One of the female generals of the Yang family

[Chapter 46] Borrowing a sword to carve the statue of Xiaojiu

Everyone was shocked, Qin Xue hurriedly covered Song Xiang's mouth, "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense."

Song Xiang tore off her hand along the sleeve, looking determined, "There, someone wants my life." His finger pointed in the direction of the palace.

Qin Xue hurriedly looked at Yang Ye, and seeing him nodding to her, she took Song Xiang's hand and walked towards the backyard. She didn't speak all the way, her face was tense and somewhat speculative.

Yang Ye's eyes slanted to Yang Shun who was on the side, Yang Shun nodded knowingly, and followed the two of them.

"If someone dares to pass on what the prince said today, he will never let it go lightly." Yang Ye said coldly, and the people in the courtyard and the palace all knelt down and replied, "Yes." Sub-anxious state.

Qin Xue led Song Xiang to a small remote courtyard of Yang's family. The place was empty without trees, and there was only a small gazebo, so it was difficult to hide in dark people, so he could speak boldly and feel at ease.She helped Song Xiang to sit down, and she sat beside him. She glanced at Yang Shun who was guarding the courtyard gate and did not enter, feeling a little more at ease in her heart.Seeing that Song Xiang was also staring at Yang Shun, Qin Xue looked at him, "Do you remember that I told His Highness that Yang Tai is not the only powerful person in the Yang family, there are others."

"But I don't trust them." Song Xiang's honesty didn't surprise Qin Xue, but was happy for him. He didn't trust anyone like this, and he was able to protect himself better, especially because he needed to live in that courtyard. This kind of suspicion , is a good habit.

"Then why does Your Highness believe me?" Qin Xue thought she was smart, but she couldn't figure it out.

"Because." Song Xiang hesitated for a while, "Because I told Xiao He about Qin Xue shooting an arrow at me that day, and also explained the truth of what you said. Then Xiao He said, you are someone you can trust."

Qin Xue frowned and recalled that the name 'Xiao He' was somewhat familiar. After a long time, she finally realized, "The Xiao He that His Highness is talking about is the maid who died in the palace recently?"

Song Xiang nodded sadly, "She is the person my mother entrusted to me before she died. In the palace, I trust her the most."

After hearing what he said, Qin Xue asked another question, "Then His Royal Highness is in the palace, besides trusting Xiao He, is there anyone else he can trust?"

"Royal Father." Song Xiang said without hesitation.

"Where are the others?" Qin Xue asked.

Song Xiang thought for a while, then shook his head.

"There's no one else?" Qin Xue only felt chills all over her body, and felt a little distressed for the person in front of her.

"The courtyard Qin Xue talked about is full of people who only know how to flatter and play tricks. No one can trust them. They all want my life." Song Xiang was a little annoyed, and he had already stood up when he spoke.

In the distance, Yang Shun couldn't hear what the two were talking about, but he could see from Song Xiang's face that he was agitated and seemed to be angry.

Qin Xue helped him sit down again, "These words must have been told by that little He to you."

Song Xiang nodded.

"But, how does Your Highness know that everyone there wants to harm you?" While Qin Xue was speaking, Song Xiang took out something from his sleeve, threw it on the stone table under the pavilion, bit his lip, and said: " That's what it told me."

On the table, a piece of gray cloth seemed to be wrapping something not too big or small. It was thick and long, and Qin Xue couldn't tell what it was, so he had to lift the gray cloth to take a closer look.As soon as the thing leaked a tail, Qin Xue hurriedly backed away in shock, clenching her teeth to prevent herself from shouting, but her face turned pale.

"This is?" Qin Xue pointed at the big gray-haired mouse on the stone table, her voice trembling.

Song Xiang's face was flat, staring at the squirrel's corpse, glaring, "I suffered from a cold when I was seven years old. After being diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor, I finally recovered, but my health was not as good as before. Since then, my father ordered people to help me. I have to take the invigorating tonic that I have made every day, until now. Seeing that after taking the medicine, Xiao He not only didn’t improve, but was in poor spirits, so she asked me to stop the tonic, and poured out the tonic secretly without telling everyone. It’s strange Yes, after stopping the medicine, my body was actually stronger than before, Xiao He realized that there was something wrong with the tonic, and in the future, he fed the medicine to the mice. This is already the fourth one on the table."

Qin Xue looked at the stiff mouse and took a deep breath.Song Xiang continued: "After taking the medicine, these mice will become irritable and tend to go crazy. After these stages, they will become mentally dull and distracted. After a few days, they will stop breathing."

