After a while, the guards of Duke Zhao's Mansion brought news: "There is a commotion in the temple. Jinwu Guards and Long Xiang Guards have all arrived and are searching for the whereabouts of you and Miss Xu San."
Yan Ling was not surprised at all. He turned around and asked Xu Yin: "Shall we go back?"
Xu Yin shook his head: "Wait a minute."
Yan Ling thought so too. Thinking of what happened just now, his eyes still looked murderous: "Concubine Shu is so calculating. I really thought I could trick you into the Ye family this way. Now let's see how they end up!"
Xu Yin was tricked a lot in the palace in her previous life, and Concubine Shu's scheme was so clumsy that she not only couldn't get angry, but was actually a little amused.
"She wanted to kill two birds with one stone. She would not only solve me, but also help her nephew solve a lifelong issue."
Speaking of this, Yan Ling was a little confused: "Have you provoked her? Why is she targeting you? Is it possible that she wants to win over the Xu family, but doesn't want the third prince to marry you?"
Xu Yin didn't think so: "Concubine Shu shouldn't have thought of this. I suspect she was instigated by others."
It can be seen from Concubine Shu's attitude towards her that she doesn't think highly of the Xu family, and she probably has never had the thought of wooing her. Furthermore, who is Third Young Master Ye? Everyone in the capital knows that he is full of all five poisons, so let her
Marrying Ye Xuanbo, is this a win-win or an enmity?
Yan Ling nodded: "Concubine Shu is not very smart. She is so famous because of your majesty's preference."
The emperor actually didn't care about the competition for favor in the harem. In his opinion, women fighting over each other would not affect major events, so he didn't care who lost or won. It all depended on his own preferences.
When Concubine Shu had a face that he liked, he would indulge her in every possible way. Even if she did something ridiculous, she would just cry a few times in front of him and it would be over.
However, when she encountered something that the emperor really cared about, she knew how vain this kind of favor was.
Xiao Man took the clothes she had changed and came out of the cabin, saying angrily: "This is too much. If Miss doesn't know how to swim, wouldn't it be the end of the day? Miss, we must not let them go!"
Xiao Sang was much calmer than her, and said with an embarrassed look: "But that's Concubine Shu. Why don't you let her go? You can't sneak into the palace, kidnap her, and kill her, right?"
Xiao Man was dumbfounded by what she said, and also became embarrassed.
"Yes, that is a queen. No one can do anything to her except Your Majesty, right?"
"And there is no evidence. Even if we complain before His Majesty, we will not succeed."
"Is it possible that we have to suffer the loss of being dumb? That's too..."
The two girls kept talking to each other, and the more they talked, the angrier they became, and the more they talked, the more aggrieved they became.
Xu Yin heard this interestingly and laughed.
Xiaoman stamped his feet: "Miss, you are still laughing. There is such a person staring at you. If it doesn't work this time, can you always be on guard in the future? She is the empress. You never know when she will get into trouble, and we will be in big trouble."
Just like this time, for Concubine Shu, it was just a few words of instruction, and even if it was investigated, it would not implicate her, but the young lady was pushed into the water and suffered such a big disaster.
Xiao Sang noticed something from her expression, gave Xiao Man a hand and said, "Don't be anxious, let's listen to what the lady says first."
Seeing how anxious she was, Xu Yin stopped teasing them and said, "Don't worry, Concubine Shu will not have a chance."
"Why?" Xiao Man was dumbfounded.
Xu Yin smiled and said: "She thinks that I am the daughter of an inconspicuous foreign official and can be bullied by her. Then I will let her see the consequences of this bullying."
The girls are right about one thing. No one can do anything to Concubine Shu except Your Majesty.
If she had escaped Concubine Shu's plot and had not fallen into the water, or if she had climbed out on her own after falling into the water, then for Concubine Shu, it would have been a failure of the plan. As a queen who was deeply loved by the emperor, she gave a few instructions.
, there is no evidence at all, will the emperor still go out to investigate with great fanfare?
Big things were reduced to small things, small things were reduced to small things, so Xu Yin could only suffer this secret loss, and had to guard against Concubine Shu from attacking him again in the future.
She didn't come to the capital to get entangled in these trivial matters, and she didn't want to waste energy on unimportant people. Now that Concubine Shu has stretched out her hand, she will pull the fire under the cauldron and beat people to death with a board, and also warn those who are ready to take action, not to come.
Provoke her.
So, she wanted to make the matter more serious and force the emperor to take the initiative to intervene.
Wanting the emperor to take action is easy to say. The emperor is the emperor after all. Even if he is greedy for beauty and indulges in pleasure, what he cares about most is the imperial power. In the past, no matter how much trouble the concubine Shu made, it was only in the harem, so he could indulge it. When Shu
If the concubine affects his power, can the emperor still tolerate it?
Moreover, Yan Ling also jumped into the water. Duke Zhao was still resisting the powerful enemy in Xirong. Would the emperor dare to let his son disappear? In order to appease Duke Zhao, what does Concubine Shu's life mean? What does her own face mean? This choice,
The emperor did it without hesitation.
With such a mood, the two of them played on the boat for a long time and grilled fish and shrimp to eat. After they were full of wine and food and their hair was dry, they finally decided to go ashore.
"Let's go. If we delay further, His Majesty will probably return to the palace." Xu Yin said.
Yan Ling nodded and asked someone to remove the baking pan. The two of them cleaned up and ordered people to sail to the shore.
Jin Wu Guard and Long Xiang Guard were all called over to retrieve people, but now the defense outside was not that tight. The guards of Duke Zhao's Mansion had already spotted the place, and as long as they climbed over the wall in front, they could return to Daguangming Temple.
Xu Yin climbed up the wall and climbed down. Just as he stood firm, a chill suddenly came from his neck, followed by a low voice: "Don't move!"
Huh? She glanced back, but unfortunately she chose a good angle and couldn't see her appearance at all. Judging from her body shape and voice, she could only confirm that she was a woman.
She immediately thought of someone...
Perhaps her silence caused the other party to misunderstand. The person softened his voice and said, "Don't be afraid, girl. As long as you don't shout, I won't hurt you."
Xu Yin smiled in his heart. The next moment, Yan Ling climbed up the wall. Seeing this scene, he didn't say a word. With a blow from his palm, a branch next to him made a crisp cutting sound, and then fell into his grasp.
in hand.
Before the person holding Xu Yin had time to react, the branch had already come with the sharp wind. With a "ding" sound, her wrist went numb and the sword in her hand was about to fall to the ground.
At this time, a blade of light cut through in time and enveloped Yan Ling, forcing him to change direction.
The branch and the blade touched lightly, and the man opposite said in surprise: "It's you!"
Yan Ling stopped and smiled: "Finally I found you."
In front of him was Xue Yi.
The woman who was traveling with him picked up her sword and was about to join the battle group. When she heard these words, she stopped in surprise.
"Brother Xue, do you recognize him?"
Xue Yi nodded and asked: "Sir, are you looking for us? Wait, how do you know our whereabouts?"