The night falls.
The ink color has long dyed through the clouds in the sky, but it cannot dye through the Ganquan Palace on the ground.
In the gardens of Ganquan Palace, the details of the unique beast statues cannot be seen under the halo of sparse flames.
You can only see the outlines and lines, but you can't see whether the smooth stone surface has turned into fine animal hair.
Under such light and dark reflections, it seems that all these statues broke the stone seal at night and were resurrected from the world.
The person standing on the road to Ganquan Palace was not the official on duty in Xianyang Palace, but the bodyguard Zhao Ji brought from Yongdi.
Although these guards were dressed in Langguan attire, they were not controlled by the Langzhong Order and only obeyed Zhao Ji's orders.
They stood upright, like divine soldiers guarding resurrected beasts.
The First Emperor had fallen asleep and was woken up again.
Only two guards, Zhang Han and Gai Nie, came to Ganquan Palace with three city defense troops.
Standing outside Ganquan Palace.
Through the white gauze covering the window lattice, the First Emperor could clearly see the candlelight, which was three times brighter than the candlelight at bedtime.
It was already late at night, but the lights in Ganquan Palace were still brightly lit.
The face of the First Emperor.
It became calmer.
After waving away the palace attendants, the First Emperor turned his index finger upside down and knocked on the gorgeous door of Ganquan Palace.
The palace door was forcefully pulled open from the inside, and a maid with a slightly frightened expression appeared.
The moment she saw the First Emperor, the maid trembled for a moment, then lowered her eyebrows and closed her eyes.
"Greetings to Your Majesty."
The First Emperor stood still and did not go in immediately. He looked at the scene inside Ganquan Palace through the open door.
"You're afraid of me."
The maid did not retort, but took two steps back and stepped aside.
She half bowed her head.
If the First Emperor's gaze fell on her, he would be able to see the even more frightened look on her face.
"A small man with poor fortunes dares to approach the power of God, so he should be in awe."
"Go and inform the Queen Mother that I am here."
"only."
The maid bowed her head in response and headed towards the palace where Zhao Ji lived in the back of Ganquan Palace.
The footsteps are rhythmic and the frequency is stable.
Soon, the sound of chaotic footsteps spread from inside to outside.
Another maid, dressed exactly like the maid who opened the door, trotted up to the First Emperor, her voice slightly breathless.
"The Queen Mother invites Your Majesty to come in."
The First Emperor half turned his head.
To Gai Nie, Zhang Han said: "You are staying outside, no one is allowed in, no one is allowed out."
"only."
Zhang Han agreed.
Gai Nie did not respond, dragging his lower body in blood-white clothes and saying, "Your Majesty cannot escape my eyes."
"I'm safe, just as safe as I was in Chang'an Jun's Mansion, wait."
"Nie..."
"If you don't obey the order, go back to Chang'an Lord's Mansion."
The First Emperor turned his head and stepped inside, followed by the maid who followed suit.
Gai Nie's face was numb, and he looked at the back of the First Emperor in silence.
It wasn't until the First Emperor's figure gradually disappeared that he said: "Wei."
After Gai Nie, Zhang Han closed the door of Ganquan Palace.
The two of them stood in front of the Ganquan Palace gate like two door gods.
The three unorganized city defense troops did not dare to show their dignity. They stood beside Gai Nie and Zhang Han honestly and with despair.
They didn't know why this incident alarmed the First Emperor, and they didn't know why they were taken to the palace of Queen Mother Zhao. They also didn't know the surname of Queen Mother Zhao.
They prayed inwardly that they could survive this night.
they know.
This is a luxury.
They all experienced the killing at the gate of Xianyang City.
Zhao Ji brought a convoy of guards from Yongdi, but because one of the convoy guards lost control, they all died under the bronze swords of the city defense troops.
Yesterday we were motorcade guards, today we are city defense troops.
Is there any difference? have.
What's the big difference? Not big.
The First Emperor stepped into Ganquan Palace with an old sword with an old scabbard on his waist.
