There were many eunuchs and palace maids running back and forth on the road, and no one noticed the two masters. Seeing that Qiwen kept striding forward, the queen couldn't help but persuade: "You slow down, be careful of the ...... in your stomach"

"Shh Qiwen hurriedly stopped her from going on, and looked around in a hurry, but fortunately she hadn't attracted attention yet. She felt more and more that she had brought a pig-like teammate, and tonight's events might be in her hands. But you can't leave the queen alone because of this.

The order of Ciqing Palace is much better than that of Kunyu Palace. Aunt Su was personally guarding the main door, and when she saw the two of them, her eyes lit up, and she understood when she saw their dress, she didn't salute them on the spot, she carefully beckoned them into the door, and only whispered when she walked to a clean place: "The slave maid has seen the two maids, and the queen mother has just sent someone to Kunyu Palace, and she doesn't dare to make too much of a statement, but fortunately, the two maidens are fine." ”

Qiwen secretly rejoiced, fortunately, not every teammate was so bad.

But when he entered the main hall and met the Queen Mother, he found that this teammate had something else difficult to deal with.

"I heard that there are a lot of rioters, and I can't tell how many of them are in the palace, where else can we hide? You stay here, let's stick to the Ciqing Palace together, and let's suffer for a while. The Queen Mother said.

The stubborn old man didn't have a friendly pig team to deal with, Qiwen saw that there were no outsiders in front of her, and stepped forward and said earnestly: "Since I came up with this idea, I naturally have a comprehensive place to dodge." Niangniang also knows that there is a secret in the imperial garden, right? ”

The Queen Mother's eyes lit up: "Yuan Chen sued you?" ”

Qiwen nodded: "The queen mother has changed her clothes and will hide there with us." Presumably, no matter how much outsiders search, they can't find it, even if they set fire to the palace, they won't be able to burn us for a while. ”

The Queen Mother was relieved and smiled calmly: "That's fine." You take Zhining with you, I'll stay here. Zhiyang Palace always needs to leave a master in charge. When those thieves hit here, and see the birth mother of the saint here, they should also be in awe and dare not be too nonsense. ”

What is this and what, Qiwen was so anxious: "You don't want me to be in a hurry!" How can I leave you here? If she hadn't been able to send someone if she hadn't been concerned about secrecy, she really wanted to ask someone to tie up the old lady and carry her away.

The Queen Mother sat firmly on the side of the kang and waved her hand calmly: "Go quickly, our Dayan Dynasty has already been riddled with holes, and such a crisis will have sooner or later." When it really comes to the head, you can't expect to leave all of them, so naturally you can live one by one. With me here to negotiate with them, at least for the time being, I can prevent them from setting fire to the palace. ”

Qiwen was stunned when she heard this, and then her nose was sore, and she almost burst into tears. For the first time, I realized that the mother-in-law in front of me was so majestic and full of aura, and she was really the first lady of the □□ country. She gritted her teeth and held back her tears, nodded "yes".

The Queen Mother turned her eyes to look at the queen who was standing there without knowing what to say, and she had the heart to explain something, but in the end she couldn't help but say nothing.

"Where are we hiding?" As she hurried through the dim passage again, the queen couldn't help but ask again.

"Shadow Moon Zhai." Qiwen replied, and after a pause, she added two more words, "Secret room." ”

There is a three-story pavilion in the middle of the imperial garden at the back of Zhiyang Palace, called Yingyue Zhai, a senior emperor likes to be here very much, so one day he had a whim, and someone built a small secret room in this building, and also left an "ancestral teaching": secrets such as the storage and opening method of this secret room are only allowed to be passed on to the prince of Dayan, and must not be passed on to others.

Since it is a message for future generations, it must be left in his old age, this predecessor still maintains such a childlike heart in his old age, leaving the secrecy of the game place as an ancestral teaching, Qiwen believes that he must be a bear child. (Lian Zhen: Ahhh ）

The people in the palace had heard of such a thing, but no one would ask the emperor to confirm it, and no one was sure whether the secret room really existed. For example, a person like the Queen Mother, who was close to the first emperor, only knew exactly that the secret room was stored in zài, but did not know the way to enter. And the queen is the first time to confirm that the legend is true.

