The man looked at her hand holding the corner of the clothes tightly, and sneered: "What? You want to slap this king again? Then you'd better use more force this time, don't leave a slap like last time."
…
The prince came out of the imperial study with a pale face, didn't look at the road very much, and almost collided with the person walking by.
He was about to have a seizure, but found that the person was King Ning.
He couldn't tell what mood he was in, so he greeted sullenly, "Brother."
King Ning smiled and said, "What's the matter? You seem unhappy. Did the royal father reprimand you or Xiao Qi?"
The crown prince said resentfully: "My father said that I didn't discipline Xiao Qi well! What is this doing to me? Who knows where the little fat man has the courage to run around in the palace?"
King Ning laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You are the prince, the elder brother, and the role model for all princes. The royal father will inevitably have higher expectations for you. Don't worry, the royal father is just what he said. Say, I won't really blame you. As for Xiaoqi, he is a naughty age, and it's normal to cause trouble. It's too late for the father to love him. I won't really blame him. "
This sounded quite comfortable.
The crown prince would not be jealous of Qin Chuyu's separation of his father's favor. After all, he was his own younger brother, and after all, he was so different in age. What's more, what King Ning said was right, the father scolded him because he had higher expectations for him than other princes.
He sighed: "It's just... Father Huang still wants to punish Xiao Qi, and it's useless for me to plead for mercy."
King Ning smiled and patted the crown prince on the shoulder: "Go back to the East Palace first, I'll go talk to the royal father."
The prince opened his mouth. To be honest, he was not in the same camp as King Ning. King Ning was the biggest threat on his way to the emperor, not only because King Ning was smarter and more capable than him, but also because his father loved King Ning very much.
Ning Wang, the elder brother, is often hated.
His eyes are warm, sunny, and frank. He strives to be a good son of his father and a good brother to the princes. He is motivated enough, but does not see too much ambition.
In particular, he has no unspeakable thoughts about Lin Lang.
Don't think you don't know, the third, fourth, and even Concubine Shu's fifth have secretly admired Linlang.
Only the eldest brother is upright and upright and a gentleman.
Thinking of this, the prince was more pleasing to the eyes of King Ning: "That's alright, I'll leave the matter of Xiaoqi to the eldest brother. Linlang is injured, I have to go back to take care of her as soon as possible."
He had just walked a few steps when King Ning suddenly stopped him: "Second brother."
The prince turned around and said, "Is there anything else eldest brother?"
King Ning said: "My father has been very worried about the assessment of the six departments recently, and the cabinet has been arguing about it. I am planning to go to the cabinet. Do you want to join the second brother?"
"This..." The prince hesitated.
As the prince of a country, he naturally knew that it was a rare good thing to participate in government affairs properly to share the worries of the father and the emperor, but he was really worried about Linlang's injury.
King Ning smiled: "Then I'd better tell my father that I'll go alone."
Would you be happy if the father found out about this
The prince muttered: "My father just didn't say anything about it."
Ning Wang smiled and said, "That's because I haven't reported it yet."
Yes, there is no escape.
The prince sighed: "Then I'll wait for the elder brother to go to the cabinet together."
Ning Wang smiled: "Okay."
Gu Jiao and Yuan Tang, who were behind the big tree, had straight eyes as they watched the two brothers get on the carriage.
Yuan Tang: "Isn't it? It didn't start? Does the prince think he's not green enough?"
Yuan Tang had already found out who the man who privately met the Crown Princess was.
Not only because he heard the other party's voice, but also because the other party turned around when he left and accidentally told him to see the face clearly.
His mood at that moment can only be described as how surprised and how surprised.
Gu Jiao snorted, really surprised.
Yuan Tang said coldly, "I want to clear my grievances for myself!"
Gu Jiao refused: "No."
"Why?" Yuan Tang asked.
"Princess Rui will die." Gu Jiao said, "She is the only person who can 'saw' your private meeting with the Crown Princess. She is an important witness. Once you are freed, Prince Ning will not keep her. ."
He Ning Wang can't be moral, don't expect him to care about brotherhood.
Yuan Tang snorted coldly: "Am I going to carry this black pot for the rest of my life?"
Gu Jiao's eyes rolled: "How about... you're going to kill him?"
Yuan Tang's mouth twitched fiercely.
Is he a watermelon? I say kill and kill!
Also, this is the territory of your Zhao Kingdom! I'm going to assassinate the eldest son of your Zhao Kingdom. How many heads can I chop off
Seeing to see his complaint, Gu Jiao spread her hands: "Didn't you even assassinate the emperor?"
