The days in Jiuhua Palace were extremely carefree. Liao Tingyan had previously rewarded a palace maid with two melons, which led to all the palace maids trying their best to please her, hoping that they would also be lucky enough to get a generous reward.
The mountains were always more relaxing than the palace, and there were more interesting things. The palace servants caught a beautiful bird today and sent a deer tomorrow, and they took great pains to amuse her. Liao Tingyan didn't have enough fun herself, so she shared some with Sima Jiao. Liao Tingyan couldn't tell whether he liked these things, but she could tell that he at least didn't hate them.
Since arriving at the Jiuhua Palace, Sima Jiao spent most of his time lying there resting, while Liao Tingyan ran around the palace enthusiastically.
The night in the mountain palace was quiet. With the windows open, it felt cool even without an ice basin. The couch they slept on was covered with a bamboo mat, which was cool and comfortable. After taking a bath, Liao Tingyan lay on the couch with her hair loose, with various iced fruits at her side. Sima Jiao was beside her, slowly stroking and combing her long hair with his hands - this was his new hobby.
Often Liao Tingyan would fall asleep in a daze, and when she woke up in the morning, she would find Sima Jiao asleep. For several days in a row, she woke up in the morning and found Sima Jiao still asleep. Liao Tingyan felt something was wrong. You know, she used to go to bed earlier and wake up later than Sima Jiao, and it was very rare for her to wake up in the morning and find him still asleep.
She guessed that Sima Jiao might have some abnormality in this season. Thinking about the fact that he came here to escape the summer heat without any beauties, she could also guess that there was something unusual about him. But since Sima Jiao didn't say anything, she would just pretend she didn't know.
The good news is that Sima Jiao's temper has improved a lot these days, at least he doesn't want to kill people for no reason.
After discovering this, Liao Tingyan felt much more relaxed. In addition, she was free in the Jiuhua Palace, and she was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. She even did things that were not in line with her status as a concubine, such as climbing trees and picking fruits. Sima Jiao never cared about what she did. Besides Sima Jiao, the one with the highest status here was Liao Tingyan. In this way, Liao Tingyan could do whatever she wanted.
She was fishing in a mountain stream near the palace. Her skirt and sleeves were soaked, and she finally caught a small fish with the help of a group of maids and palace servants.
Finally, the small fish was offered to Sima Jiao for him to eat.
It was the first time that Jin De saw such a beautiful lady in the harem, so he quietly reported to Sima Jiao, "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine has been playing in the shallows these days, isn't it a little..."
Sima Jiao leaned on the couch, closed his eyes and waved his hand, "Let her be happy, send more people to guard her."
Jin De only said this one sentence and didn't dare to say more.
However, there has been a saying since ancient times that excessive joy leads to sorrow.
A few days into the happy and casual life, something unexpected happened. On this day, Liao Tingyan was playing in the shallows to cool off, just like the previous few days. There were more than a dozen palace servants waiting on him, and in the distance was a team of guards surrounding the woods. Suddenly, something unexpected happened.
A group of masked assassins rushed past the guards and rushed towards them, scaring the palace maids to flee and tremble. Two palace maids dragged Liao Tingyan into the woods, trying to avoid the assassins. Because the scene was too chaotic, everyone quickly ran away. Liao Tingyan never thought that there would be assassins coming to assassinate her.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's be reasonable. Generally speaking, isn't it normal to assassinate the emperor
After running for a while, Liao Tingyan felt something was wrong. She stopped and looked at the two palace servants who looked nervous. "Where are you taking me?"
A palace servant grabbed her tightly with great force, "My Lady, I am only helping you to avoid those assassins."
Liao Tingyan looked around and wanted to pull his hand free. "Then why are you running further and further away from Jiuhua Palace?"
The two palace servants looked at each other, one of them grabbed Liao Tingyan with both hands, and the other was about to cover her mouth. Liao Tingyan saw that the opportunity was not right, so she struggled and bit the palace servant's hand, and screamed when the other party was in pain. There was a rustling sound of leaves rubbing in the woods, and several people dressed as assassins appeared not far away. The palace servant covered Liao Tingyan's mouth again and whispered in her ear: "Your Highness, think carefully, those assassins want to kill you, but we can guarantee your safety for the time being, you must not be ungrateful!"
Liao Tingyan: Damn, aren’t you guys actually in the same group
She originally thought that it was strange enough that two parties wanted to harm her, but who knew that the two palace servants took her hostage and ran out of the woods, and encountered an ambush. The two palace servants were caught off guard and pierced their chests with two cold arrows, and immediately fell to the ground and died. Liao Tingyan was also hit by an arrow, but she was a little luckier. The arrow did not hit her vitals, but only pierced her arm, but it still hurt so much that she fell to the ground with black eyes.
Several men dressed in rough clothes jumped out of the bushes. Liao Tingyan just looked up and before she could run, she was caught by a burly man who rushed over quickly. The big man pulled her arm and lifted her up, and she was sweating from the pain again. Damn it, why is it so painful? And this arrow must be dirty, if it gets infected and inflamed, it will really kill people in this era!
