But he met a swollen and unfamiliar dead face.

Even if she was swollen, she could tell that it wasn't Rong Ting.

Not Rong Ting...

It was the eunuch who was bribed by Rong Ting's side, Si Ying.

Empress Jiahe staggered back a step, shook her body heavily, and almost fell to the ground.

Her eyes darkened, she lowered her head, her bead hairpin swayed, and her bun became loose.

She walked step by step to where she was today, and she also had a lot of blood on her hands, and she had seen many people die in front of her eyes.

To her, there is no difference between dying a person and dying an ant.

But this time is different.

This time, it was Rong Ting who was protesting against her.

He wanted her to know that he not only knew that she wanted to kill him, but that he had the ability to kill her again and again.

Just like when he was a child, she let the palace maid put poison-loving snacks in his palace, pretending to be poisoning mice, and trying to induce him to take poison and die.

But the boy, who was only six or seven years old, didn't die.

Instead, a few dead mice were hanging in front of her window.

Only the former was a dead rat.

Dead this time.

He escaped her calculations again and again. No matter how old he was, he had the ability to survive, which made her tremble with fear. When his wings gradually became fuller, the means she used against him would be replaced by him one by one. return.

Life is better than death.

Empress Jiahe's eyes dimmed, and suddenly she heard a deep voice, like a blade breaking through an ice layer, coming from outside the palace gate, "Before the coffin was opened, she started calling my name, why is the queen mother convinced that it was me, eh? "

She shuddered.

The nails dug into the palm of his hand, raised his eyes, and said coldly, "I didn't report to the palace staff, I just broke in, don't you remember the rules?"

No one stopped him

But when she looked up and saw the figure beside Rong Ting, she was startled.

There was a Qing Jun smile on the young man's thin lips, and a bright yellow figure stood beside him, "I came with Xiao Jiu."

The man's face was gloomy, and he was not angry and arrogant. He was Emperor Zhaowu.

...

Rong Ting was able to win Yan Nanxun's favor, and Emperor Zhaowu's face also lit up.

Yan Nanxun said that the man was too ill-tempered. He wanted to call him a grand teacher and teach his son. The Yan man was not afraid of beheading.

If he hadn't cherished his talents like his fate, knowing that Yan Nanxun had a profound knowledge in learning and was unparalleled in the country, otherwise, he really wanted to pluck the head of this surnamed Yan on the spot.

Among so many princes, there is finally a relative who can be Yan Nanxun.

disciple's.

It can be regarded as a slap in the face of that surnamed Yan.

Emperor Zhaowu felt complacent, and as soon as Rong Ting invited him, he came to see who was the one who wanted to kill his ninth son, who was so proud of himself.

Without realizing it, he approached the Splendid Palace and heard Empress Jiahe shouting "Little Jiu", so loud that it could be heard just walking outside the palace.

Howling, like mourning.

If it wasn't for Rong Ting being right beside him, he would really think that his son had an accident.

Emperor Zhaowu frowned and looked at Empress Jiahe.

Seeing her with her head lowered, her hair disheveled, her face streaked with tears, and her untidy appearance, there was a little strangeness in her sight.

Rong Ting's words just now made the strange feeling in his heart magnified to the extreme.

He also saw with his own eyes that before the coffin was opened, Empress Jiahe was calling out Rong Ting's name.

The unexpected death of the prince is a major event, and it is impossible for the palace staff to spread the wrong news.

Continuing to think about it, Emperor Zhaowu was a little shocked and a little unbelievable.

Why would his queen act like she already knew it.

Just now, Rong Ting's manner of questioning Rong Ting coldly, and her soft and gentle appearance, who would not be angry in peacetime, is a little different?

...

The coldness and doubt in Emperor Zhaowu's eyes made Empress Jiahe feel chills.

Even if her nature is not really pure and gentle, but in the queen's seat, she has learned to be pure and gentle, and she has supported her for nearly 20 years.

