MTL - Love Like the Galaxy-Chapter 98
This night of birthday party can be said to be enjoyed by everyone.
The emperor walked to Changqiu Palace with the half-drunk queen, Ling Budo supported the slightly drunk young businessman and wanted to run to his own mansion, but halfway was stopped by the smart and discerning emperor, who slashed abruptly Open two people. So Ling Budo retreated and asked for the next best thing, saying that he could live in the old room he used to live in before Changqiu Palace, but the emperor still refused and ordered Shaoshang to sleep in Changqiu Palace, Ling Budo went to the Nangong to sleep in the outer hall, and The imperial envoy Zuo doctor Chu, who is on duty tonight, is accompanied by the old man Chu.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, in fact, the minister and the young merchant have been reconciled." Ling Budo looked solemn.
The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey, have you quarreled with Shaoshang? I don't even know."
Ling Budo bit his lip, showing his dissatisfaction with his eyes, the emperor turned a blind eye, and waved his sleeves away in a smart manner.
When Ling Budo wanted to keep the young merchant in the palace, he wouldn't just tell the emperor that my fiancee and I quarreled. Learn to move up every day. Although the emperor didn't know what was going on at that time, he deliberately pretended not to know at all, and responded with one bite.
The Fifth Prince couldn't help peeking here, his expression rather ambiguous. Shao Shang didn't know how many people saw the scene when she rushed towards Ling Budo just now, but the fifth prince was exactly what it meant, and according to this man's mouth covering the field, it is estimated that half of the court in the morning tomorrow will know Ling Buxuan. Suspect and his fiancée kissed at the Queen's birthday banquet.
Shaoshang hurriedly informed Ling Budo about the matter before parting ways, but Ling Budo said, "So what?" Shaoshang nervously said, "It's about my reputation, when the time comes, others will They all say that I'm being disrespectful."
"How can this little bit of behavior be considered indecent? Otherwise, wouldn't the second prince and concubine commit suicide by hanging."
transparent. In the whole hall, only the princess was sour. In fact, in the second half of the birthday banquet, everyone indulged in some indulgence. The prince and concubine of Ruyang and Mrs. Qianhou were drinking with their husbands-in-law.
Shao Shang was a little helpless: "It's not a good reputation after all."
Ling Budoubt said: "A courtier wants a reputation because he wants to continue to be an official, a businessman wants a reputation for a prosperous business, and a little girl wants a reputation to marry a good son-in-law... You already have me, and you still need it. What kind of reputation do you want, you have seen a married lady who cares about it."
Shao Shang felt that he couldn't communicate with this man, so he shook off his hand and chased the emperor to Changqiu Palace.
The older princes saw this and expressed different opinions—
The prince sighed and said, "Zisheng, it's good to be a little businessman, you have to be more gentle and considerate." Like his prince concubine, she has a gentle and virtuous face, but she is actually scheming. Be careful, everything is someone else's fault, even if she is wrong, it is forced by someone else.
The fifth prince remembered his experience of being trapped, and wanted to express his negative opinion: "My brother thinks..."
"People's destiny is destined, like his princess, the family background is good, beautiful, bright and capable, even if he eats a concubine and a little vinegar, he will be cute. With a procrastinating temperament, it would not be such a blessing to cast ten more births!
The fifth prince remembered that the second prince and concubine had always treated him and Xu Meiren very well, never discriminating, and wanted to express a positive opinion: "little brother is very praised..."
Concubine, everything in the backyard is managed by professionals, how harmonious and peaceful.
The fifth prince was a little afraid of the third brother, and hurriedly said: "The third brother's words are very..."
The fourth prince just came back from vomiting by the wall, and when he heard this, he immediately said: "Third brother, you don't want to marry a wife, but I think so. The mother and concubine think about the order of elders and children, isn't it? Delay me!" Some people are interested in the Quartet, some people are interested in marrying a wife and having children, and everyone has their own aspirations.
The fifth prince felt the same way. If the third and fourth princes did not marry, when would it be his turn: "Who said no..."
