long live the queen

Chapter 54

After landing, Wei Yunqing immediately left the Palace of Yanxi Palace and walked in the direction of the Imperial Garden.Due to the limited location, Wei Yunqing could only see the patrolling guards near Yanxi Palace before, but at least he could estimate how long it would take for them to patrol other places.But there must be more than this group of patrolling guards, and Wei Yunqing can't understand those. She can only hope that she will be lucky and not meet other patrolling guards.

Wei Yunqing trembled all the way to the direction of the Royal Garden. Perhaps she was lucky that she did not encounter other patrollers.She went to the imperial garden in fear until she was relieved.

In fact, she has changed into the clothes of a court lady now, so there is no need to be so nervous. The patrolling guards should treat her as an ordinary court lady without stopping her.It's just to avoid more troubles, so it's best if you don't meet and don't meet.

As soon as he entered the imperial garden, Wei Yunqing saw a group of people approaching slowly from a distance, and hurriedly hid - if it was someone else, she could not hide, but the person who came was Concubine Zhuang, who recognized her!
Fortunately, there was a rockery near Wei Yunqing. She immediately hid behind the rockery, clinging to the rockery wall, holding her breath and waiting for him to pass.

Unexpectedly, when the group of people passed by the rockery, they stopped suddenly and sat down in the pavilion beside the rockery.Wei Yunqing was so close to them that his heart almost stopped beating in fright.She used the afternoon nap as an excuse to drive the palace people out of her room, but sooner or later they would find out that something was wrong, she didn't have much time, if she stayed here for too long, then this time the success might come to naught.

Wei Yunqing was about to tiptoe around here, trying to leave quietly, when he heard Concubine Zhuang ask on the other side: "Yinling, have you found out about Wei's situation outside the palace?"

Wei Yunqing stopped abruptly.

Only a gentle female voice said: "Go back to your mother, it's almost time. I heard that the Wei family bought a small yard by himself, and he always shows up in public, and he doesn't know about General Yan Ru Songyan."

Concubine Zhuang sneered: "That bitch, I already know that she doesn't obey women's ways and is a slut!"

Yinling said again: "Yes, ma'am. I heard that she never shies away from contacting foreign men, it's really offensive!"

"The emperor was deceived by her!" Concubine Zhuang said angrily.

Yinling hesitated and said: "But I heard...the emperor knows about the relationship between the Wei family and General Yan!"

"What?" Concubine Zhuang asked in surprise.

"Your servant also finds it strange." Yinling said strangely, "I don't know what kind of ecstasy the Wei family gave the emperor. The emperor didn't care at all. He clearly knew that she was not clear with others, but he insisted on taking her into the palace. Didn't the Wei family beat the emperor two days ago and was imprisoned by the emperor? Just like that, the emperor still didn't punish her. Slaves look at her, the Wei family is a bit weird."

Concubine Zhuang was silent for a moment, and asked: "You said before that the Wei family beat the emperor because she wanted to leave the palace, but the emperor refused to let her go?"

"Yeah, ma'am." Yinling said doubtfully, "Women in this world want to become a woman in the harem. The higher the climb, the better, but she is the one who is already the imperial concubine as soon as she enters the palace. It's only one step away, and I don't know what she is thinking, but she insists on leaving the palace. Could it be that she is playing hard to get, saying that she wants to leave the palace, but what she really wants is the Queen's position?"

"Hmph, just rely on her?" Concubine Zhuang sneered, but after a while she said in a low voice, "Maybe...she just wants to grow old with General Yan."

"Your Majesty?" Yin Ling called Concubine Zhuang worriedly.

Concubine Zhuang's momentary sigh dissipated without a trace, and she snorted coldly: "I'm fine. The Wei family shirks the position that others have worked so hard for, and it's hypocritical! I want to see it, and I'm trying it." After living the most prosperous and honorable life in this world, how long can she shirk it!"

Wei Yunqing listened silently, secretly said, this concubine Zhuang said as if she had never seen the world, she has never seen or played in modern times, there are many people serving in the ancient palace, very suitable for just wanting to lie on the bed A lazy person who doesn't want to do anything, other than that, the degree of interest, richness and convenience are not as good as modern times, not to mention that there is no freedom here, so it's no wonder that she will be nostalgic for her life in the palace.

"Send someone outside the palace to investigate later, how will Yan Rusong react." Zhuang Concubine suddenly said again.

Yinling said: "Yes, empress, why don't you let Xiaojuzi go?"

