Night gradually enveloped the entire imperial city, and the stars were shining one after another.

Like a sleeping beast, lying in the imperial city in the middle of the north of Chang'an, the palace maids and eunuchs shuttled through the palace corridors in an orderly manner, lighting a bright lamp.

The armor guards on duty at the city wall will always unconsciously look and look down at this moment, looking at the majestic lights of the ancient city under their feet, echoing with the galaxy from afar, connecting a line in the distance.

Thousands of years of imperial capital, glorious for thousands of years.

In the Xiyue Palace, Shi Tijieyu, who had just sent away another wave of thousands of cow guards, was greatly relieved and physically and mentally exhausted.

From yesterday at noon after the explosion in the Imperial Doctor's Office to the present, the Praetorian Guards belonging to the Beiya in the palace have been conducting routine inspections all the time, and so far I don't know how many waves it is.

It's still the same reply as before, these internal guards in fine scale armor are really the same rules, saying that they are patrolling, but they really haven't gone beyond half a step, just come in and say a few innocuous official words like "be careful" and leave on their own.

Thinking about this group of guards who have been guarding the deep palace all the year round, they are also very clear in their hearts, Xiyue Palace, a place that can already be classified as a cold palace, dare not say that they can't be saintly and blue-eyed all year round, I'm afraid that it will also reach the point where no one cares, for them, this kind of place is just a formality, it is better to go to those few Niangniang Palaces who have won the grace of the saints, and they can also get more oil and water.

instructed the palace maid to reward the broken silver that took the lead and was still handy, Shi Ti smiled bitterly at the complaint of this dowry maid who had been with him for more than 20 years and called Qing'er, and only gently persuaded him to rest early.

Obviously, it is different from last night and this day's rigorous inspection, and the two groups of guards who have been tight on the outside and loose on the inside are already routine, and the rumor of the Dan furnace blowing up has already come in the palace, and the so-called "assassination" is self-defeating, and this group of soldiers who have been nervous for more than ten hours and have not slept for more than ten hours have naturally relaxed their vigilance.

Whether it was the nervous spirit, or the safety of the saints in the Heart Cultivation Temple, or dealing with these guards who would appear at any time, Shi Tijieyu, who had not had a good rest for more than ten hours, waited for the maid to leave, and turned into the side room.

In the side room was the man wearing a corrugated hat who was bent on leaving the palace but obviously did not succeed.

From yesterday to now, Shi Tijie Yu has a lot of doubts to ask, at the beginning, these concubines in the harem went to visit the Palace of Raising the Heart, and waited for half a day, until it was night, and then the man left by the night, but the palace ban was suddenly strict, and he did not find a suitable opportunity to go and return and has been hiding in the side room, Shi Tijie Yu has been dealing with the guards who come to check from time to time, until now, can he settle down and ask what is going on.

Seeing that it was Shi Ti who came in, the man, who was only affected by the qi wave and did not hurt his internal organs, recovered quickly this day, and was already able to move around freely, staggered out of the hidden place in the corner, and changed into a common navy blue eunuch suit in the palace.

First, he gave a polite salute, but before the man could speak, Shi Ti had already preemptively said: "You can tell me now what happened and why the explosion occurred." How did it become so serious that you had promised me that you were just going to meet the Holy One and ask for an explanation? Now it's beyond the rules we set at the time. If this continues, even if I don't want to fight for this life, I will inform the Holy God of your affairs and punish you. ”

In the face of Shi Ti's questioning and threat, the man was not in a hurry, he sat on the steps in front of the couch very awkwardly, the burning wound on his back pulled his expression and became very painful, but the corners of his mouth were grinning, and he didn't know whether to hide the pain or disdain for Shi Tijieyu's threat, and his tone played with taste: "At this point, Niangniang still wants to get off the boat?" ”

Shi Ti frowned.

Although she couldn't see the face covered by the messy hair and the brim of her hat, she could still really feel something in the other party's invisible eyes that made her very uncomfortable.

