It was late at night, the wound on her shoulder was itchy and painful, the beautiful flower had lost its color in the moonlight, and the dense beads of sweat covered her forehead, and she had closed her eyes for a long time, but it was difficult to sleep.

Perhaps because of her physical discomfort, she lost her keen awareness of the movements around her, and it wasn't until he approached the head of the bed and wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead with a square towel that she opened her eyes: "Qinglong ......"

In the palace where the lights went out in the middle of the night, Tang Jianyi sat down next to her and put a silk scarf soaked in cold water on her forehead: "This arrow for him is deeply poisoned, if he hadn't taken the Danxin Pill early to suppress the poison, he might have died on the spot, do you know? The most uncomfortable thing is that this poison has entered the bone marrow, it can't be cured, and it can't be completely cured in the future, is it worth it to suffer such a crime?"

She replied: "It's not worth it for him, but it's worth it for Nanke." If I don't get this arrow at that time, how can I steal that letter out? If I don't get this arrow, even if I succeed, I will definitely be suspected by Wan Chaozong...... On the contrary, I was hit by this arrow, lost half my life, but successfully stole the information, and he was also grateful for my sacrifice to protect me, and he would not suspect and guess me, now that I have the position of concubine, I am closer to him, and I have more than one stone, why not? Kill him, there is always a chance......"

Since the Northern Liang has fully launched preparations for the war, even if that thing succeeds in killing Xun Shaoling, it will not have much impact, but it gave the Northern Liang a reason to send troops to the south, so that day, at the first glance of seeing the twists and turns, she understood that the action could not be carried out as planned, so she planned it, and opened the window with an excuse, when she was with Xun Shaoling, she saw that a feather arrow broke through the window and shot directly into Xun Shaoling's chest, and then she used her body to block this arrow for him, because of her height, the arrow hit her shoulder, not fatal, but deadly poison, she fell on the pile of bookcases full of folds, and when Xun Shaoling went to get the Danxin pill, she hid the folds behind her back.

Her blood was gushing and dying, her voice was ethereal, and she didn't forget to add a heart-wrenching sentence: "Your Majesty, tonight's concubines can be both for those who please themselves and for those who know each other." ”

What is the best work? She could see clearly that if her beauty and talent had attracted his admiration before, this tragic promise of death had succeeded in winning his heart at that moment.

At that moment, Xun Shaoling, who had always been in front of Mount Tai and did not change his face, almost collapsed, if it weren't for Zhanying, who had been guarding outside the hall, heard his voice and broke into the door before the Imperial Forest Army and the palace people, and promptly advised Xun Shaoling: "Your Majesty, please calm down and think twice! The assassin assassinated, and the mother was injured, which is really infuriating, but Your Majesty can't reveal your identity at this time!" If it is exposed at this time, it will be suspected by the courtiers, and the ill-intentioned people will definitely take the opportunity to set off a turmoil in the court, and ask Your Majesty to rest easy, and immediately summon the Imperial Forest Army to arrest the assassins, and immediately recruit the imperial doctor to heal the wounds of the mother, but Your Majesty must not be exposed at this time, it is better to leave quickly!"

There is also a reason why Zhanying can get Xun Shaoling's weight so far, for example, at this juncture, Xun Shaoling almost lost his sense of proportion because of his beauty, but he can still distinguish priorities and deal with the crisis in an orderly and clear manner.

Of course, Xun Shaoling listened to his advice, and held Weiyang, who was covered in blood, and hesitated for a while, Weiyang saw that one of his goals had been stirred up by Zhanying, so he had to comply, with blood on the corners of his lips, and smiled miserably at Xun Shaoling: "Your Majesty, concubine...... It's okay...... The Zhan guards were right. The stability of the government is paramount, please leave your majesty first......"

Xun Shaoling let go of her with great regret, took off his dragon robe, changed into a guard uniform, and left the palace.

The Assassin shot him from the window when the Emperor summoned him, and he was seriously injured while escorting him, and the Emperor went out to chase the Assassin as soon as possible.

