Chapter Eighty-Four: Helping Hands
In the Huaqing Palace, Ruosheng, who had already fallen asleep, was also woken up by the restless sound outside the palace.
She got up and put on her coat, and was about to get out of bed to investigate outside the temple, when a person tightly buckled her into her arms and covered her mouth.
She could feel that this person didn't want to hurt her, but he didn't want her to speak, Ruosheng didn't break free, didn't make a sound, and let him bring him back to the bed.
Soon, shouts were heard outside the hall.
"Catch the Assassin, I see the Assassin hiding here!"
"Catch the assassins! The Queen Mother is injured! ”
The sound of one after another kept coming outside, and after a while, soldiers entered the Huaqing Palace.
"The queen mother is already asleep, why did you catch the assassin and still run here!" Ruosheng heard Tan'er's voice coming from outside.
"We were ordered by the emperor to search for the assassins in the palace, and someone saw the assassin disappear in the Huaqing Palace, so we want to search the palace immediately." The leading soldier snapped.
"On the orders of the emperor? Aren't you afraid of disturbing the queen mother, and the emperor will blame it then? Tan'er was not afraid, and said coldly.
"Don't talk nonsense here, I'm afraid that the assassin will be found here, and I don't know who the emperor will blame!"
And in the hall, the person who covered Ruosheng's mouth gradually let go of his hand, Ruosheng turned around to look, even though the hall was dark, she still saw this person's face clearly in the moonlight.
"Xiaoyi, why are you here!?" It seems that the assassin they are talking about is the person standing in front of her, she didn't expect Xiaoyi to take such a big risk and run to the palace to assassinate Lu Lan.
Ruosheng looked at Xiaoyi covering one arm, and only then did he notice the strangeness of his arm, "Are you injured?" Ruosheng asked again.
"I'm only hiding from you for half a moment, and I won't bother you." Xiaoyi said lightly.
"You're really good at hiding, but you hid in me." Ruosheng smiled coldly.
Before she finished speaking, Xiaoyi turned her head and prepared to leave.
was pulled by Ruosheng, "Where are you going?" Go out and throw yourself into the net? Ruosheng's solemn voice came from behind him.
Xiaoyi stopped and stood still, then turned to look at her again, and said lightly: "What does my life and death have to do with you now?" ”
As soon as he spoke, Ruosheng shook off his hand, and he was angry, since it had nothing to do with her, why did he hide in his palace, the dead duck has a hard mouth, and he can't change this problem.
Ruosheng calmed down the anger in his heart, and then raised his right wrist, revealing the same dark red lines as Xiaoyi's left wrist, "I'm afraid that your death will implicate me!" Don't forget that our lives are still tied together, you want to die, I don't plan to be with you. ”
Xiaoyi saw the dark line, frowned slightly, he forgot that his life is still tied to a Du Ruosheng, impulsive, he really can't remember this, Ruosheng thought that he knew that he was wrong, so he didn't speak, and he didn't continue to be sarcastic.
While both of them were silent, there was a knock at the door outside the hall.
"Niangniang, the lower official was ordered by the emperor to come to the palace to search for assassins, and asked Niangniang to open the door!" A strong knock on the door followed.
"Be bold, Niangniang's dormitory is also something you can trespass!" Tan'er's voice then rang out.
The leader didn't pay any attention to Tan'er, and as he spoke, he prepared to slam the door open.
Before he could act, the door of the temple was opened.
Ruosheng's long hair was coiled up at will, a few strands of broken hair were scattered, and a goose-yellow plain brocade skirt robe was covered with a translucent gauze of the same color, which was dragged to the ground.
"Who is so noisy that he disturbs people and cannot be pure."
Ruosheng asked quietly.
When the leader saw Du Ruosheng, he immediately bowed a little respectfully, bowed and saluted: "Niangniang, the Queen Mother has been assassinated there, someone has disappeared from you at this moment, and the lower officials have been ordered to search, please bear with me." ”
Ruosheng gently supported his forehead, and frowned slightly, "You mean that the assassin is hiding here in the main palace?" There was displeasure in his tone.
"Xia Guan didn't mean that, it's just that the matter is big, so it's better to be cautious."
The leader lost the momentum of shouting with Tan'er just now, and said respectfully to Du Ruosheng.
"Okay, then the palace will let you search, if nothing is found, then the palace will tell the emperor that you also broke into the Huaqing Palace, with bad intentions." Du Ruosheng said and stepped out of the way and vacated the palace door, but the leader didn't step forward.
"What, search quickly." Du Ruosheng said again.
Du Ruosheng's words were clearly deliberately embarrassing him, how could he step forward without any worries, if she really said that to the emperor, then she couldn't tell the truth even if she had ten mouths.
At the time of the stalemate, Yan Qinghan had already come to Huaqing Palace.
"See the Emperor." Du Ruosheng also heard the greeting, thinking about Yan Qinghan's direction, the leader was too.
Yan Qinghan came slowly, walked in front of Du Ruosheng, took off the cloak on his body, and draped it on Du Ruosheng.
"It's cold, don't get caught in the cold." Yan Qing said coldly.
Du Ruosheng wrapped his cloak and responded softly: "Hmm." ”
"What's going on? Let you arrest someone, why did you catch the queen's bedroom? Then, Yan Qinghan looked at Du Ruosheng and asked in a cold voice.
