The sounds of discussions were not small. They were like bombs thrown into Consort Zhao's heart. She knew that her plan had failed completely today. Not only could she not save Lian An, but she would also implicate him. She had planned to use this incident to push the matter about Lian An and He Yuxiu onto Mo Xuetong and put her to death.
However, things did not go according to her plan.
First, the maidservant did not get Mo Xuetong's handkerchief, and instead, she got Ling Rui'er's handkerchief. This was already beyond Consort Zhao's expectations. It was fortunate that she could blame Mo Xuetong for this. However, unexpected things happened one after another. The situation had completely changed. She failed to put Mo Xuetong to death in one go, but she would draw the suspicion of Emperor Zongwen.
"Consort Zhao, what's the matter?" The Empress' eyes flashed with a trace of anger. She looked at Consort Zhao coldly and said angrily. Things had al
In the Hua'nuan Pavilion, clothes were scattered everywhere, including Ling Rui'er's dirty clothes and the bellyband inside. It was the closest place to where the watermelon juice had been splashed on her. That was to say, the other places were much further away than here for clothes changing.Ling Rui'er had to change clothes here.As for the murder later, Ling Rui'er and her maidservant knew nothing about it, and just hurried out at that time, even had no time to pack the clothes. The dirty clothes were thrown on the floor, including the dress and bellyband. Besides, it was natural to wear light clothes in the summer. So when the big bowl of watermelon juice was poured on the clothes, how could they not get thoroughly wet?A man was sitting on the pile of messy clothes, holding Ling Rui'er's bellyband in his hand. The smile on his face was particularly wretched. He brought it to his nose and sniffed it. It was as if he was looking at the whit
The banquet officially began. Although the young masters and young ladies could chat a little by the flowers and under the moon, men and women were arranged in two different rows of seats separated by a line of tall flowers and plants. However, when they stood, they could still see each other, even when seated, they could dimly see each other's face through the flowers and grass.Mo Xuetong was arranged to sit by Ling Rui'er's right hand. Since King Ning did not have the legitimate consort, and Consort Yan was constrained in the manor, only Mo Xuetong and Ling Rui'er were there, so the arrangement of the seats was reasonable.But the proper arrangement of seats did not mean that it was appropriate in the real sense.Seeing Mo Xuetong sit beside her, Ling Rui'er's eyes fell on Mo Xuetong with sneer and disdain, and she said, "Mo Xuetong, you still have the nerve to sit here! You are really big-hearted! Do you think the place is familiar to you?
"King Chu, you don't have to apologize. It's my fault. I mentioned the former Consort Chu..." Mo Xuetong tugged at Feng Yuran's robe. Her eyes had turned a little red and were filled with tears. There were still tears on her long lashes. She looked pitiful and aggrieved. She bit her lips and pulled at Feng Yuran's robe, looking as if she wanted to settle the matter peacefully.Consort Chu was on the floor and her beautiful face grew ferocious as she gritted her teeth in hatred. In the meanwhile, Consort Xuan, who would rather suffer than cause trouble was gentle and gracious. Everyone immediately understood that the arrogant Consort Chu had caused trouble. King Chu's former wife was her elder sister. Why was she not willing to mention her sister now that she had become Consort Chu?She appeared to be close to her sister in front of others in the past and now it turned out to be fake. She was a hypocritical woman who didn't care about family affection. She e
Bad things happened one after another. First, there was a murder. After Consort Chu and Consort Xuan got checked out in turn, people finally found out that the chief culprit was Consort Zhao, whom no one had ever thought of. Now, a worse thing happened that made people speechless. It was not a good thing to know royal scandals.However, even though the people present did not dare to interrupt, their eyes were filled with contempt, disdain, mockery... and all kinds of looks. Ling Rui'er looked at them and was about to go crazy.Ling Rui'er heaved a sigh of relief when Mo Xuetong left. She was about to sit down straight when she suddenly heard a hubbub from a spot not far away. However, she could not hear what people were saying. Everyone's attention could not help but be drawn to the hubbub."Who are you? How dare you break into the banquet at will?" It sounded like a eunuch's voice which was too sharp."Get him out of here! Where d
Ling Rui'er could not help but stand up and snapped, "Nonsense. How could I have an affair with you? With my status, how could I like someone like you? Who in the world are you? Why did you frame me? Do you want to die?"Consort Su, who was seated beside the Empress, looked at Yan Miao suspiciously and a trace of gloomy look flashed across her eyes. Yan Miao had always been the Empress' personal maid, and her reaction today was rather odd. Not only had she been hiding behind the Empress, but she was trembling slightly when Consort Su observed her carefully.Hearing Ling Rui'er's reprimand, Ma Er saw Ling Rui'er and was overjoyed. He finally found that beauty. He shook his head and struggled, hurriedly shouting at Ling Rui'er, "Rui'er, don't worry. I know you're afraid of that person. Don't worry. I'll take you away. I'll be good to you for the rest of my life."Then, he tried to rush over and hug Ling Rui'er. Ling Rui'er was so frightened that
