Poor Lady

Royal study.

"Have you read this decree?" The emperor's sharp eyes stared straight at Luo Shimin below.

Luo Shimin hurriedly knelt down and said, "Please forgive the emperor, Wei Chen must confirm the authenticity of the secret letter before he dares to present it to the emperor."

The emperor looked at him for a while, then lowered his head to look at the secret order, his eyes finally stopped on the "eight" character: "You said just now that this secret order was stolen from the Qi family's daughter?"

"Exactly."

"How could Qi Shuo leave such an important thing to his daughter for safekeeping?" the emperor guessed.

"The emperor means that there is fraud?" Cold sweat broke out on Luo Shimin's forehead.

The emperor was silent. He carefully looked at the decree and found no suspicious traces at all. Even if the handwriting can be imitated, the imperial seal cannot be faked. Not to mention that the yellow silk used for writing was produced from the palace silk spinning, and this silk material had been abandoned as early as six years ago and replaced with new silk.

Although he didn't want to believe it, the emperor confirmed that the secret decree was true. His eyes suddenly became sharp, and the word "eight" on the secret letter made him feel cold. He was on guard against everything, but he didn't expect that the younger brother from his mother was the one who needed to be guarded the most.

"Apart from you, who else has read this secret decree?" the emperor asked coldly.

"The secret decree is of great importance, and Wei Chen did not show it to the third person."

"Very good, you'd better keep your mouth shut. If there is any leak, I will never take it lightly!"

"Wei Chen obeys."

The emperor clenched the corner of the secret decree, and suddenly said solemnly: "I heard that Luo Yanyisu, the daughter of the Minister of Punishment, is suspicious of Qi's daughter?"

"Back to the emperor, the ministers have also heard about it." Luo Shimin replied cautiously, "I heard that Miss Luo has embarrassed Qi's daughter many times. It is no longer a secret among noble girls."

"Okay, tell her, as the daughter of a minister, if she can't even handle a little girl, she won't be qualified to enjoy her official life in the future." The emperor said indifferently.

"Yes, Wei Chen must tell." The emperor obviously wanted to use Luo Yanyi's hand to knock the mountain and shake the tiger. Although the Qi family is now in a state of desperation, a small warning is necessary in order to prevent them from being unruly. With the emperor's tacit consent, Luo Yanyi no longer has to worry about it. That Qi family daughter, this time is afraid of doomed.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Luo Shimin's mouth.

Outside the capital, a horse-drawn carriage was moving slowly, and in the carriage sat a handsome-looking man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in luxurious clothes and with a dashing temperament.

He frowned, and his thoughts were out of his mind. The middle-aged man who was in the same car with him saw this and comforted him: "King Jing, don't worry, this time the four princes have entered the capital together, the situation is still unclear, we can see the opportunity. act."

King Jing sighed: "The emperor's thoughts, you and I are very clear, I don't know if there is still life to come back to Beijing this time?"

"Crisis is also a turning point. Until the end, you can't say victory or defeat lightly." The middle-aged man stroked his beard and smiled.

"This king should also learn from Mr. Wei Ding's unchanging and unhurried demeanor."

"Haha, the lord is so rude."

Just then, the carriage stopped suddenly.

Mr. Wei Ding asked, "What happened?"

The guard replied: "There is a teenager blocking the way ahead."

Wei Ding looked at King Jing, who nodded to him and let him deal with it.

Wei Ding said: "Go and ask who that young man is, and why did he stop in the road?"

"Yes."

The guard took the order and left, but came back in a moment to report: "The young man refused to answer, but just asked his subordinates to give this letter to the prince."

Wei Ding took the letter and handed it to King Jing.

King Jing took the letter at random, and his face changed drastically after he took it halfway, and he said sharply, "Go and bring that young man here."

Wei Ding also saw the yellow silk exposed in the letter mouth, and his eyes were slightly lowered.

The young man brought it to the carriage and knelt down on the ground.

"What do you want to do?" King Jing asked.

"Untouchable Yuanxi, homeless, I implore King Jing to take him in."

"This king has a distinguished status, how can he take in people of unknown origin?"

"As long as King Jing is willing to take it in, the untouchables will no longer be people of unknown origin." The young man replied calmly, "Although the untouchables are not talented, they are more loyal and will never betray."

King Jing was silent for a moment, then slowly took out the yellow silk from the envelope, looked at it carefully for a moment, and was about to put it away, but found a word written on the inside of the envelope - "Fan".

Jing Wang and Wei Ding's eyes flashed at the same time.

"This king has no shortage of loyal servants, but this king is about to enter the capital, and the horses in the house may not be taken care of. Would you like to be this king's stable boy?"

"Untouchables are willing." The boy was overjoyed.

A few days later, Qi Surong received the news that Yuan Xi had entered King Jing's mansion. She was happy for Yuan Xi, but she didn't know that danger was approaching her.

"Miss, Mrs. Su's daughter invites you to visit the manor for a while." Ping'er reported.

"The daughter of Master Su's family?" Qi Surong asked, "Can you tell me what's the matter?"

"Miss Su is going to a tea party this afternoon, and I want to ask the lady to dress her up."

Qi Surong thought for a while and said, "Go help me refuse, just say I'm not feeling well."

