Chapter 35 third quarter

Time: At the beginning of Weishi, three quarters (according to today's time, it should be one forty-five in the afternoon). Location: Imperial Palace, Ciyuan Hall. Besides, Ning Xin'er was carried into the imperial city by the sedan chair, turned east and west, and came to the harem. After the sedan chair stopped, the maid guided her into a palace.After the maid retreated, Ning Xin'er was left alone in the room. She sat on a chair, looked at the decorations in the room, and waited anxiously.After a while, she heard a voice from the upper part of the room saying: "I really feel pity for it. It really is a rare beauty in the world."

Ning Xin'er yelled at the voice: "Who is it?" A bead curtain was lifted, and a middle-aged beautiful woman came out. Although she only applied light makeup, she still had a graceful and luxurious temperament.The middle-aged beautiful woman said: "This is the Ciyuan Hall, who do you think I am?" Ning Xin'er said: "You are the queen?" The middle-aged beautiful woman nodded, and said: "When you see me, why don't you pay respects?" But Ning Xin'er said: "A person once told me that I should only worship one person in the whole world."

The queen asked strangely: "Oh, who should you worship?" Ning Xin'er said: "That's the one who said that to me." The queen smiled and said: "Interesting, if you don't worship, you won't worship, I forgive you for your innocence, who told me to be happy from the bottom of my heart when I see you." Suddenly, Ning Xin'er also widened her eyes, looking at the empress without showing any weakness. The queen said, "How old are you this year?" "Eighteen." "Who is there in the family? Are your parents alive? What do they do?"

Ning Xin'er said: "Why are you asking these? You don't want to be a matchmaker for me." "You really hit the mark. I just want to be a matchmaker for you. This is a good fortune that other girls can't expect in a few lifetimes." "I don't need you as a matchmaker." "Oh, are you already married?" "No, but one day I will marry him." Ning Xin'er said with a blushing face, she was still a little embarrassed to reveal her secret thoughts to a strange woman. "As long as you haven't got married yet, then there's no problem. Do you know who I'm going to marry you to?" The queen is very sure that as long as she tells the name of that person, the girl in front of her will be very grateful and readily agree. of.

"I don't care, and I don't want to know. Anyway, in my heart, there is no man in the world who can compare to him." "What's so good about him? Let you be so devoted to him?" "You haven't seen him, you can't understand it." The queen became very interested in what Ning Xiner said about him, and there was a trace of jealousy in her eyes when she looked at Ning Xiner, she saw the light of love on Ning Xiner's face.And although she is a queen, she cannot control her own destiny, nor does she have the right to choose her sweetheart.She was selected into the palace that year and married Zhao who had never met before. Later, Zhao was named the crown prince, and later became the emperor, and she rose up step by step.After the death of Queen Guo, the biological mother of King Deng Zhao and King Zhao Kai of Qing, she logically inherited the position of queen.Although she had given birth to three children for Emperor Xiaozong—King Zhao, King Shao, Zhao Ke, Princess Changping Zhao Wan, and she had everything to eat, drink and play in the palace, as well as gold, silver and jewelry, but she was not happy.Although the imperial dining room gathers the most famous chefs in the world, none of them can cook the taste of love.She was jealous of Ning Xin'er, a wild girl who was so free and unscrupulous, she could love as much as she wanted.

The queen said: "The one you mentioned is just a mortal after all. Don't you want to wear gold and silver and enjoy the glory and wealth of the world? And I want to marry you to my son, King Gong Zhao, who is also the future prince and prince. Your Majesty, when the time comes, you will be the concubine that countless women in the world will envy and envy. If you can give Prince Gong a son to inherit the blood, maybe you can become a queen who respects the world and is admired and loved by the world just like me. " "What's so good about being a queen? It's not about robbing a man with so many concubines! More often than not, I still have to stay alone in an empty room, weeping secretly, not happy at all. Besides, you are not my parents, my marriage How can you be the master of big things."

