Chapter 19 Wild Cat
He Qiumao didn't dare to say anything else. He thought that if he spoke too much, he would make mistakes, but if he spoke less, he would never go wrong.
After a moment of silence, Xie Chengyan waved his hand and said, "Go and make arrangements. If anyone asks about Concubine Ye's whereabouts, tell them the truth. After the beginning of winter, I will find someone to handle it."
After there was no more talk, He Qiumao breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.
The royal tombs of Shangjing were located in the suburbs of Beijing, half a day's journey from the Forbidden City. When she and Wangshu got off the carriage, they felt as if all the bones in their bodies were falling apart.
Ye Lanzhou stretched his waist, and Wangshu yawned repeatedly as soon as he got out of the car. The suburbs of Beijing seemed to be colder than the Forbidden City. In addition, it was already evening, so the two of them couldn't help shivering.
The people in the royal mausoleum were waiting outside early. Leading the group was a eunuch in his forties, wearing the Dongchang's yisa. Although he was not young, he looked energetic.
Seeing Ye Lanzhou coming, he bowed respectfully and said, "Your servant Liang Hong greets Lady Ye."
When she first arrived in Beijing, she was not used to a group of people kneeling in front of her, but as time went by, she got used to it.
Ye Lanzhou followed Liang Hong's guidance and came to a small courtyard behind the mountains. She finally understood why the concubines in the harem were unwilling to come to guard the tomb.
The accommodation here is far inferior to that of the Forbidden City. Because it is located in the mountains, it is very quiet and you can even hear the chirping of cicadas in the mountains.
Liang Hong stood aside and said, "I'm sorry that Concubine Ye has to live here. The Royal Mausoleum is located in a remote place and is naturally not as good as the Forbidden City. Concubine Ye is pregnant with the heir of the emperor, so what is she missing——"
He raised his head and glanced at Wangshu behind Ye Lanzhou: "Ask the maid to come over and tell her, I will do my best to arrange it."
Ye Lanzhou smiled as a thank you, but Liang Hong's words really made her feel troubled. She had told a big lie in order to survive from the Queen's hands, and it was not easy to make it up now.
The problem of the toad's blood can be solved by finding someone else, but the problem of the dragon heir cannot be solved. Even if she borrows someone else's body, gets pregnant, and gives birth to a child, it will not be Yin Ning's after all. The longer the child lives, the more worried she will be.
She thought silently that she had to act out a miscarriage scene.
Now the deal between her and Xie Chengyan has been completed. He got the antidote for Gelsemium elegans and she survived. They both owe each other nothing. Xie Chengyan probably won't help her anymore.
That night, I lay in bed, tossing and turning but couldn't fall asleep. The lights in the room were turned off, leaving only darkness.
The moonlight shone on the window, and there was a little light. She unconsciously looked at the light, but saw a black shadow moving around.
There is someone there!
Ye Lanzhou immediately became alert and sat up in bed in shock.
Wangshu was in the room next to her, but she didn't dare to make a sound for fear of disturbing the people outside.
He picked up the candlestick on the table gently, not daring to breathe.
There was a cat's meow and the shadow outside the window disappeared. Ye Lanzhou breathed a sigh of relief and the candlestick was put back on the table.
She walked to the window, opened it and saw the back of the wild cat, a gray cat. It jumped onto the eaves of another house in a few seconds and then disappeared.
This wild cat crawls around in the middle of the night, coming here to scare people.
Ye Lanzhou lowered his eyes and was about to close the window when he saw that there seemed to be more mud on the ground outside the window...
Looks like footprints.
My heart, which had been relieved, suddenly became tense again. I pulled the window to close it, but unexpectedly, a sword handle suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stuck in the window.
The window couldn't be closed. Ye Lanzhou watched as a dark shadow appeared outside, blocking the moonlight and enveloping her in the darkness he created through a layer of window paper.
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