Yuan Tang clenched his fists: "That's just pretending! How dare I really kill your emperor! Am I dying!"
Gu Jiao glanced at him: "Is there any difference between colluding with the imperial concubine of the enemy and courting death?"
Yuan Tang choked.
Thinking of something, Yuan Tang giggled: "Eh? Why don't you tell the Empress Dowager? Doesn't Empress Dowager Zhuang trust you very much? She won't believe what you say, right?"
Gu Jiao was silent.
After a long while, she said lightly, "Is she trusting me, is that the reason why I stabbed her in the heart with a knife?"
Yuan Tang choked again.
He forgot that King Ning's body had the same blood as Empress Dowager Zhuang.
King Ning can be sorry for many people, but he has never failed Queen Mother Zhuang.
His filial piety to Empress Dowager Zhuang came from the heart.
Yuan Tang looked at Gu Jiao deeply: "So... what are your plans? I need to know whether we will be enemies or friends in the future."
No wonder Yuan Tang would ask such a question, even Yuan Tang could see that King Ning wouldn't touch Gu Jiao.
It is impossible for King Ning to have guessed that Gu Jiao has guessed the truth by now. He never thought of taking Gu Jiao's life from the very beginning, because Yuan Tang thought of several things.
One is that Gu Jiao is the heart and soul of Empress Dowager Zhuang. If you touch Gu Jiao, Empress Dowager Zhuang will not give up.
The second is that King Ning also needs Gu Jiao to treat Princess Ning's illness. Of course, this is based on the premise that King Ning has feelings for Princess Ning.
The third point, which is also very important, is that Gu Jiao is an outsider. She doesn't care about the battle between princes at all. Even if Prince Ning turns the prince into a grassland, what does it have to do with Gu Jiao
Since King Ning won't kill her, then she doesn't need to be the enemy of King Ning, right
Gu Jiao said lightly, "I only do what I think is necessary."
Yuan Tang was puzzled: "What do you mean? Are you going against King Ning?"
Gu Jiao looked at him: "I should actually ask you about this."
Yuan Tang was taken aback: "What?"
Gu Jiao said calmly, "If King Ning finds that it's not easy to assassinate you, he simply gives up on you and turns his head to think of other ways, then do you still want to be his enemy?"
Yuan Tang opened his mouth: "I..."
Gu Jiao said: "It has nothing to do with me or not. I have never needed any friends, and I am not afraid of more opponents."
Killing is no more than a nod to the head, this girl's words are heartbreaking!
So what does this girl mean, he still doesn't understand!
Gu Jiao's expectations were right. After discovering that Yuan Tang's hard bone was not easy to chew, King Ning did not take any further action against Yuan Tang for the time being.
Although this matter has not yet started, it is not easy to block the mouths of Rui Wang and his wife. Ning Wang has two better choices - one is to play another scene, let Princess Rui discover the "real rockery man", this The man let King Ning choose, and he could just push a scapegoat to top him.
However, this requires the cooperation of the Crown Princess. Judging from the relationship between the Crown Princess and King Ning observed by Gu Jiao today, I am afraid that the Crown Princess will not be happy.
Furthermore, even if there is a new scapegoat, what's next? Did you really push the princess and the scapegoat out? Is King Ning willing to let the Crown Princess be ruined
The second option is to kill Princess Rui.
Princess Rui was an eyewitness, and so was Gu Jiao, but Gu Jiao didn't care about it. Unlike Princess Rui who had a holiday with the Crown Princess, she would not easily let go of this opportunity to see the Crown Princess's ruin.
"Miss Gu, shall we go back to the hospital?" asked the third son in the carriage.
"Go to Prince Ning's mansion." Gu Jiao said.
"okay!"
The third son drove the carriage to Prince Ning's mansion.
Princess Ning met Gu Jiao in her yard, and she asked someone to serve tea: "Did Dr. Gu come for a follow-up consultation for me today? I remember that the follow-up consultation will be three days later."
The implication is to see that Gu Jiao has gone to the Three Treasures Hall without incident.
Gu Jiao didn't hesitate and said straight to the point, "Princess, can I trust you?"
Princess Ning paused while holding the teacup.
…
Prince Ning and the Crown Prince were busy in the cabinet until late, and it was late at night when they returned to the palace.
Princess Ning was sitting in the gazebo drinking tea.
King Ning pressed his eyebrows and walked over, and when someone pulled the curtain for him, he realized that Princess Rui was also there.
He was stunned for a moment, and his expression soon returned to normal. He smiled gently: "Su Xin, I'm back, and my third brother and sister are also there."
