Lan Zhi entered the palace for the second time, and her mood was very different from the first time. The first time, she only had to be afraid of Qiu Yucheng and the people in this palace, but this time she had to guard against Duan Ling.

The place where the dinner was held was the front hall of the palace. Although the Central Plains Mission came to pay tribute and send money and food, it was diplomacy in the end, so dozens of court officials attended the dinner. Out of respect for the envoy of the Central Plains, Emperor Yuyuan also released Su Mingyu, the prince of the Central Plains, from the prison and asked him to accompany him at the banquet.

Su Mingyu has been detained for a long time, and his complexion is very bad, but he is still neither humble nor arrogant. The envoy of the Central Plains is a middle-aged uncle with a national face, and he often looks at Su Mingyu with a look of self-blame, and it is difficult to hide his heartache. Lan Zhi couldn't help but be a little strange: Xiao Jianchu once said that the envoy was the nephew of General Xiao, but the face of the envoy was ...... It's really too old.

When she looked at the Central Plains Mission, Duan Ling kept staring at her. Seeing her retract her gaze, Duan Ling grabbed a chopstick dish for her, leaned in and whispered, "What?" Among these people, there are also people you have installed? ”

Lan Zhi knew that he was secretly watching out for himself. Tonight, she not only has to communicate with Xiao Jianchu's people, but also has to talk to him to get information. According to a rough estimate, it will take at least two pillars of incense. Because of this, she had to leave the table without everyone noticing, leaving Duan Ling with no clues to follow her tracks. But now, it's almost impossible......

Lan Zhi could only wait for the right time. She has a bad appetite in recent days, and she has no interest in the dishes that Duan Ling brought over, so she pushed the thing to the side of the bowl a few times, and replied softly: "If you don't feel at ease, you can take me to the city." There are restrictions everywhere in this palace, do you think I am willing? ”

Duan Ling shook her hand and rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb: "Go to the city...... It's not impossible. ”

Lan Zhiyan glanced at him, and saw Duan Ling's eyes falling on the singing and dancing in the hall, and hooked the corners of his mouth: "Stay with me for another month, and I will take you to the city." ”

The chopsticks in Lan Zhi's hand slammed into the bowl. Maybe sex can really make a man let go of his resentment, since the night Duan Ling put her out of the dungeon, he has not hated her, and in recent days, he has even teased her a few words......

But he saw the Central Plains envoy stand up and bow to Emperor Yuyuan. Emperor Yuyuan raised his hand slightly and signaled for the singing and dancing to stop. The envoy spoke: "Your Excellency, this time we have come to not only prepare gifts for Your Highness, but also bring some special products for Your Highness. ”

Emperor Yuyuan was obviously unimpressed and nodded in agreement. Su Mingyu had been hanging his head slightly, and finally raised his eyes to look at the envoy at this time. The envoy slapped his face a few times, and an old messenger entered the temple with a small box. The old envoy stopped at Su Mingyu's table and knelt down to salute: "Your Highness, Her Royal Highness the Princess has sewn a few winter clothes for you, and Mama Ding has marinated a few pieces of bacon for you, and I specially told the old minister to send them to Your Highness." ”

When these words came out, Su Mingyu's face was a little heavy. The prince of a country, not only could not protect the people, but also fell to let his sister and nurse worry about food and clothing, which is really sad. But he quickly restrained his expression, stood up and said simply, "Thank you." ”

The old man bowed down and lifted the box, and moved to Su Mingyu's table in broken steps. Su Mingyu had no attendants, so he had to pick him up in person. Everyone thought that this little episode was about to end, but unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred! The old messenger's eyes flashed! Suddenly overturned the box and slashed to the bottom of the box with one palm! And another dagger was pulled out of the broken wood! Stabbed straight towards Su Mingyu!

Su Mingyu was shocked! Take two steps back! But he couldn't dodge it, and he was stabbed in the shoulder by the dagger! The old messenger struck a blow, pulled out the dagger with a fierce expression, and stabbed Su Mingyu in the chest again! This time, Su Mingyu narrowly avoided a rolling. But the combination of hands and feet is really embarrassing.

None of the palace guards expected that the envoy of the Central Plains would assassinate the prince of the Central Plains, and they couldn't react for a while. Seeing that the old envoy swung another knife at Su Mingyu, Lan Zhi unconsciously sat up straight. Duan Ling glanced at her, and the chopsticks in his hand came out of his hand!

