Princess [rebirth]

Regardless of how Mu Xuan punished the maid, the atmosphere in the Longevity Hall was still tense.The queen, Xu Meiren and the family members were poisoned at the palace banquet, which was a slap in the face of a saint.Besides, the poisoner is so arrogant, if Dou Chun can't bring the poisoner to justice, wouldn't he have to live in fear in the future.

Therefore, he was furious immediately, and detained all the palace servants serving in the Imperial Dining Room and the Longevity Hall. In addition, he asked Lu Fu to arrange a few trustworthy palace servants to escort the queen and Xu Meiren back to their respective dormitories. Dou Chun stayed in the palace in the name of "caring".The harem of Dou Chun on the left and right is empty, and there are a lot of empty sleeping halls, which may not be able to accommodate those clans.

After arranging all the clans that participated in the palace banquet, Dou Chun hurriedly returned to the Lizheng Hall. At this time, Zhuo Jingfan had already drunk the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician and was resting on the bed in the dormitory.

"Fanfan, are you okay? Is there any discomfort in your body?" Dou Chun sat on the edge of the bed, holding Zhuo Jingfan's hand and asked warmly, his eyes wandering around the other person, afraid that the other person might feel uncomfortable in some way. .

"I'm fine. Just now, Imperial Physician Hu also said that there is very little residual poison in my body, and it can be completely eliminated after drinking a few doses of medicine. Don't worry." Dou Chun saw that Zhuo Jingfan's face was a little pale, but he did It didn't look like a serious problem, so I really felt relieved.

"This matter is really weird today. The person Mu Xuan arranged is obviously a maiko, how could it become poisonous? And our people have been watching Mu Xuan all the time, and we didn't find that he had any contact with the people in the imperial dining room. "After Dou Chun knew that Zhuo Jingfan was fine, he talked about today's palace banquet.

"I'm afraid today is just a warning. If that person really wants our lives, he won't just make a fuss like this. What's even more strange is that the whole thing seems to be directed at Xu Meiren." Zhuo Jing Fan narrowed his eyes and said lightly.

"I have already ordered people to arrest all the people in the imperial dining room. I hope I can get some clues. I thought there was only one Mu Xuan in the palace, but I didn't expect to hide a person with ulterior motives. If it wasn't for the poisoning today. For one thing, we are afraid that we don’t know that there is such a threat.” Dou Chun let out a sigh of relief, with a gloomy expression on his face.

"I can't help it. The Taiji Palace is no better than the East Palace. It took us a lot of effort to manage the East Palace like an iron bucket. Now that you have only been on the throne for more than a year, it is normal that there will be omissions." Zhuo Jingfan patted Dou. Jun said comfortingly.

After hearing this, Dou Chun didn't make a sound, but just clenched Zhuo Jingfan's hand, thinking in his heart that he would take this opportunity to clean up the palace again. In fact, he also knew what Fanfan said was right, after all, even when his father was in power, I dare not say that the Taiji Palace is made of iron, otherwise, how could there be so many miscarriages of concubines or premature deaths of princes?

He sighed, and said, "I don't know what you said, but as long as I think of someone hiding in the dark, staring at you and me, how can I rest assured? Today he can be in front of my eyes If I poison you, will he be able to take my life without anyone noticing in the future?"

"Don't worry, but if you do it, it will leave traces. I don't believe that you can't find someone ugly from the mouths of those palace people in the imperial dining room. Let's just wait, and we will definitely find out the tail of that person. " Zhuo Jingfan slowed down his tone and said in a warm voice.

"En." Dou Chun could only respond in a low voice, and after sitting with Zhuo Jingfan for a while, he got up and left the Lizheng Hall. Bang bang bang them. ...