"I really don't know how to flatter you." The queen sneered, "Now it's up to you, you have to marry if you marry, or you have to marry if you don't marry, come and tie her up." As soon as the words fell, two eunuchs came in from the door , holding a rope in each hand, wanting to tie Ning Xin'er. Ning Xin'er shouted: "Don't touch me, I will tie it myself." The two eunuchs looked at the queen, the queen nodded, the eunuch handed the rope to Ning Xin'er, and Ning Xin'er tied up her hands and feet. The queen ordered the two eunuchs again: "Go and announce Prince Gong to see me." The eunuchs took the order and left.

Although Ning Xin'er couldn't move, she didn't panic, she said to the queen: "You will regret it." The queen said: "Joke, what do I regret?" "Because you offended a person, and you can't afford to offend this person." Ning Xin'er began to copy what the Third Young Master said to King Qing last time.The queen laughed back angrily, and said: "Little girl, I think you must have gone crazy with fright. I am the current empress, besides the emperor, who else would dare to do anything to me?" "He's not human." "Then what is he?"

"immortal." The Empress seldom has the opportunity to speak, and even if she did speak, she would always talk to some court ladies and eunuchs. They would always speak respectfully to her, and they would not dare to speak loudly for fear of saying a wrong word. It's rebellious, but it's also interesting.The queen didn't interrupt her, let alone seal her mouth, but listened to her nonsense with great interest. The queen said: "You are talking about the person you like, the third son who will not marry." Ning Xin'er nodded and said, "Yes." The Queen said: "Unfortunately, he is not here now."

Ning Xin'er said firmly: "He will come, he will definitely come to pick me up and go home!" The queen waved her hand and said, "Why did he come here? You know, this is the imperial palace, the most heavily guarded place in the world. If he dares to barge in, he is afraid that he will be killed by eight thousand imperial guards on the spot before he passes the Dongyuan gate. First place." Ning Xin'er ignored her, and just repeated: "He will come, he will definitely come to pick me up!" The queen said: "What a stubborn girl, well, when your third son comes, I really want to see him well."

