In Muhua Palace, Tao Xuanju said to Wang Miao: "Lord Zhou, the fish has been baitted." ”

Hearing that Wang Miao's eyes lit up, he hurriedly asked, "Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"In order to prevent the beggar from escaping, I broke his tendons yesterday, so he had to lie down at the mouth of an alley. When I was spying on him this morning, I saw a woman who came up to him very cautiously and gave him some copper plates. But I saw at a glance that the woman was full of martial arts and her temperament was different from that of the woman in the market, so I hid in the dark and continued to observe, although the beggar could not speak, but his expression was flustered and at a loss. I was about to step forward, but the woman hurried away, and in order not to let the beggar know that we were watching him, I did not pursue it any further, but sent others to watch him. ”

Wang Miao smiled: "Okay! Good! I ordered the blockade of other counties in Shuzhou, and there has been no news, but I didn't expect them to have already arrived in Jinyun City, so good, so that I can save a lot of trouble, so as not to search around like a headless fly. Xuanju, you must catch them this time, and the future success or failure of Shuzhou is a matter of course. ”

"Governor, there is one more thing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Qin Capital seems to have an old friend in Jinyun City. I followed him that day, and found that after he left Muhua Palace, he first went to destroy the broken intestine grass, and then went straight to the Furong Inn, and then dragged a man to where he went. But they were more alert along the way, and they all walked on the sheep's intestine path, and I got lost after a few detours. ”

Wang Miao lowered her head thoughtfully and replied, "You send someone to continue to follow him, and ask how long the man has been staying at the Furong Inn, and where he has been during this period." ”

"My subordinates understand." After speaking, Tao Xuanju retreated.

This stone path has been in the Imperial Flower Terrace for a few days, but every day is doing some miscellaneous things, and has not found a chance to get the key to the flower warehouse to go in and explore.

Today, Awan asked her to go to Muhua Palace, prune the flower branches in the palace, and send some new flower seedlings.

She thought to herself, "Maybe here's your chance." ”

On the way into the palace, Jiang Ning couldn't hide his excitement, so he asked: "Sister Wan, it is rumored that the appearance of this Muhua Palace is splendid, magnificent and magnificent, but the inside is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with many pavilions and clear water. Is that really the case? ”

Zhou Xiaoxiao on the side sneered and said, "Jiang Ning, don't make it like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, and lose the dead." ”

Jiang Ning was blocked by her and lost interest, and then Ah Wan replied softly: "You will know when you arrive." But I have to remind you that when you get to the palace, just do things, don't look around, don't make loud noises, and don't go on a rampage and lose your proportion. Otherwise, if you are punished at that time, Yuhuatai will not be able to save you. Do you understand? ”

Everyone nodded, not daring to ask again.

After arriving at Muhua Palace, Ah Wan and his entourage followed the maids in the palace, went straight to the inner courtyard, instructed them to deal with it, and began to build flower branches.

The flowers in this Muhua Palace are delicate and beautiful, and they are not ambiguous at all, and they only need to be treated a little.

Jiang Ning quickly dealt with it, walked to her side and leaned in to look, only to hear Zhou Xiaoxiao's "oops" over there, and everyone raised their heads to look.

It turned out that Zhou Xiaoxiao didn't notice that the flower branch was a green beauty, thinking that it was some weed next to it, so she cut it off at once, and fell off the petals scattered on the ground, and she realized that it was a flower.

At this time, the maidservant girl who brought them was dumbfounded and shouted, "That is the flower that Madame Jade loves the most!" I was so anxious that I didn't know what to do, so I said to Ah Wan: "Flower officer, what do you say about this?" If Madam Jade is to blame, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford the entire Yuhuatai. ”

Ah Wan knew that Mrs. Yu was the favorite concubine of the state lord Wang Miao, so her face was as pale as earth, and she bowed her head and remained silent.

At this time, Zhou Xiaoxiao also knew that he had made a big disaster, and Mrs. Nayu was pampered and moody by nature, and she was deeply favored by the state lord, and she was even more arrogant.

Frightened, she panicked, and hurriedly explained: "Don't blame me, it's Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning is next to me, she didn't finish building the weeds and ran to be lazy, so I confused her weeds with this flower." ”

When Jiang Ning heard this, he was furious, and said theoretically: "Zhou Xiaoxiao, don't be a shallow learner because you are clumsy and can't recognize the green beauty, so you will spew blood." I'm leaving this piece after it's been built, where are the weeds left for you to cut wrong? What's more, it wasn't cut by my strong hand, you cut it yourself, who is to blame? ”

Zhou Xiaoxiao was not to be outdone, and argued: "Then you can't escape this matter, if you prune here with peace of mind, I won't go to your side again." ”

Jiang Ning saw her messing around, and was about to step forward to compete with her, but when Ah Wan saw this, she hurriedly grabbed the two.

"I have a plan." Hanama said to her.

"Huh? What do you want to do? She didn't expect this week to be so unreasonable, but she didn't want to get involved.