Princess Shion

When Xu Meiren was sent back to Zichen Palace, Mu Xuan was waiting inside. When Xu Meiren's two personal servants saw their master, they immediately knelt down to apologize. Mu Xuan gave them a cold look, and then focused on Xu On the beauty's body.Xu Meiren's condition is really not good. When she was in the Longevity Hall just now, Imperial Physicians Hu and Qin had tried to help her temporarily suppress the toxicity, but unlike the Queen, Xu Meiren consumed a lot of toxins, even if detoxified, it would cause harm to the fetus. Influence.

Mu Xuan had known the news for a long time, but when he really saw Xu Meiren's distressed appearance, he still felt a ruthless tug in his heart. At this moment, his confidant walked into the palace quickly and whispered in his ear A few words.

"Let him get out!" Mu Xuan gritted his teeth and said, his confidant ordered him to back out again. Not long after, a gentleman walked in with his confidant, and he saw that the gentleman was wearing the clothes of an inner prisoner, and he looked very old. He is about the same age as Mu Xuan, but what is surprising is that he and Mu Xuan's faces are nine points alike. At first glance, they are basically the same person.

"Brother." The man walked up to Mu Xuan and called out. Unexpectedly, this man was Mu Xuan's younger brother, but when Mu Xuan saw him, his expression did not improve. He stared at him viciously. Lang Jun asked coldly: "Did you do the poisoning of the palace banquet today?"

"It is indeed what I did." Na Langjun nodded and admitted frankly.Mu Xuan's eyelids twitched, and he shouted in a low voice: "Why don't you just poison Dou Chun to death if you want to poison him, or you can poison Zhuo Jingfan to death, but you are targeting Xu Meiren Start, kill my heir, why?!"

Who knows that Mr. Lang is also suffering, the person he wants to poison to death today is indeed Zhuo Jingfan, no matter how bad it is, he must poison Dou Chun, but he never thought that the people under his command had made a mistake, and they put everything that should have been done. The poison in Zhuo Jingfan's dishes was dispersed, causing some of the female family members of the clan present to suffer as well.As for the poison in Xu Meiren's soup, it was even more oolong. The soup was obviously prepared by him for the queen, but it was sent to Xu Meiren's food table by mistake.

When he knew it at the time, he almost vomited a mouthful of blood. He didn't expect that not only Zhuo Jingfan saved his life, but Xu Meiren's fetus was also killed in the end. This is equivalent to answering the sentence "Shooting a stone on one's own foot" also has a bit of "self-inflicted evil" meaning.

After listening to his explanation, Mu Xuan didn't know what to say. He stared at his younger brother for a while, and then angrily accused him: "You are a hidden chess set by me. I won't let you make a move unless I have to. , Why did you act without my instructions this time? It’s fine if you act without authorization, but you didn’t achieve your goal, and even built the imperial dining room! Tell me, how should you calculate the loss this time? ?!"

"I..." The man pursed his lips, and his face was full of remorse. He thought that this time was a rare opportunity. Brother arranged for a Maiko assassination. In this way, no matter how capable Zhuo Jingfan is, how can he escape the double assassination?

It's just that the plan went wrong, and his meal was delivered before the elder brother's maiko appeared on the stage, so the assassins arranged by the elder brother hadn't appeared yet, and the Wanshou Palace suspended the palace banquet because of the poisoning. After the palace banquet was suspended, Those maikos were brought back to Neijiaofang, it can be said that brother's arrangements were all in vain.

Mr. Lang also knew that he had ruined his elder brother's affairs, so after hearing the news, he couldn't hold back any longer. It was the first time he came to Zichen Hall on his own initiative. In the past, elder brother always went to find him. This was his first time. Come find brother.At this moment, Mr. Lang didn't know that it was because of the impulsiveness of this night that the great cause he and his elder brother had planned for many years was ruined in one fell swoop.

This is the end of the matter, and Mu Xuan doesn't want to say any more, and his younger brother came to him without authorization. Such a move is too dangerous. Because of the poisoning at the palace banquet tonight, the saint will definitely punish the palace people walking in the palace. For interrogation, he had to let his younger brother leave before the sage noticed Zichen Palace. Thinking of this, he said to his younger brother angrily: "I don't want to see you for the time being, so don't stand in front of me."

