Chapter 194
Chapter 194
The plan of witchcraft is the plan of Empress Cheng to use the Qin Tianjian to frame the imperial concubine. This is the most routine drama in the harem struggle. She intends to slander the imperial concubine and use witchcraft dolls to harm people, so start paving the way now Performance.
In Lin Qingyang's view, this task should be completed in a logical manner. After all, this plan is not Chu Lishu's plan, but just following Queen Cheng's plan. The hero doesn't have to do anything, just sit on the sidelines.Chu Lishu only pushed the conflict between the two parties to the extreme at the beginning, and then used the subdued Qintian Supervisor to monitor the development of the whole incident. After finding that everything was going well, he is now waiting for the results of the inspection.
So there is nothing special for them to do at the Qixi Festival, just watch a scene that will happen naturally.
The banquet has already begun, and Empress Cheng's uncomfortable appearance naturally attracts attention.
"What's wrong with the emperor's wife? Are you feeling unwell?" The emperor sitting on the main seat asked.
Empress Cheng raised her eyes and smiled weakly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. I do feel unwell recently, but the imperial doctor said that I am fine, maybe I just didn't sleep well."
"Since the emperor's sister-in-law is not feeling well, there is no need to forcefully attend the Qixi Festival banquet. Why don't you go back and rest." The imperial concubine's voice on the left was cold and arrogant, and she couldn't hear any emotions, but she could feel her dislike for Queen Cheng.
The imperial concubine is about the same age as Empress Cheng, but she looks slightly older than Empress Cheng. It is probably because her life is depressed, her husband is not happy, and her status is embarrassing, so she looks world-weary when she makes any expression on her face. Only when she sees her son only slightly better.
"The concubine's face is indeed not good when she sees the emperor's sister-in-law, so there is no need to force it." Concubine Pei naturally didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.
Empress Cheng lowered her eyes sadly, as if she had been bullied. "I don't force it. Seeing these faces full of flowers makes me happy."
The imperial concubine was too lazy to take a look at her, so Concubine Pei also rolled her eyes and turned her head away.
On the contrary, the Empress Dowager has a good relationship with Empress Cheng, and they are caring carefully.
Empress Cheng took the opportunity to talk about the recent nightmares, waking up every night, and often encountering strange accidents, which did not go well.
Empress Cheng was very careful in what she said, just to leave some impressions in the hearts of those who heard it, and it would not arouse any suspicion.
Concubine Mei, who had already learned the whole plan from Chu Lishu, said, "Is it a nightmare? The emperor's sister-in-law should drink more calming tea. If it really doesn't work, ask someone from the Qin Tianjian to help you see if it's a house." The feng shui inside is bad."
Empress Cheng didn't expect Concubine Mei to be so kind, and Concubine Mei's words would be more effective than her own.
But Empress Cheng still had to act inappropriately at this time, otherwise it would arouse the vigilance of the enemy.After this scene, there was indeed no reaction from the imperial concubine.
At this time, the field below has gradually heated up.
Some people show their talents, some compete with each other, and some take the initiative to challenge, all wanting to show their advantages as much as possible.
Of course, some of them wanted to avoid these troubles, such as Cao Wanying.
But it was impossible for her to avoid her fame, and soon the Queen Mother took the initiative to ask Cao Wanying.
Cao Wanying had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward to play the piano.This debut was even more powerful than Pei Qianyu who danced before and aroused applause from all the halls.
Cao Wanying was so beautiful, the man couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he saw it, the eyes of the first prince and the third prince also focused on Cao Wanying, their eyes were full of admiration.
Only Yuan Ye glanced at Jing Rouyin secretly, Jing Rouyin naturally couldn't show it, after all, when she appeared on the stage, it was easy for people to think of unhappy things.
Jing Rouyin looked at Cao Wanying for a while, and then turned her gaze to the three princes on the high platform. Seeing Yuan Ye looking at her, she smiled and immediately fascinated everyone.
And such a scene naturally fell in the eyes of Empress Cheng. Empress Cheng's face was ugly. She didn't want her son to have anything to do with Jing Rouyin.
