After a while, Chunjia arrived in a hurry.
What he saw was Xie Kuo, whose face was still pale but his eyes were bright, and the imperial concubine whose face was like frost and snow.
The emperor called Pingshen, looked at Xie Kuo more, and focused on the imperial concubine: "How is Yandong?"
Xie Kuo walked beside her with a calm expression, but her heart was not calm at all: before the emperor came, Yun Fenghuang told her that she could show a little frightened later, but she was determined not to show too much. Eclipsed.
"I remember who I am, what I say, what I say, what I do!"
"If I, my niece, encounter a life-or-death crisis, of course the more scared I am, the better. Even I, please act like a flower with rain on my face for me to inspire me. Your Majesty’s compassion.”
"But if I believe that I will become a princess, I will not be the candidate sent by the imperial court to marry Wei He."
"I represent not only myself, but also the plans of the country!"
"So, even if I am a teenage girl, I can't be too weak!"
"Otherwise, how can the Dukes called Bidong and Miaotang gonggun rest assured that they can trust me with such a big plan?"
"I have to show that I can hold up the situation at critical moments... I also pretend to show my courage, adaptability and grasp of the overall situation."
"That way, Dong Bi will pay attention to me."
"Otherwise, even if Your Majesty is reluctant to marry his own royal daughter, there are many princesses and princesses from many clans and ministers, who can't take my place?"
"So even if Your Majesty is angry, at most he will be angry that someone dares to target his concubine, but he will not be afraid of me!"
"But if I make him think that a candidate like me, even if not unique, is quite rare. If he misses me, he will be afraid that it will be difficult to find someone who is similar to me... By then, Bidong's shock and anger will not only be Not only did he lose his face, but he almost lost a talent... "
"That's the end of the world for being the mastermind behind it!"
She chewed her aunt's instructions, calmed herself down, and lowered her eyes to listen to Yun Fenghuang's reply.
Yun Fenghuang spoke a little faster, frowning slightly, obviously taking this matter very seriously, but his words were not chaotic at all, and his tone was relatively calm, showing that although he had not been disturbed, he said: "The people who are serving Xincheng are being tortured separately. , at present, the most suspicious ones are a foreign waiter and two palace maids. Since Xincheng was registered, did I specially select a group of human legs for her? Is it the several old people who used to take care of Xincheng, and She had feelings, and although she was not as smart as later people, she still kept them. If the foreign waiter who was suspected was from the east at that time... I was just talking about Xincheng, about her children, Xin Ci’s legs are so weak that she doesn’t even know there’s a nail left in front of her!”
Chunjia frowned when he heard this, and looked at Xie Kuo consciously.
Xie Kuo immediately stood up to plead guilty. The girl blushed, but spoke at the same speed as her aunt, calmly and calmly. She said softly: "If you don't believe it, it's not good. Ask Bhidong and aunt to worry about it. I believe that I am young and ignorant, and Li Xi secretly had an affair with Dong." He cried and said that if he lost the opportunity to serve Xincheng, he would be sent to a remote place, and then he would be bullied and exploited by the supervisor... Xincheng felt sorry for him, so he begged his aunt and kept him in Donglai. Who I know... But Rong Xincheng is bold: If Li Xi, the eye-catcher, can't produce evidence that he was resting alone in the house at that time, it doesn't necessarily mean that he betrayed Xincheng."
Hearing this, Chunjia didn't say anything. Yun Fenghuang already said coldly: "Then can you first prove that there is something wrong with him?"
Xie Kuo's face darkened clearly, showing weakness, annoyance, anger, hurt, confusion... After hesitating for a very short moment, she had regained her composure and firmness, and said seriously: "Then denying faith becomes stupidity, misbelief becomes gullibility, I beg my aunt to punish me!"
"I don't care about her." Yun Fenghuang ignored her and sighed to the emperor, "The child has been with me in the palace since she was a child, and the people in front of her are coaxing her. She is nostalgic. He is affectionate, so he always has a childlike innocence when things happen, and he will be ruthless at critical moments!"