After walking for more than ten steps in Ganquan Palace, I saw only maids and no eunuchs.
Not far ahead is the palace where Queen Mother Zhao lives.
Sleeping in front of the palace gate, Zhao Ji wears a phoenix crown on her head, holds it with both hands, and places it on her waist, looking dignified and virtuous.
On the left and right sides of Empress Dowager Zhao were more than a dozen maids from Ganquan Palace. None of these maids were maids from Xianyang Palace. All of them were brought back from Yongdi by Zhao Ji.
When the First Emperor was three steps away from him, Zhao Ji bowed slightly and lowered her eyes.
"Greetings to Your Majesty."
The maid who opened the door for the First Emperor was standing behind Zhao Ji.
As soon as Zhao Ji finished speaking, the maid who opened the door half-bowed, and all the maids also half-bowed.
"Greetings to Your Majesty."
More than a dozen maids said in unison, their voices were very neat and there was not much vibrato.
The First Emperor glanced at his biological mother.
Silently, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, then calmed down.
He lowered his head, said "hmm" softly, pushed open the palace door, and entered the palace first.
"They're all waiting outside."
Zhao Ji gave random orders.
A dozen maids should claim to be "Wei".
Zhao Ji entered the palace.
Before going in, the maid opened the door and nodded.
After Zhao Ji entered the palace, the maid who opened the door quickly walked out to Ganquan Palace.
She walked very quickly, as if she was being chased by something.
As she walked, she started running.
His hands were swinging from side to side, and his face was as pale as snow.
When she ran to the door of Ganquan Palace, she grasped it tightly with her dust-free hands and yanked hard.
What greeted her were not the guards she was familiar with, the guards trained by Youteng in Zhao Di.
It's Gai Nie who beats the snow in white clothes and still has blood left.
It was Zhang Han with murderous intent and evil intent on his face.
"His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave."
Zhang Han squinted his eyes at the maid and warned coldly.
The maid calmed herself down and said in the same cold voice: "The Queen Mother's old illness has relapsed. She ordered me to go to the Imperial Medical Office to get some medicine and get out of here!"
Zhang Han frowned.
He didn't believe what the maid said.
But the key is not whether he believes it or not, but that since the maid dares to say such things, it is most likely Zhao Ji who gave her instructions.
It's about Zhao Ji's safety, so will he stop this maid or not?
If you stop him, you will offend Zhao Ji.
Afterwards, Zhao Ji will probably be labeled as "not caring about my life or death."
Can Zhang Han bear it? Will he die?
Although he was a doctor, he was still the confidant of the First Emperor.
But compared with Zhao Ji, who has the dual identities of Queen Mother and the biological mother of the First Emperor, these two identities are incomparably different.
Today it seems that the First Emperor has come to investigate.
But Zhang Han didn't believe that the First Emperor would really do anything to Zhao Ji.
Others don’t know the relationship between the First Emperor, Zhao Ji, mother and son.
As a confidant of the First Emperor, Zhang Han knew.
Any imprisonment of Yongdi is just to deceive the officials.
From beginning to end, the First Emperor's closest relative was Zhao Ji, even when King Qin Zhuangxiang was alive.
But if you don't stop, you don't obey the orders of the First Emperor.
There is a high probability that he will not die, but he will definitely lose the trust of the First Emperor, which is not the result he wants.
"Please ask the girl to write down the name and weight of the required medicine on the bamboo slips, and Han will order the official to go to the Imperial Medical Office to get it."
Zhang Han made a suggestion that would benefit both sides of himself.
But Zhang Han's best of both worlds is not that of a maid.
"The matter is urgent. I will go there in person. The Queen Mother will feel uncomfortable for a while. If you don't want to murder the Queen Mother, get out of here!"
Zhang Han was in a dilemma.
He glanced at the maid next to him, who had not moved or spoken since the maid opened the door. He closed his eyes to rest and cursed in his heart.
