"Nan Zhu, how could the Queen Mother's people enter our palace? The palace is guarded by iron walls. How could someone break in so easily without noticing?"
"How about you go tell the prince and ask the guards to relax their vigilance."
Nan Zhu laughed helplessly.
"Master, if you let down your guard, don't you tell others that we are waiting for them to fall into the trap, those who are very vigilant?"
Luo Jiuli nodded and clasped his hands back and forth.
"Yes, this is my first time to participate in this kind of drama of catching a turtle in a urn? It's a bit exciting and a bit exciting."
Nan Zhu: Master, you are not looking forward to it, and you are not excited at all. You really want to run over and watch the show.
Outside, it was dark and there was only a dim light from where the lanterns were hung.
Luo Jiuli waited until midnight.
Xiao Mingxuan returned to the house covered in frost.
"My lord, you are back."
When Xiao Mingxuan saw her, she did not go back to the room to rest, but lay down on the table.
"Why don't you go back to the house and sleep for a while."
"I can not sleep."
As Luo Jiuli said this, he took off his cloak and hung it on the shelf.
"How is it? Is there any movement from the Queen Mother's side?"
"Um."
Xiao Mingxuan walked to the brazier to warm himself up. After the coldness dissipated from his body, he took her hand.
"I have to stay up for the rest of the night, can you bear it?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Your Majesty, tell me quickly. Is there any movement from the Queen Mother's side?"
Xiao Mingxuan laughed.
"No wonder you're not sleepy. You were just waiting to watch the show."
"Uh-huh!"
Luo Jiuli nodded.
"It's rare to encounter such a good opportunity. It's also my first time to instigate a rebellion. I don't know if I can succeed."
How could she not be excited?
"Don't worry, you will definitely succeed."
"As for the Queen Mother, there is some movement, just--"
He deliberately whetted her appetite.
"Just what?"
Luo Jiuli's eyes were wide open, and his eyes were as ignorant as a deer in the middle of the night, which made Xiao Mingxuan roll his throat unconsciously.
He stretched out his hand to hook her chin, lowered his head to kiss her, then kissed her again, and then kissed her again. Each time she tasted it briefly, but she couldn't help but taste it again.
Luo Jiuli smiled to accommodate his intimacy, and then reached out to hold his cheek.
"Your Majesty hasn't told me yet, just what."
Xiao Mingxuan took her hand and no longer deliberately teased her. His gentle expression just now turned serious.
"It's just that I didn't expect that the Queen Mother would be surrounded by people from all walks of life."
"Three religions and nine streams?"
Luo Jiuli frowned.
"Those who can be called the Three Religions and Nine Currents must be people from the Jianghu. But how come the imperial court, especially the women in the harem, are connected with the people from the Jianghu."
"Isn't the Queen Mother afraid of-"
"Your Majesty."
A low voice came from outside the window, interrupting Luo Jiuli's inquiry.
"explain."
Xiao Mingxuan walked to the window.
"A wave of assassins came outside the house, but they were pushed back. The guards in the backyard were deliberately lax and let the man in. He has already gone to the west courtyard."
"Okay, let's make some noise and let him relax his guard."
"yes."
The person outside the window accepted the order and quietly disappeared into the darkness.
Xiao Mingxuan turned around, took the cloak from the shelf and put it on Luo Jiuli.
"Don't you want to watch a show? I'll take you there now."
Luo Jiuli lowered his head and looked at the cloak on his body.
"I'm wearing this, what about the prince?"
Xiao Mingxuan smiled and stretched out his arms to hold her in his arms.
"Wouldn't it be warmer if I hugged you than if I were wearing it?"
"My lord, it's winter outside. Times like this are no joke."
Luo Jiuli insisted on taking off his cloak, but Xiao Mingxuan held his hand.
"Your white fox fur is particularly conspicuous in the night. Since you are watching the show secretly, how can anyone notice it? But my black cloak blends in with the night and can hide you and me very well."
"What's more, little fool, I have great martial arts skills and strong internal strength. If I can't even resist the cold, how can I stay on the border for many years?"
"Do not worry."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and kissed her forehead, hugged her and left the room.
What else did Luo Jiuli want to say? He just felt like his body was flying into the air.
She suppressed the involuntary shouts coming from her chest, lowered her head and looked at the yard and houses passing by her feet, feeling extremely surprised.
At this moment, there was a commotion from the direction of the west courtyard, and then a group of guards armed with weapons swarmed over.
"what happened?"
It was Qin Wu's voice.
"Brother Qin, someone heard something moving here just now, so we came over to investigate."
"Did you find it?"
"No."
"Keep looking, don't miss anything suspicious."
"yes."
The guards dispersed in a hurry and went to investigate individually.
In the west courtyard room, the candlelight had long been extinguished. On the seemingly empty big bed, a short man less than five feet tall covered Qiaoyue's mouth with one hand and held a hidden weapon in a defensive posture.
I don't know how long it took, but the guard's rough shout came from outside the courtyard again.
"Brother Qin, are you here?"
"who is it?"
"It's not a human, it's a cat."
Maybe someone caught the cat, and the cat was stimulated to make a shrill and plaintive sound similar to a baby's cry.
"A broken cat disturbs everyone in the middle of the night. If you ask me, I can just kill it."
"Throw it out quickly, don't disturb the prince's rest."
"That's right, throw it out quickly. I really did something evil tonight, and it didn't stop for the rest of the night."
As the sounds of cats meowing and footsteps became farther and farther away, silence fell outside the west courtyard again.
At this time, Luo Jiuli's palms were sweating slightly, and his heartbeat was beating violently like a war drum.
There was no other reason, it was just that Xiao Mingxuan took advantage of the chaos and took her to the roof of the west courtyard, and just below, separated by a few tiles, was Qiao Yue's bedroom.
Qiao Yue was also so nervous that she was dripping with cold sweat. In the darkness, she threw away the dirty hands covering her mouth.
"If you leave, you will never come back."
In the darkness, the short man snorted coldly.
"Hmph! I thought this Nine Princes' Mansion was just a fortress with iron walls? It turns out it's nothing more than that."
Qiao Yue rolled her eyes in disgust, got out of bed neatly and lit the weak candle.
"What are you doing! Put it out quickly."
"Don't worry, they won't come back after checking once. Besides, if I make such a big noise and don't notice it at all like a dead pig, wouldn't it be even more suspicious?"
Qiaoyue put out the fire stick in her hand and glanced back at the three-inch girl on the bed, with a trace of disgust flashing in her eyes.
But when I saw that three-inch boy, he was short in stature, less than five feet tall, with a big head, single eyelids, buck teeth, and a large black mole on the corner of his mouth.
Whether it's appearance, appearance or figure, Qiao Yue, who judges people by their appearance, can't bear it again and again.