A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

Jingzhao Mansion Yamen.

Under the insistence of Yu Jian and Jin Wuwei, the matter was found out.

"The Du family is courageous, but they only dared to blow up the tombstone of the first emperor. Others dare not move their tombs. They were said to be courageous and even dare to move the emperor's tomb." A Jin Wuwei finished this sentence and saw the boss. Turning over and riding on horseback, he looked like he was anxious to leave, and he quickly called to him: "Boss, where are you going?"

"I suspect that Du Qingke has a heart of disobedience, so I must report it immediately."

"Today, your majesty and the prince are taking part in the ceremonial ceremony outside the city. The guards are tight around them. We are just little Jinwuwei. How can we meet your majesty?"

"The news has been passed on from Jingzhao Mansion to the Sixth Department. All we have to do is to fight for it." Yu Jian touched the saber on her waist: "If we can do meritorious service, it is our ancestors who accumulate the virtue. If we can't do meritorious work, it is nothing more than Run for nothing, do you want to fight with me?"

"Fight!"

The Jinwu Guards turned on their horses one after another. Yu Jian’s confidant rode a horse and came to Yu Jian, whispering: "Boss, I think this is a bit strange."

"Where is it?"

"The Du family steward said that he did all this to make trouble for the prince at the canonization of the prince. But after the incident, the prince not only had no trouble, but also gave his majesty a reason to keep the other princes in the palace. "King Wuwei barely said that he was setting up the prince, he was clearly helping him.

What is even more puzzling is that after they captured the Du's housekeeper into Jingzhao's Mansion, the Du's family not only did not send anyone to take the housekeeper away, but did not even kill anyone.

Is this the arrogance of the aristocratic family, or is it broken?

"His Royal Highness." Sitting in the spacious carriage, Jiuzhu saw that both sides of the road were covered with yellow cloth, and guards were standing every few steps.

Ignore the noise of the people, except for the sound of carriages and horses, there was no other noise.

"So serious and quiet, I'm really not used to it."

"So the emperor father usually seldom rides out of the palace in the imperial court." Yun Duqing reached out and took Jiuzhu into her arms, bowed her head and was about to speak, and almost pierced her chin by the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on her bun. Side by side, a little miss her Bao Baotou.

Jiuzhu lay on his knees and laughed.

"Unconscionable princess, I was almost stabbed by you, and you still laughed." He looked at the various hairpins on her head: "These hairpins are beautiful or beautiful. Pulling one of them can kill."

"Your Majesty, don't move, these hairpins are very beautiful." Jiuzhu protects his head full of pearls: "The queen mother picked them all for me."

Yun Duqing had a headache thinking about the various jewels sent by her mother. If the mother sends it down like this, he will not know what to give Jiuzhu as a husband in the future.

"It's the first time you attended the Mangkin Sacrificial Ceremony, and you will stand next to the mother's empress later. Whatever she does, you can do it." Yun Duqing raised the curtain and glanced at it: "It's about to arrive at the altar in the suburbs."

When they got to the place, Jiuzhu could not get out of the carriage immediately, and sat in the carriage and parked for a period of majestic drum horns before the courtesy officer came to invite them to the altar.

Princess Huai and Princess An were already waiting outside the carriage, and when they saw Jiuzhu get off the carriage, they gave her a courtesy. After returning the gift, Jiuzhu looked around and asked in a low voice, "Why isn't Sansao?"

Princess Huai smiled and saluted Yun Duqing. After he left with the courtesy officer, he was half a step behind Jiuzhu, and whispered: "The third siblings and siblings made a terrible disturbance last night. This morning, the third siblings said that the third siblings were unwell and could not Travel."

For such an important sacrificial ceremony, if the prince and the princess did not tear their faces, it would be impossible to prevent the princess from appearing. Unexpectedly, the third disciple looks temperamental, but does not leave room for things.

"Princess Concubine, two princesses." Xiangjian walked over and saluted the three of them: "Prince Concubine, Empress let me take you there."

Seeing this scene, the princess conceived with emotion. The princess really loved the princess as her own daughter. On this occasion, bringing the princess to her side is undoubtedly telling everyone in the world that the princess is the second noble woman in the world.

