Before leaving Shu, she and Sheng Hong had made arrangements to leave five hundred soldiers to guard the Shu Palace. Thousands of private soldiers were secretly mobilized to guard the Shu Palace.
Lin Weiwei took charge of the Shu Prince's Mansion on her behalf and carefully cleaned up the manpower in the mansion. Without A'luo leaving the mansion, it would be difficult for anyone with ulterior motives to get even half a step closer to A'luo.
Chief Gu Shan and his disciples go in and out of the Shu Palace every day, and they are accompanied by dozens of secret guards to guard them. Moreover, the secret guards have things in their hands that can be used to send emergency messages at any time.
She and Lin Weiwei had secretly agreed that if there was an emergency that Sheng Hong should not know about, they would leave a secret note on the envelope.
At this time, there was a crabapple painted with a thin pen on the outside of the envelope.
What happened?
Xie Mingxi squeezed the envelope tightly with her right hand.
Sheng Hong looked over with a smile: "Lin Weiwei has been writing letters diligently these days. I remember that he just sent a letter a few days ago. Why did another letter come today?"
Xie Mingxi was anxious in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face, and responded with a smile: "I guess you have nothing to do, so you wrote a letter and chatted with me."
Lin Weiwei and Xie Mingxi are good friends and often correspond. Yan Zhenzhen and Qin Sihun also receive letters from time to time. Sheng Hong did not become suspicious at all and casually smiled and said: "When I have free time, I will read the letters with you."
Xie Mingxi said deliberately: "What are you reading about the whispers between us women?"
Come on, they must be complaining about their husbands or trivial matters in their parents' lives in their letters.
Sheng Hong laughed it off and quickly turned to talk to General Lian.
Xie Mingxi put the letter into his sleeve as if nothing had happened.
…
As the emperor, Sheng Hong had to review the memorials every day, which was half a man high. Today he specially took some free time to meet with Lian Shuyuan and his wife to show his favor to the emperor.
After chatting for a while, Sheng Hong went to Yiqing Hall.
As the Queen of the Central Palace, Xie Mingxi did not take over the palace affairs, but she had to go to the Jiaofang Palace of Cining Palace to attend to the illness. Furthermore, the palace was full of eyes and ears, even the palace servants serving in Fulin Palace, and I don’t know how many of them were
Empress Dowager Yu’s eyeliner.
After being busy for most of the day, it was not until dusk that Xie Mingxi went into the dormitory to "take a nap". She was the only one in the dormitory, and Congyu Fuyu and Xianghui were sent out.
Only then did Xie Mingxi take out the letter from her sleeve and quickly opened it.
When Lin Weiwei wrote this letter, she was obviously in a hurry and confused, and her handwriting was a bit messy.
"Thank you sister, Chief Gu Shan is missing..."
After reading the first line, Xie Mingxi's heart suddenly sank. She pursed her mouth tightly and squeezed the letter paper with her right hand, revealing blue veins on the back of her hand.
"I'm sorry, sister Xie, I was too careless."
"In retrospect, the mountain chief has been a little uneasy these past few days. I just thought that the mountain chief missed you, so I didn't ask any more questions. This morning, the mountain chief did not leave the house with the masters, but went half an hour early.
After I found out about it, I didn’t take it to heart."
"Unexpectedly, the academy sent a message to the government, saying that the mountain chief did not go to the academy at all."
"I was shocked to realize that something was wrong, and immediately ordered people to secretly search for the whereabouts of the mountain leader. However, after searching for a whole day, I could not find the mountain leader. I personally searched Gu Shanzhang's house, but could not find it.
Anything suspicious."
"The man behind the scenes used some trick to induce Chief Gu to walk out of the heavily guarded Shu Palace without a single bodyguard."
"Lest to cause panic, I announced to the outside world that Shan Chang had contracted a contagious wind disease and needed to rest in the yard. I blocked the news from the outside world."
"I will continue to send people to look for the mountain leader. I'm sorry, sister Xie. You entrusted me with the Prince of Shu's palace, but the mountain leader disappeared under my nose..."
As I write the letter, it seems like water droplets have fallen on the letter, smearing a small patch of ink.
The scene of Lin Weiwei writing a tearful letter flashed before Xie Mingxi's eyes, and her heart seemed to have been stabbed by a fine needle. The sharp and severe pain spread quickly.
Who has such means to lure Gu Shanchang away in Shu and hide him in a place where no one can search for him?
Who is so ruthless that he uses the master's life as a means to blackmail her, the queen of the middle palace?
Who is it?
Who else could it be?
…
Xie Mingxi is used to hiding her emotions and anger, and is used to using her smile as a mask to cover up all her true emotions.
But she is also a person of flesh and blood.
She felt joy, sorrow, joy, eagerness, anxiety, and anger... This insidious and cruel move completely hit her weak spot, making her heartbroken and furious.
When I think about where Chief Gu is being imprisoned, how much suffering and punishment he will endure, and whether he is dead or alive, my heart feels like it is burning on fire, and I am in pain.
Xie Mingxi closed her eyes and exhaled slowly and forcefully. She suppressed the sharp pain in her chest. Then, she continued to open her eyes and read the letter.
"... Unfortunately, Prince Shu's palace is too far away from the capital, so it is very inconvenient to deliver news. It takes twenty days to go back and forth. It will be at least ten days before you see this letter. Maybe, you are reading it
By the time I received this letter, Chief Gu had already returned safely."
"I hope I only had a false alarm!"
No, it’s definitely not a false alarm!
Such a meticulous layout, such ruthless methods! It is obviously aimed at her! Before the goal is achieved, the other party will never let the master go easily.
Boom, boom, boom!
A sudden knock on the door broke the silence in the bedroom.
Xie Mingxi suddenly raised his head, his voice filled with anger that could not be poured out: "Who is it?"
Xiang Hui's voice sounded outside the door: "To report to the Empress, Zhi Lan has come on the order of the Empress Dowager, and invites the Empress to have dinner with her at Jiaofang Hall."
Queen Mother Yu!
A shocking coolness flashed in Xie Mingxi's eyes, but the raging anger unexpectedly subsided, and her voice sounded the same as usual: "Tell Zhilan that I will go to Jiaofang Palace to freshen up."
Xianghui respectfully agreed and quietly stepped back.
There was no movement outside the door again.
Xie Mingxi read the letter again expressionlessly, and then brought the thin letter paper to the candlelight. The flames quickly devoured the letter paper, burned it to ashes, and fell into the charcoal basin.
After a while, Xie Mingxi stood up, opened the door, and said in a loud voice: "Cong Yu, Fu Yu, wait for me to change my clothes and make up."
Cong Yu Fuyu came in response, and the moment they saw Xie Mingxi, both of them were startled.
The two of them have been serving Xie Mingxi for ten years. Xie Mingxi looked the same as usual, but the coldness in his eyes was clearly revealed.
What happened?
Who angered Xie Mingxi?
The two of them looked at each other, neither daring to talk or ask any more questions. They lowered their heads and brought the clothes and helped Xie Mingxi change. Then they used warm water to cleanse Xie Mingxi's face and redress her makeup.
Half an hour later, Queen Xie appeared in the Jiaofang Palace, looking as usual, with a soft expression and a smile on her lips.