"I'm bothering your Royal Highnesses with the trivial matters of caring for the ministers." Ling Budo said with a blank face, "But..." He cupped his hands to the prince and said, "Your Highness, the means of empathy should also be used separately, ministers. I thought it would be better for you to use less."
The prince remembered the trouble the Crown Princess caused Ling Budo, and immediately shut up.
"Second Highness, I heard that people's luck in life has a certain number. If you are lucky in one place, you will be unlucky elsewhere. Your highness's wife luck is unmatched in the imperial court. , but something else..."
The second prince's face turned green: "What else?!" These words are all farts, the father is not sitting on the beauty of the country, double the blessing!
Ling Budo ignored him, turned his head and said: "Three Highness, the Master Shangguan once sighed and said that in life, don't do too much, and talk less. People are entangled in joy and anger, how are you doing?"
The third prince sneered again and again: "You still don't know if your heart is safe, so come and entertain me. Well, if there is a day, every time you have a child, I will give you a hundred taels of gold. !"
"That's what it says..."
"No, no, it's not fair." The fourth prince shook his head and shouted, "The third brother made a bet, but Zisheng never made any bet. how?"
Ling Budo raised his eyebrows: "Fourth Highness, when His Majesty mentioned the marriage of the minister a few days ago, the minister also advised that we should choose the prince and concubine for the fourth highness first, and the third prince might as well wait to meet him. Let’s talk about it. Now, it seems that this is superfluous.”
"..." The fourth prince turned his head: "Then what, prince, third brother, it's late at night, let's go back quickly."
The second prince was furious: "I am also your brother, why did you miss me alone?!"
The Fourth Prince pretended not to hear.
The prince shook his head and smiled.
. After all, he is going to get married. In the future, he will find that life is not only about tempering and suffering, but also joy and affection - the prince secretly feels happy for Ling Budo.
Afterwards, he took the angry second prince and left first, the third and fourth princes and Ling Budo left in different directions, leaving only the fifth prince standing alone in the cold wind in the middle of the night .
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In the early morning of the next day, Bo Xi was not yet bright, and the maids and eunuchs were working with lanterns in the indigo fog. Go, took a few steps, turned back hesitantly, "Are you really going?"
Zhai Li said: "You slept well just now, and I woke you up. If you don't bring me, I will call you."
Shao Shang had no choice but to bring her.
When serving the queen, getting up and dressing up, the queen caught a glimpse of Zhai Ruo snickering from time to time in the mirror, and couldn't help but ask the reason.
In the palace corridor, I met Shao Shang who went to start today's lesson in front of the queen, Zhai Li couldn't help but ask: "It's already bright, why hasn't there been any movement yet? Your arrangement doesn't work. "
Shao Shang lowered his voice: "Don't worry, I am very sure about those arrangements..." She has used it many times in her past life, from the original version of the board brush to the later serial foot wash, She hasn't taken a course in engineering mechanics yet, so she can't learn this kind of mischief without a teacher.
"Besides, it just so happens that they all live in the same house, isn't it because God wants me to take revenge!" This is not a coincidence, since those little **** like to hang out in one place, they are obviously very good on weekdays , naturally willing to live in one place.
Zhai Li smiled and nodded.
About whether it was extremely peaceful, Shaoshang came to the inner hall with a heavy bamboo scroll, who would have guessed that the queen told her with a smile that she could go back to the palace today. Shao Shang was overjoyed, and repeatedly asked, "Is it really golden? Is it steamed?", almost stunned the queen. After learning that it was the queen who had already agreed with the emperor, she was so happy that she didn't know what to do, so she had to grab the queen's hand. kissed.
The queen was laughed at by the little girl, and laughed and scolded: "As soon as I heard that I went home, I was so happy, and I thought I was here in the Longtan Tiger's Den. I don't know how many people outside are crowding their heads and wanting to enter the palace. Come!"
Shao Shang held a small fist above his head and repeatedly pleaded guilty, just saying that he missed his parents and siblings.
reconciled!"
