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After the young man walked in, he stopped next to Jiang Rao in the center of the hall, and saluted the empress and emperor who was seated.
When he looked up, he showed a jade face, and there was a slight smile on his thin lips, which seemed to be able to brighten the palace he was staying in.
His every move is dignified and elegant, but Empress Jiahe, who is always dignified beside Emperor Zhaowu, can no longer maintain her dignity and decency, staring at the slender figure in the palace, almost popping her eyes out of their sockets , terrified.
When the envoy saw the person coming, he stood up in surprise, the table in front of him shook, and the drink almost splashed him all over, "Your Highness Ninth?"
Emperor Zhaowu had an indifferent look that he had known for a long time.
Jiang Rao trembled when she heard the sound outside the hall, and looked back.
Rong Ting walked to her and stopped, glanced down, hooked his long fingers over, opened Jiang Rao's fingers, and took out the crumpled rice paper from her tightly clenched five fingers.
He glanced at the trembling almond eyes, obviously the frightened little girl, his eyes sank, and when he got the secret letter and was about to move his fingers away, he moved forward and lightly touched Jiang Rao's hand.
Jiang Rao was touched by his cold fingers and did not escape.
It was just a brief touch, Rong Ting quickly moved his fingers away, looked at Emperor Zhaowu and Empress Jiahe, "I'm a bit late coming back."
This is for Jia and the Queen.
Empress Jiahe looked at Rong Ting standing tall and straight in the hall, and couldn't stop trembling.
Huaizhou and his party did not kill him, but healed his leg instead
Where did it go wrong
She glanced at Jiang Rao, the little girl was upright, neither happy nor angry, as if she was facing a big enemy just now, she didn't relax or panic.
Obviously knew something earlier.
No wonder she had a smile on her face when she came out of Qingluan Terrace and bumped into her just now.
Empress Jiahe was about to have a fit, when Emperor Zhaowu slowly heard ironic words, "I thought that Empress would be happy to see Tinger come back."
Empress Jiahe was shocked, and turned to look at the man beside her.
She saw Emperor Zhaowu's gaze, she was calm and composed, and suddenly understood something.
He already knew that Rong Ting was not dead.
Then those words he used to comfort her when she was pretending to be sad, and those words he praised Rong Ting in front of her in the past six months... what are they
Empress Jiahe felt a sharp pain in her forehead. She put away her flailing fangs and claws, and said to Emperor Zhaowu in a panic: "The concubine is not feeling well, and I want to go back to Jinxiu Palace first."
Emperor Zhaowu did not allow her to get up, and said indifferently: "Adanu's matter needs to be explained."
Empress Jiahe was terrified, with an ominous premonition, but she could only barely smile, and stayed in the Jinluan Hall, feeling uneasy in her heart. Although there was a forced smile on her face, it looked like a thick cloud .
She noticed the sudden change in Emperor Zhaowu's attitude towards her after Rong Ting appeared, and tried to get close to Emperor Zhaowu, wanting to hold Emperor Zhaowu's hand.
However, Emperor Zhaowu raised his hands and put them on the table, either intentionally or not, just avoiding Empress Jiahe's finger that was about to hold him, his eyes were as cold as frost.
He looked at Rong Ting, "Since you wrote the secret letter, what basis do you have?"
"My son naturally dare not lie."
Rong Ting was followed by the men of the Black Clothes Guard, Rong Ting made a gesture, and the leader of the Black Clothes Guard escorted a middle-aged woman who was tied up with hemp rope and dressed as a palace nurse, and said: "Someone in the inn saw it with his own eyes. Someone put medicine in the food of a Qiang warrior, followed him all the way, and found that he went to the gate of the palace, and met with this Nanny Qi from Jinxiu Palace, besides..."
"Nurse Qi has recruited everything."
He pulled away the white cloth from Nanny's mouth, and Nanny kowtowed a few times before shouting, "Your Majesty, it was the Empress who wanted the Seventeenth Prince to beat Adano, so that Ji made a soft tendon in Adano's meal." , the medicine is colorless and tasteless, it will not affect the pulse condition, the imperial doctor will definitely not be able to find out, but it only takes seven days, and Adanu will be back to normal after seven days, if the emperor does not believe what the old slave said, he will wait for seven days to see."
