In 1067, Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang, Qingxin Palace

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Early the next morning, Chris arrived at the Hall of Pure Heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info First, she wants to make an agreement with the Imperial Medicine Master about the martial arts competition, and secondly, she also wants to see the woman who fell into the water.

As soon as she entered the inner courtyard, she saw Liang Huaiji standing in the courtyard, he was not wearing a Taoist robe today, he was wearing a eunuch's official uniform.

Chris's habit of looking directly at others can't be broken, she stared at Liang Huaiji, yesterday she only felt that the other party was a man with a bright moon and clear air;

Liang Huaiji stood quietly, coldly looking at Lan Yuanxiao, who was staring directly at him, and a trace of doubt flashed in his heart. Why did the woman in the Empress Dowager's palace pretend to be a eunuch? Then he sneered in his heart, what is the meaning of the truth to himself! Judging by Shi Quanbin's attitude last night, it is presumable that this woman will not live long. Shi Quanbin's indiscriminate killing of innocents is contemptible, but is there still less such a careless thing for human life in the palace?

Chris saw the smile on Liang Huaiji's lips, she frowned slightly, such a smile made people unable to explore emotions. Those clear and waveless eyes locked her fixedly, as if they could perceive people's hearts.

"The Pure Heart Hall does not allow idle people to enter, and they don't leave quickly. ”

Chris didn't care about the other party's attitude, smiled lightly, and said loudly: "If you really want to drive me, you did it yesterday, why wait until today? I just want to see her." ”

Liang Huaiji was stunned, as if he didn't expect Chris's answer, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Chris bowed slightly, then went up the steps, pushed open the door and walked into the house. Liang Huaiji followed quietly, but did not speak, and a cold expression appeared on his face again.

A bright yellow brocade curtain separates the inner room from the bright hall, and as soon as Chris enters, she feels very depressed in the room, and she lifts the curtain and enters the inner room.

The windows in the house were closed, and although there was a peacock blue-glazed maid lamp, the light and shadow were still dim.

The yellowish shadow of the light fell on Princess Fukang's emaciated pale cheeks, her hair scattered on the ginger sheets, and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans.

Chris took two quick steps forward, touched his forehead and burned it to death, and saw that her clothes were soaked with sweat, and her heart was not good, she had a fever!

The light and shadow flashed at the door curtain, and Liang Huaiji's tall figure also appeared in the room.

Liang Huaiji looked at the princess's sweaty appearance, his heart sank slightly, knowing that the princess fell into the water yesterday and caused the cold to enter the body, although he was forced out by his internal force, but the princess lived in the inner room for a long time, rarely moved, her body was already weak, and she had a fever.

Seeing that the woman was still wearing yesterday's clothes, Chris thought that no one took care of her, no one changed her clothes, and said angrily: "That's how you take care of her?"

Liang Huaiji saw her accusing herself and did not speak. Seeing that Princess Fukang was burned in a daze, she was angry, and the clothes that were dried by him yesterday with his internal strength thought that they were wet with sweat again. What is the identity of this Lan Yuanxiao, who actually spoke to him like this? In the past few days, she has come to the Qingxin Palace again and again, is she just looking for a baby to play? She cares so much about the princess, is it because of the Queen Mother's instructions? Why does the Queen Mother care so much about the Qingxin Palace, is it because of Shi Quanbin? Staring at Lan Yuanxiao's back, Liang Huaiji's face is cloudy and changeable, and he didn't answer for a while.

Chris said urgently: "Why are you still stunned, go get some water!"

Liang Huaiji's face sank, his expression was slightly annoyed, but there was a trace of uneasiness hidden in his eyes.

The princess said in a trance: "Huaiji...... Waiji ......"

The sound interrupted the tense atmosphere in the room, and the two moved tacitly, Liang Huaiji immediately left the room, and Chris turned around and opened the window to ventilate the room.

When Liang Huaiji came back from fetching water, the door curtain had been lifted from the inside, and Chris took the basin without saying a word. She soaked a towel and wiped the princess with warm water to cool her forehead, neck, palms, and feet......

Liang Huaiji knew that Lan Yuanxiao was a woman, and seeing that she was patient and meticulous, he didn't say anything more. When he came back again, he had a bowl of medicine in his hand, and the fragrance of the medicine immediately filled the room. After that, it was to feed the medicine and prick the needle, and the two were busy all day. But seeing that the sky was slightly dark, Chris took off the towel on the princess's forehead, and checked that her temperature had dropped, she breathed a sigh of relief, and Liang Huaiji also raised his eyebrows when he saw this.