The queen was very surprised when she heard this: "The emperor even told you about this?" ”

Qiwen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that although it was not much of a sin to violate this child's playful ancestral precept, Emperor Teter'er told her that this matter was directly stated by herself, as if she was showing off her favor. The strange feeling just now lingered again.

The queen was slightly stunned and then smiled again: "Yes, the emperor has always acted in an eclectic manner, and this so-called ancestral training is a big joke, so it doesn't hurt to sue you." But I'm stupid to ask. ”

She continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened, and Qiwen secretly calmed down, trying her best not to think nonsense.

This is very strange, in the months since she returned to Beijing, she has never suspected that the queen is resentful and even hostile to her, what happened today? Maybe it's because of the huge crisis in front of me that I'm so nervous.

There are usually not many people walking around the area near the Imperial Garden, and now that the foreign enemy has not yet attacked, the people in the palace are busy seeking refuge in the palace where several masters are, and no one has come here.

Qiwen and the queen walked along the empty road for a long time, and finally came to the south gate of the imperial garden, but as soon as they turned into the door, they saw several figures in front of them, which immediately scared Qiwen.

The people in front of her were more frightened than her, and they all let out an exclamation, and the four of them were women, and two of them were carrying lanterns, and Qiwen immediately saw that it was Concubine Ning and Feng Xuan's attendants and two palace maids. Seeing them clearly, the four of them all showed joy and saluted together: "The queen is good, and the concubine is good." ”

The queen hugged Qiwen and said: "Don't be afraid, I just heard you say that you were coming to the imperial garden in Ciqing Palace, thinking that the two younger sisters were also missing, so I sent someone to summon them to come over and hide together." ”

One, with, dodge, avoid? Qiwen stiffly turned her head to stare at the queen, her face full of disbelief: "You...... called them over, and moreover, he sent a subordinate from the Ciqing Palace to report the news? ”

How many people did they know they were here? What kind of dodge is this! Not to mention, they still brought their subordinates with lanterns! It's almost with a full set of honor guards.

The queen was dumbfounded: "But...... It's hard to leave these two sisters alone, is it? ”

"Then why do you think I'm here to let you not even tell anyone!" Qiwen couldn't help but yell.

Concubine Ning and Feng Xuanzhi were taken aback, they had already seen that it was Qiwen who was in charge of the whole palace for a while, but they didn't expect that she would be able to suppress the queen like this, and even the words didn't even leave any respect.

The queen was also stunned by Qiwen's yelling, blinking her eyes and speechless.

Feng Xuan's servant was silent, timid and cowardly, and didn't dare to say a word at this time, but Concubine Ning felt a lot more obediently, knowing that if she wanted to survive the disaster safely at this moment, she had to rely on Qiwen, so she pulled Feng Xuan's hand, knelt down with one of them, and begged for help: "The concubine also knows that she is not qualified to take refuge with Niangniang, but the matter is urgent, and she comes to trouble Niangniang in a panic." Ask Niangniang to save our lives, Niangniang tells us to do what we do, and we will never cause trouble for Niangniang. ”

Qiwen also realized that her attitude towards the queen was inappropriate, so she softened her tone and said, "That's it, since they are all here, let's go in together." ”

Now, if the four of them are driven away again, it will be difficult to keep the secret of their hiding in the imperial garden, I am afraid that it will not be long before we see the rioters breaking in, saying that they are not afraid of setting fire, and it is better to delay a moment longer, and it is best not to let them find it.

But the four of them were really left in front of him, and he couldn't be sure that there was no rebel party waiting for an opportunity. Both options have pitfalls, and it's hard to tell which is more threatening.

When they walked into the imperial garden together, Qiwen peeked at the four women behind her, and secretly wondered: Presumably, even if there are members of the Sanskrit Yin Sect among them, it can't be all four, right?

