A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

Jingzhao Mansion Yamen.

Yu Jian waited for Jin Wuwei's insistence to find out the matter.

"The Du family was said to be daring, but they only dared to blow up the tombstone of the late emperor, and the tombs of others dared to move. They said that they were too timid, and even dared to move the emperor's tomb." Getting on the horse, looking like he was in a hurry to leave, he quickly called out to him: "Boss, where are you going?"

"I suspect that Du Qingke has the heart of a minister and should report it immediately."

"Today, the majesty and the prince are participating in the sacrifice ceremony of the mango seed outside the city. The surrounding guards are strictly guarded. We are only small Jinwu guards, if we can meet the majesty?"

"The news has been passed on to the six divisions by Jingzhao House. What we have to do is to fight." Yu Jian "touched" the saber on his waist: "If we can make merit, it is because our ancestors have accumulated virtue. It's a waste of time, you want to fight with me?"

"Fight!"

The Jinwu guards got on their horses one after another, and Yu Jian's confidant rode the horse, came to Yu Jian's side, and whispered: "Boss, I think it's a bit strange."

"What's wrong?"

"The steward of the Du family said that everything he did was to cause trouble for the prince during the canonization ceremony of the prince. But after the trouble came out, the prince not only had no trouble, but also gave the reason why he kept the other princes in the palace." Jin Wuwei He almost didn't say clearly, where he was framing the prince, he was clearly helping him.

What's even more puzzling is that after they arrested the Du family's butler into Jingzhao Mansion, the Du family not only did not send anyone to take the butler away, but even did not even kill people.

Is it the arrogance of the family, or is it broken?

"His Royal Highness." Sitting in the spacious carriage, Jiuzhu saw that both sides of the road were covered with yellow cloth, and guards stood there every few steps.

Hearing the noise of the people, in addition to the sound of carriages and hooves, there are other sounds.

"So serious and quiet, I'm so used to it."

"That's why the royal father seldom rides out of the palace in the imperial ceremonies." Yun Duqing stretched out his hand and took Jiuzhu into his arms. He lowered his head and was about to speak when he was almost pierced by the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on her bun. He turned his head to the side. To the side, I miss her Baotou a little.

Jiuzhu lay on his knees and laughed.

"Prince with no conscience, I was almost tied by your hairpin, and you laughed." He looked at the various hairpins on her head: "These hairpins are good-looking, and pulling out one can kill people."

"Your Highness, don't move, these hairpins are very beautiful." Jiuzhu protected her head full of pearls: "All of them were specially chosen for me by the queen mother."

Yun Duqing had a headache thinking about the various "color" jewelry sent by her mother. If the mother sends it later, in the future, as a husband, he will not know what nine beads to send.

"It's the first time you've participated in the sacrificial ceremony of the mango seed, and you'll be standing next to your mother later. You can do what she does." Yun Duqing lifted the curtain and glanced at it: "It's almost time to reach the altar in the suburbs."

When they got there, Jiuzhu didn't get off the carriage immediately, and sat in the car for a while with the majestic drum trumpets, and then the ceremonial official came to invite them to the sacrificial altar.

Princess Huai and Princess An were already waiting outside the carriage, and when they saw Jiuzhu's carriage, she greeted her. Jiuzhu returned the salute and looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Why is the third sister-in-law here?"

Princess Huai saluted Yun Duqing with a smile, and after he left with the ceremonial officer, she trailed Jiuzhu half a step and whispered, "Last night, the third brother and the third sister had a lot of trouble. This morning, the third brother said that the third brother and sister are in good health and will go out. ."

For such an important sacrificial ceremony, if the prince and the princess did not tear their faces, it would be impossible not to let the princess appear. Unexpectedly, the third brother's "nature" looks gentle, but he does not leave room for things.

"Prince Concubine, two princesses." Xiangxian came over and saluted the three of them: "Prince Concubine, Empress asked me to take you there."

Seeing this scene, Princess Huai sighed in her heart that the Queen really felt sorry for the Crown Princess as her own daughter. On such occasions, bringing the Crown Princess to her side is suspected of telling everyone in the world that the Crown Princess is the second most noble woman in the world.

