Outside Fengyi Palace, it is waiting for it at this moment.

Princess Tianxiang came from the Qi Kingdom, and the monarch of the Qi State arranged for many eunuchs and palace maids to marry, and these palace maids and eunuchs have always stayed by Princess Tianxiang's side and served the Queen of Great Chu.

Yulin Army entered the inner palace, naturally someone immediately reported to the queen, and someone around the queen immediately organized the eunuchs in the Fengyi Palace, although there were no weapons in hand, but they picked up chairs and wooden sticks and many other objects as weapons, guarding outside the gate of Fengyi Palace, and the palace maids also picked up porcelain and other things as the second line of defense.

In fact, everyone knows that once the Yulin Army really enters Fengyi Palace, everyone can't stop it at all, but these people are loyal to the queen, although the eunuchs and palace maids in many places in the palace are in a mess, looking around for a hiding place like a headless fly, but everything is in order on the side of Fengyi Palace.

Of course, the queen did not mess up because of the Yulin army entering the palace, and people have been inquiring about the news, and when they learned that the Yulin army had withdrawn from the inner palace, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and soon learned that the Yulin army blocked the imperial city, and the soldiers outside the city came to the city, which really surprised the queen.

"Queen Mother......!" A eunuch hurriedly ran over and knelt down in front of the queen: "Protector Qi Ning begs to see!" ”

"Qi Ning?" The queen frowned, groaned slightly, and said, "Let him in!" ”

Qi Ning came to the queen, knelt on one knee and fell to the ground, and said straight to the point: "Queen Qiyu, the rebels are besieging the city, and the ministers are guarding the imperial city, but the rebels are numerous, and the ministers have reached an agreement with the outside of the city. ”

The queen got up and said, "Protector, there was a sudden change tonight, what happened?" When did the palace hear that you were on the front line, when did you return to Beijing, and when did you enter the palace? ”

Qi Ning looked left and right, the queen understood what Qi Ning meant, waved her hand, signaled to retreat left and right, and waited for everyone to retreat, Qi Ning looked at the queen and said, "Niangniang, do you know that Xiao Shaozong is plotting against usurpation?" ”

"Xiao Shaozong?" The queen frowned and said, "Is that the prince of Huainan who has just inherited the title?" ”

"Exactly." Qi Ning said: "The emperor is controlled by this person, and now his life and death are uncertain, and the minister entered the palace tonight, originally to rescue the emperor, but he fell into Xiao Shaozong's trap and was besieged in the city." Xiao Shaozong now charged the minister with the crime of killing the monarch and rebelling, mobilizing soldiers and horses to kill the head of the minister in the city, the minister naturally can't bow to the traitor, so he has to live and die with the imperial city, but the minister is worried that once the city is broken, the rebels will kill in the city, and the chaos will inevitably hurt the nobles of the harem, so ..... The minister asked the queen to go out of the city first. ”

"You killed the king and committed treason?" Although the queen was surprised, she was still very calm: "Why would Xiao Shaozong be charged with such a crime? Emperor..... Where is it now? ”

"The ministers can't know the whereabouts of the emperor for sure." Qi Ning said: "Xiao Shaozong found a puppet who resembled the emperor, and he has been using the puppet to pretend to be the emperor to give orders, he took the jade seal in his hand, and issued a holy decree in the name of the emperor. ”

"Puppet?" The queen's delicate body was shocked, and she suddenly realized: "I see, I see..... That man is a puppet! ”

Qi Ning immediately asked, "Has the Empress noticed it?" ”

The queen said: "Originally, after the emperor finished cooking the court affairs, he would come to Fengyi Palace to rest, even if it was busy, it would not be more than three days." But this time, the emperor has not set foot in Fengyi Palace for more than a month, and the palace sent someone to find the emperor, and the emperor also said that he was busy with government affairs and could not spare time to come. After a pause, he continued: "More than half a month ago, the palace went to see the emperor in person, and saw that the emperor was reviewing the mountains of musicals, and he ..... He didn't say a few words to me, only that he would come back to see me later, and strangely enough, he only looked at me once, and never looked at me again. ”

Qi Ning said: "What the queen saw was naturally a puppet pretending to be the emperor." ”

The queen sighed: "The palace has always thought that it is because of the Qi country that the emperor will be estranged. After hesitating for a moment, he finally asked, "Lord Protector, you tell this palace, the Qi country's side...... Has something happened? ”

"Why does the queen ask?"