After this toss, the princess's face became even more gloomy and sickly, and she was haggard and pitiful. She had been asleep until she woke up. Xing's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at Chris with a thick gaze, and said hoarsely: "Huaiji...... Don't leave me......"

Chris didn't expect the princess to love Liang Huaiji, she peeked at Liang Huaiji, saw that his cold face was gloomy, and said in her heart: The princess loves like crazy, but what about Liang Huaiji? This is obviously a ruthless drama of falling flowers.

In a trance, the princess took Chris's hand and called Liang Huaiji's name over and over again. Chris didn't know why the princess recognized herself as Liang Huaiji, but she couldn't bear to retract her hand, and said comfortingly: "I'm here, I'm here." ”

The princess suddenly raised her head, opened her mouth but could no longer speak, and two lines of tears rolled down her eyes...... Liang Huaiji's eyes darkened, and a sense of guilt welled up in his heart.

For a while, the atmosphere in the house was really oppressive, and Liang Huaiji stood up and retreated from the house. After taking two steps, he looked back again, and he moved slightly, and in an instant he was under the window. I don't know what the two of them said, but suddenly there was a cry in the room, and I listened to Lan Yuanxiao's words of comfort. The princess has been crazy for all these years, and she has never cried like today, even if she cries, it is silent, and she feels quite shocked in Liang Huaiji's ears.

Liang Huaiji had been standing outside the house for most of the hour, and his crying had finally stopped, thinking that the princess had fallen asleep again.

Thinking of Zhang Ruoshui going into the water to rescue him without hesitation yesterday, he couldn't help but think slightly. With Zhang Ruoshui's identity, it can be seen that this woman's identity is by no means ordinary! Did she really enter the Qingxin Palace by mistake at the beginning? Or did the Queen Mother send her, could it be that the Queen Mother had already begun to doubt my identity?

Lan Yuanxiao approached the princess, and the purpose was by no means simple.

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When Chris returned to Baoci Palace from the Qingxin Palace, it was already dark.

She entered the inner sanctuary through the reserved side door. After taking care of the princess for a day, she was hungry and tired, and when she saw Xing Yun, Chris said, "I'm hungry, what do I have to eat?"

"The slave and maid will go to supper. ”

As soon as Xing Yun left the Hui Hall and walked to the door, he heard a commotion outside the hall.

"Bold Liang Weijian, do you dare to stop the holy car?"

"Weichen didn't dare, but the Queen Mother had an order, except for the two people who served closely, no one was allowed to enter the inner hall. ”

"Bastard, can the Holy One be someone else today? Open the door for me!"

Xing Yun heard that it was not good, and hurriedly ran back.

Chris also heard movement outside. "What's going on outside in the middle of the night?"

"Queen Mother, it's not good, the official family is here. ”

"Your Majesty?" she was still not used to calling the new title of the official family.

Xing Yun saw that she was still wearing a eunuch uniform, and hurriedly said, "Queen Mother, hurry up and change your clothes!"

"Xing Yun don't panic, look at me. Chris walked towards the gate, followed by Xing Yun.

As the gate slowly opened, the low-hanging night was illuminated by the lights, and dozens of people stood in the empty courtyard, the noise just now disappeared, and now it became silent.

Today's emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, is standing at the front door of the hall, he is wearing a golden silk dragon robe, his black hair is high, and he is wearing a purple and gold crown, looking at the emperor's posture of all beings in the world, and even the shadow is standing tall.

Seeing someone running over, the eunuch standing beside the emperor asked, "Who is coming?"

"Weichen Lan Yuanxiao, see the official family. ”

"Slave Xing Yun, see the official family. ”

Liang Weijian was taken aback, there was such a big movement just now, and the inside would not be heard, and he bought time by himself to get ready inside.

Chris squeezed his eyes at Liang Weijian as he spoke, and then knelt down with Xing Yun.

"Just the two of them serving the Queen Mother? do you mean that only they are qualified to enter this inner hall?" a eunuch shouted at Liang Weijian, so he was not arrogant.

"Back to Lord Li, this is the arrangement of the Queen Mother, and Weichen is just following orders. ”

"You mean that you only listen to the Queen Mother, and you don't have to listen to the words of the officials?"

"Weichen didn't dare. Liang Weijian felt that the other party's words were mean, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to answer again.

"Hmph, forgive me for not daring!"

Chris couldn't help frowning when he heard this, only to feel that the person in front of him was so arrogant. Liang Weijian is also the chief eunuch of the Queen Mother's bedroom, but the other party pointed at his nose and reprimanded him, as if he was training his grandson.

