The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 251. Dumb maid

Silver candle incense, green smoke curls, even in the remote courtyard in the capital, the fragrance seems to contain the exotic atmosphere. The woman in red was leaning on the couch, playing with a small copper bell in her hands. There seemed to be a bell from a distance. Obviously, this was a temple. The green smoke in the temple and the smoke from the incense in the room were mixed, but it was impossible to tell who was who.

Just then, someone suddenly broke in from outside, and the man in gray hurried in, and even forgot to knock on the door. The woman in red was taken aback, and then stood up and said angrily: “Bold!”

“Yuanchuan is guilty.” The man in gray quickly confessed his punishment, but immediately thought of something, and immediately said hurriedly: “Please forgive Yuanchuan for offending. I am really impatient. I dare to ask the saint. On the female?”

Now that such a big thing has happened, Qi Man naturally wants to find the imperial decree and send it to Xuanli. Who knows that he can’t find the imperial decree if he finds it from the left to the right. Anxiety naturally grew in his heart, and Yuan Chuan thought of Dan Zhen almost immediately. Dan Zhen does not contact outsiders all the year round, and is the master who has always been obeyed. Even in this place, he is by no means obedient to others. Before Qi Man came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime, Yuan Chuan hurriedly came to Dan Zhen to inquire about it.

“Yes.” Dan admitted without thinking about it.

Yuan Chuan felt loose in his heart and quickly said, “Where is that imperial decree now? Right now…”

“It was burned by me.” Before Yuan Chuan could finish speaking, Dan Zhen interrupted him. Yuan Chuan was startled, his face under the stick mask was stiff for a moment. He always talked and laughed freely before saying, “Holy girl, but really?”

“Yuanchuan, when have you been so long-winded?” Dan Zhen frowned and looked at him.

Yuan Chuan thought for a while, but in the end he didn’t say anything to Dan Zhen. I’m afraid that even if I told Dan Zhen about this matter now, Dan Zhen would not realize how serious the matter was. Now that another imperial decree has been issued, it is not clear what the contents of the imperial decree in Jiang Ruan’s hands are. Xuan Li would definitely want to find out, but in the end, if he knew that Dan Zhen was burned out by the fire, Xuan Li’s ally would be unreliable. Now that his plan is broken, who knows how he will treat Dan Zhen? Now I can only go to Qiman and explain the matter to Qiman. At least Qiman and Danzhen are both royal relatives of the southern kingdom. In front of Xuanli, there are grasshoppers on a rope, and they are not partial to others. reason.

Yuan Chuan thought this way, only hesitated, and smiled bitterly in Dan Zhen’s questioning eyes: “It’s just a small matter, and the subordinates can solve it. The saint is at ease, and you must pay attention to your own safety lately.”

Dan Zhen snorted softly, and Yuan Chuan turned and left. It’s just that Yuanchuan has not found Qi Man to make it clear, Xuan Li has already found Qi Man first.

Qi Man looked at the young man in front of him. This young prince of the Dajin Dynasty had a long-standing reputation and enjoyed a good name among the people when he was young. It seems that it has a very high status in the eyes of the emperor, but the emperor’s biography of the last emperor did not write his name, which is enough to surprise people in the world.

Is it just Xuan Li, or Xuan Pei, who is a fledgling and a hairy boy? It’s okay to deceive others, but it’s not easy to deceive Qiman. Only she knows what the emperor is thinking about. Jiangshan in this world has a good surname, but the person who sat in this position should have been Prince Hong Xi, so now he who is on the throne should also be the son of Prince Hong Xi. .

The world says that the son of Prince Hong Xi died in that war, but Qi Man knew that he was not dead. He hated Prince Hong Xi, also hated Xiang Xiaoyuan, and even the current emperor. He hated the son of Prince Hong Xi the most. That bitch and Prince Hong Xi actually gave birth to the evil seed, and she wanted to die to Xiaoyuan’s flesh and blood.

Prince Hong Xi is a smart man, he will definitely protect his son’s life. Qi Man kept his name in the Dajin Dynasty and completely changed his appearance. He even did not hesitate to be a concubine who was not favored in Shangshufu, and saved his life in the jealousy of the back house for decades. Later, she finally found Xiao Shao, so she took advantage of the old Jinying couple’s affairs, and even took advantage of the conflict between the emperor and the Jinying palace.

It is a pity that Xiao Shao’s identity has not been revealed, and he is still alive. However, Qi Man also thought it was good. Everything that Xiao Shao had thought was reversed. The world he was staying in was all a false lie. Not everyone can bear the truth, especially when they lose everything overnight and carry a stigma on their backs.

