They kept thinking about the horrific scene just now. Liang Huanqing and Qi Wangshu still felt chills on their backs just thinking about it.

"Huanqing...if I really..." Qi Wangshu was sobbing while having a terrible fantasy. She had been crying uncontrollably since she saw Xiaolian's body. If Xiaolian didn't appear in time, what would happen if Xiaolian didn't appear in time?

The feather arrow will penetrate straight into Liang Huanqing's chest, and Liang Huanqing will definitely be carried away like Xiaolian.

If this is really the case, how can she withstand the condemnation in her heart? How to face General Liang, who is beneficial to her family and country, how to face her brother who has returned in triumph, and how to face Liang Ji, who has been happy for a long time.

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"Wangshu, don't think about it." Liang Huanqing gently hugged Qi Wangshu, patted her back, and softly comforted her, "Aren't I fine now?"

After presiding over affairs in the palace for more than a month, Liang Huanqing's heart was much stronger than before. Although she couldn't stop crying because of fright and fear at first, when Xiaolian revealed that it was Lu Huiling who wanted to harm them again.

At that time, Liang Huanqing calmed down. She must make Lu Huiling pay the price.

Qi Wangshu was so frightened that she crawled into Liang Huanqing's arms, curled up with her whole body, and hugged Liang Huanqing with both hands, trying to feel her presence.

"Fortunately, you're still alive..." Qi Wangshu buried his face in Liang Huanqing's neck, whimpering in a muffled voice.

Liang Huanqing looked at Princess Wangshu who was like a child in her arms. She originally wanted to discuss Lu Huiling's intentions with her, but seeing that she was afraid of being like this, she couldn't bear it, so she patted her on the back.

He said softly: "Let's rest first and we'll talk about this later."

Qi Wangshu had to cuddle up in her arms to fall asleep, so Liang Huanqing let her sleep soundly in his arms. He looked at the dead trees outside the window and thought about what Xiaolian said before he died.

It seems that Lu Huiling has been planning for a long time. Even though Imperial Concubine Mei attaches great importance to this feast, Lu Huiling still found a way to let someone secretly change Princess Wangshu's quiver.

And she can clearly understand the entire competition process, and is sure that they will shoot each other first, whether Liang Huanqing shoots Qi Wangshu first, or Qi Wangshu shoots Liang Huanqing first, as long as Qi Wangshu shoots the first arrow, then Liang Huanqing will shoot the first arrow.

Death is certain.

Liang Huanqing thought like this, clenching her hands tightly into a fist, her knuckles bulging and turning white: She had been patient over and over again, but she didn't expect that it actually boosted her ambition, and she actually dared to attack her on this occasion.

There were obviously so many dignitaries present, as well as many envoys from other countries, but Lu Huiling actually wanted to make the matter such a big deal. If it weren't for Xiaolian, her plan would have involved three people at once.

Concubine Mei, Qi Wangshu, and Liang Huanqing are all included in her plan.

Liang Huanqing frowned. If Lu Huiling took such a risky move and did something like this on such an important occasion, the purpose was definitely not that simple.

If the emperor was so angry that he would investigate deeply, it would be inevitable that Lu Huiling himself would not be found. But what kind of courage does Lu Huiling have to do such a thing?

Liang Huanqing was puzzled. He didn't understand that Lu Huiling had to deal with so many people at once and was not afraid of the emperor's wrath. The significance of this risky move must be very important.

Qin Ruilan and Wei Shen entered a palace without concubines under the arrangement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arranged for the two of them to have a good rest here. Before the matter was resolved, the superiors still maintained suspicion that someone was deliberately planning to harm the country.

If the attitude of the relationship between them is maintained, they are not allowed to leave the palace at will.

As for whether the palace banquet should continue, I'm afraid it depends on the emperor's wishes.

In short, if something happens now, the process can only be terminated. Fortunately, the imperial city has many palaces and a large place, so it is not a problem for them all to settle down.

After Qin Ruilan met with Xiaoer, she and Wei Shen went to the palace to rest with the palace officials.

I heard some gossip along the way. The people in this palace are the most boring. As soon as something happens, it will be spread all over the place immediately.

"Do you know what happened when you just got involved?"

"I don't know. I was in the back at the time. I don't know what happened. I heard that it was a huge commotion. You know?"

The two palace maids were whispering behind Qin Ruilan and the others. The scene was in chaos and the people above were very busy. Naturally, they couldn't hold back their curiosity and wanted to vent their anger.

Qin Ruilan, Xiaoer, and Wei Shen looked at each other and listened carefully to what the two maids were discussing.

"I just heard someone say that the flat-headed arrows used in competitions have real feathered arrows!"

"How is that possible?! Even if something happens to the food at this New Year's Eve feast, nothing will happen to the flat-headed arrow!"

"Mei Guifei also made such a promise in the past. Hasn't something happened now? How dare you make a promise?"