There are more mothers-in-laws who suppress their daughter-in-law than they exalt their daughter-in-law, let alone exaggerate to this point.

"Jiuzhu, come." After seeing Jiuzhu coming, Empress Su raised her hand to her. When she approached, she asked in a low voice, "It's the first time you attended the sacrificial ceremony. Are you nervous?"

Jiuzhu shook his head: "There are so many people."

Queen Su laughed: "There are indeed many people."

She told Jiuzhu a few things to pay attention to, and patted the back of her hand twice: "From now on, you will stand by my side. As long as I am here, all your words and deeds are good, no one dares to criticize. ."

The horns sounded, and the sacrificial ceremony was about to begin.

To worship the hundreds of civil and military officials under the stage, the princesses ordered the wives to stand in line, holding their breath.

Empress Su felt a touch on the back of her instep, and looked down at the peach gourd carved by Jiuzhu himself.

Before leaving the palace, she obviously tied it tightly around her waist, how could it fall from her waist.

Seeing that the round gourd was about to fall down the steps, Su Hou bent his knees and reached out to hold the peach gourd that had rolled to the edge of the altar in his palm.

Whoosh.

When the sound of breaking through the air rang in her ears, she hadn't noticed the strangeness, and only heard a ding sound.

She raised her head and saw that Jiuzhu held the golden bronze flame and half of the arrow she gave her, and the other half fell to the ground.

"Father and queen, there are assassins." Jiuzhu picked up Su Hou, pushed her into Emperor Longfeng's arms, and stopped them in front of them. By the way, he pulled out a golden hairpin from his head and stuffed it into Yun Duqing's hand: "His Royal Highness, take this protective body."

On the altar, no one else can come up except the priest. The dragon guards sensed something wrong, and flew over to protect the driver. However, the honorary officer moved faster than them. He drew a flying knife from his hat and took Suhou's throat directly.

Emperor Longfeng didn't even think about it, so he put Queen Su in his arms and tried to protect her with his body as a shield.

It was Jiuzhu who was faster than him. At the moment when the "priest officer" threw the flying knife, she seemed to predict the direction of the flying knife, and threw the bronze 笄 in her hand.

The bronze 笄 collided with the flying knife in the air, and all fell to the ground.

The officer of honor did not seem to have expected such a change, but he was slightly taken aback by Jiuzhu and kicked off the altar.

The civil and military officials were frightened by the sudden change. Just before they had time to call the escort, they saw one of the assassins kicked off the altar by the petite princess.

Fortunately, Jiuzhu reacted quickly, so that the Dragon Guard had a chance to rush over, surrounded the four of them, and protected them tightly.

In the blink of an eye, Yun Duqing saw Jiuzhu pulling another hairpin from her hair and looked around vigilantly. At this moment, she was also somewhat defensive against the dragon guard.

The most dangerous thing right now is the flying arrow shot from nowhere.

It stands to reason that within a two-kilometer radius of the altar, all of them have been checked and the identities of all people have been checked, unless a high-powered person and the assassin should be inside and outside to allow the assassin to mix into it.

Looking at the hairpin in Jiuzhu's hand and the crooked bun, Yun Duqing suspected that what she had just said in the carriage was not lucky enough.

Well, what does he mention that hairpins can kill people?

Just at this time, there are arrows flying from all over the world. The dragon guard held a shield in one hand, while guarding the four people to walk under the altar.

A loyal guardian tried to go to the altar to **** him, but the dragon guard was worried that they might be involved with the assassins, so they didn't let them get close.

Six Shangshu reacted and immediately arranged the evacuation of the officials and the wives. Ming Jing raised a saber around the waist of a guard, guarding it majesticly around the periphery, and the officials hiding behind him immediately felt an infinite sense of security.

"Boss, look at the tree over there. Is there someone shooting arrows?" When the Jinwu guards rushed to the periphery of the sacrificial platform, they found something was wrong. Several guards fell aside, two squatting on a big tree. Archer in gray and hooded.

"Quick block." Yu Jian drew the knife from his waist and threw it up against the tree. One of the archers fell from the tree: "Grab the assassin!"

