In the middle of the night, the night became thicker, and the unfathomable darkness filled the surroundings. For the fugitives, the night is the best cover.
Ayimu walked quickly in a small alley that was out of reach, and the only sound of her footsteps and panting was in the alley
Suddenly, she stopped abruptly, her pupils shrinking slightly. Although the bleeding from her wound had stopped, her face was still as pale as paper, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.
When she turned around, a word squeezed out from between her lips: "Who?!"
After the words fell, the surrounding area was still silent, and there was no response at all.
Ayimu's face turned even colder, and the dagger slipped out of his sleeve again, and the gleaming blade slashed towards his wrist.
At this moment, a rough male voice sounded with a bit of anxiety: "Queen, don't!"
While speaking, a tall figure turned from another small alley more than ten feet ahead.
Ayimu couldn't hide the shock on her face, she didn't expect that she would hear Baiyue's words, and the dagger paused in the air.
The tall man walked from the dark shadows to the moonlight, and he could vaguely see that he was a middle-aged man. On his square face with beards, his facial features seemed to be a little deeper than those of Dayu people.
Ayimu knew him, but his expression did not relax because of this, and he slowly said the other party's name in Baiyue: "Ah, Da, Chi."
A Dachi stared at Ayimu closely, with a complicated expression, full of surprise, fear and suspicion.
He never expected that in Luoyue City, he would meet Ayimu, their former queen and queen who had passed away for more than ten years in Baiyue, who was also a former saint.
It turned out that the queen was still alive! Then why did she feign death in the first place? Why did it suddenly appear now? Could it be because of the death of the First Prince Kui Lang? !
There were many questions in A Dachi's mind, he suppressed them for the time being, and bowed respectfully to perform their Baiyue etiquette: "Your servant A Dachi sees the queen."
"A Dachi, why are you here?"
Ayimu's voice was as cold as frost, almost falling out of ice.
A Dachi swallowed his saliva, and said cautiously: "Go back to the queen, I just went back to Baiyue, and today I followed the envoys into the city secretly. I originally wanted to reconcile with the saint, but I didn't expect the saint to be her."
When A Dachi inquired about how Baiyi died from the city, he guessed that there seemed to be an elder of the Holy Heaven Sect hidden in Luoyue City, and suspected that the other party might have come to Luoyue City to execute Baiyi on purpose under the order of the false king Nuhar !
If this is the case, then this mysterious elder will probably come to the post station to meet with the envoys on the mission to southern Xinjiang, so A Dachi secretly observed the post station, wanting to see who this person is and wait for the opportunity to become a saint revenge.
Unexpectedly, the person who came tonight would be the eldest prince Kui Lang's biological mother, Queen Ayimu!
Up to this moment, A Dachi was still somewhat in doubt, almost doubting whether he had seen a ghost.
Hearing A Dachi's mention of putting on clothes, Ayimu's expression became colder, revealing contempt and disgust.
A Dachi's heart was chilled, and he couldn't help but see the dead state of clothes in his mind, and hurriedly blurted out: "Queen, the reason why I attached myself to Dayu for the time being is for the sake of His Royal Highness!" The queen is resourceful, but at the same time she is also ruthless. He must let the queen know his value!
His Royal Highness? ! Ayimu was surprised again, and asked thoughtfully: "A Dachi, does Kui Lang have any heirs?" There was a hint of excitement in his tone.
A Dachi nodded eagerly and said: "Yes, Queen. His Royal Highness is in Dayu King's Capital right now."
Afterwards, A Dachi told Ayimu all of Kuilang's layout and plans in the capital over the years, including the matter of Wuhe Gao.
After a while, only A Dachi's voice echoed in this dark and empty alley.
Ayimu listened intently, his pupils flickered in the cold moonlight, deep and complex.
The situation in Dayu King's Capital was completely beyond her expectation, but it also gave her a glimmer of life.
With Baiyue's current situation, Dayu's chaos is a good thing.
Only "chaos" can Baiyue plan a new situation for themselves.
Moreover, since Kui Lang still has a son, it means that she has more choices
In today's Luoyue City, with her own strength, it would be difficult for her to accomplish anything.
might as well
A flash of determination flashed in Ayimu's pupils, and his waist straightened even more.
She glanced in the direction of Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and thought to herself: It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. She made a note of this account.
"A Dachi," Aimu looked at A Dachi again, and said slowly but firmly, "We will set off for the royal capital together when the sun rises!"
Ayimu was not satisfied with A Dachi in her heart, but now she was in the midst of employing someone, and A Dachi had finally saved one of Kui Lang's blood, so she was barely able to take the blame and make meritorious service.
