Peach concubine

The emperor said that he wanted Xiao Jingmo to stay in the palace to accompany him, but in fact he was under house arrest.

Xiao Jingmo didn't know the news outside the palace, but in just a few days, he was already very worried. He begged to see the emperor several times, but the eunuchs stopped him with the excuse that the emperor was busy with state affairs, and the emperor even ordered him to calm down and think about it.

Have you thought about it?At this moment, how could Xiao Jingmo calm down?

"The young master of Jian's family committed the serious crime of hiding the dragon robe. It is reasonable to ask the three officials to interrogate him. After a few courts... It is said that he refused to confess his crime in the courtroom, and his flesh and blood were almost smashed to pieces. ... Dali Temple Chancellor asked him if he was instigated by the prince, but he only said that the matter of the dragon robe had nothing to do with him, and it had nothing to do with the prince, and he refused to let go at all." The guard quietly took advantage of the meal delivery The one who came in to pass on the news──he had received favors from the Houye Mansion before, and at this moment Xiao Jingmo wanted something from him, so he could only take some risks to pass on some news.

After Xiao Jingmo finished listening, he sat in the corner for a long time. After the sun went down in the evening, there was a shadow in that corner.

Even if the guard hadn't had the courage to bring in these words, in fact, he was just like Ming Jing in his heart.After all, Jian Ruolin is just a commoner, different from princes and grandchildren like them.Once they entered the Dali Temple, it was obvious that there was a trial, but secretly there were some dark and dirty transactions and activities.In this capital, there are many people who want his life. When something like this happens, you just need to push and fuel the flames, and start with Jian Ruolin, and you may not be able to make him feel fishy.

He didn't dare to expect that Jian Ruolin would be safe and sound inside, even if he was not severely punished, according to the rules, people who were involved in serious crimes like Jian Ruolin would be imprisoned in a water prison, with their hands and feet wearing the shackles that only serious criminals would wear.Just the cold and harsh environment of the water dungeon and the iron chains weighing several jins are no longer something ordinary people can carry.Moreover, Jian Ruolin has no official and no power, no one will care about his life or death.

The emperor put him under house arrest in the palace to avoid suspicion, and it was too late for Xiao Jingmo to emaciate a lot within a few days.

When the guards came to deliver the food early the next morning, they saw the untouched food on the table and the person sitting in the corner, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty thinks the food is not to your liking, but you can order someone to go according to His Majesty's orders?" arrange."

But Xiao Jingmo said lightly: "No need, let's take it away." Seeing the new dishes on the table, his sitting posture did not change at all, so the guard had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, let's eat while it's hot." Xiao Jingmo remained the same He didn't move at all, even closed his eyes, completely ignoring the guard's words.The guard could only bow and retreat first.

Until lunch time, the guard brought new meals, but saw that the things delivered in the morning were also left untouched.

"If the son dislikes the bad food, you can tell the younger one..." Although Xiao Jingmo was under house arrest, he has been favored by the emperor for many years. Besides, if something goes wrong with the dignified Marquis of Pingyang, their subordinates can take care of it. I'm sorry, so the guards could only bite the bullet and try to persuade Xiao Jingmo.

Xiao Jingmo ignored him and didn't talk to him, one foot was resting on the chair, the other was hanging down casually, still sitting silently.

The third time when he saw the untouched food, the guard knew that the matter was serious, this time he stopped trying to persuade Xiao Jingmo, he silently packed the food and retreated out.

After nightfall, he heard the eunuch proclaiming loudly: "The emperor is here──" Xiao Jingmo had such a slight fluctuation.

A piece of yellow clothes flew into the room with the movement of pushing the door. The emperor walked steadily. After entering the room, he saw Xiao Jingmo knelt on the ground and kowtowed to say hello. The table next to him was full of cold food.

The emperor sat down at the table with a serious face, but let Xiao Jingmo kneel down and refused to let him get up.

"Don't you want to see me, but do you want to understand what I told you?"

