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After the fourth watch was knocked, although the sky was still dark, the imperial city had already begun to get busy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The procession of info palace maids, chamberlains, and guards is like a blend of five-colored clouds and smoke rising from the Jinming Imperial Pond, covering the entire imperial city. When the inner city gate was opened, they either entered and exited the palace gates in groups or in twos and threes, just like scattered sand and embankments.

Among the attendants who slowly moved forward in a small group, the last little eunuch looked around from time to time, and it was Chris. She stripped off the clothes of the dead eunuch, and when no one was paying attention, she sneaked out of the Baoci Palace and blended into the team.

She looked down at her shoes, lest anyone notice.

What happened in the dungeon just now was so weird that Chris had the urge to escape from the palace immediately. When she really walked out of Baoci Palace, she was afraid. Afraid that if someone accidentally discovers that she is not a person from this world, what will happen to her? She can't tell why, at least everything in the Baoci Palace makes her feel safer.

As she walked, she made a note of the path she had taken, and she secretly decided that if that didn't work, she would go back the way she came. But the palace walls all looked the same, and she struggled to find the direction.

Cautiously follow the flow of people, but the fewer people go. Along the way, Chris discovers that she is left alone. And there is a vermilion gate in front of you, and there are four gilded characters on the plaque "Zuo Chengtian Gate". When they arrived here, no matter how they entered or entered, everyone had to be checked by the guards guarding the door.

Chris said in his heart, it's really terrible, sure enough, you have to check the documents to pass, it seems that you have to think about it in the long run, at least you have to steal a sign hanging on their waists first.

When the bell rings on the fifth night, it is the time for the palace to burn incense for the morning pilgrimage.

Chris returned the way he came.

She had just walked back without two steps, when she was confronted by a large group of chamberlains, led by one of whom sat on a foot (5) carried by several people, and at first glance he was a powerful eunuch in charge.

Chris lowered his head and walked faster.

"Stop!" a domineering voice came, particularly harsh in the empty palace compound in the morning light.

Chris's face turned slightly pale.

"Where are you on an errand?" spoke the man sitting on the foot, with white hair, sharp eyes, and a scarlet brocade robe.

Seeing that she was stunned and did not speak, the eyes that stared at her became as fierce as knives, as if they were about to tear her bones apart.

"Reply, Lord Shi asked you, deaf?" a chamberlain next to him stepped forward to ask.

"I ...... I'm from Baoci Palace. She panicked, and her voice squeezed out of her throat uncontrollably, hoarse, but it sounded just without a woman's timbre, "surname Lan ......" In the panic, Chris blurted out his Chinese surname.

"What is the name of the Queen Mother's Palace, surnamed Lan?" the voice suddenly raised its tone.

While Chris was still hesitating how to reply, a person suddenly walked next to her, standing sideways in front of her, half of his shoulder covering her intentionally or unintentionally.

"His name is Yuan Xiao, and he is the younger brother of his subordinates. Just a few days after entering the palace, there is a place where there are not many good manners, and I also invite Lord Shi Haihan. ”

Chris's eyes widened when she suddenly heard someone speak for her, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look, and the person who came happened to be looking at her as well.

The man was in his forties, with a square face, his eyes were not large, but he was very attentive, and his eyes were full of kind smiles. looked at each other, and somehow, Chris immediately calmed down, maybe it was because she heard that the other party was also surnamed Lan, and she had the feeling of meeting a loved one.

"Hmph! No wonder such a big shelf turned out to be the brother of the Imperial City Envoy. Lord Shi on the sedan chair was obviously sarcastic, raised his hand and pointed to a building not far away, which was the palace of the Imperial City Division, "The northwest corridor of Zuo Chengtianmen is the territory of your Imperial City Division, it seems that our family cannot be in command." ”

"Gyeongbokgung Palace makes it possible for adults to have something to do with their subordinates, and dare not do their best. Besides, you are only one step away from being promoted to the envoy of Yanfu Palace, and your subordinates will not be able to catch up with you no matter what!"

This "Yanfu Palace Envoy" is the highest honor awarded to the ministers, and it can generally only be obtained after death, which is actually no different from "cursing you to die early". Although Chris couldn't understand the meaning, he also vaguely felt that the two were affectionate on the surface, but in fact, they were at odds with each other, and there was something in the words.

"Hehe, if the Holy One really wants to give me such a gift, our family will naturally not forget the benefits of Lord Lan. The old eunuch's smiling appearance made Chris feel infiltrated.

Throwing down this sentence with a sneer, the old eunuch let Buyu continue to walk, and disappeared from sight after a while.

"Follow me. The waiter surnamed Lan whispered, turned around and left, Chris hesitated slightly, and hurriedly followed.

Chris lowered his head and followed silently, and the person leading the way in front of him didn't say a word, although he couldn't see his face, but obviously his face was not good. Chris followed with trepidation in his heart, seeing that it was the way back to Baoci Palace. The palace maids and eunuchs they met along the way all bowed their heads and passed in a hurry.

