[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

Before the banquet started, the prince was called into the queen's palace.

The prince was not only afraid of the emperor, but also the empress, so when he heard the palace man invite him to come over, his body trembled unconsciously.The first thing that came to mind was, what wrong did he do and was discovered by the queen mother, who wanted to warn him and punish him?

"Your Highness, please." The female officer said to the dazed prince.

The prince came back to his senses, flicked his sleeves, and forced himself to be calm: "Let's go."

The queen was leaning on the bed and was lazily chatting and laughing with the female officer. When she saw the prince coming, she immediately put on an indifferent expression, and the female officer waved her hand, causing everyone in the hall to retreat.

"The son and minister pay homage to the queen mother." The prince saluted.

The palace was very quiet, the prince knelt on the ground and did not dare to vent his breath. After waiting for a while, he still didn't hear the queen calling him up.Just when he thought he was going to be scolded again, the queen said lightly: "Get up."

The prince silently breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.

"The prince hasn't entered the palace for a long time." The queen seemed to be gossiping.

But the prince felt that the more gentle the queen was, the more nervous he was. He wiped the sweat from his palms, "I dare not disturb the queen."

The queen smiled, "Are you afraid, or are you guilty? I'm afraid I will punish you again if I find out?"

"My son..."

The queen glanced at him, "I heard that you have recently favored Gu Liangdi, and for this reason you have neglected the Crown Princess?"

The prince was stunned, and then became angry, "Mother, is the princess concubine talking nonsense in front of you? As a princess concubine, she doesn't have the slightest tolerance for others, and she is like those other women in the market who gossip about her tongue."

The Queen's voice was cold, "You have the heart to blame the Crown Princess here, why don't you think about your mistakes? Do you think I'm blind, and I have to wait until the Crown Princess comes to complain to find out about your stupid things?"

The crown prince was slightly surprised, didn't the crown princess complain?

"If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself. I don't know what you did when you look at it?"

The prince was sweating coldly on his forehead, "I...I didn't mean to snub the princess, but the princess is really not understanding. Every time I see her, I get upset."

The queen sneered, "According to what you mean, the kind of woman who coaxes you, flatters you, and flatters you is truly understanding, gentle and considerate?"

The prince said nothing.

The queen stood up and walked in front of him step by step, "I don't care if you like the princess or not, and I don't care how Gu Zhaoyu will please you. But let me tell you, you must have an eldest son as soon as possible. Before that, don't neglect the princess. .Could it be possible, do you think that the eldest sons of King Ning and King Qing were born before you?"

The prince understands this truth, but he really doesn't want to face the face of the princess.

The queen just looked at him, and he felt pressure like Mount Tai overwhelming, and he could only say: "Your servant, please remember."

The queen walked past him with a flick of her sleeves, "If you don't want to be famous, just spoil your concubine and destroy your wife."

The prince hurriedly followed, "I dare not."

Not long after arriving at the banquet, the banquet began.

Today's palace banquet, all officials of the fifth rank and above in the capital can bring their family members to participate, so many people have arrived.From royal family members to aristocrats to ordinary officials and officials, the banquet was very lively, but not everyone could see the emperor up close.

Everyone gave a big gift to the emperor, wishing the emperor a long life without bounds, and sat down again.After a while, several princes will present birthday gifts to the emperor.

The emperor accepted the birthday present with a smile, without saying that he didn't like it, nor did he show that he particularly liked it.Of course, as long as this gift is given out, everyone doesn't care.

The emperor raised his wine glass and smiled loudly: "Today is my birthday, and the whole country celebrates it together. I am very happy that you are celebrating with me today. I will drink this cup first."

Everyone in the main hall also raised their wine glasses to congratulate the emperor on his birthday again.

The emperor put down his wine glass, looked at the crowds at the banquet, his eyes fell on Gu Xingchi, and said with a smile: "I am very pleased to know that Zhaohua has a daughter. Originally, I saw that you are not young and do not want to marry a wife, so I was worried about you." Well. Now that you have a wife and children, I can finally rest assured."

Gu Xingchi hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."

The emperor waved him to sit down.

Seeing this, the crown prince felt sour in his heart, isn't he just a daughter, what is there to be happy about?It seems that the queen mother is right, whether he likes the princess or not, he must let the princess give birth to the eldest son as soon as possible, and must not let the son of King Ning Qing become the eldest grandson.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the expressionless Crown Princess sitting beside him, and felt extremely dull again.

