Recently, the eunuchs on duty in the Imperial Garden found that since one day they had a "whim" and went to the Imperial Garden to relax on a moonlit night, Shi Concubine had to hang around the Imperial Garden almost every night, and it was half a month to disperse, which meant that they had to form a habit.

As a subordinate, the duty of the eunuchs and palace maids is to serve the masters of these harems, although Concubine Shi is not one of the six concubines, but she is also a woman at the top of the harem, who will let go of such an opportunity to shoot the horse?

So when they discovered her newfound hobby, they prepared some delicious snacks every night in a waterfront pavilion north of the East Pond, where she had to rest, to cater to her tastes.

Of course, no one will pay attention, and the concubines who blow the cold breeze in the pavilion every night will intentionally or unintentionally mention the night view of the East Pond and praise the ingenuity of the craftsmen who built the Imperial Garden.

“…… Although the night view is good, it has its own shortcomings. As she spoke, Concubine Shi picked up a small piece of osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth, and then narrowed her eyes with satisfaction.

The personal palace maid who served her on the side handed over the warm flower tea just right, and asked softly: "The slave maid only thinks that the night view of the East Pond is beautiful, but in the end, she is a layman, and she can't compare to the vision of the mother, I don't know where the shortcomings of the mother are?" ”

Shi Concubine took a sip of the teacup, swallowed the osmanthus cake with the flower tea, and raised her finger to point to the lack of moon reflected in the pool water: "Although the scenery of the East Pond is beautiful, the bright moon that should be the protagonist has been robbed of the limelight by the poolside lanterns. ”

The palace maid stared at the reflection in the water that was blown by the breeze and saw a little ripple for a long time, and she didn't feel any difference between the full moon and the lack of moon, but she still pretended to be suddenly enlightened and replied: "I see, Niang Niang Gaojian!" ”

"Hehe, what are you talking about...... Shi Concubine shook her head and stood up, walked to the edge of the pavilion, and sighed softly, "It's just entertaining yourself, what is there to be high-minded." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, the palace maid hurriedly changed the topic: "If Niangniang wants to see the full moon, it will be the night of the full moon in four days, and there will definitely be the scenery that Niangniang is looking forward to." As she spoke, the palace maid turned her head to look around, and soon her eyes lit up, pointing to the rockery not far away, "When the moon is in the sky, if you climb that rockery, you can see the entire East Pond!" ”

As soon as the palace maid's words were finished, Concubine Shi glanced at her in surprise, her expression was not tense and almost showed her feet, but fortunately, she reacted in time and raised her hand to cover half of her face with her sleeve, pretending to be reserved, so that the palace maid who was close at hand did not find the clue.

Although this palace maid is one of her personal palace people, she is not a confidant, and some things are still not known to her.

"Four days later, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a real dragon festival on the same day, although we and other palace ladies can't accompany the saint to accompany the sacrifice, but they must also bow in the palace, where can I come here to enjoy the moon?"

The palace maid clasped her hands together: "Then the night before!" Although it is not as good as the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it should be almost the same as the full moon, and the mother can come to see it at that time! ”

If it weren't for the fact that what she wanted to do was too secretive, Concubine Shi would almost have been unable to help but reward this palace maid with a golden hairpin.

With such cooperation, if she didn't know that her identity was no problem, she would have to wonder if she was a helper sent by the General's Mansion!

There were four eunuchs on duty around the pavilion, and there were two palace maids in the pavilion in addition to the two of them, so many people testified together, even if someone suspected her motive when the incident happened, there would be absolutely no evidence to be found.

The idea of going to the rockery to see the moon was not her idea!

Three days later.

As the palace maid expected, the sky was clear that night, cloudless, a full moon hung high in the sky, and the entire east pond was covered with a layer of white veil, and the lanterns that were originally like a little spark dotted on the edge of the pool were robbed of some light by the moonlight.