Today was just a momentary obliviousness. The man who had been in bed with her for nearly 20 years showed nitpicking and suspicion in his eyes?

A sarcastic chill filled her heart, but it was sad, but the moment she saw Emperor Zhaowu, her body seemed to remember, and she immediately gave a watertight salute.

The face also seemed to have a memory, showing a gentle smile, soft and generous, "Why the emperor is here, don't tell the concubine, the concubine has lost a long way to welcome."

"I came with Xiao Jiu today, and I came in a hurry."

Emperor Zhaowu frowned, "Why outside the palace, I heard you crying and shouting Xiaojiu."

When they first stepped into the palace gate, they just saw the scene of the coffin being opened.

"Why do you think this is Xiao Jiu?" Emperor Zhaowu asked again.

Empress Jiahe's heart skipped a beat, anxiety spread all over her body, there was hatred in her heart but she couldn't express it, she was still tearful, looking at Rong Ting, like a loving mother who finally found her child, "It was the palace servant who spread the wrong news. ."

Under the sleeves, his fingers clenched quietly, and he glanced at Yuying.

Yuying received her sight and hurriedly knelt down to the Empress

In front of the two, they took the blame and said, "It's all the slave's fault. It's the slave. I heard that something happened in the Shouhuai Palace, so I thought it was the Ninth Highness."

Emperor Zhaowu had a good look at his empress, but when he faced a palace maid, his face immediately collapsed, and he said solemnly: "Children of the Heavenly Family, whether it is life or death, how can it be arrogant?"

There was deep displeasure in the voice, "This palace maid, expel the palace."

Emperor Zhaowu's gaze was so calm that it was almost ruthless.

For him, sitting in the queen's seat must be dignified at all times.

He was born in a famous family, has a gentle and virtuous temperament, can take care of the harem for him, and can be dignified and imposing as a mother in a country in large and small occasions, so that he will not lose his Da Zhao face.

Fortunately, the gaffe of Fang Caijia and the Empress was not seen by many people in this small Splendid Palace. If other people see it, it will make people question the majesty of his royal family.

Emperor Zhaowu could not tolerate this erring maid by the Queen's side again.

Empress Jiahe trembled.

The news of the dead man who went to Yecheng suddenly became unknown, and Ji Momo didn't dare to use it anymore. She worked hard and cultivated Yuying for many days.

Folding Yuying is like folding half of her. wing.

She pinched the palm of her hand, endured it, and said, "The concubine understands."

Seeing that Emperor Zhaowu was angry at the moment, she kept her mouth shut.

The grievance Yuying left the palace first, and when she made Emperor Zhaowu happy one day, she asked each other for her grievances, and begged Emperor Zhaowu to let go, say a few good words for Yuying, explain what happened today, and then let Yuying come back.

It's just that Emperor Zhaowu has always been a king who rarely set foot in the harem. In recent years, have come to the harem, and often go to Concubine Yun Gui's place. Coming to her is more like coping. When can she wait for the chance to let Yuying come back?

I originally thought that Xiao Shiqi would be able to win the favor of Emperor Zhaowu when he entered Bailu Academy, but who would have killed Rong Ting halfway and came out, it seemed that Xiao Shiqi was not so good in Bailu Academy...

Thinking of this, she simply hated Rong Ting!

...

Rong Ting was sitting quietly in his wheelchair at the moment.

There is a little cinnabar red grains in the forehead, and it is red as blood when weeping.

Since stepping into the Splendid Palace, he hasn't said a word, so quiet that people almost forget his existence.

It is also so quiet that people will forget that he is the one who stirs up the situation between the emperor and the queen.

Holding the cinnabar box in his hand, he looked at his nominal father and mother.

Even if Emperor Zhaowu does now

The thing is to support him, but in his heart, it is desolate and cold.

If it was just the front, his father and emperor would not come with him.

Even if he was the one under the white coffin today, he was the most obscure one who died among the many sons.

After a few days, his father would never think of having a son like him again.

