Emperor Jin

Chapter 88
After a while, the noise of people came from outside the palace, and the few palace people in Xinning Palace couldn't bear the noise, and finally woke up from their sleep, complaining in their mouths, and pulled the copper bolts on the palace gate. When it was removed, a heavy roar suddenly sounded in the night.

The pines outside the palace were bright and bright, and the swords of the imperial guards were icy and cold under the firelight. All of them had serious eyebrows and serious eyes. The people in Xinning Palace couldn't help being surprised. An elderly female official reluctantly stepped forward and said in a trembling voice: "What do you guys have to do?" What are you doing?"

She was apprehensive, fearing that her master would cause some trouble again, she asked with some anxiety and hesitation.

"There are assassins coming in this direction, and they probably broke into the empress's bedroom. We need to check."

The leader of the imperial army looked at the neglected situation in the atrium, and knew that the owner of Xinning Palace was not favored, so he became more confident.

The palace people looked at each other, a little confused: "But the empress is resting in the inner hall..."

"What happened?"

A lazy voice came, and the bead curtain moved slightly. Concubine Yue got up at some point, she opened half of it with a snow-white catkin, and looked out curiously.

To avoid embarrassment, the leader of the forbidden army turned his face slightly, and said: "An assassin has sneaked into the palace, for the safety of the empress, it is better to let the subordinates check it.

Concubine Yue smiled slightly, her voice was extremely charming and startling when heard in the dark night, "Then you all come in and search."

The leader waved his hand, and everyone rushed in.

The messy quilts were piled up heavily and piled up high on the bed. Concubine Yue was sitting in the midst of them wearing a thick coat, but she still couldn't help shivering. Her face was pale, without a trace of blood. They all trembled a little, "I have an old ailment, and I lay dead in winter, and I never heard any sound."

The palace people on the side echoed repeatedly, Concubine Yue often had old illnesses, this was common to all, and the imperial physician had also visited many times, there was really nothing to hide.

The leader's eyes were sharp, and he could see some gaps in the embroidered window at a glance, he stepped forward quickly, pushed lightly, only heard a crackling sound, unexpectedly it didn't die!
"Sure enough, someone jumped out of the window!"

He sneered slightly, looking at the faint footprints on the window lattice, slender and small, obviously made by a woman.

"My lord, she probably escaped from here!"

The subordinates on the side estimated anxiously.

The leader of the forbidden army shook his head, but stopped talking, just paced back and forth in the hall.

The sleeping hall was very empty, he searched carefully, even the beams of the house were not spared, but there was still no trace.

However, he was still pondering, and then, he caught a glimpse of the overlapping and beautiful quilt on the bed——

"Your Majesty, could you please move a little bit?"

Although the words were polite, there was an undeniable sense of coercion. Mingyue's heart sank, and a glint flashed in her eyes, but she still sat upright and asked with a smile: "I'm a girl in my palace, sitting in my bedroom. Can’t you just sit there—on this day when a drop of water turns into ice, you want to drive me under the eaves of the wind and snow, what’s the point?!”

The leader bowed, and replied without hesitation: "The assassin may be hiding here, and if it explodes, it may endanger your safety. I have the courage to ask your mother to move!"

Mingyue played with the tassels on the curtain, smiled sweetly, but her voice was extremely cold, "Compared with any assassins, I am more worried about the safety of this bedroom."

She looked at the bewildered leader, parted her red lips lightly, and said: "It is an old rule in the palace that when the dust is cleaned at the age, the female officer in charge must be personally supervised, and you can't leave it for a while - do you know why, my lord?"

That leader has always been guarding the outer palace, so he had no chance to enter the Six Palaces Forbidden Garden, so he was even more at a loss when he heard this question.

Mingyue's eyes moved, showing a polite and contemptuous smile, and said lazily: "Since the disaster of witchcraft in the previous dynasty, the utensils in the palace are not allowed to be touched lightly. Can you bear this disaster?"

Only then did the leader understand, he heard the insinuating words, his chest overflowed with anger, he finally suppressed it, and said in a deep voice: "I am loyal to the emperor, and have fought more than ten battles—"

Before he finished speaking, Concubine Yue cut off with a smile: "I dare not have any doubts about the loyalty and bravery of your lord, but there are many soldiers present here. If your lord is willing to protect them, I will let you Search, what's the problem?"

Hearing that, the leader showed hesitation, Mingyue was smiling secretly in her heart, but saw him raise her head abruptly, and said decisively: "These are the robes that I have worked with for many years, I can guarantee them!"

Without waiting for orders, he strode forward, forced the palace servants to lift Concubine Yue up, and amidst the exclamation of all the girls, he lifted the quilt!

Mingyue's face was as white as paper, as if she couldn't bear to see it, she closed her eyes in despair, but the next moment, she didn't hear the angry shout she imagined!

She opened her eyes in astonishment, and trembled in horror—the precious brocade that was originally hidden under the quilt disappeared like air? !

How can this be? !
She couldn't believe her eyes, and she was so confused for a moment that she didn't even hear the leader's disappointed and discouraged farewell.

How could such a great living person disappear for nothing?
This thing that only ghosts and gods can do, actually happened under the eyes of everyone!

Mingyue stared blankly at the smooth and delicate sandalwood gums, as if she wanted to see some mystery from it.

At this time, the night was deep, and there was no sound in the hall, only the faint sound of wind outside the window, and the slight crackling sound of burning lamp wicks.

In the dark, Mingyue seemed to hear some knocking sound, and then listened carefully, but there was no abnormality.

She pricked up her ears, waited with all her concentration, and finally found the source of the sound—it was just under the bed board.

She approached the treacherous bed board, but heard the knocking sound became more and more rapid, gradually becoming powerless.

She felt something faintly in her heart, groping back and forth on the delicate and colorful carved phoenix pattern, and hit it crookedly, as if pressing some movable mechanism, she saw the bed board turned downwards, yin and yang were reversed, and finally the bed behind the board was turned. Someone let it out.

(After going to the supermarket to buy rice and oil for my family, I can finally come back to write, three shifts on the 2nd, please have a cute and attractive monthly ticket~~)
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