Tibetan beads

Chapter 529 Murder

The rain was so heavy that no pedestrians could be seen on the official road.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Yan Ji tried to call to Yan Ling, who was on her way.

"Your Highness, there is an inn ahead, let's rest overnight!"

Yan Ling didn't slow down, and replied loudly: "It's only a dozen miles away, just keep going, and we'll be there tonight."

He has been away from home for more than a year, and has been separated from Xu Yin for more than nine months. He can't wait to see his relatives.Is your father recovering from his injury?Can the mother adapt to court life?How are you, big brother?What I miss most is Xu Yin. Is she going to give birth soon?Calculated according to the date, I'm afraid it will be only a few days. Yan Ling is afraid that she will return to Beijing one day later, and miss the birth of her child, and let her face the pain of childbirth alone.

But Yanji had other worries: "But it was raining too much, and I couldn't even see the road clearly. What if I fell? It's only a day late, safety is the most important thing!"

Seeing that Yan Ling was unmoved, he could only persuade loudly: "Your Highness, I have been here for so many days, there is no need to rush, the princess must also..."

Before he finished speaking, Yan Ling suddenly reined in.

Yanji was frightened out of his wits, and hurriedly tightened the reins.The road is slippery in rainy days and the sky is dark. It is not fun to bump into it.

Seeing this, the Xuan Tiewei behind them immediately made the same movement, whimpering for a while.

"Your Highness?" Yan Ji probed, "You agree?"

Yan Ling stared at the front, and it was the commander of Xuan Tiewei who answered: "Look at the post station, isn't it a bit strange?"

Yan Ji turned his head and looked, the inn in front of him was independent of the rain curtain, and there were only a few figures under the flickering lights.

"Movement of soldiers and horses?" Yan Ji wondered, "Is it the imperial army? It's raining so hard, where are they going?"

Yan Ling turned her head and ordered: "Go! See what's going on."

Immediately, two scouts came out and responded loudly: "Yes."

The rain was splashing on the ground, and the well-trained black iron guards were motionless in their coir raincoats, except for the occasional barking of their mounts, which were quickly stopped.

After a while, the scout came back and brought a person with him.

The man was tall and tall, wearing a coir raincoat like them.When he arrived in front of Yan Ling, he lifted his hat, cupped his fists and saluted, "His Royal Highness King Jin!"

Yan Ling looked intently, the torch reflected the man's face, he couldn't hide his surprise: "General Wan?"

This person is Wan Song. When Xu Huan came to Beijing, he also followed.Yan Ling remembered that he seemed to be the commander of Longshan Guard - this is even more strange, non-prohibited soldiers are not allowed to trespass in the border of Gyeonggi, Wan Song appeared here, strictly speaking, he was against the edict, and under normal circumstances he would be arrested and questioned in front of the emperor .

"His Royal Highness came back just in time." Wan Song didn't give an explanation, just opened his mouth and said, "Something happened in the capital."

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It got dark early today, and the teacher of Taiyuan Palace showed mercy and ended the evening class early.

Concubine Liu took advantage of the heavy rain today and no one was staring at her, so she secretly took out her private jewelry to play with.Alas, back then, she didn't bother to take a look at the room full of gold, jewels and jade, but now even such a golden hairpin is not allowed to be seen.

She carefully touched the gold thread pattern on the hairpin, and wanted to try it on her head, but unfortunately raised her hand to touch the bald scalp, and lost interest all of a sudden.

When are you headed these days!
At this time, there was a noise outside.

Concubine Liu hurriedly tucked the gold hairpin into her sleeve, and the visitor had already entered the room, she said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be nervous, this servant is ordered to deliver a message."

Concubine Liu took a closer look and found that it was the person Yan Cheng arranged in Taiyuan Palace, she was relieved.

"So it's you! It's His Royal Highness, do you have something to say?"

"Yes." The palace man walked over with a smile and poured her a cup of tea with his own hands.

The tea was cold, Concubine Liu frowned, a little disgusted by the other party's lack of winks.In the past, such a girl wouldn't even think of stepping into her house, but this is Yan Cheng's person, so she can only endure it.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen the prince for a long time. When will he come to see me?"

The disgust on the palace man's face disappeared in a flash, and he quickly smiled, and replied: "My lord, forgive me, your highness has been too busy recently. You don't know, your majesty is sick in bed, and Princess Jin has activated it again. The palace is in chaos now. His Highness is in charge of all the affairs, so there is really no time to spare."

Hearing that His Majesty was ill, Concubine Liu's eyes lit up first, and then she frowned again when she heard Princess Jin's movement.

"Ms. Xu is going to give birth? She is really lucky. If she wins a boy in one fell swoop, His Majesty will be very happy? Hey, why has there been no news from the Crown Princess?"

Speaking of which, that girl hasn't come for quite a while, so she can't get enough time to eat and drink, what a pity.

The palace man responded: "It's better for your mother to plan for His Highness wholeheartedly."

Concubine Liu smiled and asked her, "That's all you came here today to talk about? Didn't you bring anything?"

The palace man said "Oh", and while walking towards her, he reached into his sleeve.

Just when Concubine Liu thought she was going to take out something, the palace maid pulled out a belt, quickly wrapped it around her neck, covered her mouth with one hand, and pulled it tightly with the other.

"Hmm..." Concubine Liu was shocked, but the other party moved too fast, she threw herself half a step away, and was pulled back by the belt, hanging tightly by her neck.

It hurts... Concubine Liu's eyes widened, she tried to raise her head, and met the indifferent eyes of the palace servants.

She said coldly: "By His Highness's orders, the empress has made repeated mistakes and repeated mistakes, so she will commit suicide here today!"

No, she doesn't want to die!Concubine Liu tried her best to stretch her neck, trying to catch a breath, and grabbed her hands back indiscriminately, but unfortunately, no matter how she resisted, the other party remained motionless.

The belt was tightened more and more, the feeling of suffocation made her dizzy, and Concubine Liu couldn't help feeling a sense of despair.Could it be that after suffering so much and exerting so much effort, she is going to die here today?That kid is so ruthless, he deserves to be my sister's son... I knew she would not have gone to Tongyang back then...

Suddenly there was a scream of "ah" from behind, and a figure came over and attacked the palace man.

As soon as the belt around her neck was loosened, Concubine Liu fell to the ground, coughing loudly while clutching her throat.

When she recovered, the fighting in the room stopped.

The palace man who was about to strangle her was stabbed in the chest, and the one who killed her was a heroic-looking woman—as Concubine Liu remembered, she seemed to be the female guard next to the empress, what was her name...Ji Sanniang.

Other people in Taiyuan Palace rushed here when they heard the movement.Several masters watched this scene in surprise, the stewardess reacted first, ordered people to close the door, and shouted: "Everyone stay here, no one is allowed to leave!"

Ji Sanniang, who was about to speak, turned her head in satisfaction, pulled out her dagger, and asked the shivering Concubine Liu: "Your Majesty, do you know who wants to kill you?"

Concubine Liu opened her mouth and closed it again.

Ji Sanniang smiled: "Do you know why I came so timely?" She stared at Concubine Liu who was wandering, and said, "Because your niece Liu Xier changed her name to An Ansheng after a year, Sudden illness and death!"

(End of this chapter)