Above the court, Chu Yunxuan announced the news of the death of the queen immortal, and announced that he would select a virtuous person from the harem to be the new queen and lead the harem.

Gu Lingshu, who was behind the curtain, was shocked and said bitterly: "What happened? Wasn't the queen okay yesterday?"

Chu Yunxuan burst into tears, and said sadly: "I don't know, when I got the news and arrived, she was already breathless. ”

Gu Lingshu sighed: "People can't be resurrected after death, I hope the king won't be too sad." ”

Chu Yunxuan said: "Thank you for your mother's worries. That's it for today, retreat!"

Chu Yunxuan, supported by Xiao Ningzi, left the court with heavy steps. As soon as he entered the Qiantian Palace, Chu Yunxuan recovered as before, and asked Xiao Ningzi, "Have you been fed with the medicine?"

Xiao Ningzi replied: "I've been busy with you, and I'm not free yet." ”

"Okay, you're going to fry it, I'll feed it. Be cautious these days, don't let anyone enter the Qiantian Palace, just say I'm sick and need to recuperate. ”

Xiao Ningzi nodded: "The little one knows." ”

After the medicine was decocted, Chu Yunxuan took it and entered the secret room. A group of secret guards surrounded her, staring straight at her, and when they saw the king coming, they hurriedly retreated.

Chu Yunxuan glared at them: "What are you looking at?"

The dark guard "one" said: "They all say that the queen is a demon, why can't you see that it is a demon?"

Chu Yunxuan waved his hand: "Okay, go and investigate the case and find the person who assassinated the queen as soon as possible." By the way, I forgot to tell you that they were dressed in white, and one of them had a jade flute in his hand, one of them a judge's pen, and one of them a ruler. ”

Listening to Chu Yunxuan's description, "One" said: "Listening to your description of the king, it seems that it is the fourth son of Meilan Zhuju who has been rumored for a long time in the rivers and lakes. But why are there only three of them, and why do people in the rivers and lakes get involved in court disputes?"

"You guys go and figure it out as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!"

The guards scattered.

Chu Yunxuan sat on the bed, leaned his crooked head on himself, and then carefully fed her the medicine one by one. After a long time, he finished feeding a bowl of medicine and helped her lie down. He gently took her hand and leaned over to stare at her. I let so many people look at her, just to protect her, but I didn't expect to protect her.

Why would anyone want to kill her three times?

Raised his hand to cover her with the quilt, put her hand into the quilt, pressed it, and went out of the secret room in order to remove the messy hair in front of her forehead. He wanted to keep watch over her, but he couldn't, and it would be bad if someone found out.

Not long after Chu Yunxuan came out of the secret room, Gu Lingshu came, with a sad face, took Chu Yunxuan's hand, and said, "What about the queen, this palace wants to see her for the last time." ”

Chu Yunxuan didn't expect the Queen Mother to come out like this suddenly, his heart tightened, and he said: "It's still in Qingluan Villa, I can't bear to see it, so I leave it to Xiao Ningzi to deal with the aftermath." ”

Gu Lingshu said: "Okay, Xiao Ningzi, take the palace to see the queen." Hey, it's so pitiful. ”

Chu Yunxuan hugged Gu Lingshu and said in a calm voice: "I'll go with my mother, and I will take one last look at her, and I won't see her again." Chu Yunxuan tried his best to squeeze out tears, and he didn't know if he was acting really enough.

In the middle of the Qingluan Villa house, a white cloth covered a humanoid object. Chu Yunxuan trembled and ordered Xiao Ningzi to open it, Xiao Ningzi stepped forward, his hand trembled as if he was afraid, and he lifted the cloth suddenly, acting quite realistically.

The moment the cloth was lifted, everyone gasped in shock, especially Chu Yunxuan, who shouted, "What about the queen, how is it a bundle of straw!"

Xiao Ningzi knelt on the ground in fear: "Minister, minister doesn't know." The minister left for a while when he went to court, how, how could it become like this. Xiao Ningzi kowtowed again and again and said to Chu Yunxuan.

After Gu Lingshu returned to Kunci Palace, he was worried. couldn't hold back any longer, put on the car, said that he was going to visit his sister Gu Lingqin, and then left the palace. A few secret guards quietly followed behind Gu Lingshu's carriage and horses, and followed them all the way to the Taifu Mansion, and when they saw that the Queen Mother and Mrs. Taifu were talking happily, they did not suspect him and quietly disappeared. Chen Menglan came back to save her relatives in the past few days, and was in the Taifu Mansion, when she saw the Queen Mother coming, she greeted her happily. The Queen Mother told Gu Lingqin's mother and daughter about the crooked death. Mother and daughter rejoiced. But when I heard that the corpse was gone, I became worried.

Chen Menglan said: "She has witchcraft, will she not die?" ”

Gu Lingshu shook his head: "I don't know." ”

At this moment, Mrs. Chen walked slowly, respectfully bowed to Gu Lingshu, and said, "The Queen Mother is coming, and Weichen is not welcome." ”

Gu Lingshu said: "This palace is just coming to talk to my sister, and the Taifu doesn't need to be polite." But since the Taifu is here, there is something in the palace that I want to discuss with the Taifu, and I don't know if it's convenient. ”

"Naturally, please come with Weichen. ”

Chen Guodong led Gu Lingshu to a place where no one was around, and asked in a low voice: "What is the matter with the Queen Mother looking for ministers?"