Xiao Jingmo walked to the emperor's feet and kowtowed his head: "For many years, I have been loved by the emperor wrongly, and I have loved you so much. I have always kept it in my heart, and I always want to repay the emperor... These days the emperor wants my minister Meditating on my own past, I have thought about it for a long time, and I feel that I have betrayed the emperor's grace, but I made a big mistake because of my confusion, but it is irreparable."

The emperor sat upright and listened to him at the beginning, but after hearing it, he was full of anger, couldn't help but slapped the table heavily, and said sharply: "Xiao Jingmo! Do you know what you are talking about?!"

Xiao Jingmo smiled lightly, but he had already made up his mind: "The matter of the dragon robe is the fault of this humble minister. This humble minister has always had this temperament, and cannot be restrained. On the spur of the moment, he wanted to know the difference between adding the imperial robe, so he ordered him secretly. Someone did something... There are so many people in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, I can only hide the dragon robe in Liufang Pavilion... I didn't expect the Skynet to be restored..." With a miserable smile, Xiao Jingmo kowtowed a few times : "This minister is so bold that he dare not ask the emperor for forgiveness. It's just that this matter is all done by this minister alone. It has nothing to do with Jian Ruolin or Pingyang Hou Fu. I hope the emperor will see clearly and make a fair decision."

"You, you, you..." The emperor was obviously extremely angry. He didn't expect that he would only want to protect Xiao Jingmo, and even tried to explain his strength, but he still got such an answer: "Hello! Good!"

Seeing that the situation is not good, Eunuch An interjected: "The emperor calm down..."

But he was kicked hard by the angry emperor, and he roared angrily: "You bastard, get out of here!"

Eunuch An was implicated by Xiao Jingmo, but he couldn't complain, accused him of sin and withdrew.

"Don't you know what kind of crime it is to hide the dragon robe? You want the Marquis of Pingyang to be with you, because you have ruined your spirit at this moment?!" The emperor was already a little bit out of breath: "I will give it to you again!" This is a chance to take back what you just said."

Xiao Jingmo smiled miserably: "What does the emperor want me to say? Do you want to put all the crimes on Jian Ruolin alone? Your majesty, Ruolin is not at fault, he shouldn't be a victim of this incident, the emperor is reluctant to do this person, The humble minister dare not disobey the holy will, so he has to sacrifice his life to fulfill the emperor's will!"

This time the dragon robe incident happened strangely. Xiao Jingmo vaguely knew that the reason was because Mr. Qi You received an anonymous letter, accusing Xiao Jingmo of hiding the dragon robe for illegal purposes. The innocent man behind the scenes is actually the Prince Pingyang Hou who has already harbored evil intentions.The matter is of great importance. Although Qi You and Xiao Jingmo are on good terms, the always upright Master Qi You entered the palace with a secret report and reported it to the emperor after thinking about it all night.Then the emperor Xuan Xiao Jingmo entered the palace, and sent people to search the follow-up of Pingyanghou Mansion and Liufang Pavilion.

Last time the gunpowder in the Great Buddha Temple was ignited for no apparent reason, which caused an uproar, and the crown prince was deposed because of this. Xiao Jingmo had already guessed that the person behind the scenes was the second prince Xiao Long──the person who benefited the most from that incident .

He ignited gunpowder to overthrow the prince, and planned the dragon robe incident, pointing the finger at Xiao Jingmo.

In fact, the emperor knew in his heart that neither Jian Ruolin nor Xiao Jingmo had anything to do with the dragon robe. He just allowed the incident to develop in the direction he wanted with the emperor's mind and purpose.The prince's gunpowder issue has lost the hearts of the people, and now only the second prince Xiao Long is worthy of the big responsibility, so the emperor will not deal with Xiao Long---as for Xiao Jingmo, whom he is targeting, the emperor does not want to deal with him either, he has let the situation develop so far, the only thing he wants All she wanted was Jian Ruolin's life.The matter of the dragon robe has already happened, he can neither hand over Xiao Long and Xiao Jingmo, but also has to explain to the world, in the end he can only sacrifice Jian Ruolin who was implicated innocently.

Xiao Jingmo couldn't figure out who was being hindered by his attachment to Jian Ruolin, exactly how heinous it was, and why his mother, the present emperor, one or two, were in a hurry to kill Jian Ruolin.

