Before Pang Shicong could figure out what Shen Yuexi meant, he felt that the position of his heart was cold, and a dagger was plunged straight into it.

Pang Shicong took a few steps back, looked at Shen Yuexi in horror, he stretched out his hand and pointed at her, wanting to say something more, but he couldn't say anything anyway, there was a sharp pain in his heart, blood gushed out, Pang Shicong soon collapsed to the ground, staring at Shen Yuexi in the dark light, shocked, puzzled, frightened, heartbroken......

But in the end, all the images were blurred in Pang Shicong's eyes until they disappeared.

Pang Shicong lost his breath and died blindly. He never expected that he would be in love all his life, but in the end he would die in love.

Shen Yuexi has been quietly looking at Pang Shicong, watching him struggle, watching him suffer, watching him swallow his last breath, she only feels that her body is cold, although she has thought about killing Pang Shicong thousands of times in her heart, once she really sees a person end his life through her own hands, she still inevitably feels fearful.

But soon, Shen Yuexi came back to her senses, and this was not the time for her to be afraid, she had to think of getting out.

She flashed to the door, pushed it open a gap, and looked outside, but there was no one.

So, Shen Yuexi quickly came out of it and hurriedly went back to the night banquet in the main hall.

Walking in a hurry, Shen Yuexi kept looking back, she always felt that someone was following her behind her, but when she turned around, she bumped into a person.

Who? Shen Yuexi turned her head in panic, and it was Zhao Zheng standing in front of her.

Zhao Zheng looked at Shen Yuexi, a bad premonition welled up in his heart, he looked around, and asked in a low voice, "What about Pang Shicong?" ”

When Shen Yuexi heard this name, her heart trembled, "What Pang Shicong?" ”

Zhao Zheng wrapped Shen Yuexi in his arms, found a dark corner, looked around vigilantly, and whispered: "I came out with Pang Shicong, what about others?" ”

Just in the main hall, not long after Shen Yuexi left the seat, Pang Shicong also left the table, Zhao Zheng felt that something was wrong, and he came out after sitting for a while, as soon as he walked out of the door of the hall, he saw Pang Shicong from a distance and disappeared.

He followed, there was no one around, and just when he was wondering, he saw Shen Yuexi slip out of the crack in the door of the main hall.

"I didn't see him." Shen Yuexi shook her head.

Shen Yuexi's appearance was calm, but Zhao Zheng just felt that something was wrong, what was wrong and couldn't say clearly, he thought about it, and whispered to Shen Yuexi to wait for him in the dark, and then he quickly entered the hall, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a person lying upright on the ground under the faint candlelight, wasn't it Pang Shicong?

Zhao Zheng hesitated for a moment, stepped forward to take a closer look, Pang Shicong had a dagger in his chest, and he was no longer breathing.

Zhao Zheng immediately knew that something was wrong. He didn't think much about it, and immediately turned around and went out, grabbing Shen Yuexi in the shadows, "You killed him?" ”

Shen Yuexi hurriedly shook her head.

"Tell me the truth." Zhao Zheng's tone was stern like never before.

"He, I want to be lighthearted......" After thinking about it, Shen Yuexi admitted it, because she herself knew that such a big thing as killing the grandson of the king of southern Yunnan could not be balanced by her strength alone.

Really. Zhao Zheng gritted his teeth.

"You go back first, as if nothing happened, can you do it?" After thinking for a moment, Zhao Zheng said to Shen Yuexi.

Shen Yuexi nodded.

Zhao Zheng took Shen Yuexi around the corner of the house, and saw that there was no one around, so he motioned Shen Yuexi to go back to a slightly detoured road.

Shen Yuexi didn't ask much, followed Zhao Zheng's instructions, took a detour a little farther, and pretended to breathe and relieve hangover.

The night banquet in the main hall is still lively, drinking too much, the sound in the banquet hall is also a little noisy, from time to time some people get up and go out to the toilet, some people watch singing and dancing, some people are talking, and there are people who get up and go to the front of the main hall to toast the emperor and the queen mother.

Shen Yuexi walked back to her seat, turned her head to look, no one seemed to pay attention to her, she put her mind at ease, poured herself a glass of wine, and drank it all.

Drinking to suppress the shock. Moreover, with Zhao Zheng, Shen Yuexi's heart is much more stable.

She remembered asking Zhao Zheng that day: What is it like to kill someone? Zhao Zheng said that he didn't feel anything, Shen Yuexi now tasted Zhao Zheng's words, and actually agreed with Zhao Zheng's statement, killing people, after the initial fear passed, the bottom of his heart was as calm as a dead sea.

Death is dead, what can you be afraid of? Let's take it one step at a time.

But there is one thing that Shen Yuexi knows, Pang Shicong's death will definitely set off a bloody storm in Southern Xia.

That's all for later, and now Shen Yuexi just wants to wait until Zhao Zheng comes back and ask him how he handled the matter.

Zhao Zheng also came back after a while, calm as usual, if it weren't for Shen Yuexi knowing what had just happened, she would really think that Zhao Zheng was just going out to the toilet to let off the smell of alcohol.

After sitting down, Zhao Zheng shook Shen Yuexi's hand, "It's cold outside, remember to wear warm gloves when watching fireworks for a while." ”

Shen Yuexi nodded.

At this time, Zhao Zheng actually had the heart to remind her of this, Shen Yuexi half-lowered her head, feeling that her cultivation was less than one-tenth of Zhao Zheng's.

