Chapter 369 The Abbot of the White Horse Temple Arrives
Chapter 369 The Abbot of the White Horse Temple Arrives
"Auntie, if the prince finds out, it won't be as simple as being divorced. You will be punished."
Hong Xing said in horror.
Luo Huiru held the handkerchief and slammed it hard on the table, her face distorted as she said:
"If she doesn't die, I will die sooner or later.
Rather than this, I might as well find a way out for myself.
Don't forget that your indenture is still in my mother's hands. You have been with me for ten years. Don't force me to sell you to a brothel to be a prostitute."
Hong Xing was so frightened that she fell to her knees on the ground, trembling and saying:
"Auntie, I will do as you say. Please don't send Hong Xing to a brothel."
Hong Xing stumbled out.
Luo Huiru looked out the window with a sinister look on her face.
Even if a princess from another country is bullied in her own country, how much trouble can she make?
Even if I can't kill her this time, I will kill the evil child in her belly.
How could she, a foreign bitch, be qualified to bear the child of a prince of her country?
Only I am qualified to give birth to the Spirit King's child.
After dinner, Zuo Zixuan went to take a nap, and Prince Xiao and Prince An also returned to their own residences.
King Ling went to the study to handle official business.
Han Fan knocked on the door and entered the study, "Your Majesty, Hong Xing sneaked out of the back door of the palace."
The Spirit King responded without even looking up, "Well, follow her and see what she's going to do."
"Yes, Your Majesty..."
An hour later, there was another knock on the study door.
“Your Majesty, Hong Xing contacted the Langya Palace and spent a large sum of money to place an order to buy the princess’ life.
The top-ranked assassin in Langya Palace has already accepted this order."
The Spirit King raised his head, raised his eyebrows, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but his eyes were filled with cold murderous intent.
"Why don't I just send someone to kill that troublemaker, so she won't be running around all day."
The Spirit King slumped down in the chair, "Why are you in such a hurry? Take your time, we can't let her die so easily.
We in the royal family are not unreasonable. We always require evidence for everything.
Since someone in Langya Palace has accepted this order, let's just take advantage of the situation.
After that, you know what to do.”
"Yes, I understand.
I have one more matter to report.
We found out that the wise king has been in contact with Japan for the past two years.
Just now, the wise king went out of the city to secretly meet a Japanese man. "
King Ling said thoughtfully: "Japan?"
"Yes……"
"Are there Japanese lurking outside our city?"
"Yes, but it is not clear how many Japanese there are."
"Go check and see what the wise king and that Japanese are up to."
"Yes……"
Royal study room.
"Your Majesty, this is the report from the spy I arranged in Prince Ling's Palace.
Prince Xiao and Prince An went to Prince Ling's mansion, had a meal, and then returned to their respective mansions."
Eunuch Sun Gonggong reported in a shrill voice.
The emperor frowned and asked questioningly, "You just had a meal and didn't say anything?"
Eunuch Sun nodded, "The spy reported that they didn't say anything serious."
"Hiss..., that's really weird, could it be that these guys really became brothers overnight?"
"I don't know either."
The emperor frowned and thought for a while, then he sighed, "Ah... Never mind, let's just take it one step at a time."
The sudden closeness of Prince Xiao and Prince An with Prince Ling not only made the emperor uneasy, but also Prince Yun and Prince Ping couldn't sleep at night.
They also had all kinds of speculations and worries in their minds.
He was holding a lot of grievances in his heart and thinking about how to alienate those three people.
If those three people join forces, how would I survive?
The next morning, strange phenomena occurred again.
Even Prince Yun and Prince Ping suddenly became quiet and stopped opposing each other.
The weird thing is, after the court session, Prince Yun and Prince Ping followed Prince Xiao and Prince An to Prince Ling's palace together.
This made the old emperor even more confused, and even more so the civil and military officials in the court were confused.
Could this be the calm before the storm?
Is the world going to change in Daman?
The old emperor was very worried and quickly asked Eunuch Sun to send someone to Prince Ling's Palace to inquire.
If these five people were to join forces, I, the emperor, would be completely marginalized.
Of course, the wise king was also anxious. After smashing things in the mansion, he didn't even have lunch and hurried to the suburbs.
Before King Ling returned home, something happened in King Ling's mansion.
Luo Huiru got up early today and opened the door in a good mood.
Before he could even utter a word, Tu San's eyes went dark, his head tilted, and he fainted.
She woke up again, still lying on the ground, her whole body almost frozen.
A bloody head was still hanging in front of the door.
There was a sign and a piece of paper in the skull's mouth.
"Hong Xing..., Hong Xing..." Luo Huiru was lying on the ground with a pool of yellow liquid flowing out from under her body. She shouted weakly towards the door.
"Someone come..., someone come..."
After shouting for a long time, I clearly heard the patrolling guards passing by outside the door, but no one pushed the door open.
I don’t know how long I waited before Hong Xing came out of the ear room, rubbing her head.
As soon as she came out, she bumped into the bloody head and reached out to support it.