"Brothers, the opportunity to make contributions has arrived!"

After hearing the words, the Jinwu guards rushed forward and threw their knives together. The archer left on the tree was instantly pierced into a hedgehog.

"There must be something wrong on the altar." Yu Jian drew the knife from the assassin. Seeing that the assassin still had a few breaths, he asked the brothers to tie him up and prepare to ask the prince for credit.

"These assassins are sneaky. They must be uneasy and kind. We will look around for them. There must be some fish slipping through the net."

As soon as the voice fell, I saw Jin Jiawei rushing towards this side riding a horse. Although they were all guards starting with Jin, Jin Jiawei was much higher than Jin Wuwei.

Jin Jiawei also did not expect that there would be Jin Wuwei who usually patrols the street here, thinking that they were just chasing the prisoners passing by, and took out a sign saying: "I'll wait for orders to do things, please Jin Wuwei brothers for your convenience."

Yu Jian glanced enviously at the armor on Jin Jiawei's body, and said politely: "My lord, are you going to capture the assassin?"

Jin Jiawei suddenly became vigilant, which would have caused panic among the people. What happened on the altar was not made public. Why would these Jin Wuwei know?

They put their hands on the hilt of the knife, and the atmosphere was very serious, and the fight was about to start.

"The adults, please don't get me wrong." Seeing their misunderstanding, Yu Jian quickly explained: "This is the archer assassin we caught."

He pointed to the tied assassin, and then to the tree next to him.

Jin Jiawei looked at the hedgehog pierced into the tree, staring at the assassin who was staring at him, and suddenly became a little silent.

"My elders, we brothers are all masters of Jin Wuwei. I am willing to help the adults at this critical moment."

Jin Jiawei was also afraid that after they left, they would talk nonsense outside, and after a little thought, he agreed.

"Then there will be Lao Jin Wuwei brothers."

"Everyone is a Dacheng people, and loyalty to your Majesty is the duty of my generation."

The Dragon Guard was rightly worried. There were also disguised assassins among the officials. In the chaos, these assassins tore off their official robes, revealing the strong clothes inside.

The officials next to them were stunned. No wonder this colleague kept silent today. It turned out to be an assassin posing as an assassin!

At this moment, he drew the dagger from his boots and waved it at the official closest to him. Suddenly a stone flew over and hit his arm.

The dagger fell.

The assassin looked at the stone thrower with a gloomy look.

The weak and weak Ming Jingzhou's face was pale, and he still held the unfinished stone in his hand.

"Sergeant Ming, go quickly." The rescued official recovered and rushed to hug the assassin's thigh: "You are my head toward the humerus. There must be nothing wrong."

Unexpectedly, Ming Jingzhou not only did not run, but also rushed over here, holding the assassin's other thigh with both hands.

"You and I are officials in the same court, how can I leave you and run away!"

"Want to die?" The assassin sneered: "I will fulfill you."

He clenched his hands into claws, and struck them towards the necks of the two of them, preparing to break their necks.

"Crack."

A piercing pain came from the ankle, and the assassin screamed and fell to the ground.

"He, he, he...what's wrong with him?" The official backed away in fright, remembering that Ming Jingzhou was still sitting on the ground, and quickly pulled him up: "Sergeant Ming, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Ming Jingzhou patted the dust on his sleeves: "This assassin may not have a very good body. His leg bone broke just as I held his leg."

"The bones are so fragile, so what an assassin." Seeing that the assassin was still wailing, the official stooped to pick up the stone on the ground, choked, and smashed the assassin to pass out.

"Master Ming, come, let's tie him together," he said, unfastening the assassin's belt.

Ming Jingzhou couldn't help but look at him more. He didn't expect that his father-in-law who was pregnant would behave in the same way.

The official rescued by Ming Jingzhou was the father of the princess, Wu Shilang from the Ministry of Industry.

Why did the assassin want to assassinate the biological father who is pregnant with the princess?

Bowing his head to help Wu Shilang tie up the assassin, Ming Jingzhou had a faint guess in his heart. He stood up, looked in the direction of the empress, and then saw his daughter, tore off a hairpin as a dart, flipped the hairpin and flew out, stunned an assassin.