"Yes, Queen."
A Dachi replied respectfully, finally heaving a sigh of relief. He knew that his life was saved.
At the same time, a flame of hope ignited in his heart again. Originally, the eldest prince Kui Lang died, and it would take at least ten years for the little grandson to grow up. At that time, Nuhar might have already secured the throne. But now that Queen Ayim is in charge of the overall situation, the restoration of the little grandson will be changed. There is a lot to do!
"Queen, do you want to go to the place where the minister is staying first and bandage it?" A Dachi asked again carefully.
Ayimu responded lightly, and left with A Dachi
Soon, the alley became empty again, and after a long time, a tall black figure appeared on a bluestone brick wall like a ghost, and then jumped down lightly and quickly towards Aimu Er He chased after him in the direction he left.
Only the silver moon in the night sky can see this scene
The night was still long, the cold wind was blowing, and the city was cold and silent.
It wasn't until the sky in the east gradually turned pale that the city slowly regained its vitality. The birds began to flap their wings and play in the air, and their crisp chirping sounded from the branches again.
The sky is still dim, but the octagonal palace lanterns have been lit in the outer study room of Bixiaotang, and a man's sonorous and forceful voice came from inside, mixed with "post station", "Ayimu", "gu worm", "Adachi" "And so on, the words sounded repeatedly.
"Prince Concubine, half an hour ago, as soon as the north city gate opened, Ayimu disguised himself as a scholar and went out of the city with Adachi. Looking at the direction, I thought they were going to the king's capital."
While Zhu Xing was reporting, his sharp eyes were shining brightly.
This time the plan went very smoothly. In fact, they had known for a long time that A Dachi followed the envoys of Baiyue to southern Xinjiang, so after A Dachi entered the city, they deliberately let him know about Bai Yi's death, and guided him Guessing the identity of the murderer, A Dachi lived up to their expectations, and came to the post station to watch. That's how he reunited with Ayimu last night.
The corners of Nangong Yue's mouth turned up slightly, showing a sly smile, and ordered: "Zhu Xing, let the dark guards continue to follow them!"
Ren Ayimu has all kinds of means, she is only alone, a mortal child, before her identity and whereabouts are revealed, she may still have room to do something in Luoyue City, but now she has lost her biggest Advantage.
Originally, Ayimu stayed in Luoyue City to save Carrero, but now they "kindly" gave her another choice. Ayimu is a smart person, so he will naturally analyze the pros and cons, so he won't die in the south. frontier
Nangong Yue's eyes flickered with a hint of coldness. People choose their own roads and walk them on their own!
"Yes, Shi Zifei." Zhu Xing responded respectfully with cupped fists.
After Nangong Yue pondered for a while, she made a gesture, and Baihui took out two small porcelain bottles and gave them to Zhu Xing.
Nangong Yue said softly: "These two bottles of pills can nourish qi and blood. You can take them for the two injured guards. Although the Gu worms in their bodies were dug out, they hurt their qi and blood after all. You let them go home Rest for a few days. Also, the guards who traveled last night were rewarded with twice the monthly salary."
"Thank you, Princess Concubine." Zhu Xing hurriedly thanked Nangong Yue on behalf of the guards.
Thinking of the two injured guards, Zhu Xing couldn't help but his face froze. The way of Gu poison is indeed impossible to guard against. Today, fortunately, the chief guard Yu promptly dug out the Gu insects that penetrated into the skin for the two guards who were attacked. Although I suffered some minor crimes, it was nothing serious at all.
Afterwards, Zhu Xingxing withdrew.
Nangong Yue finished her refreshing tea slowly before returning to the inner courtyard.
At the beginning of the day, she still has a lot of things to do, and it will be the little guy's first birthday in two days
In the past year, many things seemed to have happened, and it seemed to pass in a blink of an eye. In the blink of an eye, her brother Yu was going to be one year old. He grew up day by day, healthy and strong, smart and cute, what more could he ask for!
For the upcoming birthday ceremony, the entire palace is busy.
The happiest one is probably the little guy. Since Xiaohui came back, he has prepared gifts for him every morning. For a while, the sparrow, the striped bird, and the little skylark gave him a chirping magpie today. It was so lively.
Not only Xiao Hui coaxed the little guy, but Zhennan Wang also prepared a lot of good things with great enthusiasm, which made Xiao Yu smile.
On the day before the first birthday ceremony, all the affairs in the mansion were prepared under the management of Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei. Early in the morning, when Xiao Fei and Xiao Rongying came to greet Nangong Yue, King Zhennan had nothing to do. In an early warning, another "thing" was sent to Jinsun.
