4. Edict
Along the way, I had to avoid the handles of many guards and the palace maids and eunuchs, if it weren't for being familiar with everything in this palace, others wouldn't be able to do it. At this moment, Wei Wuxian was anxiously waiting for Xia Li's appearance.
"Is it really you? You're back? How could you possibly come back? Do you know how much I miss you? After going through so much, are you okay? ......”
These many questions have been haunting Wei Wuxian. Xia Li's appearance really surprised Wei Wuxian a lot, this face Wei Wuxian didn't know how many times he had read it alone, how many times he had thought about it, and how many times he had dreamed about it.
Helplessly, the barrier that has never been able to be crossed has always been in front of Wei Wuxian, and after a long time, Wei Wuxian thought that he could forget it and die. But today he accidentally got off Xia Li, seeing this familiar face, Wei Wuxian knew that he could deceive anyone, but he couldn't deceive his own heart, and the moment he saw Xia Li, all the past was already in front of him.
It's just that the owner of this face has changed his name, called Xia Li, the daughter of Xia Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and is now named Li Zhaoyi, living in Yaohua Palace, living in a simple place, rarely interacting with others, and has not been favored by the emperor so far, and there is no other information.
Wei Wuxian was eager to know what the purpose of her coming to the palace was, why she appeared in the palace as such a stranger, and she didn't recognize each other when she met again, what was this for? If it's not the same person, why do they look so similar? Ever since he saw Li looking for one at noon, this series of questions has been haunting Wei Wuxian's mind, so much so that he made a very dangerous move - inviting Xia Li to meet.
Outside the Yaohua Palace, there were patrolling guards passing by from time to time, and Wei Wuxian could only temporarily hide behind the rockery to wait for Xia Li to appear. Half an hour has passed, Xia Li still hasn't appeared, there are guards outside the palace from time to time, it's the middle of the night, if Wei Wuxian is still outside the Yaohua Palace, it will inevitably cause trouble, not to mention that someone here found out that he must be convicted of fornicating with concubines, if the Royal Forest Army finds out that the commander is not there, he will inevitably report to the saint, and he will also be deducted for the crime of leaving his post without permission, and Wei Wuxian has no choice but to leave.
Just as Wei Wuxian turned around to leave, he heard a palace maid shouting again, "There are assassins!" Catch the assassins! Wei Wuxian instantly tensed his nerves, "Could it be that he was discovered?" When he carefully identified the place where the voice came from was not somewhere else, it was the palace maid in the Yaohua Palace who was calling for help. At this time, Wei Wuxian, who was growing outside the Yaohua Palace, quickly bumped into the guards who heard the call for help and rushed into the Yaohua Palace to arrest the assassin.
Before Wei Wuxian had time to enter the Yaohua Palace, he watched a black shadow emerge from the palace,
"You, protect the mother! Follow me to capture the Assassins! Wei Wuxian commanded the guards, and led a group of men and horses to follow the Assassins alone.
A team of guards rushed into the Yaohua Palace and surrounded Xia Li, Luo'er and other minions in a circle. At this time, Xia Li was still palpitating, her face turned white, and she kept patting her chest. Luo'er persuaded softly on the side.
Just when all the hearts were still hanging, the darts flew in from the window and swooped into the beams of the house. This move frightened Xia Li even more. is a deep lady, when has she ever seen such a trick.
One of the guards went to take it down and opened the note, which contained only one sentence, but it became more and more creepy. 'Xia Li, the people around you will die one by one because of you'.
Xia Li couldn't figure it out. Who the hell is going to torture her endlessly like this, and finally give her a fatal blow. When have you ever provoked such a person? After Luo'er read the note, she immediately burst out. "Miss, what's the matter now, Xiao Wu is dead, and there is such a threat now, how can this be good."
Xia Li calmed down. It's useless to panic, it's important to sort things out.
At this time, Wei Wuxian also brought people into Yaohua Palace. Seeing Xia Li's pale face, she said with guilt: "I'm sorry, Zhaoyi Niangniang." Weichen tried his best to catch up, but he still let him run away. Xia Li waved her hand, and she could see the profundity of the black-clothed man's martial arts. In addition, Wei Wuxian came so late for a while, so he naturally couldn't catch up.
A guard handed the note on the dart to Wei Wuxian to read, and after reading it, Wei Wuxian's face turned pale. There is more than one enemy, one leads them away, and the other leaves a note. Or rather, there are many more who did not show up.
Wei Wuxian thought for a while, clasped his fists and said, "Don't be afraid. Wechen should do his best to protect his mother. Xia Li nodded, somehow, she just inexplicably believed in Wei Wuxian.
However, why did it point to Xia Li. Wei Wuxian could feel Xia Li's kindness, just by virtue of the afternoon trip to the Imperial Garden, he easily spared the slave who almost caused a catastrophe. If it is those favored concubines, they will at least use their favor to publicize it, and then severely punish those slaves. As for the unfavored concubines, they may only dare to take people back to their palaces, and then slowly, torture.
The people around you will die one by one because of you. What a vicious curse. Not only will people be isolated instantly, but also make people fully feel the fear and despair. Coupled with Xia Li's kindness, guilt alone can make her collapse.
Xiao Wu is an errand eunuch beside Xia Li, who always changes his way to please everyone on weekdays, just like a living treasure-like character, but now he has turned into a cold corpse lying outside Yaohua Palace. A thumb-sized blood hole in his forehead was still slowly spilling blood, and Xiao Wu's eyes were a little wide, as if he was unwilling to die.
Wei Wuxian couldn't stop it, so he had to let Xia Li see Xiao Wu's appearance. As expected, Xia Li whimpered. Luo'er is also very sad. What Wei Wuxian didn't expect was that the feelings between the people of Yaohua Palace were so sincere. Even such a threat and Xiao Wu's death did not make those palace maids and eunuchs leave for a minute or a second.
If such a situation occurs in other palaces, Wei Wuxian doesn't know if it is the same result. At first, he thought that these palace maids and eunuchs were afraid of punishment so they stayed here strong and calm, but in the end, he found that one after another of his subordinates were standing by Xia Li's side, silently circling around again and again.
All the people did not speak. But Wei Wuxian understood that these subordinates were using their actions to tell Xia Li that they would not leave her, even if their lives were threatened because of her.
Wei Wuxian suddenly smiled. It's her. She's always been the best at buying people's hearts, hasn't she? Just like myself at the beginning, didn't I lose my heart between that smile and smile?