Chapter 105 The Root of Trouble
Gu Qingcheng suddenly showed a bright and dazzling smile on her face, like an innocent angel, which made people's heart beat fast.
After achieving her goal, she no longer had any regrets and turned around and left happily.
Prince Duan looked at her ruthless back, a cruel sneer appearing on his face.
"You have all betrayed me, yet you still want to use me again? Do you really think I'm a fool?"
"Let's wait and see who will win!"
"I hope you like the gift I gave you!"
"Don't regret it!"
After he finished speaking, his face was as cold as a thousand-year-old ice, icy enough to penetrate into his bones.
Then, he went to the study and wrote three notes, instructing the secret guards to issue these three instructions as required.
These three orders will become the death warrant for many people, sending some into an abyss of no return and turning them into evil spirits.
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Two days later, they really began to move their camp back to Beijing.
The carriages were lined up in a long queue.
The Royal Guards, ready to go, lined up in neat rows and led the way.
The emperor and the imperial concubine's carriages were luxurious and spacious, and were heavily guarded.
Very conspicuous in the team.
The carriages of the officials were arranged in an orderly manner and moved forward according to their official rank.
King Chang and King Qi rode on tall horses, wearing mighty armor, and stood on both sides of the emperor's carriage, slowly accompanying Emperor Wu of Qin.
The chief and deputy commanders of the Imperial Guards followed closely beside them, guarding the safety of the emperor in the carriage.
The huge team moved slowly forward on the official road.
The crowd only dared to speak in low voices, and the entire imperial road was very quiet. The only sounds were the rolling of carriages and the pedaling of horses.
After most people had left, the prince and the eldest princess' carriages slowly followed at the end of the procession.
The families of the Minister of Revenue, the Duke of Song and the Duke of Ying were not far away from the prince's carriage and were very close to the rear of the team.
Lin Pianran and the eldest princess were sitting in a carriage.
The eldest princess has a very quiet personality. Apart from playing with rabbits, she spends her time embroidering handkerchiefs, purses and the like.
Although she is a princess, she is very good at women's work.
It is said that she was taught personally by Queen Wei since she was a child, and it is obvious that she was being brought up to be a good wife and mother.
Lin Pianran's attitude towards female workers, although not very bad, is just good enough to be seen and used.
The eldest princess looked at Lin Pianran doing nothing.
She jokingly said, "Since you are engaged to the emperor, why don't you embroider a purse for him?"
Lin Pianran thought about it and agreed.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and a girl with a cute face but a rebellious look got into the carriage.
The person who came was Princess Baoqing, the daughter of the eldest princess' aunt, and the most favored daughter of the Duke of Song.
Her name is Song Yingying and she is fourteen years old.
Lin Pianran didn't know much about this princess in her previous life. She only knew that she was a little willful and unreasonable. It seemed that she was married to the prince of a royal palace, but died young.
As for the cause of death, Lin Pianran didn't know. It seemed that they had been married for many years but had no children and no love.
After Princess Baoqing entered the carriage, she rushed over and held the eldest princess' hand tightly, looking very intimate.
"Cousin Princess, I miss you so much!"
"Why do you miss me but don't come to see me?"
"Isn't this because I miss it so much that I want to forget it?"
"Little girl, you're so talkative at such a young age. What are you going to do in the future? Who dares to marry you?"
Princess Baoqing grinned and said innocently, "With my family background, the queue of men who want to marry me can stretch from here to the capital!"
The eldest princess smiled, shook her head, and scratched her nose.
He chuckled, "You cheeky naughty boy!"
He introduced Lin Pianran, "Pianpian, this is my cousin Princess Baoqing."
Then he pointed at Lin Pianran and introduced her, "Baoqing, this is Pianpian, the Crown Princess that the Emperor has just arranged to marry."
"Oh, that's the bride who came here to get married! If the wedding doesn't work, will she be buried with her cousin the Crown Prince?"
"However, for someone of such low status, being buried in the imperial mausoleum is a great bargain. She should die with peace of mind!"
These words are full of malice.
Before Lin Pianran could speak, the eldest princess got angry first, "Because you are young, everyone dotes on you. But this has made you even more outspoken and lawless!"
"You are young, you should know what is right and wrong, what to say and what not to say, don't you understand yet?"
"After so many years of careful training, your aunt has turned you into someone so unruly and headstrong, with no respect for manners?"
"Hurry up and sincerely apologize to Pian Pian, otherwise I will go find my aunt right away and ask her to punish you with love."
Princess Baoqing had never seen the eldest princess speak so sharply before. She was so frightened by her scolding that she burst into tears.
Soon her eyes turned red from crying, like a rabbit.
The eldest princess did not go forward to comfort her, but just stared at her seriously without saying a word.
She cried for a long time and even had hiccups, but the princess refused to let her go.
Finally, she could only say weakly to Lin Pianran, "I'm sorry..."
Then he looked at the eldest princess with a bit of anger, "My cousin doesn't like me and doesn't welcome me, so I'm leaving..."
After saying that, he shouted to the driver, "Stop..."
After the carriage stopped, she jumped off and ran away crying.
It really comes and goes in a hurry.
He came inexplicably and left unexpectedly.
Lin Pianran always felt that something was strange.
But I can’t put it into words.
When the eldest princess saw Princess Baoqing leave, she took Lin Pianran's hand and comforted her softly.
"Don't argue with Baoqing. She's the only legitimate daughter of Duke Song. She's been spoiled since she was little. She speaks without thinking, is impulsive, and easily angered."
"She was like this when she was little. When she grew up, I thought she would be more sensible as she got older, but I didn't expect her to be like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. She would never come back and would become even more unreasonable!"
"My aunt is also quite troubled by her."
Lin Pianran shook her head.
"It's fine, but with her personality, if she gets into trouble, it might cause a huge disaster, and may even bring trouble to the entire family. We still have to discipline her strictly and never indulge her again, otherwise we will regret it!"
At this time, Lin Pianran suddenly remembered that the source of the slander against Crown Prince Huo Yuchen by treacherous ministers in his previous life was Princess Baoqing's second brother Song Moshi.
Their family is the real root of the trouble.
Princess Baoqing's elder brother, Song Moze, was born with a weakness and has been frail since childhood.
Her second brother, Song Moshi, had been pampered by the Duke of Song's mansion like the apple of his eye since he was a child, and developed a bad character of eating, drinking, gambling, and being ignorant and uneducated.
During a competition with the son of King Zhao for a courtesan, he accidentally hit the son and was sentenced to death.
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