Chapter 9: Waiting for the Rabbit
When I took off the phoenix crown on my head, I suddenly felt relieved and relaxed.
I got up and walked around here, and found that this room was not ordinarily large, similar to a large hall, but it was not so prosperous and noble, but everything was simple, and all kinds of furniture and ornaments were medium.
"When you are the prince of the court, the place where you live should be majestic and domineering, all revealing the dignity of your status, how is this different from what I imagined?" I muttered as I walked around.
After turning around, I realized that it was only the tip of the iceberg, and there was still a study hidden on the far left, without a door, separated by a thick curtain, and there was more space behind the curtain.
Through the blurred curtain, you can see that there is also a hot spring bathing inside.
Not to mention, this prince is quite good at enjoying it.
After walking around, even my legs are sore.
In other words, people with status like this have a lot of attendants, don't they all have a lot of attendants? Why didn't you see a single figure in such a big place!
In the dead of night, I was bored and panicked in the room, and got up and went outside.
It's brightly lit, and even though it's nightfall, it's still bright, and you can hear the noise in the distance from afar, which seems to be quite lively.
Driven by curiosity, I decided to go over and join in the fun, and by the way, see how deep the water in this prince's mansion is.
But this prince's mansion is really going around, and I walked for almost a stick of incense before I walked out of this courtyard.
When I came to the main courtyard of the Prince's Mansion, unlike the silence just now, it was relatively much more lively here. There were about eighty or ninety tables on the big red table, there were no empty seats, and the glasses of wine were non-stop, so it was so lively, if it weren't for the dark night that shrouded the sky, I almost forgot that it was almost late at night.
I hid in the grass nearby, and just then, one of the people left the seat and ran to relieve myself, my eyes rolled, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of my mouth, and I sneaked after him, gradually getting closer.
Probably because of the drinking, the man walked staggeringly, and almost fell "" several times, but did not realize that danger was coming.
I looked around, there was no one here, and it was a good time to strike, and I found the right time to appear in the man's back, and slashed down with a slash that landed right on the man's neck.
"Uh......"
The man fell to the ground, not knowing what was happening, and fainted.
"I'm sorry dude." I looked at this "unlucky guy" on the ground and grinned, judging from the clothes on his body, this was an official from the fourth grade, who came to attend the banquet of my marriage to the prince, but I didn't expect to encounter such a "unjustified disaster".
I looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that it was safe, I quickly moved to the ground, and in a short time I took off his official uniform and replaced it with the wedding dress on my body. "It's a little fat." I'm a little picky, but I'm okay with it.
I coughed dryly twice, adjusted my voice, and then returned to my seat in a big way, and I was like a real court official, without a sense of disobedience.
After sitting down, the people at the same table did not notice anything abnormal, and they ate meat and drank very happily.
"I didn't expect this Miss Xue to really marry into the Prince's Mansion smoothly, alas, it's a pity that I have a thousand taels of silver!"
"You just go with the flow too much, look at me, just bet on her to enter the prince's mansion, and even take all her net worth as a bet. Look, didn't I bet on this? Hehe, this time it's a lot of wins. ”
"It's still your kid who is good enough, and I guess the prince won't dare to disobey the holy order."
"Hehe, gambling can't be blindly followed, there are many factors to consider, and you still have to learn the knowledge here."
After three rounds of drinking, these officials began to talk about it, but the topic was always inseparable from the marriage between the Xue Mansion and the prince.
In this way, you and I chatted sentence by sentence, and I also learned a lot of interesting things from it.
For example, the crown prince's mother, Empress Changsun, died of illness six years ago, and the newly appointed queen of the saint was the mother of the three princes of the dynasty - Xiao Shi.
This Xiao family targeted the prince everywhere after ascending the throne, and it may be that Gongzi Hanyan was tired of this kind of intrigue in the palace, so he moved out of the palace and came to the prince's mansion outside the palace.
"It turns out that the mortal world is the same, they are all fighting for that broken position." I have a slander in my heart.
It's not just the mortal world that fights for the position above 10,000 people under one person, the same is true for the fairy world, such as my two elder brothers.
The eldest brother - Mo Yuan, the second brother - Tiancheng, these two people are also incompatible for the position of Daddy's Tianzun, the two meet together, they will fight if they disagree, and every time they meet, the father will be furious.
In the end, the father was angry, and the eldest brother was sent to the Northern Regions, and the second brother was sent to the Southern Regions.
The Northern Regions, also known as the Arctic State, is the territory of the ancient Yuanling, "Emperor Jun", while the Southern Regions is the territory under the jurisdiction of the famous god of war, "Haotian".
Sending these two brothers to one south and one north is to let them not meet again, and secondly, to ease the relationship between them.
