The beauty raised by Lord Hou is a black lotus

Chapter 46
The Buddha Hall is solemn.

He Chenzhu looked at the Ninth Prince in front of him.

The little beast that once fed on hair and drank blood has grown up.

He stood in the shadow of the prayer flags, smiling recklessly and frivolously, the headband that tied his hair fell to the ground at some point, and his knee-length black hair danced without wind in the Buddhist temple, like a ghost breaking through a cage.

He smiled, "Sister?"

He Chenzhu remained silent, and put her hand into his palm, "My daughter will never betray Your Highness."

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In the afternoon, civil and military officials offered birthday gifts.

He Yao, Li Cai, and Li Fu were hiding in the dark, looking at the gifts sent by the high-ranking family, and couldn't help but be stunned. The pure gold unicorns and beasts, the eight screens carved from a single piece of jade, and the hundreds of embroiderers from the south of the Yangtze River were woven together. The pictures of hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix, etc., all show wealth and luxury.

There are also gifts from the Guozijian.

On behalf of the ladies, Luo Ciyu and Xue Ningyun respectfully presented a picture of "Magu Presenting Her Birthday".

In the longevity painting, Magu comes on a crane holding flat peaches and fine wine, and the surrounding mountains and rivers are surrounded by clouds and mist. This is a superb painting that astonished the surrounding civil and military officials.

He Yao proudly said: "This was drawn by all the young ladies of the Imperial College, isn't it beautiful?"

Li Cai asked curiously: "Good-looking is good-looking, but Mrs. He, which part did you draw?"

He Yao paused, then said vaguely: "I'm in charge of the most important part."

Li Fu looked at the painting and said excitedly: "Could it be Magu? The lines of the characters are smooth and vivid, and they have the feeling of Wu Dai in the wind. Miss He's painting skills are so amazing!"

He Yao: "...No."

Li Cai: "That's the flat peaches and fine wine that Magu is holding! The flat peaches are so lifelike, the empress must be delighted to see them, and Mrs. He's painting skills are really extraordinary!"

He Yao: "...Not really."

Li Fu: "Could it be a crane?"

He Yao: "...Not really."

Li Cai: "Auspicious clouds? Landscapes? Pine trees?"

He Yao: "...Neither of them."

Li Cai and Li Fu couldn't help but say in unison, "Then what exactly are you drawing?"

He Yao scratched her head guiltyly, "I... I am in charge of stamping."

Because of her poor painting skills, Luo Ciyu and Xue Ningyun were afraid that she would spoil the pot of soup with a piece of mouse feces, so they didn't allow her to participate in painting.

And because her handwriting was not beautiful enough, they refused to let her inscribe it. In the end, they only sent her to stamp the seal of the female student class of the Imperial College on the birthday picture.

Li Cai and Li Fu were silent.

stamp……

It really is the most important part.

It's the Gu family's turn to present a birthday gift.

The three of He Yao opened their mouths wide in surprise.

In the distance, hundreds of people carried a huge wooden boat about three feet long and appeared in front of everyone.

The whole body of the wooden boat presents a luxurious light golden color, and various exquisite and auspicious patterns are carved on the body of the boat. The most rare thing is that it also emits a light fragrance, which can be smelled from far away.

Li Fu sniffed it carefully and couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's agarwood. The entire ship is made of agarwood. How much does it cost?"

Li Cai: "Master Xiao Gu usually seems to be a picky guy, but I didn't expect his family to be so rich!"

He Yao held her face in her hands depressedly.

They are all from aristocratic families, everyone is rich, why is her family so poor?

Gu Taiwei Gu Zhun said he was sick today and did not come.

Gu Tingzhou stood up on behalf of the Gu family and congratulated Zhang Tai and Liu Qianqiu.

"I remember that the queen loves agarwood the most." The emperor was very happy, "Zhang Zhou, this is a great birthday gift from your father!"

Concubine Xue said with a smile: "It's the first time I've seen so many agarwoods, and it's all thanks to my sister. I heard that my sister is going to dress up as Guanyin today and go to Luojing City to have fun with the people. Instead of preparing a phoenix chariot, Why don't you simply sit on this agarwood wooden boat. Agarwood wafting everywhere you go, wouldn't it be more heavenly? It will also live up to Gu Taiwei's kindness."

