The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 33 Replacement (3)

Ao Jia looked impatient, stared at him and pulled out the knife at his waist without saying a word, and instantly reached his Adam's apple, threatening: "If you keep yelling like this, I will kill you directly."

The subordinates immediately raised their hands to show weakness, a layer of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads, and their voice became quieter: "The little ones dare not, the little ones dare not."

Afterwards, the subordinates were still a little tangled, looked at Ao Jia mischievously, and asked, "It's just... Boss, what's more, Qianqing Palace is also the emperor's bedroom. If we search the palace rashly, nothing will happen, right?"

Ao Jia was so angry that he gritted his back teeth and didn't want to say any more to the person in front of him: "So I want you to search quickly and be quiet, don't make too much noise, and return to the previous one after killing." The secret door was transported out of the palace, and tomorrow I will ask Lord Suo'etu to send a maid from the mansion to make it up."

The complexion of his subordinates was not very good-looking, he raised his eyelids to look at Ao Jia's complexion, and said under pressure: "But, the pretty girl you want to kill, she was appointed by the emperor to serve the second elder brother in Qianqing Palace. Maid, what if the emperor finds out that she is missing?"

Ao Jia frowned slightly, and replied flatly: "That means she stole stolen goods and has been sent to the Punishment Department."

The utility room at night is very gloomy and cold, and Jiao Rong stayed here for a long time, already feeling cold and sleepy.She leaned against the broom piled in the corner, tucked her legs and closed her eyes to rest.

Jiaorong's five senses are very sensitive, and soon she heard some footsteps coming from outside the utility room. Jiaorong opened her eyes instantly, and looked at the door vigilantly with a pair of fox eyes. Sharp light.

A few male voices came from outside the door: "You, go to the warehouse, you, go to the utility room."

Hearing this, Jiaorong couldn't help frowning, her fingers clenched her sleeves tightly.Shouldn't this group of people search for Yanxi Palace?How could they search in Qianqing Palace?If she was discovered, what chance would she have of surviving?How to resist?
The door of the utility room was creaked by the wind, and under the reflection of the moonlight, Jiao Rong vaguely saw a guard with a round hat and a knife slowly approaching outside the door.Jiao Rong clenched her lower lip, her eyes became sharper.

In the next second, the door of the utility room was gently pushed open. Although Jiaorong's face was full of viciousness, it cannot be denied that, as a weak and unarmed woman, she couldn't stop herself from shaking. trembling.

The guard walked in and looked around, and finally his eyes rested on Jiaorong in the corner.It's just that the guard found that someone inside didn't call out directly, but closed the door of the utility room gently, and walked slowly towards Jiaorong.

Jiao Rong looked up at the guard with an unyielding expression on his face.The guard slowly knelt down in front of Jiaorong, looked at Jiaorong's face that was the same as in his memory, reached out and touched her chin, and gently turned her face to the left, the chin on her fair neck The eye-catching cinnabar mole on his face suddenly appeared.

For some reason, the guard suddenly became agitated. He closed his eyes and said lightly, "It really is you."

Jiao Rong's face darkened to the extreme, taking advantage of the guard's distraction, she clenched her fists and was about to swing at his face.But the guard reacted extremely quickly, he grabbed Jiaorong's wrist in an instant, looked into Jiaorong's eyes, and said eagerly: "Don't be nervous, I won't kill you."

But right now, Jiaorong only wanted to fight for a way out for herself, she didn't care what the guard said, she stretched out her other hand to hit the man in front of her again.But this time, he was easily caught by the guards again in the same way.

Just when Jiao Rong gritted her teeth and tried to resist, there was another guard's voice asking outside the door: "Xila, is there anyone in the utility room?"

Hearing the sound, Jiaorong's heartbeat suddenly missed a beat, and she subconsciously wanted to stop.But before Jiaorong could react, the guard named Xida pulled her up, took Jiaorong to a cabinet in the corner, opened the door of the cabinet, and stuffed Jiaorong without saying a word. went in.

Seeing that there was no response from inside, the people outside the door opened the door directly. At this moment, Xida just closed the cabinet door, but she hadn't tidied up her clothes yet, looking a little panicked.

Seeing Xida's appearance, the people outside the door couldn't help raising their eyebrows: "Is there a problem inside?"

"No." Xida responded briskly, then patted the ashes on his sleeves, walked out pretending nothing happened, and made up a reason: "It's just that a mouse jumped out suddenly."

When the guard outside the door heard this, he laughed heartily: "Ha, you boy, you are the most showy among our group of people on weekdays, but you are also afraid of a mouse."

The two of them drifted away as they talked, and the door of the utility room was also closed tightly by Xida before leaving.The velvet hiding in the closet was choked by the old ashes and coughed, but he could only cough silently in a low voice.

She calmed down, recalling that the guard outside just called the man's name.

Hida?

Jiaorong's eyes blurred a bit.Such a name existed in her memory, and she was extremely familiar with it. The boy in her memory was called Tumen Xida, a childhood playmate of Jiaorong's childhood sweetheart.The two families were originally family friends, but when Jiaorong was ten years old, Xida entered the palace, and the two did not see each other for five years after that.

Due to the excessive fear just now, Jiao Rong didn't pay attention to the appearance of the guard in front of her at all.Jiao Rong closed her eyes and leaned against the cabinet in regret, with mixed feelings in her heart, she didn't know whether she should be thankful that the old person she met was saved from a disaster, or whether she was anxious about how to continue to escape in the future.

I can't go out tonight.Jiaorong sat down slowly in the cabinet, she was simply too tired, tired and sleepy, at the moment she had no time to think about how dirty she would be when she sat here.

At this time in the Kunning Palace, the emperor was looking at the portrait of Empress Renxiao in silence. After Liang Jiugong reported the situation of Qianqing Palace to the emperor, the emperor snorted lightly, and there was no major emotional change: "Since Pei Wen After passing away, Suo'etu took strict precautions against the people around Yinfeng, and put countless eyeliners in Qianqing Palace, did he really think that I didn't know anything?"

After speaking, the emperor personally burned a stick of incense for Empress Renxiao, and said lightly: "I just turn a blind eye to see that they value Yinreng."

Liang Jiugong bowed his body, with a complex expression on his face. After thinking for a long time, he still opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, they are searching the Qianqing Palace again tonight, and they want to replace the servants around Second Elder Brother."

The emperor seemed to have gotten used to the strangeness, he just gave a slight "hmm" and didn't notice anything wrong.

This made Liang Jiugong even more embarrassed. He stared at him for a long time, and finally said: "They searched the palace and arrested... Miss Jiaorong."

(End of this chapter)