"Some people say that they saw the assassin disappear here, so the lower official will ...... "VP."
"Did the man find it?" Yan Qinghan interrupted him and asked again.
"Not yet, Queen." This person was halfway through his words but closed his mouth, he couldn't say what the queen had just said, I am afraid that this will not only offend Du Ruosheng, but also offend Yan Qinghan.
"How's the Queen?"
"No... It's nothing, before the lower officials have time to search, the emperor is here. The man shook his head and muttered.
"The palace has asked you to search, but you don't search yourself, and now that the emperor is here, it is better to search the palace carefully in front of the emperor, so as not to make people think that the palace seems to be hiding an assassin." Du Ruosheng said lightly.
The leader still didn't move, and looked at Yan Qinghan again, although Du Ruosheng's tone was flat, Yan Qinghan could still hear the displeasure in her tone, but he couldn't ignore the person who hurt his mother.
"Where else has the Huaqing Palace not been searched?"
"The other halls have been searched, and only the mother's dormitory remains."
After Yan Qinghan heard this, he looked at Du Ruosheng, Du Ruosheng's face did not change, and he was peaceful.
And Xiao Yi in the inner hall listened to the conversation outside the hall clearly, he looked around the hall, the only thing in this hall can be avoided except for a screen and this beam, there is no third place, if they really come in, I am afraid that they will not be able to hide for long.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to get in the way of the concubines, if you want to search for the assassins, if you really find an assassin from the palace of the concubines, the concubines are willing to be guilty of the same crime, after all, after this person enters the palace to assassinate his mother, it is a great crime, and it must not be tolerated." Du Ruosheng saw that Yan Qinghan had not spoken for a long time, and then said.
"The queen's dormitory is not something you can enter and leave at will, and the dormitory is from my view."
After saying that, he walked towards the hall, and Du Ruosheng followed closely.
It is naturally impossible to say that she is not nervous, Yan Qinghan's appearance was unexpected by her, originally she wanted to deter that person in the name of Yan Qinghan, but now it seems that this method will not work.
Du Ruosheng followed Yan Qinghan to the inner hall, the inner hall was empty, Du Ruosheng looked around secretly, and found no trace of Xiaoyi, at this time the hall had been lit up, everything was normal, nothing unusual.
Seeing that there was nothing suspicious in the hall, Yan Qinghan turned around and said to Ruosheng in a warm voice: "I'm just worried about the queen mother, so I have to do this." ”
"I know, now that I've seen it all, I can leave." Du Ruosheng said lightly.
Du Ruosheng thought she could breathe a sigh of relief, but just as Yan Qinghan turned her head, she saw blood falling in midair.
Yan Qinghan thought that Du Ruosheng was blaming herself, and walked towards her, Du Ruosheng turned around, the two of them switched positions, and Ruosheng retreated to the position where the blood droplets were low.
"Ruosheng." Yan Qinghan approached Ruosheng.
"It's not too early, I'm a little tired, hasn't the matter of your mother been investigated yet?" Du Ruosheng said continuously.
Seeing Du Ruosheng say this, Yan Qinghan didn't continue to step forward, "Then you should rest earlier." With that, he turned and walked out of the temple.
Yan Qinghan walked out of the inner hall, Ruosheng moved away, saw the blood falling on the ground, she looked up, and saw Xiaoyi hiding on the beam.
Just as he was about to speak, Yan Qinghan didn't know when he returned to the inner hall, and Du Ruosheng immediately stood back in place, a little startled.
"What's wrong?" She calmed down her heart before she asked again.
"It's okay, my cloak." Yan Qinghan pointed to the cloak that was still on Ruosheng's body.
Du Ruosheng realized it at this time, she took off her cloak, walked quickly to Yan Qinghan, and handed it to him.
"Here you go. Nothing is being forgotten this time. Just in case, Ruosheng confirmed.
"No, you can rest well."
Yan Qinghan walked out of the dormitory, looked at the cloak in his hand, from the moment he entered the inner hall just now, he could see Ruosheng's strange appearance, and when he looked back at the dormitory, the lights in the dormitory had been extinguished.
Yan Qinghan put on his cloak again and walked out of Huaqing Palace quickly.
After confirming that it was safe, Xiaoyi jumped off the beam, his arm was not lightly injured, and he was bleeding all the time.
Ruosheng took out a wooden box in the dark, which contained the golden medicine and gauze.
She treated Xiaoyi's wound briefly in the moonlight.
"Do you still have these things in the palace?"
"Just in case."
"I didn't expect you to help me, I thought you would hate me and hate me."
After listening to Xiaoyi, Ruosheng used a force on her hand, and the bandaging was over, she tightened it, Xiaoyi frowned, and felt pain.
"I said, I don't want to die with you, you're right, I hate you now, but it's just hate, why should I hate you, it's reasonable, you can be regarded as my savior, aren't you."
"Du Ruosheng, Lu Lan must die in my hands, my hatred must be repaid by her blood, if someone stops me, I will kill God with God, and kill Buddha when I meet Buddha." Xiaoyi's voice suddenly became much colder.
In the dark night, although Ruosheng couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, he felt the cold light flashing in his eyes.
"As long as you don't hurt the innocent."
This is the last conversation between the two, and it is also the last bottom line between the two, and I don't know what it will be like when they say goodbye.