The matter has come to this point, Bai Fuling knows that this matter cannot be solved by herself, and if she keeps it a secret, her parents may be involved in a bigger whirlpool in the future due to ignorance.
She bit her lip, and sorted out the whole thing, and then went from looking for Haifushi to the Devil's Cult to find the ghost-faced Gu mother, Haifushi disappeared, and Jiyuntang sent Xiaoyou here, and she continued to talk about Xiaoyou in the middle of the night Appeared in her room, and the eunuch who was pulling the cart and so on suddenly took a shot during the day today.
The more Mu Peilan listened, the more dignified her expression became. After Bai Fuling finished speaking, she looked at her mother's expression nervously, feeling like a child who made mistakes. She has done more daring things since she was a child than other people ate. All along, her parents never I blamed her for something, but this time it was a bit too serious, and it was involved in the assassination of the prince.
According to common sense, this can already be equated with conspiracy, which is definitely a serious crime of speculating the family and exterminating the whole family. Even if her parents are very capable, it will be extremely difficult to settle it.
Mu Peilan was silent for a long time, so long that Bai Fuling had already started to consider whether to immediately send a message to all the people in the Bai family to collect their burdens and retreat to an overseas island, when she suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "You like that kid Sea Pumice so much?"
"Ah?" Bai Fuling was dumbfounded. Even if my mother didn't blame her for a moment of kindness and self-assertion to cause big trouble, she should discuss with her and explain some coping strategies, right? Why would you ask such a nonsensical question
It was rare for Mu Peilan to see her daughter showing such a silly and cute expression, she couldn't help reaching out to touch her little face, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, if you weren't interested in that Hai family boy, why would you take the initiative to recruit Xiao Mi?" This big trouble?"
Bai Fuling has black lines all over her head. She likes handsome guys like Sea Pumice, but she will keep Xiao Mi, mainly because of the same illness, but this is hard to explain, after all, the tragic and sad things that happened to her , It's already a matter of the previous life.
"Okay, it's okay, just sleep well." Mu Peilan didn't understand her daughter's entangled mood at all, patted her shoulder and back, coaxing her to sleep like she did when she was a child.
"Mother..." Bai Fuling crawled into her mother's arms with grievances and acted like a baby, knowing that her mother was deliberately teasing her.
"Well, what's the matter?"
"What are you going to say when you meet the emperor tomorrow?"
"Just do what you told your aunt Yunmei."
"That... is it all right?"
Mu Peilan patted her hand for a while, and said slightly ironically: "It doesn't matter, the emperor knows who killed the second prince better than you."
"Ah?" Bai Fuling turned this sentence around in her heart, mother didn't mean that... the emperor sent someone to kill her son, right? !
Apart from this reason, there is no other explanation why my mother acted so calmly when she heard that the second prince's assassination was related to her, and she was not worried about the emperor's deep hatred for his son's killing on related people like them.
Then, a bloodier conclusion was born...
"Second prince... isn't the emperor's flesh and blood?!" Bai Fuling spoke in an almost inaudible voice.
Mu Peilan just sighed slightly, without denying it.
No way! It's really so bloody! ! !
Mu Peilan pondered for a while, and said softly: "Don't mention this matter again, even if it's your own... Maybe you can't do this..."
Bai Fuling nodded vigorously, yes! In ancient China, in order to secure the throne, it was not uncommon for fathers to kill their sons, sons to kill their fathers, and brothers to kill each other. It's better to be born in an ordinary family, such as your own parents, who would rather suffer a thousand cuts than hurt her, let alone kill her.
Bai Fuling closed her eyes and rubbed against her mother's fragrant and soft embrace, suddenly thinking that when her mother mentioned Haifushi and Xiao Mi, her expression was a little weird, did she know something inside that she didn't know
In the Ningyi Palace not far from their residence, the Empress sat on the soft couch in a trance, listening to her father, Mr. Xia Ge, who hurried into the palace to ask for an audience, repeatedly emphasizing how serious the situation is. This is the end of the wealth and glory.
She couldn't shed a single tear from her eyes, and her heart seemed to be blocked by something. Up to now, she still doesn't want to believe that her only son is dead, and her life's hope was ruined all at once. up.
"Father thinks, what should I do now?" The queen stared blankly at the dancing candles on the table in front of her, her voice flat without any fluctuation. Her son died, but no one seemed to be sad except her.
His Majesty the Emperor who vowed in front of her that he must find out the real culprit, no matter who the other party was, would punish him severely, was not very sad.
He rushed to the palace to persuade her to respond as soon as possible, and the father who must not give Concubine Mao and the First Prince an opportunity was not very sad.
Even the maids and eunuchs who flattered her son in every possible way on weekdays had only fear and worry, not a trace of sadness.
