Shen Qiangwei's short sentence, although concise, was also a warning to these guards to let them know their identity clearly. With just one sentence, it did not matter whether they let people outside the door enter or retreat.
"My dear concubine, please don't be angry. The young ones are just doing things according to the rules. If you get angry, it will be difficult for the young ones to deal with the emperor."
The leader was quite knowledgeable and did not continue to embarrass Shen Qiangwei, nor did he insist on going in to check.
However, among this group of guards, there are still one or two thorns in the side, and they still want to break in and look for them.
"Boss, but the assassin has indeed chased him to this place. If we don't look for him here, we don't know where to look."
Some people can only be a small guard in the palace for the rest of their lives. They are destined to have no future. It is already very problematic to speak and do things, let alone to flatter and climb up.
Although such people may seem upright and responsible to outsiders, in the palace, such people have the most no way out.
Fortunately, the leader was still smart and did not follow the harsh words. Instead, he interrupted him, "What nonsense are you talking about? This imperial concubine's room is only so big. You can see clearly from here." Damn it, what else are you searching for?" He turned around and smiled at Shen Qiangwei, "Since we have already seen that there are no assassins or suspicious people inside, we won't bother you more. ”
Shen Qiangwei was smiling at the moment, but as soon as she said those words, no one would think that Shen Qiangwei was talking to them calmly, right
Seeing Shen Qiangwei like this makes her angry. They are just guards, how dare they continue to entangle
"Wait." Just when the guards were about to turn around and leave, Shen Qiangwei stopped them again, "With such a big fanfare, it seems that an assassin has really entered the palace, but if we can't catch the assassin, You will be punished very severely, so you should hurry up and find the assassins, don't sit around here and find trouble. "
These guards stayed in the front harem every day and heard about the things in the harem. Seeing Shen Qiangwei's scornful look, they seemed to regard them as helpers of other concubines who were deliberately looking for trouble.
But they were just guards, and they didn't dare to say anything. They could only admit it honestly, for fear that someone would make the matter worse later. Tonight, the guards were not careful when they were on duty, so they let it go. The assassin came in, and it was okay if he was caught, but if he was not caught and made a big fuss, it would not only alarm the imperial concubine, but also really alarm the emperor. No matter how many heads they had, they would not be enough to chop off.
After all, it was because they failed to guard the palace properly and allowed suspicious people to sneak in that the farce happened tonight.
Of course Shen Qiangwei knew that they didn't have the courage to help other concubines frame her. All this was just to shift the blame onto the guards and pretend to be completely unaware.
So now I feel confident, but I still feel a little guilty.
How could the guards understand these tricks? On the surface, it was impossible for them to search Shen Qiangwei's residence. Secretly, Concubine Shen thought they were sent by other concubines to cause trouble. They were all talking and couldn't explain clearly.
The leader weighed it a little, but still felt that his head was more or less in danger, so he explained a little more.
"My dear concubine, I have absolutely no intention of offending you. It's just that today the assassin rashly appeared in the palace and went in and out of the emperor's study. I just wanted to protect the emperor, so I had a conflict. It was not what the noble concubine had in mind." It was done on purpose.”
Shen Qiangwei knew that what he said was true, but after all, Gu Suliang was hiding in the house now. She felt a little guilty and could only control herself as much as possible, not looking into the house, and not letting anyone in the house because of this. He was exposed, and he just waved his hand and asked the people around him to go to the next room and get some jewelry from him.
The little palace maid has been with Shen Qiangwei for a while, and she understands very well why Shen Qiangwei acted like this. Coupled with what Shen Qiangwei said just now, everyone is even more convinced that it must be which palace. The concubine felt that her mother-in-law was meddling in too many things, so she sent someone to find trouble.
This kind of thing has happened frequently since Shen Qiangwei lived here. They, the servants, have become accustomed to it and don't take it to heart.
For people like guards who stand on a neutral ground and live for profit, they naturally still need to persuade them with kind words.
The palace maid brought several valuable items knowingly, and Shen Qiangwei rewarded them all very casually.