But what I didn’t expect was that Xiao Shao had subdued Jin Yiwei. Qi Man was poisoned with hatred, but then he slowly figured it out. Rather than throwing grass and scaring the snake now, it would be more painful to wait for Xiao Shao to get everything before losing everything. What she didn’t expect was that Xiao Shao actually stayed with Jiang Ruan. Jiang Ruan is a scheming woman. At the beginning of Shangshu Mansion, she looked at the Ji concubine fighting in the mansion as an outsider. Jiang Ruan has come to this point step by step. If it weren’t for her relationship with Xiao Shao, Qi Man originally felt that he would still appreciate Jiang Ruan’s unscrupulous temperament.

The emperor originally wanted to stand Xiao Shao, but I don’t know why he became Xuan Pei. Xiao Shao’s identity Qi Man didn’t intend to tell Xuan Li, but Xing Li’s question at the moment, she just smiled and said, “His Royal Highness. If you ask me to come and ask for sin, you will find the wrong person. We can only find an imperial decree, and the imperial decree in the palace is not what we did.”

“Where is that holy purpose?” Xuan Li said coldly. Xuan Pei’s imperial decree has made him faceless and has become the laughing stock of the entire Dajin court. Those who decided to follow him now look at him with strange eyes in secret. More and more people began to choose to go to Xuan Pei, as if Xuan Pei became the rightful heir to the throne, and some of them were just like bright, broad roads. Now Xuan Li just wants to figure out what’s going on.

Qi Man’s expression moved slightly, and even then he smiled and said, “That imperial decree is actually not important. Shouldn’t it be Princess Hong’an that your Highness should ask now? In fact, your Highness also understands that we were fooled by this matter, Hong’an. The princess did it deliberately. And she succeeded.”

Since Xuan Pei still had an imperial decree in his hand, Jiang Ruan’s act of holding an imperial decree out of the palace was almost a shock. It made people to take Xuanpei in the palace lightly, and then when Xuanli was most proud of it, he gave him a fatal blow, and his face was discouraged. This is Jiang Ruan’s mind, she planned from the beginning, she is the bait, in order to completely attract Xuanli’s gaze.

Xuan Li; the expression on his face changed uncertainly, suddenly opened the curtain and strode away. After Xuanli left, Qi Man’s face gradually sank, and she suddenly put on her coat, turned and walked out.

Jiang Ruan was sitting at the table on the couch, reading the book leisurely. The place below her chest was blocked by the table, but she couldn’t see her belly that was becoming more prominent. But although the generous clothes can cover one or two, but the face is getting plump. She sits here every day and reads a book leisurely, but it is just pretending that what she thinks in her heart is naturally something else.

Today she only turned two pages, and the door was slammed open. Jiang Ruan raised his eyes and saw the panicked face of the dumb maidservant, and then Xuanli’s gloomy expression.

Xuanli came unexpectedly, Jiang Ruan was slightly stunned, and immediately understood. It seems that something has happened, and Xuan Li is also coming to Laixing Shi to ask the crime. Being imprisoned in this unfamiliar place these days, everything outside is unknown. At this moment, I saw Xuanli suddenly, and then look at his look at the moment, it’s probably done, Jiang Ruan’s lips hooked unconsciously. , A glimmer of joy flashed in his eyes.

This joy fell in Xuanli’s eyes so dazzling, as if to ridicule his ridiculousness. He walked towards Jiang Ruan step by step, full of pressure, like a ferocious beast facing his prey. He walked to Jiang Ruan’s table, put his hands on the table, looked down at Jiang Ruan from top to bottom, and suddenly sneered: “The princess has done a good job. It seems that these days are a little more rounded.”

“The Buddhism situation is a good place for self-cultivation. If you feel relieved, everything will be fine.” Jiang Ruan answered with a smile.

A vigilance flashed in Xuan Li’s eyes: “Do you know what this place is?”

“It’s not hard to guess.” Jiang Ruan also smiled: “But even if I can guess, I can’t go out. Doesn’t Your Highness understand this better than me?”

Xuanli looked at her volatilely. Among the women he had seen in his life, this woman was the most cunning and difficult to deal with. This place was Qiman’s base camp, and no one could find it. It is already very suspicious that Jiang Ruan can guess that it is the temple. Who knows if she has a chance to inform Xiao Shao’s people. Although Qi Man made his promises, how could Jiang Ruan be the one waiting to deal with it?

However, he was obviously not here today. Xuanli looked at Jiang Ruan and asked with a sneer: “You deliberately lured me into that imperial edict.”

Jiang Ruan smiled lightly.

