After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

"Come here, let me see." Yuan Qing pulled down his collar slightly.

Sure enough, it was newly added, and it was stained with blood.

Yuan Yi was so shocked by her rough action that he immediately shrank back, and his collar was torn in half in an instant.

The perfect muscle lines were clearly displayed in front of Yuan Qing.

Although it is injured, it shows a kind of messy beauty.

Yuan Qing's throat tightened, his mind heated up, and he reached out and pinched it.

How can you have such big muscles at such a young age?

She didn't pay much attention yesterday and only remembered the scars on his back.

I used to think that young boys like him would have skinny arms and legs, so how could he be so strong?

Even if he is a martial artist, this is too exaggerated.

It seems that the little guard has grown up.

Yuan Qing sighed regretfully and pulled up his collar.

When you grow up, you can no longer play around as you please like before.

I’d better go back and entertain An’er later. He is still young, so there’s no rush.

Yuan Qing completely forgot what her father said at this moment.

Yuan Yi watched his master close his clothes again, and his peach blossom eyes suddenly dimmed.

Why didn’t the master apply medicine for him like he did yesterday?

Could it be that the wound was too scary and the master was afraid to look at it?

"I have something else to do today, you go back and apply the medicine yourself." Yuan Qing said.

Her voice was very calm, as if she really had something to do, so Yuan Yi tidied his clothes and left.

During the day, the eagle flew to the windowsill with a larger bamboo tube in its beak, put the thing down, and only fluttered away when it saw Yuan Qing coming out.

Yuan Qing opened the bamboo tube, and inside was a reply from the secret guard, which was two pages long.

No wonder they changed to a bigger one.

After carefully reading the contents of the letter, Yuan Qing's expression suddenly changed, and a frost seemed to condense in his eyes.

She quickly changed into her previous clothes, picked up her package and was about to go out.

When she passed by Yuan Yi's room, she knocked on the door from outside, "Pack up, we'll be back to the inn right away!"

Then he went to the study to say goodbye to Lou Jing.

Only Lou Jing knew her real identity, so she could only tell him.

Yuan Qing appeared outside the study. Seeing her hurried look, Lou Jing asked her anxiously, "What happened?"

Yuan Qing entered the room and bowed, "It is not convenient for me to tell my eldest cousin about the details, but we have to leave tonight, and I ask my eldest cousin to apologize to the other two cousins on my behalf.

If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely return to Jiangzhou to visit my grandparents and uncle and aunt.

Farewell. "

"Be careful." Lou Jing nodded.

He also knew that Yuan Qing was carrying out an imperial decree and that his departure at night must be related to important matters of the court.

Yuan Yi had already packed up and was waiting outside the door with his horse.

Yuan Qing mounted the horse swiftly, and Yuan Yi followed behind him, whipping the horse and urging it to go away.

Lou Fan chased them out the door and found that the two had already gone far away, so he asked, "Why did they leave in such a hurry without even saying hello?"

Lou Jing said without blinking, "My uncle sent a message saying that he was not feeling well and asked Qing'er to return to the capital immediately."

Lou Fan curled his lips.

This statement can only fool the naive third brother.

Yuan Qing returned to the inn, changed back into Gong Bin's clothes, and went directly to the palace to find Wen Beixu.

"Why are you so hurried to see me, envoy?" Wen Beixu went out to greet him.

"Your Highness, are you sure that this case can be settled before the banquet?"

She didn't have time to talk to Wen Beixu about anything else, so she spoke directly.

"nature."

Yuan Qing nodded, "Then I'll leave this matter entirely to Your Majesty. I've received an urgent summons from His Majesty, so I have to leave and return to the capital tonight. See you later."

There are brothers watching over us in the dark, so there shouldn't be any problem.

Besides, although Wen Beixu's character is not very good, when it comes to loyalty to the Wen royal family, he is second to none.

How loyal are you?

For example, if the original owner had married Wen Beixu according to the original trajectory, and if Emperor Gou Xiandi fell in love with the original owner in the future, Wen Beixu would have reluctantly packed up the original owner and sent her to the palace personally.

He was so loyal, so loyal that he was willing to sacrifice everything, even himself.

To sum it up in his own words: Adoptive father Wen raised me and gave me supreme status and glory, so I must repay the Wen family's kindness.

He was responsible for the tragedy that befell the Yuan family in the previous life.

Yuan Yi arranged a carriage to travel along the official road, with Yuan Qing's stand-in sitting inside, and His Majesty's Dragon Scale Guards escorting it around.

Everyone knew that Gong Bin was a weak scholar who was not even capable of tying a chicken. If he was asked to ride a horse all the way back to Beijing, he would certainly not be able to bear it, so he could only take a carriage.

He and Yuan Qing disguised themselves and took a shortcut, traveling from the side.

Even if the enemy finds something wrong, they may not be able to find their trace for a while.

Hopefully, those tricks can delay the time a little longer so they can get back to the capital earlier.

Beicheng is a border town. Even if you ride a fast horse without sleep, it will take five days to get there.

Yuan Qing and his companion had been on the road for four consecutive days and were exhausted.

Due to a moment of carelessness, he did not notice several figures flying past at high speed in the woods beside the road.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Several hidden arrows came straight at him from behind.

Several assassins followed and flew out.

Yuan Yi took a deep breath and dismounted, holding his sword to block the attacking assassin.

There is still one day's journey to the capital, and no matter whether there is an ambush ahead, she has to take a gamble.

Yuan Qing gritted his teeth, glanced at Yuan Yi, then turned his horse around and left.

【Meat dumpling! 】

Roudun'er, who was still soaking in the hot spring on a distant mountain, suddenly shuddered.

Why does it seem like I hear Sister Qing calling it?

[Rou Dun'er, if you don't show up again, I'll pluck your hair and chop you up for soup! ]

【I'm coming! 】

Roudun'er was sure it was not his hallucination and hurried back to his sea of consciousness.

Seeing Yuan Qing's pale face and dirty body, it almost didn't recognize him.

[Sister Qing, why have you become like this! ]

[Don't make any noise, listen to me. Fly to the palace and protect Wen Chengyu for me. Don't let anyone get close to him! ]

[But Sister Qing, I can’t come into contact with humans when I’m invisible, and I can’t show my physical form in front of others…]

[Adapt to the situation, pull the clothes, kick the soup bowl, whatever method you want, as long as you can stop others from approaching Wen Chengyu. ]

[Okay, I'll go right away.]

After giving the order, Yuan Qing continued on his way.

Fortunately, no assassins appeared on the rest of the road. With the help of the token, Yuan Qing easily broke into the palace.

"Who is with Your Majesty now?" Yuan Qing asked.

Eunuch Shun hurriedly trotted to catch up with her, "Only Doctor Wu is treating His Majesty."

Yuan Qing quickened his pace upon hearing this.

As soon as I entered the Qinghe Hall, I saw Doctor Wu giving acupuncture to the unconscious Wen Chengyu.

She stepped forward and kicked him away.

Doctor Wu was caught off guard and was kicked hard against the pillar, fainting.

Yuan Qing squatted down and pulled out the needle through the handkerchief.

Looking more closely, there was a small black thread-like worm twisting constantly in the pinhole on Wen Chengyu's arm.

She carefully pinched Wen Chengyu's arm.

In order to prevent the insect from bursting and keeping the eggs in the body, she carefully calculated the force, made a small cut with a dagger, and slowly picked out the insect.

Eunuch Shun immediately took out cups and set the table.

"Take good care of this thing. Arrest Doctor Wu and keep him under strict surveillance..."

Before Yuan Qing could finish his instructions, he fainted on the ground with his head tilted.