Red Robe
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After leaving, he returned to his house in the west of the city in a short while.
The snow-skinned beauty is holding a rabbit in her arms. At first glance, she looks like a moon fairy, but she is dressed in red like fire, and her expression is still gloomy. When you look closely, she doesn't look like a moon fairy at all. Like Shura Yangui.
After entering the courtyard, Xian Yu realized that the six shadows had already left, maybe they were withdrawn by Li Qingning.
Looking at the wide open door, there is a dent on the door, which was obviously caused by a heavy impact.
Xian Yu frowned slightly, and seeing the silence around her, her heart became more and more uneasy.
After entering the room, she subconsciously glanced at the bedpost, only to see that the words she left had been erased.
That's right, Li Qingning has been here before, came and left, and I don't know if something happened on the way.
Logically speaking, it would be better for Li Qingning not to leave the palace at this time, and she has finally won the trust of Li Zaiyu, if she is caught, all previous efforts will be wasted.
It took Xian Yu a lot of time to find the farm, and there was a long delay on the way.She turned around and thought, maybe Li Qingning left the palace in a hurry because she couldn't see her.
Not daring to think too much, she anxiously put the rabbit in her arms on the table, poured tea and took a sip.
One person and one rabbit looked at each other in blank dismay, relatively speechless.
"Bai Tu." Xian Yu called out unhurriedly.
The rabbit bent down and squatted down, its eyes were closed, as if it was about to fall asleep again.
Seeing this, Xian Yu was even more sure that this was the rabbit, narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "I ate the Bisheng flower."
As soon as the words fell, the rabbit's eyes suddenly opened, and it looked like a baby rabbit, but the human voice that came out of its mouth was very vicissitudes.
"How dare Zhuzi get contaminated with that evil thing!"
Xian Yu smiled, "It really is you."
Bai Tu let out a long sigh, "It's fine for me to eat and drink at that farmhouse, but Zhu Zi has to take me away."
"How can you remember me?" Xian Yu said slowly, word by word.
Bai Tu sneered, "The old man doesn't remember, so who else remembers, you, or your highness the eldest princess who lives in the palace?"
Xian Yu was speechless for a while, feeling as if he had been hit in the head, his light-colored lips opened and closed, and after a while he said in astonishment: "But why do you remember?"
Hearing this, Bai Tu laughed again, and said slowly: "Could it be that you really think that you are the daughter of destiny, fortunately reincarnated and come back again, if the old man hadn't exhausted his cultivation and used the power of starfall to turn the world around, so what? There is a chance for you to come back again.”
Xian Yu really thought that she was lucky enough to come back again because of God's curtain. She was stunned for a moment, and then she felt a chill down her spine covering her head from bottom to top.
It is so.
I thought God opened my eyes, but I never thought that it was just a waste of time to turn the world around in exchange for this life.
Her thin lips opened and closed, and she was speechless for a long time. All along, she acted recklessly relying on the fact that she was under the curtain of God, but everything was not going to her as she wished.
So it's still going on...
No, never business as usual.
"What do you mean?" Xian Yu moved her lips.
"Although the old man was struck by the lightning, his soul has not dissipated. If there is no firewood left in the green hills, seeing you crying and crying is very miserable, and thinking that you are still kind to me, an old man, so I will leave Trying to make you meet again." The rabbit lying on the table closed its eyes and did not move its mouth, as if ventriloquism.
Xian Yu hasn't recovered from her senses for a long time, she thought she was loved by the heavens at first, that's why she acted recklessly, she didn't feel that she should act cautiously at all.
Now that a basin of cold water was poured down her head, she was stunned for a long time before exhaling, and said slowly, "You did it."
"That's right, it's the old man." Bai Tu said.
He paused, then gritted his teeth and said: "It's just that I didn't expect that you would be contaminated with that Bisheng flower in this life. Do you know how evil that Bisheng flower is, it's something from Guigu Mountain."
Xian Yu's breath gradually became chaotic, and after she calmed down a little, she said, "That's right, I just wanted to ask you how the years on Ghost Bone Mountain are calculated."
It is really important how the years are counted, but Li Qingning said that she will only give the second half of the Dan Yin scroll if she knows her age.
Besides, if Li Qingning is such a well-behaved person, if she doesn't know her real age, she will definitely not want to do things like renewing her relationship with her.
Isn't this worse than the previous life?
Seeing her anxious expression, Bai Tu said slowly: "This Ghost Bone Mountain is really evil. No matter when you go up the mountain, the top of the mountain is always covered with green sheng flowers, and there are bones everywhere, but none of them has flesh and blood."
"Why." Xian Yu frowned.
"On Ghost Bone Mountain, you think it's only been one day, but it's actually been ten years." Bai Tu said slowly.
Xian Yu first frowned, thinking that she must have passed the age for ordinary girls to get married, but after careful calculation, she couldn't help but gasped.
Bai Tu said meaningfully: "If you go to tease the eldest princess again now, it would be really... shameless."
Xian Yu almost crushed the teacup in his hand, thought that the teacup belonged to Li Qingning, put it down properly, then picked up Baitu, and said coldly, "You don't want to live anymore."
Bai Tu coughed twice, "Based on this, your age is really comparable to that of an old man."
Xian Yu almost gulped up a mouthful of blood, and her throat seemed to be a little fishy and sweet. Her eyes were about to burst, and she paused, "Say it again."
Bai Tu was carried so painfully, he said: "I was just joking, but the number of Bisheng flowers depends on fate. Some people go down the mountain after eating it to be older, and some people come back after eating it." Childhood. But one day at the bottom of the mountain, two years have indeed passed on the mountain.”
Only then did Xian Yu swallow the fishy sweetness that was almost pouring into his throat, and after taking a breath, he put down the rabbit in his hand, and said after recovering, "I am impulsive."
After she finished speaking, she felt that she was too aggressive just now, so she quickly smoothed Bai Tu's hair.
Bai Tu leaned down again, and gave her a half-hearted look, "I'm used to it, so don't worry about it."
One person and one rabbit looked at each other for a long time, and finally Xian Yu still felt very sorry, but it was really hard to lower his head.
After a long time, Xian Yu pulled off the veil, moved his lips hesitantly, and said after a while: "I owe you a lot."
"Don't say these hypocritical words, just do what you have to do, don't waste my hard work and sleep." Bai Tu really closed his eyes and took a long breath.
Xian Yu looked at it silently for a long time, and finally squeezed out two words from between his lips and teeth: "Thank you."
Bai Tu's ears moved slightly, but he ignored her.
Xian Yu's heart was beating wildly, after much deliberation, she still wanted to see Li Qingning.
She thought about it very much, especially after knowing her real age, after all, she almost felt that she was taking advantage of Li Qingning.
It's still a huge advantage, if it's really a day on the ground and ten years on the mountain, then wouldn't she...
Xian Yu took a deep breath, if it's really an old cow eating such tender grass, then it's okay?That's really disrespecting the old.
Chapter 58
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"White paint." Xian Yu still had a disturbed conscience.
"Then I spent seven days on the mountain. Could it be the seven days below the mountain?" She said.
The closed-eyed rabbit opened its eyelids a little, and said, "Didn't I tell you, old man, I lied to you when I said that I went up the mountain for two years in one day."
Bai Tu lifted his legs, and said again: "So the bones on the mountain are gradually piled up, but you can't even see how the flesh is rotting. That's because the time of day on the mountain is different from that on the bottom."
"You think you have only spent seven days on the mountain, but in fact it has been 14 years, so you can grow to what you are now in a few days." He continued, "You have grown, but your muscles and bones may not have grown. Well done, you should have noticed that your muscles and bones are weaker, and your breath is weaker than in previous lives."
"Indeed." Xian Yu nodded.
"That's why I was very annoyed just now, old man, because you were contaminated with this green flower and that." Bai Tu snorted a bit from his nose.
Xian Yu lowered her eyes, it doesn't matter if her body is weak or not, if she really wants to live honestly for so many years, it will be too late.
"That is to say, after going down the mountain for seven days, I have been meditating on the mountain for fourteen years?" She whispered.
"Not bad." Bai Tu gave her a sideways look.
Xian Yu breathed a sigh of relief, she really didn't take advantage.
