Without waiting for Jiang Ruan to speak, Xuan Pei had already taken the initiative to speak: "Master Mu insisted on Mu Xirou entering the palace, I had a relationship with her at the beginning, and I promised her a freedom. When she wants to enter the palace, I promised her that one day, when the Dajin Dynasty changes dynasties, it will be her own time. ”

"She believed you so easily?" Jiang Ruan was a little surprised. Xuan Pei's true strength was gradually revealed in the coming year. In the past long days, in the minds of everyone, he is just a waste prince who is not favored, and he is not even qualified to win the heir. How can such a person win Mu Xirou's trust, and even make Mu Xirou willingly become a chess piece?

"People always have weaknesses, and she is no exception." Xuan Pei said vaguely: "Since it is destined to enter the palace, instead of being depressed for a lifetime after entering the palace, it is better to use your life to fight for a future, and maybe there is also some openness and freedom." Xuan Pei said this to Mu Xirou, but in Jiang Ruan's ears, it was even more like he was talking about himself. Jiang Ruan looked at the young man in front of him and sighed softly in his heart. She thought that she would protect Xuan Pei very well, in fact, in the days when she and Xuan Pei had not yet met, Xuan Pei had already made too many preparations for today, and those hatreds and forbearances had never left his heart one day, and she ignored them.

Although I don't know how Lu Dao Xuanpei persuaded Mu Xirou to become a pawn, I think Xuanpei also paid a lot of price. Jiang Ruan didn't ask any more, Xuan Pei was no longer the child who needed her to plan everything, he was using his own way to protect her and pave the way for her.

"Okay." Jiang Ruan said: "Now I want you to give me one of the holy decrees. ”

Xuan Pei was slightly stunned, and did not refuse, but subconsciously asked, "What does the concubine want to do?" He didn't say which holy decree it was, but both of them knew that it must be the holy decree with Xiao Shao's name written on it. Since Jiang Ruan said that Xiao Shao would not fight for this throne, Xuan Pei believed that he really would not have this thought. But now Jiang Ruan still wants that holy decree to do?

"It is not safe for the Holy Decree to remain in the palace." Jiang Ruan shook his head and said: "Xiao Shao's identity is a secret, if this matter is spread out, I am afraid that the entire Dajin Dynasty will be in chaos, and even if you have the emperor's holy decree and crown you as the crown prince, I am afraid that you will not be able to convince the public, and it will only give Xuan Li an opportunity to take advantage of, and he is desperate to get out of this mess." Now that Gonggong Li was killed, he also realized that something was wrong when he came to Xuanli, and there were people with him everywhere in the palace, so he might not find out about Mu Xirou's head. I'm afraid that even you will be made by him at that time. This decree is too uneasy to stay in the palace, so I will take it away and destroy it. ”

"But ......." Xuan Pei always felt that something was strange, but he couldn't say what was wrong, and it was time to hesitate. I only heard Jiang Ruan say again: "Jinying Palace's Mansion is not so easy to enter after all, Jinyi Wei is also loyal and powerful to the guards in your palace, besides, if I take away the Holy Decree, you only need to reveal a little bit of news with Xuanli, or you don't need to reveal the news at all, and Xuanli's people will also know about this matter, in that way, he will aim all the spearheads at Jinying Palace." The holy decree in the palace is safer, and in this way, it also buys you a lot of time, and Xuanli will not watch you every day without relaxing. ”

This is true, but Xuan Pei didn't know what to say, Jiang Ruan skillfully substituted himself into the Jinying Palace. Indeed, Xuan Li may still lack some courage in dealing with Jinying Wangfu, and Xuan Pei, the strength of Jinyiwei, knows that Xuan Li wants to do it, and he must weigh a few points in advance. But dealing with Jiang Ruan, especially Jiang Ruan, who has no protection, is much simpler.

