After this Xing Shiyuan, he fainted unconscious, and when the emperor returned to the Xihe Palace, he naturally had no way of knowing the storage of the waist card. As everyone knows, the waist card actually has another mystery, just twist the two pear-shaped nameplates with each other, and it can be seen that there is a note hidden in the mezzanine, which contains the time and place of the meeting of Emperor Wei Hanyue.

After Shuangxi took the waist card, he immediately handed it over to the red calyx of Changning Palace, and the Queen Mother was deeply uneasy when she learned about it: since Wei Han was so eager to see the emperor, maybe he really heard some secret from King Ruijun. For this kind of thing, it is better to kill in vain than to make mistakes! The Queen Mother immediately deployed men and horses, and set up an ambush at the time and place agreed on the note, preparing to kill Wei Han in one fell swoop.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the palace was full of joy, and all kinds of rare treasures rewarded by the emperor were also given to the six palaces according to the rules. The most precious of these are two coats made of silver ferret fur, which are said to have been woven over a period of three years by craftsmen in the north from the armpit fur of the young mother ferret. There were only two in total, one was sent to Changning Palace to honor the Empress Dowager, and the other was given to Concubine Lan.

When everyone in Yuntai Palace saw this silver ferret fur coat, they were all amazed. The mink is snow-white and shiny, and extremely soft and smooth to the touch. At that time, the warm sun was shining, and when I put the robe in the sun, I looked at it again, and it was still glowing with a very light gray-blue luster, like the light glow of a sapphire.

After lunch, Xiao Dezi said, "It's a big day today, and it's warm outside." It's better for the mother to wear this coat to go for a walk in the back garden, and it is also breathable by the way. ”

Yang Muzhi nodded and said, "It's okay." Seeing that you have been guarding this room with me all day, I'm afraid it's stuffy. Since the beginning of the month, her body has gradually improved, and she occasionally goes out for a walk, but only in the back garden, no matter how far away.

When the group walked to the back garden, they saw that the eyes were full of plain snow and silver makeup, and the rows of purple bamboos were still hung with unmelted snow songs, as if the pear blossoms of the trees were in full bloom, which was very good-looking. Ah Yuan helped Yang Muzhi and carefully moved slowly along the stone path, for fear that his feet would slip and be unstable if he was not careful. In fact, knowing that the concubine was coming to the back garden, the palace people here had already swept away the snow on the stone path, leaving no hidden dangers.

Although the water in the pond has frozen in the cold winter season, the frost still insists on walking close to the side of the pond.

Yang Muzhi shook his head slightly: "Where do I have such a delicate, I want you to help me left and right." ”

Rushuang said: "Miss is a pregnant person, you have to be careful in everything, and you will never make a mistake." ”

They wandered along the edge of the pond for a while, and sat in the bamboo pavilion for a while, Yang Muzhi felt a little cold, and then said that she wanted to go back. It's just that the bamboo pavilion was built on a small bridge across the pond, and only two people were allowed to walk side by side, so Rushuang walked in front and Xiao Dezi followed.

When he was about to get off the bridge, Rushuang suddenly felt that his feet slipped, and his center of gravity was unstable, and he was about to fall down. Ah Yuan hurriedly reached out to help her, and she stumbled before she could hold one foot steady on the bridge, but the other foot slipped under the railing and got stuck.

Rushuang felt pain in her foot, gasped and said, "Why is the bridge so slippery, fortunately, I am in front." ”

Xiao Dezi squeezed sideways to help her pull her feet out of the gap in the bamboo railing, looked down at the bridge deck again, and suddenly said: "No wonder, there is water in this bridge crack and it is frozen, but it is not a slippery foot." ”

Ah Yuan was taken aback, it stands to reason that the ice and snow on the road should be dealt with by the palace people, how can there be residual ice? Xiao Dezi explained: "The girl looks at this bamboo bridge, there are fine seams at the bottom of the bridge, it is estimated that the snow melts into it when it is hot, and freezes again when it is cold. The person who cleared the snow probably didn't notice. Hey, I'll have to tell you about a few of them, how they ...... so carelessly."

They tossed and turned, and then returned to the temple. When she came back, she saw Rushuang walking with a limp, Yang Muzhi was not at ease, and asked her to take off her shoes and socks to take a look, only to find that her instep had swollen like a small mound.

"Why is it swollen like this?"

Rushuang said: "It's okay, it's just a broken foot, just go back and rub some medicine." ”

"How can this work?" Yang Muzhi looked at her feet and felt more and more distressed, and turned her head and ordered: "Little Dezi, go and call a doctor." Cai Wei, you help Rushuang to rest first, you don't have to wait here. ”

Xiao Dezi agreed to go neatly, it was useless for Rushuang to argue anymore, her legs and feet were inconvenient, and she couldn't do anything to stay here. For a while, only Ah Yuan was left in the palace to serve, and she and Yang Muzhi painted clothes and did needlework alone, which was also very happy.