Soon, two eunuchs came in with a young man. The young man was thin and pale, and he seemed to be unable to walk steadily. He staggered to the front of the queen, knelt down to pay his respects, and said, "My son pays homage to the queen. " The queen looked at her son lovingly and helped him up. Zhao Dao: "The queen mother summoned the child, what orders do you have?" The queen said: "The queen mother has prepared a special gift for you." After saying that, she pointed Ning Xin'er to him. Ning Xin'er is just a dead person, it's not worth taking another look. But the queen said to herself: "What do you think of the girl that the queen mother found for you?" Zhao Leng said coldly: "It can be called a beautiful country, a beauty in the world." The queen was even happier, and said: "Since you like it, the queen mother will make it possible for you. Today you will spend the wedding ceremony with flowers and candles, and wait for the raw rice to be cooked. Tomorrow, I will report to the emperor and choose an auspicious day to arrange the wedding for you." Zhao Dao: "Thank you for your mother's kindness. Although this girl is beautiful, my son doesn't want to marry her." Ning Xin'er didn't agree and said: "Hey, don't be blind-eyed, why am I not good enough for you?" Zhao Zuoyi said: "The girl is so beautiful, Xiao Wang has no blessing to bear it." Ning Xin'er was satisfied, and said: "That's pretty much the same, you're self-aware." The queen said: "Son, I'm afraid you can't decide this matter. If you don't want to marry this girl, you have to marry her. You are not too young. There are three unfilial acts, and having no offspring is the biggest. I am still waiting to have a grandson." Zhao lowered his head and did not speak.The queen said: "Son, do you have something to hide from the queen mother?" Zhao said, "No." The queen said: "None is the best. In the near future, the emperor will decide the candidate for the crown prince, that is, to choose between you and King Qing. Naturally, the queen mother tried her best to speak well of you in front of the emperor, but the emperor and the empress dowager But I hope that King Liqing will be the crown prince, and the ministers in the court have different opinions. Therefore, I am so anxious to find you a beautiful family member, so that you can give birth to a son before King Qing. In the future, you will increase your chances of winning in the matter of establishing a prince." Zhao argued: "But the boy already has a concubine, a concubine of seven rooms." The queen's face sank, and she said: "You still dare to quibble, I know very well, Princess Gong has cried in front of me more than once or twice, how often have you been close to her body for more than a year? And your seven Concubine Fang, you haven’t touched them at all since you married them in. Tell your mother honestly, is there something wrong with your health that makes you unable to have sexual intercourse? Mrs. Qin in the palace is the first to treat this disease today. , take three doses of medicine, and keep the medicine until the disease is cured." Zhao Dao: "The child is in good health, and the mother will not worry about it." The queen glared at Zhao and said, "Then do you have no interest in your wives and concubines?" Zhao lowered his head and whispered, "Yes." The queen suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help asking in a trembling voice: "Could it be that you have the goodness of Longyang and the habit of breaking sleeves?" Zhao Zhang blushed, and said: "How could a child do such a thing that is shameless and humiliating to the state system?" The queen breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "That's good, it's not in vain to teach you for many years. Since you don't have such a habit, then you must be tired of those women. The queen doesn't blame you, it's the new and the old. The true nature of a man, this girl has the appearance of a flower and a shameful moon, I will give her to you, and I will have a wedding ceremony tonight, and a good thing will be achieved. It is so settled, no further discussion." After Zhao saw his mother, he had made up his mind, and he didn't dare to shirk any more, so he could only respond, "My son obeys." Seeing that the matter had been accomplished, the queen was overjoyed, and called, "Come here, send the couple on their way." She called three times, but it was as if nothing had disappeared, and there was no response from outside the door.The queen was a little angry, and shouted: "Ren Wu, Ren Liu, where did you die?" A lazy voice replied slowly: "Go to heaven and earth, no one dares to snatch my woman." As soon as she heard the sound, Ning Xin'er couldn't sit still anymore, she jumped up from the chair and called out: "Cao Xiaosan, you are here." Then she shouted arrogantly to the queen: "I told you If you pass, he will definitely come." The third young master Shi Shiran stepped in, leisurely and leisurely as if walking in his own room.He looked at Ning Xin'er tenderly, and said, "Because of your faith, you are saved." As soon as he untied Ning Xin'er's restraint, Ning Xin'er threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly, Said in the mouth: "I was a little worried just now, worried that I would never see you again." The third young master smiled and