Jiang Ruan didn't give Xuan Pei the slightest idea of the crucial moment, so he said, "Okay, you take me to get that holy decree now." ”

"Now?" Xuan Pei was a little surprised why Jiang Ruan was so anxious today, and said a little aggrieved: "Doesn't the concubine sit here?" Take away the holy decree and leave the palace. ”

"There are some things to do today," Jiang Ruan touched his head, "Besides, you have two holy decrees here, take them back when it's not too late at the moment." Lest I cause superfluous things, something has happened in the palace, and I have to go back to the house and think it through. But you, Pei'er, don't act rashly these days, no matter what happens, just remember to go with the flow. If you have any decisions, remember to discuss with Xiao Shao, don't be reckless. ”

Xuan Pei pursed his lips: "Why are you looking for him," Seeing Jiang Ruan's serious expression, he coughed lightly and said twice: "Zhilu Dao, if there is something, I will definitely think of discussing it with him." ”

Jiang Ruan smiled at this time: "Okay, let's go." ”

Countless pairs of eyes in the palace stared at Nanyuan In such a situation, Xuan Pei was still able to control the current trend quietly. On the surface, it seems that Xuanli has the upper hand now, but in fact, the emperor's pillow person is the person arranged by Xuanpei, and Xuanpei responds to all changes with the same, which is the safest way. In this chess game, whoever knows the more ways to win, the better the chance of winning. Obviously, there are too few people who have left the Tao.

Where the emperor put the holy decree, Mu Xirou knew best. It's very ironic to say, since ancient times, kings are the most suspicious, for Mu Xirou is so cold, anyone who has no good face for the emperor, the emperor thinks she is the most sincere. The older he gets, the more he distrusts the people around him, those gentle whispers, I am afraid that they contain red faces and dark arrows, Mu Xirou is out of place in them, but she has become the most trusted pillow person around the emperor. And put the holy decree on Mu Xirou's side, Mu Xirou did not have any dealings with the harem and the previous dynasty at all, and no one could think of such an important thing as the holy decree, Mu Xirou could actually know the Tao as a female dependent.

After all, Jiang Ruan still got the holy decree under Xuan Pei's arrangement, and in front of Xuan Pei and Mu Xirou, she opened the holy decree without caring and swept it roughly. In my heart, I was really sure that Xiao Shao was the prince, and it was even written that Xiao Shao was the son of Prince Hongxi. This holy decree was heavier than Mount Tai in her hands, but Xuan Pei didn't care at all, only after letting Mu Xirou leave, did he hesitate: "Mother, in this case, will it bring trouble to the Jinying Palace?" ”

He doesn't want to care about the life or death of Jinying Palace, but Jiang Ruan is now the princess of Jinying, and he has both glory and loss, if there is any problem in Jinying Palace, Jiang Ruan himself will be implicated. It was for Xuanpei's sake that Xuanpei also had to compromise for the sake of the Jinying Palace.

Just thinking about it, Jiang Ruan had already sorted out the holy decree, put it in a wooden box, put it together with some things rewarded by the Queen Mother, got up and prepared to leave. Xuan Pei was taken aback, while regretting that Jiang Ruan was about to leave before she could sit for a while, and at the other hand, she was surprised that she had put the holy decree so hastily. Although he felt that Jiang Ruan had acted very safely, Xuan Pei still reminded with some uneasiness: "If the concubine doesn't put that thing in another place, in this case, it will inevitably be ......."

"Don't worry, the most dangerous place is the safest place," Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "If it is really too hidden, it will be that there are no three hundred taels of silver here, which makes people suspicious." I don't have anything to do, so you don't have to send it, it's suspicious. Now you must not make any mistakes in anything, so it is better to be cautious. ”

Xuan Pei always felt that Jiang Ruan was a little strange today, and he couldn't say what was weird, but Jiang Ruan hadn't told him something in detail like today for a long time, which made Xuan Pei feel that the current situation was more difficult than he imagined. He instructed Mingyue to send Jiang Ruan out of the palace, and Mingyue did as he was told.

