Jingxi Palace and Jingchen Palace are built next to each other, the former is the bedroom of the eldest prince Sima Ruo, and the latter is the residence of the third prince Sima Rui, these two princes have always been considered the most powerful contenders for the heir to the throne, even the palaces are adjacent, they are compared day by day, and the days of being commented on make the two form completely different personalities.

Sima Rui has adapted well to this kind of deceitful life, if others are ruthless, he will be more ruthless than others, and Sima Ruo is undoubtedly the saddest character in this political struggle, and every time he resists is a wail when he is cornered.

In a hidden corner gate of Jingxi Palace, a woman in a black cloak waited for Qin Yunuan for a long time, watching Qin Yunuan come from a distance, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Lord Pingjun, you're finally here."

Qin Yunuan took off the brim of her hat and glanced at the woman in front of her, with thin eyebrows and beautiful eyes, she was a typical gentle beauty in the water town of Jiangnan.

"Not everyone is as bold as Yang Cairen" Qin Yunuan said a word, the woman in front of her had already lowered her head in shame, Qin Yunuan said in a soothing tone, "However, Yang Cairen can think of using tribute to deliver news, he is really bold and careful." ”

Yang Cairen shook his head: "It's not my credit, it's that the eldest prince asked someone to beg me that day, Concubine Yun has a life-saving grace for me, and I have to agree." ”

Concubine Yun would actually have a life-saving grace for such a little-known little concubine? Qin Yunuan's face immediately showed surprise, and Yang Cairen hurriedly continued: "Actually, Concubine Yun is not as bad as people see, and she has no choice but to do many things, after all, in the palace, either you die or ......." ”

"Yang Cairen," Qin Yunuan calmly interrupted Yang Cairen's words, "If you really want me to help the eldest prince and the eldest princess, you shouldn't continue to talk nonsense here." ”

Yang Cairen hurriedly led Qin Yunuan into the back door, and said: "Now that most of the palace maids and eunuchs in Jingxi Palace have become the queen's mother, the third prince can even directly observe the movements in Jingxi Palace from Jingchen Palace. ”

Entering the inner hall, compared with the state banquet of singing and dancing outside, the inner hall of this Jingxi Palace is gloomy and makes people a little frightened, and there is not even a palace maid who is waiting, and occasionally a few women's heart-rending vomiting sounds come from the dim place, dry, gloomy, with a desperate smell of dust.

Yang Cairen had retreated silently, with the moonlight sprinkled from the window and the candlestick on Qin Yunuan's hand, Qin Yunuan vaguely saw Sai Chun who was lying on the edge of the bed and desperately vomiting with his hand clasped in his throat, he hadn't seen him for a few months, Sai Chun no longer looked like the heroic girl on the hunting ground, her face was hungry and yellow, like a refugee, she raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Yunuan, her eyes flashed a trace of surprise, and a moment of relief was a sigh of relief: "What?" You're here too? Did the Queen send you to take me on my way? As he spoke, Sai Chun tightly guarded his lower abdomen, "You are so ruthless, you don't even let go of the child in my belly, I know that every time the queen mother sends a fetal pill is actually something harmful to me, I will spit out all the medicine, I will not let her succeed;

。 ”

Qin Yunuan didn't speak, just the sound of a tea cup falling to the ground sounded behind him, Sima Ruo was standing at the door with a cup of hot water, and Qin Yunuan's appearance made him a little unable to believe his eyes.

"Lord Ping." Sima Ruo walked forward quickly and helped up Sai Chun, who was crooked and weak, "You really came, I knew that you must understand the meaning of my painting." ”

Qin Yunuan said indifferently: "Beidi is rich in cattle and sheep, the eldest prince, you refer to you and the eldest princess from Beidi with cattle and sheep, you are blocked by a fence full of thorns, which means that you have actually been placed under house arrest, and the noble lady who wants to slaughter sheep with a sharp dagger, if I guess correctly, you are saying that Empress Chen wants to use Sima Rui's hand to do it to you, isn't it?" ”

"No" Sima Ruo shook his head, looking a little nervous, "I'm worried, what Empress Chen really wants to do is her father." ”

Qin Yunuan was taken aback: "The queen mother wants to do something to the current saint?" ”

"Hmm" Sima Ruo said in a deep voice, "I thought that the object of Empress Chen's action was me and my mother, and now my mother has been recuperating in the palace for a long time because of the wind cold, and Jingxi Palace has completely lost contact with the outside world half a month ago, but since yesterday, I have found that most of the masters who are monitoring Jingxi Palace have evacuated, if I guess correctly, they should all go to Yongchang Palace where my father held a state banquet today." ”

"Why is the eldest prince so sure?" Qin Yunuan raised her eyebrows slightly, at the beginning she thought that she was just here to help Sima Ruo escape the predicament, but now if the emperor is implicated, it will be extraordinary.

Sima Ruo smiled clearly, his unearthly smile actually made Qin Yunuan feel a little abrupt, in this case, there was still someone who could laugh so indifferently.

