There was a deep silence in the inner courtyard of the palace.

On the shore of the lake in Hualin Garden, the screams of slaves and maids were suddenly heard, and countless eunuchs and palace maids came from time to time to watch the excitement.

Then the palace guards also came.

Everyone pointed to the corpse of the woman floating on the shore under the willow tree by the lake. The palace was boiling for a while, and of course I happened to be wandering around the neighborhood and hurried over.

I was hanging out with Gao Xian, and when I came to the scene, the slaves and eunuchs reported to me that a palace maid had died.

I asked Gao Xian to deal with it immediately and retrieve the woman's body from the lake. At this moment, a palace maid recognized the female corpse and said that it was the moon picking of Yong'an Palace.

I was amazed.

Gao Xian ordered someone to carry the female corpse away and dispose of it.

There was a lot of discussion for a while, and the eunuchs and palace maids were wondering why Cai Yue fell into the lake and died?

Even they whispered, was it the Zhaoyi Niangniang of Yong'an Palace who was executed?

I smiled contemptuously at the corner of my mouth, not paying attention to what the slaves were saying.

The more people came, the more complicated things became, so I had to order everyone to disperse at once, to do whatever they wanted, and not to bite their tongues again.

Seeing that I had a calm face, the eunuchs, palace maids and others all retreated and dispersed.

Feng Zhaoyi of Yong'an Palace was also surprised when she heard it, it wasn't her, of course she thought that Cai Yue might just fall into the water and drown.

The death of a slave and maid did not make any waves in the palace, and soon the palace calmed down as if nothing had happened.

Caiyue, no one dared to talk about her death blatantly.

I went back to Zhaoyang Palace and waited for Gao Xian to come and go.

I sat on the pit and read the book leisurely, and when Gao Xian came, after the slave and maid reported it, I directly let him in.

Gao Xian nodded directly after saluting me and said that it had been dealt with, Caiyue had already left the palace at this time, and there was Gao Shouwen outside the palace to answer me, which reassured me.

"That's good." I pursed my lips and smiled happily in my heart.

This is the way I can think of for Caiyue, only if she dies in the palace, it is possible for people to give up on her without pursuing her. From then on, she could live outside the palace without worries.

I helped her because she had helped me.

At the end of this year, Pingcheng was particularly cold, and I heard that many places in the cities of Great Wei were affected by the cold, and many people froze to death.

The imperial court urgently issued material rescue, and the king of Xianyang automatically asked for orders to go to the affected city and village chief, and the emperor also agreed.

As the New Year approached, King Xianyang did not return to the dynasty because he was busy with this disaster, and even spent the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve in other places.

I am pleased with the enthusiastic loyalty of King Xianyang this time, perhaps because he feels that he can't help the Empress Dowager to make up for his ulterior motives and mistakes with actions.

Does he want to repent of his mistakes?

I just smiled lightly.

As soon as Chinese New Year's Eve passed, the emperor was going to Dai County, and the officials below reported that the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Dai County were affected to varying degrees. The emperor wanted to personally go and comfort the people.

I asked to go with me, and Tuobahiro agreed.

Out of the palace, maybe I can take this opportunity to go to Liyang.

I want to catch up on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to see the temple fair in Liyang.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the palace brigade set off for Daijun.

The accompanying officials included Gao Xian, Feng Dan, and Wang Gongyi, the emperor's bodyguard. The King of Hokkai was left behind in Kyoto.

Before leaving, above the court, Gao Xian was once again promoted to official harmony by the emperor. As a loose cavalry lieutenant of the Emperor's Praetorian Guard, he accompanied this visit.

As soon as he arrived in Daijun, the emperor asked the officials of Daijun to come in and discuss the main matter of the disaster, and he was busy in the affected places and other places.

And I, he asked Gao Xian to accompany him, also for Gao Xian to escort me.

I saw the opportunity and said to Gao Xian, I want to go to Liyang. If I want to appear at the Liyang temple fair on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, I said, I have long heard that the day of the Shangyuan Festival temple fair in Liyang is the whole city, and it is very lively, and I want to see it.

Gao Xian hesitated, and said that at least he had to give the emperor a voice, but I said coldly that I didn't need to.

Seeing that I insisted on going, Gao Xian had no choice but to bring more than a dozen guards to accompany me.

The maid who is with me is still Yi'er, except for Yi'er, I don't let other maids follow me like this often.

I don't know if Xiao Jingqi didn't go back to Xiao Qi for this year, maybe others are in Xiao Qi's land at this time.

I asked Yi'er to contact Xiao Jingqi, and she said that she hadn't heard from Master Hou for a while, and she didn't know where she was at this time.

I didn't think about Xiao Jingqi, after all, he couldn't wander around for me all the year round, and the monarch of another country would summon him.

After Gao Xian prepared the carriage and horses, I took Yi'er to Liyang together.

While resting at the post station on the way, Gao Xian came to me and said that he felt that someone was following us, but he didn't know who it was.

The wind and snow outside are still very strong, and the wild is white, although it is no longer frozen, but the snow is still fluttering.

I have some doubts, I don't know if it is Xiao Jingqi's people or Qingfengmen's people, or robbers in the mountains and forests. I asked Gao Xian to find out.

After a night's rest at the inn, until it was time to set off again, Gao Xian told me that he had not yet found out, but he said that as long as those people continued to follow, he would definitely find out, and reassured me that he would keep me safe.

Actually, I'm not afraid.

I finally arrived in Liyang before the Liyang temple fair, and I was very excited.

