Chapter 256

At this moment, Xu Qi'an could not hide his face with a look of consternation and surprise.

The result of Wang Qi Shu's detection made him suddenly alert. All kinds of ideas collided with each other and sparked.

He quickly thought of two possibilities: first, lang'er didn't like mung bean cake. The reason why he liked mung bean cake was to please Chen Guifei.

2、 She's lying. Wangqi is not identified, which means she has a magic weapon to shield Wangqi.

The first possibility cannot be judged for the time being.

The second possibility is the reason why Xu Qi'an's scalp is numb and adrenaline is secreted madly.

How can the maids of Jingxiu palace have magic weapons to shield Wangqi?

What does she do with the magic weapon of shielding Wang Qi?

Unless, these days, she needs to use this magic weapon to hide the truth. Unless she knows she's going to be cross examined in the near future.

What did she do these days?

She's been to the Royal pharmacy!

As for whether or not he was shocked by Li Daitao, lang'er, who was standing in front of him, was disguised as an "outsider". Xu Qi'an thought that it was not possible, and his observation could not be concealed by the human skin mask.

It is even more impossible for the high rank and strong to "change". This is the imperial palace. The high rank and strong can't sneak in at all.

"Lord Xu?"

Xu Qi'an frowned and frowned.

"I can't make a conclusion easily. Maybe she just doesn't like mung bean cake and says what she has in mind by accident."

In his mind, Xu Qi'an didn't panic to stabilize his mood. Instead, he kept a certain "bad" look on her face. Staring at lang'er, she said with a slightly resentful tone:

"although lang'er is the person around Chen Guifei, she has a big temper. I've done a lot of work for the imperial court. Lang'er's attitude is so contemptuous. I have some opinions about her ？”

Lang'er took a look at him and said faintly: "adult Xu thinks a lot. I'm not contemptuous. I don't have any opinions about adult either."

After a pause, he said politely, "I'm still in a hurry to go back and serve your concubine."

With that, he stepped out of the threshold and left.

Looking at the back of the maid of honor leaving, Xu Qi'an's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Just now, in Wang Qi Shu's feedback, lang'er still didn't lie.

The last question is that Xu Qi'an is covering up his gaffe. It is also digging a hole and waiting for lang'er to jump.

First of all, lang'er is very impatient with this inquiry and dislikes his impression. He wants to send him away as soon as possible. Xu Qi'an can confirm this.

Normal people in the face of "do you hate me" similar questions, out of politeness, will subconsciously perfunctory, do not admit, so this constitutes a lie.

However, in the feedback given by Wang Qi Shu, Lang er's mood is extremely stable, and no lies are detected.

From this, it can be almost confirmed that the maid of honor had a magic weapon to shield Wang Qi, and it also proved that she was guilty and deliberately used this kind of means to avoid torture.

Here, a frightening truth has been revealed.

It's her behind the scenes!

Princess Chen?!

At this moment, countless details and clues emerge in Xu Qi'an's mind. Pheromone is like boiling lake water.

I didn't expect to... Leave here and report my discovery to Duke Wei and Huaiqing... Xu Qi'an doesn't want to stay in Jingxiu palace for a moment.

It's like entering a hotel in a barren mountain on a dark night, only to find that it's a haunted house. The usher is a devil with eyes hanging on his face, full of carrion and maggots crawling around.

The plates of food on the table are maggots, excrement, carrion and human heads...

Xu Qi'an is the living man who accidentally peeks into the secret of the haunted house. His scalp is numb. He just wants to pretend that he doesn't know anything, and then leaves quickly before the evil ghost reacts.

"I'm done, little father-in-law. Let's go back."

Xu Qi'an takes a deep breath and calmly proposes to leave.

"Yes

The little eunuch did not doubt that there was him. He answered with ease and followed Xu Qian to step out of the threshold of pianting hall.

Wait!

Xu Qi'an's pace suddenly froze. If Chen Guifei is behind the scenes, then what happens to the queen is the price Chen Guifei is about to pay: depriving her of her position and going into the cold palace.

It's not sure whether the prince will be abolished. How about the prince? Xu Qi'an doesn't care. What he cares about is: what about Lin'an?

She is very happy today, because the case is about to be solved, and the prince will be acquitted sooner or later.

But next, I may personally push her mother into the abyss.

She should hate me after knowing this.

Compared with Huaiqing, the psychological endurance of a girl like Lin'an is worse. It is possible that her mother's concubine will be sent to the cold palace, or even given white silk and poisoned wine.

Not to mention the emperor's favor, only from the point of view, the princess and the queen are far from each other.The queen is the emperor's wife. Maybe she won't be given death if she kills an imperial concubine. But what about the imperial concubine? Does the imperial concubine have such treatment?

"Lord Xu, Lord Xu?"