"Hey, we guys are so lucky to have picked up such a big bargain. We have been wandering around here for so long without any chance, but we didn't expect someone to help us today and bring the person to us." The man laughed and looked carefully at Liao Tingyan, who was pale, frowning and breathing heavily.
"Look at how beautiful this girl is. She must be Concubine Liao. Such a beautiful woman, who the emperor has slept with before, it would be a pity to kill her like this. Why don't we take her away first and let us brothers sleep with her. We can kill her after we have slept enough."
The other men were all tempted and looked at the skinny man in the lead, but the man in the lead shook his head and said simply, "No, don't make things complicated. Hurry up and cut off her head and deliver it. The important thing is to get the reward as soon as possible."
The man who grabbed Liao Tingyan was still a little unwilling and called him "big brother".
At this moment, the masked assassin from before chased here. When the two sides met, they were stunned for a moment and then started fighting without saying a word.
Liao Tingyan: ... So you are not in the same group, how many of you want to kill me?! My arm hurts!
And to be honest, if both parties wanted to kill her, why didn't they kill her together? They had to fight each other first and then decide who would do it. This is too stupid. Liao Tingyan couldn't help but feel speechless in the face of danger and her life. This kind of treatment of being robbed and killed by others really did not disgrace the identity of the heroine.
If she had known that she would encounter assassins while fishing near the palace in broad daylight, she would have stayed in the palace and slept with Sima Jiao!
Liao Tingyan cursed in his heart and was dragged back by the man while being beaten.
"Third brother, take this woman away first, and meet at the old place!"
The man holding Liao Tingyan responded loudly and dragged her into the bushes. There were not many assassins chasing after them, and they were stopped by these men and could not chase after them. Liao Tingyan was dragged away by someone, and her skin was scratched by the sharp thorns in the forest. The wound on her arm was bleeding continuously, staining half of her clothes red.
The forest here was dense and full of thorn bushes. But the big man seemed to be very familiar with the terrain and had walked here many times. He almost dragged Liao Tingyan around and soon got out of the jungle and came to a remote mountain path.
Liao Tingyan had the physique of a noble lady, and after entering the palace, she was taken care of by Sima Jiao so that she was not very active. Now she ran down with injuries and almost fainted. As soon as she stopped, she fell to the ground and her vision went black.
It really can't work. Comfort makes people degenerate. If you don't exercise, you won't have the strength and energy to escape. But is this brother really okay? He agreed to kill her, why didn't he just chop off her head, and took the trouble to run with her
When he looked up and saw the elder brother's face full of lewd smile, Liao Tingyan understood, oh, he was tempted by her beauty.
To be honest, looking at his face, she would rather choose to sleep with Sima Jiao.
"My beautiful concubine, please come with me obediently. If you are willing to serve me well, I will kill you quickly to avoid you suffering more." The man chuckled. If it wasn't safe here, he would have done it directly.
Liao Tingyan was panicking, but there was no expression on his face and he didn't say a word.
Just stay alive, trust me and you'll be fine! Generally speaking, this kind of play will definitely help you survive... Oh, anyway, Sima Jiao, help me, come and save me! If you're any later, I'll really die!
At Liao Tingyan's sincere call, a person miraculously descended from the sky. However, it was not Sima Jiao, but Chen Yun.
Chen, the original male protagonist, is a professional rescuer of girls in distress, Yun.
"Miss Liao, are you okay?" Chen Yun appeared on this remote mountain road leading a horse for some reason. After killing the big man with one hand, he reached out to support Liao Tingyan.
"You..." Liao Tingyan only uttered one word, and everything in front of his eyes became blurry.
Chen Yun embraced her, his face full of worry: "I am Chen Yun, I wonder if Miss Liao still recognizes me, we have met before. Miss Liao is injured, but don't worry, I will take her to see a doctor."
Liao Tingyan fainted before he even finished speaking.
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Sima Jiao sat at the head of the group, his face grim as he listened to General Zhijin's report, "We've searched the entire forest, but still haven't found the Imperial Concubine. We only found the bodies of two palace maids, a few gangsters, and a few assassins..."
Sensing that His Majesty was breathing rapidly, General Zhijin did not even dare to raise his head. From yesterday when the Imperial Concubine disappeared to today, he did not know how many people had been implicated and lost their lives. The one who was responsible for guarding the Imperial Concubine had already been punished because of his poor guarding, which allowed the thieves to take the opportunity to abduct the Imperial Concubine. There were also those palace servants who had escaped during the chaos and were caught, and the assassins who had been caught. There had been all kinds of screams in the side hall of the palace in front for a day, which made people shudder. He was really afraid that His Majesty would have another attack and directly sentence him to death.
Fortunately, Sima Jiao just coldly ordered: "Keep looking."
After General Zhijin left, the eunuch hurried in and presented a document, "Your Majesty, someone confessed that four palace servants were bribed and someone wanted them to take the opportunity to take the imperial concubine away."
"What about the assassins?"
The eunuch lowered his head: "Several assassins have not yet confessed."
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