Chapter 17: The Assassins
Yin Yu successfully stayed in the princess's mansion and became Li Lingyou's doorman, and he could receive twenty taels of silver every month, and he only needed to do one thing for Li Lingyou, which was to domesticate the golden crow.
Yin Yu was full of excitement and lived in the Qiuxian Pavilion dedicated to staying at the door, located in the northeast corner of the princess's mansion, it is a four-storey building, each floor has four rooms for people to live in, before Yin Yu, there have been more than ten doormen to move in, only a leak and the top floor there are still vacant rooms, Yin Yu in order to facilitate the action, lived downstairs.
Xiao Lizi, the eunuch who was originally in charge of recruiting people at the door, has now become the steward of the Seeking Pavilion, and whenever there is a newcomer left, he has to carefully explain the rules to others.
"If you want to enter and leave the princess's mansion on weekdays, it is best to go through the small door next to the Qiuxian Pavilion, remember to open the door at the beginning of the day, and lock it at the end of the day, but if you want to go far away, you must ask me to resign, so as not to find you when the princess is employed...... When you have nothing to do, you can wander around the small garden on the west side, but you must not trespass on the large garden on the south side, lest you run into the princess...... In addition to the silver, three meals will be served in the house every day, and there are four sets of new clothes in one season, and there are Boxing gifts every New Year's Day...... If you are in trouble, you can go to the account office and spend five hundred taels of silver...... Her Royal Highness the princess treats her so kindly, and she hopes that the prince will be self-respecting and relieve her worries and hardships. ”
Yin Yu agreed, and the little chestnut politely gave him a box of heavy gold bars, which was as much as a hundred taels, saying that it was a reward given to him by Her Royal Highness the princess alone, and a few guests who watched the excitement were red-eyed, and when the little chestnut left, they all gathered around to inquire about Yin Yu's origin.
Yin Yu didn't see the Yue Zhumo Shu brothers, and when he asked a few guests, he realized that the twins didn't live in the Qiuxian Pavilion at all.
Speaking of them, the doormen were both disdainful and envious: "Those two sons are different from us, they are the male pets that Her Royal Highness the Princess bought back from the Nanfeng Pavilion for a lot of money, of course they have to live in the inner courtyard to serve the princess." ”
Yin Yu's good mood all day was ruined by these two sentences, and he barely coped with a few words, and went out at night.
***
The Royal Palace's Mansion is adjacent to the east of the Princess's Mansion, and Yin Yu went out and turned right and didn't go far, and he arrived at his own mansion. Because his face is not well known by too many people now, Yin Yu did not go through the main door, but climbed over the wall to enter.
Lao Lao Cheng was having dinner, two side dishes and a pot of wine, drinking beautifully, suddenly saw Yin Yu coming back from outside, embarrassed, so not surprised: "Has the prince changed his career to be a beggar?" ”
Yin Yu put the money box in his arms in front of his hometown, picked up the wine jug on the table and poured a few sips.
Lao Jiacheng opened the box casually, so he was not blinded by some gold, and gasped: "Which street is the prince begging, you must bring me with you tomorrow." ”
"Next door."
Yin Yu habitually wiped the wine stains on his beard, but he felt empty, and he still didn't get used to the hairless appearance on his mouth.
The old man looked at him suspiciously: "Isn't the princess's mansion next door?" ”
Yin Yu was a little proud: "It was given to me by the princess." ”
immediately told how he stepped forward in the paddock, helped Li Lingyu tame the BMW, and followed Li Lingyu back to the princess's mansion and became her doorman.
After hearing this, the folds on his face wrinkled: "You deceived the princess like this, have you ever thought about how to end it?" ”
Yin Yu's face was embarrassed, his brain was hot at the time, and he really didn't think about how to end it, he just wanted to get close to Li Lingyou.
Lao Jia Cheng worried: "If the princess finds out your identity, do you say that she will not get along with you in old age?" ”
Yin Yu's face turned pale, and fine sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Otherwise, don't be this regent, just treat Yin Yu as dead, and you can stay in the princess's mansion and be your groom with peace of mind."
“…… That's not bad either. Yin Yu touched his smooth chin and nodded.