This smile instantly hit Xuanli’s most irritated mind. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Jiang Ruan’s neck. His hands were broad and powerful, and Jiang Ruanjie’s slender neck was in his palm. The palm of his hand slowly tightened, and the woman’s neck seemed to be broken in his hand. Xuan Li squinted his eyes, his eyes lingering on the beautiful and bright face.

Very strange, Jiang Ruan is a strange woman. He has seen countless women in his life, but every time he meets Jiang Ruan, he will feel a strange feeling in his heart. That kind of feeling can be felt a little bit about Xuanli, it is possessive.

He read countless beauties, it is that Nanjiang Saintess Danzhen is also an alluring beauty, but in Xuanli’s eyes, it is nothing more than a idiot with a better skin. But Jiang Ruan was different. This woman was cunning, scheming, independent, and ruthless. She had such a beautiful face. If she stood with him, she would be a good match. This woman is qualified to stand side by side with him, Xuan Li’s eyes are a little fascinated, her hands are tightly clutching Jiang Ruan’s neck, almost reaching her face.

Jiang Ruan was already unable to breathe when he was pinched, but he slowly closed his eyes. Xuan Li was taken aback and immediately let go. Jiang Ruan is still useful to keep it, and he still needs to make a deal with Xiao Shao. , Don’t die now. As soon as he let go of his hand, Jiang Ruan immediately clutched his neck and coughed. Xuanli suddenly thought of the identity of Jiang Ruan. Yes, she was the princess of Jinying Palace and Xiao Shao’s woman. This woman is smart, but she has been against herself from start to finish. She is a scourge!

“His Royal Highness may have misunderstood.” Jiang Ruan gasped for a long time and finally started to speak. She was still a little uncomfortable, so she was a little retching, and finally arrived: “That imperial decree is true.”

“What?” Xuan Li frowned.

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly. Although her face was pale because of Xuanli’s hands, she still spoke clearly: “His Royal Highness, I am talking about the imperial decree, and the imperial decree in my hand is true. At the beginning, I brought it. When the imperial decree came out of the palace, I didn’t want to be a bait. Originally, I planned to take the imperial decree away.” Jiang Ruan looked at Xuanli’s stunned expression and continued: “But your Royal Highness knows why I want to Do you take that imperial edict? Because the imperial edict is an edict, but the name on it is not His Royal Highness Thirteen, Xuan Pei. So I will take the imperial edict away.”

“Why are there two imperial edicts?” Xuan Li said coldly: “You are lying to me.”

“I don’t have to lie to you, because your Majesty didn’t make a decision before that. A shrewd person like your Majesty made two imperial edicts, intending to put both imperial edicts into the hands of a loyal cronies. The situation can change overnight. If there is anything wrong, just destroy one of them and take out the other to announce it to the world immediately. Eighth Your Majesty, Your Majesty is your father, and your father and son want to have a deep relationship. Your Majesty is a man. What temper, you don’t know.”

In Xuancheng, he was surprised and uncertain. He knew that Jiang Ruan always liked to deceive people, but the emperor did have such a temperament. The emperor was suspicious by nature and was good at doing things with leeway. The practice of leaving two imperial edicts, he did do it. But according to what Jiang Ruan said, the name of that other imperial edict…

He looked at Jiang Ruan and said in a compelling tone: “Whose name is written in another edict?”

Jiang Ruan stared into his eyes and smiled: “It’s you, Your Highness.”

What she said was light and fluttering, but like heavy iron, it smashed into Xuan Li. How could it be him? How could it be him? If it were him, wouldn’t he have kept his share of the imperial decree these days and gave Xuan Pei a chance to seize the opportunity? This is all deliberately by Jiang Ruan!

“I didn’t mean it.” Jiang Ruan seemed to see his thoughts and continued to speak: “Tao Fu Liu and His Royal Highness the Thirteenth have a teacher-student friendship. For such a scholar, he can only use emotion to influence. Liu. Tai Fu was originally a member of His Highness Thirteen, and he would naturally help His Highness Thirteen. I was thinking of bringing another imperial decree back to the mansion for destruction. As you think, once these two imperial decree come out, the world will inevitably be in chaos. I only burned one portion and left one portion. It burned the Imperial Road and left the Royal Road. But I didn’t expect that someone would take me into captivity on the way. After I came here, I also slowly I figured it out, and guessed that the person behind it is you. Since the wrong things can also achieve my goal, why not do it, so I didn’t say anything. Now looking at your highness, I I probably understand it. It seems that the edict has already been published, isn’t it?”