The chopsticks roared through the air with internal force, and hit the old messenger's dagger straight away! The old messenger was beaten back two steps. The envoy of the Central Plains reacted at this time, and rushed forward regardless of etiquette, blocking in front of Su Mingyu: "Protect Your Highness!" Protect Your Highness! He shouted, "Xiao Kang, are you crazy?" ”

The old messenger Xiao Kang shouted: "I'm not crazy! Today, I want to avenge the 527 members of the Xiao family! ”

Yu Yuan Shengshang had been watching this assassination with fun, and at this time, he still pouted and waved his hand lightly. Only then did the palace guards step forward and arrest Xiao Kang tightly. Su Mingyu was half-lying on the ground, his face was pale, and his shoulders were all wet with blood. Xiao Kang was still struggling to step forward, and scolded in his mouth: "Su Mingyu, you also have today!" If you hadn't slandered the emperor back then, why would General Xiao have died tragically?! If General Xiao doesn't die, why will the Central Plains be defeated?! Now you are reaping the fruits of your own retribution! ……”

The overall situation has been decided, and Duan Ling no longer cares about the rights and wrongs of these people. He turned his head to look at the side, and his face sank: Lan Zhi was gone.

Everyone in the hall was attracted by Xiao Kang's assassination, and Duan Ling was distracted by the flawless protection of Su Mingyu, Lan Zhi finally seized the opportunity and quietly left the table. She didn't know where she should go, so she had to try to avoid the satellite service first. When she reached the middle of nowhere, she sensed someone following her. Lan Zhi stopped and looked back: "Who?" ”

The man walked out of the shadows, and it turned out to be a young man from the Central Plains. He smiled at Lan Zhi and took out a jade pendant: "Mrs. Duan, Xiao has been waiting for you for a long time." Please come with me. ”

Lan Zhi recognized at a glance that it was Xiao Jianchu's jade pendant, and followed with a sigh of relief. She knew that since this person dared to meet with her, he must have made some arrangements, but she was still worried that Duan Ling would find her, so she didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, "What is the current situation?" ”

At such a tense moment, the man smiled. He didn't stop: "Let me introduce myself first, I am General Xiao's nephew." ”

Lan Zhi didn't know why he wanted to report to his family, and frowned slightly: "Didn't Xiao Jianchu arrange for you to be an envoy of the mission?" How did you change people? ”

The man still smiled and said, "The general is outside, and the military order is not subject to it." I thought I could do better by hiding in the secret prescription, so I didn't follow my uncle's orders. ”

Lan Zhi paused: "Uncle? ”

The man tilted his head to look at her: "Yes, you don't know yet, do you?" Xiao Jianchu is my uncle and the youngest son of General Xiao. ”

Lan Zhi was shocked for a moment. She once asked Xiao Jianchu if he was a distant relative of General Xiao, but Xiao Jianchu denied it. It turned out that he was indeed not a distant relative of General Xiao, he was simply General Xiao's bloodline.

The man continued: "My uncle was given to death by the first emperor's poisonous wine, and although he was rescued by the masters, he has been sick since then, and he will be poisoned for the rest of his life. You have seen him fall ill, and you should know how he has suffered in the past two years," he paused: "But the first emperor has harmed him so far, but he is desperate to save the prince, and even does not hesitate to destroy his eyes and sneak into Haotian City......"

At this point, he paused and pushed open a door: "Here." ”

Lan Zhi hid in the room with him, and it was easy to digest the information. She had mixed feelings in her heart, but she said: "Although the Su family is defeated, the climate is not complete, there is still residual prestige in the Central Plains, and there are also a group of old ministers who follow them. Xiao Jianchu is righteous, he just doesn't want the Central Plains to regenerate and be unnecessarily turbulent......"

The man closed the door and bowed with a smile: "Thank you, Madame, for your kind words for my uncle." He straightened up: "Since Madame can understand my uncle, she must be able to understand what I am doing." Today's dialogue between me and my wife, every word is contrary to my uncle's entrustment, but every word is for the Central Plains and for the righteousness. ”

No wonder he went around in circles, it turned out that he was waiting here. Lan Zhi sighed, "You say." ”

The man took his hand and paced two steps in the room: "Duan Ling has changed his attitude since a month ago, and took the initiative to go after him frantically, arresting many of us. ”

Lan Zhi was stunned, but quickly understood the reason. A month ago, Duan Ling saw that she had no birthmark on her back, thinking that she was a Zhongyuan meticulous worker, and was very annoyed, and those arrests were probably angry with her "comrades". But I heard the man sigh: "We have lost nearly a hundred brothers, and one of them is a very important official, and he should have confronted Captain Huwei head-on on the day he rescued the prince. ”

He looked at Lan Zhi: "Uncle won't let me tell you this, he said that you have other priorities, and you will be responsible for supporting Duan Ling on the day of the rescue." But we really don't have a suitable replacement. Now that the arrow is on the bow and I have to send it, I wondered, will Mrs. Duan happen to have a way to not only support Duan Ling, but also help us with this? ”

The man said, staring straight at Lan Zhi. Lan Zhi said slowly: "You want me to take Duan Ling away, and I have to stay in Haotian City." ”

The man nodded: "I know that this requirement is difficult, but Duan Ling loves his wife very much, and I believe that only Mrs. can complete these two tasks secretly." ”

Lan Zhi smiled bitterly: "If it was a month ago, I could still give it a try, but now, he doesn't even allow me to leave the house......"

