The guard opened the door curtain and walked in. He saw that there were only Qin Yi and Cai Yi who was unconscious on the ground. His face suddenly turned livid: "The princess was taken away by an assassin?"
Qin Yi knew that they must have misunderstood, so she quickly pointed to Cai Yi on the ground and said: "She is the assassin. She just killed Princess Rui with two other assassins. Princess Rui knocked Cai Yi to the ground. The two assassins
Unable to defeat, she grabbed the window and ran away, and the princess chased her in the rain. Leave two of you to escort her down, and the rest of you should hurry up and chase her. It’s raining heavily outside, and the princess is still pregnant. What if something happens?
, none of us can take responsibility.”
The leading guard was a little surprised: "But isn't this the girl in colorful clothes who is waiting in the palace? How did she become an assassin? And we were patrolling outside just now, and we didn't see any assassins."
"Have you seen that the princess is gone? Go and chase her!" Qin Yi looked a little bad, and her voice rose a little higher.
"Quick, quick, quick, you two go report to His Majesty. You can escort her down. The rest of you, follow me." Seeing Qin Yi's excitement, the head guard quickly gave orders and took the lead in leading others out of the dormitory.
The two people who stayed took away the colorful clothes on the ground. Qinyi was pacing back and forth in the hall alone, with an anxious look on his face. He was secretly annoyed that he had agreed to Yun Shang. She was pregnant, why?
Can this be done?
The night was getting darker, and the rain started to fall a little heavier again. It had been half an hour since the guards chased her out, but there was still no news. Qin Yi's heart became uneasy little by little.
Suddenly hearing footsteps coming from outside, Qin Yi felt happy and hurriedly left the inner hall, only to see the person who hurried in from outside the door was Xia Huanyu.
"My servant pays homage to your majesty, your majesty is safe." Qinyi saluted quickly.
Xia Huanyu walked to the chair and sat down, looked at Qin Yi, and asked hurriedly: "What happened? The guard who came to report couldn't explain clearly. What happened? Where is Princess Rui?"
Qin Yi quickly said: "Your Majesty, it is Cai Yi, the palace maid assigned by Manager Liu to serve the princess. She united with outsiders to assassinate the princess. The assassination failed, and she was caught by the princess. Cai Yi was knocked unconscious by the princess on the spot.
The other two people grabbed the window and fled, and the princess gave chase. The guards have already gone after them, but there is no news yet."
"Nonsense." Xia Huanyu slapped the armrest of the chair: "She is pregnant and a woman. It's raining so heavily outside. Why is she chasing after her?"
Qin Yi quickly fell to the ground and remained as silent as a cicada.
"Liu Wen'an, order the imperial guards to lead a search. Even if they search the palace, they must find Princess Rui. If they can't find her, ask the commander of the guards guarding Chaoxia Palace to come to see her."
Huanyu's face looked a little gloomy.
Liu Wen'an's face also looked a little bad, and he quickly responded and retreated.
Xia Huanyu sat on the chair and said nothing, and Qin Yi did not dare to get up.
After a while, Liu Wen'an returned to the palace, and Xia Huanyu asked Qin Yi again: "Then why did Caiyi want to assassinate Princess Rui? How did he do it?"
Qin Yi responded in a low voice: "I don't know why Caiyi wanted to assassinate the princess. After the incident in Prince Rui's Mansion, the only maids the princess brought into the palace were Nunu and Qianzuo. Liu Gengyi drowned and died two days ago. The internal servants suspected
It was Qianzui who took her away, and later Qianzui disappeared in the inner chamber. There was only one servant beside the princess, so she couldn't take care of her."
Qinyi has been serving in the palace for so many years, so she also knows how to report: "Because Caiyi is someone who has served in the Taiji Palace, the princess trusts her very much. The slaves were on duty in the previous two nights, and today the princess will
He said he asked Caiyi to wait in the palace, but he didn't expect something like this to happen. The slave also entered the palace after hearing the princess's voice. I really don't understand what happened before."
Xia Huanyu nodded lightly and turned to look at Liu Wen'an: "What's the origin of Caiyi?"
Liu Wen'an knew that something happened to the maid he sent to Zhaoxia Palace, and he was a little nervous. Hearing this, he quickly said: "Caiyi is an old man in the palace. He entered the palace during the draft nine years ago. He was not selected in the draft.
, he stayed in the Shangyi Bureau for a period of time, and was transferred to the Tai Chi Hall three years ago. He was mainly responsible for lighting the lamps in the Tai Chi Hall. The servant saw that Princess Rui entered the palace with only two maids, but she was in a hurry that night and had no time to let her go.
According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, eight people were transferred from Tai Chi Hall. Cai Yi is considered to be the more senior among them, so I let Cai Yi take the lead."
"Princess Rui has been in the Xia Kingdom for less than a year. Since Caiyi entered the palace nine years ago and has been in Taiji Hall for the past two years, how could she assassinate Princess Rui?" Xia Huanyu frowned, "Send someone to go.
The eunuch will bring over the book containing Caiyi's information."
Liu Wen'an responded in a low voice, exited the hall and gave instructions.
After waiting for another cup of tea, there was still no news. Xia Huanyu could not sit still for a while, stood up and said: "Find the commander of the Imperial Guard..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a slender figure walking in from outside the hall. He was already soaked to the skin, his messy hair was also wet from the rain, and his face was slightly pale.
It’s not who Yunshang is.
