Domineering Daming

In the huge palace, a few lights are not enough to increase the temperature of the dark and lonely palace.

In the abandoned yard not far from Qingfang Palace, Zhu Xu with his hands behind his back, looked expressionlessly at the shivering court lady who was bound firmly on the ground.

Both Wu Qing and Wu Rou held a short dagger in their hands, and stood not far away with pretty faces.

The abandoned courtyard, which was already deserted, added a bit of chill.

There was no trace of fluctuation on Zhu Xu's face. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly raised his head to look at Wu Qing and Wu Rou, and said indifferently, "Didn't I ask you to arrange to replace her?"

At the same time as Zhu Xu said, the maid trembled again.

Wu Qing glanced at her younger sister, and replied, "She is an old man in Kunning Palace, and Sister Huan'er is not willing."

Zhu Xu frowned, looked at the maid and said, "What's your name?"

The servant girl kept her head down, trembling all over, she raised her head to look at Zhu Xu when she heard the words, then quickly lowered her head again, and said in a trembling voice: "Ai Ai'er."

"age."

"sixteen."

"Nation."

"I was sold into the palace since I was a child, and I don't know where my home is."

"Which empresses have you served?"

"Always in Kunning Palace."

"How to be bought by Keshi..."

This Ai'er opened her mouth to answer, but in an instant she closed her mouth firmly, lowered her head, and didn't say a word.

Zhu Xu looked indifferent, and said indifferently: "Since you are an old man in the palace, you naturally know the rules, murdering the queen and prince, such a crime, even if I let you go today, do you think that the Ke family, who is in danger now, can save you?"

Ai'er still didn't say a word, just knelt there with her head down, showing no expression.

Zhu Xu frowned slightly, and said: "Since you don't speak, it is of no use to me. Wu Qing and Wu Rou, you throw her into the dry well behind and seal it up."

"It's Your Highness!"

Wu Qing and Wu Rou agreed, and stepped forward to grab Ai'er and drag her out.

Suddenly, Ai'er yelled and looked at Zhu Xu in horror: "Your Highness, Your Highness, I have something to say..."

Wu Qing and Wu Rou's movements stopped immediately, Ai'er struggled on her knees, gathered herself together, and shouted to Zhu Xu: "Your Highness, the ancestor has already returned to the palace, you can't do anything to me!"

Zhu Xu smiled coldly, and said, "Don't you know? Countless maids and eunuchs disappear in this palace every year. One more than you is not too many, and one less than you is not too many!"

Ai'er knelt there with her head down, her expression frightened, her lips biting, her eyes flickering.

There was a cold light in Zhu Xu's eyes, and he said, "I'll give you one last chance to say something useful to me, otherwise you'll fill the well!"

Ai'er bit her lips, looked up at Zhu Xu suddenly and said, "Your Highness, if you promise to let me go and arrange for me to leave the palace, I will tell you a big secret!"

Zhu Xu raised his brows, those who followed the Ke family were indeed not good people, they were very scheming at a young age.

Zhu Xu said coldly: "That depends on whether your secret is enough to buy your life."

Ai'er sat there on her knees, her body seemed cold, she shrunk her neck from time to time, pursed her lips, looked at Zhu Xu and said, "This is definitely a big secret, it must be enough to buy my life, you swear, you will send me out of the palace. "

Zhu Xu walked a few steps, leaned over and looked at her with squinted eyes, and said with a smile: "You can bet now, either you don't tell me, I'll fill the well and bury you directly, or you tell me, I'll send you out of the palace. "

Ai'er looked at Zhu Xu, her face turned pale and she was trembling.

Zhu Xu straightened up, looked down at her and said indifferently: "Speak."

Ai'er was still struggling, and after a long time, she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, if you don't let me go, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!"

After finishing speaking, she looked back and forth, bit her lip, and said: "Old Ancestor, she, she has raised more than a dozen fake eunuchs in Xian'an Palace, in the secret room behind the bed, I found it by accident."

Zhu Xu's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he lowered his head to look at this Ai'er.Sure enough, he is not an ordinary person. He even knows such a secret, and he has lived until now.If it wasn't for his intentional calculations, she probably would have succeeded.

But for Zhu Xu, the secret of the Ke family is indeed not simple, but very meaningful.He has been worrying about how to deal with Keshi.Regardless of the previous turmoil in the court, or the previous discussion about leaving the palace, it was not the problem of the Hakka family itself, either it was Wei Zhongxian's incident, or it was out of etiquette.

These are irrelevant to Zhu Youxiao, and they will not damage Keshi's position in his heart at all. No matter how big the turmoil in the court is, as long as Zhu Youxiao cares about Keshi, she will always have a way to come back.

But this time it is different, Ke Shi and Zhu Youxiao have a special relationship, and this kind of matter is particularly sensitive.

Zhu Xu thought for a while, then turned his head to look at his Ai'er who was still kneeling there, looking at him expectantly, and said in a deep sigh, "Go back, let's pretend that today's incident didn't happen, how do you think about it? Keshi, please explain."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the two sisters Wu Qing and Wu Rou and said, "Let her go back, and don't let out a single word of what happened today."

The two sisters didn't know why Zhu Xu let go of the maid who murdered the queen and prince, so they hesitated and said, "It's Your Highness."

That Ai'er was untied from the rope, and she fell limply on the ground, and when she remembered that she was going out of the palace, Zhu Xu was nowhere to be seen.

Not long after returning to Jinghuan Palace, Zhu Xu had a look of rejoicing.

Because Feng Guiren had a miscarriage.

Cao Huachun stood in front of Zhu Xu, a little frightened.He is also an old man in the palace, but it is the first time that he has murdered the prince so openly.

"The tricks of the old temptress are really powerful."

Zhu Xu couldn't help admiring that Feng Guiren was a transparent person in his eyes, but the empress didn't even know about this kind of news, and the old temptress just let her have a miscarriage, which is probably second to none for the infiltration of the harem.

"However, Zhou Yingqiu must be dealt with first."

Zhu Xu thought to himself, there is an unpredictable Zhou Yingqiu outside, if he didn't plot against him when he didn't realize that the person behind him was him, it might not be so easy.

Regarding Feng Guiren's matter, he was also helpless, waved his hand at Cao Huachun, and said: "Let the emperor worry about this matter, go back to sleep."

Cao Huachun could also guess that this matter might not be resolved, so he agreed and went down.

Zhu Xu didn't feel sleepy. When he came to the study, he was about to sit down when he saw a line of beautiful small characters on the white paper on the desk.

"Yesterday the flute sounded loud, and in the morning, my face was unwell, and I was at a loss and didn't care about myself, and there was another line of tears."

Looking at this little poem, Zhu Xu shook his head secretly. Yao Qingqing had a deep affection for Bi Maokang, but both of them were cautious and did not dare to take a step forward, so that they dragged on until now.

"It seems that we have to arrange for her to go out on business."

Zhu Xu thought that the arsenal up the mountain was under construction in secret, and it was time to meet the future inventor of the flintlock.

Zhu Xu picked up the piece of paper, folded it and put it aside, took out a book by himself, and read it slowly.

It is very troublesome to compare the simplified and traditional characters. Some characters are easy to understand, and some are completely irrelevant. Up to now, he still occasionally struggles to read them.