Lan Shu opened the way and led the imperial guards on several detours on the mountain road. When the mountain gradually became lower and the sound of water became louder, Yu Qiansi got off the horse and stepped on a wooden bridge.
Behind the wooden bridge, on both sides of the mountain gate, there are two stone dragons clinging to the rock, with their beards flying and their hair flying, looking high and vast. Inside the stone gate, the imposing flat-topped mountain is spying on everyone in the darkness.
In front of the wooden bridge, the carriages and horses were separated. All the carriages, horses and the Imperial Guards holding knives together took away everyone's weapons and went another way, and were led to the path on the other side.
The remaining courtiers and the personal bodyguards of the Tribunal followed Jiang Jiqing and knelt down one by one before passing through the mountain gate and entering the imperial mausoleum.
The crowds of cars and pedestrians were all solemn and quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the scraping of clothing in the darkness.
Only when the stone incense burner in front of the mountain gate was filled with dots of red light did everyone re-enter the imperial mausoleum.
The imperial guards who entered the imperial mausoleum from the small gate gathered around the holy driver again, and the Lan clan members presented all the sharp weapons that had been taken away with both hands.
Yu Qiansi reattached the dagger and long sword to his waist, took out the dagger and touched the blade, and said with a smile: "Now that's good, everyone's weapons have been clearly touched by the Lan family."
Yu Qiansi looked at Boyi: "Don't you always tell me to be more vigilant, why are you so indifferent to this?"
The terrain just now was really mysterious. If someone had taken advantage of everyone to unload their weapons and made a surprise attack, everyone's corpses would have been completely cold by now.
"I'm not worried about this," Boyi also took out his sword, looked at it, and whispered: "The Lan family is not so stupid as to be detrimental to the emperor."
Yu Qiansi tasted a bit of interest from Boyi's specious words. Just as he was about to make a joke, he noticed an unknown gaze falling on him.
She looked up with a smile as if inadvertently, but that gaze disappeared keenly among the crowd.
At this time, the moon was in the sky and mist filled the mountains.
Another complicated sacrificial ceremony and melodious and soporific music began. Yu Qiansi absentmindedly followed the crowd in worshiping, looking around under the cover of night.
The look in his eyes just now, like fire, suddenly disappeared.
When she lazily knelt down on the ground to cover up that she did not remember the words of chanting, she found this trip more and more interesting.
When the official ceremony is over, the Lan family has already prepared various courtyards for the entourage to stay.
But before she could reach the place, someone was chasing her.
"Master Jade, stay."
Listen to the sound, it's Deming.
The Lan family who was leading the way also stopped and waited where they were.
"Eunuch Deming."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Jade. You should have rested early, but... the girl was tired from traveling and traveling, and her physical strength was weak. Your Majesty was worried that the accompanying medical officers might have shocked the girl and wanted you to go..."
....”
"That girl" naturally refers to Su Niang.
Now she has no title, but everyone can see that His Majesty treats her differently. Therefore, she can only be called "that girl".
Yu Qiansi sneered, which was especially loud in the quiet night.
"I accept your order," she said with a lazy salute: "But... there will always be time for Rong Chen to put down his luggage, right?"
Deming looked embarrassed when he heard this and lowered his head: "This is natural, this is natural."
Yu Qiansi's smile became brighter and brighter. She watched Deming walk away quickly, and then the Lan family took him to his residence.
Yu Qiansi's residence was very remote. By the time she put down her luggage and walked alone to the Weisi Hall where the Holy Master was, more than half an hour had passed.
If he dares to ask her to come to see a doctor in the middle of the night, don't blame her for disturbing his dreams.
What she didn't expect was that the scene outside Weisi Hall was extremely lively, and there was no room for her to cause trouble.
Outside Weisi Hall, Lan Shu led several gray-haired men in gray clothes, wondering what he was saying to Deming.
Deming asked: "It's not that this slave is trying to stop you, but it's getting late now and Your Majesty has rested after a long journey. How about Chief Lan coming back tomorrow?"
Yu Qiansi came closer and saw that there were still candles burning in the side hall of the Weisi Hall, but he claimed that the saint had rested. Isn't this a lie?
Jiang Jiqing traveled thousands of miles to come to the imperial mausoleum, but why did he give the Lan family a bowl of rejection?
Seeing Yu Qiansi approaching, Deming quickly dropped Lan Shu and chased after him.
Lan Shu turned around and looked over. After seeing clearly that it was Yu Qiansi, her expression became slightly stiff.
Yu Qiansi smiled and nodded to him, and he nodded vaguely. Seeing that Deming stopped paying attention to him, he lowered his head and left in a hurry.
"Master Yu, the girl is in the side hall, please come with me."
The west side hall of Weisi Hall is adjacent to an exquisite and elegant small garden, which is the residence specially set aside by His Majesty for Su Niang.
After leading Yu Qiansi to the side hall, Deming left as if running away.
Yu Qiansi crossed his arms, slightly bent his index finger and tapped it. When Deming's figure could no longer be seen behind him, he turned around and entered the side hall alone.
"Where's the girl?"
It was dark inside the palace, and there were only eight palace attendants standing at the door.
Could it be that he has fallen asleep?
She was happy to wake up Jiang Jiqing, but she didn't want to disturb Su Niang.
"The girl felt stuffy in the house, so she sat alone in the garden."
The people from the first palace saluted and said: "The girl has told the slaves to stay here and not disturb her. If Master Yu comes, just go to the back garden to find her."
Due to the advantageous terrain of the Imperial Tomb, the mountains are like spring all year round, which is indeed more comfortable than living in a house that has been burnt to the ground.
It seems that not many people can sleep well tonight.
Yu Qian nodded and headed towards the back garden.
Before I even got close to the back garden, I heard a soft female voice whispering something in the warm wind.
It's two voices.
Yu Qiansi took back his steps and looked back at the palace people outside the side hall.
She relaxed her smile and stood quietly in the shadow of the palace, carefully distinguishing human voices.
But the two of them were very cautious, and there was a gurgling stream in the garden, which drowned out many sounds.
It can only be distinguished that one person has a loud voice and the other person is cold, as if...
quarrel?
Seeing that I really couldn't hear anything, and worried that someone would notice me if I delayed for too long, I had no choice but to slow down my steps and walk into the rockery.
Sure enough, the argument suddenly stopped and Su Niang came out from the viewing pavilion behind the rockery.
"Master Jade? I'm sorry to bother you."
Su Niang still calls her Master Yu.
Perhaps Yu Qiansi was the woman who had good intentions toward her in the first place. Su Niang only showed a little bit of relief when facing her these days.
"Girl, I am here to diagnose your pulse by divine order."
Su Niang was stunned, lowered her head and apologized first.
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Yu. It's just a long journey. I didn't want to trouble you, but..."
At this point, Su Niang realized that she seemed to be shirking responsibility. After all, she had already troubled others.
She bowed solemnly and said, "I'm really sorry. After all, it was me who caused all this."
Yu Qiansi accepted her courtesy calmly, then helped her up and took a pulse easily, while saying: "It's okay, I'll just get up later tomorrow night."
Su Niang didn't say anything more and just stood there quietly.