"If you have the guts, tell your Majesty this, and you will know that you are playing tricks in front of me." The queen tapped the girl's soft tofu-like forehead with her index finger, "Yesterday when I didn't see you and Zisheng In one situation, it's sweeter than caramel."
Shaoshang blushed and said stubbornly: "You don't know how arrogant Master Ling is, relying on His Majesty's support..."
Before she finished speaking, there was a mess of footsteps and shouts from outside. I couldn’t wait for the palace maid to report, and the five princesses who were furious had already rushed in, standing at the door and pointing at Shao Shang Da Curse: "You little bitch! Bitch! I'm going to kill you!"
The queen's face sank suddenly, and she slapped her palm on the desk: "Nie Barrier! What place do you think this is, how dare you shout in Changqiu Palace!"
Seeing that the biological mother's face was not good, the fifth princess immediately stepped forward and knelt down, bowed to the ground with her forehead, and repeatedly said that she was reckless, and then quickly explained the reason.
It turned out that the group of little girls she brought were tired and lazy, and slept until the light of day before getting up. Who would have guessed that they had just pushed the door out and walked in a corridor built by ivy when suddenly the top of their heads suddenly Hula la spilled a large amount of feces.
On the corridor, at one end of the corridor was the residence of the little girls, and at the other was a small door with firewood doors. She blocked the small door of Chai Fei with the door bolt. The little girl who arrived first couldn't open the door, so she called for other girls to come and help. Only when several girls came over and pushed the door together, did she push the Chai Fei open. At this time, the trigger was triggered, and the dung water fell from the sky, like rain.
In this way, even if it doesn't necessarily hit everyone, most of them won't be able to run.
The five princesses were extremely indignant, thinking of the mocking and contemptuous eyes of those who served under Concubine Shicai Yue, and felt that their face had been played clean, clenched their fists and beat the ground, accusing forcefully: "Mother, they are children. The one brought into the palace by the minister, who has done a good job of dancing for his mother’s longevity, is now faced with this humiliation! You can kill a scholar and never be humiliated.
The queen restrained herself from going to see Shaoshang, and said motionlessly: "Oh, so you mean that they are going to commit suicide when they get some gold juice. Even if they want to commit suicide, you come to me to do it. what."
The five princesses choked for a while, and then said loudly: "Mother! This is what Cheng Shaoshang did. I have asked the people in Longyuan, and they said that Cheng Shaoshang will not go to dawn this morning. Go over there!"
"Well, did anyone see Shaoshang go to settle Jinjue?"
"Even if no one sees it, who else is there except Cheng Shaoshang! Queen Mother, do you want to cover up Cheng Shaoshang?" The fifth princess had a sharp voice, wishing she could kill Shaoshang with a hammer.
"Your Highness, dare to ask." Shao Shang suddenly said, "Why must it be me, why should I spend so much time doing this trick."
"Because they pushed you the day before..." The fifth princess bit her lip. If she really said it, Cheng Shaoshang would not only be innocent, but she would also treat those little girls. sin.
Shao Shang looked at the princess with a half-smiling smile: "His Royal Highness, I have never had any grudges with those young ladies in the past. It's so good, why should I hurt them. It can't be because of me in the morning. Once you have been to Longyuan, you insisted that I did it, this is not convincing!"
The Fifth Princess's eyes were grim: "Send you to the Tingwei Mansion, and everything will be recruited within three hours! You can still be proud then..."
"Get out!"
The queen suddenly became furious, got up and threw the pen holder forcefully, "Get out of me! Get out of my Changqiu Palace, get out of the North Palace, and go back to your princess palace! If you If you still want to keep a little bit of mother-daughter love, just get out of here!"
The five princesses touched the hurt arm in disbelief: "Mother!"
The follow-up Zhai looked wrong, and hurriedly instructed the palace maid to step forward to help the fifth princess, pulling her to 'please' her out, the fifth princess slowly stood up, gloomy Glancing at Shaoshang: "You wait for me!"
