The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

Xifeng replied, "It's not clear yet. There's a bit of chaos outside. The eunuchs on night patrol and the guards who rushed over after hearing the news are looking for someone everywhere..."

Before she could finish, Concubine Hui ordered, "If you're not sure, send someone to investigate!"

But just as Xifeng was about to turn around and send someone out, he stopped him and said, "Go to Chunxi Palace yourself! Bring two men with good martial arts skills with you, and be careful on the way. If you encounter an assassin, don't fight him if you can't defeat him. Send the guards over."

"I know, your Majesty, don't worry."

Seeing that Concubine Hui was anxious, Xifeng did not dare to delay and hurried out.

Before leaving, several palace maids with good skills and cleverness were arranged to protect Concubine Hui. The palace maids accompanied her in the inner room, and the eunuchs were on guard in front of and behind the house. This was for Concubine Hui's safety.

There was an assassination in the palace, but the Empress was worried about Concubine Zhao and asked her to go check on her, but she was also worried about her safety on the way... In short, she was always thinking about others. As a maid, of course she had to think about her master.

Concubine Hui and Xifeng, master and servant, care about each other. In Chunxi Palace, Feiwan and Xiangyi and others also gather together to protect each other.

Jasmine, who normally didn't wait in the inner chambers, was now standing close to Feiwan's bed, observing every movement. Xiangyi, Xiaohui, and the others secretly concealed their daggers in their sleeves and each led a group to set up defenses inside and outside the palace.

Two quarters of an hour ago.

Fei Wan had already gone to bed, and there was only a shaded lamp burning in the room, making the light dim.

The window was suddenly pierced by several sharp arrows.

There were dull thuds and the sharp arrows hit the cabinet and the wall, with almost half of the arrow being embedded in them.

Fei Wan woke up from her dream, jumped out from the other side of the bed curtain holding the quilt, hid under the bed, and pulled the mattress in, placing it on the side near the window to cover herself.

This way, it would be difficult for the archer outside the window to shoot the sharp arrow through the bedding and hit her.

Fei Wan shuffled under the bed and kicked over a high stool at the head of the bed. A small copper kettle of warm water rolled to the floor, and she grabbed it and threw it toward the window.

Wow!

The window was smashed and the copper kettle fell into the yard, hitting the floor tiles and making a series of extremely loud noises.

The palace guards on duty outside the palace and in the duty room were alarmed.

Everyone came over with lanterns in hand. Amid the noise, someone saw a half-human-shaped shadow on the wall holding a crossbow, and suddenly it jumped down and disappeared.

"There are assassins!"

"Someone is trying to assassinate Concubine Zhao!"

All the palace maids in Chunxi Palace were awakened, and the night watchmen nearby also rushed over. Amid the chaotic noise, the lights were as bright as day, and everywhere was bright.

No more suspicious people appeared, and Fei Wan was temporarily out of danger.

She left the bedroom and went to the partitioned room at the back. The windowless room would no longer be vulnerable to attacks from outsiders. With palace maids surrounding her and guards on duty inside and outside the courtyard, she was completely safe.

A similar situation was also happening in Changle Palace.

However, Concubine Yue had not slept yet. When the cold arrow entered the room, she was sitting on a chair eating supper. The maid Linglong beside her was grazed on the arm by the sharp arrow, leaving a scary blood mark.

Linglong ignored her injuries, protected her master, hid behind the cabinet, and called out for help.

There was a commotion in Changle Palace, and the nearby palaces were also alarmed. When Concubine Yue recovered, she immediately ordered a search of the entire harem.

So at three o'clock in the night, the whole palace was brightly lit, comparable to the Lantern Festival.

The sudden fire in Qingliang Palace illuminated the darkness.

Xifeng led his men to Chunxi Palace, constantly encountering eunuchs and guards searching for the assassin along the way. Hearing the distant shouts from Qingliang Palace and seeing the blazing flames, even Xifeng, an experienced martial artist, was frightened.