The woman's eyes tightened when she was born in a military family, "Then you can try whether the saint believes in me or you." ”

The man, who was obviously more energetic than yesterday, sneered, expressing his indifference to this threat.

This day and night is really difficult for this woman who married from the Western Regions, such a big event happened in the palace, obviously there are thousands of inextricable men hiding in their own rooms, even if there is another layer of unspeakable relationship, how can Shi Ti not be frightened.

After a year, this group of veterans from their hometown asked someone to help them say that they wanted to enter the palace to sue the emperor, so they only told them that there were three hundred guards involved, and the general's daughter, who was originally born in the Anxi Governor's Mansion, was naturally sympathetic and risked the crime of killing the head to help, but she never expected that such a frightening thing would happen.

Habitually pressed the corrugated hat, the man looked at Jieyu, whose face was gradually fierce, and confessed: "I don't know how it is spread in the palace now, this explosion really has nothing to do with me, I was almost found when I arrived at the Imperial Medical Department, I was in a hurry to dodge, and before I went far, there was a bang, and I was blown away, and I didn't know how the explosion happened." ”

Shi Ti asked, "Why are there rumors in the palace that there are assassins in the palace?" ”

Indeed, no one can understand that the explosion that occurred at noon yesterday was already rumored to be a Dan furnace explosion, and how could it turn into a human assassination at night? The palace guards are also a bit of a joke, and they can't talk such baseless nonsense.

Or is it really like the rumors that have gone viral in the palace maid Huang Gate in the past two days, what is the plot to usurp the throne?

Thinking of this, Shi Ti felt quite funny, such as the peaceful people living in peace today, these palace handymen who talk nonsense all day long seem to be idle, maybe it is just a simple explosion or petty theft, these few days in their mouths it has become a palace change, and even more so, there are also serious references to the past and the present, saying that there are noses and eyes, but it is really ridiculous that three people become tigers. Although Shi Ti is also a woman, he does not know much about the political situation, but he will not believe that such a prosperous era will develop into a coup d'état.

Isn't that funny?

The man understands this very well, and teased: "Isn't this the consistent style of the official family, if you can't find out the truth, you can find a reason to prevaricate first, and you must first keep the black yarn on your head." As for the rest, isn't it just a deception of officials and officials? ”

How do you know these doorways in the man's mouth, Shi Tijieyu was convinced of this explanation, a little relieved, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it is not for the saint." ”

The man pulled the brim of his hat down again, covering his eyebrows so that people couldn't see half of his face, but now he hid it even more tightly, and he said slowly: "We won't do the great crime of destroying the nine clans." I just came to the saint to ask for an explanation, although it is a bit extreme, but it is also a last resort, and I will never cross the bottom line of half a step. ”

With a wry smile, the man lowered his eyebrows.

"I'm just catching Lang for the three hundred guards in the Western Regions, asking for a plausible explanation."

There was clearly a light sigh, how could the person in front of him understand the meaning.

Outside the house, the voice of the personal maid Qing'er suddenly came, "Tell Jieyu, there is news from the backyard of Liangzhou outside the palace that His Royal Highness King Liang has set off to return to Beijing, and it should arrive tomorrow." ”

Not only Shi Ti was stunned, but the man's brows under the corrugated hat also frowned.

Shi Ti said "I know" without a trace, and the man looked up at the night through the ventilation skylight, estimated the hour, and said, "Tonight, I will mix in the dungman team and leave the palace." ”

Unexpected, reasonable.

Shi Ti just said softly, "It's okay." ”

Before coming to Beijing, she had a detailed understanding of Jieyu, who had been in the harem for several years, and naturally knew that the Liang King in the mouth of the palace maid was her only son, the fourth prince Wang Han, the fief of Liangzhou, Longyou Dao, called King Liang.

Obviously, Shi Tijieyu, who is not as expensive as a mother and a child, and is almost like being relegated to the cold palace, can be sure that the current saint will not set foot in the Xiyue Palace for half a step, so those eunuchs and guards, they all feel that there is not too much oil and water here, so that they are now being neglected because of the Wu Ji House.