"I have checked the flat-headed arrows back and forth no less than three times. Concubine Mei also ordered many people to check the flat-headed arrows several times. I can guarantee that the same batch of flat-headed arrows will not be wrapped in red silk with cotton.

We have done a lot of tests, and the flat-headed arrows do not hurt at all when they hit the body, and will only leave a red mark on the clothes. Furthermore, before sending them out, we also shot the flat-headed arrows one by one.

It was checked and put into the quiver, how could something happen?"

The palace maid who spoke was someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They had checked the same batch of flat-headed arrows no less than ten times before they had the confidence to say such a thing. Once the incident came out, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs probably did not believe that something would happen to the flat-headed arrows.

Bar.

Qin Ruilan and Wei Shen glanced at each other, thinking that something really happened during the game.

"Why am I lying to you? I heard it with my own ears. It is said that in Princess Wangshu's quiver, the so-called flat-headed arrows wrapped in red cloth and silk are all real arrows wrapped in red cloth and silk!"

"The quivers we sent to every young master are...impossible!" The palace maid couldn't believe it. They had checked the flat-headed arrows so many times, and there were actually feathered arrows in them. "Then

…Then what?”

Qin Ruilan, Wei Shen and Xiaoer also pricked up their ears and listened carefully. There was a string in their hearts that was tightly clasped. Real arrows appeared in Princess Wangshu's quiver. Then the opponent's target was Liang Huanqing.

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According to the competition system and people's inference, no matter who is the first arrow, he will shoot his first arrow at the person he is familiar with. Qi Wangshu and Liang Huanqing will definitely do the same. If Qi Wangshu's quiver contains real arrows

So Liang Huanqing...

Qin Ruilan was worried.

"When Princess Wangshu shot an arrow at Princess Jing, fortunately a palace maid rushed out and blocked the arrow for Princess Jing, otherwise it would have been Princess Jing who was shot through the chest!"

Hearing this, Qin Ruilan and the other three couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If it weren't for that palace maid, Liang Huanqing would have suffered another disaster. If that was true, who would be able to talk to General Liang about such things when he came back?

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It is unfair to lose a wife when you are young and a daughter when you are old. You have spent your whole life serving your country and your family, but the ending is so unsatisfactory!

"Ah? What happened to the palace maid?"

"What can I do if I die? She is just a palace maid. She saved Princess Jing and was buried in a better coffin at most. Are there not many palace maids like this in our palace?" The palace maid sighed softly.

His tone seemed to be that Xiaolian was not worth it.

As she said this, the other palace maid also fell silent. Their lives were as humble as ants. When the master died, it was like smoke rising from the ancestral grave. When he died, his family was honored and his death was well deserved.

Qin Ruilan stopped immediately and called to the little eunuch leading the way: "Hey! Stop!"

The little eunuch turned around, looked at Qin Ruilan and Wei Shen, raised his hands and said, "Miss Qin, General Wei, what are your orders?"

The two maids who followed them to the palace also stopped and looked at each other, worried that Qin Ruilan and the others had overheard their conversation.

"Where are Princess Jing and Princess Wangshu now?" Qin Ruilan asked righteously, with a tone of voice that said such a big thing had happened to Liang Huanqing and Qi Wangshu, she had to go see them.

Wei Shen also looked stunned. The palace is in such chaos now. Everyone suspects that there are assassins and spies in the palace. Even Wei Shen himself just now suspected that spies from other countries came to deliberately replace Princess Wangshu.

He wanted Princess Wangshu to shoot an envoy from another country to provoke a dispute.

"Ruilan... why don't we go back to the palace to rest first, and then we can go find the princess and the princess later?" Wei Shen didn't want to embarrass the little eunuch. There were indeed a lot of things going on in the palace now, and the imperial guards were constantly searching the palaces.

If they walked around the palace rashly, they might be acting suspiciously.

The little eunuch raised his head and glanced at General Wei Shen and Qin Shilang's lady with trembling eyes, and said cautiously: "I heard that Yichun Palace... Aunt Yunxi from Yichun Palace brought Princess Wangshu and Princess Jing back to Yichun Palace.

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"Lead the way." Qin Ruilan's eyes were calm and her tone was unquestionable.

In the past, they had always heard that Miss Qin was knowledgeable and courteous. Even when they had been in the palace for so long, they also heard that Miss Qin was smart and gentle. But now they realized that not all the rumors were true.

"Miss Qin... you can't just walk around now..." the little eunuch said with a troubled face.

Qin Ruilan doesn't know this truth. There are a lot of things in the palace. If something like this happens, it may be a major event that will endanger the relations between countries. Everyone is suspected.

But the two people who had the accident were none other than Liang Huanqing, whom she had grown up with, and the other was Her Royal Highness the Princess, whom she had become close friends with recently. Both of them were so important in Qin Ruilan's heart. If such a big thing happened to them, teach her how not to worry.

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Chapter completed!