After separating from Han Xiuhua, when he rushed to Chongyun Palace, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras in the hall, singing and dancing happily, clothes and temples, so lively.

In order to celebrate Chen Jun's victory, Concubine Kong also specially suggested to the queen that some artists from the folk music workshop be selected to perform in the palace. I was tired of watching singing and dancing in the palace, and everyone wanted to have something fresh, and the queen quickly agreed. After getting permission, Concubine Kong Guifei selected a band from the people to perform in the palace to please the king.

When it was time for the band to perform, twenty people rushed in, and nineteen handsome men and a young girl dispersed in order to prepare for their performance—the Whisk Dance.

The drum sounds, the flute sound is entangled, the young girl in the center dances with a long whisk, Luo Yi follows the wind, the long sleeves fly crossing, the light skirt is more than the drag like a luan flying, the clouds shine between the dances, and the light flutters like a swallow and a cloud. Scattered around a few men with a short whisk and standing on one foot, enthusiastic and elegant, sharp and dignified, clear and smooth, vigorous and neat, sassy and moving, the combination of women's feminine beauty and men's masculine beauty, with surprisingly perfect eye-catching.

Only Luan closed the mirror, the mandarin ducks flew together, the girl was surrounded by a group of men on the top, light in the sky swirling dance, long fluttering, thin waist twisting, if pitching, if coming and going, turn over in the air and turn three times, the flowing water is coherent, graceful, gently and steadily on the man's shoulder. At first glance, listening to the drum flute**, the girl is long and breaks through the air, elegant like a fairy, her feet rotate quickly, as fast as a string arrow, floating like a cloud in the sky, thousands of turns, fluffy grass swirling, dancing vertically and horizontally, wanton and hearty.

Seeing the soft and beautiful singing and dancing in the palace, at first glance seeing such a galloping and heroic dance, everyone felt that it was fresh and kitsch, and it was unique and stylish, and they were fascinated for a while.

Seeing that the musician who played the drum and flute was about to finish, the girl turned her sleeves, bent her waist lightly and raised her head to wave the cloud sleeves, and in an instant, countless flying flowers and colorful petals flew down from the girl's sleeves.

After the dance, everyone was full of interest, Chen Qian called the leader to come up to give a reward, but saw the leading musician holding the music drum in his hand, and walked up slowly without being humble or arrogant.

With a "click" turn, the drum in the musician's hand was split into two halves and fell out, and a bright short sword suddenly appeared in his right hand, stabbing at Chen Qian like thunder.

The artist who was originally standing on the side also quickly rushed to the drum instruments in a row, clicked, drew a short sword from the drum, and rushed to the seated Chen Qian. The seemingly ordinary drum weapon actually has a hidden mechanism and a sharp weapon inside!

Chen Qian was unexpected, so he dodged in a panic. After all, his martial arts are not bad, and after settling his mind, he calmly fights with the musician. King An Cheng, who was seated, also flew up and fought with the artists who came to support. It's a pity that Han Zigao is not there, in order to avoid suspicion, Chen Qian no longer let him follow him, only let him guard on the periphery, and he couldn't rush in for a while. If he were there, it would be a great help.

It happened suddenly, and when they realized what was happening in the hall, a scream started, and the palace people scattered and fled, mixed up. The concubine shivered and hid behind the pillar, frightened and delicate.

The guards on the periphery heard the wind and came to support, but half of the assassins were guarding the entrance of the palace to resist, and the assassins were strong in martial arts, and a group of guards couldn't do anything for a while, let alone enter the hall, and the sound of knives at the entrance of the hall was loud.

The two brothers, Chen Qian and Chen Xuan, repelled round after round of fierce attacks of the assassins with their outstanding skills, but after all, they were weak and had no weapons in hand, so they gradually lost their physical strength, fell behind, and could not wait for rescue, which can be described as a worrying situation.

"Your Majesty, be careful-" Wan Zhaoyi, who was hiding with me, suddenly exclaimed, and pounced desperately at the fierce place of the knife, pulling the female artist who was trying to assassinate Chen Qian behind her. The female artist asked her to pull it like this, but the sneak attack was unsuccessful, and she angrily took a short sword and tried to kill her to vent her hatred.

There was an assassin attack in front of Chen Qian who didn't have time to save Wan Zhaoyi, and when I was worried about Wan Zhaoyi, in the chaos, I don't know who pushed me hard, crashed into Wan Zhaoyi, and pushed me straight to the knife edge of the female artist!

In the nick of time, I picked up a flask that had tumbled to the ground in the chaos and slammed it hard into the artist's sword-wielding hand. The jug shattered, the hand was smashed crookedly, and the sword was also deflected, not stabbing anyone. Taking advantage of the female assassin's stunned strength, I pulled Wan Zhaoyi under me away. Seeing that the female assassin's short sword was about to be inserted again, I hurriedly leaned over to dodge, pushed Wan Zhaoyi far away, and yelled at her, "Hurry up!" ”

When I am a person in the way, the female assassin will naturally not let me go, but I also learned some martial arts from my master, how could I be slaughtered by her? I was able to dodge her several slashes, and soon I fought with her, but after all, she was a well-trained killer, with much more actual combat experience than me, and her killing techniques were even more skillful, I was not her opponent at all, and I couldn't resist her fierce attacks after a few moves, so I could only dodge in embarrassment. Looking at the bright sword qi coming, I wondered if I was going to die under the sword.

