The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 238. Two imperial edicts

On the next morning, Jiang Ruan got up very early. Seeing her like this, Xiao Shao wondered: “Why don’t you sleep more?”

“Go to the palace and see Peier.” Jiang Ruan said, “It’s not easy to come to him these few days. I have to discuss some things with him.”

Xiao Shao naturally wouldn’t stop her, and was silent for a while, and said, “Being not at peace in Beijing, let Jin Yi Jin Er follow you.” The details of the Nanjiang people have not been figured out yet, maybe there is a later move. Jiang Ruan shook his head and rejected his meaning: “No, Jin Yi Jin Er still has a mission. I am only going to the palace today. I will not stay too much. With Tianzhu by my side, nothing will happen. Besides, it’s too late for the people of Southern Xinjiang to hide. Where will they reveal their identity? Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon.”

Xiao Shao hesitated, Jiang Ruan insisted so much. He always followed Jiang Ruan’s meaning, so he didn’t say more. He only ordered Tianzhu a few more words. Jiang Ruan smiled slightly and stood in front of Xiao Shao. Xiao Shao will also go out today. The things in his Jinyi Guardian are more complicated, and the deployment in Southern Xinjiang has to be analyzed. Early in the morning, when he was going to Tianjiying, Jiang Ruan looked at him and took the initiative to help him sort out the folds on his sleeves.

Xiao Shao was slightly startled. Although Jiang Ruan is very close to him now, except for the small things like trying to figure out the human heart, he has always been informal in other places. Such an initiative this morning made him a little flattered.

“You…” He paused, saying nothing. Jiang Ruan himself is not short, but he looks extremely petite in front of Xiao Shao. She raised her head and had to stand up slightly to get to Xiao Shao’s collar. Xiao Shao looked down at her, she seemed extremely serious, so Xiao Shao’s expression gradually softened, and even her eyes overflowed. Unnoticeable tenderness.

Jiang Ruan arranged it, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw Xiao Shao staring at her closely. The young man’s eyes were already good, extremely deep and bright, his eyes were cold, his complexion was extremely pale in daily life, but he looked so carefully. When I am a person, I only feel that the beauty is dizzying. It seems that all the romance in the world is reflected in the gentle brows and eyes like autumn water. Beauty is deceptive. Even if this person is her pillow, Jiang Ruan sometimes sees absent-mindedly. She often thinks that there is probably nothing in the world that Xiao Shao can’t do, as long as he is willing to use beauties. count.

For example, at this moment, Jiang Ruan looked at Xiao Shao, who was close at hand, in a daze, but did not see that there seemed to be a sly flash in the young man’s eyes. Then, Xiao Shao bent his head and lightly pecked at the corner of her mouth.

“Ahem,” Jiang Ruan regained his senses suddenly, feeling a little annoyed that he was dazzled by beauty just now, and he didn’t know what to say about Xiao Shao’s sudden behavior. After a long while, Xiao Shao glared at Xiao Shao, then stepped back and said, “Someone is there.”

Tianzhu had already had great eyesight and turned away at the same time. They seemed to be still laughing. Jiang Ruan was helpless, but Xiao Shao touched her head and said: “I’m back early, I’m fine today, I’m back early. , You can go outside for a walk.”

Xiao Shao still had time to walk with her during her busy schedule. Jiang Ruan naturally agreed and said with a smile: “Okay.”

He didn’t say anything, turned around and walked out. Forsythia smiled and said: “My uncle and the young lady have a really good relationship, so what is said, I only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals. I don’t think the books sold in that bookstore are so natural-made.”

Luzhu also laughed, and when she smiled, she was a little confused, thinking about her and Jin Er’s affairs but felt a headache. Jin Er has already explained the matter to her and apologized to her. The anger in Luzhu’s heart has already disappeared. She is not an unreasonable person. For Luzhu, Jiang Ruan is always the first place. She is absolutely loyal to her master. Therefore, Jin Er is not only for the entire Jinying Palace, but also for Jiang Ruan, she naturally has no complaints. Dewzhu has a broad heart and has never been entangled in this matter. It’s just Jin Er… She looks a little sad, but she can’t pass the hurdle in her heart, as if there is always a gap, she refuses to say it.