But there are many ears and eyes in the palace, and there are countless eyes staring at Nanyuan on weekdays, and Jiang Ruan entered the palace today, which already aroused everyone's suspicions, and saw Jiang Ruan and Xuan Pei talking for a long time before coming out, and when I went to visit the emperor halfway, I seemed to see Mu Xirou also there, which made people puzzled.

Xuanli stood in the room, listening to the report of his subordinates, his eyes were a little deep. Since the emperor fell ill, he wanted to be a filial son, of course, it was more convenient for him to look for things from around the emperor, so he did not go back to his house, but has been living in the palace and personally boiling water and decocting medicine for the emperor. People who don't know the way of the road are really sighed by his filial piety, and some people in the court and the central government also write excerpts from time to time to praise the virtues of Xuanli and praise the filial piety of Xuanli. Xuan Li naturally didn't mind his reputation, and when he served the emperor, he also tried his best to do it perfectly. He didn't have to resort to any more tricks in the medicine. Even Xia Qing didn't have a way to get sick, and he didn't need to do it at all.

However, Xuan Li frowned tightly, originally thinking that as long as the emperor continued to sleep like this until he died, it would be the perfect way. But now it seems that the emperor's illness is not the right time, just because he has not found the holy decree until now, the emperor wrote the holy decree early, and the holy decree is not his name at all, this is something he has guessed a long time ago, and later confirmed this from the mouth of Gonggong Li. If you know the son, you can know the father. After being a father and son with the emperor for so many years, when did he no longer regard him as a father, but as an opponent, and he was a stumbling block, Xuanli has forgotten. After so many years of fighting in secret, he has never had the upper hand.

Including the emperor's secret care and protection of the crown prince, Xuanli is clear, and because of this, he can't plan better. Xuanli is sometimes very puzzled, the emperor clearly hates the crown prince very much, the prince is incompetent and immoral, why does the emperor still protect him and prevent him from giving up that position. Anyone can see that the emperor keeps the crown prince, but he doesn't want anyone to do that position for the time being, who is he keeping the crown prince for? Xuanli always thought that among the several princes in the Great Jin Dynasty, only he was the most qualified, but he also clearly felt that the emperor appreciated him, praised him, always encouraged him, and treated him very well, but he never thought of letting him sit in that position in his heart.

Xuan was incomprehensible, and then unwilling, this emotional suppression has become extremely distorted, and he eliminated the possible threats one by one in the battle in the palace, but at the end of the day, the emperor still did not want to change him to the crown prince. He finally gave up the last trace of mercy in his heart and drugged the emperor's food.

Since ancient times, it has been uncommon to kill kings and fathers, and to seize the heir. Xuanli is no longer the person who struggled with this decision, he calmly thinks that this is the right thing, this is the best way. If you want anything in this world, you will grab it, you will fight for it, he is always the most forgiving and excellent hunter, and he will definitely laugh to the end.

But on the way, a Xuan Pei came out.

From an incompetent waste prince to an opponent who can now compete with him, every time Xuan Li faces Xuan Pei, there is a vicious feeling in his heart that he can't help but be angry. At the beginning, Xuan Pei was not even qualified to be an opponent in his heart. But now, the emperor actually has the heart to make him the crown prince, and Xuan Pei even has the support of the Jinying Palace, where can Xuan Xuan be better. If he could, he would have cut Xuan Pei with a thousand knives.

Fang Cai's subordinates came to report again, Jiang Ruan and Xuan Pei stayed for a long time, he had some doubts in his heart, and he heard that he also went to see the emperor together, and Mu Xirou was also there, and a conjecture arose in Xuan Pei.

If there is a safest place in this world, it is undoubtedly the Jinying Palace. Perhaps the civil and military officials will say that the holy decree taken out of the Jinying Palace's palace is not convincing, because this is simply a family of rebellious ministers and thieves. But only Xuanli Zhilu Dao, the emperor has always repaid Xiao Shao's trust of 120,000 points, and that trust sometimes makes him feel jealous. In the past, Xuanli even thought that the emperor and Xiao Shao had some blood relationship, but the spies sent to Lu later found nothing. Xuanli clearly knew that the emperor had never doubted the Jinying Palace.

