Chapter 8 The Imperial Concubine's Anger ()

"Second Master, the assassin is obviously you."

"It's not me, it was you who killed me. I'm so young and so weak. Can I kill him? Tell me how you killed the assassin and saved me!" Zhao Qi picked up the short knife on the ground and fiddled with him.

Looking at the prince's eyes and the knife in his hand, Jianxi, who had just recovered, started trembling again, but he was not stupid, otherwise he would not have stood out among the hundreds of small yellow sects and became the prince's chief companion. Soon he figured it out that the prince didn't want others to know that he had killed the assassin, and wanted him to take the blame. If he didn't agree, he would not dare to think about such a powerful assassin, such a powerful assassin killed him in every move, and killing himself was even simpler.

"I killed him. We were playing in the garden. Suddenly we met an assassin to assassinate the prince. I stepped forward and shouted and snatched the knife from his hand and killed him!" Seeing that Xi understood, he immediately accepted it and said with his chest straight.

"Haha, you're so awesome. How did those two little yellow sects die? Idiot, you'll be exposed when someone asks you, think about it again!" Zhao Qi cursed with a smile. Seeing Xi hanging his head, thinking about it with a bitter face for a moment, telling him again, but there were still loopholes. Zhao Qi had to arrange it for him again and again to make the whole incident more reasonable.

After talking for more than ten times, Zhao Qi nodded with satisfaction. At this time, Jianxi thought that he had killed the man himself and that he was a loyal servant who bravely saved the prince without hesitation.

"For you, go and stab him a few times. Remember to stir up the original wound!" Zhao Qi handed the knife to Jianxi and pointed at the dead body.

"Why is this second master?" Jianxi looked at the dead body with a ferocious look on his eyes and said timidly.

"You said, I stabbed the assassin seven or eight times, but he only had two wounds on his body. No one believed it!" Zhao Qi put the knife into Jianxi's hand and said. Jianxi now knew that he had completely gotten on the prince's pirate ship. He was cruel and took the knife, walked to the corpse, closed his eyes and stabbed it several times. The blade rubbed against the bones and made a sour sound, and the blood that had not yet condensed sprayed his face.

"Oh, I'm also trying to save your life!" Zhao Qi sighed lightly at Jianxi who was forced by him and said in his heart. A discerning person would soon understand after hearing what happened. The whole incident was carefully designed by someone, and Jianxi was one of them. If Jianxi had not stood in front of him without hesitation when he met an assassin, Zhao Qi would have listed him as an important suspect. At that time, even if he had not died, he would have to peel off his skin. Doing so would have been considered as picking it out of it.

"Second Master, OK, what should I do next?" Jianxi asked, throwing his knife down. At this time, his body was covered in blood, and he looked like he had been through a bloody battle.

"Go back now, don't disturb the people in the garden. That old man Zhang may be from them!" Zhao Qi said. When he heard the gunshot, no one of the gardeners came to observe, which made him suspicious. It's better to be careful and hide in his nest before talking.

"Open the door quickly, the prince is stolen!" He walked around the door connected to the garden and the winter garden, and saw Xi supported the prince who seemed to be "dead" at any time with one hand, and beat the courtyard door with the other hand, shouting loudly. These were all explained by the prince in advance.

The emperor is good at calligraphy and painting, poetry and prose, is well versed in music, singing and dancing, and is proficient in various entertainments. This artistic emperor who pursues spiritual life has many aspects to find a soulmate. The imperial concubine Zheng Hongmei is solemn and elegant, followed Empress Dowager Xiang for many years, has considerable ethics and cultivation, is well-versed in ancient and modern times, knows how to use music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is smart and lively. She often reviews memorials on behalf of the emperor, so Concubine Zheng is very fond of the emperor and is deeply loved by the emperor.

"Empress, everyone in the palace is saying that the Second Prince is wearing lacquered sandals and ploughing village men who are farming and farming every day. After reading for a year, I have not finished studying "Hundred Family Names". The tutor is so angry that he scolds for quitting the restaurant. He also smashes everything in the study and even burns himself to death. They all say that the Second Prince is a monster." A small yellow door lowers his eyebrows and is pleasing to Concubine Zheng.

With a crisp sound of 'bang', a piece of white jade paperweight on the book table fell into two paragraphs, "Who did you hear? It's a rumor!" Concubine Zheng, who had always been dignified and calm, pointed to a small yellow-sect's eyebrows and shouted.

"Empress, this is not a rumor from me, it has spread all over the palace, and even those who swept the floor know about the Second Prince."

"Don't say it, go out!" The imperial concubine stood up and sat down again, waved her hand and said, "Cuizhu, give Ning'an two stale money!"

"Thank you for your reward!" Ning An bowed and retreated.

"Hmph, the emperor has been forced out of the palace by them. Now he hasn't let him go. Do you really think that we are both mother and are easy to bully?" Concubine Zheng was smart and had been in the palace for so many years. He knew the filth inside clearly. After hearing the secret report from Xiaohuangmen, he knew that someone had put a spy next to Zhao Qi, and passed the news back to the palace, secretly spreading it, slandering his son, otherwise how could he know about things a hundred miles away in the palace?

"Empress, should you report to the emperor?" Cuizhu asked.

"Don't alarm the emperor for this matter!" Concubine Zheng shook her head and said.

