Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 328 Xiao Yichen's Return of the King

In the past few days, more and more evidences have been gathered about Lu Xinyan's private purchase of exam papers in the cheating case.

When, where, and how much money was spent to buy it, relevant witnesses appeared one by one.

Despite Lu Xinyan's repeated denials, Qi Huaien still chose to believe the witness's words.

Long Tianxing requested that the case be transferred to the Procuratorate for trial in the early morning of a certain day, thinking that Qi Huaien had a grievance with the Zhen Guo government, and the review process was inevitably biased.

Qi Huaien, on the grounds that Lu Xinyan retrieved Yao Xue and was kind to Yao's family, believed that Long Tianxing would be partial when hearing the case.

Emperor Longde rejected Long Tianxing's request.

During this period, Yan Qingruo and Yan Yulang personally went to the Ministry of Punishment to find Qi Huai'en, showing that Yan Yulang entrusted people from the Hanlin Academy to copy the imperial examination papers of the past dynasties, and there was no way the examination papers of this scientific examination were included.

Qi Huaien said: "I believe that Mr. Yan and Miss Yan will not buy the examination papers privately! But you provide the examination papers of the past years, and privately buy the examination papers of the current subject with the princess, it is two different things! Please don't disturb the judge's trial! Otherwise, don’t blame me for imprisoning the two of you on the grounds of disturbing the trial!”

After finishing speaking, people sent Yan Qingruo and Yan Yulang away.

After Yan Shangshu learned about this, he ordered Yan Qingruo and Yan Yulang to be locked up in the mansion, and they were not allowed to go out without his order.

At the same time, as the incident unfolded, students from all over the country petitioned one after another, asking the court to give them a reasonable explanation and severely punish the cheaters involved!
This case was widely spread throughout the capital city and even the whole country. For the common people who didn't know, Lu Xinyan's private purchase of examination papers was already a certainty.

Everyone speculated about how the emperor would judge, and how the Zhen Guo government would respond?
And what is puzzling is that the gate of Zhen Guogong's mansion is closed, and there is no reaction at all.

This can't help but make people wonder, is the government of Zhen Guo planning to give up the daughter-in-law of the princess and the child in her womb?
A few days later, Xiao Qing was buried.

Because of the cheating case, whether it was the news of the death or the burial of the noble concubine of a country, it did not cause any splash in the public.

For Lu Xinyan and others, this is probably the only benefit of this incident.

When Wu Sheng returned to the palace in plain clothes, the cheating case in the scientific examination had developed to the point of no return.

In the past few days when he was guarding the spirit in the other palace, news about the cheating case in the scientific examination came to his ears one after another.

Wu Sheng was anxious, but he was at his wits end.

When Su Zi revealed her identity and expressed her willingness to help him that day, he once asked Su Zi, why did she do this?
Su Zi said: "Not only because the little girl loves the third prince, but also because the little girl wants to preserve the last bit of blood for the Su family. And let him live in this world dignifiedly in the future."

Wu Sheng knew of Su Baoer's existence at that time.

Perhaps it was because after the Su family was destroyed, Su Zi still never left Su Baoer, and the act of risking his life to take him to the capital to protect his life touched the soft string in Wu Sheng's heart.

Wu Sheng agreed to Su Zi.

Then the scientific examination was about to start, Su Zi suggested that Wu Sheng participate in the scientific examination, and use his own identity to control the results of the scientific examination.Among them, the key person to control is Lu Xinyan's brother Lu Ziyi.

Wu Sheng agreed, and later Su Zi succeeded in getting the original chief examiner, Mr. Liu, to pretend to be sick and quit, and the Bachelor of Qin University became the chief examiner as a substitute. He then asked Emperor Longde to become the deputy examiner.

In his capacity, he became an assistant examiner, which is basically more than the chief examiner.

Originally, his purpose was to use his identity to extract Lu Ziyi's exam papers.Whether it's threatening Lu Xinyan or selling favors to Lu Xinyan, he hasn't made a final decision yet.