She fell in love for a while, and wanted to see Li Qingning very much, and wished she could pull up Li Qingning's lapel for her to take a closer look.
What to look at, of course, let Li Qingning widen her eyes and take a closer look, she is already in her twenties now, if it is a girl from someone else's family, not only is she out of the court, she even has children in groups!
Girls from other families are like that, but she, she has never been close to Li Qingning once in this life.
Of course, this closeness is not that closeness, it is the kind of closeness that cannot be closer.
However, she swore again last night that she must never lower her body to pray for mercy, so she would not pick Li Qingning's bright moon with her bare hands, she would teach the bright moon to come to her.
It's true, she can't see Li Qingning, not to mention, she can't enter the palace now, there must be several monks guarding the gate of the palace, if she breaks in, she will definitely attract attention.
Xian Yu thought for a long time, then sighed inwardly, that's all, if you don't go, you won't go.
It's just that I don't know who came to the house today, it seems that they have fought a lot, otherwise there would be dents on the door.
Amidst the anxiety, she suddenly remembered that she wanted to ask about Bai Tu at first, but she saw that the rabbit lying on the table was already asleep and about to snore.
It looks like a baby rabbit, but the shell actually contains the soul of an old man. In her previous life, she made a lot of jokes when she picked up Bai Tu
When Bai Tu spoke in her previous life, she was so frightened that she immediately let go.The half-asleep and half-awake rabbit plopped and fell on all fours, and was awakened just like that.
After that, the old rabbit often scolded her for disrespecting the elderly, and he had his own reasons for everything. At first, she listened to it a little, but later she just felt that the old man was talking nonsense.
Xian Yu tilted the teapot, filled the cup, took a sip to moisten her throat, and then said: "I'm curious, how did you go against this fate."
Rabbit slowly opened his eyes, "Old man, after watching the stars at night, I borrowed the power of falling stars and used my whole life to make up for it. This is how I got this life. It's just that I tried this technique for the first time, and it was somewhat different from what I expected, so... ..."
Xian Yu understood, it turned out that Li Qingning didn't remember what happened in her previous life, and it wasn't because she drank an extra sip of Mengpo soup.
She frowned slightly, "Since you can reverse the destiny, why are you still no match for Lei Jie?"
As soon as the words fell, the rabbit rolled its eyes, "It's not that the old man is invincible, but it's just that he's tired. The road to immortality is long, and there are still several thunderstorms after this one. It's better to be a rabbit and eat and drink freely. "
"You are at ease." Xian Yu paused for a moment, and then said: "I went to the farmhouse to look for you this time, just to try my luck, but I didn't expect you to be here."
"I'm so eager to find me, but what do you want to ask?" Bai Tu said bluntly.
Xian Yu didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly: "Do you know what a scorpion vine is?"
"Scorpion tail vine..." Bai Tu murmured, chewing on these three words word by word, and finally said after a long time: "You ask what this thing does."
"The emperor is seriously ill, probably because he took the scorpion vine." Xian Yu frowned.
Only then did Bai Tu whisper: "This scorpion tail vine grows in a very shady place, it has always been in deep pools, it is extremely rare, and it is not easy to pick."
"When in the water, the body of the vine is highly poisonous. Human hands should not touch it directly, otherwise the skin will rot and die. However, if it is harvested on the shore and dried in the sun, the toxin will be reduced by half." He paused.
Bai Tu went on to say: "Long-term use will cause kidney failure, although it can temporarily expand the spiritual sea, temporarily increase energy at night, and feel tired during the day, but will not feel sleepy, but these are all signs of returning to the light. "
"I think the emperor's lips are a little purple, his skin is white and blue, and he is weak and weak during the day. I don't know if it is caused by the scorpion tail vine." Xian Yu recalled Li Zaiyu's appearance.
"If the lips are dark purple, the skin is as white as onyx, and the eyes are extremely cloudy, it really seems to be caused by the scorpion vine, then time is running out." Bai Tu said slowly.
Xian Yu was silent for a moment, "What if I don't take it halfway?"
"You can't stop taking Heliconia vine. If you stop taking it for a day, you will feel like an addiction. You will be thinking about it day and night. You can't eat or drink. You look like a madman. You want to kill yourself. But if you endure it for half a day, the toxins in your body will disappear. Most of it subsided by itself." Bai Tu replied.
The corner of Xian Yu's lips twitched, "So, if they don't have the scorpion tail vine in their hands, outsiders will notice that something is wrong with the emperor if they stop taking their clothes for a day."
"Not bad." Bai Tu said.
"The scorpion tail vines in their hands should be sufficient, but no matter how abundant they are, they will not last long, and they will run out one day." Xian Yu said again.
"How are you doing?" Bai Tu asked.
Xian Yu bent his index finger and tapped on the table, "I don't know which deep pools in Dongzhou have scorpion vines."
"There are three places, all far apart." Baitu paused, and then said: "You don't need to look for it, even if you don't go to pick it, the scorpion tail vine in their hands won't last long, after all, this vine grows at the bottom of the pond. In a cool place, it takes a year to grow an inch of light."
"One inch a year?" Xian Yu laughed, "If you want to take it every day, you must have a huge amount to last until the emperor died of kidney failure. Those who use this plan really took great pains."
The rabbit lying on the table nodded slightly, "Using the scorpion vine is an expedient measure. After all, after taking it for a long time, the imperial doctor can't detect that the emperor is poisoned. He just thinks he got sick naturally."
"I don't know how long the emperor can last." Xian Yu frowned slightly.
"If it's as you said, it won't take two years." Bai Tu said slowly.
in the palace.
As soon as Li Qingning entered the palace gate, she was stopped. The imperial guards who had always recognized her carriage actually wanted to see Fangxin's badge. Let the carriage drive in.
Fang felt a little nervous, lowered her voice and asked, "Your Highness, what should I do?"
Li Qingning's face remained unchanged, she lowered her eyes and said calmly: "I haven't done anything rebellious, let's see what happens next."
Fang Xin nodded slightly, and continued to drive the carriage.
Unexpectedly, the carriage was stopped not far from the palace gate, but this time it was not the imperial guards who stopped her, but two monks who came here on order.
"I don't know why the elders came here." Li Qingning raised her arm slightly, and raised the curtain covering the door.
The person who came here by order said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please come to Yuanzheng Hall to meet Her Majesty the Eldest Princess."
Li Qingning's expression was heavy, her injured right hand was slightly hidden behind her back, and the black skirt hanging by her side moved slightly.
Usually when Li Zaiyu invited her, he only sent palace servants, but now he has recruited two major sects, and even selected some highly cultivated ones. It is obvious that the matter is not easy, and someone might have informed Li Zaiyu in front of her.
All these years, she has been pretending that her spiritual sea has not been opened, just to reduce Li Zaiyu's guard against her, but in fact, she has opened her spiritual sea long ago, and her cultivation level is not low now. If this is known, it will be a deception mortal sin.
Although Li Zaiyu has a very good relationship with her on the surface, everyone like the Second Prince and King Fengxian can see that Li Zaiyu does not completely trust her.
Presumably, this matter must have something to do with the man in black who sneaked up on the mansion in the west of the city, otherwise how could Li Zaiyu have sent monks to invite her so quickly.
Li Qingning lowered her eyebrows, and the scar on her palm became hotter, as if it had been burned to the bone, and even half of her body ached.
She curled up her five fingers hidden in her cuffs slightly, gripped the wound in her palm, and secretly activated the aura, trying to expel the toxin, but unexpectedly, the toxin spread wantonly along with the aura flowing in her body.
Half of his body was numb and aching, but now his ten fingers were so stiff that he couldn't move, his fingers were connected to his heart, and even his heart was tightly grasped.
"I'm sorry to bother the elders." Li Qingning raised the curtain and said lightly.
Fang Xin pursed her lips without saying a word, her forehead was covered with dense sweat.
Originally, he wanted to go back to Yangning Palace, but he had to go to Yuanzheng Hall halfway.
In the Yuanzheng Hall, the second prince Li Wuyin was sitting in the banquet, and the suzerains of the two sects were also there.
Li Qingning walked slowly, lowered her body and saluted, "I don't know why His Majesty summoned my sister to come here."