"Big brother!" Princess Rui heard his voice, turned her head and looked, stood up, and bowed with a smile, "Sister-in-law said she was bored, I moved here for a few days, so I can accompany my sister-in-law, eldest brother won't mind, right? !"
"How could it be? It's too late for me to be happy to have you with Su Xin." Ning Wang said with a smile, while he came to the other side of Princess Ning, sat down next to her, and said, "I'm sorry, the affairs of the cabinet today are too much. Too much, I didn't come back to watch the play with you."
Concubine Ning poured him a cup of scented tea: "It's okay, the third siblings watched it with me."
Ning Wang smiled and glanced at the two of them: "Which one did you watch? Is it good?"
Princess Rui nodded as if pounding garlic: "It's "Baiyue Pavilion", it's so wonderful, I'm crying!"
King Ning smiled and looked at Princess Ning dotingly: "Then, did Su Xin cry?"
Princess Ning asked back, "Does Your Highness want me to cry?"
King Ning was stunned for a second, then took her hand and asked, "How could it be? I promised Su Xin that I would never let you cry in my life."
Princess Ning took her hand out of his palm and pushed the flower tea poured in front of him: "Your Highness, drink tea."
"it is good."
The three sat in the pavilion for a while, and King Ning said, "It's getting late, I'll send you back to rest."
The three got up and walked out of the pavilion, but just as they walked down the steps, Princess Rui suddenly screamed and leaned forward.
There was a Princess Ning between Wang Ning and her, and it was too late to make a move, but Princess Ning grabbed Princess Rui and pulled her back to stabilize her figure.
Princess Ning lost her balance and rolled down the steps.
"Suxin!"
"Sister-in-law!"
Princess Ning fell so badly that her left arm was dislocated.
After the doctor reset her, he wrapped a cloth around her and let her rest in bed.
Princess Rui was so sad that she burst into tears: "I-I don't know what happened, but suddenly my foot slipped..."
Princess Ning asked Princess Rui to stop thinking about it and go back to the house to rest.
King Ning stayed behind to feed Princess Ning the medicine.
Princess Ning didn't drink the medicine, but looked at him directly: "Your Highness, you say, why does the third brother and sister slip? Did you step on something?"
King Ning paused slightly.
Concubine Ning continued, "I clearly had the pavilion cleaned up, but who put the things that shouldn't be there?"
Her eyes made King Ning frown: "How does this king know?"
After speaking, realizing that his tone was not good enough, King Ning took a deep breath and said, "If Su Xin wants to know, I will ask someone to check."
Princess Ning twitched the corners of her lips: "My lord, it's best to find out."
Of course King Ning found out, this kind of thing is not difficult for him.
But the results he found almost didn't make his expression split on the spot!
"Yes, it's the princess who asked the little ones to... smear some lard on the steps." The little servant was trembling, unable to speak.
God knows why Princess Ning, who has always been gentle and virtuous, suddenly stopped being a human being and wanted to use lard to harm Princess Rui!
Unluckily, Princess Rui failed, and she fell and injured herself...
King Ning's fists clucked: "Get out! Go get the board yourself!"
"Yes... yes... yes!" The little boy scrambling to the ground, lest the master would change his mind and want his head if it were any slower.
Although Princess Ning was injured, her sleep was not affected.
She slept until dawn, and Princess Rui was up for a while.
She went to Princess Ning's house.
King Ning also came over. He had something to say to Princess Ning, but it was difficult for him to speak when Princess Rui was present.
He took a deep look at Princess Ning and went to the cabinet to handle official business.
But what he never expected was that before his ass in the cabinet was hot, the housekeeper came to report - Princess Ning was poisoned!
King Ning choked in his throat in one breath, and almost choked to death!
"His Royal Highness, for a while..." The senior cabinet scholar came over and was about to discuss important matters with King Ning when he saw King Ning standing up, without looking at him, and went out in a hurry!
Cabinet Master: "… "
When King Ning entered the room, Princess Ning was sitting at the head of the bed drinking medicine, her face was very pale, but her expression was indifferent.
King Ning pinched his fingers expressionlessly: "You all step back."
"Yes!" The servant hurriedly backed out.
King Ning closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, sat down beside the bed, and looked at her tenderly: "Give it to me."
Princess Ning handed him the medicine bowl.
Ning Wang first tasted it himself, neither cold nor hot, and then scooped a spoonful to feed her.
"It's aconite." Princess Ning said after drinking the medicine.
King Ning stopped when he went to scoop up the second spoon of medicine.
Princess Ning smiled and said, "It was originally a sour apricot for the third younger brother and sister. I tasted one out of curiosity, but I was poisoned. Your Highness said, who is the poison?"
(End of this chapter)