That night, someone deliberately disturbed a pond of spring water, causing the chilly flowers to bloom even in the cold winter wind. Naturally, there were also people who had failed in their plans and were furious in the house.
Zhou Wang and Li Wang's mansion fell into the same entanglement.
Tonight, tonight, someone knocked on the door of King Zhou's house. King Zhou thought it was a servant, and called in, but no one entered. King Zhou got up and went to open the door. Two cold corpses rushed towards him. No one knows how the two corpses got to Zhou Wangfu. King Zhou was furious, and put all the guards on guard at night to heavy responsibility, and then carefully searched the house to suspect that there was a traitor, but in the end all came back without success.
And those two bodies were also found out and they were the assassins sent to assassinate Shen Miao today.
King Zhou was uneasy, and he sent people to pass news to King Jing overnight. The two brothers planned to study the matter carefully.
As for Li Wang, it was even more rude. Someone directly threw the two corpses from outside the wall into the mansion, which startled the guards of Li Wang's mansion. The guards went out to chase, but not even a ghost was found. In the end, it was found that the two bodies were assassins sent by Wang Li to assassinate Shen Miao, Wang Li was very upset and very uneasy. Obviously, his assassin was killed, which cut his way, and naturally he was his enemy. His enemies in the Ding capital were so clever that none of the guards in Li Wangfu could catch a single person, and Li Wang was very dissatisfied.
On the other side, two brothers, King Zhou and King Jing, were talking.
The King of Zhou asked, "Who do you think did it?"
King Jing pondered for a while: "Maybe it's King Li."
"I think so too." Zhou Wang nodded: "Maybe he wanted to use this to threaten me, or he himself had the same thoughts as me."
"But King Li has always been kind on the surface, so he wouldn't do such a face-breaking thing." King Jing shook his head: "It might be the crown prince's handwriting."
"Prince?" King Zhou paused and nodded again: "The prince has been sick all these years, who knows if it's a trick. None of us have seen his methods. If he caused me to fight with King Li, the prince can do it. Enjoy the benefits of a fisherman."
"That's right." King Jing sighed: "But don't forget there is someone, there is also Lao Jiu."
"Forget about it, Lao Jiu." Zhou Wang waved his hand indifferently: "Even if Lao Jiu shouts, he has no guts, and he doesn't walk around in the court very often. He can run to Zhou quietly. If there is trouble in the palace, at least his subordinates are masters."
"I don't know why, but I always feel that Lao Jiu is not as simple as it looks." King Jing said, "Don't underestimate him."
"All in all," King Zhou sighed: "This matter is not that simple. Whether it is the King Li or the Crown Prince, both of them are not good people. I will investigate more carefully. I want to see who is behind the scenes."
King Jing nodded in agreement.
King Zhou and King Li naturally didn't know that the person who wrote off the assassins they sent out and returned the restored thing was not the prince or the other party they had guessed, but someone who couldn't fight even with eight poles, but this move brought disaster. Dongyin's method is really good. The battle between the princes of Ming Qi became more and more intense without knowing it.
In the passage of time, when everyone in the Shen family was anxiously looking for a "suitable candidate", the imperial decree of the Ming Qi royal family had not come. It's not because of anything else, but because Emperor Wen Hui has been extremely headache due to something recently.
He asked the prince beside him and said, "What does Da Liang mean? Why do you want to confront Ming Qi? I have never seen such an arrogant person!"
The prince is also Nuonuo afraid to speak. Prince Rui of Daliang entered the palace once, but he didn't know what he said to Emperor Wenhui. After Prince Rui left, Emperor Wenhui was furious and threw the table and the teacup, but he nearly knocked over the imperial study.
The crown prince guessed that he should have said something presumptuous, otherwise he would not have made Emperor Wen Hui so mad.
Emperor Wen Hui was indeed furious in his heart. Ming Qi's current national strength is clearer than anyone else, and it is no longer stronger than when the old emperor was alive. Facing the slightly superior Qin State and the powerful and prosperous Great Liang, there is really nothing to be proud of. This time, the tribute banquet, to make such a big country style, is just to hide his guilty conscience, let the Great Liang and Qin state see, Ming Qi is still very capable.
