Chapter 238: Threat
He Nianbing was standing on the side of a street in a light-colored shirt, staring from where he was, and happened to be able to see the mansion of the Seventh Prince Li Wenyao not far away.
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It has been six days since Wan Bingyu was trapped in the palace and was rescued from the palace by Li Wenyao, and in the past six days, He Nianbing has been entangled in this matter.
In the past, when he was on the battlefield, the biggest difficulty he faced was all kinds of conspiracies and life and death, and he didn't feel anything at the time, but now when he arrived in the capital, he realized that the original entanglement was like this, during which he came to this mansion not far from more than once, but he never decided to go in.
Because he didn't know what kind of reason he should use to meet Wan Bingyu, he seemed to be really tempted......
Although I don't know why I am excited, I can clearly feel that feeling.
Wan Bingyu's meaning to him seems to be different from ordinary people.
He Nianbing hesitated for a long time on the corner of the street not far from the mansion, and finally thought of Wan Bingyu's somewhat cold eyes, and he chose not to go in.
Anyway, there will be a long way to go, and there will definitely be opportunities in the future.
He Nianbing turned around and walked in the direction of his mansion.
As soon as he returned to the house, the butler hurriedly greeted him and reported: "General, the palace has sent my father-in-law to invite you, saying that Your Majesty is going to hold a banquet in the palace tonight, and let you go to the banquet in the evening." As he spoke, he respectfully sent a post with both hands.
He Nianbing felt strange in his heart.
Today is not a festival, let alone the birthday of a noble person in the palace, why would the emperor hold a banquet to invite his courtiers into the palace for no reason? He Nianbing asked with doubts: "Did the people from the palace talk about the reason, for example, what reason did the nobles in the palace use to hold a banquet tonight to invite the ministers?" ”
The housekeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said at a loss, "It seems that I didn't mention it." ”
He Nian raised his eyebrows.
The lack of memory does not mean a decline in intelligence for him, he still understands the truth that the palace is as deep as the sea, and the emperor cannot hold a banquet in the palace for no reason, and something must happen tonight.
But even if he knew, it was useless, a general with no real power, and the emperor didn't even need to be afraid.
Either way, it's time to go or go.
"Prepare the carriage, I'll enter the palace later."
The housekeeper nodded respectfully: "The old slave will go." ”
He Nianbing didn't enter the palace until the evening, and after seeing a few familiar adults, he inquired, and only then did he know the reason why the emperor suddenly invited the ministers, and an official said vaguely: "Didn't the envoys of the Chu State stay in the capital for a long time, and today Your Majesty suddenly invited the ministers to entertain the envoys of the Chu State." ”
When the Chu State delegation visited, He Nianbing had heard people talk about it, but people had been here for so long, how did they know that they were only invited now?
He Nianbing felt strange, so he asked again with doubts: "But didn't the Chu State envoy come for half a month, why didn't His Majesty remember to invite the envoy until today, didn't something happen?" ”
Several adults looked at each other and said they didn't know.
Where can the emperor's mind be guessed by these courtiers?
Soon it was time for the banquet, the prince Li Gaozhan led the ministers into the palace and sat down, after a while, the emperor also came, as usual the ministers saw the courtesy, the emperor sat on the high seat and smiled and said to the ministers: "All the lovers are flat, it is rare to have a banquet today, but I hope that all the ministers will have fun." ”
Needless to say, the prosperity of the palace night banquet was staggered, and the beautiful dancers danced gracefully, with affection in their eyebrows, because people were amazed.
There was an adult beside He Nianbing, and his eyes were glued to the body of one of the women, and his eyes were straight.
He Nianbing moved to the side quietly, trying to stay away from the adult.
At this moment, a small exclamation from the palace maid suddenly sounded beside him.
As soon as He Nianbing turned around, she could see the palace maid's panicked expression, she accidentally spilled the wine in the jug, and the wine fell on He Nianbing's body. The maid was obviously very afraid, and her brows were wrinkled and her eyes were red: "My lord, the slave didn't mean it, please forgive me-"
"It's okay." He Nianbing waved his hand and let the maid go down disapprovingly.
His gaze wandered around the main hall, and after making sure that no one in the banquet noticed the anomaly on his side, he quietly got up and walked outside.
It's too dull in the palace.
Even if there are graceful dancing girls dancing in the middle of it, even if there is wine and food during the banquet, He Nianbing still feels a little uncomfortable staying inside, it is like a cage that can trap people, which makes He Nianbing feel bored, so he decided to go outside to breathe.
It's strange to say, tonight is a palace banquet, and there should be many guards outside to protect the safety of the palace, but after He Nianbing went out, what he saw was a deserted scene.
What went wrong?
He Nianbing thought as he slowly walked out.
Just as he was getting farther and farther away, and getting farther and farther away from the noisy tones in the palace, a figure suddenly flashed not far away.
He Nianbing subconsciously asked, "Who is there?" ”
In fact, opening to ask questions is just a habit that He Nian Bing has developed for a long time in the military camp, at this time he is in the palace, naturally he is not qualified to control the people in the court, and it is just a habit to ask, but the other party doesn't know what's going on, he obviously heard the voice, but he didn't stop, and even sped up his pace as if he was frightened.
It's weird!
Out of concern for the safety of the palace and curiosity about the scene in front of him, He Nianbing quickly chased after him.
Because he didn't know the road of the palace, let alone the layout of the palace, it was very difficult to chase him along the way, but fortunately, he finally caught up with people.
"Why are you running?" He Nianbing slowly stepped forward.
The person who was being chased seemed to realize that things had developed to such a point that he couldn't run away at all, and stood there motionless until He Nianbing stepped forward to inspect and saw her bright face, and then realized that something was wrong. When he was chasing after him, the people in front of him were fast and slow, as if they were deliberately leading the way in front.
He Nianbing's face turned black on the spot: "Twelve princesses, why are you here?" ”
I saw that not far away, where the assassin was standing before, there was a slender figure standing straight at this time, when she turned her face, He Nianbing clearly saw her appearance, this person was the daughter of the emperor of heaven, the twelfth princess Li Wenyan, but shouldn't she be grounded in the Qingyu Pavilion at this time, why did she appear here?
Li Wenyan turned around, and a slight cold smile appeared on her thin pale face: "General Crane asked this strangely, this is the palace, I am a princess, the palace is my home, where do I want to go?" ”