The Empire and the Kingdom

After seeing off the Lingguo Mission, Feng Jingsu could relax for a while, and of course she went to the Prime Minister's Mansion along the way.

Xue Ai didn't go out today. Feng Jingsu had something to do, and she also wanted to take a rest. The weather was too cold, and her body couldn't bear it.

"You were right not to go out today, it's windy outside." Feng Jingsu said as soon as she came in.

Xue Ai was wearing a pink jacket, looking delicate and festive.She put down the pen in her hand, came over and hugged Feng Jingsu, "Sister Su!"

"What are you writing again? Didn't they tell you to rest at home?" Feng Jingsu was also helpless, Xue Ai was too capable.

Xue Ai pulled her to the brazier to warm up, "I was wondering why Your Majesty didn't establish a crown prince yet."

Feng Jingsu smiled, "Are you anxious to see Xue Ying's tragic end?"

Xue Ai pouted, "I'm not that bad!"

"Really don't want to?" To be honest, Feng Jingsu wanted to see it, but wouldn't Xue Ai, who pushed Xue Ying to where she is now, not want to?

Xue Ai hesitated for a long time, "It's a little bit!" The fox doesn't have so many good intentions, it's just that the fox is weak and needs to use its strength to fight.

"Then what did you analyze?" The two of them lay on the bed after they had warmed enough.Feng Jingsu especially likes to lie on the bed and listen to Xue Ai talking about things, it feels comfortable and seductive.

"Hmm..." Xue Ai thought for a while, "Is your majesty not going to establish a son?" The emperor now has only his son, the Seventh Prince, but the Seventh Prince is the youngest one. This situation is more dangerous. There are still five older brothers watching over him, even if the Seventh Prince is made the crown prince, will he be able to ascend the throne smoothly?Prince is the best example.

"It's hard to say. I chatted with my father recently. He doesn't seem to have any plans to establish a crown prince."If the emperor does not intend to make the seventh prince the crown prince, then the second prince has a great chance.

"Sister Su, the Second Prince and the Seventh Prince are currently fighting for the crown prince, but are the other princes willing to withdraw?" She knew that this was impossible, and the power was impressive, let alone such a supreme position?It's just that she has no way to obtain more movements of the princes, so she has no way of judging.

"The third brother not only wants to marry Princess Ling, but also the eldest lady of the Guan family. Although the Guan family may not be tied up with the third brother because of a concubine, it is still an extra layer of security. With this layer of security, the third brother's thoughts may be It's time to grow up." Feng Jingsu said slowly, "If you talk about Li Chang, the third brother has a chance, as long as the second brother dies, he will be the eldest son." No one can say for sure about this kind of thing. Of course the prince can die too.

Xue Ai listened, but did not answer.

"Fourth brother's biological mother was convicted and imprisoned in the cold palace. There is probably no hope. No one is willing to help him now. If he is smart, he will protect his life wisely now. No matter who is in power, he will always have his glory and wealth. As for fifth brother, Unless the second brother is dead, there is no way for him to have a chance. With such a tight bond with the second brother, I think his future is not as easy as that of the fourth brother." Feng Jingsu is not optimistic about the fifth prince at all.

"Speaking of which, if something happens to the second prince, it's not only the third prince who has a chance, but also the fifth prince." Xue Ai is very good at sorting things out.

Feng Jingsu reached out and touched her head, "So the second brother is very dangerous. If I were him, I would spend a lot of money now to ask Jianghu masters to protect me."

Xue Ai smiled, she knew Feng Jingsu was joking, of course, it might not be a joke. "Where is the sixth prince?"

"The Sixth Brother is the one whose situation is the most uncertain. Chen Chongyi once wanted to win me over, but he didn't seem to be safe. But I heard that Chen Chongyi is willing to use the Sixth Brother as a condition because of the possibility of the Fourth Sister's marriage. If she can keep the fourth sister from getting married, she will let the sixth brother marry someone's daughter as his concubine, and by doing so, she will break the sixth brother's desire to fight for the throne."

Things in the palace are never secret.Feng Jingsu's eyeliner in the palace was limited, and more news was told to her by Concubine De.Concubine De has been in the harem for so many years, no one but Concubine De knows how much eyeliner she has put on.No one even knows why Concubine De, a person who has no desires and desires, secretly casts so much eyeliner.