"I still remember that Ying'er often went to the palace with her grandfather when she was a child. She has been a well-educated beauty since she was a child, and now she has emerged so gracefully and charmingly." Empress Cheng said to the queen mother with a smile: "I remember that there was snow one year, Yuan Ye took her to have a snowball fight, and in the end the little girl was bullied and cried."
The queen mother seemed to remember it too, and was immediately amused.
But the imperial concubine was not very happy when she heard this. Didn't Empress Cheng intentionally assign Cao Wanying to belong?
The imperial concubine said directly: "What a good girl, whoever marries her from now on will surely be blessed. Why don't you ask the Qin Tianjian to do the math for her, maybe she is related to the royal family, anyway, I like it."
The queen mother nodded in agreement and said, "It must be good for Ying'er to join my royal family."
The eldest prince is one year older than Yuan Ye, if he really wants to join the royal family, he must first let the eldest prince choose.
When the imperial concubine said this, Empress Cheng immediately understood that they were eyeing the same daughter-in-law.How can this work?
So after the song was over, Empress Cheng wanted to preemptively call Cao Wanying to her side to show her intimacy, but she found that Yuan Ye was not in the position, and seeing that Jing Rouyin's position was empty, she immediately became very angry His face was livid.
The queen mother directly called Cao Wanying to go up. Although she was sitting next to the queen mother, the concern of the empresses for her had already begun to make the people below jealous.
"It seems that the royal family has already taken a fancy to Miss Cao."
"Isn't this something that everyone knows well, maybe with good luck, you can be the mother of the world in the future."
Whispering came from around, Lin Qingyang looked at the scene in a daze, and suddenly there was heat in his ears, almost whispering the words.
"You've been watching Cao Wanying for a long time, why? She looks good tonight?" Chu Lishu asked in an unclear tone.
Lin Qingyang turned his head and almost hit his nose. He was too close, and the details on Chu Lishu's face could be seen clearly. He seemed a little upset. Lin Qingyang moved away awkwardly, and said, "Look at the excitement."
"Others are watching the excitement, but you have been staring at people." Chu Lishu picked up the wine glass and said dissatisfiedly in his heart. Lin Qingyang lost his mind just now.Those who didn't know thought he was fascinated by Cao Wanying.
Lin Qingyang opened his mouth, and could only perfunctory for the time being. After all, there were too many changes in the plot, and he couldn't be sure about the development of the matter for the time being, but in the blink of an eye, he focused on Cao Wanying on the high platform again.
At this time, after drinking for three rounds, all the performances that should be performed are over, and people have already left one after another to set off the river lanterns.Chu Lishu narrowed his eyes slightly, put down the wine glass in his hand, and pulled Lin Qingyang away from the banquet.
"Oh? Cousin, what are you going to do? Don't we have nothing to do? Don't leave in such a hurry. At least wait until the banquet here is over and the royal family leave before leaving."
Chu Lishu didn't say a word, and silently led him to a place where no one was around.Lin Qingyang didn't want to leave, he had to determine Cao Wanying's next move.So he stopped forcibly.
At this moment they happened to be in the shadows in the corner of the garden.
Lin Qingyang looked at Chu Lishu, who suddenly fell down, with a puzzled face. Before he could speak, Chu Lishu put his hand on the rockery.
Chu Lishu suppressed his emotions, and asked directly: "You are very strange tonight, especially when Cao Wanying started to perform, and your eyes never left her body, what are you doing? Don't talk to me about the excitement, tell the truth! "
Lin Qingyang was a little uncomfortable, as if guilty, and asked with a complicated expression: "How do you know that I've been looking at her? Are you looking at her too?"
Chu Lishu narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm looking at you."
Lin Qingyang smiled dryly, and said casually: "Everyone can see that those three families want to grab Cao Wanying as a wife. I just sympathize with Cao Wanying and think that a perfect woman like her deserves better."
Chu Lishu let go of Lin Qingyang, puzzled and said: "When did you wonder that the woman next to you has a lifelong event. Cao Wanying is destined to become fat in the eyes of those people. After all, judging from the current situation, Cheng and Wang There is no woman of the right age in the family to marry, so if you choose another woman, Cao Wanying is indeed the first choice."
"Aren't you on good terms with Mr. Cao? Don't you want to help?" Lin Qingyang tentatively asked.
"Help? There's nothing to worry about, not to mention that after tonight, who would care about Cao Wanying." Chu Lishu said indifferently.
