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, probably won't do something like that. "
"This matter must be strictly investigated." Li Zaiyu rubbed his eyebrows and said.
Li Qingning glanced at Li Wuyin indifferently, "I hope the adults will be more concerned. Many evidences in this case have been destroyed, and it is really difficult to review. The person who blamed Lord Xiao behind his back must not let him go unpunished .”
"His Royal Highness, don't worry, the minister will be strict and strict." Lord Lin cupped his hands.
Li Qingning nodded slightly.
Li Zaiyu said: "What did the third prince say?"
Master Lin said again: "The third highness only said that he was confused for a while, followed other people's ways, worried that His Majesty would blame him, so he burned the fake account book, and ordered someone to copy it again, but he did not reveal half a sentence. Xian Wang's relationship."
Li Zaiyu knocked on the table, pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, "What about the account books he burned."
Lord Lin hesitated to speak, glanced at the two highnesses in the hall, and then said: "The third highness said verbally that the previous account books were made of silver silk paper."
Li Zaiyu's expression froze and he frowned.
"Silver silk paper usually looks no different from ordinary paper, but if you look at the place not far from the fire, there are many silver threads on the paper. You can't see those silver threads. Besides, the silver thread paper is thicker than ordinary paper, but if you don't knead it carefully, you won't be able to notice it." Master Lin said.
Li Zaiyu naturally knew what the silver silk paper was like, it was brought by Xiaoguo, and was later rewarded by him to various palaces. Among those who got the silver silk paper were princes, princesses, and concubines.
If people from various palaces were involved in this matter, it would be even more difficult to investigate.
"Chenmei doesn't know what the silver silk paper looks like, but only after comparing the differences between the two account books, did she realize the difference." Li Qingning said calmly.
Li Zaiyu nodded: "At that time, the imperial sister was still on Weifeng Island, so I didn't reward Yangning Palace with this paper."
Li Qingning lowered her eyes, and from the corner of her eye, she saw a slight change in the second prince's expression, presumably he didn't know that Yangning Palace had never received this paper.
The corners of her lips curled up a little bit, but her face was still cold.
Thinking about it, after the second prince knew that she had pointed out the difference between the two account books in front of the emperor, he would be even more afraid of her, and maybe even wanted to blame her for the account book.
It's a pity that Yangning Palace did not take the silver silk paper.
"Father, my son thinks that although the younger brother said that the previous account books were made of silver silk paper, but now that account book has been burned, there is no way to obtain evidence for this matter." The second prince's eyes were dark.
Li Zaiyu nodded, "Lord Lin, did the Third Prince say where the account books were burned?"
"It's in Dali Temple." Master Lin replied.
Si Qing said immediately: "Your Majesty, I have sent someone to investigate."
Li Zaiyu's expression softened a little, but his brows were still frowning.
Hearing this, the second prince's expression is not very good-looking again.
About a quarter of an hour later, the person sent by the minister of the temple brought up a white silk handkerchief. The handkerchief was folded, and it seemed that there was something wrapped inside.
Li Qingning soothed the center of her brows, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and said lightly, "But did you find the ashes?"
"That's right." Si Qing took the silk handkerchief and held it in front of Li Zaiyu with both hands, "Please look at it, Your Majesty."
Li Zaiyu lowered his eyes, watching Si Qing slowly unfold the white handkerchief, and saw a corner of unburned paper lying in the handkerchief.
"Lightning!" he exclaimed.
The maid immediately took the lighted lamp and placed it carefully in front of Li Zaiyu.
Li Zaiyu pinched the corner of the paper with two fingers, put it on the lamp and looked at it for a long time.
His expression suddenly changed, "It is indeed silver silk paper, present the roster of silver silk paper rewarded that day, check!"
Li Qingning lowered her eyes, the cloud in her eyes had cleared away, she secretly glanced at Li Wuyin, only to see that most of Li Wuyin's face was darkened.
Presumably Li Wuyin wanted to drag her into the water, but unexpectedly, she turned his back on him.
After Li Zaiyu issued the oral order, several people withdrew from Yuanzheng Hall one after another.
Outside the palace gate, Li Qingning originally wanted to go back to Yangning Palace, but was blocked by Li Wuyin.
Li Wuyin smiled, smiling very affectionately, "Fortunately, my aunt has returned to the palace."
Li Qingning pursed her lips and remained silent, with a cold face appearing very alienated.
Li Wuyin gritted his teeth secretly, and sighed, "If it wasn't for my aunt in the palace, Lord Xiao would hate Jiuquan."
"Master Xiao is an upright official. When the nephew was still in his infancy, Mr. Xiao still hugged him. I think the nephew is very sad about this." Li Qingning said slowly.
A gloomy light flashed in Li Wuyin's eyes, "Naturally, the emperor's nephew also really wants to return Master Xiao's innocence."
Li Qingning nodded: "That's the best."
Li Wuyin turned into a smile, and said in a low voice, "I heard that my aunt and Master Lin have interrogated people from Fengxian Palace."
"It's all for His Majesty's worries." Li Qingning didn't say much.
Li Wuyin said again: "The imperial nephew heard again that my aunt went to the west of the city before returning to the palace."
Hearing this, Li Qingning raised her eyes, "What does the nephew want to say."
"The one who was able to meet Huanggu specially, I think it is a very good old friend, and I don't know when I can recommend it?" Li Wuyin said in a leisurely manner, but every word and every word seemed to be sharpening a knife.
Li Qingning slowly raised the corners of her lips, and there was a hint of expression on her usual cold face, "The emperor's nephew has made friends with so many famous people, how can I still need my recommendation?"
"The person who can get to know Huang Gu must not be an ordinary person. My nephew is very curious about that person." Li Wuyin smiled.
Li Qingning said indifferently: "After this case is settled, Aunt Huang will definitely recommend someone she knows to you."
After finishing speaking, she raised her hand slightly, placed her five fingers on the back of Fangxin's hand, and walked away slowly.
After arriving at Yangning Palace, her complexion changed, her eyes were full of chills, "I didn't want to leave the palace tonight."
Seeing the sudden change in her face, Fang Xin was startled, "Yes, Your Highness had better not leave the palace in the near future."
Li Qing's eyes darkened, and he murmured: "Indeed, I can't even go to the west of the city at this time, otherwise I will follow Li Wuyin's way."
"I can't see her." She said again slowly.
Fang Xin pursed her lips and did not speak, carefully scrutinizing Li Qingning's expression.
Li Qingning said to herself, "I can't see her, but I can't put her in danger either. It's Bengong who insisted on keeping her in the west of the city."
After a long time, the eldest princess with dark eyes said: "Send a few more shadows to the west of the city."
"Yes." Fang Xin responded quickly.
Fang Xin was about to walk when she was suddenly stopped again.
"Wait, give her something for me." Li Qingning said with a frown.
Fang's heart suddenly softened like water, His Royal Highness Xindao really had a deep affection for the fairy, and he missed it even more when he couldn't see her.
Li Qingning walked into the bedroom and said, "Come in with me."
Fang Xin hurriedly followed.
After entering the room, Li Qingning showed an indescribable expression. She lowered her body and took out a brand new chain from the small cabinet next to the bed.
The chain looked very heavy, it was Li Qingning who asked Fang Xin to find it that day, but the one used in the Ministry of Punishment was another one.
Fang Xin naturally recognized this thing, but she didn't know that it was meant to be given to the fairy in red.
Li Qingning looked at the heavy chain in her hand, and said after a long silence, "Give it to her yourself."
Fang hesitated to speak, took it with trembling hands, and finally asked: "Your Highness, why did you give this thing to the fairy."
"This is her..." Li Qingning's voice stopped abruptly, she just wanted to let the people in the mansion in the west of the city be more peaceful during this period of time, but it was not easy to say this.
After a moment of silence, she paused and said: "This is what she has been thinking about."
Fangxin suddenly felt that this thing was heavier than Mount Tai, and she was about to be unable to hold it.
In the middle of the night, a carriage passed by on the spacious avenue in the palace, and the carriage was loaded with buckets of waste to be transported out of the palace.
An hour later, Xian Yu finally found someone in the mansion in the west of the city, but it was not Li Qingning who arrived, but Fang Xin.