Then, everything went as usual, drinking, watching the singing and dancing in the hall, and occasionally someone came to toast and exchanged a few words.

Until late at night, the fireworks show is almost ready, the night banquet is over, all the people leave the main hall, go to the palace sacrifice platform to put down, there is the highest place in the palace, there have already been palace people to put the fireworks, just wait for the auspicious time to start setting.

At this moment, not only in the palace, but also in the entire capital are waiting for the moment of fireworks.

Late at night, it was extremely cold, Shen Yuexi wrapped her cloak tightly, and walked slowly with the crowd together with Zhao He, who followed her.

Zhao Zheng walked behind Shen Yuexi, looking at Shen Yuexi's back, combing what had just happened.

The crowd stopped in an open space a little far from the altar, and guards stood still with shields on the periphery of the crowd and in front of the emperor to avoid accidents during the fireworks.

When the time came, the priest who presided over the sacrifice in the palace raised the flag in his hand and waved it vigorously, and the palace people standing next to the fireworks began to light the fireworks according to the previous arrangement.

Moments later, large fireworks burst into the night sky.

Outside the palace, the people also stood in a place where they could see the fireworks, enjoying the rare pomp and circumstance of the year, and at this moment, all the people rejoiced.

Shen Yuexi looked up at those fleeting beautiful fireworks, and suddenly thought in his heart, unfortunately, Pang Shicong died before he could see these fireworks.

At this moment, she didn't know that it was not only Pang Shicong who couldn't see the fireworks, but also a palace maid, who was walking with a lantern not far from the hall where Pang Shicong had just died, and was grabbed by Zhao Zheng, covered her mouth and dragged to the second floor of the hall, and then was thrown down by Zhao Zheng from the platform on the second floor.

The palace maid's head hit the ground first, fell on the hard bluestone slab, and died tragically on the spot.

Even to death, the palace maid did not understand what had happened.

The fireworks display ended, and the courtiers retired one after another. The night is very late, everyone is in a hurry to go back to rest, and tomorrow will go to the morning court.

Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi also walked back.

Zhao He came over and asked Shen Yuexi, "How about you go to live in my palace today?" I have already asked the people in the palace to prepare refreshments, we have used refreshments, how about I take you on a night tour of the palace? ”

Shen Yuexi turned his head to look at Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng could have allowed it, but because of what had just happened, Zhao Zheng was afraid that she would be frightened when she went out at night, so he shook his head, "Isn't it enough to be crazy today?" It's okay to go to Zhaohe Palace, but it's not allowed to go out and visit the palace at night. ”

Okay, too. Shen Yuexi looked at Zhao He, she was just trying to see what her bedroom looked like, and she hadn't had time to take a walk until she entered the palace.

"I stayed with Zhao He that night." Shen Yuexi said again.

"No, I'll go with you, I'll leave when I've finished talking enough about refreshments." Zhao Zheng replied in a deep voice.

Shen Yuexi sighed, but didn't say anything more.

Zhao He's palace is a little far, and it took several palace roads to arrive, it is a small courtyard, and there is a very thick tree growing in the courtyard, and two ropes hang down from the trunk, making a swing.

The palace maid in the courtyard saw Zhao He coming back and hurriedly stepped forward.

Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi were both face-to-face, and the palace maid didn't know how to greet her, so Zhao He said, "The Seven Princes don't recognize it?" This is the girl from Yuexi. ”

The palace maids hurriedly greeted Zhao He and Shen Yuexi, and then busily made tea and took snacks.

On the soft collapse, the palace maids had already used a hot water kettle to warm up in the quilt, Zhao He and Shen Yuexi went to the couch, and their feet were stretched into the quilt, warm.

Shen Yuexi leaned inside and beckoned Zhao Zheng, "Seventh Master, you also come up and sit." ”

Zhao Zheng thought about it, then took off his boots and squeezed down beside Shen Yuexi.

Tea and snacks were soon put on the table, but at the night banquet, they had already eaten to their fullest, and the three of them had no appetite, so they only drank a few sips of tea, and then leaned on the soft leaning back, chatting intermittently.

Touched by the heat, Shen Yuexi was a little sleepy, but she had something on her mind, why hadn't the news of Pang Shicong's death come out yet? Has no one found his body yet? At this time, Zhao He was in front of her, and she couldn't ask Zhao exactly how to deal with it, so she could only guess secretly in her heart.

"If you're sleepy, go back to sleep." Zhao Zheng looked at Shen Yuexi's sleepy and unwilling to sleep, and said softly.

But the quilt on the couch was hot and comfortable, and Shen Yuexi didn't bother to move, so she shook her head.

Zhao Zheng also let her, thinking that if she really fell asleep, she would spend the night here in Zhao He.

At first, Shen Yuexi and Zhao He occasionally chatted a few words, but slowly stopped talking, Shen Yuexi closed her eyes, leaned on Zhao Zheng, and said to Zhao He with the last trace of lucid consciousness: "You go on, I'll listen." ”

"You lie down first, I'll go for a while." Zhao He got off the bed as he spoke, motioned to the palace maid to put away the small table on the couch, and then waved his hand to Zhao Zheng and went back to his bed.

Zhao Zheng looked at Shen Yuexi in the crook of his arm, he was already asleep, Zhao Zheng stopped moving, covered Shen Yuexi's body with the quilt, and closed his eyes.