Dongchang's attention for a while is mostly focused on paying attention to the movements of the upper echelons, Concubine Ning and Feng Xuan's name as the master, in fact, not many people really regard them as masters, in the past, they only watched them live honestly, and Qiwen is really not sure whether they and the palace maids around them will be co-opted by the cult.

Anyway, one of them is definitely not a cultist, she can only be sure of one. When she pushed the door and walked into Yingyuezhai, Qiwen took a short knife hidden on her body without a trace and stuffed it to the queen, and explained to her in a low voice: "It is difficult to protect that there is also a chaotic party among them, so be prepared." ”

The queen seemed to suddenly realize the hidden dangers caused by her actions, and after a moment, her face was full of shame.

Qiwen sighed silently, strictly speaking, there is no absolutely reliable ally around her at this moment, and she knew that she would be involved in these four people, so it was better to bring Qin'er with her. Alas, this queen!

Thinking back to the scene when the emperor brought her, walking up the stairs, listening to the sound of squeaky footsteps in the silence, Qiwen really couldn't suppress the sadness full of sadness - seeing that the battle was over, he had returned to the house, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of change again, and knew if I could still spend this night safely, and if I could say goodbye to him...... He said that I am his lucky star, can my good fortune really be that good?

The so-called chamber is actually a series of structures, with a staircase ascending to the top and a wooden ladder opening a mechanism from a very inconspicuous spot in the ceiling on the third floor, revealing an attic entrance.

This attic is built by sealing the caisson on the third floor, and the interior is like a small hidden fortress, which is difficult to find from the outside after sealing the entrance, but you can clearly see the situation outside the building from the dark window inside.

And this is not a real secret room, there is another exit on the side of the attic that leads to the mezzanine wall, and then go down a narrow staircase in the mezzanine wall, and go down again to the first floor, before you come to the real secret room, which is a simple and thoughtful basement with tables and chairs.

Qiwen stopped when she went to the attic: "Sister take them down to hide, I'll stay here and watch the wind." If there is any change outside, I will inform you again. There is a secret room below to hide, even if the rioters really set fire, they are not afraid. ”

The queen was puzzled: "Why do you want to look at the wind in person?" Isn't it enough to leave the palace maid? ”

Qiwen was really exhausted by her, at this time there are external enemies outside, and there are internal ghosts inside, of course, she is the safest to stay here alone, as long as she doesn't encounter a fire, it is suitable to advance and retreat in this attic. At this time, she had little trust in the people in front of her.

She sighed tiredly and said, "You just listen to me, take them down." One qiē be careful. ”

The queen had no choice but to say no more, and led the other four daughters into the wall.

The top of the attic is in the shape of a hilltop that cannot accommodate people except at the highest point, and there are no tables or chairs inside, only a circle of cushions along the perimeter.

After calming down, Qiwen sat on the cushion guarding a dark window, rubbed her sorely calves, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. The sleeve of his left hand was stiff, and he tied his jade again.

Reaching into her fingers to caress the warm jasper handle, Qiwen suddenly remembered the last time she had prepared jade like this...... What is that person doing right now? Is tonight's change related to him?

He will not betray the country for glory and collude with the country, Qiwen is still generally trustworthy, but this does not mean that he will not knowingly help the rebellious people to loot Zhiyang Palace. But after thinking about it carefully, she felt that it was impossible. Even if she recently stepped down and didn't do anything, the people in Dongchang have become slack, but because of her previous confession, she didn't dare to relax the surveillance of Tanwangfu, if today's incident was related to him, Dongchang would not be unaware.

On the other hand, it was precisely because this matter had nothing to do with him that it was not noticed by Dongchang.

As soon as his suspicion was removed, Qiwen was a little looking forward to seeing him for the first time. After all, he is much closer to here than the emperor, and he must have gotten the news that something happened in the palace now, although he must have hoped that she would be killed by the rebels, but he would never leave the old lady who raised him to the rebels, right?