The queen's expression changed drastically. Ever since she saw the old lady in her palace was arrested, she knew that there was no room for maneuver in this matter, but she didn't believe that Emperor Zhaowu would really punish her, so she shook her head and held Zhao Emperor Wu's sleeve: "There must be some misunderstanding in it, Your Majesty, don't doubt your concubine, someone wants to wrong your concubine..."
Emperor Zhaowu brushed her hand away, "Who do you think the Black Clothes Guards are allowed to search Jinxiu Palace?"
There was no trace of tenderness in his eyes, and he said coldly, "It's me."
"There is no injustice, no misunderstanding, I know what you have done."
Empress Jiahe collapsed, her face ashen.
Emperor Zhaowu looked at the Qiang envoy and said apologetically, "I will give you and Adanu an explanation for what happened today."
He got up and asked Ziyiwei to take the nanny to Dali Temple for further questioning, but Jiahe Empress still did not give up, chasing after him and shouting aggrievedly, "Your Majesty!"
Emperor Zhaowu strode away from the Golden Luan Hall without looking back.
Empress Jiahe felt a stabbing pain in her heart, and she fell down on the hall, unable to figure out what went wrong, and smashed the ground twice, in a panic.
…
Not long after Emperor Zhaowu left, he ordered Empress Jiahe to be imprisoned in Jinxiu Palace, and she was not allowed to leave Jinxiu Palace without his approval.
The story that the queen drugged Adanu’s food in order to make the seventeenth prince win over the Qiang warriors was also widely spread in the palace. Some experienced palace servants shook their heads and said that the gold medal in Jiahe Queen’s hand showed her identity as the lord of the six palaces. India, maybe it's about to change hands.
Empress Jiahe naturally knew what the seasoned courtiers could see.
She still couldn't figure out why Rong Ting was able to come back alive, and when Emperor Zhaowu realized something was wrong and actually acted with her.
Thinking of the tenderness and sweetness of the past few months, it was just a temptation, a dream that could never be caught again, Jiahe Empress cried until her eyes were red and swollen in just a few days, her vision was blurred, and she couldn't distinguish objects or people.
Even the Seventeenth Prince hurried into the Jinxiu Palace to see her, she almost didn't recognize her, when the maid at the side told her that it was the Seventeenth Prince, the Queen's eyes lit up with hope, she groped over, and held the Seventeenth Prince tightly Her voice was as hoarse as a broken gong, "Yuan'er, go and talk to your father, I did all this not for the sake of Dazhao's reputation."
But just like Emperor Zhaowu shook off her hand, the Seventeenth Prince also shook off her hand.
The seventeenth prince's eyes were tearing apart, and he looked at Jiahe Queen angrily, "The Queen Mother really drugged Adanu?"
The queen tightened her fingers, hearing the meaning of questioning in the seventeenth prince's tone, she was furious.
For whom did she cause trouble? How could he have the right to reprimand her
The queen turned cold, "If you weren't inferior, why should I use Ruanjinsan to deal with that warrior?"
The Seventeenth Prince gritted his teeth tightly, clenched his fingers into fists, and shook a few times while hanging by his side.
He held it in for a long time, and finally his eyes were red, and he raised his voice and shouted at Jia and the queen: "When will I ask my mother to help me again!"
He won against Adanu, and after only half a day of glory, he was ridiculed and laughed at again!
No one believed what he said that he didn't know. Others said that he begged his mother to help him put medicine in Adanu's meal in order to win against Adanu!
Empress Jiahe couldn't see the expression on the Seventeenth Prince's face clearly, she could only hear the resentment in his voice, the deep hatred for her made her tremble uncontrollably, stretched her hand forward, and shouted in panic With a cry, "Yuan'er..."
There was no more answer.
The hand she stretched out did not touch the corner of the Seventeenth Prince's clothes, the sound of running footsteps gradually faded away, and the Seventeenth Prince rushed out of the Splendid Palace with tears in his eyes.
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Back garden, by the pond.
