"I'm going to see Jin Zhaoyi first." She found an excuse to get away quickly. Bai Qige couldn't bear to be caught between two men who had their own purposes. It had nothing to do with her how they wanted to fight.
After watching Bai Qige disappear completely, the soft smile on Yi Chenxuan's face disappeared, and the expression he looked at his brother became much colder: "She is smarter than you and I thought. She can easily get into trouble if she is not handled well. Now my father is facing
You value her so much, why bother pretending to be crazy and acting stupid overtly or covertly? Chen Jing, it’s not me who is hindering your future. You don’t need to regard me as your primary enemy all the time. As for her... you can never give her what I can give her.
."
"Brother Five Emperors is still so confident." Yi Chenjing was not angry. The thin lip line outlined a faint smile, "I wonder if Brother Five Emperors have thought about it, can you give her what I can give her?"
Being able to control the military and political affairs of Zhao State, and being able to control the life and death of the Bai family, only he, Yi Chenjing, can do these things.
Turning around and leaving without any hesitation, Yi Chenjing chased in the direction where Bai Qige's figure disappeared, leaving Yi Chenxuan standing alone with his hands behind his back.
"Jinyan, be sure to keep an eye on the banquet before it ends. I'm afraid the wine tonight will be very intoxicating." With a sharp look, Yi Chenxuan returned to his usual gentleness and stepped into the East Palace with a smile on his face. Behind him was the stunning man standing respectfully.
He nodded slightly and looked towards the bustling inner courtyard with an expressionless face, not knowing what he was thinking.
Compared with other female relatives, Bai Qige is relatively unknown among the people. Apart from chatting with Suyan and Jin Zhaoyi, she can only drink and drink. Suyan only said that she was feeling depressed after being away from home and did not stop her. However, after a few rounds of drinks and food,
, there were already two groups of crimson on the face lightly applied with powder.
"I drank too much today, and I didn't understand the chess skills that man was talking about. I went back before I got drunk. I'll come to Jin Zhaoyi's house to apologize to Jin Zhaoyi someday when I have time."
Jin Zhaoyi had never seen a woman who drank so fiercely, and she was worried in every possible way: "If you feel uncomfortable, go back early, and there is no need to apologize or anything. If you have nothing to do during the day, just walk around a lot, just talk to me more, this wine
If you can avoid it, avoid it.”
"I'm afraid Your Highness will have to socialize for a while, so I'll go back with you." Su Yan put down the bowl and chopsticks and wanted to get up, but was stopped by Bai Qige.
"Sister, you know that His Highness has a bad drinking habit. If he gets drunk again, you will have to be there to take care of him." Bai Qige pushed Su Yan back to her original position, whispered beside Yi Chenjing, and then left the table alone.
Of course, she was not drunk. Everything was going according to the previously planned plan. The next step was to sneak into the back hall.
Yu Che said before that among the princes, the crown prince and the fifth prince have the most capable people, and there are naturally no shortage of masters lurking in the East Palace. The reason why Yi Chenjing chose to let Bai Qige take the risk to infiltrate instead of Zhan Ting was because he was afraid of being secretly
The hidden master discovered that Bai Qige was a married princess after all. Firstly, she entered the palace not long ago and was unfamiliar with the place. It was understandable that she took the wrong way and entered the rear palace by mistake. Secondly, as a female family member, entering the rear palace would not violate the rules, so she would not break the rules.
Others become suspicious.
There were very few people coming and going in the back hall, and there was no one in the left wing on weekdays. The guards were not as strict as in the study in the prince's palace. In addition, there were many female relatives attending the banquet today, so the guard guarding the door did not ask too many questions.
Bai Qige looked drunk and smelled of alcohol. She thought it was the Crown Princess who asked her to come here to rest, so she frowned and let her go.
After entering the back hall, Bai Qige immediately put on full energy and explored more than ten rooms one by one from left to right.
Yi Chenjing was not sure who the item he was looking for belonged to. The men who were watching outside only said that there was always a concubine who came here late at night to have a private meeting with the prince. Because that concubine wore common colors and was covered with a veil, every time she went back
He also left extremely carefully through the back door of the East Palace in the high-walled courtyard and could not continue to trace him. Therefore, he could not determine which person from which palace he belonged to.
In the distant country, there is a custom of giving purses and folding fans to couples. What Bai Qige has to do is to find out as soon as possible while everyone is having a banquet in the front hall whether the concubine has left a purse. If so, she can know the concubine by looking at the embroidery on the purse.
Who is the concubine?
Maybe everything seems absurd and boring, but if you think about it carefully, you will understand the depth of Yi Chenjing's intentions.
It is extremely difficult to shake the crown prince's position unless he commits a crime that would make Yao Huang Long Yan furious. The filthy harem is what Yao Huang hates the most, even if he does not depose the prince because of this, he will be greatly disappointed.
Give the favored Yi Chenjing a chance. I don’t know what the prince is thinking. The prince has a young, beautiful and powerful backing, and even has six or seven concubines. Why should he take such a big risk to provoke the emperor?
A woman? Bai Qige sighed silently, silently feeling sorry for the concubine who was likely to die as a result of the incident being exposed.
There was no light in the empty room, so Bai Qige could only use the moonlight outside the window to search around. What was funny was that several carefully embroidered purses could be found in each room. By the time they reached the sixth room, Bai Qige was already dazzled by them.
Already.