Therefore, the holy decree may really be in the palace of King Jinying.

As long as he wanted this, Xuan Xuan couldn't help but feel a little irritable. If you want to know where the holy decree is, the next step is naturally to grab it back, but what is the Jinying Palace, where is it that people can easily get close.

The spy also said: "When Princess Jinying entered Nanyuan, she also brought the queen mother's reward over. ”

Xuanli's spies have always been good at this, so they will naturally not miss the details at all, and it is not a big deal to bring the queen mother's reward to Nanyuan, perhaps Jiang Ruan wants to pick some rewards for Xuanpei. But to say this here, it seems to touch a string in Xuanxuan, will this be ....... A way to cover up?

Immediately Xuanli shook his head again, how could it be, even if he really wanted someone to come to get the holy decree, it shouldn't be Jiang Ruan who came alone, it was Xiao Shao or not. Where would it be so sloppy and blatant.

But what if this is her disguise?

Xiao Shao and Xuan Pei didn't have much communication, if Xiao Shao came, it might be the real confirmation that the Holy Purpose was in the Jinying Palace. In order to avoid such a thing, Jiang Ruan hid the whereabouts of the holy decree and made dangerous moves, planning to come to the most dangerous place is the safest place, so what?

Xuanli's eyes were heavy, and he had already fallen into his own thoughts. He didn't know that his dead end had been led all the way here by Jiang Ruan's nose. Jiang Ruan Zhilu said that his suspicious temperament was to follow the weaknesses of his character all the way to set up this game. Let go of Jiang Ruan, Xuanli will be uneasy because of this, and grab Jiang Ruan, afraid that it will be another bamboo basket to draw water, but he will expose himself. Xuan Li was so entangled, thought for a long time, and finally clenched his fists as if he had made up his mind and said: "Go, send a letter to Danzhen, now there is an opportunity in front of her, catch Jiang Ruan, don't expose yourself." ”

The subordinates were ordered to leave. Xuan Li let go of his hand at this time, stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the clouds outside the palace wall, and slowly overflowed a sneer. What if you can't do it yourself? After all, there is a good sword in front of him, Dan Zhen's hatred for Jiang Ruan is deep, and Qi Man has been lurking in the capital for many years and is proficient in the way of concealment. It is only fitting to borrow a knife to kill people with the hands of these two people. Most importantly, they will succeed.

Never underestimate a woman's jealousy.

……。

On the carriage back home, Forsythia and Dew Drop sat on Jiang Ruan's right, and Tianzhu sat on Jiang Ruan's left. Xu is forsythia and dew drops also felt an unusual atmosphere today, although Jiang Ruan didn't say anything, after following Jiang Ruan for so long, he could still get a glimpse of a clue from Jiang Ruan's expression. It was Tianzhu, who also showed a little nervous look at the moment, although Dew Drop and Forsythia didn't know what was going on, they were also nervous.

Fortunately, nothing happened along the way, the carriage drove slowly, just when Dew Drop and Forsythia began to feel a little relieved, when they were laughing in the carriage, they suddenly heard a noisy sound outside, the sound was getting closer and closer, Forsythia was startled, the coachman sitting in front was a new person recruited into the palace, although calm, but there was also a little panic in the words: "Young lady, there is a dead person in front!" ”

The carriage jolted violently, and the dew let out a scream, and as soon as she lifted the curtain of the carriage to look outside, she saw that the crowd was fleeing in all directions as if they had been scattered by something, as if something terrible was chasing behind them. If you look closely, among those ordinary people, there seem to be some unusual people. These people are dressed like ordinary people, but they have a long knife in their hands, and they cut people when they see them, without any rules, and when they catch a person, they will cut them down casually. Outside, there was a howl of ghosts and wolves, and many people had fallen on the ground, and the blood stains were slowly accumulating, which looked shocking.