The queen sneered in her heart, and the smile on her face became more and more gentle. She said, "Your Majesty likes Yun'an so much, it's really her blessing. Now that Zhaohua has settled down, married a wife and had children, if my sister Quanxia knows, she will definitely feel gratified. As an older sister, I should take care of my younger sister's granddaughter. Yun An was born so long ago, and I haven't seen her in the Palace yet. After a while, I will invite the Marquis Jingan and his wife to bring Yun An into the palace. I don't know what Your Majesty thinks ?”

The emperor was naturally happy to be able to reunite with his son and granddaughter, and the empress was kind.

But he didn't reveal anything on the surface, nodded and said: "It's still the empress who is thoughtful."

Gu Xingchi and Sister Feng got up and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Empress."

A moment later, dancers filed in, and the scene became lively again.Many people got up to toast each other, or talked and laughed.

The sixth princess left the seat and went to Chen Mei's side.

Maids shuttled among them, pouring wine for everyone.

Wang Xihe picked up the wine glass and sniffed it, "It smells so good, the fine wine in the palace is indeed the best." As he spoke, he drank it all in one gulp.

Sister Feng shook her head and laughed.

At this time, a maid came over with a tray and wanted to pour wine for the two of them.

Wang Xihe asked: "I smell that they are not the same kind of wine, but I just don't know which one tastes better."

The maid bowed her head and said: "This is the best wine in the palace, Madam should try it."

As he spoke, he picked up the jug and poured it into the wine glass.

"Madam, please..." Before she finished speaking, she whispered, "Your servant deserves to die, my servant deserves to die."

Sister Feng frowned slightly as she looked at Wang Xi and Luo Qun, who had been stained with wine.

"Why are you so reckless?" Then he took out a handkerchief and wiped it for Wang Xihe, but the traces were still obvious.

The maidservant knelt on the ground, her body trembling.

The movement here naturally alarmed many people, and they all looked over here.

Mrs. Jiang asked, "What's going on?"

As soon as the words fell, the sixth princess walked over with lotus steps lightly, and reprimanded: "You lowly maidservant, what do you do, you can't even pour wine? Go down and receive the punishment."

The maid kowtowed again and again, "My servant knows my mistake, my servant knows my mistake."

The sixth princess gave a glance to the female officer beside her, and the maid was taken away.

She showed concern and said, "Ah, the skirt is all dirty, it's terrible."

Wang Xihe looked embarrassed.

The sixth princess suggested: "If Mrs. Shizi doesn't dislike it, I have two newly made dresses. Otherwise, how about I let the maid take you to find a palace to change into?"

That's the only way to go now.Wang Xihe said: "Please trouble the princess."

"Of course, if Mrs. Hou is worried, you can go with Mrs. Shizi."

Naturally, Sister Feng would not refuse, and said with a smile: "If so, I would like to thank the princess."

Sitting in her seat, Chen Mei struggled for a long time.After a while, she finally quietly left the hall.

Uneasy in her heart, she groped all the way and chased after him.Finally, she saw Wang Xihe and Sister Feng in the distance, and wanted to go up to remind them, but seeing the maid leading the way ahead, she dared not rush over.

She was anxious, so she could only follow lightly.In order to facilitate the success of the plan, the sixth princess deliberately chose a remote palace, so there were not many people on this road.Even if there was, the Sixth Princess dismissed it in advance.

"Madams, we're here." The maid said, "Madams, please wait a little while, a servant girl will bring the clothes."

Invite the two of them in and leave with courtesy.

Just as Wang Xihe was about to speak, he heard Sister Feng's indifferent voice, "Oh, is that so?"

The maid turned her head and saw Sister Feng pulling out the hairpin from her hair. Before she could react, she felt a sharp pain in her neck and fell to the ground.

Blood splashed on Sister Feng's hands, and there was also blood from the maid on the ground.

Wang Xihe looked terrified and took a step back, "Sister, what are you..."

Sister Feng calmly took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood off her hands.

"I let her out, will she let us go?"

Wang Xihe turned pale with shock, "Sister, what's going on?"

Sister Feng said coldly: "Someone wants to plot against you, this maid was instructed to bring us here on purpose."

Wang Xihe's body trembled, "Who... who wants to harm me?"

As soon as I said this, I heard a sound coming from outside the door. Sister Feng's expression turned serious, and she stretched out her hand to quickly drag the people in.

"Who's outside?!"

The man was staggered and fell to the ground.

Sister Feng looked down at her, "Miss Chen, have you been following us?"