But unexpectedly, in the process of correcting the answer sheets, ten answer sheets with the same answer were found, and Lu Ziyi was among them.

Then unconsciously, things developed to the present situation.

After Wu Sheng changed his clothes, he was going to meet Emperor Longde.

The little eunuch who was close to him thought that he was going to visit the Queen Mother, and said: "Third Prince, you haven't had a good meal for a few days, eat something first, and then go to visit the Queen Mother."

Wu Sheng thought it was reasonable. The first thing he did after returning to the palace was to visit the queen mother.

If he passed by with a haggard look, the Empress Dowager would inevitably feel distressed when she saw him.

"Pass the meal."

"Yes, Third Prince."

The dinner was soon uploaded, and after Wu Sheng let the eunuchs go down, he ate alone.

As he was eating, his eyes suddenly went dark and he passed out.

When he woke up again, the woman's low sobbing sound came from his ear.

And Emperor Longde roared angrily, "Bastard! You actually did something worse than a beast to my beloved concubine!"

Wu Sheng opened his eyes dizzily, and found himself lying on a bed with a pink gauze curtain.

"Come on, drag this bastard down!"

A pair of big hands clamped his arms like pliers, and his whole body was dragged to the ground by a force.

A burst of pain hit, and Wu Sheng came to his senses.

See the situation in front of you clearly.

On the bed he was lying on just now, Concubine Yan, who was wearing thin clothes and disheveled hair, was curled up beside the bed, hugging her knees and crying bitterly.

"Your Majesty, you must be the master of your concubines, Your Majesty, woohoo~"

Wu Sheng instantly understood what had happened. He was having dinner in his bedroom a moment ago, but he woke up in Concubine Yan's bed.

"Father, my son was wronged"

Snapped!Wu Sheng's face was tilted to one side, and there was a burning pain on his face.

"Bastard, you still want to quibble?" Emperor Longde roared angrily.

"Your Majesty, the third prince said that the concubine was born like his own concubine, the concubine, and the concubine. He felt uncomfortable when the concubine passed away. He wanted to see the concubine to alleviate the pain of missing his concubine. The concubine knew that he should not be alone with the third prince, but the concubine The concubine is also his mother and concubine, and she felt pity that he had just lost his mother, so she asked someone to prepare some food and wine, intending to comfort him. Who would have thought that after the third prince drank too much wine, he would suddenly move on the concubine, and the concubine was no match? Woo, Your Majesty, please be the master of your concubines."

Only then did Wu Sheng smell the alcohol on his clothes.

Who is it that wants to frame him with such a thorough plan? !

"Bastard, what do you have to justify?" Emperor Longde was trembling with anger, "You actually used the name of your dead mother and concubine to do such indecent things, where do you put your mother and concubine's face? ?”

"Father, Son"

Just as Wu Sheng said two words, Emperor Longde slapped him vigorously across the face.

Snapped!
A huge sense of humiliation came to mind, and Wu Sheng suddenly understood at this moment.

In this palace, who else can bribe the little eunuch who grew up with him, put medicine in his meals, and transport him to Concubine Yan's bedroom after being stunned?
Wu Sheng laughed lowly, against his swollen face, it was particularly eerie.

After knowing that Xiao Qing was sorry for Emperor Longde, Wu Sheng felt great sympathy and sympathy for Emperor Longde in his heart.

He felt that although his father and emperor had numerous harems, he had never won the heart of his mother and concubine.

Both he and Emperor Longde are just Xiao Qing's tools to keep the Duke of Zhen.

So Emperor Longde asked him to imprison Leng Xun in private, and told him not to tell anyone, which he did.

It's not because Emperor Longde hinted to him verbally that he is his favorite prince and the world will be handed over to him in the future.

It was because Wu Sheng sympathized with Emperor Longde and he was willing to help him.

