"Your Majesty, the news just came that two more bandits were caught, but the bandits who held the little prince hostage have not found any traces for a long time."

"Where's the news from the Dark Guard?"

"Before the last mark of the disappearing cliff, Weichen sent a large number of troops to search under the cliff, and there was no sign of the secret guard."

"Your Majesty, all the puppet troops that appeared in Banzai Mountain have been arrested, but the leading general according to the palace maid Youchun is nowhere to be found——"

Pu Yangxu looked at the lake in front of the cold and cold waves in the moonlight, has chased out the Long Live Mountain, the largest in Beiyuan is the lake that connects the Jade River, this place was excavated and built in the late period of the reign of Emperor Renwu, it was originally the old road depression, and the water became a lake, the water area is extremely wide, connecting the rivers of the entire capital.

All the places where people can be hidden, the Royal Forest Army has swept up, and the entire Banzai Mountain has also been searched, where will they hide?

It was only possible that there was a secret passage, and they still had a hiding place in Beiyuan.

"Bring all three bandits at once, and I'll interrogate them myself—"

"Report! Bandit trails were discovered. ”

Pu Yangxu immediately ran towards the forbidden soldier who shouted, only to see that the place illuminated by the torch was thrown - Brother Zhan'er's diaper.

"Keep looking along this road, the entrance to the dark passage should be this place."

At the same time, in the secret passage under their feet, the fourth man in black twisted Xu Ruoxian's hand holding Brother Zhan'er's ass along the way, and the night pearl illuminated Brother Zhan'er's white and tender little buttocks, and he took a long breath: "It's really yours!" ”

Xu Ruoxian took this sentence as a compliment, she pulled her hands, she couldn't take it back, and looked at the other party's eyes in this unclear light, although he had been covering his face, but she could imagine that it must be a helpless expression of resignation at this moment.

"You also saw that there was no chance to get out at all." Xu Ruoxian was already very calm, and he was not worried that he would do something crazy to die together.

"I'll make the situation clear with the concubine, you-probably won't die, but your accomplices ......"

"You don't want me to die?" In the end, the fourth child accepted his fate, all the roads that could be walked in Beiyuan were blocked, they were now trapped in this square inch, and it was a matter of time before they were caught, of course, if they were ruthless and threatened with the child, it was not hopeless to go out of the city and fly away, but - Xu Ruoxian only knew him for one night and accurately grasped his weakness.

If he really did go like this, the other brothers would have died miserably.

"I'll see you in prison."

"Hehe, thank you then." The fourth laughed mockingly.

Xu Ruoxian withdrew her hand again this time, but she was not hindered, she was still young and intelligent, and she didn't feel anything too heavy in her heart, "When the little prince grows up, I will also tell him about your life-saving grace." ”

It's just a life-saving grace.

The fourth child squinted his eyes and couldn't smile anymore.

It's not fucking worth it for a lifetime.

What can I do, there is no chance to regret it.

It wasn't until the secret passage was found that Pu Yangxu jumped in with the first one in danger, and the fourth child didn't move again, and after Xu Ruoxian handed over Brother Zhan to the emperor, he realized that the person around him was dead.

She uncovered the other party's mask in disbelief, it was a young ordinary face, but the lips were black and scary.

Xu Ruoxian's suppressed tears all night finally rolled down, she wanted to cry loudly, but she couldn't make a sound, she didn't know what this very strange and painful feeling was, and probably wouldn't have a chance to understand it in the future.

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After Shen Tingnian heard the news that Brother Zhan had been found safely, Shen Tingnian asked Ah Yun to bring in the soup that had been boiled in the kitchen.

Half an hour after drinking a bowl of thick juice medicinal soup, Shen Tingnian was sweating, and finally he didn't feel any more pain, so he immediately asked people to change his clothes, and led Ah Yun to the side hall of the Qinzheng Palace, so that those who had been waiting for a day and a night finally stopped drinking tea.

Everyone saw that her face was darker than the night, and no one dared to speak for a while.

"Concubine, has the little prince been recovered?" Song Yu opened her mouth, although everyone has been sitting for so long, but she is in good spirits, probably because she has been tough since she was a child, unlike other people who are very tired, and she hasn't eaten for so long.

Shen Tingnian looked at her and said reluctantly: "There is no news yet-"

"Niangniang, the little prince has found it!"

Chen Luo, who came in a hurry from outside the hall, shouted, as soon as his words fell, there was a report outside, and a herald in armor flew in, knelt down on one knee, and looked solemn and mighty: "Guifei Niangniang, the emperor has already pursued the bandits in Beiyuan, and the little prince has asked the imperial doctor to treat him on the spot over there." ”

Treatment? Concubine Jing and Concubine Chen quickly looked at each other, their expressions changed slightly, but a few low-ranking newcomers on the side were sleepy, and when they heard the news, they all woke up, and they looked at each other, dazed. It can be said that from being summoned by the emperor to the Qinzheng Palace, to now, they are all in a state of fog, and the slight difference is that He Guiren and Wu Jieyu seem to see some clues from the expressions of Concubine Jing, or they know that the little prince was robbed.

