Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 417 5.99 The Queen also lost her sense of propriety at this time

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5.99 The Queen has no sense of propriety at this time

"Look, my lord, over there in the harem—" "Murder and arson" are always connected together, the former can be hidden, but the latter is absolutely impossible to hide from others, not to mention the soaring flames of Chuxiu Palace, which was originally in my tent Zhao Tong, who was taking a nap inside, was awakened by the light of the fire. He immediately went to Zhou Yang to report, "Please give the order immediately."

"What's the order?" Zhou Yang interrupted him angrily, "No matter what happened in the harem, it's not something we should know. Even if the entire harem was burned to the ground, it would only cost money to rebuild. On the contrary, If we have the courage to rush in and see something we shouldn't see, no matter who we save, and we can get into the 'Zhan Li Jue' in the end, we have to thank His Majesty for his mercy!"

"This -" Zhao Tong's face suddenly changed, and after a while he smiled bitterly and cupped his hands, "Thank you for your advice, sir. Please forgive me for being incompetent."

"Okay, go ahead and keep an eye on your family, and even more on this door. Don't let anything move through." Zhou Yang sighed helplessly, and he also realized that this time things were a bit too complicated. , but since you have joined, there is absolutely no way to quit. "The palace is now tidy up, and we are just waiting for the end of the day."

"Take care of it neatly?" Zhao Tong looked stupidly at the blazing inner palace. He was about to say something but quickly stopped, "I understand your humble position, sir, please rest assured!"

Glancing at the back of Zhao Tong who was staggering away, Zhou Yang shook his head with a wry smile and turned to look at the fire again. This was not the only place in the inner palace that was on fire. The entire palace was still burning. But he was not prepared to care anymore. Now he had tried his best. The soldiers and horses behind him were his confidence. After nearly one flag was killed or injured, he could no longer waste his combat power or physical strength for no reason.

"Brother-in-law?" Just as he was thinking about something, Zhao Yanling called from behind, "Are we really not allowed to go in? What if there is someone noble?"

"The ones who are alive or dead are nobles. The nobles who are rescued by foreign men led by foreign troops can only be regarded as humiliation." Zhou Yang interrupted her softly, grabbed the girl and went back to the big tent, "Don't think too much, someone It is said that there are two dirtiest places in the world, one is the building, and the other is the palace, because in these two places, you will never know who filled the dry well."

It was not Zhou Yang himself who decided not to participate in the rescue. In a short period of time, he saw many Long Jinwei or Ouchi guards showing up, but in the end they all left after looking at them, and no one entered; however, The fire in the harem was also rescued, and it weakened significantly after the tea ceremony. It should be other people in the harem.

"General Zhou, General Zhou!" He was sitting in the big tent with his sister in his arms, thinking about something, when a man's voice suddenly sounded different, he quickly let go of his sister and motioned her to go back to the back tent, and after a while, he saw a man The eunuch came in panting, "Forgive me, General, our family is serving His Highness, if you have anything to discuss with the General."

"Your Highness, do you have any instructions?" Zhou Yang's heart moved, he quickly took out a hundred taels of silver note and stuffed it in and said, "I'd like to ask my father-in-law to lead the way. It's just a small thing to invite my father-in-law to tea."

"Where you need to be led is the Daming Palace. Is it possible that the general wants to go somewhere else?" The eunuch took the banknote with a smile, pointed to the dimly lit palace and said, "General, just come with us. What's going on today?" Ah, there are indeed a lot, is it normal for His Highness to have any questions?"

"My father-in-law is right." Zhou Yang nodded with a smile and followed the eunuch out.

The two of them entered the Daming Palace without walking too far. It was only then that he saw clearly that there was no sound of people in the whole palace, and there was no usual bustle. Only a few rooms near the apse had obvious lights. , like someone; even so, he still subconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword, just in case.

However, the situation was obviously different from what he had feared. A tall figure came out of a room, wearing a bright red robe with golden patterns. There was a faint tendency to be "transparent" under the light of a few candles, but after walking in, He was horrified to see clearly that these were all phoenix patterns. The woman was the empress of the "mother of the world", and she was wearing a nightgown!
"Who is there? Didn't I order everyone to go inside and follow the arrangements?" When the majestic female voice sounded, Zhou Yang was already soaked in cold sweat. The eunuch who had just led the way turned his head with a half-smiling expression, but the queen still He was talking, "Why don't you go over and take a look now? Do you want to get slapped?"

He didn't care about other problems at all at this time, and he drew his sword out of its sheath without hesitation and slashed at the eunuch. The eunuch obviously didn't expect it to be so straightforward, so that the flying head still had a smug expression; The harsh friction sound of the sheath also woke up the queen in front, causing her to freeze there.

"General Zhou Yang has seen the empress!" No matter how big his thoughts were, he could only quickly step forward and kneel down on one knee to stabilize the situation first, "General, I just listened to this thief's lies and thought that His Highness was behind." The palace summoned the general to discuss, so he entered here by mistake; now that the thief has been killed and the matter is clear, the general will return to the station."