How did that happen? That's her son! He is also the son of His Majesty the Emperor, and the grandson of his own father! Why are they not sad or sad? !
yes! Their mother and son were nothing more than tools from the beginning to the end in the minds of these people. The emperor used their mother and son to contain Mao Guifei's mother and son, the father used their mother and son to gain power and consolidate the Xia family's honor and status, and the court ladies and eunuchs relied on their mother and son. bit benefit. When the tool dies and can no longer be used, just find a new one quickly, why waste time grieving
A sneer twitched at the corner of the queen's mouth. It turned out that what she thought was honor and nobility was nothing more than that, and all of this was false!
Mr. Xia Ge also knew that his daughter was in a bad mood, but the situation was critical and he couldn't take care of so much, he gritted his teeth and said: "We must choose one of the princes to be your successor as soon as possible, so that we have the capital to compete for the crown prince! "
The queen suddenly started giggling, the louder the laughter, the laughter was like a night owl, it was really creepy to hear at night. The queen was out of breath from laughing all the time, so she barely stopped and said softly: "Father, don't you understand? The emperor has no intention of handing over the throne to me or Concubine Mao's son. I It’s useless to adopt a hundred more sons! It’s all in vain!”
Xia Ge's face was pale, trembling all over, he didn't know whether he was angry or anxious, he recovered his breath after a while and said: "Zhi, we still have a glimmer of hope, if we don't fight... our Xia family will only have a dead end." If you take a step back, you will be crushed to pieces! Think about it carefully, I will let your mother come to see you in the palace tomorrow morning, and then I will choose a successor. This matter must not be delayed."
The queen remained silent, her father had already decided everything, so what could she say
Watching her father's old figure trembling out of the palace gate and disappearing into the vast snowy night, she suddenly raised her head nervously to look at the top of the palace, and said with a shrill smile: "Poor my son, your bones are not cold yet..." Laughing The sound is more piercing and pathetic than the cry.
Early the next morning, the emperor summoned Mu Peilan's mother and daughter in the side hall of the palace after he retreated. Princess Antai wanted to accompany her, but the emperor said lightly: "Don't worry! I won't do anything to your sister Peilan, so you can do it with peace of mind. It's your business." Then he sent her to deal with the harem affairs.
Before leaving, Princess Antai looked at Mu Peilan's mother and daughter worriedly, leaving Eunuch He waiting outside the emperor's palace, and then walked away step by step.
The hall was quiet, the emperor was silent for a while and suddenly said: "I haven't seen you for many years, I am old, but Pei Lan, you look the same as before." There seemed to be a lot of emotion during the speech.
"Your majesty is in the prime of his life, and he is ashamed to be a woman." Mu Peilan said indifferently, obviously not interested in being nostalgic with the emperor. Bai Fuling listened to her secretly funny, her father was really jealous, just now she was secretly looking at the emperor after paying her respects, she was obviously older than her father, she was no longer an uncle, she had already run away Going to the level of an old man, the wrinkles at the end of the eyes can kill flies.
This emperor should be said to be a handsome old man, but compared with his handsome and invincible father, he is still a bit inferior to the boss. Sure enough, mother has discernment!
The emperor is about ten years older than his mother, but judging by his depreciation rate, people who say he is mother's father will believe it. That face is obviously overly drunk, I really should let my father come and see him, and make sure that he will be completely relieved when he sees it.
Bai Fuling was full of disrespectful thoughts in her stomach, and suddenly heard the old man called by the vicissitudes of life above: "This is your daughter?"
Mu Peilan said: "Yes, it is the little girl."
The emperor's eyes turned around on Bai Fuling's face, but luckily he wasn't lecherous, nor was he annoying.
"The appearance is better than yours back then, no wonder the boss, the second child and Lu Ying are all moved." This is a bit dangerous.
Bai Fuling lowered her head in silence, pretending to be weak and fearful, and cursed in her stomach: "Don't compare your two sons who are not popular with me! The pure brother-sister relationship between me and my elder brother is not as good as those two! How can a power-hungry pervert compare? Not to mention that my elder brother is much more handsome than your two sons! Hmph!"
"Or... and Lao Liu and Xiao Mi." The emperor's next sentence was even more explosive.
He knew that Yang Heng was interested in her, but why did Xiao Mi know about it? Bai Fuling was really shocked this time.
Mu Peilan held her daughter's hand as a comfort, looked up at the emperor and said: "The lady hasn't thanked the emperor for sending the ghost-faced Gu mother, and relieved the poison on the couple's bodies."
Bai Fuling couldn't care less about being surprised now, her mind was spinning quickly, the ghost-faced Gu mother was obviously sent by Xiaoyou, why did she say it was sent by the emperor? Yes! The emperor and Xiao Mi are in the same group! The emperor ordered Xiao Mi to set up a trick to kill his nominal second son, not too late, there must be a reason for doing it at this time. The most important thing is, that bastard Xiaoyou actually used the ghost mask that was supposed to be given to her parents to cheat her into marriage! That dead child!