The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 325: Capturing the Assassin
When Nian Shilan was soaking in the bathtub, she felt her ears suddenly feel hot and she thought she was infected with the disease.

She was not afraid of death, but suddenly thought, if she got the disease and died, what would happen to Hongli?
Nian Shilan signaled Songzhi to help her up, and asked Xiaoman beside her to wipe her body.

When Xiaoman lowered her head to serve Nian Shilan, Nian Shilan suddenly saw a hairpin on her head.

She had seen that hairpin in Empress Dowager De’s storehouse in her previous life.

Nian Shilan immediately thought of a possibility, but she was not sure where this hairpin in this life came from.

Nian Shilan tried hard to suppress her anger and just let Xiaoman clean up for her without saying a word.

When Nian Shilan returned to her room, she called Xiao Linzi.

Xiao Linzi leaned over close to Nian Shilan, listening to Nian Shilan's instructions for him, with indignation rising in his eyes.

"Master, rest assured. If she is really a traitor, I will not let her off!"

So in the next few days, Nian Shilan intentionally or unintentionally gave Xiaoman and Hongli the opportunity to get along.

Xiaoman made Hongli happy and he stretched out his little hands and asked her to hold him.

Nian Shilan was sitting in the yard watching this scene and just smiled and said.

"Hongli likes Xiaoman~"

Xiaoman smiled, and Nian Shilan couldn't tell whether it was a real smile or a fake one.

When Xiao Linzi showed Nian Shilan a piece of cloth that he had secretly found in Xiaoman's house, Nian Shilan felt her temples throbbing.

The piece of cloth in her hand was the same plain brocade as the purse.

This kind of brocade was not used by people in the palace, but he found it from his own palace maid.

Nian Shilan gritted her teeth and told Xiao Linzi to put the things back.

Xiao Linzi said that inside the palm-sized piece of cloth was a jade rabbit, which looked like it had just been made and had not yet been given to others or used by oneself.

On August 12, the eve of the Fourth Prince's first birthday, Nian Shilan deliberately asked Xiao Linzi to leave the back door of Qingliang Palace unlocked.

The lights in Nian Shilan's bedroom were turned off early, and Songzhi sat in the darkness with gritted teeth.

Nian Shilan listened to the sound of Songzhi grinding her teeth and chuckled.

"I am not even angry yet, but you are very angry."

Songzhi gritted her teeth.

"My lady, I really can't understand why our Yikun Palace has never been short of food and drink.

Not to mention the distant past, the Fourth Prince recovered from his illness a few days ago, and the Emperor also rewarded us servants who served him.

I remember clearly that the hoof was rewarded with ten taels of silver!

I didn't realize in these years that the hoof could be so bad!
The other day, the Emperor came and sat there talking to you, and I just realized that

The hoof kept its eyes fixed on the emperor's every move.

I guess that the person behind her must have promised her some great favor.

Otherwise, how could she dare to take such a risk! "

Nian Shilan whispered to herself.

"I was also wrong. Last time, this person was not in my palace."

Songzhi was puzzled.

"Madam, what are you talking about? What last time? I am by your side every day, which time are you talking about? I can't remember."

Nian Shilan's voice became even lower.

"Nothing, I was just talking to myself. Wait and see what happens. Xiao Linzi has already laid the net, let's see if she jumps.

To be honest, I don’t want it to be her. I don’t want someone in my palace to betray me, but…” Just as I said this, I heard a sound of fighting outside.

Nian Shilan listened to the "bang bang" sounds of things falling to the ground and judged how many people were knocked down.

Xiao Linzi's voice came from outside.

"How dare you! How dare you assassinate the Fourth Prince! You are courting death!"

The man who was fighting with him didn't answer, but just punched hard.

Nian Shilan turned over, she was wearing a tight-sleeved outfit and holding her whip in her hand.

As the sounds of fighting outside became more intense, Xiao Linzi sounded like he was losing the upper hand.

"Someone come! Don't let the assassin get away!"

Nian Shilan opened the door with a swish and used a whip to entangle Xiaoman, who was trying to escape under the cover of the man in black.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoman became stronger than usual and almost broke free from Nian Shilan's restraints.

But before Xiaoman could break free, another figure floated down from the roof and knocked Xiaoman, who was struggling, unconscious with a single blow.

Then the figure went straight towards the man in black who was fighting with Xiao Linzi. The man in black knew that he was no match for the figure, so he stopped fighting and planned to climb over the wall and escape.

But the figure who had knocked Xiaoman unconscious was obviously not going to let him go. He rapidly spun the short blade at an unexpected angle, forming a knife shadow, which turned into a ray of cold light and attacked the black-clothed man's chest.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the man in black retreated a few steps in a hurry, but was still hit by the blade, leaving a tiny cut on his clothes.

The black shadow did not stop his attack. He turned around and floated like a ghost. The short blade in his hand turned into several afterimages. Under the moonlight, the silver blade light was like rippling waves.

The man in black felt pain and had to fight back with all his might, but each attack of the black shadow was more fierce than the last.

His speed and strength seemed to be enhanced by the night breeze.

Finally, after a fierce battle, the black shadow's short blade was like a flash of lightning, and instantly found the fatal weakness of the man in black.

At this critical moment, Nian Shilan blurted out.

"Leave alive!"

The black shadow flipped his wrist, and with a "swish" sound, the sharp blade pierced into the black-clothed man's abdomen.

The man in black lost his strength in pain and was kicked down by the black shadow, who then sat on him, tied his hands behind his back, and took the rope thrown by Xiao Linzi, and tied the man in black tightly in no time.

Xiao Linzi had already pounced on him, stepped on the black-clothed man's head, and quickly stuffed a handkerchief into his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.

Nian Shilan said to the black shadow riding on the man in black.

"You are from the Dark Guard Battalion, but you can't kill him in three moves, and you let him fight for so long. You really don't have good skills."

An San opened his mouth, pulled down the mask on his face angrily, left the man in black who was bleeding from the abdomen but could not die, and came to pay his respects to Nian Shilan.

"Your subordinate is late! I hope that Her Majesty Hua Fei will forgive me!"

Nian Shilan looked at the man in black who was pinned to the ground by Xiao Linzi and unable to move, and gave the order.

"Take off his mask, so I can see who is so bold!

This is trying to kill Hongli in secret, so why not do it openly? "

The man in black wanted to struggle, but to no avail. He could only let An San tear off his mask in anger.

Under the mask was a rather handsome face, but a stranger one.

Songzhi ran over and said to Nian Shilan.

"Fortunately, your majesty has made proper plans. Right now, the Fourth Prince is sleeping peacefully in your bedroom and was not awakened by the noise of fighting. The wet nurse is accompanying the Fourth Prince."

Nian Shilan nodded, looked at Xiaoman who had fainted on the ground, then looked at the man in black who was tied up, but the smile on her lips was so cold that it made people feel chilled.