Rebirth of the Poisonous Girl

"I'm not tired." Qingyun was concerned about Sima Rui and others in the prison and the current situation: "Fifth brother, I have something to discuss with you."

Sima Qi, who was as clear as a mirror, nodded: "Let's go to the study."

Cai Wanting wanted to hug Lin'er back, but Lin'er grabbed Qingyun's chest and refused to let go. Qingyun also didn't see Lin'er liking her so much for half a year, so Wen Yan dissuaded Cai Wanting, Mrs. Chaohan, Xu Kexin, Cai Wanting After bowing, he hugged Lin'er and followed Sima Qi to the study room with Mo Xuan, Li Feixue, Wu Ying and Lan Jue.

Lan Jue poured hot tea for Qingyun and the others and closed the window, then stood quietly behind Qingyun with his head lowered.

Wuying stood guard at the closed door of the room, paying close attention to the movements outside, and being wary of anyone approaching suddenly.

Let Lin'er play with the hair hanging on her cheeks, Qingyun looked at Sima Qi and asked: "Fifth brother, what on earth is going on?"

Although Uncle Leng and Aunt Huang explained the whole story before, some things were ambiguous.

The hand holding the tea cup paused, and a complex emotion flashed through Sima Qi's eyes, which was too fast to be caught. There was an inexplicable meaning in the low voice.

"The old man originally planned to pass the throne to you when you were a hairpin girl, but you had always been attracted to Sima Chun before, and the old man thought that Sima Chun was not a good match for you and was difficult to dissuade, so he decided to talk about it after a while. Unexpectedly, you ended up breaking up later. Instead of showing affection for Sima Chun, I fell in love with Han Mingji, and made a one-year agreement with the old man. Fortunately, you have agreed to inherit the throne, so the old man can't object.

After you left the capital, Sima Chun, Lin Bingquan and others made some changes in private, but the movements were not big. The old man seemed unaware on the surface, but secretly arranged closely, arranging for the third brother to assist the Taifu, the Protector and others to stabilize the court situation. I protected the emperor's wife and the others from leaving the capital secretly, while Lao Liu was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War.

The entire ** team, the purple guards and the Dragon Guard clan also made careful arrangements.

One night two months ago, the old man suddenly became seriously ill and was on his deathbed. We knew that Sima Chun, Lin Bingquan and other traitors had taken action. However, the old man had already made a will, and we were not allowed to act rashly. We could only carry out our duties according to the old man's plan. What happened next, I believe you already know."

"Since my father had made careful arrangements a long time ago, why didn't he annihilate those who rebelled against the party in one fell swoop, but instead allowed the situation to develop, causing the subjects to suffer civil strife?" This is something Qingyun can't figure out.

Sima Qi raised his lips, and a sarcastic and resentful sneer flashed away: "The old man is very scheming, who knows what the old man's intention is for doing this?"

If the old man really loves Jiu'er, he should leave Jiu'er a stable and peaceful country instead of a situation of constant turmoil.

If it weren't for the third brother's persuasion, he would have wanted to open the old man's head to see what was inside? Why should he make things so difficult for Jiu'er?

Mo Xuan also strongly disagreed with Emperor Huiwen's approach.

Although this is Xiyan's inherent responsibility and obligation, and although Xiyan is talented and resourceful, she is just a weak woman after all. How can they bear to let Xiyan bear this heavy burden and fall into danger again and again?

Li Feixue's eyes were slightly lowered, and her long eyelashes were like the wings of a black butterfly, floating on her beautiful face. She didn't know what she was thinking.

Keenly aware that Sima Qi seemed to be in a bad mood, Qingyun frowned slightly, but did not continue to delve deeper.

"Then Father...has he really suffered a murderous attack? What is the current situation of Fifth Brother and the others? Where is the other Sixth Brother?"

She believed that Lin Bingquan did have the ambition to murder her father and covet the throne, but she never felt that her father had been poisoned.

Moreover, since my father had long known that Sima Chun and Lin Bingquan harbored evil intentions and had made arrangements in advance, how could they be easily murdered by Lin Bingquan?

To be precise, she firmly believed that her father, who loved her selflessly, would never abandon her.

Looking up, he saw the undisguised worry and uneasiness on Qingyun's beautiful and beautiful face. Sima Qi resented Emperor Huiwen even more, so he said in a bad tone: "The old man is a cat and has nine lives. How could he suffer so easily?" Killed by a poisonous hand!"

Hearing Sima Qi speak so freely, Qingyun's originally calm eyes suddenly filled with reproach.

Sima Qi immediately stopped talking when he saw this, and touched his nose angrily: "The night when the news came out that the old man was seriously ill, I took people to escort the emperor's wife and others to this manor. I don't know the specific situation; about it; Regarding the situation of Third Brother and the others, it was only later that Third Brother's secret guards sent a secret message, and I found out that Third Brother and the others were only imprisoned in a sky jail and were not tortured. As for Lao Liu, I didn't hear any rumors. It seems to have disappeared out of thin air.”

"Is there no news about my father since then?"

Seeing Sima Qi shaking his head, Qingyun couldn't help but his face condensed, and he felt both happy and heavy.

Fortunately, Fifth Brother and the others were only imprisoned and not punished.

The heavy thing is that when Uncle Leng left, Lin Bingquan forcibly gave poison to his father. Although Uncle Leng said that the loyal little Fuzi quietly rescued his father's 'remains' when the Mingde Hall caught fire, his whereabouts are still unknown. Zi Yi The Wei and Dragon Guard clan secretly dug almost three feet into the ground inside and outside the capital, but could not find any clues.

