The palace was heavily guarded, but that was for others. There was basically no place in the world that Feng Yuheng wanted to go but couldn't go. With that cheating space, she could be said to be unhindered, including bringing a living person like Xuan Tianming with her. She just had to be more careful, and there was no other difficulty.
Both of them were the kind of people who were extremely vigilant, especially Xuan Tianming, who had internal strength, very good hearing, and extremely strong night vision. In particular, he was more familiar with the imperial palace, so he was even the one who directed Feng Yuheng while walking.
When the two of them arrived at the Yuehan Palace, they found a corner and appeared. Xuan Tianming quickly pointed out several locations for her, and then whispered, "There are people in those places. They are not the female guards of Yuehan Palace, but from another force."
If there were any other forces in the palace, they could only be the Eighth Prince or Concubine Yuan Shu. Feng Yuheng frowned. With such strict defenses, what on earth was the Eighth Prince trying to do? Could it be that he wanted to control Emperor Tianwu until one day the time was right and he could directly seize power and usurp the throne?
She did not stay any longer and pulled Xuan Tianming back into the space. Then she said, "It is important for us to go into the palace to see mother. I always feel that it is a relief to be here tonight. If we wait a little longer, I am afraid that Yuehan Palace will not be safe."
Xuan Tianming agreed with this, and followed Feng Yuheng to go back and forth in the space for a few more times. Finally, the two of them stood behind the screen of Concubine Yun's bedroom. Feng Yuheng took the initiative to go around the screen and wanted to call Concubine Yun, but found that this person was not on the bed.
He quickly turned around and shook his head at Xuan Tianming. At this moment, he heard the footsteps of palace servants outside the door. Then there was a conversation. A maid asked the palace maid guarding the door: "Has the queen not gone to bed yet?"
The maid replied: "I have never seen you before."
The maid sighed and continued, "I heard that she has been sitting on the moon viewing platform drinking since the afternoon. Now it's past midnight and she hasn't come back yet. I'm really worried about the queen's health."
The maid said, "With such a thing happening in the palace, the queen must be unhappy. Even though the queen didn't see the emperor before, even though she sees him now, she drives him out at a certain time. But we have followed the queen for so many years, can't we see it? The queen has the emperor in her heart, but she can't change her mind. I thought the emperor was sincere to our queen, but now it seems..." She paused, and then continued, "To be disrespectful, the emperor can think of her every day after not seeing her for more than 20 years. But once they meet, and see each other for a long time, it's just the same. The emperor is a man after all, and he won't feed the bait when the fish is hooked."
"Alright, this is just for you to say in Yuehan Palace. Don't spread it outside." The maid taught the maid, "After all, he is the emperor, the ruler of the world. Now the harem has changed to Concubine Yuan Shu, if you still want to save your head, you have to keep your mouth shut. If something you say gets out, you might lose your life."
"Madam is right." The maid's voice came up again, "I am just speaking up for our Madam. I won't say a word when I go out."
The two people in the room felt uncomfortable listening to this conversation. Although they didn't believe that Emperor Tianwu would be that kind of person, what did they do? Everything had been done, and Emperor Tianwu even said that he wanted to pass the throne to the Eighth Prince. Feng Yuheng had a question that he had been holding in his heart and didn't dare to say it. Is this kind of Tianwu still Tianwu?
"Let's go to the moon viewing platform." Xuan Tianming pulled her and said with a worried look on his face, "He started drinking in the afternoon. I don't know how drunk he is now."
In fact, Concubine Yun had a good alcohol tolerance, and what she drank was not a high-proof fine wine, but just plum wine. Although she drank for a long time, she was not drunk. But she was still slightly drunk. At least when Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng stood in front of her, she asked blankly: "Who are you two? How did you get in?"
There were female guards hiding around Concubine Yun, protecting her at all times. The female guards also wanted to ask the following question: How did the Ninth Prince and the Ninth Princess get in? However, these female guards were trained by Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua themselves, and they were considered their apprentices. It was normal for the master to be stronger than the apprentice. So they just thought that they were not good enough to learn, and did not think about other aspects at all. Anyway, they were our own people, so who cares how they got in! It doesn't matter.
Feng Yuheng walked forward and sat down beside Concubine Yun. He reached out and took the wine glass that Concubine Yun was still holding, and put it on the ground. Then he said, "Mother, it's His Majesty the Ninth Prince and Ah Heng!"
Concubine Yun likes to sit on the ground when drinking on the moon viewing platform. There are ground dragons on the ground, which is similar to the geothermal heat in later generations, and it is very warm. Hearing Feng Yuheng's words, Concubine Yun took a long time to react, until Feng Yuheng stuffed something sweet into her mouth. She held it in her mouth for a while and then she sobered up a little. She recognized the two people, but still asked in confusion: "How did you get in in the middle of the night?"
Xuan Tianming rolled his eyes, "Of course he sneaked in. The palace is full of Old Eight's men now. Even outside Yuehan Palace, there are no less than ten secret guards. In addition, there are large groups of imperial guards constantly walking around. The security is very strict."
"Hmph!" Concubine Yun sucked the food in her mouth again. She wanted to express her opinion on the Eighth Prince's affairs, but she was attracted by the sweet food in her mouth. She asked Feng Yuheng, "What did you give me to eat?"
Feng Yuheng said, "Don't worry, mother, it's just some candy to sober you up. I heard from the palace servants that mother has been drinking on the moon viewing platform since the afternoon. Now it's past midnight, so you can't drink anymore. You have to think about your health."
