The little fox does not want to hide the cub

The night is dark.

The late-night palace was shrouded in silence, and only one or two patrolling guards could be seen occasionally on the side of the road.Taking advantage of the cover of the night, two small animals, one white and one red, sneaked into the bushes.

Li Ruan followed the little white cat to the depths of the palace, bypassing many paths and palaces, and really saw the empty room she mentioned.

This house probably used to be a residence for palace people, it was far away from the lake, even the guards would not come here on patrol.Li Ruan nimbly jumped up to the top of the tree, and the little white cat under him scratched the tree trunk in vain, it was too heavy to climb up.

Li Ruan swept his tail, and a gust of wind blew, lifting the little white cat up.

"That's the room." The little white cat said, lying on the top of the tree, "His Royal Highness is inside."

Li Ruan looked over.

There was no light in the room, and it could be seen that the doors and windows had been sealed from the outside, and there was no one around at present, but Li Ruan sensed a little, and felt that there should be someone guarding the area.

"I see, you go back first." Li Ruan said.

"Okay." The little white cat replied, "I'll wait for you near here."

The little white cat jumped down from the top of the tree, but when it landed, there was a very dull "boom—" Li Ruan obviously felt the air become tense, as if the guards hiding in the dark tensed their nerves instantly. .

"Meow...meow..."

A few slight meows came from the darkness, and the tense atmosphere eased slightly.

Li Ruan withdrew his gaze, cast a spell and turned into a cloud of green smoke, which floated in through the gap in the door.

The room was very dark, only a faint moonlight shining in through the closed windows.As soon as Li Ruan appeared, he saw the incense burner placed on the outside table.It has probably been burned out, and there is no smoke on the incense burner.

Li Ruan looked over the screen to the inner room again.

A bed was placed in the inner room, and a figure was vaguely seen lying on the bed, seemingly asleep.Li Ruan came in quietly, not waking him up.

It was Jiang Shen who was right.

Li Ruan licked his lips, feeling his heart beating a little faster.

He knew it was not good for him to be like this, Jiang Shen was plotted and drugged, it was already very pitiful.But who made him refuse to accompany him in Shuangxiu for the past few days, for...for the sake of the fox cub growing up smoothly, he could only make some crooked ideas.

Therefore, Li Ruan delayed for a while on the way to find the little cat demon.

Just for a moment, he swears.

The current Jiang Shen should have completely inhaled the aphrodisiac, and will definitely not reject him again.

Li Ruan walked over quietly.

The person on the bed was still quiet, without any reaction.

He moved very lightly and made no sound when he walked around, but with Jiang Shen's usual level of vigilance, it was impossible for him not to notice that someone was approaching.

Could it be... already fainted from the pain?

Li Ruan suddenly felt a little guilty.

He squatted beside the bed, taking advantage of the faint moonlight and his superhuman vision ability in the dark, secretly looking at Jiang Shen.

He frowned slightly, as if he was uncomfortable, but he was indeed asleep.

Don't be afraid, this is here to save you.

Thinking in her heart, Li Ruan stretched out her hand quietly and covered the other's meticulously tied belt.

Jiang Shen was awakened by the strange movement below him.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and before he could fully wake up, he pulled the person who was lying on his waist.The next moment, the positions of the two of them turned up and down, and the dagger in Jiang Shen's sleeve came out of its sheath, and almost instantly reached the opponent's throat.

Then, he met a pair of innocent and familiar eyes.

Jiang Shen: "..."

Cold sweat broke out on his back instantly, Jiang Shen quickly put away the dagger, and lowered his head to examine the opponent's neck carefully.

After making sure that he was not scratched by himself, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Why are you here?"

Li Ruan's tone was very relaxed: "Shall I save you?"

"help me?"

After waking up now, Jiang Shen felt that something was wrong with him.The clothes around his waist have been loosened, and the lower part is slightly ventilated.

Look down.

The obscene pants were stripped in half.

"..." Jiang Shen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Is this how you saved me?"

"That's how I should save you!" Li Ruan said earnestly, "You are poisoned, you can't hold it in, if you hold it back, what will I do—cough, it's not good for your health if you hold it down."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand again, and just when his fingertips touched it, Jiang Shen gently patted it away.

