E Ning also noticed the abnormality, drew out his sword and shouted: "Whoever comes, stop!"

"My lord, the humble rank and others are ordered to come to fight the fire!" The leading guard shouted from a distance. 【 】

"Firefighting? What are you doing with your veils on? You are sneaky, get out of here!" E Ning shouted coldly.

It was dark at night, and it wasn't until these guards arrived that Wei Ning'er and the others realized that these guards were wearing veils. After being shocked, they realized that it was unusual.

Wei Ning'er tightly tugged on the fox fur cloak, fearing that people would find out that she was pregnant and hurt the child in her womb.

"My lord, the low-ranking people were indeed ordered to fight the fire!" The guards pressed on step by step, the knives in their hands gleamed coldly, and they saw that Wei Ning'er and the others were about to be forced into the Palace of Yanxi Palace by them.

"Whose order are you following? The emperor is on tour, and the biggest master in the palace is the concubine Ling. The empress has an order, so I ordered you to get out of the way." E Ning shouted loudly.

"E Ning, don't talk nonsense with them, get out!" Hu Shijie's face darkened, he firmly guarded Wei Ning'er behind him, and rushed out with a loud shout.

E Ning wanted to delay for a while and wait for his subordinates to come, but at this moment, it seems that these guards will not give him that chance.

The two waved the long swords in their hands vigorously, and faced the guards. The two of them were strong in martial arts, and after a while they killed the guards, protecting Wei Ning'er and walking to the side palace road.

"Your Majesty, someone must have bribed the guards to harm your Majesty. Now I can only go to the emperor's bedroom to take refuge temporarily. There are our people there. We will make a decision after dawn!" E Ning said as he walked.

With Bing Ruo's support, Wei Ning'er still couldn't keep up with their footsteps, and stopped panting.

"Your Majesty is not feeling well, please walk slowly!" Bing Ruo shouted in a low voice.

"What's wrong with your mother?" Hu Shijie was shocked.

Wei Ning'er leaned against the palace wall and panted continuously, cold sweat broke out on her face.

"Did your empress have a fetal gas?" Bing Ruo was shocked, and her face turned pale.

Wei Ning'er shook her head lightly: "I'm just a little tired!"

Hu Shijie and E Ning were stunned when they heard the words, and it took a long time to come back to their senses.

"No wonder the emperor repeatedly told us to protect the empress before leaving." E Ning suddenly realized, and then said in a deep voice: "Empress, although the emperor brought many people on tour, there are too many people in the palace now, and the servants believe that the ones who have been bribed are very few. Assassinating the master is a serious crime to exterminate the nine clans. Let's take it easy and go slowly to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. There are still the imperial guards left by the emperor. Tomorrow, the empress will order the ministers who stay in the capital to come and give them an order, and then tell the guards to lead Let's go, if it's getting late now, there is no distinction between the enemy and us in the palace at this time, it is inconvenient to announce them, the servant has the emperor's secret decree, everything will be decided tomorrow, you don't have to worry, you will be safe after tonight!" E When Ning said this, he blamed himself for being too careless, but such a thing had never happened in the palace in these years, and everyone was not prepared.

The guards in the palace are all selected from the Eight Banners, especially those who have a little title. Whoever is not from a famous family will definitely not betray the royal family. The imperial city is heavily guarded, and those who want to assassinate the empress are definitely not outsiders who infiltrated the palace , there must be a master who bribed someone before leaving, and wanted to kill the concubine and empress.

"E Ning, do you still remember that the guards of Shenwumen joined Belen?" Hu Shijie whispered.

"Do you suspect it's him?" E Ning suffocated suddenly: "It is very possible that the empress was stopped by Belen outside the Cangxia Gate when she left the palace privately. This time, it will be more ominous than ominous!"

"That time the imperial concubine was playing tricks, could it be this time too?" Wei Ning'er's expression changed drastically.

"Your Majesty, it is very likely that Beren is the concubine's confidant. According to the palace rules, the guards of the Shenwu Gate can only guard the palace gate and are not allowed to patrol the inner palace. Could it be that those guards are those guards in disguise?" Hu Shijie Said solemnly.

"Very likely!" E Ning nodded.

It was not close from Yanxi Palace to Yangxin Hall, and Wei Ning'er was inconvenient, so she walked very slowly. Along the way, they were surprised that they didn't meet a group of night guards on the way.

"Something unusual!" Hu Shijie said in a deep voice.

"Yeah, the palace is terribly quiet, I don't know what's going on?" E Ning said solemnly.

"Don't go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for now, maybe they are waiting for me to go to the palace!" Wei Ning'er stopped abruptly.

"Yes!" E Ning and Hu Shijie looked at each other, their eyes were full of shock.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place. They never thought that we would go back to Yanxi Palace, let's go, go back and see, standing outside Yanxi Palace will not be burned, and... Yanxi Palace It is the closest to Cangxia Gate, and if necessary, you can leave the palace for temporary shelter, E Ning, if it really comes to that juncture, can the E family protect the palace?" Wei Ning'er asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, although the slave's Ama has passed away, the E family is full of loyalty, and the slave's elder brothers are all good. The eldest brother and the third brother are considered to be the officials of the frontier. Although they are not in Beijing, the E family is heavily guarded. And the second elder brother E is now the commander of the left-wing striker, and the slave has the emperor's secret decree, allowing the second elder brother to transfer troops from the forward battalion to the E family to protect the mother!" E Ning said respectfully.

