No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 295
Empress Dowager Zhu was sent back to the palace, seeing the person who sent her in with the decree just written out, she couldn't help walking back and forth in the room a little uneasy.

In the dormitory stood a few maids who used to be by her side, but at this moment, these people were like wooden stakes, and they had no intention of coming forward to relieve the empress dowager's worries.

Empress Dowager Zhu glanced at them unkindly, then angrily walked to the side and sat down.

These slaves who eat inside and outside, when she is out of trouble, they must be killed without a whole body!
Luo Junyao lay down on the beam of the main hall curiously and looked down, and saw Empress Dowager Zhu sitting at the table and pulling the handkerchief in her hand, lost in thought.

Empress Dowager Zhu was obviously in a very disturbed mood. After a moment of ecstasy, she couldn't help but stood up and wanted to go out, but was blocked by someone, "Ma'am, my lord, please rest in the hall."

Empress Dowager Zhu said angrily: "Presumptuous! You slaves who have betrayed the master! Get out!" The people who blocked her were not afraid, and one of them raised his head and said with a half-smile: "So that the empress dowager knows, Our master has never been the empress dowager, so he can't be called betraying the master. As for the servant who really betrayed the master, if the empress dowager wants to see her, she can still meet her later."

Empress Dowager Zhu gritted her teeth and said, "Don't you guys try to sow discord!"

The servant smiled and did not refute, as if to say: It is good for the Queen Mother to be happy.

Empress Dowager Zhu became more and more impatient, she avoided the people in front of her and wanted to continue walking, but she was soon stopped by someone.

Just when Empress Dowager Zhu was about to lose her temper, she heard a plop from behind.When everyone looked back, the two maids standing behind Empress Dowager Zhu suddenly fell down.Everyone in the dormitory was stunned. Those who hadn't fallen down hurriedly opened their mouths to call out, but before their voices could come out, they felt that they fell down in darkness.

Luo Junyao, who was lying on the beam of the house, observed for a while, and made sure that the people below had passed out. He secretly praised Qin Yao'er's medicinal effect in his heart, and then quietly jumped down from the beam and landed lightly. to the ground.

"Oh, it seems that Luan Yisi's masters have been sent to deal with Xie Yan." Xie Yan is definitely the absolute master tonight, and he has attracted most of the firepower by himself.

Walking briskly to the window, he listened carefully to the movement outside.The outside of the bedroom seemed to be very quiet, but the palace gate outside was noisy again. I don't know if Wei Changting did something.

Satisfied, Luo Junyao arranged the poison Qin Yao'er stuffed for her at the door of the sleeping hall, and then turned back to the hall.He raised his foot and kicked the person lying on the ground, then bent over and opened a small bottle and placed it under the Queen Mother Zhu's nose.

After a while, Empress Dowager Zhu twitched her brows slightly, and slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing Luo Junyao for the first time, Empress Dowager Zhu suddenly opened her eyes wide and wanted to open her mouth immediately.

Luo Jun shook his eyes and moved quickly, he pulled the handkerchief from Empress Dowager Zhu's hand and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Mmm..." Empress Dowager Zhu glared at Luo Junyao angrily, and made a murmuring sound.

Luo Jun shook his head with a smile, and said softly: "Empress Dowager, I am here to save you. If you attract people by shouting, you will be in trouble."

Empress Dowager Zhu looked at Luo Junyao vigilantly, her eyes filled with distrust.

Luo Junyao didn't care what she was thinking, and said softly: "I'll let you go, you don't want to call anymore. If you call me again, you will have no choice but to make you speechless. I agree." Empress Dowager Zhu nodded. Next, Luo Junyao just tore off the handkerchief stuffed in her mouth.

Empress Dowager Zhu asked softly, "Why are you here?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "I told you, I'm here to save you."

"You would be so kind?" Empress Dowager Zhu was a little unconvinced, Luo Jun shook his brows and eyes with a smile, "Of course there are conditions."

"What conditions?" Queen Mother Zhu asked.

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Now you write another imperial edict, saying that Xueya and King Ning are the ones who plotted rebellion, and they forced you to do everything just now."

