But when he was walking alone, a girl in green clothes walked out of the corner of the corridor.
Seeing that Zhao Yanzhen was about to fall, the girl only grabbed Zhao Yanzhen's shoulders, and then she only tried to support Zhao Yanzhen.
"Your Highness, let me take you back to your room." The girl in green glanced at the people walking on the corridor, and then said with a smile.
Zhao Yanzhen said with a drunken look, "Who are you?"
The girl in green said with a smile, "I am a servant of the mansion."
Zhao Yanzhen seemed to believe the girl's words. He stopped struggling and just let the girl help him into a guest room.
The guest room was deserted, and there was not even a trace of light in the already dark inner room.
After the girl sent Zhao Yanzhen into the guest room, she prepared to close the door of the guest room.
Then when she turned back, she immediately pulled out a dagger from her arms. She held the sharp blade and stabbed it hard into Zhao Yanzhen's body.
However, just when she was about to stab Zhao Yanzhen, Zhao Yanzhen, who was pretending to be drunk, suddenly grabbed her knife-holding wrist, and his force was such that the woman could not move for a moment.
The girl in green clothes felt something strange, but she didn't expect that she just raised her head and met Zhao Yanzhen's eyes.
At this time, Zhao Yanzhen's expression was clear and clear, and there was no trace of being drunk. In the situation just now, it seemed that he was not drunk at all, and everything he did was just to take advantage of the situation.
He looked at the girl in green with cold eyes, and after the girl in green reacted, she immediately used all her strength to pierce the sharp blade into Zhao Yanzhen's shoulder.
It's a pity that Zhao Yanzhen's expression was clear and worry-free, and at some point only a few black-clothed secret guards entered the room. They only attacked from behind, and soon the woman was knocked to the ground.
After dealing with the woman, a secret guard immediately knelt in front of Zhao Yanzhen and said, "Your Highness, are you okay?"
Zhao Yanzhen only looked at the secret guard coldly, shook his head, and then whispered, "Take her away and interrogate her to see who sent her and whether she has any accomplices now."
After hearing Zhao Yanzhen's words, the secret guard quickly dragged the girl in green down.
Zhao Yanzhen then thought for a moment and only left a letter in front of the case.
Then when the letter was written, he just gently opened the window.
There was a secret guard hiding on the old oak tree at the window. As soon as the secret guard saw Zhao Yanzhen coming, he immediately got down from the tree.
He knelt down on one knee and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"
Zhao Yanzhen said coldly, "Send this letter to the capital for me and deliver it to Princess Jin personally."
The secret guard immediately took the letter after receiving the order.
At this time, the north wind was blowing hard at night. Even in Shangjing, the cold wind was so cold that people shivered.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao went to bed early before that.
It wasn't until she heard the knocking sound coming from the window outside the door that Jiang Nianjiao woke up leisurely.
At the same time, Cui Qiao, who was on duty tonight, naturally woke up long ago.
So when Jiang Nianjiao got out of bed and wanted to see who was playing tricks outside the window, Cui Qiao had already gotten off the bed before her.
Then she just shushed slightly and signaled Jiang Nianjiao not to go over.
But she herself blew out the candle and ran straight to the window, and then saw her opening the window with lightning speed.
However, when the window was opened, it was empty, with nothing there.
Just when she was feeling strange, she lowered her head and found a stone on the windowsill, and a thin piece of paper was obviously pressed under the stone.
Seeing the letter, Cui Qiao also took the paper down, and then she walked directly to Jiang Nianjiao's side.
At this time Jiang Nianjiao also realized that the danger had passed.
So she only used flint to rekindle the lights in the room.
"Girl, someone seems to have sent a letter, but I didn't see the messenger."
Jiang Nianjiao just said, "Give it to me."
Cui Qiao naturally and obediently handed the letter to Jiang Nianjiao.
Just the moment she saw the letter, Jiang Nianjiao's palms trembled.
Then after reading the letter
After that, for a long time, Jiang Nianjiao's face looked uneasy.
Even though he was as careless as Cuiqiao, he could tell that something was not right about the expression on Jiang Nianjiao's face.
She couldn't help but asked, "Miss, what is written in this letter? What's wrong with you?"
Jiang Nianjiao calmed down for a moment, and then whispered, "It's nothing."
But is it really nothing?
In the dark night, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but take out the letter and read it carefully.
There wasn't much handwriting on the letter, and she didn't even know its origin. However, the content of the letter made her care:
The phoenix rests on the sycamore tree, the moon hangs on the beam, and the birds hide behind their bows.
Although the meaning was very obscure, when she saw the portrait underneath, she had to express her concern.
After all, what is painted underneath is clearly a woman hanging from a beam.
Although the painting is a simple drawing, it is only done in two or three strokes. Suddenly, I couldn't tell who the woman in the painting was.
