The night was slightly cool, and the autumn wind shook the branches that did not have a few leaves left, and the sound sounded a little cool.

In the inner room, a few lights were on, and people had not yet slept.

A few days of paralysis and carelessness left the people in the palace defenseless. But finally Cen Muning found the crux of the problem.

Bingling took advantage of the night to bring people into the inner room, and the outside was guarded by his own people, ensuring that no words could be heard.

"The queen mother, this is the person, entrenched outside the palace, tortured and killed all the flying pigeons that came in and out. All the letterheads sent to and from the palace were intercepted. We weren't able to get in touch with Concubine Gong. Bingling was particularly angry, this person's whereabouts were secretive, and she stretched out her hand, if it weren't for her painstakingly arranging people to ambush people day and night for several days, there would be no way to find it.

"Who ordered you to do this?" Cen Muning was curious.

The man kept his head down and said nothing, as if he had prepared for the worst.

"Just don't say it." Bing Ling moved extremely fast, and was caught off guard by stabbing the man's neck with a silver needle hidden between his fingers.

The man snorted in pain, and suddenly fell to the ground, convulsing.

"Bingling ......" Cen Muning couldn't help frowning.

"Don't worry, he can't die." Bingling looked disdainful: "Once this kind of person is discovered, the only way is to die." The slave and maid guessed that they must have poison in their mouths, and only by biting the poison in front of you and killing themselves can they be worthy of their master. Therefore, the slaves and maids struck first, so that they could not die if they wanted to. ”

As he spoke, Bingling kicked him hard. "Your archery skills are good, and you don't miss anything. Then the carrier pigeons that flew into the imperial city were all hunted by you, and none of them were missed. It's amazing! ”

"Impossible." A cold light suddenly appeared in front of Cen Muning's eyes, and he shook his head again and again: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible." ”

"What do you mean?" Bingling was a little suspicious.

"Even if he had three heads and six arms, or if he had many of the same helpers around him, it would be impossible to hunt all the carrier pigeons day and night." Cen Mooning frowned and said, "There must be other reasons." In the palace, there must be internal support. ”

"Yes, that's right." Bingling thinks so, and this is also the truth. "Generally, the carrier pigeons that fly into the palace are not hunted by slaves. Either they will fly directly into our palace, or they will land somewhere to forage for food. If you want to forage for food, you should be in front of the heavy gate, where there is a special feed for the birds to eat. There are also special minions who change the water every day, and if they see such pigeons, it is also very convenient to use their hands and feet. ”

"There should be people in our palace who should be together inside and outside......" Cen Muning suddenly felt uncomfortable. Since I entered the palace, I have been around the people of the place. But I didn't expect to put it to prevent it, and there are still fish that have slipped through the net. ”

"This is easy to do, the slave has a way to let this person show his tail." Bing Ling said angrily: "Niang Niang pretended not to be in the battle of the accident, and did not have any plans at all, so that the people who were staring at us were negligent, and I didn't expect that we would secretly search outside the palace." Right now, as long as there are pigeons outside, these people will inevitably show their clues. ”

"We'll find those people tomorrow." Cen Mu Ning looked at the person who fell to the ground and threw it on the twitch, and his tone was slightly cold: "When he hunted the carrier pigeon in the palace, he chopped off his finger." ”

"Yes." Bingling drew his sword and fell, and one of the man's right arms was cut off.

He screamed, attracting the guards outside.

"There are assassins...... There are assassins......" Bingling widened his eyes and shouted for help: "Come on, there are assassins." ”

More and more guards heard the movement and rushed over.

Bingling pointed at the man who fell to the ground and roared angrily: "Only one assassin has been captured, and some people have already escaped in the palace, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and chase after him." Even if the entire palace is turned upside down, the assassin must be captured. However, it must be remembered that without the permission of the queen, it is not allowed to trespass on the concubines' bedrooms. If there is anything suspicious, just come and tell the mother, and only after asking for instructions can you act. ”

"Yes." The guards rushed out of the Fengling Hall one after another, searching for the dark warriors who didn't exist at all.

And this captured "assassin" was naturally sent to the torture room.

"You're too ......" Cen Mu Ning looked at the broken hand on the ground and couldn't help frowning. But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Bingling.