The mother-in-law who oppresses her daughter-in-law is always more than the one who lifts her daughter-in-law, let alone to this extent.

"Jiuzhu, come." Empress Su saw Jiuzhu coming, she raised her hand to her, and when she approached, she asked in a low voice, "It's your first time participating in a sacrificial ceremony, are you nervous?"

Jiuzhu shook her head: "There are so many people."

Empress Su laughed: "There are indeed many people."

She said a few things to Jiu Zhu that she needed to pay attention to, and lightly patted her on the back of both hands: "From now on, you will stand by my side. As long as I am here, all your words and deeds are good, and people dare to criticize."

The horn horn sounded, and the sacrificial ceremony was about to begin.

The civil and military officials under the sacrificial platform, the princess ordered the "wives" to stand in line and hold their breaths.

Empress Su felt that something had touched her instep, and she looked down to see that it was the peach wood gourd carved by Jiu Zhu herself.

Before leaving the palace, she clearly tied it tightly around her waist, how could it fall from her waist.

Seeing that the round gourd was about to fall down the steps, Su Hou bent his knees and reached out to hold the peach wood gourd that rolled to the edge of the altar in his palm.

Whoosh.

When the sound of breaking the air rang in her ears, she hadn't noticed anything unusual, only a ding sound was heard.

She raised her head and saw that Jiuzhu was holding the gold and bronze shawl she gave her and half of the arrows in her hand, and the other half fell to the ground.

"Father father, mother queen, there are assassins." Jiuzhu picked up Queen Su, pushed her into Emperor Longfeng's arms, stopped her in front of the two, and by the way pulled a golden hairpin from her head and stuffed it into Yun Duqing's hands: " Your Highness, take a bodyguard."

On the altar, no one can come up except for the ritual officials. The guardian dragon guards noticed that something was wrong, and they rushed over to escort them.

, However, Feng Liguan moved faster than them, pulled out a flying knife from his hat, and took Su Hou's throat directly.

Emperor Longfeng thought about it, so he protected Empress Su in his arms, using her body as a shield, trying to protect her comprehensively.

Faster than him was Jiu Zhu. When the "Feng Li Guan" threw the flying knife, she seemed to predict the direction of the flying knife and threw the bronze shawl in her hand.

The bronze 笄 and the flying knife collided in the air, and both fell to the ground.

Feng Liguan didn't seem to have expected such a change, so he was stunned for a moment, and Jiu Zhu flew up and kicked him off the altar.

The civil and military officials were frightened by the sudden change. As soon as they had time to call for an escort, they saw one of the assassins being kicked off the altar by the petite princess.

Fortunately, Jiuzhu responded quickly, allowing the Dragon Guard a chance to rush over, surrounding the four of them, and guarding them tightly.

In the blink of an eye, Yun Duqing saw Jiuzhu pulling a hairpin from her hair again, and looked around vigilantly. At this moment, she was also somewhat guarded against the Dragon Guard.

The most dangerous thing right now is the arrow that "shoots" from nowhere.

It stands to reason that within a two-kilometer radius of the altar, all of them have undergone extensive inspections, and everyone's identities have been reviewed, unless there is a high-ranking person who should cooperate with the assassin and let the assassin mix in.

Looking at the hairpin in Jiuzhu's hand, and the bun that was already crooked, Yun Duqing suspected that what he had just said in the carriage was auspicious.

Okay, what kind of hairpin did he mention to kill someone?

At this moment, arrows flew from all directions. Holding the shield in one hand, the guardian dragon guard walked down the altar while protecting the four.

The ministers who were loyal to the Lord tried to escort them on the altar, and the Dragon Guard was worried that they would be involved with the assassins, so they let them get close.

The six ministers reacted and immediately arranged for the officials and the "women" to evacuate. Ming Jing raised the saber on the waist of a guard, and guarded the perimeter majestically. The officials hiding behind him suddenly had a limited sense of security.

"Boss, look at the tree over there, is someone shooting arrows?" When the Jinwu guards rushed to the periphery of the sacrificial altar, they found that something was right. Several guards fell to one side, two squatting on a big tree. A gray hooded archer.

"Quickly." Yu Jian pulled out the knife at his waist and threw it hard at the tree. One of the archers fell from the tree: "Catch the assassin!"

