The lights in the room were turned off and the four of them lay down. However, they were thinking about their own things and no one fell asleep.
"Old Bai."
Qi Huan shouted loudly to the person on the other side of the bed, but was ignored. He didn't just talk to himself just to hear the noise.
"I think what the monarch did in this matter is too unreasonable. But I have to say something to you. You are too impulsive every time. If you leave them in Xiangji Kingdom, the rules in the palace are not strict. If you leave them to us, you will die.
Eight times.”
Bai Ya still paid no attention, and it sounded like he might have fallen asleep. Anyway, it didn't matter whether he was asleep or not, he just pretended to be inaudible, and Qi Huan didn't feel sleepy, so he continued:
"You need to change this problem. But I suspect that you are not stupid, you are just a bit too lazy to serve others. I think you are polite to Xinyue Palace and don't really fight with others. Do you think so?
If you don't want to offend, just hold it back, and if you dare to offend, catch and pluck it up? You will suffer big losses in the future."
He deliberately imitated the tone of the older generation, pointing fingers as if lecturing the younger generation. He didn't really think so, since idleness is idle, and if you have a good time, you won't lose a piece of meat?
Bai Ya suddenly jumped out of bed, holding the knife in his hand at some point. He was as fast as a big old cat that jumped up after its tail was stepped on while it was sleeping, and showed its claws. Although the movements were smooth and smooth.
The sound and the series of movements in the peripheral vision still frightened Qi Huan.
"I, I, I'm just telling you, you can't do it..."
"Shut up." Bai Ya whispered, "There is someone."
Qi Huan sat up as if he was sitting upright, got out of bed, put on his shoes, stood up gently, and approached the door. Bai Ya leaned against the wall on one side, listening to the movement outside. Qi Huan also heard something.
.That is not a very professional and suspicious person - but that does not mean that he is not suspicious when he appears here now. If he is a nocturnal expert, they should not let them discover it so early.
Bai Ya made a gesture and pointed in the direction of the girls' room, to the effect that someone had passed by. Qi Huan nodded, picked up the candlestick on the table, and the two of them quietly approached the door. The man didn't go through the front door.
Yes, there would be noise, probably from the ventilation window. In order to keep cool, they did not close the door of the room, so there happened to be no sound when they went out.
Sure enough, there was a dark shadow! Qi Huan clenched the candlestick tightly, thinking about how hard it would be to hit it with a force that would not kill people, but would not be insignificant. The door of the girls' room had been opened, and the man touched it. Bai Ya and
Qi Huan nodded to each other and leaned against the wall, trying to peek in from the left and right sides of the door, ready to kill at any time.
Unexpectedly, before they started, there was a crackling sound in the room. The table was overturned and the stool was smashed out. A violent coughing sound came, and someone's throat was locked. Two people
People rushed into the house and got into a fight with the unknown black shadow.
The sound of ding-ding-dong-dong continued one after another, and something kept being broken and hit. After struggling for a long time, no guards came to help, and I didn't know what kind of night they were guarding. In the chaos, Qi Huan finally took a break.
He banged the candlestick on the ground and used magic to light the wick.
"Matsukawa Yang??"
The candlestick was lit, and the chaos in front of them froze them on the spot. Several of them seemed to be frozen. Jun Aoyan was holding a twisted pillow towel in his hand, and he seemed to be prepared; Bai Ya's knife was stuck
In the stool leg, he is
To pull it out, Liu Shenghan held something like a knife and pressed it firmly against his neck. Matsukawa Yang looked down and saw that it was just a pen in the room. When he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt a little annoyed and pushed it away in disgust.
Liu Shenghan's hand.
"Tsk."
"Don't move!" Bai Ya pointed the black scimitar he drew straight at him, "Are you here to assassinate? Whose order? The monarch? Okay, I'll just say that there was such a big movement and no guard came to help. The co-author is
You have planned it!"
"Stop, stop, stop -" Matsukawa Yang patted the soil, stood up, and put his hands on his hips in dissatisfaction, "You can doubt my motives, but this matter has nothing to do with the monarch! I admit that I am the guard.
I’m leaving, but it’s definitely not His Majesty’s order!”
"You fart!"
"Who scratched my face just now, was it you?!"
There was a thin cut on Jun Aoyan's face. It was not deep, and now it was slightly red. Although it could not be called disfigurement, as a woman, her self-esteem was cut like this, so she was certainly uncomfortable.
"I didn't bring a knife! I didn't have anything on me."
Songchuanyang explained this, and Jun Aoyan glanced at Bai Ya subconsciously. Bai Ya didn't look at her, his eyes were still on Songchuanyang. As a result, Jun Aoyan stared at him, and he was a little unhappy.
"Who knows where you just touched? It's not impossible that you touched my knife. It's no big deal. It would have grown if you hadn't told me before."
"you--"
Liu Shenghan slapped the overturned table and shouted in a low voice:
"Enough!"
Although her tone was not high and her volume was not loud, the two words were very penetrating. Several people shut their mouths, but their eyes refused to admit defeat and stared at each other, competing like children.