As everyone knows, this eunuch who has been speaking is none other than Li Xian. He was dressed in a cyan eunuch uniform, obviously the same as Lan Yuanxiao, and he was slightly lower than Liang Wei in terms of official position, but his domineering, fox-like appearance was only because his identity was a dragon man. Suilong refers to a group of people who work on errands in the East Palace of the Prince, including civil ministers and military generals, as well as internal servants. The crown prince ascended the throne, and these people who served in the East Palace naturally rose in value, and Li Xian was the emperor's personal attendant, and no one dared to offend him in the palace.

It has been more than half a month since the Queen Mother woke up, and no one in the palace can see the Queen Mother's face. If it was said that a few days ago, Zhao Ji was still proud because the second emperor's brother couldn't see his mother, but after a long time, he couldn't hold his breath, and secretly speculated about his mother's thoughts, and a trace of consternation and some doubts passed in his heart. Thinking about it again, he is now also the righteous Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, why can't he even see his mother, so he took Li Xian and the palace people to Baoci Palace.

At this moment, Zhao Ji's eyes were always looking at the two people who came out of the inner hall. Seeing the person kneeling on the ground with his head bowed, just a glance, and before he could see the appearance, he seemed to be casually saying, "You get up and talk back." ”

Xing Yun and Chris stood up.

Zhao Ji's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of amazement.

He knew that Lan Yuanxiao was summoned into the palace by the Queen Mother, and after looking at it, he felt that it was indeed as rumored, the little eunuch was picturesque, and he had a beautiful face comparable to a woman. Look at the woman behind him is also beautiful and lovely, she has low eyebrows, curly and slender eyelashes, trembling and trembling, her posture is exquisite, like a fairy stained with dew. Zhao Ji didn't expect that there was such a beautiful woman beside the queen mother, the queen mother had never liked to use a maid who was too outstanding, but now this Baoci Palace has changed its atmosphere.

Stared at by the emperor, Xing Yun lowered her head, her pretty face was slightly red, and she didn't dare to breathe.

The beauty was a little uncomfortable by herself, and her small and cute teeth bit her lower lip, and Zhao Ji was even willing to change her fingers for her to bite. Seeing that her cheeks were flushed, Zhao Ji was in a very good mood, and the corners of her lips curled, so she turned her head and asked, "Are you Lan Yuanxiao?"

"Back to the official's house, it is Weichen. Chris dealt with the Emperor head-on for the first time, and his eyes widened and he looked at Zhao Ji carefully.

"It's really rare that the four of you father and son are willing to serve the imperial court. ”

The emperor pointed directly to the identity of Lan Yuanxiao's "second generation of eunuchs" in one sentence, and Chris responded: "Since he has been appointed by the Queen Mother, Weichen must do his best to serve the Queen Mother in order to repay her old man's kindness." ”

An affirmative smile appeared on Zhao Ji's face, "You lead the way in front, I want to see the queen mother." After saying that, he turned around and was about to lead a group of people towards the Hui Palace.

"Official, please stay. Chris took a quick step and walked in front of the Emperor.

Zhao Ji paused when he heard this, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and his handsome face instantly became like frost. Since ascending the throne, there have been many obstacles in the court, and recently there was a great drought in Hebei, he already felt that everything was not going well, and he was depressed, and now even a new eunuch dared to confront him in person, Zhao Ji was silent, looking at Lan Yuanxiao who was blocking his way, and his eyes were like a blizzard swept up a thousand layers of anger.

Chris and the emperor looked at each other, with a look that was neither humble nor arrogant, and there was no trace of fear in his eyes. Her figure remained motionless, blocking his way.

"Bold!" Zhao Ji was imposing, and his voice was cold and hard. When Zhao Ji was sixteen years old, he listened to and read in the East Palace, although the time was not long, but he practiced the prestige of being in the emperor's position, and he had a compelling momentum when he launched his prestige.

The anger of the Son of Heaven was provoked by no one, and the eunuchs and female officials present were all silent.

Li Xian said sharply: "Lan Yuanxiao, you are so bold, you dare to stop the official family, you still have dignity and humility in your eyes." ”

Chris listened to his tone of voice was very arrogant, and said in his heart: "You dead eunuch who fights with people, I know that you are a villain just by listening to your voice." She said slowly: "Qiqi official family, as Lord Liang said, the Queen Mother did order that no one should enter the inner hall. However, the official family came to visit to fulfill their filial piety to the son of man, so naturally it was a different matter. It's just ......"

