Everyone, including the emperor, was stunned by this scene.
Toffee Jing, who was still sick one second and could collapse at any time when the wind blows, caught a dart that shot her with her bare hands the next second.
This, this... It's too exciting!
Everyone was so shocked that no one spoke for a long time.
It stands to reason that a hidden weapon was shot out of the box that Xuanpinghou gave to Concubine Jing by himself. It was the crime of killing the concubine of Xuanping on the spot, but the fact that Concubine Jing received the darts with her bare hands was too subversive to everyone's cognition. , and even no one thought of Xuanping Houlai at all.
Well, Xuanping Hou himself didn't even think of himself.
"Mother, mother concubine..."
The emperor uttered in a daze.
Concubine Jing returned to her senses in an instant, her body swayed, her fingers loosened, and the dart fell on the floor of Guang Kejian, making a thumping sound.
Then everyone came back to their senses, and their eyes widened in unison.
Cai Mama's eyes flickered, and she snapped the box in Taifei Jing's hand: "Boldly Xuanping Marquis! How dare you assassinate the imperial concubine in the Huaqing Palace! Fortunately, the imperial concubine was behind the door, and before entering the palace, she learned from the old uncle. Play a little bit, or you've already succeeded this time!"
Uncle Jing, the father of Concubine Jing, after Concubine Jing was canonized as a concubine, her mother's family also rose.
Before that, Yong Enbo was only a sixth-rank captain.
It's a bit exaggerated to say that after the gate, but once a person has grown up, her past can be embellished, and history can be forgotten.
Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, after Mama Cai's doorstep, Concubine Jing deserved it.
Concubine Zhuang pouted, she was one of the few who scoffed.
Her aunt was a scholar, and Concubine Jing was known as the queen of the general door, and everyone in the world said that she was a scholar and a martial artist, and she was a double princess in Zhaodu.
Because she is also worthy of being called Shuangshu with her aunt
Concubine Zhuang touched the tip of her nose with the veil, and said with a light smile, "After so many years, the concubine's skills have not changed at all, she is so agile."
"This..." Mama Cai opened her mouth.
Concubine Jing said with a smile: "I neglected to practice in the palace, but I was slack. Later, I moved to the nunnery. When I have nothing to do, I will practice and pass the day. Cough..."
She said, covering her face and coughing, "But I'm sick these days, so I can't practice."
The emperor said in a daze: "Before... I didn't hear the mother-in-law mention it."
They had a very difficult time in the palace.
It was after Empress Dowager Zhuang was put into the cold palace, the three of them lost their blessings and were bullied.
He remembered that once, Zhaoyi, who was under his mother's concubine's rank, murdered a dog and rushed towards Ning'an beside his mother's concubine.
The mother-in-law blocked Ning An with her body, and was bitten all over her body, and Ning An was also slightly injured.
"Mother concubine knows martial arts, so why..." The emperor's words reached his lips, and he suddenly realized that this question seemed to be a little untrustworthy to Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty wants to ask about the incident when Ning An and I were chased and bitten by Mu Zhaoyi's dog? Mu Zhaoyi is from Concubine Liu, I can hide once, but not for the rest of my life. The only thing is that I was injured. If I didn't show her the injury, how would she give up? I just suffered from Ning'an and suffered some minor injuries. But at least let Concubine Liu let out that breath, otherwise the situation of our mother and son will be even worse. "
Madam Cai said at the right time, "The concubine, the concubine, injured her leg at that time. The maiden didn't want Princess Ning'an and His Majesty to worry, so she kept it a secret. After that, whenever there was a cloudy and rainy day, the concubine's leg would hurt like a needle stick. And in recent years, it has become more and more serious. Even on sunny days, I occasionally get sick. This is why Niangniang always falls down."
Those who practice martial arts do not mean that they will not be injured. For example, the Marquis of Xuanping left a waist injury on the battlefield.
The suspicion in the emperor's eyes dissipated, and he stepped forward with guilt: "It's me who blamed the concubine."
