At night, it was silent, and every corner of the palace was filled with the atmosphere of conspiracy. There were intrigues, fights for power, and schemes one after another.
People who live in the palace have long since learned to think deeply and be cautious in their words and deeds.
Just after midnight, a figure emerged from the servant's room and quickly disappeared into the night. No one noticed the appearance of this figure.
He carefully wandered around the remote corners of the palace.
The moonlight was hazy, casting a clear light over the palace.
The cold moonlight shone on the man's face, and it was clear that he was Chen Shaoxuan after his disguise.
This was the fifth day after he entered the palace, but he kept wandering around the outer palace, unable to find a chance to get even half a step closer to the Hall of Wende.
On the day he first entered the palace, he quietly killed a young eunuch and disguised himself as the eunuch, allowing him to hang out in the servants' room for several days without being noticed.
He thought he could get some information in the servants' room, but unexpectedly, except for the gossip about the eldest son of the East and the West, he didn't hear any news about Leng Changxi.
It can be seen that Zhao Yuan blocked the news about Leng Changxi extremely carefully.
As a last resort, Chen Shaoxuan could only choose to explore Wende Hall at night, hoping to find some clues.
However, just as he was approaching the Wende Palace, the palace door suddenly opened with a "squeak" sound.
Chen Shaoxuan quickly flew and hid behind a rockery.
After a moment, two little maids walked out of the door. Under the moonlight, their appearance was hazy and they could not be seen clearly.
But the two people's whispered words slowly reached Chen Shaoxuan's ears in the quiet night sky.
"Who do you think that woman is who lives in the bamboo forest?"
"Who knows? Mr. Yuan doesn't allow anyone to approach the backyard, and he doesn't allow anyone to talk nonsense. You have to be careful!"
"As long as you don't talk nonsense outside." The voice said with some disapproval, and then said mysteriously: "That woman is really mysterious. If Mrs. Guo's side hall hadn't appeared that night, we might still have been kept in the dark.
, I didn’t know there was such a woman hiding in the backyard!”
"That's right! What's the relationship between that woman and the assassin? When the assassin died, I saw how sad she was! Her expression made people feel as if she was about to die."
"I don't know. I heard later that she ran out of the bamboo forest in the backyard. The girl who delivered the food said that there was a bamboo house in the bamboo forest and the woman lived in it. It seems that since the assassin died,
After that, she never came out."
"What is the identity of that assassin? He actually asked Mr. Yuan to issue a hush order on everyone."
"Who knows? I only know that she was a woman, and her death was quite miserable. I heard that she was stabbed in the heart, and then her throat was sealed with a sword."
"Tsk, tsk, you deserve it, who made these assassins so arrogant!"
"Don't say that!" The man pulled the other woman and lowered his voice deliberately: "I heard later that that man didn't seem to be an assassin. Because when Mr. Yuan arrived at the side hall later,
, I was shocked when I saw this situation. I heard a guard who was present at the time said that Mr. Yuan’s face turned pale and pale. Later, he seemed to severely reprimand Mrs. Guo. So, I guess, this
There may be some inside story that we don’t know about.”
"Oh my god, if this is the case, it would be really scary!" Another woman's voice was filled with a hint of horror.
"Yes! Forget it, forget it, let's not discuss these subtle things. It's better to be cautious in our words and actions in the palace!"
"Uh-huh!"
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Watching the figures of the two palace maids fading away, Chen Shaoxuan slowly walked out from behind the rockery. This was the first time he heard the news about Leng Changxi, but it frightened him so much.
He stared at the Wende Hall in the night like a torch, his hands clenched into fists in his sleeves.
From the words of the two palace maids, Chen Shaoxuan was certain that Leng Changxi must have been trapped by Zhao Yuan in the backyard, that is, in the bamboo house deep in the bamboo forest.
But what happened to the assassin whose throat was sealed with a sword, why Zhao Yuan issued a hush order, why Zhao Yuan's face turned pale, and why he was related to Guo Wanrou. A series of thoughts emerged in Chen Shaoxuan's mind.
, which made him more and more afraid.
A bad premonition arose in Chen Shaoxuan's heart. He didn't dare to imagine the worst consequences. Who was the assassin? This question kept bothering him, making him even more determined to enter the Wende Palace to find out.
.
A cold light flashed in Chen Shaoxuan's eyes, and he stretched out his hand to caress his face slowly. The only way to sneak into Wende Palace was this way.
This may be risky, but as long as you act quickly, you can bring Leng Changxi out before people find out that someone is missing.
Chen Shaoxuan could not wait for a moment, so he calculated the time and flew into the high wall of Wende Hall.
After entering the Hall of Wende, he groped in the darkness toward the servants' room.
The servants' quarters of every palace are located on the remote west side, so it didn't take much effort for Chen Shaoxuan to find the servants' quarters.
He quietly blew a breath of smoke into the house, and then sneaked into the houses where the eunuchs lived.
Chen Shaoxuan briefly glanced at the people lying on the couch, and identified a man who was about the same size and height as himself. He quickly took action and choked the eunuch before he even had a chance to groan.
Chen Shaoxuan carried him to a dry well. After looking at his face carefully, he immediately threw him into the well decisively.
Relying on his memory, Chen Shaoxuan started making dough in the back of this remote servant's room under the moonlight.
The morning light shone into the room, but none of the eunuchs lying on the couch moved, until someone shouted loudly from outside the room: "What's going on in your room? It's been an hour and you still haven't gotten up? Do you want to be punished?"
", then some people slowly woke up from their sleep.
After a while, everyone rubbed their groggy eyes, stretched, yawned and slowly got up from the couch.
At this time, an eunuch next to Chen Shaoxuan touched his body with his elbow and said, "Little Lizi, do you feel particularly sleepy today?"
In order to prevent others from seeing his flaws, Chen Shaoxuan naturally pretended to wake up from sleep, nodded and said: "Yes!"
It turns out that the owner of this face is called Xiao Lizi, and Chen Shaoxuan secretly remembered it.
After stretching, Chen Shaoxuan and several young eunuchs who slept with him walked to the courtyard to fetch water and wash themselves.
After secret observation, Chen Shaoxuan quickly figured out the situation he was in. He and these young eunuchs were probably newcomers who had just entered the palace, so they were assigned the most remote residence and the heaviest work.
However, none of this mattered to him. What was important was that he finally got into Wende Hall, so the next step was to find out the whereabouts of Leng Changxi.
Thinking of Leng Changxi, Chen Shaoxuan's eyes darkened slightly, and he felt a little worried in his heart.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the somewhat dark horizon, his heart heavy.