Immediately afterwards, the imperial doctor rushed to rescue Weiyang, Ruyi also came, and in the chaos, she passed the song to Ruyi, and then fainted with confidence.

Fortunately, Tang Jian arranged a retreat early in the morning, knowing that Weiyang deliberately opened the window to receive the arrow, he immediately absconded from the Anyan Hall and was able to retreat with his whole body.

Although Xun Shaoling couldn't show up, he secretly sent many meticulous search and arrest assassins, not letting go of any corner of the palace, looking at Weiyang, who was dying, he couldn't wait to cut the assassin with a thousand knives, and then found that the letter was gone, he didn't suspect Weiyang, even if he didn't, Zhanying would, but he couldn't help but dispel his doubts when he heard the imperial doctor talk about Weiyang's injury.

Another reason why Wan Chaozong did not suspect Weiyang was that Tang Jianyi arranged it too carefully, and he let a fine work lurking in the Imperial Forest Army like him deliberately expose himself as a substitute ghost, and that Xi Zuo said that he and his fellow disciples planned to assassinate Xun Shaoling first, and then mixed in the Royal Forest Army to break into the Anyan Hall in the name of saving the driver to steal the song, and the song had been sent out of the palace, and he bit his tongue and committed suicide after recruiting these, so he was the first person to die for this information.

Because of the miraculous effect of Danxin Pill, Weiyang's life was out of danger, although Xun Shaoling could not reveal her identity, she often accompanied her in the Splendid Palace, and asked the Empress Dowager Wei to come forward to seal Weiyang as a concubine. He may have been sincere, but Weiyang was cautious every step of the way, and even the nonsense in the coma was arranged to say something.

Even if it is a man like Xun Shaoling, such a meticulous work, it is difficult to beat her to use all her own chips to plan every step, even if it is him, he can't see through her sincere disguise, and he can't turn her tender charm.

He didn't come tonight. Tang Jianyi finally got this opportunity to sneak into her dormitory and meet with her.

Seeing her like this, Tang Jianyi sighed sincerely: "You are really amazing, I can't guarantee that if it were me, would I do the same, and put my life on the line without hesitation, wouldn't you be afraid at all?"

There was a hint of a smile on Weiyang's face, and he shook his head: "Qinglong, don't doubt your own loyalty to Luo Yunmen, in fact, you know that you can do it, almost every meticulous work can be, why should you doubt it?"

Tang Jianyi was pondering, "You're right, as meticulous workers, we have no other way to choose, we can only be ready to sacrifice our most important things for Luo Yunmen and Nanke at any time." ”

It's one thing to doubt yourself, it's another thing to really act, in fact, his doubts are too redundant, because he has already done it, in order to ensure complete loyalty, he has just killed his relatives in righteousness, and he has been suffering for it all the time, until the appearance of Weiyang, he figured out that he has nothing to suffer, because he is a meticulous work, sacrificing himself, it should be instinct.

"The information has already been sent, right?"

"Well, I've been to Chang'an a long time ago. ”

"What does Your Highness have to say?"

"His Royal Highness wrote to us to try to make Xun Shaoling have to expose his identity and provoke chaos in the Northern Liang court, so as to buy more time for Nanke to prepare for the war. ”

"Okay, let's do that. ”

Weiyang's injury has been healed, but after this serious illness, the body is more delicate, the complexion has not yet returned to normal, and a layer of rouge has been applied to show some blood, this sick face has added a little bit of beauty to her, of course, she is unconscious, she let her hair hang down to her thin shoulders, her body lazily snuggled in a handful of vermilion beauties, her eyes are closed, take a short rest, the light brocade clothes are hanging on the ground, the fire in July, the cicadas outside the hall, she is alone in this shade.

Ruyi stood aside, gently shook the pu fan for her, heard someone outside the palace, and his eyes wandered: "It's here." ”

Before the footsteps stepped into the gate of the Splendid Palace, the delicate and noisy voice was already clearly audible, knowing that Weiyang had just recovered from a serious illness, but there was still no restraint at all, that is, he bullied Weiyang to treat people softly and kindly, even if she was a concubine, they all had little respect for the Splendid Palace.