Just like the tenth prince drowned, his mother and concubine were stimulated to go crazy.

In the end, at his father's place, he ended up disturbing the dragon body and being imprisoned in the cold palace.

...

He looked at Emperor Zhaowu like a puppet for his own use.

There is no parental affection.

His expression was gentle, but his heart was full of irony.

He circled the exquisite and small cinnabar box with his fingers, and held the only obsession tightly.

...

At this moment, Emperor Zhaowu gave Si Ying a scornful look on the ground, "It's only a matter today, so be sure to investigate it thoroughly, together with the last autumn hunting incident."

The last autumn hunting incident didn't come to fruition, and Emperor Zhaowu had almost forgotten about it. Today's events gave him a wake-up call, and he had a vague guess in his heart that the two things were probably done by one person.

He cared more about his own country than Rong Ting.

If the results are not thoroughly investigated, wouldn't it make people feel that he can't even protect the child.

If the emperor's heir is killed, who will inherit his country, and how will it be passed on from generation to generation?

Queen Jiahe thought that Yuying had told her that no one saw her and Siying's correspondence last night, and felt a little relieved.

But she was afraid that the deeds would be revealed, and immediately wanted to take this matter to herself.

Rong Ting slowly opened his mouth and said slowly: "The mother has been working hard for the seventeenth brother's studies in the past few months. The eyes are dark blue, and the son is very worried."

Looking at Empress Jiahe, he was blessed with the advantage of being as beautiful as ice and snow, and the situation of sitting in a wheelchair made people feel love and sympathy unconsciously.

Kejia and the queen felt a humming pain in their heads.

Whoever listened to Rong Ting's words was not filial and sincere.

but she is not

Worrying about Xiao Shiqi's studies to the point of dark blue eyes, but he could only watch Rong Ting become Yan Nanxun's own disciple. Isn't this a mockery or a joke?

It sounds nice, but it stabs the most painful part of her heart like a knife.

"Now that the seventeenth brother has entered the Egret Academy, his studies must be even more arduous. My son can't bear to worry about his mother's affairs again. Father, let the Ministry of Justice investigate this case, and the son will follow him personally, so he won't bother his mother."

Empress Jiahe had a dignified face, but she was so angry that she was going crazy.

Why is he not in front of Emperor Zhaowu?

former complaint

He has no evidence, he dares not.

Today, Rong Ting is only a little rich, and he has never met Emperor Zhaowu a few times in total. The relationship is not far or near. In front of Emperor Zhaowu, he has to talk about evidence. But one day, when the two of them get close, and what Rong Ting says, Emperor Zhaowu will believe him, and she will be finished.

"Chen and concubine are not tired."

Empress Jiahe didn't want to make any mistakes, she wanted to take the matter on herself, and said to Emperor Zhaowu, "The concubine can start investigating this case."

"The case of Qiu Lie was investigated by the concubine. The two cases together may be investigated faster."

Rong Ting squinted his eyes, "It's been a year and a half since Qiu Li's case, and I haven't figured it out yet. It's very tricky to think about."

"No wonder my mother has so many white hairs on her temples, and it looks a lot haggard."

Empress Jiahe choked to death.

With gray hair and haggard, this is not to scold her for being old, but to make Emperor Zhaowu feel that she is already an old woman?

If things go on like this, Emperor Zhaowu treats her more and more like a courtier, rather than a woman who wants to be favored.

But no matter how angry she was, she couldn't beat and scold Rong Ting in front of Emperor Zhaowu.

Gritting his teeth, he couldn't have an attack, and he felt a deep hatred in his heart.

Rong Ting continued: "If today's case can't be found even after spending a year or two, the mother will have gray hair again, but what should I do?"

This remark immediately reminded Emperor Zhaowu.

At the beginning, Qiuhun's case would be handed over to Queen Jiahe for investigation. It was she who begged bitterly that the murderer of her child must be caught and punished severely.

But a year and a half has passed, but no one has been able to find out who the murderer is...