Just thinking about it, but Steward Lin came in, holding a pile of account books in his hand, looking at the appearance of Jiang Ruan and the others about to go out, but was startled, and asked: “Young lady is going to leave the house?”

“Go into the palace.” Jiang Ruan smiled: “Let’s put the account books on the table. I’ll continue to look at it when I look back.”

Steward Lin responded, but Dewdrop looked at Steward Lin a little dazed, as if she was thinking about something. After a while, she suddenly slapped her hands and smiled: “I’ll just say why it looks different today. Steward Lin looks a lot younger. Even the wrinkles on the face are lighter, and they seem to have become whiter? Did Mrs. Lin apply rouge?” Dewdrop said, he was going to grab Mrs. Lin’s face: “Which shop is this rouge? That’s good. Yes. By the way, it’s not that Steward Lin has fallen in love with which sister, so she dresses herself up like this? Hey, if she has fallen in love, how can I tell you?”

A series of dewdrops popped out, and Steward Lin was choked by what she said. He paused and said: “What the stinky girl is talking nonsense! I told you a long time ago that the old man was also a beautiful man who was suave and suave. It’s an old man. What kind of rouge, the old man is also a big man, do you need those? That’s a natural beauty that is hard to give up!”

Dewdrop stuck his tongue out, grinning and didn’t say anything to him. But Jiang Ruan looked at Steward Lin carefully after hearing this. Sure enough, Steward Lin looked much younger today. Although this change is not much, it still gives people a bright feeling. Jiang Ruan knew about the past of Steward Lin, thinking that Steward Lin’s original appearance should have been sighing, but the beauty of the world is bony, and the appearance is nothing more than Poirot. Since Steward Lin can give up the skin that everyone chased after the death, it is obviously also A blade of great wisdom deserves encouragement.

Her thoughtful gaze fell on Steward Lin, but Steward Lin couldn’t help but get goosebumps. She only felt that she didn’t know what Jiang Ruan was thinking again, and she couldn’t help but feel a little guilty, so she quickly said something. The sentence went out to Jiang Ruan Beima.

When Jiang Ruan arrived in the palace, they first went to the Empress Dowager Yide of Cining Palace to sit down. The Queen Mother Yide still looked as vigorous as before, but she could no longer hide the vicissitudes of life. The woman who used to stand upright in the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the previous dynasty finally showed her old age under the ravages of the years. Now that the emperor is seriously ill, the Empress Dowager Yide must forget the fact that she is a mother. The first thing to do is to appease the officials and purge the harem. The huge wave that took the protagonist was concealed under the calm surface. It is impossible for the Empress Dowager Yide to not know, and it is not easy to maintain the overall situation under such circumstances.

Jiang Ruan did not have much affection for the Queen Mother Yi De. When he first approached her, he just wanted to use the Queen Mother Yi De to improve his identity. But now the situation is different. The Empress Dowager Yide is Xiao Shao’s grandmother. Even if she did something at the beginning, she did not force Xiao Shao to do anything from now on. And Jiang Ruan’s side attack also clearly saw the attitude of the Empress Dowager Yide, she would not let Xiao Shao sit in the position of the emperor.

Jiang Ruan and the Queen Mother Yide spoke for a while, and then they went to Xuanpei’s palace. Now the whole dynasty knows that Jiang Ruan and Xuanpei have a deep relationship. What kind of feelings came from a half-achieved sister and brother? Everyone should understand that it is all Jiang Ruan on behalf of the Jinying Palace on Xuanpei’s side. Today, when she enters the palace to Nanyuan, she is bound to have a lot of eyes looking at her in secret. Jiang Ruan knows, but this is exactly what she wants to achieve.

