The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 237. Jiang Ruan's determination

Early the next morning, Xiao Shao went out, Jiang Ruan freshened and changed her clothes. Seeing that she seemed to be going out, Forsythia curiously said: “Young lady is going out?” Talking about going out today, at this moment, I probably won’t have the mind to go out for a walk.

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: “It doesn’t matter, just go and have a look next door.”

Next door, Forsythia froze for a moment, and then came to understand that Xia Qing and Qi Feng lived in the mansion next door to the palace. Forsythia and Dewdrop thought Jiang Ruan was going to ask Xia Qing about the emperor’s body. After all, the emperor’s life now depends on Xia Qing’s medicine. If there is no Xia Qing, I am afraid that the emperor will not be able to survive these few days. Jiang Ruan asked Xia Qing for this reason.

Who knew that when Luzhu followed Jiang Ruan to the next door, Xia Qing was not in the room. Qi Feng smiled and said, “Xia Wu has entered the palace, why is Sansao looking for him?”

Jiang Ruan shook his head and said: “I am not looking for him, I am looking for you.”

Forsythia and Luzhu looked at each other. Luzhu and Forsythia naturally knew Qi Feng’s thoughts on Jiang Ruan. At the beginning, the atmosphere between Xiao Shao and Jiang Ruan became a little subtle, although it was later confirmed that it was just a game set by Jiang Ruan himself. , But as long as I think of it, I still feel a little uncomfortable. Tian Zhu didn’t have any expression on the contrary, Qi Feng was startled when he heard the words, and then said: “Okay. Come in and talk.”

Qi Feng would not think that Jiang Ruan came to him for reminiscence. Qi Feng did not fail to see what happened a few days ago. Regarding Jiang Ruan’s use of him, he just pushed the boat along the way. He has been a junior brother with Xiao Shao for so many years, and he is also a military adviser in Jinyiwei. He has always been very clear in his mind. Even if he is not completely confused with Jiang Ruan Xinyue, he can naturally see that Jiang Ruan is deliberately approaching him. Being used willingly, Qi Feng couldn’t tell what he thought, but he didn’t feel any dissatisfaction with Jiang Ruan because of this, nor did he create any barriers against Xiao Shao.

This is probably the difference between Qi Feng, no matter when, he can always clearly recognize his position, will not break the original situation.

Jiang Ruan sat down with him in the room. Qi Feng poured him a cup of tea. Xia Qing is a genius doctor in commoner clothes. Qi Feng is not obsessed with trivial matters, so except for a few small servants and Xia Qing’s medicine boy in the yard. , But not even a maid. To pour tea, Qi Feng has to come by himself, but obviously he pours it smoothly. He smiled and said, “The new Junshan Silver Needle, Sansao has tasted all kinds of good teas, don’t dislike the ones in my little temple. Tea, I took out the best.”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, and he probably saw that Qi Feng deliberately made the atmosphere relaxed. After following Xiao Shao for a long time, she was better at concealing the side of her water chestnut. On the surface, it looked more gentle, but in the bones. Sharp is as always. But that sharpness is for the opponent. She lifted the tea cup in front of her and took a sip, and smiled: “It’s very fragrant.”

“Sansao praises me so much, and I feel even more uneasy in my heart.” Qi Feng smiled, and the front of the conversation changed: “But Sansao came to see me today, not for tea, but what happened?” In the end, Qi Feng’s words still showed a trace of care involuntarily. As soon as this remark came out, he was aware of it himself, and he couldn’t help but feel a little upset. Jiang Ruan had Xiao Shao by his side, and Qi Feng knew best what kind of person Xiao Shao was. If there was anything wrong with Jiang Ruan, Xiao Shao would definitely replace him When she does, where will she get the chance to care for herself?

He was still thinking about it. Jiang Ruan had already said what she said, “I want you to do me a favor.”

Qi Feng was stunned, staring at her for an instant, Jiang Ruan looked at him in time, and did not avoid his scrutiny gaze. After a long time, Qi Feng said: “Sansao, you want me to help with this. Third brother doesn’t know, right?”