Lin Qingyang only felt a mouthful of blood in his chest, and the art of witchcraft was not very important to him now, and the plot that made him wonder how to deal with it tonight was actually about Cao Wanying.But...he didn't want to face this plot.
"Missed again? What's the matter tonight?" Chu Lishu frowned, rubbed Lin Qingyang's cheek with his hand, and said, "Let's go, let the river lantern go to relax."
Lin Qingyang thought about it, Cao Wanying and Jing Rouyin would also go to set off the river lanterns, go over and have a look, and remind her by the way.
Just as he was about to go out with Chu Lishu, Chu Lishu's movements froze suddenly, and he immediately pulled Lin Qingyang into hiding again. Soon Lin Qingyang heard hurried footsteps.
"Queen, don't be like this." It was Yuan Ye's voice, "Rou Yin and I were just taking a walk to catch up on the old days."
"Empress, what do you mean by grabbing me like this?" Jing Rou Yin's voice was neither humble nor overbearing.
Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang peeked over and found that Empress Cheng was dragging Jing Rouyin with only her cronies by her side.
Lin Qingyang also admired Yuan Ye, tonight was very crucial for their mother and son, but he was thinking that it would be the end of the year, and he would be caught by Queen Cheng.
Sure enough, the next second, Empress Cheng was furious and slapped Jing Rouyin across the face.
Jing Rouyin fell to the ground in an instant, covered her cheeks and cried in extreme aggrievedness.
Yuan Ye wanted to stop her, but was reprimanded by Empress Cheng, "I think you've lost your soul after being seduced by a fox, you know tonight...how did I give birth to such a worthless son like you? Have you forgotten who she is? Do you want to get involved with her? "
Yuan Ye has not yet suffered from being attacked by rumors and rumors in the original text, so he is still obsessed with Jing Rouyin, especially when Empress Cheng mentioned Jing Rouyin's identity, it aroused his rebellious psychology and desire to protect.
"Mother, if you continue to make trouble like this, everyone will really know about it." Yuan Ye said with a sullen face.
Empress Cheng was so angry that she quickly shook her hands and said, "Go back to me and do what you should do. Miss Jing, I will send someone to send her out of the palace. She is not suitable to stay any longer."
"Mother!"
"roll!"
Yuan Ye still wanted to say that the people around him stepped forward to persuade Yuan Ye and angered Empress Cheng, that would be the worst thing for Jing Rouyin, Yuan Ye had no choice but to reluctantly leave first.
Empress Cheng looked at Jing Rouyin who was still crying on the ground, retreated from everyone, and said with a sneer: "It is said that you have the life of a phoenix, but you really think you can put on a phoenix robe? If your brother fails, just hook up with your brother, don't think I can't I know what's on your mind. I don't think I will let my son marry you, where did you come from Phoenix."
Jing Rouyin, who was crying softly, trembled when she heard this, and when she raised her head to look at Empress Cheng, her eyes were red and her face was stern.
"Empress, after all, we have been in the same boat and shared weal and woe. Is it necessary to kill them all now? I am just looking for a place to live."
Empress Cheng's complexion twisted for a moment, as if remembering something bad, she looked at Jing Rouyin viciously.
"The place of shelter should not be beside Yuan Ye. I have already made a decision on Cao Wanying, she will become the crown princess, and I have already asked Qin Tian to monitor her life. She is no worse than you."
When Jing Rouyin heard this, thinking of the attention Cao Wanying had received tonight, her face twisted up and down.
"That's not necessarily true, empress, since you have said that I am the phoenix, how can there be someone else who can be the crown princess? Just now Yuan Ye promised me that he would never marry Cao Wanying." May be superseded.
Empress Cheng was so angry that she said, "What are you? He promised to be a big deal! You'd better settle down for me, otherwise, you don't even want to stay in the capital."
After threatening, she was ready to ask someone to send Jing Rouyin away, but Jing Rouyin said coldly: "You don't need to rush me, I will leave by myself."
Empress Cheng thought that she had given up, and she shouldn't waste time and energy on her tonight, so she didn't bother to pester her, and just flung her sleeves and left.
And Jing Rouyin sat on the ground and sneered for a while, then got up and left.