The first unspoken rule of the palace, if it is not an urgent matter, the queen and the concubine Yue will try to avoid seeing each other - everyone in the hall looked at each other, and Zhai was completely confused, the queen sat back slowly, only a few Shang Cong noticed a strange smugness and joy on the face of the Fifth Princess.
Concubine Yue stepped forward with a sullen face, followed by many tall maids and eunuchs, and the last one who came in was actually Ling Budo. Different from the dignified expressions of others, he is no different from usual, and he is still quiet and indifferent. Shaoshang looked at him, and he smiled gently, as if to comfort her not to be afraid.
Concubine Yue did not sit after entering the palace. After hurriedly bowing to the queen, she said, "Please move your car and take a look outside the palace."
Seeing her serious expression, the queen helped her up and quickly walked to the outside of the hall. She saw a stretcher covered with white cloth in the courtyard. The shape of a human body was vaguely visible on it. A corpse.
She seems to have been dead for a long time, her body is stiff, her limbs are twisted, her hair is loose and her clothes are torn. The emerald golden shawl is especially terrifying because her eyes are wide open, her face full of shock and resentment.
Seeing the golden shawl, Shaoshang's heart sank, he quietly took a step back, and gave a few words to a familiar little palace maid beside him. The little palace maid nodded and took advantage of everyone's surprise. Run away quickly.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, the fifth princess hurried forward and said loudly: "Cheng Shaoshang, you can't deny it now, if I remember correctly, this golden shawl was given to you by the queen mother. Yes, I saw you wearing it at the palace banquet two months ago. Your life is at stake, and now I can send you to the Tingwei Mansion. You have to enjoy the various torture instruments in the Tingwei Mansion..."
"Your Highness, don't be impatient." Concubine Yue interrupted coldly, "The corpse can't run away, and neither can people run away, the princess doesn't need to convict people in such a hurry!"
The five princesses said proudly: "Empress Yue, this is the Changqiu Palace, not your territory. My mother didn't say anything, so why did you join in the fun? Now the certified evidence is there..."
"No rules!" Concubine Yue scolded unceremoniously, "Don't say Empress's Changqiu Palace, it's His Majesty's Mingguang Palace, I can say whatever I want! If you don't believe it , I'll drag you to face the saint, and see if I can't tell you what you are!" As he spoke, he was about to call someone to drag the Fifth Princess.
The five princesses felt weak for a while, and went to the queen for help:
"What is it called! When you disliked the Queen's control, you fled far away to the Princess Mansion to be happy and happy, but you didn't see your filial piety in front of your knees. When you asked the Queen to support you, remember to call it 'Mother Queen'! Today I will teach you One lesson, keep your eyes on your mouth, open your eyes before opening your mouth, and see if the person in front of you can be offended or offended!" Except for the occasions where she needed to act, Concubine Yue didn't know the word 'forbearance' in her life.
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Concubine Yue scolded her for being the fifth princess, waved her hand to let the palace servants push down, then raised her jade arm and asked the queen to speak in the palace. Ling Budo waited quietly, and when everyone filed into the hall, he grabbed Shaoshang and pressed her to sit beside him.
The queen's face was pale, and she slowly sat down leaning on Zhai's arm: "Sister, let's talk first."
Concubine Yue nodded and narrated succinctly: "It's not a big deal. If a shameless filth died, she framed Zisheng yesterday. It's not a pity to die. But people are dead. In my Longyuan, it was entrusted to me by the queen, so I have to make it clear."
"I caused you trouble." The queen whispered.
Concubine Yue said: "I sent the children to your palace one by one, which made you worry for many years. When I came back, the children were all white, chubby and round, smart and lively. If you say that it is troublesome, the Queen entrusted me with these, where will it go?"
The queen said bitterly: "I don't know how to teach the children. Fortunately, you brought the children back early and left them with me. If you don't know, you will also spoil them."
