Princess Guangling was killed by poison. Someone had added red arsenic into her daily herbal soup.
Just like Princess Gaomi, Princess Guangling had also delegated the power of the harem rightly after her eldest son's marriage with Zhao Taoran and started to enjoy a happy life.
Since there had been something wrong with Princess Guangling, of course, Zhao Taoran, the hostess of the Guangling King Mansion, was the first to bear the brunt.
Therefore, Zhao Taoran asked someone to report this matter to Zhao Family not only for sending the message but also for asking for help.
Old Madam Qin and Madam Ji recognized her intention after calming down. Then, they immediately asked for some details, "Have you controlled all the people who had touched that bowl of herbal soup?"
That maid, who was sent to report this matter, sighed and said, "We've found the murderer, a maid who began working in the mansion last year. But she
"Uncle Feng, Aunt Zhan, Elder Sister, and Brother Xinzhang." Said Sheng Weiqiao. Their journey to Chang'an was not very smooth. They encountered an unpredictable storm on their way. When the storm came, their towered ships were at the deep sea far away from the land. Therefore, when the sailors noticed that something was wrong, it had been too late for them to find a port for shelter.Fortunately, the three families were all wealthy. They always used the best towered ships and sailors for their family members' journey, which enabled them to survive the roaring waves. However, since their ships were damaged, they had to find a place to have them fixed before continuing their journey.When they came to fix the ship, they would almost have changed to go by land if it had not been for that Senior Master Feng and Old Madam Zhan were advanced in age and could not bear the jolt.Even so, they often drank soups to soothe their nerves in the foll
Princess Gaomi feared that he would kill someone who had gossiped about Sheng Weiqiao, so she didn't directly answer him, "The news is indeed true. Shuihe, don't you know it?""There was a Dragon Boat Festival feast in the Shanglin Palace. At that time, you were shocked that I had gotten hurt. When you came back home, you became so angry for days." said Rong Shuihe. Princess Gaomi didn't respond to him, so his eyes got colder. He didn't ask more but whispered, "I heard that it was because Gaomi King and Princess Qingfang had told a lie to you. So if you want to know Kangzhao’s true nature, you must dispatch your trusted subordinates to investigate her in Nanfeng County, right?"He stopped his speculation and then directly turned around to ask Gongsun Yingdun standing outside the room, "Can you find out the one whom Princess Gaomi has sent to Nanfeng County and what has happened there within half a day?"Licking his lips, Gongsun Yingdun
Gaomi King had to do so because Rong Shuihe kept him on his toes after Gaomi King failed to kill him on his way back home from Daimao Island.Moreover, when Rong Shuihe became the Number One Scholar and then returned to Gaomi King Family, some followers led by Gaomi King hoped that he would be a great young master to defeat the powerful Meng Family so that they would be inspired. Therefore, there were many private discussions on supporting him.As strong supporters of Gaomi King, the Yuan Family and the Zhao Family had relations by marriage with Gaomi King Family. Especially Zhao Shi from the Zhao Family, Princess Gaomi’s brother, was responsible for training guards for him. They all thought highly of Rong Shuihe, so Gaomi King had to worry about Rong Qingzhuo, to whom he wanted to pass his position.After the plan of preventing Rong Shuihe from returning to Nanfeng County to govern the Gongsun Family on the Daimao Island failed, Gaomi K
After hearing Gaomi King’s words, Sheng Weiqiao's seniors looked at each other and became silent.Senior Master Feng coughed to break the temporary quietness. He said, "It's honored to have Your Highness come over here to make an explanation in person. However, Princess Gaomi might take it wrong. Weiqiao is our most favored child. We cannot make up our minds about her marriage simply with your words. We indeed come to Chang'an to find her a nice husband. However, it doesn't mean we decide to agree with the marriage between Weiqiao and Prince Mizhen. After all, our limited properties are far less than those of the powerful families in Chang'an.""We have spoiled Weiqiao. Being a wealthy and mighty family, Gaomi King Family must have strict rules, which might not be suitable for Weiqiao since she has always been careless and sloppy.""Your Highness, please make it clear to Princess Gaomi in case that she might have misunderstandings of the
"Mixue!" Gaomi King touched Princess Gaomi gently and whispered, "Our child finally came back after so many years. He hardly asks any favor of us, and we promised that we would gratify his wish... If you keep acting this way, he'll hate us!"Worrying that Princess Gaomi wouldn't listen to him, he lowered his voice, "Shuihe has been hobnobbing with Shu Sisters recently. And he'll move into his own mansion after he gets married. You don't want him to sever the bond with us by then, do you?!"His words persuaded Princess Gaomi. She gave a bitter laugh and braced up to make apologies, "My brooding over my lost Shuihe in the past ten-odd years has enfeebled my body. I recovered somewhat with the joy over Shuihe's big event, but I guess it will take me longer to fully recuperate from the depression. I don't mean to make light of you if I look glum or something else. I'm just too debilitated. I beg your pardon!"The Sheng Family didn’t believe
