The cold wind blew past me, and something flashed past me in the night with a cold light.
Lu Qing shuddered, turned around and ran away.
The little eunuch behind him pulled out his dagger and chased after her. His soft and soft voice seemed particularly weird at this moment: "Most of these are cold palaces. Many beauties have lost their lives here. The concubine is not alone even if she goes underground."
Lu Qing turned a deaf ear and ran back as fast as possible.
She can't die, she still has Lan Ge'er, she must not die.
On one side of the splendid palace, there are bright lights and singing and dancing. On the other side, there are people who are experiencing the tension and despair of life and death.
"Stop! You can't escape!"
Lu Qing ran forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. A sharp pain arose in his chest and spread to his throat.
The sound of huffing and puffing behind him was getting closer and closer, and Lu Qing threw open the door of a dilapidated palace in panic.
She leaned against the door and gasped violently, and the little eunuch outside the door slammed the door hard.
Bang bang bang——
Lu Qing gritted her teeth and resisted, her strength was almost exhausted...
Suddenly, she remembered the loose cartilage in her purse, and struggled to free up a hand to untie the purse.
The moment before his strength was exhausted, Lu Qing let go, quickly covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and spread the powder.
The little eunuch who just broke in inhaled the medicinal powder without realizing it.
At the same time, faint candlelight lit up in the dark palace.
"Who's out there!"
A haggard woman held a candle and her face could not be seen clearly. She stood under the verandah, as ethereal and insubstantial as a ghost.
Lu Qing didn't care to look further, because she found that the little eunuch's determination to kill her was too strong. He was still holding on to the corner of her skirt after being hit by cartilage powder, and the dagger in his hand was trembling and about to plunge down.
Lu Qing made a decisive decision, kicked his hand away, pulled out the hairpin from her head, and stabbed the little eunuch's arm hard. Blood spattered and jumped onto her fair cheek, like a red plum in bud in the snow.
Bang - the dagger fell, Lu Qing picked it up with quick eyes and hands, and put it against the young eunuch's neck.
After doing this, the woman walked up to Lu Qing, followed Lu Qing's example and covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. She said coldly: "If you want to kill someone, go somewhere else. Don't dirty my territory."
Lu Qing explained: "It's my fault for disturbing the noble man. But it's not that I want to kill him, it's that he led me here for some reason and wants to take my life."
The woman became interested: "Are you the emperor's new favorite?"
Lu Qing shook his head: "No."
"People outside the palace?" The woman sneered, "They are getting more and more crazy. Is it possible that those inside and outside the palace changed their surname to Xu?!"
Xu? Lu Qing was startled.
**
At this time, in Yongning Hall, the sound of playing music, talking and laughing suddenly stopped.
Yan Fuguang's black eyes were cold: "Who is pretending to be the father to lure away the Wei family from my house?!"
Just now, Ji Qin and Wu Shuang came to Yongning Hall to find Lu Qing with Brother Lan who was suddenly crying and couldn't be coaxed. Fang Jinbao was confused: "Concubine Wei came to Yongning Hall? I didn't see it!"
Fang Jinbao has been waiting for Yan Fuguang in the palace. It is impossible that he doesn't even know whether Lu Qing is coming or not.
Ji Qin's back felt cold and she told Lu Qing the cause and effect of being called out of Fengyi Palace.
Fang Jinbao took a breath and turned to report to Yan Fuguang.
Yan Fuguang immediately asked Emperor Xihe, and after receiving a definite denial, he could no longer suppress his anger.
"I have never sent someone to summon your concubine." Emperor Xihe emphasized again. After scanning the circle below, his expression was solemn: "Whoever I find out, be careful with your heads!"
After speaking, he ordered the palace guards: "Go find someone!"
Yan Fuguang frowned and glanced at Queen Xu, Concubine Chen and others, and strode out of Yongning Hall with the anger of the coming storm.
He asked Lu Qing the exact time of his departure and led a group of guards straight to the northwest of the palace.
In the Leng Palace, Lu Qing and Lin Yu, the master of the Leng Palace whom they had just met, were interrogating the young eunuch about the person behind the scenes.