Concubine Yue said: "The queen should not take everything on herself. Since ancient times, there is a saying that good bamboo produces bad bamboo shoots. The ancestors of gods and gods cannot help but be unworthy of their wives and virtuous sons and filial piety. Just say Yuhou, Economical and economical, both civil and military, what a safe person. Usually, I don’t say a word under your Majesty, and I don’t take one more step. A while ago, he didn’t know how many sons trampled two people to death in his hometown. It's not the first time, and now I'm arguing with Ji Zun."
The queen nodded hard.
Concubine Yue faced the crowd and succinctly recounted what happened: "This morning was very lively, and several things happened. First, the person delivering the breakfast discovered the corpse, and then Mrs. Luo said she My personal maid has been missing since last night. She endured again and again and had to come to me. I think she is usually cautious and diligent. Now that she is about to get married, it is not good for her to be taken out of the palace. already."
Shao Shang lowered his head and clenched his right fist. Chunyao is gone, is it really 'missing'? Still already...
Ling Budo looked sideways at the girl, pulled her clenched right hand, and smoothed it.
"You're right." The Queen said, "I shouldn't have declared Jitong to enter the palace, she's about to get married..."
Concubine Yue raised her eyebrows, expressing her disapproval very clearly. She was about to open her mouth, but Ling Budo spoke in advance.
"It is obvious to all to see that the empress has been kind to Mrs. Luo and the family of Luo over the years. I hope she will persuade the fifth princess well, shift her heart and nurture her nature...something to do. Don't worry if it doesn't happen, this time for the Empress' birthday banquet, what's wrong with asking her to help?"
The queen looked at Ling Budo with all her satisfaction, and moved her fingers less, and gave Ling Budo a hand back.
The fifth princess wanted to speak several times, but held back because she was afraid of Concubine Yue.
Concubine Yue continued: "Actually, the corpse was discovered very early, when the palace servants went to deliver breakfast, but I asked people to keep quiet, and secretly called for an autopsy."
"The cause of death was the wound on the throat, a fatal blow, and at least four hours, maybe five or six hours when it was discovered. I can also see this thing, the dead man You can see it as you see it.”
"Because of this woman's misbehavior and slandering Zisheng, I have locked her up since the day before yesterday. I want to wait until the empress' birthday banquet before committing the crime. At that time, the woman was fine. Based on the time when the body was found this morning, four to five or six hours back, that is to say..."
"In other words, Cheng Shaoshang sneaked into Longyuan to commit murder last night." The fifth princess finally couldn't hold back and said cautiously, "No matter what, that golden shawl is always hers."
Concubine Yue looked at her and said disdainfully: "Whose is the golden sword, not necessarily who killed it. People come and go in Changqiu Palace these two days, what's the point of stealing a golden sword? Difficult, this kind of trick is not uncommon."
The fifth princess bit her lip angrily. The 'evidence' she carefully prepared was so easily denied by Concubine Yue.
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The five princesses heard the sarcasm and said angrily: "...Maybe Cheng Shaoshang thought of this, deliberately used his golden shackle to kill people, and then refuted how he acted in this way, This escapes suspicion."
Ling Budo calmly said: "Then why didn't he use another weapon instead of his own golden shawl from the beginning, and even this suspicion is gone."
The fifth princess said loudly: "Because Cheng Shaoshang knows that if this woman dies, she will be the most suspicious person!"
Shao Shang finally felt some interest: "Oh, why is this."
"Because she slandered Eleven the day before yesterday, so you hold grudges!"
Shao Shang leaned back, feeling quite defeated.
Ling Budo looked at her and said coolly, "I don't think she has that deep affection for me."
Concubine Yue turned her head sideways and snorted, Shaoshang’s face was ashen.
After the dance was presented, Niangniang Yue immediately ordered people to close the garden and guarded the entrance and exit, and no one was allowed to enter or leave."
The pupils of the five princesses dilated slightly.
"Yesterday when the dinner was delivered at the beginning of the day, the woman was still alive; and I set off from the Changqiu Palace at three o'clock to go to the banquet. The whole banquet did not leave half a step, and everyone saw it. Stop the banquet. After that, the Yue Niangniang has closed the garden, and it is impossible for me to enter the Long Garden..."