The winter jasmine in the garden is blooming just right, with light yellow pistils. Jiang Rao hugged the pomegranate and stayed beside Concubine Yun. Concubine Yun was throwing fish food. It was cold and there were no traces of red and white koi in the pond. Concubine Yun was throwing fish food in, and she soon became tired I asked the maid to take the fish food away, tilted her head and said to Jiang Rao: "I thought you said you found His Highness the Ninth Prince before, but you were sick of thinking and confused."
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Concubine Yun Gui paused, "You shouldn't be called His Highness Nine, you should be called King Qi."
In the battle of Huaizhou, Rong Ting was rewarded for his meritorious service, and was given to Qi Wangfu.
Her expression changed slightly, "It's no wonder that when the battle in Huaizhou was just settled, the emperor didn't mention the matter of chasing his title. It turned out that he knew that his ninth son was not dead, so he had already planned it."
Concubine Yun began to ponder, "Tell me, will the position of prince fall to King Duan in the future?"
Jiang Rao shook his head, "I can't even think about this kind of thing, just take a step and look at it."
She said a word and didn't say anything else, she seemed a little absent-minded, Concubine Yun Gui looked at Jiang Rao, pinched her face, "She also said that she wanted to stay with me, obviously she was waiting for King Qi here."
Jiang Rao blushed but did not refute. That was her mind, and there was nothing to refute.
A figure passed by the moon gate on the east side of the back garden. Jiang Rao glanced over and saw the figure clearly, but his eyes were a little disappointed.
It's the Seventeenth Prince, not Rong Ting.
The seventeenth prince also saw Jiang Rao.
His eyelids were swollen, and after seeing Jiang Rao, he hesitated for two steps, as if he wanted to rush forward to explain something.
Finally, he took back his steps.
Concubine Yun felt very strange, she glanced at the direction in which the Seventeenth Prince left, and said quietly to Jiang Rao: "The Seventeenth Prince, could it be that he is also interested in you?"
Jiang Rao frowned as if she was stained with something dirty, "Auntie, don't say such things to scare me."
"Don't make wild guesses."
Concubine Yun narrowed her eyes slightly, "Be careful, I feel something is wrong."
After staying in the back garden for too long, Concubine Yun Gui stayed until noon and returned to Shuxiang Palace. Jiang Rao stayed here, thinking that she might not be able to wait for Rong Ting today.
Emperor Zhao Wu didn't know what he was looking for, he left Rong Ting in the imperial study every day, she didn't have a chance to see him a few times, even though the wedding was postponed, it was also delayed because of the previous affairs, I don't know when.
Jiang Rao went to sit in the gazebo with a feeling of sadness in her heart.
In the cold spring weather, the spring breeze is cold, Ming Shao goes to fetch a cloak for Jiang Rao.
Jiang Rao felt sleepy after waiting too long, and lay down on the stone table boredly until Ming Shao came back, looked at Jiang Rao who was lying on the table drowsy, bent down and leaned close to her ear and said, "The wind is so cold, girl Fall asleep here, don't catch the cold."
Jiang Rao was unmoved, Ming Shao frowned, leaned closer, and said: "Just now, this servant heard two court ladies chatting on the road, and they were praising His Royal Highness Qi Wang."
Jiang Rao suddenly became sober, rubbed her eyes and asked, "What are you boasting about?"
"Naturally, His Royal Highness King Qi was born handsome, courageous and resourceful." Ming Shao smiled, "Before, the slaves felt wronged for the girl, but now they are not at all. The girl has such a good eye, those who used to look down on His Highness King Qi The noble daughter of the aristocratic family must be extremely regretful now."
After Jiang Rao listened, she didn't feel complacent about Ming Shao's words, instead she frowned slightly.
She felt inexplicably worried.
They were still on their way when the queen asked someone to put medicine in Adanu's meal.
But Rong Ting still knows every move of the queen.
It was as if nothing in this world could be hidden from his eyes.
Looking at him at this moment, she had a vague impression of the Ninth Master in her dream.
— Covering the sky with one hand, holding great power.
He is no longer the pitiful little girl who didn't have enough clothes or food when she first met him.
When he finally became such a person, she was naturally happy for him.
But she also remembered some things that she ignored in the dream.
In the dream, there are quite a few people who are greedy for his power and want to be his woman.