When he saw clearly what was in his hand, he screamed and fainted at Luo Huiru's feet.
Luo Huiru paused for a while, then kicked Hong Xing's head hard.
"Slut, get up quickly..."
Hong Xing may have felt the pain and slowly woke up.
"Go and see what's in that head's mouth?"
Although Hong Xing was extremely scared, she had to obediently go and check.
She closed her eyes and reached out to pull the contents of the skull's mouth out.
He opened the note and took a look at it. His heart leapt into his throat. He then looked at the sign in his hand with trembling hands.
I was so scared that I threw the thing away.
"What's wrong..." Luo Huiru sat on the ground and asked with a pale face.
"Aunt, this is the killer from Langya Palace. This note is the contract for our order." Hong Xing said in a trembling voice.
Luo Huiru gasped and stammered, "He he he..., why is he here?
Shouldn't he go kill that bitch Zuo Zixuan?"
"Wuwuwu..., Auntie...
It is obvious that the prince has discovered that we want to kill the princess, and this is a warning from the prince to us."
"What..." Luo Huiru hadn't even finished her words when her eyes rolled back and she fainted again.
The hypocritical Prince Ping and Prince Yun shamelessly followed Prince Ling to his palace.
Originally, the two of them came here to find out the truth.
In the end, I didn't find anything, but I had a delicious tomato and pork hotpot with Meimei, and then went home happily.
For several days afterwards, the court was quiet and no noise from the princes could be heard.
After the court session, they were really friendly and respectful to each other, and ran to Prince Ling's mansion to eat for free.
It is said that those who receive favors will be grateful and those who eat will be soft-hearted. Instead of arguing in the court, the few people sent a lot of good things to the Lingwang Mansion.
In the imperial study, the old emperor rubbed his head in pain, not knowing what to do.
They all ran towards the Lingwang Palace, and no one knew what magical power this Lingwang Palace had.
These sons suddenly stopped making noise, and he felt more and more uneasy.
For several nights in a row, he went to the bedrooms of several princes and their mothers to persuade his wives to encourage their sons to make progress.
Sure enough, several princes were called into the palace one after another by their mothers.
The old emperor looked with satisfaction as his sons were called into the palace one by one. He was looking forward to resuming the previous confrontations in the court tomorrow.
But in the end he was disappointed.
Not to mention the second day, there was no tit-for-tat, even the third, fourth, and fifth days...
For half a month, there was no movement at all.
Instead of confronting each other, the sons became obedient.
Just do whatever you are assigned to do, don't fight or argue, and don't shirk responsibility.
He suspected that his pillow talk was too subtle, so he decided to talk to everyone one by one.
First of all, we must go to the Queen.
On his way there, he reviewed the pillow talk lines again, feeling that this time it would be foolproof.
But who would have known that the moment he pushed open the door of the Queen's bedroom, the hot blood that rushed out of his head would turn into a basin of ice water, pouring directly onto his forehead.
His queen, imperial concubine, concubine, and other concubines actually set up two mahjong tables here with the queen and had a lot of fun playing mahjong.
All those women who have been fighting in the palace all their lives are actually playing together?
"Hi, Your Majesty, are you here?
Do you want to rub it together?"
The queen was in the corner, with one foot on a stool and a handful of papers in one hand, and she stretched out her hand to greet the old emperor.
The old emperor almost died on the spot.
Oh my God, this vulgar woman is her queen?
His virtuous queen ran away from home, right?
"You, you, you..., what's wrong with you?"
When everyone saw that the emperor was angry, they all knelt down immediately.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I know I was wrong..."
"I will fine you all half a year's salary..."
"Yes……"
The emperor was so angry that he left in anger.
"Have you left?" the queen asked the imperial concubine who was closest to the gate.
The imperial concubine stuck her head out to take a look and said, "Let's go, let's go!"
"What are you waiting for? Keep going..."
As soon as the emperor turned the corner of the room, he heard the sound of mahjong being rubbed behind him.
He staggered and held onto the door tremblingly, covering his heart.
God really wants to kill me.
The emperor became depressed from then on and fell ill after two or three days. He even felt that he might not live long.
But that day, Eunuch Sun came and said that the abbot of the White Horse Temple wanted to see him.
The emperor was puzzled.
The abbot of this royal temple has never come to the palace on his own initiative. Why would he suddenly come to ask for a meeting today?
"Abbot Xuan, please come in."
"Yes, I will go and invite him in right away."
The emperor stood up and leaned against the head of the bed, waiting for the abbot.
"I am honored to see Your Majesty." The old monk, who was in his sixties, stood beside the emperor's bed and saluted without kneeling.
"Abbot, please don't be polite. I came here today specially. Is there anything I want to ask?"
The emperor asked in a somewhat weak voice.
“I came here specially to give Your Majesty some advice.
Your Majesty, do you still remember the advice my master gave you when you ascended the throne?"
The emperor nodded, "Of course I remember. The rise and fall of Great Manchuria was caused by me."
The abbot stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, judging from your current state, you have not fully understood the advice my master gave you."
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