There was silence in the palace. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe candle flame burned out all night, and it was replaced with a new one by the palace maid who kept vigil, and it continued to sway.

A team of forbidden soldiers probed and walked by, neat and serious. Seemingly, unbreakable.

The night was dark, and the palace was quiet. The candle flame burned out all night, and the palace maid who kept vigil replaced it with a new one, and continued to flicker.

A team of forbidden soldiers probed and walked by, neat and serious. Seemingly, unbreakable.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

There were only four candles lit in the palace, and it was dim, as if the owner of the palace had gone to bed.

Ji Sheng, the chief eunuch, bent over and waited aside, reminding the emperor from time to time what time it was. The queen also sat on the soft couch beside her, and the two palace maids pinched her shoulders carefully, looking lazy.

"Your Majesty, the sky is about to dawn." Ji Sheng looked at the sky and replied.

"Still no movement?" The emperor opened his eyes and was very tired: "Send someone to take a look again." ”

"Yes" Ji Sheng received the order, and went to the gate of the palace to say a few words to the little eunuch waiting, and the little eunuch took the order and went in a hurry.

Ji Sheng looked at the gloomy sky, sighed, and went back to the hall.

Only the Queen Mother can save the Nine Princes.

Xia Ruqian thought.

The emperor also thought so.

When this bureau was set, the emperor thought about it.

This thing is a frame-up, the opportunity is fleeting, the plan is not perfect, and the action is a bit hasty. The dead soldier sent to the palace last night to settle the conspiratorial letters did not return, and the forbidden army sent to the palace this morning did not find anything. Therefore, this matter must be hidden from his mother first, so as not to make any mistakes. Wait for all the physical witnesses to be in front of you, and then notify, by then everything is a foregone conclusion, even if the Queen Mother is reluctant to come to Jun Ze to intercede, she can show her filial piety and forgiveness, open the net, leave him alive, just find a place, and let Lao Jiu spend the rest of his life.

At that time, not only can you get rid of the enemy, but you can also get a good name.

The emperor was thinking in his heart, although occasionally some apologies would suddenly come to his mind inexplicably, but he was always quickly suppressed, after all, no one could covet the throne except himself. The stakes are so high that it is better to kill three thousand by mistake than to miss a single person.

So, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Although Lao Jiu is smart, the people below are ??? Without Lao Jiu's exquisite heart, I'm afraid I'm going to take the bait!

There must be someone who wants to break into the palace and tell the Queen Mother that the Nine Princes are in prison, so let's kill them all in the name of an assassin.

Thinking of this, the emperor showed an evil smile.

At this time, Liuli was holding Xia Ruqian and landed on the palace wall in the back wall, waiting for the opportunity.

The palace looked like it was going to be the same as usual, and the Janissaries weren't particularly on the defensive, as long as they found the right time to hand them over.

Such a calm palace is like a huge black hole, and some monster may open its mouth and swallow them at any time. Liuli cautiously raised her head and looked around, and finally waited for the change of shift of the forbidden army, taking advantage of this opportunity, Liuli picked up Xia Ruqian and turned over and sneaked in.

The palace is like a drawing for Liuli. Over the years of collecting information, there have been many people who have come to the pavilion. Although I haven't had the opportunity to come in person, I am still familiar with the map of the palace presented by my subordinates.

Liuli turned around and soon arrived at a courtyard.

"After this courtyard, it is the queen mother's bedroom." Liuli pointed to the palace in front of her and said to Xia Ruqian.

Xia Ruqian thought for a while and grabbed Liuli, who was about to move forward: "Wait a while, we can't break in directly, in case we are directly an assassin, I'm afraid we won't be able to see the queen mother." Let's see if we can find a kind palace maid to report secretly. ”

"Kind palace maid? You're so naïve. Liuli shook her head and said, "Don't worry, there are our people in the palace, but it happened suddenly, and I don't know if she can receive the information." But it doesn't matter, if you really can't do it, just stun a palace maid, and you will pretend to be a palace maid and go directly to see the queen mother. ”

"Well, good idea." Xia Ruqian nodded and followed Liuli to the underground of the city wall.

However, almost as soon as Liuli's code came out, the forbidden army poured out from all directions, and immediately surrounded the two under the city wall. Seeing this, Liuli grabbed Xia Ruqian's hand and protected her behind her.

Xia Ruqian poked his head out and shouted: "I am the princess of the Nine Princes, you must not be rude, and you will not retreat." ”

"I'm afraid that the princess of the Nine Princes is being imprisoned in the palace at this time, just an assassin, you dare to pretend to be the princess, what are your intentions?" A Forbidden Army leader stepped forward and shouted.

"Don't bother with it, we're afraid that we'll fall for the trick, so we can only break through!" Liuli said to Xia Ruqian while looking at the surrounding situation.

Xia Ruqian knew that it was impossible to get out at this time, even if he really retreated, he would not have such a chance to be so close to the Queen Mother. Now that the Nine Princes are in prison, only the Queen Mother can save him, and the Queen Mother must be let know about it.

"Brother Liuli, this must be a trap set by the emperor, so it seems that the queen mother must not know, this time we failed, let alone next time! I must go to the Queen Mother, can you send me into the courtyard. ”

When Liuli heard this, she knew that what Xia Ruqian said was true. Although the Nine Princes said before that there was no need to worry, it would be best if the Queen Mother could come forward to understand this matter directly. Liuli gritted her teeth, took out a pill the size of a goose egg from her arms, and threw it on the ground, and white smoke suddenly rose. Liuli grabbed Xia Ruqian's waist and jumped over the palace wall.

Soon the forbidden army reacted, and the leader was very annoyed, and while ordering one group of men and horses to pursue, he ordered another group of men and horses to enter through the main gate to intercept them.

Liuli asked Xia Ruqian to hide in the rockery first, and he led the guards away, but he was soon surrounded by the forbidden army and fought in the middle.

Xia Ruqian saw that the attention of a large number of people and horses was diverted by Liuli, so he cautiously ran along the rockery to the courtyard.

The guards entered the courtyard along the corridor, which alarmed the guards in the courtyard of the Queen Mother, and they also joined the battle one after another, which gave Xia Ruqian a great opportunity.

Xia Ruqian hurried through the courtyard and rushed into the queen mother's bedroom.

The noise in the courtyard woke up the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother came out to check on her grandmother, and suddenly saw Xia Ruqian startled.

"You, aren't you the princess of the Ninth Prince? Why did the third watch run to the Queen Mother's Palace in the middle of the night? The mama looked at Xia Ruqian carefully, and then turned back to the queen mother and said, "It's the princess of Lao Jiu." ”

"Queen Mother, please save the queen mother." Xia Ruqian didn't have time to salute, so she hurriedly ran to the queen mother's bed and knelt down and cried.

"What, you slow down, who to save? Old Nine? What's wrong with my son? ”