Wishful Things

Jiang Nanny nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "It is his good fortune to meet your empress."

"Don't say that, I don't have any blessings for others... After all, it's thanks to you for helping me these years."

If it was possible, how much she wanted to send everyone around her out safely.

Not knowing what to think of, the queen's thoughts gradually drifted away.

Seeing this scene, Mother Jiang thought about what the empress said just now, "The matter is roughly over", and felt a little uneasy for no reason, so she brought a cup of tea over and said, "Empress, please have some tea..."

The queen took the teacup and drank it slowly.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Qingming summoned Xia Tingzhen and Ji Xiu to discuss matters.

Listening to the emperor's explanation to Ji Xiu, Xia Tingzhen remained calm on the face, but agitated in her heart.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take the medicine." Li Ji reminded at the right time, his voice slightly hoarse.

The matter of Qiao Bing's response has not come to fruition, he received 20 canes to punish him, and he suffered from a minor illness yesterday.

Seeing Emperor Qingming nod his head, Xia Tingzhen and Ji Xiu stood up in good time, saluted and left.

After exiting the inner hall, Ji Xiu took a quick step ahead and stepped down the white jade steps.

At this time, the inner eunuch who walked out from the side tea room came over with a tray, and was about to reach the front of the hall.

He lowered his head all the way, just bumped into Xia Tingzhen who came out of the hall.

In a panic, the teapot held by the eunuch fell under his feet, and the freshly brewed tea splashed all over Xia Tingzhen's body.

"How did you do it! You didn't have eyes!" The eunuch in charge immediately scolded: "Why don't you hurry up and make amends to Lord Shoufu!"

The inner prisoner's face faded, and he knelt down and said: "Master Shoufu, please forgive me, Mr. Shoufu, please forgive me!"

Then he raised his head hastily and hurriedly wiped off the tea stains on the shoes and boots of the adult in front of him with his sleeves. Seeing that the sleeves of the official robe were also wet and had a few tea leaves stained on them, he took another Wipe off only the sleeves.

While wiping it hastily, half of the folded paper leaked from the eunuch's sleeve, and it seemed to be stuffed into Xia Tingzhen's sleeve under the cover of his movements——

But only he knew that in such a flash, the piece of paper had returned to his sleeve again.

However, the eunuch in charge who has been carefully watching his every move is destined not to think so——

The eyes of the eunuch in charge flickered slightly: "It's all because of my lax discipline, that's why this short-sighted thing bumped into my lord, do you want my lord to take you to change clothes?"

Everything happened in a short moment, Xia Tingzhen frowned, and said coldly: "No need."

Then with a cold face, he strode away with a flick of his sleeves.

The eunuch in charge saluted and sent it off respectfully, then looked at the inner eunuch who was kneeling at the same place, raised his eyebrows and scolded: "See, you are usually available, which makes you take the position of serving tea. It's good for you, the first day! Get me into trouble like this!"

"It's because I was negligent for a while, please give me another chance, Manager Liu!" Tears welled up in the inner eunuch's eyes.

"Okay, hurry up and clean up and go to receive the punishment!"

"Yes, yes..." Xiao Chenzi responded repeatedly, and quickly picked up the pieces of broken porcelain in front of him.

"It's really useless..." the eunuch in charge cursed, and looked coldly at the little eunuch who seemed to be cowering.

On the other side, Ji Xiu deliberately slowed down.

Seeing the wet marks on Xia Tingzhen's body, Ji Xiu said with a smile that was not a smile: "Master Xia seems to be quite unlucky recently, Duke Zhen is already on his way back to Beijing...Master Xia has a good plan, How could it be empty?"

Xia Tingzhen turned to look at him, and said coldly: "If there is no evidence, please be careful with Ji Shangshu—"

Ji Xiu sneered back.

He really didn't have any evidence, and he didn't know anything about Xia Tingzhen and the emperor's specific plan——

But the emperor called him into the palace today, all because he was telling him to strengthen the defense of the capital before and after Zhen Guogong returned to the capital, and even allocated some troops to him—oh, if he didn't do anything wrong, what a fart?

Xia Tingzhen strode away, completely ignoring Ji Xiu's sarcasm.

He has never wasted his energy and thoughts on such meaningless quick talk, especially the recent accidents one after another——

Looking at the thin and straight back, Ji Xiu's eyes turned cold inch by inch.

He has been dreaming about his two sons lately.

He would have dreamed about it before, but he had never dreamed of such a clear process. Everything he heard in the Yuanjia lacquerware shop that night was engraved in his mind word by word, lingering day and night, slowly Slowly weaving into a complete dream.

