The Four Concubines

In the western half of the month, Yun Xiao was woken up by the throbbing pain in her shoulder from time to time, she broke her stiff neck, and looked at her wound by the candlelight at the door.

There is no bleeding, presumably the drugs are starting to take effect, and the muscle tissue is being regenerated, which is why it hurts.

Yun Xiao gently moved her stiff body, and changed into a comfortable position. Maybe she "slept" a lot during the day, but when she woke up, she didn't feel drowsy at all, so she simply stopped sleeping and got up. Putting on a big coat, he walked out the door lightly.

The night guard servants stood outside, nodding their heads rhythmically after each meal. Yun Xiao smiled, not waking them up, and carefully moved her body outside the house, without choosing a place, and sat directly on the steps.

There was no wind tonight, and Yun Xiao didn't feel too cold sitting outside. The Dama Jindao took up three steps, propped his chin on his uninjured hand, and started to lose his mind while looking at the night sky above his head.

Well, it's not too cold tonight, if Liaojiang she would be so cold that she would be unconscious by now...

Today Xiao Chuo behaved very strangely, another day I have to ask her what's wrong, is she homesick...

That person named Luo Shui is very subtle, you need to be more careful...

Today's assassination......

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Well, it looks like someone is dancing on the moon.

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Um? ? ? ? ? ?

Yun Xiao just casually raised his eyes to look at the moon while distracted, and found that there was a figure on it, the full moon was like a glazed lantern hanging in the dark, and a beautiful shadow danced on it.

Yun Xiao blinked her eyes, the moon was still the same moon, so there was no figure there.

Yun Xiao shook her head, thinking to herself that she was in a daze, as an excellent member of our party, how could she believe in ghosts and ghosts.

But having said that, she can travel through... Gods and ghosts, maybe.

Yun Xiao moved her arm a little, and felt that the pain was not so great, she got up and decided to go back to see Duke Zhou, but just as she got up, she caught a glimpse of a white shadow floating in the small garden from the corner of her eye.

Yun Xiao: "..." Is this harem still haunted?

Yun Xiao turned the direction, changed her footsteps from the bedroom to the small garden, turned into the small garden, the white shadow hadn't gone far, it seemed that she didn't know that there was someone behind her, her pace was not fast, and she jumped like a child.

Yun Xiao followed carefully, and when she got a little closer, she realized that the white shadow should be a woman. There was no light in the small garden, but the white shadow was like a moving light source, emitting a soft light all over her body, brightly lighting up the whole small garden. The gardens were covered with a light silver frost.

Yun Xiao walked up quickly, wanting to see what it was, the sudden sound of footsteps startled Bai Ying in front of her, instead of walking forward step by step, she stepped up her pace and moved forward quickly, the speed In just two quick breaths, Yun Xiao was thrown away by a long distance.

Seeing that he could not catch up, Yun Xiao stopped, and after another two breaths, Bai Ying completely lost his trace.

Back in the bedroom, the servant at the door had already woken up. Seeing Yun Xiao coming back from the outside, his eyes widened as if he saw something incredible, and he hurriedly saluted.

Yun Xiao hurriedly made a gesture of silence for fear that they would wake up the eldest grandson Wugou inside.Yun Xiao moved back into the room and fell back on the bed, still thinking about the white shadow just now, but she couldn't stop feeling sleepy, and fell asleep within two breaths.

The next day was not the day to go to the morning court, plus Yun Xiao was still injured, so she had a full sleep for the first time. When Yun Xiao woke up, it was already halfway through the morning, and she struggled to get up. , with the help of grandson Wugou to get dressed.

"Um, have you ever heard of the haunted harem?" Yun Xiao thought for a long time after waking up and still felt something was wrong, so she simply asked.

The eldest grandson Wugou was taking care of her back, he was stunned for a moment when he heard what Yun Xiao asked, and replied in doubt, "No, what is haunted?"

Yun Xiao thought for a while and said, "Have you never heard of it among the palace people?"

Changsun Wugou felt even weirder, why did Yun Xiao remember to ask this after falling asleep?

"Did you have a nightmare last night? Or... saw something?" Changsun Wugou asked cryptically.

Yun Xiao frowned, with the usual smile on her face, "No, I just thought of it suddenly. Didn't the books say that the palace is often haunted? Now your Weiyang Palace is still a little popular in the harem. Such a big emperor City, maybe there is something else."

"Nonsense again!" Changsun Wugou scowled.

Yun Xiao smiled and didn't answer.

The servant girl gave Yun Xiaobu the breakfast and stood aside politely. The eldest grandson Wugou asked casually, "Chunhua, have you heard any rumors in the palace recently?"