"Empress, Huang Daguan is back to the palace and is waiting outside!" A small yellow door reported outside the house.

"Please, please!" Concubine Zheng was delighted and said repeatedly.

"Empress, I am guilty and I have to bear the heavy trust of the empress!" Huang Jingchen knelt down as soon as he came in. Assassin came out of the mansion, three people died. Huang Jingchen thought about it over and over again, but did not disturb the local government, but immediately stopped the entire mansion and did not allow anyone to enter and exit. He quickly returned to Beijing to report.

He served Empress Dowager Xiang with Concubine Zheng, who was also a guard in the inner palace. Although one of them was the master and the other was still a slave, they were still a bit incest after all. For the sake of Queen Wang, Huang Jingchen lost a place to stand in the palace. In the end, Concubine Zheng took him in. After Zhao Qi left the palace, he asked him to follow him, avoiding the persecution in the palace, and giving him a place to rest assured to retire.

"Official Huang is about to get up, what happened?" Concubine Zheng was shocked, but she remained calm and asked the personal palace maid to help him up quickly, and moved an embroidery pier to let him sit down.

"Empress, something happened in the mansion the day before yesterday, and someone assassinated the prince."

"How about Takaya?" Concubine Zheng stood up, her face fading away, and she lost her past elegance.

"Empress, don't worry, the prince was just a little scared and was not injured, but he always woke up from his dream and called on the empress!" Huang Jingchen stepped forward to support her and said.

"Where are the guards in the mansion? What have they done to let the assassin sneak into the mansion?"

"Oh, Empress, when I left the palace, the old slave asked the inner palace to send guards to protect him, but they refused because the prince had not opened the palace. The old slave could only ask the mansion's supervisor to select strong servants and servants to stay at night every day to protect the safety of the mansion. The inner courtyard was attended by the little yellow sects, but they were all stupid people who did not know martial arts. The man who assassinated that day was the mansion's supervisor, and killed two little yellow sects. Fortunately, the prince's companion was clever and found a space to kill the assassin before he rescued the prince!"

"Yang Jian, an old man, dares to do this, I will not forgive him!" Concubine Zheng waved her hand and asked the people in the house to retreat.

"Empress, this matter is not simple, so you can't be hasty. Yang Jian is now in the palace. Even the queen dares to collude with foreign ministers to plot. Besides, you and me, there must be other people behind this matter. They arranged the affairs in the mansion!"

"Hmph, I am not Zheng Meiren of the past, let them plot against my child!"

"Empress, now the queen has been living in seclusion since the big case in the palace, and her health is getting worse day by day. To be honest, life is not too long. With the emperor's favor for the imperial concubine, the queen's position will be the imperial concubine. Why bother with them now and ruin a big deal!" Seeing that Concubine Zheng was angry, Huang Jingchen hurriedly advised.

"Have you heard the rumors in the palace? Is Tatsu'er really so unbearable?" Concubine Zheng's expression was slower, and she sat down and said.

"After the prince left the palace, his temperament did change, but it was not as bad as the rumors said!" Huang Jingchen said with a smile, "The prince mostly contacted rural villagers in the village, and it is inevitable that he will be infected with some of their habits!"

"Oh, does Tsubasa not like reading?"

"The prince really doesn't like reading, but he likes some ingenious and craftsmanship and plays in the countryside!" Huang Jingchen replied cautiously. He had secretly seen the things that Zhao Xi got, and the production was exquisite. He knew it was Zhao Qi's instructions, but he didn't know what it was for.

"I don't want him to be involved in the right and wrong in the palace, so I endured the pain and let him leave the palace. I hope he will live a hundred years in the future and be a free and rich prince. When I am old, I will have a support to enjoy the joy of family, but some people just don't let me do it. Do they really think that my words are not as good as the nonsense of the two Taoists?" said Concubine Zheng.

"Does the Empress want to take this opportunity to get the prince back to the palace?" Huang Jingchen asked tentatively after hearing the inconspicuous voice.

"What's wrong?" Concubine Zheng frowned and asked in confusion.

"Empress, I saw that the prince would avoid it for the time being. There are now six or seven princes of all sizes in the palace. The prince has not yet been established. They would not all want the second prince to be a prince of peace like the queen. It is inevitable that someone will have the desire to fight for the throne. I am afraid that the prince will not be able to realize his wish. It would be better to let the prince grow up outside the palace without these luscious things!" Huang Jingchen bowed and said solemnly.

"Yeah!" Concubine Zheng nodded and said, "But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Some people in the palace always do some tricks in secret. I am worried that a child, a child, will not escape their plot!"

"Empress, I believe that now the Imperial City Office is controlled by Yang Jian, and if the palace is sent to escorts, there will inevitably be some omissions. It is better for us to deal with it and completely replace the people in the royal palace. The foreign government begs the father-in-law to arrange some people who are good at it, so it is safer!" Huang Jingchen thought for a while and said.

"What the high-ranking official is to write a book to my father and let him arrange it!" Zheng Hongmei's father, Zheng Shen, was a direct official in the royal palace before he was a father. He is still a civil servant who drinks tea and reads newspapers. He can still do some second jobs when he is idle and does some business. However, he has been in the royal palace for a long time and is very clear about the tricks inside. He can feel at ease to leave this matter to his father.

"I am so the best, I'll feel at ease!" Huang Jingchen nodded happily when he saw the imperial concubine agreeing.
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