master Yu, right? Your Majesty often mentions you in his letters, and the king has also heard about you. 19 At the age of the senior high school champion, he was promoted to the prefect of Jiangzhou within a few years. Master Yu is really young and promising!"
"The prince is overwhelmed." Yu Hanjiang brought Xiao Lou and Mo Xuemin to the front, and introduced to the prince: "This is the wife Xiaolou, this is the prefect's Master Mo, and the ministers brought them here to congratulate the prince. birthday."
After he said, he gave the prepared gift to the prince, which was a famous calligraphy and painting brought from Kyoto. As an upright official, he is not good at buying expensive things. Hearing that the prince likes calligraphy and painting, he took a picture of his family's collection of calligraphy.
The prince asked his entourage to accept the gift and smiled: "Master Yu is so polite. You are tired of boating along the road. The king should host a banquet for you. It is a pity that the palace’s internal affairs are busy these days, and it is difficult for the king to get away. After a few days, Be sure to invite the adults to come to the mansion to sit down again."
The Eighth Prince has no royal airs at all, and is very polite to Yu Hanjiang, and his smile looks very kind.
This smile reminded Yu Hanjiang of the emperor sitting on the dragon chair in Kyoto, who was also smiling, and could not see the happiness or anger. Sure enough, everyone who can survive the royal struggle is a human being.
Yu Hanjiang lowered his voice and started talking about the business: "My lord, your Majesty has a few more words to pass on to the minister."
The Eighth Prince knew, and said: "Master Yu, please go to the study with the king. As for Mrs. Zun and Master..." He turned to look at the maid beside him, and said: "Caiyue, you take your wife and master to stroll around in the garden. Entertain the two distinguished guests."
Caiyue replied and turned and left with Xiao Lou and Mo Xuemin.
Yu Hanjiang followed the prince to the study, took out the sealed letter from his arms, and handed it to him respectfully: "This sealed letter was handed over to the prince by your majesty."
"Oh? Secret letter?" The Eighth Prince immediately received the letter from Yu Hanjiang. After opening the secret letter, his brows wrinkled slightly, and he did not know what was mentioned in the secret letter, and the prince's expression became a little serious.
His eyes quickly scanned the letter before he put the secret letter away, smiled slightly, and said, "You have worked so hard. The king hasn't returned to Beijing for four years. It's time to go back to Kyoto to have a look."
Next, the prince politely asked some emperors about the situation, expressing his care and love as the emperor's uncle. I don't know if I really care about it or show it to Yu Hanjiang. Regarding the government affairs of the court and some important decisions of the court, he didn't mention a word, saying that he was an idle prince who did not ask about political affairs. It seemed that the rumors were true.
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At the same time, Xiao Lou and Mo Xuemin were following the maids to enjoy the flowers in the palace.
The area of Zhenjiang Palace is surprisingly large. The environment of the entire Palace is quiet, with pavilions, pavilions, green trees lined with trees, flower beds are arranged in a random manner, and the garden planning is very particular. There are also some Feng Shui layouts hidden in it, which are obviously specially designed. .
Mo Xuemin just learned design, and when he saw this yard, he couldn’t help Xiaolou’s ears and said, “The planning and design of this yard is very reasonable. ."
Xiao Lou also felt that walking in the yard was full of scenery, which made people feel at ease.
There is a huge lotus pond in the middle of the yard. At this time, it is early autumn. The pond is full of lotus. Walking on the pebble path by the pond, you can smell the fragrance of lotus. There happened to be stone tables and stools by the lotus pond, and the breeze was paved. Xiao Lou and Mo Xuemin simply sat down to admire the flowers, and the maid kindly brought them a few plates of washed fruits.
At this moment, a thin woman with a white gauze on her face passed by the lotus pond. Next to her was Liu Qiao with a neat ponytail. Liu Qiao also carried a medicine basket in her hand.
Xiao Lou and Liu Qiao looked at each other, tacitly—it seems that the person next to Liu Qiao is the Fourth Miss Qi Yiwei.
As a daughter of the palace, she was dressed very elegantly. She was dressed in a white dress with only simple silver dark patterns embellished. There were no gorgeous pearl hairpins in his hair, only a wooden hairpin stuck in his hair.
The white gauze covers most of her face, revealing only the eyes and eyebrows.
She glanced in the direction of Xiao Lou, her eyes were clear and agile, with curved willow eyebrows, she had a pretty and beautiful temperament. She was obviously a little beauty, and she didn't know why she kept covering her face with a veil.
