Chapter 411 Take it away later
The old emperor's health had not improved. Five days had passed since the palace banquet, and he had not even attended the morning court. It had been Prime Minister Zhang and the cabinet ministers who had been handling various affairs. Until the evening of the sixth day, an assassin entered the Beining harem.
Bu Ruo and the little girl stood on the high roof...
"Mom, aren't these people here to kill us? They've been circling here for several times. What are they looking for?"
"Looking for us~"
"Oh, then are we going to go down and be found by them? If they keep wandering around like this, when will they realize we are on the roof?"
Bu Ruo touched the little girl's head and said, "Don't worry, let them look for it for a while. Mom will take you to see the fun."
"It's a pity that your brother had to go out to find your father, otherwise we could take your brother with us."
The little girl shook her head: "No, mother, Bu Bu feels that brother seems to like accompanying father to handle things."
Bu Ruo thought about it and it seemed to be true. Today, she seemed to prefer following Xiao Yulan out to kill people, while Bu Bu preferred to watch the fun. This might be the difference between boys and girls, but it didn’t matter. As long as there was someone who liked to watch the fun, it was fine.
"Okay, then the two of us will take your Aunt Lu with us. Your Aunt Lu also likes to watch the fun."
Little girl: Aunt Lu does like to watch the fun, but isn’t that what she learned from mom?
When Aunt Lu first came, she would hide in a crack in the ground when she heard someone was having trouble. But after staying with my mother for a long time... now her ears perk up when she hears gossip.
Bu Ruo held the little girl and walked with Guo Lu in the air as if no one was around. The hazy moonlight provided a good cover for the three of them. The little girl was used to flying, but it scared Guo Lu a lot. She seemed to suddenly understand why Jin Congcong kept screaming every time he flew higher.
"Um... Master, could you please fly lower? I'm a little scared. If you don't know the way, I can show you the way."
Watching Bu Ruo carrying her higher and higher and spinning around everywhere, she finally understood that her master... was lost.
Bu Ruo was so angry when she heard Guo Lu's words that she stopped in mid-air and stomped her feet: "Rou Fei's Luoyang Palace is easy to find, why is Ninghe Palace so hard to find..."
Guo Lu laughed at her master's angry expression. "It's not the princess's fault. Although Concubine Zhang is favored, the Ninghe Palace is not really near the old emperor's bedroom."
"Ever since entering the palace, Concubine Zhang has claimed she was not feeling well and needed to rest. Yet, the old emperor has always preferred weak women like her and Concubine Rou, who are unable to take care of themselves."
"The Ninghe Palace is in the southeast corner. It was built by the third generation ancestor of Beining, fearing that someone would become jealous and plot against his favorite concubine. So he built this palace specifically for her. Whether it's the location or the furnishings inside, it's no less impressive than the Empress' Fengyi Palace."
"So, my master, fly to the southeast corner. After a while, you will see a roof with an oriental pearl embedded in it. That is the Ninghe Palace. Over the past few generations, that oriental pearl has almost become a symbol of the favored concubine. The favored concubines of all generations have lived in the Ninghe Palace."
Bu Ruo nodded and flew towards the southeast corner with the two of them. As expected...
"Beining's ancestors were truly... Such a large Dongzhu is embedded in the roof. I wonder if Beining is rich or not."
The little girl also nodded and said: "Mom, this fist-sized pearl is pretty good. I'll pick it off and take it away later."
"Okay, you're my daughter after all. We actually want to go together. When Ninghe Palace gets noisy, we'll go dig it out."
Guo Lu: …
These mother and daughter are so rich that they can't help but put the good stuff into their pockets whenever they see it.
In the little girl's words... Don't miss out on the bad guys' things. Taking them is like helping them, so that they won't be fried in oil as often as they would in the future.
Sure enough, as soon as Bu Ruo and the other two flew to Ninghe Palace and found a good position, they heard the entire harem in chaos.
"Oh no! There's an assassin! There's an assassin! Quickly protect the queen~"
The first scream came from Ninghe Palace, followed by the nearest palace, and slowly, the entire harem was lit up by torches.
Concubine Zhang stood by the window of the bedroom, listening to the voices outside with a sneer on her face: "Princess Regent, I wonder if you would still be as tough as you were a few days ago if your precious daughter fell into my hands."
Just as she was waiting for the result, a palace maid suddenly ran in in a panic.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you still here? Run! Those assassins are killing people like crazy. Several concubines have been killed, and several people in our palace have also died. Those assassins are now heading towards the bedroom."
Concubine Zhang was stunned and then shocked: "How could it be...how could those assassins come here and kill people..."
Those assassins were planted in the palace by her Zhang family over the years, just waiting for the right time to take control of the entire harem. If Zize hadn't been in trouble, she would never have exposed these people so early.
It was clearly agreed that they would only attack Bu Ruo, and that the actions in other places were just a formality to confuse the public. How could they kill people, and even kill them in their own palace?
No, this is not right.
"Aiya, your Majesty, please don't just stand there. Let me escort you and hurry up. Let's go to the Emperor through the small path. The Emperor is safest with his secret guards around him. They will definitely protect your Majesty."
Concubine Zhang was protected by palace maids and had just left the bedroom when she saw an assassin breaking in. The man in black was obviously her man.
"How dare you! Do you know where this is? This is Ninghe Palace. I am Concubine Zhang, a member of the Zhang family!"
The masked man in black snorted coldly, "You, the Zhang family, are so treacherous. You promised to support us, the descendants of the Tao family, but you broke the agreement in the end. If we don't go after you, who else can we go after?"
"Beining originally belonged to the Tao family. It was the ancestors of the Guo family who revolted and overthrew the Tao family and established themselves as kings. We, the Tao family's secret guards, escaped with our master and hid for several generations. It was your Zhang family who found us and promised to help the Tao family regain our throne."
"Your Zhang family's ancestors were originally members of our Tao family, but they betrayed us and exposed our hiding place. Although we received the news in advance, the young master was still abducted by your Zhang family during the evacuation."
"Since you, the Zhang family, are so unkind, don't blame us for being unjust. If you don't hand over the young master, we won't let any of you Zhang family members go. If anything happens to the young master, all of you in the Zhang family will be buried with him."
Looking at the palace maid beside her, Concubine Zhang was panicked: "What are you talking about? I don't even know anything about the Tao family of the previous dynasty!"
"The Tao family was destroyed because they lost the support of the people and only cared about their own pleasures, regardless of the lives of the people. Their destruction was fate, and no one else can be blamed."
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