Ping'er went out to answer, and when she came back, her face was confused: "That person said that Miss Su accidentally hurt her face a few days ago and was afraid to see anyone, but this tea party was invited by the prime minister's daughter, so it's hard to refuse, in order to avoid loss. Yi, I can only ask the lady to help and find a way to cover up the scars on her face."

Qi Surong was quite hesitant. She knew that noble girls valued appearance very much. If she attended a party with an injury, it would be a small thing to be ridiculed by others, and a big thing to offend the powerful. The daughter of the Su family is relatively introverted and has no conflict with her. It's okay to help her this time.

Thinking of this, she asked Ping'er to respond to the invitation of the Su family.

After talking to Qi's mother, Qi Surong took Ping'er to Su's house in a carriage. The Su family's status in the court was not high, and they acted quite neutrally. They rarely made enemies, and they didn't have any particularly prominent political views.

Qi Surong was led by the servant to a room.

The servant bowed and said, "Please wait a moment, girl, and the villain will report to the young lady."

Qi Surong nodded.

After a while, the servant returned and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, the lady is entertaining guests, so I need to delay for some time."

"It's okay." Qi Surong sat at the table with no impatience on his face.

The servant said again: "Miss not long ago asked someone to buy a batch of fabrics and put them in the warehouse. Miss asked the villain to fetch it and ask the girl to help you choose it and make a skirt."

"Okay, it's work."

The servant was about to leave, and suddenly, as if thinking of something, he said to Qi Surong: "There may be a lot of things. Can you ask the girl's girl to come and help? The girls in the house have gone to entertain the female guests, and I can't call anyone for a while."

"Well, Ping'er, you can go with this little brother." Qi Surong nodded in agreement without thinking about it.

After the two left, Qi Surong stayed in the room alone, there was no sound around, there was not even a girl serving tea, it seemed that they all went to the front hall to greet the guests. I don't know who came to the Su Mansion. I was in a hurry before and didn't have time to listen to the news.

But after a while, the door made a creaking noise. Qi Surong thought it was Ping'er coming back and didn't care, but she didn't want a pair of arms to suddenly hug her from behind, her body shape and arm strength obviously belonged to a man.

Qi Surong's face changed greatly, she struggled to break free, turned around and looked, it was actually Cao Xiang who had threatened to marry her as a concubine.

"You, why are you here?" she asked.

"Of course I came here by invitation." Cao Xiang approached him and smiled evilly, "When I saw you that day, I thought like crazy. If you don't want to be your concubine, then you can spend a time with the next spring night. Solve the pain of lovesickness below."

"Shameless!" Qi Surong turned around and ran towards the door. Unexpectedly, Cao Xiang pulled him back before his hand touched the doorknob. With a forceful toss, Qi Surong staggered and fell to the back room.

She knew that she was being framed, but it didn't help, so she could only find a way to escape from here first. Even if she died, she didn't want to be tainted by this villain.

"Aren't you self-proclaimed virtuous?" Cao Xiang said disdainfully, "Today I want to see how virtuous you are?"

He grabbed Qi Surong's arm and dragged it to the bed. Qi Su tolerated the nausea, quickly grabbed a handful of chili powder from the bag, and slammed it into Cao Xiang's eyes.

"Ah!" Cao Xiang covered his eyes and threw himself on the bed.

Qi Surong took the opportunity to withdraw and ran out of the room without daring to stay.

As soon as he ran out of the room, he heard a muffled sound behind him. She glanced back hastily, and saw that Cao Xiang seemed to hit the bedpost in the confusion.

"What happened?" A surprised voice suddenly entered Qi Surong's ears. She was in a bad mood, although she knew that there must be someone waiting for her to enter the urn outside the door, but now she can't avoid it.

She stood on the spot and looked at the prestige, only to see Miss Su walking along with four or five women.

She knew all these women. They were either famous ladies or young ladies. All of them had expressions of consternation and doubt on their faces, whether it was true or false, it was difficult to distinguish.

At this time, Cao Xiang's cry came from the room: "My eyes, my eyes... Come on! My eyes can't see!"

Miss Su hurriedly called a servant to check in the room, then looked at Qi Surong and asked, "Miss Qi, what happened just now?"

Qi Surong looked at them indifferently, and said coldly, "A man broke into the room just now, intending to do me wrong."

"You are talking nonsense!" Cao Xiang walked out with the help of his servant, covered his red eyes, and said angrily, "I do have a lot of admiration for you. There may be inappropriate words, but nothing wrong."

Qi Surong looked at him coldly: "There is absolutely no wrongdoing? If you really know the etiquette, why would you break into the room rashly?"

"Didn't you invite me in?" Cao Xiang said angrily, "Why are you accusing me now? Last year, you used a **** poem to make me lose face among scholars, and I have no hope of career since then. Now we meet, but this is the case. What is your intention to slander me? Do you still want to use this to show your purity?"

Qi Surong was about to argue when someone suddenly interrupted, "Young Master Cao, are your eyes okay?"

"I can't see my eyes, please help me get a doctor immediately." Cao Xiang began to cry again.

The man looked at Qi Surong and said in a regretful tone, "Miss Qi, no matter what Mr. Cao's fault is, you shouldn't make such a heavy hand."

"That's right, he is still a son of the official family. You are a flat girl, and murdering the son of the official family is a big crime." Another woman also said.

"In any case, should this matter be handed over to the government?" Someone suggested, "If Young Master Cao is blind because of this, Miss Qi may not be able to escape the blame. This matter can no longer be resolved in private. Decide."