"You don't have to hide it from me." The queen sighed lightly: "Although this palace is in the deep palace, it is not ignorant of things outside. And such a major event, even if the emperor wants to hide it from the palace, it is not easy, there are many people in the palace, and it is not difficult to get some news. ”

Qi Ning thought for a moment before saying: "No matter what happens, the queen is still the queen of my Dachu, and the emperor is also sincere to the queen." ”

"This palace understands the emperor's intentions." The queen said: "When this palace came to Chu State, it was not just for the alliance between the two countries. He smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know how this palace can change the general trend of the world with just one woman." Then there was a look of worry between his eyebrows, and he asked, "Did you send someone to look for the emperor in the palace?" ”

"The emperor is not in the palace." Qi Ning said: "The minister suspects that the emperor has already been taken out of the palace, and now he is in the hands of Xiao Shaozong. ”

The queen closed her eyes: "In this way, the emperor ..... Already more than lucky? ”

"Xiao Shaozong is bent on reclaiming the throne that he thinks belongs to him, and the emperor should be safe until he ascends the throne." Qi Ning said: "The minister can only send the queen out of the city now, and ask the queen to hurry up and prepare." ”

"Then what's the point of you staying in the Imperial City?" The queen said: "The emperor is not in the city, you are guarding the imperial city, who are you guarding for?" ”

Qi Ning's intentions to the queen are not completely sure, after all, the state of Chu attacked and destroyed the state of Qi, what is the queen's mind about this, he can't make an accurate judgment at all, he doesn't want to tell his plan all at the moment, just said: "Xiao Shaozong wants to usurp the throne, naturally in the palace, now the minister has no other way, can keep for a day, can drag Xiao Shaozong for a day, maybe ......!" He smiled faintly and said: "If the minister really dies in the city, it can be regarded as loyal to the emperor, and the queen, the minister will wait outside first." ”

He didn't wait for the queen to say more, and went out by himself.

Chi Danmei was waiting outside the door, and when she saw Qi Ning coming out, she stopped talking, Qi Ning chuckled, "What do you want to say?" ”

"If you haven't found him when the city is broken, I'll come back and take you with me." Chi Danmei hesitated for a moment before sighing: "You have done your best, once the city is broken, there is no need for you to throw your life here." ”

The two walked to a secluded place, and Qi Ning said, "I will try to buy you as much time as possible." Breaking through the imperial city is a symbol for Xiao Shaozong, when the city is broken, it means that he really got back what he wants, so as long as the imperial city is not broken, he can be attracted here. After leaving the city, you must contact the beggars, do not act alone, and those two places must be attacked at the same time, so as to be surprised. After thinking for a while, he said: "If the Yulin Guard defends the city with all his might, with the strength of the imperial city, there should be no problem in holding it out for a day, so you must move quickly." ”

Chi Danmei frowned and said, "What if...... There is no emperor in either of the places you mentioned, so what? ”

"That just means I'm out of luck." Qi Ning sighed: "This bet between me and Xiao Shaozong, I will lose everything. ”

Chi Danmei knew that Qi Ning was really in a desperate situation now, and she left this time, and she didn't know if she could see her again, she bit her lip, and suddenly opened her arms to protect Qi Ning's neck, and her lips were attached to Qi Ning's lips, Qi Ning hugged Chi Danmei's waist, and kissed Chi Danmei for a moment, and then said softly: "You also pack up and prepare first, find a set of palace maid's clothes to change into, the queen is about to leave, you mix in the crowd and go out of the city together." ”

Chi Danmei knew that she was also burdened with a heavy responsibility, nodded slightly, bit her lip, twisted her waist, and dodged away.

Qi Ning naturally had no doubts about Chi Danmei's ability, and with her means, it was really easy to disguise herself and blend into the crowd.

He looked up at the night sky, dawn was approaching, and suddenly heard someone beside him: "Guogong, the queen is invited!" Qi Ning turned his head and looked, a palace maid stood respectfully on the side, bowed her head and invited herself in, Qi Ning thought that the queen was cleaning up quickly, and she was going to go inside, and suddenly felt the strong wind coming, and the palace maid who invited herself to enter had an extra dagger in her hand, and stabbed straight at herself, the two were extremely close, Qi Ning didn't expect that the palace maid in Fengyi Palace would be ruthless to herself, and was taken aback, the palace maid was not only ruthless, but also extremely fast, at a glance, she knew that she was not a mediocre person, if she was someone else, Nine times out of ten, this stab is going to be successful, but her target is Qi Ning.

Without waiting for the dagger to strike, Qi Ning snorted, did not dodge, and reached out to grab the dagger, the palace maid obviously did not expect Qi Ning to snatch the blade barely, twisted her wrist, and the blade pierced Qi Ning's palm, but Qi Ning's wrist became faster, it seemed that she had expected the palace maid to change her moves, a backward flip, avoiding the dagger, and then the palm of her hand slapped downward, hitting the palace maid's wrist hard, the palace maid's arm was numb, and the dagger fell out of her hand, but the palace maid's momentum was not reduced, her body was still forward, Qi Ning was not polite, and waved her arm, The back of his hand has been hit on the shoulder of the palace maid, although he is a random wave, but the internal force is really amazing, even if only fifty percent of the skill, there are few people in the world who can withstand it, fortunately, Qi Ning wants to stay alive, and does not want to take his life immediately, Rao is so, but the palace maid's body also flew straight out, hit a stone pillar, and then fell to the ground, "wow" spit out a mouthful of blood.

This voice immediately alarmed the nearby eunuchs, and several eunuchs had already rushed over, and they were all surprised to see the palace maid lying on the ground struggling and unable to get up, Qi Ning's face was cold, and he walked up slowly, and said coldly: "Who are you?" Why did you kill me? Approaching the past, I saw that the palace maid raised her head, with blood on the corners of her mouth, but her face was beautiful and lovely, Qi Ning saw that face, changed color, and lost her voice: "What..... How are you? ”