Lin Qingyang looked at Jing Rouyin's expression when she left, and her expression gradually changed. It seemed that Empress Cheng had really identified Cao Wanying in her heart.The state at this moment is different from the original text, because Jing Rouyin has already become a princess due to the previous accident at this time, and Empress Cheng naturally doesn't look good on this daughter-in-law, probably similar to her current attitude.
If Empress Cheng had said similar things tonight, she still wanted to help Yuan Ye continue to marry Cao Wanying.
In the original text... it is reasonable for Jing Rouyin to frame Cao Wanying.
But now Jing Rouyin is not the Crown Princess, and she has not reached the point where she insists on supporting Yuan Ye. She should have no reason to harm Cao Wanying. Will the subsequent plot not happen?
Lin Qingyang looked at Chu Lishu when he thought of this, and Chu Lishu was also in deep thought.
"what happened?"
"No... I always feel... a little uneasy, as if something is not right." Chu Lishu also felt that something was wrong after seeing Jing Rouyin, but he couldn't tell, as if there was a hidden danger that had not been ruled out.
Then the two came to the place where the river lanterns were placed. Lin Qingyang scanned around very quickly, and felt relieved when he saw that only Cao Wanying was there and Jing Rouyin was not.In the luckiest situation, perhaps Jing Rouyin has already left the palace.
After the river lanterns were set off, everyone gathered in the Imperial Garden to watch the fireworks. At this moment, Empress Cheng, who had been talking to the Queen Mother just now, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, and fell into a coma.Immediately afterwards, a eunuch came to send a message that Prince Yuan Ye was accidentally hit by a falling tree when he was rushing over. Although he was not injured, he twisted his leg and had to be carried over.
Just when everyone was surprised by this sudden accident, the East Palace caught fire.
This kind of accidents one after another is no small matter, the emperor and the empress dowager's faces were extremely ugly, they immediately summoned the Minister of Dali Temple to take charge of the investigation, and also called Gu Jing from the Qin Tianjian.After all, these things make people have to think about what Empress Cheng said before, which is not going well, and it is naturally related to the theory of ghosts and gods.
Gu Jing immediately started divination and calculation, and quickly figured out that what Empress Cheng and Yuan Ye experienced seemed to be cursed.This kind of thing is not uncommon in the palace, and it is also the most taboo of the royal family. Once discovered, it is a serious crime.
Immediately the emperor and queen dowager's complexion became bad, and they wanted to investigate strictly to the end.
Gu Jing once again calculated the source of the malice, and pointed to the Qinghong Palace where the imperial concubine was located.
The imperial concubine and the eldest prince were naturally very angry, they questioned Gu Jing and shouted that they were wronged.
At this moment, Empress Cheng woke up faintly, and when she heard about this, she burst into tears, Yuan Ye also knelt on the ground and begged the emperor to search Qinghong Palace.
After a short operation, the plan went smoothly. The emperor took people to Qinghong Palace, and the queen mother stayed to preside over the overall situation. Everyone was directly placed in various places to rest and was not allowed to leave.It is estimated that they want to confirm everything before letting everyone go. It is inevitable to spend the night in the palace tonight.
Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang were accompanying students in the palace, so they could arrange for themselves and walk around at will. Instead of going back to rest, they waited for news on the way to Qinghong Palace.
At this time, Lin Qingyang also clearly felt Chu Lishu's anxiety, and he was a little confused.
Just as she was about to ask, she unexpectedly ran into Jing Rouyin who was acting alone again. So she didn't leave the palace?
It seems that Jing Rouyin just passed by, and after greeting them, she left and went to the place where outsiders were arranged to live.
Lin Qingyang felt uneasy when he remembered that Cao Wanying was also there, and was thinking about whether to find an excuse to act separately from Chu Lishu, when he heard Chu Lishu suddenly say: "Something is wrong."
After speaking, he pulled Lin Qingyang and rushed to the Qinghong Palace. When he was outside the Qinghong Palace, he heard the noise inside.
The movement that came out showed one thing.
They found nothing.
Framed by witchcraft... There is no physical evidence, so it cannot be established.
How is this going?Isn't it well arranged?How could there be no physical evidence?
[Ding, the second set of tasks, task 12: Help the hero complete the witchcraft plan failed. 】
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