"In the last case, it took you a year and a half to find out anything. This time, don't intervene." Emperor Zhaowu looked at Empress Jiahe's pleading expression, and refused, "Rarely, Xiaojiu A piece of filial piety, I allow him."

Emperor Zhaowu saw that Jiahe Empress was indeed as haggard and ugly as Rong Ting said, and he comforted, "I am as anxious as you and hate the murderer. When I find out who the murderer of our children is, I will definitely be in front of you. The face, cramps and skins, and severe punishment."

Empress Jiahe's smile suddenly became stiffer.

There was a hint of shock in the bitter smile.

Cramps peeling...

severely punished...

No, she would never let the emperor find out that it was her.

"Many thanks to the emperor." Rong Ting thanked Emperor Zhaowu, looked at Empress Jiahe, and smiled, "Mother, take care of your health."

There is a deep meaning in the words, and there are sporadic smiles in the long eyes.

Degar and the Queen could not wait to strangle him directly

...

Once in front of Emperor Zhaowu, she acted like a mother's kindness and filial piety, won Emperor Zhaowu's favor and a good reputation, and she was secretly relieved.

But only today found out that this mother's kindness and filial piety have tied her like a shackle.

Rong Ting earned her reputation as a dutiful son, and she became the one who couldn't bear hatred in her heart.

...

Although Empress Jiahe ordered Yuying to be sent out of the palace, she ordered her to be sent back to her mother's house, Xu's house.

As the queen's confidant, Yuying couldn't help but feel wronged for Jia and the queen when she spoke for her family.

The head of the Xu family was dressed plainly, but wiped the treasure seal given to him by other officials with fine silk.

Hearing that her daughter was wronged in the palace, her expression immediately gave birth to dissatisfaction.

Of course he did not dare to be dissatisfied with Emperor Zhaowu.

Just dissatisfied with the performance of his daughter.

He knew that his daughter was naturally jealous and would not learn to tolerate it.

So he reminded her over and over again to know how to be gentle and to know the general situation. For fear of her making mistakes, he carefully planned behind her. When she became the empress of Da Zhao, he thought he would sit back and relax, but he didn't want her to almost make Emperor Zhao Wu angry?

Does she understand that her status is closely related to the Xu family, and she can't be careless?

...

The letter from the head of the Xu family was sent to the Queen's Palace.

The queen opened the letter, thinking that her father would give her some ideas and help her.

As a result, there was an angry curse.

After reading the whole article, there is only anger.

In exchange, sent rouge and lead powder.

Tell her to take care of her appearance.

Queen Jiahe looked at herself in the bronze mirror.

Several months of uneasy sleep and sleep, coupled with the recent incidents.

She touched her cheek, but she couldn't find the tender feeling she had when she was young.

She is really not beautiful.

She took a deep breath.

Anxiety and annoyance to death.

There was only one thought that kept her going.

When Xiao Shiqi ascends the throne, she will be the queen mother, the emperor's mother. Then the grievance she is suffering now is worth it.

...

After that day, when Huai Qing was alone in the Shouhuai Palace, he was a little scared.

Although Rong Ting never let him serve him up close, he sometimes looked at him from a distance and was quite afraid.

Not long after the replacement, there were other palace servants in the palace.

Some are martial arts, some are medical.

Huai Qing only sighed when she saw it.

Jiang Si girl not only found servants who have no second heart, but also found the most capable ones.

As for loyalty and no second heart...

…Two eunuchs died one after another in Shouhuai Palace, and the maids and eunuchs outside were secretly spreading the news that the ninth prince was cold-blooded and ruthless, and those who are serving here now dare not offend him, for fear of losing their lives, how dare they betray him.

Rong Ting was under the window, beating and beating. The newly arrived palace servant was curious and asked Huaiqing, the old man, "What is your ninth highness doing?"

Huai Qing glanced at it.

On the case, the cinnabar box was wiped like new and placed in the most conspicuous position.