Empress Dowager Zhu's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly held back.

Thinking of Xue Ya's threat to her, Empress Dowager Zhu naturally felt itchy with hatred.But she also knew that if this problem could not be solved, even if Xie Yan won Xue Ya, she would not let her go.

And this Luo Junyao... Why is she so lucky? !A trace of jealousy and hatred flashed in Empress Dowager Zhu's eyes, "You take me out of here first, and I will testify for Zhifei."

Luo Junyao squatted on the ground, holding his chin and looking at Empress Dowager Zhu in front of him with some embarrassment.

Empress Dowager Zhu snorted softly and said, "How do I know if you will take my Yizhi and ignore your words and leave me here for others to kill?"

Luo Jun said: "But if you don't do it, I might kill you right now."

"How dare you!" Empress Dowager Zhu opened her eyes wide and couldn't help but want to shout loudly.

It's just that Youyue's shining blade touched her neck, and the cold touch made her calm down instantly, and her voice was lowered.

Luo Jun smiled and said: "If I kill you now and then sneak out, no one will suspect me, right?"

Empress Dowager Zhu's face turned pale, and Luo Jun shook the dagger in his hand and said: "Empress Dowager, do you think I don't know that you and Xue Ya have hooked up? Did Xue Ya promise you that after getting rid of A Yan, he will help you?" You are in power?"

Empress Dowager Zhu gritted her teeth and said, "I don't. You saw it just now. I'm being guarded by these people."

Luo Jun said: "But you helped Xueya frame Ayan, do you really think that Xueya will support Acheng after killing Ayan, and let you be a queen mother who listens to politics behind the curtain?"

Empress Dowager Zhu avoided her eyes and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Luo Jun shook his head, and said with a smile: "Isn't the Queen Mother curious, how did Xue Ya control so many Imperial Forest Army and Wuwei Army?"

"What do you want to say?" Queen Mother Zhu asked.

Luo Jun said: "Do you think...if A Yan is gone, who has a better chance of securing the throne, A Cheng or King Ning?"

"You, you are talking nonsense!" Empress Dowager Zhu tremblingly said, "Xue Ya clearly..."

"Obviously what? Do you know him? Do you know where he came from?" Luo Junyao didn't have the heart to chatter with her anymore, "Hurry up, do you want to write?"

Empress Dowager Zhu was silent, Luo Junyao sighed, "It's really troublesome." He raised his hand and touched Empress Dowager Zhu's acupoints, Luo Junyao stood up and rummaged in the bedroom for a while, and soon found the empress dowager's golden seal.

Luo Junyao picked up a blank Yizhi imperial edict, and was about to stamp it.Anyway, the Empress Dowager Yizhi was not written by the Empress Dowager herself, just find someone to fill in the content later.

As for Empress Dowager Zhu, since she refuses to cooperate, don't wake up and ruin her affairs.

Before the golden seal was sealed, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.

Luo Junyao murmured inwardly, everyone knew it was wrong for this person to lie on the ground, and naturally it was not safe on the beam.

Before he had time to think about it, Luo Junyao casually put the Empress Dowager's golden seal into his sleeve pocket, and then walked behind the door in a flash.At the same time, he did not forget to give the Empress Dowager Zhu another portion of the medicine just now. Although the Empress Dowager Zhu was unwilling, but her will was too strong for the medicine, so she had to slowly close her eyes.

Pushing the door open was a thin man in black. Just as he opened his mouth to say something, he saw a person lying on the ground.The next moment, a gust of cold wind came from behind, and the man was agile, so he quickly turned his head to avoid it.It's a pity that her opponent was faster than him, and for some reason, his limbs felt a little numb, but in an instant, the knife slashed across his abdomen fiercely,

The next moment, another palm hit his chest heavily.The man took a few steps back in embarrassment, almost tripping over the person who fell on the ground.

Although he managed to stabilize himself relying on his own strength, he was kicked and fell to the ground.