said, "Aren't I standing right in front of you?" The third son turned to face the queen, who finally saw this miraculous young man.He passed through the palace where there was a guard post every three steps and a post every five steps, and no one could stop him.And this inattentive young man, it seems, is just strolling through a flowering garden.The tall figure of the third son made her feel an unprecedented pressure, not a pressure of fear, but a pressure of uncontrollable desire for the opposite sex.How young and handsome and noble he was.When the queen thought of this, she felt dizzy, unable to breathe, her knees softened, and she knelt down almost, worshiping at his feet. Fortunately, she controlled her impulse in time, remembered her status as a queen, and quickly cleaned up her face. Qiang Zi returned to his calm, cold and bitter appearance, and said: "Bold, you know that trespassing here is a death penalty for killing the nine clans." The third son said: "I know." "Aren't you afraid of death?" "I didn't break in, I just walked in." "Do you know that there are 8,000 forbidden troops stationed in this palace, and they may rush in at any time, and you will be hard to fly by then." "You worry too much. Since I can walk in, of course I can walk out safe and sound." The queen suddenly said something that she didn't even think she would say: "I believe in you." As soon as the words came out, she knew that she had lost her composure, and quickly added: "Even if you go out of this place, the Imperial Forest Army can still come to your residence on the lonely mountain." Catch you. One hundred thousand imperial forest troops surrounded the lonely mountain, even if you have the ability to go to the sky and enter the earth, you can only be captured without a fight." "You will not tell anyone about this, and you will not mobilize the Royal Forest Army to deal with me." "Why should I listen to your arrangement?" the queen asked strangely. "Because of your precious son." He pointed to King Gong Zhao who had been standing by the side exhausted and yawning.After all, mother and child are connected, and when she heard that it was about her precious son, the queen became concerned and said, "What are you doing?" After finishing speaking, she put her body in front of Zhao. "I just happened to know one thing." "What's up?" "I know that Su Hanchen, the number one painter in Beijing, once painted a picture for Zhao." As soon as this remark came out, the queen was very puzzled and thought to herself: such a trivial matter is nothing to worry about, and how can it be worthy of being mentioned solemnly at this critical moment.However, Prince Gong Zhao who was standing behind her reacted quite differently. His face changed from pale to snow white, beads of sweat were faintly dripping from his forehead, and his already weak body was shaking non-stop, obviously trying his best to suppress his restlessness Mood. The third son said again: "And I also know that this painting is no longer in Prince Gong's mansion." The plain tone and plain content made Zhao Ruwen's complexion change drastically when he heard a thunderbolt from the blue sky. Lu fled in a hurry.The queen asked anxiously, "Son, where are you going?" Zhao didn't answer, because with his thin body, he went far away in the blink of an eye. When people are in crisis, they can often burst out with difficulty. The energy of imagination. The third son said: "Don't chase after him, let him go, he will be fine soon." The queen said angrily, "What did you do to him?" The third son said: "I didn't do anything, I just said something that both he and I know." The queen said: "Then why is he in such a panic?" The third son said: "Because this matter is related to his personal future and even the reputation of the entire royal family, he can't be in a hurry." The queen asked: "How can a painting have such a great relationship?" The third young master said: "After you have seen that painting, you will naturally understand." After speaking, he said to Ning Xin'er: "Let's go, Uncle Meng has already cooked dinner, wait for us to go home to eat." Flying away, the queen felt melancholy, and was worried about King Gong Zhao, so she forgot to call someone to stop her. Walking out of the palace, Ning Xin'er let out a long sigh of relief, patted her chest repeatedly, and said, "It's finally come out. Sometimes, even I can't help but wonder, are you really a god? How do you know that Su Hanchen painted for Prince Gong?" Have a painting?" The third son said: "The last time we went to Su Hanchen's house, I began to doubt. Su Hanchen died painting this painting, which shows that the content of this painting must be very strange, and the person who asked Su Hanchen to paint it has a lot of stakes Guan, that's why Su Hanchen was murdered to silence him, lest he reveal the content of this painting to anyone. Then, who would be the person who asked Su Hanchen to paint? According to Su Hanchen's son, it was the sedan chair of Prince Qing's mansion who picked up Su Hanchen and It was sent back. So, that person is King Qing, and the painting should be in Prince Qing's mansion. So I went to find someone." "Is it Sikong Kongkong?" "That's right, Sikong Kongkong, the number one thief in the world for more than a hundred years, I want him to go