"Brothers, the opportunity to make a contribution has come!"

When the Jinwu guards heard the words, they swarmed up and threw their knives in unison. The archer who was left on the tree was instantly tied into a hedgehog.

"There must be something wrong at the altar." Yu Jian pulled the knife from the assassin. Seeing the assassin still had a few breaths, he asked his brothers to tie him up and prepare to go to the prince to claim credit.

"Some assassins are sneaky, they must be well-intentioned. Let's look around, and there must be fish that slip through the net."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jin Jiawei rushing to the side on a horse. Although they were all guards starting with Jin, Jin Jiawei had a much higher status than Jin Wuwei.

Jin Jiawei didn't expect that there would be Jin Wuwei who usually patrols the street. Thinking that they were just chasing criminals passing by, he took out his pocket card and said: "I'm waiting for orders to do things, please Jin Wuwei's brothers do it for convenience."

Yu Jian glanced enviously at the armor on Jin Jiawei's body, and said politely, "Are you here to catch assassins?"

Jin Jiawei suddenly became vigilant, which caused panic among the people. What happened at the altar was not announced to the outside world. Why would Jin Wuwei know about it?

They put their hands on the hilt of the knife, the atmosphere was so dignified, and the fight was about to break out.

"Please adults misunderstand." Seeing their misunderstanding, Yu Jian quickly explained, "It's the archer assassin we caught."

He pointed to the bound assassin, and then to the tree next to him.

Jin Jiawei looked at the assassin who was stabbed into a hedgehog in the tree, staring at the deadly assassin, and suddenly became a little silent.

"My lords, our brothers are all good players of Jinwuwei. In this critical moment, I am willing to help the adults."

Jin Jiawei was also afraid that after they left, they would talk nonsense outside, so he agreed to come after a little thought.

"Then there are the brothers of Laojinwuwei."

"Everyone is a citizen of Dacheng, and it is our duty to be loyal to your Majesty."

The Dragon Guard was rightly worried. There were also assassins in disguise among the officials. In the chaos, several assassins tore off their official robes, revealing the clothes inside.

The officials adjacent to them were stunned. No wonder this colleague has not spoken today. It turned out to be an assassin pretending to be!

At this moment, he pulled out the dagger from his boots and swung it towards the official closest to him. Suddenly, a stone flew over and hit him on the arm.

The dagger fell in response.

The assassin looked grimly at the stone thrower.

The weak and weak Ming Jingzhou had a pale face, and he was still holding the unfinished stone in his hand.

"Ming Shi Lang, hurry up." The rescued official came to his senses, rushed over and hugged the assassin's thigh: "You are my humerus, everything can be done."

Unexpectedly, Ming Jingzhou just didn't run, but also rushed to the side, hugging the assassin's other thigh with both hands.

"You and I are officials in the same dynasty, how can I leave you and run away!"

"Want to die?" The assassin sneered, "I will fulfill you."

He clenched his hands into claws and attacked their necks, ready to break their necks.

"Crack."

The piercing pain came from the ankle, the assassin screamed and fell to the ground.

"He he he he... what happened to him?" The official was so frightened that he backed away, remembering that Ming Jingzhou was still sitting on the ground, and quickly pulled him up: "Ming Shi Lang, are you alright?"

"I do not

thing. Ming Jingzhou patted the dust on the hem of his sleeve: "The assassin may not have a good body. I just hugged his leg when his leg bone was broken." "

"The bones are so fragile, what kind of assassins are you still doing." Seeing that the assassins were still wailing, the official bent down to pick up the stones on the ground, banged them, and knocked the assassins unconscious with the stones.

"Master Ming, come, let's tie him up together," he said as he unbuttoned the assassin's belt.

Ming Jingzhou restrained himself and looked at him twice, but he didn't expect King Huai's father-in-law to act like this... informally.

The official who was rescued by Ming Jingzhou was Princess Huai's father, Wu Shilang from the Ministry of Industry.

Why did the assassin want to assassinate Princess Huai's biological father?

Bowing his head to help Wu Shilang tie up the assassin, Ming Jingzhou had a faint guess in his heart. He stood up, looked in the direction of the Empress, then saw his daughter, tore off a hairpin to use as a dart, flipped the hairpin between his hands and flew out, knocking out an assassin.

