Chapter 261

Meng Qianchong suddenly got up and grabbed her neck, "Jiang Jinwen. As my concubine, you dare to betray me. I have to tell you that life is better than death."

"Cough..." Jiang Jinwen rolled out of bed. Sneered, "the emperor has never regarded me as a concubine. Why should I be loyal to the emperor? Life is like a white horse passing through a gap. Just cherish this time. The emperor is rarely an infatuated Lang?"

Meng Qianchong's eyes are brewing the spirit of killing. I don't know how wonderful his expression will be if you send your head to Meng Yuanzhen in the northeast

Jiang Jinwen pulled her lips. He looked straight at him without fear, "I can't see his expression, but my dead will see his soldiers break through the rivers and mountains. They will kill all the way to the palace."

Tonight, half of the bright moon exposed by the dark clouds seems to be stained with a layer of rough edge. In the dim moonlight, Chu Zongge picked up a wine pot full of osmanthus wine and poured some wine into the glass.

The Liang Jieyu who looks like Xue ronghua in her previous life. In his opinion, the technology of brewing is indeed one of the best. He has not drunk such mellow osmanthus wine for a long time. Even at the banquets in the state of Qin, there are many flashy expensive wines. This little flower picked from the osmanthus tree gives people a taste of fireworks in the world.

"Duan Wang..."

Behind him came an ethereal voice. Chu Zongge stopped drinking and was stunned. He turned to look at the old man. Under the gauze moonlight. A thin woman stood not far away and smiled at him gently.

"Instrument talent?" Chu Zongge frowned. "How did talented people come here?"

Shen lvxiu walked slowly to his side, sat down and poured a glass of wine, "I had nothing to do, so I went out of the palace at will. Unexpectedly, I happened to meet Duanwang."

Casual? Chu Zongge stared at her, who was slightly haggard. The Shuyu hall was half as far away from the palace. How could she just stroll to her residence at will.

Shen lvxiu lowered his eyebrows and saw his searching eyes. He tilted his head and said with a smile: "don't you want others to disturb Duanwang's drinking here?"

"That's not true," Chu Zongge pursed his lips. "It's just that the empress came to such a far place in the palace alone. When she went back, she wanted to pay attention to safety."

"I've just come. Is Duan Wang going to rush me back," Shen lvxiu touched his cup and drank a mouthful of wine. "This osmanthus wine was sent by Liang Jieyu. There are still several pots in my palace."

Chu Zongge raised his eyes and looked at her for a few eyes, and quietly sipped the wine.

Shen lvxiu's eyes were full of moonlight, which gently exuded brilliance like lake water, "Emperor... I haven't seen me for several days. I don't know if I'm tired of me."

Chu Zongge was stunned. Looking at her wet eyes, he couldn't help saying with some pain: "don't worry, empress. It seems that something big has happened in the northeast of Qi. The emperor is busy rectifying the Korean Bureau. It's reasonable to ignore empress. After these days, the emperor will come naturally."

"I also think as a concubine, I should sympathize with my husband, but the emperor went to Penglai Hall tonight," Shen lvxiu raised a wry smile, "maybe I was really forgotten by the emperor."

"Do you mean concubine Qi? The identity of concubine Qi should be clear to the empress..."

Shen lvxiu shook his head with a smile, "I mean minjieyu. The emperor has never favored her. He went to her tonight."

Chu Zongge had no interest in Meng Qianzhong's palace secrets, so he had to hide it with drooping eyes and drinking.

Shen lvxiu noticed his unnaturalness, so he raised his lips and said with a smile, "it's my bad. I'm drinking, but I still have to mention such a sad thing and make a slip of tongue in front of Duanwang."

"This wine can relieve your worries," Chu Zongge stood up and said goodbye with an arched hand. "My mother drank first. My minister was tired and wanted to go to the hall to sleep."

Before he took a few steps, there was a voice of swallowing behind him, "Duan Wang planned to leave me here alone and let me drink alone?"

Chu Zongge said faintly, "my mother is a concubine in the back palace. I'm afraid I will be whispered with outsiders like me. Since my mother wants to drink happily, I should avoid suspicion."

"If Duanwang really knows how to avoid suspicion, he won't deliberately wait for me on the rainy day," Shen lvxiu's eyes covered with a layer of mist. "Why don't Duanwang sit down and have a few drinks and let's have a good time."

Chu Zongge couldn't help but feel sluggish at the bottom of his heart and his eyes fell on her. It seems that Xue ronghua has lost his eyes this time. It's obvious that Yi Cairen is not a layman.

"Duan Wang," Shen lvxiu filled a glass of wine and pushed it in front of him, "please."

Chu Zongge didn't mean to drink. He just raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "madam, I don't know what she wants to say with the minister?"

Shen lvxiu stared at him without concealment. "The cause of Shen Jieyu's death is what you want to know."

The deep meaning in Chu Zongge's eyes was a little thicker, "didn't the talented man say that Shen Jieyu ate the wrong poison? Why do they have new words today? The talented man didn't tease the minister."

Shen lvxiu raised his lips and smiled, gently tapping his knuckles on the table, "is Duanwang really from the state of Qin?"

"The minister has no other blood," Chu Zongge warily turned his eyes, "where do people think the minister is from?"

