When Rong Suihe and his wife mentioned Gongsun Xi's marriage, Gongsun Xi calmly wiped the throat of a Forbidden Army guard.
Shaking away the blood stains on the dagger, he left the scene silently and disappeared quietly among the buildings.
"Axi, you're back?" After a while, in the corner of the remote palace, Queen Meng's expression of surprise turned into panic when she saw a trace of blood on the corner of his clothes. "Did you meet the pursuers again? Why? Like? Are you injured?"
As she spoke, she came up, wanting to take Gongsun Xi to see his injury.
However, Gongsun Xi took a step aside and simply said: "He was killed by me, not with my blood."
He added, "Your Majesty's voice is not healed yet, so if you can keep silent, try not to talk."
The queen's voice was hoarse now, not as clear and sweet as before. It's no wonder that she and the palace maid Chun Lai were hung on the palace beam that day, but for Gongsun Xi who arrived just in time and didn't abandon the trap after discovering it. She ignored it and instead took the risk to save her, and she was almost dead.
"Why don't you just leave me alone and find a way to leave by yourself?" At this moment, when the queen heard this and thought of the past, her face darkened. She took a dusty wooden board from the side and wrote with her fingers, "Miyagi is here." It's so big, several days have passed, even if they don't hunt her down, they will come here sooner or later! I am the queen after all, and if they find me, there may not be a way to survive. But you... "
When Gongsun Xi saw this, he said calmly: "Empress, if I hadn't cut off Bai Ling, you would have been gone that day. The people behind the scenes didn't want you to survive at all, right? So don't say such things. You are the commander of the county. My dear friend, if I don’t care about you, I won’t be able to explain it to the princess later.”
Queen Meng bit her lip and hung her fingers on the board. She wanted to write: "Are you just unwilling to give up on me because of my relationship with Kang Zhao?"
But thinking about the current situation, although I don't know why the people who murdered them have never been publicly hunted down by the whole palace, it is like a gangrene in the bones.
Even though Gongsun Xi was highly skilled in martial arts, he led Queen Meng to break out of the siege that day. He even temporarily threw away the pursuers and took the Queen to find a remote palace to temporarily settle down. The next day, he went out to inquire about news and search for food. At that time, it was still decorated.
In the past two days, the daily life of the two of them was almost the same: the queen stayed in a hidden place, waiting for Gongsun Xi to bring back food and news. When Gongsun Xi went out, in addition to looking for food and inquiring about news, he mainly killed those who followed him. People, wipe away the traces of when you left.
It's just that Chang'an is in chaos now, and people in the palace are panicked, but they can't hear any important news.
After piecing it all together, the two of them were at a loss as to who was the mastermind behind the incident.
At this time, I still have to think about those romances, which is somewhat luxurious.
The queen sighed secretly and silently put down the wooden board in her hand.
"I suspect that the real culprit behind the scenes dare not spread the word about our pursuit." At this time, Gongsun Xi said, "Because I eavesdropped on the conversations of the palace people in the past two days, and it seems that they have no idea that something happened in Wangchun Palace. Spring is coming. The girl's death was uneventful, and no news was spread. It is said that although she was only a palace maid, she was the empress's confidant after all. Even if the whereabouts of the empress were not known outside, her ending would still arouse some emotion. . But it seems that no one knows about her at all and has never mentioned her."
When Queen Meng heard this, her eyes filled with mist. When she was in Zhenghou Mansion, although she was not very favored, she was served by some maids and women, but they were not very fond of each other. Those people who served her at the time were not considered very good. After all, she didn't have much nostalgia for those people.
Later, when I met Chunlai in Xinshou Palace, I just thought that after entering the palace, I would need someone familiar with the palace to be by my side so that I could inquire about everything in the palace. I also chose someone from the palace of my aunt as the eldest maid of Wangchun Palace. It can also show off the intimacy with Empress Dowager Meng, killing two birds with one stone.
In fact, I didn't expect Chunlai to be very loyal.
Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, hundreds of people in the huge palace disappeared, but there was only one person, who refused to leave even if she asked her to leave.
Running around inside and outside for her, kneeling down to beg for her one by one, in the end... not to mention being hung on the beam with her, she was saved, and Chunlai... I don't know if those people put her down. Buried in peace
The queen was uneasy and did not answer Gongsun Xi's words.
After Gongsun Xi waited for a while, he continued: "It seems that there must be someone in this palace who doesn't want anything to happen to us. I just don't know who it is specifically... I went out today and got some news. I thought Let’s go to Shanglin Garden.”
"Shanglin Garden?" After hearing this, Queen Meng calmed down and said, "Isn't this too dangerous?"
When she asked this question, her heart sank, wondering if Gongsun Xi planned to let her stay while he went to Shanglin Garden alone
The queen was not afraid of being left behind. In fact, she had been advising Gongsun Xi to leave alone for the past two days. She was sincere because she was afraid of dragging him down.
Just because of his special affection for Gongsun Xi, he felt somewhat melancholy and sad at the moment.