Fang Xin offered a chain that was as long as two arms with both hands, and said tremblingly: "Girl, this is a gift from His Highness."
Xian Yu choked up, "What does that mean?"
"Your Highness said, this is the girl's heartfelt thoughts." Fangxin said.
Xian Yu: ...
Chapter 56
56
It is impossible to be safe.
Especially after seeing the things that Fangxin sent all the way, I don't want to settle down.
What she is thinking about is not this brand new chain at all, but a spring night after the continuation of the front edge. It would be even better if she could get the Danyin fragments with a pillow breeze.
However, Li Qingning asked Fangxin to bring this thing over, and seeing Fangxin's complicated expression, there was no need to think too much, Fangxin must have thought a lot.
What Fangxin can think about is whether she has some indescribable hobbies.
Of course it never happened, she just teased Li Qingning a few times, could it be that Li Qingning really thought she liked her so that she would get beaten?
Xian Yu's complexion changed again and again, resisting the expression of gnashing his teeth, he connected the chain with both hands, and said: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Fang Xin quickly put down her hands, always feeling that her arms were going to go numb.
Xian Yu looked down at the chain as thick as a wrist bone in his hand, whether holding it or putting it down, he pondered for a long time, and really wanted to teach Li Qingning a lesson.
Fang Xin raised her eyes secretly, seeing Xian Yu staring at the chain with burning eyes, she couldn't help but choked up again, her heart was even more certain, His Highness must have learned that habit from somewhere else, where he learned it from, and now he is very I understand.
When she was about to leave, she had some doubts in her heart and could not get a detailed explanation, so she asked secretly: "I don't know what the fairy's name is, but I heard it was a fish and goat earlier, but the servant girl guessed that this is not her real name, so I dare to ask the fairy's name, and I will also ask the fairy's name in the future." Good name."
Xian Yu raised her eyes, her eyes were very sly, she pulled the corner of her lips, and said meaningfully: "Your Highness calls me Xian Yu."
Fang Xin felt that the name was a little familiar at first, and then she couldn't help but gasped.
When she returned to the palace, she was still in the fog and dizzy.
She thought to herself, how much her Highness loves the Sixth Girl from the Ceasefire Palace, and even changed her name to Xian Yu for someone else, not to mention that this person came out of the Ceasefire Palace.
I don't know if the sixth girl is alive or not. It would be embarrassing if the fairy and the sixth girl meet.
In Yangning Palace, Li Qingning was about to wipe out the candle flame when the door was knocked suddenly.
Outside the door, Fang Xin said: "Your Highness, that thing... the servant has handed it to the fairy."
"Just deliver it." Li Qingning said calmly.
Fang Xin's figure was still reflected on the door, obviously she was still standing outside the door.
Li Qing glanced at him, wondering if something happened, and frowned, "What's wrong?"
Fang Xin gasped outside the door, and said, "The six shadows are also near the West Mansion."
"In this way, I can feel more at ease." Li Qingning wanted to wipe the candle again, but Fang Xin's figure was still motionless, as if she was nailed outside the door.
Confused, she asked, "What else?"
Only then did Fangxin ask carefully, "Your Highness still misses Miss Xianyu."
Only then did Li Qingning realize that Xian Yu had never disclosed her real name in the palace before, nor had she ever told Fang Xin about it, so Fang Xin naturally had nowhere to know.
But it is really hard to talk about this matter, how can ordinary people think that the immature and lovely girl before is the same person as the bright and unparalleled fairy now.
Although she didn't know why Fangxin suddenly asked about Xianyu, after a moment of contemplation, Li Qingning said, "Of course I'm thinking about it."
Fangxin's voice came from outside the door: "Your servant knows."
Li Qingning was very puzzled, but turned off the light anyway.
That night, in the house in the west of the city.
Xian Yu really wasn't very quiet, so he tied the chain he got to the head of the bed to be wise, so as to warn himself that next time he would never say any more meandering words to Li Qingning, let alone lower his self-worth to pray for mercy.
She glanced at the gleaming chain winding down to the ground at the head of the bed, sneered, and suddenly had an idea.
When Li Qingning comes next time, she must be locked up with this thing, so that she can experience what it feels like to be locked up.
Follow your heart, besides this chain, there are six shadows.
Although these six shadows were hiding in the dark and never appeared, Xian Yu could sense that these people were nearby and never left.
Obviously, these people were ordered by Li Qingning to guard her.
Xian Yu smiled, Shou?
People from the two major sects united with several minor sects in the previous life failed to guard her, let alone a few shadows.
I don't know if Li Qingning looks down on her, or if she trusts her shadow too much.
From this point of view, there must be some changes in the palace, otherwise Li Qingning would not have transferred Shadow.
After thinking for a while, Xian Yu still didn't leave alone. She still doesn't know what Li Qingning's plan is now, and she is afraid that if she leaves the house, she will mess up her pace.
After wandering in the room for a while, she sat on the edge of the bed again and played with the cool chain.
Maybe it's because of Bishenghua, she's always been sleepy in recent days, and her spiritual sea hasn't been fully repaired yet, so every time she uses her spiritual energy a lot, she's always exhausted physically and mentally.
When I get tired, I tend to lose my mind, and fall asleep as soon as I wake up.
She didn't dream much about the events of her previous life before, but after she ate Bi Shenghua and saw Li Qingning in her current appearance, all kinds of past lives more or less appeared in her dreams.
Someone faintly whispered in her ear: "No one from the palace has come."
"Palace Master, the future of the people in the palace."
"The one in the palace still hasn't come."
"Still missing."
"Still not seen."
"not coming."
"No."
"No."
She crushed the spirit jade beads in her hand, and suddenly, the round and smooth beads turned into powder and scattered between her fingers.
If you don't want to see her, why do you want to promise her.
Seeing the maid approaching tremblingly, she smiled and said, "This time, are you here?"
I thought it was another two words "not coming", but I never thought that the maid said tremblingly: "Come."
At that moment, her ears were buzzing, as if she couldn't hear any other sounds.
She was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses, her lips moved slightly, her hands were slowly clenched, the nails hurt the flesh of her palms.
"What did you say?"
The maid lowered her head and said in a trembling voice: "Here we come, people from the palace are here."
"Several people." She almost gritted her teeth.
"One person." The maid replied.
Hearing this, she stumbled and ran down the mountain, but she never saw the person she was thinking of, only a shadowy figure with a cold face who was seriously injured.
The shadow offered something with both hands, it was the sachet that Li Qingning always carried by her side, and said in a deep voice: "The master gave it to Miss Yu."
She took it, opened the sachet and saw a roll of paper lying among the spices, opened it and saw two words written inside——
"Chang An."
"Where's she?" Resisting not crumpling the piece of paper in his hand, he asked through gritted teeth.
The shadow said: "I'm in prison, I can't come to see the girl in person."
"When did it happen?"
"It's been... a long time, the master traded his life for the two sects to remove the formation, and the girl returned to the Ceasefire Palace safely, but the master couldn't protect himself."
"Then she still wants me to be Changan?!"
"..."
"No wonder, no wonder the two major groups turned back for no reason, she couldn't protect herself, but she wanted me to be safe?!"
"Master, I hope that Miss Yu will be calm and not angry."
"It's good to be calm and not angry, where is Li Qingning now?"
"..."
"you say!"
"When in a water prison."
After the shadow roughly recounted Li Qingning's semantics, he immediately drew his sword and killed himself under the Ceasefire Palace.
Holding the sachet, she was at a loss, feeling like the sky was falling, and suddenly she understood why Li Qingning was angry with her and why she insisted on leaving.
It turned out that Li Qingning had expected that this day would come, and she didn't want her to help her when she was facing the enemy. She obviously wanted to fight it by herself.
A rabbit inhabited by a lonely soul was still hugging her at her feet, she leaned over to pick up the stuffed stuffed thing, but unexpectedly the rabbit said——
"You see, she will die in the palace, guarding her palace."
"She doesn't have you in her heart, she won't be in the same bed with you in life, and she won't be in the same bed with you in death."
"You said that you are so pitiful that you can't even see her for the last time."
"This old man thinks that this Li Qingning must be dead. She doesn't want you to be at peace. She clearly wants you to be alone forever and never be at peace."
