The moonlight hung low, a little soft light and flirtatious on the dragon bookcase, the door of the imperial study was hidden, and a golden light was refracted from the crack of the door, like a cave where treasures were hidden. The golden light was reflected by the shadow of the lamp, and it broke off from time to time, and everyone inside was walking back and forth.

The candle shone on the letter on the table, and the paper was as white as the moon.

The handwriting on the letter paper was sloppy, and the person who wrote it had probably not practiced it seriously, but judging from the soft pen, the letter came from a woman's hand.

The court did not have much opinion on the beheading of the puppet emperor's concubines, most of them supported it, and only a few stubborn Confucian scholars were still entangled in whether this move was in line with the Confucian benevolence.

Rong Zhan thought that the other party would be more courageous, at least with some dancing and sticking subordinates who came to rob the Dharma Field, but when it was noon, it was just waiting for such a letter of transaction. The letter was sent by a child to the guards outside the palace walls.

The guard gave the letter to Lu Shaoyong, but Lu Shaoyong didn't dare to call the shots, so he transferred it to Qin Shun, and after several twists and turns, the letter was delivered to Rong Zhan.

The front of the letter is just some self-righteous nonsense, and only the last sentence, one life for one life, shows the intention. This letter was not signed, and the other party must be afraid that Rong Zhan would guess her identity.

But this person is not difficult to guess, a woman, or a rich and capable woman. Moreover, the handwriting written by this woman made Rong Zhan feel quite familiar. You don't have to think about it, a familiar face comes into view - Liu Guifei.

Since breaking the palace, Xiao Rongshen's vein has been completely destroyed by Rong Zhan, Liu Guifei, as the concubine of the first emperor, can't be too harsh on her, plus she invited herself to guard the spirit of the first emperor, Rong Zhan also agreed.

Why? If you ignore her, will she run out and make waves?

"Liu Guifei......" Rong Zhan gritted his teeth and squeezed out three words.

"Who did the emperor say?"

As soon as Rong Zhan changed his hand, he saw Yuan Xi standing beside her with a cup of ginseng tea.

"When did you come?" he turned abruptly, the door to the study was open, and he didn't pay any attention to the sound of the door opening.

Yuan Xi put down the ginseng tea and said with a smile: "I just came in, and when I saw the emperor's thoughtful appearance, I didn't dare to disturb." ”

Rong Zhan lowered his head slightly, grabbed her, and pointed to the tea cup on the table: "What is this?"

"A cup of ginseng tea is a refreshment for the emperor. She smiled and took the cup to Rong Zhan: "This is ginseng from the Western Regions, the medicinal power is small, and it won't get hot if you eat it, so the emperor will taste it." ”

Rong Zhan took the cup and smiled: "Is there ginseng in this Western Regions?"

Yuan Xi smiled: "The Western Regions are different from our Great Chu, but some medicinal materials are also available. ”

Rong Zhan took a sip and said: "The father-in-law is partial, the inner mansion is now under his command, but if there is any good thing, it will be sent to the queen, if I want to drink, I have to go to the queen." He put the teacup down: "What do you mean by that, did you tell me that you should often go to the queen's place to sit?"

Yuan Xi turned his face and said with a smile: "How could my father have been partial to his concubines? This ginseng tea has already been sent to the emperor, but those inner eunuchs are unconscious and don't know how to make it for the emperor to drink. The whole jar was still sitting there, and the thin wax that had not even been opened had been opened. ”

"This is the exhaustion of those inner prisoners, I turned around and asked Qin Shun to clean them up. He said indifferently.

Yuan Xi glanced at him, Qin Shun? He is the tired leading brother, if it weren't for his uncaring attitude all day long, he would have been able to make those inner eunuchs so careless? But it seems that the emperor himself doesn't care so much, Yuan Xi shook his head helplessly.

"By the way, the emperor said just now...... What's wrong with her?" asked Yuan Xi.

"She?" Rong Zhan glanced at her.

Yuan Xi's eyes fell on the letter on the table, and he scanned it roughly, and was a little puzzled: "One life for one life?" No wonder the emperor let Wei Yuanjia go. ”

Rong Zhan didn't speak, and Yuan Xi asked again: "So this letter was written by Liu Guifei?"

Rong Zhan nodded: "No matter how you think about it, you would never have thought that the concubines who guarded the soul of the first emperor would actually be involved in this matter." ”

Yuan Xi was a little surprised: "One life for another? Does Liu Guifei want to exchange her life for Wei Yuanjia's life? What does this mean?"

Rong Zhan looked at her and hesitated for a while, and said, "There is something I wanted to hide from you, but now it seems that I can't hide it." ”

Yuan Xi smiled slightly: "You and I are married, is there anything else that can't be said?"

Rong Zhan put away his sorrow, solemnly put his hands on her shoulders, and said word by word: "I can tell you, but you must promise me, you must be strong, and you must not be weak and lose your temperament." ”

Won-hee looked at him, and there was a hint of uneasiness in his gloomy expression.

Rong Zhan pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Our Min'er, in the Wei Mansion, was snatched away by Zhao Shu, and Zhao Shu is doing things for Concubine Liu." This time, she wants to exchange her life for her life, and she wants to exchange Min'er for Wei Yuanjia's life. ”

Yuan Xi was suffocated, her eyes were dark, and she almost fell to the ground, Rong Zhan hurriedly supported her: "Yuan Xi, you have to cheer up, now Min'er's life and death can't rely on others, you can't fall." ”

Two children, each of which was born after her life, and each of them was her heart. Min'er fell into the hands of Liu Guifei, how could she, as a mother, endure it?

