Kunning

Although Empress Dowager Xiao had an attitude of indifference to everyone before, and everyone was terrified of her, but compared with the frosty anger on her face at this moment, it is nothing.

No one expected that when a jade handle was presented as Ruyi, Haoduanduan would lose his temper.

When the fellow readers below did not know what happened, they were panicked and did not dare to make a sound.

The Eunuch Liu who came to offer the jade wishful felt a chill down his spine, without thinking about it, he immediately knelt down and shouted: "The Empress Dowager, calm down, the Empress Dowager, calm down!"

Others are just in front of the steps.

Empress Dowager Xiao kicked over, raised her hand to call people around, and shouted: "Come here, take down this rebellious party! Send it to the Ai family and go to Si Haosheng for torture!"

Eunuch Liu's complexion suddenly changed.

Although he came to offer Yu Ruyi, he didn't know what kind of mystery was behind that Yu Ruyi. Hearing the cold shout of Empress Dowager Xiao, he was so frightened that his three souls came out of his body, his seven souls were separated from his body, and he hurriedly hit his head on the ground. He kept crying and crying: "I am wronged, I am wronged! I was just ordered to offer jade as I wished, but I don't know where I offended the empress dowager, please forgive me, I am wronged—"

Shen Zhiyi and Xiao Shu were sitting next to the Empress Dowager Xiao. Just now, they only vaguely saw the handwriting on Yu Ruyi's back, but they didn't see what it was. Suddenly they encountered such an accident, and they didn't dare to ask.

Empress Zheng was also taken aback.

She knew that although Empress Dowager Xiao's temper had never been considered good and had her own harshness, if she reacted like this, something serious must have happened, and she said that Eunuch Liu was "against the party", so she guessed that the matter was not trivial.

Although Yu Ruyi was shattered, there were several pieces of jade that were larger.

Empress Zheng didn't interrupt for a while, she just walked down from the hall, picked up one of the pieces of broken jade to look at it, and saw the word "Yi Tong" on it, her complexion changed drastically, she was no better than Empress Dowager Xiao.

Left and right have come up to restrain Mr. Liu.

Empress Zheng glanced at the accompanying girls who were still standing tremblingly below, and suppressed the shock in her heart, and said to them: "You guys step back first."

Empress Dowager Xiao's face was livid, but she didn't say much this time.

Everyone wanted to know that the matter was serious, and it was by no means what they should know as new companions who entered the palace. When they heard Empress Zheng's words, they hurriedly bowed and left.

Xiao Shu also got up from her seat, and said goodbye to Empress Dowager Xiao.

Shen Zhiyi was still sitting there in a daze.

When Xiao Shu left, she quickly gave her a hand and led her out of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

When Jiang Xuening came out from the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the wind outside was blown with a bit of early winter chill, and only then did she realize that she was covered in cold sweat on her back!

This is the wishful case that involved a lot in the previous life.

On the back of Yu Ruyi, which was selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to present to the Empress Dowager Xiao, there were treasonous words engraved on the back, and it pointed directly at the emperor of this dynasty. As soon as the incident happened, it immediately led to a bloodbath. Many people who served in the palace were implicated in the nine clans, and the aristocratic families of the previous dynasty were also involved. Although the incident in Yongyi Hou's mansion had nothing to do with this case, the two incidents are so close that one has to doubt it.

Thinking of Yongyi Hou's Mansion, thinking of Yan Lin, and thinking of all the causes and consequences of her previous life, she was suddenly in a state of disarray, and squeezed her palms hidden in her sleeves vigorously, before she managed to calm down.

What should come always comes.

The more this is the case, the more you can't mess yourself up, and the more you have to do what you should do in the chaos, how do you know that a drop in the bucket can't save the fire and the crisis?

Shen Zhiyi was dragged out by Xiao Shu, still a little confused, and asked in a daze: "What happened?"

Xiao Shu lowered her eyes and did not speak.