"I..." Chen Mei rubbed her knee that was hurting from the fall, and when she looked up, she saw the dying palace maid, her body curled up into a ball, "I didn't mean to follow you, I... I..."

Sister Feng raised her eyebrows, "Is that intentional?"

Chen Mei didn't dare to look at the corpse, let alone look into Sister Feng's eyes, "I didn't, I didn't mean to..."

Sister Feng chuckled, "It wasn't on purpose, so what are you doing outside? Are you passing by?"

Chen Mei was so frightened that she almost cried.She thought that Sister Feng was just scheming, but she didn't expect to be so ruthless, killing people without blinking an eye.

Sister Feng knelt down and glanced at the corpse behind her, "Why are you crying, Miss Chen, are you afraid that I will kill you to silence you?"

Chen Mei closed her eyes tightly, her eyelashes trembling violently, "I came here to remind you that I didn't intend to harm you..."

Sister Feng was surprised, "Remind us? I thought you were going to inform Sixth Princess?"

With this sentence, she was reminding Chen Mei that she hadn't forgotten the past.

Chen Mei peeked at Wang Xihe, whose face was pale. "I didn't lie to you. I did something wrong before. The second sister has already taught me a lesson. I really want to help you this time."

Wang Xihe was confused, but Sister Feng said, "It's cold on the ground, Miss Chen should get up first."

Chen Mei hurriedly stood up, but kept shrinking back, trying to stay away from the corpse, and Wang Xihe did the same.

Sister Feng saw the two huddled in a corner with a look of panic, and suddenly felt amused.

At this time, the window suddenly rang three times, and all three looked over.

Sister Feng walked over, opened the window, and a person jumped in. It was Jiang Chaoan.

Sister Feng looked at Wang Xihe and said, "It's just in time for you to come, take the two of them away quickly, or they will faint from fright."

Wang Xihe didn't care about the presence of others, and threw himself into Jiang Chaoan's arms, his voice still trembling, "I was scared to death, why did you come here?"

Jiang Chaoan comforted her softly for a while, and said to Sister Feng, "Aren't you going with us?"

Sister Feng shook her head, "I have to wait for one more person."

Wang Xihe looked at Sister Feng in surprise.

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Zhaohua will come over later." She turned her head to look at Chen Mei, and said in a low voice, "Miss Chen, if you would do me a favor and forget the past, I will treat it as if it never happened. how about?"

"I……"

"Don't worry, I won't implicate you." Sister Feng said, "The sixth princess trusts you the most. It's easier for you to handle this matter than us. But if you don't agree, don't blame me for bringing up the old matter again." .”

Chen Mei looked into her clear and charming phoenix eyes, then glanced at the palace lady's body, and finally nodded heavily.

"In that case, I would like to thank Miss Chen."

Chen Mei took a few steps forward, "Then...we have agreed, if I help you accomplish this, our grievances will be written off, and you are not allowed to bring up old scores again, you can't take revenge on me, and you can't tell my parents. "

Sister Feng said: "Miss Chen, don't worry, I keep my word."

After speaking, he pointed to the door.

Naturally, Wang Xihe couldn't go back to the banquet.Chen Mei collected her mood, smiled, and said something in front of the sixth princess.

The sixth princess was surprised, and then she left the hall, but just when she was away from the hall, she was hit hard from behind, and she fainted all of a sudden.

Sister Feng naturally didn't know what happened at the banquet, so she waited here for a while, and then heard someone knock on the door, saying that clothes were delivered.

Sister Feng opened the door, and saw two eunuchs helping a fainted man come in.As soon as he saw the woman inside, he immediately stretched out his hand to knock her unconscious, but just as he raised his hand, he fell to the ground.

Gu Xingchi walked over from behind, looked Sister Feng up and down, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Sister Feng stretched out her hand to brush the man's hair, and said with a sneer, "It really is him."

"It's not surprising that the Sixth Princess would choose such a vicious, vicious and lustful person."

As she spoke, she tore his clothes and threw him on the bed.

Sister Feng leaned over, just as she stretched out her hand, Gu Xingchi stopped her, "I'll do it."

He didn't allow Sister Feng to touch other men, er, even half men.

Then, he personally searched the two eunuchs and found a fire bag and a handkerchief with spices wrapped inside.

Suddenly, the person on the bed turned over, opened his eyes, and stared blankly at the curtain above his head.

"This is where……"

Before he finished speaking, his eyes went dark, and he passed out again.