The man's dark eyes immediately darkened. Lan Zhi said again: "It's just that Duan Ling will arrest that official, this matter is caused by ......me after all" She was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "I will try my best to make up for it, but I'm not sure if it will succeed." You need to be prepared for both, too. ”

The man was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "This is nature. Fu bowed to her again as a sign of gratitude.

Lan Zhi said goodbye to the man and left first. Not long after she left the house, she met Duan Ling. Duan Ling's face was gloomy, and he pressed her against the palace wall fiercely, and his tone was solemn: "You really dare to contact them......

Lan Zhi lowered her eyes: "The adults laughed, I just felt stuffy, so I came out for a walk." ”

Duan Ling sneered: "What you did, you know it in your own heart." He pinched Lan Zhi's face and lifted it, forcing her to look at him: "Lan Zhi, don't force me to ......"

But at this moment, a team of guards patrolled from afar. Duan Ling had no choice but to suppress his unfinished words, let go of Lan Zhi, grabbed her hand and returned to the front hall.

At the entrance of the hall, several Yuyuan guards were dragging Xiao Kang out. smuggling weapons to assassinate in the palace, although it was not Emperor Yuyuan who stabbed him, it was also disrespectful. In order to apologize, the envoys of the Central Plains had to hand over Xiao Kang to Emperor Yuyuan for disposal. The emperor almost did not hesitate to sentence Xiao Kang to death, and had him dragged out of the noon gate and beheaded for immediate execution.

Lan Zhi followed Duan Ling into the hall and immediately smelled blood. Su Mingyu was taken to the side hall by the imperial doctor to bandage his wounds, but the blood stains on the hall had not yet been cleaned up. The smell of blood mixed with the smell of food and incense was very strange. Lan Zhi felt sick to her stomach and couldn't help retching.

Duan Ling beside her glanced at her, didn't speak, and walked straight to the table and sat down. When Emperor Yuyuan saw this scene, he smiled and asked, "Hey, what's wrong with Mrs. Duan?" ”

Duan Ling had to get up and answer: "Neiko is not feeling well, so she went out for a walk, and now there is no major problem......

Before he finished speaking, Lan Zhi tilted her head and spit out uncontrollably.

A feeling of nausea came up, and Lan Zhi curled up uncomfortably. Duan Ling's words paused, and he confessed on the side: "...... Please forgive the sins of rudeness. ”

Yu Yuan Shengshang's voice came, with a smile: "It's okay." Is Mrs. Duan happy? ”

Duan Ling's voice sounded for a moment: "...... I don't know. ”

Yuyuan Shengshang sighed: "Look at you, you still say that you want to ask for a son, why don't you know this." He called: "Hey, Imperial Doctor Zhang, come over and help Mrs. Duan take the pulse first." ”

An old voice should be. In a moment, a pair of black boots appeared in front of Lan Zhi's eyes. Lan Zhi barely suppressed her vomiting, raised her head and said, "Thank you, Holy Lord, but you don't have to ......."

Duan Ling said at the same time: "There is Imperial Doctor Lao Zhang." ”

Lan Zhi shut up. Imperial Physician Zhang stepped forward to check the pulse for a moment, then took a few steps back, and bowed to Duan Ling: "Congratulations to Lord Duan, Mrs. Duan has been pregnant for more than a month. ”

Emperor Yuyuan laughed: "Ouch, Yueyu? Isn't that not long after 'No Blade'? Duan Ling, it seems that you have found that high monk very effectively......"

Lan Zhi didn't hear what the emperor said. Her mind was repeated by Imperial Doctor Zhang's sentence "I have been pregnant for more than a month". She stared blankly at the unfinished meal on the table, her mind confused: how could she possibly be pregnant? Didn't Duan Ling give her a drink of shunzi soup? Don't...... This is a scene performed by Duan Ling and Imperial Doctor Zhang, trying to deceive her? But Emperor Yuyuan is here, how can Imperial Doctor Zhang talk nonsense?

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So, she's really pregnant??!

When she didn't know what to do, Lan Zhi finally turned her head to look at Duan Ling. saw that the man was looking at her with complicated eyes, but in that kind of emotion...... No surprise. 166 Reading Network