si-mexico Chapter 491 Hou Xiaoxiao is suspected
Chapter 491 Hou Xiaoxiao is suspected
The deputy commander of the secret guards said in a heavy tone, "The five secret guards that your majesty sent to assassinate Prince Zhao and his son are all dead."
"what?"
Emperor Qingning was originally exhausted due to staying up all night, but now he suddenly became sober.
His personal secret guards were the best of the best. All of a sudden, five of the most powerful ones were gone. Emperor Qingning found it hard to accept the reality for a while.
"Are you sure all five of them are dead?"
The deputy commander of the secret guards lowered his head and said, "Prince Zhao's Mansion sent people to transport the five bodies to the Military Department early in the morning, saying that a group of assassins were captured."
He shook his head: "The water in Zhaowang Mansion is very deep, and we have too few people."
"This second assassination attempt failed. Prince Zhao's palace will definitely strengthen its defenses in the future. I'm afraid we don't have a chance."
"Aren't Prince Zhao and the Crown Prince both injured? The remaining Second Brother is not as skilled as his father and eldest brother, and he only knows a few techniques..."
Emperor Qingning paused when he said this: "They have only been back in Beijing for a few days, so they don't have enough time to install the mechanism?"
"That may mean that they have an insider in Beijing."
The deputy commander of the secret guards thought: "Even if the prince is injured, he can still take action. I still remember that at Binghe Pass, it was freezing cold, food and grass were cut off, and the prince was seriously injured, but he still led the Xin family army to fight his way out of the siege."
Emperor Qingning had a sullen face and said, "Well, you don't need to remind me how powerful Xin Che is."
The deputy commander choked and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
Emperor Qingning was in deep thought and became angrier the more he thought.
He originally thought that the five martial arts masters were not enough, but he didn't expect that the people he sent to assassinate them failed even more, and all five of them died. He didn't know that these five people were the masters of the palace that he was most proud of.
This can only prove that the strength of Prince Zhao's Mansion has reached an unfathomable level.
No one knows who in the capital is supporting Prince Zhao's palace.
Three years ago, Hou Xiaoxiao poisoned Xin Che, but the poison did not take effect.
Emperor Qingning was deeply suspicious about this, but it was obvious that his daughter-in-law Hou Xiaoxiao could not be in cahoots with Prince Zhao's Mansion. Firstly, she and Crown Princess Jiang Lili did not get along, and secondly, the General of the Cavalry and Prince Zhao's Mansion had a feud.
Emperor Qingning was in such a headache that he decided to question Hou Xiaoxiao carefully to test her.
"But right now, Prince Zhao's family is not completely dead yet, and I am not at ease at all."
Zhou Jushan, leaning against the bed, rubbed his eyes. Emperor Qingning was now extremely tolerant of him and didn't need him to do anything. He felt at ease as long as he had him by his side, acting as a mascot.
He stretched himself lazily and said leisurely, "Your Majesty, since the situation in Prince Zhao's mansion is so unfathomable, Your Majesty might as well invite Prince Zhao and his men out of the turtle shell of Prince Chao's mansion and invite them to the palace."
Emperor Qingning's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing Zhou Jushan's words, and he motioned for Zhou Jushan to continue.
"Everyone in the palace is our own, and you are not allowed to carry weapons in the palace. They can't do anything they want to do."
Zhou Jushan narrowed his eyes, looking like he was seriously giving advice to the dog emperor: "It's less than a month until Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Didn't His Majesty ask Xue Wei to come back from the northwest to visit his old father during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"It would be most convenient to use Master Xue as a hostage."
"You can just take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet to prepare for Prince Zhao's Mansion and Xue Wei together."
Zhou Jushan's words really touched Emperor Qingning's heart.
"Good good!"
"Zhou Jushan is still the one who pleases me the most!"
——"That's right."
Zhou Jushan's eyes flickered, and his tone was as sinister as that of a treacherous minister: "Don't forget, there are also hostages in the palace of Prince Zhao."
Emperor Qingning's eyes were heavy: "You mean? Concubine Ying?"
Zhou Jushan nodded, and the jade beads of the mountain hat hanging beside his ears swayed: "Yes, even if Prince Zhao doesn't want to come, Your Majesty can say that Concubine Ying misses her family very much in the palace and wants to see her family."
Emperor Qingning hesitated and said, "Okay, I'll think about it."
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Chenshi.
Hou Xiaoxiao was summoned into the palace by the Queen Mother.
In the Cining Palace, compared to the high-spirited woman she was three years ago, Empress Dowager Yu now looked sickly and grim.
After Hou Xiaoxiao arrived at the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, she discovered that Emperor Qingning was also there.
Seeing the complete posture of these two kings, Hou Xiaoxiao understood that they might want to interrogate her and settle the score with her.
The Queen Mother twisted the Buddhist beads in her hand, and asked in a kind tone as if she was chatting with her family, "Xiaoxiao, three years ago, didn't you say that you had given Xin Che the golden silkworm poison in the Qinglin Mountains? Why didn't he die suddenly in Haizhou?"
The Queen Mother's attitude towards Hou Xiaoxiao was still as affectionate as before, but Hou Xiaoxiao understood that if she said the wrong thing at this moment, she would be killed.
Xue Wei and Yan Chaoyue's plan has not been set up yet. She doesn't want to shoot the old woman and the dog emperor in the palace right now. It would be too easy for these two big guys.
She will regret it after seeing these two big items.
"To be honest, I don't know why."
Hou Xiaoxiao shook her head with confusion on her face. She continued to analyze: "However, from what I have seen of the changes in Prince Zhao's family, it seems that they started when they were captured by that group of pirates and taken to that island."
"We determined that the prince was dead because among the three bodies that were salvaged, there was a golden silkworm poisonous worm on his body..."
"what!"
Hou Xiaoxiao suddenly yelled in surprise, startling the Queen Mother: "That proves that there is an expert behind them who is good at using Gu to cure Gu and has seen through my Gu poison!"
"This is a master that even we in Miaojiang don't know about!"
Hou Xiaoxiao immediately hugged the Queen Mother's arm and said, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, please save me. I am so afraid that the Gu master behind them will target me."
The emperor and the empress dowager were confused when they saw Hou Xiaoxiao suddenly becoming frightened.
The Queen Mother patted her shoulder symbolically to comfort her: "Xiaoxiao, why do you say that? Why are you so sure that the Gu master behind them wants to take revenge on you?"
"You may not know that during the past few days since the Crown Prince's Consort came back, she has sent people to deliver invitations to the Prince of Jin's Mansion. She invited me to sit and drink tea at the Prince of Zhao's Mansion. She also sent me gifts."
"The gift box looked quite exquisite, so I opened it and thought it was a specialty of Haizhou in Lingnan."
"It turned out to be a dead toad!"
Hou Xiaoxiao shrank back in fear, wiping her snot and tears on the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother frowned, but couldn't say anything for the sake of saving her face, so she silently pulled out her sleeves.
"When I was thirteen, I bribed Jiang Lili's personal maid to put a dead mouse on her bed. She probably still remembers it."
"She returned to the capital with honor this time, and she is extremely arrogant. I have been keeping my tail between my legs recently, and I dare not confront her head-on."
Hou Xiaoxiao was extremely angry: "I didn't expect her to push her so far. After all, I am the prince's wife."