He held Concubine Jing's hand, and patted her back gently with the other hand, making it easy for her.
The emperor who favored Concubine Zhuang Gui just now gave him a cold look.
Concubine Zhuang Gui knew that she had made a slip of the tongue. She lowered her hand holding the handkerchief and bowed, "Chen and concubine... What I just meant was, it's fortunate that the concubine didn't neglect to practice martial arts.
Oh, martial arts? Why haven't you heard of it before
Mama Cai served a cup of hot tea.
"I'm here!" The emperor took the tea and fed it to Concubine Jing himself. Concubine Jing's expression softened a little, and the emperor finally turned his attention back to Marquis Xuanping.
He said coldly: "Marquis Xuanping, what the hell is going on!"
Xuanping Marquis was wronged, he also wanted to know what happened! Damn old wine jar, play with him, right!
He said sternly: "Your Majesty, this brocade box was given to the minister by Huo Jijiu. The minister has never opened it, and I don't know that it contains a hidden weapon."
He is a rogue, a ruffian, but not a gentleman on the beam, who will steal incense and jade to spy on people's privacy.
Of course, the main reason is that he didn't expect the old sacrificial wine to cheat him so much!
why!
The emperor said with a cold expression: "Chuan Huo Xian!"
"Yes!" Eunuch Wei responded.
Eunuch Wei immediately sent the little eunuch to Guozijian and called the old sacrifice wine to Huaqing Palace.
Empress Xiao and Concubine Zhuang also stayed here, waiting for the result of the emperor's trial.
Lao Jijiu entered the Qiuhua Pavilion in the side hall of Huaqing Palace calmly and with a magnanimous expression. His eyes swept away from the crowd, and he seemed a little surprised to see so many people. , knocking on the queen, knocking on the imperial concubine, the noble concubine."
The box and the dart had been picked up by the palace servants and placed on the table beside the emperor.
The emperor waved his hand impatiently: "I don't need to be polite, I didn't come here to see you please!"
The old sacrificial wine raised his eyebrows secretly, His Majesty was very angry.
The emperor picked up the box on the table and threw it coldly on the ground in front of the old sacrificial wine: "What is this! Do you recognize it!"
When the box fell on the ground, it smashed open, and the bright dart inside rolled out, which happened to roll at the feet of the old sacrifice wine.
The old sacrificial wine squatted down and picked up the box and the dart together, with a strange expression on his face.
"What? You don't recognize him?" When the emperor said this, he gave Xuanpinghou a deep look.
Xuanping Hou said to the old sacrificial wine: "Huo, don't pretend to be stupid. You handed this box to me last night, and let me pass it to the concubine for you."
It is a taboo for a courtier and a concubine to give and receive privately, but Lao Jijiu is too pure, which makes people doubt his intentions.
The old sacrifice wine said innocently: "Yes, I gave you the box, what about the contents of the box?"
The emperor said coldly, "This dart is what's in the box!"
Lao Jijiu looked at the emperor with a bewildered look on his face: "How could that be? What I put in is obviously twenty taels of silver!" He looked at Concubine Jing, "The concubine can still remember that many years ago, Wei Chen went to the temple. Shang Xiang, there were too many pilgrims at that time, and the thieves mixed in, and the money of the minister was stolen. You happened to be passing by nearby, and after asking the reason, you borrowed the money of 10 taels of sesame oil from the minister. The minister promised that he would return it in double the next day! "
It's been a long time since this happened, and it wasn't that the old events of the wine sacrifice were brought up again. Concubine Jing almost forgot about it. She tried her best to recall it and asked uncertainly, "I didn't say it was agreed, but I bought one of yours. Couplets? I don't think I lent you the money."
The old sacrificial wine said sternly: "The maiden said to buy a couplet written by me in order to relieve my urgent needs and fear that my self-esteem would be damaged. But I also said that the money must be repaid in the future. ."
Concubine Jing in the back was not too impressed.