A group of beauties entered the Splendid Palace, and the most noble Wang Meiren and Song Meiren walked in front with a swagger, smiling and talking, with thousands of manners, pretending to be leisurely: "Sister Feifei, Sister Feifei......"

Today, on the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the Qixi Festival, in the Beiliang Palace, where the emperor's whereabouts are a mystery, these beauties who have just entered the palace and have never even seen the emperor's dragon face have a lot of worries, if their current situation is the same, it will be over, but Wei Yanshan, who entered the palace on the same day as them, saw the face of the sky before them, and the situation was inexplicable, she became the first concubine in the palace, how could they be smooth in their hearts?

Especially on a day like today, they naturally can't help but come to this splendid palace to take a second look, in case they happen to run into the emperor here, they can also have some hope.

When they entered the temple to pay their respects, Weiyang raised his eyes and said weakly, "Sisters, excuse me...... The disease of this palace has not healed, and I am sluggish, and please take care of it. Ruyi sat up on her feet, she held a pen in one hand, trembling and dipped in a little ink, struggling to sketch something on the paper cage in her hand.

They replied, and when they saw that Weiyang was so sick and weak, and there was no dragon driving in the Splendid Palace, they were secretly relieved in their hearts. Wang Meiren hid her face and smiled, and said: "My sister is really distressed in order to save the serious injury of the driver, so I will send some supplements to my sister, and I hope that my sister will smile, don't blame my sisters for disturbing my sister's tranquility." ”

Weiyang smiled lightly: "Thank you sisters for your concern, when the palace is well, I will thank you one by one." ”

Song Meiren stepped forward and said, "Eh, sister, what are you doing here? Why don't you rest and rest? What are you depicting?"

Weiyang's eyes were soft and peaceful, as if he was recalling something, and said slowly: "This is a lantern...... Before entering the palace, be a girl at home, the door can not go out, all year round, just look forward to the day of the Chinese Valentine's Day, my mother will teach the palace and my sister to draw the lanterns, take us to the river at night to beg, and then put the lanterns made by themselves into the river to float away, worship the moon old in the laurel tree, and ask for a happy marriage for ourselves......"

"Beiliang is not to put lanterns, the Qixi Festival girls are more in the Yuelao Temple outside the knot, and this is the custom of the mother's hometown, with our two daughters, this has become a tradition in our family, this year to draw lanterns, every year to ask for the old moon, and then my sister really married a wishful Langjun......"

Wang Meiren said: "Sister, you have to taste what you want, now that your grace is flourishing, you are really envious of others." ”

These words, later on, she also said them to Xun Shaoling. It coincided with the festival, she was angry, her voice was pitiful, and the lanterns she painted by herself were delicate and lovely, Xun Shaoling could not hide her heart, and deliberately opened the guards and palace people of the imperial garden at night, and took Weiyang to the royal river.

It's just the two of them, he is not wearing a dragon robe, it is a simple guard uniform, he does not regard himself as an emperor on this night, she is weak and delicate and tender like water, without the aura of an imperial concubine, when they lean on each other and walk into the imperial garden that is deserted in the middle of the night, they are just a pair of beautiful people who fall in love with each other in the red dust.

On the royal river, the candle flame was repeated, Xun Shaoling carefully helped Weiyang to squat down by the river, Weiyang unveiled the cloth on the lantern, Xun Shaoling lit the wick with a fire fold, Weiyang smiled lightly, looked at the lantern carefully, and was a little reluctant to put it into the river.

She looked at the lamp, Xun Shaoling looked at her, he seemed to think of something, a little distracted: "She will never be like this, she can't draw lanterns on Qixi Festival and look forward to marriage, she won't appreciate beautiful things including herself, she can't play the piano, and the simplest Xun music has to be learned for a long time......"

Weiyang's face was slightly stiff, his eyes were distracted, and he asked softly: "She...... Who is it?"

