There's A Beauty

The news that the Ninth Prince hired the fifth son of the Zhao family quickly spread in Beijing.There have long been rumors that the Ninth Prince is the reincarnation of Zong Shengdi. He first ruled Kyushu, and now he is going to marry a young man also named You Shu, which proves the truth of this statement.The common people talked about it happily, and no one in the clan objected. The courtiers read the law and confirmed that men could marry men, so they acquiesced.

But in private, they despise Mr. Zhao Wu very much.As a dignified man, instead of going to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make military exploits, it is not shameful to rely on serving in the tent to get the title, and he is willing to marry into the royal family, and he is willing to marry into the royal family. It is even more shameless to compete with a group of women heart of.How can there be such a man in the world?If it were my son, I would rather be strangled to death on the day he was born!

There are not many people who think this way, so in recent days, Zhao Shangshu has been subjected to a lot of running and ridicule in the court, so that he didn't have a good face when he saw His Highness the Crown Prince.

The Zhao family also responded differently.The old man and the old lady felt that they couldn't hold their heads up, but the rest of the room were both contemptuous and envious. After thinking about it, this is a great thing!In the future, the Zhao family will be the family of the prince's wives, and they will once again join the ranks of the aristocratic family, and their children and grandchildren will also benefit from it.Youshu is a man, so he can't extend his heirs, and he can send Zhao's daughter to the palace to conceive him. Maybe he can also train the next emperor, wouldn't it be wonderful?

However, there are many aristocratic families who have the same idea, and among them, the queen mother's family is the most urgent.They were originally on the prince's side, but after rumors of the demon star came out, they were repeatedly instigated by the queen, so they tried their best to defend the sixth prince, and even sent two daughters into the sixth prince's mansion, one as a concubine and the other as a concubine. She thought that prosperity and wealth were just around the corner, but she didn't expect that the sixth prince would end up as a commoner, which was countless times more miserable than the eldest prince who was imprisoned for life.

If it weren't for the fact that the queen gave birth to a prince, and they belonged to the prince's uncle's family, Emperor Zhongkang might have punished them for the crime of treason, and they would have ransacked their family and exterminated their family!Although the family has not been exterminated, all those with titles have been wiped out, and all those who are officials have been wiped out. On the contrary, they are not even as good as a third-rate family.

In order to save the situation, when they heard that the prince wanted to marry the fifth son of Zhao, they did not dare to stand up against it. Instead, they selected women of the right age from the direct branch, and prepared to send them to the prince's mansion to give birth to offspring for the prince.They don't need titles, they only need to be connected with the prince by a line of blood.Besides, who can predict what has not happened?Don't look at His Highness the Crown Prince's deep affection for Zhao Wugong now, maybe he will get tired of it in a few years.After all, a man is a man, with rough skin and thick flesh, and a rough temperament. How can he compare to a woman who is warm, fragrant, nephrite, delicate and charming?

Thinking this way, they brought their daughter into the palace for several days in a row to ask to see the queen.

The empress is living in a miserable life now, there are only a few dozens of people serving in such a huge Fengluan Palace, and the food and clothing are not as good as the day, and there is no response when sending people to Emperor Zhongkang, and the prince is even more unwilling to come to visit .Even if she regrets her bowels now, who can she turn to for forgiveness?Therefore, she quickly accepted the proposal of her mother's family and left a few nieces in the palace for training, and planned to send them out after the prince's wedding.

Amid all the turmoil, Youshu was the calmest. She turned up and down as usual every day, and followed her master's ass around, almost to the point of being inseparable.After the court meeting that day, the master was called by Emperor Zhongkang to talk. A young eunuch came up to him and said that the queen invited him to Fengluan Palace for a talk.

Youshu looked at him carefully, then sniffed him without any trace, and then nodded in agreement.The Fengluan Palace is very deserted, there are only a few maids guarding the front and back of the palace, and the decoration is very simple and empty, it can't be seen that it is the dormitory of the mother of a country.Youshu kept walking and looking, her eyes full of vigilance. When she reached the main hall, she heard a kind voice from inside, "Is the fifth son Zhao here? Please come in."

