Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 877 There is an assassin!
In a blink of an eye, it’s the end of November.

Since the snowfall in the middle of the month, the heavy snow on Lishan Mountain has not stopped. The thick white snow almost covered the entire land, but it failed to cover the surrounding green peaks and mountains. Instead, it outlined an elegant landscape for them. contour. Even if you have never been to a mountain, you can still feel how steep and strange the mountains are just by looking at the shape of the snow on the peaks.

While admiring such beautiful scenery, enjoying singing and dancing, and the warm and humid climate in Tangquan Palace, Yu Wenyuan enjoyed a relaxing time that was almost unprecedented in his life.

That day, when he was about to go to Furong Pond again, as soon as he walked out of the palace door, he saw Eunuch Yu leading a young eunuch to come forward and salute.

One look at the little eunuch's clothes, and he knew that it was another document sent from Chang'an.

For more than half a month, a document was still delivered every two days. He had carefully inspected it before, and would ask about major and minor matters in the Qing Dynasty and the palace. However, there has been no news about the war in Luoyang. There was Yu Wenye supervising the country to ask questions, so nothing major happened. Gradually, he stopped asking questions so carefully.

Seeing someone else coming, Yu Wenyuan did not reach out to take the document that the young eunuch held in his hands. He just walked forward and said, "Is there anything going on in the palace?"

The little eunuch held the document in both hands, followed him and responded: "No."

"Then, what's the big deal in the court?"

"nor."

"Is there any news from Luoyang?"

"His Royal Highness, Prince Qi, has no news back to Chang'an for the time being."

Hearing this, Yu Wenyuan's face became a little more relaxed than before. He only glanced at Eunuch Yu, and Eunuch Yu stepped forward to take the document, thought about it, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, King Qin, is really meticulous in handling things. You don't even need your Majesty." Take care."

Yu Wenyuan was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "He is a man who is loyal to the country and a sincere person."

At this time, Zhang Yuping, who was walking beside Yu Wenyuan, smiled and said: "Your Majesty should be more careful. Everything has been arranged before leaving. There has been nothing at all for more than half a month. Even if there is, it is just some things. His Highness the King of Qin can naturally handle small matters."

Yu Wenyuan then said to the young eunuch: "Go back and tell King Qin to work hard and not slack off."

"Yes."

The young eunuch accepted the order, bowed and withdrew.

On the other side, Zhang Yuping had already smiled coquettishly and held Yu Wenxin's sleeves into the west hall. After a while, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard inside, and along with the melting warmth emanating from the hibiscus pool, it rose up to the white snow. It went flying in the air with the wind.

In this way, the day passed slowly.

Because of the heavy snowfall, it had just arrived at dusk, and the sky was as dark as night. Only the west hall where the emperor was was brightly lit, drums and music were playing, and it was very lively. In comparison, the other palaces and pavilions in Tangquan Palace were much quieter. .

The only place where there are still lights, and where figures sway under the lights, is the Gongdeyuan outside the palace walls.

Several ministers who were accompanying the Emperor during this trip to Tangquan Palace were arranged here. In the first two days, they accompanied the emperor to soak in the Tangquan Palace and play around in Tangquan Palace. However, within a few days, when Zhang Jie After Yu and others accompanied the emperor, and Lou Liangdi prepared songs and dances for the performance, they almost never saw the emperor again. They only watched the documents from Chang'an being delivered day by day, and empty-handed day by day. return.

Under the flickering lights, Shen Shiyan's originally gray beard and hair seemed to be whiter than the previous two days.

He said solemnly: "This won't work."

Pei Shi, who was sitting opposite him, also had a solemn look on his face and said: "Your Majesty has never been like this before, not asking about government affairs for several days, and not even seeing us. He won't-"

When he said the last few words, his voice was low and low.

Seeing him starting to think about the worst, Shen Shiyan shook his head: "Not really."

"Really?" Shen Shiyan said solemnly: "His Royal Highness is not yet at this level."

In fact, when it comes to people's hearts, he may not believe the prince. But the current situation is that although the prince is the prince, he has not fully grasped the real power. Even the power of supervising the country this time fell into the hands of King Qin. Although he put the emperor and Several ministers stayed here, but they actually had no power to control the government.

On the other hand, the King of Qi led tens of thousands of troops eastward to Luoyang, and the King of Qin, Yuwen Ye, was regent. Although he did not lead the troops to fight, his prestige in the army, his title of General Tiance, and the brave and capable soldiers under his command were still at his disposal. No matter what the prince did here, the King of Qin could react within half a day.

Even faster.

So under this situation, they couldn't figure out why the prince kept the emperor here and refused to let them meet the emperor.

This is completely and utterly pointless.

After hearing what Shen Shiyan said, Pei Shi thought about it carefully and seemed to think that the prince would not be so stupid. But since he would not be so stupid, it would be even more unsettling for him to do so now, so he said: "But you can't keep your majesty here all the time." Here. I always feel like something is going to happen.”

Shen Shiyan said: "I don't want to go back, but now, we can't even see His Majesty's face."

Pei Shi was silent for a moment and said in a low voice: "I have another way."

"any solution?"

"sick!"

"sick?"

"Yes, sick!"

Pei Shi leaned close to his ear and lowered his voice: "We, no, I, my inner minister, if he suddenly falls ill tonight, no matter what, His Highness the Crown Prince cannot hide it, let alone stop me from returning to Chang'an for medical treatment."

Shen Shiyan's eyes suddenly lit up: "This is a good idea."

Then he frowned again: "But if someone finds you pretending to be sick-"

"Who said I have to pretend to be sick?"

Pei Shi turned his head and glanced outside. Although the door was ajar, he could still see through the crack of the door that white snow was constantly falling in the dark sky outside. Such snow scenes are often charming, but his eyes were even brighter than before. A little firmer, he said: "We are old bones, why can't we just get sick?"

When Shen Shiyan heard this, he immediately said: "But——"

Before he finished speaking, Pei Shi immediately raised his hand to stop him from continuing: "Being sick is a much lighter crime than bullying the emperor. No matter what, we can't stay here forever. Being controlled by others is not an option."

Shen Shiyan thought for a while and sighed: "Then it's all hard on you, brother."

"..."

"But this matter needs to be discussed with the prince."

Pei Shi waved his hand again and said, "What's there to discuss with him? Besides, I don't know where this brat has gone. I -"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a dark shadow flashing outside the ajar door, and he was shocked: "Who is it!?"

Just when the two of them were shocked and hurriedly pushed open the door of Merit Hall and rushed out, there was a harsh sound of gongs from the West Hall, breaking the silence of the night.

Someone was shouting: "There are assassins!"