Chapter 13: Escape from the Palace
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Ning Chen led the carriage and walked outside, and as soon as he left the gate of Weiyang Palace, he stopped, watched a team of guards pass by, and took the initiative to block the way.
"Little father-in-law, what are you doing?" Because Ning Chen walked out of the Yang Palace, the Praetorian Guard generals who walked in the forefront did not dare to slack off, and said politely.
"The queen has an urgent matter for the little one to go out of the palace to do, but now the palace is strictly prohibited, and it is very inconvenient to enter and exit, I am afraid that it will delay the errand that the mother explains, and I hope the general can help send each other off."
Ning Chen's eyes swept over the Praetorian guards who walked by, and an anxious look flashed on his face, and immediately, he retracted his gaze, looked at the Praetorian Guard generals in front of him, and pleaded.
"This"
The Praetorian Guard general looked embarrassed and hesitated for a moment.
The Assassins broke into the Imperial Study at night, and they were ordered to make rounds, and it stands to reason that they could not leave their posts without permission.
However, the matter of the queen's mother cannot be delayed, if he refuses, it will inevitably make the master of Weiyang Palace unhappy afterwards.
"If the general doesn't believe it, this is a token from the queen's mother, and the general can take it and confirm it with the queen's mother in person."
As he spoke, Ning Chen's face became even more anxious, and he took out the moon-shaped jade pendant given by the eldest grandson from his arms, handed it to the Praetorian Guard general, and urged.
"Okay, I'll give my little father-in-law a ride."
As soon as the general of the guard saw the moon-shaped jade pendant, the last trace of hesitation in his heart was dispelled, and he nodded in response, this is the queen's mother's personal token, and many guards in the palace have seen it, so there will be no mistake.
Ning Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he chose to stop the guards in front of the gate of Weiyang Palace in order to reduce the guards' vigilance against him, no matter how cautious people are, they will have blind spots in their cognition, as long as they use it with their hearts and then guide it, they can create an illusion that is difficult to discern.
"Look at the little father-in-law's age, he just entered the palace not long ago."
The general of the Praetorian Guard ordered the rest of the people behind him to continue patrolling, and immediately stepped forward to help lead the carriage, and asked casually as he walked.
"Yes"
Ning Chen nodded a little embarrassedly, and replied, "I just entered the palace a few days ago, and I was taken care of by Miss Lime, and now I am doing some chores in Weiyang Palace."
"The little father-in-law is so blessed, everyone in the palace knows that the queen is virtuous and virtuous, and she is the most generous to the people below," the head of the guard smiled kindly and said.
"What the general said is extremely true"
Ning Chen replied with a smile, but he disagreed very much in his heart, these fools have been deceived by the eldest grandson, whether they are virtuous and virtuous He doesn't know, but he is not lenient to the people below him at all, he has been fooled by the eldest grandson several times, otherwise he would have been happy outside the palace a long time ago, and there is no need to run away in a hurry at night.
"Yo, isn't this Xiao Ningzi, where are you going this big night?"
Not long after leaving, suddenly, a male duck's throat-like voice came not far from the two, and Ning Chen suddenly chuckled in his heart, secretly screaming that it was not good.
With the voice, a figure wearing a sapphire blue embroidered crane robe, holding a whisk in his hand, and wearing a peacock feather and gem-inlaid hat walked slowly, looking at Ning Chen and smiling, "What a coincidence"
The leader of the guards of "Zhao Jin's father-in-law" knew the person who came, and politely bowed his hand, which was regarded as a greeting.
"General Ling" Zhao Jin returned the salute, and immediately asked with a smile, "I don't know where the general and Xiao Ningzi are going?"
"The little father-in-law went out of the palace on the order of the queen's mother, and I happened to give each other a ride, and the father-in-law of Zhao and this little father-in-law know each other?"
Ling Xiao was slightly surprised, Zhao Jin had been an errand boy by Emperor Xia's side for more than 20 years, and his status was different, how could he know a little eunuch who had just entered the palace.