"Ming Shilang, the crown prince is so powerful." Wu Shilang stood beside him and said with admiration, "You can actually stun the assassin with a golden hairpin."

"The child has learned some superficial medical theory and has a little understanding of the "acupoints" of the human body, so he has some skills." Ming Jingzhou coughed dryly: "Wu Shilang, please don't praise her."

In addition to the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin, the hairpins on Jiuzhu's hair have been thrown away. She took the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin and put it in the queen's hands, with blue silk streaked: "Mother, wait for me."

She was very good at throwing flying knives, and half of the golden hairpins she threw could not pierce the "acupoints" she wanted to pierce, so she had to go to other empresses and borrow some hairpins.

"Wait..." Before Yun Duqing could stop her, she saw her dodging a few times and ran out.

She used to say that she was a dog, but now he believed it.

Because she can run faster than a dog.

Several high-ranking concubines hid together, and when they saw the Crown Princess running in front of them, she said she was offended, and took some hairpins from their heads.

When Jiuzhu was about to pull out her hairpin, Wei Jieyu was ruthless, reaching out and grabbing the hem of Jiuzhu's skirt, intending to trip her.

With a thud, Wei Jieyu was dragged to the ground, her face rubbed hard on the ground, and it was in burning pain.

"I'm sorry, Wei Jieyu." Jiuzhu threw an apology and ran away like the wind.

Wei Jieyu lay on the ground and recovered for a long time.

Did she drag a cow?

Why did she fall?

Reasonable.

Carrying a bunch of hairpins in her arms, the pressure on Jiuzhu is much less, and she always sticks the wrong "acupoint". She was a little guilty, but also a little happy.

Fortunately, the two masters were not there, but she had to say that she had no talent.

Seeing an assassin rushing over, she was stabbed by her flying hairpin five or six times before falling, and Jiuzhu hid her face behind Yun Duqing.

She didn't work hard when she was young, and she didn't study well, she lost this person.

Under the strict guard of the Golden Armored Guard and the Dragon Guard, all the assassins were subdued. Of the three assassins who intended to hurt the officials, two were cut to the ground by Ming Jinghai with a knife, and one leg bone was broken for Ming reasons and was killed by Ming Shilang of the Ministry of Rites. tied up with Wu Shilang of the Ministry of Industry.

Princess Huai felt relieved when she heard that her father was only fine, and she also caught an assassin with the prince's father.

The worst is the assassin who was killed by Jinwuwei's "random" knife.

What was more humiliating were the assassins who had several female hairpins tied to their bodies, and who could not die even if they wanted to die.

If hatred could be turned into a knife, Jiuzhu would definitely be covered with knives at this moment.

"Prince Concubine, I will obey your orders and avenge the previous dynasty for you, why did you betray us?!"

An assassin who was still able to speak shouted angrily, so loudly that everyone could hear it.

Full of uproar.

The feud of the past?

Princess? !

Everyone looked at the princess in astonishment, but only saw the action of the prince protecting the princess behind him without hesitation.

"It's ridiculous to smear the Crown Princess after you planned to defeat Lu." Yun Duqing swept his eyes sharply at everyone, and everyone quickly took their eyes back and dared to look again.

"No one has tortured you yet, so you can't wait to say that the Crown Princess instigated you. It's such an obvious frame-up, even the fools don't want to believe it." Yun Duqing kicked the assassin: "Smearing the Crown Princess is one more crime. Wait."

"If the Crown Princess hadn't sworn to tell us that she went to Beijing to avenge Master's revenge for the destruction of the previous dynasty, how could we have obeyed her and forced her way into the altar?" The assassin said bitterly, "Ming Jiuzhu, for your sake. Prosperity, wealth, betrayal of your master, betrayal of us, will be met..."

Before he could finish his words, Yun Duqing kicked and broke his front teeth.

"Nonsense, "nonsense", drag it and behead it." If he still sees that this is a conspiracy against Jiuzhu and the Ming family, he is a fool.

"His Royal Highness..." Before Jiuzhu said a word, Yun Duqing grabbed her hand: "I will believe what some people say."