It's just that everyone can be sure that as Shi Tijieyu's son, he will not forget his mother because his father forgot this concubine.

And what is certain is that even the maid Qing'er who has been married to her for so many years by Jieyu's side can't step into the side room for half a step, but this Liang King, as a son of man, has every reason to come and go freely.

Although it is necessary for the will of the Son of Heaven for these vassal kings to return to Beijing and enter the palace, but at the moment, the saint is still unconscious in bed, and he is as cautious as this man, but he does not believe that this vassal king cannot enter the palace to greet his mother.

It is said that one year in the southwest of Tibet, a nomadic tribe crossed the border to Liangzhou to smash and loot, although the impact was not great, the king of Tubo also sent an envoy to sue for peace and compensate for gold and silver utensils in order to eliminate the anger of the great country. It's just that the capital has not yet made any conclusions, and the grumpy prince led 500 soldiers belonging to the establishment of his own palace, and within half a month, he went down to five cities in a row, and fought all the way to the Tubo royal city to ask for an explanation, forcing the Tubo king to surrender his identity and go out of the city to apologize and cede the land to negotiate peace.

This man who was hiding in Shi Tijieyu's side room had every reason to believe that he might not be discovered by the current saint and be condemned to death, but he would definitely be beaten to death by the fourth prince who was full of force.

Until night completely covered the imperial city, the man in the corrugated hat mixed in with the dung man's procession, and changed into a tattered clothes that were more shabby than a beggar.

The dung man is a contemptuous name, and for those who are clothed and fed in the palace, they naturally look down on these miscellaneous servants who are at the bottom. Although there is a clean room department in the palace, a special eunuch is in charge, and there is a formal title of a clean official, how many people will call inferior people who live with feces all day long?

Over time, the vulgar but direct name of the dung man has become more formal.

It is said that the stewards in charge of the clean house division are the most unpopular eunuchs in the palace, but they don't know the inner and outer parts of their duties, and the doorway inside is deep.

The palace allocated two pieces of silver to the hands of the clean house division, and then they paid them to these dung men who came every day. Since ancient times, the people did not dare to compete with the officials, not to mention that it was still the center of power, the center of the entire Great Zhou, how could those dung men who were ordinary people dare to compete for how much silver taels?

Besides, even if they are deducted by the eunuchs in the palace who do things like people, they will have a lot of money in their hands, otherwise the fights and brawls that occur outside the Fanglin Gate every once in a while will be fought by these dung men in order to compete for this most unpopular business.

The dungman seems to have become accustomed to having eunuchs or maids in the palace mix in the ranks, and selectively ignore this burying man who suddenly joined in from the Xiyue Palace.

You must know that in this deep palace, there are those who can't stand the strict regulations of the palace and run away halfway.

Those children of poor families originally thought that when they entered the palace, they would have a chance to climb the high branches and get ahead, and many ordinary people who had been facing the loess and facing the sky for several lifetimes sent their children to the palace, hoping to fly out of the chicken nest A golden phoenix, even if they lose the most basic ability of a man, they are better than those who suffer and are tired.

It's just that the idea is good, but if you really want to enter the palace, it will be another kind of torture.

Outside the palace and in the countryside, at least there will be no cumbersome etiquette to follow.

What everyone has their own name, what concubine Zhaoyi talent, according to the headdress, you can tell who is who, and if you call it wrong, it will be a board at every turn, which is light, and it is the most torturous to punish you for a few days without eating. Walk without making a sound, cover your mouth when eating, put chopsticks at level with yourself, and don't snore at night, where can you stand these constraints from the countryside, you will naturally try your best to go out, even if the palace rules hang those who go out of the palace in private, but in the eyes of some people, they would rather not abide by these rules and try to escape.

successfully went out of the palace, and everyone was happy.

If it doesn't work, it's better to die than to be idle in the palace.