In a remote alley in the capital of Haoguo, there is no one around, and it is very quiet.

Sisi moved the bench and put it under the plane tree in the yard, blocked most of the daylight with the shade of the tree, and took out the ice jade mat brought out from Yiguo, spread it on the chair, and then helped Lu Yingquan to lie down.

The belly of more than four months has been pregnant, so she is lying flat like this, her clothes are clinging to her stomach, and you can just see the slightly bulging arc.

Lu Yingquan put his hand on his stomach, feeling the fetal image that did not move at all, but he felt very satisfied in his heart.

Sisi sat aside and fanned Lu Yingquan, while Gu Qingming leaned against the door of the courtyard, looking in the direction of the Hao Palace, his eyes were confused, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

He was ordered by King Yi to protect Lu Yingquan, and he also came to work with Yun Yao to find a way to persuade King Hao to form an alliance with Yiguo. But now, Lu Yingquan is lying in the courtyard leisurely to enjoy the shade, but Yun Yao is in the strange and unknown Haowang Palace, walking alone, facing all the open guns and arrows, bloody wind and rain.

"General Gu, come over here. Lu Yingquan opened her mouth and whispered, at this time, she already had the majesty of a queen.

When Gu Qingming heard the voice, he turned around and walked to the plane tree to stand still, and asked, "What do you command?"

"When you're away from home, call me Madame. Lu Yingquan sighed and said, "I know you're worried about Yun Yao, it's obviously His Highness's great cause and has nothing to do with Yun Yao, but it's really unfair to ask her to be a weak woman to charge into battle." ”

"Humble duty does not mean that, madam, don't get me wrong. Gu Qingming heard this and hurriedly explained.

"It's not a misunderstanding, that's what I thought in my heart. Lu Yingquan confessed, "Your Highness has not heard from him for so long, and I don't know if he left the capital." Yun Yao and I came all the way from Ning Palace, I know her wish best, she wants to live an ordinary life, but her fate determines that she can't be ordinary. ”

Gu Qingming didn't say anything more, but quietly listened to Lu Yingquan talking.

"Your Highness asked you to form an alliance with Yun Yao, believing in your abilities, but it also pushed you to the forefront. It's a difficult task, at least I don't think I can do it with my ability. Lu Yingquan smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "General Gu, I know that with your kung fu, it is not difficult to enter and leave the Hao Palace, if you are worried about her, just go and see her, protect her, and don't let her be in any danger." Don't let her walk on thin ice all the time like she did in Ning Palace. ”

"She is different from me, she expects a pure love, but my love is mixed with power and status. You have always gathered together less and separated more, each for his own master, and rarely has a time when you are truly dependent on each other. She is now in a strange palace, and she needs your protection and care, just like when she was in Ning Palace, no matter what danger she had, you could be the first to arrive. Lu Yingquan's voice was very sincere, "So, go find her, don't worry about me, anyway, Achen is still in the dark, there is no danger." ”

These words were very sincere, Gu Qingming was extremely moved in his heart, he didn't expect Lu Yingquan to be so generous, but he asked him to protect Yun Yao while pregnant.

However, while he was moved, he was also glad for Yun Yao, she didn't make the wrong friends, didn't help the wrong person, and the people she supported not only understood her, but also worried about her safety all the time.

"Thank you Madame for your kindness, but now in broad daylight, it is not a good time to enter the palace. Wait until the evening to find a way to get in. Gu Qingming arched his hand and said, "Madame is here, you must always be vigilant and pay attention to safety." ”

"Don't worry, I see. Lu Yingquan nodded, and after telling Gu Qingming a few more words, he lay down on the chair again, closing his eyes and recuperating.

This is not what Lu Yingquan did deliberately in order to win people's hearts, she really felt that Yun Yao had spent a lot of effort for the great cause of the Shen family, and these disasters and pains should not have been borne by a weak woman like Yun Yao.

It was Shen Che's ambition and her cowardice that pushed Yun Yao to the forefront again and again. Now that she is away from home, she can no longer do anything for Yun Yao like she did in Yiwang Palace, so the only thing she can do is to keep Yun Yao from harm.

And Gu Qingming is the one who can protect Yun Yao.

It has been two days since Yun Yao entered the Hao Palace, and the palace is calm and a little unpleasant. It stands to reason that King Hao has a lot of women in his harem, but in the past two days, she has not heard any rumors, which surprised her a little.

On the night of early August, the sky was clear, the moon and stars were scarce, Yun Yao lived in the courtyard specially arranged for her by Qi Shuning, probably because she had something on her mind and couldn't sleep.

She had just opened the window to breathe, when a pebble suddenly flew in from the window and landed on the table in the room with an unerring conclusion, and the outside of the stone was wrapped in a piece of paper.

Yun Yao was a little puzzled, she didn't have any acquaintances in the Hao Palace, and she didn't know who would send her a message at this time.

But the moment she opened the note, she understood everything, the person who wrote the letter was Gu Qingming, and the familiar handwriting had been engraved since she was in Ning Palace a few years ago, so she would never forget it for the rest of her life.

