Chapter 12
In front of everyone, Xiao Chen naturally didn't dare to be too frivolous, he took advantage of the situation to support the queen, raised his chest and raised his head and shouted: "Queen, get up and drive back to the palace!"
His voice was shrill, but he did it on purpose.
Xiao Chen's scheming is also deep and calm.
Back at Kunning Palace, the empress retreated from everyone, her beautiful eyes turned around, she looked at Xiao Chen with a half-smile, which made his heart shudder.
"If the empress has no other orders, then the servant will leave first?"
"Xiao Chen, tell me honestly, who are you!"
"An incomplete man..."
Xiao Chen pretended to be deep and said.
"Don't be glib with Ben Gong!"
The queen's pretty face instantly flushed with two blushes, resembling a begonia bathing in dew.
Because she knew that although Xiao Chen was a eunuch, he was a complete man, and a very man.
Xiao Chen's mind fluttered slightly as he watched, and he said casually.
"If you go back to your mother, the slave is originally a Juren from the previous court."
"Huh? With your talents, you didn't pass the Jinshi exam?"
The queen nodded in disbelief.
"Father said that Zhongju is enough to support the family business, and there is no need to take any other examinations to become an official. The current situation was turbulent, and being an official was not a good thing."
Xiao Chen designed his life experience in an instant.
"I see that you have an extraordinary bearing. You must be a child of a noble family. What's your father's name?" The queen's phoenix eyes raised slightly, revealing a trace of inquiring spirit.
"Alas... During the war, my family was ruined and my family was destroyed. I had no choice but to enter the palace and become a eunuch because of my livelihood. If I don't mention my father's name, I will humiliate my ancestors."
Xiao Chen knew what the queen cared about, so he deliberately sighed.
"Then, why didn't you cut it clean?"
The queen asked what she was concerned about, and subconsciously glanced at Xiao Chen's key point, and the red cloud rose again, making her even more charming.
"At that time, the palace was in a hurry to employ people. It would take half a year to get out of bed if you cleanse yourself, and you might lose your life, so..."
Xiao Chen knew long ago that this explanation was far-fetched, with the queen's intelligence, he would not believe it, so he spoke between the truth and the truth.
"Eunuch Zhao from the clean room, has received my father's favor before, and pity me that I am the only one left in the Xiao family, so..."
Xiao Chen can only gamble.
"Who else knows about this besides Liu Ruyun?"
The queen pondered for a long time before asking, it seems that Xiao Chen made the right bet.
"No one else."
"This time you have made great achievements at the Lantern Festival, the emperor will definitely reward you, and you will be on your way to success."
The queen changed the subject, and glanced at Xiao Chen without emotion from the corner of her eyes.
"No matter how successful the servant is, he is still under your skirt!"
Xiao Chen's words had puns and hit the point.
"Yeah. However, no matter how high you fly, it's still in the palm of the emperor... There are some things that I don't want to tell you bluntly. I hope you can take care of yourself. Go."
The meaning of the queen's words is very deep.
I don't know if Xiao Chen can understand it?
Xiao Chen's mind was always clear.
He knew that whether it was the imperial concubine Liu Ruyun or the empress Murong Danqiu, they all wanted to use him, as if he only wanted to use the two of them.
At present, he is being held by the two of them, so if he is asked to go east, he will not dare to go west, like a pawn who is at the mercy of others, unable to control himself.
However, as long as he still has use value, he can live on.
If it loses its value or even interferes with the chess game, it will surely die.
Now, Xiao Chen is confident that he can deal with them temporarily.
It's just that he is still facing a hidden crisis, which comes from Emperor Li Wanjiang.
Xiao Chen always felt that Li Wanjiang wanted to kill him, and the reason why he didn't do it all the time was because he wanted to use him to deal with the barbarian country at the Lantern Festival.
In fact, if he were Li Wanjiang, he would definitely want to kill himself.
There are three reasons.
First of all, his ambiguity with Concubine Liu must not be hidden from Li Wanjiang's eyes and ears. As a young eunuch, he dared to be so close to Concubine Gui, it is an unforgivable crime!
Secondly, he was even appreciated by the queen, and he was taken into the Kunning Palace. In case something indescribable happened between him and the queen... wouldn't it be more sinful?
The emperor's crown is always golden, but it can't be green!
Again, although he made great contributions at the Lantern Festival, for Li Wanjiang, it was not something to show his face.
By the way, is there no talent in the Great Zhou Dynasty?
He even let a little eunuch come forward to fight!
It's hard to say.
Then the third reason is obvious.
The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, you are useless, if you don't kill you, who will you kill?
So Li Wanjiang's so-called rewards may be high officials and generous salaries, gold and silver treasures, or a white silk!
Li Wanjiang wanted to kill him, but no one could protect him.
Not even the queen.
After all, you have to rely on yourself.
The queen's words just now were just to wake Xiao Chen up and make him take care of himself. It seems that the queen has also discovered Li Wanjiang's murderous intentions.
Fortunately, he has just made a great contribution, so Li Wanjiang probably won't do it right away, but the time left for him may not be much...
This damn crossing!
He walked out of Kunning Palace with a lot of worries, and suddenly heard a hoarse voice calling softly after walking not far away.
"His Royal Highness stay."
"Eunuch Zhao." Xiao Chen was taken aback, and almost punched his wrinkled old face directly.
"Your Highness, just call me Gongming."
Eunuch Zhao's smile deepened.
Eunuch Zhao's name is Zhao Gongming, and the name sounds awesome.
Not only the name is awesome, but the others are also awesome.
Although he is just an old eunuch, he is extremely bloody and loyal to Xiao Chen's father!
The reason why he took a huge risk to stay in the palace was to find an opportunity to assassinate Li Wanjiang to avenge his master.
From this point alone, he is much better than those former officials who surrendered to Li Wanjiang!
So who is not planted?
It can be seen from this!
But this Eunuch Zhao changed his mind immediately after seeing Xiao Chen.
I thought the prince was dead, but I didn't expect him to be alive.
As long as the former emperor still has a drop of blood like him, then everything is possible...
Including the Restoration of the Former Dynasty.
But Eunuch Zhao had seen the crown prince's attitude very ambiguous before, although he was full of promises, but he was reluctant, and now he wanted to be agitated, to find out the details.
Who knows, seeing that Xiao Chen didn't dare to agree, it seems that he may not be a master who can make big things happen.
There is no inheritance of the wise and martial arts of the former emperor at all.
When he thought of this, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Xiao Chen didn't expect Zhao Gongming to make noise again, he thought that Xiao Chen would definitely be promoted to a higher rank after making such a great contribution, maybe even a eunuch with palm prints in the 24th prison!
This has power.
His highness just now must have asked him to reconsider important matters?
"What is this place? How can I call you by your name? The two of us are in a dangerous situation now, and I am walking on thin ice, so I have to gain a firm foothold in the palace before talking about other things. In addition, this matter is important and needs to be discussed in the long run. "
Xiao Chen's words sound reasonable, but they are more like perfunctory.
"Yes." Zhao Gongming couldn't help sighing again.
"In the future, I will look for you if I have something to do. Don't come to me, otherwise it will be inconvenient if someone sees you." Xiao Chen's words meant to accuse Zhao Gongming of being too reckless.
"yes."
Zhao Gongming was startled, and hurriedly agreed.
"Quack quack, what are you old and young talking about mysteriously here? Can you tell me?" With a burst of duck-like laughter, a middle-aged eunuch surrounded by a group of young eunuchs Come proudly.