"Why are you here?"
When Wen Qingzhu asked this question, he did not shy away from Jiang Yue and others.
Goudan was very scared. He also knew that he could not tell the truth completely. He stammered and explained: "I, I was almost kidnapped by a woman who lived in the cold palace before. Later, I met my sister and handed him over. I gave it to the guards in the palace, but found something strange at the city gate, so they sent me to Qianyuan Palace, saying it was the safest side."
Hearing his answer, Wen Qingzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was 90% true and 100% false.
Only in this way can you completely win people's trust.
Wen Qingzhu asked again: "Then why did the guard send you here? Do you know who you are? Where are you from?"
Goudan became a little nervous, and his words became even more stuttering.
"He, he said that I was unclean and had to be sent to Si Tiantai to purify myself. I, I don't know who I am. I was raised by an old eunuch. I grew up in the cold palace. Big.”
After asking all the questions, Wen Qingzhu stood up and turned to look at Jiang Yue with a frown.
"Your Majesty..."
Jiang Yue looked at Goudan silently for a long time.
Just as he was about to speak, the secret guard guarding the front stepped back step by step.
"Your Majesty, they are coming!"
Jiang Yue could no longer care about Goudan and ordered with a stern face: "Has the news spread?"
The secret guard responded: "The news has been sent out, but I don't know why General Lu and the others didn't respond."
When Wen Qingzhu saw that Jiang Yue had no time to be bold, she turned around and asked carefully about the strangeness at the city gate.
Although Jiang Yue did not pay direct attention to him, his men were always staring at Goudanzai.
He was still scared, but with Wen Qingzhu here, he began to think cooperatively.
Not long after, a crossbow arrow suddenly shot in from the window.
It penetrated directly through the window and settled in the side hall of their house.
Everyone looked and saw a letter on it.
Someone immediately went to get it. After reading the letter, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, it's General Fu! He said that your Majesty can rest assured that he will solve it as soon as possible-"
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yue saw that there was no danger there, so he simply walked over and took the letter.
When he saw the result, his face suddenly turned livid.
Then he threw the envelope on the ground fiercely and said in an extremely cold voice: "Hei Jiren can't even guard the city gate! He's a waste!"
There was silence in the room for an instant, and Wen Qingzhu was even more shocked.
The imperial city was actually lost!
The people on Jiang Yue's side no longer had time to pay attention to Goudan.
She led Goudan to Concubine Wei, and then their figures partially obscured her and Goudan's figures.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wen Qingzhu asked Goudan with his mouth: Did the guard say anything before he left
She believed in Wei Yu since he would send Goudan to Qianyuan Palace.
That meant that he had anticipated the situation at the city gate.
The poisonous atmosphere outside filled the air, and Wen Qingzhu inexplicably thought of Qiaoyu's worries.
There is also the piece of deerskin that Fu Lie discovered before.
Generally speaking, the high priest would not throw away this piece of deerskin unless he died.
But when they were in the front hall just now, they clearly didn't notice that the high priest was determined to fight to the end.
Carefully recalling what happened in the front hall, Wen Qingzhu discovered that the high priest seemed to be very familiar with Wei Zheng.
But Wei Zheng stayed in Jiangcheng for many years, working for the emperor.
Qiaoyu said before that the high priest would almost never leave the enigma of the Yue Kingdom.
After the radicals failed completely, the conservatives slowly took action.
But these movements are not obvious.
But today it seems that these conservative people from the Yue Kingdom's survivors seem to know everything about the palace.
Goudan suddenly pulled her sleeves and said in a very slight voice: "That brother seems to have said that the people in the Guards seem to be different from before."
Not quite the same
Wen Qingzhu pondered, the Forbidden Army was the elite army that the emperor had in addition to the secret guards.
Protecting the safety of the emperor and the palace is his first duty.
Wei Yu was able to find out this step, so he must have discovered something.
etc!
Wen Qingzhu suddenly had a terrible thought in his mind. Hei Jiren was good at investigating cases and extracting confessions, and his methods were extremely sinister.