About two hours later, Yang Muzhi was a little tired, and Ah Yuan packed up all the needlework and drawings on the table and prepared to serve her to rest. When I went to put down the sewing basket, I saw that there was an extra half of a crystal hairpin on the dresser, and there was a white silk cloth pressed under the hairpin. Ah Yuan couldn't help but wonder, Yang Muzhi's jewelry is all classified and stored in the box, how can there be this half hairpin?

Yang Muzhi took off his headdress and walked over, and asked with a smile: "What are you looking at?" Ah Yuanwei turned to one side, she happened to see the half of the mandarin duck crystal hairpin, and her body was shocked, and then just for a moment, surprise, sadness, soreness, doubt, all kinds of emotions turned alternately on her face, as if time stood still.

Ah Yuan couldn't tell the reason, and there was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, so he reached out to take the half of the silk cloth under the hairpin, but he didn't expect to be snatched by Yang Muzhi first.

She unfolded the silk cloth with trembling fingers, and a few lines of blood words came into view: Wei Han is in trouble, and he is now hiding in the armor warehouse of the east of Hui'an Gate. Before the key to the palace gate, you need to borrow the concubine's order to help her go out of the palace and take refuge.

Looking closely at the half of the mandarin duck hairpin, there are a few fewer beads on the hairpin's head, and there are traces of blood on it. Yang Muzhi took out the other half of the hairpin from the bottom of the box, and the two were on top, just to form a complete acacia mandarin duck crystal hairpin. "Bao Chai is divided into two distractions, and the reason is to wet the blue placket." This mandarin duck hairpin was originally the first love in the past, and Yang Muzhi divided the hairpin she used on weekdays into two, half of which she kept by herself, and the other half was given to Wei Han. Now that this half hairpin has appeared in Yuntai Palace, could it be that Wei Han, who has been missing for a long time, is really in the palace?

Ah Yuan frowned slightly: "Since Gongzi Wei is the person sent by the emperor to arrest the thief, why do you want to hide in the palace and not meet the emperor?" Moreover, he has not been in contact with his sister for many years, and no one in the palace seems to know that his sister and him are old acquaintances. Even if he is in danger now, how can anyone inform his sister? ”

Yang Muzhi was already shocked, and his heart was already in a mess, and he hesitated: "Maybe...... Maybe there's something else? She remembered what she heard in Chengqing Palace that day, according to the palace maid, the emperor had an unhappy quarrel with the queen mother because of Wei Han's affairs. If Wei Han was assassinated and disappeared just to hunt down the thief, why did the emperor confront the Queen Mother in person? Could it be that the Queen Mother has something to do with Wei Han's disappearance? Thinking of this, and the hairpin testified, she believed even more that what was said in this letter was true, and she immediately went to Hui'anmen with the order of the concubine.

This happened very suddenly, Ah Yuan knew that Wei Han was a heart disease for her, and if he was in trouble, she would never die without help. But there are a lot of doubts about this matter, so he said: "Sister, don't panic, now that my sister is pregnant, and she has been calculated repeatedly, you must not make a little mistake." Why don't I go to Hui'anmen to inquire first, if this is really the case, it is not too late to come back and borrow my sister's token. ”

Yang Muzhi nodded in fright: "Then you go and come back quickly, everything must be careful." Except for you and Rushuang, I don't dare to hand it over to a third person to do this......"

Ah Yuan was not at ease, and called Cai Wei back before leaving. Cai Wei didn't know why, but she saw that her concubine's face was anxious and she looked uneasy, so she brought a bowl of fetal medicine to her according to the custom.

Yang Muzhi drank the medicine and slept for about two hours, when she suddenly woke up from her dream, stretched out her hand and touched it, and her thick bedclothes were soaked with sweat. When she woke up, she asked, "Where is Ah Yuan?" ”

Cai Wei said: "Miss Ayuan hasn't come back yet. ”

Yang Muzhi asked, "What time is it?" ”

Cai Wei glanced at the copper leak and said, "Back to Niangniang, it's three moments." ”

In this way, Ah Yuan has been gone for two hours and has not returned, could it be that something happened to him? Yang Muzhi's eyebrows clenched tightly, and he said coldly: "Change clothes." ”

Cai Wei rarely saw her speak so violently, she was stunned for a moment, and quickly leaned over and said yes. Yang Muzhi picked out a dark cloak and put it on, and was about to walk out of the palace gate. Cai Wei hurriedly stopped her: "Niangniang, where are you going?" The slave maid asked the little dezi to prepare a warm sedan chair. ”

"No need." Yang Muzhi's tone was as deep as frost and snow, but there was still a flame beating in his eyes.

Cai Wei hurriedly knelt in front of the temple gate: "Niangniang is inconvenient now, just tell the slaves and maids to do something." Or if the mother is not at ease, you can also let the slave maid and the little dezi accompany you. ”

Yang Muzhi froze his footsteps, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, you go to prepare a sedan chair, and the palace will go to Changning Palace." ”

Cai Wei didn't dare to say more, so she could only agree. When she came back, she saw that the dormitory was empty, and she was shocked, and immediately found Xiao Dezi to report to the emperor.