Seeing Yan Miao didn't finish her words and suddenly lowered her head without moving, everyone instantly sensed that something was wrong.Consort Su had been staring at Yan Miao the entire time. When she saw that there was something wrong with the way she lowered her head, she immediately ordered, "Go and check her."She had been focusing on Yan Miao and found that she had been suspicious since the man appeared. It seemed that she had been hiding behind the Empress. Hiding in the Empress' shadow, she looked pale as if she had seen a ghost. When such a big thing had happened, she, the lead palace maid of the Empress, didn't even bother to care.When Ling Rui'er's bellyband was found in Ma Er's inner pocket, Consort Su had thought that Ling Rui'er had really not adhered to the rules of the womenfolk. She was enraged. When she thought of how Ding General Manor had sent temptresses to her son's manor again and again, how could she not be angry? How
After all this, the Qixi Festival banquet could not go on. The eunuchs checked the number of people brought into the palace by madams and ladies one by one, and the number of people for the time being. But in the end, they found nothing. When they entered the palace, there was a definite number of people of each family, and only the mandated women brought a few maids close to them.Those maids had been serving their master all the time, and none of them left.The guards of each manor scattered at the gate of the palace. There were guards in the palace, so none of the outside guards was allowed to enter the palace.Apart from these two kinds of possibilities, Ma Er might be brought in under the order of the master in the palace, but there was no result. This ruffian named Ma Er seemed to have suddenly appeared in the palace and rushed into the banquet. The eunuch, who was the last one to saw him, also said that he saw the man in the aisle. At th
The banquet in the palace stopped unhappily, and all the noble young masters and ladies parted.The things that happened in the imperial palace were weird. If someone was not careful enough, he or she would fall into the trap. Even if it didn't really happen to him or her, he or she might be disabled or seriously injured. Especially for girls, their reputation would be ruined if they got a little involved in it. Then they might be unable to get married in the future.Every lady of the noble family was well aware of how precious a girl's reputation was.Besides, someone said that there were still dead people in the back garden when they came out. Immediately, the people present did not say anything more. They did not even respond and only looked forward to returning early. There were two more people in the palace for no reason. If they were not brought in by people in the palace, who else could do that?At this time, it was normal f
It was midnight when Feng Yuran came back from the palace that night. Under the light, Mo Xuetong's beautiful face looked pink, which he had been praying for for a long time. Although he was tired and dizzy, he felt relieved.Fortunately, Bai Yihao did not make a desperate bet. That day, he looked calm on the surface, but in fact, he was already sweating on his back.If Bai Yihao had threatened him with Tong'er's life...If, Bai Yihao was determined not to give up...If Bai Yihao wanted to get Tong'er even if he would destroy her...He would really don't know what to do!Fortunately, there were not so many "ifs". Fortunately, Bai Yihao let go in the end. Even though he had already known Bai Yihao's character, he was still very nervous and flustered at that time in that place. Caring too much disturbed the mind. In this life, Tong'er was his weakness, but it was the weakness that he was willing to have.
Looking at the confident Bai Yihao who had a smile in his eyes, Feng Yuran suddenly put on an enchanting smile. He squinted at him and asked, "Tong'er is smart. If she knew that it was your mother who poisoned her mother back then and the poison in Auntie Fang's hands was left by your mother, what would you do?"This was a fatal blow, and Bai Yihao hid it in his heart. He thought that no one would mention it!The smile froze on Bai Yihao's handsome face. For a moment, there was a hint of blood in the corner of his warm eye. He put away the smile on his lip corners and looked at Feng Yuran viciously. "You're really funny. How could that poison have something to do with my mother?"That was the topic he didn't dare to mention. He even felt guilty and his heart was even twisted."It's a strange poison, so it must have come from a strange place. There was no way for an ordinary concubine to get it. Even though Auntie Fang died in the r
Since Yan Kingdom had taken in some remainders of Ding General Manor, the country would definitely become the Qin Kingdom's enemy. Bai Yihao was the commander-in-chief of Yan Kingdom. On the surface, the only person in the Qin Kingdom who could suppress the troops of Ding General Manor was King Xuan, Feng Yuran. In the past, Fu General and King of Xian were on different sides of Ding General Manor. They seemed to be friendly on the surface, but in private, they held each other back.The war drew near. Feng Yuran bid farewell to Mo Xuetong and led the army to the border. It was winter, so it was a little cold. Mo Xuetong stood on a small mountain town outside the city gate and could not help crying with a handkerchief in her hand when she saw the purple general's robe disappear from her sight.Mo Xuetong felt sad and could not hold back her tears when she thought that he had to go to the battle field and could not sleep well. The war was urgent and he had to