The gifts from other people, no matter how rare they are, all end up in a pile of dust in the corner.

And Rong Ting was beating and beating now, as if he was making hairpins and jewelry for girls.

Huaiqing knew that Rong Ting wanted to send a hairpin to the fourth girl Jiang.

If a girl treats him so well, he must also want to give her everything she wants.

He just didn't expect that the thorns all over his body would disappear as soon as he thought of the four girls who treated others so ruthlessly.

She doesn't even have to look at people in front of her, she's just doing something close to her, and she doesn't seem to be tyrannical and mad at all.

But Huai Qing hung a six-character motto in his heart: talk less, live longer.

Briefly, "Don't ask too much."

...

The hairpin that Yecheng didn't send out, but after returning to Jinling, Rong Ting couldn't send it.

Only before, never once, had he noticed the jewelry on a woman's head.

After returning to Jinling, when saw what other people wore, felt that what others did was better than what he wanted to give to Jiang Rao.

But he wanted to give her the best, better than everyone else had.

As soon as you do it, you will be a bunch, stubbornly competing with yourself.

The table is dazzling, comparable to the jewelry shop outside.

But he was not satisfied.

The newly arrived little eunuch sighed with emotion after watching this battle, "His Royal Highness... This is a magic stun."

Huai Qing continued to be a little mute and did not speak.

But thought to self, what do you know, a thousand dollars is hard to make a beauty smile.

...

Rong Ting stayed up late for a few nights.

Egret Academy starts classes at the end of April, and he doesn't have much time to make jewelry.

After entering the Egret Academy, there are more than 20 days a month to study in the academy, and there is no time left.

Taking into account that some students from the countryside will go back to farming, the Egret Academy is only open in summer and winter. The classes were so packed that there was no time to go out.

But even after staying up late for a few days, the things he made made him dissatisfied.

Dissatisfied with the possibility that she might not like it.

He's not a woman, he doesn't know himself

Do these things women will like.

Since was a child, will only make others afraid, and the ninth prince who has never been afraid of anyone is cowardly for the first time.

They didn't dare to send gifts in person, but on the day before the academy started, they put all the hairpins and jewelry made during this period into a wooden box, and sent the little eunuch to Jiang's house and Jiang's house. Rao's hands.

In other words, "If she feels ugly and doesn't want to accept it, she can still find a place."

If she didn't want it, the pile of things he made would have no value at all.

...

At the end of April, the academy starts classes.

On the day of the class, the front of the academy was crowded with people.

The number of students who come to the academy to study is relatively small, and there are many more people on the street who want to see what this class of students looks like.

After all, many of those who entered the Egret Academy could become dignitaries in the future.

Especially this time, two princes were admitted to the hospital.

The curiosity about the ninth prince who was recruited by Yan Nan as his own disciple naturally surpassed that of the seventeenth prince.

"I heard that this ninth prince is a cripple who is not good at work."

"Even if it's a cripple, the cripple who can call Mr. Yan as his own disciple is much better than the straw bag of a woman full of wine and meat."

The Queen knew that the people in Jinling would be curious about Rong Ting, so she found someone early to mix in the crowd and say something to smear Rong Ting, lest her little seventeen's limelight be really suppressed by that cripple.

"But I think that the seventeenth prince is more powerful. When he was twelve years old, he entered the Egret Academy. This is the prodigy."

"Crippled or something, the legs are ugly and deformed, and it looks... always uncomfortable and unsightly. Even if you read a book, if you show up, won't it scare children."

"I heard that this ninth prince has a bad temper since he was a child.

The common people were being led astray. Some people heard that he was disabled, and that he had a bad personality, so he couldn't help but guess, "Then the ninth prince, he can't look like a ghost? Why did Mr. Yan accept him as his own disciple?"

Amidst the discussions, saw a fifteen or six-year-old boy, in a white shirt and a towel, sitting on a wooden wheelchair, walking slowly through this place.