"You won't pay less than one million taels of silver, will you?!" Gaomi King remained silent, and Princess Gaomi also realized that they couldn't afford an amount more than her third daughter-in-law's dowry as she recalled that astronomical number. She compromised after pondering for a while, "The gifts from Kangzhao's grandparents and aunt will be worth over one million taels of silver already. Shuihe will be in derision if we offer an amount less than that!""But there is a convention of the Royal Family's bride price." Gaomi King said hopefully, "For a prince like Shuihe, we're supposed to pay...""But the convention indicates a number no more than one hundred thousand taels!" Princess Gaomi was enraged, "It will be a shame on Shuihe if we follow that! The Sheng Family will tell everyone that Prince Mizhen Family lives on the dowry of Princess Kangzhao!"Unwilling to pay a huge amount, Gaomi King tried to persuade her, "The Sheng Fami
As the people of the Sheng Family were dedicating themselves to the preparation work of the next year's wedding, they were too busy to ask about the Gaomi King Family's worry about the betrothal presents.However, only those younger children like Sheng Weiqiao truly knew nothing about that.Those people of elder generations knew very well in their hearts even without any inquiry.After all, the Feng Family and the Xuanyu Family intentionally increased Sheng Weiqiao's dowry so as to help Rong Shuihe extort money from the Gaomi King Family, forcing the Gaomi King Family to raise the bride price.As Princess Gaomi herself set the price at one million taels which were the maximum Gaomi King could afford, those seniors of Sheng Weiqiao did not make any dissent.In fact, if Gaomi King persistently rejected this price, Sheng Weiqiao's seniors would find an opportunity to go and force Gaomi King to shell out!
Sheng Weiqiao was frightened by her aunt's guess. She said, "Why would he betray Mizhen? Mizhen may also be able to offer him what the Meng Family offered. Besides, he grew up with Mizhen. There are deep affections between them. How could he betray Mizhen only after several days of separation?"Madam Feng's sister said disapprovingly, "You little kid, you know nothing. It is because they grew up together that Sheng Xi is deeply jealous of Mizhen. Think about it. He is about the same age as Mizhen, and he also has a relatively good appearance. However, Mizhen is the master, and he is only Mizhen's servant. Then, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he took the chance to betray Mizhen. Though he might not gain any payback, he can have his revenge if Mizhen suffers something bad, right?""I don't think Xi is that kind of person." Sheng Weiqiao said, glancing at her aunt speechlessly. She thought that her early deceased uncle was indeed an evildoer. He
Shu Zhaoyi lost her soul and returned to the Xuanjing Emperor placed outside the bedchamber, and was about to go in to see how the Xuanjing Emperor slept ... After she came back with the Xuanjing Emperor, because she was anxious to go to interrogate Meng Guiyu alone, she excused herself to drink wine to drown her sorrows, and left the Xuanjing Emperor after she got him drunk.This moment back can not help but go in to see, who knows just to the door to see the two chamberlains eyes and nose guarding.Seeing Zhaoyi come over, their faces all changed, and they bowed tremblingly, saying, "Long live the Empress!""There are people inside?" Shu Zhaoyi asked with a raised eyebrow when she saw that despite their respectful attitude, they never had the intention to give way.The two chamberlains looked at each other, with trepidation in their eyes, knowing that the Shu sisters were in great favor and neither were good-tempered.Especially at this moment, the ne
Shu Zhaoyi's expression was harsh, but Meng Guiyu's face was calm, and he said in a deep voice, "Back to Lady Zhaoyi, I really didn't know about Your Highness's suffering at all!"He glanced at Shu Guifei's remains on the door panel not far away, "As for why His Majesty and Lady Zhaoyi found that Lady Guifei was missing, they issued an imperial edict for the forbidden army to search everywhere, and in the end, it was me who sent Lady Guifei to His Majesty as well as to Lady Zhaoyi.... Ma'am, I reported up before that Lady Guifei wasn't personally found by me, but was reported up after his men found it. personally found, but rather after my men found it and reported it up, I went to see it!""After all, I have been favored by the two empresses and have joined the forbidden army as the Grand Commander of the forbidden army. When the forbidden army discovers a clue, it is natural to report it to me first, and then I will convey it to His Majesty and you, Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!" Meng Gui Yu's expression was somber, his eyes were also red, stepped forward and cupped his fists and said, "After I learned that Your Highness and her attendants had disappeared, I couldn't believe that Your Highness had been in an accident! However, the Queen Consort lived in the Qiongxue Palace and the left side of the inch by inch search down, the Committee did not see any silhouettes, can only be dispersed towards the distance. At this time to listen to the water division side of the report, said the spring wave lake floated up ... floated up a number of people, all for the palace attire, the leader of the even more expensive clothes extraordinary, I ... ministers eleven million hope that it is a mistake!""But the minister to the lake, personally saw this body pomegranate red dress shirt ... I remember, two days ago also see your concubine through ...""This must be which bitchy servant girl, stole this palace sister's robe!!!" Shu Zhao Yi covered