You are cunning, saying nothing and doing nothing, and you have thrown the matter of offending the Queen Mother on me.
After this maid was stopped, she would only complain to the Queen Mother about my fault.
It’s not that easy to ignore it!
The palace doors are all double doors with two leaves.
Zhang Han moved forward, blocking his own half of the door, leaving Gai Nie's half empty.
The maid glared at Zhang Han and snorted coldly.
He walked towards the empty space on the half door of Gai Nie and stepped outside the Ganquan Palace gate with one foot.
In an instant.
Gai Nie opened his eyes, moved his hands, and raised his sword!
The rainbow shines through the sun, and the silver light suddenly appears.
Only two soft sounds of the sword being unsheathed and the sword being sheathed were heard.
The maid continued to move forward and took the second step.
Zhang Han, who was unprepared, ignored the maid, his eyes wide open, staring closely at Gai Nie, who had closed his eyes again, as if he had done nothing just now, his eyes full of disbelief.
Your Majesty did not give the order! How dare you kill her! Why don't you hold her back?
The maid who took the second step was still secretly happy when she saw that Zhang Han didn't stop her.
The maid, who was afraid that Zhang Han would regret it, hurriedly took the third, fourth, and fifth steps.
The maid had already left Ganquan Palace in the second step, ran three steps outside the palace, and then ran down the steps in front of Ganquan Palace, her mind slightly relaxed.
Gai Nie seemed to have raised his hand just now. Was he dazzled?
Thinking like this, she suddenly felt some pain in her neck and reached out to grab it.
In her eagerness to run, she failed to control her strength, and this time she grabbed a bit too hard.
So, her body was still running.
However, his field of vision quickly moved upward from the Yongdi guards in Langguan attire in front of him to the sky full of stars.
He quickly moved down again and became Gai Nie with his eyes closed, Zhang Han looking at Gai Nie with frightened and angry eyes, and three city defense troops with a look of sorrow in their eyes.
Then her vision was the steps in front of the Zhangtai Palace, and then a pair of thin legs still trotting in maid uniforms.
Boom~
豱辱辱辘~
The scenery changes so quickly that I can't see clearly.
Those legs look so familiar...
The maid's vision fell into darkness.
Her consciousness was darker than her vision.
Her body ran two more steps before throwing herself forward on the ground.
Seemingly endless amounts of blood spurted out from her smooth-cut neck.
On the ground, it is like a big red cloth that stretches continuously and exudes the smell of rust.
This is a headless body.
When the maid touched her neck just now, she pushed her own head down.
The Yongdi guards of Ganquan Palace all clenched their Changges in their hands and cast their eyes at Ge Nie with hatred.
But they will not act without Zhao Ji's order.
Zhang Han was extremely angry and shouted in a low voice.
"Why did you kill her!"
Gai Nie opened his eyes and looked directly at Zhang Han.
"Follow your Majesty's orders."
"Your Majesty didn't let me wait to kill anyone!"
"No one is allowed to come in or out. This maid came out. If Nie Wei kills her, you and I will not be considered as violating His Majesty's will, and the corpse will not be counted as a person."
Zhang Han's anger welled up, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This is the Queen Mother's personal maid! If you want to die, don't take Han with you!"
"How can the Queen Mother's personal maid disobey His Majesty's orders?"
Okay, okay, why don't you use words like His Majesty's order to block Han?
Zhang Han leaned closer and lowered his voice by three points.
He said angrily in a sarcastic and mocking tone that only he and Gai Nie could hear: "If the Queen Mother comes out in anger, how dare you do this?"
Gai Nie's voice was as usual.
"Why not?"
Zhang Han's heart was beating violently, and he stared closely at Gai Nie's eyes, his heart trembling.
Gai Nie's eyes were clear and peaceful, with a hint of doubt, as if he didn't know the difference between the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother's personal maid.
He seemed serious...
He is crazy!
From this moment on, Zhang Han's mind was at its peak and he did not dare to relax at all.
Genie drew his sword too quickly.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to prevent it.
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