She tried hard to suppress the emotion and said, "Now that King Gaomi is occupying Chang'an, he is confronting the imperial army in Shanglin Garden. Both sides are afraid of the other party's surprise attack. The security in the middle could not be stricter! You are in the palace city now, and you already have The pursuers are behind us, if we go towards Shanglinyuan, what if we are bumped into by the patrolling soldiers?"
Gongsun Xi frowned and pondered for a long time, then said: "Your Majesty, this is it: The reason why I plan to go to Shanglin Garden is because when I overheard the palace people talking today, I got news that the person who framed us this time seems to be related to It’s related to Shanglinyuan!”
"They are the Shu sisters?!" When Queen Meng heard that she was related to Lin Yuan, she was startled. Even if she was furious, it was unbelievable. "How much do they hate me?! Now they haven't forgotten to kill me to death. What?!"
The queen really couldn't understand: Although she occupied the position of Emperor Xuanjing's main palace, everyone in the world knew that she, the queen, was just a decoration, let alone exercising the queen's power. She had been a widow since her wedding until now. To put it bluntly, her husband and cousin probably didn't even notice what she looked like!
And when in contact with the Shu sisters, they are always at a disadvantage, and losing face is common!
In this situation, are the Shu sisters still thinking about killing her
On the other hand, it's enough to find ways to cause trouble for them, right? !
But if it weren't for these two sisters, Queen Meng thought that although she was not the kind of character who was always compassionate and kind to others, she had been raised in a boudoir since she was a child and had only come into contact with so many people. Even if there were some conflicts, they were not to the point of life and death
Rujiaoyu mother and daughter... They must have died a long time ago!
Even the entire Meng family, except for a few who escaped by chance, almost died a clean death, okay
In this situation, who wants to take his own life
"The empress misunderstood." When the queen couldn't figure it out, Gongsun Xi shook his head slightly and said, "This incident is probably because of me. The empress and Miss Chunlai are actually implicated by me!"
"You?" Queen Meng was stunned for a moment and then said hesitantly, "Are you... because of the secret?"
Gongsun Xi said "hmm", and there was no trace of emotion in his expression. He only felt that his tone was a bit cold: "Over there in Shanglin Garden, some people want to kill us, and some want to protect us. Because they were all overheard in the dark, it's a bit unavoidable. I was just trying to scare the snake, and I didn’t take any confessions, so I can’t confirm the details at the moment. I thought it would be better to go and see what happened in person!”
Queen Meng bit her lip and thought quickly. Just as she was about to speak, she heard him say, "This trip is dangerous and I cannot take you with me. Therefore, I will try to take you out of the palace. When the time comes, please stay with me in Ning." Staying in Weihou Mansion or Sheng Mansion for a short while, I..."
"You want to take me out of the palace?" Empress Meng interrupted quickly, "How could you kill the person who was attached to you today! How much more to leave with me as a burden?"
Gongsun Xi shook his head and said: "I have been out for the past two days. On the one hand, I am looking for food, and on the other hand, I am inquiring about news. However, I am also familiar with the terrain and looking for loopholes. I have found almost all of them. Even if I didn't hear anything from the palace today, I would have originally I also plan to leave Miyagi. After all, Miyagi is such a big place, and you and I are not very familiar with most of the areas. If you continue to stay, even if the real culprit behind the scenes is afraid, sooner or later, you will find clues and come to your door!"
The queen didn't quite believe this and said, "Where is the forbidden area of the palace so easy to access? Don't take risks for me."
"Your Majesty, today is different from the past." Gongsun Xi heard the words and explained, "In the past, the palace was of course the most heavily guarded place, but now the Imperial Army is either busy following King Gaomi to avenge His Majesty; they are busy gathering in Shanglin Garden. There are escorts and counter-rebellion. In the palace, except for the side hall of Xinshou Palace, which has a dedicated imperial army to watch because Concubine Mo lives there, other places are actually just showing off. Otherwise, we would not be in the palace. Hiding around the city for so long!"
"..." Queen Meng thought for a while and said, "How sure are you? I mean with me."
Gongsun Xi said calmly: "I have done this kind of thing a lot. Unless you are really unlucky, there is no reason for anything to go wrong."
The queen was not sure whether his words were true or false, and said worriedly: "But..."
I didn't want to speak before I opened my mouth. Suddenly, a huge noise came from the direction of Xinshou Palace!
"Something happened over there?!" The two of them looked around at the same time. The queen's expression suddenly changed and she blurted out, "That seems to be Concubine Mo's place?!"
And in the current palace, the only person who can be considered important in the palace, apart from her as the queen, is Concubine Mo!
When Zheng Hou and other members of the Meng family were killed and injured, it could even be said that her importance as a queen was far behind that of Concubine Mo!
At this moment, the noise came from Xinshou Palace again, and it was 100% related to the concubine!
The Queen thought to herself: "Previously, there was news that Concubine Mo was critically ill, and it was delayed for a long time! Later, King Gaomi started a rebellion, and after cleaning up the palace, he specially left people to guard the Concubine in Xinshou Palace... During this period, Concubine Mo was in critical condition. It is said that the concubine's condition is improving, but now... is the condition relapsing? Or is it? "
Gongsun Xi frowned for a long time, then stood up resolutely: "I'll go take a look!"