The little eunuch promised, pushed open the palace gate for the fifth son, and made a "please" gesture.Youshu stepped in, but saw six huge carved and hollow screens erected inside, dividing the empty hall into two rooms inside and outside. There were seven or eight court ladies standing in the outside room, with pleasing eyebrows and respectful expressions; The hole is vaguely visible, but not distinct, as if there is a woman in red sitting on a high seat.

Youshu saluted through the screen, but heard the woman call out, "I'm getting married soon, don't be shy, come in and talk to me."

Youshu had no choice but to go inside, and as soon as she walked around the screen, she felt a strange energy in the air, as if it was a blindfold.He immediately shook the Demon Executioner hidden in his sleeve into his palm, and looked up at the throne, but where was the shadow of the queen?

Several sharp shouts sounded, and then the energy shrouded in the inner room suddenly dissipated, revealing the real scene.The queen died at some point, with a dagger stuck in her chest, lying at Youshu's feet, and besides him and the queen, there were four or five court ladies and two girls dressed as nobles in the hall.

They screamed "Killer" and ran towards the outside of the hall. Obviously, the blindfolded decree just now made them see an extremely terrifying scene.Youshu bent down to look closely at the dagger with her name engraved on the queen's chest, and immediately understood everything.

This is a game, just waiting for him to jump in. So many people have seen it with their own eyes, even if they have a hundred mouths, they can't tell.Killing the mother of a country is a crime that should be punished, and it will implicate the nine clans. Even if the master is the prince of the dynasty, he may not be able to protect him under the constraints of filial piety under the country's law.The monster was killed three times in a row by him, thinking about it, he was afraid, so he resorted to the trick of borrowing a knife to kill.

Youshu straightened her back, frowned and pondered. Hearing the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the hall, she turned her head to look. She saw the maid leading many people in, including the master, Emperor Zhongkang, several ministers, and a line of guards.Except for the master, the rest of the people all looked horrified.

"What's going on?" Even though he had heard the story from the maid on the way here, the Ninth Prince refused to believe a word.He examined the corpse very calmly, then looked at the pale boy.

Youshu doesn't care about other people's doubts and fears, but only cares about her master's feelings.When the master walked towards him, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, put his hands in his sleeves and pinched him tightly.He didn't want to let go of the slightest change in his master's expression, if he showed even the slightest bit of doubt, he would be crushed.A few teardrops trickled out of his eyes unconsciously, but they stubbornly hung on his eyelashes and refused to fall, looking embarrassed and pitiful.

The Ninth Prince's heart throbbed slightly, but with the presence of others, he could barely suppress it.The person who died was his mother after all, so he couldn't take sides with the murderer.However, even if there were more than a dozen witnesses with the same caliber, he didn't think You Shu would be the murderer.He believed him, for no reason.

"Youshu, tell me what's going on." Seeing the young man lower his head and shake his shoulders slightly, he immediately stepped forward and raised his chin, looking straight at him.

Youshu, who was going to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes secretly, had to look back, and said word by word, "I didn't kill you." If the master had any doubts about him, he really didn't know how to maintain this relationship .Because his existence and his abilities are too special, if he is not trusted wholeheartedly, only destruction will be ushered in in the end.

Even in the last days when supernatural beings are rampant, people with mind reading skills will be driven to extinction, which shows how tabooed he is here.The fear in his heart has always existed, and today is finally the time when he has to face it.As if he had made up his mind, he pointed to the side hall and said, "Let's talk alone, and I'll tell you everything."

The Ninth Prince nodded and followed, although he didn't show it on the face, he was quite disturbed in his heart.

After the two left, Emperor Zhongkang ordered the guards to carry the queen's body to the couch and lay it flat, and then called all the witnesses to question him personally.Although everyone speaks one word and speaks convincingly, this matter feels strange no matter how you look at it.How could a person like Youshu kill someone in anger because the queen wanted to give the prince a few side concubines?

In the side hall, Youshu was nibbling on a piece of pastry nervously, and slowly said, "This matter has to start from 600 years ago."

The Ninth Prince's eyes flickered slightly, and he made a posture of listening attentively.