Qi Feng is not stupid. Jiang Ruan specially came to him for help. Something must have happened, and if Qi Feng could do it, Xiao Shao would definitely be able to do it. Since Xiao Shao can do it, why does Jiang Ruan need Qi Feng’s help? There is only one possibility, that is, Jiang Ruan did not tell Xiao Shao at all. Why didn’t you tell Xiao Shao, Qi Feng’s heart moved, and he blurted out: “You want to hide the third brother? The third brother disagrees?”

Jiang Ruan is very similar to Xiao Shao in some respects, especially in doing things with a very clear purpose. Since Xiao Shao was not told, Xiao Shao and Jiang Ruan are the closest people to Jiang Ruan for the original reason. There is only one possibility if there is only one possibility, Xiao Shao disagrees at all.

Hearing this, Jiang Ruan didn’t deny it, and said softly: “Yes, Xiao Shao doesn’t know about this, and you don’t have to tell him.”

“Sister-in-law,” Qi Feng was a little fidgety, thinking about it, and still sternly said: “In any case, the third brother treats you sincerely. Since you don’t let the third brother know about this thing, I think it’s probably you again. I’m going to commit a risk with my body. I’m sorry I can’t help.” Although Qi Feng said that, he put everything on Xiao Shao’s head, but only he knew it, not because of this, but he couldn’t help himself. Watching Jiang Ruan guilty of danger. From knowing Jiang Ruan to now, the most common thing Jiang Ruan has done is to go to the bottom. This sounds good, but every time he takes a great risk, he feels scared just by looking at him. Qi Feng… he himself couldn’t make Jiang Ruan take risks.

It seemed that Qi Feng would have expected this reaction, Jiang Ruan just sighed softly and said: “Qi Feng, do you know what the situation is now?”

“Your Majesty is seriously ill, internal and external troubles, the seizure is imminent, Jin Chao is in danger.” Qi Feng said: “But this has nothing to do with Sansao.”

“No, this is actually related to me.” Jiang Ruan said suddenly. Qi Feng was stunned, only to hear Jiang Ruan’s indifferent voice: “From the day you knew me, you have already seen that when you want to come, I and Xuanli share a common vengeance. For the people of the world. When Xiao Shao was not there, you saw that I was checking and balancing Xuanli, not all for the Jinying Palace. In fact, it was just because of private grievances. This is a long story, so I won’t be careful with you. To elaborate, all you need to know is that Xuanli and I are our enemies in this life, so naturally we will never die.”

This is a bit strange, Qi Feng also heard a bit strange, don’t know why, he always feels that Jiang Ruan said these words very seriously, as if in her life, revenge with Xuanli is what she finally wants to accomplish. Things are so-so. In fact, a long time ago, Qi Feng felt Jiang Ruan’s hatred for Xuanli. She always shot Xuanli ruthlessly. It was almost a cruel rung on Xuanli’s path to seizing the prostitute. In fact, right For Jin Yiwei, it doesn’t matter who is the emperor, but now Qi Feng has clearly seen that Jiang Ruan has used his ability to influence Xiao Shao, and the entire Jinying Palace, it should be said that the entire Jin Yiwei, has already stood. The opposite of Xuan Li. For Xuan Li, this is undoubtedly bad news, if it weren’t blocked by the Jinying Palace, it would have been much easier.

Jiang Ruan has repeatedly blocked Xuanli’s big plan, Qi Feng has been unable to think of why, and now it is said from her mouth that Xuanli had a bloody feud, although he did not know what it was, Qi Feng also felt that Jiang Ruan did not lie. He looked at Jiang Ruan in a daze, only listening to Jiang Ruan’s indifferent words.