Little eunuch see Xu Qi'an pestle in situ in a daze, can't help shouting a few.

Xu Qi'an suddenly returns to his senses and still hasn't come up with a way to have the best of both worlds. Meanwhile, some confusion flashed through his heart. After learning that the person behind the scenes is Princess Chen, he still hasn't solved all the questions.

Go back first... I didn't tell Wei Yuan about this in advance. For the sake of Lin'an, I'll think about it again...

when I got to the gate of the courtyard, the eunuch who guarded the gate looked at Xu Qi'an angrily.

But when Xu Qi'an approached, he immediately restrained his emotion, honest and respectful.

"By the way, you took my money and entered it. Did you help pass it on?" Xu Qi'an stopped in front of the eunuch.

"Of course!"

The eunuch said helplessly: "the villain passed, but sister lang'er said she couldn't see her. The slave was greedy and didn't want to return the bank note, and it was hard to explain to the adult. So she was ready..... Xu Qi'an nodded and was about to leave when lang'er's voice came from behind.

"Mr. Xu, walk slowly!"

"Miss lang'er."

Xu Qi'an back muscle quietly tight, the surface as if nothing happened to turn: "what's the matter?"

The pretty looking lady stopped with a faint smile: "the lady wants to thank Lord Xu for breaking the Fu Fei case and letting her royal highness be wronged. Please go over and thank her face to face."

... Xu Qi'an's relaxed muscles are tense again. Maybe it's because of "guilty conscience". It's a little numb.

"I still have some important things to do. It's not convenient for me to stay. In the case of Fu Fei, I'm acting according to orders. I don't need to thank my wife for her duty." He doesn't want to see Princess Chen now.

"Mr. Xu is very polite."

Lang'er covered his mouth and said with a smile like a joke: "the empress said that if Mr. Xu didn't go to see her, she wouldn't let Mr. Xu step out of Jingxiu palace."

Fuck you!!

Xu Qi'an's heart sank in vain. He quietly radiated his spirit, sensed his surroundings and confirmed that he had not received feedback from the "danger signal". Then he was relieved.

no one has told me what I found just now, including Lang er. She didn't notice the clue. She could not have known that I had seen her tricks. It should be just to thank me and make a show of it. To say the least, this is the Imperial Palace, and there are big guards inside, with Ling'an inside, and the Yuan Jing School to watch over my eyes. What do you do to me here...

besides, I'm not a vegetarian, because I've done two accomplishments of Li Yuchun with one knife.

"Well, please, miss lang'er, lead the way."

Xu Qi'an turned to the little eunuch and said, "you also follow."

They followed lang'er in hese's palace clothes, went through the corridor in the front yard and entered the backyard.

The main house of Jingxiu palace is an exquisitely built two-story attic, with black tiles stacked on top of each other, cornices and horns, and twelve eaves beasts squatting on the roof.

There is a lookout platform on the second floor, which is suitable for drinking and enjoying the scenery in the warm spring or the cool autumn.

When he came to the inner court, the little eunuch coughed hard and gave a reminder.

Xu Qian understood and stopped in the hospital.

Lang'er keeps walking and enters the inner room alone. Then, Xu Qi'an catches her thin voice: "lady, adult Xu is coming."

"Well," said Princess Chen in a soft voice, "I have something to say to Mr. Xu. You all step down and go to the outer courtyard."

Then Lin'an's voice said, "ah? Is Lin'an going too? I'm not going. I'm not going. "

"Lin'an is obedient."

"Hum."

What does Chen Guifei mean? Why do you want to hold back others? What are the words that you can't say in the sunshine? Xu Qi'an frowned.

Then Lin'an and the two palace maids in the room stepped out of the threshold and passed away with Xu Qian. Mount secretly vomited the tip of his tongue and said in a low voice:

"remember to report to our palace later."

The little eunuch was in a dilemma. He didn't know where to go, so he listened to lang'er and said, "the empress has said that the rest of us should step back. Don't you have ears?"

"Ah." The little eunuch nodded and turned to follow.

"Wait a minute," Xu Qi'an called to him and reprimanded, "Your Majesty sent you to supervise me. You have to have the consciousness of" imperial envoy "and keep your back straight."

Immediately, he said aloud: "I'm a foreign minister after all. It's inconvenient to meet with your concubine in private. This little father-in-law is responsible for supervising me. It's according to your Majesty's will."

On the surface, he said this to lang'er, but in fact he said it to Chen Guifei.

After a few seconds of silence, Chen Guifei's voice came from the room: "then wait outside."

"Stand away..." Xu Qi'an waved.The little eunuch obediently retreated into the distance.

Standing in the courtyard, Xu Qian pretends to tidy up his appearance. In fact, he takes advantage of this short time to weigh the pros and cons and guess what will happen next.