"I'm glad that your Majesty is alright. I'll stay here to help and report back to your Majesty once we've apprehended the assassin."

When Xifeng met Fei Wan at Chunxi Palace, his greetings and consolation were genuine and sincere.

She had some prejudice against Fei Wan, simply because her mistress, Concubine Hui, was straightforward and heroic, unlike Fei Wan's "seductive and bewitching" ways. But ever since Fei Wan repeatedly reminded Concubine Hui to be wary of the emperor's suspicions, Xifeng understood that this lady was truly on good terms with her master.

She was willing to stay in Chunxi Palace to help protect Fei Wan, and also to comfort her master, Concubine Hui. But Fei Wan clearly saw the worry hidden in her eyes. She was there, but her heart was worried about her master, so she refused.

"I have enough manpower here. Sister Huifei is seriously injured and needs protection. You can go back."

"This……"

Xifeng hesitated for only a moment before bowing and saying goodbye, hurried back to Chong'a Palace.

She was indeed worried that Concubine Hui was unable to move around at the moment, and it would be bad if an assassin came.

But looking at her hurriedly leaving back, Fei Wan did not tell her that perhaps Concubine Hui would not be in danger.

"You guys can go away too. Xiangyi can stay in the room to keep watch."

Fei Wan dismissed the palace maids around her.

No one wanted to leave.

Jasmine, who is good at martial arts, especially wants to stay with Fei Wan.

But Fei Wan still insisted on sending everyone back to their rooms to rest.

Xiangyi stayed in the grille room with Feiwan, while Jasmine rested on the short couch next door, ready to go in and provide support at any time.

Fei Wan hugged the quilt and fell asleep quickly.

The next morning, Xiangyi asked curiously, "Your Majesty, how did you know there wouldn't be any more danger that night? I didn't dare sleep the rest of the night, but there were no more sneak attacks. Then the fire in Qingliang Palace was extinguished, and the assassin disappeared. The palace was in turmoil for most of the night, but no one caught him. The only strange thing this morning was that someone unknowingly dug a hole in the prison cells of the Palace Administration Office, and several guilty palace servants escaped."

At this point she was stunned: "... Could it be that the assassination is related to the escape of the criminal?"

But he quickly denied it.

How could the assassin who killed two high-ranking concubines, Concubine Zhao and Concubine Yue, who was able to climb walls and fly over rooftops, be related to a few ordinary convicted palace maids?

Fei Wan said, "It's probably related. Go and ask around."

Later, there was finally definite news.

The Palace Administrator originally thought that the ones who ran away were a few young palace maids and eunuchs, but in fact, they found that Lan Zhaoyi, who was imprisoned in another cell, had escaped.

Somehow, Lan Zhaoyi changed into a palace maid's clothes, hid in the main cell, and followed the escaped palace maid out. In the single cell where she was originally held, a palace maid had changed into her clothes and curled up in a corner to sleep, so no one discovered the substitution.

Fei Wan's face turned cold.

"My Lady, what's wrong..."

"Nothing, I just think Gong Zhengsi is too incompetent to let Lan Zhaoyi escape."

Xiang Yi angrily said, "That's right. The other day, we were saying that Miss Zheng Si could escape from the Tiger Guards' cell. It was unbelievable, but now the same thing happened to the Palace Justice Department. Do these people just eat for free? They can't even keep a powerless concubine in the palace safe!"

It’s not that they can’t keep an eye on it.

The Huben Guards let Zheng Zhuyi go because there was an internal traitor, and the Palace Administration Office let Lan Zhaoyi escape, which might be a big problem.

Fei Wan was angry at this moment.

Just because she was sure she guessed right.

The emperor is behind all this!

The chaos in the palace last night was just a suitable excuse for him to find a suitable excuse for Lan Zhaoyi to escape.

This makes it natural for Lan Zhaoyi to sneak into Qu State.

And the "assassination" of her and Concubine Yue only made the matter more reasonable.