Chapter 189: The Beginning of the Year
The moon stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south, this is not a good time to kill people and cross goods.
Qin Huai took Gu Baixiu into the palace overnight, only saying that he had something important to discuss with the queen, but did not say what the reason was, according to her consistent comments, the palace guards did not dare to stop it.
Anyway, I heard that once a few years ago, the princess was wronged outside and knocked on the palace door at night, just because the guards guarding the door were delayed for a while, she was punished by His Majesty and dragged to Yongzhou to guard the emperor's mausoleum.
Today, the palace is quite quiet, and most of the palace maids are missing, and it is estimated that they have all been assigned by Pu Chenming to help.
Hearing about the courtship, Pu Chenming had already asked his father for his life, and openly and honestly said that after the matter was completed, half of all the proceeds in Tianyu would be filled into the treasury, which was regarded as one of the dowry.
Who would refuse this kind of reward?
Father also said that as long as Mu Guanqing nodded, he would not stop him, and Tianyu would fully support the Pu family firm in the future.
The main thing is that the timing is good, Pu Chenming can be regarded as having done a good deed, and when this matter has a result, Qin Huai will not treat him badly.
"Princess, are we going in so blatantly?"
Although Gu Baixiu said that he was often a gentleman on the beam, he had never done anything like a chicken or a dog stealing, and today's crime was committed in the imperial study of Tianyu Palace.
"It's just a blatant entry into the palace, and it's hard to say about this imperial study. If your father is inside, you will be troubled to use a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. ”
Qin Huai said it lightly, but if you think about it with your brain, you will know how undesirable it is, so only Gu Baixiu is willing to sacrifice his life to accompany him.
"The princess wants me to pretend to be an assassin?"
Pretending to be an assassin and leaving the mountain is a trivial matter, after all, the guards in the palace are only a detachment and it is easy to deal with, if there is a big disturbance and a sensation in the palace, it is difficult to say. If you really want to be caught, wouldn't it be even more difficult to explain?
Occasionally, a few palace maids with lanterns passed by and bowed down to Qin Huai, and Qin Huai was in a good mood, so he was happy to greet them.
"Don't worry, Liu Yichen, the captain of the palace, is Yanxin's own brother, even if something goes wrong, you can be guaranteed to get out."
Of course, from the moment Qin Huai was ready to break into the imperial study, she told Gu Baixiu about the diameter.
The key is that Qin Huai and Liu Yichen are not familiar at all, and they have only spoken more than 20 words in the past few months, most of which are greetings. In fact, no one can pack a ticket to say that Liu Yichen will really help Qin Huai do anything at that time.
Looking at Qin Huai's optimistic appearance, Gu Baixiu also knew that she was very hesitant at this moment.
If the death of the concubine is really related to Your Majesty, how will the princess face Your Majesty after that?
If the death of the Ying concubine has nothing to do with Your Majesty, according to the intimate relationship between Your Majesty and the Ying Concubine, why not take revenge? Instead, he left that secret and let it be buried in the imperial study?
Gu Baixiu couldn't figure out the connection at this time, as long as it was the princess's request, he would definitely fulfill it.
The harem was brightly lit, and there was joy from time to time, Qin Huai remembered that today was still the fifteenth full moon, and it was estimated that his father had gone to the queen's palace, and there was probably no one in the imperial study at this time.
"Bai Xiu, you said, if Jiang Hu's superstition is fake, then what does she want to fix me."
Slowly approaching the main hall of Jiuting, Qin Huai was walking on this inaccessible palace road, somewhat nervous, and had nothing to say, wanting to seek a trace of comfort from Gu Baixiu.
"The princess has no grievances with her, so what is there to worry about?"
Gu Baixiu didn't enter the palace once, he was quite clear about the location in the palace, and he was not afraid of being seen, and he looked much calmer than Qin Huai on the outside.
"It's hard to say, there are too many people who have no grievances with me, but they always want me to die, and I have experienced assassination since I was a child."
She always has many counter-examples to prove this, she thinks that she never takes the initiative to offend others, but there are always people who provoke her. Later, she learned to protect herself, so she chose to rather wrap herself up.
"Not from now on."
Gu Baixiu's sudden love words under the full moon made Qin Huai stop suddenly, and Gu Baixiu stuck to her back like this. This posture was completely like he was directly holding Qin Huai in his arms.
This second of heartbeat made Qin Huai chaotic.
Is it because you are by my side?
Flirting also has to pick a time, of course Qin Huai didn't choose to ask at this time.
Sure enough, the Jin Wuwei guards were guarding the door of the imperial study, but there was no trace of Liu Yichen, and it was okay to walk in directly, but there was always someone who would spread the news, and if the father and emperor knew, they would be suspicious.
Qin Huai breathed a sigh of relief, first let Gu Baixiu hide, and then walked forward by himself, meowing a few times casually.
Then she hunched over, pretending to be looking for something, and felt her way to the door of the imperial study.