Gu Xingchi withdrew his hand and sneered.

After a while, he heard the window slam, Jiang Chaoan jumped in with a person on his shoulders, threw it on the bed, wiped his hands with his clothes, his expression was full of disgust.

"Is there anything else that needs to be done?"

Sister Feng pointed to the maid under the bed.

Jiang Chaoan understood, and immediately dragged him out.

From Gu Xingchi's point of view, protecting Wang Xihe should be Jiang Chao'an's responsibility. He can't protect himself well, and he has to worry about Sister Feng.Therefore, he directly instructed Jiang Chao'an to say: "This Yilan Hall is located in a remote place, and there is a river behind it. You can throw people into it by yourself. Remember to tie stones and sink."

Naturally, Jiang Chaoan didn't dare to refuse, and immediately jumped out of the back window with someone on his shoulders.

Gu Xingchi lit the spices, held Sister Feng by his hand, "Let's go back quickly."

There was singing and dancing at the banquet, and there were interlacing cups and cups, creating a harmonious atmosphere.The emperor looked at the dancing girls and drank with Concubine Rou, and seemed a little drunk.

At this time, Eunuch Kang hurried in and said something in Eunuch Zhang's ear.Eunuch Zhang was terrified, he walked a few steps quickly and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, it's bad, the Hall of Harmony is flooded!"

The emperor's complexion changed, and he stood up abruptly, "Say it again!"

Eunuch Zhang bit the bullet and said, "The Hall of Harmony is flooded."

If it is on weekdays, if the water is leaking, it will be flooded, and it will be repaired at worst.But today is the emperor's birthday, and if the emperor's birthday is broken, is it because God wants to punish His Majesty?

Eunuch Zhang knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, those slaves must be negligent..."

The emperor glanced over coldly, and Eunuch Zhang shut up all of a sudden.

Everyone was shocked.

The emperor walked like a dragon and a tiger, and walked out of the palace. Under the leadership of the queen, everyone followed.

Looking from a distance, there was already a sea of ​​flames in front of it, and the fire became more and more intense with the wind, igniting the palaces on the left and right, and thick smoke rose into the sky.

Countless court ladies and eunuchs led buckets to put out the fire. The emperor watched this scene with a livid face, and everyone held their breath and dared not speak.

After an unknown amount of time, the fire was finally extinguished, and the smell of thick smoke could be smelled from far away.

The emperor didn't take it seriously, and walked over with his feet up.

Eunuch Zhang quickly followed, "Your Majesty, be careful of the dragon's body."

Suddenly, there was another commotion in front, and people kept exclaiming.

Eunuch Kang rushed forward to check, and came back after a while and said, "Your Majesty, there seems to be something wrong in the Yilan Hall next to the Hall of Harmony."

Eunuch Zhang said: "Your Majesty, please explain clearly."

"Slaves dare not say..."

The emperor's voice was cold, "Say!"

Eunuch Zhang winked at Eunuch Kang. Eunuch Kang gritted his teeth and whispered something into the emperor's ear.road.

The emperor's complexion changed slightly, and he walked forward.

Eunuch Zhang stood in front of everyone, "Everyone, please stay."

After saying that, he winked at the little eunuch beside him, and followed him.

Everyone didn't understand what was going on, and wanted to join in the fun, but there were eunuchs and guards here to prevent outsiders from following, obviously to prevent people from leaking the news, so they had no choice but to wait here with peace of mind.

After a while, the emperor, queen and others arrived at the Yilan Hall. The emperor looked coldly, "Open the door."

The people outside the hall were far away, and Eunuch Kang opened the door.

At this time, the sixth princess was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, her clothes were disheveled, her hair was fluffy, her snow-white skin was exposed, with large marks printed on it, and the man beside him was also in messy clothes.The two are hugging each other intimately, obviously they have done something wrong.

The emperor's face became even uglier.A princess of a country had an affair with a man at his birthday banquet, which completely embarrassed the royal family.Fortunately, only the queen and others followed, and they dare not speak out if they think about it.

As for the people who served here before, they naturally don't have to live anymore after the matter is resolved.

The emperor was furious, "Wake up the two of you!" He glanced lightly at the queen, "Is this how the queen raises her daughter?"

The queen was also very angry, but as the adoptive mother of the sixth princess, she could only excuse her.

"Your Majesty, someone must have deliberately framed Youqing."

The emperor was also suspicious, but he still said coldly: "Framed, who will frame her?"