A smile finally appeared on Qin Yi's face, and she raised her eyes to look at Yun Shang. When she saw that she was a little embarrassed, she didn't look like she was injured, and she felt a little calmer.
Xia Huanyu frowned and looked at Yun Shang, with a bit of displeasure in his eyes: "Princess Rui, what's going on?"
Yun Shang saluted Xia Huanyu, her voice still soft: "Your Majesty, please allow me to go into the palace to change my clothes first, and then come back to see you."
Xia Huanyu looked at Yun Shang's resembling a drowned rat, then gently nodded and said, "Go ahead."
Yun Shang bowed again, picked up Qinyi who was still kneeling on the ground, and entered the inner hall regardless of etiquette.
Qin Yi quickly took the clothes inside and outside the box and changed them for Yun Shang. Yun Shang listened to the movement outside. There seemed to be no sound outside. Yun Shang took Qin Yi to the desk and wrote on
A few words were written on the paper: "What did your Majesty say?"
Qin Yi saw it, thought for a while, then took the pen and wrote below: "His Majesty inquired about the incident and ordered the imperial guards to search for the princess. He also said that they must search through the palace to find the princess. If she cannot find it, let her
The guard commander who was guarding outside the Chaoxia Palace raised his head to see me, and later asked Caiyi about his experience in the palace."
Yun Shang read Qin Yi's words carefully, was silent for a long time, and then said, "He also said that he would have to search through the palace to find it. If he couldn't find it, he would ask the guard commander who was guarding outside Chaoxia Palace to raise his head to see..." This sentence
It was circled and written below: "Your Majesty really said so?"
Qin Yi nodded sternly, and Yun Shang fell silent again, tore off the paper and threw it into the charcoal basin.
Qin Yi quickly took out a handkerchief and dried Yun Shang's hair. She was a little embarrassed by her still wet hair, "Princess, do you want your hair to be tied into a bun?"
Yun Shang nodded lightly: "It's not etiquette to have disheveled hair."
Qin Yi then dried her hair a little more and tied Yun Shang's hair into a bun. Before her bun was ready, there were footsteps outside again, and then a man's voice came: "Your Majesty, we haven't finished yet."
Found the trace of Princess Rui."
"There's no need to look for it, Princess Rui is back." Xia Huanyu's voice was light, making it difficult to guess what he was thinking.
Qinyi just tied up her hair in a simple bun and fixed it with a white jade plum blossom hairpin. Yun Shang stood up, thought about it, and asked Qinyi to get a cloak to put on, and asked Qinyi to put it on herself.
After a while, he opened the curtain and walked out.
In addition to Xia Huanyu and Liu Wen'an, there were two men standing outside. Both were in military uniforms, but the armor was slightly different. Yun Shang's eyes fell on the two men, and he scanned them lightly before walking in front of Xia Huanyu.
He knelt down three steps away and said, "I was chasing the two assassins just now and watched them enter a palace. I was afraid that the people in the palace were in danger, but I was also afraid that the other party was luring a snake into the hole.
He came back in a hurry and asked your Majesty to send guards to investigate."
Xia Huanyu glanced at Yun Shang and said nothing for a while. Yun Shang's heart trembled slightly before she heard Xia Huanyu's voice: "Lead the way."
Yun Shang nodded, Qin Yi quickly took the umbrella, Xia Huanyu took the lead to leave the palace door, and Yun Shang quickly followed.
On a rainy winter night, it was bitingly cold. Qinyi quickly held an umbrella for Yun Shang, and a group of people stepped into the rain. They led Xia Huanyu around for a while before they came to a red wall.
Yun Shang pointed to the already somewhat mottled red wall and said softly: "The two assassins climbed in from here just now."
Under the illumination of the lantern, Xia Huanyu's face looked a little cold. He raised his eyes and looked at the palace wall. After being silent for a long time, he said, "Where is this?"
Liu Wen'an looked around and quickly responded: "It seems to be Wuyan Palace."
Hearing the words Wuyan Palace, Xia Huanyu's eyes became much darker in an instant, and he just kept looking at the red palace wall and fell silent.
Yun Shang's eyes flashed, and she quickly asked with a bit of surprise: "Wuyan Palace? Aren't Concubine Shu and Lady Xian in this palace? What will happen if the assassin hurts them? Your Majesty
, quickly order someone to search inside."
When Xia Huanyu heard this, his eyebrows moved, and he turned his head to look at Yun Shang. There was obvious consideration and suspicion in his eyes. Yun Shang's heart trembled suddenly, and he looked at Xia Huanyu without hesitation.
"Your Majesty?" Yun Shang asked softly.
Xia Huanyu said calmly: "Princess Rui, you must have made a mistake or admitted it wrong. There are many red walls like this in the harem. It is no wonder that Princess Rui admitted her mistake. There are imperial guards everywhere in the Wuyan Palace.
The guard, let alone the assassin, is not allowed to fly in even a fly without my permission."
After saying that, he said calmly: "Go back to the palace and interrogate Caiyi Haosheng." After saying that, he turned around and left.
Yun Shang frowned slightly, with a bit of darkness in her eyes, and finally couldn't help but speak: "I remember very clearly that the assassin entered here, but what I don't know is why
Your Majesty protected and indulged Concubine Shen Shu so much, why did you indulge the Seventh Prince so much, but only treated Prince Rui like this, causing Prince Rui's palace to almost be wiped out?" (To be continued)