The sky was overcast as if it were night before the rain poured down.In the back room of the assassin's residence, the doors and windows were closed, and it was too dim to see the outlines of things.Yi Liu dressed in Xuan Shirt strong clothing, full head of green silk also with the same color of the handkerchief tightly wrapped up, foot soft sole light boots, quietly stepped over the scarlet ground tangled branches of lotus pattern unicorn play beads rug.The short sword in his hand was coated in black paint, dark and heavy that would not emit any reflections, best suited for the immediate environment.She narrowed her eyes slightly so as not to let the luster between the flow of her bright eyes be detected by her opponent.The thunder outside the house had been raging for a long time, and her confrontation with her opponent had lasted even longer.She's in no hurry.In addition to the fact that this was the Assassin's Palace, the home bas
Rong Sleeping Crane was busy smiling and greeted her, "Auntie! I disturbed you last night, are you resting well now?"Xuan Yu Feng first looked him up and down, saw his gray head and face, and his clothes were dirty, then said in a pleasant manner, "I am an idle person anyway, it is nothing to make a mess once in a while, but it is you ... how did you get this? How to make such a mess? I just saw with you a piece of over the guards, are good, thought you also safe and sound it!"Let's just say that he, "Auntie knows that this child of yours is both literate and skilled in martial arts. But the so-called not in his position does not seek his own politics, you now is not to the district Gongsun clan to sell their lives of the Wuyi camp leader, but the king of the big Mu County, is the husband of Qiao Er, lemonade father of the king! If it is because of the first to fight, there are any shortcomings, you call Qiao'er mother and son in the future how to do?""What's mo
"..." Rong Sleeping Crane froze and said, "Good girl, although Meng Boqin is gone, the Northern Border may not be peaceful ah! And you also know that I secretly came from the Western Border this time, so after settling your mother and son, I will talk to uncle for a few more days, and also have to hurry to return to the Western Border."Sheng Weiqiao said, "You have urgent matters, you go to the western border first! I'll go over slowly with lemonade, at most it's just a few more days of traveling."She frowned slightly, ''Before I left from the Western Frontier in such a hurry, the things I lost down were just that, Geun Li, Ju Li those people, and the twelve niang and whatnot ... I'm telling you, if it wasn't for the fact that you were in the way of Meng Boqin before, and you said that it was safest to take the sea route to leave, I would have wanted to go to the Western Frontier to witness it no matter what. I'd like to go to the western border to see them before I fe
"Think of the good in things!" The plan to use Zhao Shi as a front failed, Rong Yuhe could only go alone to face his wife's doubts, he was on his way to comfort himself, "I can't say that my daughter is worried and scared alone in the camp, and she is satisfied to see that I am well past it. Why is it that things are happening differently from what she told me before, and she's not in the mood to get to the bottom of it, so I'll be able to get by with a few perfunctory sentences?"With that thought he looked down at his neat as new robes, pondered for a moment, and decisively halted his mount!The left and right guards were instantly aghast, taking off the bow hanging on the saddle and nocking arrows from the arrow pot at their waist while asking in a low voice, "County King?""... "Rong Sleeping Crane looked at them as if they were enemies, the corner of his mouth twitched, and said, "It's nothing. Well, you guys stay here, lone go to the side forest for a bit!"
The green-clothed boy heard, a face of "difficult to say" expression, once again look at Zhao Shi, mouth vaguely said, "I do not know how to say ... anyway... several stewards feel very difficult to make a judgment. ...Several stewards feel that it's very tricky and can't make a judgment, so I can only ask the County King to personally decide!"Seeing this situation, Zhao Shi raised an eyebrow and said to Rong Sleeping Crane, "I'm about to go out to see how things are going underneath, you guys talk over here!"Just take the old maid and go.The room is left with Rong Sleeping Crane and the boy, that boy immediately swept away the calm in front of Zhao Shi's master and servant, said in a tone of excitement mixed with inexplicable excitement, "County King! To tell you the truth, you may not believe it: brother Ah Xi, he ... actually slept with the Empress!!!"Yung Sleeping Crane, who has taken a hundred and twenty-thousand percent care and is ready to receive
Zhao Shi sniffed, froze for a good while, before asking with doubts, "You ... you send all the horses of your Western Frontier elite cavalry over? Then what about the direct line that you single-handedly trained?"Not waiting for Rong Sleeping Crane to answer, he shook his head again, "Not right! You kid has always been treacherous, not taking advantage of others would be good, how could you do something so self-sacrificing?!"Mind electric turn, suddenly eyes bright, breathing are a little short of breath, eagerly asked, "I remember you promised Deng Chen Liyu to help him raise his son and grandson ...?""I'm not as old as his grandson, what do you mean by helping him raise his son and grandson?" Rong Sleeping Crane cried and laughed, "It's just a promise to shelter a few of his heirs."Zhao suitable toward him leaned his body, attentive to ask, "The previous dynasty has the emperor Na Ru Ru princess as a consort, when Ru Ru accompanied by 10,000 horses, tha