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Qiaochu subconsciously glanced at the man. Compared to a groom, his smile was very faint, but it might seem too strong to the people watching the ceremony.
He seemed to notice her gaze immediately, met her eyes, and then quickly looked away.
It seemed like just an accidental collision, and they had originally had little intersection.
Apart from the worry in her heart, Qiaochu felt complicated at this moment, but she was also relieved that he was like this, and she only hoped that he would be happy from now on.
It was also destined that Qiaochu had something to do at this time. Qiaomei, who was standing in front, looked at her several times. The Seventh Princess and several others were standing together. The Seventh Princess knew that the two of them were not in harmony. Firstly, they had a grudge against each other, and secondly, she wanted to give Qiaomei some face. She raised the corner of her eye and whispered a few words to the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince knew martial arts, and his eyes moved, and he quickly did as he was told.
The Seventh Princess glanced at the Sixth and Tenth Princesses around her, then smiled and said, "Sister Qiao, you see, I was so careless that I lost something again, but I don't know how it ended up with you. Prince Rui is not here, so please help me."
News in the palace spread quickly. Last night, the news that Prince Rui and Qiaochu were picking up bracelets for the Seventh Princess in the bedroom had already spread.
There are two kinds of people in the world who attract the most attention: one is glory, and the other is decline after glory.
Originally, the Xia Palace was festive, but with the arrival of Crown Prince Xia and others, people's focus had already shifted from Qiaochu to the two of them.
This undoubtedly reminded everyone to pay attention to Qiaochu again.
Prince Rui has not come out of the palace, it seems that he has caused some big trouble again.
Qiaochu followed the gazes of the crowd and glanced at the jade ring that was still on the side of her skirt.
It was the emperor who asked for it last night, so she would not pick it up now. Her stomach ached and she couldn't move too much.
She thought about it and lifted her skirt slightly.
The object bounced in an arc on the ground, and everyone and the Seventh Princess's expression suddenly changed, watching the ring rolling in front of the Seventh Princess.
"Okay, Seventh Sister-in-law."
"What do you mean?" The Seventh Princess was stunned and became furious, slashing her fingers and pointing them at him. How dare she kick her ring away
"Didn't Sister Qi say she would help?" Qiaochu smiled and said, "Sister Qi didn't say how to help. Qiaochu thought that if Sister Qi didn't change her actions, she should be able to pick it up."
The Seventh Princess was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she did not say how to help, so she was teased by Qiao Chu.
She sneered in her heart, secretly cursed him as an idiot, raised her eyes, and said, "Third sister, please pick up Seventh sister's ring. I think the emperor is here and would be happy for Third sister to help Seventh sister."
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The child had asked him for help in accomplishing great things before, but that was just a request and he was willing to do it - as long as it did not harm the emperor.
He asked who the woman was, but Shangguan Jingcong refused to say.
But he finally let them go.
Until one night later, after much thought, he finally secretly found Shangguan Jinghong, who was dismissed from office and idle at home.
He understood that what happened that day was not that simple, and it was not just a provocation from Shangguan Jinghong to Shangguan Jinghao.
Although the person he was helping was Shangguan Jingcong, he couldn't bear to see Shangguan Jinghong's years of hard work go to waste.
Although he couldn't figure out the ins and outs of Shangguan Jinghong's night raid on the Prince's Mansion that day, he knew that the woman Shangguan Jingcong brought out was the key.
When they arrived at Prince Rui's mansion, Shangguan Jinghong was drinking... When he saw him coming, he smiled bitterly and invited him to drink with him.
He was originally worried that Shangguan Jinghong would not tell him who the woman was that night.
With a thought in mind, he did not ask, but just accompanied Shangguan Jinghong to drink. Shangguan Jinghong got drunk in the end... He whispered and finally knew who the woman was from the young man's unclear mumbling.
The emperor actually had suspicions, but he deliberately concealed it - Shangguan Jinghong calculated that he could not get anything out of Shangguan Jingcong, and in order to help Shangguan Jingcong, he never reported the "assassin's" disguise to the emperor.
But after that night, he resolutely went to the palace and told the emperor the whole story...
The emperor was furious.
He was furious with his three favorite sons at the same time.
But he knew that the emperor had been waiting for Shangguan Jinghong to express his opinion.
The emperor was waiting for Shangguan Jinghong to kill Qiaochu personally.
This time, the emperor could no longer tolerate this woman, even if she was pregnant with the emperor's heir.
But which woman can't give birth to a dragon vein, as long as these princes are willing.
Women and the world, what are women
If Shangguan Jinghong was willing to kill Qiaochu, he knew that the emperor would definitely return the military power.
One night, Shangguan Jinghong suddenly entered the palace secretly and talked with the emperor all night.
No one knew what the two people discussed that night.
Later, the emperor only told him tiredly that Jinghong had loosened his grip and might kill Qiaochu.