Seeing Mu Xuan's hesitant expression, that Lang Jun didn't dare to disobey him, so he had to leave with his head bowed.What Mr. Nalang didn't know was that as soon as he left, someone followed him quietly, until he saw him return to Fengyang Pavilion, the tail following him left silently, and turned to Liangyi temple. ...

After Dou Chun "consoled" the clan, he brought Lu Fu and other palace officials back to Liangyi Hall. Before he entered the study, he saw Youshou leading a few eunuchs waiting at the door of the study. He walked over , When passing by a few people, he said, "Come in." Youshou and the others immediately raised their heels and went in.

"Don't salute, let's talk about the matter first." After entering the study, Dou Chun sat down behind the desk, he waved his hand to avoid greetings from Youshou and the others, and said.

Several people in Youshou hurriedly reported to Dou Chun the news of Mu Xuan and the mysterious gentleman. When Dou Chun heard that the gentleman was born with a nine-point resemblance to Mu Xuan, his eyes narrowed. After finishing speaking, he asked: "Are you sure that Mr. Lang entered Fengyang Pavilion?"

"Returning to the saint, it is absolutely true." An eunuch responded respectfully, and he was the one who followed behind the gentleman just now.

"Now there are only two eldest princesses in Fengyang Pavilion, and they have longevity. Go and find out which eldest princess the gentleman belongs to." Dou Chun's eyes flashed a hint of confusion. Could it be that besides the eldest princess Pingyang, there are other people who are not the former emperor? blood?If this is the case, the first emperor is really a big joke. He has been wearing a cuckold for many years without knowing it, and the culprit who made him wear a cuckold is still the commander of the imperial army whom he trusts and loves. Will not be angry to come alive?

But Dou Chun couldn't laugh, the more powerful Mu Xuan was, the more people involved behind him, the harder it was for him to catch him all at once. Originally, he wanted to take advantage of today's palace banquet to come up with a strategy and first kill Mu Xuan in the palace. Let's talk about the overthrow of the forces, but now an unknown enemy suddenly ran out.

Moreover, this person had been hiding very deeply in the past, if it hadn't been for showing his feet today, neither he nor Zhuo Jingfan had discovered this person yet.

Now Dou Chun couldn't sit still anymore, he hurried back to the Lizheng Hall, wanting to tell Zhuo Jingfan what Youshou had discovered, but only when he came to the Lizheng Hall did he find out that Zhuo Jingfan had already fallen asleep.Dou Chun walked all the way to the dormitory, raised his hand to stop the eunuchs who wanted to report, and avoided their greetings, and entered the dormitory. After waving the servants from the previous night back, he walked lightly to the side of the bed, Looking at Zhuo Jingfan who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, his tense mood was finally able to take a breath.

He didn't want to disturb the other party, so he didn't sit on the side of the bed, but sat on the soft couch beside him, he just quietly looked at Zhuo Jingfan's sleeping face, there was no candle in the bedroom, only the moonlight coming in from the window, The dormitory was hazy, and even Zhuo Jingfan's face seemed a little blurry.

Dou Chun's heart jumped suddenly. For a moment, he felt that Zhuo Jingfan was about to disappear before his eyes. He stretched out his hand unconsciously, as if he wanted to catch something, but the tentacle was a piece of air, and he couldn't grasp anything. Can't catch it.With his hand raised in the air, he just described Zhuo Jingfan's face from a distance. He had seen this face for five years, but it was obviously not so vivid in the first two years.

He still remembered that in the 23rd year of Wenwu, Zhuo Jingfan was poisoned. The situation that time was much more critical than tonight, and he was still pretending to be stupid at that time, and there were not many useful people under his command, so he once thought that , Zhuo Jingfan couldn't make it through.

