A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination

Chapter 110: Xiang Hui

It didn’t take long for the story of that night to spread throughout the courtroom.

The death of King Jiang An greatly shocked the court and the public, and then Yin Xiaowei was born. After such an action, Chang’an was extraordinarily quiet for several days, no matter how domineering people were, they would not dare to cause trouble at such a time.

Princess Qianning’s mansion was constantly being visited by people in black clothes and silver faces. When pedestrians on the street saw people dressed in this way, they immediately retreated and stayed far away.

This is almost a symbol of Ganning. Even the common people knew that these people were the minions and eyes and ears of Princess Ganning, and they were the ones who killed the Prince of Jiang An. The dignified county kings were killed by their swords, how could ordinary people dare to provoke such a role.

Not to mention the common people, even the officials and eunuchs are very jealous of these Yin Xiaowei. The extent of Rong Ke’s ruthless heart and hands made people palpitate. They didn’t even know when Rong Ke created this Yinxiaowei, and how many people there are in the Yinxiaowei. These people only listen to Gan Ning’s dispatch, and what is even more terrifying is that they all wear masks. Once they take off their masks, who knows where they are hiding and what their identities are? For a time, everyone in the court was in danger, and all the ministers strictly restrained their families, and they were not allowed to make noise at such a time as the younger generation.

In Princess Qianning’s mansion, the periphery of the council hall is heavily guarded.

“Your Highness, my subordinates have checked everyone in Yonghe Palace, and some of them seem to have colluded with the outside world. The list of these people is here.”

Rong Ke took over the roster, flipped two pages, and asked, “Where is Xiang Hui, how is she?”

Rong Ke was brooding about this, she really couldn’t figure out why Xiang Hui betrayed her.

In front of the case stood a man in black. He was about thirty-six years old. He was stern and serious. Hearing Rong Ke’s question, he paused, lowered his head and said, “This subordinate is incompetent, and we haven’t found out what’s going on. However, according to the Ministry of Punishment, after Xiang Hui assassinated His Highness, he was so ashamed that he committed suicide.”

“Where is the body?”

“The man in the palace is oblique.”

Palace Renxie is the centralized burial place for palace maids. It is normal for Xiang Hui’s body to be thrown here after her death.

“Go to the palace to look for it, if you live to see people, you want to see corpses, and you always want to see her corpse.”

“Yes.” The person in front of him answered straightly.

He is the secret guard beside Rong Ke, surnamed Li, he was originally from Wenzong Rong Mingzhe, he was pointed to Rong Ke’s side when Rong Ke was four years old, and he has been staying there for more than ten years now . He almost watched Rong Ke grow up. He was upright and loyal. He was the most trusted and effective dark guard around Rong Ke. Now, Rong Ke single-handedly launched Yin Xiaowei, and Li Anwei walked to the front of the stage from the dark, and is still a key figure in Yin Xiaowei.

After what happened to Xiang Hui, Rong Ke was very suspicious of the people in his palace, and immediately thought of a comprehensive investigation. She didn’t dare to hand over this kind of thing to other people, only Li Anwei could be trusted.

Rong Ke was still asking something about the palace, when there was a knock on the door: “His Royal Highness, someone is asking to see you.”

Rong Ke stopped talking and waved to Li Anwei to put on the mask.

Yin Xiaowei not only wear masks when walking outside, but also cover each other when they meet inside. In this way, it can protect the safety of manpower, and secondly, it can avoid the loss of power to the greatest extent, and let them listen to her alone.

Li Anwei buckled his mask, bowed to Rong Ke, and walked out. When he went out, he happened to bump into someone who came.

Li Anwei is the commander of Yinxiaowei. The person below does not know his true identity, but he knows who the others are, such as this one.

The man was dressed in black and looked slender and neat. The silver mask covered his face, making it impossible to see his identity. But Commander Li knew that this was the Chengxi Marquis who was in the limelight in Chang’an. Why did such a young Marquis with great military achievements and promising future keep his name incognito and stay by the princess’s side to do things that would never be seen?