“Now there are only two princes in the dynasty, one is the thirteenth prince and the other is Xuanli. Since Xuanli can’t get that position, I must be in an alliance with the thirteenth prince. In the thirteenth prince, so I must do something. As you can see, Grandpa Li is dead, you are so smart, you shouldn’t fail to see that Grandpa Li died by the hands of Xuanli’s men. Xuanli has already started, the first thing he has to do now is to make an imperial decree while his majesty is not dead, or to immediately let the emperor die, ruining the emperor’s original intention to establish thirteen. The imperial decree of the prince.”

“Wait,” Qi Feng opened his eyes: “Sansao, I am a little confused about what you said. What is the imperial decree that the emperor originally wanted to establish the thirteenth prince? How do you know that the emperor wants to establish the thirteenth prince as the prince NS?”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, and only said: “I said it a long time ago. Since Xuan Li started in such a hurry, he must have received news from Li Gonggong. If he is really established as the crown prince, why should he be so anxious to kill. Just because That person is not him. As for the imperial decree, it is inevitable, and the spies in the palace have also returned. It is indeed the imperial decree.”

Qi Feng looked at her with some doubts, seeming to have some doubts about her words. Jiang Ruan didn’t move her face, but thought deeply in her heart. She naturally knew that the emperor would inevitably leave a decree, because he did that in the previous life. It’s just that the imperial decree of the previous life was not found at the end, because at that time Xuanli had already enthroned. Perhaps the person who left the emperor’s last imperial decree was also chased by Xuanli. In short, Xuanli sat in that position and did justifiably. , Because at that time, the prince left in the palace, except Xuan Pei, was him. At that time, Xuan Pei had never thought of him as the future prince of Dajin Dynasty.

Jiang Ruan retracted his thoughts and looked at Qi Feng said: “This imperial decree left by the emperor must be in the hands of a certain minister, and Xuanli will definitely use all means to hunt down that minister and destroy the imperial decree.”

“But the third sister,” Qi Feng asked: “Since your majesty has left the imperial decree, why not keep the imperial decree in the palace of King Jinying. Looking at the entire Dajin dynasty, now only Jin Yiwei has enough strength to compete with the eight princes. . In the Jinying Palace, that is naturally a foolproof plan. His Majesty could not have thought of this, but why put the imperial decree in the hands of other ministers.”

Qi Feng’s words were not hurried or slow, but they were clearly organized, and he had figured out the key points in the shortest time. Jiang Ruan was slightly startled when he was asked. Why didn’t the emperor hand over the imperial decree to Jinying Palace? Naturally, Xiao Shao didn’t want to sit in that position at all. It was that Xiao Shao had destroyed the imperial decree before Xuanli did it. The emperor’s imperial edict was not written to Xuan Pei at all, it was written to Xiao Shao. Qi Feng didn’t know Xiao Shao’s life experience, so he didn’t know it, he just saw that it was wrong. Jiang Ruan couldn’t tell him this reason, but he just smiled and said: “You forgot, what is the reputation of Jinying Palace?”

Qi Feng was startled, Jiang Ruan continued: “A chaotic courtier, how could the emperor hand over something like the imperial decree to Xiao Shao? The emperor in this world is most suspicious. If you do this, you just say it, and the imperial decree is true. Yes, the civil and military officials will certainly not believe it, they will only think that the imperial decree is false.”

As soon as these words came out, Qi Feng came back to his senses, and quickly said, “I forgot about it.” For so many years, the emperor’s care for Xiao Shao, Qi Feng was in his eyes, because of this, even though It was all colleagues who thought Xiao Shao was a chaotic courtier and thief. In Qi Feng’s eyes, there was no difference. He would not connect this matter to the emperor’s decision. But now that Jiang Ruan reminded him, Qi Feng also understood. Indeed, perhaps the emperor trusts Xiao Shao, but it does not mean that he trusts the entire Jinying Palace. However, the reputation of Jinying Palace among the civil and military officials as chaotic officials and thieves was too stubborn and would not be convincing at all. The emperor’s refusal to hand over the imperial decree to Xiao Shao is also excusable.

“But what exactly does Sansao want to do?” Qi Feng asked with a serious expression.

