Miyagi, Tsuruhaden.

There is a garden behind the palace, which is pruned by someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs on weekdays. The Empress loves the red and purple peony flowers, so they are particularly bright and eye-catching.

The Empress was followed by a tall middle-aged man with a beardless face and a very handsome face. Wearing only a loose plain gown, he leaned against the empress.

His name is Zhang Cai, and he is the crane control order of the crane supervisor, that is, the face of the empress. The Crane Mansion was originally a place to reserve male favorites for the empress, but he was favored by the empress alone, so he was also a talking figure in the inner courtyard of the harem.

Although the civil and military ministers were quite disdainful of this Zhang Cai behind their backs, they were still respectful on the surface. Except for the old ministers, the rest of the ministers also tried their best to curry favor with him.

There was no joy or anger on the empress's face, lingering in the garden, but the bare bouquet of flowers was also happy. Seeing this, Zhang Cai boldly asked, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?" ”

The empress glanced at him and said with some annoyance, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Seeing a trace of anger on the empress's face, Zhang knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly knelt on the ground and shouted: "The slave just thinks that Your Majesty has been upset and irritable recently, and can't help but be a little worried, so she asked." ”

"You will ask what you should ask, and you will say less if you should not ask. Forget it, it's tired! The empress crossed Zhang Cai and continued to tour the garden with the two palace maids behind her, leaving Zhang Cai to kneel on the ground alone, slapping her mouth fiercely.

Seeing Zhang Cai's appearance like a slave, the empress suddenly felt a wave of disgust in her heart.

There have been a lot of things that have been worrying recently, and she knows what happened in Yang's mansion. So he secretly sent a hundred horsemen to the land of Yanbei to investigate Guan Yuanwei's whereabouts.

Guan Yuanwei really died, he died in front of an alchemy furnace.

By the time the hundred horsemen came to the door, the corpse in the alchemy room had already stiffened. After checking the Captain of the Hundred Horses, he found that Guan Yuanwei had been dead for a long time. Because he had ordered retreat and cultivation before, even the maid who delivered the food was only sent in through a small hole, and he didn't find out that Guan Yuanwei had already died.

The empress's heart has sunk to the bottom, and the matter of immortality has been a taboo for emperors since ancient times, but there are still countless emperors who have been looking for it one after another.

She thought that no one else knew about this, whether it was Guan Yuanwei or Yang Yi, they were all people who kept secrets. But this matter is still exposed, and the people who did not die back then are now running over to seek revenge.

The empress was not worried about her safety, but the life and death of the courtiers were not under her control, which made her the most annoyed.

This sea of flowers is very quiet, and there are a few live fish roaming around in the creek interspersed among the flowers. Soon, however, the silence was shattered by the sound of anxious footsteps.

Several palace maids walked over with anxious expressions on their faces. But before they could speak, two dark shadows appeared behind them.

Whoosh!

Countless guards suddenly appeared around the calm sea of flowers, holding swords and shields in front of the empress. The Empress did not give the order at the first time, and they did not act on it. Because the one who ran at the forefront was Xiao Qianqin.

"Qin'er, what's going on!" The Empress shouted.

Xiao Qianqin was actually dragged all the way by Tang Yun.

Otherwise, Tang Yun, a foreign minister, would not be able to pass through the gates of the palace city at all.

Without waiting for Xiao Qianqin to speak, Tang Yun saw the empress in the sea of flowers at a glance.

Among the thousands of flowers, there are also a few birds wandering back and forth on the top of the flowers, crying to each other.

In normal times, such a scene would naturally be beautiful, but in Tang Yun's eyes, it was full of crises.

There was no way for them to move forward anymore, the imperial guards were on high alert, and once Tang Yun made any moves, the short bows in their hands would immediately release sharp arrows.

Tang Yun immediately shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, come out quickly!" ”

"Bold!" Tang Yun's words were obviously a bit rude, the imperial guards were all pure soldiers, but no matter who you were, you were going to rush over viciously.

"Stop!"

The Empress had just raised her hand when suddenly a loud roar covered her voice.

Bang bang bang!

The sea of flowers suddenly exploded, and flames several feet high suddenly erupted from the ground, instantly engulfing countless flowers. Several royal guards reacted quickly, and stopped in front of the empress at this moment.

The birds that were still flying everywhere and were peaceful were suddenly enchanted at this moment. Their eyes are completely black, and they can't see the whites of their eyes. The birds let out a high-pitched hissing sound, a huge hissing that was almost deafening.

"Ahhhh

Several imperial guards suddenly let out a terrible scream, their eyes were directly pecked by the sharp beak of the bird, and countless blood burst out.

Although they screamed, they did not call everywhere, but still stood by the empress's side.

As for the guards who were close to the sea of fire, they were not so lucky, they were surrounded by flames, and they suddenly turned into fireballs. In the midst of the fire, only their hideous faces could be seen because of the intense pain.

The Empress's location was surrounded by a sea of fire, and the structure of the garden was originally a path leading to a secluded path, which made the whole garden much more chic but also made it more difficult to enter.

"Is there any other way in!" Tang Yun turned his head and asked.

Xiao Qianqin's voice trembled a little because of the panic in her heart, and she said in a trembling voice: "No, this is specially designed by Jiangnan masters, and there is only one road that can lead to it." ”

At this time, several imperial guards had already rushed in, but the raging flames instantly engulfed them.

Several "humanoid" fireballs ran out of the wall of fire, these were guards who had forced their way in.

The fire is in full swing, and the scene here is shocking and is seen by everyone.

Tang Yun suddenly dragged a piece of dry cloth from the hand of the palace maid beside him, and these dry cloths had fruits on them, and they were also scattered everywhere at this moment. Tang Yun put the dry cloth into the nearby stream, soaked the strips of cloth, then wrapped it around his body and got into it.

He had just entered and found that the situation was not what he had imagined.

There were flames everywhere, and thick black smoke filled the air. It's outside, but the black smoke lingers around as if it's being held back.

Tang Yun covered his mouth and nose with a damp cloth and lowered his body as much as possible. In front of him was a charred corpse that appeared to belong to the Imperial Guard. These martial arts masters, in the face of the flames, have no way.

Continuing to walk forward, Tang Yun looked around, but did not find the shadow of the empress. This made his heart sink and he continued to grope his way forward over the corpse on the ground.

……

At this moment, beside the empress, the imperial guards fell to the ground staggeringly.

Some were not dead, but were already howling in pain. The birds, who were almost insane, pecked frantically from their hollowed-out eye sockets.

The empress always stood upright, and as the emperor of the Great Zhou, she was not allowed to flee in all directions like those palace maids.

The bright yellow placket hung down, the golden step shook without the slightest tremble, and under the phoenix hairpin, a bright and beautiful eyes stared at the black smoke in front of him.

In the black smoke, a figure swayed.

"You're calm, Your Majesty!" Rudong's face emerged from the black smoke.

As if he was about to step into a grand event, Rudong dressed himself again, with bright lips and a sneer on his face.

The red lips were dripping bright red, it was not rouge, it was actually dyed red with blood.