"Niangniang, it's not that the slave is ruthless, this kind of person doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin, and he doesn't give him a good taste, he still thinks that once he dies, we can't do anything with him. The slave cut off one of his hands, which was already a consideration of God's virtue of a good life, and it was merciful not to chop him up and feed him to the dogs. ”

"I mean, it's too cheap for you to cut off one of his hands. Wouldn't it be more memorable for him to cut off ten fingers one by one. Cen Mu Ning looked into the distance with deep eyes, and his heart was slightly suffocated: "This palace has never been a weak and deceitful character, even if there is mercy, it is only for good people." What mercy can be said of this wicked person who delays the warplane, traps the palace in injustice, and acts for the tiger? ”

"What the mother said is that the slave is too anxious." Bingling smiled slightly: "It's been a long time since the slave maid has seen such a bold lady." Miss is now a queen, bound by thousands of rules, and there are always too many last resorts. ”

"That's right." Cen Muning waved his hand: "Let people clean up here, clean it up, and sprinkle some incense powder." ”

"Yes." Bingling turned around and went out, and when he saw Ming Qing waiting under the corridor, he called him someone to clean up. Ming and Qing were neat, so he rushed in and quickly cleaned up the things on the ground.

"It's all bad for slaves, I didn't take a good look at Fengling Palace, and I surprised my mother when I called such scum in." Ming Qing felt guilty, and his tone was full of distress for Cen Muning.

"It's none of your business. Since he wants to assassinate, he will naturally avoid people's eyes and ears. Cen Mu Ning sighed: "This palace is going to take a bath to get rid of bad luck, Bingling, you prepare a pearl tea to shock this palace." ”

"Yes." Bingling helped the queen to get up and said to Ming Qing: "You remember to sprinkle some incense powder, the mother doesn't smell good." By the way, the blood stains on the ground must be cleaned up. ”

"Yes." Ming Qing nodded hurriedly and summoned the inner attendant to come in to help. But he kept holding the severed hand in his hand, rubbing his fingers back and forth in the palm of his hand. "There are so many calluses on these hands!"

Yang Yunbi was awakened by the noise outside, and a spirit sat up. "Sudo."

Su Duo heard the call and hurriedly came in: "Niangniang, you are awake." Do you want a cup of hot tea? ”

"What's going on out there?" Yang Yunbi's heart was pounding: "Isn't it...... Is the emperor back? ”

At first, she wanted to ask if there was a rebellion that had entered the palace. But it's really unsafe to ask, it's a loss of identity, and the words turn around again.

"Don't worry, it's not like that, it's just that an assassin entered the palace and was held by the Bingling girl next to the queen. The guards were searching the palace for the rest of the Assassins. Don't worry, listen to the words of the guards at our palace gate, the queen mother ordered not to disturb the harem concubines. There is no trespass in our palace, and it is still very safe. Su Duo smiled slightly: "That's why the slave didn't alarm the mother." ”

"I see." Yang Yunbi breathed a sigh of relief at this time. "I've been worried about not sleeping well for the past few days, and I finally fell asleep without dinner today, but I was disturbed again, and my heart was beating badly at this time. By the way, is the queen mother okay? ”

"Don't worry, the queen is just frightened, and it's fine." Su Duo had to mutter: "Although the emperor loves the concubine, the slave and maid look at it, the emperor's most cherished is the queen's mother." Inside and outside the Fengling Palace, there are Yulin guards sent by the emperor, and the guards of the Chu family are allowed to enter the palace to serve. Even if the Chu family rebelled a while ago, the emperor never touched a single hair in Fengling Palace. These assassins don't know where they got the courage to assassinate the queen, they are really blind. ”

"You just said that Bingling next to the queen captured an assassin?" Yang Yunbi was a little dazed in her sleep, and her head was not very bright at this time.

"Yes." Su Duo nodded again and again: "That's how it was handed outside." ”

"Now that an Assassin has been captured, it's only natural that he can ask for clues. Where are the people now? Yang Yunbi frowned and asked.

"I said I was going to hold the torture room." Su Duo couldn't help but be relieved: "Niangniang, the queen has always been wise and calm, neat and thoughtful, so you don't have to worry about this." Why don't you go and boil a soothing soup for you, and then you can drink it and then go to sleep. ”

"I'm afraid it's hard to sleep." Yang Yunbi lowered her head, full of loss: "I look forward to the emperor returning to the palace safe and sound, and I don't know if the emperor can know my intentions." Close the palace door of this Chunsheng Palace, I'm afraid that no one will know how we came here every day. Ever since I was deliberately framed by Concubine Pian and Sister Ge fell from that high building, I have often had nightmares, always dreaming that she was crying to me full of blood, saying that I didn't stop her from approaching Concubine Pian that day and hurt her. She is so young, cultivated in gold and jade, and a lovely child, this is gone...... When I think about it, I always have trouble calming down. Now, even the emperor is not in the palace! ”