Jiang Ruan looked at him: “Xuanli wants to grab the imperial decree. His power should not be underestimated. Perhaps Xuanli itself is not enough to be afraid of, but he has been planning for this for so many years. Net, the vastness of it is not imaginable by both of you and me. I am afraid that there is something wrong in it, so I have to do one thing to make Xuanli think that the imperial edict has been found by him. From then on, I can fight for some time for the thirteen princes, During this period of time, arranging a plan to win a wave of Xuanli.”

Qi Feng was stunned, and he was almost silent for a long time before he said: “What you mean is that you want to make a false imperial decree to confuse Xuanli, and then make him think that he has destroyed the real imperial decree. In fact, the real sacred decree Is it like this to others?”

“Yes, it’s just that this person is very cunning, and the false imperial decree can’t be hidden from him, so I can only exchange it with a real imperial edict. But this imperial edict is not the other imperial edict, and what he destroyed is not the prince’s imperial edict at all.” Jiang Ruan finished. , Slowly put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at Qi Feng and said, “I know you have someone in the court. You are the military commander of Jin Yiwei. What I want you to do is to let you know that. The imperial decree is now in my hands.”

“You want to use your example as bait!” Before Jiang Ruan continued, Qi Feng could not help standing up. He seemed to realize that his performance was too agitated, but he could not bear it, and he lost his voice. Cried: “It’s not good, it’s too dangerous! People are innocent and guilty, do you know what will happen like this? They will kill you.”

Jiang Ruan frowned and said, “They won’t kill me.”

“How can you be sure…”

“Because the saint hates me.” Jiang Ruan interrupted him: “The saint of southern Xinjiang hates me to the bone and cares about Xiao Shao. In this way, because of the jealousy of a woman, she will not let me die easily. Because she hates me, it will be more convincing to release the news in my hands. Nanjiang and Xuanli are now an alliance. Certain decisions made by Nanjiang will definitely affect Xuanli, including suspicion.” Seeing Qi Feng gradually calm down, he continued: “I told you earlier that the Jinying Palace and the Thirteenth Princes are now both prosperous and prosperous, and every damage is done. There are no eggs under the covering of the nest. We must ensure that the thirteenth princes go well. This is the only way to reach the throne. Xiao Shao’s purpose is in southern Xinjiang. Although it is possible to intervene in the affairs of Central Korea, it is not as smooth as Xuanli. Only in this way, with me as the bait, can we receive the best Effect.”

“What do you mean by the best effect…” Qi Feng said this sentence with difficulty.

“Xuanlihui thought that the thing in my hand must be the imperial decree, and I would destroy this imperial decree personally, so that it would not continue to investigate the true imperial decree. The time and opportunity gained in this one needs to be grasped by Xiao Shao and you. . And I’m in the hands of the Saintess of Nanjiang, the Saintess of Nanjiang wants to torture me, but Xuanli must provide me with a good deal, because with his scheming, he must use me in exchange for greater benefits, he wants Using me to make a deal with Xiao Shao, it is best to get the support of Jinying Palace.” Jiang Ruan’s eyes are deep and quiet, and her tone is calm, as if these things related to her life will not happen to her at all, she said: “As a result, Xuanli and the people of southern Xinjiang will have differences. I have seen the saint of southern Xinjiang. She is a fierce temperament and will not easily admit defeat. The alliance between Xuanli and Nanjiang is not very stable. Once it happens, Contradictions, when he gets a headache, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and it is always us who will benefit.”

After Qi Feng listened to Jiang Ruan’s words in silence, his expression gradually calmed down, and he seemed to have returned to the former strategist, but only he knew that the hands in his sleeves had already been clenched into fists, and he slowly said: “So what about you? What price do you have to pay?”

These words almost didn’t conceal his feelings. Qi Feng’s gaze was lamented, distressed, shocked, sad, all kinds of complicated feelings intertwined, and Jiang Ruan was slightly startled. Qi Feng has always concealed his feelings very well. He doesn’t want to break the current situation, but facing the woman in front of him, he really can’t suppress his feelings.