Shen Tingnian, who had seen all their expressions in his eyes, leaned back in the chair at the right time, pretending to be dizzy that couldn't withstand the blow, "Tell me clearly-"

"Those bandits saw that the pursuers had arrived, and the royal forest army that surrounded and ambushed them again, so they took the little prince as a threat and proposed to let them out of the city, and returned the little prince unharmed...... And then, and then ......"

Shen Tingnian raised her hand in a voice, and just when everyone thought she was going to say something, she suddenly clutched her chest and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Concubine Niangniang!"

"Concubine!"

“……”

The screams rang out, and Song Yu was the first to get up from his seat and rushed to Shen Tingnian's side, shouting for the imperial doctor while holding her from falling down the chair.

But Shen Tingnian didn't faint, she looked at Song Yu with red eyes, and then turned her head to look at Concubine Jing and Concubine Chen who stood up and gathered around, the blood overflowing from the corners of her mouth lined her with extra paleness, as if her breath was about to break, she coughed lightly and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Concubine, cheer up." Song Yu saw that she was in such a situation, and it was rare to show some real emotions, regret and regret.

Shen Tingnian shook her head, she grabbed Song Yu's arm, and said intermittently, "You tell the emperor that you want them-"

She raised her hand tremblingly, pointing at Wu Jieyu, who looked extremely panicked, and He Guiren, who looked at her nervously without blinking, "Accompany the funeral." ”

Funeral - Wu Jieyu's eyes were dark and she almost fainted, she knelt on the ground with a puff, and couldn't hold back crying anymore, shaking her head: "Don't, I don't want to accompany the funeral...... I don't want to die, I haven't lived enough. ”

"It's not my idea, why do you want me to accompany the funeral-"

She was completely frightened by the word funeral, crawled to Shen Tingnian's feet on her knees, grabbed her leg pleadingly, and cried: "Guifei Niangniang, don't die first, you listen to me, it's really not my idea, I'm scared to death, I really didn't want to kill the little prince!" ”

Shen Tingnian seemed to be even more unbearable when he heard this, and spit out a mouthful of blood, which was not so coincidental and most of it sprayed on Wu Jieyu's face, the latter screamed again, let go of Shen Tingnian's legs and touched the blood on his face, and this time he couldn't stand it anymore and fainted directly.

I didn't think that this too much force scared people, Shen Tingnian's colorless face stiffened strangely, and Song Yu, who was close, raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and instantly guessed that this was a fishing show?

She is an outsider, so she is keenly aware of the problem at this moment, but the fish sees the food but does not see the hook, and the people who set up the game are completely deceived.

He Guiren swallowed his saliva and took a step back, his face turned pale, after all, she was also specified to accompany the funeral, but at this time, she would not beg Shen Tingnian if she lost her words, and she didn't dare to look at Wu Jieyu, who had fainted to death.

In the eyes of everyone, it seems to be completely stupid.

The old imperial doctor Xiang, who came in a hurry, seemed to be stunned by the situation in front of him, and gasped: "Don't move the concubine Niangniang, everyone please retreat outside......"

As soon as he caught Shen Tingnian's pulse, he showed a look of horror, and then asked Chen Luo in his mouth, "What about the emperor?" Come back to the emperor, concubine, this is-"

He didn't say the rest of the words, after all, even jokes are taboo, just like the herald from the beginning didn't dare to say that the little prince was really in danger, it was just a subtle and unrevealing misunderstanding and conjecture for people with ghosts in their hearts.

No one dared to believe that Shen Tingnian dared to direct such a play, otherwise even Song Yu would not have followed into the play.

Chen Luohuo got up and walked out like a burning buttocks, as if he was going to urgently find someone to pass a message to the emperor, but in fact, as soon as he left the palace gate, he stopped his figure as soon as he turned around, and then beckoned the saber guards guarding the door to close the palace door again.

He sat down on the steps a little tired, even though he knew that the news that would come out was fake, but when he thought of Shen Tingnian's death, the whole person was not good.

The old imperial doctor Xiang, who was also tested, wiped the sweat on his head after everyone withdrew from the inner hall, Shen Tingnian was supported by Ayun, lying on the bamboo couch that was hurriedly moved, this Qinzheng Hall was lighter and simpler than where she lived, and the emperor basically slept in Yanxi Hall at night, so it was not too well arranged, because of the limited pattern, she didn't want to lie on the emperor's dragon bed.

She just lay down like this, listening to the movements of the inside and out, as well as the exhausted voice of the old imperial doctor, and secretly exhaled: Xiang the old imperial doctor is tired.

She stayed up for a quarter of an hour, and then the group of people waiting in the courtyard outside would get the news of her death.

She pretended to be sick for so long, and it was not too sudden to die so violently, let alone in the case of a violent blow.

After faintly hearing the cry, Shen Tingnian asked Ah Yun to hide and covered his face with a white cloth.

"Guifei, she went?" Song Yu raised her hand and pressed the green tendons beating on her forehead, looking like she had a headache, she did have a headache, this Shen Tingnian was really not taboo about anything, and announced his death by himself.

Xiang was depressed and didn't even have the strength to nod, so he let in, meaning to let her in to see.

Song Yu moved, only took a step, she retracted her feet again, seemed to be very entangled, she turned her head to look at the other people in the courtyard, the Changming Palace lamps swaying under the eaves reflected the faces, all of which could not be seen through, some were in a panic, some were crying sadly, and some were not sad or happy-

"Concubine Jing, go in and take a look."