As soon as he entered Nanyuan, Xuan Pei was still practicing calligraphy. Seeing Jiang Ruan coming over, he was a little surprised, and then overjoyed. He immediately threw away the pen in his hand and greeted him: “Mother… Princess.”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly. The people in Xuan Pei’s hall were all his own, but it was a bit obstructive. Xuan Pei waved his hand to let everyone else go out. Jiang Ruan also asked Forsythia to guard outside the door, and first sat down with Xuan Pei.

Xuan Pei was a little pleased. He hadn’t seen Jiang Ruan for a long time. He was naturally very happy when he saw Jiang Ruan, but he asked out of his mind: “Why don’t the mother and concubine come to see me? Recently, the palace has been very lively. Every day there is fun to watch. I thought that my mother and concubine would definitely take advantage of the opportunity to watch the fun. But in the end, I couldn’t wait for anyone. But the King Jinying would come uninvited occasionally when he entered the palace. How can I walk in Nanyuan at will!” At the end of the speech, there was already an angry expression in his tone, and he was obviously extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Shao. Xuan Pei and Xiao Shao are indeed a pair of enemies. Jiang Ruan doesn’t know why Xuan Pei would stand up against Xiao Shao, but when he was a child, he smiled and said: ” I’m afraid it will cause you trouble. After the emperor became seriously ill, I thought you were not doing well. He didn’t trouble you, did he?”

“He” naturally refers to Xuan Li. The mother and the son know well. Xuan Pei raised his eyebrows and said with a frown, “Where does he dare to trouble me? He is a tortoise with a shrunken head, and now he can’t wait to close himself up. At this critical juncture, he won’t make anything wrong, even if I spit on him now, he also wants to say that brothers, friends and brothers will not blame me.”

Jiang Ruan: “…”

Xuan Pei didn’t consciously speak with some banditry now, and didn’t know who he was learning from. Jiang Ruan’s gaze drifted to the bright moon standing aside unconsciously. Although it is stated that Xiao Shao arranged for Xuanpei, Mingyue used to be Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei was beaten in the dead. This Mingyue stayed with Xuanpei every day, and it was inevitable that Xuan would be broken. Pei. Xuan Pei’s image outside now is a noble and exquisite royal young man, who is like a bandit in a word. Jiang Ruan wondered why Xiao Shao sent Mingyue here.

But what Xuan Pei said was right. Xuan Li was originally a prudent person. It was precisely because the throne was not so upright, so he should pay more attention to the words of outsiders. So he won’t let people leave any handles. At this time, he has to make a Mingjun’s posture, even if he really wants to move any hands or feet, he will never dare to come in Mingli to make the movement too big.

Xuan Pei looked at Jiang Ruan, suddenly remembered something, and said: “Mother concubine, you came to see me today, did something happen?”

“Peier,” Jiang Ruan retracted his thoughts and looked at the young man in front of him: “Do you want to be the emperor?”

There are so many eyes and ears in the palace. It is a bit too bold to say this so grandly, but Jiang Ruan is not worried, just because Xuan Pei is no longer the stupid and clueless Xuan Pei in the last life, this Nanyuan’s defense It can be described as dripping water. After Jiang Ruan finished speaking, he stared closely at Xuan Pei’s eyes.

Xuan Pei was startled slightly, then lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said: “Mother…I…I want to be the emperor.”

“Good.” Jiang Ruan nodded. Xuan Pei was taken aback again, and looked up at Jiang Ruan. He thought Jiang Ruan would be angry or had other expressions, but he never expected that she was so peaceful. Because the previous life was in the palace, Jiang Ruan and he experienced too many painful things, and the source of everything was just human desire. Now he wants to be an emperor because he wants to become stronger. Perhaps only then can he protect the people he wants to protect and completely bring Jiang Ruan under his wings. However, in the eyes of outsiders, he was just for his own ambitions and selfish desires. Xuan Pei did not dare to think about what Jiang Ruan would think of him.

But Jiang Ruan just replied with such an understatement, and he didn’t even say a word of denial. Xuan Pei looked at her bewildered and said, “Mother concubine, aren’t you angry?”