"Niangniang, Concubine Mao died by herself, so she was murdered. What does this have to do with you. You were wronged in the first place, but you were not skinned. If it weren't for the queen's insistence on refusing to believe it, thinking that you were innocent and secretly investigating thoroughly, I'm afraid our injustice would have been decided. If you're really upset, just help the queen more. A man who is already dead, why should you care. Su Duo saw that her face was pale, and sighed again: "You have to take care of your body." Look at that Liao Concubine, there is an imperial heir again in a blink of an eye. In the deep palace, grace is severed, and only before the bloodline can it be relied on. The slave maid only hopes that you can give birth to Lin'er as soon as possible and spread the leaves for the royal family. This is also the wish of the old lady. ”

"It's easier said than done." Yang Yunbi sighed: "The emperor doesn't know what kind of trap he is in right now." If you can come back safely, it will not be too late for you to think about it. However, the poor concubine and the concubine Gong did not hesitate to fight for their lives to go out of the palace to help, and when the emperor came back, they would definitely have another reward, especially the poor concubine, I am afraid that they will be restored to the position of the concubine. At that time, it was impossible for the emperor to see me. That's it, let's not talk about that. ”

She really didn't feel sleepy, so she got up with Su Duo's hand: "Go and add some lamps, I want to read." ”

"Yes." Su Duo knew that persuasion was useless, so he could only nod his head. "The slave and maid will go and bring the master a cup of tea."

"It's fine." Yang Yunbi stroked her heart and exclaimed: "I have to drink a cup of Dingding tea, my heart always seems to be untouched." ”

Su Duo had just gone out on the front foot, and she heard the sound of clicking outside. I wondered if it was raining, so I got up and walked to the window lattice.

Stretch out your hand and push open the window lattice, and the sound of the click will not be heard.

Yang Yunbi couldn't help but be surprised, so she simply pushed the window lattice wider and slowly poked her head out.

Let's go.

The sound was all over my ears, as if something had fallen. She stretched out her hand to pick it up, but she didn't receive a drop of rain for a long time.

Just as she was about to retract her hand, something furry suddenly fell on her palm.

The feeling creeped her out, like a caterpillar falling from a leaf. "Ahh

She withdrew her hand with a scream, and the window lattice closed with a clatter. The furry stuff just fell to the edge of her shoe.

Panting heavily, Yang Yunbi gritted her teeth and slowly looked at the things on the ground. It's autumn, are there still caterpillars? Is that the sound of a caterpillar falling?

The more she thought about it, the more terrible she felt, and when her eyes fell to the ground, she fell to the ground with a limp. This time, I didn't even have the strength to scream. I can only cover my mouth and nose.

Su Duo pushed the door in at this time, and only took two steps and felt that something was wrong. "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

She hurriedly put down the teacup, walked to the window in three steps and two steps, and went to help Concubine Min in a panic: "Why are you sitting on the ground, Niangniang, get up quickly, it's very cold on the ground." ”

"Su Duo, look, look......" Yang Yunbi was shocked, and pointed to something on the ground tremblingly. You see...... You see......"

Su Duo was frightened by her, and she also looked at that thing with trepidation. "It's ...... This, mother, isn't this just a bunch of velvet flowers? Why are you scared like this? ”

As she spoke, she reached for it. was slapped on the back of her hand by Yang Yunbi.

"Suduo, you can see clearly, that's ...... The velvet flowers of the noble concubine. Her voice trembled.

Su Duo's body trembled, and after taking a closer look, it was indeed Concubine Mao's. "The slave remembers. Concubine Mao said that the velvet flowers in the palace were too big and not good-looking. This kind of velvet flower like a dogtail flower was made by herself at her own request. He also said that in the countryside, this is called Mao Mao, because it is not big, it is better to insert two or three flowers in the side of the bun. It's not like the velvet flowers in the palace, one flower occupies the place, and it doesn't look smart. ”

"yes. But why is her stuff here? Yang Yunbi hugged Su Duo tightly, trembling violently: "I didn't hurt her, I really didn't hurt her, she didn't come down from that upstairs, I really didn't." Why did she come to me with a haunting look? Why didn't she go to the person who had hurt her? Su Duo, what the hell do you think is going on? ”