Chunjia nodded slightly: "Listen to my aunt. My aunt is protecting me in the palace. When I went to Weihe, I am a Dalan clan. There is no one to protect me. I have to protect my dowry." .”
"No." Xie Kuo pursed his lips and bowed his head meekly.
But Yun Fenghuang's advice came to mind again: "Li Xi cried to me at the beginning, if I was going to listen to this palace's arrangement, and I specifically asked me to stay with him, then I would have to use Mingyue Department: Your Majesty." Dong saw how nostalgic I was. After all, I have traveled thousands of miles away, and I am not marrying the master of the wild beasts... No matter how weak and desolate I am, I am still the master of the country that once ravaged the Central Plains! Even if Dong Dong and his ministers must make many arrangements around me Human legs, I am always worried that I have been away for a long time, and I am really focused on spending the confinement period with the Khan. Therefore, the appropriate expression of attachment to the motherland, and the soft-heartedness of a girl of that age, also reassures Bidong and the others. "
"If Zhi Tong doesn't mention it directly, he may not be trusted."
"But through Li Xi's actions, it was natural and revealed his true feelings."
She thought for a while, raised her head, and said seriously: "Bandong, aunt, is there a reason why Xincheng asked Li Xi to stay in the East? He was three years older than Xincheng back then, and his life experience was quite pitiful. He was not tolerated by his stepmother and was sold into the palace to work as a waiter. In the early days, he served in other palaces, but was always bullied and exploited, and the wounds on his body never healed. Later, when his aunt took charge of the Xuanqing Palace, he became the first He was transferred in through approval. After he came to my aunt, no one was bullying him, but it was hard for him to serve as a waiter. After serving Xincheng, he gained some dignity."
"He said that even though his family sold him, he was still a close relative, but he still didn't hate him. He wanted to save some money to go back and teach his younger brother how to read. In the future, he might be able to have a scholar to help the family."
"Xincheng thinks that although Li Xi has encountered ups and downs, he can repay evil with kindness, which is very valuable, so he can't bear that his plan will fail."
He added, "The matter of him supporting his younger brother to study. Two years ago, I personally asked the chief manager to check whether it was true."
"So Xincheng really can't think of any reason for him to murder Xincheng and betray his aunt?"
Chunjia looked at Yun Fenghuang, and Yun Fenghuang said with a stern face: "Just now, Chen Jing said that what he was entrusted to him by Xin Cheng in the private business was true. Then Li Xi did have a younger brother from his stepmother. There are rumors. She is smart, and indeed studied in a village school. But the Li family itself is not very poor, and can afford it. But Li Xi's stepmother does not have an oil-saving lamp, and she can always cry poverty with Li Xi... Li Xi's stepmother By the way, I basically sent him back here and there, but he’s still a fool.”
"Ah?" Xie Kuo was obviously startled, showing a slightly sad look, but immediately said, "Aunt, in that case, is there any possibility that Li Xi was deceived and thought that his family had fallen into the wrong hands? So why do you have no choice but to murder Nobu?"
When Chunjia heard this, he suddenly asked: "If this is not the case, what will I do?"
"When we go back to Bidong, the state-owned legal family has family rules, so naturally we will follow the rules." Xie Kuo said without hesitation.
Chunjia looked at her inquiringly: "Do I know that plotting to kill the princess I ennobled is about to marry a princess from another country? It is like treason, and is seeking to kill the nine tribes!"
"Excuse me, Sir, regardless of what kind of difficulties Li Xi has, if he really does this, wouldn't he and his family be responsible for the consequences?" Xie Kuo looked at Chun Jia a little cautiously and said softly. , "After all, Xin Cheng is Li Xi's master, and he is not too harsh to blame. He has the heart to harm his family members. Does Xin Cheng want to show sympathy to him in return? In this life, there have always been caring masters and masters who are hosts. Is it natural for children to be considerate of their parents, and for ministers to be considerate of their ruler? If not the other way around, then it is not appropriate to deny the grace of the master, parents, and ruler."