"How can a person in his thirties have so much energy? He takes supplements every day and fails to replenish his brain. All of it has been absorbed by the sperm." Helplessly, she continued to look through the boxes and cabinets. Finally, Bai Qige found a room in the most luxuriously decorated room.
A unique purse.
What makes it unique is not the embroidery pattern, but the two beautiful small characters embroidered on the side.
Brocade clusters.
Bai Qige took a breath, and Yi Chenjing's confession was instantly forgotten. All she could think about was destroying the purse quickly before anyone could see it. If she had known that this would be the result, she would not have taken the risk.
This trip not only dissatisfied Yi Chenjing, but also revealed the secret that he shouldn't know.
Jin Cui, Jiang Jin Cui, that is Jin Zhaoyi’s maiden name.
While I was in a panic, there was a sudden sound of neat footsteps outside the room, and the brighter and brighter firelight fully indicated that someone was coming.
"Search every room for me! Don't miss any corner!" a man shouted sternly.
Something was wrong. The row of rooms in the back hall of the East Palace had been idle for a long time. No one else lived there except for the prince who occasionally stole food at night. It was definitely not normal for someone to suddenly come and search everywhere. Bai Qige hid behind the door and looked around. However, except for the room under the bed and in the closet,
There is no place to hide anymore, and these places are bound to be searched, so there is no way to hide. Looking up at the dark beams, Bai Qige sighed sadly. She could hide there, but unfortunately with her current physical condition.
Can't get up at all.
The sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets and shouting were getting closer and closer. Seeing that a group of soldiers were about to search the room, Bai Qige gritted her teeth, hid her purse in her sleeves, and lay down on the ground.
The door opened quickly, and someone screamed in surprise. Then he illuminated the motionless woman on the ground with a lantern, turned around and reported to the leader: "There is someone here!"
"Is it this woman?"
"Sir, it's her. No one else will enter the back hall."
I don't know who pushed Bai Qige's shoulder, and Bai Qige turned over, still lying on the ground with her eyes closed, mumbling incoherently, as if she was drunk.
"He's smelling of alcohol and is dying. Which palace is this from? Go and ask if there's anyone in front of you who knows him!"
Pretending to be drunk is not difficult for Bai Qige. She originally planned to use this as an excuse if she was discovered. This step was also part of Yi Chenjing's plan. Bai Qige just felt strange why no one stopped her when she came in just now.
, now they mobilized a large number of people to get a group of police officers to search?
A hint of chill rose up, and Bai Qige suddenly realized that maybe she was not the only one who came to the back hall of the East Palace, and she was being followed again without knowing it.
"Wake up, which palace are you from?" The little eunuch who came with him took a lot of effort to help Bai Qige up, and asked with a frown on his face.
"Go to the East Palace...drink, drink some more..."
The strong smell of alcohol hit his face, and the little eunuch's face almost twisted into a ball. He shook his head helplessly and put the person down. He came to the man leading the soldiers and bowed frequently: "Sir, you see she is so drunk that she doesn't know what's going on.
How could he be here to steal? It’s most likely some cheap-mouthed person who spread the rumors, we haven’t heard of anything being thrown away in this palace!”
"Okay, okay, Luo Li is verbose, don't you know that the East Palace is safe?" The man leading the team shouted impatiently, "If someone hadn't reported that they saw a suspicious person, I wouldn't be willing to spend most of the night!
Damn it, I don’t know which bastard came to whisper to the Crown Princess. The masters were drinking happily in front of us, but our group of slaves broke our legs for no reason. In the end, except for the drunken woman, there was no one left.
There is no shadow, what a damn unlucky person!"
Bai Qige continued to talk nonsense and pretended to be drunk, while Bai Qige's mind was spinning rapidly, remembering every useful information in the conversations with others.
Someone knew she had sneaked into the back hall and went to report the news.
The status of the Crown Princess is extraordinary. It is a serious crime for strangers to enter this place without permission. In addition, there is also theft. This person really wants to drive her to death. Fortunately, she has nothing valuable on her. No matter how framed it is, it will be a crime.
If there is no evidence, the only thing she needs to worry about now is the purse. If she is found and questioned about where it comes from, she will definitely not be able to tell. She can't lie and claim that it was given to her by Jin Zhaoyi? It is not a token of love.
It is an ordinary thing. If anyone thinks that the purse was originally placed in the East Palace, Jin Zhaoyi will be in trouble, and she will no longer be able to escape the relationship.
In the back hall, Bai Qige was in trouble, but in the front hall there was still singing and dancing, but there were more and more absent-minded people.
The eunuch who ran over in a panic whispered in the ear of the princess. At the same time, a young man with a beautiful face quietly walked into the banquet and leaned over to say something to the fifth prince Yi Chenxuan. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the exquisite face.
The seventh prince, Yi Chenjing, was the only one who noticed the change in Yi Chenxuan's expression. When he saw the other woman's brows furrowed and stood up to leave, Yi Chenjing also stood up and clenched her fists in her sleeves.
Yi Chenxuan has always sent people to keep an eye on Bai Qige. Yi Chenjing knows this very well. If something happens to her, the first person to know is Yi Chenxuan.
"Fifth Prince, why are the Seventh Prince so anxious to leave?" The charming voice sounded like a monster. The Crown Princess on the main seat suddenly spoke, her eyebrows and eyes were full of charm and enchantment, her lips were smiling like flowers, but her eyes were so bright.
It was daunting, "I heard that a kitten was caught stealing food in the apse. I don't know which palace it escaped from. How about we go and have a look together?"