The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 203. Xiao Shao's Secret

In a corner of the palace, Jiang Dan changed from his usual leisurely posture, and he became a little anxious, even the close-fitting maids around him saw that she was wrong. She sat down on the chair again and slowly grasped the back of the chair. The maid on one side finally couldn’t help but said: “Is the empress caring about Jiang Shangshu? Empress pay attention to her body. Your majesty will be worried if she knows it. of.”

Jiang Ruan’s complexion changed, and he managed to squeeze a smile, and sighed: “I just didn’t expect my eldest sister to be so unfeeling, she is also her biological father at any rate, how could she be so cruel. Although my palace and father are not very close, you have to keep your eyes open. Seeing him fall into such a situation, I still can’t bear it.” As she said, she pressed her forehead sadly again.

“The empress is too kind,” the maid could not help but persuade: “It’s just that you should take good care of yourself right now.”

Jiang Dan waved his hand, shook his head and said: “My palace knows, you go down first.”

The maid looked at Jiang Dan with a worried look, and only Jiang Dan was left in the huge hall. She slipped the armrest of the stool with her nails every once in a while, and her complexion was actually a bit hideous.

Jiang Quan has already been sent to the jail. I didn’t expect Jiang Ruan to be so capable. After so many years, he could still come up with evidence. At the moment, only Jiang Quan is involved, but Butterfly also knew that she was Xia Yan. Desperate, why didn’t you get this matter out. Naturally, Butterfly will not keep Jiang Dan secret. In fact, Jiang Dan has already guessed the possibility. That is the fact that Jiang Ruan deliberately suppressed the fact. She already knew that she had acted on her and Zhao Mei in the first place. poison.

As long as he thinks about this, Jiang Dan feels guilty in his heart. She knew nothing more about Jiang Ruan’s methods. From the wild prostitute who was in the eyes of no one at the beginning to the Jinying princess no one dared to underestimate, Jiang Ruan almost swallowed Shang Shufu one bite at a time like a cannibalism, and eliminated the people who opposed her. Jiang Ruan did not recognize the six relatives, and he must compare the baht. How could he let her go alone? The reason why there is no movement right now must be because there are some tricks left?

The more Jiang Dan thought about it, the more afraid she became, and she couldn’t help biting her lower lip tightly. After a while, she suddenly told her confidant Zhuer to come in and said: “I have something to tell you.”

At the same time, on the carriage back home, Jin San asked Jiang Ruan puzzledly: “Since the young lady knows that Jiang Zhaoyi is also the murderer of the wife, why not let the butterfly bite her out? It is the concubine, as long as the officials are involved. Madam’s life will also come from the trial, and even your majesty can’t intervene. Why does the young lady let her go?”

“I won’t let her go.” Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: “I just don’t want to make her so cheap. There are too many loopholes in Butterfly’s words. The reason why Jiang Quan was arrested was because Xiao Shao intervened in it, and Jiang Quan’s career seems to be right now. When it comes to the end, there is not much power in the court, and your majesty will not have too much objection to this. But Jiang Dan is involved, and now she is favored. If someone who is willing to take this case seriously, it is not difficult to find the doubts in it. Don’t forget, the butterflies and the so-called evidence are all made by ourselves. It’s impossible to avoid any clues about things in the world.”

Jin San thought for a while, then nodded: “That said, it seems a pity to give up this opportunity in vain. Does the young lady already have a good solution?”

“Jiang Dan is suspicious. Although he has been aggressive, she still remains cowardly and timid in her bones for so many years. She is afraid of the Dongchuang incident, and she wants to be anxious in the palace at this moment. Under her eagerness, where can she think about this case? It’s strange that I should be full of ideas about how to avoid being discovered. Jin San, after returning home, you will deploy a few Jinyi guards to protect Jiang Quan in secret. Before Jiang Quan is sentenced, he cannot be murdered.” Jiang Dan ordered.

