Chapter 2: Queen Bright Moon
After the snow, Yanlan City was dressed in silver and solemn, and the temperature was much lower than yesterday, and the pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, most of them were wrapped in thick cotton robes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
For a while, rumors spread in Yanlan City, rumors that the prince went to the Taiwei Mansion for a banquet yesterday, but during the banquet, he was plotted by the father and daughter of Taiwei Zhao Wei and his daughter.
Regarding the identity of that "chivalrous man", there were different opinions for a while.
Some people guess that it was the one who sent someone from Ling Xuan Pavilion to do it, he and Zhao Wei have always had a deep grudge, and they must want to take this opportunity to get rid of Zhao Xu, and some people say that it is the unpredictable prophet of the great master, and they predicted in advance that Zhao Ji would take this opportunity to poison the prince, so he ambushed the master on the roof in advance, and some people guessed that this "chivalrous man" was from Qin, Zhao Wei and Qin had an affair, and Qin sent someone to take the opportunity to get rid of the prince with Zhao Xuli, and he didn't want to go on a business trip halfway Chi Zhao Zhen wanted to kill him on the spot, but he was rescued by the prince.
Zhao Wei's plan for the crown princess not only failed to achieve all the previous achievements, but also saddled the infamy of treason overnight, which made him very annoyed.
Today, he did not go to the morning court under the pretext of being unwell, and at this time he was anxiously waiting for Zhao Yu, the housekeeper who entered the palace to inquire about the news.
At breakfast, Zhao Yu brought back the news from the palace: The prince returned to the palace yesterday and there was no abnormality as before, and the assassin had also been put in prison, but this morning, the ministers speculated about what kind of crime the emperor wanted to convict Zhao Xu, and the strange thing is that the emperor did not say a word about this matter this morning.
Zhao Yu took out a handwritten letter from Queen Mingyue and handed it to Zhao Xu, who finally breathed a sigh of relief after reading it, thinking that the queen was still thoughtful.
He told Zhao Yu that he would have to go to the prison tonight no matter what, if he couldn't bring the demon out alive, then he would simply kill him with a knife to prevent future troubles, and there would be no proof of death at that time, no matter how much others guessed, they couldn't kill him.
Zhao Lingxin frowned tightly on the side, she felt angry when she thought of yesterday's events, everything was going according to the original plan, but I didn't know that a demon came out of there again, disrupting her plan, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she hated to kill her with her own hands immediately.
Zhao Yu suddenly remembered an important matter.
"Captain! Miss! I heard the people in the palace say that it seems that the demon is still a woman!. ”
"Woman?" Zhao Zhen's father and daughter exclaimed in unison.
"How can it be a woman? Which woman in the world would dress up like that? Zhao Lingxin felt ridiculous when she thought about it.
The prison was as cold as an ice cellar, Qiao Xiaoqiao curled up in a pile of hay and shivered, compared to the cold in his heart, the cold on his body was nothing at all.
The ragged girl sitting next to her is called Ruyi, she was originally the little maid next to the queen, one day a year ago, because she accidentally broke the queen's wedding hosta, she was beaten and thrown into the prison, and no one has ever cared about her life or death.
It was through chatting with Ruyi last night that Qiao Xiaoqiao gradually understood that she might have crossed over, and when she finally determined that she had crossed back to the Yan Kingdom in 217 BC, she quickly borrowed a broken bronze mirror from Ruyi, and looked left and right at the mirror, but no matter how she looked at it, she was still the familiar self, she was completely blindfolded!
"That's not right! That's not how it is played in the traversal drama! The heroines in the TV are all as beautiful as flowers after crossing over, and even their identities are either rich or expensive! Why did you become a prisoner as soon as you crossed over? The same appearance? ”。
From Ruyi, she also learned that everything that happened yesterday was simply an unbelievable coincidence, she not only offended Lord Taiwei but also collided with His Royal Highness the Prince, and the one who stabbed herself with a sword and was scolded by herself was Mu Qingyun, one of the prince's personal guards! And he is also a first-class master of the Great Yan Kingdom.