"You actually want to admit the crime of hiding the dragon robe for the sake of the young master of the Jian family?"

Xiao Jingmo gritted his teeth: "The emperor just wanted a scapegoat, my humble minister begged the emperor to spare Jian Ruolin, he was not at fault, he should not be implicated innocently."

"Originally, I was just hesitant...but now it seems that Jian Ruolin must die."

Xiao Jingmo was shaken all over, raised his head and stared at the emperor with wide eyes, not caring about the differences between the emperor and his subjects, and cried out in a miserable voice: "Your Majesty!"

But the emperor had already got up, majestic and irresistible: "No need to say anymore, I have made up my mind, Xiao Jingmo, I don't want to hear what I said just now a second time. You are a member of the royal family, and the majesty of the royal family cannot be tarnished. I can only blame him for his bad life."

Xiao Jingmo said in desperation: "How can the emperor disregard human life?!"

The emperor swept his eyes and said fiercely: "How can it be? Hmph, since ancient times, if the emperor wanted his ministers to die, the ministers had to die. How could there be room for crying out for injustice? Xiao Jingmo, it seems that you still haven't understood what I said, so you just It's better to stay here and think about it." After a pause, he finally added: "You really disappointed me." He started to walk out.

Xiao Jingmo walked a few steps on his knees and kowtowed his head. He didn't seem to notice the bleeding on his forehead, but his voice was extremely shrill: "I beg the emperor to think twice! Your majesty, please spare Jian Ruolin! All the crimes are due to this little minister." !"

The emperor seemed to be shocked by the tragic shout, and stopped slightly, but it was only for a moment, and he still didn't look back, and walked out with strides.

The door closed with a bang, and there were two worlds inside and outside the door.

"Little Marquis is still kneeling there?!" The emperor was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and finally couldn't help but asked the eunuch beside him.

"Back to the emperor, since the emperor left last night, the prince has been kneeling on the spot and refuses to get up, refuses to eat, and the guards bring him water, but he refuses to drink..."

The emperor was so angry that he threw the memorial on the table: "If you turn against him, is he trying to force me?!" The eunuch who answered was too frightened to make a sound. The emperor only felt that the mansion was full of anger: " If he wants to kneel, let him kneel down, I want to see how long he lasts!" After the attack, he suddenly thought of something: "Madam Xiao entered the palace today?"

"Returning to the emperor, Mrs. Xiao entered the palace today, and went to the hall of the imperial concubine, saying that she was reminiscing about the old days."

──Xiao Jingmo was summoned into the palace for many days and did not return. Could the old lady of the Xiao family finally be unable to sit still?

The emperor raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, feeling that he had been thinking too much recently and was exhausted.For a while, I thought of Xiao Jingmo's caring admonition when he entered the imperial study the day before yesterday; Can't see it either.

"Where is Dali Temple, how is the trial going?"

"Back to the emperor, I heard that the young master of Jian's family refused to let go. The Dali Temple Chancellor once pressed him whether it was because of the prince's instigation, but he denied it all the time. When asked if he had mischievous intentions, he insisted that he didn't know about the dragon robe. Why did it appear in the hidden compartment of his study? The emperor has confessed that severe punishments cannot be used, but the methods of Dali Temple are not something ordinary people can resist. It is unexpected that Jian Ruolin, a weak man, would not let go even if he was beaten to death. .”

Hearing these words, the emperor also had to sigh—you must know that when Jian Ruolin was imprisoned for interrogation, as long as she was willing to speak up and push everything to Xiao Jingmo, she would at least suffer a lot less flesh and blood, but this person was willing It is really rare to spare one's own life to protect Xiao Jingmo wholeheartedly.Unfortunately……

The heart of an emperor can't tolerate any softness. Now that he has made up his mind, there is no need to hesitate.

"Xiao Ningzi, you should go to the imperial concubine's palace now and pass on my oral order..."

Writer's words:

When I was writing this chapter, I felt extremely confused. If there is anything wrong, please leave a message to tell us... Sneak away silently. .