Jin San was surprised: “She actually wanted to kill someone?” A trace of disdain flashed in her eyes: “A woman like this can do such a thing for self-preservation. It’s no wonder that she would have acted on Mrs. Xian back then. Just less. Madam, although you have protected Jiang Quan, what will you do afterwards?”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: “I don’t want to take the initiative. Once I take the initiative, I will always expose myself first. What I have to do now is to lure the snake out of the hole. I want her to be more impatient and error-prone. I will seduce her. Acting, it’s just that the dug out of the grave, but she was buried.” She said softly, but Jin San felt that there seemed to be an indifferent chill, and she couldn’t help but feel a shudder in her heart. Looking at Jiang Ruanyu’s smile, she understood. Now that she is confident, she just relaxes.

When he returned to Jiang’s mansion, unexpectedly, there were some strange guards at the gate of the mansion. Although these guards only dressed as the man’s guards, Jiang Ruan could see the difference at a glance. She has always been good at observing details, and these guards are solemn and well-dressed, and even Jinyiwei is not much better. Jiang Ruan frowned. She had also stayed in the palace for so many years in her previous life. These people looked a bit like Imperial Guards.

Seeing her coming, the guards only nodded and said: “The subordinates have seen the princess.”

Jin San and Tian Zhu’s complexion changed slightly, but Steward Lin ran over all the way, and saw Jiang Ruan also stayed in a daze. It seemed that she didn’t expect that she would come back so early, and said, “Madam, what are you doing?” So early?”

Pretending not to see the abnormalities of these people, Jiang Ruan behaved calmly and said: “I’m a little tired, butler Lin, I’ll go to the study to sit down, and wait for Xiao Shao to come back and talk about anything.”

When it comes to “study”, butler Lin has another meal. Among the strange guards around, one of the leading guards suddenly said: “Wang Hao, please do not want to go to the study?”

Jiang Ruan ignored him, as if he hadn’t heard him at all, and he just moved to the direction of the study in the mansion. The guard leader’s complexion changed, and he immediately stopped in front of Jiang Ruan, and said solemnly: “Please move the princess.”

Jiang Ruan looked at him quietly, her eyes calmly, as if there was no trace of blessing, she just looked at the man indifferently. The man was finally confused by her gaze, and Jiang Ruan said indifferently: “Steward Lin, is this the new guard? I don’t know the rules.”

“The subordinate is not a new guard.” The guard leader has walked for many years, and he hasn’t seen any high-ranking officials, but some officials have to give a little bit of face. It’s the first time I slapped someone like this without hesitation. However, although he was a little embarrassed, his temper was good, and he didn’t have a tense to argue with Jiang Ruan. The look is also very humble.

“Is this strange?” Jiang Ruan smiled: “Since he is the guard of the foreign palace, he is an outsider. Outsiders have to intervene in the affairs of the Jinying palace. No matter how powerful your master is, as long as his surname is not Xiao, I can’t intervene here.” Jiang Ruan said lightly.

The guard was surprised, and looked at Jiang Ruan inquisitively. Jiang Ruan looked at her calmly, and there was a cleverness in his heart. I know that Jiang Ruan also understands the identity of the person inside, but even so, how can she dare?

Jiang Ruan was cold in her heart. She did seem to have guessed the identity of the person inside. Although she was puzzled, she was more of a kind of faint disgust. On weekdays, she would probably just avoid it and leave, but now that she is at stake with Jinying Prince’s Mansion, she will not be born soon. Although the culprit was not the person in the previous life, she has always disliked the people in this ancestral hall ever since. If you can avoid it in this life, do you still want to get together if you don’t want to? But why is he qualified to intervene in other people’s lives?

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, but the smile was not gentle, with a trace of unquestionable strength: “This guard of the foreign palace, can you get out of it now?”

“This…” The guard originally wanted to refuse directly, but when he met Jiang Ruan’s eyes, he suddenly couldn’t say anything. He remembered that the woman in front of him could even sue his own biological father in court, so that a woman who didn’t regard secular etiquette in his eyes would be very maddening.