Hui'an Gate is located in the southwest corner of Miyagi, and it is only about half an hour's walk away from Yuntai Palace. The sky gradually darkened, and Yang Muzhi wore a dark fox fur cloak and walked in the corridor of the palace wall, blending in with the night. She quickly found the Dongyu armor depot mentioned on the silk cloth, and quietly entered, only to find that the air was mixed with the smell of patina and blood, which was very choking.

"Are you there?" She asked tentatively.

A person stepped out from behind the piled up armor and flags, with a long body and jade body, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, it was Wei Han, who had been missing for a long time. He didn't speak for a long time, and when he spoke again, his voice was hoarse: "Why are you here!" ”

"I ......" Yang Muzhi was stunned for a moment when she saw him again, and her thoughts seemed to return to the apricot blossom spring rain that year, and he and her were boating on the river together...... The feeling of heaviness in her abdomen made her quickly sober up, and she said, "Someone left me a letter, and the half hairpin that was once given to you." Who the hell is going to hunt you down? Why are you here when you're not seriously injured? ”

Wei Han asked in surprise: "Hairpin?" And a letter? ”

Yang Muzhi saw that he looked frightened and inexplicable, and felt that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly took out the silk cloth and hairpin from his sleeve and handed them to him.

Wei Han took it and looked at it, and immediately understood three points, and said in a deep voice: "This half hairpin was lost as early as when I was attacked in the south, how could I send someone to your palace?" He Huo Ran had insight into this situation, and secretly shouted that it was not good, but he was afraid that the news of his appointment with the emperor had leaked, so he said: "We have been tricked, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, you leave quickly!" ”

Yang Muzhi only felt that her breathing was inexplicably tight, and she asked in a trembling voice: "Isn't it that you want to borrow my token to leave the palace?" ”

The two looked at each other, a trace of coldness flashed in Wei Han's eyes, and he urged: "No matter what, someone will have a plan to attract you, you will be in danger here, go quickly!" ”

Although there was no movement around him, his innate instincts made him feel that danger was imminent. He didn't worry about her going out alone, so he casually picked up a piece of armor and put it on Yang Muzhi's body, and covered her head with a cloak, and said in a low voice: "Regardless of my current identity as a fugitive, the concubine's private meeting with a foreign man is also a big crime to raid the family and destroy the clan, do you understand!" So no matter what happens later, don't make a sound, just listen to my commands. ”

Yang Muzhi was frightened and remorseful, and bit her lip tightly in response.

Wei Han said: "I'll go out first." ”

He opened the door, and the cold wind howled in. At the moment when Yang Muzhi stepped out, he suddenly heard a terrifying shout from the top of his head:

"Rebel party shows up, release arrows!"

Wei Han quickly protected Yang Muzhi behind him, and countless thoughts flashed in his mind for a while: It seems that someone has already laid an ambush here, just waiting to shoot him and Yang Muzhi together! Returning to the treasury can certainly temporarily avoid the rain of arrows, but it is tantamount to inviting yourself into the urn, and there is no way to escape. But if he took Yang Muzhi to break out of the encirclement, he was not completely sure......

didn't have time to think about it, he put the big sword on himself and Yang Muzhi, and pulled out the sword in his right hand to block the feather arrows shot from his side. The two of them ran quickly on the long street in Hui'anmen, but Yang Muzhi was five months pregnant and soon couldn't keep up with him. Wei Han clenched her hand, and gradually felt that the people around her were inadequate, and if she continued like this, both of them would die here. He no longer hesitated, and with a force of his left hand, he hugged Yang Muzhi horizontally in his arms.

Just in this position, it was difficult for him to use his right hand to block the incoming arrows...... Suddenly, Wei Han's body stiffened, and his footsteps stopped, Yang Muzhi almost wanted to exclaim, but was interrupted by him in a cold voice: "Don't make a sound!" ”

The shouts behind him became louder and louder, and he continued to run wildly with Yang Muzhi in his arms, and after turning into the palace gate twice in a row, he heard the voice of the chasing soldiers gradually weakening. When he arrived at the gate of a palace, Wei Han couldn't hold it anymore, put Yang Muzhi down, and hissed exhausted: "Go back, hurry!" ”

Yang Muzhi saw that he was covered in blood and had several feather arrows stuck in his back, and great fear and horror surged in his heart, and he couldn't help crying bitterly.

"Don't go yet!"

Yang Muzhi hesitated again and again.

"Let's go!"

……

Staring at the back of Yang Muzhi leaving, Wei Han slowly closed his eyes, and his fingertips caressed the notches on the back of the mandarin duck hairpin, "The mountains have trees and branches, Muzhi, in fact, I have long understood ......"

Just behind the half of the mandarin duck hairpin, these seven words are engraved. Muzhi, a wooden branch, is just a work of harmony when he was young. At that time, she thought he didn't understand, but when she was consensual, it was too late......

The night passed, and Yang Muzhi was on the way back, her body seemed to be hollowed out, and she no longer felt pain.