But now, Wu Sheng felt that he was a joke.

His beloved mother and concubine only regarded him as a tool!His dear father not only regards him as a pawn, but also as an enemy!An enemy who would take the throne and the world from him, so he wanted his life!

In his low laughter, there was weariness and desolation after seeing everything.

Probably because he was seen through, Emperor Longde became angry again, "Put this bastard into the dungeon!"

-

In the countryside.

It was the harvest season at this time, and the whole village was filled with the fragrance of fruits.

Accompanied by the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, they floated into a room with open windows.

In that room, a beautiful-looking woman in Tsing Yi was making baby clothes with her head bowed.

There was a slight smile on her lips, her eyes were gentle, every needle and thread was not fast or slow, and she looked like the years had calmed down.

Perhaps the wind was a bit cold, so she put down her needlework, got up, walked to the window, and closed the window.

The moment she turned around and walked back, she couldn't help but look at the man who had been asleep on the bed for more than a month.

He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, "Brother Leng Leng Xun?"

Leng Xun heard the voice and turned his head with difficulty.

I saw that dreaming person, wearing an ordinary woman's bun and wearing an ordinary green dress, just like the appearance in his dream after marrying him and returning to the countryside.

"Ah-A-Qing?" Leng Xun called softly, his voice was silent for a long time, it was so hoarse that it was almost hard to hear what he was saying.

However, the woman was so happy that she covered her mouth with her hand and burst into tears, "Brother Leng Xun, it's great that you finally woke up!"

"Where is this?" Was it in his dream?If it was a dream, he hoped that he would never wake up for the rest of his life.

"This is Zhuzhu's Zhuangzi." Xiao Qing wiped her tears, but she couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard she tried.

Seeing Leng Xun struggling to get up, Xiao Qing hurried over and helped him to sit up.

She has little strength, and now she can't use much strength. Leng Xun is big, and she is weak and unable to exert strength.

It took a lot of effort for the two of them to finally make Leng Xun sit up and lean against the head of the bed.

"Are you thirsty? I'll pour you water."

Without waiting for Leng Xun's reaction, Xiao Qing immediately poured water over, "Can you drink it yourself? How about I feed you?"

Leng Xun shook his head, took the water glass with both hands, and took a few sips slowly.

"I, you, why are you here?"

Although Leng Xun prayed in his heart, he hoped that this was a dream.But the pain all over his body forced him to wake up.

Xiao Qing softly told Leng Xun everything she knew after he was taken away.

After listening, Leng Xun fell into silence.

When he was captured and Emperor Longde personally tortured him, Leng Xun had already noticed that the person who sent people to chase and kill him back then might not be Xiao Yan, but Emperor Longde.

Now that Xiao Qing had explained everything clearly about Long Yun's veins, he was convinced that he had hated the wrong person all these years.

Also take revenge on the wrong person.

"Then what about you, why are you here?"

She is a noble concubine, why would she dress like this and appear in this village in the countryside?
"I..." Xiao Qing couldn't help touching her lower abdomen with both hands, with a gentle face, "I'm pregnant."

Leng Xun's eyes widened.

"It's your child."

"Mine?" Leng Xun's lips trembled.

"Your." Xiao Qing said: "At that time I thought you were dead, and wanted to leave a little blood for your Leng family, so I asked Zhu Zhu to help me. Now Concubine Xiao Gui in the palace is dead, and was buried in the previous world. I am Xiao Qing, and I will be Xiao Qing from now on." Leng Xun's Xiao Qing.

"You are pregnant with my child?"

Xiao Qing took Leng Xun's hand and placed it on her slightly protruding belly, "Well, I'm pregnant with your child."

The child in his belly stretched cooperatively at this moment, and Leng Xun's whole body instantly petrified.

"Are you hungry, I'll get someone to cook some porridge for you."

Xiao Qing knew that Leng Xun still needed some time to digest, so she thoughtfully prepared to leave first.

