Chapter 15: An Assassin at the Birthday Banquet

Early in the morning, Common Sense Jade came back from Concubine Yu's request, and then threw everyone out and painted alone in the house. Fang You had nothing to do for a while, so he chatted with Dong He, who was doing embroidery in the courtyard.

"Sister Dong He," Fang You squatted beside Dong He to see what she was embroidering, only to see that the pattern of a butterfly flower on the silk cloth had come to life and entered the finishing stage, "Your hands are so skillful." ”

Dong He smiled faintly, "This fan is embroidered for His Royal Highness, if you like it, I will embroider individual patterns for you tomorrow." ”

"Why are you embarrassed to trouble my sister." Fang Youdao, suddenly his eyes rolled and he said, "It's better for my sister to teach me how to embroider, I have nothing to do recently." ”

Dong He put down the work in his hand and said very willingly: "Okay, wow, I'll teach you when I finish embroidering this!" ”

"By the way, Sister Donghe, I see that everyone has suddenly become busy these days, I don't know what is important in the palace recently?" Fang You asked.

"Don't you know?" Dong He was surprised, and then said as if he had figured it out: "That's right, you just came to the palace and didn't know, it will be the Queen Mother's birthday in a few days." ”

Fang You suddenly realized, "Then the Queen Mother's birthday must be very grand?" Will the princess also go then? ”

Dong He nodded and said: "This is natural, the Queen Mother loves our Highness the most." Every year when the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, Her Royal Highness will carefully prepare a birthday gift for the Queen Mother. After finishing speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and said to the little palace maid who was watering the flowers behind him: "You go to the eunuch of the imperial prison palm seal and ask, why hasn't the southern ochre needed by the princess for the "Eight Immortals Birthday Picture" been sent over?" The maid answered, and went at once.

"It turns out that the painting that the princess has been preparing these days is to present the "Eight Immortals Birthday Picture" as a congratulatory gift to the Queen Mother." Fang Youdao.

"Well," Dong He nodded, changed his previous gentleness, and said with a smile to the other party: "When the time comes, the Queen Mother's birthday, you will also dress up better, maybe you will be taken by the son-in-law of which family?" ”

Fang You was still a little stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "Why is this?" ”

Dong He looked at her a little dumbfounded, and said, "I forgot that you just entered the palace, and I don't know this." The Queen Mother is the most kind person, and she also loves to be lively, and every year on her birthday, she will let officials above the fifth grade bring their wives and children to attend the birthday banquet. Therefore, every year, the young ladies who come to the birthday banquet from the official eunuchs are all dressed up carefully, not like they are here to congratulate the queen mother's birthday, but like they are looking for a wife and a son-in-law. ”

Only then did Fang You understand why Dong He made himself look better, and also knew that it was true that the women in the palace she had heard outside loved gossip. So she spoke: "I'm just going to protect the princess, what are you doing when you dress up so well?" ”

Dong He stretched out his hand and poked her forehead, and said with a smile: "You, I accompanied the princess in previous years, but this year, I changed you, so I don't want to take advantage of the opportunity." ”

Finally, after working hard for a long time, the palace ushered in the day of the Queen Mother's 80th birthday.

Towards the evening, Fang You followed the common sense jade to the banquet. She stood behind the common sense jade, secretly looking at the various officials and their wives and children who entered the banquet, and sure enough, as Dong He said, both men and women, all of them were carefully dressed, and they were afraid that they would not stop until all the charms of the year were displayed today.

Fang Youzheng lowered his head and squinted his eyes, and suddenly saw a familiar figure sitting opposite. The man was dressed in an indigo shirt, and his sword eyebrows were frowning slightly, staring at her with a puzzled face, this person was the Dali Siqing - Wei Qinghuan.

After Fang You recognized the person opposite, he hurriedly looked away and stared at his feet in a daze. She didn't expect Wei Qinghuan to come, it seems that he has already lifted the grounding. Fortunately, he must have wondered why he had become the princess's maid again.

Just when Fang You was uneasy by Wei Qinghuan's gaze, another person wearing a hairpin crown came next to Wei Qinghuan, who was also staring at her. Fang You was stared at by the two of them uncomfortably, and he was really at a loss, he raised his head a little angrily, his eyes were bulging and staring at Wei Qinghuan, as if to say, what to see, what to see, what is there to see?

Wei Qinghuan was stunned for a moment by her glare, he didn't expect her to be so bold, so he had to cough lightly twice, and sure enough, he stopped staring at Fang You, and began to drink wine by himself.

However, Chang Yan, who was on Wei Qinghuan's side, saw this scene, and after sneering, he also drank wine with Wei Qinghuan.

Common sense jade saw Chang Yan staring at them and suddenly smiled, didn't know what was going on, and glanced back at Fang You. Fang You pretended not to know and shook his head at her.

"You know her?" After Chang Tan drank a glass of wine, he asked Wei Qinghuan.

Wei Qinghuan thought about how to answer, not only to be able to hide it from the common sense, but also not to reveal Fang You's identity, so he also drank a glass of wine before he opened his mouth and asked, "Your Highness also knows her?" ”

Chang Yan nodded, "I saved her before." ”

Wei Qinghuan's eyes showed a look that he didn't know what it was, "When did His Highness save her?" Where? ”

Chang Yan was still expressionless and said, "Why are you so interested in her affairs?" ”

"It's just a little curious." Wei Qinghuan said.

"It's curious how an assistant of the Commander Division could become a maid by the princess's side." Chang Yan glanced at Fang Youdao opposite.

Wei Qinghuan put down the wine glass in his hand, it turned out that Chang Yan already knew Fang You's identity in the Cheng Ling Division, but what happened between Fang You and Chang Yan?