This "thing" is really a hot potato!
Several strange and complicated eyes in the room looked at the small box presented by Kikyo.
"Father said, use this to catch Zhou tomorrow?" Even Nangong Yue couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes, looking at the golden seal in the small box. She originally planned to use Xiao Yi's fish talisman to have fun at the Catch Zhou Banquet.
Inside the box, on the glittering gold-plated seal button, a tortoise crawled on it with its head held high. The golden tortoise looked vivid and exquisitely carved.
This is a turtle button.
Even without looking at the words engraved below, Nangong Yue and everyone else in the room knew what this turtle button meant.
The dragon button is the emperor's seal, the tiger button is the general's seal, and the turtle button is the vassal's seal.
Children of officials and eunuchs will naturally put small gadgets that imply official seals, such as fish charms and fish bags, when they catch the week.
However, it is unheard of for a one-year-old child to catch Zhou with a super-grade vassal seal. Xiao Rongying on the side was thinking, and looked back with a complicated expression.
"Yes, Princess Concubine." When Ji Jiao replied, she also felt a little bit emotional and embarrassed in her heart. She didn't expect that the prince would show the seal of the feudal prince. From this, it can be seen that the prince really loves the little grandson!
"Father is thoughtful this time!" Xiao Fei nodded in satisfaction, she rarely praised King Zhennan, "I was just thinking about whether it is too casual to use the fish talisman, or it is more grand to use the seal button of the father." That's right, the father's seal button is the one who has not wronged his brother Yu!
Xiao Fei's words sounded a bit exaggerated at first, but it seems to be correct after careful consideration. After all, the descendants are the heirs of the Zhennan Palace, and sooner or later, the seal of the Zhennan King will be passed on to Xiao Yu as a matter of course.
Nangong Yue smiled slightly, held the small box in front of the little guy who was playing with Xiaoju, and said with a smile: "Brother Yu, this is what your grandfather gave you to catch Zhou, do you like it?"
The little guy hugged the little orange and swayed like a cradle. He casually grabbed the end of the sentence and said "Huanhuan". When the bellflower heard this, he happily retreated and went back to the king of Zhennan to return his order. ..
In the room, the poor little orange could only hear "woo woo" for a while, "meow meow" for a while, and "meow" for a while, so pitiful.
Xiao Hui outside the window looked at the orange cat in the room with disdain, and pecked at his own gray feathers, his eyes seemed to say, what a useless fat cat!
However, within half a day, the news that King Zhennan specially sent the vassal seal to his descendants to catch the week spread quickly in the palace and Bixiao Hall as if they had grown wings, and caused ripples in the palace.
Naturally, these little things couldn't reach Nangong Yue's ears, and her heart was occupied by another thing.
Although she knew that Ah Yi had set off from Xiye and was on his way back to southern Xinjiang, Xiye was still far away from Luoyue City, so she didn't know if Ah Yi would be able to catch up with tomorrow.
Time waits for no one, Xiao Xiaoyu's first birthday ceremony finally came amidst the long-awaited visits of all the prefectures in Luoyue City.
On this day, the palace was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the door was full of guests, looking beaming and lively.
All the mansions in Luoyue City sent congratulatory gifts. Naturally, not everyone can be invited to participate in the first birthday ceremony of this grandson. Most of the mansions can send congratulatory gifts to the gate of the palace, which is already a kind of dignity.
Ever since the grandchildren's double full moon feast, the palace has not been this lively for a long time.
Even if the eldest son Xiao Yi was not there, everyone could only secretly speculate in their hearts that the liveliness of the banquet was not affected at all, and the male guests in the outer court were entertained by King Zhennan.
Xiao Yi didn't come back until Sishi, Nangong Yue knew in her heart that he might not be able to catch up. Although she was a little bit disappointed, she immediately cheered up and said to herself, it was just a birthday ceremony, and the days to come would be long! Ah Yi can also spend Brother Yu's next birthday and many times in the future!
Under the arrangement of the mothers and maids, the guests came to greet Nangong Yue in an orderly manner, and presented their respective gifts one by one, such as ancient books, jade ruyis, swords and sharp weapons, the four treasures of the study, the red gold general helmet, etc. People are dazzled.
For the time being, the female guests were welcomed into the small flower hall to talk, and the focus of everyone's attention today is of course the grandson.
The little guy wore a bright red silk jacket today, a gold and jade longevity lock, and a tiger hat. The bright clothes made his skin white and smooth, his eyelashes were long and dense, and his big black eyes It shines like obsidian, so cute.
