Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

The three of them were walking in the secret passage, and when they arrived at the entrance of the secret passage to the South Study, they found that the secret passage was closed.

"What happened?"

Qingya shook her head.

"I don't know. Anyway, we will act according to the plan and wait here first. If it doesn't open in an hour, it means that something went wrong with the wedding, and we will have to return the same way."

Yu thought about it.

"Where does the other entrance of the secret passage lead to?"

"Didn't you walk with Yanluo last time?"

"Last time we just walked down there for a bit, because we didn't know where it led to, so we didn't dare to open the secret passage. It was only when Xiao Zuochen told me that I knew this secret passage led to the South Study."

Yu explained.

"You've been in the palace for so many years, don't you know what's up there?"

Qingya asked back.

"Is it okay that I have a bad sense of direction?"

"..."

Seeing the two of them arguing with each other, Concubine Yun spoke up.

"If you two speak louder, the people outside will be able to hear us."

When the two heard this, they suddenly fell silent. Concubine Yun glanced at Yu and said.

"Why are you fighting with her? She's just a girl who has never experienced the world~"

Yu curled her lips and said nothing. On the other hand, Qingya stood with her hands on her hips, sulking, but she didn't dare to say anything else. But she probably didn't say anything nice in her heart.

After the air was quiet for a moment, Qingya saw a box placed in the dark corner of the secret passage and seemed to suddenly remember something. She walked over quickly, opened the box, and took out two plain clothes from it.

"We need to change clothes in advance~"

Concubine Yun looked at her in surprise and held back for a long time before asking.

"Did you just remember this?"

"..."

This was placed here by Yanluo before she went to Fengqi Palace. According to the plan, they had to first disguise themselves as palace maids and sneak into Chuxiu Palace, then blend into the bridal team and leave the palace. The three of them were changing clothes in silence at this time, and finally Yu asked Qingya when she touched the palace maid's headdress beside her.

"Do you want to wear this too?"

"Of course, otherwise when you walk blatantly on the official road, the shape of your head will be different from others!"

"..."

Yu Zheng put her hair on her head reluctantly.

Just as Concubine Yu and Concubine Yun changed their clothes, the door of the secret passage opened. As they had been in the dim environment for a long time, they could not open their eyes for a while and had to cover them with their hands.

"Are you all okay? You must be anxious waiting~"

A gentle voice came from Yan Luo. She helped the three people out one by one.

"The Emperor has gone to the main hall to preside over General Bai's wedding. According to the plan, if you walk west along the garden path, you will be able to avoid the main hall and reach Chuxiu Palace as quickly as possible."

Qingya had just opened her eyes completely at this time and saw that Yanluo was a little confused.

"Eighth sister, why are you here? Isn't it Third sister who is here to pick us up?"

Yan Luo pursed her lips.

"Something went wrong in the middle, so it was delayed for a while. This matter is not your responsibility. You should proceed according to the plan. Remember your words and don't make any mistakes!"

Yan Luo looked at their clothes and tidied them up. She then looked outside the yard to see that no one was passing by, so she asked them to leave quickly.

And above the palace——

The entire hall was filled with festive red. The doors and windows of the hall were all covered with the Chinese character "囍", the dragon pillars were wrapped with red ribbons, the floor was covered with red carpets leading directly outside the hall, and even the candles on both sides of the hall were changed to red. The emperor was standing in front of the dragon throne, and General Bai was standing on the stage in a red robe. Everyone looked outside the hall, as if they were waiting for something.

At this moment, Mu Dai ran in from outside the hall amid everyone's surprised gaze.

"emperor!"

Xiao Zuoming was also shocked. He didn't let Mu Dai come out to make trouble at this time. What's going on? Mu Dai ran to Xiao Zuoming and whispered in his ear.

"Your Majesty, I was ambushed in the study just now!"

"What!?"

Xiao Zuoming's "what" was so loud that all the ministers in the audience were startled.

"What happened?"

"Why is the emperor reacting so strongly?"

What happened to Kido being ambushed?

It turned out that when the two hours were almost up, Xiao Zuoming stood up to preside over General Bai's wedding ceremony, but when he stood up, the jade pendant on his body accidentally slipped off. He did not realize it until he was halfway there, so he had to ask Mu Dai to go back to the study to look for it.

Yan Luo knew Mu Dai's identity. He was the former eunuch Mu Yi. The third sister originally thought that since Mu Dai was the only one in the study, she would knock him out directly so that Qing Ya and the others could come out quickly. After all, in half an hour, the brides would leave the palace.

But who knew that as soon as she approached Mu Dai, before she could even reach out her hand, Mu Dai grabbed her. Judging from his martial arts skills, they were definitely not inferior to those of the twelve guards.

The third sister was also shocked. No one knew that Mu Yi knew martial arts! But she was caught and couldn't spread the news. She had to find a way to save her life first.

The eighth sister was responsible for keeping watch and filling in the gaps throughout this mission. If there was any mistake anywhere, she would be responsible for temporarily taking over. So she waited outside the house for a while, and then she saw Mu Dai pushing the third sister out. She knew that something went wrong with the third sister, and then she opened a secret passage for Qingya and the other two.

Of course, Kiyo would not tell everyone that he was attacked, otherwise he would have to explain to all the officials that he knew martial arts. This is also the reason why Emperor Akihito was willing to take Kiyo with him wherever he went, because he could protect him.

"Bring the people up!"

When Mu Dai came in, he handed the person over to the guard outside the door. At this time, the guard pressed down Yan Luo, who was tied up, and pushed her hard. The third sister knelt on the ground with a rag torn from somewhere stuffed in her mouth.

Xiao Zuoming only took one look at her and knew that she was Xiao Zuochen's woman. After all, her temperament and appearance were definitely not that of an ordinary palace maid. Without any interrogation, Xiao Zuoming spoke directly.

"Drag him away and kill him!"

This order shocked everyone present. They didn't know what had happened to this good-looking maid in front of them that had offended the emperor.

General Bai was also stunned, but he remembered Xiao Zuochen's words and spoke quickly.

"Your Majesty, today is my minister's wedding day. It would be inappropriate to see blood in this palace, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, since we are getting married today, why don't you just throw him into the Heavenly Prison and execute him on a later date?"

A minister on the side echoed him.

"Oh? I thought General Bai was a decisive killer, so he didn't have these taboos~"

General Bai listened and explained.

"I really don't have these taboos, but my wife has been married and has never seen such scenes. I am afraid of scaring her."

"I didn't expect my uncle to be kind to women. All right! Then I'll throw him into the prison and torture him severely!"

"Yes!"

The guard took the order and dragged the man away.

General Bai also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he could not save the woman for the time being, he saved her life after all. He just didn't know whether she was Xiao Zuochen's person.