However, she had to pay attention to that sentence of contact.
After all, her aunt, Concubine Yuxian, had the word "month" in her name, and she committed suicide by hanging from a beam a while ago.
When Jiang Nianjiao thought of this, she felt a throbbing pain in her heart.
Moreover, the matter of her aunt has been finalized for so long. She died of suicide, but why did she receive this letter.
Moreover, in the two sentences before and after, she didn’t know what the meaning of the phoenix perched on the phoenix tree and the bird hiding behind the bow was.
And why did this person send himself such a letter? Who is the person who put the letter?
At this moment, Jiang Nianjiao felt like she was wrapped in countless mysteries. ..
However, the letter hinted at another reason for his aunt's death, which is almost certain.
It's just that the matter has been concluded, and almost all the people who knew the inside story are dead. It would be even more difficult to overturn the previous conclusion now.
And when she was extremely confused, she quickly thought of coriander for some reason.
The death of Coriander seemed a bit strange. He and Coriander had just met each other, so why did Coriander fall into the well and die not long after?
There was a lot of coincidence in this, and she clearly remembered that before that, except for being a little sad because of her aunt's death, her health was obviously pretty good.
In addition, she also grew up in the palace. Although Queen Min was fair in dealing with things at that time, some dirty things could not be avoided in the palace, including some methods of dealing with palace maids who knew too much inside information or were disobedient. , one of the most common methods is to throw people into the well, causing the illusion of falling into the well.
As an old man in her aunt's hospital at the time, Coriander might have known some of the inside story.
Thinking of this, she felt more and more that Coriander's death was probably no coincidence.
It's a pity that when she heard Xin Ru mention this matter, she didn't think deeply about it.
But now when he thought about those old things, he only felt that everything was suspicious.
But if Coriander really knew it, or was discovered by others, where would he go to find the information related to her now?
But no matter how clueless she was, she still decided to take a trip to the palace.
Although now that Concubine Yuxian is dead and Empress Min has fallen into Prince Jin's palace early, it is not as easy as before for her to enter the palace.
Fortunately, King Jin will be back soon, and the New Year's Eve banquet is about to begin.
At that time, whether it is the opportunity of Zhao Yanzhen entering the palace to receive a reward, or the opportunity of the palace giving a banquet during the New Year's Banquet.
She can always enter the palace.
Thinking of this, she fell asleep peacefully.
As Beijing passed, the news of Zhao Yanzhen's arrival in Beijing soon spread to Beijing. Jiang Nianjiao naturally received Zhao Yanzhen's letter long before that. Although he also set off from Guanyuan Town, Zhao Yanzhen's letter was still worse than Zhao Yanzhen arrived in the capital two days earlier.
His letters did not explain in detail what he had experienced. He only briefly reported that he was safe, and by the way explained that if there was no accident at the moment, he should return to Beijing as soon as possible.
And after calculating the time, today seemed to be the right day. Therefore, although he knew that according to the usual practice, he would probably have to go to the palace to accept the reward first, but Jiang
Nianjiao still cleaned up Prince Jin's mansion early.
After that, she only went to Queen Min's room.
The place where Empress Min now lives has only been transformed into a small Buddhist hall. Although when Empress Min arrived at the Jin Palace, her ban was still not lifted, but soon after, perhaps taking into account the couple's affection, she added She already felt that the other party was no longer a threat, so Emperor Yong lifted her grounding order soon after.
But these things still hit Queen Min hard.
Even though the ban was lifted, Queen Min still stayed in the small Buddhist hall, and maybe she also resented Jiang Nianjiao in her heart, so even Jiang Nianjiao who lived under the same roof with her might not be able to see her.
But now that we have the news that Zhao Yanzhen is still alive, this seems to have eased the relationship between the two.
Therefore, she went to Queen Min's room to pay her respects early this morning, but she did not encounter any obstruction.
And after hearing about Jiang Nianjiao's purpose, Queen Min immediately asked the maids around her to invite Jiang Nianjiao in.
Empress Min's figure is now much thinner, and she is getting old. She wears plain clothes and no hairpins. She looked just like an ordinary old lady, but she seemed to be in good spirits, and her eyes, which were always full of desires, were much clearer.
"Mother-in-law, Yanzhen should be back today. I asked the commander of the Jinwu Guard, and they said that Yanzhen will enter the city at about noon. But before that, he may have to go to the palace to accept the reward, and then there will be some There is a banquet to attend, and I'm afraid he won't come back until very late." Jiang Nianjiao only told Queen Min one by one the information she had obtained not long ago.
Queen Min only whispered, "It's good that he can come back safely."
After saying this, Queen Min suddenly looked up at Jiang Nianjiao and said, "You have worked hard these days."
Jiang Nianjiao just lowered her head and said, "It's not hard, this is what I should do."