This time there was a mess, the main reason is that there is no person in charge inside and outside the palace, his thief's shrewd mind, if he can come out in time to take charge and organize the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and Yu Linwei to carry out the rescue, it must be good. It doesn't hurt him to take the opportunity to make a meritorious service, wash away his bad reputation, win more of his brother's favor, and strive for his brother to take him lightly as soon as possible, isn't it?

Alas, Senior Brother Qian is really unreliable. A few days ago, I heard that since she stepped down from her post and took leave, some senior executives of the East Factory headed by Qian Yuanhe have also taken leave for themselves, and they have been drinking and having fun all day long. Except for the Tanwang Mansion that she had been holding on to before, the monitoring of the rest of the places was much lax.

She felt that they had been safe and sound recently, and these people had been working hard for a long time, so it was okay to relax, so she didn't care. Now I know that if I didn't step down, or if I restrained my subordinates, I would always get the news in advance, so that I wouldn't be caught off guard by these rebels who didn't come to the stage.

In this way, tonight's calamity is self-inflicted!

With her hands on her round and hard belly, Qiwen leaned her back against the wall and closed her eyes, forcibly enduring the sourness in her heart and praying silently: Come back soon, come back soon, even if there are still many difficulties in the future, it depends on the sake that I have waited for so long, let me see you again, and let you see the child......

It's a long way from Jingyun Gate, and it's still quiet outside. Qiwen was unconsciously wrapped in sleepiness and gradually fell asleep.

In the fog, I vaguely heard a little noise, and the moment I opened my eyes, my mouth was tightly covered with a palm, and a cool blade was against my throat.

"Don't move." The woman in front of her shouted in a low voice.

In order not to attract attention, there was no light in the attic, but there was an ever-bright lantern hanging on the eaves outside the building, and the face in front of her could be seen clearly through the light from the dark window, and Qiwen's eyes flashed with surprise - it was her, and the ghost in it turned out to be her!

This petite, sixteen-year-old attendant has always been a cowardly image, and rarely takes the initiative to speak in front of people. But with a large number of film and television dramas and renderings, Qiwen is not very surprised to know that the more biting the dog is, the less toothy it is, and the more bullied the little people are, the easier it is to join the cult.

"It's rude to Niangniang, in order to protect the great cause of the Holy Sect, the concubine has to make this decision, please go out with me." Feng Xuanzhi covered her mouth with one hand, and the other hand holding a knife moved around her neck, motioning for her to get up.

Qiwen glanced towards the entrance of the wall, and expected that the Feng Xuan attendant must have come up to take care of her under the pretext of coming up, and she didn't know if she could be heard by the queen and the others below when she screamed now. However, she Concubine Zhao Chen is not a weak and bully pregnant woman, and she doesn't have to count on other people's assistance.

When she slowly stood up, Qiwen pretended to be clumsy and unsteady on her feet, staggered forward slightly, and at the moment when the Feng Xuan waiter was afraid of hurting her and let go of the hand holding the knife a little, Qiwen grabbed her wrist with both hands, twisted her body and broke away from her control, and at the same time twisted her arm behind her back.

In those days when she went out with the army, she had asked the emperor to teach her some tricks of grabbing and self-defense, because she had dozens of points of body lì plus points, her strength and flexibility were significantly higher than ordinary women, and she was quite handy in learning, and was greatly appreciated by the emperor's master.

It's just that I haven't practiced these days, so I can't help it. Feng Xuan's arms were wrapped around each other, and at the same time, he took off her hands and raised his knees against her stomach.

Qiwen hurriedly dodged and dodged, almost fell down in a hurry, and broke out in a cold sweat: This girl can actually do martial arts!

The palace is very strict with the management of sharp blades, and Qiwen can have a short knife to give to the queen, but the rest of the people are not so easy to hold the sharp blade. Feng Xuan's hand is only a knife used for female red cutting lines, the blade is only half an inch long, but as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat, it also has a certain lethality.