"Why, could it be that the old man hit the mark, why are you trembling with anger."
"Listen to the old man, you'd better not even think about breaking into the palace. At this moment, the various sects might have already laid a net, just waiting for you to go."
"Could it be that you still want to die with her? She clearly wants to die far away from you."
Her eyes were tearing when she heard it, the sachet in her hand was tightly held, and the veins on the back of her hand were extremely obvious.
In the dream, she heard herself saying angrily, "I want to see her."
"I've already told you, she definitely doesn't want to see you." Rabbit said.
"Shut up." She said sharply.
At the end of the night, the shadows of the trees in the west of the city whirled, but there was not even a shadow of a person.
In the house, Xian Yu woke up suddenly, only then realized that it was just a big dream.
She sat up, raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, with a gloomy expression, thinking about the scenes in her dream, she suddenly realized that Bai Tu didn't want to anger her at that time, but just didn't want her to take risks.
It's a pity that she insisted on going her own way at that time and insisted on breaking into the palace, and she really fell into the way of others.
The two big sects and Li Wuyin need their blood to pay.
I can't sleep, I just close my eyes and feel frightened.
The current situation is slightly different from the previous life. Some things that happened later have already come slowly. If you don't pay close attention, some people will succeed.
Now Li Zaiyu is sick, but he doesn't know why he got sick, and there is no imperial doctor by his side, but the monks of the two sects follow him every step of the way.
This matter is really unreasonable, and it must have something to do with the two sects.
But what is a scorpion vine?
It was no accident that Li Qingning asked her about the scorpion tail vine. I am afraid that this thing is the key to Li Zaiyu's serious illness.
Xian Yu really couldn't remember what it was. He seemed to have heard of it vaguely, but he didn't know where he heard it from. But there was one person who absolutely knew where it came from and what effect it had.
Whitewashed.
Thousands of people in the world may not know it, but Bai Tu definitely knows it.
It's just that he doesn't know where Bai Tu is now, if everything has been done ahead of time, then he may have been trapped in the rabbit's body.
Thinking of this, Xian Yu thought it was not too late, and immediately left the house quietly. Before leaving, he carved a few words on the pillar on the bed——
"Go and go back, chain, keep it for His Highness's own use."
But far away in the palace, when Li Qingning learned that the people in the west of the city had disappeared, it was already early the next morning.
Shadow, who was guarding the mansion in the west of the city, hurried over and knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound.
Li Qingning's expression darkened, "Do I need to say more, I will punish myself."
The shadows bowed their heads and hurriedly backed away, leaving only Li Qingning in the room with a headache.
Fang Xin entered the room at this time, and said: "Your Highness, Lin Shangshu and Si Qing have entered the palace, and the palaces that received the silver paper on the roster have been taken away."
Li Qingning frowned, "Where is the roster?"
"In Lord Lin's hands." Fang Xin said.
Li Qingning nodded slightly, "There is only one roster?"
Fangxin replied: "There is only one copy."
"That's good. I don't know who is on the name list, and the second prince will never want to know." Li Qingning said calmly, she was silent for a while, and then said: "Is there Concubine Ning among the ladies who are rewarded?"
Fangxin thought about it for a moment, "I have never seen it before. The servants came in a hurry, and I only glanced at them. Several empresses and servants from various palaces were there, but I didn't notice whether there was Concubine Ning among them."
"Pay attention to the second prince." Li Qingning frowned.
Fang Xin lowered her voice, remembering the shadows who left with their heads lowered just now, and then asked: "Your Highness, what happened to the west of the city?"
"The person is gone." Li Qingning said in a deep voice.
Fang Xin was stunned for a moment, "Could it be the second prince?"
"I'm afraid that Li Wuyin will be a hindrance, but I don't think she will fall into the way of the second prince so easily. However, just in case, you should ask two people to check carefully to see if Li Wuyin is there. Haunting near the mansion in the west of the city." Li Qingning opened Dan's lips slowly.
Fang Xin responded, and said again: "The envoys of Tona Kingdom went back early this morning, and the third prince is still being imprisoned. He said that he has misbehaved, and he is thinking behind closed doors."
Li Qingning nodded: "He still refuses to say how King Fengxian incited him to conquer that country."
"The third prince didn't reveal a word." Fang Xin said in a low voice.
"That's all," Li Qingning stretched her brows slightly, and said, "Even if he refuses to say it, Li Zaiyu's man will soon be in Fengxian City, and he will definitely find some clues in the palace by then, and King Fengxian will probably be speechless."
"What Your Highness said is very true." Fang Xin echoed.
Today the palace is extremely lively.
People from several palaces gathered together. The empress, princes, and princesses were interrogated first, and then the servants of each palace were interrogated.
Among them, the second prince Li Wuyin and his mother and concubine are also among them, and the second prince will not be spared if he wants to.
Li Qingning must go and have a look, after all, she and His Majesty were the ones who brought up the falsification of the account books.
When we arrived at the Yuanzheng Hall, we saw the second prince kneeling in the hall holding a mahogany square box, while Concubine Qing was crying beside her, so wronged that she couldn't stop her tears.
The second prince opened the box, and saw a complete roll of silver silk paper lying in the box, clean and tidy, it was indeed unused.
He raised the wooden box in his hand, "Father, please look, the silver silk paper from Qingxing Palace has never been used."
The eunuch with the whisk in his hand quickly took it, and after inspecting it with a silver stick, he put his hands in front of Li Zaiyu.
Standing in the distance, Li Qingning watched as Li Zaiyu slowly unfolded the silver silk paper, and then carefully sized it inch by inch on the candle-lit lampstand.
The roll of silver silk paper was indeed very complete, without even a single crease.
"That's right, it's definitely not used." Li Zaiyu slowly rolled up the paper in his hand, put it back into the box, raised his jaw slightly, and ordered someone to take it away.
The eunuch picked up the wooden box and put it in the hands of the second prince.
Li Qingning thought for a while, then suddenly cupped her hands and said: "Your Majesty, my sister has something unclear, I don't know if I should say it or not."
"Speak." Li Zaiyu said.
"Chenmei thinks that if silver paper is such a valuable thing, if it is specially put away, it must not be misused, and it will not be used to forge account books. The person who wants to forge the account books must have not stored the silver paper. Well, I don't have any other paper in hand, so I misused the silver silk paper." Li Qingning spoke slowly.
"I don't know if any of the palaces that have received silver silk paper have received new paper recently." She raised her eyes slightly, and her eyes seemed to be filled with still water.
"I have also considered this matter, but not all the palaces will get paper from the Shangyi Bureau. For example, the second prince often sends people out of the palace to buy white deer paper." Li Zaiyu said.
As soon as the words fell, Li Wuyin, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly changed his expression.
Li Qingning nodded slightly, she naturally knew that Li Zaiyu did not say this for no reason, Li Zaiyu wanted to let everyone know that their every move was under his nose.
It's just that at this time he specifically mentioned the second prince, which is especially meaningful, and it is tantamount to killing chickens to warn monkeys.
At this time, the main hall only checked the silver silk papers of each palace, and other matters had to be discussed after the inspection, so after the silver silk papers were displayed in Qingxing Palace, the second prince and concubine Qing could leave.
Li Qingning lowered her brows, but from the corner of her eye, she saw the second prince glance at her before walking away.
She remained calm and remained indifferent.
After the presentation of the silver silk papers in each palace, and the interrogation of all the servants, she secretly left the palace with Fangxin, not to do anything else, but to go to the west of the city.
In the house, Fang Xin was guarding outside the door, while Li Qingning pushed the door and walked in.
I saw the wrist-thick chain hanging half to the ground, while the other end was being tied to the bedpost.
Looking up again, I saw a few small words engraved on the pillar. The words didn't say where they went, only that the chain was reserved for her.
That's right, he knew how to be a favor, and tied the chain on the bedside for her.
This cold chain must be used this time.
Chapter 57
57
The birds outside the house are not singing very much, it is already the end of autumn, and the capital is a bit chillier than usual.
Only then did Li Qingning slowly loosen the tightly clenched hands hanging by her side, she raised her head slightly and let out a breath, although she didn't see anyone, but knowing that this person left by herself, she was relieved a lot.