It's just that this is also an act of deceiving oneself and deceiving others. Qin Huangfu Hao treats him with respect on the surface, but in fact it is not very good. Because of Princess Ming'an's death, they are still holding on to the people in Dali Temple. Ming Qi's yamen officials are busy all day trying to redress the injustice of Qin's princess, and they are not afraid of being laughed at when they say it. But Emperor Wenhui didn't dare to refuse, after all, he still wanted to win over Qin and deal with Great Liang together.
Not to mention Da Liang. This Prince Rui had his own set of rules for his actions, and Huangfu Hao, at least on the surface, still respected Emperor Wen Hui. Prince Rui, on the other hand, did his own way, and could not see the slightest sense of respect for him. Emperor Wen Hui has been comforting himself that this Prince Rui himself has such a temperament. I didn't expect that Prince Rui came to the palace yesterday and talked in the imperial study. Refused.
Although he didn't say it clearly, his attitude was that he didn't leave any affection for Emperor Wen Hui. After all, Emperor Wen Hui was also the ruler of a country. When he lost his face, his face was naturally not good-looking, and he also sank. Who knew that Prince Rui didn't care whether he would be angry or not, and he casually mentioned several cities at the junction of Ming Qi and Daliang.
Emperor Wen Hui's expression changed immediately.
Those cities are not very big, but there are several mines in the cities. The ore mined in those mines is exactly what can make large weapons. The city just happened to be on the border between Ming Qi and Great Liang. Great Liang did not care about this before, and the people living in the city were all Ming Qi people. What does this mean now? It means that Great Liang wants to occupy these cities!
Even if Emperor Wen Hui was incompetent in other matters, he was very sensitive to every inch of land. Great Liang first grabbed a few cities, who knows what will be grabbed later. Now I have a fancy to these few, and in a few days I will look at which ones, and in a few days, what should I do about Dingjing? In a few days, he will simply lead his troops to pacify Ming Qi!
With the strength of Ming Qi, it is impossible to compete with Great Liang.
Prince Rui was a messenger sent by Great Liang, which means Emperor Yongle of Great Liang. Prince Rui's seemingly casual words revealed some of Great Liang's ambitions. But what made Emperor Wen Hui complain incessantly was that, knowing the other party's ambitions, he didn't dare to directly detain Prince Rui, an unruly person. Just because of Emperor Yongle's anger, he couldn't bear it. If he had formed an alliance with Qin State, he would still have some confidence, and only Ming Qi would be the only one... he would have to endure it.
Being an emperor has no dignity at all, and Emperor Wen Hui is very angry.
“Daliang has such ambitions, who knows what will happen next. Your marriage with Shen Miao is not in a hurry for the time being,” Emperor Wen Hui said, “I can’t annoy Shen Xin now, this is the critical time, if I let Shen Xin If you are dissatisfied with me, it will be bad for Da Liang to take advantage of it."
The prince was a little disappointed when he heard the words, but he didn't say much. He knew Emperor Wen Hui's temperament, and the more this time, the more he had to follow each other. So he said: "I'm not in a hurry, naturally, I still focus on major events. I didn't expect that Great Liang had hidden evil intentions, and we can't relax our vigilance against him."
Seeing the Prince like this, Emperor Wenhui was very pleased, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I know. Don't worry, even though Great Liang has such ambitions, I will never sit back and wait. I will talk to Prince Qin tomorrow about the alliance. , Qin Guo knew about Great Liang's ambitions, so he was bound to be nervous. Forming an alliance with Ming Qi is a matter of nature. After that time, there is no need to be afraid of Great Liang. It’s yours.” Inside and outside of the words, he regarded Shen Miao as an item and could definitely fall into the bag.
The crown prince responded with a smile, but Prince Rui, who was somewhat complaining about the Great Liang, said these words to Emperor Wen Hui at this time. The timing was too coincidental. Prince Ding managed to come up with such a clever plan for him, but was defeated by Prince Rui's few words, which made the prince feel extremely uncomfortable.
