After the carriage jolted and stopped at the foot of the mountain, Su Qinghui moved down slowly, and looked up to see the long road and was dizzy.

"Mother, mother"

"Huh?"

"Let's go, slave and maid hold you up, watch your step."

"Good"

Half an hour later, Su Qinghui breathed a long sigh of relief and finally saw the gate of the South Temple. At the gate of the temple, the abbot and a group of disciples seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and their faces were all stiff and red.

After some words, Jing Yu led a group of people to the direction of the abbot, while the female dependents were taken to the side courtyard to pray for blessings.

Stepping into the side courtyard, Su Qinghui was looking around, and suddenly Wen Yunyi's low and soft voice came from his ears: "Concubine Jing is okay." ”

Su Qinghui looked at Wen Yunyi, she was wearing a white fluffy cloak, and the makeup on her face was also very light, and the lining became more and more pitiful and pitiful.

"It's okay, by the way, why didn't I see you and Concubine Hui along the way."

"My sister suddenly felt a little unwell, so I accompanied her to take a break in the carriage."

Su Qinghui said: "How is Concubine Hui now?" ”

"It's much better, but there is still some rhyme when I just came up, my sister had to take a break in the side courtyard first, and then come to pray for blessings, and I hope that Concubine Jing will understand." Wen Yunyi said and took a closer look at Su Qinghui, put a warm bag in her hand and said, "Since Concubine Jing is fine, then Yi'er will go to see my sister first and come back later." ”

"Let's go"

"Congratulations to Concubine Qi."

The figure turned around the corner and disappeared, Su Qinghui retracted her gaze, and saw that the group of people under the stairs had different expressions, and she didn't think about it, she turned around and walked into the house.

She lit two sticks of incense and inserted them in the incense burner, kneeling on the pu mat, her face was rare sincere.

The little girl Qinghui is here to petition today, wishing that the world will be peaceful, the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe; Second, I wish the person I love and miss will have a safe and smooth life; 3. May the souls of the departed return.

Su Qinghui just kowtowed and got up, when suddenly a few dead branches outside the house fell to the ground, and there were a few crisp sounds. Immediately after, the door slammed shut, and several screams rang out from the room.

In a panic, a man wearing a mask slowly walked out from behind the curtain. He was tall and burly, with a deep voice.

"I'm offended, I hope you young ladies will cooperate, otherwise the sword has no eyes, and if you hurt anyone, it won't be good." He beckoned softly, and several masked men with swords poured out in an instant. Cai Wei frowned, and pulled Su Qinghui behind her.

There was a timid young lady in the room who saw this posture and fainted in a trembling state.

After the masked men tied up the ladies and maids according to the leading man's wishes, they stood on both sides with their hands down, waiting for orders.

For a moment, there was no sound in the room except for a few women's sobs.

The masked man turned to Su Qinghui, looked at him and said, "You are Concubine Jing." ”

At this end, before Su Qinghui could speak, Zhao Mulan, who was tied to the pillar, struggled with the rope and shouted: "Presumptuous, what do you want to do." Concubine Jing is also something you can touch. ”

The masked man turned his head to glance at Zhao Mulan, and sneered: "It seems that someone has already reported to your home for you." ”

Zhao Mulan glared, looking righteous and resolute: "What are you coming at me, don't touch Niangniang." ”

Su Qinghui raised her eyebrows, if it weren't for last night's stubble, she would really have deceived Zhao Mulan's superb acting skills now. Just as Su Qinghui was coldly watching how these people should act in this inconsistent play, the masked man drew the sword on the side and pressed it against Zhao Mulan's neck, and said in an impatient tone: "You'd better stay quiet." ”

"You thieves, the emperor is in this temple, how can you be so presumptuous. If there is any problem here, the emperor will definitely not let you go, you just wait......" Before Zhao Mulan finished speaking, suddenly there was a tingling pain in her neck, and her eyes widened in disbelief instantly: "You, you"

"If you still talk too much, just keep it and talk to Lord Yama, do you hear clearly?" The masked man spoke, his hand getting heavier.

Zhao Mulan's face lost blood in an instant, her eyes were full of tears, her neck stiffened and her voice trembled: "I know, I know." ”

The sword was retracted into its sheath with a screak, and the masked man turned back in front of Su Qinghui.

