Xiao Yu silently stood up and saluted, and slowly retreated towards the outside of the palace. When she was about to leave the main hall, suddenly from the throne above, there was a low sigh from the emperor: "If only time could be turned back, Lan Zhi...... After all, I can't forget you, I'm sorry for you! ”

Xiao Yu couldn't help but soften his heart, and turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, my mother has been very happy all her life, you don't have to blame yourself anymore!" ”

Emperor Tan seemed to fall into the memories and was silent. Xiao Yu couldn't help but say again: "Your Majesty, be careful of the king!" ”

After a long time, a chuckle came from above the throne: "Okay, you kid, even you are aware of the things, I don't know, don't worry!" Xiao Yu saluted, and then walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

Aunt Jinruo, who was sent by Concubine Xian outside the palace, was waiting anxiously outside, and when she saw Xiaoyu coming out, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Ouch, Second Miss, how is it?" What is the matter with Your Majesty looking for Miss? ”

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "It's nothing, Your Majesty just talked to me for a while, why does Concubine Xian have something to do with me?" ”

Aunt Jinruo saw that Xiaoyu was fine, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Before the queen summoned the second lady into the palace, Mrs. Hou brought a letter in, and my mother sent someone to find out that it was not the queen who summoned her, but the emperor summoned her, and she was anxious and ordered the slave maid to come to the Qianqing Palace to listen to the letter!" Now it's okay, the mother's heart can also be put down! ”

Xiao Yu smiled: "Thanks to Concubine Xian's thoughts, let's go, auntie, take me to say hello to Concubine Xian, thank you for your care." ”

After Xiaoyu came back from the palace, every once in a while, Emperor Tan would summon Xiaoyu into the palace in the name of the queen. With Xiaoyu, most of the time Emperor Tan reminisced about the past and talked about the past with Lan Zhi, while Xiaoyu just listened quietly to the middle-aged emperor telling the unknown past in his heart.

But with the frequent entry of Xiaoyu into the palace, rumors spread in the circle of nobles in the capital, saying that Emperor Tan took a fancy to Xiaoyu, and Xiaoyu would be elected to the palace sooner or later.

One day, Xiaoyu had just come out of the Qianqing Palace and received an invitation from Concubine Jin. I haven't seen Concubine Jin for a long time, she is plump than when she first entered the palace, and the charm of a young woman is vividly reflected in her.

When Concubine Jin saw Xiaoyu, she smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but you have grown a lot taller!" Xiao Yu saluted and said, "The little girl has seen Concubine Jin!" Concubine Jin waved her hand and said, "Get up, we don't have to be so polite!" What, are you thinking about entering the palace? ”

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "How is it possible?" You know me, how can I enter the palace? ”

Concubine Jin beckoned Xiaoyu to sit down, touched the bracelet on her hand and said, "Don't you all say that?" Even I heard in the deep palace that you are now a celebrity in front of the emperor, and the emperor will summon you into the palace if he can't see you for two days! ”

Xiao Yu smiled helplessly: "Can I get this?" His Majesty wants me to enter the palace, and I can only enter the palace! ”

Concubine Jin glanced at Xiao Yu and said slowly: "I heard that King Ding asked His Majesty to marry you, do you know?" ”

Xiao Yu's face was slightly red: "Your Majesty told me, hey, how do you say it?" You also know the name of me, the daughter of destiny, won't it arouse Your Majesty's suspicion if the king goes to ask His Majesty to marry me? ”

Concubine Jin sighed: "I also told King Ding, but King Ding didn't listen to me, and now I don't know what he thinks!" ”

Xiao Yu hesitated again and again, not knowing whether he should remind Emperor Tan to take precautions with Asando. But she remembered what King Ding had done, and she felt that King Ding was not a good emperor, and if King Ding came to power, the people of Datan might not have a good life.

Therefore, Xiaoyu settled down and still didn't say anything. Concubine Jin didn't seem to know that King Ding had imprisoned Xiaoyu. Xiao Yu didn't want to mention this kind of topic to Concubine Jin again, so she changed the topic and said, "By the way, Concubine Jinniang, when you were in Miao Jiang before, did you hear that there was a Miao Jiang woman who had a relationship with someone from the juggling troupe?" ”

Concubine Jin's face was strangely stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”

Xiao Yu thought for a while, and then said: "I once met a girl from a juggling troupe before, and she said that her mother was a Miaojiang woman. I only know you as a person from Miaojiang, so I'll just ask. Because I have a friend who looks a lot like that girl. And she does have a half-sister, so I'd like to inquire about her for her. ”

Concubine Jin suddenly became interested and asked, "What does that friend of yours do?" ”

Xiao Yu asked Concubine Jin vigilantly: "So, does Niang Niang know that there is such a woman from the Miao family?" ”

Concubine Jin looked at Xiao Yu incomprehensibly and said, "What do you say? ”

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "Hey, my friend is just asking!" ”。

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, the queen summoned Xiaoyu into the palace again. This time it wasn't Emperor Tan looking for her, but a routine audience before the festival.