But there is nothing to be done.
…
The news came back from the palace that the marriage between Shen Miao and the Crown Prince had been suppressed for the time being, although it was unknown why, Princess Rong Xin was relieved.
On that day she met Shen Miao in the palace and asked her personal maid to send Shen Miao out of the palace, but she went to see Emperor Wen Hui in person. Emperor Wen Hui was still polite to Princess Rong Xin, Princess Rong Xin said that she liked Shen Miao very much and hoped that Emperor Wen Hui could cancel the decision to let Shen Miao marry the crown prince.
Who knew that Emperor Wen Hui was immediately furious, and even said the words "women's family members can't discuss politics". Princess Rong Xin was also a loner and said, "Isn't Shen Miao's marriage a daughter's family, why is it related to the government?" He immediately quarreled with Emperor Wen Hui, and in the end Emperor Wen Hui became angry. "Invite" her out of the palace.
That night, Princess Rongxin's heart attack happened again.
But fortunately Emperor Wen Hui did not doubt why Princess Rong Xin did this, when Shen Miao met several times, they were all rescued by Princess Rong Xin. In the eyes of outsiders, they would only think that Princess Rong Xin and Shen Miao were related, so it was understandable that Princess Rong Xin treated Shen Miao in a special way. No one would have thought that the reason why Princess Rong Xin was protecting Shen Miao also meant that she was taking care of Shen Miao for Xie Jing Xing.
"That's good." Princess Rongxin said to Aunt Yang beside her: "Bengong thought I couldn't help her this time, and felt very guilty. Now that it is suppressed, there is room for improvement. You can go and speak to her. Otherwise, in the future, Ben Gong will have no face to face Jing Xing under Jiuquan.”
Aunt Yang hurriedly persuaded: "Little Marquis will surely be relieved to learn that the princess is working hard."
Just as he was talking, he saw someone coming in from outside, and the palace maid was blessed and whispered: "Your Highness, the people in the medical hall have brought in medicine."
Princess Rongxin was slightly startled and asked, "Isn't it already gone?"
She has been suffering from heart disease for many years, and there is a specific recipe, but there is a medicine in that recipe that is extremely hard to find and rare. There are only so many in one year, and almost all the medicines from the Dingjing Medical Center have entered the Princess Mansion. Originally, when Xie Jing Xing was still around, every year he did not know where he came from and looked for a lot of methods outside, but Princess Rong Xin was not worried at all.
Later, when Xie Jing Xing died, the medicine in the medical hall returned to the former situation where there is today and tomorrow. In the winter, the medicine is even more difficult to find. Princess Rongxin has been drinking the medicine for a long time. She said that there is no medicine, but she did not expect it to be delivered today.
The palace maid said happily: "The doctor in the medical center said that a distant merchant came to sell medicine yesterday, and there happened to be a big basket of medicines in it, so the medical center took all the medicines. It is a coincidence that the doctor said that it will be enough for next year. ."
Aunt Yang also smiled and said, "It's good luck."
Princess Rong Xin waved her hand indifferently and said, "Send it to the kitchen."
The palace maid hurriedly said yes. After the palace maid left, Princess Rong Xin gave a wry smile and sighed: "When Jing Xing was here, he was also sending medicines in such a basket. Why is it rare now? any luck?"
Aunt Yang knew that she thought of Xie Jing Xing and felt sad in her heart, just as she was about to divert the conversation, she heard Princess Rong Xin say, "Help me to Xingzhi Courtyard."
Aunt Yang was taken aback, Xingzhi Courtyard was a courtyard of the Princess Mansion. After Princess Yuqing passed away, Princess Rong Xin was annoyed by what Xie Ding had done, and once took Xie Jing Xing to the Princess Mansion to live for a period of time. Xie Jing Xingsheng's Yuxue was so cute that Princess Rong Xin ordered someone to build a courtyard for him, the Xingzhi Courtyard. Later, Xie Ding took Xie Jing Xing back, and Princess Rong Xin did not let the Xingzhi Court be demolished. When Xie Jing Xing grew up, he would occasionally come to the Princess Residence to stay for a few days, and then he would rest in Xingzhi Courtyard.