Li Zaiyu's face was pale, and he looked very tired, "Recently, there have been a lot of incidents in the Sun Palace, and I have a headache. This morning, I found out that most of the silver silk paper in Xiuqing Palace was missing, but the Qing imperial concubine didn't recognize it. Now it's gone. was held in prison."
Li Qingning's expression changed slightly. If she remembered correctly, the father of Concubine Qing was the Shangshu of the imperial court.
Concubine Qing has always been in-depth and simple, and she has never been involved in any court affairs, she just wants to be safe.Besides, she didn't even have a son and a half daughter, so even if she wanted to fight for something, she might as well fight for favor in front of Li Zaiyu.
If the imperial concubine Qing confesses not to confess, it will be a big joke in the world. The reason why the silver silk paper in Xiuqing Palace is so small must be that it was stolen.
Li Qingning turned her head slightly and glanced at the second prince, only to see that the second prince lowered his head slightly, his eyes were very dim, it seemed that something had been done secretly.
I really feel sorry for Concubine Qing.
Li Qingning thought to herself, if she wanted to get Concubine Qing to recognize her, she could only start with her father, Hanlin, who was in the court. During this period, Li Wuyin might secretly send someone to find Shangshu.
"If Concubine Qing really did such a thing, I think she won't deny it." Li Qingning said calmly.
Li Zaiyu glanced at her, "What does the eldest princess mean?"
Li Qingning saluted and said: "The matter is of great importance, I hope His Majesty and the adults will investigate and punish severely."
Li Zaiyu nodded slightly, and said again: "I just came over and said that a servant in the Xingqing Palace was murdered, and someone saw the figure of the murderer... looks like a royal sister, I guess there is something in it Misunderstand."
"My sister has not been to Xingqing Palace today, and she just came back from outside the palace, not to mention my sister and the emperor's nephew have never had a gap." Li Qingning said slowly.
If it was as she expected, Li Wuji's method was really despicable.
Li Zaiyu nodded, "I think so too."
"The emperor's nephew didn't want to think too much about it, but the eunuch of Xingqing Palace died, and only one person witnessed the incident." Li Wuyin said slowly.
"In this case, why not ask the adults from the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to investigate. It seems that some people want to separate the palace and the emperor's nephew. If something like this happens in the palace, the imperial army and the immortal elders cannot escape their responsibility. Your Majesty is afraid. We need to check carefully, who are on duty today." Li Qingning slowly raised her eyes, which were as calm as water.
Li Qingning still hid her palms in her cuffs, her whole body seemed to be paralyzed from the pain, but her expression remained unchanged.
She knew that the second prince wanted His Majesty to question her, no matter whether she could be blamed for the life or not, in short, if he could make His Majesty question her, the Second Prince would have succeeded.
At this moment, she attributed half of the reason to the Imperial Army and the Immortal Chief, which was really deliberate.
We all know that all the Imperial Guards and Immortal Chiefs in this palace are highly respected people. She said this now, not only accusing the Imperial Army and Immortal Chiefs of negligence, but also saying that some people are despising Huang Wei.
The second prince's face darkened slightly.
Si Qing lord at the side cupped his hands and said: "After checking with the elders of the two sects, the deceased was indeed injured by spiritual energy."
"My nephew first saw that the wound was left by spiritual energy, and he didn't dare to doubt Huanggu. As we all know, although Huanggu stayed in Weifeng Island for a long time, she never had a trace of spiritual energy, but the witnesses insisted that they saw Huanggu. Aunt's figure." The second prince said.
"Witness witnesses." The eunuch shouted.
Outside the main hall, a trembling little eunuch walked in with weak legs, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, "I did, I did see a person who looked like the eldest princess, but it was only at first glance. I was so scared that I couldn’t see clearly.”
Li Qingning pursed her lips without saying a word.
Si Qing said again: "In the mouth of the deceased, there was a tea leaf-like leaf under the tongue, and a piece of festered inside the mouth, but the imperial doctors checked many times, but they couldn't find any toxin in it. I guess it has nothing to do with the leaf, but There are just large ulcers in the mouth."
Li Qingning's eyes moved slightly, and then said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can let the elders of the two sects check the spiritual sea of my sister."
Li Zaiyu waved his hand: "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that something like this has happened, which shows that there is already a hidden crisis in the palace. I have been very worried these days. Since the imperial sister has a clear conscience, I will ask the elders to check it out. Be quiet for a while."
Li Qingning nodded slightly.
"Immortal Elder, please." Li Zaiyu raised his hand and said.
The monk standing behind him was about to step up, when he suddenly heard the suzerain of He Xu Zong say: "Your Majesty, it is not proper to spy on the Eldest Princess Linghai, and there is a bell called Mantra, if you don't answer the truth, the bell will ring suddenly. If you use this mantra bell, you don’t need to check His Highness’s Linghai.”
"It's so good." Li Zaiyu nodded.
Li Qingning's eyes moved slightly, and her lips were pursed into a line.
According to ancient books, this jade-carved white bell can tell the truth from words, but it can only be used once for one person, and it takes a lot of spiritual energy to activate this thing, and it will be disturbed by others.
Naturally, a spirit weapon that would be disturbed cannot be used for interrogation. From this point of view, this and Xu Zong's suzerain were just trying to make things difficult for her.No matter whether the white bell rang or not, Li Zaiyu would definitely be suspicious of her.
Li Qingning thought to herself, maybe the Second Prince Li Wuyin was behind this.
She watched the Suzerain take out a white bell carved with jade, and slowly walked in front of her.
Nahe Xuzong's suzerain said: "Dare to ask Your Highness, is there anyone who hurt Xingqing Palace?"
Li Qingning sneered in her heart, she was clearly trying to set her up, she slowly raised the corners of her lips, and said slowly, with a calm and calm look: "Can you ask more carefully, I should ask this palace When and where it hurts whom."
The suzerain who was asking the question just now held the bell slightly stiff, "I don't know if your Highness has hurt someone in Xingqing Palace today."
"The suzerain still hasn't made it clear that this matter is of great importance, and we should be more cautious." Li Qingning said unhurriedly.
Na and Xu Zong's suzerain were silent for a while, and then spoke again: "I don't know if there is someone who hurt the second prince in Xingqing Palace today, Your Highness."
"Never." Li Qingning replied.
After a while, the bell still didn't ring.
Only then did Li Qingning slightly loosen the hand hanging by her side.
She knew in her heart that Li Wuyin didn't dare to mention the fact that his people hurt her outside the palace, so naturally she couldn't say that the palm was poisoned by a palm.
Even ordinary monks couldn't resist that palm, let alone she was pretending to be an ordinary person now.
The suzerain of He Xuzong took back the jade bell, cupped his hands and said to Li Zaiyu: "Your Majesty, what the Eldest Princess said is true."
Li Zaiyu nodded with complicated eyes: "The security in the palace is strict, and the guard is only slightly relaxed during the Qianqiu Festival. If someone sneaks in, it must have sneaked into the palace during the Qianqiu Festival. It is difficult to leave after entering. That person must still be there. In the palace, there must be a strict investigation, this matter cannot be publicized, if no one is caught, only the Forbidden Army and the two sects will ask."
Everyone's eyes froze immediately, and they all clapped their hands in response.
Everyone in the Yuanzheng Hall dispersed, and Li Qingning also returned to Yangning Palace.
Not long after, news came out from the imperial army that the assassin had been caught, was indeed hiding in the palace, and had been tortured to death on the spot.
In Yangning Palace, it took a long time for Li Qingning to breathe out slowly.
Fang Xin quickly poured tea and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, the second prince..."
"The two major groups of people really want Li Wuyin behind their backs. They don't want to be good people, but they want to be Li Wuyin's dog." Li Qingning said slowly.
For some reason, scenes of events that she had never experienced before suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, like a daydream, exactly the same as when she dreamed about Xian Yu before.
In a trance, she seemed to see a large pool of reddish-brown water and a bowl of green soup.
Someone seemed to whisper in her ear: "Your Highness, this is the Huanling Decoction and Rejuvenation Lotion bestowed by Your Majesty."
She stared blankly at the pool of water and the bowl of soup medicine held high in the maid's hand, neither taking a step forward nor reaching out to take it.
"The person His Highness cares about is now suffering from a strange poison, which can't be cured without my sect's spiritual pill. If His Highness appreciates it, I will give the elixir to His Highness."
