The queen asked the palace maid to prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and I slowly drew on the paper, and soon a simple version of the world map was drawn. When the eldest prince saw this picture, he studied it carefully as if he had discovered a new continent.

"How do you know how to draw a map?" The queen asked me.

"Back to the queen mother, it was the Westerner who showed me a picture, and I remember the general appearance."

"So that's the case, it's good that you can remember, this picture is going to be presented to the emperor, Miss Wang is going to credit you again this time."

"I don't dare to take credit, being able to serve the emperor and queen is what my subordinates should do."

"Xuan'er, you go and give this map to your father."

"Okay, the courtiers will go." The eldest prince hurriedly took the map out of Kunyu Palace.

"Sister Wan'er, you won't be able to leave the palace for a while, or you should stay with me."

"Okay!"

"What is it like outside the palace! I've been out before, tell me about it! The fifth princess asked me curiously.

I looked at the queen, and the queen said, "Miss Wang, you can talk to her!" I haven't been out of the palace for a long time, so you can talk about it so that I can listen to it. ”

I told them what Qingcheng was like, what the towns I passed by were like, and what the bazaar was like. They listened with relish, nodding their heads and sighing from time to time.

"I think when I didn't enter the palace, I often went out to play." The queen recalled with a face, "Alas, it's not impossible to go out now, but in that battle, there are so many people everywhere, and they are not as free as before." ”

"The queen will have the opportunity to have a private visit with the emperor in the future." I mention yì.

"What is a private interview with Weifu?" The fifth princess looked at me suspiciously.

"Queen Mother, Fifth Princess, Your Majesty will tell you a story about the private interview with Weifu!"

"Yes, yes!" The fifth princess said happily.

"Tell me about it." The queen nodded.

I told them one of the private interviews of Kangxi Weifu, and the queen's eyes lit up after listening to it, and the fifth princess said: "Then I will also have a private visit to Weifu one day." The queen smiled and did not speak.

We were talking and laughing again, Xu Zijie outside the palace knew the news of martial law in the palace, and he was helpless, so he went to General Yang to find a way.

In the palace, after the emperor saw the map, he was overjoyed and said that he wanted to reward me and announce that I would go to face the saint. I followed a father-in-law and four royal guards to the imperial study, where the emperor and the eldest prince were looking at the map and gesturing.

"Knock on the emperor, the eldest prince."

"Flat."

"Your Majesty."

"You've done it again!"

"Being able to serve the emperor is what a minister should do."

"Okay, I will give you 500 acres of land and 1,000 taels of gold."

"Thank you for the emperor's reward."

"Come and tell me about this map."

"Yes." I just briefly told me the location of those countries, how long it would take for the boat to arrive, some innocuous words, and told the emperor that I didn't understand their language, and I didn't know much.

The emperor can only give up, let me see those people again in the future, and learn more about things. After saying some more words, I asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, when the minister finished speaking, I heard that someone had mixed in the palace, and martial law had allowed everyone to enter or leave. ”

"Yes, I also think it is strange how there can be an assassin in the daytime, but Hui Concubine said that the assassin mixed in, was bumped into by her, and injured her, so rampant I ordered martial law in the palace, and now the Royal Forest Army is on full alert and strictly searching, I believe that he will be caught soon, you don't have to worry, in the palace, I will keep you safe."

"Your Majesty."

"Okay, it's okay, you can step back first!"

"Yes, the minister retired."

When I left the imperial study, I was taken back to Kunyu Palace by a father-in-law and four royal forest soldiers. The queen and the fifth princess were not there, and after inquiring, they knew that they had gone to see the situation of Concubine Hui. About half an hour, the queen and the fifth princess returned, and the queen's expression was a little not very good.

"Queen Niangniang, you go to see Concubine Hui, is she okay?"

"Hey, that man was so ruthless, his arms, back, and forehead were all injured. It takes a long time for Hui Concubine to recuperate slowly in order to recover. ”

"So ruthless?" I was surprised, I was surprised not that I was injured a lot, but that I wanted to beat people into this process, the time should not be short, and no one saw it for such a long time? The sound of the fight didn't attract people?

"Yes, Sister Wan'er, you didn't see it, the wound on Concubine Hui's forehead took too long to stop bleeding."

"Where did the assassin wound Concubine Hui? How could it not be caught red-handed! ”

"I heard from Concubine Hui that she saw the assassin not far from the gate of her palace." The fifth princess sued me.

"Shouldn't Concubine Hui Niangniang be followed by palace maids and eunuchs when she goes out?"

The queen mother also asked her, and she said that she thought they were annoying, so she asked them to leave first, and she walked around there. As a result, she bumped into the assassin, she wanted to call someone, but the assassin found out, and she was beaten like that. ”

"Did you say what an assassin looked like?"