In the next second, he was embraced by Leng Xun.

Exhausting all the strength of the whole body, tightly, but worried that it would hurt her.

The man's warm tears flowed down her neck into the placket.

"I'm sorry, Ah Qing, I blamed you wrongly. If I did that kind of thing to you, you can beat me and scold me. "

Xiao Qing hugged him, and gently stroked his back, "No, brother Leng Xun, I'm very happy that you treated me like that, really. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be pregnant with your child, and I wouldn't be pregnant from that Escape from the cold palace. We... can't be together forever!"

"A Qing, you really don't blame me?"

"Not to blame, to blame is to blame fate."

"I'm sorry, Ah Qing, I will definitely treat you and the child well in the future."

"En." Xiao Qing showed a happy smile on her face. After 18 years of missing, they must be happy for the rest of their lives.

"Madam, it's time to eat." The quiet female voice outside immediately changed its tone, "I'm sorry, Madam, I don't know."

Xiao Qing let go of Leng Xun calmly, and said to Aunt Yu who was standing outside the door wearing a hat and only half of her body could be seen: "Please prepare some porridge, brother Leng Xun just woke up, and can only drink porridge .”

"Yes, ma'am."

"Brother Leng Xun, you just woke up, take a rest first, and I'll call you when the porridge is ready." Xiao Qing said.

"No, I've been lying down for a long time, I don't want to lie down anymore. I want to go down for a walk." Leng Xun shook his head, "I want to get well as soon as possible to protect you and the child."

"Then I will help you."

"No, I'm afraid it will hurt you and the child."

Xiao Qing thought of the child in her belly, "I'll call someone to help."

She walked out of the yard and called a tall villager.

The villagers helped Leng Xun out of bed and helped him walk slowly in the yard.

After all, Leng Xun is a skilled person, and soon he will be able to walk slowly by himself.

After the villagers left, Leng Xun practiced walking in the yard, while Xiao Qing took a chair and sat under the eaves, continuing to make children's clothes.

The two exchanged eye contact from time to time, everything was silent.

At this moment, Aunt Yu, who was wearing a hat, walked into the courtyard. When she saw Leng Xun and Xiao Qing, she was taken aback, and quickly retreated outside the courtyard door, "Madam, sir, lunch is ready."

Her retreat made Leng Xun and Xiao Qing frown at the same time.

"Come in and talk."

"Slave. Slave has scars on her face. I'm afraid I'll scare Madam and Mister."

"No problem." Xiao Qing said, "Aren't you wearing a hat?"

Aunt Yu had no choice but to walk in.

Xiao Qing looked at her behavior while walking, and her doubts grew more and more.

Before Aunt Yu walked in, Xiao Qing suddenly asked sharply, "Who are you?"

Aunt Yu seemed to be taken aback, she stopped and said, "The servant girl is Aunt Yu from Zhuangzi, Xiao He's mother next to the princess."

"impossible!"

"The servant girl has been in the village for more than ten years. If Madam doesn't believe me, you can ask other people in the village."

Xiao Qing sneered, her majesty as a noble concubine was fully revealed at this moment.

"You can fool others, but you can't fool me! Your behavior is clearly a strictly trained female official in the palace!"

When others looked at Aunt Yu, they only felt that her posture was standard, and her every move was pleasing to the eye.

Although Lu Xinyan and Xiao Yichen had suspected Aunt Yu's origin, they never thought that she would come from the palace.

But Xiao Qing has been in the palace for 18 years, and she can see through Aunt Yu's background at a glance.Not an ordinary court lady, but a female official.

Aunt Yu was terrified, and a terrified expression appeared on her face under the hood.

She didn't know who Xiao Qing was, and Xiao Qing only arrived last night, and the two of them had never had any direct contact with each other.

If they had met each other early in the morning, Aunt Yu would be able to guess her origin from Xiao Qing's temperament and demeanor.