Unexpectedly, the other party survived, not only survived, but also made him look at him with admiration after waking up. The cowardly temperament in the past was gone, replaced by the courage and perseverance that he admired. , but compared to the dull and timid princess of the past, he prefers this lively and brave Fanfan.

Sometimes in the dead of night, he also thought about why Fanfan had such a big change?He had imagined countless possibilities, and also thought about asking Fanfan for confirmation, but every time he saw that the other party was thinking of him wholeheartedly, he didn't want to ask anything.Zuo Fanfan has become Zhuo Jingfan now, no matter who he was before, he can only be his concubine or queen, and no one can change this fact. ...

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King Jin and Princess Jin were left in Anren Hall. Princess Jin was also one of the female relatives who were poisoned just now, and she was lying on the bed in the dormitory, while King Jin was in the main hall of Anren Hall with several other princes and Dukes. speak in.The clans that were placed in the Anren Palace were all close to King Jin on weekdays, and some of these princes and the Duke's wives were also poisoned, and they were resting in their dormitories at this time.

In the main hall, King Jin sat on the main seat, and next to him sat another younger brother of the former emperor, King Zhao, the loyal Duke E, Duke Zheng who had a good personal relationship with King Jin, and Duke Song who usually acted in a low-key manner.These several princes were all knights in the late emperor's time, and they were able to keep their titles under the late emperor's eyes without letting the late emperor be afraid.

Although King Zhao and King Jin are not brothers of the same mother, they had a good relationship before. When King Jin was framed by a group of brothers, only King Zhao stood up to speak for him. The end of King Zhao is the same as that of King Jin, and he will get out of the capital with an imperial decree.

The ancestor of E State was a great hero who followed the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to fight the world. After the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty sat on the throne, he rewarded the ancestor of E State Duke with a title. In order not to make the founding emperor jealous He, he voluntarily kept his wife and children behind, and asked himself to guard the frontier. He went there for decades, until he died of old age in the frontier.

Also because of Duke E's sense of taste, the founding emperor did not make things difficult for his son, and happily agreed to the son's request to seal the memorial. The new Duke E also followed the example of the old Duke E and threw his wife and children away. In Kyoto, I paid the money alone and went to the frontier.From generation to generation, the lord of the Duke of E's mansion kept his title with blood and tears, while the lady of the Duke of E's mansion kept the mansion with her youth.

Compared with the sad reminder of the Duke of E's mansion, the situation of Duke Zheng and Duke of Song is much better. Unlike the Duke of E's mansion, they are noble families that have been passed down for decades. Duke Guo of Zheng and Duke of Song are both Emperor Xuan They were granted after they ascended the throne. Old Zheng Guogong and Old Song Guogong were the companions of Emperor Xuan when Emperor Xuan was still the prince.

At first, Emperor Xuan relied heavily on the two of them, but unfortunately later, Emperor Xuan was deceived by treacherous officials and villains, and he listened to the slander, and began to alienate them, and even almost took their titles. It was very difficult for the two of them to keep the title.Only after that, the two of them gradually faded out of the court. It was not until the first emperor ascended the throne that old Zheng Guogong and old Song Guogong started to get in touch with the government again. It was just that they had learned their lesson and did not dare to be as high-profile as Emperor Xuan. The sons of the two are all safe and successful.

The personal relationship between Zheng Guogong and Jin Wang originated from the old Zheng Guogong. At that time, the old Zheng Guogong was almost deprived of his title. In addition to the efforts of the first emperor and the first queen, Jin Wang also contributed a lot at that time, but no one knew about it. After all At that time, King Jin was already suspected by Emperor Xuan, and had almost no foothold in the court.The king of Jin admired the talent and character of the old Zheng Guogong, and he didn't want to see his end miserable, so he used his contacts and took a lot of effort to save Zheng Guogong, but the result was that he himself was driven to the fiefdom by Emperor Xuan.

