The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 450

Princess Rui didn't know what happened in the East Palace and why the queen summoned her.

Moreover, she was summoned to the East Palace, not the Queen's Kunning Palace.

It happened that King Rui was not at the residence, and Princess Rui had no one to make up her mind, so she had to go by herself in the carriage sent by Su Gonggong.

When Princess Rui arrived at the East Palace, Empress Xiao followed the two lines of King Ning and Wen Linlang to find out the cause of Wen Yang's death.

Wen Yang's affairs were handled very cleanly, and even Empress Xiao couldn't find any flaws.

But sometimes, no flaw is the biggest flaw.

Concubine Rui is a concubine, Empress Xiao would not torture her, let alone she was pregnant, Empress Xiao directly asked her about the concubine and Prince Ning.

Princess Rui was at a loss: "Big brother? What's the matter with her and big brother? The man behind the rockery is her natal brother Wen Yang."

A woman's intuition is sometimes terribly accurate. Although Empress Xiao did not reveal what was going on between the two of them, Princess Rui instinctively thought of the scene behind the rockery.

I feel that the queen is referring to that kind of shameful thing.

Empress Xiao looked at her dignifiedly and gently: "Qianqian, tell me what happened from beginning to end."

Before Princess Rui could speak, Empress Xiao added, "Including your friend."

Princess Rui: "..."

As expected of a queen, you will know if you have it as soon as you make a move.

Concubine Rui did not dare to hide anything, and she said what she heard behind the rockery: "... At first I thought it was the protégé of Chen Guo, because I saw injuries on his face, and my eldest brother said not to act rashly, he went to find evidence, Later, the evidence was found, and it was found that Chen Guo's proton was innocent, and the person who met the princess privately was Wen Yang. Wen Yang asked the princess to extort money, and even behaved badly to Chunying, so he knocked Chunying out."

Chunying had already explained this matter.

It was King Ning who knocked her out.

The testimony is on point.

Chunying didn't lie, and neither did Princess Rui. Princess Rui just didn't know the whole truth.

"Mother, could it be that day..." After Princess Rui explained, a bold guess suddenly surged up in her heart.

Empress Xiao smiled lightly, and said calmly: "Is it about to give birth? Don't worry too much. I like you and the third child very much. Come to Kunning Palace when you have time."

This is the meaning of throwing an olive branch to Rui Wang and his wife.

King Rui and his wife don't have much ability. In terms of mother clan, Du Qianqian's maternal grandfather is Duke Luo, even though her mother is only the Duke's concubine,

But in the end there is a relationship.

Furthermore, what Empress Xiao couldn't figure out was that the young couple seemed to have good luck. They rescued the bridge collapse accident by mistake, and gained face in front of Liang Guo's envoys by mistake.

If something really happened to King Ning, King Rui and his wife who had a good relationship with King Ning would definitely be implicated as well. At this time, Empress Xiao stepped forward to protect the two of them, which is like sending charcoal in a timely manner.

It depends on whether King Rui and his wife are willing to take refuge in Empress Xiao.

Empress Xiao didn't get all the evidence until midnight, after which she got up and went to Huaqing Palace.

Concubine Zhuang got the news later than Empress Xiao, and she ran into Empress Xiao as soon as she arrived in Huaqing Palace.

"Queen..." Concubine Zhuang Guifei planned to ask Empress Xiao what happened to Prince Ning and Prince Ning.

Before she finished speaking, Empress Xiao raised her hand and slapped her!

Concubine Zhuang was beaten into a daze on the spot!

The two concubines have always been at odds with each other. Empress Xiao is the empress, but Concubine Zhuang has the support of Empress Dowager Zhuang and does not show any weakness in the harem.

Neither side can do anything to the other.

It was the first time that Empress Xiao refused to show Concubine Zhuang Guifei face in this way.

The palace people on the side were all terrified, and they all knelt down.

Concubine Zhuang covered her red and swollen cheeks, and looked at Empress Xiao angrily.

Empress Xiao glanced at her coldly, without shaking her fear or fear at all: "You have taught me a good son!"

After finishing speaking, he left Concubine Zhuang Guifei behind, flung his sleeves and entered Huaqing Palace.

Empress Xiao handed over the witnesses and material evidences to the emperor, and the witnesses were Chunying: "...the matter is too big, and it's just my concubine's opinion. Your majesty might as well ask Princess Rui and the sixth prince of Chen Guo, they are also very important. witnesses."

The emperor did not expect that this matter would be so involved, even the sixth prince of Chen Guo was involved.

The emperor naturally wanted to ask.

On Princess Rui's side, the emperor didn't call anymore, he called King Rui.

The prince of Chen Guo confessed to the fact that he drugged King Ning and the princess, but this time he was the one who drugged, and it was not the case in the past.