It's just that since Xie Jing Xing died in battle two years ago, Princess Rong Xin has asked people to seal the Xingzhi Courtyard, and no one is allowed to enter except for the daily cleaning. She herself is also afraid of seeing things and thinking of people, and never set foot in Xingzhi Courtyard, but today is unprecedented, and she has visited Xingzhi Courtyard for the first time in two years.
Aunt Yang didn't dare to disobey Princess Rongxin's orders, and she helped Princess Rongxin to go to Xingzhiyuan with some worry. Princess Rong Xin said, "For some reason, I have always dreamed of Jing Xing..." As she spoke, her expression became strange. Aunt Yang was a little puzzled when she saw this.
Princess Rongxin felt a little uneasy.
These past few days, she has been dreaming every night, dreaming of a young man in purple with a half silver mask on his face. She didn't know who it was, so she stretched out her hand to reveal the other's mask. Xie Jing Xing had the exact same face but called her "Princess Rong Xin".
It was the voice of Prince Rui of Great Liang.
Every time Princess Rongxin woke up from her dream, she only felt that her back was soaked with sweat. She thought, maybe she saw Shen Miao and Prince Rui arguing that day, but because of each other's small words, Xie Jing Xing and Prince Rui were mixed up to the point of being stunned at night.
The more she thought about it, the more she missed Xie Jing Xing in her heart, and she thought about going to Xingzhiyuan today.
When I thought about it, I had already arrived at the Xingzhiyuan. The guards outside the Xingzhi courtyard were a little surprised when they saw her. Princess Rongxin hadn't set foot here for two years, and she was not allowed to come in. The guards moved out of the way, and Princess Rongxin and Aunt Yang walked in.
The interior of the house is still exactly the same as it was two years ago. Because it is cleaned every day, no dust has fallen, and it looks brand new and clean, as if the time was still yesterday. It even made Princess Rong Xin feel in a trance that as soon as she turned her head, she could see the handsome and beautiful boy lying on the bed with his legs crossed, eating an apple indifferently.
On the shelf were all the gadgets that Xie Jing Xing liked to play with since childhood, and Xie Jing Xing's old clothes were draped over the chairs.
Princess Rong Xin walked to the clothes, picked them up, stretched out her hand to stroke the lines on her head, and said with nostalgia, "It's exactly the same as before."
Aunt Yang didn't know what to say, and she didn't say anything for fear that Princess Rongxin would be saddened by the memories of the past. He said, "The gold thread on top is still brand new."
Princess Rong Xin smiled and said, "Jing Xing has a lot of rules, he wore clothes when he was a child, he made colorful clothes for him and refused to wear it, but he likes purple, and this palace thinks purple is too old and not suitable for children. Wearing it, he wanted to embroider flowers on him, but he disliked it very much. Later, the embroiderer in the palace used gold thread to embroider dark patterns on the robe and the front of the robe before he was willing to wear it. He wanted to be gorgeous, but he didn't want to be bright on his body. There are a lot of ghost ideas."
Aunt Yang also laughed: "Little Marquis is precious and precious, and purple is precious, so only Marquis can look so good when he wears it. When His Highness brought Little Marquis into the palace, others thought it was the prince."
"It looks like a member of the royal family, and even Yuqing didn't have such a bearing at the beginning." Princess Rongxin also laughed, stroking the dark lines embroidered with gold thread on the corner of her robe, but she smiled and smiled. I can't laugh anymore.
His expression gradually became solemn.
Just as she and Aunt Yang said just now, Xie Jing Xing is very picky about clothes, he likes to wear purple clothes to enjoy, he likes to be gorgeous, but he doesn't want to be too ostentatious. Because he has high requirements, the silk thread is very thin, and the pattern is also very special.