"Is it General Zhou? Kai'er did mention it several times and praised the general for his bravery and bravery." After ten breaths, the queen's voice sounded again, "It's no wonder you know so little, this thief How can the handyman’s clothes on his body be personal servants? Now that it’s been made clear, the general doesn’t have to worry, just go back and guard the palace gate.” “Thank you for your kindness!” Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and stood up with some effort. Standing up, seeing that the queen still didn't move, he followed Dongfang Bing's instruction and slowly bowed back, but within a few steps, he saw the eunuch's death-defying head, which brought back his thoughts that had just been relaxed.

Absolutely no word of what happened today was allowed to be leaked out, so he just chose to silence it without hesitation and killed the "witness"; the problem was, he only remembered when he saw the eunuch's head that this was indeed the whole story. The only witness, but to the queen, he himself is not a "witness"?
He can kill the eunuch to save his life. In the eyes of the queen, how much higher is his value than the eunuch in front of her?The current situation is urgent and there is indeed no room for other things, but if the matter is over, how difficult will it be for the Queen to deal with this little fourth-grade commander like him?

Therefore, he had to find a way to solve the subsequent hidden dangers. The method was not complicated. Thinking of this, he stopped decisively and strode towards the figure who had not gone far.

"General Zhou, you'd better think clearly about what you're doing—" After a while, the queen looked at the big hands in front of her, and said in a trembling voice, "What happened today is just a misunderstanding, as long as it doesn't leak out."

"I just thought so clearly that I knew it had to be like this!" Zhou Yang bent down and picked her up, turned around and walked towards the imperial study room where he had been several times - since there is a hidden danger, then eliminate it, and the queen can treat him The fundamental reason for taking action is that the problem is not big enough. Once it is too big to make up for and no one dares to mention it, then we can only try our best to cover it up.

After a stick of incense,
"You -" the queen's voice was filled with a rare weakness and sweetness, "Isn't it enough? I promise that today's matter will never be pursued, why don't you stop?"

"I believe this." After a moment, Zhou Yang breathed a long sigh of relief and hugged Yaorao tightly in his arms. Now even if the queen dares to play "settlement after autumn", unless he can be solved silently, it will be considered an arrest. He They are sure to bring the entire descendant family to be buried with them. For example, shouting "The Queen has a butterfly-shaped scar on her left shoulder" is enough, "I still want to ask, why is there no one in the Daming Palace today?"

"Your Majesty went to Tanzhe Temple to pray for blessings. He took a lot of people with him. There are too many things in the palace. Today's situation is special, so I locked it myself. In the name of 'inner palace rescue', everyone Leave." The queen's tone was filled with obvious anger, "Anyway, His Majesty will be back tomorrow. You are guarding the front of the palace, and there are guards in the inner palace guarding the back door. Naturally, there will be something wrong."

"What are you here for?" Zhou Yang didn't understand. "With your status, how could you dare to walk around in a nightgown? Even if I didn't see it, there were other people."

"After discussing with His Majesty the day before yesterday, I stayed in the back hall (Jiaotai Hall). I have been living here for the past two days. All the people were driven out, and the ones left behind were all serving me personally. Then I went to the front hall to take a look again. Who would have thought that there would be someone - Humph!" the Queen said angrily, "The handy eunuch just now was from Chuxiu Palace, that bitch"

"Impossible, there's a fire in the inner palace." Zhou Yang's expression changed.

"As expected, you know." The queen interrupted him directly, "That girl Rong'er really doesn't hide anything from you. Yes, it is indeed impossible for anyone to come out of Chuxiu Palace, but this servant is serving in Fengzao Palace. , I originally wanted to clean it up slowly in the future, but I didn’t want to be soft-hearted and leave such a big disaster."

It was obvious that the queen had no sense of control at this time, so that she leaked so many things while speaking, which was impossible in normal times. But Zhou Yang was secretly happy, and he was completely relieved to understand the situation clearly. At least he now knew that Princess Yongchang The plan with Dongfang Bing to eliminate Concubine Wu and the second prince has been completed, and the beautiful woman in his arms is also an accomplice.

Thinking about it, it would be difficult to hide such a big move in the palace from the queen, and I don’t know what kind of price it would cost; but with her cooperation, the difficulty would be reduced by at least one level, not to mention the core link with the eldest prince Guo Kai. , the interests of both parties are basically the same, and there is really no trouble in cooperation.

"Don't worry, I want to live for a few more years, so I won't talk nonsense." Now that the "misunderstanding" has been solved, Zhou Yang naturally doesn't mind saying good things, "I will still be loyal to the eldest prince as always in the future. Besides, there are Rong'er, where could there be any hidden dangers?"

"I hope so." After relaxing for so long, the Queen's tone has returned to its usual coldness and majesty, "From now on, as long as you keep this intention, what will you do?"

"Mother, it's still early, why don't you prove your loyalty again, General?" Too many things happened that night, and Zhou Yang urgently needed a channel to reduce pressure.

"You please be gentler!"

(End of this chapter)