"Ma'am, you read it wrong." Aunt Yu denied it, while retreating calmly.

Leng Xun suddenly jumped to her side and lifted her hood.

There was a long centipede-like scar on the left side of her face, entangled her face, Xiao Qing wanted to gag, and quickly looked away.

Leng Xun looked at her intact right face, as if caught in some kind of memory.

Then exclaimed: "It's you!?"

"Brother Leng Xun, do you know her?"

"In the past, one of my brothers, named Yujian, used to be the guard of the current emperor when he was the prince. One day he told me that he liked a female official in the palace and took me to take a sneak peek, and then I paid more attention. "Leng Xun stared at Aunt Yu and said, "You are Chu He, the female official of the emperor's palm seal who was next to the late emperor!"

-

On the night when Wu Sheng was imprisoned, Concubine Yan couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide. Therefore, it became a fact that Wu Sheng used to get drunk to commit crimes.

On the third day, Emperor Longde issued an imperial edict.

"Third prince Wu Sheng, as a prince, behaved disorderly, obscene in the court, insulted the majesty of the royal family, and lost the royal family's face! At noon in three days, be executed!"

"Lu Xinyan, the princess of Zhuzhu County, bought exam papers privately, cheated for personal gain, disturbed the order of the court, ignored the law, and was ungrateful for the emperor's favor! Take away the title of princess, and beheaded at noon three days later!"

As soon as the news came out, the whole city was in an uproar.

Some fell ill, some cheered, some sighed, some shook their heads.

There were also people who remained calm, not knowing what they were planning secretly.

Emperor Longde ordered people to collect every move of all relevant people, and locked them in Wenchang Palace, and did not come out for three days.

In the early morning of the day when the execution was about to be executed, before dawn, the Wenchang Hall was brightly lit.

I don't know if it was the lamp that was burning all night, or if it was lighted early in the morning.

Emperor Longde sat on the dragon chair, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

He is waiting for good news.

At most two quarters of an hour later, there will be good news. At that time, he will be able to sit back and relax.

Externally, at noon today, Lu Xinyan and Wu Sheng decided to make a decision.

In fact, this morning, at this very moment, is the real time for Lu Xinyan and Wu Sheng to die!

Ever since he ordered the announcement of Lu Xinyan and Wu Sheng's verdicts, the town government's mansion has become unbelievably quiet.

Emperor Longde had to make the worst guess. The reason why the government of Zhen Guo remained silent was because they planned to rob people in the execution ground.

Once people are safely robbed, it will be the time for the government of the town to rebel.

How could he give them this chance?
As long as Lu Xinyan and Wu Sheng are dead and the Duke of Zhen's government has no way out, there will be no reason or opportunity to rebel.

And even if the government of Zhen Guo is furious because of their death and wants to rebel at all costs, he still has a way to contain them.

Emperor Longde closed his eyes, his face full of complacency that everything was under his control.

This game, after so many years, is finally about to be closed.

Thanks to Wuyuan's incident, he was given a great opportunity.

"Your Majesty." The voice of his new confidant, Eunuch Chen, came from outside.

Emperor Longde was overjoyed, it seemed that he was here to report good news.

He restrained his expression, revealing the unfathomable expression of an emperor, and said in a deep voice, "Come in."

The door of Wenchang Hall was slowly opened.

The leader is none other than Eunuch Chen.

However, Eunuch Chen is not the only one.

There are several others.

Wu Rui, Qi Fei, Qiu Wuya, Leng Xun, Little Monkey
Emperor Longde's expression changed, and what surprised him even more was Xiao Yichen in the middle, who was dressed in armor and had a fierce temperament, like the return of a king.

"Break into Wenchang Palace without being summoned, are you planning to rebel?" Emperor Longde yelled: "Come here."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to shout, the entire palace is already surrounded by the servants!"

With a deep voice, carrying the killing spirit of the Dongyuan battlefield, he shot straight at Emperor Longde.