After that, Shangguan Jinghong went to Tianxiang Pavilion every night. He seemed to be deeply in love with Qiaochu and wanted to find a replacement woman there.
Then he killed the favorite concubine in the palace...
But that night, Qiaochu broke into Tianxiang Pavilion.
At that time, he followed behind the emperor. The emperor warned Concubine Zhuang. Concubine Zhuang was very surprised and seemed to have no idea what was going on, but he understood.
And he felt that the emperor was actually in a very good mood at that time.
But after Qiaochu appeared, he returned to the palace and only ordered him to try to secretly take Cui Mingshuang from Chunfeng, as well as all the women who had been abducted by Chunfeng before. He sneered and said how could the people of Dongling fall into the hands of the Western Barbarians.
He always felt that the matter of Tianxiang Pavilion was far more complicated than that.
But no matter what, the emperor gave up later. After returning to the palace, the emperor said coldly, Haibing, did you see the way Lao Ba looked at that barbarian girl? He will not kill her. I dare to bet anything, even the world of Dongling!
The next day, the emperor also took away Shangguan Jinghong's power over the criminal and military departments.
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The emperor and Shangguan Jinghong are at loggerheads.
Yesterday on the palace road, he knew that as long as "Lin Hailan's" human skin mask was torn off in front of the emperor and Shen Qingling's face was revealed, Shangguan Jinghong would be in great trouble.
But he couldn't ignore the emperor's thoughts because of Shangguan Jinghong. The emperor had saved his life! And for the sake of fairness, the person the emperor sent to the Rui Wang Mansion to announce the decree also spent a lot of thought.
It was he who was brought into the palace, not anyone else, even if it was the prince who reported it.
After thinking hard, the beauty suddenly knelt down and said, "Master Xia, can you please make an exception for the sake of Concubine Chang? Let me and Miss Lin go to the forest in front and talk for a few words. Just a few words will be enough."
He finally agreed to the beauty's request and let Shen Qingling come out.
The beauty's maid knew where to find him, and Shangguan Jinghong was playing chess with the emperor.
It seems that although the emperor's second edict was secret, it was somehow known to the top officials in the palace, who sent a maid to tell Shen Qingling something.
At that time, he was almost certain that the person behind "Lin Hailan" was Shen Qingling. What Shen Qingling said in front of the emperor and whether she could defend herself would directly affect the fate of everyone in the Rui Palace. This was probably what Qiaochu meant when he sent someone to deliver the message. Although the evidence was irrefutable and impossible, it was always better than nothing.
Shen Qingling frowned and walked ahead, and the beauty was about to follow. At this time, he suddenly noticed a small detail on the beauty's hand. Her hand was slightly trembling, and her hand was extremely white.
He was so busy thinking just now that he didn't see it!
The beauty still had a cold and stern face. She looked at him and returned his glance indifferently.
He was immediately shocked and broke out in a cold sweat: This woman was not a beautiful maid, but someone in disguise!
This woman, or rather the person who disguised this "fake beauty", must be an expert, as the makeup on her face is impeccable.
But the other party overlooked a crucial point: the beauty is good at martial arts, and her weapon is a whip, so there should be calluses on the palms of her hands.
So who is this woman
She has a human skin mask on her face, and Shen Qingling also has one on her face...
In other words, once they enter the forest, she can replace Shen Qingling at any time!
She was sent by Qiaochu, and Qiaochu wanted to steal her? !
Even though he had been with the emperor for many years and had experienced all kinds of events, he couldn't help but sweat and his chest was heaving. What should he do now? Let her go or not? While he was hesitating, the young man who had been standing behind him and remained silent suddenly sneered and shouted, "Yun, that maid, who are you?"
This man was called Zuo Bing, and he was the leader of the emperor's secret guards.
While Xia Haibing was in the open, Zuo Bing was protecting the emperor in secret. In the previous battle on the narrow path on the cliff, the emperor had sent out assassins to test the situation, and they were the "soldiers" led by Zuo Bing himself.
This time, the emperor was cautious and sent the man out as well.
Compared to him, Zuo Bing's disguise skills were slightly inferior, but his eyes were extremely sharp. As soon as he hesitated for a moment, Zuo Bing quickly saw that something was wrong.
A strong wind blew past, and the beauty was startled. A human skin mask was snatched away by a man who suddenly jumped up...
When his eyes fell on the woman's face beneath the mask, Xia Haibing stood there in shock, unable to believe it for a long time.
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Zuo Bing was quick. He leaped over in one leap and caught "Lin Hailan" who was walking in front.
The two men were nervous and suspicious, so they arrested the two women first.
At night, Prince Rui, the Seventh Prince, Mo Cunfeng, Cao Zhaonan and others were successively dismissed by the Emperor, and the two men brought the two women before the Emperor.
After taking off the human skin mask of "Lin Hailan", the emperor looked at it, then looked at the fake beauty, laughed loudly, and then threw everything on the throne without saying a word.
That was the third time in recent years that Xia Haibing saw the emperor get so angry.