The queen said: "Your Majesty, Youqing was spoiled and raised since she was a child. She sometimes acted impulsively and willfully, so she offended many people. Maybe someone took advantage of today's banquet to take revenge on her."

"Oh, is that so?" said the emperor, "Who did she offend?"

"Your Majesty, this is not important. The most important thing now is to find out who framed Youqing. Although Youqing is a bit willful, he will never do such a thing that damages the royal family's face. Take a step back, even if If she wants to live with others, she shouldn't choose today, and she shouldn't choose to be in the palace, isn't she afraid of being seen?"

The emperor can naturally think of what the queen said.He doesn't care about the daughter of the sixth princess. What he cares about is that someone dares to play tricks at his birthday banquet. This is provoking his majesty, and he will naturally be furious.

Hearing the sixth princess utter a cry, she woke up from her lethargy.She opened her eyes and was stunned at the emperor's angry eyes and other people's mocking eyes.She subconsciously looked at where she was, and when she saw herself lying naked with Sun Shaozu, her complexion turned pale, and she suddenly remembered what happened.

She was in pain all over, and her snow-white skin was covered with bruises and purple marks, as well as the marks of being whipped and beaten, which showed how ruthless Sun Shaozu's attack was.

She didn't care about being watched or the pain, gathered her clothes, and knelt at the emperor's feet, "Father, I was framed, I don't know this person at all!"

Seeing this scene, Sun Shaozu was so frightened that he fainted again.He was knocked out, and he came here as soon as he opened his eyes, and there was a beauty beside him.Before he figured out the situation, he felt hot all over and urgently needed someone to vent, so he moved the woman beside him without thinking.Seeing the enraged emperor now, he was frightened out of his wits.

The emperor looked at her condescendingly, as if looking at something unclean, "Who will frame you?"

Of course it was Wang Xihe and Sister Feng!

But she can't tell.If it is investigated, she will have murdered Wang Xihe many times and those things will be revealed, and she will be finished by then!

She burst into tears, "I don't know. But no matter what, I would not do such shameless things with a strange man at your birthday banquet. Someone must have set me up."

Concubine Lu Xian was always in poor health. She spent a long time outside in the wind and coughed a few times. The female officer beside her hurriedly added a cloak to her.

She said softly: "Your Majesty, the princess is a golden branch and a jade leaf. She has such a noble status. How could she do things with such a shameless person? This must be deliberately framed by someone."

The emperor said angrily: "Bring up all the people who are on duty here!"

After a while, a group of court ladies and eunuchs knelt down in front of the emperor.

The emperor looked at them and said, "If you don't tell the truth, you will be executed immediately!"

These people looked at each other in blank dismay, bowing their heads in silence.It's not that they don't want to talk, it's that they don't know what to do.

Zhang Gonggong said: "If you don't say it, you will have to suffer some flesh and blood."

He waved his hand, and someone came over with a thick board, dragged these people down, and began to execute the torture.

For a moment, Yilan screamed again and again outside the hall.After a while, two court ladies passed out.

Concubine Zhao Rou couldn't bear to look at it, so she turned her face away.

After fighting for a while, finally someone couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly: "Your servant knows, I have seen it!"

Eunuch Zhang raised his hand and immediately ordered the execution to stop.

The emperor stood in front of the maid with his hands behind his back and asked, "Who is it?"

The maid lay on the ground, knelt up with difficulty, and pointed to the right direction.

"It's Xin'er. This servant saw her sneaking around outside the gate of Yilan Hall with her own eyes, and she didn't know what she was doing."

After speaking, the eunuch immediately dragged the maid named Xin'er to the emperor.

The emperor asked directly: "Why are you doing this?"

At this time, Xin'er had already been beaten out a lot, but not inhaled.She was silent at first, looking straight at the sixth princess, and then laughed loudly, and the smile turned into a low sneer.

Eunuch Zhang kicked her, "Presumptuous! Why don't you tell the truth before His Majesty?"

Xin'er seemed not to know the pain, and slowly got up from the ground, and smiled ironically at the sixth princess, "Anyway, I won't survive, and since that's the case, there's nothing I can't say. That's right, I killed the sixth princess. No, a selfish and vicious woman like her is not worthy of being the princess of a country, she deserves to be insulted and die in humiliation!"

Everyone was at a loss, only the sixth princess had a bad feeling in her heart.

No, this thing is not going the right way!She had a premonition that what Xin'er was about to say was more terrifying than her current situation!