But that day in the palace, Prince Rui, who was pulling and pulling with Shen Miao, was wearing a purple gold robe, pulling Shen Miao's hand up, and the gold thread on the sleeve was exactly the same as what Xie Jing Xing used to wear before.
Princess Rongxin was in poor health, but she was not blind. On that day, she saw Prince Rui and heard Shen Miao calling Prince Rui Xie Jing Xing, and for a moment she regarded Prince Rui as Xie Jing Xing. But after seeing Prince Rui's demeanor and temperament, it was very unfamiliar. After listening to Prince Rui's explanation, he dismissed the idea. However, she always felt that something was wrong, and after returning to the Princess Mansion, she frequently thought of Xie Jing Xing and Prince Rui.
She had always thought that the reason why she was brooding about it was because Prince Rui and Xie Jing Xing had exactly the same fine print, but now it became clear in a flash, it had nothing to do with the name, it was just because she saw the edge of each other's sleeves.
Having been with Xie Jing Xing for more than ten years, Princess Rong Xin regarded Xie Jing Xing as her biological child, and her mother always cared about her child's affairs, even if it was just a small matter. She also remembered the pattern of the sleeves clearly, but since Xie Jing Xing died, she had not seen this pattern for two years and did not remember it for a while. Today, I think of it here, the pattern is exactly the same as that of Prince Rui!
Some things are destined in the dark, sometimes only a lead is needed, just like all the scattered beads are tied together, and everything has an answer.
The same loves to wear purple clothes, the same pattern on the corners of the robe, the same is called “Jing Xing”, the same, has a special relationship with Shen Miao.
Princess Rongxin suddenly remembered that the basket of medicine had brought it.
Why didn't it exist before, it exists today. Is it because she had a heart attack in front of Prince Rui a few days ago, and within a few days, a merchant from afar came to sell medicinal herbs
Coincidence happens too much, it is not a coincidence.
Once the seeds of doubt germinate, there is no reason for them to grow back. It quickly pulled out branches in its heart and quickly grew up into a towering tree, until it was deeply rooted in the soil and stood there indestructible.
Thinking about it now, at a young age, Xie Jing Xing always had an indescribable kind of extravagance, he thought he was born with good upbringing, but he didn't know that maybe it was because of different blood ties. Although the temperament has changed, the figure has changed, but some things cannot be changed, such as some small habits, such as... the induction between relatives.
Princess Rongxin squatted down suddenly, pressing her heart, Aunt Yang was startled, and saw that Princess Rongxin's face was pale, and large drops of sweat began to seep on her forehead. He hurriedly shouted loudly: "Someone! Quickly call the doctor! The princess has a heart attack again!"
One hand grabbed Aunt Yang's hand violently. Princess Rongxin's face was painful, but her tone was very firm. She said, "Help me back to the study and bring me a post."
She had to verify one thing herself.
…
When Shen Miao woke up, Luo Xue Yan happily told her that the marriage between her and the Crown Prince was temporarily suppressed in the palace. Shen Xin opened up the joints in the palace, which was originally related to Prince Rui.
I heard that when Prince Rui and Emperor Wen Hui were chatting, they inadvertently mentioned several cities that had passed the border. Emperor Wen Hui was worried that the visitors from Great Liang were not good, but at this critical juncture, he wanted to win over the strong general Shen Xin. Therefore, Shen Miao's marriage will not be mentioned for the time being.
Luo Xueyan said: "Prince Rui's coincidence is to solve Jiaojiao's urgent needs. With more time, we can slowly select suitable talents for Jiaojiao."
Luo Xueyan’s words were not intentional, but Shen Miao’s listeners were intentional. Naturally, he knew that Prince Rui didn't "accidentally" bring up the matter of the city, which caused Emperor Wen Hui to change his mind. While heaving a sigh of relief, Shen Miao couldn't help being secretly startled by Xie Jing Xing's methods.
Xie Jing Xing's methods could not be described as clever, but they were very effective. With just a few words, the emperor was hesitant to make a move. The prince's marriage fell through, and King Ding's plan was in vain. Before being sad, Xie Jing Xing didn't seem to care much when he talked about this matter, because he had this ability.