His black hair was pulled up high, and when he passed through the crowd, his eyes as deep as a pool only looked forward, not even a little bit of the passers-by on both sides.

However, passers-by on both sides were attracted by this handsome young man.

This was so different from the murderous ghost they were talking about, but it was so beautiful that it was so beautiful that they didn't even dare to recognize who it was.

"What a handsome young man..."

until there is

The first person said: "The one who just passed by is the Ninth Prince, right?"

Only then did he correspond to the Ninth Prince.

They pondered the appearance of the Ninth Prince, which had nothing to do with viciousness, and when they fell in the crowd, even in a wheelchair, it was a bit of a standout.

Not to mention scaring the child, even parents holding the child pointed at Rong Ting and poked their child's two fat legs, "Look at that ninth prince, his legs are crippled, he is not too old, he can do it all. To be Mr. Yan's disciple. You have two legs, but it's good to change."

The child squeaked and swayed his legs in the arms of his parents, but his eyes kept following Rong Ting, and he was reluctant to look away and miss his handsome brother.

The admiration gradually overwhelmed the belittling.

In the crowd, a prestigious old scholar said: "Speaking of which, this ninth prince is only under fifteen years old. He is not only the first prince among his own disciples, but also the youngest child of Mr. Yan. Although the prince is also powerful, he is the only one before, the third prince, and a few other children. He also entered the Egret Academy at the age of twelve. Who is better and who is worse can be seen at a glance. Some people have healthy limbs in vain, but they have not broken right and wrong. brain."

Those who agreed with him nodded.

Only the people that the queen had arranged early on were left, and the words the queen taught them had already been said, and they were in a panic.

...

Before Rong Ting entered the academy, he glanced back.

His line of sight swept across the hustle and bustle, but he couldn't see the Jiang family's carriage.

He quickly took back his gaze, and there was no turbulence in his heart

He had mentioned to Jiang Rao that on the day the academy started, the road was too crowded, it would bump into her, so that she didn't have to come to deliver it.

At that time, she pursed her lips and looked reluctant. He thought she would not listen and sneaked over.

Now that haven't seen her anywhere, feel a little at ease.

It's just... I feel that she is obedient, and I also think that I could see her once, but I have to see her less often, and I feel a little sad that I can't explain it clearly.

But he frowned suddenly, as if he heard a sound in his ear, if he sensed it, he looked back again.

This time, he looked towards the second floor of the restaurant across the street.

...

On the second floor, Jiang Rao was holding the railing, tiptoeing his head.

Rong Ting didn't let her come, but she came secretly. He said that there were many people on the street, so she packed the second floor of the restaurant and took a peek at it.

How could she not come and have a look when she entered the academy for such a big day?

This is the letter of recommendation she asked her father to write, and his popularity today is half her score.

I heard that there are a few ugly people on the street

Calling him crippled, she found an old scholar she knew to scold those ugly people.

The old gentleman is knowledgeable and scolded really well!

...

She is enjoying herself. Unexpectedly, Rong Ting would suddenly turn his head, raise his eyes, and see her precisely.

She subconsciously felt a sense of nervousness about being caught, her head shrank down, and she blocked herself with a railing.

But through the crack of the railing, saw him smiling at her.

really got caught...

But when he saw that he didn't have a fierce expression at all, he smiled at her instead. Her subconscious fear was gone, and she stuck her head out of the railing again. .

...

She didn't listen.

However, in Rong Ting's slightly curved eyes, there was a sense of happiness that could not be hidden.

There was a smile on her clean, white and glutinous face.

The smile on Rong Ting's face unconsciously turned into a little pet.

Her smile is very clean, with two deep pear eddies on her lips, and her eyes are curved into crescents, which makes people feel good at first glance.

His eyes moved to her small head, which was shaking slightly.

See a hosta, inserted flat.into the hair.

Rong Ting's eyes darkened slightly.

What she was wearing seemed to be... the hosta that he made in Yecheng the first time.