The second prince is about to tie his hair. If he is not established as the crown prince, he will definitely be crowned king. At that time, if he does not stay in the capital and take up an official position, then he will drive to the fiefdom, and he will think about seizing some power in the future , but it is very difficult.
He was afraid that he couldn't wait any longer, and he wasn't waiting anymore.
In recent days, the second prince must be pushed into a hurry by her, and he doesn't know what he will do when he is pushed.
Li Qingning frowned slightly, she bent down and fiddled with the chain tied to the bed, the part hanging on the ground immediately rustled, the sound was like when she was slowly dragging the chain over to the punishment department. issued by.
Thinking of this, I can't help but think of how she carefully fastened the chain on Xian Yu's thin ankle bone.
The chains are dark and impenetrable, but the ankle bones are white and fragile.
Then she raised her hand, and took off the beaded gauze curtain that Xianyu had covered her face, finally revealing half of her face that hadn't seen the sun for a long time, and it really looked like a flower, her lips were delicate and tender, plain white The lower jaw is slightly pointed.
Su Bai's jaw was as soft as tofu, she moved her hand to the side, and couldn't help pinching it.
Li Qingning snapped back to her senses, only feeling that her breath was much hotter, she couldn't help closing her eyes for a while, pursing her lips, then turned and stepped out of the room.
I can't think about it anymore, if I think about it further, I have to reflect on myself again today.
Fang Xin turned around in astonishment, and asked, "Your Highness, can the fairy leave a letter?"
"Yes." Li Qingning said calmly.
Only then did Fangxin stretch her eyebrows, "Did the fairy say where she went?"
Li Qingning shook her head slightly. Seeing Fang Xin looking into the room, her footsteps stopped abruptly, her whole body froze for a moment, and she choked up before she said, "Just wait at the door for a while."
Fangxin was very puzzled, and saw Li Qingning turned around and entered the house again, and even closed the door behind her.
In the room, Li Qingning raised her palm and wiped the engraved bedpost. Wherever her palm passed, fine particles flew up, but the original words engraved on it disappeared.
How can these words meet people, it is really inappropriate!
Her ears turned red slightly, and after confirming that the words had been wiped clean, Li Qingning turned around and walked out the door. After walking a few steps, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be spiritual energy stirring in the yard.
Although not very strong, but extremely ruthless, clearly killing people.
This person came suddenly and hid it very well.Therefore, the spiritual energy seemed to be born out of thin air, without any reason, it suddenly raged and swept across the courtyard.
Fang Xin was knocked against the door unexpectedly, knocking the half-open door open.
With a bang, Li Qingning paused.
Fang Xin covered her shoulders and fell to the ground gasping for air, gritted her teeth and said, "Your Highness, be careful."
Li Qingning frowned slightly, only to feel a palm wind coming, she raised her hand without changing her face, and the black robe was shaken like a butterfly.
The moment he collided with that person's aura, his palms felt hot and painful, as if they were being burned.
She withdrew her hand abruptly, and raised her eyes to see that the attacker had been far away.
"Don't let him go." Seeing Fangxin get up, Li Qingning frowned.
"Yes." Fang Xin quickly responded, and then chased after her.
The man was injured, and without further entanglement, he turned around and rushed out of the high wall.
Seeing that Fang Xin had already chased after her, Li Qingning lowered her eyes to look at her palm, only to see a two-inch long scratch on her palm, and the blood on the scar was faintly purple, obviously poisoned.
Apart from Li Wuyin, she couldn't think of anyone who would send someone over.
Thinking about it, Li Wuyin wanted to jump over the wall in a hurry, so when he was in the palace, he deliberately mentioned Chengxi in front of her, and wanted her to introduce him, maybe he wanted to blackmail her with Xianyu.
Li Qingning's brows were still furrowed, and after thinking about it, she felt something was wrong. How could the people sent by Li Wuyin not be able to tell her from Xianyu.
If he recognizes her, he should not do anything again. At this juncture, Li Wuyin probably feels that he is not enough to be grasped, unless he is absolutely sure.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared, and Li Qingning frowned slightly.
Wrong, Li Wuji left the Yuanzheng Hall earlier than her, and he probably knew that she had withdrawn from the shadow of the mansion in the west of the city, so he could guess that the people living in the mansion had already left.
Therefore, Li Wuyin didn't want to send someone to take Xian Yu's life, but deliberately came to set her up.
Thinking of this, Li Qingning tightened her hands hanging by her side, her heart was beating wildly, every time, as if it was about to burst out of her chest.
Just now she thought that Li Wuyin wanted to use Xianyu to blackmail her, and anger suddenly flooded her heart, engulfing her like a huge wave.
At that moment, without thinking too much, she raised her arms to meet him.
Now the palm hurts like bone erosion, and the flesh is burned.
Li Qingning breathed out slowly, thinking it was good that way, and Li Wuyin knew that that person was not something he could move at will, even if he hurt her, he would never want to hurt that person.
After a while, Fang Xin rushed back, gasped and cupped her hands and said, "Your Highness."
"How?" Li Qingning raised her eyes and asked lightly.
"That man committed suicide by taking poison." Fang Xin's face was really ugly.
Li Qingning saw that Fangxin's expression was still very ugly, and she was hesitant to speak, and asked, "Where's the corpse?"
"Abducted by, by a masked man in black." Fang Xin bowed her head and said.
"That's all." A cold light flashed in Li Qingning's eyes, "Since his sword is taking the wrong edge, don't blame me for not thinking of friendship."
"Why did the Second Prince send someone over at this time?" Fang Xin was really puzzled.
Hearing the words, Li Qingning slowly raised the corners of her lips, the arc was barely visible, she hid her painful palms under her black sleeves, and said unhurriedly: "You will know when you return to the palace."
In a farm thousands of miles away from the capital, the man in red who left the lettering was meditating for a long time in the fence with his hands behind his back.
She was looking down at a group of rabbits, yes, it was a group of lively rabbits.
Thinking back to her previous life, she picked up the white-painted ones in this farm. At that time, she was seriously injured. The farm lady gave her a bowl of water to drink. She saw that there seemed to be a spiritual pet among the rabbits in the fence, so she went Bought a rabbit for twenty coppers.
I never thought that this spiritual pet is not a spiritual pet, not only can't form a blood contract, but also speaks out people's words, calling himself "old man".
The rabbit was nagging, seeing that she had no way to break through, he taught her the Danyin scroll, but the rabbit only remembered the first half of the scroll, and couldn't remember a single word of the second half.
Now she came again and stood in the fence to watch the rabbits again, but she didn't expect that there wasn't even a single one with a little aura in this group of rabbits.
After she stepped into the fence, the rabbits jumped long tremblingly, trembling all over.
Could it be the rabbits in this litter?
The old woman standing behind her looked at it for a long time, then took out a sleepy-eyed one from behind the tree, and asked with a smile: "Miss, look at this one. It eats a lot and grows strong, but it's not good. move."
Xian Yu glanced sideways, then stretched out his hand to cover the rabbit's fur, only then did he realize that there was indeed a faint trace of spiritual energy hidden in the rabbit's body.
She was overjoyed, but saw the rabbit trembled.
The woman hurriedly said: "Girl, don't be afraid, this rabbit is a bit reckless, come and carry it for you."
Xian Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, staring straight at the rabbit.
Recognize birth?
In the previous life, this rabbit was never afraid of her, but now he is afraid of her.
Money was tight in the previous life, and I could only afford twenty copper coins. In fact, spiritual pets are worth a lot of money, and it is not too much to give a spiritual jade bead.
But ordinary people don't know what the Lingyu beads are used for. After thinking about it, Xian Yu took out a gold leaf from the silk bag and exchanged it for the rabbit.
She was carrying the rabbit, and seeing it was motionless, she nodded and said, "It's really strong."
The woman refused to accept it, and she refused: "The girl gave too much. Some of the rabbits in the nest were caught by dogs from the mountains. It is really not worth much. If not, this rabbit will be given to the girl."
Xian Yu nodded slightly, "Thank you very much."
Saying so, she secretly put the gold leaf into the woman's belt.