Xuan Li looked at the woman in front of her and said all this with a smile. She didn’t mind her identity at the moment, and even explained her plan to Xuan Li like a friend. But when I heard the centrifugation, it was like a bunch of cotton. He gritted his teeth, and secretly said that Qi Man only said that the imperial decree was true, and he didn’t think much about it. Who knew that such a thing would happen. It is Jiang Ruan’s good abacus, but he did it himself? what is this!

His expression suddenly became gloomy, and his gentle and jade appearance on weekdays was different from that of two people, and even looked a bit ugly because of the distortion. He said viciously: “So what, the imperial decree is still in our hands, as long as we take it out, Xuan Pei is not a legitimate prince. The world is mine, and it has always been mine!”

“His Royal Highness is going to be disappointed.” Jiang Ruan looked at him pityingly, but that pity seemed to contain some lively ridicule: “There is no such imperial decree anymore.”

Xuan jumped in the middle of her centrifugation, pinched her chin, and said word by word: “What did you say?”

Jiang Ruan seemed to be a little confused, tilted her head, there seemed to be a trace of innocence in those charming eyes, she said: “Didn’t the princess of Nanjiang tell you, that decree has been burned by the saint of Nanjiang? “She lowered her eyelids: “At the beginning, the saint thought it was the edict of the thirteenth majesty, but it was always going to be burned. Maybe she wanted to make you happy, so she took the initiative to do it for you. But…” Jiang Ruan smiled slightly. : “She burned it from your royal edict.”

He burned your royal edict.

Jiang Ruan’s words were suddenly far and near in his ears. For a moment, Xuan Li’s entire mind was repeating this sentence. He suddenly felt that his chest was suddenly blocked, as if all the blood on the whole body was solidified. It is clearly a spring day with warm spring flowers, but it is as cold as nine cold days. He knew that Jiang Ruan would not lie about this kind of thing. Jiang Ruan’s smile was a joy from the heart, and that imperial decree was really gone…

He let go of Jiang Ruan’s hand in despair, turned around and stumbled towards the door. When Fang stepped out, he suddenly felt a sweet throat and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the bluestone road in front of the door. But he seemed to have not seen half of it at all, and continued to walk forward.

Jiang Ruan sat back to his original position, and began to have slight colic in his abdomen. The strength in Xuanli’s hands was so strong that it still made her feel fetal. Only then did he forcibly endure such a scene with Xuanli. The imperial edict naturally did not write the name of Xuanli, but the imperial edict that adopted the throne to Xiao Shao, but only told Xuanli that it was his edict. A talent like Xuanli with extremely strong self-esteem would feel a 100,000-point blow, and more importantly, telling him that the imperial decree was burned by the saint of southern Xinjiang, and Xuanli would certainly not let the saint of southern Xinjiang. During the days when Jiang Ruan was under house arrest, I could see the clues. Qi Man and Dan Zhen’s relationship was not very good. Dan Zhen burned the imperial decree that day. Qi Man did not have time for the party at the time, but he would definitely learn the news afterwards. Qi Man didn’t even come to see her, but continued to live in peace as if there was nothing wrong. What is this for? Maybe Qiman also knows that if something really goes wrong, Xuanli will definitely find Dan for real trouble.

The relationship between a former princess and a present-day saint in Southern Xinjiang is inherently delicate. Besides, with Danzhen’s temperament, she might not recognize this princess who caused the country’s subjugation in Southern Xinjiang. Qi Man and Dan Zhen have different temperaments. They are best at hiding and forbearing. In this way, maybe Qi Man deliberately let go of the burning of the imperial edict.

The alliance between Southern Borderland and Xuanli must be broken. It would be best if Dan Zhen could be punished by Xuanli’s hand. It’s just… Jiang Ruan covered his stomach, and the sweat rolled down his forehead. There was also a trace of fear in her heart. She was Peyer’s mother in her past and present life, but Peyer was not her own. This was her first pregnancy and the first time she had a baby of her own. When she was in the palace, she had seen countless concubines who were pregnant with children, and finally had miscarriages in various ways. Of course, there are other people with ghosts in their hearts, but it also shows that children are very fragile.

Now she has abdominal pain like cramping, holding her belly with one hand, almost fainting on the ground, clenching her teeth, she is a little hesitant to call someone, if she calls like this, she can’t hide the fact that there is a child in her belly. If she doesn’t bark, if she has a miscarriage, she will never forgive herself for the rest of her life.

At this moment, she saw the dumb maid hurriedly walk in, and as soon as she entered the room, she turned her back and closed the door. She was holding a food basket that was used to deliver meals on weekdays in her hand. Then lift the lid of the food basket, and take out a bowl from the inside.