But there is no talent for managing the army.
Especially among the Forbidden Army, there were many people with high backgrounds, and many of them could not stand Hei Jiren.
At least Wei Yu is one of them.
However, due to the Wei family's upbringing, Wei Yu clearly distinguishes between official and private matters.
Hei Jiren himself does not have the ability to manage an army, and he knows this very well.
In order to make up for his shortcomings and prevent the emperor from seeing that he is not qualified for this task, he will inevitably find someone he trusts to help secretly.
I'm afraid the truth is that the person who helped secretly had ulterior motives from the beginning.
Wen Qingzhu stood up and looked at Concubine Wei.
Both men seemed to understand what the incident was about.
But the question now is, who is the person who caused Hei Jiren to capsize
Finally, Jiang Yue retreated to their side.
The secret guards Jiang Yue brought in were already dead on the sixth floor. Although there were casualties on the other side, their various poisons and gases were too insidious.
In order to protect Jiang Yue, many secret guards had no choice but to protect him from danger at all costs.
The survivors of the Yue Kingdom are getting closer and closer.
Wen Qingzhu was hesitating whether to tell Jiang Yue that there was another passage here.
But she was a little worried, in case someone was guarding below.
"Your Majesty, please retreat! They are attacking!"
As soon as a secret guard finished speaking, he fell to the ground, his whole body exuding a strange rancid smell.
Wen Qingzhu was horrified, these people who were the survivors of the Yue Kingdom were really terrifying.
The poison she was poisoned last time, if Fu Lie hadn't brought the antidote, she might not have been able to withstand it.
Wen Qingzhu had no choice: "Your Majesty, I know a possible exit."
Jiang Yue turned around and saw Wen Qingzhu continuing to walk inside.
Concubine Wei and others followed her in.
This place was not occupied by the enemy, and Wen Qingzhu saw the familiar bed.
After walking behind the bed, she pressed the switch, and a dark passage opened.
Jiang Yue looked at her in shock.
Wen Qingzhu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Zhu'er told me about this place. Now do you know why Your Majesty can't protect her?"
Facing the suspicious Jiang Yue, Wen Qingzhu chose a half-truth and half-false reply.
Jiang Yue's eyes changed again and again as he looked at her, but in the end he sent someone down to investigate.
Half an hour later.
Everyone went into the tunnel, and Jiang Yue sent people to guard the entrance.
Not long after coming down, Wen Qingzhu encountered the old nanny's body again.
When Jiang Yue saw this old nanny, his expression was obviously shocked.
Concubine Wei was also stunned.
Except for them and Wen Qingzhu, no one here may know the identity of this old nanny.
After staring at the old nanny for a while, Jiang Yue sent someone to take her body away out of some unknown reason.
Wen Qingzhu led them to a fork in the road.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
Jiang Yue looked at her quietly: "You decide which way we go?"
After thinking for a moment, Wen Qingzhu pointed in a direction.
This direction was the one she was most uncertain about.
Everyone walked forward for about two quarters of an hour before reaching an upward slope.
In this quiet tunnel, a very strange fragrance flows in the air.
Jiang Yue squinted at the entrance, his face dark and unclear.
After much hesitation, Jiang Yue sent someone up to clear the way.
In less than a quarter of an hour, they all came out.
We came to a palace that had been abandoned for a long time.
Wen Qingzhu took a quick look and saw that hidden beneath the desolate surface was the former glory of this palace.
As long as you take a closer look, you will find that the chairs and windows here are so exquisite and luxurious that it makes your heart tremble.
The place where they came out was a side hall.
It also came out from behind a bed. This bed was actually made of agarwood.
It exudes a light and elegant fragrance that has been aged for many years.
Wen Qingzhu led Goudan and followed the secret guard forward, observing the surroundings all the way.
Arriving at the window, Wen Qingzhu opened the window.
A burst of dust suddenly flew up in front of her. Just as she was about to raise her hand to fan the dust away, she suddenly saw a patch of flowers in the yard.
