[Red Chamber] Daiyu Reborn

three days later.

"Your Majesty, please spare me, it was all forced by Marquis Jingxiang!"

"It's Xiao Ruofan, it's all Xiao Ruofan... He told us to drug the princess's snacks, and it was he who asked us to do evil to General Cui... Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"Cui Yingming was able to get better after taking the monk's medicine during the Chinese New Year...but he asked us to increase or decrease the medicinal materials, and all the medicines used are anti-aging!"

"Even last night's nonsense, he told us to say that, it's him, it's all him!"

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Just now a report came from outside the palace that the prospective son-in-law Cui Yingming vomited blood and died, and the eldest princess became a widow.

The blood-stained bench and the miserable corpses are for the living to see: a group of pale-faced imperial physicians knelt in the corner, weeping and swearing, it was really the voice of the devil piercing through the ears, Around the beam for three days without rest.

On the steps, Emperor Yunshuo, Su Wang Yunzheng and Princess Roulan were all standing. Only the Empress Dowager Xiao, sitting behind a few juniors, looked at everything coldly, motionless as a mountain.

Taishang Huang Yunluo didn't show up, because he heard that his most precious granddaughter was murdered by such a vicious means, and he almost fainted in a moment of anger, and now he was surrounded by a group of imperial doctors who were "temporarily" looking clean for diagnosis and treatment.

However, the Supreme Emperor still sent someone to convey the decree. Except for the Empress Dowager, all the concubines of the next two generations were grounded until the royal family found out who had killed the baby princess. nonsense!

There was a strong smell of blood in the garden, and Xiao Ruofan, who was dressed in blue, was standing in the middle, pursing his lips, his eyes were clear, like the stars in the dark night.

Letting the ground cry and scream, Xiao Ruofan ignored him, and didn't even kneel down, until Yun Shuo asked blankly, "You don't want to say anything?"

Xiao Ruofan only had one sentence: "It's all nonsense, I have never done it—and it is unnecessary!"

No matter how favored the Eldest Princess is, whether or not she "executes the Queen's power as a princess", that has nothing to do with him; besides, Yun Nongyue's more and more sacred favor stirs up the muddy waters of the palace. It also means that her son-in-law is being more guarded and "shelved".The price of marrying Yun Nongyue is not to get involved in court affairs again, Xiao Ruofan knows it well, and will never lose half of his life's ambition because of this.

——However, that was what Her Royal Highness said when she was healthy and healthy, and it was also what Xiao Ruofan said when she had not yet entered the court.

Now, Nongyue Wugui became a "widowed widow" and hurt her body again. It will be very difficult for her children in the future. If Xiao Ruofan still has to accept this "baby relative", it means to a large extent that the Xiao family's The first branch is cut off; and the son-in-law is not allowed to take concubines, I am afraid that even if there are children in the Xiao family in the future, the best birth will be a maidservant's son.

I'm so "wronged"...how can I stop being an official?The empress dowager is still in the palace, trying to balance the harem and the court, not only looking at the face of the monk, but also at the face of the Buddha.

Therefore, it makes sense for Marquis Jingxiang to assassinate the son-in-law Cui Yingming and the eldest princess Yun Nongyue—as long as you don’t mind that your offspring will be ugly in the future, you can keep your official position, and you can marry the most favored princess, Your Highness. It can also solve problems for the royal family and gain both fame and fortune, so what's wrong.

It's inconvenient to say these words clearly, but they both know each other well, the elders of the royal family are all speculating in their hearts, and Xiao Ruofan also sneered in his heart: Although he can "gain both fame and fortune", he is not so despicable.

The Imperial Hospital found banned drugs, which were recorded in the "Thousand Gold Prescriptions" that Xiao Ruofan's father had re-recorded back then. The Xiao family naturally also had Tibetan drugs; It was really Xiao Ruofan's old friend, and during the time when Nongyue was poisoned, Xiao Ruofan happened to go to northern Xinjiang to deliver medicine, which not only confirmed the meaning of "meritorious service", but also almost avoided the whole New Year there. It's a bit like there's no silver here.