"Well, that kid is clever, let him go." Concubine Zhuang didn't object.

Wei Yunqing's eyes lit up, isn't this a good opportunity to leave the palace?She could pretend to be the little eunuch in Concubine Zhuang's palace and snatch the exit token from Little Orange's hand.

She poked her head out quietly, and saw that Yinling, the eldest maid next to Concubine Zhuang, called a young servant, gave him a token, told him a few words, and let him go.Wei Yunqing immediately walked around the rockery quietly, waited quietly for a few seconds, then rushed out in an instant, and hid behind a big tree in front of him. After going around a few times like this, she left the place where Concubine Zhuang and the others were, and followed Fucked the servant named Xiaojuzi.

"By the way, Sun Shoufu is still there..."

Concubine Zhuang and Yinling's discussions could be faintly heard from behind, but Wei Yunqing was far away and couldn't hear clearly.She didn't care much either, presumably what they were talking about was about Sun Shoufu pleading with Yang Yi for her.Although she didn't know the news of the previous court, she knew that Sun Shoufu would not disregard her wishes, and she believed that the respected old man would ask the emperor for her.It's just that so far, it doesn't work.

When she has a chance in the future, she must thank Mr. Sun well.

Wei Yunqing followed the little orange for a while, and soon caught up with him. Seeing that there was no one else around, she hurriedly greeted: "The father-in-law in front!"

Xiaojuzi was in a hurry to go out of the palace to do business, and at first he didn't hear Wei Yunqing calling him, until Wei Yunqing called him twice, he stopped and turned around wondering: "Sister, are you calling me?"

"Yes, little eunuch!" Wei Yunqing smiled, "Are you by Concubine Zhuang's side?"

"Exactly. I don't know why my sister is looking for me?" Little Orange asked strangely.He had only met Wei Yunqing once before, when she was dressed as a noble concubine, but now she was dressed plainly, so he did not recognize that the person dressed as a court lady in front of him was the imperial concubine whom his concubine Zhuang hated the most.

Wei Yunqing smiled and said, "It's not me who is looking for you, but Cao Jun, Eunuch Cao, go and have a look!"

"Eunuch Cao? Why is he looking for me?" Little Orange asked strangely.

"How do I know this? You should ask Eunuch Cao yourself!" Wei Yunqing shrugged.

Xiaojuzi nodded repeatedly, walked back two steps, suddenly remembered something, turned around and said: "Sister, have I met you somewhere?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone that Wei Yunqing casually picked up from the rockery just now hit his forehead, and he rolled his eyes and passed out.Wei Yunqing hurriedly looked around, dragged him to a hidden place with all his strength, took out the token given to him by Concubine Zhuang from him, took off his clothes, changed them for himself, and changed them. He changed his hairstyle, put on his hat, turned into a servant, and walked towards Xuanwu Gate.

Seeing the Xuanwu Gate from a distance, Wei Yunqing's heart beat rapidly.Across the door, there is a free world outside.

She tried her best to suppress her over-excited mood, and walked forward slowly.When she reached the guard at the door, she was stopped by someone.

"Who, why are you leaving the palace? Do you have a token?" The man asked coldly.

Wei Yunqing took a quick glance and found that there was no leader of the guards when she left the palace before, so he was relieved a little, and said in a choked voice: "This servant is the little Weizi in Concubine Zhuang's palace, and she was ordered by Concubine Zhuang to leave the palace for a Come on, please let me go." She said and took out the token, and when she handed it over, she hid a piece of silver that she picked out from Xiaojuzi under the token.

The guard touched the silver first, then smiled, and then saw that the token was real, he let it go and said with a smile: "Little eunuch, you have to come back earlier, don't miss the time when the palace gate is locked."

"Your Excellency, please be polite. This servant remembers the time and will definitely return before the palace gate is locked." Wei Yunqing said with a smile.

The guards let Wei Yunqing pass, she was sweating in her heart, but she tried to put on a natural smile on her face, and walked slowly through the aisle where many guards were standing, towards the outside of the palace and towards her freedom.

One step, two steps...

It's less than ten meters...five meters...

"Catch him quickly! His identity is suspicious, catch him quickly!" Someone shouted from afar.

Wei Yunqing looked back, and found that it was a Jinyiwei who was shouting, and not far behind him was the little orange who was only wearing a jacket and was running out of breath with his head covered.

Wei Yunqing was startled, and then turned his head to look, only one step away from the palace, how could she fail?
She didn't care whether she could run away or not, and ran out with all her strength.