Every word is like the whisper of an evil spirit.
After a long time, she heard herself answer like this: "Thank you for your reward, Your Majesty."
Li Qingning suddenly came back to her senses. In her previous life, she soaked marrow rejuvenation lotion and drank Huanling decoction.
The marrow-returning dew, which can reshape a monk's tendons and spirit sea, is extremely precious, and it takes several months of training to get half of it.Those who have just opened the spiritual sea use this medicine, which has a great chance of improving their aptitude, but if the monks above the golden core use it, it will make their cultivation base scatter.
And the effect of Huan Ling Decoction is similar to it, both of which can reshape aptitude.
In the previous life, someone threatened her with Xian Yu, and she agreed.
In the previous life, Xian Yu was poisoned, but now, the poisoned person is her by mistake.
"Your Highness?"
Seeing that Li Qingning was in a trance, Fangxin hurriedly called out.
There seemed to be a trace of surprise in Li Qingning's eyes, and her red lips parted slightly, as if she was shocked.
But Li Qingning has always been calm in dealing with things, and she rarely showed such an expression on her face, and she didn't know what suddenly came to her mind.
There were frequent changes in the palace in the past few days, and she was worried that Li Qingning would suddenly fall into a magic barrier, so she couldn't help asking: "Is Your Highness too tired?"
Li Qingning raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, she didn't know when the scene she saw just now happened in her previous life.
Her heart was beating wildly, even though she was the one who was poisoned now, she was still a little worried about the unreturned people of Chengxi Mansion.
She was silent for a long time, and asked, "Did Your Majesty send someone over?"
Fang Xin was stunned for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Your Highness just came out of Yuanzheng Hall, if Your Majesty has something to say to His Highness, you must say it in the hall."
Li Qingning shook her head slightly, she knew that some of Li Zaiyu's words might not be said in the open.
For example, the gift of the marrow dew and the Huanling soup in the previous life may not be discussed in front of everyone in the hall.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Fang Xin asked with a frown.
Li Qingning thought about it for a long time. She has never soaked in rejuvenating essence or drank Huanling decoction in this life, so there is still room for maneuver.
Seeing her frowning, Fangxin couldn't help asking: "What is Your Highness worried about? Could it be that... Fairy."
She originally wanted to say "Xianyu", after all, this is the new name His Highness bestowed on the fairy in red, but it was really difficult to say it, the sound of the two words reached the tip of the tongue, but when she said it, she changed back to the previous name title.
It was too difficult, she originally thought that His Highness was ruthless and indifferent, but she never thought that he would be so affectionate towards Miss Six, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Li Qingning said indifferently: "She should be fine."
Fang Xin followed her words and said, "It's definitely fine."
Li Qingning nodded slightly, and slowly stretched out her hand hidden in her cuff.
The back of that jade white hand has distinct muscles and bones, because the five fingers are tightly curled up, several joints on the back of the hand have already turned white.
Fangxin was puzzled, and saw that Li Qingning seemed to have exerted great strength to turn her hand over, and slowly opened her tightly clenched fingers.
As the five fingers spread out, the wound on the palm was immediately exposed.
"Your Highness!" Fang Xin's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but exclaimed.
On the palm, the wound more than an inch long was shining brightly, the flesh was split open, and the blood congealed around it had turned black.
Although the wound was not deep enough to see the bones, there were faint signs of festering.
This injury should not be such a large area, it should have been just a scratch at first.
On Yubai's palm, there was a shocking wound, and Fangxin couldn't help but gasped, and then held his breath again.
"Your Highness, when did you get this injury?!" Fang Xin asked hastily.
As soon as she finished speaking, she thought that she was always by Li Qingning's side, how could she fail to guess, she said in surprise, "Could it be the man in black in the house in the west of the city!"
Li Qingning nodded slightly, her face turned slightly pale, but her expression remained unchanged, "Yes, it was him, and it should be the eunuch who died in his palace that Li Wuyin mentioned in the hall."
"The second prince is really vicious, he will blame His Highness even at the expense of one's life!" Fang Xin said with a trembling voice.
Li Qingning lowered her eyes and stared at her palm for a long time. If it wasn't for her pale face, it would have been impossible for others to see that the injury was on her body.
"It's really amazing that he can transport the corpses that died outside the palace back so quickly." She said lightly.
"But I don't understand. The man in black clearly committed suicide by taking poison. Why can't there be any signs of poisoning?" Could it be that he was bought by..."
"No." Li Qingning said indifferently: "Emperor Li is not a person who does not distinguish between good and evil."
She frowned and said: "When we were in the Yuanzheng Hall, the eunuch Dao Siqing had a large ulcer in his mouth, but no poison was found, it was only diagnosed as an ulcer."
After finishing speaking, Li Qingning looked at the festering wound on her palm again, and said, "My wound was also poisoned at first, and the blood stains were faintly purple, but later, the purple color gradually disappeared, and the wound began to fester."
"Could it be that the person used the same poison for His Highness!" Fang Xin took a deep breath.
Li Qingning nodded, "It's just that the person bit the poison sac in his mouth, so the poison enters the brain faster and spreads out faster, and the person is gone in just an instant."
Fang's heart was stunned for a moment, her eyes turned around helplessly, "Then, what should His Highness do, how can we detoxify, the second prince must have an antidote?"
Li Qingning raised the corners of her lips slightly, and said flatly: "He is waiting for me to beg him."
"The toxin dissipated just right, otherwise, if His Majesty knew that this was a game he had set up, he would definitely not be able to live in peace." She paused and said again.
"But what kind of poison is this poison? If you can find it, you can definitely present it to His Majesty." Fang Xin said anxiously.
Li Qingning nodded slightly, "If you can find it, it will be very good, but it is obviously hard to find this thing. If I go to tell His Majesty now that the second prince poisoned and set up a game, but the poison cannot be detected. Come on, it can only be said that this palace has slandered the second prince of the dynasty, and that this palace is crazy."
"Your Majesty has so many immortal elders, how could they not know what the poison is?" Fang Xin said again.
Li Qingning was silent for a while, "The hearts of the two sects are no longer towards His Majesty. If you want to cut off the root of the disaster, you can only expel all the clan members from the city, but Your Majesty dare not do this. He has many elite soldiers under him, but mortals How can you be an enemy with monks?"
Fang Xin pursed her lips and was speechless.
"Li Zaiyu was wrong from the very beginning. He aggressively recruited monks, which led to a trend of cultivating 'high martial arts' in Dongzhou. Many people no longer thought about passing the imperial examination to become an official career, but learned these crooked ways." Li Qingning said .
She paused for a moment, and then said: "But cultivating immortals is something that everyone can do. It takes most of their lives, and most people get nothing in the end. People have reached their end of life, and they will do nothing until they die."
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Fang Xin frowned.
Li Qingning tightened her five fingers again, grasped the wound in her palm, and said unhurriedly: "Li Zaiyu's move is tantamount to pushing himself into a fire pit, pushing Dongzhou into a fire pit, if Li Wuyin really wants to kill the king, What can he do, he can't do anything, he's being manipulated to death."
"Why didn't the second prince..." Fang Xin didn't dare to finish her sentence.
"Li Wuyin is also a smart man. The power won by the blade can only lead him to the road of tyranny/government. The subjects will definitely not obey him. If you want it to last for a long time, you should not be too impatient, but." Li Qing paused. "He's impatient now."
"Then what should be done about His Highness's injury?" Fang was so anxious that the cloth on her back was already wet with sweat.
Li Qingning was silent for a while before saying, "Don't worry, although I don't know what kind of poison it is, but the dosage must not be much, otherwise I would not be able to sit here long ago, presumably I want to force me to bow my head voluntarily."
Fang Xin pursed her lips and stopped talking, the master meant that, no matter how anxious she was, she couldn't allow her to interrupt.
After being silent for a long while, Fang Xin said: "What can this servant do for His Highness now?"
"Be safe and don't be impatient." Li Qingning lowered her eyes and said.
A master and a servant sat in the house for a long time, so long that Li Qingning's hands and feet were almost numb, and half of her body was almost unconscious.