"Shi Lang, Prince Concubine is so amazing." Shi Lang Wu stood beside him, admiringly said: "I can stun the assassin with a golden hairpin."

"That kid has learned some superficial medical principles and a little understanding of human acupuncture points, so he has some ability." Ming Jingzhou coughed dryly: "Wu Shilang should not praise her."

Except for the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin, the hairpin on Jiuzhu’s hair has already been thrown away. She took the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin off and put it into the queen’s hand, draped with a blue silk: "Mother, wait for me."

She threw the flying knives not very well. Half of the golden hairpins she threw could not penetrate the acupuncture points she wanted, so she had to go to other women and borrow some hairpins.

"Wait..." Before Yun Duqing had time to stop her, she saw her dodge a few times and rushed out.

She always said she was a dog before, but now he believes it.

Because she runs faster than a dog.

Several high-ranking concubines hid together. Seeing that the crown princess ran up to them and said that they were offended, they took some hairpins off their heads.

When Jiuzhu was about to pull out her hairpin, Wei Jieyu was cruel and reached out and grabbed Jiuzhu's skirt, intending to trip her over.

With a puff, Wei Jieyu was dragged to the ground, her face rubbed **** the ground, fiery pain.

"Sorry, Wei Jieyu." Jiuzhu dropped an apologetic word and ran away like a wind.

Wei Jieyu lay on the ground, unable to relax for a long time.

Is she dragging a cow?

Why did she fall?

This is unreasonable.

With a bunch of hairpins in her arms, Jiuzhu's pressure is much less, but she always sticks the wrong points. She was a little guilty, but also a little lucky.

Fortunately, the two masters were not there, otherwise she would have to say that she was not talented.

Seeing an assassin rushing over, he was stabbed five or six times by the hairpin she flew out before falling down, Jiuzhu hid his face and hid behind Yun Duqing.

She can't afford to lose this person if she doesn't work hard when she is young, and she is not good at learning.

Under the strict defense of the Golden Armor Guard and the Dragon Guard, the assassins were all subdued, and the three assassins who intended to injure the officials, two were chopped to the ground by Ming Jinghai with a knife, and one leg bone was broken for unknown reasons. Ming Shi Lang of the Ministry of Rites and Shi Lang Wu of the Ministry of Industry tied up.

Princess Huai felt relieved when she heard that her father was not only okay, but also caught an assassin with her father.

The worst was the assassin who was killed by Jingoi's random sword.

The more embarrassing were those assassins who had several female hairpins pierced in their bodies and couldn't die. They couldn't move their whole body. They stared at them with a handful of hairpins in their hands, and their eyeballs almost went out of their sockets.

If hatred can be turned into a knife, Jiuzhu must be pierced with knives all over her body at this moment.

"Prince princess, we obeyed your orders and avenged your previous revenge, why did you betray us?!"

An assassin who could still speak loudly rebuked, loud enough that everyone could hear.

Manchuria was in an uproar.

Enmity of the previous dynasty

Princess? !

Everyone looked at the princess in astonishment, but only saw the princess without hesitation in guarding the princess behind her back.

"You plan to be exposed and discredit the princess, it's really ridiculous." Yun Duqing's eyes swept across the crowd sharply, and everyone quickly closed their eyes back, not daring to look again.

"No one has tortured you yet, you can't wait to say that the prince princess instructed you. No fools would believe such an obvious framing and framing." Yun Duqing kicked the assassin: "to discredit the princess, add one more crime. Wait."

"If the princess hadn't vowed to tell us that she came to Beijing to avenge the destruction of the previous dynasty, how could we obey her and force the altar?" The assassin said bitterly, "Ming Jiuzhu, you do it for Prosperity and wealth, betraying your master, betraying us, you will suffer..."

Before he finished speaking, Yun Duqing kicked his front tooth.

"Nonsense, drag it down and cut it." If he still doesn't see that this is a conspiracy against Jiuzhu and Mingjia, he is a fool.

"His Royal Highness..." Before Jiuzhu could say a word, Yun Duqing grabbed her hand: "I won't believe what these people say."