Jiang Shen got up to tidy up his clothes, Li Ruan lay on the bed, dumbfounded: "Why are you there..."

He raised his head and said anxiously: "You can't really die, can you?"

Jiang Shen: "..."

Jiang Shen pressed between his eyebrows: "I'm not poisoned."

Li Ruan asked: "Why?"

The tone is still a bit inexplicably lost.

Jiang Shen didn't argue with him, and asked again: "Tell me first, why did you come here? Is it the Miss Su who sent you the news?"

"That's right, she told me that you were locked up here, and that Concubine Rong gave you medicine, and asked me to come and rescue you." Li Ruan paused, then whispered, "Who knew you weren't poisoned at all... "

How could Jiang Shen fail to understand what he meant, and laughed: "You little fox, you are full of evil thoughts..."

Li Ruan lowered her head guiltily, thinking of something again: "How do you know that it was Miss Su who sent me the letter? So, you also know that Concubine Rong did what happened tonight?"

"I know." Jiang Shen said.

The little eunuch who went to see Jiang Shen tonight was someone who was with the Holy Majesty, so Jiang Shen didn't doubt it immediately.But after the man tricked Jiang Shen out, he neither went to the Holy Palace, nor to the study where he usually handles affairs, but led him all the way to the depths of the palace.

The euphemism is that the Holy Majesty wants to find a hidden place to have a secret talk with him.

No matter how insensitive he was, he should have noticed something strange.But he was not in a hurry to expose, but followed the little eunuch to this place as if nothing had happened.Sure enough, as soon as he entered the house, the door was locked from the outside.

And at that time, there were people in this room.

It was the Miss Su family.

The young lady of the Su family lay motionless on the bed, and Jiang Shen instantly understood Concubine Rong's intentions.

Jiang Shen has been on guard for the past few days that someone would attack him or the little fox, and has arranged a lot of people in the palace. When he goes out tonight, there will naturally be shadow guards following him in the dark.But before he let the shadow guard break the door, Miss Su family who was on the bed suddenly disappeared in a puff of white smoke.

"She changed into a fake body in the house, and escaped by herself." Li Ruan told the story of meeting the little cat demon just now, as well as the other party's life experience and today's experience.

Jiang Shen nodded: "I see."

Jiang Shen was the only one left in this room, Concubine Rong's plan was naturally shattered.

Jiang Shen was not in a hurry to go out.

He extinguished the incense burner for unknown purpose in the house, and slowed down his breathing by using the tortoise breathing method that his master had taught him in the past to avoid inhaling the incense.

Then he waited in the house.

It wasn't until a certain little fox recklessly ran in and stripped his pants that he knew that the incense burner was actually used for this purpose.

Li Ruan was exposed on the spot, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said confidently: "I was worried about you, and I definitely have no other thoughts."

Jiang Shen answered without distraction: "Yes, I believe it."

Li Ruan was a little disappointed, but he was quite happy knowing that Jiang Shen hadn't been tricked.

He asked again: "Are you staying here, are you planning to use your tricks and directly catch Concubine Rong to show her body?"

"En." Jiang Shen nodded, "According to Concubine Rong's plan, Miss Su and I are missing, and she will definitely send people to search around tomorrow morning. Then she finds this place with an excuse, and breaks down on the spot that Miss Su and I are together." In the same room."

"In that case, I simply granted her wish."

Li Ruan asked, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"There is indeed one thing that needs you to do." Jiang Shendao, "You said that Su Wan'er... is that little cat demon, is she still around?"

In the early morning of the next day, Concubine Rong woke up early and took people to the emperor's bedroom as planned.

Before she got to the bedroom, she saw several groups of imperial guards walking towards her, including Eunuch Chang, the head servant beside the Holy Majesty, among them.

Concubine Rong quickly grabbed Eunuch Chang.

"Eunuch, why are you in such a hurry, did something happen?" Concubine Rong asked.

"It turned out to be Concubine Rong." Eunuch Chang bowed to her and said anxiously, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince disappeared last night. His Majesty sent this old slave to lead the imperial army to look around."

Concubine Rong was startled: "Why did His Royal Highness suddenly disappear, and how did His Majesty find out?"