Entering the Baoci Palace, a few palace maids were cleaning the main hall, and several palace maids were changing incense for the incense burner. Liang Weijian was explaining something to a few leading chamberlains. Seeing that the chamberlain surnamed Lan came in with a calm face, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"My subordinates have seen Lord Lan. The Queen Mother is still resting inside, do you want me to report it?" Liang Weijian glanced at the eunuch who came in with Lord Lan, it was an unfamiliar face, so he hurriedly bowed and stood with his hands crossed, and did not dare to say a word.

"Liang Weijian, you are so bad!" The chamberlain surnamed Lan almost squeezed out this sentence from between his teeth, Liang Weijian was taken aback, Lord Lan, who has always been kind, would not be so atmospheric for no reason. He knew that something big was going to happen, and he immediately knelt down.

"Please give your subordinates another chance. ”

Lord Lan didn't say anything, probably, Liang Weijian's words were enough.

Chris looked into the distance, Xing Yun was cleaning over there, and when he saw that she suddenly bowed and restrained her hands, she was shocked when the hall was quiet, everyone bowed and stood up, and there was no sound for a while, and even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

The adult surnamed Lan took her and walked quickly through the crowd, and when she got out of the temple gate, Chris turned her head to see that the people in the whole hall were still in place, not daring to move, and she couldn't help but marvel in her heart, the person in front of her had such a great majesty.

Just now, Chris had a little more intimacy because of the eunuch's surname Lan, but at this time, his heart became inexplicably nervous.

In a trance, Chris almost tripped when he crossed the threshold, and the other party hurriedly supported her.

After entering the house, the adult surnamed Lan carefully helped her sit down, then lifted the hem of her robe, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Lan Yuanzhen see the Queen Mother." ”

"Get up, when no one is in the future, save all the messy etiquette. ”

Lan Yuanzhen stood up, a little surprised in his heart, feeling that the Queen Mother seemed to be very different from usual.

Lan Yuanzhen, at the age of fifteen, made up his brother Yin to enter the palace, initially served the Empress Dowager Liu E of Mingsu, after Liu E died, Renzong asked him to take care of the niece adopted by Empress Cao into the palace, three-year-old Gao Taotao, Lan Yuanzhen was eighteen years old that year. Lan Yuanzhen is loyal to the woman who has served her wholeheartedly for thirty-three years, on weekdays, although the two are masters and servants, their relationship is quite deep, and Lan Yuanzhen treats her like a father and a brother.

He heard that the master woke up yesterday, and rushed to ask for peace early this morning, who knew that he saw the master pretending to be an inner servant in Zuo Chengtianmen, who was embarrassed by Shi Quanbin, he quietly stepped forward to relieve the siege, and then took her back to the palace.

As soon as Chris's words came out, he regretted it. She couldn't see this kneeling thing the most, and when she saw a person older than herself kowtowing to herself, she didn't even think about it, and the words came out.

Chris looked at him, and Lan Yuanzhen was also looking at her.

Lan Yuanzhen took a closer look at the master's dress, looking at the face that was slightly pale after recovering from a serious illness, but it was unusually beautiful, he seemed to see the innocent and gorgeous naughty girl again, that feeling was so far away, as if it was a world away. Lan Yuanzhen suddenly sighed in his heart, a layer of mist blindfolded his eyes, and muttered: "How many years should it be, I haven't seen the master's daughter pretend to be a man again." He calmed down for a moment and said softly, "Why did the master suddenly pretend to be a chamberlain and walk in the palace?"

What am I going to do?

I can't tell you that I'm not your master, I just killed someone, I want to escape from the palace?

The person in front of him obviously has an extraordinary relationship with the deity, and he will notice the difference in every move he takes, how should he speak, how should he deal with it, so that he does not make a mistake? If he finds out something, how will he torture himself? Chris simply dare not think about it. It would be nice to have the memories of the previous deity, at least not to lose control of the current situation.

Lan Yuanzhen couldn't help but smile and said: "The master's men's clothes have always been able to confuse the real with the fake, I remember that the master used to pretend to be a small chamberlain when he was a child, and he couldn't even tell Emperor Renzong apart." If it wasn't common before, my subordinates probably wouldn't have recognized it just now. ”

Where did Chris think that the owner of her current body has not been a fuel-efficient lamp since she was a child, pretending to be a eunuch in the palace, mocking and teasing palace concubines and officials, which is Gao Taotao's favorite thing to do when he was a child.

Seeing that Lan Yuanzhen was immersed in the memories of the good old days, I don't know why, his smile made Chris's uneasy heart relax a little. Chris found that although Lan Yuanzhen spoke with a humble attitude, he didn't use any honorific titles, it seemed that Lan Yuanzhen and the Queen Mother were not like ordinary master-servant relationships, and the conversation between the two of them was very casual, like old friends who had known each other for many years.