"If the concubine doesn't see this letter, how long will the emperor hide it from the concubine?" Yuan Xi grabbed Rong Zhan's shirt stiffly: "No wonder the emperor has been shelving for a long time and suddenly wants to kill Wei Yuanjia, in fact, the emperor just wants to use Wei Yuanjia to lure her into the bait, right?"

Rong Zhan stared at her and nodded silently.

"There's no way around it. ”

Yuan Xi was stunned: "How did she know that Min'er was a twin?"

Rong Zhan gritted his teeth: "If you want to blame, you have to blame the stable women in the palace who delivered the babies, I was afraid that they would break their mouths and spread the news to the ears of the Queen Mother." He gave them silver to let them out of the palace, who knew that they would not be able to live in peace when they arrived among the people, and spread the news everywhere. Hmph, a few days ago, I caught a kid who spread the news in the upper cabinet, and the Dali Temple interrogated, and the kid confessed. ”

"Are you sure it's the news from the stables?" asked Won-hee.

Rong Zhan nodded: "Yes, Dali Temple went to arrest people according to that kid's confession, and it was indeed the stable woman in the palace who was caught, and she also confessed." ”

"Why? Why do they spread the word like this?"

Rong Zhan can't say why, but because he can't hold back the secret in his heart, he always wants to find someone to tell him. It's just that these individuals are too stupid, can the secrets of the inner courtyard of the palace be casually told by the grass people?

What's more, it also indirectly led to the kidnapping of the prince by Liu Guifei.

"Why is this happening? Min'er is doing well in the Wei Mansion, why did a Zhao Shu suddenly appear and rob him?"

Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning in my mind, and my thoughts drifted back to the ruined palace a few years ago. The name Zhao Shu seemed to be somewhat familiar, and the clear-eyed figure flashed in his head.

"Is it him?" Yuan Xi was shocked, he was still alive, he assassinated the princess back then, but then disappeared inexplicably. God knows how he managed to get out of the palace gate.

"It's him," Rong Zhan said firmly: "It was Liu Guifei who rescued him back then, and he has been relying on Liu Guifei's help all these years to survive."

Yuan Xi was stunned, how could Zhao Shu live, how could he live? Not only did he live, but he also took her child.

"Zhao Shu didn't know where to practice kung fu, and with an assassin named Qin Si'er, he broke into the Wei Mansion and snatched the child. ”

Yuan Xi nodded, and his body was a little stiff: "Then what is the emperor going to do." ”

"Swap with her. ”

"Where?" Won-hee unfolded the letter and read it carefully, and didn't seem to find any return address.

Rong Zhan snorted and said, "This letter is written in a mess, the sentences are of different lengths, you connect the first word of each sentence to read it." ”

Yuan Xi lowered his head, and such a sentence appeared in the letter: If you want to change the child, Taimiao will watch the meeting quietly.

The meditation near the Taimiao Temple is the place where Liu Guifei practiced. Yuan Xi frowned, she made an appointment to meet in this place, so she was not afraid that the imperial court soldiers would overwhelm the realm and level her small courtyard?

In fact, Liu Guifei didn't need to worry about anything, because Rong Zhan didn't dare to make a big splash, after all, the queen gave birth to twins and still couldn't let too many people know.

Yuan Xi thought about it after a while, no wonder Liu Guifei acted so recklessly, it turned out that she had no fear.

Yuan Xi raised his head and asked, "Who does the emperor plan to shoot to deal with this matter?"

Rong Zhan pondered for a long time and said, "Qin Shun, there is also the Wei family." ”

"The Wei family?" Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows: "The Wei family is just a caravan, and there are not many soldiers who can take care of the family, but I don't know how many people Liu Guifei has under him." ”

Rong Zhan smiled slightly, he didn't plan to let the Wei family go to fight with Liu Guifei with knives, guns and sticks.

"What is the emperor laughing at?" asked Won-hee.

"I laugh at you, you are foolish for a while. If it doesn't matter to you, it's like you're clever or something, and if you care about it, it's chaotic. ”

Yuan Xi sighed, how can she not mess up? Min'er is also her own flesh and blood, and she fell into the hands of Liu Guifei, the old witch, and she didn't know if she had suffered or suffered. What if the old witch starves him? What if the old witch beats him? What if the old witch takes the opportunity to give him some medicine?

People are scary, scared to death, Yuan Xi didn't dare to continue thinking about it, and pushed Rong Zhan: "The emperor should hurry up and find a way to rescue Min'er, as long as he is in the hands of Liu Guifei for one day, his danger will be one more day." ”

"Don't worry, I have already thought of a way, tomorrow I will go out of the palace in person and go with Qin Shun to rescue our Min'er. ”

Yuan Xi bit his lip: "The concubine is also going." ”

He frowned slightly: "There are many people, what are you doing in this troubled water?" Or stay in the palace and wait, I will definitely rescue Min'er." ”

Yuan Xi shook his head: "No, the concubine must go, as soon as the concubine thinks that Min'er is in the hands of Concubine Liu, the concubine will not be at peace for a moment." ”

The lights flickered, and the wind seemed to blow outside, making the door panel click.