Shi Concubine and his party arrived at the pavilion as promised, and several people expressed their admiration for such a beautiful scenery, and then Shi Concubine took a palace maid and a eunuch to the rockery, ready to "climb high to see the scenery".

"Niangniang, although there is a viewing platform on the top of this rockery, because it is hollow, there are many potholes, and the light is not good at night, please let the slave and maid help you, right?"

Concubine Shi nodded, stretched out her hand on the wrist of the little eunuch, and climbed up step by step, listening to the sound with her ears pricked up as she climbed, hoping to hear the so-called "secret meeting".

However, when they stood on the rockery observation deck, she didn't hear any special sounds.

Could it be that the timing is wrong?

Or did the people who should have come to the secret meeting not come for some reason?

Concubine Shi was not sure, so she stood motionless and stared at the night view of Dongchi, as if she was completely attracted, but her ears were always paying attention to the movements around her, hoping to hear some sounds other than the wind.

Standing on a high place to blow the wind, it was half an hour, and the little eunuch standing next to him was probably wearing too little, and had already begun to sniff, and he wanted to sneeze several times but was held back, holding back his eyes with tears, looking pitiful.

Seeing that the moon is rising higher and higher, it will be midnight if she stands down again, and if she doesn't return to the palace, even if she really waits for the secret meeting, it is easy to be deducted from the hat of "impure intentions", and Concubine Shi can only choose to end tonight's moon viewing, which is considered a failure of the mission.

However, just as she turned around and wanted to say, "Let's go back", there was a sudden sound of rustling under the rockery.

The palace maid was frightened by this voice and almost screamed, but was pulled by Concubine Shi and swallowed the exclamation back into her stomach.

It's the little eunuch, I don't know if it's because of the long-term duty in the imperial garden, I have seen too many secret meetings and the like, not only was he not frightened when he heard the voice, but he showed an embarrassed expression, arched his hand to Shi Concubine, and whispered: "Niangniang is not strange, probably which pair of palace people don't know that Niangniang is here, and they can't bear to be lonely and come to a private meeting, and wait for the slave maid to go down and dismiss them......"

Concubine Shi raised her hand to stop what he wanted to continue, frowned and whispered, "Listen, this voice seems to be a little strange?" ”

The two of them were stunned for a moment, listened attentively, and sure enough, they heard a subtle "ding" sound and the sound of metal knocking on the stone between the squirming steps.

The little eunuch's face immediately changed.

The palace is heavily guarded, and the harem does not allow anyone except the inner guard to wear sharp weapons to enter and exit, this kind of sound that obviously belongs to the collision of swords and rockeries, it stands to reason that it will never appear in the harem!

There is another "ding bell" sound, after touching so many concubines, where can he not hear the sound of the pearl hairpin pendant shaking?

Almost at the same time as hearing the two voices clearly, the little eunuch made up a scene of an assassin holding the concubine hostage and hiding in a rockery, and immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "There are assassins——!!! ”

The little eunuch's penetrating shrill voice sounded without warning, startling Shi Concubine, and the palace maid next to her was even more frightened and took a big step back, and then the thousands of people who realized it later protected Shi Concubine, and cooperated with the little eunuch to shout "There are assassins, catch assassins", as if they really saw assassins.

Protected by two people in the middle, Concubine Shi couldn't cry or laugh a little, but she still cooperated very well and grabbed the palace maid's sleeve, pretending to be scared and retreated to the corner of the observation deck.

She didn't expect things to go so smoothly, from beginning to end, it seemed that God was helping her, if she was asked afterwards, she could be very innocent, and all her expressions were indeed innocent.

In the dead of night, the voice of the little eunuch alarmed most of the imperial garden, and the palace guards hiding in the shadows quickly gathered in this direction, surrounded the entire rockery, and blocked the two people who tried to escape.

When everyone turned on the lights to see the appearance of these two people, including Concubine Shi, who had been premeditated, they were all shocked, and at the same time set off a monstrous wave in their hearts, and they were unlucky.