And every time he dreamed about it, he felt as if he had experienced the pain of bereavement again. This kind of pain is now not only pain, but also hatred in it——

He promised the two children in his dream that he would find out the truth for them and seek justice!

Two official sedan chairs were waiting outside the Forbidden Palace. The moment Xia Tingzhen sat in the official sedan chair, she closed her eyes and gradually folded her hands on her knees.

Today the emperor told Ji Xiu everything in front of him, like beating, or probing...

There was a mistake in poisoning Duke Zhen, and after Yue Pei failed again, it was normal for the emperor to be angry with him.

But he faintly felt that it was not just that...

Could it be because of Qiao Bing?

Xia Tingzhen frowned and opened her eyes.

But how could this matter have anything to do with him? Even if the emperor doubts, there is no reason to suspect him...

The emperor's mind is changeable, especially recently, it has become more and more unpredictable.

And Duke Zhen will be returning to Beijing soon, and we still don't know what the situation will be...

These are far from his previous plan, thinking of all the unfavorable things for him, Xia Tingzhen's eyes showed a rare irritability.

After a few moments of thought, he thought of Qiao Bing again.

He can almost conclude that this matter must be related to the Queen——

And behind the queen is the Wu family...

If he can find evidence to prove this point, even if it is only suspected evidence, at such a juncture, he is not afraid that the emperor who is almost crazy will not take action against the Wu family——

There is no enmity between him and the Wu family, but if King Yan really wants to seize the throne, the biggest bargaining chip is the Wu family...

And he must not allow King Yan to sit in that position, otherwise he will have no way out...

If everything in the past was to pave the way for the future prosperity of the Xia family, then under the current situation, all he wanted was to save his life first...

So now he only cares about one thing——

The emperor can die...

But before he dies, the emperor still needs to use himself to remove as many obstacles as possible for the little prince in the palace—in other words, this is also the responsibility of His Majesty as a 'father', isn't it?

Xia Tingzhen's eyes were deep, thinking about where to start to investigate the Wu family.

...

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Qingming put down the medicine bowl in his hand, took the tea brought by Li Ji and rinsed his mouth.

"Your Majesty, today is the death day of Concubine Chen... May Your Majesty go to Qingyang Palace?" Li Ji put down the tea cup and reminded softly beside her.

Concubine Chen is the crown prince's biological mother, who died of illness three years ago.

On the anniversary of his death two years ago, His Majesty always had to put on a show and go to Qingyang Palace to stay for a while.

"Just let the people below follow the rules, and I won't let it go." Emperor Qingming frowned in annoyance, completely indifferent to such trifles.

Li Ji answered "Yes".

Well, Your Majesty is not even showing any signs now.

It can be seen that the inner eunuch carrying the medicine bowl came out from the inner hall, and the eunuch in charge who was waiting in the outer hall just entered and reported what he had just seen.

"Note..." Emperor Qingming sat up straight when he heard the words, and asked in a deep voice, "Can you see clearly?"

"Yes, I can see clearly!" The eunuch in charge said in a low voice, "The little thing was holding the tea tray, pretending to bump into Xia Shoufu by accident, and while he was apologizing to wipe the tea, he quietly stuffed the note into it. In Xia Shoufu's sleeve..."

Recently, he was ordered to lead someone to keep a close eye on Xiao Chenzi, so he would never miss a single detail.

Emperor Qingming squeezed out a sneer from his teeth.

"Okay, that's great..."

Recently, due to Qiao Bingying's affairs, the defense in the palace was heavily guarded, and the letter could not be sent out, so he did such small tricks under his nose...

He should have thought about it a long time ago. As soon as the news about Duke Zhen came to his ears that night, the only person who knew about it was Xia Tingzhen. Xia Tingzhen was probably the only one who could have predicted that he would attack Qiao Bingying that night!

Are you planning to hide Qiao Bing and use it as a bargaining chip to threaten him?

Or is it—planning to dedicate it to others, to save his life in the future? !

His good teacher has always been so thoughtful... He knows this better than anyone else!

Normally, he could turn a blind eye to the other party's secret actions for his own benefit, but if he has the intention of betraying him...

And it might just be a usual way to make him suspect the queen and the national teacher before!

"Where is that inner eunuch now..." Emperor Qingming tried his best to restrain the anger that was almost going to his head. Recently, he has become more irritable and feels uncontrollable when his thoughts diverge.

"Return to Your Majesty, Cai Nu has sent him down to receive the punishment."

"Bring people to me—"

He wants to interrogate himself!

"Yes." The eunuch in charge responded and withdrew.