Then the dumb maid ran to Jiang Ruan, helped Jiang Ruan up, brought the bowl in his hand in front of Jiang Ruan, and whispered: “Quick drink.”

Jiang Ruan was stunned. At this moment, he couldn’t care about when the dumb maid would speak. He just looked at the medicine in the bowl, and his heart was stunned, and he immediately remembered seeing the concubines in the palace in the previous life. The picture of irrigation saffron. She looked at the dumb maid warily and said, “What is this?”

“Anti-fetal medicine.” The dumb maid looked very anxious: “Hurry up and drink it, I don’t know when their people will arrive.”

Jiang Ruan glanced at the dumb maid. The anxiety on the maid’s face didn’t seem to be pretended. She hadn’t shown anything special these days and couldn’t speak. Jiang Ruan thought it was a dumb man Xuanli they had found to serve people. On weekdays, she deliberately kept the word from the dumb maidservant, but now I think about it carefully, it seems that the dumb maidservant has never done anything to harm her. He even helped her unintentionally in many cases.

Jiang Ruan was heartbroken. She is not a person who trusts others easily, but for the child in her belly, she also has a kind of intuition, so she poured the bowl of medicine down without saying a word.

I don’t know how long it took before Jiang Ruan felt that the pain in his abdomen eased slightly. The maidservant had already cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, laid out the rest of the food one by one, and personally helped her up and sit on the chair. Jiang Ruan asked: “Are you from Xiao Shao?”

The dumb maid was startled, and shook her head.

Jiang Ruan can now see that the medicine is indeed an anti-fetal medicine. The dumb maid should have already seen that she is pregnant. It is fair to say, no matter how much she hides it, people who get along with each other will find her no matter how she hides it. It’s unusual, just those who hide in the yard to watch. In the same room, I want to hide everything seamlessly, which is also a bit difficult. It’s just that the dumb maid actually said that she was not a person sent by Xiao Shao, how could someone who was not Xiao Shao help her in this way?

“Then who are you?” Jiang Ruan asked suspiciously.

The dumb maidservant stood beside Jiang Ruan to add food and turned her back to the window. She leaned over and said with a voice that only two people could hear: “Xuanli harmed my family, and I want revenge.”

Jiang Ruan was startled slightly, but in any case he did not expect this to be the reason. She said: “What kind of hatred do you have with her?”

The dumb maid said: “My dad was doing things for Xuanli. At the beginning, things were revealed. In order to protect himself and not let anyone find out about him, Xuanli ordered the people to slaughter 93 people in my family. I was out at that time and I escaped. After a catastrophe. Ninety-three life debts, I will eventually collect them from him. After so many years of dissipating wealth, it is to seek opportunities.”

Jiang Ruan frowned: “Then why are you here?”

“I was mixed in the crowd in Xuanli Mansion, pretending to be a dumb, and when I heard that the butler wanted to hire someone to serve an important person, I picked me. Dumbs are good at doing things. I had this idea from the beginning, pretending to be dumb. Maybe I can find a chance to get in touch with Xuanli’s secret. The heavens have eyes, and finally let me wait for this opportunity.”

Jiang Ruan knew that he thought it was Xiao Shao, but he didn’t want this person, but he was a person who had grudges against Xuanli. The so-called revenge and grievances, Xuanli is also self-inflicted and cannot live, and retribution is unhappy. Picked up a bargain. Thinking of the life experience of the dumb maid, I can’t help but feel embarrassed. This person Xuanli was originally cruel in appearance and heart, and it was not the first time that he had done something to destroy the whole family. Thinking of something, Jiang Ruan asked again: “Then why are you helping me?”

“The enemy’s enemy is a friend. Whoever has an enmity with Xuanli, I will help.” The dumb maid said: “Now I am alone. Although I try my best to seek opportunities, I don’t know whether it will be possible in the end. I know you are Jinying. The princess of the palace, Jinying palace is quite powerful, and you are capable. Otherwise, Xuanli would not treat you so taboo, and even put you under house arrest like this. I know you must have a way to deal with him.”

Jiang Ruan thoughtfully said: “So, do you want to help me?”

“This place is too far away from the capital,” the dumb maid said: “Prince Xiao can’t find here, and there are people guarding everywhere, so I can’t send a message. But you are pregnant now, if you are known, you just hold it. I want to help you, so I will try my best to find an opportunity. Once there is an opportunity, I will help you escape. But you must promise me that if you escape, you must avenge my family. I’m alone and I’m too weak to do anything, you must be able to kill Xuanli.”

Jiang Ruan was silent for a moment, then said: “Yes, it’s a deal.”