"It's just been one meeting" Zhao Jin said perfunctorily, didn't explain much, and immediately looked at Ning Chen beside Ling Xiao, smiled darkly, and said in his words, "Xiao Ningzi, our family originally wanted to transfer you to work by your side, but I didn't expect the queen mother to take you to Weiyang Palace first, it's a pity."
"Hehe" Ning Chen smirked to cover up the past, and didn't explain much knowingly, everything this says is offending people, you better pinch it yourself and the eldest grandson.
Zhao Jin walked around the carriage and said with a smile, "Now that the palace is in chaos, the general must check it carefully, so as not to lose anything."
Ning Chen's heart sank, and his face changed slightly, this damn old pervert.
Ling Xiao glanced at Ning Chen in embarrassment, it was said that they were not easy to ask about the errand of Weiyang Palace, but Gonggong Zhao had already sent a reminder that if he didn't check again, he would be a little too late.
"General Ling, do things according to the rules, but please be careful" Ning Chen opened his mouth and said in a deep voice.
Ling Xiao nodded, stepped forward and lifted the curtain, and immediately boarded the carriage, ready to check.
The car was full of boxes, one pressed the other, Ling Xiao opened the outermost box, and it was all pieces of porcelain in his eyes, moved it and put it aside, and opened another one, it was still full of porcelain.
Ling Xiao has been in the palace for nearly ten years, and he knows that these are all things commonly used in the palace, exquisite but exquisite, but in terms of value, it can only be said that way.
There are so many treasures in Weiyang Palace, any one of them is not comparable to this car of porcelain, if it is stolen, it is really worth the loss.
"Oops, General be careful"
Just as Ling Xiao moved a checked box aside, Ning Chen's face changed and he shouted.
Immediately, a crackling sound was heard, and the whole box of porcelain was exposed from the bottom of the box, falling into the carriage, and shattering.
Ning Chen's eyes showed a panicked look, and he said anxiously, "Hey, I forgot to tell the general, the boxes below are a few years old, and the queen mother is in a hurry, saying that if there is a token, she will not check it again, and it is not in the way, I forgot about it when I was in a hurry."
Ling Xiao's face was also ugly, although it was not a rare treasure that was broken, but after all, it was something from Weiyang Palace, and the queen mother explained it so urgently, it must have an important use, thinking of this, Ling Xiao glanced at Zhao Jin with an unkind expression, blaming this damn old eunuch, if it weren't for this old guy's troubles, he wouldn't have made such a big mistake.
Under the carriage, Ning Chen sighed softly, and said with a bitter face, "General, you better check quickly, and the small one should hurry up and finish the errand and ask the queen mother for guilt."
Hearing that Ning Chen didn't mean to blame him, Ling Xiao's impression of the former was suddenly very good, and then compared to Zhao Jin who was watching the joke on the side, who was credible and who was not credible, he didn't need to think about it immediately.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao jumped the box out of the carriage and said, "No need to check, the little father-in-law hurry up and get out of the palace, don't miss the queen's errand, break things, if the mother is to blame, Ling Xiao will definitely bear it with the little father-in-law."
"Thank you, General"
Ning Chen's face showed gratitude, but he felt a little weak in his heart, this Ling Xiao was so righteous, was it a little bad for him to fool him like this?
Of course, the thoughts of guilt are fleeting, and then disappear without a trace.
The Buddha said: If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell.
It's a pity that what he has always pursued is that I don't go to hell and let others go to hell.
What's more, there is a little eunuch in the palace, even if it is found out, it is not a big mistake, and it is still far from hell.
But if he is caught, he will really go to hell!
On the side, Zhao Jin didn't find out anything, smiled coldly, and walked away, his arrogant attitude was really unpleasant.
Ning Chen thought in his heart, and roughly guessed the reason, he and Zhao Jin had only met twice, and there were no grievances, and even when they met for the first time, Zhao Jin still meant to give him a hand, and if he saw him again today, his attitude was like that of the two of them, and he didn't have to think about it to know that it was because of the relationship between the eldest grandson.
In the palace, there is a constant battle between the open and the dark, and it is very important to choose the position, and now it seems that Zhao Jin is standing on the side of the West Palace eight ~ nine times out of ten, which is why he is hostile to him who came out of the Changsun Palace.