Li Xian couldn't hold it back for a long time, and shouted: "The surname is Lan, it's not your turn to speak, get out of my way." ”

"But what? Li Xian, let him finish his sentence. ”

"Qiqi official's family, the Queen Mother is a little unwell today, Xing Yun and I just slept with her old man, and we are already asleep at this time. ”

"Slept?" the emperor hesitated.

"Exactly, although the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother are noble mothers and sons, there is always a difference between men and women, please wait here for a while, and I will wait for the Queen Mother to change her clothes and get up. Chris saw that the emperor was embarrassed, and knew that he was talking about the point, so he boldly continued: "It's just lying down and getting up all night, it's very tossing, if the queen mother suffers a little cold, it will ...... But it is contrary to the original intention of the official family to fulfill filial piety. ”

As soon as Chris's words fell, the emperor's face changed, and no one dared to act like this towards him, and bluntly contradicted him. But Lan Yuanxiao's words are reasonable, although he and the Queen Mother are mother and son, but there is always a difference between men and women, and it is indeed not in line with the rules of the palace to visit at night.

"Lan Yuanxiao, what do you mean by this? The damage to the Queen Mother's Holy Body is also the fault of you subordinates, how dare you blame the Holy One? How many heads do you have?"

Chris snorted, indifferent to Li Xian's intimidation, and said sharply: "Since Weichen has accepted the official family just now, and he wants to do his best for the Queen Mother, how dare he just talk about it? ”

Hearing Lan Yuanxiao say this, Li Xian was so angry that he shouted: "You......!

"Li Xian, you stand down. The emperor's deep and majestic voice came from behind him, "That's it, I will come to visit the queen mother another day, you will serve well, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Liang Weijian, Lan Yuanxiao, and Xing Yun hurriedly responded.

After that, Zhao Ji didn't look at them anymore, and suddenly threw up his sleeves and left.

Out of Baoci Palace, his face immediately sank, and the anger in his heart was churning up and down, he, the emperor, was still pushed by a eunuch to visit his mother, and he didn't fight when he thought of this. A few days ago, Queen Xiang complained to him, saying that Lan Yuanxiao dared to bump into her in front of a group of palace people in the royal back garden, relying on the queen mother's favor, it was simply arrogant. At that time, Zhao Ji didn't believe it, and he heard from others how beautiful the eunuch looked, and he was only jealous of the queen. And this time in front of the emperor, Lan Yuanxiao dared to stop the holy car and despise the monarch's authority, wouldn't it be lawless and arrogant behind it. Zhao Ji remembered Lan Yuanxiao's eyes just now, which were full of provocative eyes, he didn't like it very much, no one had ever dared to look at him like that.

Li Xian followed behind the emperor, and he found that his master's face was very bad.

"Li Xian, you give me a good look at this Lan Yuanxiao. ”

"No. ”

Of course, Li Xian knew his master's thoughts.

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With the emperor leaving, calm returned to the front of the Hui Palace.

There were several figures standing in the dark of the side hall, led by Lan Yuanzhen and Zhang Ruoshui, and everything that happened just now came into their eyes. The master stood there, with a manly spirit and royal demeanor, making it impossible to take his eyes off her.

Behind them stood two elderly grandmothers, one was the Queen Mother's nurse Liu Mama, and the other was He Mama who served the Queen Mother's side, both of whom were old people who served the Queen Mother when they were in Gaofu. They were holding a woman, who was dressed in a bright yellow and phoenix robe at the moment, with big sleeves and a curtain on the outside, her hair in a bun, and the makeup on her face was meticulously drawn.

Seeing that the master also went back to the dormitory, Lan Yuanzhen and Zhang Ruoshui returned to the side hall. They sat down in the two main seats of the Ming Hall, and the two grandmothers helped the woman to retreat into the inner room, and they took off all the women's veils and official uniforms, and took off their makeup. When the grandmothers took the woman back to the front of the hall and made her kneel on the ground, she had revealed her true face, and the woman was Zhu'er.

The master often pretends that Lan Yuanxiao is not in Baoci Palace, and Lan Yuanzhen has planned to let Zhu'er pretend to be the queen mother early in the morning, just in case of emergency.

The Imperial City Division had already put down secret posts all over the palace, and the small chamberlain with fast feet was responsible for delivering news. The emperor's whereabouts are also under control, and once there is any movement, Baoci Palace will know it as soon as possible. Who knew that the emperor would come to visit the queen mother tonight, and he came in such a hurry, fortunately, Liang Weijian deliberately delayed for some time, and the grandmothers here hurriedly dressed up for Zhu'er, and just followed Lan Yuanzhen and them out of the side hall, but found that it was only a moment of effort, and the master sent the emperor away quietly, and the "fake queen mother" obviously had no chance to appear today.