“Everything in this world, if you want it, get it, if you can’t get it, fight and grab it. But Peier,” Jiang Ruan looked at him: “What you want, I will fight for you. .”

When Xuanpei’s eyes were hot, he almost shed tears, but he knew he couldn’t cry. He is already an adult now, and he can’t worry about Jiang Ruan’s hesitation and ignorance like the previous life. He gritted his teeth and forced his tears back. The love in this palace is cold and warm, and people go to the cold. Someone in the world tells you: I will fight for you for what you want. This is a difficult sentence.

Concubine, what you want, I will also fight for you. Xuan Pei secretly said in his heart. Hearing Jiang Ruan’s voice came again: “So Peier, can you tell me, where did you hide the imperial edict?”

Xuan Pei was startled and looked at Jiang Ruan with some bewilderment. With just one glance, he knew that he couldn’t hide the information he wanted to hide. He was surprised and said: “How did the mother concubine know?”

“It just depends on your plan. Your arrangements in the DPRK have always been close. They have always been offensive, but they have slowed down these days. It is impossible for Xuanli to change your mind. I know you have an idea. The child of, once you know what you have in your heart, you will continue to do it. If you want to come to this life, your goal is that position from the beginning.” Jiang Ruan paused before continuing: “And the subordinates of Xuanli killed a few days ago. After Grandpa Li, I think about it all because of the imperial edict. But if the imperial edict appoints you as the prince, you are so unsure about where it is necessary.”

“Peier, it’s not your name on the imperial edict, but Xuanli doesn’t know it, right?” Jiang Ruan asked calmly.

Xuan Pei looked at Jiang Ruan’s gaze. His predecessor Jiang Ruan always looked at him tenderly, with unhesitating care and love in his eyes. Now the woman in front of her is reborn in this life and will no longer be cowardly. She was warm and cold, but only when she faced him, she was as gentle as ever. Even though there was a bit of sternness in this gentleness at this moment, Xuan Pei knew that he couldn’t lie to Jiang Ruan, and he couldn’t hide anything.

“Yes, it’s just that the mother concubine is only half right.” Xuan Pei whispered: “The imperial edict of the father really clearly stated that I was the prince, but…” Xuan Pei gritted his teeth: “He Two imperial edicts were made.”

Jiang Ruan was surprised. She asked, “Who is the name of the other imperial edict?” At this point, she was surprised to guess who that person was, as if all the original doubts were streaming at this time. Chenghe, form a complete plan. And Xuan Pei gave out the answer without disappointment: “King Jinying, Xiao Shao.”

“So…” Jiang Ruan murmured. So far, she finally understood all the emperor’s plans. The emperor was really not as incompetent as the face, or the incompetence in the face was just pretending. Perhaps even Xuan Li had already discovered that Xuan Li had poisoned him earlier, but now he is just scheming.

But why? Why, naturally it is because Xiao Shao is gone.

Establish two imperial edicts, one with Xuan Pei’s name and the other with Xiao Shao’s name. If Xiao Shao really didn’t accept the order no matter what, he would let Xuan Pei ascend the throne to ensure that nothing went wrong. But Xuanpei’s imperial decree is not a last resort, and it will definitely not appear.

No wonder, it’s no wonder that Xuanli was also poisoned in his previous life. At that time, it was clear that Xuanli had no one to block his position in the court, but the emperor still did not show that he wanted to make him a prince. The reason was just that Because of Xiao Shao. Xuan Li sensed the intention and knew that the emperor had no intention of making him a prince, but he didn’t know the reason, so he slaughtered his brother and killed him before the emperor had time to announce the imperial decree. A clean game, ascending to the throne is a matter of course, there are no bad rumors at all.

But what he didn’t expect was that the emperor didn’t want any son to be the future prince. His eyes were always on Xiao Shao. So when Xuanli became the throne, Xiao Shao returned to the palace, and the prepared ministers took out the imperial decree, Xiao Shao removed the traitors, proved his identity, and the unification of the great cause was justified.

