This queen is not too curly

Is it possible for a famous lady who embroiders and plays the piano to catch a flying sword under special circumstances?

For example, the ancestral grave accidentally emitted green smoke?
Yan Yuan slowly withdrew the sword in her hand, lowered her head and remained silent.

Probably when people are going to be unlucky, the gods and Buddhas can't stop them.

This was something she had concealed for a long time. Even when she was assassinated outside the palace, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to restrain her instincts, but it accidentally messed up like this.

……

There was no sound in the courtyard.

I don't know how long the stalemate lasted until Qiu Yu slowly knelt down and knelt on the ground: "Subordinate...see empress."

He suppressed his breath and lowered his head deeply, so as to cover the tremor in his pupils.

Yan Yuan finally exhaled slowly, she smashed her pot, walked up to Qiu Yu with the sword in her hand, and handed the sword back to him.

She said softly: "Guard Qiu is free of courtesy, Guard Qiu is inconvenient now, it's better to use less heavy troops."

Qiu Yu reached out to take the blade of the sword, without raising his head, he said, "...Yes."

Then there was a long silence.

There was a wind blowing in the courtyard, and Qiu Yu could only see Yan Yuan's slightly fluttering goose-yellow skirt in her field of vision.

It was an extremely soft color, reminding him of the days when she stood waiting under the plane tree at the gate of the Qianzheng Palace a long time ago.

In fact, he never knew her.

Qiu Yu thought to herself.

Under the sycamore tree, she was extremely weak, outside the camp she was calm and alienated, and just now...

"Is Guard Qiu feeling better?"

A gentle voice sounded.

Qiu Yu was startled, buried his head and said, "This subordinate is all well, and the injury has recovered by [-]% or [-]%. Thank you for your concern!"

There was a hint of joy in that voice: "That's the best, please get up quickly, don't take it lightly when recuperating."

Qiu Yu stood up hesitantly.

His eyes drifted away, hurriedly swept over the person in front of him, and lowered his eyes again.

Now his eyes were on her hand.

She has a pair of thin and delicate hands with slender fingers, and the joints are slightly red under the cold air.

She turned around and greeted the lady of the dust, and soon she had a delicate crossbow in her hand, and walked slowly in front of him.

This is……

Qiu Yu was slightly distracted.

Yan Yuan handed the crossbow to Qiu Yu: "Guard Qiu, I'm here to give you this."

Qiu Yu looked up in astonishment.

Yan Yuan smiled at him.

Anyway, things are already like this, and it is useless to regret.

"This crossbow is... my father specially made it."

Yan Yuan originally wanted to talk about seeing Bo Ying, but it was a vain detail, so she changed her words temporarily: "This bow is exquisitely designed, and it uses skillful force when using it, and it doesn't require much strength. If you are familiar with this way, it may not be as good as the way of swordsmanship."

Qiu Yu took the crossbow blankly, his eyes were blank.

Yan Yuan said: "Doesn't Guard Qiu give it a try?"

Qiu Yu just woke up like a dream, and hurriedly began to put on the crossbow.

After all, he was missing two fingers, so it was very inconvenient to move. He tried to wear it several times but failed, and the crossbow almost fell.

Yan Yuan felt even more guilty when she saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the crossbow, and said in a low voice, "I will help you."

Qiu Yu's breath paused, and panic flashed in his eyes: "Your Majesty..."

Yan Yuan lowered her eyebrows, her hands had already started to move.

It really takes a lot of skill to tie this thing, back then she used to tie and reload crossbows for Yuan Qi, but now it has been many years, unexpectedly she still remembers her hands.

"... Your Majesty?"

Qiu Yu's voice interrupted Yan Yuan's thoughts.

Yan Yuan came back to her senses and said softly, "Try it."

Qiu Yu nodded.

There was no target in the courtyard, so he fired a few arrows at the big tree not far away.

He thought that such a small thing could be used as a toy for young people, and it was bought by the empress to appease him. He didn't expect that a few small arrows pierced the tree trunk and almost penetrated, leaving only a little arrow tail. outside.

This……

Qiu Yu's eyes widened.

He finally realized belatedly that although this thing looked inconspicuous, it was a weapon, a... killer weapon.

After so long, he finally felt the power again.

Qiu Yu's face flushed with excitement, and his breathing became short of breath.

Yan Yuan narrowed her eyes and looked at the tree trunk, where the three small arrows were neatly arranged from top to bottom.

She thought for a while and said, "The wrist can be turned outward one more time, so that the three arrows will not be all in the middle."

Qiu Yuchi asked: "Isn't it good that they are all in the middle?"

Yan Yuan said: "But the organs on Ren's body are not so neat."

Qiu Yu didn't know why, but he still obeyed Yan Yuan's advice and turned his wrist outwards.