"It's the Young Master Li next to His Highness the Crown Prince." Eunuch Chang said fairly, "According to what he said, His Highness the Crown Prince was secretly summoned by the Holy One last night, but he didn't return all night. people."

"But the Holy Majesty went to bed very early at the latest, and never summoned His Highness the Crown Prince."

Concubine Rong lowered her eyes.

Her plan is indeed to bring people into the house early this morning, but only the people in her palace are not enough. She wants to let many people see the scene of opening the door, so that it can't be concealed just work.

To be able to achieve this level, the only way to report to the Holy Majesty is to let the imperial guards in the palace search it in person.

But she didn't expect that the person next to the prince would be so impatient and find the Holy One earlier than her.

This is exactly what I wanted.

The little eunuch who falsely preached the imperial decree last night has been dealt with secretly by her. This morning, she specially asked someone to go to the hut to drink another drug, and restore the blocked doors and windows.In this way, when the forbidden army broke in, they would only see His Highness the Crown Prince and Su Wan'er fainted in the room, and would not suspect that someone did it on purpose.

At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have no choice but to marry Su Wan'er.

So what if the young man is pregnant with the flesh and blood of His Highness the Crown Prince, the fetus in his womb will not be able to be born smoothly, and His Majesty will not make him the Crown Prince at this time.

It would be better if the aphrodisiac incense from yesterday had an effect, so that Wan'er could conceive the heir of His Highness the Crown Prince this night.

In that way, not only the crown princess, but also the future empress will belong to the Su family.

Concubine Rong thought of this, a smug smile flashed in her eyes, but she quickly restrained herself.

Eunuch Chang didn't notice the change in her expression at this moment, and asked, "Concubine Rong is taking so many people with her this early in the morning, where do you want to go?"

Concubine Rong hurriedly put on an anxious look: "My father-in-law doesn't know, my little niece Wan'er was also missing last night. Someone in my palace saw her go in this direction late yesterday. I was trying to find it."

Eunuch Chang was startled, his expression changed instantly.

If two people disappeared overnight, if it was just a coincidence, then it would be too coincidental.Eunuch Chang had been in the palace for many years, and he suddenly had a guess in his heart, but he didn't dare to express his suspicion, so he ordered a team of imperial guards immediately.

"Come with me and search over there!"

A group of people marched mightily to the depths of the palace.Concubine Rong was not in a hurry to take someone directly to the hut where the prince was and kicked the door, she pretended to follow the imperial army to search from palace to palace, and not long after, the imperial army really approached the courtyard where the hut was located.

"Eunuch Chang, Your Highness is here!" Concubine Rong heard the shouts of the imperial guards from a distance, and she was overjoyed.

She followed Eunuch Chang to the courtyard, but after seeing the scene in the courtyard, she was stunned.

At this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was supposed to be unconscious, was not in the house, but was sitting in the yard in front of the house, and even had an extra pot of tea from somewhere, and was leisurely drinking tea.

Seeing them coming, he smiled lightly: "Why are you here so late, my Highness's tea is going to be completely cold."

Concubine Rong didn't want to understand what this scene meant for a while, but felt a chill all over her body, and even her palms were sweating.

The location of this courtyard is extremely remote, and the scale is not large. When the imperial army arrived, it almost filled the entire courtyard.

Eunuch Chang looked around wonderingly, and stepped forward: "Your Highness, why are you here?"

Jiang Shen: "Why am I here, I should ask Concubine Rong."

"What's the meaning of this, His Royal Highness?" Concubine Rong barely maintained her composure, and said, "Why are you here? How would the concubine know?"

"Oh, Concubine Rong doesn't know?" Jiang Shen put down his teacup, pointed to the room behind him with the door behind him, "Does Concubine Rong want to know, who else is in this room?"

Concubine Rong's eyes followed the direction of his finger, and she had a bad premonition in her heart.

But before she figured out what went wrong, she saw Eunuch Chang strode forward suddenly and pushed open the door.

Someone was bound and sitting in the middle of the room.

It was the little eunuch that Concubine Rong bought off last night.

"Your Majesty, the concubine really doesn't know anything. Someone framed the concubine!" In the emperor's palace, Concubine Rong knelt in the hall and cried.