Li Qingning's eyelashes trembled, and under the slender eyelashes, a pair of pupils were cloudy, as if some storm was brewing
The snow-skinned beauty is holding a rabbit in her arms. At first glance, she looks like a moon fairy, but she is dressed in red like fire, and her expression is still gloomy. When you look closely, she doesn't look like a moon fairy at all. Like Shura Yangui.
After entering the courtyard, Xian Yu realized that the six shadows had already left, maybe they were withdrawn by Li Qingning.
Looking at the wide open door, there is a dent on the door, which was obviously caused by a heavy impact.
Xian Yu frowned slightly, and seeing the silence around her, her heart became more and more uneasy.
After entering the room, she subconsciously glanced at the bedpost, only to see that the words she left had been erased.
That's right, Li Qingning has been here before, came and left, and I don't know if something happened on the way.
Logically speaking, it would be better for Li Qingning not to leave the palace at this time, and she has finally won the trust of Li Zaiyu, if she is caught, all previous efforts will be wasted.
It took Xian Yu a lot of time to find the farm, and there was a long delay on the way.She turned around and thought, maybe Li Qingning left the palace in a hurry because she couldn't see her.
Not daring to think too much, she anxiously put the rabbit in her arms on the table, poured tea and took a sip.
One person and one rabbit looked at each other in blank dismay, relatively speechless.
"Bai Tu." Xian Yu called out unhurriedly.
The rabbit bent down and squatted down, its eyes were closed, as if it was about to fall asleep again.
Seeing this, Xian Yu was even more sure that this was the rabbit, narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "I ate the Bisheng flower."
As soon as the words fell, the rabbit's eyes suddenly opened, and it looked like a baby rabbit, but the human voice that came out of its mouth was very vicissitudes.
"How dare Zhuzi get contaminated with that evil thing!"
Xian Yu smiled, "It really is you."
Bai Tu let out a long sigh, "It's fine for me to eat and drink at that farmhouse, but Zhu Zi has to take me away."
"How can you remember me?" Xian Yu said slowly, word by word.
Bai Tu sneered, "The old man doesn't remember, so who else remembers, you, or your highness the eldest princess who lives in the palace?"
Xian Yu was speechless for a while, feeling as if he had been hit in the head, his light-colored lips opened and closed, and after a while he said in astonishment: "But why do you remember?"
Hearing this, Bai Tu laughed again, and said slowly: "Could it be that you really think that you are the daughter of destiny, fortunately reincarnated and come back again, if the old man hadn't exhausted his cultivation and used the power of starfall to turn the world around, so what? There is a chance for you to come back again.”
Xian Yu really thought that she was lucky enough to come back again because of God's curtain. She was stunned for a moment, and then she felt a chill down her spine covering her head from bottom to top.
It is so.
I thought God opened my eyes, but I never thought that it was just a waste of time to turn the world around in exchange for this life.
Her thin lips opened and closed, and she was speechless for a long time. All along, she acted recklessly relying on the fact that she was under the curtain of God, but everything was not going to her as she wished.
So it's still going on...
No, never business as usual.
"What do you mean?" Xian Yu moved her lips.
"Although the old man was struck by the lightning, his soul has not dissipated. If there is no firewood left in the green hills, seeing you crying and crying is very miserable, and thinking that you are still kind to me, an old man, so I will leave Trying to make you meet again." The rabbit lying on the table closed its eyes and did not move its mouth, as if ventriloquism.
Xian Yu hasn't recovered from her senses for a long time, she thought she was loved by the heavens at first, that's why she acted recklessly, she didn't feel that she should act cautiously at all.
Now that a basin of cold water was poured down her head, she was stunned for a long time before exhaling, and said slowly, "You did it."
"That's right, it's the old man." Bai Tu said.
He paused, then gritted his teeth and said: "It's just that I didn't expect that you would be contaminated with that Bisheng flower in this life. Do you know how evil that Bisheng flower is, it's something from Guigu Mountain."
Xian Yu's breath gradually became chaotic, and after she calmed down a little, she said, "That's right, I just wanted to ask you how the years on Ghost Bone Mountain are calculated."
It is really important how the years are counted, but Li Qingning said that she will only give the second half of the Dan Yin scroll if she knows her age.
Besides, if Li Qingning is such a well-behaved person, if she doesn't know her real age, she will definitely not want to do things like renewing her relationship with her.
Isn't this worse than the previous life?
Seeing her anxious expression, Bai Tu said slowly: "This Ghost Bone Mountain is really evil. No matter when you go up the mountain, the top of the mountain is always covered with green sheng flowers, and there are bones everywhere, but none of them has flesh and blood."
"Why." Xian Yu frowned.
"On Ghost Bone Mountain, you think it's only been one day, but it's actually been ten years." Bai Tu said slowly.
Xian Yu first frowned, thinking that she must have passed the age for ordinary girls to get married, but after careful calculation, she couldn't help but gasped.
Bai Tu said meaningfully: "If you go to tease the eldest princess again now, it would be really... shameless."
Xian Yu almost crushed the teacup in his hand, thought that the teacup belonged to Li Qingning, put it down properly, then picked up Baitu, and said coldly, "You don't want to live anymore."
Bai Tu coughed twice, "Based on this, your age is really comparable to that of an old man."
Xian Yu almost gulped up a mouthful of blood, and her throat seemed to be a little fishy and sweet. Her eyes were about to burst, and she paused, "Say it again."
Bai Tu was carried so painfully, he said: "I was just joking, but the number of Bisheng flowers depends on fate. Some people go down the mountain after eating it to be older, and some people come back after eating it." Childhood. But one day at the bottom of the mountain, two years have indeed passed on the mountain.”
Only then did Xian Yu swallow the fishy sweetness that was almost pouring into his throat, and after taking a breath, he put down the rabbit in his hand, and said after recovering, "I am impulsive."
After she finished speaking, she felt that she was too aggressive just now, so she quickly smoothed Bai Tu's hair.
Bai Tu leaned down again, and gave her a half-hearted look, "I'm used to it, so don't worry about it."
One person and one rabbit looked at each other for a long time, and finally Xian Yu still felt very sorry, but it was really hard to lower his head.
After a long time, Xian Yu pulled off the veil, moved his lips hesitantly, and said after a while: "I owe you a lot."
"Don't say these hypocritical words, just do what you have to do, don't waste my hard work and sleep." Bai Tu really closed his eyes and took a long breath.
Xian Yu looked at it silently for a long time, and finally squeezed out two words from between his lips and teeth: "Thank you."
Bai Tu's ears moved slightly, but he ignored her.
Xian Yu's heart was beating wildly, after much deliberation, she still wanted to see Li Qingning.
She thought about it very much, especially after knowing her real age, after all, she almost felt that she was taking advantage of Li Qingning.
It's still a huge advantage, if it's really a day on the ground and ten years on the mountain, then wouldn't she...
Xian Yu took a deep breath, if it's really an old cow eating such tender grass, then it's okay?That's really disrespecting the old.
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"White paint." Xian Yu still had a disturbed conscience.
"Then I spent seven days on the mountain. Could it be the seven days below the mountain?" She said.
The closed-eyed rabbit opened its eyelids a little, and said, "Didn't I tell you, old man, I lied to you when I said that I went up the mountain for two years in one day."
Bai Tu lifted his legs, and said again: "So the bones on the mountain are gradually piled up, but you can't even see how the flesh is rotting. That's because the time of day on the mountain is different from that on the bottom."
"You think you have only spent seven days on the mountain, but in fact it has been 14 years, so you can grow to what you are now in a few days." He continued, "You have grown, but your muscles and bones may not have grown. Well done, you should have noticed that your muscles and bones are weaker, and your breath is weaker than in previous lives."
"Indeed." Xian Yu nodded.
"That's why I was very annoyed just now, old man, because you were contaminated with this green flower and that." Bai Tu snorted a bit from his nose.
Xian Yu lowered her eyes, it doesn't matter if her body is weak or not, if she really wants to live honestly for so many years, it will be too late.
"That is to say, after going down the mountain for seven days, I have been meditating on the mountain for fourteen years?" She whispered.
"Not bad." Bai Tu gave her a sideways look.
Xian Yu breathed a sigh of relief, she really didn't take advantage.
She fell in love for a while, and wanted to see Li Qingning very much, and wished she could pull up Li Qingning's lapel for her to take a closer look.