It's a pity that although Zhu'er's facial features are quite similar to the Queen Mother, her momentum and posture are too far apart, Lan Yuanzhen looked at it twice before saying: "I see that after the training of the two grandmothers in the past few days, they can also pretend to be a little bit good." ”

Mama Liu said: "The master pays the most attention to the neat makeup on weekdays, and the powder is thicker to fool the past." ”

Lan Yuanzhen's face turned cold, stared at Zhu'er and said: "Now let you pretend to be the master with a sinful body, I don't know how much grace it is, if you reveal a flaw, or leak a secret, and ruin the master's big thing, you will not be spared." ”

Zhu'er immediately touched the ground with her forehead, kowtowed deeply, and said tremblingly: "The cheap maid is guilty, and swears that she will serve her master with all her heart. ”

Seeing that Zhu'er confessed his guilt and made a heavy oath, Lan Yuanzhen didn't say a word, his eyes were cold, and he said, "The matter will be entrusted to the two grandmothers." If she pretends to be the master, the two of them will definitely be on the side, and when she encounters something, she only needs to accept it, and she must not let this cheap maid make her own decisions!"

"Lord Lan, rest assured, the old slave will naturally do his best in the master's affairs. ”

Lan Yuanzhen waved his hand, and they bowed down and retreated, leaving only Zhu'er still kneeling in the hall.

"Your death sin can be forgiven, but the living sin is unforgivable, Ming'er Qi and Xing Yun are serving in the inner hall together!" Lan Yuanzhen glanced at her and said, "Get up!"

Zhu'er was just about to get up, and suddenly felt Zhang Ruoshui's gloomy gaze, she raised her head and only glanced at it, Zhang Ruoshui had reached her eyes in an instant like a ghost, he locked Zhu'er's throat with iron fingers, Zhu'er couldn't struggle, so she was lifted into the air, and her feet left the ground. Seeing that her face had become bloodless, and the muscles of her whole body twitched, she noticed that Zhu'er's breath was gradually fading, and her fragile life was almost flowing down her index finger, and the strength in Zhang Ruoshui's hand suddenly loosened.

Bead fell heavily and began to gasp for air, coughing and retching. Zhu'er lay on the ground with her face sideways, her eyes wide open, showing a frightened look, and she fainted before she could understand what she had done wrong to provoke Master Zhang to suddenly make a move.

Lan Yuanzhen's eyes narrowed, the dark light in his eyes flickered, but his voice was extremely gentle, and he said, "What can be measured?"

Zhang Ruoshui leaned down and pulled the woman's wrist to probe, she really didn't have the slightest internal strength in her body, and then she was sure: "This woman really doesn't know martial arts! If she is really a person who practices martial arts, at the moment of life and death, it is instinctive to react, I don't think she is pretending." ”

Lan Yuanzhen said in a deep voice: "Let her stay by the master's side, I still don't feel at ease! And the master is very protective of her somehow, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it in the future!"

Zhang Ruoshui took out a wooden box from his sleeve, opened the lid, there were several vials lined up inside, and he deftly opened the cork of the vial with one hand, and a transparent liquid flowed out of it. He concentrated and worked hard, and the liquid turned into an ice needle in his hand when it was cold, the tip of which was as sharp and sharp as a sewing needle, but the texture of the needle was still as soft as running water. He then pulled Pearl's collar loose, revealing the white back of his neck, and he aimed the ice at it, his fingers slightly downward, and the ice needles fell straight down. As soon as the tip of the hair-thin needle touches the skin, it seems to be naturally sucked in. Zhang Ruoshui pressed his finger on that point, and with his fingers alone, he could find out if the ice needle had landed at a precise angle and in a precise position.

As if he got a positive answer, Zhang Ruoshui clicked on a few more acupuncture points in Zhu'er, all of which seem ordinary, but they have mysteries. He said slowly: "These acupuncture points can control the ice needles poked in her body, which can not only pierce the internal organs, making her extremely painful, but also pierce the internal organs, making her die without help." If she keeps her duty, it will be fine, but if she has two hearts, it will be as easy as blowing out a candle. ”

Lan Yuanzhen nodded, and then said, "This is very good, so that I can rest assured that there are some things that I can arrange for her to do." ”

When the two left, they told Mama to carry Zhu'er to the bed, but they didn't see a tear slipping from the corner of her eye......