Shen Zhiyi raised her eyes and saw Jiang Xuening standing at the edge of the crowd, walked over and asked with concern: "Ningning, are you okay, your face is so pale?"

Jiang Xuening thought of Zheng Bao who was still kneeling at the gate of Kunning Palace before, his eyes flickered slightly in his thoughts, and he thought "There is no other way to do it", so he forced a smile, and his expression changed. But he looked a little scared and panicked, and said in a low voice: "It scared me a little bit."

Shen Zhiyi was actually frightened.

But she thought to herself that she was the eldest princess, the one who had promised to protect Jiang Xuening, so she immediately put on an appearance that this was an ordinary scene in the palace, took her hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, Isn't this princess still here?"

Holding Jiang Xuening's slender fingers in her palm, she felt that her fingertips were actually cold.

Jiang Xuening just looked at her and didn't speak.

But those long eyelashes trembled slightly on a pair of beautiful eyes, like a deer on the snowy field that was hit by a sharp arrow and fell down. His fingers also grabbed Shen Zhiyi's hand.

At such a moment, Shen Zhiyi could strongly feel that the friend in front of her with a bright smile on the cherry blossom petals in the corner of her eyes needed her so desperately and depended on her.

Originally, when they came out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, they should all go back to the palace.

The Mingfeng Palace where Shen Zhiyi lived and the Yangzhi Zhai were originally in two different directions, so they should part at the gate of the Compassion Ning Palace and each go their own way.

But now she felt that she couldn't just leave.

Shen Zhiyi held her hand instead, curled the corners of her lips, and smiled brightly like a normal person, pulled her towards the direction of Yang Zhizhai, and said, "Look at your timidity." Yes, this princess will go back with you."

After finishing speaking, he said to others: "Let's go."

Everyone followed in their footsteps.

Along the way, Shen Zhiyi was telling Jiang Xuening some anecdotes and pleasures in the palace, and when she was talking, sometimes she got stuck and had to call Xiao Shu and Chen Shuyi to pick her up.

Xiao Shu was okay, she kept her composure.

However, Chen Shuyi had already become enemies with Jiang Xuening, but it was difficult for her to refuse the words of Princess Leyang, so she could only tell Jiang Xuening jokes with a froze face.

Jiang Xuening only felt that if it wasn't for the serious matter today, she would have laughed out loud.

However, at this time, he even despises himself.

In the previous life, it was fine to coax a stinky man, at least he didn't attack Xiangxiangruanruan's daughter. Unexpectedly, focusing on living a lifetime, I am getting more and more bottomless, more and more despicable!

Shen Zhiyi was still unaware of this.

A group of people walked in the direction of Yang Zhi Zhai.

When they came, they walked in the direction of Kunning Palace, but when they went back, firstly, everyone didn't pay attention, and secondly, Shen Zhiyi and Jiang Xuening walked in front, so it was natural to take the nearest one from Kunning Palace. The road next to the palace.

As early as when the palace wall of Kunning Palace could be seen from a distance, Jiang Xuening raised her heart, praying secretly that she must catch up.

When turning the corner of the palace wall, my heart almost jumped into my throat—

There was silence on the palace road ahead.

The applause that had been heard before was gone.

At this moment, Jiang Xuening almost thought that he had missed the opportunity.

Fortunately, the next moment when she turned to the palace road, she saw the long figure kneeling at the gate of the palace.

Zheng Bao is still here!

But before she could breathe a sigh of relief and smile a little, when she raised her eyes, she saw another figure not far ahead who also stopped in front of the palace gate.

Boa robes and Chinese clothes, with a jade belt around the waist.

Tall in stature and elegant in face, who else is Linzi King Shen Jie? At this moment, he was looking at Zheng Bao who could not afford to kneel, he raised his head and was about to say something to the palace servants standing at the gate of the palace.