Liu Qiao followed the fourth lady quickly away.
Since Miss Fourth has Liu Qiao, don't worry about missing clues, Xiao Lou is very relieved of Liu Qiao.
The palace is too big, you need to figure out the terrain first.
Xiao Lou had a plan to make a living, and suddenly said: "I want to go to the toilet, please trouble Miss Caiyue to show me the way."
"Okay, please, madam here." The maid immediately took Xiao Lou to the backyard.
The toilet in the palace was built in a very hidden place. It was impossible for the maid to follow Xiao Lou in, and waited outside after showing the way. Xiao Lou used a cloak of invisibility at the corner and put on acceleration shoes, and used this time to quickly travel in the palace. The ground turned around.
The Zhenjiang Prince's Mansion is really too big. He has limited time and can only figure out the backyard.
There is a courtyard in the east, west, south, and north of the backyard. The names are all very artistic, and they are the residences of the ladies and the ladies. There is a small Buddhist hall in the most secluded corner. Xiao Lou saw a dignified girl in the Buddhist hall knocking wooden fish chanting—this is obviously the eldest lady of the palace, Qi Yiyao.
Long Sen once mentioned that the eldest lady is pure-hearted and low-spirited, loves to read Buddhist scriptures, and she goes to the Buddhist hall to copy scriptures and read Buddhist scriptures alone when she is free. Xiao Lou noticed that the girl closed her eyes and the expression on her face was extremely calm, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with her.
She has a marriage contract with Young Master Lin. Young Master Lin is arranging flowers and weeds outside and walking around in the brothel every day. I don't know if she was raised in a boudoir Reagan and didn't hear about it, or if she didn't care about or care about that fiancé
Xiao Lou was very puzzled.
This eldest lady is only 20 years old. At the age of a beautiful woman, it is so strange that she actually hides in the Buddhist hall and recites Buddhist scriptures every day.
At this moment, suddenly a gorgeously dressed beautiful woman came over and said, "A Yao, today is your father's birthday, why are you still chanting here? Go back and change your clothes and get dressed up."
Qi Yiyao knocked on Muyu's hand for a moment, and said lightly: "Father's birthday, there are so many guests every year, it's lively enough, it doesn't matter whether I participate or not."
The woman's face changed when she heard it: "What's this? You are the eldest daughter of the palace. How can you not go to the prince's birthday banquet? Your three sisters will all attend tonight's banquet, as well as the young master of the Lin family. I'll come over, listen to what my mother said, go and change clothes, don't let the younger sisters compete."
After she said, she grabbed her daughter's wrist and forcibly dragged her away.
Qi Yiyao followed her mother blankly.
Not far away, Miss Si and Liu Qiao passed by the Buddhist hall together and witnessed the same scene.
Liu Qiao said in a puzzled manner: "Doesn't the eldest lady like the excitement?"
Miss Fourth’s soft voice came over: “Well, my elder sister was in poor health since she was a child. She had a serious illness and almost died. My father went to the temple outside Jiangzhou to beg for an amulet. The teacher raised her too. She took her home at the age of ten. She grew up in a temple when she was a child, and when she returned to the palace, she also asked her father to build a Buddhist hall. When she was free, she went to the Buddhist hall to copy scriptures, and she didn't talk to us much."
Liu Qiao was a little curious: "Then why did she sign a marriage contract with the Lin family?"
Miss Fourth shook her head and said, "The orders of our parents, we can only obey the orders of our children."
Liu Qiao was trying his best to listen to the news. Xiao Lou was worried that he would be found missing, so he quickly left the Buddhist hall.
The maid waited for a long time, and when Madam Yu came out, she couldn't help but worry: "Why hasn't Madam been here so long?"
Xiao Lou smiled slightly, and said, "It may be that I had a bad stomach after eating in the morning and my body was not feeling well."
When he followed the maid back to the lotus pond, Lao Mo, who had gone to the front yard to investigate, had just returned, and the two exchanged eyes.
The clues available before the case happened were limited. Xiao Lou only saw the fourth lady and the eldest lady in the backyard, the second lady, the monarch Shu'an, and the boy’s character who loves martial arts and the third lady he did not see.
Lao Mo whispered, "I saw people from the Lin family, including the young master Lin."
At exactly this time, Yu Hanjiang and the prince came out of the study, and Xiao Lou and Mo Xuemin greeted them.