Come on the clouds and support the wind
"This matter must be strictly investigated." Li Zaiyu rubbed his eyebrows and said.
Li Qingning glanced at Li Wuyin indifferently, "I hope the adults will be more concerned. Many evidences in this case have been destroyed, and it is really difficult to review. The person who blamed Lord Xiao behind his back must not let him go unpunished .”
"His Royal Highness, don't worry, the minister will be strict and strict." Lord Lin cupped his hands.
Li Qingning nodded slightly.
Li Zaiyu said: "What did the third prince say?"
Master Lin said again: "The third highness only said that he was confused for a while, followed other people's ways, worried that His Majesty would blame him, so he burned the fake account book, and ordered someone to copy it again, but he did not reveal half a sentence. Xian Wang's relationship."
Li Zaiyu knocked on the table, pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, "What about the account books he burned."
Lord Lin hesitated to speak, glanced at the two highnesses in the hall, and then said: "The third highness said verbally that the previous account books were made of silver silk paper."
Li Zaiyu's expression froze and he frowned.
"Silver silk paper usually looks no different from ordinary paper, but if you look at the place not far from the fire, there are many silver threads on the paper. You can't see those silver threads. Besides, the silver thread paper is thicker than ordinary paper, but if you don't knead it carefully, you won't be able to notice it." Master Lin said.
Li Zaiyu naturally knew what the silver silk paper was like, it was brought by Xiaoguo, and was later rewarded by him to various palaces. Among those who got the silver silk paper were princes, princesses, and concubines.
If people from various palaces were involved in this matter, it would be even more difficult to investigate.
"Chenmei doesn't know what the silver silk paper looks like, but only after comparing the differences between the two account books, did she realize the difference." Li Qingning said calmly.
Li Zaiyu nodded: "At that time, the imperial sister was still on Weifeng Island, so I didn't reward Yangning Palace with this paper."
Li Qingning lowered her eyes, and from the corner of her eye, she saw a slight change in the second prince's expression, presumably he didn't know that Yangning Palace had never received this paper.
The corners of her lips curled up a little bit, but her face was still cold.
Thinking about it, after the second prince knew that she had pointed out the difference between the two account books in front of the emperor, he would be even more afraid of her, and maybe even wanted to blame her for the account book.
It's a pity that Yangning Palace did not take the silver silk paper.
"Father, my son thinks that although the younger brother said that the previous account books were made of silver silk paper, but now that account book has been burned, there is no way to obtain evidence for this matter." The second prince's eyes were dark.
Li Zaiyu nodded, "Lord Lin, did the Third Prince say where the account books were burned?"
"It's in Dali Temple." Master Lin replied.
Si Qing said immediately: "Your Majesty, I have sent someone to investigate."
Li Zaiyu's expression softened a little, but his brows were still frowning.
Hearing this, the second prince's expression is not very good-looking again.
About a quarter of an hour later, the person sent by the minister of the temple brought up a white silk handkerchief. The handkerchief was folded, and it seemed that there was something wrapped inside.
Li Qingning soothed the center of her brows, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and said lightly, "But did you find the ashes?"
"That's right." Si Qing took the silk handkerchief and held it in front of Li Zaiyu with both hands, "Please look at it, Your Majesty."
Li Zaiyu lowered his eyes, watching Si Qing slowly unfold the white handkerchief, and saw a corner of unburned paper lying in the handkerchief.
"Lightning!" he exclaimed.
The maid immediately took the lighted lamp and placed it carefully in front of Li Zaiyu.
Li Zaiyu pinched the corner of the paper with two fingers, put it on the lamp and looked at it for a long time.
His expression suddenly changed, "It is indeed silver silk paper, present the roster of silver silk paper rewarded that day, check!"
Li Qingning lowered her eyes, the cloud in her eyes had cleared away, she secretly glanced at Li Wuyin, only to see that most of Li Wuyin's face was darkened.
Presumably Li Wuyin wanted to drag her into the water, but unexpectedly, she turned his back on him.
After Li Zaiyu issued the oral order, several people withdrew from Yuanzheng Hall one after another.
Outside the palace gate, Li Qingning originally wanted to go back to Yangning Palace, but was blocked by Li Wuyin.
Li Wuyin smiled, smiling very affectionately, "Fortunately, my aunt has returned to the palace."
Li Qingning pursed her lips and remained silent, with a cold face appearing very alienated.
Li Wuyin gritted his teeth secretly, and sighed, "If it wasn't for my aunt in the palace, Lord Xiao would hate Jiuquan."
"Master Xiao is an upright official. When the nephew was still in his infancy, Mr. Xiao still hugged him. I think the nephew is very sad about this." Li Qingning said slowly.
A gloomy light flashed in Li Wuyin's eyes, "Naturally, the emperor's nephew also really wants to return Master Xiao's innocence."
Li Qingning nodded: "That's the best."
Li Wuyin turned into a smile, and said in a low voice, "I heard that my aunt and Master Lin have interrogated people from Fengxian Palace."
"It's all for His Majesty's worries." Li Qingning didn't say much.
Li Wuyin said again: "The imperial nephew heard again that my aunt went to the west of the city before returning to the palace."
Hearing this, Li Qingning raised her eyes, "What does the nephew want to say."
"The one who was able to meet Huanggu specially, I think it is a very good old friend, and I don't know when I can recommend it?" Li Wuyin said in a leisurely manner, but every word and every word seemed to be sharpening a knife.
Li Qingning slowly raised the corners of her lips, and there was a hint of expression on her usual cold face, "The emperor's nephew has made friends with so many famous people, how can I still need my recommendation?"
"The person who can get to know Huang Gu must not be an ordinary person. My nephew is very curious about that person." Li Wuyin smiled.
Li Qingning said indifferently: "After this case is settled, Aunt Huang will definitely recommend someone she knows to you."
After finishing speaking, she raised her hand slightly, placed her five fingers on the back of Fangxin's hand, and walked away slowly.
After arriving at Yangning Palace, her complexion changed, her eyes were full of chills, "I didn't want to leave the palace tonight."
Seeing the sudden change in her face, Fang Xin was startled, "Yes, Your Highness had better not leave the palace in the near future."
Li Qing's eyes darkened, and he murmured: "Indeed, I can't even go to the west of the city at this time, otherwise I will follow Li Wuyin's way."
"I can't see her." She said again slowly.
Fang Xin pursed her lips and did not speak, carefully scrutinizing Li Qingning's expression.
Li Qingning said to herself, "I can't see her, but I can't put her in danger either. It's Bengong who insisted on keeping her in the west of the city."
After a long time, the eldest princess with dark eyes said: "Send a few more shadows to the west of the city."
"Yes." Fang Xin responded quickly.
Fang Xin was about to walk when she was suddenly stopped again.
"Wait, give her something for me." Li Qingning said with a frown.
Fang's heart suddenly softened like water, His Royal Highness Xindao really had a deep affection for the fairy, and he missed it even more when he couldn't see her.
Li Qingning walked into the bedroom and said, "Come in with me."
Fang Xin hurriedly followed.
After entering the room, Li Qingning showed an indescribable expression. She lowered her body and took out a brand new chain from the small cabinet next to the bed.
The chain looked very heavy, it was Li Qingning who asked Fang Xin to find it that day, but the one used in the Ministry of Punishment was another one.
Fang Xin naturally recognized this thing, but she didn't know that it was meant to be given to the fairy in red.
Li Qingning looked at the heavy chain in her hand, and said after a long silence, "Give it to her yourself."
Fang hesitated to speak, took it with trembling hands, and finally asked: "Your Highness, why did you give this thing to the fairy."
"This is her..." Li Qingning's voice stopped abruptly, she just wanted to let the people in the mansion in the west of the city be more peaceful during this period of time, but it was not easy to say this.
After a moment of silence, she paused and said: "This is what she has been thinking about."
Fangxin suddenly felt that this thing was heavier than Mount Tai, and she was about to be unable to hold it.
In the middle of the night, a carriage passed by on the spacious avenue in the palace, and the carriage was loaded with buckets of waste to be transported out of the palace.
An hour later, Xian Yu finally found someone in the mansion in the west of the city, but it was not Li Qingning who arrived, but Fang Xin.