What to look at, of course, let Li Qingning widen her eyes and take a closer look, she is already in her twenties now, if it is a girl from someone else's family, not only is she out of the court, she even has children in groups!
Girls from other families are like that, but she, she has never been close to Li Qingning once in this life.
Of course, this closeness is not that closeness, it is the kind of closeness that cannot be closer.
However, she swore again last night that she must never lower her body to pray for mercy, so she would not pick Li Qingning's bright moon with her bare hands, she would teach the bright moon to come to her.
It's true, she can't see Li Qingning, not to mention, she can't enter the palace now, there must be several monks guarding the gate of the palace, if she breaks in, she will definitely attract attention.
Xian Yu thought for a long time, then sighed inwardly, that's all, if you don't go, you won't go.
It's just that I don't know who came to the house today, it seems that they have fought a lot, otherwise there would be dents on the door.
Amidst the anxiety, she suddenly remembered that she wanted to ask about Bai Tu at first, but she saw that the rabbit lying on the table was already asleep and about to snore.
It looks like a baby rabbit, but the shell actually contains the soul of an old man. In her previous life, she made a lot of jokes when she picked up Bai Tu
When Bai Tu spoke in her previous life, she was so frightened that she immediately let go.The half-asleep and half-awake rabbit plopped and fell on all fours, and was awakened just like that.
After that, the old rabbit often scolded her for disrespecting the elderly, and he had his own reasons for everything. At first, she listened to it a little, but later she just felt that the old man was talking nonsense.
Xian Yu tilted the teapot, filled the cup, took a sip to moisten her throat, and then said: "I'm curious, how did you go against this fate."
Rabbit slowly opened his eyes, "Old man, after watching the stars at night, I borrowed the power of falling stars and used my whole life to make up for it. This is how I got this life. It's just that I tried this technique for the first time, and it was somewhat different from what I expected, so... ..."
Xian Yu understood, it turned out that Li Qingning didn't remember what happened in her previous life, and it wasn't because she drank an extra sip of Mengpo soup.
She frowned slightly, "Since you can reverse the destiny, why are you still no match for Lei Jie?"
As soon as the words fell, the rabbit rolled its eyes, "It's not that the old man is invincible, but it's just that he's tired. The road to immortality is long, and there are still several thunderstorms after this one. It's better to be a rabbit and eat and drink freely. "
"You are at ease." Xian Yu paused for a moment, and then said: "I went to the farmhouse to look for you this time, just to try my luck, but I didn't expect you to be here."
"I'm so eager to find me, but what do you want to ask?" Bai Tu said bluntly.
Xian Yu didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly: "Do you know what a scorpion vine is?"
"Scorpion tail vine..." Bai Tu murmured, chewing on these three words word by word, and finally said after a long time: "You ask what this thing does."
"The emperor is seriously ill, probably because he took the scorpion vine." Xian Yu frowned.
Only then did Bai Tu whisper: "This scorpion tail vine grows in a very shady place, it has always been in deep pools, it is extremely rare, and it is not easy to pick."
"When in the water, the body of the vine is highly poisonous. Human hands should not touch it directly, otherwise the skin will rot and die. However, if it is harvested on the shore and dried in the sun, the toxin will be reduced by half." He paused.
Bai Tu went on to say: "Long-term use will cause kidney failure, although it can temporarily expand the spiritual sea, temporarily increase energy at night, and feel tired during the day, but will not feel sleepy, but these are all signs of returning to the light. "
"I think the emperor's lips are a little purple, his skin is white and blue, and he is weak and weak during the day. I don't know if it is caused by the scorpion tail vine." Xian Yu recalled Li Zaiyu's appearance.
"If the lips are dark purple, the skin is as white as onyx, and the eyes are extremely cloudy, it really seems to be caused by the scorpion vine, then time is running out." Bai Tu said slowly.
Xian Yu was silent for a moment, "What if I don't take it halfway?"
"You can't stop taking Heliconia vine. If you stop taking it for a day, you will feel like an addiction. You will be thinking about it day and night. You can't eat or drink. You look like a madman. You want to kill yourself. But if you endure it for half a day, the toxins in your body will disappear. Most of it subsided by itself." Bai Tu replied.
The corner of Xian Yu's lips twitched, "So, if they don't have the scorpion tail vine in their hands, outsiders will notice that something is wrong with the emperor if they stop taking their clothes for a day."
"Not bad." Bai Tu said.
"The scorpion tail vines in their hands should be sufficient, but no matter how abundant they are, they will not last long, and they will run out one day." Xian Yu said again.
"How are you doing?" Bai Tu asked.
Xian Yu bent his index finger and tapped on the table, "I don't know which deep pools in Dongzhou have scorpion vines."
"There are three places, all far apart." Baitu paused, and then said: "You don't need to look for it, even if you don't go to pick it, the scorpion tail vine in their hands won't last long, after all, this vine grows at the bottom of the pond. In a cool place, it takes a year to grow an inch of light."
"One inch a year?" Xian Yu laughed, "If you want to take it every day, you must have a huge amount to last until the emperor died of kidney failure. Those who use this plan really took great pains."
The rabbit lying on the table nodded slightly, "Using the scorpion vine is an expedient measure. After all, after taking it for a long time, the imperial doctor can't detect that the emperor is poisoned. He just thinks he got sick naturally."
"I don't know how long the emperor can last." Xian Yu frowned slightly.
"If it's as you said, it won't take two years." Bai Tu said slowly.
in the palace.
As soon as Li Qingning entered the palace gate, she was stopped. The imperial guards who had always recognized her carriage actually wanted to see Fangxin's badge. Let the carriage drive in.
Fang felt a little nervous, lowered her voice and asked, "Your Highness, what should I do?"
Li Qingning's face remained unchanged, she lowered her eyes and said calmly: "I haven't done anything rebellious, let's see what happens next."
Fang Xin nodded slightly, and continued to drive the carriage.
Unexpectedly, the carriage was stopped not far from the palace gate, but this time it was not the imperial guards who stopped her, but two monks who came here on order.
"I don't know why the elders came here." Li Qingning raised her arm slightly, and raised the curtain covering the door.
The person who came here by order said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please come to Yuanzheng Hall to meet Her Majesty the Eldest Princess."
Li Qingning's expression was heavy, her injured right hand was slightly hidden behind her back, and the black skirt hanging by her side moved slightly.
Usually when Li Zaiyu invited her, he only sent palace servants, but now he has recruited two major sects, and even selected some highly cultivated ones. It is obvious that the matter is not easy, and someone might have informed Li Zaiyu in front of her.
All these years, she has been pretending that her spiritual sea has not been opened, just to reduce Li Zaiyu's guard against her, but in fact, she has opened her spiritual sea long ago, and her cultivation level is not low now. If this is known, it will be a deception mortal sin.
Although Li Zaiyu has a very good relationship with her on the surface, everyone like the Second Prince and King Fengxian can see that Li Zaiyu does not completely trust her.
Presumably, this matter must have something to do with the man in black who sneaked up on the mansion in the west of the city, otherwise how could Li Zaiyu have sent monks to invite her so quickly.
Li Qingning lowered her eyebrows, and the scar on her palm became hotter, as if it had been burned to the bone, and even half of her body ached.
She curled up her five fingers hidden in her cuffs slightly, gripped the wound in her palm, and secretly activated the aura, trying to expel the toxin, but unexpectedly, the toxin spread wantonly along with the aura flowing in her body.
Half of his body was numb and aching, but now his ten fingers were so stiff that he couldn't move, his fingers were connected to his heart, and even his heart was tightly grasped.
"I'm sorry to bother the elders." Li Qingning raised the curtain and said lightly.
Fang Xin pursed her lips without saying a word, her forehead was covered with dense sweat.
Originally, he wanted to go back to Yangning Palace, but he had to go to Yuanzheng Hall halfway.
In the Yuanzheng Hall, the second prince Li Wuyin was sitting in the banquet, and the suzerains of the two sects were also there.
Li Qingning walked slowly, lowered her body and saluted, "I don't know why His Majesty summoned my sister to come here."