The prince was very busy today. There were a lot of distinguished guests. He took the initiative to say "Leave if something happens" and asked his entourage to take them to the side hall to settle down first. The three wisely said goodbye, turned around and sat down in the side hall, waiting for the start of the dinner.
Soon, Shao Qingge also came in and gave several boxes of gifts.
As the richest family in Daqi, the Shao family's gift is of course the highest among all the guests.
Today Shao Qingge is wearing a gorgeous silk gown, full of extravagance. After he walked into the side hall, he saw Yu Hanjiang, Xiao Lou, and Mo Xuemin, and he immediately walked over to act in an act: "Master Yu, what a coincidence, we meet again."
Yu Hanjiang had to act with him: "Master Shao, it is indeed a coincidence."
Shao Qingge sat down next to Yu Hanjiang with a smile, covering his face with a fan, pretending to be reminiscing with Master Yu, but in fact lowered his voice and said: "I saw someone at the door just now."
Yu Hanjiang asked: "Who?"
Shao Qingge said: "Qu Wanyue."
Yu Hanjiang was startled, and finally heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. Their team was missing Qu Wanyue and never showed up, and now Teacher Qu has also come to Zhenjiang Prince's Mansion, all the members are gathered, the main event should begin soon.
Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice, "What is her identity?"
Shao Qingge gloated and said: "The woman disguised herself as a man and turned into a handsome boy. Long Sen saw his wife who was wearing a man's suit. His jaw was about to fall, and his mouth was so big that he could swallow a duck egg."
Yu Hanjiang: "..."
When will Mr. Shao's gloating problem be corrected
Yu Hanjiang asked solemnly: "Is it pretending to be a man, or has it become a man?"
Shao Qingge laughed and said: "She should be pretending to be a woman. She is still a woman in this world, so she can only pretend to be a man. There is also a woman who comes with her, who is also a woman who is dressed as a man. She has a delicate skin and tender flesh. I don't know who it is."
As she was talking, she saw Qu Wanyue, who was dressed in men's clothing, and a handsome "boy" walked into the Pian Ting side by side.
The two found an empty seat to sit down and drank tea on their own.
Qu Wanyue looked at Shangyu Hanjiang and nodded gently at him.
Xiao Lou also spotted Qu Wanyue, and immediately saw another person sitting next to her. He looked very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere... Xiao Lou thought carefully, this was not the time between him and Yu Hanjiang. Did you see the princess while shopping in Kyoto
Xiao Lou smiled softly, leaning in Yu Hanjiang's ear and said, "Nine Princesses, shouldn't they come to you?"
Rumor has it that Yu Hanjiang declined to marry the first emperor, and the nine princesses resented this. But Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou have both been married for four years. She is a princess, and there are many young talents who want to be a husband.
Her Royal Highness came all the way to Jiangzhou, is it just to find fault? If this is the case, then the princess is not just self-willed, but has a brain problem. Xiao Lou felt that things would not be that simple.
Worrying that Xiao Lou would think too much, Yu Hanjiang immediately explained: "I am really unfamiliar with her, and there are no more than five sentences in total. Don't think too much about it. She came here, it is probably related to the plot."
Xiao Lou smiled and said: "Of course I believe you. Moreover, I also think that the princess will not come to Jiangzhou simply to find our fault. The good show will be staged soon, let's wait and see."
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【Chapter 161, Beacon Smoke 11】
The birthday party of the Eighth Prince officially began in the evening.
Everyone was invited to the backyard. There were a lot of round tables on the open space next to the pond, which were filled with sumptuous food. The guests took their seats one by one, and the prince and the three wives sat in the main seat.
Rumor has it that the prince is so beautiful. These three ladies do have their own characteristics. Mrs. Yun is dignified and majestic, Mrs. Qing is bright and charming, and Mrs. Han is graceful and gentle. The prince surrounded by beauties is full of smiles and looks in a good mood.
The people of Qi are open, so there is no rule that women can't show up. The three ladies are all here, but the four daughters haven't shown up yet. Maybe they are preparing gifts for the prince
Shao Qingge sat at a table with Lin's distinguished guests.
Lin Shaobo, the young master of the Lin family, was sitting next to him. Today, the young Lin didn't drink. Compared with the drunk dude I saw in Tianxianglou the day before yesterday, the more serious young man Lin Shaobo is a talent. He has a marriage contract with the eldest lady and is about to get married next month. As the son-in-law of the prince, he will of course attend the birthday of the father-in-law. The gift on behalf of the Lin family is also very impressive, carrying several boxes.