This time the small arrows hit the tree trunk, and they were no longer neatly arranged from top to bottom, but slowly shifted from right to left.

If it's a person, the middle part is exactly...

lung.Heart.guts.

Qiu Yu stared at those positions in a daze.

Yan Yuan's voice sounded softly next to his ears: "Don't worry, although the Holy Majesty has bestowed you on this palace, this palace will not repay your kindness. I really want you to be a janitor."

Qiu Yu's expression was still in a daze.

His gaze moved slowly, and it took a long time to land on Yan Yuan's dress.

Now he couldn't distinguish what he saw in front of his eyes and what he was thinking in his heart, he just listened to her voice blankly.

There was a hint of a smile in her voice, and she said: "Heal your wound first, and practice the crossbow when you have free time, and when the injury is healed, I will find a way to transfer you to another place, what do you think of the city defense battalion? "

She smiled and sighed: "Anyway, he's a good man, doorkeeper is not the place to go."

She speaks softly.

Qiu Yu only understood this in a daze.

She wants to send him away.

She didn't want to take him in.

For a while, the inexplicable loss was like a tide, slowly covering and submerging the whole body.

He didn't know the root cause, and he had no way to refute and resist, so he just knelt down on his knees.

"Guard Qiu?"

"Your Majesty despises your subordinates... disabled and useless?"

The low sound is like sand and stone grinding against the cylinder wall.

Qiu Yu lowered his head, his shoulders were hunched, like a defeated hound, his soul seemed to be sinking into the dust.

Yan Yuan was surprised and said: "Why do you think so? Of course I don't despise you."

Qiu Yu suddenly raised his head.

Yan Yuan hesitated under his gaze: "I just..."

She thought for a while and said softly: "I just think that you are a good bow and shouldn't be hidden."

He must have been a proud man.

Martial arts practitioners go through layers of inspection and selection before they can enter the palace to make a living, let alone the emperor's personal guards.

The cruelest thing in this world is not to sit in a well and look at the sky, but to see the sky but paint the ground as a prison. Those who have gone up to the clouds have their wings broken and fall into the mud.

She knows how it feels too well.

Now that I can do what I can, I always want to trust him.

……

When the sun went down, Yan Yuan left the imperial hospital.

Qiu Yu followed Yan Yuan silently like a big dog.

Yan Yuan was a little helpless, but also a little funny, so she could only let him follow until she reached the gate of the imperial hospital.

Yan Yuan sent Chen Niang to look back at Shu Gong first, then turned to look at Qiu Yu and said, "You can say whatever you want."

She knew he had something to say.

I also know what he wants to say.

Even though he and Chen Niang didn't mention the sword just now, Chen Niang didn't know martial arts or maybe she just suspected it, but Qiu Yu was different, he must have seen it clearly.

She didn't mention it, and he didn't ask.

But that doesn't mean it's still a secret.

Yan Yuan looked into his eyes and said in a low voice: "You are his bodyguard, if you want to fulfill your duties, it's not a big deal."

Qiu Yu is Chen Lingchen's personal guard.

For a personal guard, the most important thing is loyalty. It would be reasonable for him to inform Chen Lingchen.

Just now, she had figured it out a long time ago, anyway, she didn't just deceive Chen Lingshen about this one thing, let alone... Houmen's female martial arts skills, so what if she was exposed?

At most, it was just to be frightened again by Chen Lingchen.

Yan Yuan didn't finish her sentence when she saw the tall man in front of her suddenly kneel down.

"I just saw that the subordinates do have doubts in their hearts, but they never thought of betraying the empress."

He let out a quick breath as if wrestling fiercely, and said in a hoarse voice:
"The Holy Majesty has issued an imperial decree to give the subordinates to the empress, and the subordinates are loyal to the empress."

"This subordinate... is willing to keep a secret for your empress."

This is what he wanted to say a long time ago.

Under the setting sun, Qiu Yu knelt on the ground for a long time without getting up.

He didn't dare to raise his head, afraid that too much emotion would be revealed in his eyes, and also afraid of seeing alienation and fear in her eyes.

He just kept his body down as much as possible, focused his eyes on a small grass in the crevice of the stone in front of him, and waited quietly for the verdict to be pronounced.

Just when he thought the whole world was going to collapse, a soft voice sounded.

She said, "Thank you."

Qiu Yu's breathing stopped, and it took a long time to take a slow breath.

Just like a life from a desperate situation, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming.

……

The sun finally set, and palace lanterns lit up in the imperial hospital.

"The empress visited Qiu Yu in the charcoal room at dusk, and gave him a bow for shooting sleeve arrows. I heard that it was made by Yan Hou himself. It is extremely delicate and thoughtful."

"The medical girl Chen Niang of Wangshu Palace bought some medicinal materials from the imperial pharmacy, which seems to be used to take care of the body of the palace lady Lingyu and the child."

