The roof of the alchemy hall is very high, and the night is dark, making it difficult to be discovered. The cool breeze of the summer night hits his face, and Pei Zhiyuan's tone is slightly anxious.
"Does the girl know if there is an antidote to this poison?"
Shen Xu was silent for a long time before he answered confidently, "It can be solved."
He quickly asked, "How do we solve it?"
"Destroy the Dzi beads and stop taking them."
"So simple?" Pei Zhiyuan was a little unbelievable.
Shen Xu heard the complete disbelief in his tone and added, "Ask a royal doctor to prescribe some medicine for conditioning."
"What's the recipe?"
Shen Xu looked up at Pei Zhiyuan's blurry outline and said, "I'm not an imperial physician, how would I know?"
"Then you said it can be cured."
"Then ask me again if I can cure it."
Pei Zhiyuan: “…”
"It can't be cured. Wait for death. Goodbye."
Pei Zhiyuan saw that the topic was difficult to continue, so he simply changed the subject and asked, "Are we going to wait here until dawn?"
"How about Master Pei go back and get some food from the imperial kitchen?"
"I'm asking what the girl's next plan is?"
"Fill up your stomach. I haven't eaten anything for two days and nights."
Pei Zhiyuan: "......"
Shen Xu's tone was full of complaints. "I originally brought a cake, but when I entered the palace, Commander Yuan found it and confiscated it. I'm wondering, is he afraid that I've hidden weapons in the cake, or is he afraid that I've poisoned it and that Master Hua will eat it?"
Pei Zhiyuan didn't respond. When she turned sideways and looked up, she found that the person who was standing behind her had disappeared at some point.
She turned her head and continued to look at the deep starry sky without caring. She sighed slightly and murmured softly: "I didn't expect Pei Zhiyuan's matter to be so tricky..."
Not long after, Pei Zhiyuan returned with two paper packages. In the dim light, he could only see vaguely square pieces of food inside, probably some kind of pastry.
She immediately picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. It was dry and sweet and difficult to swallow.
"I don't know where the imperial kitchen is, so I went to the harem and got some pastries. They must have been sitting there for quite some time, so they're a little hard. I'll just have to make do with them."
Shen Xu chewed a few times, swallowed the dry and hard pastry, and said, "Oh, I don't dare to eat fresh ones."
Pei Zhiyuan ignored her and picked up the pastry in the paper bag and started eating. He ate very slowly and it was obvious that it was indeed difficult to swallow.
The two of them had a meal together on the roof. While eating, Shen Xu instructed Pei Zhiyuan on the next steps.
Since the goal was to kill the Imperial Master, Pei Zhiyuan was confident that she had made all the arrangements. He had no doubts about her action plan and just listened carefully and took notes.
"Let's go and add some chips to the gambling game with our national master." Shen Xu wiped his mouth and stood up slowly with the help of tiles.
Pei Zhiyuan didn't say anything. He hugged her and quickly jumped off the roof of the Alchemy Hall, and quickly went to the watchtower closest to the National Master's bedroom where the two of them planned to go.
The skylight slowly illuminated every scene and object, and the streets and alleys of the imperial city became hazy and blurred from darkness, and the faint light seemed to dilute the thick, inky night.
Dawn is approaching.
When the two men reached Xuanhe Palace in the dark, it was already dawn. A long, narrow strip of pale light appeared in the eastern sky.
This is the time when people are dreaming soundly, and also the time when the guards on duty are most tired and relaxed.
call out--
A sharp whistle broke the quiet summer night and sounded from the northeast corner of the imperial city tower.
It's a whistling arrow.
The crows and sparrows that were originally sleeping soundly on the bare trees were startled and began to fly around and scream in the sky. The sky was covered with black feathers again.
Soon, the lights in the northeast corner of the imperial city lit up, and the alarmed Yulin patrol team formed into rows and hurried towards the northeast corner with torches in hand.
Standing on the tallest watchtower outside the Xuanhe Palace, the torches looked like rivers of stars, surging and converging in the dim and hazy dawn of rock, lighting up a beam of light in the northeast corner of the imperial city.
A beam of light strong enough to tear through the darkness.
And this whistling arrow is the whistle that guides the direction.
In an instant, from east to west, north to south, from inner city to outer city, from every corner of the Rock Imperial City, hundreds of arrows pierced the tranquility of the night sky, and the arrow blades flew into the sky, making a sound when breaking the wind.
The whistle echoed in the imperial city for a long time.
"Martial law, martial law! The Xue clan rebels from the north have launched a surprise attack on the imperial city. Seal all exits and execute the rebels!"
"The Imperial Guards must return to the palace immediately to protect Master Hua and the Emperor!"
Countless torches lit up in the alleys of the imperial city. The Dongying Guard, the patrol team, and the Yulin Guard almost came out in full force. The chaotic footsteps and the occasional drop of armor and boots on the ground explained the panic of the soldiers stationed in the imperial city when they heard the whistling arrows throughout the imperial city.
When did the Xue family in the north infiltrate the entire imperial city, and how many troops did they have lying dormant?
Only at this time would he decide to launch a general attack on the Rock Imperial City, which was garrisoned by 80,000 people.
The imperial city was suddenly in chaos. Heavy troops were stationed at all the checkpoints and the city gates were completely blocked. The patrol teams frantically searched the streets and alleys with torches.
Several teams of soldiers were added to guard the inner and outer gates of the palace, the alleys, and the gates of the main hall. The East Camp Guard's Long Spear Team, Archer Company, and Square Shield Battalion were all ready and on standby, as if they were about to face a powerful enemy.
These days, rumors are spreading in the imperial city that the Xue family in the north has crossed the northern defense line, the royal cavalry has been beaten back step by step, and the commander-in-chief Su Yi has also been injured and is on leave, unable to resist the enemy.
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