Jiang Xuening's eyelids twitched, but she didn't dare to let Shen Jie just open her mouth to save Zheng Bao, she was quick-witted, and deliberately tripped with her left foot and stepped on the corner of her skirt with her right foot, her body suddenly lost her balance while walking, "Ah" low With a cry of surprise, he fell to his knees and sat on the ground.

She didn't react much.

Shen Zhiyi, who was walking beside her and still telling her jokes, panicked and shouted: "Ning Ning!"

Shen Jie, who was at the palace gate ahead, was about to ask why the little **** was punished, when he heard the sound, he immediately turned his head to follow the sound, and saw the accompanying reader over there at a glance, and even quickly recognized Jiang Xuening who fell down.

Interrupted by this, normal people will forget what they were supposed to do.

The same goes for Shen Jie.

He hurriedly walked towards them, but because there were other companions present, it was not easy to get too close, so he just said softly: "Although the long road in the palace is old, it was only repaired years ago. How can the second girl Jiang?" so careless?"

All the companions also met Shen Jie by chance when they entered the palace last time, knowing his identity, they all bowed and saluted when they saw him approaching: "I have met His Royal Highness Linzi."

Seeing him approaching, Jiang Xuening's heart was more or less settled.

Thinking that they were close relatives and close relatives in their last life, she could barely be considered a martyr for Shen Jie, so what if they robbed him of a chance in this life? Think of it as Shen Jie's money for hard work and money for losing his life.

Anyway, he is the king of Linzi, and there will be no shortage of Zheng Bao when he becomes emperor in the future.

But she is very lacking.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuening more or less relieved the guilt of stealing someone's chance, and quickly said: "Going back to Your Highness, I just went to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, she was so powerful, and she tripped me in a trance, making you laugh gone."

Xiao Shu looked at her quietly.

Shen Zhiyi personally helped her up, and when she heard her words, she also pouted to Shen Jie: "Brother Wang, you were not there just now, the queen mother is scary."

Although Shen Jie's disposition is humble and gentle, but he was born in the court, and he could hear what he saw and heard, just hearing what they said, he knew that something must have happened in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, so he frowned slightly, and asked: "What's wrong?"

Shen Zhiyi said casually: "Just wishful thinking, I don't know how to say it..."

She wanted to rationalize her speech, but she didn't know where to start, and her speech was chaotic.

Shen Jie was at a loss when he heard this.

In the end, Xiao Shu said succinctly: "Eunuch Liu of the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a jade ruyi from Qinghai as a tribute by the order of the sage, but there seemed to be some treasonous words engraved behind the ruyi, which angered my aunt, and now the empress is also caring The palace is dealing with this matter."

Shen Jie couldn't help but looked up at her.

Shen Zhiyi heard Xiao Shu's words so succinctly, so she nodded quickly and said, "Yes, that's it, Brother Wang, go and have a look."

Shen Jie originally wanted to greet Empress Dowager Xiao, so after a moment of pondering, he said, "I'll go and have a look."

When he said this, the matter of the little **** had long been forgotten.

He stepped up to go to the direction of the Compassionate Ning Palace, but when he passed by the companions, he caught a glimpse of Jiang Xuening who had just fallen and stood up, lowering his head and caressing his knees, so he couldn't help laughing, jokingly said: "You can fall when you walk on flat ground. Second Miss Jiang has to be careful about the road. Otherwise, she will be ruined before she owes me the apology wine. I don't know who will be distressed when I look back!"

Jiang Xuening was startled, and didn't realize what the "repentance wine" was for a moment. It wasn't until Shen Jie turned around and left that she realized that she had a misunderstanding when she was just reborn. After she slapped Shen Jie, she said she would buy wine another day apologize.

The words are naturally polite words.

But Shen Jie still remembered.

When all the companions saw that Shen Jie came over and only talked to Jiang Xuening, their eyes were a little strange.

After hearing the word "forgiveness wine", I couldn't help but look at her.

Xiao Shu was standing next to Shen Zhiyi, her calm face also showed a little hesitation, when she looked back at Jiang Xuening, her eyes darkened a little.

