Fragrance Returned

It was the same room that I saw before, except that the brown tent with cloud-embroidered patterns was replaced by a blue jacquard tent.

Passing through the tent, what I saw was still a vague figure meditating. King Duan still had his eyes closed, but his face was not as painful and haggard as last time, and he was still mumbling something.

More than half a quarter of an hour later, King Duan opened his eyes and moved his left shoulder, as if he was picking up something.

He opened a picture in front of his eyes, turned around and hung it up.

It's a pity that Xunxiang can only see his face, but not the content in the painting.

Then, his face moved up and down, as if he was kowtowing to the painting.

When he turned around, Xunxiang saw the portrait of King Kang in the painting.

Prince Duan's face moved up and down, as if he was kowtowing to the painting. After kowtowing three times, he sat down again, took out a long needle and looked at it in front of his eyes.

The needle was thick and long, somewhat like a silver needle used by doctors.

He took a deep breath and put down the hand holding the long needle.

His face suddenly became extremely painful, his eyebrows were furrowed, his facial features were distorted, and his teeth were clenched tightly.

Judging from the movements of his right shoulder, he should have stabbed himself somewhere with a long needle.

This painfully twisted face made Xunxiang seriously uncomfortable, but she had to look at it.

This process lasted for about two-quarters of an hour. King Duan stopped, his face dripping with sweat.

He put the long needle in front of his eyes again and saw that the needle was stained with blood, and the blood beads were sliding down.

He smiled ferociously, picked up the handkerchief and wiped away the blood, then wiped the sweat from his face, as if applying ointment.

The pained face continued until Xunxiang woke up.

Xunxiang sat up, took out a dry handkerchief to wipe her sweat, and leaned on the bedside to think about the scene in her dream.

King Duan pricked himself with a needle, which must be some kind of evil spell.

Kowtowing to the picture of King Kang is casting a spell on King Kang.

Look at the movements of Duan Wang's shoulders. The place where the piercing is done should not be very low, but may be the chest or abdomen.

King Kang has a heart disease, so the most likely thing to be stabbed is the chest.

King Kang was in pain, and so was he.

The more Xunxiang thought about it, the more this happened.

Previously, Sun Yumu and Xunxiang also speculated that Kong Jing used the boy's blood to refine medicine and use it for sorcery, and they all thought that Kong Jing was casting spells.

Now it seems that the person who cast the spell is more likely to be King Duan himself.

Xunxiang then remembered that Li Qianqian said that he smelled the blood of King Duan and Gao Dezhu, and guessed that Gao Dezhu came to Yuexin. It should be that King Duan cast a spell to injure himself. There were blood stains on his body, so it smelled like blood.

At that time, Gao Ping happened to be seriously ill.

Xunxiang was also more certain that King Duan was casting a spell.

Although Xunxiang hates King Kang, he doesn't want him to be "stabbed" to death by King Duan tonight.

But how should I tell the emperor and queen about this?

Ruosun and Mu were at home and went to give him a heads-up, but he stayed in the Sentence Department while participating in the interrogation.

Early the next morning, Xunxiang sent someone to inquire about King Kang's condition, and then sent Grandma Wang to Kunning Palace to inquire about the situation.

After finishing worshiping the Buddha in Dongyang, I went to Qijin Hall.

Xun Xiang briefly talked about Li Jieyu's wrestling.

Dongyang heard about it yesterday, and Princess Nanyang and Princess Beiyang were very happy when they talked about it.

It is said that Concubine Cai Shu was jealous and sent someone to set up Li Jieyu. Unexpectedly, the mother and son not only refused to admit it, but also suspected that Queen Ye was setting them up.

King Kang's illness was actually caused by that incident.

Dongyang snorted coldly, "Those people have always been like this, doing bad things and blaming others for it. This time they dared to wrongly accuse my mother and scold my daughter. How brave they are...

"Hmph, if I were here, I would definitely slap Gao Huajing several times. He is too courageous for being raised by a young wife."

Dongyang is so "tough", if she were present, she might really beat the Sixth Princess.

At the beginning of noon, the people who went to inquire about Prince Kang's mansion came back and reported, "I heard that Prince Kang's condition worsened last night. He was unconscious and in critical condition. Everyone said that Prince Kang might not be able to survive. I saw several clan members going to visit him."

Dongyang particularly disliked King Kang and Concubine Cai Shu, but since they were about to die, he felt that he should put aside his prejudices and send someone to greet them.

She said, "Let Yan Jialing go to Prince Kang's Mansion to visit the patient on behalf of me?"

Xunxiang rolled her eyes. Don't be kind when you should be kind, and be kind when you shouldn't be.

She stopped and said, "No need. They've already slapped us in the face, so why go up the pole and feel uncomfortable."

Dongyang thought the same thing. If the Yan family went there, they would probably be scolded and even throw out the things they gave.

At noon, Xun Xiang and Dong Yang were having lunch at Qijin Hall, and Grandma Wang came back.

She looked panicked and reported in a low voice, "The Queen said that Eunuch Guo has been arrested."

Dongyang said in shock, "Eunuch Guo, can't he be the Eunuch Guo from the royal father's side?"

Grandma Wang said, "It's him. He and the three eunuchs were taken into the Shenxing Division by Eunuch Qin last night, and were personally interrogated by Eunuch Qin, Prince Sun, and Commander Xie of Jinwu Guard.

"The Queen also asked Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Princess not to enter the palace these days."

She went to Kunning Palace and waited for a long time before seeing the Queen.

As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Jialing ran in and reported, "Your Royal Highness, Princess, I just heard that Prince Duan's palace was surrounded by Jinwu Guards, and Prince Duan and Princess Duan were taken to Jinwu Guards."

Instead of taking him to the Shenxing Division, he took him directly to Jinwu Guard.

This is a sure sign that he has committed something serious.

Moreover, Eunuch Qin and Sun Yumu should have gotten clues about Kong Jing, so they dared to arrest Prince Duan and surround Prince Duan's palace in a big way.

Dongyang was even more surprised, "What could a person like Gao Ming do?"

Xun Xiang said, "Honest people do great things."

At this time, Xun Xiang still sympathized with Gao Ming. I have been ignored and treated harshly since I was a child, and was deliberately led on a wrong path by the old Su family. I have two good fortunes that no one can imagine, but I have not enjoyed them...

He was not taught crookedly or stupidly, but listened to Aunt Mu's words and endured the humiliation. But he was still blinded by power, and finally took the path arranged for him by the old Su Shi, ruining his good destiny.

This is mainly due to the emperor's dereliction of duty as a father. If the emperor had cared about him since childhood and asked people to take good care of him, he would not have taken that path.

Dongyang looked at his calm daughter and asked, "Xiangxiang, what do you know that my mother doesn't know?"

Xun Xiang said, "Maybe Kong Jing and Eunuch Guo are doing things for Gao Ming... Mom, if Gao Ming ascends to Dabao, the people who bullied him will be in trouble. You should be kind and don't bully honest people.

"Look at my dad, he treats everyone equally and never flatters those who are superior and those who are inferior. Gao Ming always remembers his good qualities."

Dongyang's mouth can be opened wide enough to fit a walnut, and she often bullied Gao Ming when she was a child.

He closed his mouth and said, "A fool like Gao Ming still wants to become a big treasure? How dare he even think about it."

Xun Xiang said, "Gao Ming is not stupid. He is considered smart among several princes, at least much smarter than King Kang. He was pretending to be stupid before."

Six days later, Qiu Wangzhi returned to Beijing with Kong Jing, Pan Baishou and others.

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