Xiao Jingduo came to Rong Ke and ran into Commander Li head-on. Xiao Jingduo recognized that this was the commander of Yin Xiaowei, and the most used personal guard by Rong Ke. He stepped back and let Li Tong take the lead.

However, when the commander passed by, he stopped beside Xiao Jingduo.

Xiao Jingduo frowned suspiciously.

What does this commander mean, why do you look at him like this?

Leader Li’s footsteps only stopped for a moment, and he continued to move forward as if nothing had happened. After the other party walked away, Xiao Jingduo knocked on the door full of doubts.

“Your Highness, it’s me.”

“Well, come in.”

After Xiao Jingduo entered the room, he turned and closed the door before walking inside.

Xiao Jingduo is still “recovering”, nominally he fell along with Gan Ning. In order to protect the princess, he was seriously injured and even had to suspend his work to recover. In this way, if he wanted to see Rong Ke, he would definitely not be able to use the identity of the Marquis of Chengxi.

Fortunately, the Chengxihou mansion is close to the princess mansion. Xiao Jingduo changed his clothes and could easily enter the opposite door. After Xiao Jingduo entered the door, Rong Ke put together the list presented by Commander Li, raised his head and said to Xiao Jingduo, “You are here.”

However, when she saw it, she frowned silently. As Xiao Jingduo walked all the way, Rong Ke kept staring at her, and slowly she became mad at Xiao Jingduo.

Commander Li was also looking at him just now. Could it be that there are not many clothes today? Xiao Jingduo asked, “Your Highness, what’s wrong?”

Rong Ke looked at it for a while, and finally sighed and said, “When you come to see me in the future, when there are no outsiders, you don’t need to wear a mask.”

Xiao Jingduo agreed after hearing this: “It’s reasonable. If you keep wearing a mask, it’s easy to get infiltrated by someone pretending to be, then it will be bad if they want to be detrimental to His Highness.”

The more Xiao Jingduo thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense: “It seems that in the future, it will be stipulated that everyone must show their true faces when they meet the princess. Your Highness is very thoughtful about safety.”

Rong Ke paused and said, “Actually, I think this dress is too ugly. If you take off the mask, you can support it with your face, which is a little better.”

…Xiao Jingduo can only say: “Your Highness said yes.”

To be honest, this is the first time Xiao Jingduo has heard such an evaluation as “ugly”.

“By the way, what are you doing today?”

He couldn’t help but want to sigh: “Your Highness, have you forgotten that you are still poisoned?”

Rong Ke said “oh”: “I thought it was a big deal.”

Rong Ke stretched out her wrist and let Xiao Jingduo diagnose the pulse. Xiao Jingduo sat opposite Rong Ke and gave Rong Ke a pulse across the table. Rong Ke asked, “Has anyone doubted your identity these few days?”

“Someone came to inquire about me, and I pushed all of them to be seriously injured. I only said that I went back to the house that day, and I didn’t know anything about what happened next.”

“Well, you should stay out of the limelight these few days. You should stay in the house to recuperate, and I will explain to you when something happens.”

“How do I feel that the person who needs to be healed is not me.”

Rong Ke shook his head: “There is still a lot of mess in the palace, and this group of people in the court should be suppressed, and Yin Xiaowei is still messy now, if you want to use it for a long time , always have to establish the rules, passing the message and identifying the identity is a difficult problem.”

“If you are afraid of leaking, you might as well use code to pass the news.” After thinking about it, Xiao Jingduo carefully gave Rong Ke an idea. Rong Ke listened for a while, and suddenly asked, “You are talking while taking your pulse, so you are right. ?”

Xiao Jingduo was serious when he heard Rong Ke’s words, he raised his head and said, “Your Highness, speak some truth, you asked me first.”