Youshu quickly stuffed two cakes to relieve the tension in her heart, and then continued to talk about how she was driven away by Ada, met an old man, went up to the mountain to learn art, was abducted down the mountain, recognized her parents, and came to Shangjing Reunited with the master, killing monsters three times... His words fell for a long time, his expression was still a little dull, as if he was immersed in the memories of the past and couldn't extricate himself.When he finally regained his senses and looked up, he saw that the master was already in tears, looking at him with extremely obscure and complicated eyes.

Only then did he panic, he fell back reflexively, and then wanted to jump off the stool and run out.He had been dreading this moment because he didn't want his master to know that he was the Youshu who left without saying goodbye, the Youshu who made him die with regret, and the Youshu who made many mistakes but could never recover.What he was afraid of was not only his master's suspicion, but also his hatred.

The Ninth Prince, who was silent, suddenly stood up and pulled him into his arms, covered the back of his head with his big palms, and pressed his face tightly against his chest.He didn't know that he was crying until he tasted a salty taste at the corner of his mouth, so he didn't want Youshu to see his fragile expression.

"Master, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I wish I could have asked you back then." Youshu also began to sob and cry, tears and snot dripping down the master's brocade robe.

The Ninth Prince shook his head, and shook his head again, but couldn't speak.He shed tears not because of pain, let alone resentment, but relief.When Emperor Zongsheng died, his only concern was: Does Youshu hate herself?Youshu gave everything for him, even didn't care about her life, but in the end she was ruthlessly discarded like a piece of waste, so he should hate it, right?Otherwise, you won't wait for a lifetime and refuse to turn around.

This feeling of guilt, remorse, day-to-day prayer, and night-to-night pursuit goes deep into the soul, leaving it to myself 600 years later.That's why the Ninth Prince felt disgusted with the indecisive Emperor Zongsheng, so much so that he even disgusted himself.But now, Youshu told him that the reason why he didn't come back was not because of resentment, but because of the unknowingly passing time.

Suddenly, he felt relieved, relaxed, and fulfilled.He couldn't hold back his tears, nor could he hold back the urge to rub this person into his flesh and blood.He tightened his arms and asked in a hoarse voice, "Did you hate Zong Shengdi when you left?"

Youshu is now guilty and afraid. Even if she is hugged out of breath, she doesn't dare to resist at all. She flatters her and says, "I don't hate it. Even if the master tells me to die, I don't hate it. I just want to stay away from you. Makes you feel at ease."

"Emperor Zongsheng will feel at ease when you are by his side. He has never been afraid of you." The Ninth Prince could understand how he felt in his previous life.After a pause, he continued to ask, "If you didn't follow the old man up the mountain to learn art, and wandered outside for a long time, would you go back and have a look at him?"

"Yes, of course. If I see the imperial list, I will go back immediately." You Shu nodded without thinking.

"Okay, very good." The Ninth Prince's tears had dried up, and the sadness and regret that had been buried in his heart gradually dissipated. He caught a glimpse of Youshu tilting his head, secretly looking at himself, his face was full of uneasy emotions, so he comforted, "Look at what? I don't blame you. Both of us were at fault for this. We didn't know what each other needed or what we were afraid of. We thought we were doing each other's best, but we made more mistakes. That's why we will start again in this life to correct the mistakes we made in the previous life, this is the opportunity God gave us."

"Then did we do it right this time?" Youshu asked in a low voice, the corners of her eyes were red because she shed too many tears.

The Ninth Prince gently stroked the corner of his eyes, nodded and said, "If you keep hiding these things from me, you are still making mistakes, but now you are doing the right thing, and we are all doing the right thing. Loving someone requires both trust and tolerance. , and know how to speak.”

Youshu breathed a sigh of relief, then gently moved her shoulders, and complained, "Then let go, I'm being strangled by you."

The warm and touching atmosphere was shattered in an instant, the Ninth Prince couldn't laugh or cry, he lowered his head and kissed his tear-wet face, only then did he remember that the queen was killed.To be honest, his longing for maternal love has long since been obliterated by the queen bit by bit, and it doesn't make any difference to him whether she is alive or dead.But her death involved Youshu, so he couldn't ignore it.