Ruyi called Qiao Xiaoqiao's life great, and it is not easy to live until now, because according to the law of the Great Yan calendar, "Anyone who commits the following crimes!" Summarily executed without asking the cause! "What's more, Qiao Xiaoqiao is not an ordinary person! Qiao Xiaoqiao thought to herself, this is over! Even if you have ten heads, it's not enough to cut off.
She was immediately filled with fear of this unknown world, thinking that she was no longer the high-spirited young man in the twenty-first century, her family, dreams, school, classmates, and her favorite little group would never be seen again, Qiao Xiaoqiao immediately felt sad.
In the Qiyun Palace, the imperial doctor was changing the dressing on the injured left arm of the dragon rhino, and Mu Qingyun, who was standing aside, looked at the scar on the prince's arm that was punctured by himself, and felt guilty for a while.
After the imperial doctor left, Long Xi comforted him: "Okay! Don't be bitter about it! It's just a little skin trauma, and it's not a big deal. ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince! Why did you save that assassin yesterday? I've hurt you by mistake!. ”
Long Xi was slightly stunned when he heard this, why did he want to save her? He didn't know it himself, but he thought it was an instinct, and he couldn't tell what kind of instinct it was.
Seeing that the prince didn't answer, Mu Qingyun looked at Xuantie on the side awkwardly, and the big man just shrugged his shoulders and pouted, putting on an expression of "I don't know".
At this time, the little eunuch Jixiang hurriedly ran in.
"His Royal Highness the Prince! Empress Mingyue asked to see her at the gate of the palace!. ”
"Queen Bright Moon! How did she get here? He knew that Empress Mingyue had always been in the Cloud Palace for nothing.
This Queen Mingyue is not the biological mother of the dragon rhino, she is a princess sent by the Qin State to marry, and under the pressure of the king of Qin, the father had to abolish the original queen and canonize the bright moon, and the deposed queen is the biological mother of the dragon rhino.
This Mingyue also has a lot of fox skills, although she has not given birth to an heir for Emperor Yan, but she is very popular with Emperor Yan, and in private she also has a close relationship with the Taiwei Mansion, it is said that it is because Zhao Ji's deceased wife is also from Qin, and after Mrs. Zhao passed away, she recognized her daughter as her own daughter-in-law, which shows that their relationship has long been extraordinary.
"Oops! Your Highness! This palace heard that when you went to the banquet of the Taiwei Mansion yesterday, you were secretly injured by a demon! Let Hongu see where it hurts? ”
Queen Mingyue twisted her waist and stepped into Qiyun Palace with small steps.
"Don't worry about your mother's postscript! It's just a little skin trauma!. ”
Mingyue pulled the dragon rhino's bare left arm and shouted exaggeratedly: "Oops! It's okay to be injured so badly, that demon is really hateful, stabbing the prince in broad daylight! According to this palace, she should be cut down immediately! Hang it outside the city gates! Look at the one who still dares to live or die in the future!. ”
The dragon rhino withdrew his arm, forcibly suppressing the disgust for Mingyue in his heart.
"This little injury is not a big deal for Erchen! Besides, it wasn't that person's doing, as for what to do with her, Erchen has a certain number in his heart!. ”
Mingyue laughed dryly: "Actually, the palace came over today and has something to discuss with His Highness!" Earlier today, the Taiwei Mansion sent a letter saying that Zhao Wei was extremely frightened because of yesterday's incident, and in order to apologize to His Highness, he decided to send his daughter into the palace to serve His Highness to raise the dragon body! Most of the men in this palace are all male attendants, and it is difficult for Zhao Wei to have such loyalty, so this palace agreed on its own initiative, and waited for Ming RB Palace to personally bring the girl over to make amends to His Highness in person!. ”
Long Xi didn't expect Zhao Xu's father and daughter to be so brazen, and then thought about it, Zhao Zhen's father and daughter probably didn't have such a shrewd mind, all this must be Queen Mingyue's idea, she was determined to push Zhao Zhen's daughter to the position of the crown princess.
"Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, that girl is also a knowledgeable person, and she will not bump into Your Highness indiscriminately, and Your Highness can rest assured that when the time comes!" After Mingyue finished speaking, she smiled at the dragon rhino and got up to say goodbye.
Watching Mingyue walk out of Qiyun Palace, Mu Qingyun said indignantly on the side: "This Zhao Zhen is too shameless!" If he hadn't been disturbed by that crazy man who suddenly appeared yesterday, he would have been punished with the crime of killing the prince with Zhao Zhen's father and daughter's medicine and wine! . ”
Long Xi frowned deeply and said slowly: "It's not so easy to get rid of Zhao Xu, not only does he have the support of the queen behind him, but it is said that he has also been moving around quite frequently with the Qin State recently, there is not enough evidence for this kind of thing, don't act rashly!." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a hearty laugh from the door.
"Great Teacher!" The three of them shouted in unison.
I saw an old man walking in outside the palace gate, about sixty or seventy years old, wearing a moon-blue robe, with a thin figure and a ruddy complexion, silver hair combed in a neat bun, a long white beard floating on his chest at will, holding a string of prayer beads, the whole person is quite a bit of fairy wind bones.
"Great Teacher! How did you get here? Is the wind chill better? ”。
The great master Jiang Li smiled and waved his hand, "Don't get in the way!" It's not in the way, the old man feels bored in the center of the room all day long, and he comes out to breathe fresh air and stop by to see His Highness!. ”
?? Long Xi immediately brought a chair to Jiang Li, and then told Jiang Li everything that had happened in the past two days.
After hearing this, Jiang Li said that he wanted to see the woman, and Long Xi immediately ordered Xuan Tie to go to the Heavenly Prison.
Yan Lancheng was even colder in the evening, Qiao Xiaoqiao, who was sitting in the prison, hugged her shoulders and shook even more, Ruyi took off her torn coat and put it on Qiao Xiaoqiao's body, even then she didn't have a trace of warmth, Ruyi reached out and touched her forehead and exclaimed: Xiao Qiao! You've got a fever!.
There was a soft thud on the door, and a figure swooped into the cell.
"Who?" Ruyi stood up and protected Qiao Xiaoqiao behind him.
It was dark, and there was no light in the cell, and I vaguely saw a man coming in, the man was dressed in a black scarf and dressed as a night walker, and the man seemed to be adjusting to the darkness of the cell, and leaned his neck to look in.
After a while, the man suddenly flew up and kicked Ruyi in front of him, and the cold light flashed in his right hand! A dagger stabbed straight at Qiao Xiaoqiao, who was nesting in the grass.
"Little Joe, be careful!" Ruyi yelled.
Qiao Xiaoqiao struggled to stand up, and before she could fully understand the situation, she only felt a cold light flashing in front of her, she subconsciously dodged back, the man in black pounced, and the cold dagger swept past Qiao Xiaoqiao's neck.
The man in black raised his arm again, and this time stabbed Qiao Xiaoqiao in the heart.
Seeing that he couldn't hide, Qiao Xiaoqiao simply closed his eyes, isn't it just death? Anyway, my aunt and grandmother can't go back alive! Die early and live early!.
"Little Joe, run!" Ruyi, who was crawling on the ground, suddenly rolled over and hugged one of the legs of the man in black, and then pointed to the wide open cell door with his chin.
The man in black was annoyed and angry, and stabbed Ruyi's arm fiercely, and Ruyi screamed!
Seeing Ruyi sacrifice her life to protect herself regardless of life and death, Qiao Xiaoqiao was heartbroken and moved, it was impossible for her to leave Ruyi and run away alone, that was not her Qiao Xiaoqiao's consistent style.
"Damn bastard! Grandma and grandma fought with you! Qiao Xiaoqiao didn't care about the sword wound on his left shoulder, and waved his arms and pounced towards the man in black.
At the last moment, suddenly a large black shadow flew in from the door and landed between her and the man in black, and then the man in black suddenly screamed, and flew out and hit the wall with a "bang".
