98 Long Night (I)

Qin Xiao didn't know that Wei Anlan was confined by Concubine Wei because of him. The news that Wei Anlan delivered to him was too shocking.

According to her note, there is no doubt that the mysterious man should be the deposed prince Li Qi.

The mountains are high and the road is far away, how did Li Qi cross the heavy guards and set foot on the land of Beijing, and how did he bypass the palace guards and blend into the inner garden of the palace? How many internal celebrations are there in the palace, and how many dark piles are there?

I feel palpitations just thinking about it.

Now the emperor and queen are still in Jiangzhou, and I don't know what the situation is over there. What is Li Qi's intention in infiltrating the harem?

He wants to sit in the palace and appreciate the palace change launched by him and his mother for the first time!

As the sun sank in the west, Qin Xiao threw the note into the incense burner and burned it into ashes. Time is imminent, and there can be no hesitation.

Qin Xiao closed the door and quickly disappeared into the afterglow.

Among the sixteen guards of the imperial city, three guards never appeared in front of people, and were responsible for protecting the emperor's personal safety. A dragon's tooth, a green tiger, and a night rhino.

The Dragon's Tooth Guard and the Green Tiger Guard may have been seen, but the Night Rhinoceros Guard is a legend within legends, and no one has ever seen the Night Rhinoceros Guard with their own eyes.

They are the most hidden group of secret guards, and they do not stand by the emperor's side like the dragon's teeth or the green tiger, always vigilantly observing their surroundings.

They may just be a gardener in the palace, or they may be just a rough servant in charge of sprinkling and sweeping, or they may be a little eunuch standing outside the palace and taking a nap with a whisk.

There were a total of thirty-six night rhino guards, scattered throughout the palace.

Their commander is Qin Xiao, the young eunuch of the Shang Sleep Bureau.

It's just that after Young Eunuch Qin left the Shang Sleeping Bureau, his face changed again.

The peerless elegance is hidden under the ordinary skin, and a pair of deep eyes shine in the night light.

The night rhino is an absolutely secret existence, although they are all over the corners of the palace, but as long as it is not to the point of the emperor's life and death, they will never appear.

The highest star-picking tower in the palace is located in the north of the center, and the golden sunset struggles on the horizon for a moment, and finally disappears into the sea, handing over the world to the dark night.

On the star-picking tower, three clear and distant cloud chimes sounded.

A quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen black shadows flew out of the star-picking tower, disappearing into the darkness in an instant.

On the roof of the building, a snow-white carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and flew high.

This is Qin Xiao warning Cuiping Mountain, what he doesn't know is that on this morning, King Rong, who received a letter from Jiangzhou, has quietly left Yuquan Villa with his 1,000 soldiers and stationed outside the imperial city.

Pei Yi stood on the top of Cuiping Mountain, overlooking the capital. The mountain wind was fierce, blowing his robe and long hair that fell, and his thin body stood firmly on the ground, although the wind was fierce, as if it was about to sweep him away, but the man was still like a green pine in the mountains, and he did not see the slightest wavering.

"Master Hou, there is a letter in the capital."

A person sneaked up behind Pei Yi and whispered.

"Qin Xiao's letter?"

"Yes."

Pei Yi raised his eyebrows: "Bring it." ”

The thin bamboo tube was sealed with fire paint, Pei Yi pinched the bamboo tube open, and pulled out a silk silk as thin as a cicada's wings from it.

The attendant brought up the lantern, and with the light, Pei Yi looked at it and narrowed his eyes.

"It's a coincidence, fortunately, I let King Rong lead the troops over early. Looks like something is going to change tonight. He pondered for a moment, and then said to his attendant, "Take the horse, and I will personally return to Beijing to sweep the battle." ”

"But Master Hou, the emperor and queen are still here."

Pei Yi sneered and said: "People know that it is not the main owner here, and there are three guards and two battalions of heavy guards, they will not come now, and if they come, they will wait until the dust settles in the morning, and they will only send troops to surround the mountain and force us to hand over people." ”

"Yes." The attendant didn't dare to say anything more, turned around and went down to prepare.

Pei Yi flicked the sleeves of his robe and hurried down the mountain.