Lao Cheng was originally to ridicule him, but he didn't expect him to really think about it, and he was immediately laughed at angrily: "The prince shoulders the heavy responsibility of the family and the country, how can he easily pick a son, that is, not for the sake of the country, but also for the sake of the princess, if you lose power, who will ensure that the princess enjoys peace, she has both the appearance of the country and the wealth of Yidun, in the eyes of others like a piece of fat, don't you know how many people covet her?" ”
Yin Yu sighed heavily: "Of course I know that I am confused for a while, and I shouldn't get carried away." ”
Lao Cheng's heart was relieved, he was really afraid that Yin Yu would go his own way, after all, he had been thinking about it for fourteen years, and it was not unusual for him to do anything ridiculous.
"If you can wake up, hurry up and go next door to confess to the princess, take the guilt, and in short, you can't hide it from her anymore."
Yin Yu's eyes were uncertain: "Don't worry, let me delay for a few days." ”
Lao Cheng's eyes narrowed: "How many days?" ”
“…… Let's live ten days and half a month. ”
"Lord Wang!" Lao Cheng looked anxious, "Don't forget that you still have to go to court!" ”
"That's just right, I plan to say that I can't get sick, and I won't go to court these days," Yin Yu saw that his hometown Cheng blushed in a hurry, and explained to him unhurriedly: "Rong Qinghui is competing with me for military power, and wants to replace General Zhao who stayed in Xiqiang with Zhang Ce, the right attendant of the military department, I won't go to the court, just hang him for a while, and tell him to retreat in the face of difficulties." ”
Lao Cheng's expression improved, and after thinking about it carefully, he nodded and agreed: "Then half a month, I'll count the days, and don't think about playing tricks when the time comes." ”
Yin Yu said seriously: "I can tell which is more important." ”
The old man was reassured, picked up the money box, and said happily: "It just happens that the house is in short supply, so I'll take this gold and use it first." ”
Yin Yu hurriedly reached out and grabbed it: "This was given to me by the princess, I have to collect it." ”
Lao Cheng refused to let go: "I only took out half of the cost to cut a few more new clothes for you!" ”
“…… You will be given at most one. ”
"Ten for less!"
The two pulled and pulled, and in the end, Yin Yu was reluctant in every way, and counted five gold bars to his hometown, and the rest were hidden.
***
At night, Yin Yu climbed over the wall and went out of the Imperial Palace, and returned to the Qiuxian Pavilion before the princess's mansion was locked.
Most of the guests were asleep, only one or two rooms were lit, and Yin Yu returned to his room, lying on the bed tossing and turning.
Thinking about the major events of Anbang and Dingguo for a while, and thinking about Li Lingyu's voice and smile for a while, he couldn't sleep after thinking about it, so he simply got up and quietly went out, planning to go to the stable to take a look at the golden crow.
The stables are not far from the Seeker Pavilion, across the small garden. At this time, in the dead of night, there was no one in the small garden, Yin Yu walked under the rockery, and suddenly saw a dark figure flashing in front of him, and his intuition was wrong, so he immediately slowed down and quietly followed.
The black shadow was sneaky, sticking to the corner all the way, to the entrance of the inner courtyard, looking left and right, and climbing over the wall to enter.
Yin Yu's eyes sharpened, knowing that this person's intentions were wrong, for fear of startling the snake, so he also climbed over the wall and followed, and the two came to Li Lingyou's residence one after the other.
Seeing that the black shadow went around the back window, he took out a cold dagger from his arms, and was about to jump into the room, Yin Yufei rushed forward and grabbed him!
"Come on, there's an assassin!"
This roar alarmed the entire inner courtyard.
Li Lingyu in the bedroom woke up suddenly.
The night watchman ran in in a panic and lit the lamp.
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
Li Lingyou shook his head and sat up, his expression calm: "Go outside and see what's going on, be careful." ”
Lianpeng ran out, and after a while, he ran back again: "Your Highness Qibing, the hopeless prince has caught an assassin!" ”
Li Lingyou frowned, put on a smock and got out of bed, and when he came to the outer room, he saw Yin Yu standing at the door with a black-clothed masked person.
The man kept struggling, and when he saw Li Lingyou, a pair of brown eyes erupted with fire, and he roared with hatred: "Li Lingyou, you evil and shameless demon girl, a poisonous woman who brings disaster to the country and the people, I want to kill you, I want to kill you!" ”
Yin Yu was furious, grabbed his hair fiercely, and the face towel fell off, revealing a young foreign face, which turned out to be a teenager.
Li Lingyu chuckled when he saw that face, and said in a soft, hair-making voice, "It's you, Utuk." ”