What worries her even more is that there is no news about Sixth Brother. Has he been poisoned? Or is it like Fifth Brother and the others, that his father arranged for Sixth Brother to leave early in the morning?

She would rather believe that Sixth Brother is safe and is just hiding somewhere in the capital, waiting for opportunities.

Not to mention that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs have always been important departments of the imperial court, and now they are even more important at this critical moment. The Ministry of War is better, at least they are officials who have been promoted or promoted from the border army. They are upright and loyal to the emperor and patriotic. The Ministry of Household Affairs has always been secretly controlled by Lin Bingquan, and Zhang Zishan only obeyed Lin Bingquan's orders. It is impossible that the father did not know the stakes? How could he arrange for the sixth brother to be in charge of both the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs?

"What about the concubines and brothers and sisters in the harem?"

"Those who had any grudges against Lin Yufeng were buried with them under false pretenses. The remaining concubines, princes and princesses were all placed under house arrest in the cold palace."

Qingyun was shocked: "Is Feng Zhaoyi also..."

"No." Sima Qi shook his head: "More than three months ago, the old man arranged for Feng Zhaoyi to go to Cining Nunnery on the pretext of praying for blessings, and then sent someone to secretly transfer Feng Zhaoyi. Lin Yufen did not dare to break into Cining Nunnery without permission. , so no one knows where Feng Zhaoyi is now."

Hearing this, Qingyun felt relieved. The death of Feng Zhaoyi's father and brother was related to Lin Bingquan and Lin Yufeng. She believed that Lin Yufeng and Lin Bingquan would never let Feng Zhaoyi go. Her father's arrangement was very good. She didn't want anything to happen to Feng Zhaoyi. As for being placed under house arrest She will do her best to save the concubines and younger brothers and sisters in the cold palace.

"It's a pity that the west, south and north of the capital are all surrounded by Lin Bingquan's people, and the investigation is extremely strict. It is very difficult for us to enter the capital. Even if there is a secret passage leading to Luoxia Palace in the city, we can't sneak in secretly.

To return to the palace, let alone rescue Third Brother and the others, and if we sneak back to the palace from the east, we have to make a detour of almost more than a month. The situation is changing rapidly and we cannot allow us to detour or wait."

The most important thing is that Lin Ping may have noticed her whereabouts and reported Lin Bingquan secretly. Lin Bingquan should send people to trace her everywhere at this moment, not to mention the scheming Zhang Lianwu and Juechen Gong.

Although Zhang Lianwu is ambitious and wants to usurp the throne like Lin Bingquan, once they know that she is back, the two people who regard her as a common enemy will definitely join forces to deal with her. It is not that she is afraid of them, but it is not the time yet.

Confront them head-on, otherwise innocent subjects will be harmed.

Mo Xuan suddenly said: "I can sneak back to the capital to check the situation and visit Third Brother and the others."

"Lin Ping will be suspicious when he returns to the inn and finds out that we have left. He will definitely take more precautions. It is too dangerous for you to return to Beijing alone. I don't trust you." Qingyun firmly objected.

With a raised brow, Sima Qi asked in surprise: "Have you met Lin Ping?"

Qingyun nodded and told what happened today.

"Fortunately, Mo Xuan's clever design distracted Lin Ping, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

Seeing several people looking at him in confusion, Sima Qi said in a deep voice: "It is said that Lin Ping is more cunning and ruthless than Lin Bingquan. It is said that he only brings about a thousand soldiers with him when he travels, but in fact there are thousands more people far away.

Follow from a distance, once you see Lin Ping's signal, you will

They swarmed in quickly, and many of Lin Ping's opponents and business travelers fell into his hands like this. In the end, they were either worse off than dead or died without a burial place, but there was no trace of them. If they faced him head-on,

Not only will it be difficult for you to escape unscathed, but your lives will also be in danger."

Qingyun and the others looked solemn and thoughtful after hearing this.

Especially Mo Xuan, he did vaguely feel something strange today. It was just that he didn't want Xi Yan to take the risk to rescue Lu Jianzhi personally, so he thought of such a plan. Now that he thinks about it, the strange thing should be hiding in the distance to protect Lin Ping.

of those people.

Taking a deep look at Mo Xuan, Sima Qi's eyes flashed with an unknown edge, and then looked at Qingyun: "I have a way to enter the capital, but the imperial guards were instigated to rebel, the Xiaowei camp was besieged, and the purple guards almost

All were transferred out of the capital, and the Dragon Guard clan..."

"The Dragon Guard clan has been hiding all over the capital, and they have followed the Ninth Princess to the death according to the late emperor's decree!" Li Feixue said suddenly.

Sima Qi was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized: No wonder the old man is so confident, that's how it is.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the bright moonlight in the dark night sky and the swaying candlelight complement each other, and the cool night wind blows gently, bringing the fragrance of flowers and plants in the garden.

After carrying Lin'er, who was sleeping peacefully, back to Cai Wanting's room, and chatting with Mrs. Han for a while, Qingyun sternly ordered Mo Xuan and the three of them to go back to their rooms to rest, and then walked on the tree-lined path under the moonlight, quietly.

Thinking about things on your mind.

A faint scent of wine suddenly floated in the wind, Qingyun frowned slightly and followed the scent of wine with her steps.

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The exam is finally over!