Besides, in the Funing Palace, Zhao Zhen sent Ren Shouzhong away, so he sent Chen Zhongyi to invite Ye Pei. But Chen Zhongyi came back and said that Ye Pei was not in Qifeng Pavilion.

Zhao Zhen secretly thought that Ye Pei must have chased Liu Demiao out of the palace, and he didn't dare to make a noise, so he secretly announced the command of the pro-army in front of the palace to come and order, asking him to quickly send more people to search for Ye Pei's whereabouts.

Zhao Zhen waited anxiously in Funing Palace, but in the evening he didn't get a reply from Ye Pei's traces, and his heart was even more uneasy.

At this time, the prime minister's mansion was busy for more than an hour, and the poison needle received by Ding Wei was not diagnosed. Several of the private guards who were in the needle gradually woke up, and everyone realized that the poisonous needle was only an anesthetic and not a poison.

Liu Demiao wiped with water to wake up Ding Wei, which was a little relieved.

Ding Wei said to his eldest son Ding Hui: "There is Xianyou Palace in Xianyou Cave, and the mechanism is very exquisite, don't open the door first, just wait for Ye Pei to suffocate inside." Ding Heng nodded.

He said to Liu Demiao: "This matter has been exposed and is irreparable."

Without further ado, as soon as you open the palace door tomorrow, you will entrust this "Mixed Yuan Emperor's Wonderful Book of Virtue" into the palace. The success or failure of the big thing is here. ”

Liu Demiao's eyes flashed with tears, and she bit her lip and said, "Obey the orders of the prime minister!" ”

Ding Wei half-lay on the bed, held Liu Demiao's hand and said: "Demiao, this major event is all on you, I know that you are under a lot of pressure, but I also know that you are a brave and responsible woman, you don't have to be afraid when you enter the palace, I will send someone to protect your safety."

This time, my net worth and life are also in one fell swoop, if it is done, you and I can stay together, I promise you the title of concubine, and the future will be extremely noble.

But if you fail, you and I will become unjust souls, and when we go to the underworld, we will be husband and wife for a long time! ”

Liu Demiao threw herself into Ding Wei's arms and cried: "Xiangye, I don't dare to forget your kindness to Demiao, for Xiangye, Demiao has no regrets even if he dies!" ”

Ding Wei patted Liu Demiao's back and shed tears, and Ding Heng couldn't help but hide his face and cry.

Everyone endured all night and stayed up until the day was bright, Liu Demiao was dressed neatly, holding a red sandalwood lacquer box, putting the "Mixed Yuan Emperor's Book of Virtue" in it, and sitting in a soft sedan chair into the palace.

As soon as Liu Demiao left, Ding Wei instructed Ding Hui to go to the privy envoy Cao to wait for news in the mansion, and sent his second son Ding Jue to his father-in-law Qian Weiyin's mansion to stand by.

When the four sons were sent out, Ding Wei ordered someone to call Ding Yuehua again.

Ding Yuehua asked, "Grandpa, what happened to our house last night?" ”

Ding Wei said to Ding Yuehua: "Don't ask, go to the Eight Great Palaces to see what happened to Zhao Yunxi." No matter what happens in the palace today, you must prevent Zhao Yunxi from entering the palace, if you have the ability to stop Zhao Yuanyan, you will be clever. ”

Ding Yuehua frowned and looked at Ding Wei, "Grandpa, something big must have happened!" ”

Ding Wei's heart was beating hard, and he was too lazy to deal with Ding Yuehua, just urging, "Go, go, I will naturally know what is going on at night." ”

Ding Yuehua walked back step by step.

As soon as Ding Yuehua left, a guard ran into the main courtyard where Ding Wei was located.

"Oh no, Xiangye, it's not good!"

Ding Wei's heart was already beating wildly, and after listening to the guard's words, he stood up in shock. "What's the matter? Say it! ”

"Xiangye, all the guards guarding outside the Xianyou Cave have been killed, and the people locked in the Xianyou Cave have disappeared!"