"She said that the assassin's face was covered and she couldn't see it, only that it was a man, about seven feet tall, of medium height, and that she didn't know anything else."

"Masked?" I feel very strange, it's okay to be unmasked in broad daylight, isn't it more noticeable to be masked? Forget it, if the queen doesn't break it, I don't need to break it.

"What's wrong?" The fifth princess asked.

"It's nothing, I just hope to catch him as much as possible and no one gets hurt anymore."

"Yes." The fifth princess nodded.

"Okay, it's dinner time in another hour, Wan'er, you can eat here!"

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Mother, I will eat here too."

"Of course." The queen pinched the face of the fifth princess.

"Let's play here for a while!" The queen said.

The fifth princess pulled me to the side hall, and I saw that there was still time to say to the fifth princess: "Fifth princess, there is still time, why don't I teach you a new backgammon, let's play it." ”

"Backgammon? All right! ”

I taught it twice, and the fifth princess completely mastered it, and I had a lot of fun. Until a sharp voice shouted: "The emperor has arrived." "The fifth princess and I went out of the side hall and saw the emperor walking into the main hall.

"Father, you're here." The fifth princess ran over.

"Well, Min'er is good today?" The emperor patted the head of the fifth princess.

"Your Majesty, you are here. Min'er is very well-behaved today. The queen leaned down slightly.

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, see the emperor."

"No courtesy."

"Your Majesty."

"Looks like you're going to have to live in the palace today." The emperor looked at me.

"Yes."

"Okay, Sister Wan'er, go sleep with me today!"

"It's ......," I hesitated.

"Since Min'er is in love with you, you go to accompany her." Since the emperor has opened the import, he can only agree.

"Yes."

After dinner, I went with the five princesses to the West Garden, where all the princesses lived, and the five princesses lived in a room on the south side.

"Fifth sister, how can she be with you." You don't have to look at me to know it's the eighth princess.

"Eighth sister, now that the palace is under martial law, no one can enter or leave, so I will invite Sister Wan'er to live with me today."

"Fifth sister, we are a daughter, how can we live with this kind of person!"

"Eighth sister, shut up, it's okay, you go back to your room."

"Hmph." The eighth princess stomped her foot and walked away angrily.

"Sister Wan'er, don't listen to her, let's go." Took me to her room, where the princesses live is not gorgeous, but every object in the room is top notch.

"Sister Wan'er, you don't know, there is nothing to do except go to class (class) every day, and I am bored to death every day."

"Then what do you learn when you go to class?"

"It's all about learning poetry, books, music, painting, and etiquette, and I'm bored to death."

"Well, it's a bit monotonous to just learn that."

"You think so too." The fifth princess seemed to have found a soulmate.

"Well, won't the emperor let you learn anything else?"

"That's not it, it's just that you can't learn it until you're fourteen."

"Oh, I see. Fifth princess, I want to leave the palace tomorrow, I don't know if I can get out? ”

"Tomorrow, I'll see! Only by waiting for this incident to be resolved. ”

As soon as the fifth princess said, I asked, "Does the princess also think that this matter is suspicious?" ”

The fifth princess nodded, "If the queen mother doesn't say it, I can only pretend to be confused, but I know in my heart that there must be something hidden in this matter." ”

"Then on the way back, did you pass by the place where the accident happened as Concubine Hui said?"

"Yes! That road is the only way for the concubine Niangniang's Qinsi Hall to go to the imperial garden. ”

"Do you see any signs of a fight? Is there blood? ”

"I don't pay special attention to whether there are blood stains, but there are no traces of the fight at all, the flowers and trees are intact, and there are no indentations."

"Is there anyone who has a lot of dealings with Concubine Hui?"

"Coming and going? Think about it. The fifth princess pondered for a while and said, "Hui Concubine Niangniang usually has little contact with other mothers, but she often goes to the Queen Mother to say goodbye. ”

"The Queen Mother?" It seems that Hui Concubine's injury has nothing to do with the Queen Mother, so where are you going to catch the assassin! Alas, I have something to do at this time! Xu Zijie must be in a hurry now, but he can't send the letter now.

In the Yang Mansion outside the palace, "Zijie, don't worry, father, he has already gone to understand the situation, you are waiting." Yang Haotian said.

"Haotian won't tell you, Wan'er is now helping me investigate my father's case, and now that the palace is under martial law, I don't know what the situation is, I only know that there is an assassin, and I don't know if she is injured." Xu Zijie said anxiously.

"I heard my father say, isn't your clue broken? Is there another clue? ”

"There are clues, but now we are investigating carefully, and the fewer people who know about it now, the better, for fear of startling the snake."

"Then why didn't you tell your father and let him help you."

"We're not sure yet, so I won't tell you."