Now the emperor wanted to repeat the old tricks, but he didn’t expect everything to be different this time. Xuan Pei has grown into a person who can compete with Xuan Li, and Xiao Shao doesn’t want to take up this position at all.

Xuan Pei was silent for a while before saying: “Mother concubine, I’m sorry, I didn’t intend to hide it from you, but… I just don’t know how to do it.” He felt a little complicated. When Xiao Shao is the emperor, Jiang Ruan must be the queen. This is naturally very good, but Xuan Pei has a trace of unwillingness in his heart. He can’t tell why, but after working hard for so long, he has to hand it over. And he who vowed to protect Jiang Ruan could only watch Jiang Ruan being protected by others? Besides, Xuan Pei doesn’t believe in Xiao Shao at all. What if Xiao Shao treats Jiang Ruan badly after he holds the power? All these, Xuan Pei’s heart was mixed, and this made Jiang Ruan see the clue.

“Don’t worry,” Jiang Ruan touched his head: “Xiao Shao didn’t mean to be an emperor. This position still belongs to you. I will help you, and Jinying Prince’s Mansion will stand behind you.” It is a promise.

Although this possibility had been foreseen in his heart, Xuan Pei was still a little excited when this word came out of Jiang Ruan’s mouth. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at Jiang Ruan suspiciously and asked: “But mother concubine, why did the father make King Jinying as the prince?” When he saw the imperial decree, the shock in his heart was beyond words. But he looked up and down, but he couldn’t find out the reason. It seems that everything has been erased, and the disappearance is clean, and it may not even be left at all. Xuan Pei said: “Mother concubine, is it… he is also the son of the father?”

After much deliberation, it seems that this is the only one that fits the best guess. The world of the Xuan family cannot be seized by outsiders, and the emperor established Xiao Shao, it can only be said that Xiao Shao is also of royal blood. But how did Xiao Shao become the emperor’s illegitimate child? Is it possible that Princess Jinying and the emperor…Xuan Pei thought a little far away. Suddenly, Jiang Ruan slapped her head. She probably guessed what Xuan Pei was thinking, and said with an aura and amusement: “It’s not what you think, don’t think about it.”

“That…” Xuan Pei still asked.

“This is a long story,” Jiang Ruan interrupted him: “If you really want to know the reason, go to Xiao Shao by yourself, if he agrees, I will talk to you again.” Xiao Shao’s life experience does not It’s not an easy topic, but it feels a bit wrong to tell Pei Er Jiang Ruan like this. Xiao Shao will talk about it if she wants to.

When Xuan Pei heard the words, he broke his face and said: “Anything you want to ask him, does the mother concubine have to obey the three obediences and four virtues? It’s just a small Jinying king. I don’t want to know his secret. I naturally have a way. I can know.” He said stiffly.

Jiang Ruan smiled: “Well, now what I want to ask you is, where is the holy purpose, and who is the person you put next to the emperor?”

Xuan Pei was able to get the news of the imperial decree so easily, it must be because the emperor’s side raised points. Originally, Jiang Ruan thought that Xuan Pei had wooed Li Gonggong, but now Li Gonggong is dead. If it is Li Gonggong, I am afraid that the secret has been discovered by Xuanli’s person. But the person from Xuanli didn’t do anything. There is no doubt that Xuanpei’s person is not Grandpa Li at all. Who is it?

“It’s Mu Xirou.” Xuan Pei said: “Where is the holy purpose of her. Father believes her, and hiding the holy decree by her side is not suspicious.”

“Mu Xirou?” Jiang Ruan was a little surprised. The famous cold beauty in the palace, Jiang Ruan had also doubted Mu Xirou’s identity. A beautiful woman was too cold, and there must be some means to still be favored by the emperor. How could it be that simple. But later when I saw that Mu Xirou hadn’t done anything, and didn’t participate in the muddy waters of the harem at all, she was relieved, only that a woman who didn’t want to enter the palace but couldn’t help herself was holding on to herself. Just persist.

Now Xuan Pei said, Mu Xirou is his person?