"...Has no one been here before?"

The eunuch in charge, who came to Baoxia in the apse where he usually punished the maids of the inner eunuch, but could not find anyone frowned: "Do you know where you went!"

A confidant internal eunuch said in a low voice: "Since the waiter came out, he sneaked out through the side door, but don't worry, Liu Song has followed secretly."

The eunuch in charge frowned.

slipped out...

What trick is this playing?

Could it be...

Thinking of a possibility, the eunuch in charge quickly said: "You also go out to look for it, so that Liu Song won't be caught alone. If you find him, remember not to startle the snake, and carefully see where he is going. Where, but who to meet..."

He has to tell His Majesty about this as soon as possible!

The eunuch in charge went back to his bedroom and informed Emperor Qingming of the news that Xiao Chenzi had slipped out.

Emperor Qingming's eyes flickered.

"Keep an eye on it first, and let me know immediately if there is any news."

It would be a good thing if other people or clues could be drawn out——

And now it seems that he can't be too hasty to draw a conclusion as to who this little eunuch really is...

Outside the hall, twilight is getting darker.

Xiao Chenzi followed the path all the way to the imperial garden.

At this moment, there was no one around, and the sound of his footsteps became much more audible.

The eunuch following him could only walk as lightly as possible, and did not dare to get too close.

Xiao Chenzi chose to walk in the dark, with only one thought in his mind - he must get rid of the other party, otherwise, once the other party finds out his intentions, he will have to be arrested and tortured!

He is not afraid of torture.

But in this way, the play will not be so perfect...

And if the empress is alarmed, if the empress tries to save him secretly, wouldn't it be easy to be caught?

After all, Niangniang has been too adventurous recently.

And he couldn't let his mother take risks for him.

He knew that something had happened to Xiao Jiezi.

Even though there was no news from the dark court, he had made an agreement with Xiao Jiezi that he would draw a mark on the dog hole in the backyard of the dark court the next day to deliver the news.

Letting Xiaojiezi handle this matter is his own initiative, so he has to bear the consequences, and do it cleanly from beginning to end, so as not to leave any trouble for the empress...

With these thoughts in mind, Xiao Chenzi suddenly sped up his feet and dodged into the side path.

The eunuch who was following him sensed something strange, and hurried to catch up.

Hearing the sound of footsteps following behind him, Xiao Chenzi ran forward in the dark with all his might. Maybe it was because of the strong night wind that his eyes were red with tears.

At the same moment, the prince came out from Qingyang Palace with two servants.

Today is the anniversary of his mother and concubine's death, so he came here to take a look at his mother's former residence.

In previous years, the emperor father would also come together, but this year it will be only him.

"I want to sit in front." When passing by a lotus pond, the crown prince slowed down and said, "Stay here and guard."

The two servants didn't say much, they answered "Yes", and stopped obediently, not following.

His Royal Highness would often come to this lotus pond to sit alone, and every time he only let them watch from a distance.

There is a stone table beside the lotus pond, and the prince sits there quietly, his eyes a little sore.

When the concubine was still there, he came here most often. At first he only thought that the concubine was Ailian, but later he realized that it was because he would pass by here every day when he was studying——

When he was young, he was raised in the empress's palace, and his mother and concubine were weak and came from a humble background. Before she gave birth to him, she was just a little servant.

Therefore, he rarely had the chance to meet his mother and concubine, and his father did not want him to go to see his concubine——

But he knew that the concubine mother always cared about him...

"Mother Concubine, I miss you..."

The boy's voice was so low that it could not be heard, looking at the withered lotus pond, talking intermittently.

"I've been dreaming of you lately, do you miss me too?"

"Did you know that Ah Jin also died... He grew up with me. I accidentally caught the cold before, and my father blamed him for not taking good care of me, so he punished him. After he was punished Then the root of the disease fell, and it was my minister who harmed him..."

"I'll bury him well..."

"Father has recently stopped drawing people's attention to me like before... Probably because my time is running out."

There was no bitterness in the boy's tone, and he sighed lightly.

"But I always want to do something... Even if I can't become a character like General Xu, but if I come to this world for a while, I can't leave nothing behind..."

"Mother Concubine..."

At this time, the boy suddenly heard a sound coming from the grass not far from him.

It doesn't look like the movement of the wind...

"Who is there?"

The prince lowered his voice and asked tentatively.

...

Good evening everyone, once again I recommend our new book by Brother Jing, which is fat enough.

"Chu River Chronicle" - the author's song of thorns.

Fast-travel to the small world of scumbags, the steel straight girl slaps the face of the protagonist of destiny.