Xue Ai was thoughtful after hearing these words, and she didn't come back to her senses until her lips warmed up.

"You slipped away, you should be punished." Feng Jingsu kissed the corner of her lips until she began to respond enthusiastically.

The two entangled for a while, and finally parted breathlessly.Looking at each other's blushing cheeks, smiling at each other, even the air is sweet.

"What were you thinking just now?" Feng Jingsu didn't intend to let Xue Ai go, she pulled him closer to her arms, and kissed Xue Ai's ears repeatedly, until Xue Ai's ears turned red.

"I'm thinking about my second sister." Xue Ai heard some news that seemed to be true and false, saying that Xue Zhi might marry the prince, but she didn't know exactly how many princes. Now that she wants to come, as Xue Zhi, if she wants to marry The concubine is probably married to the sixth prince.But in this way, Xue Zhi or Aunt Wang will help Princess Wen Chun avoid marriage, how to avoid it?Will father help?Most likely not.What happened to Xue Ying had already broken his father's heart. He didn't care if Xue Ying forgave Xue Ying, but gave up on Xue Ying.Then Xue Zhi, who also made a big mistake, his father probably wouldn't take action.So what ability does Xue Zhi have to help Princess Wen Chun?

Xue Ai is best at analyzing and obtaining useful information from a little bit of clues, and then connecting completely irrelevant information to get valuable clues.She was lying in Feng Jingsu's arms, but her mind was spinning rapidly.

Suddenly, she raised her head and opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

"What do you want to say?" Feng Jingsu kissed her forehead.The little fox looked at him with big beautiful eyes, as if he was seducing someone.

"Will my second sister try to harm you?" Xue Ai said in a low voice.She is not sure about her own judgment, but this is the result of her analysis of the connection. She has analyzed things in this way since she was a child, and she rarely makes mistakes.

She didn't need Feng Jingsu to ask, she just told Feng Jingsu the process of her analysis.How can we prevent Princess Wen Chun from going to marry?The news came out from the palace that the emperor had to choose between Princess Wen Chun and Feng Jingsu. If Princess Wen Chun was not allowed to make a marriage, then he had to make sure that Feng Jingsu did.How to ensure it?Everyone could tell that the emperor paid more attention to Feng Jingsu, so he could only let the emperor give up on Feng Jingsu. Xue Ai just played such a trick and successfully made Prime Minister Xue give up his eldest daughter Xue Ying.

Feng Jingsu believed in her judgment, but she didn't panic, "Xiao Ai, how do you think your second sister will harm me?"

Xue Ai thought for a long time, but Feng Jingsu was not in a hurry, and hugged her to let her think about it.

"Me." Xue Ai said suddenly.

"Ah?" Feng Jingsu didn't understand.

"The second sister has no contact with you at all. The only possibility is me. Everyone in the family knows that you and I are close, and the second sister will probably put her mind on this." Xue Ai shook her head after thinking about it, "Sister Su, these are my friends. Guessing, as long as one of them is wrong, it will be wrong in the end. Maybe... Maybe it will make a big joke." She was really afraid of misleading Feng Jingsu.

"Xiao Ai, if it's not my business, it's your own business," Feng Jingsu paused at this point, then smiled, "This is your business. So, without me, would you trust your own judgment?"

"I believe." As long as Feng Jingsu is not involved, she is very confident. "But..." She pointed at her finger, "Does Sister Su believe me?"

"I believe." This is a good fox whose own family will never change her. If you don't believe her, who will you trust?

Since they both wanted to believe it, the two began to analyze what actions Xue Zhi might take.At present, Xue Zhi doesn't know that Feng Jingsu sneaks into Pingle Pavilion all day long, so she will only make a fuss when Feng Jingsu comes to the prime minister's mansion openly or Xue Ai goes out with Feng Jingsu, which provides them with opportunities to fish.

After discussing it, Feng Jingsu got up and went back to the palace.Just when she got near the Zhiqiong Palace, she saw the elusive black figure again, and it disappeared in a flash.But this time her movement was faster, and Yu Shu, who had been following her all the time, felt that the people around her disappeared in a flash.Yushu hurriedly caught up, and the black shadows in front of her eyes disappeared, even Feng Jingsu disappeared.