"Who asked you to do it?" After asking, Lin Yu used a dagger to cut the little eunuch's arm, which was stained red with blood and there was a huge snow under his body.
The weak little eunuch gritted his teeth and said nothing. He was betting that these two women would not kill him, and he might still be able to escape.
Lu Qing squatted on the ground, her shoes and socks were soaked and cold to the bone. She would never have sympathy for someone who wanted to kill her.
Pressing the hairpin inserted into his arm and inserting it a few more times, Lu Qing asked, "Do you want to tell me?"
The little eunuch gasped intermittently: "No one else but me wants to kill you. If you can, kill me. Kill me and see if you can walk out of the palace alive." He just noticed that Lu Qing's low status meant that his words had no weight. at this point.
In the palace, the death of an eunuch is a big or small matter, but if you don't know who is behind him, Lu Qing can't do it easily.
With a cold face, Lu Qing pulled out the hairpin to let his blood flow more freely. After thinking about it, she became angry and stabbed it into his leg again.
Lin Yu could look at Lu Qing calmly: "I can't ask, what are you going to do?"
"There is nothing we can do. We can only ask our prince." Lu Qing answered honestly.
"Looking for your prince? Are you very favored?"
"Of course not." Lu Qing denied it at first, and then said, "But in this case, there is no other way."
She was planning how to place the half-dead little eunuch and then go to Yongning Palace to move reinforcements, when there was a noise outside the Leng Palace.
"Not here!"
"Not here either!"
The deserted and silent palaces were pushed aside for inspection one by one, and soon they arrived at the cold palace where Lu Qing was.
Through the door, she heard Yan Fuguang's voice. Before she could think of how to respond, the door was pushed open, and his handsome eyebrows with frosty eyes appeared in front of her.
Lu Qing had never felt that he was so dazzling. Before she could say a word, she shed tears and shouted pitifully: "Your Majesty..."
She fell down in the snow, her hair was messy, her eyes were filled with tears, and her cheeks and clothes were stained with blood. You can imagine what a dangerous situation she had gone through.
Yan Fuguang bent down, lifted her up with one hand and held her in his arms, and told the guards behind him: "Take her away."
The little eunuch was lifted up and dragged away. Lu Qing turned around to say goodbye to Lin Yu, but saw that she had already gone back to the house and closed the door.
Yan Fuguang picked up Lu Qing and asked in a low voice: "Where is it hurt?"
Lu Qing bit her lower lip, put her arms on his strong shoulders, and sobbed: "No, Wu Shuang gave me a pack of cartilage powder, just in time for..."
Yan Fuguang raised the corners of his mouth imperceptibly: "Well, you're lucky."
Lu Qing asked dully: "Your Majesty, why did that eunuch kill my concubine?"
"Who among the people in the palace is not crazy?"
Yan Fuguang hugged Lu Qing and when he was approaching Fengyi Palace, Emperor Xihe and others also came over.
The guards have reported the little eunuch's situation to Emperor Xihe, who angrily said: "I will definitely pry open his mouth and find out the mastermind behind the scenes!"
Empress Xu smiled softly: "The Wei family finally entered the palace, but encountered such a thing. It is really unfortunate. However, I think she is lucky, and she even carries cartilage powder with her..."
The focus of this sentence is on the second half.
Concubine Chen followed closely: "I am also curious about this cartilage powder."
Lu Qing suddenly lost his balance and grabbed Yan Fuguang's sleeve tightly.
Yan Fuguang's black eyes stared at Empress Xu without blinking. Just a glance at that look would suddenly make a chill rise from the bottom of his heart: "Compared to such a bold and reckless person, what is the loose cartilage?"
"You can't say that." Prince Yan Xianzhi said in a self-righteous analysis, "This is the imperial palace after all, and cartilage powder can be considered poison..."
Yan Fuguang asked without warning: "The Wei family is not dead, the prince is sorry?"
Yan Xianzhi suddenly paused, his face changing between blue and white.
"That's enough." Emperor Xihe said with a cold face, "Take the eunuch back and I will interrogate him personally."