"So, the scenes that those court ladies saw were just hallucinations, and the empress was already dead when you entered Fengluan Palace?" He confirmed.

"Yes, I was killed by a monster. It couldn't deal with me, so it set a trap for me. According to the law, I will be killed, right?" It can be seen that the monster has a lot of vengeance. No matter how Youshu scratched it back then, it wanted Youshu how to die.Even if Youshu escaped with secret skills, there are still hundreds of members of the Zhao family behind.This is not only a question of the murderer's death, but also involves the serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

"I won't let you have trouble." The Ninth Prince said firmly.

"I know." Youshu has completely relaxed and analyzed carefully, "I thought it was dead, but it was not. It somehow came back to life, and it went around committing crimes in human skin. Everyone it killed was killed Skinned and heart dug out. From my guess, it needs human skin to disguise itself, and the heart may be its food. With those human skins, it can become anyone. But you see, the first thing it kills is Common people, later on they only targeted noble women, and now they can even murder queens, which shows that the human skins it finally chooses come from the honorable class, and they have a lot of contact with the victims."

The Ninth Prince frowned and said, "You mean, it's hidden in a noble family now?"

"It's not some honorable man, but the Zhao family. It holds vengeance very much, and it will definitely lurk by my side waiting for an opportunity. Moreover, the murder weapon that killed the queen is indeed mine. It can only be obtained by entering and leaving the Zhao family. It is always being caught It reappeared around me the day after I killed it, which shows that my temperament is very impatient, and it must not wait until the day of the case judgment. Since it wants me to die in great pain and torture, it will take the person I care about the most. , it’s not easy for you to do anything here, my parents must be the ones who suffer.” Youshu said firmly.

The Ninth Prince's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he immediately waved his hands towards the void, and sent additional hidden guards to protect Zhao Shangshu and the Wang family, but was stopped by Youshu, "No need to go. Do you remember the amulet I gave you? With that, It can't do anything to my parents, but it will be hurt by it. It can set up a trick to hurt me, and of course I can set up a trick to hurt it, it depends on who is more skilled."

Now Youshu has absorbed enough dragon essence, and there is no place to store the excess, so she mixes it with spiritual power to make talismans.The peace talisman he gave to everyone this time was not simple. It also contained the power of the five elements, which would be released to fight back once it was triggered.If it is a thousand-year-old monster, maybe it can resist one or two, and the five-hundred-year-old goblin can only ask for luck.

The Ninth Prince knew that You Shu never spoke falsehoods, so he was relieved. Hearing his father's angry scolding from outside, he went out hand in hand.

At some point, the queen's elder brothers had arrived, bringing many courtiers with them, and said that they wanted to avenge their sister.It turned out that the two young girls didn't go to Yangxin Hall to report the situation, but took advantage of the chaos to leave the palace to inform their parents about it.They feel that this is a great opportunity. If the fifth son Zhao is eliminated, the position of the crown princess may fall on their heads.You are the daughters of Duke Cheng'en's family, but they are subservient to male concubines, and they want to hand over their own children to others, how can they be reconciled?

Cheng Engong was worried that his own people would be soft-spoken, so he went to Dali Temple first, and then went to the clan mansion, which completely made things worse.Now, the palace is full of courtiers, even the mad Sixth Prince is among them, with a terrified expression.

Youshu was very calm at first, but saw a eunuch rushing in and shouted, "Your Majesty, it's not good, just now a message came from Zhao's house, saying that the Wang family had a quarrel with the princess and accidentally killed the princess." He is dead. Now that Mrs. Wang is under custody, please decide for yourself."

There was an uproar in the hall, not to mention the shock of the courtiers, even Emperor Zhongkang was confused, and felt faintly angry.After all, they are his own wife and daughter, even if there is something wrong, they are not guilty of death.The Zhao family murdered the royal family one after another, did they take the royal family seriously?

Youshu didn't care what others thought, grabbed the eunuch by the collar, and asked, "My mother killed the princess? What's the specific situation?"

The eunuch just came to pass a message, but didn't ask in detail, so naturally he didn't know the specific situation, so he hesitated for a long time to explain clearly.Youshu left him and wanted to go home to take a look, but was stopped by the guards. If the prince hadn't been on the sidelines, she might have even pulled out the knife.