"Su Jianing. He said the name without any special feelings, but it didn't sound like it to her, she looked away to hide her emotions, and waited for him to continue: "She is Princess Zhaoming of Nanke." ”

Weiyang's tone was normal: "I've heard of the name for a long time." ”

He said: "I have been lurking in Nanke for eight years, and I have been with her for eight years......"

She mustered up the courage to interrupt him, smiled reluctantly, and asked, "Is she the one your Majesty admires?"

Xun Shaoling saw in her eyes that he cared, he felt very interesting to see her like this, he stroked her cheek: "She is very beautiful, but not as beautiful as you, so she is not the person I admire, she is my opponent, the opponent I am most feared in the world." ”

These tender words came out of his mouth, but Weiyang couldn't tell which sentence hurt her the most.

Opponent, the most feared opponent, Xun Shaoling, sooner or later, you will understand that compared to Su Jianing, who is thousands of miles away, the eldest grandson Weiyang, who is in love with you day and night in front of you, is your real opponent.

And now that she is his concubine, she can't show a little bit of cruelty, she can only observe words and emotions to meet her feelings, and use her beauty to capture his temporary love, even if he admits that he loves another woman wholeheartedly, she can't say anything, because he is the emperor.

It turned out that he really treated her like this, even if she almost gave up her life for him, she was just a concubine to him, not much different from other concubines of Israel.

Weiyang felt a little unspeakably uncomfortable, which she thought was frustration, and she began to worry about whether everything could really go as she expected.

Xun Shaoling took the lantern in Weiyang's hand, and saw that one side of the lamp was written "As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, it will win but there are countless people in the world", he added a sentence on the other side, turned to Weiyang, and said: "Next year's Qixi Festival, you don't need to use the lantern to ask for marriage, just treat this last time as a vow, okay?"

His reverent tone made the phrase he wrote on the lantern even more credible, "May a man be long."

She looked at him, nodded, and finally let go of the lantern she had made for the first and last time on the river, and let Trickle take it away. Weiyang wants to ask, will the meeting be long-lasting?

They stood by the royal river and leaned against each other, Xun Shaoling held her in his arms, and the intimacy of the two entered the eyes of the two behind them. Wang Meiren, who believed what Weiyang said about the lanterns, also made a lamp, and quietly sneaked into the imperial garden with her maid in the middle of the night when no one was around, wanting to put the lantern and pray, but it happened to "coincide" with their thoughts.

So Wang Meiren saw all this and gave up putting lanterns because she felt that she had found a more useful way than putting them. Early the next morning, Wang Meiren and several other beauties went to Luanfeng Palace to ask to see the Queen Mother, and used the lanterns she caught in the river as evidence to report that Concubine Yan had an affair with the guards.

Cui Dejia, the chief eunuch of Luanfeng Palace, and Cui Gonggong anxiously entered the Jinxiu Palace, gave the Weiyang Bank a salute outside the dormitory, and then passed the decree: "The Empress Dowager urgently summons the concubine Niangniang to Luanfeng Palace for questioning!" He had a gloomy and rather charming face, and his tone was solemn.

In the dormitory, Weiyang and Ruyi glanced at each other, both of them smiled at the corners of their lips, and Weiyang said: "Gonggong Lao has returned to the Queen Mother, and the concubine will go to Luanfeng Palace to see the driver." ”

Cui Dejia left the Splendid Palace and hurried back to Luanfeng Palace to reply. The door of the dormitory was wide open, Weiyang deliberately did not wear fat powder, still sickly, dressed in plain color, his body was fluttering, and he was so haggard that it made people feel distressed. Ruyi helped her into the sedan chair, and the palace people carried her to Luanfeng Palace.

Weiyang's sedan chair out of the splendid palace, through the central axis of the palace in the palace, a team of royal forest soldiers walked in the direction of it, saw that it was the sedan chair of the mother, all knelt neatly and saluted.

Ruyi, who was walking beside the sedan chair, inadvertently glanced at Tang Jianyi, who was kneeling in front of the team, and handed him a look.