She stabbed at Qiwen in the face, and Qiwen held her wrist with both hands again, gritting her teeth and continuing to grapple with it.

In fact, the so-called martial arts of Feng Xuanzhi are just a little bit of skin, and Qiwen can handle it under normal times, but now there is a big burden on the stomach, and the flexibility is greatly reduced, so it is very stretched.

"Quick...... Come! Help me! Qiwen screamed, entangled with the Feng Xuan attendant and fell on the cushion, and she didn't care about the uncomfortable shaking of her stomach, and she didn't dare to relax her hand holding the knife tightly holding the Feng Xuan Attendant.

The two of you, you grabbed me, I grabbed you and rolled to the ground, and no one could help anyone for a while.

I heard a sound from the wall, and a person crawled out and asked, "What happened to the mother?" ”

Qiwen complained bitterly, and the first one to come out turned out to be Concubine Ning. Concubine Ning is Concubine Ning, she opened her mouth again and shouted: "Hurry up......"

Feng Xuanzhi stepped forward and pressed her forearm against her face, so that she couldn't cry out for a while, and turned her head to the stunned Concubine Ning and shouted, "Sister, come and help me!" This woman rides on your head and disgraces you, and you will never come out of it. You helped me take her down, and you did a great job for the Holy Sect, and I will kill her afterwards to vent your anger! ”

Qiwen pressed her cheek sideways, and she couldn't break free for a while.

Concubine Ning was simply stunned by this scene, and looked at it with her hands open in a daze, not reacting. Qiwen was anxious for the queen to come up quickly, but she couldn't.

The discomfort in her stomach spread more and more, Qiwen felt that her strength was weak, the hand holding the wrist of the Feng Xuan servant had gradually loosened, and she watched the tip of the sharp blade with cold light flickering towards her face, but she had no strength to resist.

Suddenly, he heard a miserable scream from Feng Xuan's servant, and his body fell to the side, scattering a few traces of blood. Concubine Ning clenched the blood-stained golden hairpin with both hands, and when she saw that Feng Xuanzhi was holding the wound on the side of her neck and was still struggling, she pounced on a hairpin and stabbed Feng Xuanzhi several times in the throat, and said while stabbing back: "Where am I so stupid, I will listen to the dispatch of a cult and chaos like you!" ”

Now it was replaced by Qiwen who was stunned: Wow...... So ruthless!

When Feng Xuanzhi completely fell to the ground and did not move, Concubine Ning was stained with blood on her hands and face, and her whole body stiffened with fright, and she sat on the ground and couldn't recover her senses. Qiwen was inadequate and frightened, and she also lay on the ground and couldn't breathe.

Concubine Ning finally said in a trembling voice: "Niangniang, I ...... We're scared, aren't we...... It's not about helping her. ”

"I know, thanks to you." In fact, Qiwen didn't worry about Concubine Ning just now, she knew that Concubine Ning usually oppressed this kind sister Feng a lot, not to mention that there was no advantage in falling to the cult in the situation, but Concubine Fan Ning didn't have a brain pump, so it was impossible to help Feng Xuanzhi hurt her.

In any case, the disaster was finally solved. Until this time, there was no movement in the wall.

After Concubine Ning helped Qiwen up, she turned back to pass the word inside, and the queen and the two palace maids came out. It turned out that she couldn't hear the sound in the basement at all, Concubine Ning still couldn't let go of herself, and wanted to come to explore the movement, so she came up and happened to encounter this scene.

When the queen heard what had happened, she saw the Feng Xuan servant lying in a pool of blood, her face turned pale with shock, and she couldn't speak for a long time. The close palace maid who was appointed to serve knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again to plead guilty, crying into tears and pleading that she had no idea.

Qiwen did not doubt this, if this little palace maid was in the same party, the election attendant would not have to be so difficult to fight with herself.

Fortunately, that time she fell on the cushion, although the concussion stomach was a little uncomfortable, but it was not strict, Qiwen felt much better after lying on the cushion and resting for a while.