Chunhua blinked, tilted his head slightly, thought carefully and replied, "No, master, you are the only master in the harem, and the other palaces are empty, so there are no rumors."

"Haunted or something." Yun Xiao reminded in a low voice.

"No, I haven't heard of it." Chunhua replied affirmatively.

The eldest grandson Wugou gave Yun Xiao a look of "Look at it". Chunhua has an outgoing personality. Although she is the queen's personal servant girl, she has no airs and has a very harmonious relationship with ordinary palace people. If she says no, it's basically The above is really gone.

Yun Xiao put down the chopsticks, always felt that this was a matter, felt uneasy, thought for a while, and then ordered to the outside, "Let the servant who was on watch last night come to see me."

Changsun Wugou didn't know what was going on with Yunxiao this morning, but since she didn't say anything, she had her own plan, so let's watch it first.

"Your Majesty, the Empress." The servant on guard knelt down to salute Yun Xiao.

"Did you guys see me getting up at night last night? I have no other intentions, just answer truthfully." Yun Xiao asked straightforwardly.

The two servants lowered their heads and replied, "Return to the emperor, last night...no one woke up at night."

Yun Xiao narrowed her eyes and ordered, "You two raise your heads up."

The two servants raised their heads cautiously, their eyes were still downcast and they did not dare to look forward, Yun Xiao recognized at a glance that they were the two servants from last night, and even murmured in his heart.

"The wound on my back hurt last night. I couldn't sleep and sat in the yard for a while. When I went out, you both lowered your heads and took a nap. I went out for a walk. When you came back, you two were still surprised to see me." Yun Akatsuki gave a general description of last night.

"Your Majesty, forgive me! This servant will not dare to doze off again next time." The two servants hurriedly lowered their heads and kowtowed to apologize.

Yun Xiao said impatiently, "I didn't ask about your crimes, but I asked if you saw me!" The palace guards often dozed off, and such things were tacit, and Yun Xiao never thought about punishing me. kind of thing.

The two servants looked at each other, their voices trembling, "Return to the emperor, I really didn't see you last night."

Yun Xiao frowned, "If you don't tell the truth, I'll ask someone to chop you off now."

"Your Majesty has been wronged! We really didn't see you last night! I dare not tell lies to fool you!" The two servants were frightened and began to kowtow again and again.

Seeing that they didn't look like they were pretending, Yun Xiao felt even more irritable, and waved them away.

She doesn't have the habit of sleepwalking, she is very clear, so what happened last night?

"You...woke up from the pain of your wound last night?" Changsun Wugou suddenly asked.

Yun Xiao subconsciously nodded, and suddenly realized that the person who asked her was Zhangsun Wugou, fearing that she would get angry, she hurriedly explained, "It's just a little pain, so I went out for a walk, it's not a big deal, so I didn't bother you."

The eldest grandson Wugou showed a complicated face, "Qiushi reported to me yesterday, because she was afraid that you would hurt, she gave you muscle-promoting medicinal powder and crushed herbs that can numb, and added soothing and pain-relieving to the decoction at night. Yes, it stands to reason that you won't wake up from the pain."

Yun Xiao's heart skipped a beat, could it be that what happened last night was all a dream?

No, not right.

Yun Xiao looked down at the boots on her feet, there was still some damp soil on the sides of the shoes, the entire Weiyang Palace was covered with bluestone slabs, only the small garden next door had not been tidied up because it had just been dug with new soil. The soil must have been touched last night. It is winter now, and the soil that has been soaked in water is not so easy to dry.

She didn't sleepwalk, and what happened last night really happened, Yun Xiao thought firmly.

But this time she didn't make a sound. Except for her, everyone intuitively or laterally confirmed that she was "drowsy". Yun Xiao felt a little unbelievable, but she had to believe, what is this?Is the game bug?

Yun Xiao suppressed the matter silently, she still had to ask for proof.

After dinner, just as Yun Xiao walked to Zichen Hall, the attendant came to report, "Your Majesty, General Changsun has been kneeling at the door for two hours."

Of course Yun Xiao knew what it was for, the assassination of the palace was such a big deal, Changsun Wuchen, as the Right General in charge of controlling the imperial army, had an unshirkable responsibility.

Yun Xiao naturally knew that he was definitely not at fault for this matter, this matter came for her and the eldest grandson's family, but Yun Xiao still hesitated, she believed in the eldest grandson's family, but if there was no reaction to such a big matter, it would be okay Should not.

"Call General Changsun to come in." Yun Xiao thought over and over again, and decided not to act. Anyway, if she acts or not, the ministers of the aristocratic families who will go to court tomorrow will definitely have an attack on Changsun Wuchen. It doesn't matter whether she acts or not. What's wrong with grandson Wuchen?