Yan Empress heaved a sigh of relief. Seeing Lan Yanwen looking calm, she said politely, "That's right, that's right. I can't stay here any longer. I'll leave this to you." She was still the dignified Empress of the Yan Kingdom."Goodbye, Your Majesty!" Lan Yanwen lowered his head and bowed respectfully, which was no different from his usual attitude. Yan Empress waved her hand with satisfaction, took her people to get on the carriage at the back door and returned to the deep palace.Yan Empress left, surrounded by a large group of people. Lan Yanwen slowly raised his head, and his beautiful eyes were inexplicably deep in the flickering light. He stared at the back of Yan Empress and walked to Princess Royal's body that was lying on the ground, speechless for a moment.The night was very quiet, as if the sound of people's breathing could be heard!After a long time, Lan Yanwen ordered, "Somebody, take Princess Royal Mingzhu out! Alo
It was Yan Empress's voice!In the dark, Mo Xuetong didn't dare to move. She bit her lips and even held her breath, hiding in the rockery. Although it was secluded, Yan Empress came with so many people, and she might find her. If Mo Xuetong fell into her hands, it would be terrible!"Sister Yunruo?" Princess Royal helped Nanny Qin to stand firm under the light. Looking at Yan Empress, who was protected by a group of secret guards and eunuchs, she slowly restored calmness.There was no guard around her, and the only person beside her was Nanny Qin, who knew nothing about martial arts. She was sort of alone now.Mo Xuetong also saw Lan Yanwen hiding in the dark beside Yan Empress. "He came as well?"This small courtyard of the Lan family gathered all kinds of powerful personage unexpectedly. It was quite lively."Sister Mingzhu, it's not easy for you to remember me. Why don't you come to my palace to have a
Seeing that there was something wrong with his expression, the Yan Empress knew that Bai Yihao was still worried. She gave a sweet smile and wrapped her soft arms around Bai Yichen's neck. Her breath was fragrant and she smiled seductively in his ear, "Don't worry. He still thinks that I really want to send some people to the East Palace and have been focusing on investigating the women in the Beauty Gathering Palace. When we succeed in the harem, it will be too late for him to do anything.""The old man won't suspect us, will he?" Bai Yichen paused for a moment and was still a little worried."Don't worry. Even if he senses something is wrong, he can't tell his son. Most of the imperial physicians in the palace are our people. When the right time comes, whichever palace he will die in, it has nothing to do with us!" The Yan Empress smiled as her eyes raked over Bai Yichen's handsome face, and she looked even more charming.However, as the two
With a thud, the memorials to the throne on the table were slammed to the ground, and Emperor Zongwen's face had darkened."Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please take care of yourself." Regardless of the memorials to the throne that were scattered all over the ground, Liu Xi hurriedly turned around to support Emperor Zongwen, who was about to fall down with one hand covering his chest. His usually calm face was filled with anxiety and panic."B*tch, that b*tch, how dare she... deceive me!" Emperor Zongwen's face was purple. He reached out to cover his chest and said a few words with difficulty. As he opened her mouth, he spat a mouthful of blood. Liu Xi only had time to cover his mouth with a handkerchief before he immediately became dispirited and was helped to sit on the throne."Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. Even if you don't look out for yourself, you still have to consider His Highness," Liu Xi persuaded anxiously as he served E
In the dark night, the wind rushed backward and poured into Mo Xuetong's mouth and nose. Her eyes were blurred. Subconsciously, she stretched her arms behind her, held the comer's waist tightly and buried her head deeply in his arms. Then she let out a breath slowly, her nose full of the scent of a familiar man. As she breathed, his scent heavily enveloped her, which made her feel inexplicably relieved and softened.The man gave a little chuckle in her ear, and his warm breath fell on her earlobe, making her itch like a feather. "Tong'er, don't be afraid. It's me!"In the satisfied sigh, she felt that his grip on her body was getting tighter.His voice was mellow and leisurely, like the alcohol that had been brewed for many years and was filled with an intoxicating aura.There was less noise following him. He landed lightly on a horse in front of him. Then Mo Xuetong was turned around and landed steadily in his embrace.
Mo Xuetong did not use the Lan family's horse carriage. There was indeed a horse carriage sent from the Crown Prince's East Palace parked at the entrance. After they got on the horse carriage, Qing Zhu asked, "Miss, how did you know that the person is not the true head of the Lan family?" There was nothing different in air, deportment, or appearance between the man and the head of the Lan family."I am just an orphan daughter of the Lan family. Even if the Lan family values me, there is a limit. Even if I can enter the East Palace in the future and be favored by His Highness, it will still be a matter of the future. The Lan family does not lack beauties in their back courtyard. It is already a great honor for me to send Minister of Public Works to meet me. It is said that Minister of Public Works is the best husband in the hearts of the princesses," Mo Xuetong stated with a faint smile. She took the tea that Qing Zhu poured for her and took a sip before she leisurely re