Concubine Yun nodded and did not continue the topic. Instead, she took the initiative to bring up what happened in the palace today. She said to the two of them, "Let me tell you, there is evil in this palace. It has been very evil in these three days."
"What did mother say?" Feng Yuheng asked Concubine Yun, "But what clues have you seen?"
Concubine Yun thought for a moment and continued, "The old man didn't come today, but he did come yesterday. He wasn't in good spirits. He was eating well, but suddenly he said he had a headache. He held his head and rolled on the ground two or three times. I was so scared that I went to ask the imperial physician. But when the imperial physician came, he was fine again, like a normal person. The strangest thing is that he didn't admit that he had a headache and rolled on the ground just now, and said that I was teasing him. Who has the time to tease him with this? What do you think, is this evil?"
"He suddenly had a headache, and he still refused to admit it?" Feng Yuheng frowned. "I'm afraid he didn't deny it, but he simply forgot about it, right? Or... he didn't know?" She shook her head and said, "This is just my guess. Now that I don't have the opportunity to see my father, everything I say is just speculation."
"Don't live in the palace anymore." Xuan Tianming said to Concubine Yun, "Seventh Brother's house has been cleaned up. Hengheng and I are here to pick you up from the palace tonight. We will feel relieved if you stay with Seventh Brother for a while."
"Why?" Concubine Yun raised her eyebrows. "Of course I want to leave, but no one will let me go. Now you want me to leave the palace?" She was a little unconvinced. She felt that if she left now, she would be afraid of Concubine Yuan Shu. What a joke. Who has she, Yun Pianpian, ever been afraid of in this palace? But think about it again, what if she doesn't leave? People will say that she has fallen out of favor. With her understanding of this palace, even if she never stepped out of Yuehan Palace before, the past was the past. Now, people will say that she is too embarrassed to come out, because Yuehan Palace is almost the same as the cold palace. Or, she is unwilling to be said to fight with Concubine Yuan Shu? That would be even more unclassy. Fighting with a bunch of old men for that woman is not something that Yun Pianpian can do. So she changed the subject and sneered, "Ha! Now that the old man has a woman he likes, he doesn't want to keep an eye on Yuehan Palace anymore. So, whether I'm in the palace or not is not that important to him now. Okay, then I'll leave. Anyway, I've had enough of this palace."
After a series of ideological struggles, Concubine Yun finally nodded and agreed to leave the palace with the two of them. They couldn't just take her away while she was sober. Feng Yuheng said, "The palace is heavily guarded, and we still have to make some preparations. Ah Heng will first send Mother back to her bedroom to rest and sober up. Once we have arranged everything, we will take you out of the palace immediately, okay?"
Concubine Yun nodded and said, "Then you better hurry up! I can't stay in this shabby place any longer."
"Don't worry, mother." She agreed with a smile, and then she and Xuan Tianming each helped Concubine Yun to the bedroom.
The Yuehan Palace was full of Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua's men, and they were absolutely reliable. Although people were surprised that the Ninth Prince and the Princess suddenly entered the palace in the middle of the night, no one found it strange. Especially when they heard that they were going to take Concubine Yun out of the palace, everyone agreed. In the current situation, it would be better for Concubine Yun to go out and relax. Anyway, she could just stay in Prince Chun's mansion, which was not out of the ordinary.
He said he wanted his mother to go to the bedroom to sober up, but Xuan Tianming used a drug to make Concubine Yun fall asleep again. Feng Yuheng stared at the remaining powder in his hand and twitched her lips. She knew that this was something that people in ancient times used to use. This reminded her of the bad guys in later generations who could make the children follow them by slapping them with their hands. It should be something with the same effect.
As soon as Concubine Yun fainted, she immediately took her into the lounge of the space. Xuan Tianming instructed the female guards outside to keep the secret and no one was allowed to leak the fact that Concubine Yun had left the palace. Then he hurriedly left with Feng Yuheng.
The female guards couldn't understand why Concubine Yun was missing when there were clearly two of them. They could only sigh at the Ninth Prince's superb martial arts and secretive methods, and then defended the Yuehan Palace, which no longer had a master, more carefully.
The two who left Yuehan Palace did not leave the palace directly, but turned around and ran to Zhaohe Palace. Xuan Tianming wanted to see Tianwu with his own eyes. The old man should not be asleep at this time, and he wanted to see the old man's mental state. Feng Yuheng wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one was around at night, so she could secretly check Tianwu's pulse, at least to have a basic understanding of Tianwu's body, so that everything could be better concluded.
The two of them walked in the palace in an unseen manner, avoiding all eyes. They passed the square in front of Zhaohe Palace and came to the entrance of Zhaohe Palace. They saw Zhang Yuan dozing off against the pillar at the entrance.
Xuan Tianming frowned and whispered, "In the past, Zhang Yuan always served beside the emperor. No matter who the old man was meeting, unless the eunuch had something else to do, he would not carry out his duties behind his back. He would definitely be by his side. Even if the old man was asleep, Zhang Yuan would definitely sleep under his dragon bed with a blanket spread out. It is impossible for him to take a nap in the middle of the night." As he spoke, he looked into the palace. It was dark inside and there were no candles. He could faintly hear a woman's voice coming from her, which was very charming: "Your Majesty, you are still as sharp as ever! I have waited for so many years, and finally today is here!"
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