Feng Xuanshi's corpse was covered with a jacket, and four women who had never seen this kind of world sat next to Qiwen, glancing over from time to time, as if she was afraid that she would return to her soul and ask for her life. Concubine Ning, who took it personally, was even more frightened.

"Like...... Someone's coming. A little palace maid trembled.

Qiwen sat up and followed them as they looked out the dark window to the south. The pedestal beneath this Shadow Moon Zhai is located on a small hill, so even though it is only three floors, it is very tall and far as the eye can see. At this time, I saw that there were a lot of lights lit up in the south gate of the Imperial Garden, which was originally dark, and there was a faint noise.

The queen panicked: "Is it that the rebels have already attacked there?" ”

Qiwen said: "Don't panic, even if they are, they can't find the entrance here." Let's wait and see what happens, and if they set fire, we'll hide below. It's not hard to hold on for a few hours. ”

Here she is the only one who has been on the battlefield and died herself, and she can still be afraid of danger, and the other four little women are so nervous that no one can attack them. The clanging of teeth was almost audible in the room.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and in the darkness, I saw a man and a rider quickly approaching through the road.

The queen's eyes lit up: "It's a horse, could it be her own people?" ”

Qiwen hurriedly said: "Be quiet! It's hard to say. You must remember that even if you hear him claim to be from the palace and tell us to go out, don't say anything first. ”

As he spoke, the man had already rushed to the front of the building, and his figure had disappeared under the eaves and could not be seen again. The five of them listened with their hearts, and soon after the sound of horses' hooves stopped, the sound of footsteps came up, and then one of them shouted: "Concubine Chen, can you be here?" ”

Qiwen's heart trembled with this voice: Could it be ......

The man asked again, "Is Concubine Chen Niangniang?" ”

Qiwen couldn't wait to rush to the entrance to open the mechanism, and the queen hurriedly stopped her: "You didn't mean ......"

Qiwen really had nothing to say about her, so she directly pushed her hand away and said, "That's Wang Zhi, it's Wang Zhi!" ”

It's Wang Zhi who accompanies the expedition! God knows how Qiwen felt when she heard this voice, and her whole body trembled. After opening the entrance, she shouted outside, "Master Wang Zhi, I'm here!" ”

Wang Zhi's familiar figure could be vaguely discerned in the dim room on the third floor, and Wang Zhi's voice was full of obvious joy: "Okay, Niangniang doesn't have to come out first, the slave maid is ordered by the Lord to send you a letter first, so that you can be relieved." Today, he has led people to suppress the momentum of the chaotic people, but there are still some chaotic people in the palace who have not been arrested. Later, I will come over to greet the mother in person. ”

Qiwen almost cried: "Okay, okay, I'll wait...... By the way, is the Queen Mother okay over there? ”

"Don't worry, mother." Wang Zhidao, "Thanks to the third prince who brought the guards in the palace to help in time, he didn't let the rebels attack the Ciqing Palace, and the queen mother was safe and sound." ”

Qiwen finally let go of her heart completely, this loosened her heartstrings, and the strength of her whole body was lifted, and she couldn't even lift her fingers.

Like a dream, after Wang Zhi left, listening to the women's narration in his ears, he was glad to have survived this crisis safely, and Qiwen only felt that her spirit was becoming more and more trance-like.

Suddenly found that it seemed that the queen had not made a sound all along, and then remembered that Wang Zhi had come and gone without mentioning the queen at all, and they could only learn from the queen mother that she was hiding here, and there was no reason not to know that the queen was also in front of her...... Sure enough, in the eyes of everyone in the palace, the queen can be ignored casually, and I don't know what she thinks now.

Counting the many pasts tonight, if the queen is not a person with a wide heart, she will definitely accumulate dissatisfied feelings.

But Qiwen really didn't have the heart to care about this at the moment, and collapsed on the cushion and endured it for a while, and suddenly felt a faint pain in her stomach when she was so exhausted that she had contractions.

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