The heroine wants to repay

The palace is not peaceful recently.

The death of the imperial concubine seemed to have drawn the curtain.

Strange murders occurred one after another in the harem.

From the side concubine to the prince and princess, the dead were all poisoned by strange poisons and died.

People in the palace were panicked for a while, and it was rumored in private that he was cursed by the imperial concubine, which made the harem restless.

At this moment, the sun is rising.

Shu Man followed a group of six doors to catch up. As soon as she entered the second prince's study, she felt a burst of cold air rushing towards her face.

Received the news of the second prince's death this morning, saying that after breakfast, he went into the study and never came out again.

Until the palace lady changed the tea as usual, no one answered when she knocked on the door, she sensed something was wrong, opened the door and found the second prince lying on the counter table, bloody and bloody.

When Shu Man came in, she passed the maid who brought tea, the little girl was about ten years old, she seemed to be frightened, she sat at the door tremblingly shaking her head.

Several recent homicides were all caused by the same poison.

After the deceased took it, he would die of poison within a quarter of an hour.

It's strange, not only because of its strong toxicity, but after the dead dies, the poison will continue to spread until it melts the dead into a puddle of blood.

So much so that at the scene of a crime, Shu Man always wears a mask, so as not to smell the bloody smell and lose her appetite all day long.

Another similar murder.

Shu Man stood behind the crowd, thinking about the murderer's information.

Almost every time it is poisoning in a secret room, if you want to escape the guards in the palace who are so tightly controlled, if you are not a person with light skills, you are someone in the harem.

Thinking of this, something suspicious suddenly appeared in Shu Man's mind.

Shu Man: 【Could it really be the heroine? 】

【uh-huh】

Shu Man: [But she wants to seize power, if she doesn't kill the prince, why kill these insignificant people? 】

【Maybe for the prince】

Shu Man: [Huh? 】

[The seizure of power may also be for the prince]

Shu Man suddenly realized that, speaking of it, Jiang Fei's open-minded character really doesn't seem like someone who would be greedy for power.

Is it possible that these people have a problem with the prince?

She frowned, carefully recalling the list of the dead.

Excluding the noble concubine who died on the night of the Queen Mother's birthday, Concubine Xian and Concubine Hui were killed one after another. The second prince who died today and the fourth prince who was poisoned a while ago were both born to Concubine Xian. Concubine Hui had no children. According to the murderer's modus operandi, the The next target is not allowed to be the third princess.

At the same time, the prince's bedroom.

Hearing the news of the second prince's death, the prince was restless, pacing back and forth in the room.

"Ling'er, baby, don't leave." Jiang Fei followed behind her, simply stretched out his hand, and pulled her into his arms, "What are you worried about?"

"What am I worried about?" Jiang Ling turned her head to face her viciously, "My mother's eyes are red now, tell me, did you secretly give her that weird poison!"

"I..." Jiang Fei didn't dare to tell Jiang Ling half a lie, hesitated for a moment, turned his face away, "Let them resolve the grievances of the previous generation by themselves, don't worry about it."

"How can I not care about it!" Jiang Ling's eyes turned red, "The queen mother doesn't even want to let the emperor's brother and sister go!"

"Yes, yes." Jiang Fei could only nod, "But what is the difference between what they did back then and what the queen is now?"

Jiang Ling was taken aback, as if convinced by her.

Things have to start more than ten years ago.

At that time, the queen was not a queen, but a member of the harem concubines.

Fortunately, she was pregnant with the dragon species early, and her status became much more noble in an instant.

At this moment, the noble concubine, together with concubine Xian and concubine Hui, was jealous of the queen and flew up to a branch to become a phoenix. They secretly plotted a poisonous scheme, bribed the queen's personal maid, and put weak poison into the queen's stew every day.

Add up.

The queen didn't realize that when she gave birth in October, the midwife actually carried out a deformed stillborn baby.

She is still young, and it is not difficult to have a child, but a stillbirth is unlucky, and if the emperor finds out, she may be thrown into limbo in the future.

Fortunately, she went into labor in the middle of the night, and the midwife was sent by her natal family, so she went out of the palace that night to find an abandoned baby to act as the prince.

The noble concubine didn't get what she wanted. Seeing that the queen's mother was more expensive than her son and became a queen, she began to make calculations on the little prince.

Repeating the same trick, the prince who was less than two months old couldn't resist the strong poison, and stopped breathing in a few days.

The queen realized belatedly that the stillbirth was probably not an accident, but man-made.

She proposed to take the child back to her natal home to meet her parents, and took advantage of the situation to get rid of the maids around her and replace them with cronies chosen by her natal home.

At the same time please midwife, quickly find a suitable baby.

Helplessly, the midwife searched all over the imperial city, but she was as lucky as last time, and only found a baby girl.

And this baby girl is now Jiang Ling.

"Why did you give her the poison?" Jiang Ling regained her composure, somewhat puzzled by Jiang Fei's behavior.

"She promised me that you won't be allowed to marry the princess for the time being." Jiang Fei pouted and buried her head in Jiang Ling's ear, "If you dare to marry other sisters and sisters, I will try to usurp the throne tomorrow."

"Nonsense." Jiang Ling glared at her, then lowered her head again, "If there is no queen mother, I'm afraid I'd still be a wandering beggar, you know, I've always been very grateful to her for giving me a new life, if she wants me to sit Go to that position..."

"No." Jiang Fei interrupted her violently, "I have made an agreement with your queen mother, it is agreed! When you become the crown next year, I will let you and me go back to the Southwest."

"Then..." Jiang Ling was a little confused.

"Don't you still have the tenth brother?" Jiang Fei was confident.

Jiang Ling was stunned, the ten emperor brother had just reached her waist and was at the age of playing with mud, how could he take over the important task.

"You're back on your word!" Jiang Fei got anxious and rambled, "I've prepared all the dowry and dowry, how can you regret it? We have beautiful scenery in the southwest and delicious food, and I can take you to see my Mao Mao at that time." insect!"

"Fool, who wants to go see caterpillars with you!"

"You, you and I go."

"Humph!"

On the other side, Shu Man couldn't figure out the murderer, so she sneaked into the palace to deliver dinner to Jiang Luan that night, but when she looked up, she saw her frowning and preoccupied.

"What's wrong?" Shu Man squatted down worriedly, reaching out to touch her forehead, "Are you uncomfortable?"

"Shu Man, many people died in the palace recently." Jiang Luan bit her lip timidly, "I'm so scared."

"What are you afraid of?" Shu Man pinched her face amusedly, "You haven't done anything bad, how could the murderer come after you?"

"I..." Jiang Luan lowered his head, looking even more pitiful, "Do you think I'm weak and worthless?"

"Of course not." Shu Man shook her head hurriedly, "You are still a child."

Children naturally have the right to be afraid.

"I'm really scared." Jiang Luan met her with red eyes and whispered, "You can stay with me tonight, okay?"

Shu Man was dazed, and the appearances of Jiang Jing and Jiang Chuo flashed through her mind.

Shu Man: [I finally understand why Jiang Luan looks like a heroine. 】

【why? 】

Shu Man: [Because they all want me to sleep with them! 】

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The author has something to say:

Jiang Jing: Not me.

Jiang Chuo: I haven't.

Jiang Luan: Huh!

Shu Man: Humph!