Fang Xin offered a chain that was as long as two arms with both hands, and said tremblingly: "Girl, this is a gift from His Highness."
Xian Yu choked up, "What does that mean?"
"Your Highness said, this is the girl's heartfelt thoughts." Fangxin said.
Xian Yu: ...
Chapter 56
56
It is impossible to be safe.
Especially after seeing the things that Fangxin sent all the way, I don't want to settle down.
What she is thinking about is not this brand new chain at all, but a spring night after the continuation of the front edge. It would be even better if she could get the Danyin fragments with a pillow breeze.
However, Li Qingning asked Fangxin to bring this thing over, and seeing Fangxin's complicated expression, there was no need to think too much, Fangxin must have thought a lot.
What Fangxin can think about is whether she has some indescribable hobbies.
Of course it never happened, she just teased Li Qingning a few times, could it be that Li Qingning really thought she liked her so that she would get beaten?
Xian Yu's complexion changed again and again, resisting the expression of gnashing his teeth, he connected the chain with both hands, and said: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Fang Xin quickly put down her hands, always feeling that her arms were going to go numb.
Xian Yu looked down at the chain as thick as a wrist bone in his hand, whether holding it or putting it down, he pondered for a long time, and really wanted to teach Li Qingning a lesson.
Fang Xin raised her eyes secretly, seeing Xian Yu staring at the chain with burning eyes, she couldn't help but choked up again, her heart was even more certain, His Highness must have learned that habit from somewhere else, where he learned it from, and now he is very I understand.
When she was about to leave, she had some doubts in her heart and could not get a detailed explanation, so she asked secretly: "I don't know what the fairy's name is, but I heard it was a fish and goat earlier, but the servant girl guessed that this is not her real name, so I dare to ask the fairy's name, and I will also ask the fairy's name in the future." Good name."
Xian Yu raised her eyes, her eyes were very sly, she pulled the corner of her lips, and said meaningfully: "Your Highness calls me Xian Yu."
Fang Xin felt that the name was a little familiar at first, and then she couldn't help but gasped.
When she returned to the palace, she was still in the fog and dizzy.
She thought to herself, how much her Highness loves the Sixth Girl from the Ceasefire Palace, and even changed her name to Xian Yu for someone else, not to mention that this person came out of the Ceasefire Palace.
I don't know if the sixth girl is alive or not. It would be embarrassing if the fairy and the sixth girl meet.
In Yangning Palace, Li Qingning was about to wipe out the candle flame when the door was knocked suddenly.
Outside the door, Fang Xin said: "Your Highness, that thing... the servant has handed it to the fairy."
"Just deliver it." Li Qingning said calmly.
Fang Xin's figure was still reflected on the door, obviously she was still standing outside the door.
Li Qing glanced at him, wondering if something happened, and frowned, "What's wrong?"
Fang Xin gasped outside the door, and said, "The six shadows are also near the West Mansion."
"In this way, I can feel more at ease." Li Qingning wanted to wipe the candle again, but Fang Xin's figure was still motionless, as if she was nailed outside the door.
Confused, she asked, "What else?"
Only then did Fangxin ask carefully, "Your Highness still misses Miss Xianyu."
Only then did Li Qingning realize that Xian Yu had never disclosed her real name in the palace before, nor had she ever told Fang Xin about it, so Fang Xin naturally had nowhere to know.
But it is really hard to talk about this matter, how can ordinary people think that the immature and lovely girl before is the same person as the bright and unparalleled fairy now.
Although she didn't know why Fangxin suddenly asked about Xianyu, after a moment of contemplation, Li Qingning said, "Of course I'm thinking about it."
Fangxin's voice came from outside the door: "Your servant knows."
Li Qingning was very puzzled, but turned off the light anyway.
That night, in the house in the west of the city.
Xian Yu really wasn't very quiet, so he tied the chain he got to the head of the bed to be wise, so as to warn himself that next time he would never say any more meandering words to Li Qingning, let alone lower his self-worth to pray for mercy.
She glanced at the gleaming chain winding down to the ground at the head of the bed, sneered, and suddenly had an idea.
When Li Qingning comes next time, she must be locked up with this thing, so that she can experience what it feels like to be locked up.
Follow your heart, besides this chain, there are six shadows.
Although these six shadows were hiding in the dark and never appeared, Xian Yu could sense that these people were nearby and never left.
Obviously, these people were ordered by Li Qingning to guard her.
Xian Yu smiled, Shou?
People from the two major sects united with several minor sects in the previous life failed to guard her, let alone a few shadows.
I don't know if Li Qingning looks down on her, or if she trusts her shadow too much.
From this point of view, there must be some changes in the palace, otherwise Li Qingning would not have transferred Shadow.
After thinking for a while, Xian Yu still didn't leave alone. She still doesn't know what Li Qingning's plan is now, and she is afraid that if she leaves the house, she will mess up her pace.
After wandering in the room for a while, she sat on the edge of the bed again and played with the cool chain.
Maybe it's because of Bishenghua, she's always been sleepy in recent days, and her spiritual sea hasn't been fully repaired yet, so every time she uses her spiritual energy a lot, she's always exhausted physically and mentally.
When I get tired, I tend to lose my mind, and fall asleep as soon as I wake up.
She didn't dream much about the events of her previous life before, but after she ate Bi Shenghua and saw Li Qingning in her current appearance, all kinds of past lives more or less appeared in her dreams.
Someone faintly whispered in her ear: "No one from the palace has come."
"Palace Master, the future of the people in the palace."
"The one in the palace still hasn't come."
"Still missing."
"Still not seen."
"not coming."
"No."
"No."
She crushed the spirit jade beads in her hand, and suddenly, the round and smooth beads turned into powder and scattered between her fingers.
If you don't want to see her, why do you want to promise her.
Seeing the maid approaching tremblingly, she smiled and said, "This time, are you here?"
I thought it was another two words "not coming", but I never thought that the maid said tremblingly: "Come."
At that moment, her ears were buzzing, as if she couldn't hear any other sounds.
She was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses, her lips moved slightly, her hands were slowly clenched, the nails hurt the flesh of her palms.
"What did you say?"
The maid lowered her head and said in a trembling voice: "Here we come, people from the palace are here."
"Several people." She almost gritted her teeth.
"One person." The maid replied.
Hearing this, she stumbled and ran down the mountain, but she never saw the person she was thinking of, only a shadowy figure with a cold face who was seriously injured.
The shadow offered something with both hands, it was the sachet that Li Qingning always carried by her side, and said in a deep voice: "The master gave it to Miss Yu."
She took it, opened the sachet and saw a roll of paper lying among the spices, opened it and saw two words written inside——
"Chang An."
"Where's she?" Resisting not crumpling the piece of paper in his hand, he asked through gritted teeth.
The shadow said: "I'm in prison, I can't come to see the girl in person."
"When did it happen?"
"It's been... a long time, the master traded his life for the two sects to remove the formation, and the girl returned to the Ceasefire Palace safely, but the master couldn't protect himself."
"Then she still wants me to be Changan?!"
"..."
"No wonder, no wonder the two major groups turned back for no reason, she couldn't protect herself, but she wanted me to be safe?!"
"Master, I hope that Miss Yu will be calm and not angry."
"It's good to be calm and not angry, where is Li Qingning now?"
"..."
"you say!"
"When in a water prison."
After the shadow roughly recounted Li Qingning's semantics, he immediately drew his sword and killed himself under the Ceasefire Palace.
Holding the sachet, she was at a loss, feeling like the sky was falling, and suddenly she understood why Li Qingning was angry with her and why she insisted on leaving.
It turned out that Li Qingning had expected that this day would come, and she didn't want her to help her when she was facing the enemy. She obviously wanted to fight it by herself.
A rabbit inhabited by a lonely soul was still hugging her at her feet, she leaned over to pick up the stuffed stuffed thing, but unexpectedly the rabbit said——
"You see, she will die in the palace, guarding her palace."
"She doesn't have you in her heart, she won't be in the same bed with you in life, and she won't be in the same bed with you in death."
"You said that you are so pitiful that you can't even see her for the last time."
"This old man thinks that this Li Qingning must be dead. She doesn't want you to be at peace. She clearly wants you to be alone forever and never be at peace."
