Red makeup against the world

Chapter 1022 One Step to Heaven, One Step to Hell

She had much more time than Mei Xin, so she knelt down to check.

She touched the texture of the quilt with her hands, and when she pinched it with two fingers, water could come out.

"Sister Mulan, we brought this quilt from Beijing." Zhiyu said, "Young Madam likes the quilt produced by the Xu family company very much. She said it was soft and warm. I brought it here on purpose."

Zhiyu is a second-class maid, but she pays special attention to Xu Wanzhen's affairs.

Wen Mulan nodded. From the looks of it, the quilt soaked in water should be wrapped around the young lady's body to avoid the fire.

She turned her head to look, and at this time the house had been burnt down, and there was no trace of the hole.But she could also infer in her heart that the only place with water in the room was the clean room, and the young lady should have soaked the quilt in the clean room before trying to escape.

As for this terribly dead man in black, it's obviously not something the Young Madam can handle.

Who is it that saved the young lady?
Looking at the footprints belonging to the man, Wen Mulan fell into deep thought.

Going forward, Wen Mulan suddenly realized when she saw the man in black who was being sung.

Someone must have known about the assassination.In order to save the young lady, he first attacked the man with a bow and arrow, and then rescued the young lady.

But after coming out, he ran into another man in black and killed him with some effort.

At the rut, Wen Mulan saw the arrow left by Mei Xin.He squatted down and searched the ground carefully, and found a dripping jade earring.

Obviously, this is the signal that the young lady left on purpose.

The person who came to save him didn't seem to have any good intentions either.Otherwise, he wouldn't have driven away with Young Madam and Bai Yao.

Unsurprisingly, there was only one person on the other side.Why did the young lady follow him without any resistance?

Thinking of Bai Yao's obviously injured footprints, Wen Mulan's heart was like a bright mirror.The young lady is very kind to the people around her. This kindness is not only reflected in the generous monthly payments and occasional rewards, but also treats them as human beings rather than objects that can be bought and sold at any time.

So, the facts are obvious.Bai Yao was injured, and that man threatened Bai Yao, forcing the young lady to obey his orders.

Wen Mulan stood up again, feeling the lost strength return to her body.

With a figure like a sword, she said in a deep voice: "Zhiyu, go and inform Madam Zheng that the young lady has been rescued, and Mei Xin has already chased her down."

Zhiyu responded, and asked, "What about you, Sister Mulan?"

"I'm going to save the young lady."

"Sister, is your injury okay?"

Wen Mulan smiled lightly, as long as the young lady can be saved, these injuries are nothing.

Zhiyu Qingzhi couldn't persuade her, so he handed her the medicine she was holding and said, "Sister Mulan, be careful, we are waiting for your good news."

Wen Mulan nodded slightly, and put the wound medicine into her bosom.First went to the stable to lead the horse, and rode the horse to chase along the traces of the rut.

When they arrived at the wall of Zhuangzi's courtyard, they saw a gap in the courtyard wall, just enough for the carriage to pass through.

In front of her was a night as thick as ink.Behind her is Zhuangzi with a loud voice.

Wen Mulan took a deep breath, and crashed into the night without hesitation.

……

The sky finally lit up.

The first ray of morning light appeared on the edge of the day, Wei Mingchen's eyes became brighter and sharper, and there was no sign of haggardness from a sleepless night at all.

He slowly opened his arms, as if to welcome the first ray of morning light, and as if he embraced the palace in his arms.

Judging from the signals sent back from everywhere, everything is under control.

He walked back to the side hall vigorously, and couldn't help thinking in his mind, what kind of unsightly scene would he see?How embarrassing the prince and queen will be.

However, when he finally stood still in the palace, what he saw almost made him faint.

It's not because it's a mess, but because it's very clean and tidy.

It was so clean, as if there was no trace of people's life, even the food and drinks left over from last night were cleaned up.

How is this going?

He was so shocked that he ignored the light blue smoke lingering in the room, which was inhaled by him.

Wei Mingchen's knees softened, and he almost fell to his knees.

This is not an adjective, but a real reaction of his body.

He barely held onto his leg, feeling that he had fallen into a huge trap.An invisible net descended from the sky, pulling him tighter and tighter, unable to struggle.

He is not a mediocre person either, he immediately held his breath, turned around and was about to leave.

But at this moment, a lot of human bodies were thrown in from the outside with a "boom, boom, boom!"These people are the confidantes he sent out to deal with the Shadow Guards and the Imperial Army.

Wei Mingchen's face suddenly turned pale.

He fully understood that he had been tricked!

But who the hell dared to use the queen and the prince as bait to set up such a situation in the palace.Isn't he afraid of being settled by Qiuhou?
Wei Mingchen really couldn't figure it out.

Since he couldn't get out, he couldn't escape the blue smoke that lingered in the house.

Wei Mingchen smiled wryly, should he be proud?The other party thinks highly of him so much.

Simply, he walked slowly to a chair and sat down.Since he was caught in the trap, someone will come out to clean up the mess in the end, so he just waits slowly.

It's just that the feeling of being on the verge of failure is really uncomfortable.

Feeling the strength slowly draining from his body, Wei Mingchen raised his head and closed his eyes, savoring the bitter taste in his heart.

It's not that he didn't want to fail.

Emperor Qinglong won the hearts of the people and the support of his courtiers. Under such circumstances, he wanted to seize the throne, which was tantamount to taking chestnuts from the fire.

He imagined countless failures, but he never imagined that when he was so close to success, when he thought everything was under control, he was hit head-on.

One step to heaven, one step to hell.

He emptied his mind, no longer thinking about where he was defeated, and no longer thinking about how the other party took the queen and prince away under his nose.

At this time, he seemed to smell the fragrance of wild flowers, which was the first fragrance he smelled when he climbed out of the high wall of the Tailing Mausoleum.

The sound of swords, guns, swords and halberds sounded outside. It was the sound of soldiers surrounding the place.Immediately afterwards, he heard the clanging footsteps of the military commander approaching.

"Brother Jiang, how does this Mixiang taste? In order to entertain you, I specially chose the best Miyan, and I promise it won't hurt your body." There was a lot of enthusiasm in this voice.

Like a hospitable host who carefully prepares dishes to receive important guests.

Sure enough, it was him.

Hearing this familiar voice, Wei Mingchen had a bitter smile on his lips.

Forget it, I still lost to him!

(End of this chapter)