"He asked someone to kill me first, I just fought back a little, but I didn't do anything to him..." Yuan Tang muttered.

The emperor was so angry that Yuan Tang rolled his eyes.

King Ning was beaten into the wall with his head smashed, so what's wrong with King Ning?

Zhao State has Xiao Ji, Chen State has Yuan Tang, they are all shameless goods!

King Rui was also aware of what happened behind the rockery. He mistook Princess Rui for Yuantang at the gate of the palace and told him about his suspicions with King Ning.

The main reason was that the emperor was also a chicken thief, and he didn't mention King Ning at all. King Rui only thought that the emperor was suspicious of Wen Yang's death.

King Rui's feelings for King Ning are very deep in his heart, if he knew it was him, he might not speak up.

Then the emperor interrogated Chunying again.

Based on the testimony of several people and the money that King Ning and Yuan Tang gave to Chunying, King Ning's crime of adultery and murder has not escaped.

The emperor was heartbroken, and it was difficult to accept the fact that the eldest son was so ruthless.

He called Princess Ning again, hoping to get some other clues from her.

What the emperor was expecting, he could not even say.

However, he also understood that King Ning's charges were basically established.

"Do you know..." The emperor had just opened his mouth, and the silent Prince Ning suddenly said, "She doesn't know, she doesn't know anything."

The emperor cast a sideways glance at the son.

Empress Xiao, Concubine Zhuang and others have all gone to the side hall, and only him, King Ning, and Concubine Ning are left in the study.

After being a mute all night, now he is willing to speak?

King Ning knelt on the ground, lowered his eyebrows and said, "What does the emperor want to ask, just ask my son, Chu Yue doesn't know."

Princess Ning didn't look at him, the figure kneeling beside him was straight and thin.

The emperor looked at the two seriously.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Zhuang Gui and Empress Xiao are having a quarrel." Eunuch Wei quickly stepped inside and whispered to the emperor.

The emperor frowned, and said to Princess Ning, "Go back."

"Yes." Princess Ning stood up and stood aside respectfully, waiting for the emperor to leave the study before turning and leaving.

"Su Xin." King Ning stopped her, opened his mouth, and said, "That umbrella back then...was given to me by someone? Why didn't you give it to me yourself?"

Concubine Ning turned her back to King Ning, without turning her head, she smiled into the moonlight: "Your Highness, don't you even dare to say that person's name?"

King Ning choked.

Concubine Ning finally turned her head to look at him, with a self-deprecating smile on her lips, and said, "If I personally deliver it, will His Highness take a liking to me?"

Her face was much inferior to that of the number one beauty, Wen Linlang.

She often appeared in King Ning's sight, but King Ning never noticed her once. King Ning only remembered that Wen Linlang gave her an umbrella, but did King Ning know that she was in a gazebo with him before sending the umbrella? shelter from the rain.

She took the maid with her.

King Ning looked at her maid but didn't even look at her.

King Ning looked at the back of Concubine Ning who was leaving, and couldn't find his voice for a long time.

He asked himself, if she personally gave her the umbrella that day, would he have taken a fancy to her?

the answer is negative.

He is not as flirtatious and lustful as the fourth child, but it is really difficult for mediocre women to catch his eyes. It was Taifu Zhuang's idea to marry Princess Ning back then. The daughters of aristocratic families in the capital who are expensive but useless are much better.

Wen Linlang is also excellent, but one is that she is still young, two is that her family background is not enough, and the third is the most important point, she has a marriage contract with Xiao Heng.

Zhuang Taifu will never allow him to be as stupid as the prince.

Marrying a woman who has a marriage contract with others is probably not because she thinks that she is not far away from the throne.

He respects Chu Yue because she is his first wife, and this is what he should and must do.

However, when he was drugged and lying on the bed in the inn, all he could think of was the shadow of Chu Yue, so much so that when Wen Linlang regarded him as Xiao Heng and said to him, "We will live a good life in the future." ", he mistakenly thought it was Chu Yue who told him.

So he hugged "her" tightly and said to her, "Okay."

...

In the middle of the night, Yuantang came again and provided the emperor with a piece of news--King Ning did what Xiao Liulang did, and he hired people from Shuangdaomen to assassinate Xiao Liulang.

"Why did he harm Xiao Liulang?" The emperor was puzzled.

Yuan Tang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten who Xiao Liulang looks like? He was probably worried that the Crown Princess would fall in love with someone who looked similar to the young Lord Hou, so he took the lead Get rid of your rivals."

The emperor didn't think about why King Ning didn't act sooner. He has been in a mess until now, and he hasn't considered this level yet.

If it was just because Xiao Liulang looked like Xiao Heng, King Ning became murderous, so what about the real Xiao Heng?

The emperor subconsciously thought of the fire four years ago, his eyes were cold...