At the mountain pass, Xiao Shenmo was waiting for him.

Pei Yi's footsteps paused slightly, looking at her in the night, his eyes were dim.

"Pei Hou." Xiao Shenmo gave a salute.

"What are you doing here?" Pei Yi only paused slightly, and continued to stride forward.

Xiao Shenmo hurriedly followed: "But my brother sent a letter?" ”

"So what?"

"He passed the message at night, there must have been something wrong in the palace."

Pei Yi's feet didn't stop, Xiao Shenmo's legs were not as long as his, so he could only trot to keep up: "Master Hou, let me go too." ”

Pei Yi stopped suddenly, Xiao Shenmo couldn't retract his momentum, and almost bumped into him.

"Lady Xiao, what is your current identity? Don't forget how the emperor and queen promised before leaving. ”

Xiao Shenmo was silent for a moment, bowed and said, "Yes, the slave doesn't dare to forget." ”

"Slave?" The corners of Pei Yi's mouth twitched, "The dignified county lord of Dali, a slave and maid are not afraid of making your parents sad and disappointed under Jiuquan." ”

This is the first time that Pei Yi has expressed his contempt and hostility towards her so directly.

Although Xiao Shenmo had been prepared, it was inevitable that he would feel a little uncomfortable being pricked in his heart like this.

There was no one around, and Pei Yi's guards stood far away with lanterns, just waiting for the master to give the order to set off at any time.

Looking at Pei Yi's slightly raised eyes that looked a little unkind, Xiao Shenmo just looked away, and said in a dry voice: "What happened back then, it was me who acted recklessly, and I was sorry for you." Wait for this matter, my Xiao family's revenge will be avenged, Pei Hou wants my life, just take it. ”

Pei Yi stopped looking at her, waved his hand and asked the guards to lead the horse over, pull the saddle and recognize the stirrups, and fly on the horse.

He leaned his forearm on the saddle, leaned down, and said softly to Xiao Shenmo: "What happened back then, Ben Hou can't remember it at all!" ”

With a whip of his hand, the horse's front hooves soared into the air, and with a neigh, it rushed down the mountain.

The wind was strong, blowing a strand of broken hair on Xiao Shenmo's sideburns, she looked at the people and horses that melted into the night, and only after a while did she say to herself: "Why are you still so arrogant after so many years." ”

She raised her hand and brushed the messy hair from the first floor into her ear, and turned away unsteadily.

Empress Dowager Zhang was wearing a full set of Empress Dowager crowns, sitting in Changle Palace with a solemn expression, and a three-foot-long sword inlaid with gold and jade was placed on her knees, which was given to her by the first emperor back then. Although the blade of the sword had not been sharpened, it was just a decorative thing, but she still felt that her chest was stirring and full of pride as she caressed the scabbard with her hand.

After tonight, everything will be different.

She has worked hard and been weak for so many years, isn't it for today?

Back then, the crown prince was anxious to ascend the throne, rushed to the palace, was defeated and captured, according to the temperament of the first emperor, it was either a white silk or a cup of poisonous wine. It was she who threw away her face, gave up her bones, splashed and rolled, looked for death and life, and begged for everything, which made the ruthless man relax and sent him to Lingnan.

To the south, it is the boundary of her Zhang family.

Since the first emperor said that he would send Li Qi to Lingnan, she has already won half of it.

She had been careful to hide her shrewdness, for her butcher-turned-father had told her to put away all her thoughts before she was married.

No man would like a woman who is particularly stupid and stupid.

But no emperor would be happy that the concubines around him were too smart.

A concubine who is too smart will only make the back house chaotic and dangerous.

She had always kept her cleverness in mind to keep her cleverness just right.

In front of the first emperor, she was a smart but simple favorite concubine, and a mother who doted on her son. In front of Li Rui, she is the daughter of a rough butcher, and she will only use the simplest and rude way to confront him and vent her dissatisfaction.

Empress Dowager Zhang curled her lips and smiled proudly.

No matter how shrewd your father and son are, and how much you can understand people, you still have to drink the old lady's footwashing water.

The night was getting darker, and Empress Dowager Zhang was in good spirits, and she couldn't sit still.

A red lantern was held outside the hall, and her own son Li Qi stood in front of her.