"Xunyang, Xunyang, come out quickly...... Where are you? ”
The leader of Jin Wuwei saw Qin Huai and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Princess! Why are you here? ”
"Why can't this princess be here!" Qin Huai crossed his waist and didn't feel anything wrong at all.
"Princess, this is the imperial study, it's so late...... Are you here to find Your Majesty? ”
This young Jin Wuwei naturally didn't dare to question Qin Huai, but continued to ask in a good voice.
Of course, Qin Huai shook his head, "No, I brought my cat to look for Painter Jiang today, but my cat ran away on the way, and I followed all the way, did you see the Persian cat that has been covered in snow-white?" ”
Anyway, half-truths and half-truths are the least likely to make mistakes, and Qin Huai will close his eyes and fool them.
"This ...... I just heard a cat meowing, but I didn't see it, so the brothers will help the princess find it! ”
"That cat's name is Xunyang, I can't see anyone, if I can't find this princess tonight, I won't go back!"
Once such pressure is exerted, these Jin Wuwei will not dare to slack off, and they will explain and search carefully.
Qin Huai watched them busy for a while, commanded aimlessly for a moment, then yawned and almost flashed into the imperial study.
She just wanted to cover the door and greet Gu Baixiu, but the moment she turned around, she put on a gentle embrace again.
"Princess, where do we start?"
Not daring to light the lamp here, Qin Huai was taken aback and recalled the second line of words on Jiang Hu's letter.
- The scenery is not the same as the four seasons.
This sentence is another anagram, Qin Huai has no way to comprehend it anyway, so he can only ask Gu Baixiu for help.
"The hint given on the letter is that the scenery is not the same as the four seasons, this must be pointed, looking around this imperial study is not much, almost all of them are the official documents of the father, let's simply look for the moon in the water, think about it upside down!"
She lowered her voice and reminded Gu Baixiu to change her mind, she had already come in anyway, and those Jin Wuwei outside shouldn't have noticed her sneaking in for a while.
If she was caught hungry, she could have come in to see if there were any cats, and no one would have doubted what her stupid fool could have planned.
This original sentence is after all, the West Lake is in June, and the scenery is not the same as the four seasons. The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red. ”
Gu Baixiu opened the fire fold and looked around in the imperial study, and indeed did not see any furnishings related to this poem.
However, Qin Huai has a different impression of this poem, there are lotus leaves and lotus flowers, isn't it what the mother said before, the lotus flower is deep?
Could this be anything connected......
"Isn't there anything here that has anything to do with the depths of lotus flowers? I have a hunch that it must have something to do with lotus, my mother didn't seem to like lotus back then, but why are all lotus flowers related to my mother? ”
Qin Huai always remembered that his mother's favorite was Huaihua, but Huaizi was not good at taking righteousness, and finally his father decided that Huai was his name. It's not about lotus flowers and lotus leaves, it's all about it.
Last time, she and Liu Yanxin almost went around the entire palace, but they hadn't been here to see it, but there was no lotus pond in this place.
"The lotus blossoms and the pedicle, the water hibiscus, and the lotus root is broken."
Gu Baixiu suddenly popped out a few idioms, which blindfolded Qin Huai's mind again.
But this is fine, nothing is the best result, and she doesn't want to doubt this and that every day, maybe the truth behind this matter is not so easy to accept at all.
"Here."
Before Qin Huai could say that he was leaving, Gu Baixiu had already turned something away.
"The lotus flower is a summer scene, but I didn't see any summer-related furnishings when I looked around the entire imperial study. On the wall is the winter hunting picture of the Ni family, the table is a porcelain vase for welcoming spring, and the blanket on the ground is Zhenrong deciduous embroidery. ”
Qin Huai looked at everything, it was so familiar, it seemed that the furnishings of his father in the imperial study had never changed, was it because of this?
"This is a secret room?"
Looking at the corner of the open bookshelf, there seemed to be steps spreading under his feet, and there was boundless darkness inside, Qin Huai was a little afraid to open his legs.
"These scenes all converge in one direction, and the scenery is not the same as the four seasons, but turns four times in the other direction. According to the feng shui of the royal family as always, after thinking about it, there should only be this position. ”
Gu Baixiu said all this naturally, as if this was not a secret room at all, but a bright door, and beckoned to Gu Baixiu by the way.
"Princess, shall we go in?"
Gu Baixiu was asking Qin Huai's opinion, after all, this was a big decision, once he entered, he would face the question of whether he could get out safely, and what he was about to face.
"What's inside, what's inside?"
Frankly speaking, Qin Huai really didn't make a good decision.
"There is a sound of wind in the hearing head, it should be very loud, and I don't know it yet."
Gu Baixiu is smart, but he is not an immortal, how can he know everything.
Today's discovery can only prove that Jiang Hu did not deceive her, but ...... How did Jiang Hu know such a huge secret?
"The princess is gone? Will it be inside! ”
"It's impossible, Your Majesty has taken care of it, and you can't let anyone enter ......"
Outside the door, Fang Cai's voice came from Jin Wuwei, and Qin Huai's heart suddenly rose, and the choice was at this moment.