The hairpins in his hands were all scattered on the ground. Jiu Zhu looked at Yun Duqing with a resolute expression, as well as the hands he and her clasped tightly together, her big eyes, and smiling like a pair of crescent moons.

During this time, no one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty stood up to speak, and people accused the crown princess.

The Crown Princess just tried her best to protect the Empress and Crown Prince, all of them saw it in their eyes and kept it in their hearts.

The previous dynasty has been destroyed for a hundred or two hundred years, and even if there are bloodlines left over from the previous dynasty, there is no energy to toss.

So there is only one truth, someone wants to frame the prince and the princess.

The eyes of the courtiers turned to the three princes, who were the three most suspicious candidates.

King Huai and King An were very embarrassed by the eyes of the courtiers, and they jumped out and yelled.

Wei Jieyu turned her head to look in the direction of the minister, hoping that the person arranged by Du Qingke would stand up and say a few words.

But there was silence on the courtier's side.

No one spoke, and no one even suspected Ming Jiuzhu.

The royals are suspicious, and the courtiers are cautious when it comes to the safety of the emperor. According to common sense, even if they suspected that Ming Jiuzhu was slandered by an assassin, they would ask Ming Jiuzhu some questions.

For example, what she has done in Lingzhou over the years, and who is her master.

But Ming Jiuzhu broke a common sense.

Because she used her body as a shield to keep the empress behind her, she kicked the assassin off the altar, cut off the flying arrow with a gold and copper shawl, and stopped the assassin's attack with a hairpin.

Her eldest uncle saved the lives of the courtiers, and her father also joined forces with the pregnant princess' father to subdue an assassin.

In this assassination, if there is no Ming Jiuzhu, the queen is already dead, and even the emperor may not be able to save his life.

Where is revenge, it is clearly revenge.

"Prince concubine, don't worry, I and the empress will believe the nonsense of these assassins." Emperor Longfeng said: "Send my will, the concubine will save me and the empress in danger by herself, we are family, Thank you. The princess' father Ming Jingzhou, the goddaughter is talented and talented, and from now on, she will be awarded the title of Prince Taifu and Duke Fu."

The emperor's attitude bluntly told everyone that he only doubted the Crown Princess and wanted to reuse the Ming family.

Wei Jieyu covered the wound on her face in embarrassment, watching everything that happened.

How is it going to be, as it should be.

"Report! Your Majesty, Yu Jian, captain of the Jinwuwei squad, has something important to report."

Who is Yu Jian?

The courtiers were "confused".

"Royal father, this person has been seen before. He is a smart person with some ability." Yun Duqing said: "I can see him."

Emperor Longfeng nodded: "According to what the prince said, Xuan."

As soon as Yu Jian came, he gave Emperor Longfeng a great gift, and then told the story of the Du family's butler who blew up the tombstone of the late emperor.

Family Du family?

Everyone looked at Du Qingke, but there was no panic on his face, and there was even a smile on his face.

"Du Qing's family, what can you say?"

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Yu Jian said is not at all false." Du Qingke took off the official hat on his head and knelt down: "I plead guilty."

"Wei Jieyu, why are you sitting on the ground?" Lu Zhaoyi saw Wei Jieyu suddenly staggering and sitting on the ground, and reached out to help her, but she saw that she was shaking violently.

"Mother's concubine." Princess An pulled her to the side, and after she was far away from Wei Jieyu, she whispered, "Don't get close to Wei Jieyu, I think she seems to be right."

"What's wrong, epilepsy?"

I've never heard of her having a "flaw" before.

"Your Majesty, on the weapon carried by the assassin, the logo of the Du Family Ironware Shop was found."

Du Qingke still knelt on the ground, not refuting himself.

Everyone vaguely felt that something was wrong, and no one spoke rashly.

"Your Majesty, the weapons used by the assassins are indeed provided by Wei Chen, but they are not the people of Wei Chen." Du Qingke took out a few letters from his arms: "The crime of the minister can be forgiven, and I am willing to be punished."

Seeing the letter that Du Qingke took out, Wei Jieyu trembled even more. Is he crazy? What good does it do for him?

Seeing that the situation was not right, King Jing turned around and disappeared in the crowd while others were not paying attention, and left here in a hurry.

