Tang Youer did not dare to enter the house rashly, and stood in front of the door and called out tentatively.
"Come in, Yu'er."
Concubine Xian's voice came through the thick curtain, still so kind and calm.
After hesitating for a moment, Tang Youer finally gritted his teeth, opened the door curtain and walked in.
Entering the room, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, accompanied by a pungent stench. Tang Youer held her breath involuntarily, and glanced around to see Concubine Xian sitting on the chair, smiling kindly at her.
Next to him stood a strange man whose whole body was covered in mud.
There was a quilt on the ground on the left, and wrapped in the quilt was a shivering man with his eyes closed. The man's face was also covered in mud and stains, but the outline of his face looked somewhat familiar.
"Isn't this...isn't this Xiao Shunzi who is serving Wei Daban? What happened to my mother?"
Tang Youer asked in surprise.
"You'er, don't be anxious, come over and sit down and talk slowly."
Concubine Xian raised her hand and greeted.
Tang Youer glanced at the strange man standing next to Concubine Xian, frowned, and finally said nothing, and went to sit down next to Concubine Xian.
"This young man's name is Rong Fei. He is an agent under Yu Qingzhi, the Inspector of Immortals. On His Majesty's orders, he and Xiao Shunzi are looking for something in the palace."
"Looking for something?"
"Rongfei, please explain it to the queen in detail."
"Rong Fei has met the Queen."
"Excuse me, tell me what are you looking for?"
Tang Youer urged.
Now that things have developed, there is no longer any need to conceal the loss of the jade seal, so Rong Fei told the details of the whole thing.
"With no way to escape, Xiao Shunzi pointed in a direction before he passed out, and I ran over with him on my back. Unexpectedly, we ended up at Nuanfeng Pavilion. With the help of Concubine Xian, we both hid.
Passed the pursuit of the Flying Fish Guards."
Hearing that the national jade seal had been lost, and that King Yong's party intended to take this opportunity to plot to usurp the throne, Tang Youer couldn't sit still no matter how calm he was.
Concubine Xian patted Tang You'er's arm, pulled her back to sit down and comforted her.
"There is still such commotion outside, which means that Yao'er has successfully left the palace with the jade seal. Although the child usually makes some mischief, he has many tricks and will definitely find a way to deliver the jade seal to the emperor. What can we do here?
Worrying about it won’t help. Now we just need to live happily and not cause any trouble.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard chaotic footsteps outside, and then Hou San shouted in a sharp voice.
"You are so ambitious that you dare to come to Nuanfeng Pavilion to cause trouble. If you scare the queen and concubine, you will be executed by His Majesty."
"I also ask for your forgiveness, Eunuch Hou. The Empress Dowager personally ordered that all the courtyards of the harem must be carefully searched and no one will be missed."
When Tang Youer in the room heard this, her face turned pale with fright, and her delicate body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Don't panic."
Concubine Xian smiled and patted the back of Tang You'er's hand, then turned to Rong Fei.
"Take Xiao Shunzi and hide in the back. Don't worry, you two are loyal ministers and meritorious officials. The queen and I will protect you."
Concubine Xian's voice seems to have a soothing magic power, which can make the listener calm down and think calmly.
Rong Fei nodded, rolled up Xiao Shunzi and the quilt into a bundle, carried it and hid in the small room at the back.
Concubine Xian asked Tang Youer to roll up the door curtain to disperse the smell in the room, and opened the small cabinet next to her.
First, he took out a plate of incense and lit it on the table to cover up the smell of blood and mud. Then he took out a sewing needle and a brocade handkerchief from the small cabinet.
He picked up a sewing needle and pricked his left thumb a few times, and immediately blood started to pour out.
"Mother!"
Tang You'er, who came back from hanging the door curtain, cried out when she saw this.
Concubine Xian carefully wiped the blood on her thumb with a brocade handkerchief and held it in her hand. She raised her head and smiled at Tang You'er to show that nothing was wrong.
"Let them come in. If you block them like this, they will appear to be guilty of thieves."
Concubine Xian smiled at Tang Youer.
"Yes, mother."
Tang You'er nodded slightly, turned around and walked out of the room.
Arriving at the door of the main house, Tang Youer stood on the inside of the threshold and looked outside with a frown. She saw Hou San and the maids he brought with him were confronting more than a dozen Feiyu guards.
Outside the courtyard gate, a chamberlain whom he had seen in the Queen Mother's Palace was lying on the door frame with half of his head exposed, his eyes looking around furtively.
Seeing Tang You'er looking at him, the waiter's expression changed and he quickly turned back.
Old witch!
Tang You'er cursed secretly in her heart, and then shouted to the two groups confronting each other in the courtyard.
"Hou San, let him come in."
"Empress, they..."
Hou San pointed at Feiyu Wei Baihu's nose and was about to complain, but saw that Tang Youer had already turned around and gone back to the house. He could only give Baihu a vicious look and stepped aside to get out of the way.
"excuse me."
Baihu clasped his fists to apologize, and then waved his hand to lead people into the house, but Hou San jumped out again and blocked Feiyu Weidao behind him.
"My Majesty only said to let you in, not others. And with so many people rushing in together, if Princess Lingxian is frightened, who will bear the blame?"