Emperor Longde was terrified, and shouted sternly: "Xiao Yichen, you are bold!"

Xiao Yichen lowered his eyes slightly, and in those extremely shallow and pale glazed eyes, an extremely cold light flashed by, like winter snow, which can freeze people into ice.

"Chen, don't dare!" He said neither humble nor overbearing.

"Don't dare? Then what do you mean now? Returning to the capital from the battlefield without being summoned, do you know that retreating in battle is a capital offense!?"

"Back to the emperor, I didn't just run away! Ulla has surrendered, signed a ten-year non-war treaty, and paid tribute every year as required! I rushed back to the capital day and night to report the good news to the emperor personally! But never I think, when I first arrived in the capital, the first news I heard was that my wife was going to be beheaded for public display!"

Emperor Longde's tone slowed down, "Xiao Aiqing, your wife Lu Xinyan bought the exam papers privately and committed a capital crime. If you don't put to death, it will be difficult to appease the hearts of the world's students! I also can't bear it in my heart, but for the sake of the country, I have to take this terrible plan! I know that you have done a lot of hard work for the Duke of Zhen, and I have not implicated you in committing any crimes! This time you have made great contributions again, and I will immediately ask the Queen Mother to help you choose a good marriage and handle it according to the royal family's standards! What do you think? Or You have a fancy lady, as long as you bring it up, I will marry you right away!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness! I expressed my heart early in the morning. In this life, I will only love my wife and marry her alone!"

He said so much, but he was blocked back with a few words lightly. Emperor Longde's heart was full of anger, and he suppressed his anger, "Xiao Aiqing, I know that you and your wife have a deep relationship, but I have no choice. For the most important!"

Xiao Yichen cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to put the overall situation first, but I don't understand one thing."

Seeing his loose tone, Emperor Longde was overjoyed, "Xiao Aiqing, please tell me."

Xiao Yichen raised his head, and stared directly at Emperor Longde with sharp eyes, "About the private purchase of examination papers, the emperor's so-called solid evidence is all other people's one-sided words! Why does the emperor trust others and not my wife's words?"

Those pupils were clear and bright, like arrows, and Emperor Longde dared not look directly at him for a moment.He was annoyed that he was timid in the face of a courtier, and he couldn't help saying angrily: "Xiao Aiqing is questioning my judgment?!"

"Yes!" The sound was sonorous and forceful, without showing any sympathy, and directly slapped Emperor Longde hard.

"You..." Emperor Longde trembled with anger, pointed at Xiao Yichen, but was speechless for a while.

Then, he turned his finger and pointed at Wu Rui, "Brother Eight Emperors, you think the same way!? So you come to question me together with them!?"

"My brother dare not." Wu Rui bowed his head.

"Don't dare? If you don't dare, I will throw them out!"

"Brother Huang, please forgive me for not being able to follow orders."

"Brother Eight Emperors, are you going against me?" Emperor Longde said sharply, "Are you also coveting my throne?"

"Brother Huang, you know that I don't have such thoughts." Wu Rui said, "My brother is suspicious of the cheating case in the scientific examination and the matter of the emperor's nephew's obscenity in the harem. In order to prevent the emperor from listening to the greedy words of the villain and making a big mistake , the younger brother will appear here."

Emperor Longde burst out laughing suddenly, "Hahaha, Eighth Emperor Brother, Xiao Aiqing, are you trying to stop the public beheading at noon? It's a pity that you are late."

"Who said it was late?"

Suddenly, there was a clear female voice from the door.

Emperor Longde's complexion changed drastically, and he looked at the few people walking in the door, "You guys"

There were not only Lu Xinyan and Wu Sheng who he sent people to kill early in the morning, Long Tianxing who he thought would never stand in line, but also Xiao Yan who entered the palace for the second time in 18 years.

It's just that Xiao Yan was sitting in a wheelchair that time.

Now, he is standing and moving like the wind.

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(End of this chapter)