"The messenger from Dingbeihou's Mansion has been to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it seems to be to accommodate the woman named He Yuan."

On the second floor of the other courtyard, Luo Ziqiu lit a lotus incense lamp by the window to repel mosquitoes.

Candles were burning like beans in the study.

Chen Ling sat in front of the desk, reviewing the documents on the desk.

The government affairs piled up in the past few days, and he just finished processing the memorials in the court hall in the imperial study, and now he still needs to deal with some things that cannot be reviewed in the imperial study.

He kept his head down, as if he had no interest in what Luo Ziqiu said.

But when Luo Ziqiu's voice temporarily paused, the tip of his pen also froze slightly.

Luo Ziqiu laughed clearly: "Then He Yuan... her elder brother is the kidnapper that I was looking for before, does your Majesty still remember?"

Chen Lingchen finally raised his head.

Of course he remembered.

At that time, Song Wan'er's relatives had just gained a firm foothold, and the queen mother bestowed this marriage that could destroy the entire court structure for the sake of court games.He was naturally unwilling, so Luo Ziqiu set up a game and asked someone to kidnap Yan Yuan who had entered Beijing.

Later, the hijacking plan failed, and Yan Yuan successfully entered the palace, and it was over at this time.

Only a few months have passed, but thinking about it now, it seems like a lifetime away.

He didn't know that she still had friendship with that kidnapper?
Chen Ling's eyes darkened slightly.

Luo Ziqiu took a full look at his expression, and slowly said: "I only found out a few days ago, that the empress actually repayed the grievance with kindness, and agreed to enter the palace for the kidnapper to find her younger sister. The empress is really..."

He weighed his words: "Always live in the light, and there are many good fortunes."

His voice was soft, and his peripheral vision inadvertently fell on Chen Ling's face.

Chen Ling frowned deeply, his face was expressionless, but there was already a faint glint in his eyes.

The tip of the pen fell on the paper, and the ink dots smudged and created layers of ripples.

Is it always bright?
In the silence, the silence spread.

It took a long time before Chen Ling's deep and indifferent voice sounded: "You mean to say that you are alone with her, not the same person."

She always lives in the light, but his world does not have this kind of thing alone.

Just like flowers cannot bloom in the gutter.

"My subordinates dare not."

Luo Ziqiu put down the lotus incense in his hand, waved his wide sleeves, and saluted Chen Ling.

"This subordinate just wants to remind His Majesty that Yan Hou's daughter is completely different from the county magistrate's daughter."

Luo Ziqiu raised his eyes, a trace of sharpness flashed in his eyes.

"In the cold night, a lonely boat travels together, giving people a handle."

"Has Your Majesty really decided to go the same way?"

You Ke, the daughter of the county magistrate, is in your fingertips, but the daughter of Marquis Dingbei is not a plaything at your fingertips. This is not an alternative situation. As a minister, he naturally wants to plan for him, so he has to remind him , the danger of this road.

Chen Ling remained silent for a long time.

The candlelight reflected his face, and the eyelashes cast a shadow on his face.

He wasn't breathing, and he didn't blink.

After maintaining the same posture for a long time, the deep voice sounded in the silent night.

"Ah."

Luo Ziqiu laughed silently.

If you don't do it, you can only kill it to avoid future troubles.

Chen Lingshen would make such a choice. Although he had already guessed it, he still felt a little strange.

People like him, would there be people who put themselves in danger, but still don't want to kill?
But that's not a big deal.

Now that the lord's idea has been settled, as a counselor, he can only be loyal to the lord's order and plan for the lord.

"Forget it, the Empress has been in love with Your Majesty for a long time, and it is better to be affectionate than to be merciless."

Luo Ziqiu stared at Chen Ling's deep eyes and smiled lowly.

"Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and this subordinate will wish the Holy Majesty a happy wedding."

This was an unintentional joke, but I didn't expect that the emperor, who was still indifferent and calm just now, seemed to be a little different from usual.

He blinked, obviously his posture didn't change, but the expression on his face stiffened visibly to the naked eye.

Luo Ziqiu: "Your Majesty?"

Chen Ling was silent for a moment, and said, "Aside from soothing incense, do you have other soothing things?"

Luo Ziqiu: "Huh?"

Chen Ling frowned deeply: "The usual tranquilizing incense seems to have an abnormal effect on Yan Yuan."

On the way back from the sacrifice, he also lit some soothing incense on the carriage.

Ordinary people should feel drowsy and fall asleep, but Yan Yuan behaved as if she was drunk. Not only did she look abnormal, but she also acted recklessly. It was simply...

Recalling fragmentary fragments in his mind, Chen Ling's face darkened.

"Gu needs some other soothing prescriptions."