It's a pity, if he wasn't in a hurry to get out of the palace, he really wanted to stay and tidy up this old guy.
Ning Chen shook his head regretfully, immediately glanced at Ling Xiao, and said:
"General, let's go"
"Yes"
Ling Xiao saw that Ning Chen's expression had changed slightly, and he thought that the latter was worried that he would be punished when he came back, but he never thought that Ning Chen would be depressed because he would not have the opportunity to stab Zhao Jin after leaving the palace today.
Maybe even Ning Chen himself didn't notice that in just a few days in Weiyang Palace, no matter what he did or what he thought, he consciously or unintentionally judged from the position of the eldest grandson.
Even if he didn't admit it in his mouth and complained that the eldest grandson was not good, his inner emotions couldn't tell a lie, Ning Chen seemed to walk chicly, and he walked without worry, but he never really let go in his heart.
The road out of the palace was quite smooth, with the token of the eldest grandson, plus Ling Xiao's escort, the guards guarding the palace gate were released after a little inspection.
No one would have thought that the little eunuch who had just escorted the queen back to the palace would be accompanied by an assassin who assassinated the Xia Emperor and broke into the imperial study at night.
Out of the palace, Ning Chen immediately drove the carriage in the direction of Du'an Pharmacy, and his face, which had been hiding his emotions, finally showed an anxious look, and the carriage flew away, bringing up dust all the way.
Nearly an hour later, the carriage stopped at the door of the pharmacy, Ning Chen took Du Chengxue out of a box hidden at the bottom of the car, stepped forward in two steps, kicked open the wooden door of the pharmacy, and hurriedly ran towards the inner courtyard.
"Shopkeeper, save people"
There was such a big movement in the front yard, the shopkeeper had already heard the voice, and he was about to scold angrily when he came out, but when he saw that it was Ning Chen, he suppressed his anger, and subconsciously moved his eyes to Du Chengxue in the latter's arms.
However, under this look, the shopkeeper's heart was also raised.
"Hurry into the house"
Seeing that the woman's condition was extremely dangerous, the shopkeeper immediately beckoned Ning Chen back to the house, and immediately stepped forward to diagnose after Du Chengxue was put down.
"Go to the hall and get my silver needle, hurry up," the shopkeeper said as he checked Twilight's injury, and explained very quickly.
"Good"
Ning Chen didn't dare to delay, and immediately rushed to the front hall, looking for what the shopkeeper needed.
After a while, Ning Chen came back with the silver needle, handed it to the shopkeeper, and then stood aside and watched nervously.
"Don't stand there, hurry up and boil hot water, the more the better" The shopkeeper took out the silver needle, glanced back at Ning Chen, and scolded.
"Okay" Ning Chen nodded, and then hurriedly ran out of the house and went to the kitchen to boil water.
A quarter of an hour later, Ning Chen boiled a large pot of hot water in the kitchen, and then came back with a basin of hot water, and saw that the shopkeeper was already applying needles to Du Chengxue, with a serious and extremely focused expression.
After a while, the shopkeeper's forehead was already dripping with sweat, and the moon-white robe was even more collapsed, sticking to his body, very embarrassed.
The shopkeeper didn't let go of it, and Ning Chen didn't dare to go up and disturb, so he could only stay by the side, waiting for orders.
After about a quarter of an hour, the shopkeeper stood up tiredly, his body swaying, and he almost didn't stand still.
"Is the hot water boiling?" asked the shopkeeper, steady.
"Well, it's burned," Ning Chen hurriedly replied.
"Give her a bath," the shopkeeper said in a tired tone.
"I... Me?" Ning Chen was stunned for a moment, and immediately couldn't calm down, pointed at himself, and stammered.
"Isn't it you or me?" said the shopkeeper, and then walked naturally out of the room.
"The water doesn't need to be too hot, it's just slightly hot, pay attention to the time, not too short, but not more than an hour"
"Well... Good ......" beside the bed, Ning Chen was already stupid, and subconsciously nodded in response.