Nan Rongran looked at Song Chen and asked, "What do you think about this matter?" Is it for the royal family, or for An Bogong and Xi Yuanhou? ”

"It's for Amber Gong." Song Chen's voice didn't fluctuate, and he said lightly: "The other party's purpose is very clear, it is to kill An Bogong, and Xi Yuanhou is just the target that the assassin wants to kill." ”

"It's the remnants of the country of stability!" Nan Rongran couldn't help but exclaim, "They are really thieves!" ”

At this time, the window outside was flipped for a while, and a person with blood came in, his face was pale, it was Ye Jin, the secret guard sent out by Fang Nan Rongran to chase the assassins.

"Cold Mountain!" Nan Rongran frowned and shouted, not that he was worried about Leng Shan's injury, but that Leng Shan was a first-class master beside him, and even there were ten people in the palace who could fight him, who could actually hurt him like this.

Leng Shan pleaded guilty to Nan Rongran: "The third prince, it is the incompetence of his subordinates who failed to intercept the other party. ”

The figure was a little unstable, and he said to Nan Rongran: "But the other party's sword technique, the prince should be able to recognize ......"

Nan Rongran stepped forward and looked at the wounds on Leng Shan's body that were narrow, but extremely domineering, and the most serious was the internal injury.

Few people can use such a long and narrow knife, and they can use it so flexibly.

"It's the Dragon Scale Knife." Nan Rongran said lightly, "He's back." ”

In a word, I don't know how much turmoil it caused in the palace.

At this time, Nan Liye went to find the assassin, and Duan Haiyun saw that there was no one around, lowered his voice, and asked with some hesitation: "Wanxiu, do you recognize that assassin?" ”

After all, the direction that Jiang Wanxiu pointed to those guards was the opposite direction of the assassin's escape!

Jiang Wanxiu saw that Duan Haiyun didn't debunk her words, and saw her asking, and nodded a little hesitantly.

When the man walked past him, there was a faint smell of sandalwood from the Buddha hall on his body.

Jiang Wanxiu is very sensitive to the smell, although the person has a strong smell of blood, but the smell of sandalwood is not dispersed, it should be contaminated in the Buddha hall all year round.

And the smell of this sandalwood is different from the smell of sandalwood used in ordinary temples, it was not long ago that she smelled the smell from the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace.

This sandalwood is made from dozens of precious spices that can only be used by the Royal Buddha and the Royal Temple.

Therefore, when Nan Liye asked Jiang Wanxiu if he had seen the assassin, Jiang Wanxiu pointed to a place in the opposite direction where the assassin had fled.

Jiang Wanxiu said without saying anything: "Actually, I'm not sure about this matter, can you help me hide it......"

Duan Haiyun saw Jiang Wanxiu's distressed look, and said with a smile: "If it is someone else who dies, I may still be a little hesitant, but this An Bogong is guilty and deserves death, don't worry, I won't tell others." ”

At this time, there was such a big thing in the palace, and in a moment, the old emperor had already got the news, and the forbidden army surrounded the entire palace, and the four doors were closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Under such strict scrutiny in the palace, even a fly could not fly out, and under such a powerful formation, it was easy to find an assassin who was injured in a fight with Leng Shan.

However, because of the large number of guests who came to the palace banquet, either the humerus ministers of the court or the dignitaries of various countries, it was very difficult and difficult to investigate.

As soon as the matter came out, Jiang Wanxiu and others did not dare to stay outside, and when they arrived at the Queen Mother's Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was still worshipping the Buddha, Aunt Qinxin saw Jiang Wanxiu and them coming back with a white face, and learned that they had a photo with the assassin, and recited the Buddha several times: "The two young ladies are both daughters, and it would be great if they were collided by those people." ”

Hurriedly instructed the little maid to prepare hot tea for a few people to drink, and Jiang Wanxiu here also calmed down after taking a sip of hot tea, and asked Qin Xin curiously: "How long will it take for the Queen Mother to come out?" ”

"It is estimated that there will be a while, Master Dustwhisk has come to the palace for a rare time, and the Queen Mother likes to listen to Master Dustwhisk talk about Buddha." Qin Xin seemed very amiable and replied with a smile.

"Does Master Dustwhisk come to the palace every month?" Jiang Wanxiu was obviously interested, and then asked.

Qin Xin saw Jiang Wanxiu's curiosity, so he said: "Where can it, Master Dustwhisk is a high-ranking monk, even if it is the Queen Mother, it is difficult to invite once, if Miss Jiang is also interested in Buddhism, when the Queen Mother's worship of the Buddha is over, you can find a gap to ask Master Dustbrush." ”

After Jiang Wanxiu listened to Qin Xin's words, her eyes lit up, and she said: "Then thank you Aunt Qin Xin, my grandmother also believed in Buddhism at home before, so Wan Xiu also has a little understanding of Buddhism. ”

While talking here, someone from Fengyi Palace said to invite the two young ladies to Fengyi Palace.