But since Hanama said so, he had to follow what he said, and suggested to the maidservant: "Sister, this matter can be big or small, we should not make mistakes in Yuhuatai, but if Mrs. Yu is furious, she will also punish you for poor supervision at that time, and it will be a disaster for you." ”

The maidservant thought for a moment, and then asked, "Then what do you say about it now?" ”

She replied briskly: "You see that the flowers here have always been growing wantonly, and the eyes are tired after looking at this complicated appearance for a long time, so it is better to take advantage of this time to simply build a silhouette, and the long branches are topped and then tied, so that the overall appearance is like a round pearl, and the height is staggered, which is more pleasing to the eye." I thought it would be hard to detect the mistakenly cut branch if it was hidden in the depths. But if Madame Jade saw it with her discernment, she could also explain that she had to do it as a last resort in order to present a more delicate flower garden, and presumably she would not have delved into it. ”

The maidservant nodded, thought of something again, and continued to ask, "Then how can you guarantee that Madame Jade will not be even more angry for touching her flower garden at will?" ”

She replied, "I'm sure she'll like it." ”

Ah Wan also helped on the side: "You can give it a try, it's better than now that this flower branch has been cut bald, and you can see the abruptness at a glance." ”

The maidservant compromised and said: "Okay, then you should be quick, Mrs. Yu usually comes here to enjoy flowers and tea after a dream, and there is still about half an hour before this time." ”

Then the people began to act, sweating profusely, and the work of a stick of incense was almost the same. The maid was really heart-warming and poetic.

At this time, Mrs. Yu was dressed in light clothes and walked towards this side calmly, and everyone saluted together.

Madame Yu walked to the flowerbed, and the flower moved, pointed to the flowerbed and asked, "Why is this?" ”

When the maidservant saw that her tone was gentle, she replied, "Today, the Imperial Flower Terrace has come to prune the branches according to the custom, and it is specially designed for the lady." ”

"Very good! What a masterpiece! Whose idea was it? Madame Jade asked happily as she looked around.

Ah Wan glanced at her with relief, and was about to speak, but Zhou Xiaoxiao said: "Mrs. Yu, the little girl is not talented, I pruned it first, and then it became like this by mistake." ”

Madame Yu turned her head, looked at her meaningfully, and asked, "You seem to be a little familiar, but your father is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"Exactly, Madame, has good eyesight." Zhou Xiaoxiao replied respectfully.

"Yes, there is a father and a daughter. From now on, you will be in charge of my flower garden. So saying, he got up and went into the courtyard, and the maidservant departed with him.

When Mrs. Yu walked away, Jiang Ning couldn't bear it anymore and said angrily: "Zhou Xiaoxiao, you really have a bad heart." You framed me before, but now you're here to rob the stone path again. I want to see how an embroidered pillow like yours becomes a clown if you provoke this girder! ”

Zhou Xiaoxiao was about to refute, but he thought that he was indeed not good at floral art, and it would not be embarrassing if he accidentally exposed it.

He didn't pay attention to Jiang Ning, turned to her and asked softly, "Shi Jingyou, how about you come with me to Madam Yu next time?" ”

She thought to herself, "I'm going to clean up this little girl today, thank you for giving me the opportunity." ”

So he smiled lightly and replied, "No." Miss Zhou, I don't have any merits in this person, but I still have self-knowledge. I thought I couldn't pick this beam, so I didn't pick it. Besides, I don't have the slightest interest in the pursuit of fame and fortune, so there is no need to be cocooned. ”

When Zhou Xiaoxiao saw her say this, she was so angry that she turned her head and left.

Jiang Ning leaned back behind her with a smile as she said, "Eh, did you see it? Her face was green, but she didn't expect her to have a deflated day. Little stone, I can't see it, your skill in scolding Huai is not shallow. ”

"Eh, why is it a small stone?" She asked helplessly.

Jiang Ning bumped her with the shoulder, "Look at you, you speak as hard as a stone, and you act like a stone, it just so happens that your surname is Shi, a small stone, which is very appropriate." ”

She poked Jiang Ning's shoulder, moved her body away from her, and said loudly: "It's ugly!" ”

Everyone laughed and went back to the Imperial Flower Terrace.

As the days went by, Qingke remembered the beggar he met by chance during the day, who was clearly the one who sent the letter to the princess in the first place, but why did he hesitate and not say a word when he saw him?

He looked sluggish, and if he left it alone and felt unbearable, Qingke decided to go alone and take him away from Jinyun City, so as not to attract too many people.

When the Qingke returned to the mouth of the alley in the early morning, he saw the beggar lying there as if he was dying, but the copper plate he had begged for in the bowl was gone.

She stepped forward to help him, and the beggar was frightened when he saw that it was Qingke again, and opened his mouth to babble something, only then did Qingke realize that his tongue had been pulled out, and his heart was full of resentment and pity, and he tried to take his hand to help him get up, but found that his tendons were also broken, so he had to give up.

The beggar sat down, bit his finger with all his might, leaned against the wall beside him, and wrote the word "Flee" on the wall with blood trembling and weakly.

Qingke suddenly felt that his situation was precarious, so he got up and was about to leave. But I saw that there was a group of people wearing night clothes and masked knives hidden at the mouth and end of the alley, it was the shadow guard, led by Tao Xuanju.

He gave an order: "Keep your mouth alive!" And they rushed up and surrounded the alley, and there was no way back between the scavenger and the beggar.

Qingke thought that he could only fight bloodily at this moment, so he drew his Hidden Blade and fought with it. Helplessly, the other party was overwhelming, and in less than a stick of incense, Qingke was exhausted.

When she knelt on the ground, she was stabbed in the back, her eyes were black and she fainted, and in a trance she seemed to see the beggar being slashed and killed with a knife, but she couldn't even scream, she could only look at the cold night with blood-red eyes.