面前的这个美貌的女人，她善于把握人心弱点，看透人性欲望，精于算计，成于筹谋，可是每每以身犯险。她就像一个十分善于下棋的执棋人，将所有人都握在掌心成为棋子，她在布局的时候，连自己也都算计进去。她已经布好了棋局，自己就要做那一粒渡河的小卒，在楚河汉界的另一边，形单影只，孤军奋战。

齐风突然有些懊恼，他暗恨自己为什么要如此聪明，要成为锦衣卫的军师，因为他深切的知道蒋阮说的话的确是没有一点错的，这的确是最简单最直接的办法，暂时没有比这更好的计划了。正因为如此，从大局方面来看，齐风根本没有拒绝的理由，他在心里已经同意了蒋阮的计划，可是那个人……那个人为什么是她。

这个世界上，他最不想要看见陷入危险的人，就是她啊。

蒋阮忽略了齐风眼中的深意，淡淡道：“我所要付出的，只是演一出戏罢了，与我本身并没有任何问题，齐风，你们的任务更加艰巨，与我比起来，这件事情的担子，其实是落在你们身上的。我知道你与萧韶是师兄弟，他必然是不会同意此事，可我相信你们，南疆圣女即便再如何恨我，有宣离在，她都暂时伤不了我。你们只要在我没有受伤之前找到我就好了，我相信锦衣卫，也相信你们。”

她曾做事鲁莽一往无前，所以重生后格外珍惜自己的性命，虽然以身犯险不在少数，可事实上，那些都是经过无数次演示和筹谋的，能够深切的明白其后的结局的。可这一次不一样，虽然她与齐风说的信誓旦旦，可事实上，人心总是易变的，在生死存亡的时候，谁都没有办法料到接下来会发生什么。

可她还是要这么做，不为别的，为了沛儿，也为了萧韶。萧韶不愿意做这个大锦朝的主人，可皇帝还是留了后手。与其说这一次是和宣离在交手，不若说是和皇帝在博弈。她这样一往无前，似乎是勇猛无比，事实上，也因为是萧韶在身后挡着吧。因为有那个人在，所以全身心的依赖与信任。想到此处，蒋阮面上不由得浮起一丝笑容来，那笑容极淡，飞快的从她脸上隐没而去。

这笑容落在齐风眼中，他也跟着露出笑容来，只是那笑却分外苦涩，他知道蒋阮因何而笑，说起来萧韶那个人，还真是幸运啊。

Qi Feng took a deep breath and said, “Sansao, I promise you to do this favor for you.” He smiled and slowly said word by word: “Don’t worry, we will find you soon. .”

Jiang Ruan also smiled, raised the tea cup and gently touched Qi Feng: “Thank you.”

In the evening, after Xiao Shao returned to the mansion, he naturally heard from the steward Lin that Jiang Ruan had gone to Qi Feng’s. Steward Lin didn’t deliberately dismantle the stage, but was annoyed that his master would not be able to open his mind, for fear that the daughter-in-law of the palace would run away with others. This is to remind Xiao Shao not to always think about official business and to give his wife a snack.

Xiao Shao really lived up to the expectations. When she turned around, she told Jiang Ruan about it. After the bath, she wore her outer clothes and sat beside Jiang Ruan. If nothing had happened, she said, “I heard you went to see Qi Feng today?”

“I wanted to find Xia Qing. Xia Qing entered the palace, so he said something to Qi Feng.” Jiang Ruanzheng turned over the booklet in his hand. The booklet in his hand was torn away unexpectedly. As soon as he raised his face, Xiao Shao’s handsome face was right in front of him, but it was a bit… awkward and uneasy?

“…What can you say to him?” Xiao Meiren whispered, the unhappiness in her tone could be caught by Tianzhu outside through the curtains.

Jiang Ruan put down the book, looked at him helplessly and said, “What do you want to say?”

“…” Xiao Shao used his own body to express what he wanted to say.