Qin Xin saw Jiang Wanxiu's hesitant expression, so he said: "I think there is such a big change in the palace, the queen is afraid that something will happen to the harem, so let the ladies go to Fengyi Palace to manage it better, Miss Jiang can go with confidence, and after the queen mother finishes worshipping the Buddha, the slave and maid will say to the queen mother." ”

Seeing Qin Xin say this, Jiang Wanxiu had no choice but to say: "Then there is Aunt Lao Qinxin." ”

Walking on the road, Duan Haiyun asked, "This sister, what is the reason why the queen summoned us to Fengyi Palace?" ”

The little palace maid was kind, and explained with a smile: "There is such a big thing in the palace, Niangniang is ordering someone to search the palace, although the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace will naturally not be searched, but Niangniang is afraid of colliding with the young ladies, so I still ask the young ladies to go to Fengyi Palace to facilitate the search." ”

After all, the assassin fled to the inner palace, and the queen, as the master of the harem, naturally wanted to rectify it.

Under the guidance of the little palace maid, when Jiang Wanxiu and the others arrived at Fengyi Palace together, they did not see the queen and Nan Xinran.

Jiang Wanwen was talking to the daughters of several good official eunuchs, and when she saw Jiang Wanxiu coming, she said to Jiang Wanxiu with a smile: "Sister is here?" I just heard that my sister met an assassin in the gazebo, so she didn't get hit by it. ”

Jiang Wanxiu smiled slightly and said, "Thank you sister for your concern, after the assassin committed the murder, he only cared about escaping, where would he hit me." ”

"My sister doesn't seem to have had a good luck lately, she was assassinated on the way home in the evening, and now she has entered the palace in the same way, why don't we see the assassin, but my sister met the assassin."

Jiang Wanwen deliberately accentuated the word "going home in the evening", and then suggested very kindly, "According to my sister, after waiting for her to go home, let my grandmother ask for a peace charm in the temple for my sister." ”

"Where do you need to ask for any peace charms, as long as you can only see more female rings at home, make some female celebrities, and go less to some nonchalant places, you will naturally not encounter such a thing."

Cheng Yue'er said with a sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth, implying that Jiang Wanxiu was behaving irregularly.

There are so many people here, it was originally something out of nothing that was described by Jiang Wanwen and Cheng Yue'er like this, if it spreads, I don't know what kind of rumors will there be in Kyoto.

Jiang Wanxiu was not in a hurry, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Wanxiu has bothered her sister and Miss Cheng, and she really shouldn't go to the pavilion with Miss Duan today." ”

Jiang Wanxiu's intention to say this actually shows that she is not alone, and then, Jiang Wanxiu also said with a smile: "The Prime Minister's Mansion is very strict, how can we compare, and we will definitely learn more like Miss Cheng in the future." ”

It was very surprising that Jiang Wanxiu actually flattered herself, and Cheng Yue'er said proudly: "This is natural." ”

As he was talking, a palace man shouted: "The queen has arrived." ”

Hearing that it was the queen who came, Jiang Wanwen looked at Jiang Wanxiu and them indignantly, and Jiang Wanxiu replied to her with a provocative look indifferently.

People respect me for a foot, I respect people for a fight, if people offend me, she will definitely get it back with interest.

The queen was followed by Nan Xinran and a few high-ranking ladies, the queen's face was gloomy, and everyone didn't dare to make a mistake when they saw the queen's face.

When the queen came in, she sat down on the throne and said everything.

It was rare to see the face of the always kind queen so ugly, and the people below didn't dare to speak, and stood aside a little sneeringly.

After a cup of tea, a female official hurriedly came in, and she didn't know what to say in the queen's ear, but she saw the queen with a calm face and said, "Go to Chuyunyuan." ”

Without the queen's will, Jiang Wanxiu and the others couldn't go out, so they could only sit in the Fengyi Palace, and at twilight, they heard that some palace people invited all the young ladies to go to the Weiyang Palace for a banquet.

After all, this banquet was for the important ministers of the court and the envoys of various countries, although there was an incident of An Bogong, it was impossible to cancel the banquet.

Jiang Wanxiu naturally sat with Duan Haiyun and Li Ting.

I saw that the banquet was still a faction of singing and dancing, and the richly dressed palace lady shuttled between the rosewood tables, smiling and smiling, without the slightest panic and bloodshed in the daytime, but the guards of the forbidden army around were much stricter than in the past.

Jiang Wanxiu knew that this was the palace, and the means of whitewashing the peace were naturally first-class.

The banquet was set up in the Weiyang Palace, and although the number of female dependents who could attend this time was small, they were all noble, and men and women could not sit at the same table.

There is a small rosewood table with delicate dishes and pastries on the table, surrounded by screens, each of which can seat four people, served by Gong E, who specializes in serving dishes.

In this way, the faces of these noble ladies can not be seen by outsiders, while they can see the every move and word of outsiders.

The old emperor and queen have not yet come to the palace banquet, so the atmosphere is relatively relaxed, many officials are perennial outside Beijing to report on their work, to the capital, naturally have to stammer with the dignitaries of the court, among them, Cheng Yuanhao is surrounded by the most people.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ting whispered to Jiang Wanxiu: "It's very lively over there, this one by one, you see Cheng Yue'er's face full of flowers." ”

The corners of Jiang Wanxiu's mouth provoked a faint smile, and said: "As the saying goes, the moon is profitable, and the Cheng family is so powerful, who knows whether it is good or bad." ”

Compared with the prosperity of the Cheng family, the Jiang family is much more deserted, Jiang Chao is just a second-class official, and there is no news of his brother when he goes to Biansai, only a few old friends of the Jiang family are on Jiang Chao's side to catch up.

But Jiang Wanxiu could see that those people were one of the few ministers in the court who did the truth.