Qin Xue got up slowly, lowered her eyes in thought, glanced at the mouse on the stone table, and Song Xiang who had a resentful face, always felt that something was wrong.She stood in front of Song Xiang, nodded and said: "Xiao He is right, there are indeed people in the yard who want to harm you, but, not all of them." She recalled and analyzed what Song Xiang said, "Those tonics were indeed taken by someone. If you move your hands, as long as you follow the clues of the imperial physician grabbing the medicine, the palace servants boiling the medicine, and the maid delivering the medicine, you will definitely find some clues, but." Qin Xue changed the subject, "The person who gave the medicine didn't want to kill His Highness, but It is to drive His Highness crazy."

"Driving me crazy?" Song Xiang was puzzled, looking at the person in front of him, his brows were already balled.

"Yes." Qin Xue affirmed, "From what His Majesty said just now, it can be heard that those medicines are staged seizures, first insane, then dull, and finally fatal. To make matters worse, if any clues are revealed once, the person who gave the medicine will waste all his previous efforts. Killing you is also equivalent to harming himself, which is too risky. Therefore, for the person who gave the medicine, driving His Highness crazy is worse than killing It will be safer with Your Highness."

"But that mouse." Song Xiang pointed at the stone table, "It's clearly dead."

Qin Xue nodded, "The mouse is indeed dead, which is enough to prove that someone did a heavy hand, but this heavy hand was not aimed at His Highness, but at the person who drugged His Highness. It can be seen that the person who made the 'mouse' die , know who gave His Highness the madness medicine."

Song Xiang didn't understand, and shook his head in bewilderment.

Qin Xue approached the stone table, her eyes were full of shrewdness, "In other words, someone wants to 'borrow a knife to kill someone' and 'kill two birds with one stone'."

"what?"

Song Xiang was astonished, and pulled Qin Xue's arm without warning, his eyes were different from the usual meaninglessness, and there was more fear.Qin Xue looked at him and thought, it should be Xiao He's death that made him lose confidence. He felt that there was no one to trust and no one to protect him, so he showed the weakness that a child should have.

"Your Highness, don't shoot." Qin Xue hugged him into her arms, "We need to tell the Emperor about this."

Song Xiang hurriedly shook his head, "I told my father, but my father didn't believe me, saying that Xiao He did something wrong, she deserves to die."

Qin Xue naturally knew that it wasn't that Song Zhenzong didn't believe in his son, but that he couldn't believe it clearly. He must know better than anyone else how many people were staring at Song Xiang. Lively mentality, but I don't want him to have a good time.However, everything needs evidence, Song Zhenzong and Song Xiang have no evidence, they can do nothing.

"Your Highness, if you believe in the emperor, you should also believe in it. The emperor also believes in you." Qin Xue grabbed his shoulder and explained, "It's just that this kind of belief is sometimes kept in your heart, and you don't have to say it out of your mouth."

Song Xiang nodded, unable to see if he had understood, but could understand from his eyes that he still trusted his father.

"Eunuch Li." At the gate of the courtyard, Yang Shun bowed his hands and said in a loud voice, which seemed to remind him, "Eunuch is here to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Fu was followed by Yang Ye who was walking closely. It can be seen that Li Fu came suddenly and was not well known.

"The old slave is here to pass on the emperor's oral instructions." Li Fu also saluted Yang Shun, pointed in Song Xiang's direction, and leaned towards that place, seeing that Song Xiang was standing peacefully and looking at him, so he moved up hospitalized.

"Greetings to Eunuch Li." Qin Xue bowed his knees slightly, Li Fu hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and received her half-respect, with a smile on his face, he was much more polite than before, making Qin Xue more speculative, what is he doing meaning?

"What I want you to convey, did you tell the emperor?" Song Xiang asked seriously, looking like a master.

"Return to Your Highness." Li Fu bowed, "This old slave is here to convey His Majesty's will."

"Say." Song Xiang tilted his eyes at Qin Xue, making Qin Xue even more puzzled.

Li Fu bowed, straightened his waist slightly, and said in a loud voice, "Qin Xue accepts the order."

Qin Xue knelt down hastily, and looked at Yang Shun and Yang Ye who were not allowed to enter the courtyard gate in surprise. They also looked puzzled.

"Your Majesty ordered that His Majesty the Crown Prince will stay in Tianbo Mansion for a short time these days, and ask Qin Xue to take good care of him, and there will be no mistakes." Just as Li Fu said, Song Xiang happily jumped up and down. Pulling her up, he told the smiling Li Fu, "Go back and report to me, and tell Qin Xue that she knows."

Li Fu nodded, bowed and stepped back, looked at the indifferent Yang family father and son meaningfully, and walked out of Tianbo Mansion, still keeping a low profile.