Xiao Ruofan felt that there was nothing to explain, and there was no direct evidence, and he had no motivation to take risks.Yun Shuo suddenly looked at the garden gate, and said in a flat voice, "Bring that monk in."

What does this have to do with monks?

Xiao Ruofan looked over there suspiciously, and saw a monk being brought in. His whole body was stained with blood, sloppy, and looked very weak. When he met Xiao Ruofan's eyes, he suddenly grinned with a strange Yin Qier: "Long time, no see."

Xiao Ruofan's emotions finally fluctuated, and he was in an uncontrollable astonishment: "How could it be you...Senior brother."

The monk smiled again, broke away from the guards, and performed a Buddha ceremony decently: "It's hard for my brother to remember the poor monk."

"..." Sensing the inquiring gazes from Yun Shuo and the others, Xiao Ruofan turned his head and said with a straight face and without any concealment, "Your Majesty, after my father resigned, he devoted himself to the study of pharmacology and taught apprentices. This person is my father. His first apprentice, and also the minister's senior brother, was originally named Zhao Pu."

Whether it is a imperial hospital or a private medical center, the practice of medicine and medicine is mostly passed down from generation to generation, so Xiao Ruofan also "inherited his father's business"; however, he was forced to: Xiao's vassalage of the former prince offended him. The Supreme Emperor, yet he dared to do what he didn't dare to be, and pushed out his in-laws to block the robbery, how could he stop Yoyo's mouth.

Xiao's family is a scholarly family with the most important reputation, and there is no need for the censor to spit. Xiao's father himself felt ashamed to stand up again, so he simply resigned from office and hid at home to make medicinal materials. Because he was unhappy, he left early.

Xiao Ruofan looked at the "senior brother" whom he hadn't seen for many years in a complicated manner, and said bluntly: "After my father left, the senior brother left to travel around the world. Counting it, we haven't seen each other for nearly ten years."

Before Yun Shuo could say anything, the monk, that is, Zhao Pu, suddenly sneered, "Traveling around the world? Heh, I just found a ruined temple to hide and hide my life. I didn't expect you to kill everything, kill my whole family, They sent people to burn the temple overnight, but luckily I knew how to water, so I sneaked out of the canal and lost my life."

"For so many years, you have never let go of it. I have been hiding in Tibet, but I am also tired! It happened that the Imperial Hospital was looking for medicine for Cui Yingming everywhere. It's just life, and it's not a pity to lose it. But, I found that Cui Yingming's prescription has been tampered with, and the contradictory ingredients are exactly the same as what your father taught you back then."

"Revealing the Emperor's List?" Xiao Ruofan looked at him in astonishment, and finally understood—according to the rumors of the courtiers, the "miracle doctor monk" who dared to practice witchcraft in the capital was his senior brother Zhao Pu.

"After the emperor's list was revealed, I realized that there is no chance to face the saint, and I found out that you have been poisoned, and there is no way out." Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows and smiled eerily and strangely, "Except for Cui Son-in-law, there is Wei Ruolan who was also poisoned. Your two families will lie in ambushes outside the Wei family day and night, and they will die in the end. I might as well sacrifice this life first, and curse you that you will never be in peace forever!"

Xiao Ruofan finally understood: "The voodoo array you set up was not found out to be a disaster at all, but to curse me." No wonder the little wooden figures were burned around, I'm afraid, the words written on those wooden figures are Xiao Ruofan wanted to understand the horoscope of his birthday, and sneered, "Tell me, which two families are waiting to kill you outside the Weifu? Why should I kill you! And, if I really If you want your life, why let you live in Dali Temple until now!"

"I didn't expect that the witchcraft case would be heard by the heavens. The emperor personally sentenced me to be executed in Qiuhou, which made people strictly guarded, but made you no chance to do it." Zhao Pu sneered again, and looked out: "Forbidden!" Wei escorted two more people in, they turned out to be martial arts masters from Jingxiang Hou's mansion, about 40 years old, and they were all confidantes left by Xiao's father.

It was Yun Shuo who spoke, and his voice was still flat: "The fire in the temple back then, and the pursuit of Zhao Pu, they both admitted. Also, the two of them also asked Dali Temple for information."

--what?