Su Qinghui withdrew his gaze from the blood mark left on Zhao Mulan's neck, and frowned slightly.

Cai Wei saw that the person had just injured Zhao Mulan and now came back, protected Su Qinghui even more tightly, and forced herself to calm down: "What do you want to do?" ”

The masked man seemed to have heard of it.

"Concubine Jing, I'm offended." As he spoke, he raised his hand and slashed at Cai Wei's neck.

Su Qinghui staggered a few steps to support Cai Wei's fallen body. raised his head and said indifferently: "I can go with you, but I hope you can also do what you say and don't hurt the innocent." ”

The masked man let out a chuckle in his throat: "Naturally, I'm not the same as that person. ”

Hearing this, Su Qinghui's heart was stunned, and before she could think about it, a chaotic sound of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the courtyard.

The masked man's eyes darkened, and he gave a look to the people around him. The masked men nodded, then took their swords and disappeared behind the curtain.

The door opened, and the masked man walked to the door with a sword against Su Qinghui's neck.

Su Qinghui stood on the steps, and raised his eyes to meet Jing Rong's dark and gloomy gaze. She bit her lip and lightly tapped the hand under her sleeve on the side of her skirt, no more, no less, just three times. Seeing Su Qinghui's movements, Jing Rong finally loosened the corners of his eyebrows slightly.

"King Huai'an, don't come unharmed."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the courtyard changed.

"Assassinate the emperor, hold the concubine hostage, and punish the nine clans."

The man in the mask laughed fearlessly: "King Huai'an, someone said this a few years ago. Now you should be talking about it, it shouldn't be this. The man's tone became fierce, "What about that man?" ”

"Your accomplices shouldn't know better than I do." Jing Rong said, glancing over the roof.

"Then I don't think I need to say more." The man said as he tightened the sword in his right hand.

"Wait" Su Qinghui trembled and stretched out his hand to stop in the air, stopping the man's movements.

"You can think about it, if you go down with this sword, it will really be broken, and there is no way to remedy it." Su Qinghui felt that the man had no determination to kill her, so he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly comforted: "Look, I am in your hands, what conditions are there we can talk about slowly." ”

"Concubine Jing, you should have seen the end of the mouthy just now."

Su Qinghui was silent for a second, and said without giving up: "So you plan to keep being so deadlocked, waiting for the emperor to bet on your group of accomplices, and beg for death together with me?" Otherwise, anyway, I'm in your hands, I'll take you to the emperor, I'll talk about it for you, the emperor may be able to open up for the sake of this prince. ”

"Concubine Jing, you are really naïve."

"Since you don't believe me, you just don't believe the chips in your hand, if that's the case, it's useless for you to hold me hostage."

The man sneered and whispered in Su Qinghui's ear: "No, your purpose is not to suppress the emperor. The man raised his head as he spoke, and the sword blade forced Su Qinghui to look at Jing Rong again and said, "How is it, does King Huai'an know where that person is this time?" ”

"Clear, left"

Su Qinghui frowned and looked at Jing Rong, but his gaze seemed to penetrate her, and he fixed directly behind him.

The masked man chuckled, bowed his head and said in Su Qinghui's ear, "See?" That's what you're for. The moment the man bowed his head and relaxed his vigilance, a force on his shoulder made his arm numb, and the sword in his hand pushed forward, Su Qinghui aimed at the opportunity, and stepped to the left along this gap, dodging the stones that came in front of him instantly.

The man shook his hands in pain, but he still held on to his sword.

Just when Su Qinghui thought that the situation was under control, a sharp arrow suddenly sounded in her ears, and she staggered back, her neck was cold, and then there was a tingling pain.

As soon as this arrow came out, it was like a lead, pulling out the crisis lurking in this temple, but in an instant, a rain of arrows rushed out of the air. The courtyard was in chaos in an instant.

Jing Rong blocked the arrow, walked to Su Qinghui's side, pulled her arm and pushed her into the house.

When the ladies in the house saw the scene outside, they were even more frightened and trembling and incoherent. Su Qinghui also had no time to care about others, and leaned on the pillar a little tiredly. She reached out and touched the wound on her neck, but luckily it was just scratching.