These two people are a man and a woman, female, they are at the same level as Shi Concubine, but they are far inferior to Cheng Dù, as a concubine, it is not unusual for her to appear in the imperial garden of the harem, but this time is not appropriate, but with Shi Concubine here, no one can say anything.

However, the identity of that man is the focus of attention.

Although he wore an all-black cloak, the messy bright yellow shirt under the cloak showed his status as a prince like a label.

He is the first son He Zhe had after he ascended the throne - the eldest prince, He Yi.

A few months ago, the crown ceremony was officially performed, and the adult has been crowned king, and the eldest prince and the emperor's concubine who will leave the palace after a while are disheveled, and on the eve of the heavenly sacrifice, they were caught as assassins in the rockery of the imperial garden of the harem.

That's really exciting news.

Because of the preparation for the next day's heavenly sacrifice, most of the palace was busy all night, there were many people who didn't sleep, and the speed of news spread extremely fast, so the entire palace was in chaos in just half an hour.

He Zhe, who was sleeping lightly in the imperial study, rushed to the side hall closest to the imperial garden with red eyes as soon as he got the news.

Later, according to the eunuchs present that night, He Zhe, who arrived in a hurry, almost snatched the guard's sword and stabbed He Yi to death, but in the end, it was estimated that he couldn't bear it, only pierced his cloak, issued an edict to temporarily deprive him of his title, and locked him in the palace to think about it behind closed doors.

As for the concubine, she was not so lucky, she was directly kicked by the angry He Zhe, kicked it in the heart, and immediately fell to the ground and spit blood, and then was cut off her title and pulled into the cold palace, and her life was over.

In order to deal with this matter, He Zhe did not sleep all night, and went directly to the court with red eyes the next day, and after the court meeting, he kept preparing for the evening heavenly sacrifice, and was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground.

After dinner, He Zhe finally squeezed out an hour's rest time and took a nap on the soft couch.

In a daze, he heard two palace maids whispering not far away.

"Did you hear about last night?"

"You mean the Imperial Garden, right? Of course I've heard about it, and who doesn't know that it's so big. ”

"What do you think the eldest prince thinks? Obviously, she is about to leave the palace and establish a mansion, what kind of woman is there outside, how can she think about the women in the harem, and praying for concubines is also stupid, can she still follow the eldest prince out of the palace? ”

"You still don't believe that you are simple, do you think these big people think so simply?"

"Huh? Is there still an insider/backper? ”

"Although the eldest prince does not occupy the throne, he occupies the position of the eldest son, and he said that he did not stare at that position, who believes it? Behind the concubine is the Qi family, Qi Yuanzhi of the Qi family is now receiving the holy favor, no matter what the saint says, he can listen to it, and grasp the concubine, isn't it on Qi Yuanzhi's line? ”

"Huh?"

"What are you, are you so loud that you wish others would hear it?! Hurry up and go, don't be seen! ”

"Oooh oh ......"

……

Listening to the whole conversation, the suppressed anger in He Zhe's heart instantly skyrocketed, but his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't open them at all, he wanted the guards to catch the two palace maids who chewed the root of their tongues outside, but he couldn't control his throat to make a sound.

Wake up! Wake up!!

Knowing that he was probably frightened, He Zhe struggled hard, trying to break free from the dream, but until the voices of the two palace maids disappeared completely, he did not succeed, and finally sweated and trembled all over his forehead......

Suddenly, a shrill voice exploded in his ears—

"Holy? Holy Lord, what's wrong with you?? Oh, my God!! Come on, come on, go and call the imperial doctor!! The Holy One burned badly!! ”

……

In the autumn of the twentieth year of Chang'an, the True Dragon Celestial Festival, which was supposed to be held on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, had to be temporarily canceled due to the sudden emergency of Emperor He Zhe.

What happened in the palace on the eve of the heavenly festival, I don't know where it flowed out of the palace, became the talk of the people, and for a while, rumors spread in Shengjing City, and the people's hearts were turbulent.