to Prince Qing's Mansion to steal this painting." "Then did he steal it?" Ning Xin'er asked with wide innocent eyes. "Of course not. Before I came here, I just met him in the villa." "How long has he been stealing in total?" "He stole a full day." "If Sikong Kongkong hasn't stolen a single thing after stealing for a day, it can only mean one thing." "That's right, this only shows that the painting is not in Prince Qing's mansion at all. The person who really asked Su Hanchen to paint is not Prince Qing Zhao Kai. Someone pretended to be a member of Prince Qing's mansion and took Su Hanchen away. King Qing is the current emperor and former empress. It is very likely that he will become the successor to the throne and proclaim himself emperor in the future. Who dares to impersonate King Qing and blame Su Hanchen's death on King Qing? After much deliberation, there are no more than five people in the capital who have the courage , and among these five people, there is only one person who has a gap with King Qing." "It's Prince Gong Zhao." "That's right. Now that the crown prince has not been established, Zhao Kai and Zhao are fighting for the position of crown prince. Brothers have turned into deadly enemies. Zhao has enough strength and reasons to do so. However, these are only speculations after all, and there is no direct conclusion. There is strong evidence to prove it. Therefore, I deliberately tested Zhao just now. I didn’t expect Zhao to be so impatient that he would stop calling himself immediately.” "Then the painting you mentioned is really no longer in Prince Gong's Mansion? Was it stolen by Sikong Kongkong?" "That's just me talking nonsense. Of course, that painting is still hidden in Prince Kung's Mansion. Sikong Kongkong is still angry with me. He thinks that I told him the wrong location on purpose to make him make a trip for nothing. This time he Say nothing and refuse to shoot again.” "If your guess is wrong, that painting was not what Prince Gong asked Su Hanchen to paint, then wouldn't we be able to get away just now?" "I have my own way to escape." The third son said lightly.What place in the world can trap him?The third son said again: "Why did the empress call you into the palace?" Ning Xin'er replied: "She wants to betroth me to her precious son, Prince Gong Zhao." The third young master said: "Have you agreed?" Ning Xin'er said: "Of course I didn't agree." The third son seemed to make a regretful expression, and said: "What a pity, you could have been a princess, a princess, a concubine, or even a queen. It's hard to imagine that a woman can be better than this." A higher wish." Ning Xin'er pinched the third son, and said: "Boy Cao, you are looking for death. I have always had very small wishes, and I am very satisfied if I can marry you, a worthless bastard. " The third son suddenly said seriously: "You and the queen knew each other before?" Ning Xin'er replied, "I don't know." The third young master said: "That's strange, how did she know there was someone like you? How did she find you?" Ning Xin'er said unconvinced: "Let others find you, not me! You are not reasonable at all." She smoothed the hair covering her forehead and said happily, "Although this girl seldom walks around in the Jianghu, maybe she is very famous in the Jianghu, so She came here just because of the name, and found me." The third son said: "There are countless women in the world, why did you choose you?" Ning Xin'er heard this, the more she tasted, the less she tasted. She crossed her waist, stood on the road, and said to the third son: "What do you mean? Are you mocking me for not being qualified? Or do you think I'm ugly? ?” The third young master said: "I don't mean that." Seeing the idlers in the market coming to this side, ready to watch, the third young master hurriedly said, "Let's go home." Ning Xin'er said: "Let's make it clear before we leave." The third son said: "Actually, your entry into the palace is a conspiracy. I know who is behind the scenes." Ning Xin'er was aroused by this sentence and asked, "Who is it?" "Qing Wang Zhao Kai. Ever since he was humiliated by me in Qinghefang last time, he has always held a grudge and wanted to take revenge on me, but he had scruples. Therefore, he came up with a plan to kill people with a knife." "What kind of borrowing knife method?" "There are two people that Zhao Kai, the little hozen, want to harm the most. One is me, and the other is his younger brother Gong Wang Zhao. So, he tried his best to boast of your beauty and wisdom in front of the queen. The queen didn't know there was a fraud, so he fell into the trap. So I want to hire you as Prince Gong's concubine. Once you really become Prince Gong's concubine, there will be a mortal enmity between me and Prince Gong. In order to save you, I am furious, Prince Gong He became the ghost under my sword. Once King Gong died, King Qing Zhao Kai became the prince of course. And you and I became a pair of desperate mandarin ducks, living in the wilderness and living in panic to avoid being hunted by the government. It is Zhao Kai's wishful thinking." "I think this strategy is vicious, but it shouldn't be called killing with a borrowed knife." "What should it be called?" "Two birds with one stone. Prince Gong is a little sparrow, and you are a goose."