"Oh no, young lady," Dew Drop said in horror, "There are assassins in outsiders, holding knives and slashing people indiscriminately. ”

The crowd scattered and fled, and the screams mixed with the knives outside were very real, and the hearts of the Zhijiao trembled. Jiang Ruan frowned, Tianzhu had already drawn her sword to protect Jiang Ruan, at this time, she could not leave Jiang Ruan half a step. Forsythia said, "Coachman, go to the side, don't go that way." ”

At this time, it was obviously irrational to get out of the car, and the assassins who were mixed in the crowd did not know how many people were in the road, and how many of them were stabbed in the throat without defense. It's safer in the car, as long as it's away from the crowd, Forsythia is a little annoyed, why didn't he remind the young lady to bring more guards when she went out today. Now there is only one Tianzhu, Rao is Tianzhu's martial arts are strong, and he is also a little overwhelmed.

Just thinking like this, he suddenly felt the carriage tremble violently, and a clear splash of blood splashed on the curtain in front of the carriage, and the carriage ran forward as if it had been hit by some violent impact.

"Coachman! Coachman! Forsythia shouted as she held Jiang Ruan with her hand to prevent her from being hit on the ruts of the carriage. But there was no reaction for a long time, and then the curtain was opened, and suddenly my heart was half cold. The coachman had a scimitar stuck in his chest, and at this moment half of his body was lying on the back of his horse, apparently dead of exhaustion. And there was a small dagger on the horse's back, and the horse was in pain, spreading its hooves and galloping, and could not stop for a while, and the crowd of people fleeing in front of it crashed into the carriage from time to time, and the carriage was staggered, and it was still running desperately forward, as if it was about to fall down in the next moment, and the crowd rushed up and trampled into a pile of mud.

Tianzhu protected Jiang Ruan, but the carriage seemed to suddenly hit something stiff, the horse neighed, and the entire carriage body shook forward, and it was thrown out of the whole way.

"Ah-" Dew Drop screamed, she sat on the outermost, that is, she was thrown directly out of the carriage, Jiang Ruan and Tianzhu Forsythia had just fallen dizzy, just stopped, heard Dewdrop's cry, and hurriedly pulled off the curtain to look out, only to see that Dew had really been thrown into the crowd, she was thrown too quickly, and fell directly to the ground, the chaotic crowd was screaming and fleeing, where to look at the feet, it was stepped on from Dewdrop's body one by one. And Jiang Ruan's eyes stared, and he saw that one of the men in coarse linen clothes had quietly pulled out the short knife in his waist and stabbed Lu Zhu in the back-

"Dewdrops!" Forsythia also saw it, and suddenly lost her voice and cried out. Dew Drop was stabbed on the back, and he was almost speechless in pain, the man had to do it again, Jiang Ruan had already ordered Tianzhu immediately: "Tianzhu go quickly, help Dewdrop!" ”

"Young lady...." Tianzhu was a little hesitant, she and Dew Drop were not without affection, and after getting along for such a long time, they already regarded Dew Drop as a friend. But the rule in Jinyi Wei has always been to protect the master to the greatest extent, to protect the dewdrops, Jiang Ruan stayed here and Forsythia who didn't know martial arts at all, who would protect him?

"Go!" Jiang Ruan's tone was heavier, she saw Tianzhu's hesitation, and ordered in a cold voice. Tianzhu was stunned, and the master had no order to disobey, so he immediately did not hesitate to run towards the dewdrop. Dew was watching the knife stabbing at his chest, but he couldn't dodge it anyway, and when he was terrified, he saw Tianzhu block the dagger stabbed in his chest with a long sword, and stabbed the long sword into the man's throat with his backhand, and the man fell. Dew looked at Tianzhu with palpitations, and regardless of the pain on her back, she gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go, go to the young lady's ......." ”

Before he finished speaking, he was stunned, only to see that in front of the broken carriage, Forsythia was half of his body lying on the ground, a touch of blood was shocking, and he didn't know whose voice it was, but look around, where is Jiang Ruan's shadow?

"Oops!" Tianzhu Road.

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