"Dirt." Sima Ruo continued to smile and said, "Yesterday, I found the impossible soil in Jingxi Palace under the corner of the courtyard, which is the Xixia Imperial Mud specially used to raise green begonias, and for this state banquet, yesterday my father has ordered all the green begonias to be moved to Yongchang Palace as decorations, therefore, I am eighty percent sure that I can conclude, Lord Pingjun, can you trust me?" ”

Qin Yunuan was silent, his deep eyes and Sima Ruo's equally deep and incomprehensible eyes looked at each other for a long time, this time the implication was too great, if one move was wrong, it would be a loss.

The night of Jingxi Palace is so quiet, so quiet that you can hear the thin but heavy breathing of the three people, so quiet that you can seem to hear the sound of the sword unsheathed in the Yongchang Palace.

Emperor Zhaoxuan sat on the seat, squinting his eyes and looking at the Hu dance performed by the Beidi dancers on the central stage of the banquet with great appreciation, Leng Changxi half-pinched the wine cup, and the latest news brought by the cold frost in his ears was in his ears, after listening, he frowned, but soon, his face returned to calm.

On the other side, Sima Rui took the initiative to talk to Leng Changxi: "Seeing that General Leng didn't speak all night, are you worried about Mrs. Leng's body?" ”

Leng Changxi didn't even look at Sima Rui: "Nuan Nuan has always been able to take care of herself." ”

"Oh? Is it? Sima Rui's eyes glanced away inadvertently, and his fingertips hooked slightly against the elevation of the wine cup, but such an imperceptible small movement was seen by Leng Changxi in his eyes without a trace, he knew that this was a code;

"Third prince, what are you doing with your hands?" Leng Changxi suddenly shouted, and just when everyone's eyes were gathered on Sima Rui in surprise, a black-clothed assassin hidden among the musicians had already jumped up in the air, took out the soft sword that had been hidden in his sleeve, and ran straight towards Emperor Zhaoxuan.

This person is very light and fast, like a flying arrow.

But immediately, a shadow faster than him instantly pursued him, and the two of them were swords and swords on the table full of delicacies, and the nobles and ministers in the hall were all panicked and had already fled separately.

After a while, three or five black-clothed assassins rushed out of the palace maids and dancers with daggers or soft swords.

Leng Changxi saw the right time, and casually threw out a pair of ivory silver chopsticks in his hand, directly hitting the hearts of two of the assassins, and immediately appeared, although the banquet was a mess, but the battle ended extremely clean and decisively, and no one was injured.

Seeing that those black-clothed assassins had been taken down one by one, Emperor Zhaoxuan's father-in-law climbed out from behind the pillar and trembled at the feet of Emperor Zhaoxuan: "Slave...... Minions save ...... It's too late to save the car, and it's still hopeful...... Look......"

"Fuck off." Emperor Zhaoxuan kicked away this fake minion, although he had also experienced a career as a horseman, but Fang Cai's situation was urgent, and he was inevitably frightened, but Empress Chen performed very well, her first reaction was not to run away, but to block Emperor Zhaoxuan with her body, and for this reason, she accidentally hit her foot, which made Emperor Zhaoxuan quite moved.

"Help the queen to go back to the palace to rest." Emperor Zhaoxuan looked distressed.

"No" Queen Chen's eyes flowed, with tears in her eyes, "The concubines don't leave, the concubines want to accompany the emperor." ”

Emperor Zhaoxuan appeased Empress Chen, and the next sentence was to Leng Changxi: "General Leng has meritorious service in escorting, and he should be rewarded, but these assassins, so bold, actually dared to try to assassinate the envoy of Beidi at my banquet, take me down, interrogate it well, the prince of Beidi, let you be frightened." ”

At this moment, an assassin at the head suddenly moved his jaw, and Leng Changxi, who was sharp-eyed, immediately stepped forward, grabbed the assassin's jaw and pulled it hard, needless to say, it must have been dislocated.

"General Leng, you ......." Sima Rui stood up tremblingly, he hid his emotions very well, so it seemed that he, like everyone, was just a frightened prince.

Leng Changxi glanced at Sima Rui coldly, but ordered Leng Wu to take out a poison bag the size of a red bean from the assassin's mouth, if Leng Changxi hadn't discovered it in time just now, the poison here would have killed the assassin.

"This assassin wants to kill himself," Leng Changxi explained, "I can't let him die, if he dies, he can't ask anything." After Leng Changxi finished speaking, his eyes were clearly looking at Sima Rui.

The corners of Sima Rui's eyes twitched slightly: "General Leng is really sharp-eyed." ”

At this moment, the chamberlains who were in charge of tidying up the scene suddenly came up with wooden trays, and there were several soft swords in them, and the leading chamberlain bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, this murder weapon that fell from the assassin's body." ”

Emperor Zhaoxuan glanced at it slightly, and just wanted to clean up the mess, after all, this was in front of the prince of Beidi, and he didn't want to lose face, but a loud voice suddenly came from the crowd: "Huh? Isn't the soft sword engraved with the unique crape myrtle symbol of the dragon and tiger rider under the Great Prince? ”