680 , Incident 2
There was constant noise outside the door, and someone even heard a howl.
That voice was very familiar, it was Concubine Ceylon!
Gu Qianxue didn't care about wearing shoes, and ran out barefoot. When she saw the scene in the courtyard of Ci'an Palace, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
I saw that the huge courtyard was full of kneeling people, all servants of Ci'an Palace.
And the one kneeling at the forefront of the crowd was none other than Concubine Ceylon.
Rather than saying that Concubine Ceylon was kneeling, it would be better to say she was lying on her stomach. It could be seen that Concubine Ceylon had knelt for a long time and begged for a long time, exhausted.
Looking at Concubine Xilan again, the emperor's face was livid and extremely angry, and the queen's face was also shocked, as if she didn't believe it at all.
The prince stood at the end of the crowd, while the two stood aside like killing gods.
Suddenly, a group of imperial guards wearing yellow jackets rushed out of Ci'an Palace, holding pharmaceutical tools and some unfinished medicines in their hands.
Gu Qianxue found a lot of mustards and poisonous weeds that only Chu Yanguo can grow.
She knew that this day would come sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to be so soon, there must be something wrong in the middle.
Thinking about it, she began to look around to find the second prince, but she didn't even notice that King Li was close.
When Gu Qianxue realized that it was King Li who was holding her, she struggled desperately, "No, let me down!"
King Li just gave her a cold look, "The injury hasn't healed yet, why don't you take care of it?"
King Li's move was like a boulder smashing into a pool of water with only ripples, and suddenly the waves shot up, disrupting the atmosphere and rhythm of the entire courtyard.
Both the emperor and the empress looked at the wayward King Li in surprise. Gu Qianxue had been given a marriage to the second prince, but King Li openly embraced him, which was really unethical.
"Are you crazy? Let me down!" Gu Qianxue struggled.
King Li stared at him coldly, lowered his voice, "You shouldn't come out at this time."
Gu Qianxue suddenly realized that Concubine Xilan's incident had happened. As Concubine Ceylon's future daughter-in-law, she would also be implicated. King Li once again took her into the wing of protection, just like when Zhang Jieyu had an accident, he stepped forward.
Qianxue lowered her head, although she was expressionless, her heart was hard to calm down.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" she murmured.
"What?" Li Wang hugged her and walked aside.
Qianxue smiled bitterly, "Since we are destined to have no fate, why do you still provoke me? Are you happy to see me in pain? Why don't you let me go?"
King Li was silent for a while, before saying, "Then what should I do?"
Qianxue raised her head with determination in her eyes, "First, put me down. Second, stay away from me, the farther the better, never see each other again, and use time to dilute each other."
For a moment, Gu Qianxue felt King Li's struggle, because his muscles tensed up, even the arms holding her were pulled back hard.
At this moment, even she herself didn't know what was in her mind, whether she was hoping for him to refuse, or for him to let go.
After a while, King Li finally said, "I'm afraid you have misunderstood. This king is helping Ling Xiao protect you." Then, he walked to the edge of the crowd and put her down. Inform this king to protect you." The moment he put it down, he also stuffed a ball of paper into Gu Qianxue's hand.
Gu Qianxue was stunned, smiled wryly twice, held the paper ball, "So that's how it is, thank you for your hard work."
"My king..."
Before waiting for King Li to explain, he heard the angry voice of the emperor not far away, "Mian'er, I will leave this matter to you." As he spoke, he turned and left regardless of Concubine Xilan's heartbreaking pleas.
Gu Qianxue, who was hiding on the edge of the crowd, secretly opened the ball of paper, but saw that it read "Praying mantis stalks cicada, and oriole follows".
Surprised in my heart, but I have no idea who the cicada refers to, who the mantis refers to, and who the oriole refers to.
If she was a cicada, would Concubine Ceylon be a praying mantis, and the real mysterious person an oriole? What does Xinyuan play in it? Is it the oriole's helper or is it the oriole itself
Xinyuan looks like a native of Nanyue, but he understands the poisonous art of Chu Yanguo. Could it be related to Chu Yanguo, could it have a relationship with Concubine Xilan, could it be an enemy and came to revenge, but if For pure revenge, just poison Concubine Ceylon directly. Why do you want to borrow a knife to kill someone? Why target her
She couldn't understand everything.
But she had a strong premonition that the man was extremely eager to stop, presumably because she was afraid that Gu Qianxue would track her down sooner or later, so she cut off the clues early.
In fact, if Gu Qianxue was given some more time, she would definitely be able to find the mastermind behind the scenes, which is a pity.
A strong thought slammed into Qianxue's brain—we must protect Concubine Xilan, and we must not let her make any mistakes.
Thinking of this, she raised her eyes to look for the figure of the second prince, but the mysterious second prince seemed to disappear out of thin air. Logically, since his mother suffered such ordeal, he should protect Concubine Xilan.
Why did the emperor ask Li Wang to handle this matter, besides that Li Wang is used to such unreasonable things with a stern face, and that no one in this world can bribe Li Wang, handing it over to Li Wang is not only a severe punishment for Concubine Ceylon, but also a its protection.
King Li ordered the arrest of all the palace servants of Ci'an Palace, and only concubine Xilan and Xinyuan were locked in the room under heavy guard.
Gu Qianxue was anxious, but she didn't know how to call King Li in full view, so she could only watch the Imperial Forest Army carry out King Li's orders.
Soon, the palace people were escorted away by the imperial army, Concubine Xilan and Xin Yuan were locked in the room, King Gu Qianxue took people to the emperor to return to his command, the barefooted Gu Qianxue was going to stop King Li no matter the cost, But was intercepted by Xiangju and Xiangqi.
"Princess, the emperor ordered the servants to take you into Qianxue Pavilion. The emperor explained that the princess was shocked. After a while, the emperor will reward the princess." Xiangju said.
Gu Qianxue had no intention of asking for any reward, "Xiangju, you enter Ci'an Palace to accompany Concubine Xilan, I'm afraid Xinyuan will be bad for Concubine Xilan."
Xiangju's complexion changed drastically, "Princess, the slaves don't dare, that's the order of His Highness Li Wang, you see, the entire Ci'an Palace is guarded by the Imperial Forest Army, even a bird can't fly in, let alone slaves?"
"Then I'll go by myself." With that said, Gu Qianxue pushed the two of them away, and ran barefoot into Ci'an Palace.
But before entering the gate of the palace, he was intercepted by heavily guarded soldiers, "Your Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to step into Ci'an Palace."
Gu Qianxue was anxious, "Let me in, King Li will allow me to enter." As she said that, she was about to force her way in.
The Imperial Forest Army wearing yellow jackets was different from ordinary soldiers, they were all of high rank and directly obeyed the emperor's orders, not to mention Princess Qianxue who was standing at this time, even the court officials were merciless.
Gu Qianxue was pushed down, because of too much force, her palms were scratched and bloody, but she couldn't care less, no matter what method she used, she must enter Ci'an Palace.
681, incident 3