Princess Antai and Mu Peilan's people quickly found Bai Fuling, the car she was sitting in was parked on the way when she came, Ban Xia and Dan Zhu stood beside the car with panicked faces.
Mu Peilan rushed forward in three steps at a time and saw that Bai Fuling was safe and sound with her own eyes. She breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
Bai Fuling blinked at her, pretending to be in shock, and said in a voice heard by everyone: "The father-in-law who was pulling the cart just now suddenly turned to a side road, and said he wanted to take a shortcut to Huilan Palace, but he took a few steps for some reason. Just fainted, there was no one there, Danzhu and Banxia had to work together to pull the car back here, so as to find someone to help."
Mu Peilan knew that things were not that simple, but there are too many eyes and ears here, so it is inconvenient to ask in detail, Princess Antai stepped forward and said with a smile: "That was a false alarm, why don't you mother and daughter go back to Yilan Palace to rest with me Let's go to Huilan Palace together after the dinner."
Bai Fuling shook her head and said: "The empress is celebrating her birthday, the princess is one of the masters in this palace, how can she neglect the other ladies just because of me, I'm fine, let's go on to Huilan Palace. If this little accident of mine disturbs other people and spoils the empress's mood, I will really deserve to die."
What she said is normal to others because she understands the general etiquette, but to the ears of Princess Antai and Mu Peilan, two elders who are familiar with her temperament, it has a different meaning - with Bai Fuling's habit, this Not something she would say at all.
If it was earlier, when Princess Antai proposed to take them back to Yilan Palace and not even attend the Queen's birthday banquet, she would definitely be the first to raise all fours in favor.
Bai Fuling has always been very assertive, she suddenly said something like this, it must be because of her, Princess Antai and Mu Peilan stopped talking, and called a trusted eunuch from Yilan Palace to pull the sedan chair for Bai Fuling, and recalled the others. The person looking for Bai Fuling ordered to keep quiet, and the group hurried to Huilan Palace.
Of the three of them, Princess Antai is of high status, Mu Peilan and Bai Fuling are the mother and daughter with outstanding looks, and Bai Fuling is the most recent topic of conversation. As soon as they arrived at Huilan Palace, they immediately caused a small sensation.
Bai Fuling was brought by Mu Peilan to greet several acquainted wives, and then followed Princess Antai to rest in the prepared wing. During the period when several wives came to visit the princess, she patiently accompanied them.
Lunch was also served in Huilan Palace. From the beginning to the end, Mu Peilan was unable to say anything to Bai Fuling alone.
In Huilan Palace, the clothes are fragrant and the temples are beautiful, singing and dancing are peaceful, but the three women have vaguely felt that the rain is coming.
Not long after lunch, Bai Fuling was taken care of by Pinellia and Danzhu to take a nap on the soft couch in the warm pavilion next to the hall. In fact, she didn't feel sleepy at all, and she just wanted to think things through quietly by herself.
With his knees, he knew that the eunuch pulling the cart who "fainted" just now probably wanted to take her somewhere, and then the second prince would appear on the stage as a flower picker. As a result, Xiao You suddenly appeared, breaking up the wishful thinking of the second prince and the queen. In fact, just before Xiao You appeared, she originally planned to release Xiao Lihua to surprise the eunuch pulling the cart, but in this way, her troubles would be very serious. Big, so at this point, she is still a little grateful for your timely arrival.
The expressions of Banxia and Danzhu are a bit wrong, they seem to be controlled by Xiao Mi in some way, their expressions are strange and dull, and they seem to have no impression of Xiao Mi's appearance.
These are not the things she cares about the most. The reason why she insisted on coming to Huilan Palace and patiently socialized with the wives was because of what Xiao You said before leaving - don't worry, the second prince will never have a chance to hit you again idea!
From Xiaoyou's consistent performance, it is not difficult to guess that he intends to kill the second prince today. She does not want to have anything to do with this matter, so she must remain normal and find witnesses who prove that she has nothing to do with the assassination. She is more convincing when she is in public.
The news of the second prince's death will soon come out... Bai Fuling is a little nervous, but also a little scared, she is not afraid of death, she is only vaguely afraid of Xiaoyou, who is he? !
The warm pavilion was as warm as spring, Bai Fuling huddled under the warm quilt, her consciousness gradually became hazy, half asleep, half awake, suddenly heard voices from outside, mixed with a woman's exclamation.
Suddenly, the carved wooden door of the Nuan Pavilion was roughly pushed open from the outside, and a livid-faced eunuch rushed in with several young eunuchs, rushing to her bed.
Dan Zhu and Ban Xia came up and boldly said: "I have seen Mrs. Yi, the young lady is taking a nap, can I invite Mrs. Yi to serve tea and talk outside?"
This Yi Gonggong is the chief eunuch in the Empress Ningyi Palace. With a sullen face, he said gloomyly: "Go away! The Sa family is here to arrest the traitor who assassinated the second prince under the order of the empress."
Bai Fuling's heart trembled, here it comes! Sure enough, it came! I don't know if Xiaoyou succeeded? Has anyone been found to leave a handle
With such a big commotion, she couldn't continue pretending to be asleep, so she just rubbed her eyes and half sat up, and asked vaguely, "Who is so noisy?"