Yu Jian finished his face, and when he retreated, his legs were fluttering. When I walked to the secluded place, I jumped on the spot with my fists excitedly.

After the jump, he found that the third prince, King Jing, was sneaking into the corner alone, as if preparing to drill a hole in the grass to leave.

Just after the assassination incident, the third prince stayed to accompany the emperor and Wei Jieyu, why did they run?

He narrowed his eyes and followed.

There was an uproar in the shrine at the moment.

Du Qingke actually admitted that today's assassination was a conspiracy arranged by him and Wang Wei Jieyujing, both internally and externally.

Divide the Ming family?

Let the prince and the prince concubine turn against each other, and make your majesty suspect the prince?

Taking advantage of the "chaos" to kill Princess Huai's father and make Princess Huai hate the Crown Princess?

Everyone was dizzy and didn't know how to react for a long time.

If it wasn't for the Queen's sudden kneeling and squatting when the arrow came, the conspiracy might have been successful.

If it wasn't for the princess who kicked the assassin and sacrificed her life to escort her, the conspiracy might have succeeded.

But the queen just bent her knees at the most critical moment.

Princess...

Um……

The Crown Princess is exceptionally good, and she is nothing like her weak father and brother.

It's no wonder that the Ming family loves to mention the things that the princess was fostered in the Taoist temple. It turned out that she trained her daughter to be a master, accompanies the prince in a low-key manner, and protects the royal family comprehensively.

The Ming family's loyalty to the royal family is really touching.

Ming Jingzhou knew what the courtiers were thinking, but he just felt that the eyes they looked at him were a little too bright.

"Father, sister is so powerful." Ming Jiyuan whispered in his ear: "Two immortals

Long is really tall. "

Ming Jingzhou was silent, and lowered his head to straighten the official robe.

If you want to ask him, he's just a civil servant who can't do anything.

Emperor Longfeng took the letter from Du Qingke, and at a glance, he could see that some of the handwriting on the letters was written by King Jing, and some of them were written in beautiful fonts, which should be written by Wei Jieyu or Princess Jing.

"Weichen knows that his sins are heavy, and I beg your forgiveness and death." Du Qingke fell to the ground and knelt down, like an old man who was about to die, without the slightest hope.

He wants to die.

On his body, Jiuzhu saw the will to die, as well as a trace of madness that dragged others to be buried with him.

Seemingly aware of Jiu Zhu's gaze, Du Qingke raised her head and met her eyes.

"Weichen was born in a family of hairpins and yings all his life, and all the family gave me are all by themselves." Du Qingke let out a sharp smile: "Be respectful, turn into putrid sludge, and press hard on me."

"In this kind of family, people are not people, but decent puppets from aristocratic families." The twisted smile on Du Qingke's face disappeared, and he looked at Emperor Longfeng: "I can choose what I want, and the women around you, because of interests Betray you, how much more beautiful are you than me?"

"That's right, you are incomparable to your "sex" in front of your royal father." Jiuzhu said with the principle of fairness and justice: "My father and my mother are distressed by my mother, and my Highness respects and loves them, but they are still deeply loved by the people and supported by the courtiers. , must be much more beautiful than you."

Emperor Longfeng coughed reservedly, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

Du Qingke was silent.

Wei Jieyu, who was brought over by the eunuch and knelt on the ground, wanted to tear Ming Jiuzhu's mouth.

She turned to look at Du Qingke: "Everything you do is to frame me on purpose?"

"Niangniang Jieyu is joking, are you trying to frame me?" Du Qingke smiled sarcastically: "You locked Princess Jing in the palace to prevent things from being revealed, and to distance yourself from the Du family? "

"What kind of stupid and greedy woman are you?" He snorted softly, "Want to use me?"

"If you don't want the world to see a good show of a concubine and a prince betraying the emperor, why do you think you can instruct me to do things?" Du Qingke looked at Emperor Longfeng: "Your Majesty, your son wants your sex. "Fate, are you sad?"

Emperor Longfeng did not speak, and Jiuzhu whispered, "Your Highness, where is King Jing?"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty." A sullen voice came from outside.

"King Jing sneaked and wanted to run away, but was caught by Xiao Xiao!"