After Old Zheng Guogong knew about it, he was very grateful to King Jin, so he had been secretly communicating with him. When Old Zheng Guogong was ready to give up his title, he also told his son about King Jin's kindness to Zheng Guogong's mansion.Therefore, the newly appointed Zheng Guogong also got closer to King Jin, especially after King Jin returned to Kyoto more than a year ago, the two governments moved more frequently.

As for Song Guogong's mansion, it has always been very low-key, but the old Song Guogong and the old Zheng Guogong were reading together as Xuandi's companions. If they became good friends, then Zheng Guogong and Jin Wang would get closer, and of course Song Guogong would inevitably have more contacts with Jin Wang.

That's why they are in the same room at this time.

However, King Jin summoned them to the main hall, not to chat, but to ask them what they think about what happened at the palace banquet tonight.

Zhao Wang first said: "I think this matter is a bit strange. The behavior of the poisoner tonight seems to be a warning. After all, there are no casualties. But what good does it do him? The saint will definitely be on strict guard, and if he wants to succeed next time, it will not be so easy."

"King Zhao is right. The poisoning that night seemed superfluous. If it were me, I would just poison... to death. Why bother to poison many people, and I don't know what the other party is trying to do. ?” E Guogong followed up, spreading his hands at the end with a sarcasm in his tone.

"From my point of view, it looks like the other party missed it?" Song Guogong rubbed his chin and squinted his eyes. As soon as his words fell, several people looked at each other. Zheng Guogong laughed, "Old Du, are you joking?" Is it? The other party has the ability to poison the palace banquet, will he miss it?"

"If it hadn't been a mistake, how could the empress stay in the Lizheng Hall?" Song Guogong didn't mind Zheng Guogong's tone, and said calmly.

"You mean the other party's target is the empress?" Several people frowned at the same time. They didn't expect the other party's target to be the queen before, and they thought the other party's target was the saint.

"Well, I have carefully observed the food table in front of the poisoned ladies, and found that they all ate a certain dish, and that dish was also on the food table of the empress, but the other ladies who were not poisoned did not eat it. .” Song Guogong said lightly.

King Jin didn't expect Duke Song's observation to be so keen. After pondering for a while, he said, "If the other party's target is really the empress, we have to report the matter to the sage as soon as possible."

"If Xu Meiren hadn't been poisoned, just hearing you say that the target is the empress, I couldn't help but suspect her." E Guogong frowned and said suddenly.

Zheng Guogong nodded, and then said: "That's right, no matter how ruthless Xu Meiren is, she probably won't lay hands on her children. After all, she wants to gain a foothold in the palace, and children are her biggest reliance. She will never be so stupid that she will Has your most important amulet been destroyed?"

"Actually, it's hard to say. I looked at her performance tonight, and she doesn't look like a smart person." E Guogong said coolly from the side.

Several people looked at each other, thinking of the maiko that was stuffed into the Zichen Palace at the same time, Jin Wang sneered, and said sarcastically: "Yan Wang still thinks about the sage's harem like this, it's really hard for him to be so old. Well, you still have to worry about it.”

"He wanted to use the trick he used when his father was there, and he didn't look at who is sitting on the throne now. This kid Dou Chun is different from his grandfather and father. King Yan will suffer sooner or later. Head." Zhao Wang raised his eyebrows, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Old sixth!" King Jin snorted, King Zhao was ranked sixth, so sometimes King Jin would directly call his ranking, but usually King Jin would call King Zhao by his ranking when he was anxious or angry.

Therefore, King Zhao shrugged his shoulders and gave King Jin a look of "Okay, I'll shut up", then shrank back in his position and stopped talking, while the three princes on the side lowered their heads, trying to minimize the sense of presence .King Zhao dared to call the sage by his name, but they didn't dare to listen. King Zhao didn't even say hello, but suddenly he opened his mouth and said that, which really scared the three of them.

Fortunately, they had dismissed the servants in the palace long ago for the purpose of talking. Otherwise, if this word reached the ears of the sage, King Jin and King Zhao might be fine, but the three of them would not be able to finish their food and walk away.