"Qing'er!" In a trance, I seemed to hear Chen Qian's anxious shouting, and I saw Chen Qian snatching the short sword from the assassin's hand, and rushed towards me in a rage, a spin, his left hand firmly grabbed my waist, and his right hand stabbed straight at the female assassin, the snow flickered, fast and accurate, so that people had no power to resist, and plunged straight into the female assassin's chest.

The guards at the gate of the palace were about to break the defense and rush in, since these assassins dared to assassinate in the heavily armed palace, they thought that they also wanted to see death as home, purely to take Chen Qian's head, and when they came in, they didn't want to get out alive, it was completely a deadly way of fighting.

The guards rushed in, and the assassins were in a hurry, and the attack became even more violent, looking desperate to die with Chen Qian. Chen Qian had to deal with the assassin's attack and protect me, and I was overwhelmed, and the silver-white wide-sleeved coat was cut to pieces, and the skin and flesh were opened. Looking at Chen Ji on the side, he was protecting the panicked Wan Zhaoyi, holding a short sword around the assassins, and there were already many scratches on his body.

After a while, a large group of guards rushed up, and Han Zigao rushed to Chen Qian's side to deal with the surrounding assassins for him. In the face of the flood of guards, the few remaining assassins were quickly unable to resist and were captured and killed by the guards.

As soon as the chaos subsided, I took the opportunity to break free from Chen Qian's arms, but Chen Qian grabbed my hand and looked me up and down nervously, "Are you okay, have you hurt anything?" ”

At first glance, I was really a little uncomfortable when I saw him suddenly care so much, so I had to bow my head and say, "It's okay." ”

Chen Qian breathed a sigh of relief, but Chen Xuan's cool slightly angry voice came from behind him, "Brother Huang, Wan Zhaoyi is injured." ”

I raised my eyes and saw that Wan Zhaoyi had a faint smile on her face, and there was a trickle of blood on the back of her hand, it was estimated that she was cut in the chaos, how to say that she was cut in order to save Chen Qian from such a dangerous place, but Chen Qian ignored her, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty and went over to care, "Wanxi, is the injury serious?" ”

"The concubine is fine." Wan Zhaoyi shook her head, but after seeing the bloodstained wound on Chen Qian's back, she shouted to Jiang Yu in a panic: "Your Majesty is injured, Gonggong Jiang, quickly send the imperial doctor to come over to treat Your Majesty's injuries!" ”

When Jiang Yu saw it, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran to ask for the imperial doctor, and at this time, the concubines hiding behind the pillar also crowded up and greeted the emperor softly. And I, separated from the crowd, looked at Wan Zhaoyi, who had dim eyes, and Chen Ji, who was lonely, and vaguely understood something in my heart.

Chen Qian is dead when he dies, what is Wan Zhaoyi doing so desperately, will she lose her life? I didn't want her to die like such a fairy-like character, plus she helped me, so I saved her. Thinking about it now, Wan Zhaoyi did not hesitate to gamble her life to save Chen Qian, was it a means to gain Chen Qian's trust, or was it an inadvertent revelation of her true feelings?

A woman who has been with a man for a long time will always have some feelings. No matter how stupid you are, your heart can't hold it, you get lost in the tenderness and sweetness of men, and the city falls. The original love has gradually gone away with the passage of time, and it can never be found again.

Some people think they are strong-minded, they can control their hearts, they can control everything. Playing with fire**, the fake drama came true, the calculation came and went, and finally lost his heart.

Wan Zhaoyi, will it be this kind of person?

Previously, there was an assassin visiting the palace at night, and now it is even more terrifying, the emperor was openly assassinated, and the entire palace is like no one. The emperor was furious and strictly ordered the court lieutenant to investigate the matter thoroughly, seal up the music fang, and all the cadres in the music fang were put into prison and tortured. The palace people who were in charge of reviewing the musical instruments were all tortured in prison for their ineffective work, and all the guards on duty were demoted to their duties. Even Concubine Kong, who recommended the band to the palace, was implicated and reprimanded and fined for one year.

"Xiao Liang is also in charge of inspecting musical instruments, why hasn't he been investigated, he tried his best to prevent me from checking the box that day, maybe he has ulterior motives." After the incident, I went to Dai Yanyuan to visit Han Xiuhua and talked about it.

Han Xiuhua was slightly nervous and said, "Sister is too careful, didn't you say that Commander Xiao saved His Majesty's life?" That being the case, how could he have ill intentions towards His Majesty? ”

Looking at Han Xiuhua's slightly tense face, the corners of my lips curved into a deep smile arc, "What Sister Han said is that maybe I'm too careful." ”

Since Chen Qian was injured, there have been many concubines who have gone to the Shiqian Hall to ask for warmth, but I am the only one who has sat in the Yilan Palace. To be honest, I was gloating about Chen Qian's assassination this time, so I was stupid and didn't want to save him.

Chen Qian just suffered some external injuries, and he recovered after ten days and a half of recuperation, so what is tight, and he can still attend the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet alive. I contemplated Chinese New Year's Eve feast, Chinese New Year's Eve feast...... Hopefully everything will go well then.

Exegesis:

(1) The title is from Ouyang Xiu's "Sword" in the Northern Song Dynasty: "If you want to know that the sky will rain, the Zheng'er sword has a sound." ”