Thinking of Shen Miao, she felt a little indignant in her heart, she felt a difficult crisis, but when it was in Xie Jing Xing's hands, it was resolved so easily, but it seemed that she was very incompetent. Xie Jing Xing's frivolous actions that night couldn't help but emerge in his mind, he just wished he could beat Xie Jing Xing.
Luo Tan said, "Little cousin, what are you doing by grasping this book so tightly, the pages will be torn apart."
Shen Miao regained her senses only then and quickly let go of her hand, feeling a little embarrassed, thinking of Xie Jing Xing recently, her emotions were out of control. It's all because the other party's actions that day were too unexpected, but she was the only one who was worried.
Luo Tan held her chin in her hands and looked at her narrowly: "Hey, are you thinking, Brother Ling, Young Master Su, Brother Feng, these three are all good, but it's hard to figure out which one to choose. it is good?"
Shen Miao said, “I think too much.”
Luo Tan was still about to say something, when she saw Luo Ling walking in from outside, Luo Tan stuck out her tongue and shouted, "Brother Ling."
Luo Ling smiled and said, "What are you talking about?"
"You're talking about the little cousin's marriage." Luo Tan said loudly, "Isn't the little cousin who hasn't decided who to marry yet? I'll come over to find out the news."
Shen Miao felt helpless in her heart, could Luo Tan be a little bit girlish and say it out loudly, it was because Shen Miao was someone who had seen the world, and if she was an ordinary girl, she would be embarrassed to death. .
Shen Miao did not react, but Luo Ling was a little embarrassed. He put his hand to his mouth and coughed twice, looked left and right, and said, "Cousin, do you still like Ping An Ping?"
“Peace Pendant?” Shen Miao frowned and asked, “What Ping An Pendant?”
Luo Ling was stunned for a moment, then said, "It was me yesterday..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a servant outside. Said that Luo Xueyan asked Shen Miao to go to the front hall.
Luo Ling swallowed the words and let Shen Miao go first with a smile. Shen Miao smiled apologetically at him and said, "I will talk to Cousin Ling later."
It was only in the front hall that I realized that it was the people from the Princess Mansion who came to the Shen residence. It was said that Princess Rong Xin had sent a message to Shen Miao and asked Shen Miao to go to the Princess Mansion.
Princess Rong Xin rescued Shen Miao several times and Shen Xin and his wife were very grateful to her and there was no reason to refuse. It was even more impossible for Shen Miao to say anything. She took the post with a smile, but her heart was very heavy.
If Princess Rong Xin sent a message to Shen Miao before, Shen Miao would accept it without hesitation. In all fairness, Princess Rong Xin treated her well, because of Xie Jing Xing's relationship, she took care of her everywhere. When she knew that Emperor Wen Hui intended to point Shen Miao to the crown prince, she still wanted to speak for Shen Miao and Shen Miao felt grateful.
But Princess Rongxin made a post at this time. If you want to talk about the prince, just send someone to say something. Post a post, let yourself go to the Princess Mansion, and make it clear that you want to talk about some things face-to-face.
But what is so important? Princess Rong Xin, who was so important that she hardly saw anyone, would take the initiative to invite Shen Miao to the Princess Mansion to sit down
Shen Miao couldn't help thinking of the fact that in the palace that day, she and Xie Jing Xing were involved in the fact that Princess Rong Xin saw them. At that time, she called Xie Jing Xing's name, but she was fooled by Xie Jing Xing, but she always felt uneasy. If it is someone who understands and loves deeply, no matter what the other person becomes, there will always be some old clues to follow.
Shen Miao's intuition has always been accurate, she never thought that Xie Jing Xing and Princess Rong Xin had bumped into each other and could keep hiding safely. It's just that this guess is too terrifying, and the consequences are unpredictable, she doesn't want to think deeply.
But escape is not the way, trouble is coming.
Shen Miao felt that Princess Rong Xin might have discovered something suspicious, but she could not refuse this post because refusal was also an admission.