"If you just thank me, there's no need to hold back everyone. In other words, what Princess Chen said to me can't be heard by outsiders.

"I let my father-in-law stand far away, which is a compromise to Princess Chen. The advantage of standing far away is that we can not hear my conversation with Princess Chen, but also clearly see our every move in the house.

"This put an end to Chen Guifei's pretending to be an eagle eating chicken, but in fact she framed me for bullying her concubine... Although this operation is a bit crude, I can't help but guard against it."

At the end of thinking, he entered the room and saw the gorgeous imperial concubine Chen sitting in the soft cave.

This is the second time that Xu Qi'an has seen Chen Guifei. The last time was at the grand ceremony of ancestor worship at the end of last year. He yelled at the mountain and River Temple in Yongzhen town. Then he pretended to be loyal and met the emperor's women at close range.

Chen Guifei and Lin'an have the same face shape, standard oval face, beautiful eyebrows, eyes, lips and nose.

In terms of appearance alone, Princess Chen is a little worse than the queen, but her temperament is dignified and gentle, and her affinity is stronger than the queen.

However, her beautiful embroidered dresses and expensive jewelry on her head have undermined her affinity.

Among the women Xu Qi'an has met, only Lin'an can handle luxury jewelry and clothes. The more luxurious she is, the stronger her charm will be.

Just like many girls, they are very beautiful when they are not dressed up. Once they are heavily made up, they will appear vulgar. Lin'an is the kind of woman who looks better the more gorgeous she is.

This is not like mother and daughter.

"You must have heard of your Majesty's proposal to abolish the court this morning."

Chen Guifei's voice is less crisp than that of a young girl, and more gentle than that of a mature woman.

"I know my humble position." Xu Qi'an nodded his head concisely.

"Why did Lord Xu come to Jingxiu palace?"

"There are still some doubtful points in this case."

Chen Guifei "Oh," a smile: "what doubts?"

"It's... Humble and stupid. I don't have a clue."

After a short silence in the room, Princess Chen gazed at Xu Qi'an for a long time. Her smile on her face narrowed a little. After a while, she was as cold as frost, saying: "you lie!"

These three words, like a hammer hit in Xu Qi'an's heart, and like thunder in his ears.

How does she know that I'm lying?... the sharp light in his eyes shot out uncontrollably, and his breath was short, but he restrained all his emotions at the next moment, and said blankly:

"what does the lady mean by that?"

"You can see others with Wangqi, and others can see you with Wangqi."

Chen Guifei took her tea cup and took a sip of it. She sighed: "our palace invited you to come here. It's just a trial. But your lie just now makes our palace unable to take any chances. Lord Xu has a keen mind. The most exquisite cases in the world are tricks for you. "

Is Chen Guifei a warlock?! It's impossible.

Why does she want to confess to me? I'm not afraid to tell Yuanjing emperor.

What's the purpose of her inviting me here?

All kinds of thoughts flashed by and turned into a sigh: "lady, why. I can pretend I don't know. "

Then go back to find Duke Wei and Huaiqing to deal with you... Xu Qi'an added in his heart.

At this point, they are quite frank.

Chen Guifei's calm surprised Xu Qian. He knew it was not a good thing.

"When did you find out, just now?" Chen Guifei took another sip of tea. It was like chatting quietly.

"Yes, I can see that lang'er has made a disguise."

"But I doubt it before. Let's talk about it." Princess Chen smiles.

Xu Qi'an pondered: "looking back at the case of Fu Fei, I really have a lot of doubts. How could the empress put the hundred day spring sent by the queen on the table without any reason? After all, this is the back palace. If you drink the prince with nourishing wine, you are not afraid that he will do something wrong? It's not in your cautious style. "

On the same day, Huaiqing talked with him about the experience of the queen being put into the cold palace, and mentioned that Princess Chen attached great importance to the crown prince's position, as well as her narrow-minded and cautious style. Xu Qi'an had this doubt.

He then said: "although the queen can bribe Huang xiaorou to set up a bureau for the prince, how can she guarantee that the prince will go to Qingfeng hall? And you are the birth mother of the prince. You know that the son is more than the mother. You know that he has thoughts about Fu Fei, so you send Huang xiaorou to wait for the hare on the way. This is more reasonable.

"After that, from the discovery of Huang xiaorou's body to his humble duty, he found clues and pointed to the queen. The traces of human push were too obvious. But if Huang xiaorou is missing, you will not be able to capture the queen.

"Of course, I didn't react at that time. I still thought the queen was the most suspect. I can't figure out why you sent someone to tear up the revenue and expenditure booklet of the Royal pharmacy, which should be the most favorable evidence to identify the queen. It's not only unnecessary, but also exposes itself. "Chen Guifei shook her head. "It's not unnecessary. It was the evidence I deliberately left. If the sponsor of the investigation was not you, it would be one of the most useful evidences to attack the queen.