"Brother Wei......" When Wei Qinghuan was thinking, a girl embroidered with begonia flowers on her lotus-colored shirt was walking towards him.

Wei Qinghuan looked at the other side in a panic, got up and said, "Sister Tang......"

"Brother Wei, when the banquet is over, let's go to the night market on Qinyu Street." Zi Miaotang whispered in Wei Qinghuan's ear.

Chang Tan was about to make fun of Wei Qinghuan, but he saw a black shadow flash from the opposite building. He wanted to chase directly with light skills, but he was afraid of disturbing everyone at the banquet, so he walked quickly to a place where no one was around, and only then did he dare to chase after him with light skills. Wei Qinghuan only thought that he was going to relieve his hands, so he didn't care.

Seeing that Chang Tan suddenly left the table, Common sense Yu subconsciously chased after him. Fang You naturally hurriedly followed behind Common Sense Jade. Wei Qinghuan was talking to Zi Miaotang, and when he turned his head, he saw that Fang Yu followed Common Sense Jade to the direction where Chang Tan left, so he casually said a word of shirk to Zi Miaotang and followed. Zi Miaotang saw Wei Qinghuan leaving in a hurry, and he didn't know what he was for, so he followed.

Chang Yan ran in front with light skills, and the common sense jade couldn't catch up for a while, so he asked Fang You to catch up and check. After Fang You nodded in agreement, he chased after him with a light effort. I saw Chang Tan standing on the roof of the building in front of him and looking around. Fang You tapped his toes lightly and flew upstairs, "Your Highness the Seventh, the princess asked the slave maid to ask you what happened?" ”

Chang Yan told Fang You what Fang had just seen, and Fang You also followed and looked around.

"There." Fang You was on the top of the building on the other side, and saw that there seemed to be two figures entangled next to the flower bed in the distance.

Chang Yan just wanted to ask where it was, but Fang You had already approached the two of them quickly, only to see one of the black shadows falling. When Fang You arrived, he saw a woman lying on the ground wearing obscene clothes and pants.

Fang You was about to take a closer look, when suddenly someone strangled her neck with his arm behind him, and the other hand holding the dagger was about to cut down her neck.

Fang You's movements were a few points faster than the man in black, and his right arm hit the stomach of the man behind him directly. As soon as the man was in pain, he loosened his grip on Fang You's arm, and Fang You took advantage of the situation to get out of his control, but his arm was still scratched.

Seeing that Fang You was injured and several other people were chasing after him, the man quickly threw down his dagger and flew away. Chang Tan saw the man fly away, but still chased after him.

"Miss Fang......" Wei Qinghuan came immediately, and when he saw Fang You's bloody arm, it seemed that his arm was also hurting.

"Lord Wei." Fang You covered his arms and wanted to salute, but was helped up by Wei Qinghuan.

Wei Qinghuan saw that although she was covering the wound, the wound was still bleeding outward, so in a hurry, he put his hand on Fang You's hand that was pressing the wound to help her stop the bleeding. Feeling her unwarm hand, Wei Qinghuan's eyes changed slightly.

Common sense jade also followed at this time, and when she saw Fang You injured, she looked frightened, "Fang You, you are injured!" I'll take you to Tai Hospital. ”

Fang You shook his head and glanced at the corpse on the ground. Common sense Yu and Wei Qinghuan saw a female corpse lying on the ground wearing only obscene clothes and pants.

At this time, Chang Tan turned back. Common sense Yu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Seventh brother, how is it?" ”

I saw Chang Yan look angry and said, "He still escaped." After speaking, he looked at Fang You and said, "Can you see his appearance clearly?" ”

"She had been carrying me behind her back, so I didn't see her face. However, when she grabbed me from behind, I sensed that she was a woman. Fang Yu said.

Wei Qinghuan looked at the hair ornament of the woman on the ground, it seemed to be a dancer, and then thought of Fang You's words just now, and suddenly came to his senses: "That assassin must have wanted to disguise himself as a dancer to assassinate at the banquet. ”

Chang Yan nodded and said, "It seems that someone has to be arranged to pay attention to it secretly." After speaking, he glanced at Fang You, "Miss Fang has worked hard, it is important to go to Tai Hospital to bandage the wound." After saying that, he hurried away.

Common sense jade said to Wei Qinghuan: "Lord Wei, please take Fang Yu to the Tai Hospital first, the banquet is about to start, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave." ”

Wei Qinghuan nodded at her and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of her." ”

Common sense jade returned to the banquet with peace of mind. Zi Miaotang was also late at this time, and took a look at the common sense jade, and hurriedly bowed to the common sense jade Yingying. Common sense jade glanced at her, motioned for her to be flat, and hurried to the banquet.

Zi Miaotang saw Wei Qinghuan hugging Fang You, and a flash of gloom appeared in her eyes. She still stepped forward with a smile, and when she saw Fang You's arm injured, she looked frightened, "Brother Wei, this girl ......"

"I'll take her to the Tai Hospital first, and I'll explain to you later." Wei Qinghuan didn't answer her words, and hurriedly hugged Fang You and walked in the direction of the Tai Hospital. Zi Miaotang was behind them, and the bones of the hand holding the fan were fully displayed.

Although the two of them covered their wounds together, the blood on Fang You's arm was still seeping out. After so much blood, Fang You was already a little dizzy, and his voice was a little weak, "My lord, I'll go alone, that young lady is ......"

"Don't talk." Wei Qinghuan whispered in her ear, and he didn't know why Fang You was a little anxious when he saw Fang You injured. Maybe it was her last time she saved herself, maybe her thin figure made him feel a little impulsive to protect her, maybe it was her cold hands, or maybe it was her stubborn eyes in the firelight......