The female guests in a hall surrounded Xiao Yu and praised and praised, saying all the words they could use.
This is the first time for the little guy to be surrounded by so many people. Originally, Juan Niang was worried that she would scare her grandchildren, but who would have thought that Xiao Yu, who loves to be lively, was always smiling from the beginning to the end, which made the female guests even happier. .
The atmosphere in the hall was harmonious.
Amidst the chatter and laughter, a nurse in charge came over and said: "Concubine Shizi, the auspicious time is coming!"
So everyone got up and planned to move to Sulou—Xiao Xiaoyu was going to catch Zhou there today.
After a group of female guests put on their cloaks, they filed out of the small flower hall in twos and threes, following the flow of people.
After leaving the small flower hall, after walking a section of bluestone path, the small garden of Wangfu is on the right hand side.
A gust of cool wind blew by, and there was the sound of swaying branches and leaves in the small garden.
Mrs. Yao thought of something, she smiled and said to Mrs. Tian beside her, "Mrs. Tian, the plum blossom forest in the palace is very beautiful. Why don't we go there to enjoy the flowers after the grandchildren catch the week?"
Mrs. Yao didn't deliberately lower her voice, so many people around heard it, and other female family members also joined in the fun, "Mrs. Yao, I have been famous as Meilin in the Palace for a long time, how about including me?"
The ladies were chatting lively, when suddenly a young lady in a pomegranate cloak pointed to the front right and exclaimed, "Look, the plum trees in the garden seem to have lost all their flowers!"
"How is it possible?" Mrs. Yao blurted out intuitively, thinking to herself: Obviously her plum groves are still in full bloom.
But when Mrs. Yao followed the young lady's gaze, she was also dumbfounded.
No, there are only bare branches and trunks left in a plum grove near the entrance of the small garden, but there is no plum blossom.
Several female guests looked at each other in surprise, but no one noticed the subtle expressions of the servants of the palace.
The plum grove of their Zhennan Palace has always been the top in Luoyue City, and this year's plum blossoms are also blooming beautifully, but no matter how good the flowers bloom, they can't withstand the hot hands of the little grandson, so they have to take the nursemaid and maidservant to pick the flowers every day , From the concubine's courtyard, to the entire Bixiao Hall, and later expanded to the palace, the little grandson "worked hard" for most of the winter, and Meilin in the palace had gone bald half a month ago.
Most of the people in the palace, including King Zhennan, have received the plum blossoms from the younger grandson. King Zhennan only thinks that Jinsun is really filial, and doesn't care about the "disfigured" Meilin at all.
After Mrs. Tian cleared her throat with a cough, she brought up the topic with a smile: "Mrs. Yao, it seems that this time is unlucky, I just missed the flowering period."
The other wives also echoed a few words casually, feeling strange in their hearts, secretly thinking about asking the servants to ask the servants of the palace to inquire later.
During the speech, Xingsulou appeared in front of him, and everyone's attention was naturally diverted.
In the center of the main hall on the first floor of Xingsu Building, a large red sandalwood book case has been placed. There are many objects on the book case: ancient books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, gold ingots, abacus, jade sword, general helmet, wine order
While the female guests entered the hall, King Zhennan also came to the main hall from the side hall on the other side under the stars of the male guests. The guests were all chatting and laughing and talking about themselves or their children's funny stories when they caught Zhou. .
The main hall suddenly became crowded, and everyone gathered around the big red sandalwood desk, and their gazes naturally glanced at the objects used to catch Zhou on the desk.
Followed, the whole room was silent.
Everyone stared at the tortoise button placed in the center in disbelief, it was clearly the seal of the prince!
There was a storm in the hearts of the guests, but Zhennan Wang didn't seem to notice it, and looked at Xiao Yu in Nangong Yue's arms with a smile, and waved: "Brother Yu, come here , it's time to catch the week!"
Xiao Xiaoyu's gaze had already been attracted by the objects on the red sandalwood desk, and he wondered if he had heard Zhennan Wang's words.
Nangong Yue looked down at the little guy, and said softly, "Brother Yu, pick something you like."
As she spoke, she stepped forward with the little guy in her arms, and carefully placed him on the empty seat in the middle of the desk.
The little guy didn't know if he understood, he sat with his legs spread out contentedly, looked around, and puffed up his little palms excitedly, as if to say, mine, it's all mine!
The male and female guests around surrounded the desk in three circles and three circles outside. Everyone was staring at Xiao Yu, including King Zhennan and Xiao Fei.
What will the little nephew choose? ! Xiao Fei clenched her fists nervously and almost held her breath.