I asked the people who came with me this time to disguise themselves and travel as young ladies from ordinary family backgrounds, so that they could not reveal their identities.

Gao Xian found a first-class inn in Liyang, and we waited for the others to stay in the inn. The shopkeeper in the inn saw that our clothes were not ordinary, and greeted us very warmly.

The guy delivered the food directly to my room. After eating, I was tired from the journey, so I went to bed early and went to the temple fair tomorrow.

On the day of the temple fair, if there is a crowd of people, we will walk in the crowd. I've been walking in the direction I've seen in my dreams.

However, this big street is much more prosperous than in the dream, and the buildings on both sides of the street are much better, and it seems that the people here have become richer over the years.

The dozen or so guards followed me not far away, Gao Xian and Yi'er beside me.

When I saw the flat forehead of "tea on the dawn of the sun", I stopped, in my dream this is just a tea shed, now this is a tea house.

I wondered if it was the teahouse that was carried forward back then, or the conjecture in my dream.

I couldn't help but walk towards the door of the teahouse.

Gao Xian didn't stop it, and Yi'er didn't stop it.

After I walked into the teahouse, the shopkeeper came to greet me, and I chose a corner seat and sat down.

I drank the tea slowly, watching the guests in the teahouse, the business was very good.

When I inadvertently saw two people sitting at the table in front of me, one of them had a familiar back.

I stared, could it be him, Xiao Jingqi?

Is he really here?

If I meet me in a dream, or does he follow me?

Gao Xian didn't recognize him, and Yi'er didn't recognize him, it seems that he was disguised, but even if he turned his back to me, I still recognized him.

My heart started to get nervous.

I clenched my hand in the teacup, and after thinking about it, I said to Gao Xian, I am going to go to the toilet and let him wait for me here.

Gao Xian was a little worried about being unsafe, so he asked Yi'er to accompany me.

Yi'er asked the shopkeeper about the place on the thatched side, and the shopkeeper said that it was in the backyard, so I walked directly to the back door of the teahouse.

Sure enough, when I came to the backyard, the man quietly followed. I stood under a tree in the backyard, waiting for the man to approach. Yi'er was very puzzled by my behavior, but when she saw the visitor, she also began to be surprised, and it was obvious that Yi'er also recognized him.

Watching him walk up to me, his deep eyes betrayed his identity, even though he wore a beard.

I smiled lightly, and he pursed his lips and smiled.

Yi'er lowered her eyes and saluted him, and exhaled, "Master Hou." She knew very well that Xiao Jingqi must have something to say to me, so she walked aside.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

He nodded.

"What about them?" I asked, he should know who I asked.

"You Ran took Ju Yang back to Qingfeng Gate for the New Year, and it should be in Qingfeng Gate." He looked at me quietly.

"You've always been in the Northern Wei realm?" I frowned.

He smiled, "After going back to Qi for more than half a month, I'm back again, and I can't rest assured of you." ”

He spoke to me vigilantly, and he didn't forget to look at the door leading to the backyard, apparently worried that Gao Xian would come to me.

"Someone has been following you, I've been checking all the way, it's someone sent by Feng Zhaoyi, and the person who came is not good." He told me very solemnly.

I'm a little puzzled, why is Feng Zhaoyi spying on me?

Or did she send killers to work against me?

In my suspicion, Xiao Jingqi said at this time, "It may be that I came to kill you, Zhu'er, you are not safe here." ”

In this way, Xiao Jingqi should have found out the intentions of those people, and he came to see me in the teahouse just now and told me the bad news.

It turned out to be so.

I looked down and thought about it, and he kept looking at me. After a moment I raised my eyes, looked at him, and said, "Then take advantage of this opportunity......

When I returned to the teahouse, I took a few sips and walked out.

I still wandered back on the streets, deliberately trying to draw Yi'er's attention to whether someone was following me.

From the street to the temple and back to the inn, Yi'er told me that someone was following her, but it was very secretive.

On this day and night, I deliberately wanted to go out of the inn to see the people on the river and put river lanterns. Gao Xian wanted to stop me, saying that it was not safe at night, but I insisted on going, and he couldn't resist me, so he had to take his guards and go with me.

Although there is light snow at night, there are many people who put river lanterns. I also put a river lantern on the surface of the water, praying that I would be able to get out safely.

I slowly looked at the scenery on the riverbank, wondering if those people would come, and if they did, this would be the opportunity.

Yi'er held my hand, and I felt that her hand was shaking, and she should be worried about me. And I'm not so afraid, Xiao Jingqi is in the dark, I won't be afraid.

As soon as he walked to a less crowded area, a group of black-clad assassins with large knives suddenly burst out of the night.

It's coming, it's finally here.

Gao Xian shouted loudly and let the guards escort him. And I ran away as if I was frightened. There was already the sound of weapons colliding behind him. It seems that Gao Xian and those people have already started fighting.

Some of the people who were still by the river were frightened and ran faster than me, and for a while, there was no one else on the river bank except for Gao Xian's escort and those men in black.

When Yi'er caught up with me, she told me that there were more Assassins than Gao Xian's guards.

It seems that Feng Zhaoyi can't kill me this time.

When I stopped and turned around, I saw a few men in black running towards me, trying to catch up with me.

I deliberately slowed down and waited for the men in black to catch up with me before continuing to run.

After running for a long, long distance, into the mountains outside the city, those people are still chasing, and it seems that my purpose has been reached.

It's just that this time it affected Gao Xian.