"Go back to Yanxi Palace!" Wei Ning'er had already made up her mind, and now, in order to protect the child in her womb, she no longer cared so much.

"Yes!" E Ning and Hu Shijie responded in unison.

Tonight was really unusual. When they arrived outside the Palace of Yanxi Palace, the four of them hid. The Palace of Yanxi Palace was extremely lively at this time. Many court ladies and eunuchs were fighting the fire under the command of Xiao Yizi and Qingyan, but there was no sign of the guards. .

"Your Majesty, are you going to call Xiao Yizi and Qingyan over?" Bing Ruo asked in a low voice.

"No need!" Wei Ning'er shook her head lightly, and was about to say something when Hu Shijie's low voice came from her ear.

"who is it?"

"It's a slave, Eunuch Hu, don't kill the slave!" Xiao Xiazi trembled in fright as he looked at the long sword on his neck.

"Are you someone next to Big Brother?" E Ning frowned slightly.

"Yes, yes, elder brother knew that the empress was in danger, so he came to the Yanxi Palace with the slaves, and wanted to make the empress be careful, but unexpectedly when he came here, he saw a fire here, and the elder brother immediately asked the servants to call the maids of each palace, The eunuchs put out the fire, now the empress is safe and sound, and the servants are relieved!" Xiao Xia Zi's words were full of tremors.

"Where's Big Brother?" Wei Ning'er asked softly.

"Qi Niang Niang, the fire is too big. I am afraid that the elder brother will make a mistake. Please wait for the good news. The slave will invite him to come over!" Xiao Xiazi respectfully said.

"Go!" Wei Ning'er signaled Hu Shijie to let him go, Xiao Xia hurriedly ran to the side as if he had been pardoned, and after a while helped the elder brother come over.

"Big brother!" Wei Ning'er looked at the big brother whose footsteps were a little sloppy, and felt very uncomfortable. The young man who was full of vigor at the beginning was now tormented by illness to such an extent, it was really heartbreaking.

"My son, pay your respects to Ling Niangniang!" The elder brother bowed slightly.

Wei Ning'er's heart was shocked. Since she became a concubine, she deliberately avoided her elder brother, but now she is even more uncomfortable.

At this moment, screams and cries came from Yanxi Palace.

"Slave, go and have a look!" Xiao Xiazi volunteered.

"Go!" The elder brother coughed lightly and nodded.

Xiao Xiazi rushed into the Palace of Yanxi Palace, ran out about a quarter of an hour later, and said in a trembling voice: "Elder Brother, Your Majesty, the bedroom of the Palace of Yanxi Palace was reduced to ashes, and the servants who put out the fire found two skeletons inside. They all thought it was Niangniang and Bingruo, Xiaoyizi and Qingyan who were crying so hard, and this servant dared not tell them the truth!"

When Wei Ning'er and the others heard the words, they were all silent.

"Tonight's fire and assassination were premeditated. If E Ning and Hu Shijie didn't arrive in time, I'm afraid that Ben Gong and Bing Ruo would really be burned to death in the palace, and...they actually threw the two of them into the palace. To act as a scapegoat is to make up my mind to kill me!" Wei Ning'er choked when she said this.

After thinking for a while, Eldest Brother said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is right, someone has already arranged it, and I have sent someone to inquire. Today, all the guards in the palace were called by their commanders to drink. Unheard of before."

An idea flashed in Wei Ning'er's mind, and she immediately asked, "Who is the person who is ordered to stay in Beijing and stay with the Prime Minister on all matters?"

"It's Prince He!" Hu Shijie said in a deep voice.

When Wei Ning'er heard this, her heart sank to the bottom of the valley. Bei Lun is the imperial concubine's person, so why not the prince?The two of them could cover the sky with one hand and kill her in the palace.

Thinking of the unborn child in her womb, Wei Ning'er forcibly drove away the fear in her heart, turned her head and looked at her eldest brother firmly: "Big brother, now I want to save my life, so I can only go out of the palace and wait for the emperor to come back, but ... It's late at night, the palace gate is locked, it's not easy to go out, but if I don't go, my child and I will die.

Only then did the eldest brother see her swollen belly under the cloak, tremble all over, and then nodded suddenly: "I'll take you out!"

After hearing this, Xiao Xiazi was so frightened that he almost fainted, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother, the imperial doctor said that you should not be tired, and you should take care of yourself!"

"Xiao Xiazi, go and call Ce Fujin here!" the elder brother said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Xiao Xiazi had no choice but to go.

"Brother, side Fujin she..." Wei Ning'er felt that something was wrong.

The elder brother interrupted her, and said softly: "Shu Shu is the imperial concubine's distant cousin niece, and she has always been unruly, so I asked her to accompany me when I was seriously ill to go out to find the imperial doctor, and it was the easiest to go out of the palace. Tonight, the imperial doctor Li is just right. Never entered the palace on duty."

She wanted Shu Shu to cooperate and help Wei Ning'er, whom she hated the most, of course she refused, but after the elder brother said a few words to her, she dared not stop.

When he was young, the palace gradually used two carriages and headed for the side gate of Shenwumen.

"Who's here?" the guard guarding the gate asked loudly.

"It's Ben Fujin!" Bing Ruo opened the curtain for Shu Shu, and Shu Shu stood up and shouted.

"It turned out to be the side Fujin. It was late at night, and the gate of the palace had already been locked. Please Fujin come out of the palace tomorrow, not too late!" The leader of the guards respectfully said.

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