"Why, could it be that the old man hit the mark, why are you trembling with anger."
"Listen to the old man, you'd better not even think about breaking into the palace. At this moment, the various sects might have already laid a net, just waiting for you to go."
"Could it be that you still want to die with her? She clearly wants to die far away from you."
Her eyes were tearing when she heard it, the sachet in her hand was tightly held, and the veins on the back of her hand were extremely obvious.
In the dream, she heard herself saying angrily, "I want to see her."
"I've already told you, she definitely doesn't want to see you." Rabbit said.
"Shut up." She said sharply.
At the end of the night, the shadows of the trees in the west of the city whirled, but there was not even a shadow of a person.
In the house, Xian Yu woke up suddenly, only then realized that it was just a big dream.
She sat up, raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, with a gloomy expression, thinking about the scenes in her dream, she suddenly realized that Bai Tu didn't want to anger her at that time, but just didn't want her to take risks.
It's a pity that she insisted on going her own way at that time and insisted on breaking into the palace, and she really fell into the way of others.
The two big sects and Li Wuyin need their blood to pay.
I can't sleep, I just close my eyes and feel frightened.
The current situation is slightly different from the previous life. Some things that happened later have already come slowly. If you don't pay close attention, some people will succeed.
Now Li Zaiyu is sick, but he doesn't know why he got sick, and there is no imperial doctor by his side, but the monks of the two sects follow him every step of the way.
This matter is really unreasonable, and it must have something to do with the two sects.
But what is a scorpion vine?
It was no accident that Li Qingning asked her about the scorpion tail vine. I am afraid that this thing is the key to Li Zaiyu's serious illness.
Xian Yu really couldn't remember what it was. He seemed to have heard of it vaguely, but he didn't know where he heard it from. But there was one person who absolutely knew where it came from and what effect it had.
Whitewashed.
Thousands of people in the world may not know it, but Bai Tu definitely knows it.
It's just that he doesn't know where Bai Tu is now, if everything has been done ahead of time, then he may have been trapped in the rabbit's body.
Thinking of this, Xian Yu thought it was not too late, and immediately left the house quietly. Before leaving, he carved a few words on the pillar on the bed——
"Go and go back, chain, keep it for His Highness's own use."
But far away in the palace, when Li Qingning learned that the people in the west of the city had disappeared, it was already early the next morning.
Shadow, who was guarding the mansion in the west of the city, hurried over and knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound.
Li Qingning's expression darkened, "Do I need to say more, I will punish myself."
The shadows bowed their heads and hurriedly backed away, leaving only Li Qingning in the room with a headache.
Fang Xin entered the room at this time, and said: "Your Highness, Lin Shangshu and Si Qing have entered the palace, and the palaces that received the silver paper on the roster have been taken away."
Li Qingning frowned, "Where is the roster?"
"In Lord Lin's hands." Fang Xin said.
Li Qingning nodded slightly, "There is only one roster?"
Fangxin replied: "There is only one copy."
"That's good. I don't know who is on the name list, and the second prince will never want to know." Li Qingning said calmly, she was silent for a while, and then said: "Is there Concubine Ning among the ladies who are rewarded?"
Fangxin thought about it for a moment, "I have never seen it before. The servants came in a hurry, and I only glanced at them. Several empresses and servants from various palaces were there, but I didn't notice whether there was Concubine Ning among them."
"Pay attention to the second prince." Li Qingning frowned.
Fang Xin lowered her voice, remembering the shadows who left with their heads lowered just now, and then asked: "Your Highness, what happened to the west of the city?"
"The person is gone." Li Qingning said in a deep voice.
Fang Xin was stunned for a moment, "Could it be the second prince?"
"I'm afraid that Li Wuyin will be a hindrance, but I don't think she will fall into the way of the second prince so easily. However, just in case, you should ask two people to check carefully to see if Li Wuyin is there. Haunting near the mansion in the west of the city." Li Qingning opened Dan's lips slowly.
Fang Xin responded, and said again: "The envoys of Tona Kingdom went back early this morning, and the third prince is still being imprisoned. He said that he has misbehaved, and he is thinking behind closed doors."
Li Qingning nodded: "He still refuses to say how King Fengxian incited him to conquer that country."
"The third prince didn't reveal a word." Fang Xin said in a low voice.
"That's all," Li Qingning stretched her brows slightly, and said, "Even if he refuses to say it, Li Zaiyu's man will soon be in Fengxian City, and he will definitely find some clues in the palace by then, and King Fengxian will probably be speechless."
"What Your Highness said is very true." Fang Xin echoed.
Today the palace is extremely lively.
People from several palaces gathered together. The empress, princes, and princesses were interrogated first, and then the servants of each palace were interrogated.
Among them, the second prince Li Wuyin and his mother and concubine are also among them, and the second prince will not be spared if he wants to.
Li Qingning must go and have a look, after all, she and His Majesty were the ones who brought up the falsification of the account books.
When we arrived at the Yuanzheng Hall, we saw the second prince kneeling in the hall holding a mahogany square box, while Concubine Qing was crying beside her, so wronged that she couldn't stop her tears.
The second prince opened the box, and saw a complete roll of silver silk paper lying in the box, clean and tidy, it was indeed unused.
He raised the wooden box in his hand, "Father, please look, the silver silk paper from Qingxing Palace has never been used."
The eunuch with the whisk in his hand quickly took it, and after inspecting it with a silver stick, he put his hands in front of Li Zaiyu.
Standing in the distance, Li Qingning watched as Li Zaiyu slowly unfolded the silver silk paper, and then carefully sized it inch by inch on the candle-lit lampstand.
The roll of silver silk paper was indeed very complete, without even a single crease.
"That's right, it's definitely not used." Li Zaiyu slowly rolled up the paper in his hand, put it back into the box, raised his jaw slightly, and ordered someone to take it away.
The eunuch picked up the wooden box and put it in the hands of the second prince.
Li Qingning thought for a while, then suddenly cupped her hands and said: "Your Majesty, my sister has something unclear, I don't know if I should say it or not."
"Speak." Li Zaiyu said.
"Chenmei thinks that if silver paper is such a valuable thing, if it is specially put away, it must not be misused, and it will not be used to forge account books. The person who wants to forge the account books must have not stored the silver paper. Well, I don't have any other paper in hand, so I misused the silver silk paper." Li Qingning spoke slowly.
"I don't know if any of the palaces that have received silver silk paper have received new paper recently." She raised her eyes slightly, and her eyes seemed to be filled with still water.
"I have also considered this matter, but not all the palaces will get paper from the Shangyi Bureau. For example, the second prince often sends people out of the palace to buy white deer paper." Li Zaiyu said.
As soon as the words fell, Li Wuyin, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly changed his expression.
Li Qingning nodded slightly, she naturally knew that Li Zaiyu did not say this for no reason, Li Zaiyu wanted to let everyone know that their every move was under his nose.
It's just that at this time he specifically mentioned the second prince, which is especially meaningful, and it is tantamount to killing chickens to warn monkeys.
At this time, the main hall only checked the silver silk papers of each palace, and other matters had to be discussed after the inspection, so after the silver silk papers were displayed in Qingxing Palace, the second prince and concubine Qing could leave.
Li Qingning lowered her brows, but from the corner of her eye, she saw the second prince glance at her before walking away.
She remained calm and remained indifferent.
After the presentation of the silver silk papers in each palace, and the interrogation of all the servants, she secretly left the palace with Fangxin, not to do anything else, but to go to the west of the city.
In the house, Fang Xin was guarding outside the door, while Li Qingning pushed the door and walked in.
I saw the wrist-thick chain hanging half to the ground, while the other end was being tied to the bedpost.
Looking up again, I saw a few small words engraved on the pillar. The words didn't say where they went, only that the chain was reserved for her.
That's right, he knew how to be a favor, and tied the chain on the bedside for her.
This cold chain must be used this time.
Chapter 57
57
The birds outside the house are not singing very much, it is already the end of autumn, and the capital is a bit chillier than usual.
Only then did Li Qingning slowly loosen the tightly clenched hands hanging by her side, she raised her head slightly and let out a breath, although she didn't see anyone, but knowing that this person left by herself, she was relieved a lot.