But under Jin Yiwei's shout, the guards on both sides came to their senses and formed a human wall in front of her. She is not a peerless martial arts master, so naturally she couldn't escape.

Her hands were cut behind her back, and she was brought to the Jin Yiwei. He shouted, "Who are you? Why did you knock him out?"

Wei Yunqing didn't answer.

Little Juzi covered his head at the side, glared at Wei Yunqing fiercely, and shouted: "She also robbed me of my clothes!" He almost recognized Wei Yunqing before, but after she knocked on the head, what he thought before The matter was all forgotten by him.

"Shut up!" Jin Yiwei cast an impatient glance at Little Juzi, then turned to Wei Yunqing, and said sternly, "Don't you say so? Alright, I'll let you taste the imperial prison!"

He waved his hand, and the Jin Yiwei under him took Wei Yunqing out of the palace - the imperial prison is not inside the palace, but outside the palace.

Seeing herself stepping through the gate of the palace, Wei Yunqing had a complicated feeling—she had left the palace after all, but she didn't expect it to be in this way.

However, is it easier to escape from the palace, or is it easier to escape from the prison?
On the way to the imperial prison, Wei Yunqing remained silent. She was seriously considering whether to reveal her identity as imperial concubine.

If she revealed her identity, she would be sent back to the palace respectfully.Then, in that heavily guarded palace, it would be much more difficult for her to escape again when she had already escaped once and would surely arouse their vigilance.But if she doesn't say anything, she will naturally be imprisoned in the imperial prison, and the imperial prison, this legendary hell, seems to have killed many people unjustly. It is an extremely terrifying place, but there, no one knows her identity. With her real identity, is it possible for her to bribe someone to let him go?
Wei Yunqing thought of the banknotes hidden in the interlayer of clothes. If he wanted to escape from the palace and survive outside the palace, it would be impossible if he had no money. She didn't want to abuse herself, so the money she brought was naturally enough.

It wasn't until he came to the imperial prison that Wei Yunqing finally made up his mind - she didn't want to go back to that palace, she couldn't believe that there would be no Jin Yiwei who dared to take bribes and let her go!

The imperial prison is even more terrifying than Wei Yunqing imagined, not to mention the dirty and chaotic environment, there are people screaming like innocent ghosts in broad daylight, which shows how gloomy this place is.As she walked all the way, she could see the miserable conditions of the people in the surrounding cells, and she couldn't bear to turn her eyes away.

In the end, she was pushed into a foul-smelling cell, and the Jin Yiwei clapped his hands in disgust and left, not intending to interrogate Wei Yunqing immediately.

She stood in the center of the cell, frowning and looking around. There were some people imprisoned piecemeal in the surrounding cells, their faces were haggard and numb, and they had no interest in her, a newcomer.She had been in a prison before, and compared with the imperial prison, the prison in Xuancheng was like a paradise on earth.

Wei Yunqing stood at the door of the cell and looked out.

There were several Jinyi guards on duty outside the cell, and she observed them one by one, trying to find the one that seemed the easiest to bribe.After looking for a long time, she finally chose one person, and shouted: "My lord! I have inside information to tell you! It's about the rebellious party against Daliang! They plan to assassinate the emperor!"

Assassinating the emperor is an extremely important matter, that Jin Yiwei didn't dare to neglect, and immediately came over and said: "What did you say? Tell me in detail!"

Wei Yunqing said: "My lord, please listen to me, this matter is very important, please allow me to explain to you slowly."

But Jin Yiwei narrowed his eyes slightly, didn't come closer, just sneered and said: "If you have important information, just say it directly, you want to trick me into getting closer to the cell, save yourself that trouble!"

The Jin Yiwei's vigilance is not unreasonable. There was once an imperial court prisoner who was imprisoned. Because he knew he would not escape death, he used similar words to get the Jin Yiwei on duty to approach him, and bit off the opponent's ear. This matter has become known to everyone in Jin Yiwei, and no one dares to listen to it in the imperial prison—it's not because they have too many ears!
Wei Yunqing didn't know the reason for this, seeing that Jin Yiwei's face was full of vigilance, although she was puzzled, she didn't think too much, she just lowered her voice and said, "My lord, I didn't intend to lie to you, it's just that this matter is really important..."

As she spoke, she took out a ticket of 50 taels from her pocket, flashed it before his eyes, and took it back immediately.