"It's not easy for everyone this late at night. In order to prevent the concubines from other palaces from having such problems again, please accept these things. It can be regarded as my condolences. It's so late at night. Brothers guarding the imperial city."
With just a few simple words, Shen Qiangwei attributed the matter of catching the assassin tonight to matters between the women in the harem. The guard at the door looked at these things and thought it was OK to accept them, or not to accept them. Originally, He has already bumped into the imperial concubine, so he might as well borrow a step to come down.
The leader was relatively smart. After figuring out the context of the matter, he quickly greeted him with a smile and took the things from the palace maid's hands.
"This is a bit embarrassing. I have to take my brothers to continue to track down the assassin, so it will be inconvenient to continue to disturb the imperial concubine here."
Gusu Liang in the room has been holding his breath, not daring to breathe, for fear that there are one or two masters outside who can detect that there are others in the room, but after all, he is injured, and the time he can hold on is not very long. Chang, I have been holding my breath, listening to the situation outside, and I have been holding my breath in my heart.
Gusu Liang didn't want to implicate Shen Qiangwei because of himself. He thought that the guards outside might rush in at any time, so he didn't put down the knife in his hand. It wasn't until he heard the guard say this that he breathed a sigh of relief. .
Although there is a smell of blood in this room, it should be the blood that flowed out from the hand of the imperial concubine just after being collided by them. Seeing that the imperial doctor was about to come, it was not convenient for them to continue to disturb this place, so they quickly brought them The others continued to catch the assassin.
But in this huge palace, except for this little clue pointing here, they have no other clues.
In fact, the most troublesome thing is here. If they were a little smarter, they should be able to figure it out. Putting aside the things that offended Shen Qiangwei, as long as they don't make this matter a big deal, the fewer people who know about it, the emperor will know this. The less likely it is that something will happen.
And in the eyes of these guards, although the assassin was injured and had broken into the palace, the place where he was caught was not an important place. To be honest, these guards all knew that the room was just Used to store some files from many years ago.
It was a side study that the emperor had stopped going to a long time ago. The things stored there were not of urgent need. Perhaps they were just little thieves who occasionally came from somewhere. They didn't know the way around the palace, so they just walked around casually. Ran to that place.
Moreover, the assassin was so seriously injured that he probably couldn't escape. Now all the guards have to do is search around the palace for that person's body. After such a scene, Afterwards, they felt that there was no need to be so frightened.
When all these guards left, Shen Qiangwei was still holding her breath. It was not until everyone disappeared from her sight that she breathed a sigh of relief.
When the imperial doctor heard that the imperial concubine was in trouble, he almost didn't dare to waste a moment and followed the maid next to Shen Qiangwei in. After what he had just experienced, Shen Qiangwei felt that it was nothing important and asked the imperial doctor to simply Helped to treat the wound on the hand.
"Your Majesty, how did you get the wound on your hand? Why is it so deep?"
The imperial doctor has been working in the harem for so many years, but this is the first time he has seen a concubine who can use a piece of a cup to injure himself so seriously. The outside of the wound is a bit too deep.
"I just broke a cup, and I didn't light the lamp just now, so I accidentally scratched it. Is it serious?"
"My dear concubine, this wound is very deep. Please do not touch the water during the recent period to prevent the wound from becoming infected. This is the golden sore ointment brought by the old minister. You can ask the maid next to you to help you change the medicine once a day. Remember not to touch the water. .”
The old doctor has been in the palace for so many years. This is the first time he saw himself burning a cup after breaking a cup. Although he was a little confused, he still had to endure it.
In the eyes of the imperial physician, this might be another trick used by Concubine Shen to retain the emperor. It was not convenient for him to ask more questions. He just took care of his own affairs and did not let the wound on Concubine's hand get infected. .
After seeing off the imperial doctor, Shen Qiangwei hurried back to her room. Gu Su Liang had almost rested, but her face was still not good. She was bleeding a lot, so she was so weak. There were beads of sweat all over his forehead, and he looked completely different from the usually high-spirited and handsome young man.
Originally, this scene would be extremely embarrassing for anyone, but Gusu Liang's appearance made people want to get closer.