Those words were not—
Were they the flowers embroidered on the sachet Liu Liangren gave her
As soon as the autumn wind blows, a faint strange fragrance blows towards my face.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but think of the floral scent in the sachet that Liu Liangren gave her that day.
Is that kind of dried flower made from this flower
Wen Qingzhu felt a strong feeling in his heart for no reason.
This is the palace of Concubine Zhou!
As if to confirm her suspicion, Concubine Wei's voice sounded in the room.
"Your Majesty has not visited Sister Zhou for many years."
Wen Qingzhu turned around suddenly and stared at Jiang Yue with complicated eyes.
This is actually Concubine Zhou's bedroom.
Doesn't it mean that Concubine Zhou's bedroom is connected to Qianyuan Palace and Xuanzheng Palace
Jiang Yue's gaze became deeper and deeper, but he didn't have much time to explain the matter to Wen Qingzhu.
He turned around and ordered the next steps.
When everything was arranged, Jiang Yue turned around and found that Wen Qingzhu was still staring at him.
Jiang Yue came over and stood beside her, looking at the flowers outside the window in the distance.
He recalled, "I planted this patch of flowers together with Concubine Zhou. I thought the flowers were not very strong, but I didn't expect them to be in full bloom today."
Wen Qingzhu fell silent.
She knew that Jiang Yue was a ruthless person, on par with Uncle Wen.
Everyone and everything that threatens him will eventually be eradicated and resolved by him.
Wen Qingzhu thought of some letters written by Concubine Zhou behind the secret room of the ancestral hall in his grandfather's home.
She turned her back to Jiang Yue, lowered her head slightly, and finally asked: "Your Majesty, does Concubine Zhou's death have anything to do with you?"
Jiang Yue's body was shaken. In all these years, no one had dared to question him like this.
He wanted to scold and rebuke, but he found that he had no position.
If it weren't for Wen Qingzhu, they wouldn't be able to get here and escape from the remnants of the Yue Kingdom.
But on second thought, Jiang Yue felt that since Wen Qingzhu had known about this for a long time, why didn't he tell him in advance
"Since you have done more than you deserve today, I won't punish you."
Wen Qingzhu laughed out loud. This Jiang Yue was really hypocritical.
After being an emperor for so long, you have forgotten how people do it
She didn't say anything, and walked away with Goudan in hand, directly walking out of Concubine Zhou's once luxurious bedroom.
In the evening, most of the Yue survivors were wiped out.
But the high priest Liu Liangren and others escaped unscathed.
Wen Qingzhu was sitting in Fengyang Pavilion, reading with Goudan.
When it got dark, Eunuch Fang came over in person.
"Miss Wen, Your Majesty, please... let him come over."
Eunuch Fang looked at Goudan and couldn't say such a name.
Wen Qingzhu didn't say much. He gave Goudan a few words and asked him to follow Eunuch Fang.
After going out, Wen Qingzhu looked at Eunuch Fang's back and suddenly asked: "Eunuch, is Concubine Wei also with your majesty?"
Eunuch Fang paused, then nodded, without replying, and left with Goudan.
That night, Wen Qingzhu kept dreaming.
In the past, she rarely dreamed of her mother, Mrs. Lu, but Wen Qingzhu dreamed of her this time.
Somehow, there was a woman who looked very similar to Lu standing next to her.
But Wen Qingzhu looked at her as if he saw his own shadow.
She was dressed luxuriously, wearing a gorgeous palace dress made by imperial decree. She had a gentle expression and looked at Wen Qingzhu quietly.
As he watched, Wen Qingzhu's vision became increasingly blurry.
Then her eyes filled with blood, and when she opened her eyes again, the abandoned palace appeared in front of her.
Wen Qingzhu suddenly woke up and found darkness in front of him.
Lu Tao heard the commotion and Bingzhu walked in.
"Miss, are you having a nightmare?"
Wen Qingzhu turned around and got out of bed, walked to the window, and opened the window.
The moon is setting in the west, and the morning star has appeared in the eastern sky.