Lin Shaobo glanced at Shao Qingge, calmly lowered his head to drink tea, pretending not to know each other.
Shao Qingge also gave him face, without mentioning Tianxianglou.
The ambitions are staggered, and the palace tonight is really lively.
After three rounds of wine, began to perform shows. The girls from Tianxianglou were invited up, and after a soft dance, the boss, Aunt Qing, said with a smile: "The next show is a brand new sword dance specially trained by Tianxianglou. I wish the prince a birthday!"
Shao Qingge noticed that Ye Qi was also on the stage.
Tonight's Miss Ye changed her outfit, a scarlet mopping dress with golden thread embroidered on it, and a lot of pearl hairpins in her hair, shining brightly under the light of candles.
As soon as the bright and beautiful Tianxianglou's top card came out, Shao Qingge almost spoiled his food.
It’s okay to wear festive points at the birthday banquet, but there is no need to be festive, right? With a hijab on your head, you can get married directly.
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang are also forced to bear their laughter—Poor Ye Qi, this dark history of disguising as women is probably something that everyone will remember.
Qu Wanyue was almost choked when she saw Ye Qi dress up like this for the first time. She hurriedly covered her face with her sleeves, pretending to drink tea calmly. But the nine princesses next to him were very interested and said: "This girl is very beautiful, where is Tianxianglou?"
Qu Wanyue forced her to stay calm, and explained in a low voice: "It is the largest song and dance house in Jiangzhou. The women here are not selling their lives, but relying on talent for food."
The nine princesses thoughtfully: "They want to perform sword dance, right? I remember you too. I don't know if these people dance the sword dance, do you dance so beautifully?"
Qu Wanyue smiled and said: "The princess has passed the award, I only have some fur."
The two were chatting, and Ye Qi had already played music over there.
Today, he is responsible for accompaniment with a pipa. Next to him are two beautiful women with harmony. The three are sitting in the pavilion. As the melodious music sounds, five women in red dresses are dancing in the open with long swords in their hands.
Seeing them draw their swords at the same time, the guards of the palace immediately stood in front of the prince.
The Eighth Prince smiled and waved his hand: "All retreat, it's just a sword dance for fun."
The guards retreated, everyone staring nervously at the woman dancing the sword, for fear that the tip of the sword would accidentally pierce it.
The five women all wore red veils. The posture of the sword dance is chic and neat, and every time the long sword is swung out, it is as free as a snake out of a hole. Moreover, they step on the rhythm of the music and move very neatly. Obviously, they have been training for a long time.
The rhythm played by Ye Qi gradually changed from melodious and tactile to rapid and agitated, like a flying stream that caused a thousand waves of waves.
The dance of the five women is getting better and better. Their movements are getting faster and faster. The five swords danced into a beautiful group of sword flowers, which dazzled the guests.
The Eighth Prince took the lead in applauding, and the guests clapped closely.
Amid the enthusiastic applause, the formation instantly dispersed, and the four women suddenly flew up. The four gathered to the center of the venue from east, south, west, and north, and the tips of the four swords “smashed” accurately. Converge in one place!
The remaining woman leaped, her toes were like dragonflies, just stepping on the intersection of the four swords. Her body was suspended in the air, standing on one foot, performing an elegant "white crane spreading its wings" movement.
"Okay!" The applause around him became more enthusiastic.
The sword dance of these five people really opened the eyes of the guests.
However, Xiao Lou held his fingers nervously, a trace of anxiety rose in his heart.
The five swords reminded him of the assassin in the early hours of the day before yesterday. It was also a long sword with no obvious characteristics. The tip of the sword was highly poisoned and cut through Yu Hanjiang's back. The wound made Xiao Lou even thinking about it. There are lingering palpitations.
It's normal for the dignitaries to invite people to perform dances on their birthdays, but sword dance... Xiao Lou always feels unlucky.
Suddenly, he met a pair of eyes.
The woman posing in the air with a white crane spreading its wings suddenly became extremely cold. She stepped hard under her feet, and with the help of the elasticity of the four swords, her whole body shot out like a sharp arrow and flew towards the prince!
The sharp point of the sword pierced the prince's chest straight!
Madam Yun was shocked: "There are assassins! Hurry up, protect the prince!"