After all, who would keep accounts for ten taels of silver for several years
The emperor asked suspiciously: "You didn't pay it back sooner or later, why did you pay it now?"
Lao Jijiu laughed dryly, and said somewhat embarrassedly: "To be honest... old minister... old minister himself forgot about it... It was only recently that I heard the news that Concubine Jing was returning to the palace, and this old minister suddenly remembered such an old account."
Oh my god, thanks to Concubine Jing, she really gave him money.
And he did say that he would give back double, but Concubine Jing did not agree at that time, only said, you might as well write a Spring Festival couplet to me, and I will buy your Spring Festival couplet.
But after so many years, he insisted that he insisted on returning the money later, and Concubine Jing probably couldn't remember it.
Don't be afraid to remember clearly, people's memory will go wrong.
He said he remembered that!
Fortunately, Concubine Jing and the emperor did not hold on to the details of the silver, but talked about the brocade box again.
The emperor said: "What you gave is silver, but Xuanping Marquis brought it today and turned it into a dart, almost accidentally hurting Princess Jing."
"What?" The old sacrificial wine was dumbfounded and panicked. He threw himself on his knees, "Your Majesty is clear! The old minister did put silver! The old minister doesn't know why silver has become a hidden weapon! God can swear to God!"
Xuanping Hou gritted his teeth.
play!
You continue to act for Lao Tzu!
Concubine Zhuang said with a smile: "Huo Jijiu is so sworn that he really didn't put it away, but after him, it seems that only Marquis Xuanping has ever touched the box in private."
"Concubine Zhuang!" Queen Xiao shouted sharply to stop her.
Concubine Zhuang Gui smiled: "The concubine does not mean to slander the Marquis of Xuanping, the fact that the concubine analyzed."
Xuanping Hou said: "I didn't open it privately after I got the box yesterday, and kept it on my body. After returning to the manor, I put it in my room. The only people who can enter my room are my servant and guard Chang Jing. Chang Jing has never touched it. Box."
Chang Jing was not interested in such boxy things.
Show him he doesn't even bother to look at it.
Empress Xiao stood up, stood beside her brother, saluted the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xuanping is loyal to you, and also respects Concubine Jing, he will never frame Concubine Jing! Especially! ...isn't it stupid to hand over something with his own hands in front of so many people?"
Concubine Zhuang said with a light smile: "Perhaps someone took advantage of this idea to make the impossible possible, so that they can escape suspicion."
Empress Xiao's eyes froze: "This palace is talking to His Majesty, where can I get a concubine of you to intervene!"
In the past, Empress Xiao did not use her status to press Concubine Zhuang. After all, Concubine Zhuang had the support of the Queen Mother and her real power was not small. Today, she was in a hurry to say this.
Concubine Zhuang snorted coldly.
The emperor looked at Marquis Xuanping solemnly: "Has anyone ever sneaked into your house?"
The Marquis of Xuanping met the emperor's sharp gaze: "Your Majesty, I dare not say that the entire Marquis of Xuanping is impregnable, but the house is guarded by Chang Jing, and the minister also rests in it. Let someone move their hands and feet under their noses."
The emperor pondered: "The Chang Jing you are talking about is the killer brought back from the Dark Night Gate?"
Xuanping Hou said: "That's right."
Dark Night Gate is a force outside the Six Nations. It is not affiliated with any country, and is headed on an island.
The assassins of the Dark Night Gate are all first-class masters.
What's more, Marquis Xuanping was right, he himself was one of the best.
Lao Jijiu muttered, "What if you moved your hands while you were asleep?"
The Marquis of Xuanping looked at him, hehe said: "Do you know that there are no more than five people who can defeat Chang Jing in Zhao Kingdom. One is Tang Yueshan, the Great Marshal of the World's Armed Forces, the other is Gu Laohou, the Marquis of Ding'an, and the other Three are the dead soldiers of the Dragon Shadow Guard left to His Majesty by the late emperor. The reason I say three is because I have only seen three, and I don't know if there are more."
Lao Jijiu said seriously: "So there are still people who can commit crimes!"
