The scholar in white curled his lips, but a cold and gloomy killing intent flashed in his lowered slender eyes.
But the next moment, there was a sudden sound of fighting outside, followed by someone shouting sharply——
"I saw the assassin, catch him!"
The head guard's face turned cold and he immediately called to his men who were searching: "How are you doing? Is there anything unusual inside?"
The guards in charge of the search all shook their heads: "There is only freshly killed pork that is being hung to dry in the inner courtyard, but there is no one there!"
This is exactly what Ming Lanruo said, and there is nothing suspicious about it.
The head guard frowned and clasped his fists at Ming Lanruo: "Princess, excuse me, please leave quickly, this place is dangerous!"
After the hurried explanation, he immediately turned around and ran out the door, sternly saying: "Chase the assassin, don't let anyone go!"
After saying that, a group of people raised their swords toward the door with murderous intent, and the courtyard became clear in an instant.
Ming Lanruo then covered her heart and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Jinghe acted in time!
Then, she ignored the scholar in white and immediately ran out the door and asked the coachman to drive their carriage over.
By the time the coachman helped put the unknown master into the carriage, Jing He was already out of breath and slipped back in a bit of embarrassment.
She had just followed Ming Lanruo's instructions, masked herself and pretended to be King Qin to attract the attention of the prince's men. After a lot of effort, she managed to escape.
"Go get Shangguan Hongye down and put him into the carriage!" Ming Lanruo lowered her voice and ordered Jinghe.
Jing He got the order, jumped onto the beam, pulled down the half-conscious King Qin who was still pulling on the beam, and stuffed him into the carriage.
"Okay, Miss, let's leave quickly!" Jing He whispered.
Ming Lanruo nodded, looked at the scholar aside, and suddenly frowned: "This person must go with us!"
If this scholar in white clothes is left here and he goes out and talks nonsense, there will be endless troubles.
Jing He immediately and faithfully carried out Ming Lanruo's order, and unceremoniously took the scholar in white by his belt and dragged him onto the carriage.
"Tsk, this guy is pretty, but he looks quite skinny and heavy!" She muttered a few words.
Being carried into the car like cargo, the scholar in white didn't look very good, but he still got up obediently and sat down in the corner.
The driver immediately whipped his horse and rode away.
The mysterious black figures hidden in the shadows of every corner of the yard looked at each other in confusion——
God, my master... was he "captured"?
What are they going to do?
On the carriage, Ming Lanruo breathed a sigh of relief, took a silver needle and pricked the wrist of the scholar in white a few times: "Okay, you can talk now, but there are some things you shouldn't say, so don't say them."
The scholar in white looked at her and said quietly and politely: "The young man knows."
"Who are you and why do you know palace etiquette?" Ming Lanruo asked casually as she put away the silver needle in her hand.
The scholar in white said softly: "The student's single name is a hidden character. Everyone calls me A Yin or Yin Scholar. There are no relatives in Jiangnan's family. I have failed the exam several times..."
He paused, as if he was a little ashamed: "I am a scholar who is useless. I really have no livelihood. I once wanted to sell myself and enter the palace. I learned some palace etiquette from the comprador's father-in-law and wanted to enter the palace to find a future.
"
Ming Lanruo nodded thoughtfully, the Comprador Department was responsible for purchasing palace maids and eunuchs.
The father-in-laws there indeed have the task of selecting poor scholars to work as eunuchs in the palace, and the money given to these scholars for selling themselves is ten times that of ordinary people who sell themselves to the palace.
After all, only eunuchs who have read books can go to the emperor and the empresses of various palaces to serve pen and ink.
Of course, this kind of thing is a great humiliation to scholars, so they won't do it even if they are desperate.
Ming Lanruo took a look at the scholar, and found that he was indeed what his father-in-laws liked. He was gentle, young and delicate, and he was still a scholar.
"Then why don't you enter the palace again?" Jing He stared at him suspiciously.
The pale face of the scholar in white was stained with a little crimson, and he tugged on his sleeves as if he was embarrassed and panicked: "The Master said that there are three unfilial piety, and the worst is not having children... I am not married yet, and I want to leave a child for the family.
, and then... go in again, and I haven't fully thought about it yet... I'm afraid of pain."
The way he blushed and tried to defend himself dispelled a lot of Ming Lanruo's suspicions.
And men, especially men who are studying, even if they are determined to have a future, they will still want to stay behind.
Well, except... Cang Qiao is an exception.
If it hadn't been for her, he would probably have been a eunuch until his death.
Ming Lanruo said coldly: "Scholar Yin, although I am a widow, I can still speak in front of the Queen Mother. If you can help me return to the palace safely, I will be grateful. But if you talk nonsense, the prince
It's just to capture this 'assassin', but I guarantee you will lose your head." This chapter has been completed!