“I’ll just say why the medicine is so bitter. You’re not holding a grudge, is it intentional?”

Xiao Jingduo was halfway through writing the prescription, and when he heard this, he immediately picked up the pen to change the medicine in front of him. Rong Ke smiled and stretched out his hand to cover it: “Stop it!”

…

The heavy snow finally stopped, the weather gradually warmed, and order was gradually restored in the affected northern states.

In the courtroom, with the return of spring, the political situation has undergone tremendous changes.

Yin Xiaowei entered and exited the palace more and more frequently, no matter the former harem, these black guards were always behind Rong Ke, there was no expression change on their silver masks, a hand Always hold on to the knife in a virtual way, and at a glance, it is extremely terrifying.

And the court’s rejection of this group of people is getting higher and higher, their identities are hidden in the dark, who is under the mask, and once they put on the mask, they are rampant. Ji’s Yin Xiaowei, a sealed message appeared in the courtroom through their hands, and he could also go deep into the palace to directly remonstrate, which was almost impossible to guard against.

One day in March, Yin Xiaowei suddenly changed clothes. Although it was still the same black clothes, silver patterns were added to the hem and cuffs. At first glance, there was no change, but from a distance Go, the whole person is up. And if you look closely at these lines, you can clearly distinguish the difference. When the senior official saw this suit, he sighed with his son and nephew: “Those patterns are complicated and sophisticated, obviously they are used to differentiate identities internally. I thought Gan Ning was just on a whim, but now the internal rank of Yin Xiaowei is becoming more and more distinct. , if this continues, they will develop into a behemoth sooner or later.”

In Liangyi Hall, Commander Li is reporting the matter to Rong Ke. The lines on his cuffs are the most complicated, and the details of the cuffs and waist have also been changed. The silver patterns are lingering on the black fabric, which is precious and cold, and outlines the whole person to be tall and straight, powerful and imposing. After changing into this suit, Commander Li felt awkward and was not used to it, but when the princess asked him to change, he could only obey the order and ordered everyone to change into new uniforms.

“Princess, Xiang Hui’s body has been found, but…”

“Just what?”

“It’s just that she can’t see her face clearly. I heard that she betrayed the princess. Jiuquan has no face to see the emperor, so she scratched her face.”

Rong Ke immediately laughed and said firmly: “No way, that corpse is not her.”

Commander Li did not understand, and asked in confusion: “Why?”

“I understand her temperament. Since she made up her mind to betray me, she could stab me in the heart with all her heart that day, how could she feel shameless to meet Xianlie? Even if she really committed suicide , and will definitely take the poison calmly and dignifiedly, and will never scratch his face.”

Since Rong Ke said so, Commander Li naturally obeyed unconditionally. He accepted this statement, and was immediately puzzled: “Then why did she do this? Since she deliberately fabricated a corpse, I am afraid that Xiang Hui is probably still alive. What is the person behind her trying to do?”

Rong Ke did not speak, she also stood up and paced slowly in the palace: “So I have been unable to figure out why she betrayed me. Xiang Hui has been by my side for so many years, she It’s not a person who will be bought by money and power. Or, have I been wrong all these years?”

Commander Li remained silent, Rong Ke knew that asking him would be fruitless, so he did not bother about the topic, but said: “If you continue to send people to look for her, you will always find her. There are also secret codes. How are you doing with your identity verification?”

“His Royal Highness, the boy with the surname Bai really has two sets. He has put forward a lot of ideas, which are very suitable for Yin Xiaowei. I have let the following people try it slowly, if there is no problem, then you can The whole army has promoted it.”

“Okay.” Rong Ke added, “There is also the matter of recruiting people. Although we are short of people right now, this kind of thing can’t be rushed. We can’t bring wolves into the room. We have to take it slow.”

“My subordinates understand.” Commander Li opened his mouth, and he stopped suddenly. Sure enough, after a while, the palace maid’s voice sounded outside: “Your Highness, Marquis Chengxi is healed, come here to thank you.”

