I was giving birth on Xuanhu's birthday last year, and if it weren't for the birth of a child, I would have to go out of the city to meet the people at that time.

This year, the Ministry of Rites deliberately exempted the early dynasty on this day and arranged a ceremony to accept the people to bow down and congratulate on the emperor's birthday.

I walked to the high platform of the celebration with the support of Yanyu and Qingyi Guards, and saw that the people were excited, even if there were layers of soldiers to protect me, I still felt that this arrangement was probably inappropriate. Inevitably, he glanced sideways at Yan Yu, and after Yan Yu lowered his head and smiled at me, he raised his eyes vigilantly to look at the crowd that was separated from the soldiers.

Standing in the center of the stage, the crowd shouted again.

I had to slowly raise my hand and press it down again to signal the crowd to be quiet. The effect of this is very obvious, and the crowd is really much less agitated.

Pei Ang of the Ministry of Rites announced the opening of the ceremony in a loud voice, and in this lengthy opening speech, I looked at it from a distance and saw that more than a dozen cloud ladders were scattered among the crowd a hundred meters away, and on each high platform there was a high-level disciple in uniform sitting on it. If you look carefully, the person sitting on the cloud ladder platform 100 meters away from me is Jin Xiaolan, and if you look at it one by one, it turns out that the other cloud ladder platforms are sitting on the twelve people in the Twelfth Palace.

There is only one Ling Xiao, who seems to be a temporary one, and he is very similar to Ling Xiao.

Yan Yu said softly behind me: "Jin Xiaolan led the Twelve Palaces to standby, if the crowd is out of control, the Qingyi Guard will shoot a cloud-piercing arrow towards the cloud ladder, and the tip of the arrow will explode to attract the attention of the crowd when it touches the cloud ladder, and then Jin Xiaolan and the Twelve Palaces will dance on the high platform to attract the people to dance together, I can take the opportunity to lead the Qingyi Guard to escort you back to the palace." ”

I see, the part of my heart that I thought was inappropriate was put down when I heard this, and I spontaneously felt grateful for the careful arrangement of the words.

Even though I came prepared, I was careful with my words and deeds, and I tried to be as smooth as possible in every detail, so as not to provoke the crowd and cause unnecessary trouble to the ceremony.

However, the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop, and when I finished reading my speech and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, several red hydrangeas suddenly flew out of the crowd, and Yan Yu immediately turned sideways to block me, but those hydrangeas were aimed at the beams above my head.

The hydrangea hit the beam for a moment, and there were several explosions, and Yan Yu said to me in a deep voice: "Don't panic! It's not a hidden weapon! ”

I immediately stood firm to maintain my posture, but in the explosion, the hydrangea exploded into clouds of white smoke, and Yan Yu immediately covered my mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said, "Don't be afraid! The smoke is non-toxic, just a little choking, bear with it! ”

I then steadied down and waited for the smoke to clear, but before the smoke could clear, countless golden fragments fell down, and upon closer inspection, I saw that they were shredded gold leaf.

As early as when the hydrangea was thrown, the crowd had already begun to shout, the crowd was crazy when the smoke burst out, and the spears in the hands of the soldiers could not resist the surging crowd, and when the gold leaf was shining and fluttering, several voices in the crowd shouted, "The gods have scattered the gold, everyone hurry up!" Then the crowd struck like a flood that had opened the floodgates, completely submerging several rows of soldiers.

I was completely confused, Yan Yu grabbed me and quickly retreated, a large group of Qingyi guards with bows and arrows immediately rushed to block Yan Yu and me, Yan Yu ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

Dozens of cloud-piercing arrows emitted a high-pitched whistle "whoosh" and shot towards the cloud ladder of Jin Xiaolan and the Zodiac.

The big drums sounded in unison a hundred meters away, followed by a neat string chorus - the prelude to the Joyful Divine Comedy sounded, and Jin Xiaolan seemed to have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and after standing up on the top of the cloud ladder and laughing wildly for a while, she took the lead in waving her sleeves and dancing to the music.

The crowd's eyes were indeed drawn away by the cloud ladder, and as he said, he took the opportunity to take me into his arms, and a few light jumps quietly sent me into the imperial chariot waiting in the honor guard phalanx.

Lifting the curtain of the court, Yanyu ordered to the outside world: "The public opinion goes first, the honor guard follows, don't play ceremonial music, keep quiet, and go back to the palace." ”

Outside the door was You Qi, who was the Qingyi guard, and after saying "yes", he acted according to the instructions of the words.

Yan Yu sat down next to me, held my hands and looked into my frightened eyes, and said, "Don't be afraid, Hu'er. ”

"I ...... This ...... "As soon as I opened my mouth, I realized that I was really scared, and my teeth were chattering."

Yan Yu stretched out his hand and took me into his arms, gently stroked my back and said: "It's okay, if someone chases after me, Qingyiwei has prepared a few carts of gold ingots, and when the gold ingots are thrown down at an emergency, people will grab the gold, and they can't care about chasing you." ”

After a soft voice of comfort, and being held like this by Yanyu, I slowly recovered from the shock, and asked with palpitations: "Those hydrangeas are not the ritual links arranged by you or Pei Ang, right?" ”

"No. ”

I made up my mind and said, "Brother Yan, I'm fine." ”

Yan Yu stepped back a little, took my hand and looked at me carefully, he laughed and said, "You're not afraid so soon?" I want to coax you again. ”

I was amused by the words, "I'm really sorry then, otherwise I'll be afraid for a while, and you will coax me again?" ”

Yan Yu leaned over and kissed my forehead and said, "Okay, it's okay, just enter the palace gate immediately, and it's safe to go in." ”

But until he entered the palace gate, Yan Yu still held my hand and didn't mean to let go, and his palms were clearly sweating a lot. In contrast, after my momentary fear, I didn't know what I was afraid of, as if I really didn't give Yanyu a chance to protect me and coax me.

Sitting and thinking about it, Yan Yu was also thoughtful, and I said, "Is Lou Qingxuan here today?" ”

"I'm also considering whether he did it on purpose. But just now, Lou Qingxuan and the national teacher are standing not far from you, if the crowd rushes, Lou Qingxuan will be difficult to protect himself. I'll send you back to the dormitory later, and you'll rest, and I'll take someone to investigate. ”

"Hmm." I nodded, and said strangely, "If you want to stab, wouldn't it be more effective to shoot an arrow directly at me?" ”

Yanyu looked at me with a smile and said, "I'm next to you, who can shoot you?" Attracting a crowd of people, the assassins took advantage of the chaos to attack, and Qingyi and I were unable to guard against it, and it was difficult to protect you. ”

Thinking about this reason, I said, "Then the person who planned it can be regarded as having put a lot of thought." Even if it's not Lou Qingxuan, this person is also a smart person, I'm afraid it's difficult to trace, right? ”

"It doesn't have to be him, it doesn't have to be him. If it were him, he would have expected that he would fail when he saw that I had set up the Jin Xiaolan Zodiac Palace, and it was very likely that he would stand beside the national teacher and clear himself. ”

"Why do you have to act when you know you will be defeated? Why not look for more suitable opportunities? ”

Yan Yu said: "What if it happens?" Maybe he has already figured out a way out and can get out of the way. It's all speculation, but everything you do will leave traces, and I'll report back to you when I find out. ”

I nodded in response, and said, "Fortunately, this ceremony didn't invite Lei Jue, otherwise he would have lost face to see this turbulent scene." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, You Qi came to report: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang, the Lord of the Night is here." ”

"...... "I'm a crow's mouth, and there's no one left."