"What?!" Ding Wei was unsteady on his feet and almost fell. He covered his heart, held the arm of the chair, and said slowly: "How is this possible, take me to see it!" ”

Although it was already midday, the sky was still overcast, and there were signs of snow. Ding Wei was supported by the guards and stumbled to the outside of the Xianyou Cave in the garden.

I saw that the garden was full of corpses, and it was clear that after a fierce battle, it was very tragic.

Ding Wei didn't care about paying attention to this miserable scene, went all the way into the cave, turned the mechanism in front of Taishang Laojun, the stone door suddenly opened, and Ding Wei entered the palace in the cave.

When he ordered someone to light a torch to illuminate the four walls, the dragon chair and the crown were all there, but Ye Pei was missing.

Ding Wei was dumbfounded, "How could it be!" Did she fly out of the hole? Ding Wei couldn't hold on any longer, and sat down on the steps at the stone gate.

He shuddered and asked, "Are there any officers and soldiers outside the palace gate?" ”

The guards were puzzled, "Officers and soldiers? Not at all. ”

Ding Wei instructed: "That's good, prepare the car, and go to the palace of the Cao Privy Envoy!" ”

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Let's talk about how this Ye Pei escaped from the Xianyou Cave, of course, it is not her own ability.

Ye Pei sat on the steps of the stone gate, fell asleep in a daze, and when she was awakened by a sound, she suddenly saw a ray of light outside the stone gate shining into the hall.

Ye Pei vigilantly pulled up his posture, clenched the fish dragon whip with both hands, and prepared to fight.

But she only saw the clothes of a man in black flash, and there was no sound outside.

Ye Pei didn't dare to delay, and a "tiger leap" jumped out of the Xianyou Cave.

When she arrived in the garden, she was stunned by the tragic scene in front of her, and saw that the garden was full of corpses, and it seemed that she had come to the Yama Treasure Hall.

Ye Pei thought to himself, it must be that Zhao Zhen sent someone to discover Ding Wei's plot and wash his mansion in blood, right?

Don't dare to think about it, Ye Pei took three steps and made two steps, turned out of the Dingfu Garden, and ran towards the Fuya Street.

When she got to the street, Ye Pei didn't see the officers and soldiers in the queue, she didn't dare to stop, crossed West Street, crossed Junyi Street, and went straight to Xihua Gate to enter the palace.

When he arrived at the palace gate, Ye Pei met Lin Zhengying, the marquis of Yu in front of the palace.

Lin Zhengying stepped forward to salute and said to Ye Pei: "County Lord, I am hereby to receive you into the palace on the orders of the commander. ”

Ye Pei knew that Lin Zhengying was a cronie in the army in front of Zhao Zhen's palace, so he didn't stop and said, "Is it Luan's commander?" ”

"No, it's Commander Di."

Ye Pei had some doubts in his heart, it wasn't Luan Gui who answered him? Who is this Di commander?

But time was pressing, and he didn't have time to think about it or ask more, Ye Pei asked as he walked all the way.

"Just now, this Di commander rescued me from Ding Wei's mansion?"

Lin Zhengying followed Ye Pei's footsteps, "Prime Minister Ding's mansion?" I haven't heard of this, he only told me to pick you up outside the Xihua Gate and enter the palace quickly. ”

Ye Pei said to himself, "This is strange. Then he asked Lin Zhengying, "Did you see Liu Xiangu enter the palace in the morning?" ”

Lin Zhengying nodded, "I just entered the palace two or three quarters of an hour before you." ”

"That's not good!" Saying that, Ye Pei ran up, and Lin Zhengying almost couldn't catch up with Ye Pei's footsteps.

Ye Pei unfolded the "dragonfly and water" and rushed to the Baoci Palace, and when he entered the courtyard gate, he almost collided with the maid Linglong who was about to go out.