The fifth princess said anxiously: "What about the first three quarters of the Youshi? It's more than half an hour, enough for you to go to Longyuan to kill!"
"Five sisters, why are you here..."
At this moment, a feeble voice came from the door of the hall, and everyone turned to look, only to see the fifth prince coming in gently from behind the door, and they didn't know how long they listened.
Seriously fell into the water, it was Mrs. Cheng who passed by and rescued me. So Mrs. Cheng didn't go to Longyuan..."
"You talk nonsense!" The fifth princess was furious, got up and pointed at the fifth prince, trembling all over. She glanced at Ling Budo and said loudly, "Did someone threaten you to say that?! Is it Ling Budo? He wants to exonerate Cheng Shaoshang?!"
The fifth prince said helplessly: "After I fell into the water and was rescued, I came to Changqiu Palace with Mrs. Cheng, and then set off for the banquet. I came here from Xiaojing Lake in a quarter of an hour, so when I fell into the water and was rescued, it should have been around the beginning of the Youshi Time. Everyone in the Changqiu Palace can testify. There is not much difference between whether I say it or not. Long Yuan said that he would have to walk for half an hour, but the woman at the beginning of You Shi is still alive, how does Mrs. Cheng kill people and ride the clouds like a god?" The palace was not allowed to run horses, and everyone would see the sound of the horse's hooves.
Speaking, he turned to look at Shaoshang, lowered his head and said softly: "You insisted on me coming to Changqiu Palace to bathe and change clothes yesterday, just because you were afraid that I would deny it."
Shao Shang smiled slightly: "Your Highness is worrying too much, the concubine is indeed afraid that you will catch a cold."
The Fifth Prince gave a wry smile. As a person who is determined to attract the wind and rain and watch the fun, it is the first time in his life that he can honestly expound the facts.
"It turns out..." Concubine Yue said, "The matter is over sooner than I thought."
She looked at Shaoshang again, "You are very smart, when I found the body this morning, I sent someone to report to His Majesty. It seems that there is nothing to worry about..."
Shao Shang felt his right hand squeeze for a while, and hurriedly said: "Where is it, Master Ling is here, my heart is settled." The right hand was slowly relaxed.
Concubine Yue looked at their clasped hands with a smile, turned her head and said to the empress: "Okay, the empress can handle the rest, I can't stay here for a long time, That quits."
The queen was pale and silent at this time, and thanked Concubine Yue with a forced smile. After everyone was gone, she forced herself to sit upright and said, "Zhai Yu, go to announce Da Changqiu Cao Cheng, and then go to inform His Majesty that the fifth princess is disobedient, and ask him to send someone with the servant of the Yellow Sect."
Shao Shang was taken aback. This is the second time she has heard the word 'disobedience' since she came to this world. She didn't know the power of these two words very well at first, but seeing how the brothers were in a hurry at that time, she thought that this was a very deadly crime.
The fifth princess was even more surprised than Shaoshang, her eyes widened and she shouted in a high voice: "Mother, what are you doing!"
Ling Budo spoke with a somewhat sarcastic pity, and said slowly: "Your Highness, don't you understand? From the moment I saw the corpse at the Yueniangniang, I knew it was Who moved the hand, who set the game." He paused, as if thinking of something funny, and continued, "...If this can be regarded as a 'game'."
"His Royal Highness has golden branches and jade leaves, it is impossible to do it yourself, then you have to have helpers. Just now you opened the Tingwei Mansion and closed the Tingwei Mansion. Now I will send the people around Your Highness in a circle. There will be conclusions."
"The corpse has traces of fighting, so the perpetrator cannot escape it. I have already sent people to check the time I talked here."
"In this matter today, what matters is never how to clear the charge of being a small businessman, but how to deal with the real culprit."
The handsome man whispered softly, as if he was talking about homely gossip, and his expression was gentle and elegant, but Shao Shang had an inexplicable shivering feeling, as if he smelled a faint smell of blood on the nose.
