It was an ear, with blood on it.
Wen Xi screamed violently.
The queen glanced at the ear lightly, and snorted coldly, "You think that if you randomly find someone to cut off the ear and send it over, then this palace will think that this is Hua Jing's. Ears? Ning Yunshang, I just felt that your methods have improved, but I didn't expect you to be willing to use such a clumsy method."
Yun Chang smiled slightly, her eyes calm, "Why doesn't the queen mother take a serious look? Could it be that she is afraid? Chang'er heard that there is a birthmark on sister Huang's ear..." The words were ordinary but did not continue.
The queen frowned slightly, and glanced at the thing on the ground again. There seemed to be a touch of rouge on the back of the ear, resembling the shape of a plum blossom. The queen turned her eyes back calmly, and quietly clenched her hands in her sleeves, the long Kodan pierced her palms, causing pain.
"It's just a birthmark. Some old people in the palace know this feature of Jing'er. It's so strange to pretend to be a fake. Ning Yunshang, you don't have to waste your time. It's just one ear. If you have the ability, you can use it." Bring Hua Jing to this palace, and this palace will believe you." The empress said nothing, walked to a chair beside her and sat down.
Yun Chang hooked the corners of her lips, "Come here, feed it to the dogs."
The dark guard put the things into the box and took them out again. Yun Chang smiled and walked to the queen, "I forgot, mother and concubine are used to deceiving themselves and others. If this is the case, then I don't need to say more. Come on, come on." Shut the Empress into the dark room."
The dark room is in the queen's bedroom. There is a dark room on the wall behind the bed. This is the place where the queen deals with some people in private. It is also equivalent to a small torture room. She also accidentally entered it in her previous life. I've been in it, so I know. Looking at it now, it is a good place.
Yun Shang summoned Ning Qian, disguised herself as a queen, explained everything one by one, and left.
As soon as Yunshang left, Li Fuyi hurried over, with anxious eyes, "All the concubines in the palace are gone, does the Empress know who did it?"
Ning Qian's empress 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? I really think this palace Qiwu Palace is the one you entered whenever you wanted?"
Li Fuyi was slightly taken aback when he heard this, seeing that she was still displaying the Queen's sheet music at this moment, his eyes could not help but turn cold, "My sister is still presenting the Queen's sheet music at this time, I don't know that you, the Queen, are still acting like a queen." How long did it take. Do you know how much time my father spent planning today's event, if you ruin father's event, I'm afraid you won't know how you will die when the time comes."
The queen laughed out loud when she heard the words, "Yes, how long can I be the queen of this palace? Do you think you will end well? Even if your father becomes the throne, so what? You are just a Where will a former concubine who was abandoned like a shoestring be honored?"
"Let me ask my sister again, where did the concubine 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 did you go, didn't my sister come to ask me to arrest all the concubines in the harem and send them to the Golden Palace?"
"There is no one in the Golden Luan Palace!" Li Fuyi slapped the table with one hand.
"Oh? Is that so? Naturally, there is no one in the Golden Luan Palace. I suspect that there are people from the emperor among the palace people. If one is not careful, something may go wrong. Just like what my sister said, my father will be ruined by then." This palace can't afford to take care of big things, so I put them all in the dark room of this palace." The queen turned around and looked at Li Fuyi with a somewhat unpredictable look in her eyes. Gong doesn't know, I need you to give me advice when I do things."
After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to look in the mirror again, "No wonder people say that this concubine is not well-bred, and you are so domineering to my sister-in-law. Your lowly mother taught you how to behave? Don't you want to?" I thought I didn't know about the family affairs after being in the palace for these years, but I know very well that your lowly mother, but you killed her yourself in order to fight for your father's favor."
Li Fuyi's eyes suddenly ignited with murderous intent, "What my sister said is that my sister has violated the rules. Since my sister has already made plans, my sister will not say much." After finishing speaking, he looked deeply at Glancing at the queen, he turned and left Qiwu Palace.