"No, I just feel that meeting Duanwang has a very cordial feeling," Shen lvxiu lowered his eyes. "Meeting you at the beginning is like returning from an old friend. I thought of this sentence when I saw Duanwang."

Chu Zongge's lips pursed into a line. After a moment of silence, he said, "my mother's better go back early. It's dark and the road is slippery. If something happens on the road, the emperor will be very worried."

"There are too many women for the emperor to worry about," Shen lvxiu looked at him deeply. "It's better for Duanwang to think of the prospective Princess wholeheartedly."

"She is the only woman in my life. Naturally, my heart is on her."

Shen lvxiu said, "it's too fast for Duanwang to show his sincerity. I think Duanwang's mother or childhood playmate can also replace the existence of the prospective princess."

Chu Zongge narrowed his eyes dangerously and showed an expression of examination, "you are not a talented person."

Zhuang Youyi slowly got up from her couch. She opened her eyes and waited from dark to dawn, but she didn't hear any movement in the side hall where min Jieyu lived. It was like someone was sealed his throat, in a very strange quiet.

Linlang knocked on the door and stretched out half her head, "empress, the emperor has gone out."

"Why is it so fast? It's just dawn," Zhuang Youyi rubbed her eyebrows, showing a tired look. "Yinyin, tell her to get up and bring water to her master to wash."

Linlang replied with some embarrassment: "Yinyin, she has been taken away by the people of Shenxing department."

Zhuang Youyi was shocked and trembled uncontrollably, "what about min Jieyu? Did you go to see her..."

Linlang came forward and hugged half of her body, lowered her voice and said, "the emperor has known everything. The house with a secret road will be set on fire tonight, and everyone in Chunqin palace will be killed."

Zhuang Youyi's eyes were full of shock. She struggled to get up from her arms, "how could the emperor know all this... No, I'm going to see min Jieyu."

"Empress..." Linlang took a breath, "things are dangerous. Slaves and maidservants are still the old saying. People must protect themselves."

Zhuang Youyi didn't even have time to put on her shoes and socks. She hurried to the palace where Jieyu lived. There was no sound inside. She stood at the door and hesitated. The cold ground chilled her whole body. She summoned up her courage and opened the door.

Three foot white Ling was hung on the beam. The corpses put down by Jiang Jinwen were frozen stiff, and the smell of blood was filled in the air. Zhuang Youyi went to the pale corpse and saw the blood oozing from the corners of her lips and the swollen side face.

Zhuang Youyi covered her mouth and took a step backward. She felt a tumult in her stomach and vomited uncontrollably. After spitting out the filth in her body, she raised her tearful eyes and knelt on the ground with her knees soft and straight.

"Jinwen..." she sobbed gently. She should have reacted earlier. She should have gone to the side hall last night and rescued her from Meng Qianzhong regardless of everything.

"Empress," Linlang endured her heartache and went to help her, "empress, don't be sad. The emperor will send someone again. Now you must pretend that it has nothing to do with this. The emperor has a general who will help us."

Zhuang Youyi bit her lips and asked, "what do you mean, how can the emperor come?"

"The emperor, he......" Lin Lang stopped. "The emperor meant to cut off Jieyu's head and send it to Prince Chun of Northeast China. He asked Prince chun to take a closer look."

"What?" Zhuang Youyi frowned painfully, "he should have done this step?"

"Therefore, the empress must protect herself. Min Jieyu defiled the harem, committed adultery and colluded with traitors. That one was not to be tortured to death. She chose Bai Ling to hang herself, but the emperor was trying to save the royal face."

Zhuang Youyi's lips were bitten and bleeding, "OK, I know..." she lowered her eyes and didn't want to say any more. She had to raise her hand and touch her old friend's side face, and then shed two lines of tears.

Meng Qianzhong walked slowly on the avenue in the morning. He held back Chen Wanqian's palace people. He just wanted to enjoy the calm air after the murder and breathe the smell of ice and snow that did not belong to shangstudy or Donghua palace and did not come from any of his concubines.

Xue ronghua bumped into him at this moment. It was an unavoidable encounter. Meng Qianchong looked at her surprised eyes and said with a faint smile: "the princess to be doesn't want to see me like this. Even her face has changed."

Xue ronghua stepped back and saluted very respectfully, "see the emperor, your servant."

"You didn't come back from Duan Wang," Meng Qian looked at her a few times. "I think you should come out of Zhongcui palace?"

Xue ronghua nodded slightly and just wanted to leave him quickly. "Yes, the maid just came out of Zhongcui palace."

Meng Qianzhong gently and skillfully stopped her way, "your Duan Wang seemed to be drinking with Yicai last night."

Xue ronghua was stunned. He thought that even if he wanted to trace the truth, he didn't have to be with the emperor's concubines at night. "Emperor... I guess Duanwang wouldn't be so ignorant of etiquette."

"It doesn't matter," Meng Qianzhong raised his lips in a good mood, "it's not a talented person, it's Shen Jieyu."

Xue ronghua suddenly opened his eyes and said in disbelief: "isn't Shen Jieyu already..."

"You think Shen Jieyu is dead, of course not," Meng Qianzhong said with a funny smile, "but it's normal for you to be a female official. I just want to mention you."