"The monarch has no reason to harm us. As far as I know, he is not such a dark and dirty person. Since he is not armed, he must not be here to assassinate..."
"Who knows if he has a knife hidden in his clothes." Qi Huan muttered.
Matsukawa Yang raised his chest as if he refused to admit defeat: "What, if you don't believe me, why don't you come and search?"
"Tch, who wants to search you?"
Liu Shenghan continued: "But you visited the room at night and didn't say hello and showed no courtesy. No wonder we were fighting each other. You'd better tell us what is going on? What is the purpose of your visit to us this time?
, so what?"
Matsukawa Yang took a deep breath, as if he didn't know where to start. He stopped talking twice, and no one else urged him, so they just stared at his mouth. After a long time, he finally sighed heavily through his nose and said slowly
:
"It's not the king...it's the mother who wants to see you."
"Mother of the Nation?"
They were a little confused and looked at Liu Shenghan, hoping that she would tell her something. She opened her mouth slightly, as if she was remembering something.
"Indeed... the mother-in-law is the king's wife, the only wife he loves. He only has the mother-in-law as his first wife, and has never taken concubines. The two of them are very loving, and whatever his wife likes, the king will take the time to run errands in person, and everyone in Xiangji Kingdom is attracted by it.
It's a good story. However, the mother of the country is shy by nature and doesn't like contact with the outside world. She never shows up in public and few people have seen her... Why would she..."
Matsukawa Yang shook his head. Compared to before, although he looked embarrassed due to fighting, his temperament was much more stable. He said to them:
"It's a bit troublesome to tell you in detail. I would like to ask you to come with me to the harem to meet the mother of the country. Don't worry, I invited the guards on the road to drink in the evening. My brothers should be drugged to death by now."
"..."
It seemed that it had been planned for a long time. Seeing that the eyes of several people were still a little suspicious, he added: "I will go ahead. If there is any problem, you can chop me off with a knife from behind. I am really following the orders of the mother of the country...
"
"Then why are you sneaking into the girls' room?"
Faced with Qi Huanyi's serious questioning, Songchuanyang's eyes wandered and his words were vague.
"Afraid, afraid of being beaten by you... I can't beat you two..."
"Then it won't work if you knock on the door!"
"The mother of the country said, keep a low profile!"
ill.
Although Matsukawa Yang's behavior was really suspicious, after careful consideration, they decided to go to the harem to meet the mother of the country. They didn't know what this woman they had never met had to say. They followed Matsukawa Yang all the way, and the guards were sure that
They were all leaning against pillars, walls, and railings, and they were all sleeping soundly.
Walking on the road, Qi Huan poked Songchuanyang's spine and asked curiously:
"Since the King and the Mother love each other very much, why don't they sleep in the same bed at night? If she summons us secretly like this, will she not be suspected by her husband?"
"Don't poke me!" Matsukawa Yang twisted his body irritably without looking back, "Your Majesty is busy with official duties and will spend the night in the cabinet today. That's why the Mother of the Nation sent me to call you."
Jun Aoyan said: "I didn't expect that your country also has a lot of trivial matters."
"Nonsense, is it so easy to be the king of a country?"
Qi Huan tilted his head, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "What about that... Your Royal Highness, is she beautiful?"
"Hmph, Mother of the Nation, this is the beauty of the country - it's none of your business? What are you asking? I'm warning you, if you dare to think anything wrong about my aunt, I'll chop you up and feed you to the dogs!"
"...I'm just going to ask."
Liu Shenghan smiled and said that she would know when they met. It seemed that she had never met the mother of the Xiangji Kingdom.
Matsukawa Yang directly led them to the palace of the Mother of the Nation. It could be seen that the monarch was really interested in her. There were more guards sleeping on the ground in this area, and the weapons and equipment were more sophisticated.
"No, how many people did you invite to drink? The entire harem of guards?"
"This was a banquet hosted by the Mother of the Nation, and the maids were dismissed for some reason. Those who remained were her most loyal subordinates."
Unexpectedly, Ajaan was also here. When she saw them coming, she happily held up a lantern to greet them. After they led a few people to the Queen Mother's palace, they just bowed and left without even looking at the Queen Mother's face.
The room was very dark, only two small candles were lit on the left and right sides of the bed, and the two maids each held one. There was a bead curtain outside the bed, which was fine and clear, and reflected little bits of light under the candlelight. I guess.
They are all valuable jewelry.
This scene reminded Bai Ya of the first time he met Taishi Yue Bai Zhi. He felt that he seemed to have started to have a stomachache. Qi Huan might have had the same idea, so he glanced at him and nodded slightly.
But there was no one on the bed. The room was very large, and there was a figure on the other side of the dressing table. There was a smaller candle lamp there. There was a long-haired woman with her back to this side, and she carefully took off the last piece of jewelry from her ear.
After a long time, she stood up and slowly walked over. The clothes must be made of silk and satin. Under such weak light in the room, it glowed like a snow-white brick wall, but it was softer. The two maids each opened the bed curtains.
, the woman sat upright by the bed and looked at them with a smile.
Is this the Mother of the Nation? The moment they saw her face, an indescribable shock hit everyone's head.