After hearing this, Baihu could only order his men to stay in the yard and go into the house alone.
Arriving outside the inner door, hundreds of households bowed and saluted.
"See you, Your Majesty, Concubine Xian. There was a burglary in the palace, and the Queen Mother ordered us to search the courtyards one by one. I'm here. If I've caused any disturbance, I hope you'll forgive me, Concubine Xian."
As he was talking, Baihu smelled a strange smell. Although there was the interference of incense, he could still tell immediately that it was the smell of blood.
Baihu immediately became nervous and reached for the handle of the knife hanging on his waist with his right hand.
When Tang Youer saw this, her heart suddenly rose, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Concubine Xian, however, seemed not to notice Baihu's actions and said calmly.
"You should obey the Queen Mother's will. You'er, go tell Hou San and let them search. Don't stop...cough cough...cough cough cough..."
Before she finished speaking, Concubine Xian's face suddenly changed, as if she was in great pain. She covered her mouth and nose with the brocade handkerchief and coughed.
"Mom, are you okay?"
Tang Youer caressed her mother-in-law's back and asked with concern.
She said she was fine, but Concubine Xian's cough became more and more fierce.
Coughing and coughing, Baihu saw something flowing out of the brocade paris and dripping onto the ground, speckled and bright red in color.
is blood!
"Mother... mother... you... you are coughing up blood! Hou San, Hou San, call the imperial doctor quickly. The concubine is... she... is vomiting blood out of anger."
Tang Youer shouted in a hissing voice.
This damn girl, why are you shouting so randomly?
Concubine Xian, who was performing hard, almost couldn't hold back her laughter when she heard the word "vomiting blood from anger."
When Hou San and other chambermaids outside the courtyard heard Tang You'er's shrill shouts, they no longer cared about Fei Yuwei and ran into the house in a hurry. When they saw the blood on the ground and the blood-stained brocade handkerchief in Concubine Xian's hand, they were in front of them. It turned black in bursts, and I almost collapsed.
"Why are you still standing there? Go and fetch the imperial doctor."
Tang Youer shouted to Baihu with an angry frown.
"Oh oh oh oh... Let's go now... Then we'll go..."
Hundreds of households were also frightened by the unexpected situation. They kept saying yes and rushed to the Tai Hospital in a hurry.
As for the search for the snitch, it was forgotten.
The lines that Tang Youer shouted out with an idea were really too lethal.
The late emperor's widow was so angry that she vomited blood. Not to mention a small household, even the commander Fan Liren could not bear such a crime.
Rong Fei, who was hiding in the small room at the back, heard the whole process and admired Concubine Xian greatly.
Ginger is still spicy!
From then on, Rong Fei finally felt relieved. He and Xiao Shunzi were safe.
What happens next depends on the sixth princess Zhu Yueyao.
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Hearing the sound of horse hooves and shouts behind him, a Feiyu guard just turned his head and saw a black shadow coming towards his door, but he could no longer dodge it.
The riding whip hit Fei Yuwei's face hard, and with the speed of the horse and Liu Yingrong's furious blow, the whip whipped Fei Yuwei's whole body backwards.
After falling to the ground, he rolled around a few times and then became motionless. He was either fainted or simply dead.
The other Feiyu Guards were still in a daze because of the sudden situation, but another person was knocked away by the horse's head. When passing by Zhu Yueyao, Liu Yingrong leaned to the side of the horse's back, stretched out her arm and grabbed Zhu Yueyao's collar, taking advantage of the situation. Then he had to lift him onto the horse's back.
It has to be said that although she is a woman, Liu Yingrong's riding skills are quite good, comparable to the scouts and light cavalry in the army.
But just because she was a woman, she was much weaker in strength. Although her palms caught Zhu Yueyao's collar, she failed to lift her up. Instead, she was dragged off the horse and fell heavily to the ground.
Zhu Yueyao was also dragged down, her collar was torn to pieces, exposing the white and delicate skin on her chest, and the jade seal wrapped in silk handkerchief hidden in her arms also fell out.
Liu Yingrong fell hard and lay on the ground groaning for a long time, unable to get up. Zhu Yueyao couldn't bear the pain in her chest and body, so she crawled over with her hands and feet and hugged Yuxi tightly in her arms, trying to stand up When I got up, I found that I didn't have any strength left.
"Hey! It's a female again, she's pretty pretty."
A Feiyu guard woke up first, turned Liu Yingrong over on the ground and shouted in surprise.
Before he finished speaking, Liu Yingrong suddenly opened her eyes, grabbed the dirt on the ground with both hands and threw it on his face, then quickly picked up Zhu Yueyao and rushed towards the blocked gap.
"Damn, it's quite spicy! I like it, hahaha."
The other seven Feiyu Guards made it easy for them to escape, and quickly chased after them, knocking the two women down and pushing them to the ground.
"Me first, me first."
"Don't worry, we all have our share."
Just when Fei Yuwei's claws were about to fall on the two women and tear their clothes to pieces, a cold snort came from them.
What followed was an awe-inspiring energy that was intangible but weighed more than ten thousand kilograms.
The eight Feiyu Guards sergeants, including the one who was blinded by the mud, howled pitifully and were pressed into the mud. Their flesh and skin burst open, and blood spattered. It was very miserable.