Xiaoyu is not the only one who came, but also other noble girls of the same age who have not yet come out of the cabinet. Those who have already made a marriage, such as Qin Xueyi, Liu Yajuan, and Shen Shuyan, did not come, but Tie Sango, Meng Qiaoqiao, Liu Yayue and others came.

The eldest princess also came, but the lord of Yunhui did not come with the eldest princess because he had already made a marriage.

Liu Yayue saw Xiao Yu standing alone, so she walked over with bad intentions and said, "Second Miss Qi, why are you the only one here?" Is it true that I heard some time ago that you were sick? How did I hear that your Hou Mansion lost the maid? Oops, it can't be that you're a lost girl, right? ”

Xiao Yu glanced at her, too lazy to pay attention to her, she hadn't settled the account for her last time when Liu Yayue caused her to be shocked!

When the people were almost here, the queen invited the ladies to take their seats. Originally, according to the grade of the Hou Mansion, Xiaoyu should have sat in the front position. However, some noble ladies were very reluctant to sit with Xiaoyu, so they relied on their own background to occupy Xiaoyu's position.

Xiaoyu didn't care, she sat alone at the end of the palace banquet by the palace gate. The so-called palace banquet is to eat and drink while watching performances. It is said that for this performance, the queen also put some thought into it, and she was preparing several months in advance.

When everyone was eating happily, Emperor Tan came, and after Emperor Tan took his seat, the queen clapped her palms. The lights of the main hall dimmed, and a faint sound of music sounded, and a group of dancing girls came out in a procession.

Xiao Yu, who was sitting at the end, didn't pay attention, but when she saw the face of the woman in red in the lead, he was taken aback, it was a red apricot, but her temperament was completely different from that of a red apricot!

It's the woman! Xiao Yu suddenly remembered the woman she had seen in Lan Kwai Fong. Why is she here today? Xiaoyu was a little confused. The woman was graceful and danced. She danced a Brahmin dance with a Western twist, with bells on her wrists and ankles tinkling with her movements.

In addition to the pipa, the music sounded behind the desolate hutong, and an exotic atmosphere was displayed in front of everyone.

Emperor Tan was unmoved, just drank silently. As the rhythm of the music accelerated, the woman's posture rotated, and the more she jumped, the more she jumped, everyone was attracted by the woman's dancing, and the whole hall was silent.

Inadvertently, the woman in red was getting closer and closer to Emperor Tan's position. Wrong! Little fish intuitively felt that something was very wrong! She glanced at the palace gate and found that the palace door that had been opened just now had been quietly closed at some point.

She was shocked and shouted, "Your Majesty, be careful! In desperation, she picked up the plate on the table and threw it at the woman's back.

It was too late, it was too fast, and the woman in red suddenly pulled out a soft sword from her waist and pointed at Emperor Tan and pounced almost at the same time as Xiaoyu gave a warning. The queen was already stunned, Emperor Tan came to the banquet today, and he didn't bring a weapon, but when he saw the woman rushing over and picking up the plate on the table, he blocked it. The soft sword in the woman's hand was extremely sharp, and it smashed the plate at once, and it was about to slash at Emperor Tan.

Xiao Yu has been practicing martial arts with the gold bricks recently, and her arm strength and accuracy have increased greatly, and the plate she threw before also reached the back of the woman's heart at this moment, smashing heavily on the woman's body, making the soft sword in the woman's hand suddenly lose its accuracy.

The woman stumbled, slightly distracted, and Emperor Tan took the opportunity to kick the woman in the front of the heart, kicking the woman a few meters away. At this moment, Concubine Xian rushed up with a one-person-high candlestick, she was originally a tiger girl, although she had been a palace concubine for many years, but her skills had not been left behind.

At this moment, all kinds of screams sounded in the main hall after the shock, and the palace concubines, ladies, and young ladies ran away one after another, but the palace door could not be opened for a moment, and the guards outside could not enter.

After Xiao Yu threw out the plate, he hid under the table, but fortunately Qi Pan was not in good health today.

Seeing that the woman in red was in trouble, the other dancers also took out their daggers one after another, creating chaos in the lobby. Xiao Yu saw that Liu Yayue deliberately sat not far from the eldest princess in order to please the eldest princess, but was dragged by the eldest princess to block the knife, only to see Liu Yayue scream. A sharp dagger plunged into her chest, and Liu Yayue suddenly lost her breath.

Although Liu Yayue has always been at odds with Xiaoyu, and even in the last horseback riding incident, Liu Yayue was still suspected of assassinating Xiaoyu, but such a living person died in front of Xiaoyu like this, Xiaoyu was still very sad in her heart.

The eldest princess is such a person, she never cares about the life or death of others, she can use it if she can, and she will put it aside if she has no conditions for use.

It seems that a century has passed, so long, the palace gate was finally opened by the Imperial Forest Army outside, and the guards rushed in, and the red-clothed woman led by Concubine Xian had been solved by Emperor Tan with Concubine Xian. It's a pity that those musicians and some of the ladies who went to the banquet were injured to varying degrees, but fortunately, except for Liu Yayue, there were no other deaths.

Emperor Tan glared at the queen viciously and said, "Empress, you did a good thing!" The queen's face turned pale, and she cried and said: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't know what's going on, these women are not the group of dancers I called at all." ”