The seventh prince walked to the emperor's bedside and took a look at him, then turned back and asked Concubine Lin Shu: "Why is the concubine mother here?"
Concubine Lin Shu's eyebrows were gentle: "I am here to be your empress' companion."
That's what I said, but everyone present understood that Concubine Lin Shu was just a pawn used by the Queen to express her feelings to the Seventh Prince. Concubine Lin Shu said this to save face for the Queen.
There was no uncomfortable expression on the queen's face. After ordering the maid to pour a cup of tea for the Seventh Prince and Chu Yan, the queen narrated what happened today, including the imperial decree that disappeared.
"Concubine Feng has a very strict mouth, and she didn't utter a single word when I ordered people to be tortured. However, I have arranged people to guard around the outside of the palace before. What is certain now is that no one brought anything with me today. If you leave the palace, the imperial decree should still be in the palace."
Hearing the queen mention the imperial decree, the Seventh Prince and Chu Yan immediately looked at each other, and said inwardly that it was true.
Chu Yan was very lucky to hear what Su Yan said to him last night, otherwise there would be a real mess today.
But now...
The Seventh Prince said in a deep voice: "The top priority is to find that imperial decree first, otherwise the situation may develop in a direction beyond our control."
The queen nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this palace has been surrounded by people. Even if the imperial decree cannot be found, it will never be leaked out."
The seventh prince breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his fists to the queen and said: "This time I have to thank the queen."
"Your Highness, you don't have to thank me. I did all this for myself." Speaking of this, the queen paused suddenly, then stared at the seventh prince's eyes and said: "If anything happens in the future, everyone who insults me Caring for His Highness, the only request is that His Highness please treat my mother family kindly."
The queen really risked everything for the sake of the Zhao family.
The Seventh Prince nodded without hesitation and said, "It's only natural."
The empress was relieved when she got the seventh prince's personal promise. She immediately smiled at the seventh prince: "The incident just happened, so there must be no peace outside. Your Highness, let's go and get busy. I and Concubine Shu will take care of the matters in the palace." Take good care of your Highness."
The Seventh Prince also had this intention in the first place, and immediately bid farewell to the two empresses, and left the palace with Chu Yan.
After Chu Yan suddenly found the Seventh Prince to explain the matter last night, he immediately sent people to investigate, and he found some clues, and then followed the clues. They found out that the plan of the Second Prince will be carried out today, and this is why the Empress suddenly The scene of trespassing on Concubine Feng Gui's bedroom.
It's a pity that they were still a small step too late in the end.
In Concubine Feng's bedroom, Concubine Lin Shu personally made a cup of tea and poured one for the Empress.
The queen looked at Concubine Lin Shu who was wearing a purple palace dress, and suddenly said: "Twenty years have passed, and you are old too."
Concubine Lin Shu touched the corners of her wrinkled eyes, and smiled at the queen: "Who can escape the erosion of these years?"
The queen also smiled helplessly, and sighed: "Yeah, just like me twenty years ago, how could I have imagined that the two of us would sit together peacefully one day."
When Concubine Lin Shu first entered the palace, she was very favored. At that time, the empress who hadn't discovered the emperor's tricks really regarded her as a strong enemy. There were countless tricks used by the two of them. Later, it was the empress who was disheartened and no longer valued the emperor's favor, and the relationship between the two was considered to have calmed down.
Concubine Lin Shu was noncommittal and just smiled.
After a while, Concubine Lin Shu asked: "Your Majesty, you are not afraid that the matter will fail, and the Emperor will take this opportunity to punish the Zhao family?"
The queen smiled slightly, so what if she was exposed? No matter how serious it is, it is nothing more than death.
die? She has never been afraid, what she is afraid of is that she will die before she has time to get everything she wants.
Ironically, the emperor had countless women in his life, whether they were sincere or false, in short, there were eighty if not one hundred.
But at this time, those who were by his side were the two who had the least interest in him.
When the Seventh Prince and Chu Yan were leaving the palace, in front of the Xuanye gate, Chu Yan saw a man in black armor waiting there from a distance, and Chu Yan recognized it at a glance as the envoy of the Jinwu Guard.
After talking about the situation with the Seventh Prince, Chu Yan walked to the Jinwu Guard.
The envoy of the Jinwu Guard came up to meet him, clenched his fist with his right hand and lightly patted Chu Yan's shoulder: "This time, I put all my wealth and life on you, so don't let me down."
"Naturally." Chu Yan patted Jin Wuwei envoy's shoulder heavily in turn, looked back at the Seventh Prince and said, "Follow me to see His Highness the Seventh Prince."
The reason why he voluntarily gave up the important position of Jinwu Guard envoy before is because he has already found a successor.
That night.
It was pitch black tonight, but the lights in the entire palace were turned on, making the surrounding space as bright as day.
Countless people walked in and out of the palace. As time went by, the number of talents gradually decreased, and a few lights were gradually extinguished.
In this darkness, a woman in black was quietly dormant in a corner. She arrived in the afternoon, but found that things were different from what they had planned.
Mu Xue's disappearance and the heavy guards outside told her that Mu Xue had been exposed this time. But looking at the marks made by Mu Xue on the rockery, the woman was still dormant quietly, until the surrounding lights went out one by one, and fewer and fewer people passed by this road, she still hid in her hiding place, motionless .
In the second half of the night, the fog in the sky gradually dissipated, revealing half a bright moon.
The woman moved her hands and feet slightly in the corner, and threw a few gravels to test. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal around, the woman also appeared cautiously, and quietly ran to the rockery by the foot of the wall. A rock was removed, and two things were taken out from it.
Seeing these two things, the woman was overjoyed. She took out her bag and just put something in it when she suddenly heard a strong sound of breaking through the air from behind her.
It was the sound of arrows.
The woman was startled, and immediately turned over and hid behind the rocks. Almost in an instant, a sharp arrow brushed past her ear.
not good! She was found!
Almost in an instant, the woman had already made a decision, without any hesitation, she grabbed the bag in her hand and jumped down the rockery, fleeing in a panic under the darkness.
"Hurry up!" A team of Jinwu guards immediately chased after the afterimage, leaving only a few people to check in place, and one of them found the imperial decree left in the place where the woman stayed just now.
The guard took a look at the imperial decree, and was shocked: "Quickly go and tell the empress!"