Luo Junyao was a little surprised to find that there was no one else outside the door, obviously this person came in alone.Although it was an accident, he still reacted very quickly to close the door again, and then bullied himself to get in front of that person.

"Princess Regent!" The man covered the wound on his abdomen and gritted his teeth, "You poisoned?!" Not only was he injured, but his limbs began to go numb.

Facing a completely unfamiliar face, Luo Junyao asked, "Who are you?"

The man stared at him coldly, without saying a word.

Luo Junyao was not polite, and the Youyue thorn in his hand pierced through the wound on the abdomen again, and asked leisurely, "Who are you?"

The man didn't want to answer, but his expression began to change.

Because he felt that the knife in Luo Junyao's hand was slowly moving along his abdomen from left to right, the feeling of his abdomen being cut open by the knife was so clear, and the blood flowed faster than before.

It's just that I don't know if it was an accident or Luo Junyao did it on purpose. The dagger didn't hurt his internal organs, but as long as Luo Junyao uses a little more strength...

The pain made the man's eyes bloodshot and his lips turn white.

"I... am, the deputy commander of the hidden guards of King Ning's Mansion." The man finally couldn't help it, and said in a low voice.

Luo Junyao narrowed his eyes slightly, "What do you want to do here alone at this time?"

The man said: "By, according to the order of the prince...kill, Empress Dowager Zhu."

"Then?" Luo Junyao asked.

"Fall the blame on the Prince Regent." The man gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.

Luo Junyao didn't ask how to blame someone, but if he really wanted to blame someone, there were plenty of ways.

"What's the relationship between King Ning and Xueya?" Luo Junyao suddenly asked after changing the subject.

The man was startled, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"I don't know?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows, apparently dissatisfied with the answer.

The man quickly said: "I really don't know, I'm just a deputy commander!"

Luo Junyao looked at the seriously injured and weak man in front of him, as if he was thinking about whether he should trust him or not.

Ants are greedy for life, let alone people.

And the delicate-looking Princess Regent in front of her is obviously not someone who wants to make people happy.Considering the way she is torturing him now and the normal look on her face, the man has some doubts whether His Royal Highness Prince Ning is blind because he thinks this little princess is nothing to worry about.

Cold sweat broke out on the man's forehead, and he said weakly: "I really haven't seen the prince contact with that Mr. Xueya, but...the prince has a close relationship with the deputy commander of the South Day Camp of the Wuwei Army, and...there are two people from the Imperial Forest Army. The commander-in-chief has a good relationship with the lord. I heard that the former commander-in-chief and the lord were acquaintances in private, and the current commander... is the confidant and son-in-law hand-picked by the predecessor. Also, also, the dark guard... the commander of the dark guard of Prince Ning's mansion, They originally came out from the hidden guards of the royal family. Since Marquis Xiaoyuan disappeared and the late emperor passed away, the hidden guards of the royal family have gradually become weaker and many people managed to escape secretly..."

"They joined Prince Ning's Mansion?"

The man nodded with difficulty.

"What's the situation outside now?" Luo Junyao asked.

The man said: "It's a bit chaotic outside. Just now, a large number of people broke into the palace, and they were all sent to deal with those people. The prince and Mr. Xueya are also outside, and the commander ordered me...to take advantage of the chaos outside, to come in and kill the queen mother." .”

Luo Junyao pulled out the Youyue thorn, and casually threw a bottle of medicine to the man.

The man hurriedly applied the medicine for himself, and he didn't care much, just checked to make sure it was wound medicine, then poured the medicine on the wound, then pulled a piece of clean cloth from one side and wrapped it up sloppily.

The man breathed a sigh of relief until the wound was wrapped up, "Thank you, Wang..."

Before he finished speaking, Luo Jun shook his hand like flying and pinched his chin, and a pill was stuffed into his mouth.

The man secretly felt that something was wrong, but the injury was too serious to struggle, so he could only be forced by Luo Junyao to swallow the pill.

Luo Junyao was not afraid that he would spit it out again, so he let go of his hand casually.

Qin Yao'er said that the medicine dissolves quickly, and it is delusional to want to induce vomiting.

"Princess, you..."