Xiao Ruofan felt that this was a ghost in daylight, and frowned at the two martial artists, but the two of them lowered their heads, not daring to look at him at all; Xiao Ruofan's heart trembled, he definitely didn't send anyone to chase and kill Zhao Pu , then, I am afraid it is...

Xiao looked down on all this without saying a word, as if the person being tried was not the only direct descendant of her family; Zhao Pu: "I haven't seen you for many years, and it's rare to have a chance to 'reminiscing about the past'. Say what you want to say—you don't have to hide it!"

Zhao Pu couldn't help narrowing his eyes, and sneered in his heart: he was so caught off guard that he still looked indifferent, and didn't even ask the real "culprit"... Let's see how long such a tough guy can last!

"In that case, Lord Xiaohou, let's start from the beginning. Fortunately, your father and my 'Master' died so hastily back then, and you were busy with the funeral, so you gave me a chance to escape."

"As for why I ran away? Heh, you don't have to ask knowingly, I'm just afraid of being silenced... Hehe, your father's sloppy virtues and insidious methods back then make people sick just thinking about it."

"What did you say?" Xiao Ruofan's expression was extremely ugly, who could not be angry when someone insulted his own father?

"Hehe, back then your father first attached himself to the ex-prince and didn't want to be implicated so that he lost his official position. How could he be willing to do something like that? At this time, the third prince personally gave him orders, saying that he would spread his wings like a swan in the future, and promised him A high-ranking official with a generous salary, he would like to go up like a pug... Don't say you don't know who the 'Third Prince' is, even I know."

"...I know." Even if I only knew some "obscurity" intermittently when I was young, after the nightmarish Qiu Shou last year, I can almost understand it.

"The third prince only asked your father to do one thing, which is to kill someone for him." Zhao Pu's smile suddenly became extremely strange, and he slowly opened his mouth, "The third prince asked him to kill... Prince Yunhua."

"Ridiculous!" Xiao Ruofan finally got angry, "My father studied medicine behind closed doors and hasn't left the capital for nearly ten years, how can he kill Prince Yunhua!"

"Even if he really stays behind closed doors, I have gone to the south to buy medicinal materials for him. Besides, has he never been out of the capital?"

Xiao Ruofan was very sure of it, but when he asked him this question, he couldn't help feeling suspicious: In the past, my father often locked himself in the study for more than a month on the grounds that he could not be disturbed by his research on pharmacology.During this period, only the confidant old servant could come in and deliver food, and even his son was detained and not allowed to approach.

...Father, it seems that he is really hiding something.

But Zhao Pu suddenly turned to the emperor and the others, with a strange respect: "Since Lord Xiao Hou doesn't recognize it, your majesty and lord, you might as well pass on someone who 'recognizes' you."

Yun Shuo didn't speak, just looked out complicatedly, but it was Yun Zheng who said coldly, "Call Zhou Cheng."

Zhou Cheng, Yun Zheng's cousin, former prince Yun Hua's retainer.More than ten years ago, it was he who organized the "Prince's Rebellion" in order to conform to the Emperor's will, and four years ago, in a nunnery in the suburbs of Beijing, under the arrangement of Qin Keqing, he was burnt to death by the court lady Su Xin. Fortunately, the Zhou family had the financial resources and manpower to support them for so many years.

Zhou Cheng was already crippled, he was carried here on a stretcher, his body was covered with hideous scars, he kept coughing, and his voice was hoarse like a ghost.

Yun Zheng glanced at him without any sympathy, and only said to the servant next to him: "Give him the portrait, and let him recognize it again."

Of course it was the portrait of Xiao Ruofan's father, which was almost pasted on Zhou Cheng's face, and the poor cripple finally saw it clearly, and immediately "cough coughed" and jumped out: "Yes, he, that is, he... go I've been looking for the prince...the prince, he's seriously ill..."

Xiao Ruofan was in a daze, completely speechless.

Zhou Cheng, he shouldn't have known his father. At that time, he was just a servant of the prince, and he was not qualified to make friends with courtiers at all.The Zhou family was nothing at all until after the emperor ascended the throne. In order to balance the strength of the court, the Supreme Emperor repeatedly promoted the Zhou family as an exception. In life, I am often more embarrassed than anyone else.