“Young lady, please come in.” But it was Steward Lin who spoke, and he said, “The palace is your home. You can go wherever you want. How come you can’t go to your own home? The young master is in the study, young master. Madam is also working hard today. Turning back, the old slave asked the kitchen to bring some sweet soup.” Butler Lin said with a smile, but the head of the guard looked at him in disbelief and said, “You…”

“I’ll take care of anything.” Steward Lin was a little impatient: “Furthermore, what the young lady said is correct. The things of the Xiao family have nothing to do with you. Outsiders should not interfere.” This is a bit tough. It was even rude. Although Steward Lin was unreliable in Xiao Shao’s affairs on weekdays, as a steward, she was still very smooth the rest of the time. Such unsparing words today are really very special.

The guards behind the guard leader were a bit angry. They seemed to be dissatisfied that their master had received such insults. They almost jumped up to be theoretical. They didn’t want Jin San Tianzhu to stand in front of Jiang Ruan suddenly, and their expressions were slightly revealed. Be vigilant, and said to Jiang Ruan: “Mrs. Young, let’s go first, the province’s standing here is infected with the wind and cold.”

Everyone knows how to protect shortcomings in the Jinying Palace, but they did not expect that they would also protect shortcomings from a newly married princess. The guards had never received such treatment in their lives, and they were very angry for a while. However, it is certainly not profitable to do it in the Jinying Palace. The Jinyiwei guards here are countless, so they can only look at the long-going figure of Jiang Ruanyang in angrily.

Steward Lin followed Jiang Ruan, his expression stern as he walked. He was always free and cheerful, and it was the first time he was so nervous. He said, “Madam, you are a member of the Xiao family when you enter the palace. The young master is one. You should also know something about the young master.”

He had something to say here, Jiang Ruan didn’t say anything, he just waited for Steward Lin to speak by herself. Sure enough, Steward Lin continued: “The young master has been very difficult these years. Outsiders can only see him outside. The scenery, but the old slave looks at him from the young master’s baby to the present, and the old slave watched him grow up. The young master just wasn’t used to telling everything about it. After picking up Jin Yiwei, he went to Nanjiang alone. He came back alive, but he was also half-lived. The scars on his body Xia Wu had been rehabilitated without sleep for three days.”

“There are many people in this capital who want the life of the young master. Some are from southern Xinjiang, some are from Jinchao, and there are all kinds of people. The young master has suffered many years to protect Jinyiwei. Now he is watching him. Marrying a wife, the old slave is also very pleased. He has a temperament like that he doesn’t care about anything, and he has lived for his mission all his life. Nowadays, there is a rare thing he wants to grasp, so he looks like a man. Ordinary young people.” Steward Lin looked at Jiang Ruan, the beard on the corner of his mouth curled up: “The young lady is a good girl. The slave knew that only the young lady could help him. Our Jinying Palace, although it is invincible, has stood tall in the ups and downs of the Jin Dynasty for so many years, it seems that there is nothing that can knock it down, but there are too many things to bear. The ordinary lady can’t bear it, but the young lady can.”

After talking, the two have reached the door of the study. Butler Lin stopped, looked at Jiang Ruan seriously and solemnly, and said: “Madam, in this world, only you can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.”

Jiang Ruan stopped, the door of the study did not conceal the truth, a gap was vacantly opened, and there was no guard outside. It was obvious that everyone had stopped here deliberately.

The voice of the person inside clearly reached the ears of the two of them, one of them had a deep and unusually familiar voice, with a condescending arrogance that gave orders all the year round, but at this moment was about to be anxious, the voice was a little unstable, and completely lost the usual. Yong Rong said solemnly: “Don’t be obsessed! What’s so good about that woman? The matter of suing her biological father is now known to the Manchu civil and martial arts. How do the people of Dajin Dynasty think of her? How do others think of you? I thought as long as you like it. , As long as she lives in peace, I will bear it. Look at her, setting off such a big storm? Pushing you to the cusp of the storm, where is the appearance of a wife!”

