Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Outside the hall, Xiao Mo looked for Shen Hanzhou as soon as she came out, but she didn't see anyone after searching for several rounds.

Where could he go? Did he go to the bathroom? He was human, too. He had urges.

Xiao Mo asked herself the questions and answered them in her mind. Thinking that he would come back here after finishing his work, she refused the service of the palace maid and walked towards the imperial garden alone.

Because today's palace banquet was too grand, there was no one in the outer halls, corridors, pavilions, and imperial gardens except for the palace maids and guards on duty. It was deserted and unlike the imperial palace she had imagined.

Compared to the joyful and intoxicating environment of singing and dancing, drinking, chatting and various performances in the hall, Xiao Mo would rather breathe fresh air in such a quiet place.

Before she came back, the place where she lived and grew up was so peaceful and quiet.

She thought it was fun to attend a banquet like today's occasionally, but she would get annoyed if she attended it too often.

The people inside were either fawning or sycophantic. Her master had taught her to be honest and upright since she was a child, so she really couldn't stand this kind of behavior.

It’s still more comfortable to stay outside!

Xiao Mo found a pavilion to sit down. Before she had time to enjoy the fragrance of flowers and the gentle breeze, a lady dressed formally walked towards her.

Xiao Mo was sitting with her back to her, so she didn't notice her until she approached.

As a martial artist, Xiao Mo stood up cautiously, took a step back, and turned around: "Who are you?"

The visitor lowered his head timidly, but his face was clearly panicked: "General Xiao, I am the daughter of the Minister of Personnel. Just now, someone asked me to come to you."

The woman spoke incoherently, leaving Xiao Mo confused. "Who are you? Where are you? Tell me clearly."

"Just now, I came out to get some fresh air and saw two guards supporting a drunk guard walking towards me on the corridor.

It is normal to get drunk in such an occasion after receiving wine from the emperor. But when I stood aside to make way, the drunk man suddenly fell in front of me.

He pulled me very quickly, whispered to me that he was looking for Xiao Mo, and then was hurriedly pulled away by the other two.

"What?" Xiao Mo still didn't quite understand what she meant, but the next second, she reacted instantly: "What was that drunk man wearing?"

The woman thought for a moment and said, "That's a bit strange. Although his outer garments are guard uniforms, his shoes and trouser legs look like they were put on by someone."

The more Xiao Mo listened, the more she felt something was wrong. She subconsciously took the woman's hand and asked, "Which direction are they going?"

"This is also very strange. The guards were drunk, so they should have gone to the servants' quarters, but they seemed to be leaving in the direction of the inner courtyard."

Xiao Mo was a little flustered. She hurriedly thanked the woman and returned to the outside of the palace banquet hall.

Shen Hanzhou wasn't here. Could it be that the person the woman was talking about was really him?!

It's over. The inner courtyard of the palace is a restricted area for men. If he is discovered, he will be dead.

It was impossible for him to drink without her, and the daughter of the Minister of Personnel said that someone had dressed him in a guard's uniform.

It seems that the person who wants to harm him really just wants to harm him, but who wants to harm him?

During the time he was with her, Shen Hanzhou had always been low-key and diligent, so there was no reason for him to offend anyone.

While Xiao Mo was thinking about the suspect in her mind, she was searching for Shen Hanzhou from room to room.

The inner courtyard of the imperial palace was much larger than ordinary inner houses. She thought she had good physical strength, but she was already sweating profusely from searching.

Just when she had almost searched all the rooms in the yard, she heard bustling conversation in the distance.

Out of instinct, Xiao Mo quickly hid behind a pillar.

She stuck her head out and took a closer look, only to discover that it was Concubine Liang who was walking anxiously into the inner courtyard of the palace with the emperor and a group of guards and palace maids.

They must be going to catch someone, and it is obvious who they are going to catch.

Just now, out of courtesy as a subject, she did not go into the harem at first, but she did not expect that they hid the person so deeply.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo turned around and jumped onto the roof, and quickly identified two houses based on the direction in which everyone was walking.

Before everyone arrived, they finally found Shen Hanzhou lying half-naked on the bed, his face covered in sweat, and drowsy.

He heard a sound and opened his eyes with difficulty. When he saw that the person coming was Xiao Mo, tears seemed to appear in the corners of his eyes.

"Miss..." He spoke weakly, his voice hoarse and deep.

Xiao Mo came in through the window, and judging from the noise, the group of people had not arrived yet.

She strode over to Shen Hanzhou, squatted down, took off her shawl and wrapped it around him: "Don't talk, save your energy, I'll take you out."

Shen Hanzhou closed his eyes and nodded in understanding, then was helped by Xiao Mo to climb out of another window in the room.

As soon as their feet touched the ground, the emperor's furious voice came from the direction of the main gate in front of them: "Come, break down the gate! I want to see who has the guts to challenge the imperial power."

Judging from her tone, Concubine Liang must have whispered to him a lot along the way to instill the atmosphere.

She had been in a hurry to go there and leave in a hurry, and she only glanced at a disheveled woman lying on the inside of the bed.

No one knows how she offended Concubine Liang to be plotted against by her, and no one knows how Shen Hanzhou offended her to be so cruel.

If the emperor had seen what happened just now, both of them would have been beheaded, especially Shen Hanzhou. His identity was special, so it was only right for him to be pushed out to take the blame.

Xiao Mo supported Shen Hanzhou, whose consciousness was gradually becoming blurred, and left the inner courtyard as quickly as possible while everyone was in the room.

He had been drugged with a very strong aphrodisiac. If it wasn't removed in time, something serious might happen.

If I go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion now, I will only be discovered more, and the medicines in the Mansion are not as comprehensive as those in the Imperial Hospital.

After some brief thought, Xiao Mo took him directly to the Imperial Hospital.

After bringing Shen Hanzhou outside, Xiao Mo hid him in the bushes and went to the yard to check.

I don’t know if what happened just now has affected this place, but there is only one imperial physician on duty in the entire imperial hospital.

Since there was someone inside, she couldn't bring Shen Hanzhou in, but she could go in and steal the medicine.

Originally, Xiao Mo had planned to take Shen Hanzhou to a secluded courtyard or room and settle him down, and then come back to steal the medicine.

As a result, perhaps it was God's help, as soon as she came out and hid in the bushes, a eunuch came hurriedly and called away the last imperial physician on duty.

Xiao Mo clapped her hands in approval, and after the two men disappeared, she hurriedly helped Shen Hanzhou into the room where medicinal herbs were stored in the Imperial Hospital.

She was frantically searching the room for the herbs she needed.