Ning Qian looked in the mirror, watched Li Fuyi leave, and then heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the previous master taught them one by one, otherwise she would definitely be discovered. Ning Qian stood up, turned around, picked up the palace lantern on the table, and walked into the dark room.
There was only one chair in the dark room, and the queen sat on that chair with a cloth strip tied around her mouth, staring fixedly at Ning Qian who walked in. She felt strange just now in the dark room, Li Fuyi came Now, why is there someone outside who can answer her fluently, and the voice and tone are all imitated by herself. Now, without others talking, she also knew that it turned out to be the case.
She had heard of the technique of disguise, but no matter what, she never thought that there would be such a capable person by Ning Yunshang's side.
A question quickly flashed through my mind, Ning Yunshang, what exactly are you going to do
Ning Qian stood still in front of the queen, looked at the queen with a faint smile, and said, "The maid please greet the empress, don't worry, the empress, the maid is just here to have a look, does the empress look like the empress, after all Minnu had never seen the empress before. Minnu had played the role of Princess Huajing and Princess Yunshang, but she had never played the role of queen, so she was a little panicked for a while, but now it seems that she should be all right."
After Ning Qian said these specious words, she turned around and left the dark room without staying any longer.
The queen was left alone in the dark room, but some guesses arose in her heart. She just said that she had pretended to be Huajing? What are you doing pretending to be Huajing
She felt a little uneasy in her heart. When she saw the ear just now, she didn't think much about it. She intuitively felt that it must be Ning Yunshang who was lying to her. After all, the matter of Hua Jing being taken away by Cangjue Qingsu was reported to given to the emperor.
But now, she is a little uncertain. Could it be that the person who was taken away by Hua Jing was actually a person who changed his face, not Hua Jing himself? Could it be that Hua Jing really fell into Ning Yunshang's hands.
Thinking of the bloody ear, the queen only felt a little cold all over her body.
Prince Jing's soldiers and horses have not yet arrived in the imperial city, but something happened in the prime minister's mansion. Cangyang Yu'er, who was originally associated with Li Cheng because of disrespect to the seventh prince of Xia, suddenly ran out for some reason, pretending to be innocent Passed by the guard at the gate, and entered into Prime Minister Li's dormitory, when he saw Prime Minister Li in a deep sleep, he seemed to go crazy, shouting "Give me back my child" and held up the dagger He stabbed at Prime Minister Li, and the wound was stabbed in Prime Minister Li's abdomen, almost killing him.
When Cangyang Yu'er was about to raise the dagger to stab down again, the guard who heard the sound quickly snatched the dagger from her hand, wounded her, and sent her down.
However, Li Jingyan fell into a coma because of his serious injuries.
Yunshang listened to the report from the secret guard, and looked at Prince Jing with burning eyes, "My lord believes it. Once this woman goes crazy, there will always be surprising results. Cangyang Yu'er's life in Yelang Kingdom , just like a princess, now that she is married to Ningguo, it doesn't matter if she marries a bad old man, after all, she is still powerful and powerful, but she doesn't want to, people in the mansion don't buy her account, relying on having a child to let the prime minister's mansion People didn't dare to touch her, so they managed to get by, but they didn't want the child to be killed by Prime Minister Li himself. Cangyang Yu'er has always been a pungent person, so naturally she can't bear such treatment."
Prince Jing looked at Yun Shang thoughtfully, "You should have drugged her too, right?"
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "Naturally. If it weren't for the fact that she was the only one with the weakest guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I wouldn't bother to take my mind on her. Cangyang Yu'er was a bit reckless after all."
Around noon, the secret guard sent by Yunshang to Fengcheng came back, "Everything is fine with the concubine Jin and the emperor, and nothing special happened, but two days ago, a girl came to visit Fengcheng. Concubine Jin, Concubine Jin kept her to live. It seemed that her name was Jing Wenxi. She said that she knew the master, and the emperor recognized her as the daughter of Lord Chao Zhongjing, so he let Concubine Jin keep her. Come on, according to Madam Zheng, the Empress and Miss Jing seem to hit it off very well."