This way of speaking is exactly what she wants, as long as she follows the other party's words, let him say more and say less himself. She said, "I didn't know how to answer, so I heard you help me out and say that I am your brother." ”

"The adoptive father only has his brother Yuanyong and his two adopted sons, there is no such person as Lan Yuanxiao in the world, I heard the master say that his surname is Lan, and his subordinates are in a hurry, so he made up this name. Shi Quanbin's old fox is not easy to dismiss, although he didn't recognize it on the spot, he will definitely check it afterwards. ”

Lan Yuanzhen thought to himself: Why don't you do it and make a "Lan Yuanxiao". If the master wants to play as a eunuch again, he can have an identity.

Chris also made his own little calculations, thinking: If there is really a "Lan Yuanxiao", it will be convenient, maybe he can pretend to be a eunuch and get out of the palace.

As everyone knows, at this moment, the two of them completely thought of going together. Whether this tacit understanding stems from the friendship between Lan Yuanzhen and the queen mother's master and servant, or something else, no one can tell.

Chris took off his black veil and immediately scattered his hair like a waterfall.

When the two looked at each other again, she said seriously, "You come with me." ”

Entering the dormitory, there was a sleeping woman lying on the large bed.

Lan Yuanzhen was surprised in his heart and asked, "Why is this here?"

How much does the original body know about the woman?Or was it the Queen Mother who locked people in the underground palace?Chris was hesitating to ask, when he heard Lan Yuanzhen say: "This woman's matter, the subordinates are trying to report to the master." ”

When Chris heard this, he quickly nodded.

"This woman's name is Zhu'er, she was originally a female official of the Shangyi Bureau, she was on an errand in Funing Palace during the emperor's illness, this woman was waiting on the side, who knew that she thought that her appearance was somewhat similar to her master, and she was so bold and reckless......" Lan Yuanzhen said with some hesitation, "She tried in vain to tempt the emperor!"

Chris thought to himself: It turned out to be the little palace maid who seduced the emperor! It seems that he is indeed the real queen mother.

Seeing that the master's face was flat and not as angry about this incident as usual, Lan Yuanzhen was slightly surprised, and he continued: "Who knew that before that night passed, the first emperor suddenly died! The master was also too sad and couldn't afford to be sick, so his subordinates didn't have the opportunity to tell the story of this woman. Then according to the ancestral system of the new monarch ascended the throne, the master moved to the palace, I moved with the master to the Baoci Palace to settle, and the subordinates made their own initiative to temporarily imprison her in the underground palace, and waited for the master to wake up and then go down. ”

After hearing this, Chris couldn't help frowning and muttering: Could it be that the queen mother's husband split his legs?

"It's a pity that the underground palace of Baoci Palace is not as good as that of Kunning Palace, and it is not accessible to the outside. Their three meals a day had to be sent down by Liang Weijian by someone from a wooden cabinet. ”

Chris thought to himself: That's right, no wonder the man went crazy when he saw me. I didn't let people into the inner sanctum, so no one brought them food all day. She sighed, one part was self-pity, and the other part was self-reproach and said, "That eunuch must have regarded me as a pearl." I told him that I was the queen mother, and he wanted to beat me, and then he wanted to kill me......"

Lan Yuanzhen was shocked: "What?"

"He is dead, and I killed him. ”

As she said this, Chris's palms sweated, and an inexplicable weirdness crept up into her heart. During the battle in the dungeon, he seemed to be in a state of confusion, but the man eventually died. Just like before, they were all dead, and Chris tried his best to suppress the tormenting emotion, comforting himself: It's just another secret in his heart.

Chris said it lightly, but Lan Yuanzhen was already shocked into a cold sweat when he heard it, he knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "It's all to blame for the dereliction of duty of his subordinates, and he deserves to die, and he actually let his master go through such a dangerous situation......" Lan Yuanzhen didn't continue to speak, thinking of the thrilling place, he couldn't help but feel like ashes, and he felt remorse in his heart.

Lan Yuanzhen reacted so violently, Chris didn't expect it.

Seeing that he was loyal to the Queen Mother, and at this moment his true feelings were revealed, she couldn't bear it, so she quickly pulled up Lan Yuanzhen and comforted: "I'm not okay, don't move and ask for death." ”

Seeing Lan Yuanzhen's anxious and worried expression, Chris couldn't help but miss his family in the future, and said in his heart: I am gone, and the closest people around me must be crazy, and my mother will definitely not be able to stop crying if she knows it, no...... The little uncle will definitely hide it from her first, and then find a way to find himself. I don't know what happened to the pharmacist and the bullets, the uncle will take care of them, but they will definitely miss their master. Fortunately, he and Attorney Donald have made a plan for the distribution of property in the event of an accidental death, and there will be arrangements for Lancer's shares and property in his hands......

Thinking about it, she shook her head and scolded in her heart: Chris, why are you so unproductive, you surrendered without thinking of a way, it's just too unreasonable.

Despite the constant cheering of herself up, she was repeatedly struck by the depressing reality in front of her.

Lan Yuanzhen saw that the Queen Mother's face was unknown, sometimes sunny and sometimes cloudy, he couldn't figure out the reason, and he didn't say anything.

The two men had their own agendas, and the room was immersed in indescribable silence.