Shouting like this, she hides more sharply than anyone else, and immediately dodges behind a guard.
The other two ladies were also shocked and stood on the spot.
The prince was calm. When the woman's sword was about to pierce his chest, he suddenly slapped the wine utensils on the table with a palm, picked up a silver bowl to accurately cover the sword, and slammed his right hand. —
The strong force on his arm actually shook the woman's long sword flying away in an instant!
There was an exclamation among the guests.
The woman let go of the weapon, immediately pulled off the sharp hairpin on her head, and poked the prince's throat!
The two were fighting in one place, the woman recruited viciously, and the prince was able to deal with it easily, but he did not expect the prince to be so powerful in martial arts.
Several nursing homes hurried over to surround the woman. Seeing that the assassination failed, the woman left a cold eye, jumped up, and went up to the roof like a flying geese, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.
The prince said coldly: "Chasing!"
Several guards immediately flew up to the eaves to chase the assassin. The banquet became chaotic, and Ye Qi who was playing the piano was also a little confused—he didn't expect that there was an assassin in the Tianxianglou, assassinating the lord in public!
The prince's face was ugly, and he immediately asked the boss of Tianxianglou to speak.
Aunt Qing was so frightened that her legs were soft, and she knelt in front of the prince with a "poof!"
The other four women performing sword dances also dropped their swords and knelt side by side, shivering.
Ye Qi and the two people playing in the distance had to kneel down in the pavilion.
Ye Qi is about to die of depression-who can be more unlucky than him? Coming into this world, he was thrown to the Tianxiang Tower as the top card for no apparent reason. As a result, an assassin appeared in the team on the day of the prince's birthday banquet, and they would be collectively affected.
In ancient times, assassinating the prince was a felony decapitating!
The assassins were mixed in the singing and dancing team of Tianxianglou. They couldn't tell the relationship between Tianxianglou. If they met an unreasonable prince, he would just pull them down and cut them all, wouldn't he be wronged
Or else, just see the opportunity later and just use the teleport card to run away
Ye Qi was struggling, and the next moment, he heard the prince calmly say: "There are people in Jiangzhou City who dared to assassinate the king in public, Master Yu, you have to find out about this and give the king an account."
The case was actually handed over to Yu Hanjiang
Ye Qi was taken aback, and soon became happy. It was great to give it to Master Yu, at least he didn't have to suffer from flesh and blood.
Yu Hanjiang immediately stepped forward: "Yes, prince, Weichen must do his best." He glanced across the audience and said coldly: "Come here, put all the girls in Tianxianglou in prison for trial!"
A group of guards and yamen hulled up and escorted all the Tianxianglou personnel present.
Xiao Lou didn't expect that things would develop like this.
He always thought that the internal relations of the palace were mixed. It was likely that a few ladies or his wife had an accident. He didn't expect that the prince's birthday party was assassinated in public. The prince also handed over the case to the prefect of Jiangzhou... Is this the case of Heart 8? Tracing the Assassins
Xiao Lou's intuition is not that simple.
He recalled carefully. Regarding the assassin, he only remembered that the other party was a female, dressed in a red dress, and should be about one meter tall. His eyes were cold, and his facial features were difficult to distinguish because of his face covered with a veil.
How can I find this in a huge crowd
As I was thinking, suddenly, there was a scream in the distance: "Ah-it's not good!"
It was the cry of the maid.
Yu Hanjiang immediately looked over there, the prince also frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"
A maid ran over in a panic, her feet slumped and stumbled. She was obviously frightened, and her voice trembled: "Lord, eldest lady... Missy she..."
Madam Yun's face suddenly changed when she heard her daughter: "What's wrong with the eldest lady?"
The maid knelt down crying: "The eldest lady hangs herself on a tree in the backyard..."
Xiao Lou: "..."
Missy? Was it the girl he had seen in the afternoon, knocking on wooden fish chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall? !
Xiao Lou didn't expect her to die!
Just now the woman assassinated the prince, attracting everyone's attention to the prince, and the banquet scene was a mess. As a result, the prince was not hurt at all, but the eldest lady, something went wrong in the chaos.
Hanged himself
How could she hang herself as a daughter of a royal palace
Xiao Lou's gaze swept across the audience quickly.
Young Master Lin, who was married to her, was not there, and Miss Two, Miss Three, and Miss Four were also not there.
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and at the same time said to each other with their eyes: "It's a murder."
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