All the hairpins in his hands were scattered on the ground. Jiuzhu looked at Yun Duqing, who looked resolute, and the hands he held tightly with him, his big eyes, smiling like a pair of crescent moons.

At this time, no one in the Manchu civil and military affairs stood up to speak, and no one blamed the princess.

Just now how hard the prince concubine desperately protected the empress prince, all of them saw it in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts.

The previous dynasty has been destroyed for one or two hundred years, and even if there is blood left over, the previous dynasty has no strength to toss.

So there is only one truth. Someone wants to frame the prince and the princess.

The eyes of the courtiers turned to the three princes. These were the three most suspicious candidates.

King Huai and King An were embarrassed by the eyes of the courtiers, but they were not easy to jump out and shout. They really had nothing to do with this. They could only force themselves to lower their heads and pretend that they didn't know anything.

Wei Jieyu turned to look in the direction of the minister, hoping that the person arranged by Du Qingke could stand up and say a few words.

But the courtier was quiet.

No one spoke, no one even doubted Ming Jiuzhu.

The royals are suspicious, and the courtiers are also cautious when it comes to the safety of the emperor. According to common sense, even if they suspect that Ming Jiuzhu was slandered by the assassin, they will ask Ming Jiuzhu some questions.

For example, what she has done in Lingzhou over the years, and what is her master's status.

But Ming Jiuzhu broke this common sense.

Because she used her body as a shield to keep the empress behind, she kicked the assassin off the altar. She cut off the flying arrows with a gold and bronze flame. She also used a hairpin to stop the assassin's offensive.

Her uncle saved the courtier's life, and her father also conceived the princess's father and subdued an assassin.

In this assassination, if there is no Ming Jiuzhu, the queen is already dead, and even the emperor may not be able to save his life.

Where is revenge, it is clearly gratitude.

"The princess is not anxious. I and the queen will not believe the nonsense of these assassins." Emperor Longfeng said: "Proclaim my will, and the princess will save me and the queen in distress in our own body, but we are family members. No thanks. The princess's father, Ming Jingzhou, is a talented and talented teacher. From now on, he will be named the Crown Prince Tai Fu and the auxiliary Guo Gong."

The emperor’s attitude told everyone straightforwardly that not only did he not doubt the prince, but he also wanted to reuse the Ming family.

Wei Jieyu covered the wound on her face in embarrassment, staring blankly at what had happened.

How can things be like this, it shouldn't be like this.

"Report! Your Majesty, Jinwuwei team leader Yu Jian, I have something important to report."

Who is Yu Jian?

The courtiers were puzzled.

"Father, this man and his ministers have seen him. He is a smart person with some patience." Yun Duqing said: "You can see him."

Emperor Longfeng nodded: "According to the Prince's words, declare."

As soon as Yu Jian came, he gave the Emperor Longfeng a sturdy implementation of a great gift, and then said that the Du family steward had blown up the tombstone of the first emperor.

Du family?

Everyone looked at Du Qingke, but his face was not flustered at all, even with a slight smile.

"Du Qing's house, what can you say?"

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Yu Jian said is not half false." Du Qingke took off the official hat on his head and knelt down: "The minister confessed his guilt."

"Wei Jieyu, what's wrong with you sitting on the ground?" Lu Zhaoyi saw Wei Jieyu sitting on the ground staggering suddenly, reaching out to help her, but she was shaking terribly all over.

"Mother concubine." Princess An drew her aside, and when she was a little farther away from Wei Jieyu, she whispered: "Don't get close to Wei Jieyu, I think something is wrong with her."

"What's wrong, the sheep has a seizure?"

I haven't heard that she has such a problem before.

"Your Majesty, on the weapons carried by the assassin, he found the sign of Du's Iron Shop."

Du Qingke still knelt on the ground and did not argue for himself.

Everyone faintly felt that something was wrong with this, and no one spoke rashly.

"Your Majesty, the weapons used by these assassins are indeed provided by the ministers, but they are not from the ministers." Du Qingke took out a few letters from his arms: "The ministers' sins are unforgivable, and they are willing to be punished."

Seeing the letter Du Qingke took out, Wei Jieyu shuddered even more. Is he crazy? What good will it do for him?

