Outside the main hall, Yang Heng had ordered the eunuchs of Yilan Palace to guard all the people in Xiuhua Palace.
Time was running out, he didn't think he could get news about Bai Fuling from these eunuchs and maids, he just wanted to give Mu Peilan a chance to extract a confession from the twelve princesses.
Cui Zhenyi stood on the sidelines and watched coldly. At this point, she was not worried about her own safety at all. She only had one thought in her mind - did the twelve princesses kill that little bitch
She is already desperate to restore the relationship between Lu Ying and her, so today the Twelve Princesses made a fuss in Huilan Palace, a court lady secretly whispered in her ear, asking her to find a way to hold Mu Peilan later, someone will replace her When she killed Bai Fuling, she was tempted.
Even if Mu Peilan suspects that she is involved, there is no evidence, at worst, he sends someone to kill her in private to vent her anger. She has nothing, so what is there to be afraid of? Even if she dies, she will have Bai Fuling at the bottom!
Mu Peilan and Princess Antai came out of the palace, Princess Antai's eyes were red, but Mu Peilan was relatively calm. Yang Heng didn't know whether they were asking about good news or bad news.
He is not close to the Twelve Princesses, but he also knows that this imperial girl has always been used to being arrogant and pampered because she is the daughter of the Empress. She has never taken other people's lives seriously. Satisfy at once.
When Princess Antai saw Yang Heng staring at them, although she maintained her composure, her stiff posture was enough to reveal the panic in his heart. She had seen such an expression many years ago—on the day when his mother and concubine Yue Fei passed away. one night.
"Miss Bai... in, in the zoo..." Princess Antai felt her throat ache.
Mu Peilan took a deep breath, not knowing whether to comfort her or herself, and said, "It's okay, Ling'er was never afraid of those things since she was a child."
Princess Antai was very surprised how she could say such a thing, but Yang Heng immediately thought of the few scenes on Baili Mountain that impressed him: a wild cat was at her mercy in front of Bai Fuling. , and there is a large group of vicious dogs and giant sculptures in Cold Spring Bieyuan that are not inferior to wolves, tigers and leopards... Lin Pingzi once mentioned by chance that animals with a little spirituality like to get close to Bai Fuling.
That is to say, Bai Fuling will be fine? Yang Heng still couldn't believe it, but at this moment he hoped it was true.
Knowing that Bai Fuling is in the zoo, it took a lot of trouble to really get in.
The eunuch in charge of the keys to the beast garden was drunk by the twelve princesses, and all the keys to the garden gate were stolen and disappeared. There are too many ferocious beasts in the backyard of the zoo, and they forced their way in. If one or two lions and tigers escape, the responsibility is too great. The guards nearby have made sufficient preparations, and even the hunters and warriors who came with Tian Tongguo are very serious. I found it, and just smashed the door lock and went in.
Princess Antai didn't know martial arts, so she was left in a safe place outside the garden. Yang Heng insisted on going with her, and the imperial army sent forty martial arts experts to protect him and Mu Peilan. Four warriors from Tiantong Kingdom held bows and arrows in front of them. Responsible for opening the way.
The four warriors of Tiantong Kingdom heard that someone strayed into the zoo, and they were not willing to go to rescue them.
The tigers and black bears in the zoo were personally sent as gifts from the same kingdom of heaven. They knew how ferocious and brutal they were. Even if they were warriors with high martial arts skills and accustomed to fighting fierce beasts, they would have exhausted themselves after entering the zoo for so long. It fell to the ground and was torn into several pieces, not to mention that the person who entered was said to be a daughter of a high-ranking official's family, with thin skin and tender skin, I'm afraid there are no bones left now.
It's a joke to ask them to save people, and it's almost the same to collect the corpses. It's really not worth it to ask them to fight with their lives for this! But who asked them to ask Qi Guo above all else? I don't know if Qi Guoguo will anger them for this matter, no matter how unwilling they are, they can only bite the bullet.
The weather was very cold in the first month of the lunar year. After walking in the unusually quiet zoo for a while, the four warriors were so nervous that their whole bodies were drenched in cold sweat.
One of the warriors couldn't stand the weird atmosphere, so he yelled, "Damn it! Why did you walk this way without even a shadow of a ghost? Are those big guys asleep?" Bears will indeed hibernate this season , but because of their tossing all the way, those bears have something to eat and drink, shouldn't they just enter the yard and fall asleep to death? And even if the bear fell asleep, what about the tiger
This yard is not very big, so it doesn't make sense that it hasn't been seen until now.
On the contrary, although Mu Peilan and Yang Heng, who were surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army, were also nervous, they didn't show much fear. After hearing the warrior's complaint, they just looked at each other without saying a word.
Suddenly there was a low roar of a tiger not far in front, the roar was not loud, and the group of people shuddered, they clenched their weapons and headed over there.