"Besides, Li Xi has family members asking for help, and so does Xin Cheng!"
"My aunt has raised Xincheng for many years and treats Xincheng as if she were her own child. If something happens to Xincheng, what should I do to teach my aunt?"
"Furthermore, if I believe it or not, the princess whom Your Majesty has ennobled is about to marry far away. At that time, I mistakenly believed that I was cheating, but where did I leave His Majesty, the imperial court, and the country?!"
"Vicious Legs never think about that, so why should Xincheng be so kind and weak-limbed?"
Yun Fenghuang hummed and said: "I and Bidong have their own opinions on how to deal with it, so I won't ask for the ideas of those kids who are showing off to me!"
"Oh, Ahuang, what my niece said was not bad." Chunjia smiled and said gently, "At first, I thought she kept her mouth shut for Li Xi, so I thought that child was soft-hearted. Yes, it turns out there is no lack of determination.”
Xie Kuo suppressed his joy, maintained a calm expression, and said, "Thank you to Bidong for your trust. Bidong is so complimentary. I will speak out if I trust you."
She thought it was no wonder that her aunt had been favored by her for many years, and her favor never faded... Chunjia's thoughts were wrong, and her grasp was too accurate.
"You're such an old person, and you can't tell your priorities, but what's the use of raising her?" Yun Fenghuang glanced at his niece with disgust and said, "That's all, I'll go east. I have something to ask from Bidong. explain."
Xie Kuo did not move, instead he stood up and said sincerely: "Aunt, this matter involves Xincheng, and Xincheng is about to marry far away. Please allow Xincheng to listen. After all, it is very important that after the palace, aunt is here, Even if something like that happened, if I had gone to a foreign country in the future, there would probably have been many more similar murders. I beg my aunt and your Majesty to give me some insight, so that I can have some confidence in the future. It won’t cause your legs to get messy.”
The first thing she said was "the legs are in disarray" rather than "the legs are tied and there is nothing to do". This shows that she felt that she was wrong about such a thing, and whether she could cope with it, at least she was not helpless.
At most, it’s just because I don’t have much experience that I feel impatient.
Chunjia noticed that the admiration in her eyes was a little deeper, and before Yun Fenghuang could speak, she said: "What the child said makes sense, Ahuang, in this case, let her stay in the east, and she will not be allowed to be outsiders. .”
At that time, she was no longer allowed to be outsiders. Xie Kuo felt very emotional. She entered the palace when she was young. Except for being briefly kicked out of the palace because of the tribe's mischief. After a few confinements, she grew up in front of Yun Fenghuang and saw Chun. There are also many opportunities for Jia.
The emperor was not too harsh on her, and he never cared about Yun Fenghuang giving her treatment second only to that of an imperial daughter.
But he had always liked her very much before... Among Yun Fenghuang's three nieces, the emperor was the most cruel to the innocent Xie Meng.
Xie Kuo is quite cold and distant.
Not to mention whether she is one of our own.
As long as Xie Kuo can remember, she has heard family members comment that her cousin was very smart and that the other children of the Xie family were inferior to her.
So she had always known how powerful Yun Fenghuang was, but it wasn't until Mingyue that she realized that her aunt was much more powerful than she imagined.
She couldn't help but take the wrong route from the east and the wrong way back, and she gained greater confidence.
"Since Your Majesty promised me to stay in the east, I will listen carefully." Yun Fenghuang noticed his niece's wandering thoughts, cast a warning glance, and said softly, "Don't just refuse to stay in the east just to show off. "
Facing Chunjia's teasing look, "Ahuang, I teach my niece very harshly," the imperial concubine slowly said, "Your Majesty, I don't dare to say that I am in charge of the palace without leakage, but there are very few accidents. Not to mention that if you believe it, you will not be a concubine." My niece has transformed since she was consecrated as a princess, and she can be regarded as a noble one. It is clear that she is about to marry far away, how can an ordinary person have the courage to treat her wrong like that?!"