Seeing that the situation was wrong, King Jing turned around and disappeared in the crowd while others were not paying attention, and hurriedly left here.

After Yu Jian's face, when she retreated, her legs were fluttering. When he reached a quiet place, he squeezed his fist and jumped in place a few times.

After the jump, he found that the three princes, Jing Wang, sneakily walked into the corner alone, seeming to be ready to leave in a grass hole.

Just after the assassination, the three princes did not stay with the emperor and Wei Jieyu, what did they run?

He narrowed his eyes and followed.

Inside the festival, there was an uproar at the moment.

Du Qingke unexpectedly admitted that today's assassination was a conspiracy that he and Wei Jie Yujing's mother and son arranged together.

Leaving the Ming family?

Let the prince and the prince concubine each other, let your majesty doubt the prince?

Take advantage of the chaos to kill the father with the princess, let the princess hate the princess?

Everyone was dizzy and didn't know how to react for a long time.

If it hadn't been for the Queen's knees to squat down suddenly when the arrow came, the conspiracy might have been successful.

Had it not been for the prince to kick the assassin and sacrifice her life to protect her, the conspiracy might have been successful.

But the queen just bends her knees at the most critical moment.

Princess...

Ok……

The crown prince is exceptionally good, not at all like her weak father and brother.

It's no wonder that the Ming family didn't like to mention those things about the prince's fostering in Taoism. It turned out to be a master of cultivating her daughter, staying with the prince in a low-key manner, and protecting the royal person.

The Ming family's loyalty to the royal family is really moving.

Ming Jingzhou didn't know what the courtiers were thinking, but he just felt that their eyes were...too shining.

"Father, my sister is so amazing." Ming Jiyuan whispered in his ear: "The two immortals are really masters."

Ming Jingzhou was silent, bowed his head and adjusted his official robe.

Don't ask him, he is just a civil servant without the strength of a chicken.

Emperor Longfeng took the letter submitted by Du Qingke and saw at a glance that some of the handwriting on these letters was written by King Jing, and some of them were in beautiful fonts, which should have been written by Wei Jieyu or Concubine Jing.

"Weichen knows his sins are serious and does not ask your majesty for forgiveness, but for death." Du Qingke knelt on the ground, like a dead old man, without the slightest vitality.

He wants to die.

On his body, Jiuzhu saw the death will, and a trace of madness that dragged others to bury him.

As if aware of Jiuzhu's sight, Du Qingke raised her head and met her eyes.

"Weichen was born in a family of hairpins all his life, and this family gave me everything that I couldn't help it." Du Qingke let out a sharp smile: "Regular and decent, turned into rotten sludge, pressed **** my body. "

"In this kind of home, people are not people, they are decent puppets from a family." The twisted smile on Du Qingke's face disappeared, and he looked at Emperor Longfeng: "I can't choose what I want, and the woman next to you is because of the benefit. Betray you, how beautiful are you than me?"

"It's plausible, you are incomparable in front of the emperor father." Jiuzhu upholds the principle of fairness and justice and said: "The father and the queen are distressed by the mother and the queen is respected. He is still loved by the people and supported by courtiers. It must be more beautiful than you."

Emperor Longfeng gave a reserved cough, pretending that he hadn't heard anything.

Du Qingke was silent.

Wei Jieyu, who was brought by the **** and knelt on the ground, wanted to tear Ming Jiuzhu's mouth even more.

She turned her head to look at Du Qingke: "All you do is to deliberately frame me?"

"Ms. Jieyu joked, aren't you trying to frame me too?" Du Qingke smiled sarcastically: "You locked Princess Jing in the palace. Isn't it just to get rid of the Du family after the incident is revealed?"

"What kind of a stupid and greedy woman like you?" He sneered, "Worthy to take advantage of me?"

"If you don't want the world to watch a good show of concubine and prince betraying the emperor, why do you think you can tell me to do something?" Du Qingke looked at Emperor Longfeng: "The emperor, your son wants your life. Are you sad?"

Emperor Longfeng did not speak, but Jiuzhu whispered: "His Royal Highness, where is King Jing?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." A voice full of breath came from outside.

"King Jing was sneaky and wanted to sneak away, so he was caught by the little one and came back!"