In a few moments, calm returned to the outside of the courtyard, the door was opened, and everyone poured in, busily untying the young ladies.

Wen Yunyi walked straight to Su Qinghui and said anxiously: "How is it, how are you, Concubine Jing?" Wen Yunyi said that when he saw the wound on Su Qinghui's neck, his eyes were instantly full of tears: "Niangniang, you are injured, the doctor, the doctor." ”

"I don't have to worry about it, you don't have to rush." Su Qinghui said and saw Jing Yu behind Wen Yunyi, leaned over and said, "The concubine has seen the emperor." ”

"The courtiers (slaves) visit the emperor."

"Zhao Pu, go find Imperial Doctor Xie."

Su Qinghui straightened up and looked at Jing Yu, his face was cold, and he seemed unwilling to say a word. looked at Su Qinghui's eyes, and impatience flashed in his eyes.

"Come on, send Concubine Jing to rest." Jing Yu said and turned to leave, and Su Qinghui lowered his eyes to see Jing Yu's soaked sleeves and the corners of his gray robe.

At night, back in the palace, Su Qinghui sat on the bed, recalling the scene during the day, if it wasn't for Jing Rong's timely response, those arrows could have killed her later, it seems that the Zhao family really couldn't keep her. However, the first arrow is interesting, both to cause chaos, to save her companion and to make a false appearance of killing her, to show everyone. It's really a two-phase complete.

"Come, Niang Niang drank this medicine."

Su Qinghui pulled back his thoughts, frowned, and said, "What kind of medicine is it?" ”

Cai Wei said: "Niangniang was frightened today, this is a prescription specially prescribed by the imperial doctor to stabilize the fetus. ”

Su Qinghui pursed his lips and reluctantly took it.

Cai Wei watched Su Qinghui drink all the medicine to breathe a sigh of relief, and just as she was about to speak, Su Qinghui rubbed her mouth to stop her and said, "Stop, are you going to ask me for guilt again." Cai Wei lowered her head and didn't speak, Su Qinghui sighed and said: "You have asked me for the sins of 1,800 times today, and my ears are about to become calloused, so I will inquire with you about something, you tell the truth, even if the two are offset, how about it?" ”

Cai Wei nodded, and Su Qinghui said softly: "Let me ask you, in addition to the assassination of the emperor today, what other things have happened." ”

Cai Wei hesitated again and again, and said in a low voice: "In order to save their accomplices, that group of thieves burned down the Qinzhu Courtyard in the temple. ”

"What is that place, does it matter?"

Cai Wei nodded: "Yes, put it, put the tablet of the oak Qi girl." ”

"Oak Qi, Oak Qi" Su Qinghui read the name, feeling more and more familiar, the wind outside the window blew, and the dead branches rattled. Su Qinghui patted his head, and suddenly remembered, wasn't this name the two words that she and Wen Yunyi had painstakingly identified on the stump in the imperial garden that day? Thinking of this, Su Qinghui asked: "Which lady is this girl, why have I never heard of it?" ”

Cai Wei shook her head and said, "She's not an official lady, just a maid by the emperor's side." ”

"Maid?"

"Yes, she grew up with the emperor since she was a child, from a playmate to a companion to a maid, there was nothing wrong with it at first, but after a long time, the queen mother realized that the emperor had a deep friendship with Liqi, so she couldn't tolerate her."

Su Qinghui asked cautiously: "So the Queen Mother gave her death?" ”

"Perhaps, some people say it was an accident, some people say that it was a suicide by taking poison, and when everyone found her, she was lying under the tree in the imperial garden."

"That tree was really planted by Oak Qi and the emperor back then?"

Cai Wei nodded and sighed; "Even after so many years, the emperor still can't let go of Miss Liqi, there is no place for her in the palace, so the emperor chose a clean place in the South Temple and placed Miss Liqi."

Su Qinghui lowered his eyes and remembered what Jing Yu said to her in the Imperial Garden, and his heart was mixed, it turned out to be true.

"That oak Qi girl is a little similar to Concubine Qi's mother."

At first hearing Su Qinghui's inquiry, Cai Wei paused, bit her lip and nodded slowly. Su Qinghui smiled bitterly, it is really providence, cause and effect can be found.