Bypassing a dirt slope, the strange scene in front of them stunned all these forty people.
More than a dozen tigers and black bears bigger than *** were squatting or crouching in one place. In the middle, a strangely beautiful girl in white clothes sat safely on the body of a big tiger lying prone on the ground, leaning against a piece behind. Dashi was lazily saying to a tiger: "Don't be noisy, it won't be too late for you to call out when someone comes to me!" His tone was soft and gentle with coquettishness, as if he was talking to his boudoir friend .
More than a dozen ferocious beasts that eat people and don't spit out bones gather together, and the delicious and weak "prey" is in front of them. atmosphere of.
The four Heavenly Tong Kingdom warriors in the lead also involuntarily lowered the hunting knives in their hands, let go of the tight bowstrings and lowered their bows and arrows, forgetting for a moment that any one of them in front of them was a ruthless character who could easily tear them in half.
The girl sitting in the herd was Bai Fuling. She heard footsteps, and when she looked up, she saw a large group of people appearing suddenly. Her mother was among them. A big black bear next to her stood up with strength, ran over and threw herself into her arms and shouted, "Mother!"
Although Mu Peilan knew that her daughter was very good at dealing with animals, it was only at this moment, when she saw her daughter was safe and sound, that she really let go of her heart.
She gently pushed her daughter away, looked her up and down carefully, and said: "Mother is really dying of anxiety, fortunately, fortunately, you are fine!"
Suddenly she lowered her head and saw several bloodstains on her daughter's waist, she raised her heart just now, and asked in surprise, "Are you injured?"
Bai Fuling was about to shake her head: "No, there was a big black bear who wanted to bite me for some reason. Fortunately, they helped beat it away. The blood belonged to that unlucky black bear." A large herd of animals.
Then he said aggrievedly: "But they rubbed against me desperately, slobbering a lot... It's so sticky and dirty..."
Mu Peilan patted her head and said, "They saved your life, what's the point of rubbing them twice, go back and wash them and they'll be clean."
Seeing that Bai Fuling was safe and sound, Yang Heng let go of his tense heartstrings and almost lost his composure on the spot. However, he was calmer after all. He glanced at the large group of giant beasts who were slowly approaching them with a wry smile. Yan said: "We can talk about everything after we get out safely, okay?"
Bai Fuling turned her head and saw him, knowing that he was here to rescue her, she gave him a rare smile, then turned her head and waved to the dozen or so tigers and black bears: "Don't come here, I'll come and see you when I have time."
Those giant beasts seemed to understand what she meant, and reluctantly roared a few times, and they stopped in place and did not move forward. The forty imperial guards who came with them were certainly amazed, but the four warriors from the same country were even more amazed and bewildered.
Until a group of people safely evacuated from the zoo, they still couldn't believe that the dozen or so tigers and black bears that had never been domesticated would bow down to a beautiful girl who seemed to be blown away by the wind. , It is more honest and obedient than domestic cats and dogs.
Princess Antai and all the guards waiting outside the garden were relieved to see that they had come out safely, and Bai Fuling was fine. Everyone was relieved. bless".
The four warriors of the same kingdom of heaven walked in front of Bai Fuling, and suddenly fell to the ground with a plop, kowtowed several times, and shouted "immortal", which made everyone in the Qi Kingdom dumbfounded, and several imperial guards came up and pulled He persuaded them to take them away.
Yang Heng whispered a few words in Princess Antai's ear, nodded to Mu Peilan's mother and daughter, and took them away.
The Huilan Palace doesn't know what happened here. There are enough things these days. Princess Antai doesn't want to make any big disturbances, so she asked Mu Peilan what she meant and brought their mother and daughter back to Yilan Palace. He planned to send them away after the queen's funeral was over, trying not to disturb the wives who entered the palace to pay their respects.
Princess Conglong and Princess Yingluo would occasionally stay with their mother in the palace, and their clothes were kept in Yilan Palace. Bai Fuling's figure was about the same as Princess Yingluo's. The old plain white dress waited for her to change, and then Mu Peilan took her to Princess Antai.
It is impossible not to alarm the emperor when this incident happened today. The two concubines in the palace who are temporarily in charge of the affairs of the harem also came to Yilan Palace to discuss the aftermath with Princess Antai. There is the wife of the Great General Zhenbei, and Concubine Cao and Concubine Zhao are unwilling to provoke anyone, so naturally they want to find Princess Antai to "discuss".
When Mu Peilan and Bai Fuling arrived, Concubine Cao and Concubine Zhao had just been sent away by Princess Antai.
From the bottom of my heart, Princess Antai's most troublesome thing now is not how to smooth this matter out, and how to appease Mu Peilan with the latest news to avoid causing bigger troubles.
Her close friend in the boudoir has always had a temperament of vengeance. The Twelve Princess and Cui Zhenyi actually wanted to kill her daughter this time. It's no wonder she didn't retaliate fiercely!