Jin Yiwei's eyes lit up, he finally got a little closer, and said in a low voice, "What do you mean?"

Wei Yunqing hurriedly said: "My lord, I think... can you be lenient and let me out? I am really wronged. I was arrested and brought in even though I had done nothing. Look, I am still wearing a servant's suit." To tell you the truth, I am the servant next to Concubine Zhuang in the palace, but I bumped into an adult here by accident, and he insisted that I was going to plot against you, so he arrested me. I am anxious to help Concubine Zhuang The empress is doing business, and I have to go back before the palace gate is locked, how can I stand the delay? I just ask my lord to let me go, and when I return to the palace, I will report to the concubine Zhuang, and the empress will definitely give me a thank you gift."

Wei Yunqing's excuse was that it was easy to grab.She had already observed that the people who arrested her were not the same group as those who were on duty in the prison, and the people who arrested her didn't seem to confess her crimes, so she made up such a lie again, hoping that the Jin Yiwei could Don't think too much, just let her go for the sake of money.

She deliberately said such things, naturally to let Jin Yiwei let go of his guard, so that he can make the decision to let her go.If she told the other party that she snatched someone else's token and escaped from the palace, I am afraid that Jin Yiwei would not let her go, but if she made the whole thing so justified, in his opinion, it would be nothing more than a trivial matter. Not only can you get 50 taels of silver, but you can also get the gratitude of Concubine Zhuang afterwards, so why not do it?

"You're right, but it's true?" Jin Yiwei was already moved, but he was still struggling.

Wei Yunqing hurriedly added fuel to the fire, and handed over the 50 taels of silver directly: "My lord, I assure you, if there is a lie in what I said, I will be struck by lightning!" Kind of thing, "My lord, if you don't believe me, you can go back to the palace with me, when the time comes, there will be people around Concubine Zhuang who will prove what I said is true."

As soon as the words came out, Jin Yiwei lost all doubts, he thought, since the little servant in front of him could say such a thing, he must be someone from Concubine Zhuang's palace, otherwise how would he dare to confront him?
What he didn't expect was that what Wei Yunqing was thinking at the moment was to wait until he was released from the imperial prison. If Jin Yiwei really wanted to ask her back to the palace, she would immediately find a way to get rid of him.

"Come with me." The Jin Yiwei accepted the banknote and opened the door of Wei Yunqing's cell to let her out.

Excited, Wei Yunqing hurried out of the cell, and followed the Jin Yiwei out.

Not far away, Jin Yiwei, who was also on duty, asked, "Li Xun, what are you doing with the prisoner?"

"Caught the wrong person!" Li Xun waved his hand, "I'll explain to my brother when I come back."

That Jin Yiwei smiled knowingly, waved his hands and said: "You kid should come back sooner!"

"Definitely, definitely!" Li Xun felt a little sad for the money he just got, but thinking that everyone would drink wine and earn money together on weekdays, it was a little smoother.

Wei Yunqing walked out following Li Xun without saying a word, but the other party stopped suddenly, and said loudly: "See Lord Zhen Fushi!" There was half respect and half fear in his voice.

Wei Yunqing was startled, and subconsciously wanted to raise her head, but a person's name in her mind corresponded to this official position, she hurriedly lowered her head, and stood aside silently.

The person who came was Baili Yue. As the governor of Beizhen Fusi, he was in charge of the edict prison and was the head of the edict prison. Although his rank was not high, he could report directly to the emperor if there was anything to do. There was no need for Bai Benwei, and he had a lot of power. Big.

He casually glanced at his subordinates, his eyes naturally glanced at the little servant behind him, nodded slightly, and continued to move forward, but he stopped after only one step forward, turned back and shouted at Wei Yunqing who had just taken two steps : "You, turn your head."

Wei Yunqing was startled, and told himself silently, this person is not calling himself, not himself, not himself...

But Li Xun in front of her immediately stopped and said to her solemnly: "Why don't you obey the order?"

Wei Yunqing was counting on the other party's poor memory, and hoped that her men's appearance could deceive others, so he hesitated for a long time before turning around helplessly.

Baili Yue frowned and said, "Look up."

Wei Yunqing cried unluckily in her heart. Seeing that she was only one step away from freedom, but she fell short, she felt that the bad luck in her life must have fallen to today.

She raised her head as if death was at home, but she didn't dare to look directly into Baili Yue's eyes, her eyes silently dropped to the ground.

Baili Yue frowned slightly, the person in front of him seemed familiar, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly thought, if the person in front of him is not a man, but a woman, then...

