fake prince

Chapter 1308 Creepy
The night before
The night seemed to be extraordinarily deep, and it was raining. Most of the palace was very quiet. Occasionally, the guards stood in the dark like nails, or the eunuchs watching the night were patrolling.

Except for the pattering rain and the swaying yellow gauze palace lanterns, there was almost no sound.

Or, there is a sound, but it is also covered under the sound of rain.

"Quick, quick!" The sound of horseshoes broke the silence, and the guards at the palace gate suddenly became alert, and pressed the handle of the knife in the firelight: "Who?"

"It's me..." The people below got off their horses, panting.

A hundred households protruded from the palace gate, looked carefully at the light of the fire, and then said: "So it's Eunuch Zhou, you didn't go out with Eunuch Ma on business, why did you come back at this time..."

"Of course there is something important..."

"Well, Eunuch Zhou, at this point in time..."

"Bastard, don't we know the rules? I'll plug the door..."

"Then, please wait a moment..."

At three o'clock in the unitary hour (6:[-]), the palace gate is closed, called the key, and no one is allowed to come in or out unless there is an order. Even if there is a special emergency, the memorial can only be handed in through the crack of the palace gate. go.

Hundreds of households ran down, took a look at the folded book that was handed in through the gap, and saw the words "King Qi's private armored soldiers", immediately changed color, closed it with a "snap", turned and ran away.

In the dark night, there were faint human voices, all the way to the emperor's bedroom, and the lights came on after a while.

This actually surprised a lot of people.

The palace opened at 3:[-] ([-]:[-]) at Yinshi. Before that, a few court ladies and eunuchs got up and were busy preparing. At this time, they saw that a hundred households reported something, which caused a shock.

"Quick, quick!" Afterwards, it didn't open in advance, and the palace gate opened at the third quarter of the Yin hour, and someone saw the newly promoted chief eunuch Hu Huai'an leading a team galloping out.

"Something happened!"

But everyone who has sources of information in the palace has heard about this more or less, and there are only a few people in the palace concubine who got the news, they couldn't help but feel uneasy, and immediately knew that something might happen.

In a palace courtyard, the little maids and servants were making tea and preparing food. They spoke softly, fearing to wake up the nobleman, but there was already movement inside.

"Your Majesty, did you not sleep well?" Seeing that your Majesty was startled, she didn't allow the lamp to be turned on, so she just sat on the side of the bed with her coat on, and the maid who served her, hurriedly asked in a low voice.

"Is it daylight outside?" Since it was a rainy night and the moonlight and starlight could not be seen, it was naturally difficult to judge the time from the brightness outside, so the empress asked this question.

The maid hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, it's just three o'clock, and it's still early before dawn. You should sleep a little longer."

Left and right, the queen doesn't like to see concubines, and the concubines don't need to get up early to pay their respects. As long as they didn't accompany the emperor the night before, they can naturally sleep all morning late the next day.

With the emperor's personality, he usually would not come to the harem to look for concubines in the morning.

Hearing that it was only early in the morning, the empress was stunned for a moment, touched the fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and couldn't help but sigh: "Then continue to sleep."

There is no need to think about what happened before, even if what happened, what does it have to do with them?

With the obvious aging of the emperor's body, his temperament has also changed compared with the past, even the favored concubine can easily be disliked.

Those who are favored today may be thrown into limbo tomorrow.

Because most of the concubines who were tortured in this way were little nobles, the news naturally did not spread.

But the high-ranking concubines in the harem were more or less depressed.

Everyone fights for favor and trust.

But the emperor is like this, what else can he fight for?
Kunning Palace

Similarly, only two beige watermelon lanterns were hung, and under the lanterns, there were many figures, and the court ladies came and went, all in flat soft shoes, with light steps and light feet, busy.

A person hurried over, also quietly walking, reached a place and bowed, under the lamp, he saw that it was a young eunuch, and after softly reporting, he asked.

"Godfather, do you want to report this to your mother?"

The old eunuch, half of which was hidden in the darkness, said in a deep voice, "I'll report it, you don't have to worry about this matter, go to sleep."

"Hey!"

It's just that when the old eunuch walked back and bowed to the motionless woman standing in the deep hall, the woman knew what was going on without him saying anything.

The woman was in a quiet trance, and the whole hall fell into silence. After a long time, she said: "Zhao Bingzhong has sent a message?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I have sent him a message."

"Then just wait, even Xinping has become the water that was thrown out, so Concubine Wu has to cooperate. This grandson of this palace will not let me down."

"It's just that if Xinping enters the palace, what should Concubine Wu call me?" Speaking of this, the woman's tone even had a hint of a smile.

The old eunuch bowed his head and did not answer. After a while, he looked up and saw that the empress had gone back, and the maid quietly waited for her to fall asleep, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"As expected of a girl!"

This kind of demeanor, this kind of mind, the emperor benefited a lot back then, but it's a pity that the crown prince...

Ugh!
In the eyes of others, the queen knew the previous news, but she didn't react, and she still lived her life in the palace with a cold attitude.

Everyone was uneasy at first, but they gradually calmed down when they saw that the queen was still the same as before.

These people in the harem are separated from the former court after all, so if something really happens, unless the emperor dies suddenly, or encounters a major event related to his own mother, otherwise, if something happens, the fire will come. Can't burn their side.

But the people who served the emperor couldn't even hide, they could only suppress their panic, hold their breath, and walk lightly, not daring to make a sound.

Until a sound of footsteps hurriedly came from outside, staying outside the bedroom.

"His Majesty……"

"Zhao Bingzhong, what's the sound outside? Hu Huai'an is back?"

In the bedroom, the emperor stood up and opened his eyelids as heavy as lead. He couldn't help but wake up, looking at a bowed eunuch and asking.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Hu and Eunuch Ma have returned together, and are waiting outside, waiting to be summoned."

The emperor looked tired, his face was sallow, and his eyes were a little dull under the candlelight. After a while, he said, "Let them in."

Zhao Bingzhong responded, and after a while, Hu Huaian and Ma Shunde came in and saluted the emperor.

"Since you are here, you have found a clue?" The emperor leaned on the big pillow, did not ask Hu Huai'an, but just looked at Ma Shunde.

Ma Shunde didn't dare to look up, but felt that the emperor was staring at him, like an old ferocious beast staring at its prey. Although the ferocious beast is old, it is still easy to kill him.

His neck was a little wet, he fell to his knees with a thud, and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, this servant has asked people to investigate officials above the fifth rank, including those who have already retired from office and those who have been convicted, and it turns out that collusion was found." King Qi's Huo Lianqi, he is a thousand households!"

"Qianhu Huo Lianqi?" the emperor repeated in his mouth, and his face became more and more ugly. He seemed to have heard of this name before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

But a creepy feeling rose spontaneously.

It's been a long time since I felt this way.

(End of this chapter)