"But your recovery from death is completely unexpected. If Huang xiaorou's body and the imperial pharmacy's brochure are found at the same time, the traces of guidance will be too heavy. I was afraid that you would tell your majesty what you saw, so I sent someone to tear up the pamphlet.

"So you were confused, but you didn't insist that the queen was wronged. Oh, if your majesty knew this in advance, the effect of the Japanese palace's crying yesterday would be greatly reduced. "

"Then, learn about the progress of the case from Lin'an. While I put pressure on your majesty, I will send someone to assassinate you. As long as you die and the queen pleads guilty, it will be perfect. "

Xu Qi'an nodded slowly. This morning, he still felt that the queen was the biggest suspect in assassinating him. He wanted to divorce Huaiqing. Until Wei Yuan told him that the queen had pleaded guilty, he felt that there was something else in the case.

Originally, the person who wanted to kill me was Princess Chen. Well, needless to say, I want to divorce Lin'an.

"I still have two questions about my humble position. Can you answer them?"

"Tell me." Chen Guifei light way.

"The prince is already the prince. Why does the empress want to be like this?"

Princess Chen laughed, with a complicated smile, like laughing at Xu Qi'an, but also like laughing at herself:

"the prince is the prince after all. If she does not ascend the throne one day, she may change her master. The queen has always been the queen, and the fourth prince will always be his own son. What if I tell you that your majesty originally meant the fourth prince? If your majesty had not known that the queen did not love him at all, the fourth prince would have been the crown prince. "

Xu Guian's eyes were sharp and resentful.

"But even so, after many years, the crown prince's position has not changed. Is the empress worried too much?"

"What do you know about chaotang?"

Chen Guifei sneered: "with Wei Yuan, the fourth prince will always win more than my son. Wei Yuan always wanted to take charge of the imperial court alone and sweep away the heavy burden. If he wanted to show his ambition, he would certainly push the fourth prince to the throne.

"I can't fight Wei Yuan as a woman, so I have to work hard from the queen. The queen is the head of the harem. Her mother is the highest honor for women. This palace is also a woman, and also a queen with hot eyes. "

As for Wei Yuan's ambition, Xu Qi'an knows something about it and knows that Chen Guifei is telling the truth.

"Last question, who is the person behind the empress?" Xu Qian asked.

Chen Guifei was obviously stunned. She was silent for a long time, shaking her head and laughing: "our palace appreciates you more and more. It seems that Lin'an has accidentally dug up a piece of treasure.

"How do you know that there are still people behind this palace?"

Xu Qi'an's eyes drooped, looking at the tip of his feet, and thought: "if the empress had known what the uncle had done, why did she endure so long until then.

"I'm sure Huang guorou and auntie Wong won't know. She can endure for so many years, for no reason, will not suddenly change, adhere to the initiative to reveal to you. There must be one of them.

"In addition, the empress knows that she lied in her humble position, and the skill of looking at Qi of the sky warden is not what ordinary people can do. I have just guessed another possibility. "

Xu Qi'an raised his head and gazed at the beautiful face of imperial concubine Chen. "Your goal is the queen, and the people or forces behind you are the Duke of Wei."

With no smile on her face, Chen Guifei squinted and looked at Xu Qian for a long time. She suddenly said, "how does Mr. Xu feel about Lin'an?"

Very nice... Xu Qi'an's heart moved and didn't answer.

"The prince said to me that when Lin'an was old enough to be a member of the cabinet, I kept an eye on her. Later, I found that since she knew you, when she came to Jingxiu palace, you were the one who talked most about her."

Chen Guifei is good at persuasion: "the age of young girl Huaichun has also been experienced in our palace. It is said that Lord Xu will soon become a baron. Although the Viscount is not big, it means that you have entered the aristocratic class.

"This palace can promise you that within three years, you will be promoted to a higher rank, and then Lin'an will be married to you."

This is also the reason why Chen Guifei and he are frank.

Xu Qian hesitated.

"Even if you know the secret, it's impossible to identify the palace. Lang'er has been in poor health recently and has a sudden illness. The imperial doctor didn't save her. What do you think of this result? "

How could Lin'an have a mother like you, who wanted to cheat me when she painted pancakes..... Xu Qi'an pondered: "three years is too long, who knows if the concubine is cheating me."

Chen Guifei frowned, "the fastest two years, the matter of knighthood, is not small. You should know that. "

"That's not what I mean."

Xu Qian waved his hand and showed a shy smile: "I want to say that it takes three years to get married, but can I get married first?"PS: I said I took the college entrance examination. Do you believe me?

All right, you don't want anything. I'll clap myself, clap, clap.