This person’s play is really complete, Rong Ke smiled and said: “Let’s pass it on.”

Then she turned to Commander Li and said, “You go back first, I’ll tell you the rest later.”

Li Tong put on a mask and left without saying a word, and in his heart, he made another note for the Marquis of Chengxi.

After Xiao Jingduo entered the hall, there was no one in the hall. Xiao Jingduo glanced around, knowing that maybe someone was discussing matters here just now. Since Rong Ke didn’t mention it, he pretended not to know, and said to Rong Ke, “His Royal Highness, the injury of this minister is healed, so I’m here to thank you.”

Rong Ke smiled lightly, but instead of dismantling it, she said, “That’s really hard for you.”

“Your Highness, how are you?”

“No problem.” Rong Ke was very troubled when he said this, “These people won’t stop for a moment, how dare I get sick?”

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s about Xiang Hui.” Rong Ke briefly said that someone pretended to be Xiang Hui, then sighed, “I’m sure Xiang Hui is not dead, it’s just that Chang’an is so big, where should I go to find it? She? I always feel that as long as I understand why she betrayed me, everything after that will be solved.”

Xiao Jingduo paused and said suddenly, “Your Highness, I suddenly remembered something.”

“Oh?”

“When I went to worship my ancestors, I met the female officer Xiang once and smelled a special medicine on her body. I didn’t think about it at the time, but now that I think about it, it’s probably An Fetal medicine.”

“Tobacco? Are you sure?”

“I don’t dare to say this, but it’s probably true.”

Rong Ke sat in the seat for a while, then knocked on the table suddenly. “No wonder, I said why she did this, it turned out to be so!”

Rong Ke got up immediately and went outside to call a guard: “Call someone over, and immediately go to the Queen Mother Wu’s palace.”

“Why are you in the Empress Wu’s palace?” Xiao Jingduo asked after Rong Ke entered the palace.

“Intuition.” Rong Ke said, “I wonder why they spared me so easily. It turns out that they are guilty of being thieves.”

“You mean, Lady Xiang and King Jiang An?” Xiao Jingduo felt incredible, “How is this possible?”

Rong Ke smiled and did not explain. She raised her head and glanced at Xiao Jingduo, and said, “You are really capable, you can smell pregnancy just by looking at you. When you studied medicine at Qingyuan Temple, did you learn this?”

“People who study medicine are sensitive to taste.”

Rong Ke smiled lightly and said, “Then why are you guilty?”

Xiao Jingduo said after a while, “Your Highness, you really hold revenge.”

“You know.”

Rong Ke just tried it out at first, but she didn’t think about it, and she really let her find Xiang Hui in the Queen’s harem.

Xiang Hui was holding a stack of fabrics and just came back from outside. However, as soon as she opened the courtyard door, she saw a woman standing under the tree, looking up at the tree full of flowers. Behind her stood two rows of Yin Xiaowei, the iron-like black against the red flowers in the yard, unexpectedly harmonious.

The basket in Xiang Hui’s hand fell to the ground with a bang.

The woman turned back slowly: “Xiang Hui, it’s been a long time.”

Xiang Hui’s legs softened when she saw Rong Ke, she suddenly slipped to the ground: “Your Highness…”

“I didn’t expect you to come together with King Jiang An. Is this why you betrayed me?”

We haven’t seen him for a few months, Xiang Hui’s abdomen has bulged with a slight arc, she put her hand on her abdomen and said: “I know that I deserve to die, but my child is innocent, I originally planned to kill myself after giving birth to a child, but I didn’t expect that His Highness is His Highness after all, and I still can’t escape.”

Xiang Hui smiled wryly, and then bowed to the ground in a big salute: “His Royal Highness, Xiang Hui does not dare to ask for your forgiveness, I just ask that for the innocent sake of the child, don’t take anger on my child. “