When Eunuch Yi saw her lazy and beautiful appearance like a begonia sleeping in spring, her long black hair was fluffy and loose, and the pajamas on her body were slightly wrinkled. It was obvious that she had slept for a long time, and her heart couldn't help but feel a little bit drummed. Shake up.
His thoughts changed, he restrained his momentum and took two steps back, saying: "The Sa family has offended, a major incident happened in the palace, the Sa family was ordered to come and investigate, please forgive me for the offence!"
Bai Fuling blinked her eyes, put on an innocent and ignorant loli expression, and asked curiously: "Well... what do you want to investigate?"
Eunuch Yi was stunned for a moment, and asked unnaturally: "When did Miss come to this Huilan Palace, and did you leave on the way?"
"I came with the princess and my mother, and I have been talking to the aunts all the time, um... Ban Xia, when did we arrive?"
Ban Xia lowered her head and said: "It's about the middle of the hour, and the servants saw that the sundial in front of Huilan Palace indicated this hour."
In fact, Eunuch Yi had already asked other people about this before he came. He knew the second prince's plan, but he didn't know what went wrong in the middle. When the second prince was assassinated, the first thing that the empress thought of him was that it had something to do with Bai Fuling, because according to the time calculation, Bai Fuling should have been with him at that time. Unexpectedly, Bai Fuling was sleeping peacefully in Huilan Palace now, but the second prince was stabbed to death In an uninhabited small palace.
They all felt that there must be some weirdness in it, and most likely the second prince's death was related to Bai Fuling, but they couldn't tell.
The matter was well planned, the queen sent someone to the pre-appointed place on time to "coincidentally meet" the second prince and Bai Fuling for a private meeting, so that Bai Fuling had to marry the second prince, but unexpectedly, it was all in vain, and Bai Fuling was not seen. The second prince was also missing.
The sent people hurriedly reported back to the queen, but the queen kept her face calm and sent people to search for their traces, only to find that the eunuch who had specially arranged to pull the cart for Bai Fuling fainted halfway, and Bai Fuling had already arrived at Huilan Palace.
The empress felt even more uneasy, and ordered people to closely search the nearby palaces, and finally found the second prince and his entourage, a total of nine people, dead in a temporarily vacant palace.
When the queen heard the news, she was like a bolt from the blue, and fainted on the spot. It took a lot of effort for the imperial doctors to wake her up. After a while, the queen regained her sanity. The first thing she did was to send someone to She didn't have any proof when she came to Huilan Palace to catch Bai Fuling. She just believed whole-heartedly that her son's death must be related to her!
Eunuch Yi was waiting to ask again, when he suddenly heard the eunuch's communication voice behind him: "Princess Antai is here!"
Princess Antai stepped inside, walked to Bai Fuling's couch, pointed at Eunuch Yi and shouted: "Bold slave, who will allow you to rush around and offend the guests of this palace?! Where are the rules? Get out!"
The second prince died, and the empress's status was also in jeopardy. Eunuch Yi knew that if the empress lost power, he would not have any good fruit to eat. If he rashly made enemies and offended Princess Antai at this time, he would be courting death. Moreover, the queen has no evidence at all to prove that Bai Fuling was related to the assassination of the second prince. The Bai Fuling in front of her is just a young girl with an innocent and ignorant face. If it is really related to such a major event, how can she be calm? ? No matter how deep the city is, it is impossible for a person to be involved in the assassination of the prince.
It was because Yi Gonggong had such an idea that he softened his attitude just now, and he didn't dare to make a mistake when he was drank by Princess Antai again, and said in a low voice: "I don't dare... it's just the queen..."
Princess Antai glanced at him impatiently and said: "If the empress has any objections, you can discuss it with me. I am also deeply disturbed by the accident of the second prince. You servants should persuade the empress to mourn and assist the palace. The guards in Li investigated this matter and found out the truth. This kind of random biting, threatening and attacking the relatives of officials, and spreading it to the outside world, what is the dignity of the Tian family? How can the officials in the court work for the emperor with peace of mind?!"
After some words, Eunuch Yi could not help bowing his head to make amends, he dared not take a breath, but he also secretly heaved a sigh of relief, with Princess Antai stopping him and scolding him, he would not be unable to explain to the queen if he could not complete his errands .
Today is different from the past, the second prince is gone, he can't afford to risk his life for a queen who has no hope. Desperately, Eunuch Yi returned to Ningyi Palace with a few young eunuchs, and had already begun to secretly plan his own way out along the way.
The news that the second prince was assassinated and killed in the palace quickly spread. The palace exploded like a pan, and all gates were sealed off. Personal orders are not allowed to enter or leave.
The mansions of several princes were also besieged by the Imperial Forest Army. Whether it was surveillance or protection, the princes in Beijing were temporarily placed under house arrest in the prince's mansion, and entry and exit were also prohibited.
The family members of many officials in Beijing were detained in the palace, and the people in the capital were panicked. Even the ordinary people on the street knew that the sky was about to change!
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