Gu Lingshu said: "The queen's body is gone, I don't know if she is not dead." If you don't die, will your affairs with me already be revealed? ”

Chen Guodong shook his head: "There shouldn't be, there is nothing unusual about the king." ”

"I don't know why, I am faintly uneasy in my heart, in order to prevent long nights and dreams, I will do it tonight. ”

Chen Menglan still had something to say to Gu Lingshu, and when she came over, she happened to hear the word "King Qin", and her eyes suddenly widened: "Father, Queen Mother, what are you talking about?"

Chen Guodong's eyes were as dark as an eagle, and he said loudly: "Someone!"

Several house slaves rushed up.

Chen Guodong said: "Lock up the young lady, no one is allowed to let her out without my order." ”

Chen Menglan screamed while struggling: "Father, don't, please don't hurt him, don't!"

Chen Menglan's voice became farther and farther away, Chen Guodong looked back at the spirit book, and said, "Queen Mother, please go back, just wait for my news." ”

Gu Lingshu nodded emphatically: "After this palace ascends to a high position, you are the right-hand man of this palace, one person under ten thousand people." ”

Chen Guodong bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Her Majesty. Gu Lingshu smiled proudly.

Chu Yunxuan didn't know that a huge disaster was about to come. He defended everyone, but not his mother. In the evening, Gu Lingshu personally sent medicinal chicken soup, saying that he would let his son make up for it, for fear that he would hurt himself due to grief. Chu Yunxuan drank two bowls in a row and thanked Gu Lingshu: "Mother Lao is worried." ”

As soon as Gu Lingshu left, Chu Yunxuan felt that his body was weak, and cold sweat broke out one after another.

As soon as it was dark, Chen Guodong's people sneaked into the palace. At the same time, the Praetorian Guard, led by Li Xian, began to eradicate dissidents. All the Praetorian Guards who did not want to join him were besieged and killed. The entire palace was filled with shouts of killing.

Xiao Ningzi was originally going to run out to find Imperial Doctor Yan, but she turned back and looked at Chu Yunxuan, anxious and at a loss. The sound of earth-shattering footsteps rushed towards the Qiantian Palace. At this moment, the dark guard beckoned to Xiao Ningzi: "What are you still doing in a daze? ”

The secret guard stepped forward to help Xiao Ningzi help the king to enter the secret passage. After the palace, he directly set a fire and ignited the bed, before he dodged into the secret passage and closed the door. The fire spread rapidly, and by the time King Qin's team arrived, the Qiantian Palace was already half engulfed in flames. As far as the eye could see, Chu Yunxuan's figure could not be seen, and the leader shouted: "Spread out quickly, go around to find it, Xu is running away." ”

Underground, a few people carried Chu Yunxuan, and a few others carried crookedly, sneaking in the secret passage. The exit of the secret passage leads to the outside of the palace, where several secret guards are waiting to answer them.

Seeing Chu Yunxuan come out, he hugged him and walked away from the palace. The group walked like a fly, and did not dare to delay for a moment. The pursuers have spread from inside the palace to outside the palace, launching a carpet search.

The guards walked faster and faster, and finally reached the city gate, only to find that the city gate was closed. In the dark night, there were few people, and their group of people was very attention-grabbing. When the defenders of the city saw this, they asked, "What is the matter with you people, gathering a crowd to make trouble?"

Xiao Ningzi went over with a smile on his face: "Yo, isn't this Brother Liu, I'm going out of the city to help the king, please open the city gate." ”

The man was in a dilemma: "Father-in-law Ning, but the upper side ordered that the city gate should be closed early, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, didn't you make me embarrassed." ”

"What's so hard about it. Xiao Ningzi took out a piece of gold from his bosom and stuffed it into his arms.

Brother Liu saw Qian's eyes open and said, "You guys move quickly, don't let others see it." As he spoke, he opened the gates. When the soldiers on the tower saw the group leaving the city, they cried out, "What is the matter? Lao Liu!Lao Liu!" Seeing that no one answered, he hurriedly beckoned, "Release the arrow, release the arrow!"

Arrows rained down, and the guards hurriedly drew their swords to resist, and finally ran out of range, and heard the shouts of the pursuers: "Stop!"

The leader of the dark guard commanded: "Let's split into two roads, you take the king and queen to run over there, and you come with me." ”

More than a dozen people carried Chu Yunxuan and crooked into the dense forest on the outskirts of the city. The leader "One" led the rest of the people and drew his sword to resist. After fighting with them for a while, he found that there were more and more pursuers, including Li Xian and the Praetorian Guards led by him. After holding out for a while, it was expected that they had gone far away, and then they ordered a retreat. and deliberately ran in the opposite direction.

Li Xian was a smart man, and he was afraid that they were a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so he only divided some people to follow them, and the other part ran in the other direction. Sure enough, after running out across the horse for a while, he saw a suspicious figure in front of him.

Ordered: "Chase me!"

The whip was slammed, and the horse roared and sped up. Xiao Ningzi turned around and said miserably: "Oops, it's coming." ”

"Sixteen" said: "You four protectors go to the queen, and we will resist." ”

Xiao Ningzi, along with the three secret guards, didn't dare to delay, and left after setting up the two of them.

The secret guards are desperately resisting, but they are outnumbered and cannot be forced.

"Sixteen" shouted indignantly: "Do you dare to rebel, and are you not afraid of being punished?"

Li Xian sneered: "As soon as the king dies, he will not be punished, and those of you who know each other will surrender obediently and follow us to eat and drink spicy food." ”

"Don't think!" Sixteen stabbed his sword at him.