Zhang Tailiu looked at the wooden boat. On the boat, a small pavilion was made of agarwood wood, and eight palace lanterns wrapped in gold were hung, which were extravagant and exquisite.

She got up suddenly and walked slowly towards the wooden boat.

The waiter was very discerning and immediately put down the footstool and respectfully asked her to board the boat.

Li Cai whispered: "The empress is boarding the ship, should the three of us follow?"

Li Fu scratched his head, "No need? There's no doubt that there are assassins hidden in Huijue Temple, right?"

He Yao held the red tassel gun tightly and stared at Zhang Tailiu's figure without blinking.

A warrior's intuition made her smell a hint of danger...

Zhang Tailiu stood calmly on the Chenxiang wooden boat.

Her thin white fingertips brushed across the side of the ship, and she looked up at a pomegranate palace lantern. She didn't know what she thought of, and her beautiful phoenix eyes were slightly lost in thought.

At the moment when she was in a trance, the whole wooden agarwood boat suddenly exploded!
A dozen or so assassins hidden in the hull, armed with sharp weapons, attacked Zhang Tailiu viciously!

They didn't even cover their faces, they were obviously rushing to exchange their lives for their lives!

The incident happened suddenly, no one thought that there was an assassin hidden in the Chenxiang wooden boat, and there was a chaotic scream in the Buddhist temple.

Li Cai gritted his teeth, "Oops!"

He was about to rush to escort him, but He Yao, like an arrow leaving the string, had already gone with a red tasseled gun!
Her movement is as fast as lightning!

Civil and military officials and their families panicked, and even the emperor got up suddenly.

Not knowing what to do, a girl wearing a mask of green ghost fangs suddenly fell from the sky with a red tasseled spear in her hand!

The girl easily picked off the two assassins, and protected the empress from the smoke and dust in the sky!

Only then did Li Cai and Li Fu come back to their senses, and hurried over with other guards to escort them.

Because this is an important place of Buddhism, He Yao didn't dare to kill, so he wounded those assassins with a red-tasseled spear, and ordered Li Cai and others to tie them up and wait for their execution.

She personally escorted Zhang Tailiu away and went to the Zen room to tidy up her appearance.

The civil and military officials present looked at each other in blank dismay.

This agarwood wooden boat was presented by Gu Taiwei. Could it be that the assassin hiding inside...

Was it also arranged by Gu's family?
Wei Jiuqing was the first to stand up and shouted loudly: "The Gu family is so brave, they actually arranged assassins during the birthday ceremony with the intention of murdering the Queen! Gu Tingzhou, why don't you plead guilty quickly?!"

"You're talking nonsense!" The third princess Yuan Feixing couldn't help but yelled, "The Gu family is so loyal to the court, how could it be possible to murder the empress?"

The emperor was still in shock, "What's going on?!"

Gu Tingzhou didn't change his expression, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I don't know about it. The Gu family and the empress have no grievances or enmity, and there is absolutely no reason to assassinate. Presumably, someone deliberately framed it."

There was a dispute.

At this moment, the meditation room.

He Yao was guarding under the eaves with her red-tasseled spear in her arms, looking through the green screen window, sister was arranging for the maids to wash and change clothes for the empress.

After a while, Ajie came out alone.

"Sister..." He Yao quickly went up to meet her, "Is the Empress okay?"

He Chenzhu shook his head, "You rescued him in time, and the empress was not injured. The empress sent me to ask you, do you know what are the characteristics of those assassins?"

"Characteristics?" He Yao thought about it carefully for a while, "It's very weak, is it a characteristic?"

"Extremely weak?"

"Assassins' skills are generally very good, but those assassins hidden in the Chenxiang wooden boat can't even catch half of my moves. Sister, this is very strange!"

He Chenzhu: "Even a master of Tiansifan would be hard-pressed to catch half of your moves, right?"

"How should I put it..." He Yao mulled over his words, "Those assassins are mediocre, and they don't have the tacit understanding of each other's training and cooperation. They are like a team that was organized temporarily, and their actions are dominated by hatred. Simple. In other words, they are amateurs doing assassination!"

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Good night

　Thank you Shazhen, Qingcheng Wuhuang, I want to have two grapefruits, and Yuxi who followed the cabbage wave for the reward, hug!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)