Yun Chang only felt a chill all over her body, and her heart trembled slightly, Jing Wenxi...
She remembered that she had met a cute little girl when she was in Shunqing Palace before, but Wen Ruyu had been confronting her all the time, which left a bit of an impression on her. But, isn't she the daughter of Taichang Siqing? How could it appear in Laifeng City at this time? It's just too coincidental...
Yun Shang doesn't believe in the saying that there is no coincidence, but only knows that the abnormal is the demon. He quickly turned his head and said, "Who is the Minister of Taichang Temple?"
Prince Jing was silent for a moment, and then said, "The Minister of Taichang Temple belongs to the Emperor."
Yun Shang paused for a moment, the father's people, logically speaking, had no reason to target the mother concubine. It's just that there is still some uneasiness in my heart, and I always feel that something has been ignored by myself.
After pondering for a long while, he turned around and said to the dark guard, "Go and investigate why Jing Wenxi appeared in Laifeng City, and where is the Minister of Taichang Temple? Let Jing Wenxi get close to the concubine mother."
"You doubt Jing Wenxi?" King Jing asked softly after listening to Yun Shang's series of orders.
Yun Chang nodded, frowned and said, "Last night when I went to the palace to meet the queen, the queen said that she would attack the mother concubine and younger brother. I ate a lot of food because I underestimated the queen. Fortunately, this time, I dare not risk the lives of my concubine mother and younger brother. When Jing Wenxi appeared, it was a coincidence..."
Prince Jing didn't ask any more questions, and after being silent for a while, he said, "I'll put some more guards around your concubine mother."
Yun Chang nodded, only feeling her pulse beating a little fast.
King Jing's army is heading towards the imperial city, and Xia Houjing seems to be secretly summoning people. King Jing knows that Xia Houjing may also have some soldiers in other parts of Ning, so he doesn't dare to be careless, and stays in the study every day Looking at the map of Ningguo.
Yunshang also felt a little uneasy in her heart. Although she didn't know Xia Houjing very well, she also knew that it was not wise for Xia Houjing to stick to the imperial city, and she had heard of Xia Houjing's methods and strategies before. You should let yourself fall into such a passive situation.
While Yunshang was worried about the movement of the imperial city, she thought about the situation in Laifeng City. The news from the secret guards seemed to be normal. Jing Wenxi traveled around with her brother who was in business a few days ago. They made a big circle around Ningguo, and happened to arrive in Fengcheng a few days ago. Judging from the day they set off, they seemed to know nothing about the situation in the imperial city.
And Taichang Temple Minister...
The death day of the first emperor was in this seventh month. Because the mother and concubine were about to give birth, the emperor had no time to sacrifice, so he asked the minister of Taichang Temple to pay homage to the mausoleum instead of him, and he was not in the imperial city.
Moreover, the prince said that Taichang Siqing belongs to the emperor's father. It stands to reason that the news of the prince can't be wrong.
It seems that everything is reasonable, the only abnormal thing is that Jing Wenxi went to the palace to see his mother and concubine when he was passing through Fengcheng. Logically speaking, I don't have much friendship with Jing Wenxi, and according to Jing Wenxi's status, there is no need to visit the concubine.
Yun Shang frowned slightly, no matter what, it's better to be cautious. So he asked the dark guard to send a message to Concubine Jin, telling her not to meet Jing Wenxi as much as possible, and sent her away as soon as possible.
Two or three days later, it was the end of August, Emperor Ning suddenly sent a letter, saying that he would return to the imperial city in two days. Yun Chang counted the time and found that Concubine Jin should have given birth to her confinement, and her younger brother is also a full moon. At this time, it is indeed time to return to the imperial city. Moreover, it has been delayed in the imperial city for a while, Prince Jing's soldiers and horses were intercepted on the way, so they were delayed for some time, but within two days, they should be able to enter the city.
After discussing with King Jing, Yunshang decided to do it two days later. The situation at the border is also very urgent. If the imperial city is cleared earlier, it will be possible to get out of the way and go to the border for support.