She stood there for a while, and Feng Jingsu appeared. "Princess."

Feng Jingsu pointed to the Zhiqiong Palace next to her, "People came out of here." Her reaction was quick enough this time, maybe she was also expecting to meet that black shadow, so as soon as the black shadow appeared, she chased after it , finally discovered that the black shadow disappeared in Zhiqiong Palace.

Yushu raised her head and looked at the Zhiqiong Palace hidden in the darkness. This is Concubine Jian Xian's bedroom, but it is almost the same as the Leng Palace.Concubine Jianxian has been ill for more than ten years, the emperor has never visited her, and the monarch's grace has been cut off. Who else would care about this place?There is only one Princess Yongning who is filial in front of Concubine Jian Xian's bed every day, never leaving her.

This place seems to be a corner that has been forgotten by people, and there is even more snow.

"Who is here who is a master of martial arts?" Yushu suddenly trembled, and said that ghosts will be encountered in the cold palace, and there are no outsiders here all year round. Could there be ghosts?

"You'll have to check to find out."

From this day on, Feng Jingsu's eyeliner in the palace, as well as the eyeliner placed by Concubine De, will pay attention to Zhiqiong Palace. Sure enough, it didn't take long for several eyeliners to see the dark shadows coming and going in and out of Zhiqiong Palace at night.

"Shuangniang, what kind of illness is Xianfei? She has been ill for so many years and hasn't gotten better? And why doesn't Father go to Zhiqiong Palace to see Xianfei?" This kind of old things in the palace, asked De Concubine is definitely right.

Concubine De looked up at the snow on the trees outside the window, as if she was remembering. "Concubine Xian, she is the concubine of Xing Kingdom. She was named a concubine when she entered the palace, and she was very beautiful for a while. His Majesty also doted on her at that time, staying in Zhiqiong Palace every night, until the ministers wanted to The level of the letter. Originally, Concubine Xian was in good health, and she raised her well after giving birth to Yongning. When Yongning was about six years old, Concubine Xian became pregnant again. This time everyone said it was a boy, even the one in my palace The old mother also said that Concubine Xian has a sharp belly, so it must be a boy. Later, when Concubine Xian was eight months pregnant, she fell ill for some reason, but the child was born. It was indeed a boy, but it was a pity that it was born His majesty was furious at that time, and ordered a strict investigation, and later found out that the handkerchief that Lu Chongrong gave to Concubine Jian Xian had been soaked in red flowers. Although Lu Chongrong insisted that he did not know about it, the handkerchief After all, the son was sent by her, which cannot be denied. His Majesty put her in the cold palace because of her ignorance. Concubine Xian has been bedridden since then, and has never left Zhiqiong Palace. "

Speaking of these old events, Concubine De couldn't help but sigh, "Concubine Xian is a consort princess, and she was so favored after marrying into our country. She lost everything overnight, so she closed the palace door to live by herself. From then on Except for the palace servants of Zhiqiong Palace, no one else has ever set foot in Zhiqiong Palace, including Your Majesty."

Feng Jingsu frowned, "Is it true that Father will never see Concubine Xian again?"

Concubine De shook her head, "Your Majesty is not a benevolent person. Yun Yi, have you heard the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Mrs. Li?"

Of course Feng Jingsu had heard that during Emperor Wu's time, Mrs. Li favored Emperor Wu because of her beauty, but later she became haggard after getting sick, and even died without seeing Emperor Wu.This is the tragedy of the servants of Israel.Love fades and love relaxes, love relaxes and refuses.Probably the love between Concubine Jian Xian and the emperor was too beautiful, so she just wanted to keep this beauty.

"So Concubine Jian Xian is a beauty like Mrs. Li?" She had no impression of Concubine Jian Xian at all.

Concubine De smiled, "In this harem, who is not a beauty? Concubine Xian's most irresistible thing is not her beauty, but her unsullied tenderness. You have seen the most delicate flowers in the greenhouse, right? The kind of flower that you dare not touch, even look at it with care.”