As soon as he came over, he heard the accusation against Jiang Ruan, but Steward Lin was a little ashamed, and could not help turning his head to take a peek at Jiang Ruan’s expression. Jiang Ruan’s expression was calm, and he didn’t hear the uncomfortable being scolded at all. He didn’t even show any surprise when he heard that voice, as if he knew who the person inside was.

Jiang Ruan listened in silence, and the people inside were really the same as she had imagined, the current sage. Back when she knew Xiao Shao before she was married, she realized that the emperor had a different attitude towards Xiao Shao, including the Empress Dowager Yide, but it was certain that the attitudes of these two people towards Xiao Shao were extremely tolerant. This is why even though the old King Jinying and his wife were guilty of making trouble, Xiao Shao was still safe and sound, and even trusted by the emperor. Although he is not sure what the reason is, Jiang Ruan can faintly guess that this is not because the emperor is a generation of Mingjun who is talented, and the side couch can not allow others to sleep soundly. In fact, no emperor can tolerate the descendants of rebellious officials. There must be some reason for this to live as an official in the dynasty.

Immediately after the emperor’s angry voice was Xiao Shao’s cold voice: “Your Majesty, this is the housework of the Weichen.”

“Shut up!” The emperor seemed to have been stabbed in something: “Don’t forget what your surname is, your name is not Xiao, you are the blood of the Xuan family, what housework, your housework is my housework. !”

Jiang Ruan’s eyes widened in shock. Rao is that she has never been emotional, and can’t help but lose consciousness when she hears this. The words of the people inside are extremely clear, and there is almost no possibility of misheard. She thought about thousands of possibilities, but never expected it to be so. Xiao Shao, Xuan Shao?

“Why does your majesty go it alone,” Xiao Shao said indifferently: “Weichen has nothing to do with the royal family, your majesty speak carefully.” His words were also very cold, almost very provocative.

“It’s up to you!” The emperor snorted coldly: “I have done so much for you, hiding you in the Jinying Palace for so many years without regaining your identity and secrets, just to pave the way. The end of the Dajin Dynasty One day it will be handed over to you. You are the royal, the future prince of the Dajin Dynasty! How dare you say that it doesn’t matter?”

Butler Lin buried his head and did not dare to look at Jiang Ruan’s expression. Jiang Ruan squeezed his fist and slowly calmed down. Yes, Xiao Shao in his previous life finally killed Xuan Li, and he also sat on the throne. That is the case, it turns out that he was originally the Huang family, and the emperor was also going to pass the position to him?

“There is a difference between monarchs and ministers,” Xiao Shao remained unmoved: “Your majesty’s country should be handed over to more talented people. I will not accept your majesty’s arrangement.”

“You… are stubborn!” The emperor jumped angrily. He suddenly thought of something. He changed his words: “You insisted on not wanting the throne because of that girl? I heard that you doted on her alone. How can this be done? I used to be only when you were young and didn’t know the pros and cons. Since you really like it, you just marry it. Now you are only petting her, how can you serve the public in the future? The people of Jin Dynasty don’t need a love of a man and a woman. The emperor!”

“I’ve said it a long time ago.” It seemed that Jiang Ruanling Xiao Shao was a little unhappy, and his tone increased sharply: “I don’t agree with your arrangement. Your Majesty choose another Gaoming.”

Not only Xiao Shao was a little unhappy, but Steward Lin’s face also showed a little not coming. What kind of existence Jiang Ruan is now in Jinying Palace is a young lady who everyone recognizes and admires very much. What does it mean for the emperor to beat people to death like this? Even the emperor could not deny the merits of a person at will. What’s more, everyone agrees that the perfect young lady.

The three people inside and outside were unhappy, but Jiang Ruan was the most peaceful one. She is not sad about this, since ancient times, she has been suspicious of the emperor, and she doesn’t care about it in the past and present.

“A Shao,” the emperor suddenly softened his tone, as if he was helpless to admit defeat: “Have you forgotten your father? I promised him…”

“Your Majesty,” Xiao Shao interrupted him with a sharp tone: “You also promised my mother.”

The emperor stopped abruptly.