Chapter 297: Conspiracy
Luo Qinghan bent down and placed the lantern in his hand onto the river.
Xiao Xixi also put her own lantern up.
The two lanterns are side by side, like two little people holding hands, floating downstream in the dark night, rushing towards the unknown distance.
Xiao Xixi looked at the two lanterns going away, her heart full of anticipation: "I wonder how far they can drift? Will they drift to the sea?"
Luo Qinghan: "There is a fence at the entrance of the palace in the Imperial River. These lanterns will be blocked by the fence, then salvaged by the guards and thrown away as garbage."
Xiao Xixi: “…”
Suddenly it didn't feel romantic anymore.
She said angrily, "Your Highness, can't you say less? At least let me keep some fantasy."
Luo Qinghan: "Fantasy can only be fantasy. When living, one still needs to be realistic."
Xiao Xixi thought, if this man lived in modern times, he would definitely be a single dog, and no woman would be willing to date him.
Gan Fu walked over quickly and bowed respectfully.
"Your Highness, the Emperor asks you to come over for a moment."
Luo Qinghan said to Xiao Xixi, "I'll be back soon," and then walked towards where the emperor was.
The emperor had his own lanterns.
It was a huge dragon-shaped lantern, more exquisite and dazzling than all the other lanterns.
The emperor called the prince over to ask him to help him put the lantern on the river.
Others gathered around and watched.
The wind was very strong by the river, and Xiao Xixi felt a little cold. She felt someone approaching from behind.
She thought it was Baoqin, so she didn't turn around, but shrank her neck as she spoke.
"Baoqin, give me the cloak."
However, she did not get a response from Baoqin. Instead, a hand quietly pressed on her back.
That hand pushed hard!
In front of us is the Yu River, and the dark water seems to be bottomless.
If you fall in, you will definitely get hurt.
However……
That hand failed to push Xiao Xixi.
The hand behind him seemed unwilling to give up and increased its strength.
Still failed to push Xiao Xixi.
At this moment, Xiao Xixi seemed to have taken root, standing firmly on the river bank.
No matter how the people behind her pushed her, she just wouldn't move.
Xiao Xixi felt that the person behind her was weird.
She looked back and saw a young eunuch she had never seen before standing behind her.
The young eunuch was still pushing her desperately. In order to exert all his strength, he used his other hand as well. Using both hands at the same time, he tried to push Xiao Xixi into the river.
His face turned red because he used too much force.
At this moment, he felt that he was not pushing a delicate and weak little concubine, but an extremely heavy mountain.
Xiao Xixi asked: "What are you doing?"
The young eunuch froze all over, oh no, he was discovered!
He immediately withdrew his hands, turned around and tried to run.
Xiao Xixi grabbed him by the back of his collar first: "Why are you running? What's your name? Which palace are you from?"
The young eunuch tried very hard to run away but failed. She held his collar tightly in her hand and he was about to cry.
What is going on with this Concubine Xiao?
Why couldn't he push her even with all his strength? !
Did she hide some iron on her body? It's so heavy!
The young eunuch pleaded, "My lady, I know I was wrong. I was just confused for a moment and didn't mean to hurt you. Please have mercy on me and forgive me this time!"
At this time, everyone was watching the emperor and the prince lighting lanterns, and no one noticed what was happening here.
Xiao Xixi looked around and saw Zhao Xian not far away.
There were more than a dozen Yulin Guards following Zhao Xian.
Xiao Xixi dragged the little eunuch towards Zhao Xian.
The young eunuch was really panicked now, crying and struggling.
Unfortunately, his strength was not enough for Concubine Xiao. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free.
In the end, he made up his mind and bit his tongue to commit suicide!
Xiao Xixi didn't expect that this man would be so angry and would seek death at any time.
She stopped, loosened her fingers, and let the little eunuch fall to the ground. He covered his bleeding mouth and his body twitched constantly.
Zhao Xian noticed the commotion here and strode over with a knife slung over his shoulder.
"My lady, what's wrong?"
Xiao Xixi pointed at the young eunuch who was still bleeding on the ground and said, "This man sneaked up behind me just now and tried to push me into the river. I found him and he wanted to run away, but he failed and just committed suicide."
Zhao Xian's face changed and he immediately bent down and forced open the little eunuch's mouth.
There was indeed a large wound bitten at the root of the tongue, but because the young eunuch was not strong enough, he was unable to bite the tongue off completely, so perhaps it could still be saved.
He called two Yulin Guards to carry the young eunuch away and send him for treatment.
Zhao Xian asked Concubine Xiao to recount the incident in detail.
Xiao Xixi still did as she was told and told everything she knew.
Zhao Xian said in a deep voice: "I have already known about this matter. I will report this matter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and let His Royal Highness make the decision."
Xiao Xixi: "Yeah."
Baoqin came running over hurriedly with a cloak in her arms.
She ran out of breath, with sweat on her forehead: "My lady, are you okay?"
Xiao Xixi: "I'm fine, where did you go?"
Baoqin: "Just now a palace maid told me that someone saw a handkerchief on the roadside that looked like yours.
I thought it would be troublesome if a personal item like a handkerchief was picked up by someone else, so I ran over hurriedly to see if it was your handkerchief. If it was, I would pick it up immediately.
But I walked along the palace path for a long time and didn’t see any handkerchief. Then I felt something was wrong and was afraid it was a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so I ran back quickly. "
She looked Concubine Xiao up and down, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was safe and sound.
"I'm glad you're okay, Madam. I was so nervous just now."
Xiao Xixi didn't tell her about the little eunuch to prevent her from worrying about it.
Baoqin then noticed that Zhao Xian was standing next to her. She bowed quickly and said, "Greetings to General Zhao."
Zhao Xian waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be so polite.
Xiao Xixi rubbed her arms and said, "Put on my cloak quickly. It's a bit cold here."
Baoqin shook out the cloak, put it on her, and carefully helped her button it up.
In the distance, huge dragon-shaped lanterns were placed on the river. From a distance one could see the words "Peace and Prosperity for the Country and the People, Long Live the Emperor" written on the lanterns.
The lanterns floated slowly downstream along the river.
People around were constantly saying auspicious words loudly.
The scene was peaceful.
Many lanterns are floating on the river, and the faint candlelight is swaying in the night breeze.
These lanterns of all sizes formed a long dragon of lights, winding down along the water.
The moon is bright in the night sky and the lights on the river are dazzling.
Luo Qinghan walked through the crowd and slowly towards where Xiao Xixi was.
(End of this chapter)
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