Could it be that my father really... Could it be that the death of Prince Yunhua was related to my father?

Zhao Pu sneered and told the truth: "Back then, it was your father who colluded with the barbarians and killed Prince Yunhua during the war. By the way, those barbarians have a strange temper. In order to make friends with them, your father did a lot of research on their witches. Poison Gu Art - the wooden puppet formation I set up was the one who 'stealed the teacher' at that time."

Seeing Xiao Ruofan's expression was gloomy and silent, Zhao Pu pressed him step by step: "In the secret room of your father's study, there should still be some ancient books on the art of detesting victory, you should have read it; you are How could the only remaining descendant of the Xiao family hide such an important matter from you?"

"But your father's luck is really bad. After completing the errand, the third prince also died. It fell short, no wonder he suffocated himself to death. It was a pleasure for him to kick his legs, but he left you in fear."

"The eldest princess hates you so much, maybe she already knew that your father was her father-killing enemy--you have always been so worried in your heart, right?"

"I was in prison for three months, so I figured it out completely. Feng Tang rebelled, Ning Guogong returned to the court, and the case of the third prince that you thought was settled was brought up again. You are even more afraid. You have to pinch the eldest princess In his hands, he had to grab the most favored princess of the royal family to save his life, so he laid out this series of insidious schemes, tell me, if you tell a lie, you have to use a hundred lies to cover it up?"

"Enough!" Finally someone interrupted, but it was the Empress Dowager who slowly got up, looked at Xiao Ruofan and Zhao Pu fixedly, and said slowly, "Actually, back then..."

"Senior brother is right. This is all done by me. I thought it would be perfect. Who knew I would meet senior brother... Ji Shengyu and He Shengliang." Xiao Ruofan suddenly interrupted, smiled slightly, and finally knelt down, "Your Majesty , everything is as my senior brother said, I can’t be considered human, so I have nothing to say.”

Why admit to something you've never done?

Xiao Ruofan inexplicably found it funny, and felt a little emotional in his heart, and finally understood why Lin Jifeng refused to recognize him as his "cousin" all these years—but it was nothing more than that.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but pause, and looked at him complicatedly; Xiao Ruofan knelt quietly, with a gentle smile on his face.

Looking at this aggressive confrontation, Yun Shuo finally spoke, "In that case—"

"So that's what happened!" Someone interrupted again, it was a delicate female voice, Yun Shuo couldn't help frowning: "Nong Yue, what are you doing here - put down the sword!"

Nongyue approached slowly, neither kneeling down nor saluting, and even holding a gleaming sword in his hand.The sword's edge was right across the princess's own snow-white neck, pressing tightly and mercilessly.

"I'm sorry, father. Without this sword, I wouldn't be able to get out of Qinfang Garden at all, and I wouldn't be able to hear such a 'wonderful' truth." Nongyue smiled arrogantly, walked to Xiao Ruofan's side, and faced each other. With complex and deep eyes, he asked softly, "That is to say, it was your father who killed my father."

"...Yes." Xiao Ruofan almost gritted his teeth and "admitted".

"Then, according to the logic, debts should be repaid, and murder should be repaid with life—" With a twist of Su's hand, the sword edge was sharp, and blood spattered everywhere.

Xiao Ruofan only felt a sharp pain in his chest, the sharp long sword pierced deeply into his right chest, bleeding profusely.Xiao Ruofan raised his head in a daze. In the chaos, the only thing left was the cat-like eyes of the arrogant little princess, which were so cold...

The author has something to say: Water-soluble: [Candle] To die under a peony flower is to be a ghost.

Lin Jifeng: [Candle] What a cruel little sister, luckily I have my eyes on my sister...

Yun Shuo: Damn it, I can't hold on, second brother, why did you have a daughter?

Yun Hua: You also said that the lonely little girl used to be so cute and obedient, but you taught her to be like this!

Yun Shuo: Fourth brother, did you save the wrong person back then and brought back a barbarian princess?

Yun Zheng: ...

Jia Suyao [struggling in the bento box]: Please don't be black, the barbarian princess is not so cruel!