"Huh? Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before? At this time, someone finally discovered my existence and asked aloud.
"Me? My surname is Liu, an official from the fourth grade, I just came to Chang'an some time ago, and I happened to receive an invitation to the prince's wedding, and it is normal for adults not to know him. I replied with a complacent look.
"It doesn't matter if he recognizes it or not, anyway, they are all separated from the four directions and do things for the court, and it is fate to meet today, come, drink and drink." Someone beckoned, and suddenly the atmosphere was raised again.
"Come on, come on, touch one!" Naturally, I got in with them, and I immediately blended in with them, talking and laughing.
Approaching the second half of the banquet, I didn't see the prince's figure, and I couldn't help but be a little curious, isn't the prince in the house?
"Speaking of a few brothers, I haven't seen the prince's figure after sitting here for a long time, isn't he in the house?" Unable to resist the curiosity in my heart, I asked a few "old buddies" at the same table.
"That's right, today is the prince's big day, please come over to cheer but haven't seen you to toast, this is too unusual, right?" An official who had already drunk a little dazed and said openly.
An official next to him hurriedly covered his mouth and shouted, "You don't want to die? Being the crown prince is something we can discuss? You still want him to toast you, I think you've been dying too long! ”
"Don't talk about this, let's talk about the two Liao palaces, from what Miss Xue did today, it can be seen that their two Liao palaces are really not good, otherwise how could they go to great lengths to tie the prince to the big tree?" An older official whispered.
Several other officials nodded in agreement: "Since the death of King Pingliao in battle, there has not been a decent general in the Liangliao Palace, and naturally it will not be reused in the Holy Lord, and the prestige at this time is gradually declining, and it is normal for them to be anxious." ”
"The saint is already old, and the prince has not done anything to contribute to the court over the years, and compared to the third prince, his contributions are obvious to all. If, I mean, if the future saint dies, does he think he will let the inactive crown prince succeed to the throne, or will he let the outstanding third prince? ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of several officials present changed greatly, and the air was silent for a long time before one official said thoughtfully: "What you said is not unreasonable, we should indeed choose a position to ensure that the new emperor will have a place for us when he ascends the throne in the future." ”
Listening to these political topics, he yawned, and he was a little sleepy, and he didn't see the prince anyway, so he should really not be in the house, so he simply went back to sleep.
I took out the wedding dress that I had just hidden in the grass and put it back on, I don't know if it was because of the wine, I feel a little dizzy now, and I am a little stumbling when I walk, and I have to hold on to the pillar on the side.
When I returned to my room, I lay on the bed, my eyelids became heavy, and after a while, I fell asleep and fell asleep.
"Is this a dream? Why is my feeling so clear? "I looked around and saw that it was indeed the Prince's residence, and everything was so real that I couldn't tell whether it was the real world or a dream at this time.
Just then, there was a faint sound of footsteps outside.
The prince is back?
I hurriedly covered my whole body with the quilt, leaving only a pair of eyes out.
"Squeak"
The door opened, and a man in black crept in, holding a long knife in his hand, which radiated a cold glow in the light of the candlelight.
Assassin? Come and kill me?
I couldn't help but shrink my neck, I didn't know what to do, the immortal method was gone, and the martial arts were not good, it was not easy to survive under the knife of such an assassin.
What to do?
The man in black was light and negligible, and when he came to the bedside, he paused for a moment, and then raised his long knife to slash horizontally.
The cold light flashed, and the sound of the blade cutting through the air was clearly visible......
At that moment, I woke up, opened my eyes, and found that everything I had just done was just a dream.
I touched my forehead and back, cold sweat flowed, and I was already half awake from the wine, and I didn't have the heart to sleep anymore.
Although it is no different from a mortal now, the ability to foresee danger is still there, and that dream must be a reminder of something to me.
In addition, when I entered the Prince's Mansion, the dart that directly took me to harm......
This proves that someone is targeting me and wants to take my life.
But why? Am I bumping into whose interests?
No matter who is behind it, I have to be on guard, let alone sit still.
"My son's life is not so easy to receive."
I immediately jumped out of bed, took local materials, and set a trap here, the trigger point is at the door, as soon as someone opens the door and wants to enter, the mechanism will be triggered, and all the hidden weapons placed around will penetrate there.
In addition to this, I also searched all the sandalwood powder in the room, put it in a small bag, and put it together with the prepared concealment weapon, so that when the mechanism was activated, the sandalwood powder would fill the room, and then I could take down the assassins.
When it was done, I clapped my hands proudly, admired my masterpiece of mechanism, and boasted: "This kind of difficult mechanism can be thought of, this princess is really ice and snow smart, no one can match, hehe." ”
Everything is ready, now it's just a matter of waiting.