Jiang Shen and Li Ruan sat aside, watching the play with his chin propped up.

On the main seat, Emperor Chongxuan said: "The eunuch who falsely passed on my oral instructions has already recruited all of them. You bribed him, led the prince to the hut, and kept him locked up all night. You say this is a frame-up. Could it be that the prince Is it wrong to frame you?"

"The concubine doesn't know." Concubine Rong broke down in tears, "But the concubine has never done such a thing. The concubine has no grievances or enmity with His Highness the Crown Prince, why would she do this?!"

"That's true." Emperor Chongxuan turned his head and asked Jiang Shen, "Why did you offend Concubine Rong, why did she lock you up?"

Jiang Shen pretended to be confused: "I don't know, either."

Emperor Chongxuan looked at him quietly.

Jiang Shen looked back calmly.

Emperor Chongxuan snorted, looked away, and raised his hand again.

Eunuch Chang came forward with something in his hand.

It was a wooden plate with some spices in it.

"I sent people to search the hut where the crown prince was imprisoned, and also searched the residence of Concubine Rong, and happened to find this thing." Emperor Chongxuan said, "The imperial doctor has come to check, this thing is the same kind of spices in that hut, It's an aphrodisiac."

"...Concubine Rong, what do you want to do?"

Concubine Rong raised her head in disbelief: "How is it possible..."

After taking the medicine last night, it was clear that she had asked someone to destroy all the remaining medicine, so how could it be found again.

Why on earth...

Li Ruan also looked out curiously.

The aphrodisiac incense looks no different from ordinary incense, and it can't be distinguished at first glance.

I don't know if I can buy it outside.

But there seems to be a lot left here.

Li Ruan thought in her heart.

At this moment, a young eunuch walked in from the outside: "Your Majesty, Miss Su Family is asking to see you."

Emperor Chongxuan glanced at Jiang Shen before saying, "Xuan."

Su Wan'er changed back to her plain white dress.

She walked into the hall, without looking at Concubine Rong who was kneeling beside her, she kowtowed to Emperor Chongxuan: "Your Majesty, Minnv knows why my aunt did this."

"Su Wan'er!" Concubine Rong suddenly shouted sharply, "What do you want to do, I am your aunt, I am your dear aunt!"

As soon as Emperor Chongxuan raised his hand, two eunuchs waiting at the side immediately stepped forward and pressed Concubine Rong to the ground tightly.

Emperor Chongxuan said: "Go on."

"Auntie..." Su Wan'er raised her head, her eyes turned red quickly, and two lines of tears rolled down her delicate face, "Auntie wants...to lose the maiden to His Highness."

She looked soft and weak, sobbing in such a low voice was in stark contrast to Concubine Rong who was struggling desperately and almost hysterical.

She choked up and told how she was stunned last night, and how she heard Concubine Rong's plan in her confusion, and how she sneaked out while they were not paying attention.

This series of experiences moved the audience.

Li Ruan touched a piece of pastry from the plate at hand, and while gnawing on it, turned his head to look at Jiang Shen beside him.

From the eyes of the other party, he saw an exclamation very similar to his own.

——This little cat demon can really act.

The little cat demon's move was naturally planned by Jiang Shen in advance.Originally, even if Miss Su didn't come forward to testify, the little eunuch testified, falsely preaching the imperial decree with the intention of murdering the crown prince, it was enough for the Holy Majesty to punish Concubine Rong.

But with the cooperation of the little cat demon, the matter became clearer.

After all, although the little cat demon acted a little exaggeratedly, everything he said was true.

After quietly listening to Miss Su's testimony, Emperor Chongxuan said, "Concubine Rong, what else do you want to say?"

At this point, nothing she said would help.

Concubine Rong tried her best to struggle but couldn't break free from the restraint of the two eunuchs, she finally exhausted her strength and said softly: "Chenqie... have nothing to say."

"Okay." Emperor Chongxuan said leisurely, "Concubine Rong has no morals and bad conduct, and she will be thrown into the cold palace from today. Take it away."

Two eunuchs dragged Concubine Rong to go out, Jiang Shen put down the teacup in his hand, and said calmly: "Father, wait a moment."