Linglong hurriedly saluted: "The slave has seen the county master. ”

Ye Pei didn't reply, but only asked, "Can Liu Xiangu be inside?" ”

Linglong replied, "I just went in not long ago." ”

Ye Pei rushed straight in, and Linglong hurriedly caught up and said, "County Lord, let the slave and maid go in." ”

Ye Pei didn't seem to hear it, and had already entered the palace gate.

There is a warm cloud in the Baoci Palace, Liu E likes to smoke strong incense, and the incense burner is lit with real incense, which makes people smell the sweet and sour taste of green plums, refreshing and refreshing.

When Liu Demiao entered the Baoci Palace, Liu E was fiddling with the three-legged incense burner in her hand, taking out two incense pills from the lotus petal pattern incense box, gently putting them into the furnace, and gently serving them with the incense stick.

Liu Demiao deliberately wore a brand-new apricot yellow robe today, and wore a white jade lotus crown on her head. In order to cover up the tiredness of the night, she flicked some rouge, her face looked white and ruddy, and with that smile like a spring breeze, people couldn't see any flaws at all.

When she entered the hall and saw Liu E, she said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is so excited today!" ”

Liu E looked up and saw Liu Demiao, and said: "Miaogu came just in time today, the incense pills that the inner government just presented yesterday said that they were combined with precious spices such as agarwood, sandalwood, frankincense, borneol, etc., I smell very good, and Miaogu also came to smell it." ”

Liu Demiao slowly approached Liu E and said with a smile: "The things here must be good, the Queen Mother." I once read Prime Minister Ding's "Heavenly Fragrance Biography", saying that the true incense has five spices and five flavors, and today I smell the incense burning in the big incense burner in your temple, right? ”

Liu E smiled: "Miao Gu is really fragrant!" The incense burning in the furnace of these two cranes is the true incense. Miao Gu mentioned Prime Minister Ding, are you familiar with him? ”

"The Prime Minister, how can we and the other small people get acquainted? Poor Dao has only heard the name of an adult, but he has never seen it. ”

Liu E said with a little regret: "A smart and lovely woman like Miaogu is really worthy of a talent like Prime Minister Ding." Someday I will introduce you to each other. ”

Liu E made the incense, and the palace maid Coral who served next to her took all the things over. Liu E looked up at Liu Demiao, and asked casually, "Aunt Miao came very early today!" ”

Liu Demiao took a step forward and said, "Aunt Miao is coming to say hello to the Queen Mother." ”

"Where does the joy come from?"

"When Miao Gu entered the palace today, there is a big auspicious gift to be presented to the Queen Mother!"

As he spoke, Liu Demiao opened the black lacquered sandalwood box in his hand, revealing the "Mixed Yuan Emperor's Book of Virtue" inside.

"Queen Mother, yesterday on the way back, I saw the red clouds in the west appear, and I pinched my fingers and calculated, there must have been some auspicious rain near the West Mountain, so I went directly to the West Mountain to search.

Just as I reached the woods at the foot of the western mountain, a crane flew towards me, holding the book in its mouth, bestowing virtue, and then flew away.

When I opened this book to see, it turned out to be the auspicious holy book given by the Taishang Laojun, I didn't dare to delay, this morning I bathed and fasted, and hurried into the palace to inform the Queen Mother. ”

Liu Demiao said this, handed the lacquer box to Sango, asked her to present it to the Queen Mother, and knelt down and said:

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother, congratulations to the Queen Mother, this auspicious Rui, this is the luck of the Great Song Dynasty, the blessing of the people. The Queen Mother will definitely be admired by all the people, blessed as the East China Sea, and live a long life! ”

Liu E looked at Liu Demiao and said slowly: "I hope it is as Aunt Miao said!" ”

Liu Demiao still knelt on the ground and said, "Please open this book in person!" ”

For a long time, Liu E only sat on the dragon and phoenix chair, without speaking or moving.

Liu Demiao said again: "Please open this book in person!" ”

Liu E leaned forward slightly, as if she was about to open the scripture.