Luo Junyao smiled and said, "Now, do you know what to do?"

The man nodded stiffly, and said, "I will never tell anyone that the princess is here."

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Go out and report to the order, and say that Empress Dowager Zhu is dead."

The man nodded.

"That's good." Luo Jun shook his smile and said, "If you can survive tonight, go to the Prince Regent's Mansion to get the antidote. By the way, if you don't take the antidote within two days, you will definitely regret that I didn't give it directly to you just now." Killed her. Since you are the secret guard of Prince Ning's Mansion, you should know that there is a Miss Qin in our mansion, right? If you think you can find someone to cure her poison, you can try it too."

The man's face became even uglier, obviously he had also heard of Qin Yao'er's reputation.

"I see."

Seeing the man in black stumbling out, Luo Junyao sighed, and stepped forward to lift Empress Dowager Zhu on the ground.

She is petite, even for a martial arts practitioner, it is still a bit difficult to carry the Empress Dowager Zhu.

Scanning the entire bedroom, Luo Junyao walked to the side of the gorgeous phoenix bed, clasped the gems inlaid in the phoenix eyes carved under the bed, twisted a few times, and then pressed down hard.

After a soft sound, a small hole in the ground was silently revealed by the wall behind the bed.There are steps going down at the entrance of the cave, and Luo Junyao grabbed Empress Dowager Zhu and walked towards the entrance of the cave.After Luo Junyao and the two entered, the cabinets by the wall slowly moved back to their original positions, and one of the cabinets was just pressed against the entrance of the hole, as if nothing had happened here.

With some difficulty, Luo Junyao dragged Empress Dowager Zhu down the not-so-spacious tunnel. The tunnel was built very simply, without any decorations.There is already a thick layer of dust on the ground, obviously no one has walked by it for many years.

Luo Junyao walked straight along the tunnel, and the surroundings were quiet, and the noise in the palace on the ground at this time could not be transmitted here at all.

Empress Dowager Zhu was dragged by her, and the hem of her clothes was stained with dust.Luo Junyao didn't care either, she didn't have the strength to carry a person for such a long distance.

After walking for a while, I finally saw a light.

Luo Jun shook his eyes, quickly quickened his pace, and soon reached the exit.

Carrying the people out, Luo Junyao showed no surprise when he saw the people waiting there, "Mr. Huang."

The person waiting at the entrance of the cave was none other than the empress dowager's confidant, Eunuch Huang.

Eunuch Huang was a little surprised to see the empress dowager in such a mess, but he still stepped forward and respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, princess."

Luo Jun waved his hands and said: "It's okay, the queen mother is just unconscious, it's nothing, you don't have to worry."

Eunuch Huang smiled, he was obviously not worried about Empress Dowager Zhu.

"If it weren't for the fact that the entrance to the tunnel can only be opened from the Empress Dowager's Palace, the old slave would not dare to bother the princess this way," said the palace.

Mr. Luo understood that before Empress Dowager Zhu lived in this palace, Empress Dowager Tai lived there.I just don't know, does Empress Dowager Zhu know that there is a secret passage leading to the outside world in her bedroom?
Luo Jun smiled and said: "I originally wanted to go to the Empress Dowager's Palace, but Huang Gong saved me the trouble of going out. What is this place?"

Eunuch Huang said: "This is the secret room in the Empress Dowager's palace. The princess can go out directly from here, and the prince is also outside at this time. But... please don't mention this matter to outsiders, including the prince."

Luo Jun was taken aback, and looked at Eunuch Huang in surprise.

Eunuch Huang didn't explain, but just smiled and said: "My concubine just pretend that this incident never happened, and the empress dowager will deal with it herself."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "The Empress Dowager already knows what happened tonight?"

Eunuch Huang sighed and said, "How can you not know about such a big movement?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "I see."

Eunuch Huang thanked again, and said, "Princess, let's go out."

Luo Jun shook his head and glanced at the unconscious Empress Dowager Zhu on the ground, for some reason she had a premonition.

Maybe this is the last time she will see her in this life.

(End of this chapter)