Her once handsome son has been exiled for nearly four years, and he has white hair, which makes Empress Dowager Zhang's heart like a knife.

Li Rui took everything that belonged to her son, and today, she will help her son take it all back!

"Qi'er, everything is ready?"

Li Qi smiled and said, "Queen Mother, you have asked this three times. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang swallowed her saliva, smiled and said: "The queen mother has waited for four years, and finally waited for this day, we can only succeed, and we must not fail." ”

"It's nature. The Jingwei transferred by my uncle to my son's ministers has been arranged in Beijing, and the palace will depend on you, the queen mother. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang said calmly: "This is nature. ”

Then he said to the two female officials standing at the bottom: "Go, you two, one will go and invite Concubine Wei, and the other will go and invite Concubine De and Concubine Xian, and let them bring the two princesses, Baozhen and Baoyi." ”

Concubine Wei is the one who raised Li Rui, and in Li Rui's heart, she is almost the same as his own mother. Concubine De and Concubine Xian were old men who came from King Kang's Mansion with him, even if he didn't have much affection, he couldn't help but care about his own blood and bones. As for Zhang Zhaoyi and Baozhu, who were newly promoted to the concubines, they were just lowly people, and she didn't pay attention to them at all.

"Concubine Wei has a niece, remember, don't hurt her." Li Qi said slowly.

Empress Dowager Zhang raised her eyebrows, and then laughed again: "Since it is my son's favorite, the queen mother will naturally help you pay attention to it and let you get your wish." ”

Li Qi laughed.

The two palace maids took the order and each took eight palace maids away.

The moon had already reached the top of the treetops, and Wei Anlan, who was locked in the house, was anxious.

She didn't have such a great ability to predict what the prophet would change tonight, but she was just blindly thinking about how to send a letter to Qin Xiao, so that he would not enter Kangshou Palace in the next few days, and he must avoid Concubine Wei, so as not to be really killed by the concubine.

She was wandering around the room.

The door was locked from the outside, and there were a few palace maids guarding outside, she couldn't get out at all, this room was specially used to close people, and the panes were all two-finger-thick wooden fences, with the strength of her hands, she couldn't make it at all.

Wei Anlan circled around the room like a trapped beast until he accidentally bumped into a copper basin placed in the corner of the wall.

It was a basin for washing people's hands, resting on a half-human shelf in the corner, and half a basin of water was still stored in it.

Wei Anlan's eyes lit up, and she suddenly remembered that when she played cards with the queen mother before, one of the many ways the queen said to get out of trouble.

Wei Anlan ripped off the shawl on his body, folded it in half and soaked it in water.

The light silk cloth became heavy when it was soaked up with water, and she wrapped the silk cloth around two wooden strips and tied a knot. Lift up the deadbolt placed next to the door, thread it through the wet silk, press the deadbolt on both ends and start twisting.

The water in the silk cloth was squeezed by the external force, and the muddy flow flowed on the windowsill, and after a while, there was a "snap", and the two wooden gratings that looked quite thick were actually broken by the wet silk.

Wei Anlan didn't expect that the method that the queen said would be so good, and she hadn't made too much effort......

It was a miracle.

Before Wei Anlan climbed out of the window, he clasped his hands together and sincerely thanked the queen mother to the heavens.

She walked around the backyard and towards the frontyard.

Concubine Wei locked her up, but a few of the palace maids in her dormitory and the grandmothers who guarded her knew that if she wanted to go out, it was far safer to walk generously through the front door than through the corner gate.

After only a few steps, she suddenly saw a group of people coming in through the main entrance.

A palace maid with eight palace maids.

The appearance of the palace maid, Wei Anlan will never forget it for the rest of his life.

It was one of the two palace maids who showed their murderous intent next to the Taiye Pool!

Who is she?

What did she come to do?

Wei Anlan bent his feet out of the courtyard and followed them.

The author has something to say: I won't write too much about the palace change, so I will go up and down two chapters, and after the emperor and Liangliang are done, they will go back to the palace to send a boxed lunch and steamed buns to live their little life.

This book won't be too long, give me a few more days of patience, and let me write the ending a little more perfect~~~

My little angels!!!