He got up, bowed to Emperor Chongxuan, and said: "I suddenly remembered that not long ago, I found out about Concubine Rong's mother's Jiangnan Su family who forged accounts, evaded taxes, and bribed officials. evidence of."

Concubine Rong was stunned.

Since she was escorted back to Shangshang's bedroom, His Royal Highness has hardly expressed his opinion.No matter how she defended herself, he always looked indifferent, as if he didn't care about what happened, and left everything to the Holy One to decide.

Such a posture, on the contrary, gave Concubine Rong the confidence to argue.

But now she understands that the prince really doesn't care how the Holy Majesty treats her, because he has already arranged the final outcome for her and the Su family.

Emperor Chongxuan snorted coldly, with a smile that was not a smile: "I found out earlier, but only today?"

Jiang Shen also smiled: "The Su family is a well-known family with a wealth of property. Before the evidence is conclusive, I dare not report it."

Emperor Chongxuan: "Is the evidence conclusive now?"

Jiang Shen: "The evidence is solid."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Concubine Rong broke free from the strength of the two eunuchs who were holding her, and walked a few steps forward, "Your Majesty, there must be something hidden about this, Your Majesty! My Su family has been emperor for generations Shang, the concubine's father is even more loyal to His Majesty, he will never—"

Before she finished speaking, she was restrained again by the two eunuchs and dragged along.

The pleadings continued repeatedly until they completely went away.

The palace regained calm, and Emperor Chongxuan looked at Jiang Shen: "The prince has calmed down?"

"What did the emperor say? Is this son a person who avenges his private revenge." Jiang Shen said sincerely, "It is true that son has been busy with affairs recently, so I just remembered."

Emperor Chongxuan laughed.

He seemed to have heard an amusing joke, and laughed several times before asking, "How many more things are there that you can't remember for a while?"

Jiang Shendao: "It depends on how many of these wealthy businessmen are still scheming."

The Su family is in the spice business. In addition to providing to the royal family every year, they also export to the surrounding small countries, which is very profitable.It's just that in recent years, spices from the Western Regions have been extremely popular among the people, which has caused the Su family's business to no longer be so prosperous.

But even so, they still make a lot of money for the royal family every year.

If it has been so peaceful and stable, and some taxes have been evaded, not to mention Jiang Shen, the Holy Majesty will turn a blind eye.

But who made Concubine Rong change her mind.

"These big families really should be beaten and beaten." Emperor Chongxuan leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and said lightly, "I will leave this matter to you. If it is necessary to seal it up, it will be sealed up, and if it is necessary to raid the house, it will be ransacked. It is just this time A few days ago several governors reported to me that the famine was rampant last year, which greatly damaged the people's livelihood, and hoped that I would open the treasury to help the people."

"... Isn't the money here?"

Jiang Shen responded, "Yes."

Emperor Chongxuan was quarreled early this morning, and at this moment his face finally showed a little tiredness.Jiang Shen said: "Father, take a good rest, and my son will retire first."

Emperor Chongxuan waved his hand, which means yes.

Jiang Shen took Li Ruan to leave, but when the latter got up, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at the main seat in front of him.He looked over and saw Eunuch Chang standing there.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Shen frowned and asked in a low voice.

Eunuch Chang is the chief servant, and the little eunuch who was bribed last night is indeed his.But Eunuch Chang has been by the Holy Majesty's side for many years, and he has treated Jiang Shen fairly well these years, and even helps him speak in front of the Holy Majesty from time to time.

Jiang Shen never doubted him.

Did the little fox find something?

"Ah?" Li Ruan came back to his senses and shook his head, "No, nothing."

Li Ruan's reaction made Jiang Shen even more suspicious.

He quickly thought about what happened in the past two days in his mind, but he couldn't figure out what he had missed, so he subconsciously glanced at Eunuch Chang.

Then, he saw the spices he was still holding in his hand.

Jiang Shen: "..."

Eunuch Chang: "?"

Jiang Shen withdrew his gaze expressionlessly, pulled the young boy into his arms, and half hugged and half hugged him out of the Holy Lord's bedroom.

This little fox.

Still having bad ideas.