Xuanping Hou said lightly: "Tang Yueshan followed King Ning to suppress the bandits as early as the first ten days of this month. He has not returned yet, and the others are not in the capital. How can they commit crimes in my house?"
The old sacrificial wine said: "Then... Where is the old Marquis Gu?"
Marquis Xuan Ping squinted: "Are you surnamed Huo stupid or are you pretending to be stupid?"
The old marquis is the emperor's confidant. The world does not know about this. Huo Xian is such an old man that the emperor wants to trust, how could he not know
Will he harm Concubine Jing
Does he know the existence of this box
Empress Xiao knew that the old marquis silently trained troops for His Majesty, and she also believed that the old marquis had nothing to do with this matter.
Concubine Zhuang Gui is from the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother is well-informed, how could she not know that the Old Marquis and His Majesty are just superficially at odds
She sneered: "According to this, this is neither, nor that. Could it be the late emperor's Dragon Shadow Guard? Xuanping Hou, why didn't you say that His Majesty wanted to murder his mother-in-law?"
Concubine Zhuang did not know that the emperor had long given Long Yingwei to Concubine Jing.
So even if Long Yingwei did it, it was not that the emperor wanted to harm Concubine Jing, but Concubine Jing herself.
But why did Concubine Jing want to harm herself? Is it to make bitter meat? for what
Is it to frame Xuanping Hou, or to frame Lao Jijiu
The emperor felt that aside from the pure-mindedness and kind-heartedness of the mother-in-law, she had absolutely no reason to do so—the Marquis of Xuanping and Lao Jijiu were his confidants, so how could the mother-in-law break his arm
The emperor looked at Marquis Xuanping coldly: "I leave this matter to you to investigate, and you must find out the truth! If you can't find out, I will assume that you did it!"
Xuanping Hou: "..."
After leaving the palace, Marquis Xuanping almost couldn't hold back the old sacrificial wine and wiped the floor: "Huo, you have grown up, and you have harmed this Marquis!"
"What did the Marquis of Xuanping say, I really don't know why Yinzi turned into a dart!" The old sacrificial wine refused to admit it.
Zhaoguo's No. 1 green tea, his acting skills are perfect!
Marquis Xuanping gritted his teeth and said, "For the sake of your former teacher A-Heng, this Marquis will not kill you first, but if Ben Marquis finds evidence, His Majesty will not kill you, and Ben Marquis will kill you personally!"
The old sacrificial wine handed over his hands: "Congratulations to send the Hou Ye!"
"Humph!" Marquis Xuanping walked away!
When the person was far away, the old sacrificer sighed in relief.
He came to his carriage, stepped on the footstool and got into the carriage.
Inside the car, Gu Changqing and Gu Jiao had been waiting for a long time.
"Huo Jijiu, how's it going?" Gu Changqing asked.
The old sacrificial wine showed a smile: "It went well! And it was a little unexpected. I tried the martial arts skills of Concubine Jing."
He didn't actually see Concubine Jing picking up the darts with her bare hands, but he asked Eunuch Wei when he came out.
He originally thought it would be the dead man of the late emperor.
It can be seen that people are reluctant to hide themselves at the juncture of life and death.
Gu Jiao snorted and said, "Her pulse is so weak, she really doesn't look like a martial artist."
Gu Changqing thought for a while and said, "Maybe it was some medicine that changed the pulse."
"Well, it's possible." Gu Jiao nodded, her eyes suddenly brightened, "Then is it possible to…"
"No!" Lao Jijiu ruthlessly took away her sack.
"Is Your Majesty suspicious of her?" Gu Changqing asked.
Lao Jijiu took a sip of tea and said with a wicked smile: "It's not so fast, but this seed of doubt has been planted. As long as it is planted a few more times, the seed will germinate in the bottom of His Majesty's heart, grow vigorously, and bloom. A flower of alienation!"
Gu Changqing: Uh... you look like this... you really look like a traitor...
(End of this chapter)