get married first, fall in love later

At this moment, the inner courtyard of the palace is surprisingly quiet.

Wang Wanqing walked gracefully to the emperor's bedroom with a medicine bowl in her hand, raised her hand and waved all the servants away, lifted the white gauze curtain in front of the bed, and bent over to sit on the luxuriously decorated dragon bed.

"Your Majesty, it's time to drink the medicine." Her tone was gentle, and she lowered her head and whispered in Mu Huaijin's ear like a wife who loves her husband: "This is the last one, drink it up, and you will never drink it again." No more pain."

At this moment, the person lying on the bed had long lost his original high-spirited appearance, his bloodless face was completely gray, and the cheekbones protruded high between the too thin cheeks, as if they were about to break through the covering skin.Deep in the middle of the eye socket in the orbit, the eyelids that were tightly closed and motionless suddenly trembled at this moment.

This move really surprised Wang Wanqing, but after being slightly taken aback, she turned and smiled softly: "Why, is there anything else you can't let go of?"

Holding the spoon in her right hand, she gently stirred it in the white jade bowl: "Why don't I let my concubine guess, is it Jiangshan? Is it our son Xia'er? Or...Xiaobao?"

As soon as the words fell, Mu Huaijin's eyeballs deeply buried under the eyelids began to roll involuntarily, as if he wanted to do his best to open the eyelids that blocked him.

"That's right?" Wang Wanqing stopped stirring, raised her hand to test the temperature of the medicine bowl, felt that it was moderately hot and cold, and put the spoon on the table beside the bed.

"In that case, I might as well tell you another secret buried deep in my heart. I'm sure... you can go away with more peace of mind after hearing it..."

She looked down at Mu Huaijin's struggling eyelids and smiled silently, opened her mouth and said slowly, "The person you love the most in this life, she is a girl!"

The moment the words came out, the air in the whole room seemed to freeze, and even Mu Huaijin's restless eyelids did not move.Wang Wanqing smiled "hehe": "Why, don't you believe it? But it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, your weakness is doomed that you will never get her in this life!"

She brought the medicine bowl to Mu Huaijin's mouth, and just about to push away her tightly closed lips, the person who was not moving on the bed suddenly opened her eyes!

Wang Wanqing subconsciously retreated her body, and after carefully seeing that the other party's cloudy eyes had tended to be distracted, she brought the medicine bowl up again, and without hesitation at the moment, she pinched his chin with one hand and held the bowl with the other to wipe out the black powder. The soup was poured down to the last drop.

Mu Huaijin had long since lost any strength to resist, and finally muttered as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't even open her mouth.

"Don't worry, the person you miss...she is destined to belong to me."

After Wang Wanqing finished speaking, she threw the white jade medicine bowl on the desk, got up and straightened her slightly wrinkled skirt, and walked out of the dead palace without looking back.

And on the big gold bed behind her, the haggard man stared at his eyes, his breathing had already stopped, and two lines of bright red blood tears were slowly flowing down the corners of his eyes...

After discussing with King Yu, just as Qian Xiaobao returned to the mansion, Wang Hu, who had been watching at the hall door, rushed to greet him.

"Master, you are back!"

Seeing his anxious expression, Qian Xiaobao asked without thinking, "But what happened in the mansion?"

"It's all right in the house, it's Madam who has something to do."

"Ma'am?" Qian Xiaobao looked up into the hall, and after scanning around, he found that Ouyang Xi was nowhere to be seen among the people present.

She raised her heart immediately, her hands couldn't help clamping Wang Hu's arms, and asked nervously, "What's the matter, madam?"

"Madam, Madam was brought into the palace by the Empress!"

The moment this word reached Qian Xiaobao's ears, she was stunned for a moment. She thought she would hear some unacceptable news, but she never thought that Ouyang Xi was just taken into the palace by Wang Wanqing.She immediately relaxed from her nervousness, walked past Wang Hu, walked to the table and sat down, took a drink of tea, then comforted him and said, "What's the big deal for me, Xi'er and the Empress once met once, I think the empress heard about our coming to Beijing, so she summoned her to catch up on the old days."

Seeing Qian Xiaobao's appearance, Wang Hu didn't seem to take it seriously at all, and immediately became anxious, walked up to her and stood still, not caring about respect and etiquette at the moment, held her shoulders with both hands and said: " Young master, if the Empress really has such a good friendship with Madam, why did she send me to intercept and kill you that day?"

Qian Xiaobao frowned when he heard the words, and almost immediately thought that Wang Hu was talking about the incident when they first met last year.

"You mean, it was people around the queen who ordered you last year?"

Wang Hu nodded again and again: "The old eunuch you didn't meet on the mountain that day is the one who picked up Madam just now!"

Hearing what he said, it was true. When they were taken captive to the mountain that day, they saw only a few big inner guards among the robbers, so they guessed that it was the work of the palace people, and heard that the order was issued by an old eunuch. Taking it for granted, he pinned the crime on Mu Huaijin who was the most suspected.It wasn't until today that I found out that the eunuch belonged to the empress!

However, Wang Wanqing has always been kind to others, and he had never seen Ouyang Xi face to face at that time, so why did he commit murder for no reason?Could it be... She intended to plant this crime on Mu Huaijin's head?Otherwise, why would he deliberately find a guard next to him to let him see?

Thinking of this, Qian Xiaobao stood up from his seat in a "bass": If this is the case, then Wang Wanqing is far from being as harmless as he thought. Isn't it very dangerous for Ouyang Xi to be by her side at the moment?

