Chapter 277: Night Raid
Anlan Pavilion is now warm and comfortable.
But other places are not so peaceful.
Especially in the place where Nie Danying was, she had walked back and forth in the room countless times, and the terrazzo floor was so shiny that she walked all over the place.
It's no wonder that she was so uneasy. She didn't have Xu An here to tell her what was happening in the Empress Dowager's front hall.
The temporary palace is different from the imperial palace. Everyone lives close to each other and there are people coming and going. Any slight disturbance can quickly spread to all the palaces.
In addition, due to the intentional information blockade, Nie Danying had no idea that Jiang Yuanzheng had been invited to Ci'an Hall.
To Nie, everything seemed calm and peaceful.
"Cui Xuan, what should we do?" This is what Nie agreed to ask Cui Xuan countless times. She continued to pace in the palace. "It seems that the emperor really covered up this matter and kept it secret. He has no intention of giving Li an explanation at all."
"But doesn't he intend to give Xipin an explanation?" She wanted to collapse and scream, but she could only suppress her voice, which was extremely hoarse. "Doesn't he love Xipin the most? The Queen Mother almost killed her! How can the Emperor tolerate this?"
The reason why she was in a hurry to let Li take action was because Xipin had regained the emperor's favor in recent days, and she and the emperor were in perfect harmony, so the effect would naturally be the best at this time.
"That's all, the emperor's favor is nothing more than this!" She finally stopped and slapped the table!
Her words clearly showed that she hated the emperor as well.
Cuixuan's shoulders shuddered, and she said in a trembling voice, "Master, do you want to go and instigate that Xipin and let her make some trouble?"
"Are you stupid?" Nie Daying said angrily, "Have you forgotten that she fell out of favor before, just because you want justice for yourself?"
Cuixuan lowered her head another three points and dared not speak.
Nie Danying sat down with the help of the table, his chest heaving, his eyes flashing, and thoughts churning in his mind.
"Li...Yes! Li!" She slapped the table again and stood up.
Looking at Cuixuan, his eyes flashed with a permeable light in the dim candlelight, "Go and kill that Li tonight!"
Her voice was filled with poison. "Keeping her here will be a disaster sooner or later. If we kill her, others will think it's the Queen Mother who's doing it out of guilt. No one will think of us!"
"But, but Master, there must be imperial guards guarding Li. I am afraid that I will not be able to succeed and will be discovered instead."
Although Cuixuan has some martial arts skills, she knows her own business. She doesn't have the ability to take someone's head among the crowd. If she goes, she will just die, and it will also implicate her master.
Nie Danying looked at her with cold eyes, and after a long while he finally uttered two words, "Waste!"
She gritted her teeth and shouted coldly, "Go get my nightgown. I'll go myself!"
"Master, this is too risky. If it fails, then you, you..." Cuixuan immediately grabbed her arm and advised.
Nie agreed but shook her hand off. "If this fails, do you think the Queen Mother will let me go? If the Emperor finds out something else about Li, I will not be able to survive!"
"It's either way, so why not give it a try?"
She had lived in the army since she was a child, and had a brave spirit in her bones. Faced with the dilemma of life and death at this time, she forced her blood out, making her eyes sharp and her aura intimidating.
If she wasn't trapped by ambition, she would definitely be a heroine standing alone on the battlefield...
Cuixuan knew she couldn't hold back, so she had to go get her nightgown, not one set, but two.
"I will go with my master to support him and block the enemy's attacks!"
"good!"
Thus, this already restless night suddenly became turbulent again.
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Huo Jinchi and Yun Qin had just fallen asleep for a short while when they were awakened by a knock on the door.
Yun Qin, in particular, had been sleeping uneasily to begin with. After waking up, she hugged Huo Jinchi's arm, her body shaking a little.
Huo Jinchi touched the cold sweat on her forehead and angrily said, "What are you doing!"
Xu An's voice came from the other side of the veil, "Your Majesty, something happened with Li. An assassin wanted to kill Li and started fighting with the imperial guards."
Huo Jinchi couldn't help but frown and asked coldly, "How is Li? Has he been caught?"
"Li is fine, just frightened." Xu An paused, "But the assassin, although he was chopped by the imperial guards, he still got away!"
Huo Jinchi's eyes became sharp, "He can't run far, he must still be in this palace, have people search every part of the palace, don't let any place go!"
"yes!"
Yun Qin finally came over, touched her chest, and asked in a low voice: "Who is so brave?"
Although she asked this, she already had some guesses in her mind.
Huo Jinchi naturally felt the same, but before the result came out, he still shook his head slightly and patted her back, "I'll have someone make a bowl of tranquilizer, drink it and go back to sleep, don't worry about it."
Yun Qin was actually tired after watching too many plays today, so she felt uneasy.
"Your Majesty, do you want to go and take a look?" she asked in a low voice.
Huo Jinchi nodded, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
"Be careful."
Yun Qin lay back on the pillow and watched the palace maids come in and help Huo Jinchi get dressed and leave.
After he left, Rong Xin also walked in. Seeing that Yun Qin's face was a little pale, she reached out and touched her forehead. "The emperor said you were scared?" Then she said with some anger: "You really don't let me live in peace."
Yun Qin's body was covered with cold sweat, which made her feel a little chilly. She couldn't help but pull the quilt over her body.
"The person who attacked took advantage of the fact that people thought no one would attack tonight, so he dared to kill Li openly."
Rong Xin frowned and asked in a low voice: "Who do you think it is, Aqin?"
"Who is it?" Yun Qin hugged the quilt and changed her posture. "From what the emperor said, the queen mother has fallen ill. Jiang Yuanzheng is still guarding there. It is very likely that she did not order anyone to do it."
"As for Fang Danying, he doesn't have the guts to do that, so the only thing left is..."
"Nie Danying?" Rong Xin was the first to say her name, "She is really bold!"
Her eyes flickered, and she added, "Maybe there is another person."
Rong Xin sat down beside the bed and lowered her voice again, "Today, Xiao Dezi came to Anlan Pavilion with him. He found me and told me..."
What Xiao Dezi was talking about was, of course, the scene he saw at the welcoming banquet for the Empress Dowager.
"When the queen left, she deliberately touched the emperor's wine glass with her sleeve. She had originally poured that glass of wine for the emperor."
"Xiao Dezi also said that he still remembered what the wine bottle looked like. After arriving at Anlan Pavilion, he took the opportunity to bring food to Xu An and the others and looked for it, but he couldn't find the wine bottle at all."
"It turns out that there must be something wrong with the wine!"
Rong Xin analyzed: "The Queen has never done such a thing before. The only variable is that the Queen Mother came. It is hard to say whether it was not the Queen Mother who ordered her to do so. Since she was able to accept instructions to pour a glass of problematic wine for the Emperor, would she..."
She didn't say the whole story, but Yun Qin understood what she hadn't said. She wanted to say that the assassination of Li might not have been done by the Queen.
But Yunqin hesitated and shook her head slightly, "It's not her."
"Why?" Rong Xin asked.
Yun Qin's eyes were calm. "People may not mean what they say, but their actions may not stand up to scrutiny. However, the Queen has been consistent in her words and deeds recently. She has long been on the side of the Emperor."