Li Zaiyu's face was pale, and he looked very tired, "Recently, there have been a lot of incidents in the Sun Palace, and I have a headache. This morning, I found out that most of the silver silk paper in Xiuqing Palace was missing, but the Qing imperial concubine didn't recognize it. Now it's gone. was held in prison."
Li Qingning's expression changed slightly. If she remembered correctly, the father of Concubine Qing was the Shangshu of the imperial court.
Concubine Qing has always been in-depth and simple, and she has never been involved in any court affairs, she just wants to be safe.Besides, she didn't even have a son and a half daughter, so even if she wanted to fight for something, she might as well fight for favor in front of Li Zaiyu.
If the imperial concubine Qing confesses not to confess, it will be a big joke in the world. The reason why the silver silk paper in Xiuqing Palace is so small must be that it was stolen.
Li Qingning turned her head slightly and glanced at the second prince, only to see that the second prince lowered his head slightly, his eyes were very dim, it seemed that something had been done secretly.
I really feel sorry for Concubine Qing.
Li Qingning thought to herself, if she wanted to get Concubine Qing to recognize her, she could only start with her father, Hanlin, who was in the court. During this period, Li Wuyin might secretly send someone to find Shangshu.
"If Concubine Qing really did such a thing, I think she won't deny it." Li Qingning said calmly.
Li Zaiyu glanced at her, "What does the eldest princess mean?"
Li Qingning saluted and said: "The matter is of great importance, I hope His Majesty and the adults will investigate and punish severely."
Li Zaiyu nodded slightly, and said again: "I just came over and said that a servant in the Xingqing Palace was murdered, and someone saw the figure of the murderer... looks like a royal sister, I guess there is something in it Misunderstand."
"My sister has not been to Xingqing Palace today, and she just came back from outside the palace, not to mention my sister and the emperor's nephew have never had a gap." Li Qingning said slowly.
If it was as she expected, Li Wuji's method was really despicable.
Li Zaiyu nodded, "I think so too."
"The emperor's nephew didn't want to think too much about it, but the eunuch of Xingqing Palace died, and only one person witnessed the incident." Li Wuyin said slowly.
"In this case, why not ask the adults from the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to investigate. It seems that some people want to separate the palace and the emperor's nephew. If something like this happens in the palace, the imperial army and the immortal elders cannot escape their responsibility. Your Majesty is afraid. We need to check carefully, who are on duty today." Li Qingning slowly raised her eyes, which were as calm as water.
Li Qingning still hid her palms in her cuffs, her whole body seemed to be paralyzed from the pain, but her expression remained unchanged.
She knew that the second prince wanted His Majesty to question her, no matter whether she could be blamed for the life or not, in short, if he could make His Majesty question her, the Second Prince would have succeeded.
At this moment, she attributed half of the reason to the Imperial Army and the Immortal Chief, which was really deliberate.
We all know that all the Imperial Guards and Immortal Chiefs in this palace are highly respected people. She said this now, not only accusing the Imperial Army and Immortal Chiefs of negligence, but also saying that some people are despising Huang Wei.
The second prince's face darkened slightly.
Si Qing lord at the side cupped his hands and said: "After checking with the elders of the two sects, the deceased was indeed injured by spiritual energy."
"My nephew first saw that the wound was left by spiritual energy, and he didn't dare to doubt Huanggu. As we all know, although Huanggu stayed in Weifeng Island for a long time, she never had a trace of spiritual energy, but the witnesses insisted that they saw Huanggu. Aunt's figure." The second prince said.
"Witness witnesses." The eunuch shouted.
Outside the main hall, a trembling little eunuch walked in with weak legs, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, "I did, I did see a person who looked like the eldest princess, but it was only at first glance. I was so scared that I couldn’t see clearly.”
Li Qingning pursed her lips without saying a word.
Si Qing said again: "In the mouth of the deceased, there was a tea leaf-like leaf under the tongue, and a piece of festered inside the mouth, but the imperial doctors checked many times, but they couldn't find any toxin in it. I guess it has nothing to do with the leaf, but There are just large ulcers in the mouth."
Li Qingning's eyes moved slightly, and then said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can let the elders of the two sects check the spiritual sea of my sister."
Li Zaiyu waved his hand: "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that something like this has happened, which shows that there is already a hidden crisis in the palace. I have been very worried these days. Since the imperial sister has a clear conscience, I will ask the elders to check it out. Be quiet for a while."
Li Qingning nodded slightly.
"Immortal Elder, please." Li Zaiyu raised his hand and said.
The monk standing behind him was about to step up, when he suddenly heard the suzerain of He Xu Zong say: "Your Majesty, it is not proper to spy on the Eldest Princess Linghai, and there is a bell called Mantra, if you don't answer the truth, the bell will ring suddenly. If you use this mantra bell, you don’t need to check His Highness’s Linghai.”
"It's so good." Li Zaiyu nodded.
Li Qingning's eyes moved slightly, and her lips were pursed into a line.
According to ancient books, this jade-carved white bell can tell the truth from words, but it can only be used once for one person, and it takes a lot of spiritual energy to activate this thing, and it will be disturbed by others.
Naturally, a spirit weapon that would be disturbed cannot be used for interrogation. From this point of view, this and Xu Zong's suzerain were just trying to make things difficult for her.No matter whether the white bell rang or not, Li Zaiyu would definitely be suspicious of her.
Li Qingning thought to herself, maybe the Second Prince Li Wuyin was behind this.
She watched the Suzerain take out a white bell carved with jade, and slowly walked in front of her.
Nahe Xuzong's suzerain said: "Dare to ask Your Highness, is there anyone who hurt Xingqing Palace?"
Li Qingning sneered in her heart, she was clearly trying to set her up, she slowly raised the corners of her lips, and said slowly, with a calm and calm look: "Can you ask more carefully, I should ask this palace When and where it hurts whom."
The suzerain who was asking the question just now held the bell slightly stiff, "I don't know if your Highness has hurt someone in Xingqing Palace today."
"The suzerain still hasn't made it clear that this matter is of great importance, and we should be more cautious." Li Qingning said unhurriedly.
Na and Xu Zong's suzerain were silent for a while, and then spoke again: "I don't know if there is someone who hurt the second prince in Xingqing Palace today, Your Highness."
"Never." Li Qingning replied.
After a while, the bell still didn't ring.
Only then did Li Qingning slightly loosen the hand hanging by her side.
She knew in her heart that Li Wuyin didn't dare to mention the fact that his people hurt her outside the palace, so naturally she couldn't say that the palm was poisoned by a palm.
Even ordinary monks couldn't resist that palm, let alone she was pretending to be an ordinary person now.
The suzerain of He Xuzong took back the jade bell, cupped his hands and said to Li Zaiyu: "Your Majesty, what the Eldest Princess said is true."
Li Zaiyu nodded with complicated eyes: "The security in the palace is strict, and the guard is only slightly relaxed during the Qianqiu Festival. If someone sneaks in, it must have sneaked into the palace during the Qianqiu Festival. It is difficult to leave after entering. That person must still be there. In the palace, there must be a strict investigation, this matter cannot be publicized, if no one is caught, only the Forbidden Army and the two sects will ask."
Everyone's eyes froze immediately, and they all clapped their hands in response.
Everyone in the Yuanzheng Hall dispersed, and Li Qingning also returned to Yangning Palace.
Not long after, news came out from the imperial army that the assassin had been caught, was indeed hiding in the palace, and had been tortured to death on the spot.
In Yangning Palace, it took a long time for Li Qingning to breathe out slowly.
Fang Xin quickly poured tea and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, the second prince..."
"The two major groups of people really want Li Wuyin behind their backs. They don't want to be good people, but they want to be Li Wuyin's dog." Li Qingning said slowly.
For some reason, scenes of events that she had never experienced before suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, like a daydream, exactly the same as when she dreamed about Xian Yu before.
In a trance, she seemed to see a large pool of reddish-brown water and a bowl of green soup.
Someone seemed to whisper in her ear: "Your Highness, this is the Huanling Decoction and Rejuvenation Lotion bestowed by Your Majesty."
She stared blankly at the pool of water and the bowl of soup medicine held high in the maid's hand, neither taking a step forward nor reaching out to take it.
"The person His Highness cares about is now suffering from a strange poison, which can't be cured without my sect's spiritual pill. If His Highness appreciates it, I will give the elixir to His Highness."