Tang Jian led the Imperial Forest Army to continue patrolling and patrolling outside the Anyan Palace, he saw Zhan Ying standing in front of the emperor's bedroom from the palace gate, and confirmed that Xun Shaoling was in the palace at the moment.

It was the time when Anyan Hall offered morning tea, and the prince led a group of little eunuchs out neatly, and his steps were also a little rushed, Tang Jianyi deliberately leaned towards their trail, and the prince almost bumped into Tang Jianyi without paying attention.

Tang Jianyi greeted the prince and quipped: "Why is the prince in a hurry early in the morning like Gonggong Cui today? Could it be that he also came from the Splendid Palace?"

The prince wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Where, isn't it time to offer morning tea?" Today, the servants have seen the wrong time and missed the time, and our family is in a hurry to prepare for Your Majesty...... What do you mean? What's wrong with Gonggong Cui? Why did you talk about the Splendid Palace again?"

Tang Jianyi waved his hand loosely: "It's nothing, it's just that I was patrolling outside the Splendid Palace, and I just saw Gonggong Cui hurriedly coming out of the Splendid Palace, and the sedan chair of the concubine also came out, and they all went to the Luanfeng Palace urgently......

Tang Jianyi, who said this, looked very unintentional, but the prince who heard this felt a little strange, and couldn't help muttering: "This early in the morning, the Queen Mother summoned Concubine Niangniang?

Tang Jianyi didn't continue to say anything, as if he didn't hear the prince's whispering, and attached a salute, "Prince, then you are busy first, don't make a mistake in the morning tea to provoke Your Majesty to blame, and continue to patrol below." "He's gone.

The prince hurriedly rushed in the other direction, went to the imperial dining room, in the interval between the morning tea for the emperor, the prince saw that on the table, several beauties' morning tea was still in a food box, and no one came to pass it, he scolded the director of the imperial dining room: "What should you slaves do? Why hasn't the morning tea of the Yuluo Palace Baohua Palace in Zhilan Courtyard been sent away? When has this been here? Is it still here? Is it going to wait for the three poles of the day to be sent to the beauties as lunch?"

The head of the imperial dining room replied: "Don't be angry, it's not that the minions don't send it, it's that no one in the palace of several beauties has come to pass it on today, and the minions have all got the word, and a few beauties went to Luanfeng Palace early this morning to ask to see the queen mother, no need for morning tea, the minions didn't pay attention to this matter." ”

The prince's anger dissipated, and he asked a few words about the reason why the beauties went to Luanfeng Palace, and the head of the imperial dining room couldn't say why, so he left the imperial dining room with full of doubts and sent morning tea to Anyan Palace.

The palace people stopped outside the dormitory of Xun Shaoling, and the prince brought refreshments in. Xun Shaoling watched the folds beside the jade case, and the prince waited for him to use the things after he had put things in order. The prince had been thinking about it for a long time, he felt that this morning's events were too unusual, and they were closely related to the Splendid Palace, and he knew best how favored Concubine Yan was now, so he couldn't take this matter lightly. He has been in the palace for decades, and he is very sensitive to the affairs of the harem, and after a little thought, he feels that there may be something big in the meantime.

He still spoke, "Your Majesty, the slave just heard that the Queen Mother urgently summoned Concubine Niangniang in the morning, and several beauties in the other palaces went to Luanfeng Palace to see the Queen Mother without even taking care of morning tea, and I don't know what this is......"

Xun Shaoling knew that the prince was not a man of his own words, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but think about it, put down the tea cup that was just close to his lips, and said, "Send someone to ask what is going on." After the order, he added: "Quickly return to me." ”

The prince complied, but after a while, there was news outside, and the prince replied to Xun Shaoling in a panic: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, I have already asked clearly, the Queen Mother urgently summoned Concubine Niangniang because...... Wang Meiren and others reported the concubine and the guards...... Adultery. ”

As soon as Wang Gonggong's voice fell, the round table in front of him was violently overturned by Xun Shaoling, and he was furious: "Ridiculous!"