Just after Li Fu finished speaking, Qin Xue was even more sure of his guess. Song Zhenzong knew that there were people in the palace who were unfavorable to Song Xiang, and felt that he was safer outside the palace.

"It's fine for me to take care of Your Highness, but His Majesty said that His Highness is going to live in Tianbo Mansion for a short time, and we will no longer be able to call you 'Your Highness' in the future." Qin Xue pressed Song Xiang who was jumping excitedly, and turned his head to think After a while, he smiled and said, "How about calling you 'Xiao Jiu'?"

"Xiao Jiu?" Song Xiang didn't quite understand, "Why is it called this name?"

Qin Xue smiled, with a clever look on her face, "Because the Yang family originally had seven children, and I became sworn brothers with them, the Yang family has one more person. Now you have entered the Yang family again, and you are 'Xiao Jiu'."

"Qin Xue can't do it." Yang Ye had already rushed over, bowed to Song Xiang, looked at Qin Xue and shook his head, "His Royal Highness is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, I can't be wronged like this." Before he finished speaking, Song Xiang Xiang interrupted: "Just listen to Qin Xue, the prince is the 'Xiao Jiu' of the Yang family these days."

Qin Xue hastened to help, "Yes, Xiao Jiu, it can also be understood as the word 'Nine' of 'Ninth Five Lord', with a double meaning."

Song Xiang nodded in agreement.

Yang Ye naturally disagreed, if people knew about it, when the crown prince ranked ninth in the Yang family, there would be a lot of criticism and discussion, and when he wanted to explain some truth to the children, Yang Shun stood behind him and challenged the two of them. Raising his eyebrows, he pointed at the courtyard door behind him with one finger.Qin Xue and Song Xiang understood, and both ran away before Yang Ye could speak.

"You guys." Yang Ye turned around abruptly, seeing Yang Shun's hastily put down hands, and his indifferent look looking at the sky, he coughed, and walked out of the yard with his hands behind his back.

It has been a long time since there was a child as old as Song Xiang in the family. Madam She liked Song Xiang very much, and when she thought of her three sons who were studying abroad, she cherished Song Xiang even more.At the dinner table, he was always let him sit next to him, and kept putting vegetables on the plate for him. Yang Ye cared about the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers, and often mentioned things from the side. It was rare for Madam She to be so ignorant, because he missed those sons so much in his heart , simply presumptuous once.

Song Xiang didn't care about it, he felt that the Yang family was fresh and interesting, it was more lively and casual than being alone in the palace, he let go of his stomach and ate a lot at night, but when serving each dish, he didn't care about the feelings of the Yang family She asked Qin Xue to try the dishes, and after seeing her eat them, she felt relieved to follow them.

At night, Song Xiang insisted on sharing a room with Qin Xue, and still didn't care about her feelings, letting her move a stool to sit beside him to sleep, saying that "Xiao He" often did the same.It seemed that Xiao He's death, to him, was like someone taking away the oil-paper umbrella to cover the rain. The sudden heavy rain had already made him a little scared.

After knocking on the door three times, after a pause, and twice, Qin Xue woke up from the trance, remembering that this was the Yang family's secret code, and now, as half of the Yang family, she already knew it.She got up from the stool, twisted her uncomfortable back, opened the door and walked out.

Yang Shunli stood in the corridor, saw her approaching, slowly sat down under the eaves of the corridor, patted the vacant seat on the side, and motioned for her to sit with her.The night wind was a bit cool, but it was refreshing.Qin Xue was wrapped in a thin shirt, slowly leaning against him, staring at the shallow moon occasionally rushing out of the clouds, frowned in doubt, her mind was a little different from the evening, she sighed softly, looked up Seeing that pretty face, he lowered his eyes slowly and asked, "Tell me, why did the emperor drug Xiao Jiu?"

The author has something to say: A friend privately messaged me on Weibo, why Song Zhenzong chose the surname 'Song', I forgot to explain this to everyone.First of all: This is a fiction based on the background of the Yang family, so many of them are not written in accordance with the history. Of course, the history of the Yang family still needs to be verified.Secondly, Song Zhenzong (prototype: Zhao Heng) is indeed surnamed 'Zhao', but I have a damn child's shoe called 'Zhao Heng', which is too substituting to write, thinking of calling him the emperor, your majesty, and the king, I feel goosebumps all over my body Pimples popped out.Therefore, the surname was directly changed to 'Song'.After the explanation is complete, continue to read the text.Of course, if you have any questions, you can also leave a message in the text. It makes me happier than a private message, because there is a cute '+2' point!