At this moment, Ye Pei hurriedly rushed into the hall and shouted: "Big lady, don't open it!" ”

Liu E was stunned.

While speaking, Ye Pei had already used the "Flying Eagle Chasing Rabbit" to rush to Liu E, and she pushed the lacquer box in front of her with a sleeve.

It's a pity that Ye Pei was in a hurry, this lacquer box was pushed far away, slid to the opposite side of the table and fell, Ye Pei was eager to grab the lacquer box.

At this critical moment, a man in black suddenly appeared in the hall, and he picked up the lacquer box and walked out of the hall like a "monkey fishing for the moon" before the lacquer box fell to the ground.

At the same time, Liu E dragged Ye Pei from behind and shouted: "Child, don't touch!" Ye Peizhi was stunned in the local area.

When Liu E saw the back of the man in black, she was a little excited, and chased out two steps and shouted, "San Lang, is it you?" ”

The man in black froze for a moment, and did not look back, but strode out of the Baoci Palace, threw the lacquer box outside the door, and flew up the wall and ran away.

Ye Pei also rushed up to protect Liu E, Liu E held Ye Pei's upper arm, looked at the back of the man in black in a daze, and came back to his senses after a while.

At this time, several palace maids waiting outside the door, Pearl, Linglong and Yingluo, all ran in.

"Queen Mother, what happened?"

"Queen Mother, but there are assassins? Passing on the Dragon Guard and the Imperial Guards, right? ”

Ye Pei helped Liu E sit back on the dragon and phoenix chair, Liu E let out a sigh of relief, and then returned to her former majesty.

Empress Dowager Liu instructed: "Pass on the dragon guard, take down Liu Demiao!" ”

When this series of things came out just now, Liu Demiao was already kneeling on the ground and was stunned.

When Liu E Xuanlongwei arrested Liu Demiao, she came to her senses and said infinitely aggrieved: "Queen Mother, Demiao doesn't know what crime she committed? ”

Liu E sneered: "Hehe, Miaogu has good acting skills!" The "Wonderful Book of Virtue from the Emperor of the Mixed Yuan" you just entrusted with was put in incense and poison? ”

Liu Demiao was shocked, "You, you, you know everything?" ”

"Yes! Ding is a good strategy! ”

"When did you find out?"

"From the first time you dedicated it to Gokamaru!"

Liu E said slowly: "Since Miao Gu has read Prime Minister Ding's "The Legend of Tianxiang", she should naturally know that the true fragrance is pungent, the sex is warm, it can invigorate blood and disperse blood stasis, stop bleeding and fix pain, and it is originally non-toxic.

However, this spice is most afraid of the black-hearted lotus, and once it meets, it is highly poisonous. This black-hearted lotus powder is colorless and tasteless, if it is mixed into the incense pill, it is difficult to be found, and if it is smoked for a long time, it will be poisoned deeply. ”

Liu Demiao already knew that he was in a desperate situation at this time, but said calmly: "The Queen Mother of Humanity is cunning and suspicious, and now it seems that the Queen Mother's ability is even better than this rumor!" ”

"Miao Gu said that she is not familiar with Prime Minister Ding, so this series of things is really a coincidence. The palace maid Liuli who colluded with me to manage the incense powder has been killed by my cane, so Miao Gu will let her go. ”

"Although Miaogu has no regrets about her death, it's just that the Queen Mother is also on the side of the wall now, especially if she doesn't know it!"

Liu E smiled contemptuously: "It's time to ask Miaogu to bother, you reminded me with a word, and you want to ask Ren Shouzhong to go to Cao's Privy Mansion to see how Prime Minister Ding is." ”

Liu Demiao's eyes widened, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and didn't say anything.

Liu E instructed Long Wei, who had already gone to the hall: "Drag Liu Demiao out and kill him with a cane!" ”

The two dragon guards said in unison: "Yes!" ”

Liu Demiao closed her eyes, tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, and she was dragged out.