Chapter 2156: Infallible
After finally dealing with those noisy concubines, Nan Yan's upper and lower eyelids were so tired that they drooped together after they finally left the Yiku Palace.
Originally, today, because she had to go to Yonghe Palace to pay her respects to the Queen early in the morning, she got up earlier than usual.
When I went to Yonghe Palace, I felt a little tired.
After finally seeing off the emperor and his men, she thought she could have a rest, but these people all swarmed into the Yikun Palace again, saying all sorts of meaningless things, like your rouge is better, my gouache is better, Nan Yan felt a headache just listening to them.
It's even more tiring than fighting with Zhu Feng.
Coupled with the tightness in her stomach, she was almost exhausted from coping.
Seeing her tired look, Ran Xiaoyu came over angrily, took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and said, "Your Highness is too good-tempered."
“…”
"These people come to our Yikun Palace all day long, but they have no business and just keep making noises."
“…”
“Why waste time and energy dealing with them?”
Nan Yan gave a bitter smile and said, "I have to deal with it."
“…”
"As a noble concubine, I have the responsibility of assisting the six palaces. I can't deal with Zhao Nanfeng every day like last time. If I make enemies everywhere in the harem and everyone is against me, my future will be difficult."
“…”
"Forget it, just deal with them."
Ran Xiaoyu was heartbroken.
Said: "Alright, alright, now they are finally gone, your Majesty, please lie down and rest for a while. You didn't sleep well today."
"I, forget it."
Nan Yan supported her forehead with one hand and whispered, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and call Doctor Xue."
"Your Highness, do you have something to ask her?"
"Um."
"The queen is so sleepy, do you still need to call her over?"
"I……"
She tried to muster up her energy and wanted to say "yes", but fatigue came over her like a wave, and she couldn't even open her eyes and face. Her words were hesitant and fragmented.
Ran Xiaoyu looked at her like this and just shook her head and smiled.
Then he pressed her shoulders and pushed her down to lie on the couch, then brought a thin blanket to cover her and said softly, "My Lady, let's talk about everything after you've rested well."
"Can--"
"You're so sleepy now, even if you call her over, you won't be able to speak clearly."
“…”
That’s true.
When people get sleepy, their thoughts are sometimes clear and sometimes confused, just like when they look at Ran Xiaoyu now, sometimes clear and sometimes fuzzy. Nan Yan could only use the last bit of consciousness to insist and say: "Don't let me sleep too late."
Ran Xiaoyu looked up at the sky outside.
She said softly, "It's still early."
“…”
"Don't worry, even I dare not let you sleep all the time. Today, there is something important."
Following Nan Yan, she could not only observe her words and expressions, but also feel the changes in the atmosphere in the harem. They already knew what Zhu Feng was going to do, even if he didn't say it out loud. So today, no matter whether there was anything going on in the harem or not, the Queen and Concubine Shun had already left, and the Imperial Concubine must not fall asleep.
Hearing her promise, Nan Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he fell into a deep sleep.
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The large altar on the other side.
In the hall, all the ministers were waiting for the auspicious time to arrive, watching the sun outside gradually move westward.
The wind blowing into the hall also turned cold.
But Wu Yingqiu rarely had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead.
His eyes were always looking outside.
Why hasn’t Wan Pengkun come back yet?
Could it be that something unexpected happened again?
He originally thought that everything for today had been planned and arranged, and he was just waiting for the right time to start; but he didn't expect to discover such a big accident before the ceremony started. Now he has to make up for it immediately, but he has no idea what the situation is. He is in the hall and has no idea.
Xu Shifeng sat quietly beside him.
At this time, he turned to look at Wu Yingqiu and said with a smile: "The Duke has been looking outside. Are you waiting for something?"
"Well?"
Wu Yingqiu quickly withdrew his gaze.
His expression returned to normal, and he smiled faintly, "Oh, nothing."
“…”
"Just looking at the time, it seems to be almost time."
"Yeah, almost there."
Xu Shifeng smiled and said, "Your Excellency should take a good rest. Tonight's ceremony is a major event and will be very physically demanding. Your Excellency must not tire yourself out."
Hearing this, Wu Yingqiu turned around and looked at him.
He said with a smile: "Of course, of course."
After saying that, he turned his head away.
At this moment, a familiar figure walked in from outside the gate. Upon closer inspection, it was Wan Pengkun who had just gone outside under the pretext of urinating to inform their men!
As soon as he saw him come in, Wu Yingqiu immediately opened his eyes wide and looked at him.
The look is asking: How?
Wan Pengkun naturally found his uncle as soon as possible and nodded slightly to him.
He had just gone out, and fortunately their troops had not been discovered yet. He redeployed his troops according to the secret code Wu Yingqiu gave him before leaving.
Now, the people outside who were waiting for us have all come in.
Their original plan was to divide all the people into two parts. A small part of them would serve as bait to lure Xu Shifeng's people to the places they arranged, while the larger part was prepared to catch everyone in one fell swoop at the altar.
But now, the bait strategy is useless, so there is no way to divert Xu Shifeng's troops.
So all they could do was to disperse all the troops. Only in this way could they ensure that nothing could go wrong and prevent the emperor from escaping from the altar.
In order to avoid being discovered, this arrangement took him a lot of time.
Fortunately, everything is ready.
Seeing Wan Pengkun nodded at him, Wu Yingqiu finally felt relieved.
alright.
Finally everything is arranged.
He looked back at Xu Shifeng again, then smiled and said, "General, the emperor has entrusted the safety of the altar to you. Don't you want to go out and take a look?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Shifeng turned around and looked at him.
Then he smiled and said, "No problem."
“…”
"Everything has been arranged. What else is there to see?"
"It seems that the general is very confident in his arrangements and that they are foolproof."
"certainly."
"That's good, that's good."
Wu Yingqiu smiled and nodded.
At this time, a bell rang outside, and everyone looked up immediately when they heard it.
The sun has set.
There was a sound of drums and music coming from the front.
Xiao Shunzi walked to the entrance of the main hall and said to everyone, "The ceremony is about to begin. My Lords, please follow me."
Everyone immediately stood up and walked out.
After a while, they arrived at the altar.
A voice shouted, "The ceremony begins!"
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