With a glance, Jiang Xuening took everyone's reactions into his eyes, and secretly groaned in his heart.

She wanted to explain that she and Shen Jie had no ambiguity.

But His Royal Highness Linzi had already walked away after speaking, so how could she have time to explain? And do you want her to say that she once gave Shen Jie a slap, and the apology wine pays for that slap?

Don't you want to die if you spread it?

Shen Zhiyi asked curiously: "Apologize wine?"

Jiang Xuening said with a wry smile: "When I was ignorant in the past and wandering around in the market, I had some misunderstandings with His Royal Highness Linzi."

Shen Zhiyi still wanted to ask what the misunderstanding was.

But at this moment, Jiang Xuening's gaze had already turned to the front, and landed on the **** Zheng Bao who was kneeling at the gate of the palace, his expression changed several times, as if he couldn't help showing some compassion.

Shen Zhiyi followed her gaze naturally, saw that it was just a little **** kneeling in front of the palace gate, and didn't care, but wondered why she reacted like this, so she said: "It's not unusual for someone in the palace to be punished, it must be If you made a mistake, you will be punished.”

Jiang Xuening said in a low voice: "When I came here, I saw him kneeling here..."

Her voice was already weak, and she deliberately made a distressed and panicky gesture. Even though the sympathy and fear that were only three parts fake, she also performed a real and very sympathetic fear.

After all, the scene in the Compassionate Ning Palace happened not long ago.

When Empress Dowager Xiao saw them, she made them kneel without screaming, and gave them a big blow, those who were not timid would indeed be frightened.

Shen Zhiyi hasn't forgotten yet.

Seeing Jiang Xuening's expression at this moment, and seeing the little **** kneeling beside her, she naturally guessed that seeing the little **** being punished reminded her of the experience in the Palace of Compassion and Ning just now, which aroused fear of this deep palace, and felt that she Just like this little eunuch, he is deeply in danger of being blamed at every turn...

She couldn't help complaining that the queen mother was too strict, and she couldn't help complaining that the emperor's sister-in-law didn't punish him sooner or later, but at this time, what if she scared Ning Ningke?

Immediately, she raised her eyebrows, and the majesty of the girl of heaven returned to her body.

Shen Zhiyi directly said to the female official standing in front of Kunning Palace: "What did this **** do wrong?"

The female officer hurriedly bowed and saluted, and then she was about to answer: "His name is Zheng Bao, and he was not in a good mood when he was serving today—"

"I don't want to hear it!"

Although it was Shen Zhiyi who asked the question, she was the one who interrupted. With an impatient gesture, she directly gave the order with a wave of her hand.

"Everyone has already been punished and knelt for so long, it's almost over. Please spare him. When the emperor's sister-in-law asked, she said it was the princess's intention."

Princess Leyang was always favored in the palace. For her sake, the emperor invited all the gentlemen from the Hanlin Academy to study for her, and even selected companions. The female officer waited on the queen, so she knew this clearly. How could she listen to what she said? Dare to refute half of it?

Dang said: "Yes."

Then he ordered the left and right: "Quickly, help people up, don't block His Highness's eyes here, and scare people."

The little eunuchs on both sides immediately stepped forward to help him up.

Zheng Bao had been kneeling on this palace road for some time, his knees were already sore and numb, and he almost knelt down again when he got up, his originally delicate face was even more criss-crossed, only his eyes were lacquer-like. light up.

He raised his head and glanced at Jiang Xuening.

Unexpectedly, however, what caught his eyes was not the shy and cowering face that he heard just now, but a pair of calm eyes hidden under the softness, looking at him quietly at the moment.

It is clear that the flower-like appearance makes him feel that the inside is full of thorns.

Jiang Xuening's eyelashes trembled, she lowered her gaze lightly, and when she raised it again, she smiled at Shen Zhiyi: "Your Highness is very kind."

Shen Zhiyi's face flushed again.

She coughed, but pretended to be calm and composed, and hummed softly, "That's not it!"