Two days later, when the night was still dark, Yunshang and King Jing quietly left the imperial city. In the dense forest outside the imperial city, an army of 30,000 people was preparing to follow the law.
"My lord, the dark guards have sneaked into the prime minister's mansion, and all the soldiers inside the city gate have been eliminated."
King Jing nodded, raised the whip in his hand, and said loudly, "Today, that old thief Li Jingyan must die without a place to die."
King Jing waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him followed towards the gate of the imperial city. The gate had already been taken down by the hidden guards. As soon as the army arrived at the gate, the gate was opened.
The sky was gloomy, and there was still a bit of dew in the morning. There was no one on the streets of the imperial city, only the sound of horseshoes kicking and stamping, and the sound of colliding with the armor of soldiers.
Yun Chang frowned slightly, it was too quiet.
They went all the way to the gate of the prime minister's mansion without hindrance. The walls of the prime minister's mansion were full of archers. Prince Jing drew out the sword at his waist and waved it, "Come on."
The hidden guards 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.
Feathered arrows flew down like rain, and the two shield soldiers in front overlapped each other and moved forward step by step. Behind the shield soldiers, the archers shot towards the archers on the wall in the gap between the shields. After a while, they reached the door, and when Prince Jing gave an order, the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion was knocked open.
In the prime minister's mansion, there were still archers hiding around by flowers, plants, trees and rockeries. Both Yunshang and King Jing could see that something was wrong. According to intelligence, there were 40,000 soldiers hoarded in the imperial city. At the gate of the city, the Prime Minister's Mansion was still able to resist for a long time, but they were only 30,000 people, and entering the imperial city was like entering a deserted land, and there were only a few archers in the Prime Minister's Mansion resisting, so far Come on, even if it is full of fights and calculations, these archers are only a few thousand.
"Find this king! Find this old man Li Jingyan!" King Jing raised his voice, and many soldiers rushed into the prime minister's mansion, and within a short while, the entire prime minister's mansion was filled to the brim.
"Could it be in the palace?" Yun Shang muttered to herself, "No, the guards in the palace have already been replaced by ours. 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 all over. There was no Li Jingyan, no Xia Houjing, and even no one who could be regarded as the master of the Li Manor. As for the original 40,000 soldiers, only a mere 3,000 were in the prime minister's residence.
Prince Jing and Yun Shang looked at each other with serious expressions.
After a while, Prince Jing said, "If the plan is followed, the emperor will leave for the palace today."
Yun Shang was shocked suddenly, they had fallen into Xia Houjing's empty city plan, I'm afraid, Xia Houjing and Li Jingyan fought from the beginning, it was not the idea of seizing the imperial city, the father is not in the imperial city, even if the imperial palace Take it down, but it's just an empty city.
Moreover, if the imperial city is captured, the imperial city must be defended to the death. The imperial city is located in the hinterland of Ningguo, far away from the border. It will take more than half a year. It would be very difficult for Li Jingyan and Xia Houjing to defend the imperial city for half a year.
Yun Shang had neglected some things before because she was too eager for revenge. Now that she thought about it carefully, she felt like she was enlightened, "Xia Houjing wants to attack the emperor and take the emperor to order the world."
Prince Jing nodded and frowned slightly, "A few days ago I felt that something was wrong, and I was afraid that Xia Houjing secretly kept soldiers and horses and wanted to attack the emperor, so I dispatched 20,000 people to escort the emperor. , but I never thought that he would actually make a false move and abandon the imperial city."
Yun Chang's heart tightened, 20,000 people, plus the guards around the father, hoped to resist for a while, "We must go to meet the father immediately."
King Jing nodded, and then gave the order to gallop towards Laifeng City with his soldiers and horses.
All of a sudden, Yun Shang suddenly remembered something that she had been ignoring all along. When she met Jing Wenxi in Shunqing Palace, Wen Ruyu once said when she satirized Jing Wenxi, "This emperor In the city, no one knows that you, Jing Wenxi, like Prince Jing..."
At that time, her father had just granted her a marriage with Prince Jing...