Feng Jingsu understood that Concubine Xian was born in the royal family, married into the royal family, and lived a smooth life, so she was extraordinarily delicate and fragile.Just knowing about Concubine Xian doesn't help to find out Soi Ying's identity.

"Could it be that Xingguo secretly sent someone to protect the concubine Xian and the second sister?" Feng Jingsu guessed wildly.

"If you want to protect, you should have sent someone to protect it, not now more than ten years later. In fact, Xingguo has not sent anyone for many years, and probably even Xianfei's current situation is not clear. Princess Heqin is probably like this Destiny, after a long time, it will be forgotten." Concubine De talked a lot, took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, and seeing Feng Jingsu was still thinking, she asked, "Why do you care about that black shadow so much? Where are the Ouchi guards who are responsible for the security around Zhiqiong Palace?"

Feng Jingsu leaned over, "Ouchi guards don't have such good martial arts."

"How is it better than you?" Concubine De actually doesn't understand martial arts at all, so she can only use people to judge her.

Feng Jingsu shook her head, "I don't know if I haven't played against each other. But even if I'm worse than me, it won't be much worse." She thought for a while, "At least at Xuejing's level."

Concubine De raised her eyebrows with interest. She knew that Guan Xuejing and Feng Jingsu were both from Feiyejin Academy, so their martial arts should be about the same, and this black shadow can be at the same level as Guan Xuejing, so the martial arts are already very high.

Feng Baiwen, the second young master of the Feng family, returned from a trip some time ago and picked up a girl who had fainted from freezing at the street corner, and was carried back to the mansion for treatment.The doctor prescribed medicine for the girl, and Di Shi asked the maid to change the girl into clean clothes.After a long time, the girl finally woke up, but she was very weak and needed rest.

The girl said that her name was Zhenniang, her parents were dead, she was abducted by a swindler to be sold to a brothel, she ran away while the swindler was not paying attention, and was unaccompanied in the capital, and finally was frozen on the road.

Di Shi is an orphan girl, and she was rescued by Master Feng to achieve such a happy marriage. When she heard Zhenniang's tragic life experience, she felt the same way, so she asked Zhenniang to stay in Feng's house to recuperate, and then make plans when she recovered. Thank you, Zhenniang.

This was a trivial matter, Feng Qianzi didn't care at all.But recently, when Feng Wanji was chatting with her, she brought it up, saying that the second brother complained that Zhenniang always made some underwear for him, how could such things be given away casually?The second brother has rejected many times, but Zhenniang just doesn't listen, and cries every time after being rejected, which makes the second brother not know what to do.

"There is such a thing?" Feng Qianzi found it interesting.

Zhenniang had already recovered from her illness, but Dishi didn't let her go, and she didn't mention leaving.Today she just embroidered a sweat towel and came to Feng Baiwen's yard. Surprisingly, no one was guarding the gate of Feng Baiwen's yard. Go lazy and eat.She entered the yard, opened the door and entered Feng Baiwen's room.

"You can also break into the young master's room?" The sudden voice startled Zhenniang, she looked carefully, and found that sitting at the table was Feng Qianzi, the eldest daughter of the Feng family.

"Miss, it's you. I thought I was an errand. How could there be a woman's voice in the second young master's room." Zhenniang laughed along with her.

Feng Qianzi squinted her beautiful phoenix eyes, why didn't she think this Zhenniang was so eloquent before?It seems that what she said was that a girl like her should not enter a man's bedroom.

"Of course there shouldn't be a woman's voice in my second brother's room, so why did you dare to barge in?"

Zhenniang brushed her hair, "Miss, I embroidered a scarf for the second young master, thinking of handing it directly to the second young master for fear of being gossiped, so I wanted to secretly put it in the second young master's room, so as to express my love The kindness will not tarnish the second young master's reputation."

Feng Qianzi asked Zhenniang to bring the sweat towel, and she glanced at it and put it on the table, "Zhenniang, you are also a well-educated person, so you should know that sweat towels are not something you can give away. If you want to give it, it can only be given by my future second sister-in-law." She threw the sweat towel to Bai Fang, "Take it and burn it, so as not to cause gossip."

Zhenniang raised her head, "Miss, I know I was wrong. I was confused, please forgive me this time."