The imperial concubine was indeed on guard against Zeng Yi. Ever since she met Zeng Yi and returned to the palace, the imperial concubine's palace had many more guards, and there were even top-notch experts outside to protect her. Later Zeng Yi overheard from the eunuchs that the imperial concubine
The empress said that she has been having nightmares at night these past few days, so she sent more people to protect her.
"Haha, you think you can get rid of me like this?" The next night Zeng Yi secretly went to the imperial concubine's palace again. Looking at the guards around the palace, Zeng Yi hid on a palace roof a hundred meters away from the palace.
Go up and quietly observe the imperial concubine's bedroom.
The sky darkened. After more than an hour, the lights in the imperial concubine's palace were extinguished. Zeng Yi looked at several maids and left. He took out the dragon's tongue bow and aimed at the window from the imperial concubine's palace. He watched the guards with his peripheral vision and waited.
For a moment, while the guards were not paying attention, Zeng Yi shot out an arrow.
A sharp arrow tied with a note shot into the imperial concubine's palace in an instant. Zeng Yi did not dare to stop, although there was a high probability that the imperial concubine would not take action even if she saw the arrow. But after all, it was late at night.
If one of them loses control and screams, it will be troublesome. After leaving the imperial concubine's palace, Zeng Yi returned directly to Taipu Temple.
During the day the next day, officials from Taipus Temple went to work as usual. Zeng Yi even lay down in the garage where the carriages were stored and eavesdropped on the conversation of the Taipus Temple officials. He did not hear from these people what was going on in the Xixia Palace.
Zeng Yi knew in his heart that his arrow must have been concealed by the imperial concubine.
As Zeng Yi guessed, the imperial concubine was already asleep at that time. Zeng Yi's arrow happened to hit the imperial concubine's bed. The imperial concubine woke up in the morning and was about to summon the maid to scout him to get up. Suddenly she saw the arrow stuck in the bed.
I was so frightened that I dared to call my escort. I suddenly thought of something and my face changed. I stood up and saw that there was a note tied to the arrow. My face instantly became even more ugly. I pulled out the arrow and threw it on the bed.
He opened the note and looked at it.
After reading the note, the imperial concubine's face was completely livid. She immediately had the impulse to summon the guards, but she hesitated. The imperial concubine touched her slightly swollen belly and gritted her teeth, but she still did not reveal what happened to Zeng Yi.
Zeng Yi's guess was almost the same. In fact, the imperial concubine did not dare to reveal Zeng Yi's affairs at all. Not to mention the many times before, Zeng Yi sneaked into her palace secretly and brought Zeng Yi into the palace this time. Although she was forced, but
Not reporting it later was enough to make the Xixia Emperor furious. Besides, Zeng Yi had been in her palace so many times that anyone would think there was some adultery between the two. Although Zeng Yi did not do anything to her, this
It is impossible for the emperor to believe this. It can be said that once Zeng Yi is caught, unless he is killed on the spot, the imperial concubine will definitely die with him. In a sense, the two of them are actually grasshoppers on the same rope.
Zeng Yi didn't see any disturbance in the palace, so he knew that tonight would be his chance to see the imperial concubine again, because Zeng Yi had clearly told the imperial concubine in the note that if he didn't want the secret to be exposed, he would quickly remove the guards.
That night, Zeng Yi set out again. This time when he arrived at the imperial concubine's palace, there were no guards left. Only the patrolling palace guards were left. It was very easy for Zeng Yi to avoid these internal and external guards.
Not only were the guards gone, but the palace maids and eunuchs didn't know why Zeng Yi was turned away by the imperial concubine, and Zeng Yi walked into the palace almost swaggeringly.
When I saw this imperial concubine again, she was wearing tight clothes and even had a dagger hidden in her cuffs. "Made! What do you think I am? A flower-picking thief? Two of my family members can't even scout you. Who can take a fancy to you?"
You?" Although he noticed that the imperial concubine was guarding against him as soon as he entered the door, Zeng Yi did not point it out. He smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be afraid. We are also old friends. You should understand my style of doing things. As long as the imperial concubine
If you can give me a satisfactory answer, I will never touch your Majesty's hair."
"You, what do you want to know!"
"I just want to ask, where does your majesty and the old man usually spend the night these days?"
"You, what do you want to do!" Upon hearing Zeng Yi asking about the emperor's whereabouts, the imperial concubine became nervous and even couldn't help but grab the dagger hidden in her sleeve. Although the imperial concubine was hindered by the many secrets between Zeng Yi and her,
For the sake of her own future, she did not dare to expose Zeng Yi. However, if Zeng Yi wanted to assassinate the emperor, this noble concubine would probably fight with Zeng Yi. Everything about his identity and future was given by the emperor. Once something happened to the emperor, her future would be
Forget it, even the future of his unborn child is over.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is protected by top-notch experts. I am being bold and don't dare to cause trouble to Your Majesty. I just want to take advantage of His Majesty's absence to get some valuable goodies."
"Here, the whereabouts of His Majesty when he went to bed were all managed by the management of the service room. How could I possibly know?"
The Jingshifang is an institution in the palace, subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, responsible for managing the affairs of the emperor's bedroom. The highest person in charge is called the eunuch of the Jingshifang. His task is to arrange and record the sexual intercourse between the emperor and his concubines. The so-called "person who specializes in the emperor's sexual affairs"
"Ye". Every time the emperor and his queen had sex, the eunuch in charge of the royal affairs room had to write down the year, month, day and time for verification in case of future pregnancy. After dinner every day, the eunuch in charge would present a large silver plate with food in it.
He bought dozens of green plaques, each with the name of a concubine written on it. At that time, when it was time for the emperor to go to bed, he would go to bed first, cover his ankles with the quilt, and expose his feet;
He stripped her naked in the room, then wrapped her in a big cloak and carried her to the palace. Then she took off the cloak and put the concubine on the bed. Of course, this was a normal situation. The emperor himself didn't know where he wanted to go, but if the emperor
If you have a goal, you don't need to look for signs.
Hearing the imperial concubine's words, Zeng Yi smiled and said: "Empress, do you think I'm stupid? As an imperial concubine and the second-in-command in the harem, you don't know who His Majesty favors and who he spends the night with?" Can you be like a noble concubine?
How could a woman in such a position be so simple, especially in the Xixia Palace? This noble concubine was basically the master of the harem, and the harem was filled with her people. How could she not know who the emperor often spent the night with and who he favored?
"you you......"
"Don't worry, Madam, I can swear to God that I will never hurt anyone or cause anything in the palace. As long as I know your Majesty's whereabouts and take advantage of His Majesty's absence to grab something, I will leave the palace immediately.
.....I hope the empress will not challenge my patience.” (To be continued)