The second prince is about to tie his hair. If he is not established as the crown prince, he will definitely be crowned king. At that time, if he does not stay in the capital and take up an official position, then he will drive to the fiefdom, and he will think about seizing some power in the future , but it is very difficult.
He was afraid that he couldn't wait any longer, and he wasn't waiting anymore.
In recent days, the second prince must be pushed into a hurry by her, and he doesn't know what he will do when he is pushed.
Li Qingning frowned slightly, she bent down and fiddled with the chain tied to the bed, the part hanging on the ground immediately rustled, the sound was like when she was slowly dragging the chain over to the punishment department. issued by.
Thinking of this, I can't help but think of how she carefully fastened the chain on Xian Yu's thin ankle bone.
The chains are dark and impenetrable, but the ankle bones are white and fragile.
Then she raised her hand, and took off the beaded gauze curtain that Xianyu had covered her face, finally revealing half of her face that hadn't seen the sun for a long time, and it really looked like a flower, her lips were delicate and tender, plain white The lower jaw is slightly pointed.
Su Bai's jaw was as soft as tofu, she moved her hand to the side, and couldn't help pinching it.
Li Qingning snapped back to her senses, only feeling that her breath was much hotter, she couldn't help closing her eyes for a while, pursing her lips, then turned and stepped out of the room.
I can't think about it anymore, if I think about it further, I have to reflect on myself again today.
Fang Xin turned around in astonishment, and asked, "Your Highness, can the fairy leave a letter?"
"Yes." Li Qingning said calmly.
Only then did Fangxin stretch her eyebrows, "Did the fairy say where she went?"
Li Qingning shook her head slightly. Seeing Fang Xin looking into the room, her footsteps stopped abruptly, her whole body froze for a moment, and she choked up before she said, "Just wait at the door for a while."
Fangxin was very puzzled, and saw Li Qingning turned around and entered the house again, and even closed the door behind her.
In the room, Li Qingning raised her palm and wiped the engraved bedpost. Wherever her palm passed, fine particles flew up, but the original words engraved on it disappeared.
How can these words meet people, it is really inappropriate!
Her ears turned red slightly, and after confirming that the words had been wiped clean, Li Qingning turned around and walked out the door. After walking a few steps, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be spiritual energy stirring in the yard.
Although not very strong, but extremely ruthless, clearly killing people.
This person came suddenly and hid it very well.Therefore, the spiritual energy seemed to be born out of thin air, without any reason, it suddenly raged and swept across the courtyard.
Fang Xin was knocked against the door unexpectedly, knocking the half-open door open.
With a bang, Li Qingning paused.
Fang Xin covered her shoulders and fell to the ground gasping for air, gritted her teeth and said, "Your Highness, be careful."
Li Qingning frowned slightly, only to feel a palm wind coming, she raised her hand without changing her face, and the black robe was shaken like a butterfly.
The moment he collided with that person's aura, his palms felt hot and painful, as if they were being burned.
She withdrew her hand abruptly, and raised her eyes to see that the attacker had been far away.
"Don't let him go." Seeing Fangxin get up, Li Qingning frowned.
"Yes." Fang Xin quickly responded, and then chased after her.
The man was injured, and without further entanglement, he turned around and rushed out of the high wall.
Seeing that Fang Xin had already chased after her, Li Qingning lowered her eyes to look at her palm, only to see a two-inch long scratch on her palm, and the blood on the scar was faintly purple, obviously poisoned.
Apart from Li Wuyin, she couldn't think of anyone who would send someone over.
Thinking about it, Li Wuyin wanted to jump over the wall in a hurry, so when he was in the palace, he deliberately mentioned Chengxi in front of her, and wanted her to introduce him, maybe he wanted to blackmail her with Xianyu.
Li Qingning's brows were still furrowed, and after thinking about it, she felt something was wrong. How could the people sent by Li Wuyin not be able to tell her from Xianyu.
If he recognizes her, he should not do anything again. At this juncture, Li Wuyin probably feels that he is not enough to be grasped, unless he is absolutely sure.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared, and Li Qingning frowned slightly.
Wrong, Li Wuji left the Yuanzheng Hall earlier than her, and he probably knew that she had withdrawn from the shadow of the mansion in the west of the city, so he could guess that the people living in the mansion had already left.
Therefore, Li Wuyin didn't want to send someone to take Xian Yu's life, but deliberately came to set her up.
Thinking of this, Li Qingning tightened her hands hanging by her side, her heart was beating wildly, every time, as if it was about to burst out of her chest.
Just now she thought that Li Wuyin wanted to use Xianyu to blackmail her, and anger suddenly flooded her heart, engulfing her like a huge wave.
At that moment, without thinking too much, she raised her arms to meet him.
Now the palm hurts like bone erosion, and the flesh is burned.
Li Qingning breathed out slowly, thinking it was good that way, and Li Wuyin knew that that person was not something he could move at will, even if he hurt her, he would never want to hurt that person.
After a while, Fang Xin rushed back, gasped and cupped her hands and said, "Your Highness."
"How?" Li Qingning raised her eyes and asked lightly.
"That man committed suicide by taking poison." Fang Xin's face was really ugly.
Li Qingning saw that Fangxin's expression was still very ugly, and she was hesitant to speak, and asked, "Where's the corpse?"
"Abducted by, by a masked man in black." Fang Xin bowed her head and said.
"That's all." A cold light flashed in Li Qingning's eyes, "Since his sword is taking the wrong edge, don't blame me for not thinking of friendship."
"Why did the Second Prince send someone over at this time?" Fang Xin was really puzzled.
Hearing the words, Li Qingning slowly raised the corners of her lips, the arc was barely visible, she hid her painful palms under her black sleeves, and said unhurriedly: "You will know when you return to the palace."
In a farm thousands of miles away from the capital, the man in red who left the lettering was meditating for a long time in the fence with his hands behind his back.
She was looking down at a group of rabbits, yes, it was a group of lively rabbits.
Thinking back to her previous life, she picked up the white-painted ones in this farm. At that time, she was seriously injured. The farm lady gave her a bowl of water to drink. She saw that there seemed to be a spiritual pet among the rabbits in the fence, so she went Bought a rabbit for twenty coppers.
I never thought that this spiritual pet is not a spiritual pet, not only can't form a blood contract, but also speaks out people's words, calling himself "old man".
The rabbit was nagging, seeing that she had no way to break through, he taught her the Danyin scroll, but the rabbit only remembered the first half of the scroll, and couldn't remember a single word of the second half.
Now she came again and stood in the fence to watch the rabbits again, but she didn't expect that there wasn't even a single one with a little aura in this group of rabbits.
After she stepped into the fence, the rabbits jumped long tremblingly, trembling all over.
Could it be the rabbits in this litter?
The old woman standing behind her looked at it for a long time, then took out a sleepy-eyed one from behind the tree, and asked with a smile: "Miss, look at this one. It eats a lot and grows strong, but it's not good. move."
Xian Yu glanced sideways, then stretched out his hand to cover the rabbit's fur, only then did he realize that there was indeed a faint trace of spiritual energy hidden in the rabbit's body.
She was overjoyed, but saw the rabbit trembled.
The woman hurriedly said: "Girl, don't be afraid, this rabbit is a bit reckless, come and carry it for you."
Xian Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, staring straight at the rabbit.
Recognize birth?
In the previous life, this rabbit was never afraid of her, but now he is afraid of her.
Money was tight in the previous life, and I could only afford twenty copper coins. In fact, spiritual pets are worth a lot of money, and it is not too much to give a spiritual jade bead.
But ordinary people don't know what the Lingyu beads are used for. After thinking about it, Xian Yu took out a gold leaf from the silk bag and exchanged it for the rabbit.
She was carrying the rabbit, and seeing it was motionless, she nodded and said, "It's really strong."
The woman refused to accept it, and she refused: "The girl gave too much. Some of the rabbits in the nest were caught by dogs from the mountains. It is really not worth much. If not, this rabbit will be given to the girl."
Xian Yu nodded slightly, "Thank you very much."
Saying so, she secretly put the gold leaf into the woman's belt.
Come on the clouds and support the wind
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