Just at this time, the little ghost came out from the ground, holding a talisman that could break the imperial palace formation in his hand.Seeing the situation in the palace, he quickly replied, "My lord, the matter is like this. Princess Mingzhu got the news that you killed the empress from nowhere, so she ran to find the wife to settle the score. She was blocked by the five-element defense talisman as soon as she touched the corner of the lady's clothes." Bombarded out, the heart vomited out of the mouth, and was snatched away by a wild dog. The dirty blood and dog blood you ordered me to take is here." He played a trick and handed over two small porcelain bottles containing blood drops .

Youshu took it calmly, then retreated to the master, and said loudly, "Everyone, I didn't kill the queen, but I know who the murderer is."

"So many people have seen it with their own eyes, and you still want to deny it?" Cheng Engong glared at him, and Emperor Zhongkang also shook his head slightly with a gloomy expression.He was thinking about how to deal with this matter.With so many testimonies, and everyone knows it, it is impossible for him to protect Youshu for his son, not only the national law, but also the family law, and filial piety are even more intolerable.

"Quiet, listen to Youshu." Ninth Prince ordered coldly.

Due to his powerful coercion, everyone had to make a gesture of listening, but their hearts were full of doubts.

Youshu quietly squeezed the master's wrist, then let it go quickly, as if she was gathering energy.He looked around at the crowd and said word by word, "It was Princess Mingzhu who killed the queen, but Princess Mingzhu was already dead before that."

"What did you say?" Emperor Zhongkang looked at him fixedly, with a strange expression, "If I understand correctly, you mean that Princess Zhu is the murderer who killed the queen, but she was a dead person when she did it?"

Cheng Engong also came back to his senses, and sneered, "Okay, one sentence cleans up the crimes of myself and Wang, what do you think of us? Idiots? If such ridiculous remarks are spread, look at them. Who in the world would believe you?"

"Guxin." Ninth Prince said lightly.

"My minister also believes it."

"The last general also believes."

"The last general also believes."

"We have no doubts!"

Suddenly there were many voices outside the hall. It turned out that the generals who followed the Ninth Prince to fight everywhere came after hearing the news.

"Do you want to rebel? You..." Cheng Engong took the initiative, but was interrupted by Youshu, "Thank you for your support." Then he looked around and said, "I want everyone to know that I want to kill someone. Would not use such crude means."

He slightly raised his hand, and shot five Explosion Talismans, each of which exploded at Cheng Engong's feet. The opponent backed away and screamed in shock, and with a flick of his sleeve, he took out a Fire Talisman, and smashed the floor-standing vase in the hall. Burned to ashes in an instant, and finally pinched a spell with both hands, activating a puppet talisman.

Everyone was so frightened by his various methods that they couldn't speak, and seeing that he had conjured a living queen out of thin air, their heads became dizzy and their thoughts became more disordered.

Youshu took the puppet talisman and continued, "If I want to kill the queen, there are thousands of ways to destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces, and even more ways to get rid of the crime. How can I let you catch me on the spot?"

Only then did Cheng Engong come back to his senses, and he shouted in disbelief, "Are you the legendary immortal master who assisted Emperor Xing?"If it weren't for an immortal master, how could he use these unimaginable methods?In this way, the queen must not have been killed by him.How can a person who can even bring peace to the Four Kingdoms get angry because of two insignificant women, and even get arrested.

Only then did they finally understand why His Highness the Crown Prince insisted on marrying the Fifth Young Master Zhao.Such a person can't be killed, so of course he can only try his best to win him over.The gods who don't even dare to offend the crown prince, how could they have the guts?

The hall fell silent instantly, and Emperor Zhongkang gradually calmed down his anger and regained his reason.He had only heard rumors before, but had never seen it in person, so it was hard to imagine how amazing Youshu's abilities were, and it was only now that he understood why his son and the generals believed in Youshu so deeply.With his unpredictable means, who would use a knife if he wanted to kill him?Looking at the deep pits on the ground emitting green smoke, and then looking at the porcelain vases burned to ashes, the current scene looks very ridiculous.