The guards in the palace are divided into three parts, the Imperial Forest Army guards the gate, the Changying Guards patrol the palace, and the imperial guards guard the main hall of the Empress. Every night, a prince in charge, a scholar in a university and a scholar in Chinese scriptures are on duty every night. Each is in charge of an army. The prince is the main one, so there will definitely not be a large number of guards participating in the "assassination" search of the palace tonight, it should be a small number of imperial guards and the harem eunuch who "claimed to see the assassin".
Now it is impossible to hold Princess Shaoning out, the other party is coming very fast, once she goes out she must be blocked, Feng Zhiwei is thinking about countermeasures, when she turns around, she is dumbfounded.
At some point, Nanny Chen had already put Princess Shaoning on the couch, changed her into a set of eunuch clothes she had brought with her in an extremely agile manner, took out a box from her bosom and opened it, inside was densely packed with countless hidden compartments, there were Clay of various colors, long and short false eyelashes, fake skin and moles that look almost real, as well as small scissors, tweezers and small flat sticks, Mother Chen fiddled with Shao Ning’s face without hesitation. , Apply glue to stick fake moles to make fake pockmarked eyebrows, even cut the eyelashes that are too long, and the gestures are so fast that it is dazzling.
This series of disguise techniques is not only sublime, but also extremely skillful, making people wonder if this nun practiced disguises in front of her face every day. In the palace, by Shao Ning's side, unexpectedly there is such a master of disguise who is not inferior to Zong Chen.
It's just that although Nanny Chen gestured quickly, the other party came even faster. Just halfway through the disguise, the other side had already rushed into the yard, and a cold man's voice said: "Search!"
Feng Zhiwei's heart tightened, she ran to Nanny Chen, and dragged the screen over to cover it.
Said it was a search, but the people around did not disperse, they didn't even go to Gu Nanyi's place, they went straight to Feng Zhiwei's place, raised their hand and knocked on the door: "Master Wei, there are assassins in the palace who have escaped here, please get up!"
There was no sound in the hall.
The person outside the door was Wu Wenming, a scholar on duty tonight. Hearing that there was no movement inside, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his voice a little higher, saying, "Master Wei, we are ordered to arrest the assassin, please open the door quickly. , don’t open, we’re going to crash in.”
In the palace courtyard, the sound of torches being peeled off, and in the silence, a lazy laughing sound suddenly came from the Jingshen Hall.
"Master Wu? Searching the palace in the middle of the night to catch the assassin? How did Master Wu see the assassin coming to me? What is the figure of the assassin? What kind of clothing? What kind of weapon? It's like a comparison if you tell me about it?"
Wu Wenming was stunned, opened his mouth, and said angrily for a while: "In the middle of the night, the assassins come and go, who can see clearly? Mr. Wei, please don't delay, and open the door quickly!"
There was a moment of silence in the hall, and then Wei Zhi's cool and lazy voice was still there, "Aren't I injured, don't I have to get up and get dressed? Why is Master Wu so impatient? Oh, I miss Wei Zhiren The fate is really bad, an assassin rushed to the palace of the wounded me, and no one asked me if I was safe."
Wu Wenming was stunned again, and then he realized that he was too impatient. Normally, even if he wanted to search the Jingshen Palace, he should first make sure that Wei Zhi was safe. Even if he knew that there was no assassin, he should act as a show, otherwise, if it spread to His Majesty's ears , it is inevitable to lose the impression of acting dry.
After thinking about it, after today, Wei Zhi can still call the wind and rain in the court? Afraid of what he will do
"Master Wei is safe or not, you have to give us a look." Wu Wenming calmed down, took a step back, and heard the sound of shoes kicking in the hall, thinking that Wei Zhi was going to open the door, but after waiting for a while, only I heard the sound of shoes, but no one came.
In the palace, Feng Zhiwei put the shoes in her hands, kicking and rubbing them on the ground, and Nanny Chen was doing the process of pasting her temples. Seeing a little eunuch with thin eyes and brown skin with many white pockmarks on his face, he gradually became more realistic. show up.
Wu Wenming was anxious, wondering why His Majesty hadn't come yet? While thinking about it, he didn't know whether the military newspaper in front of him had caught the king of Chu. Looking at the sky, his eyes turned cold, and he waved his hand: "Bump the door!"
"Wait!"
The voice that came was elegant and cool, with a sense of alienation and chilling. Two rows of torches approached quickly like a long dragon. They moved forward one by one like flowing water, and quickly occupied the positions of a small number of imperial guards and eunuchs brought by Wu Wenming, nailing them on both sides of the corridor like nails.
The light from the torch spread out in clusters, and in the middle of the light, Ning Yi, the King of Chu in a moon-white robe and a deep black cloak, walked quickly. Under the light of the torch, his face was as bright and distinct as the color of his clothes, and his black hair and black eyes were condensed. The skin is as crystal clear as frost and snow, and the lip color is bright, reminiscent of the radiant red of the morning sun reflected on the top of the snow mountain.
Ning Yi stood down in front of the steps, and Wu Wenming stood on the steps. It was Ning Yi looking up at him. For some reason, everyone felt that Wu Wenming was still being looked down upon, and was ridiculed by His Highness the King of Chu with a kind of indifference. eyes, looking down.
When Wu Wenming met that gaze, his heart was shocked, His Highness came down so fast!
The finger that had already been pushed on the palace door retracted unwillingly, Wu Wenming had no choice but to quickly bow to Ning Yi, but he did not step down.
"What is Lord Wu doing here?" Ning Yi asked slowly outside.
In the hall, Feng Zhiwei was helping Shao Ning change her clothes. Shao Ning was wearing embroidered shoes, and the eunuch's robe did not reach the floor, so the shoes had to be changed. Feng Zhiwei took off her boots, and Nanny Chen took them and put them on He took out two balls of cotton.
Feng Zhiwei stared at Nanny Chen's expression, but Nanny Chen's expression remained the same, she stuffed the cotton back and stuffed some cloth balls in - Shao Ning was shorter than Feng Zhiwei, and her feet were smaller than hers.
Feng Zhiwei breathed out a long breath soundlessly.
Obviously, this nun knows her double identity.
The conversation outside came faintly.
"Returning to Your Highness, Concubine Yu and Concubine Xiu sent palace officials to report that an assassin had entered the eight alleys of the inner palace earlier, and saw that they were going to the west side of the outer hall, so I came here to arrest them."
Wu Wenming's voice was neither humble nor overbearing.
"The hundred halls on the west side of the outer hall, how to confirm it is the Jingshen Hall?"
"Only the depth of field is in the due west direction."
"Who told you that the assassin must be due west?"
"Qioner, a palace maid from Cuixi Palace..."