"The Hao Palace is strange and dangerous to you, remember to be careful. I should not show my face, I will watch in the dark, and I will not think about it. ”

A simple sentence made Yun Yao's originally nervous heart settle down in an instant. She burned the note, leaving no handle, and then walked into the courtyard and looked around, as if by doing so, she would be able to see Gu Qingming.

Gu Qingming hid very well, after he entered the Haowang Palace at night, he had been hiding in the courtyard where Yun Yao lived, there was a vacant room in the courtyard, and no one in the palace would come in every day to check, so it was the best location for him.

After staying outside for a while, Yun Yao saw that Gu Qingming had no intention of coming out to meet her, so she also understood that it was probably not convenient now, so she turned around and went back to the house to sleep.

This night, Yun Yao slept very well, even in a strange place, she couldn't help but feel at ease.

At dawn, Yun Yao got up as usual, changed her clothes, finished washing, and prepared to boil fetal medicine for Qi Shuning. But when she packed herself up and turned to make the bed, she unexpectedly saw a letter next to her pillow.

It's still a familiar handwriting, but it's written what she wants to know the most-

"Last night, there were two palace people in Ningkun Palace who went out at night, and I have already drawn the room where they are staying, so they can be seated. ”

After reading this sentence, Yun Yao found that there was a piece of paper attached to the back of the letter, on which the room distribution map of the entire Ningkun Palace was drawn, and the place where the two palace maids lived was circled by Gu Qingming with a pen and marked the location.

"Great! With the general secretly helping, I can do twice the result with half the effort. Yun Yao memorized the location on the map before burning the two pieces of paper and leaving the room.

She originally wanted to stay in Ningkun Palace for a few more days like before, and then slowly observe and explore, but it was obvious that she alone was still too slow. She thought about it for a long time last night, and originally wanted to go to Qi Shuning to cooperate today, but she didn't expect Gu Qingming's letter to be delivered to her in such a timely manner.

Because it was summer, the dawn was relatively early, so although the sky was already bright, according to the hour, Qi Shuning had just gotten up.

Xiangfu, as in the past, personally stared at the kitchen ladies in the small kitchen to make breakfast, for fear that someone would take advantage of the situation and start in the diet and harm the child in Qi Shuning's belly.

When she saw Yun Yao coming, she greeted with a smile: "Miss A-Yao, you got up so early? Actually, you don't have to work so hard, after all, you are not a palace maid, and you may not be used to this kind of early and dark days." ”

Hearing this, Yun Yao just smiled lightly, thinking that when she got up early and was greedy for darkness, I was afraid that Xiangfu would still be happy by Qi Shuning's side.

"The mother has to drink the medicine after breakfast, and it is not safe to give this medicine to others, only I will come in person. Isn't it the same for Aunt Xiangfu? As a confidant and palace maid by the queen's side, there are many things that you don't have to do by yourself, but the higher the status, the heavier the burden on your shoulders. Yun Yao smiled, skillfully holding the small stove and medicine jar, and went to the courtyard to light a fire to fry the medicine.

In the past few days, Yun Yao has been like this every day, doing everything meticulously, and she has never felt that she is transcendent and superior because she is a guest of the queen's mother.

Because of this, the palace maid and eunuch of Ningkun Palace are very willing to associate with this approachable medical woman, but in just a few days, the queen invited a palace maid to Ningkun Palace to protect the fetus, and it has spread throughout the entire Hao Palace.

Almost everyone in the harem knows that this medicine girl named Ayao brings the dead back to life with her medical skills, and is the talisman by the queen's side.

Half an hour later, the queen's breakfast and fetal pills were completed almost at the same time, and Xiangfu and Yun Yao each held breakfast and fetal pills and walked towards the main hall.

"Aunt Xiangfu, it seems that the palace maids and eunuchs of Ningkun Palace have to listen to your scheduling arrangements, do you know all their names and origins?" Yun Yao remembered the clues Gu Qingming gave her, so she asked, "Are all the palace people who work in Ningkun Palace reliable?"

"Of course it's impossible. No matter how leaky our defense is, they will always have a way to insert eyeliner into Ningkun Palace. Most of the palace people are still loyal to Niangniang, and only a few are traitors. But who the traitor is and what he does every day, I probably know in my heart, and I won't let people hurt my mother. Xiangfu said.

"Then I want to ask Aunt Xiangfu about two people. One is the palace maid who lives in the third room on the left hand side of the east courtyard, and the other is the little eunuch who lives in the southeast corner of the North Garden. Yun Yao relied on her memory to tell the room marked on Gu Qingming's painting, "The origin of these two people, my aunt knows everything?"

"Are you talking about the curtain and the little bolt? these two people were pulled up by the mother, and they are absolutely loyal to the mother. Moreover, Niangniang has the grace of reinvention for the little bolt, if there is anyone in this Ningkun Palace who will not betray Niangniang, the first one is the little bolt. Xiangfu listened to Yun Yao's words, and said with a smile, "By the way, Miss A-Yao, why did you suddenly ask about these two people?"