Seeing that Qian Xiaobao didn't say a word, everyone suddenly got up and walked out of the door with a sullen face. They all didn't react, and Wu Ying, who was closer to the door, blocked her first.

"Master, where are you going?"

"Naturally, I will go to the palace to bring Xi'er back." Qian Xiaobao pushed away Wu Ying's hand on her arm, and walked straight forward without slowing down.

"This matter is not easy, we should sit down and discuss it first."

Qian Xiaobao turned a deaf ear to these words, and walked around the person in front of him in a slight sway to the outside of the hall.

Seeing this, Wuying stretched out his hand again to grab Qian Xiaobao's arm, but the latter dodged away lightly.She stepped hard, jumped in front of the opponent, and directly attacked him.

With a folding fan in his hand, Qian Xiaobao warded off her attack two or three times, his face was calm, but his words were slightly displeased: "Ah Er, are you going to offend me?"

"The subordinates dare not, but the young master can't solve any problems if he insists on going his own way."

Qian Xiaobao put his hands behind his back, looked at her quietly and asked, "Do you think you alone can stop me?"

"No." Don't talk about her, even with Qian San or Qian Si, they might not be able to defeat Qian Xiaobao.Regarding her kung fu, it has always been a mystery. They don't know who they learned from, what kind of training they are in, or even what they master.The only thing I know is that Qian Xiaobao can escape unscathed from any difficulties he faced, no matter when he was wandering in the rivers and lakes back then, or when he was traveling in all directions later.

"Even if you can't, the subordinates still have to stop."

Qian Xiaobao pursed his lips and frowned and looked at her: "Don't do unnecessary things, I don't want to hurt you, get out of the way!"

As soon as these words came out, not only did Wuying not move away, even Qian Sanqian Si and Jiang Qingxiao, whose martial arts were far inferior to theirs, all stood up and blocked a wall of people in front of Qian Xiaobao.

"Xiaobao, if you are so reckless, you may not only be unable to save Xi'er, but you may even have to get in. At that time, don't expect Xi'er to come out!"

These words came from Jiang Qingxiao, who was always frizzy, Qian Xiaobao was surprised, but his body that was about to move forward really slowed down.

"Young master, although you have high martial arts skills, firstly, the inner courtyard of the palace is heavily guarded, and secondly, there are so many rooms in the palace, you don't even know where young mistress is being imprisoned, so it's really inappropriate to rush there!"

After Qian San finished speaking, Qian Si, who had always been reticent, also said for the first time: "The subordinates also think that the most urgent thing is to first determine the location of the young lady's detention."

Everyone talked to each other, and finally succeeded in persuading Qian Xiaobao to come back.Sitting back at the table and trying to calm down her impetuous heart, she began to think carefully about the rescue countermeasures.

They are right. With her kung fu, it is easy to get out of the palace. Even with Ouyang Xi, who has no martial arts at all, there is a great chance of winning. But the biggest problem is that the terrain in the palace is complicated and there are many rooms. The goal may not be found even at dawn.

Thinking of this, she turned her head to Wuying and said, "Ah Er, is Wuhen in the capital now? She has sneaked into the palace to steal things, if she leads the way, we will be able to save people with twice the result with half the effort."

Hearing the words, Wuying was stunned, with a hint of sadness on his face, and replied softly: "I received a letter from Master a few years ago, mentioning that my sister has not returned since she went to the neighboring country's palace to steal the Buddha statue, and There is no news."

"Sorry, I don't know about this." Qian Xiaobao stared at her slightly sad eyes, and comforted her: "You don't have to worry too much. I believe that with her skills, nothing unexpected will happen."

Wuying nodded: "Master, there is nothing unusual about her, but I just don't know where she is now."

"That's fine. It's just this topographic map..."

"Don't worry, young master," Wuying said, "Although my junior sister is not here, she only saw the topographic map once and memorized it in her mind, so she has kept it with me since then and never took it away."

After hearing this, Qian Xiaobao immediately showed a pleasant expression on his face: "That's very good, then you can go get it quickly and let's study it."

Wuying nodded in response, and took the things over after a while.

Everyone sat around the table, stared at the blueprint spread out in front of them, studied it carefully, and finally delineated several areas that were closer to the queen's bedroom.

After the discussion was over, Qian Xiaobao called the young man outside the door to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote a letter in twos and then handed it to him, saying: "Send this handwritten letter to Manager Du of Ruyi Inn immediately."

The young man took the letter and carefully put it in his arms, and hurried out after saying yes.Qian Xiaobao turned to the other people in the house and ordered them one by one: "We have just designated three areas, you two, three, four, you choose one to search for, and after you find the young lady, go back outside the palace gate, and then use the signal to Inform others."

"Qing Xiao, your kung fu is a bit weak, you may be accidentally injured, so you will meet him outside the palace gate."

Jiang Qingxiao nodded, then looked up at her again: "What about you?"

Qian Xiaobao's gaze was as calm as water, and he slowly landed in the mid-empty place, and replied lightly: "She wants to see me, so, of course, she shouldn't be disappointed."

As soon as Wuying heard it, she knew that she wanted to go alone to drag Wang Wanqing out to buy time for them, so she said without even thinking about it: "Master, you must not be alone, let Ah Si protect you in secret."

"The most urgent thing now is to find the young mistress. Every time she stays in the palace for a moment, my heart will not be at peace."

"Can……"

Qian Xiaobao looked at her with raised eyebrows: "You don't believe me?"

Wuying paused for a moment, and finally compromised: "Then the young master must be careful."

"Don't worry." Qian Xiaobao raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder to comfort her, and then gave the final warning to everyone: "Everyone, be careful, and contact her with a signal flare."