"The criminal minister, eldest grandson Wuchen, pays homage to the emperor, and asks the emperor to forgive him." The elder grandson Wuchen solemnly bowed to Yun Xiao.

"Get up, General Changsun, I'm not a fool, can I not see this kind of trick?" Yun Xiao said.

"But Your Majesty..." Changsun Wuchen wanted to say something about his own incompetence, but was blocked by Yun Xiao halfway.

"Okay, I didn't come to listen to your words of apology. What happened yesterday?"

When Changsun Wuchen heard Yun Xiao's question, his face suddenly turned pale, "I asked the captain of the team that was supposed to be stationed there, and they said they heard someone shouting that there was a thief, so they walked in the direction of that voice. The thief was caught, I asked other people in that team, and they all said that they heard the shouts, so it shouldn't be an excuse."

Yun Xiao nodded, "Wugou was dismissed in the same way yesterday. The palace man said that there was something she needed to see in person, so she brought someone there."

Changsun Wuchen hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, in fact, I care more..." Changsun Wuchen didn't know how to continue talking halfway.

"I know what you mean." Yun Xiao's eyes darkened slightly, "You want to say, why don't the people in the imperial city know about my return, right? If the people in the imperial city know, then it's the forbidden soldiers If you catch a thief, there will be other imperial guards to pick you up, and the queen will not take care of any relics of the concubine."

"Those assassins, or those who planned the assassination, are very sure that the people in the imperial city will not get the news, so they dare to do this." Yun Xiao came to a conclusion.

The expression on Changsun Wuchen's perennially paralyzed face is rare, but the seriousness of this face is not as good as the expressionless face, "If this is the case, then from the time you entered the palace gate... the guards at those gates have all question!"

Yun Xiao nodded, "I'm afraid it is!"

The expression on Changsun Wuchen's face became more serious. If this is the case, it means that there is a big problem with the imperial army under him.

Yun Xiao didn't think so. She thought of her state of "everyone is drunk and I am alone" this morning, and she really doubted that these forbidden soldiers might have been disturbed in this way?

"Your Majesty, why didn't you see your hidden guard yesterday?" Changsun Wuchen said suddenly, although he was not there yesterday, if there was a hidden guard, the Emperor would not be injured.

Yun Xiao was still thinking about what happened in the morning, but was asked abruptly by the eldest grandson Wuchen, and slapped himself on the forehead as if waking up from a dream, yes!She still has the hidden guards, and she was the one who first ordered the hidden guards to report back yesterday.

"Dark guard!" Yun Xiao called out.

"Shua" a figure came upon the call.

Yun Xiao keenly discovered that this is not number one, "You are not number one, who are you?"

The dark guard replied, "Your Majesty, I am number two."

Yun Xiao raised her eyebrows. In the past, number one came to see her, but today this is...

"What about number one?" Yun Xiao asked.

No. [-] glanced slightly sideways at Changsun Wuchen.

Yun Xiao nodded, "It's okay."

Only then did No. [-] say, "No. [-] was injured, not only No. [-], but half of the brothers were also injured."

Yun Xiao's face turned cold, "What's going on?" The dark guards were her reliance on many things, Yun Xiao had seen their methods before, and now she suddenly said that they were injured, she really couldn't believe it.

"Yesterday we were ordered to return to the palace first, but we were intercepted and killed before we entered the capital. There were many people on the opposite side, but their skills were not as good as ours, but they used a very powerful incense , we didn't notice it at first, and by the time we noticed it was too late, our strength was greatly reduced, No. [-] was injured and tore a hole for us, and we were able to come back, but when we came back, Your Majesty Already injured, I sent people to track down the whereabouts of the assassin, but there were too few clues left at the scene, and there was nothing of value left, so it is useless for me to hurt His Majesty, please punish him."

Yun Xiao took a deep breath, pinched her temples, "I don't blame you, the other party has already planned this, and the planning is so thorough, it's really a good job, you go back and let No. [-] and them rest at ease, don't be brave, Sooner or later, we have to face these people and stand up from where we fell."

"Yes!" The second reply was full of momentum, obviously quite angry at being so deflated.

"Oh yes, did you guys see me leave the bedroom last night?" Yun Xiao asked again.Although they were deflated, the security they should have would definitely not be left behind.

"No. Last night was my watch." No. [-] answered in detail.

Yun Xiao nodded, "Go."

No. [-] saluted and left, Yun Xiao unconsciously tapped her fingers on the desk, and began to carefully recall every detail of yesterday's return to the palace. Originally, she thought that returning to the palace was to return to her comfortable hometown, but only after returning home did she realize that the time she left Many small traps have been unknowingly set in the house for several months.

Really, interesting...

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