The first time was when I heard the conversation between the prince and Shen Qingling in the dense forest of the enclosure.
The second time was after knowing the truth about the night search of the Prince’s Mansion.
The third time was last night.
The emperor asked the two women questions, and he was so angry that he could not suppress it. Then he summoned Mo Cunfeng to send Shangguan Jinghong over...
Now, all he could do was stop Shangguan Jingcong!
Under the brim of his hat, Shangguan Jingcong's veins were bulging, but his words "a lot of dangers" finally calmed the man down.
Shangguan Jingcong gave a mocking smile and turned his head slightly.
"Jingcong..."
Yinping leaned over to him gently, and he reached out and hugged her.
Qiaochu seemed to glance at him at this time, and his eyelids twitched and his heart ached.
There was a look of relief in Qiaochu's eyes.
His breathing quickened, and his heart seemed to be hit hard by something, so he quickly avoided her gaze.
The Seventh Prince and the Seventh Princess in the hall saw that they had the support of the Crown Prince, so they stepped forward together. The Sixth Prince and his wife, and the Tenth Prince and his wife, who were friends with the two of them, also stepped out and looked at Qiaochu with a haughty attitude.
It was no wonder that these people were like this, especially the Seventh and Tenth Princes. In his spare time these days, Qiaochu had asked Shangguan Jinghong about the affairs of the court. These two happened to be working in the Ministry of Justice. The rank of the Assistant Minister was not small. Because they were princes, their immediate superior, the Shangshu, had to give way to them. However, Shangguan Jinghong had been assigned by the Emperor to manage the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Shangguan Jinghong is not like the crown prince, who has been favored by the emperor since childhood, nor is he like the two princes Xia and Ning, who are sons of noble mothers and powerful in-laws.
Even if the Crown Prince, King Xia and others were in trouble, they would not let go of making things difficult for them. Moreover, Shangguan Jinghong was not even as good as them, but later he climbed higher and higher, and now he is down and out, and has a rift with the Lang family, how can they not bully him
Just listening to the mocking and low laughter of the people in the wedding hall and looking at the group of people in front of him, Qiaochu found it particularly funny. Did they really feel so fulfilled when they joined forces to bully a woman
Shangguan Jinghao saw that Qiaochu’s face was pale, and he pressed his hands on her belly even tighter, but he still didn’t show any panic, and smiled coldly in his heart.
I still remember the female doctor who died in the underground palace, and I still remember her smile to Shangguan Jinghong outside the Golden Palace.
He wanted her to understand the consequences of going against him.
He wanted her to beg him.
Chunfeng had a mixture of love and hate for Qiaochu. Seeing this, he took the opportunity to ridicule her: "I thought Dongling was a country of etiquette, but I didn't expect that people in the royal family would not even obey orders from their superiors."
Qiaochu's gaze fell on Chunfeng and he laughed softly.
Chunfeng was startled and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"Let's not talk about Qiaochu. He should obey the orders of the Crown Prince. Even if he doesn't, it's a matter of our royal family. When will it be the turn of a foreigner to point fingers?"
She raised her eyebrows and scolded, "Third sister, Prince Chunfeng is a distinguished guest of Dongling, how can you be so presumptuous?"
"Distinguished guest?" Qiaochu smiled and said, "I only know that he is a prostitute..."
Qiaomei's face changed. Now, no one in the hall would speak for Chunfeng anymore. Everyone knew about the affairs of Tianxiang Pavilion. Whoever spoke out would be speaking for the prostitute. Besides, the officials of Dongling didn't like Chunfeng in the first place.
Chunfeng was so angry that he was shaking. He walked up to Qiaochu, pointed at Shangguan Jinghao and the Seventh Prince with a red face, and asked with a sneer, "I am a prostitute, so what are they?"
I hope you say that. Qiaochu thought to himself and said lightly, "Oh, thank you for your reminder, Your Highness."
The Seventh Prince and the others suddenly changed their expressions in the slightly awkward atmosphere.
Cai Ning stepped forward and pulled Chun Feng down, saying in a low voice: "Don't say anything more, you still think it's not embarrassing enough. That woman is tricky, why bother to fight with her now, tomorrow..."
Qiaochu's words made both sides awkward and everyone hated him even more.
But she still stood there quietly, as if she didn't care about the hatred in other people's eyes.
Shangguan Jinghao's expression remained unchanged, and he simply said, "Is Concubine Qiao not leaving yet?"
Glancing at the jade ring not far from the Seventh Princess' feet, Qiao Chu felt ashamed to feel pleased at all. He endured the pain in his stomach and went forward to pick up the ring.
Another wave of dizziness hit her. She gritted her teeth, slowly stood up, and handed the ring to the Seventh Princess.
The Seventh Princess laughed sweetly and raised her two fingers in disdain, "In that case, thank you, Princess Rui."
Laughter broke out all around.
If the Seventh Princess did not mention a "wise