Every word is like the whisper of an evil spirit.
After a long time, she heard herself answer like this: "Thank you for your reward, Your Majesty."
Li Qingning suddenly came back to her senses. In her previous life, she soaked marrow rejuvenation lotion and drank Huanling decoction.
The marrow-returning dew, which can reshape a monk's tendons and spirit sea, is extremely precious, and it takes several months of training to get half of it.Those who have just opened the spiritual sea use this medicine, which has a great chance of improving their aptitude, but if the monks above the golden core use it, it will make their cultivation base scatter.
And the effect of Huan Ling Decoction is similar to it, both of which can reshape aptitude.
In the previous life, someone threatened her with Xian Yu, and she agreed.
In the previous life, Xian Yu was poisoned, but now, the poisoned person is her by mistake.
"Your Highness?"
Seeing that Li Qingning was in a trance, Fangxin hurriedly called out.
There seemed to be a trace of surprise in Li Qingning's eyes, and her red lips parted slightly, as if she was shocked.
But Li Qingning has always been calm in dealing with things, and she rarely showed such an expression on her face, and she didn't know what suddenly came to her mind.
There were frequent changes in the palace in the past few days, and she was worried that Li Qingning would suddenly fall into a magic barrier, so she couldn't help asking: "Is Your Highness too tired?"
Li Qingning raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, she didn't know when the scene she saw just now happened in her previous life.
Her heart was beating wildly, even though she was the one who was poisoned now, she was still a little worried about the unreturned people of Chengxi Mansion.
She was silent for a long time, and asked, "Did Your Majesty send someone over?"
Fang Xin was stunned for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Your Highness just came out of Yuanzheng Hall, if Your Majesty has something to say to His Highness, you must say it in the hall."
Li Qingning shook her head slightly, she knew that some of Li Zaiyu's words might not be said in the open.
For example, the gift of the marrow dew and the Huanling soup in the previous life may not be discussed in front of everyone in the hall.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Fang Xin asked with a frown.
Li Qingning thought about it for a long time. She has never soaked in rejuvenating essence or drank Huanling decoction in this life, so there is still room for maneuver.
Seeing her frowning, Fangxin couldn't help asking: "What is Your Highness worried about? Could it be that... Fairy."
She originally wanted to say "Xianyu", after all, this is the new name His Highness bestowed on the fairy in red, but it was really difficult to say it, the sound of the two words reached the tip of the tongue, but when she said it, she changed back to the previous name title.
It was too difficult, she originally thought that His Highness was ruthless and indifferent, but she never thought that he would be so affectionate towards Miss Six, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Li Qingning said indifferently: "She should be fine."
Fang Xin followed her words and said, "It's definitely fine."
Li Qingning nodded slightly, and slowly stretched out her hand hidden in her cuff.
The back of that jade white hand has distinct muscles and bones, because the five fingers are tightly curled up, several joints on the back of the hand have already turned white.
Fangxin was puzzled, and saw that Li Qingning seemed to have exerted great strength to turn her hand over, and slowly opened her tightly clenched fingers.
As the five fingers spread out, the wound on the palm was immediately exposed.
"Your Highness!" Fang Xin's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but exclaimed.
On the palm, the wound more than an inch long was shining brightly, the flesh was split open, and the blood congealed around it had turned black.
Although the wound was not deep enough to see the bones, there were faint signs of festering.
This injury should not be such a large area, it should have been just a scratch at first.
On Yubai's palm, there was a shocking wound, and Fangxin couldn't help but gasped, and then held his breath again.
"Your Highness, when did you get this injury?!" Fang Xin asked hastily.
As soon as she finished speaking, she thought that she was always by Li Qingning's side, how could she fail to guess, she said in surprise, "Could it be the man in black in the house in the west of the city!"
Li Qingning nodded slightly, her face turned slightly pale, but her expression remained unchanged, "Yes, it was him, and it should be the eunuch who died in his palace that Li Wuyin mentioned in the hall."
"The second prince is really vicious, he will blame His Highness even at the expense of one's life!" Fang Xin said with a trembling voice.
Li Qingning lowered her eyes and stared at her palm for a long time. If it wasn't for her pale face, it would have been impossible for others to see that the injury was on her body.
"It's really amazing that he can transport the corpses that died outside the palace back so quickly." She said lightly.
"But I don't understand. The man in black clearly committed suicide by taking poison. Why can't there be any signs of poisoning?" Could it be that he was bought by..."
"No." Li Qingning said indifferently: "Emperor Li is not a person who does not distinguish between good and evil."
She frowned and said: "When we were in the Yuanzheng Hall, the eunuch Dao Siqing had a large ulcer in his mouth, but no poison was found, it was only diagnosed as an ulcer."
After finishing speaking, Li Qingning looked at the festering wound on her palm again, and said, "My wound was also poisoned at first, and the blood stains were faintly purple, but later, the purple color gradually disappeared, and the wound began to fester."
"Could it be that the person used the same poison for His Highness!" Fang Xin took a deep breath.
Li Qingning nodded, "It's just that the person bit the poison sac in his mouth, so the poison enters the brain faster and spreads out faster, and the person is gone in just an instant."
Fang's heart was stunned for a moment, her eyes turned around helplessly, "Then, what should His Highness do, how can we detoxify, the second prince must have an antidote?"
Li Qingning raised the corners of her lips slightly, and said flatly: "He is waiting for me to beg him."
"The toxin dissipated just right, otherwise, if His Majesty knew that this was a game he had set up, he would definitely not be able to live in peace." She paused and said again.
"But what kind of poison is this poison? If you can find it, you can definitely present it to His Majesty." Fang Xin said anxiously.
Li Qingning nodded slightly, "If you can find it, it will be very good, but it is obviously hard to find this thing. If I go to tell His Majesty now that the second prince poisoned and set up a game, but the poison cannot be detected. Come on, it can only be said that this palace has slandered the second prince of the dynasty, and that this palace is crazy."
"Your Majesty has so many immortal elders, how could they not know what the poison is?" Fang Xin said again.
Li Qingning was silent for a while, "The hearts of the two sects are no longer towards His Majesty. If you want to cut off the root of the disaster, you can only expel all the clan members from the city, but Your Majesty dare not do this. He has many elite soldiers under him, but mortals How can you be an enemy with monks?"
Fang Xin pursed her lips and was speechless.
"Li Zaiyu was wrong from the very beginning. He aggressively recruited monks, which led to a trend of cultivating 'high martial arts' in Dongzhou. Many people no longer thought about passing the imperial examination to become an official career, but learned these crooked ways." Li Qingning said .
She paused for a moment, and then said: "But cultivating immortals is something that everyone can do. It takes most of their lives, and most people get nothing in the end. People have reached their end of life, and they will do nothing until they die."
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Fang Xin frowned.
Li Qingning tightened her five fingers again, grasped the wound in her palm, and said unhurriedly: "Li Zaiyu's move is tantamount to pushing himself into a fire pit, pushing Dongzhou into a fire pit, if Li Wuyin really wants to kill the king, What can he do, he can't do anything, he's being manipulated to death."
"Why didn't the second prince..." Fang Xin didn't dare to finish her sentence.
"Li Wuyin is also a smart man. The power won by the blade can only lead him to the road of tyranny/government. The subjects will definitely not obey him. If you want it to last for a long time, you should not be too impatient, but." Li Qing paused. "He's impatient now."
"Then what should be done about His Highness's injury?" Fang was so anxious that the cloth on her back was already wet with sweat.
Li Qingning was silent for a while before saying, "Don't worry, although I don't know what kind of poison it is, but the dosage must not be much, otherwise I would not be able to sit here long ago, presumably I want to force me to bow my head voluntarily."
Fang Xin pursed her lips and stopped talking, the master meant that, no matter how anxious she was, she couldn't allow her to interrupt.
After being silent for a long while, Fang Xin said: "What can this servant do for His Highness now?"
"Be safe and don't be impatient." Li Qingning lowered her eyes and said.
A master and a servant sat in the house for a long time, so long that Li Qingning's hands and feet were almost numb, and half of her body was almost unconscious.
Li Qingning's eyelashes trembled, and under the slender eyelashes, a pair of pupils were cloudy, as if some storm was brewing
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