"Xuan, Xuantie-sama!" Ruyi lay on the ground, breathing like a gossamer.
Qiao Xiaoqiao rubbed his eyes hard and slowly saw the big man in front of him.
The man was more than two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a broad back, a lion's nose and a wide mouth, fiery red curls piled up on top of his head, and two bare arms covered with a thick layer of small red fluff.
Xuan Tie squatted down and probed Ruyi's snort, "It's just that I've passed out, and it's okay for the time being!" ”。????????? Then he turned around and carried Qiao Xiaoqiao on his shoulders, "Let's go!" This place is dangerous, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time! ”
??“ What are you doing? Put me down! ”
"Don't be afraid! I'm just taking you to meet someone! ”。
"See whom? My aunt and grandmother don't know anyone! Is it to see Lord Yama? Don't you just want me to die? Come on! If you want to kill or chop whatever you want, what are you tossing around? ”
Qiao Xiaoqiao lay on Xuantie's shoulder and beat and beaten, Xuantie ignored her and let her toss.
Xuan Tie looked around, and the man in black just now was long gone.
Blown by the cold wind outside, Qiao Xiaoqiao instantly sobered up a lot.
She looked around, and as far as her eye could see, rows of blue-brick and blue-tiled houses were scattered, and they looked even more peaceful against the white snow, and the smoke was wafting out of the chimneys of those houses, rising to the stars, and if it hadn't been for the terrible things that had just happened, she would have thought that she had come to a paradise.
??????? After a while, they came to a tall gatehouse.
I saw the door "Emperor?" The two big characters of "Court" shone in the starlight, and the two rows of guards with spears on the left and right of the gate saw them coming, and opened the gate left and right.
The sight inside the door is even more spectacular.
It covers an area of about hundreds of acres, and at this time the lights are bright, the figures are moving, and there are bursts of drum music from time to time! As far as the eye can see, the palaces are numerous, the pavilions are towering, most of these buildings are dominated by vermilion and gold tones, the palace pavilions are built with the topography, scattered and echo each other, a good royal garden.
Qiyun Palace is located in the southwest corner of the imperial court, the main hall is three stories high, all of which are white bricks and blue tiles, and it also looks quiet in this imperial court.
Xuantie carried Qiao Xiaoqiao into Qiyun Palace like this.
Qiao Xiaoqiao didn't stand firmly, thanks to Xuan Tie stretching out a big furry hand and gently supporting her back, she didn't fall down, but she glared at Xuan Tie viciously with revenge.
??????? Seeing Qiao Xiaoqiao in front of him, Jiang Li's eyes suddenly lit up, "Rub!" He stood up from his chair, and his hands holding the rosary trembled slightly because he was so excited.
"Great Teacher! What's wrong with you? Long Xi looked at Jiang Li in surprise.
"Bold Enchantress! Don't kneel down when you see His Royal Highness the Prince? What a system! Mu Qingyun scolded loudly.
He doesn't have a good impression of Qiao Xiaoqiao at all, he is obviously a girl, but he has to dress up like this, and it is not good for men and women to look awkward.
Qiao Xiaoqiao was also angry for Mu Qingyun for stabbing himself yesterday, thinking that if he offended the captain and collided with the prince anyway, he wouldn't be able to survive.
"Enchantress? You're a demon! Your whole family is a demon! Do you want to kneel when you say you want to kneel? Isn't it just death? I'm not afraid, auntie! If you are really a man, give your aunt and grandmother a good time, don't grind! ”。
?? Mu Qingyun was only trembling with anger, he really regretted that he couldn't kill her with a sword yesterday.
"Your Highness! This demon girl is crazy and talking, and eighty percent of them have a problem with her head! Mu Qingyun forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
Xuan Tie stepped forward, leaned down, and muttered a few words in Long Rhino's ear.
Long Xi raised his eyes to stare at Qiao Xiaoqiao with a gloomy face, and slowly squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "It's too arrogant!" I don't know what to live or die! ”。