"Miss Wei?" Baili Yue raised his eyebrows, then sneered, "No, I should call you Imperial Concubine Empress."

After hearing Baili Yue's words, Li Xun's jaw dropped, and he looked at Wei Yunqing in amazement, speechless.

But Baili Yue looked at Wei Yunqing's ashen face, and slowly raised the corners of his lips.

The matter of Wei Yunqing caused quite a stir in the Daliang court. On that day, he only knew that she had a relationship with Yan Rusong. Later, after Liang Baihu's confession and his own investigation, he discovered that Wei Yunqing was indeed quite an extraordinary woman.

He didn't recognize Wei Yunqing at the first glance just now, but he had trained a pair of piercing eyes in the imperial prison. He found that the servant's figure was too slender, like a woman, so he stopped him, who knew it wasn't "" He" instead of "she".Moreover, she is now one of the emperor's harem, the imperial concubine Wei who should have stayed in the palace.

"My lord, you have misunderstood the person, I don't know what you are talking about." Wei Yunqing continued to pinch his throat and said, "This servant is a servant of Concubine Zhuang's empress's palace. Caught here. Some people also said that slaves and imperial concubines look alike, and it seems that my lord misunderstood because of this."

Hearing this, Li Xun's expression softened a little, with a kind of relief.He just said, the imperial concubine is so noble, how could she appear in the imperial prison and pretend to be a servant?
Baili Yue sneered, and with a movement of his hand, a cold light flashed, the Xiuchun knife slashed across Wei Yunqing's head, and the hat she was wearing fell to the ground, and her black hair fell down, fully revealing her female identity.

After all, it wasn't the moment when she just escaped from the battlefield, she could still smear mud on her face and pretend to be a man, without revealing her secrets.She thought of playing the part of a eunuch on a temporary basis, and she didn't make up her face. Fortunately, a eunuch is already feminine enough. Her appearance is at most considered a beautiful eunuch, and it won't lead people to think that she is a woman. think.But who knows that Baili Yue didn't follow her tricks, and straightly loosened her hair. In this way, no one would believe her when she said that she was an eunuch!

Wei Yunqing was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses, and said sharply: "Baili Yue, how dare you be rude to me?"

Baili Yue was taken aback, Wei Yunqing had changed too much before and after, and he didn't react for a while.

Wei Yunqing frowned, and said in a cold voice: "Wait, see if I don't sue you in front of the emperor. Let's see how long you can hold the position of Fusi and Fushi in Beizhen!"

Baili Yue stared at Wei Yunqing for a long time, then suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "It seems that I made a mistake, you are indeed not the imperial concubine."

This time it was Wei Yunqing's turn to be stunned.

She originally thought that since Baili Yue had recognized her, she would simply admit her identity, scare him, and leave the prison first, to see if she could find a chance before slipping away.But I didn't expect that he would deny her identity, and she said it herself at the beginning!Even if someone pursues it in the future, they won't be able to catch the slightest bit of his fault!
Moreover, in order to escape, she intentionally put on the power of an imperial concubine to intimidate Bailiyue. He wouldn't decide to treat her as a fake imperial concubine and prepare to kill her because he was afraid that she would really sue Yang Yi?This is an imperial prison, and there is no telling how many people die every day, and it's not too much to have one more nameless person...

Thinking of the tragic situation in the imperial prison, Wei Yunqing felt fear, and forced a smile on his face and said: "Lord Baili... I was just joking with you just now. My lord recognized me and escorted me back to the palace. , is the great benefactor of this palace, how can this palace speak ill of you to the emperor? On the contrary, this palace will also praise you vigorously to the emperor, let him know that his subordinates are so young and promising, loyal and resolute, devoted to their duties, A sharp-eyed official. Your Excellency is a role model for all officials in the imperial court, and the emperor will definitely reward you vigorously when the time comes."

Although he deliberately softened his attitude, Wei Yunqing's heart was still pounding.This Baili Yue's character is really not good, even if she said clearly that she would not sue the emperor, how would he choose?If he had a choice, Wei Yunqing would definitely not choose to admit that he was an imperial concubine at the cost of escaping the possible silence.It's just that she would rather choose to return to the palace than to be killed silently, at least then she still has a chance to escape.

Baili Yue didn't shy away from anything, looked directly at Wei Yunqing, and scrutinized her seriously.This was the first time that he didn't regard her as "Yan Rusong's best friend" or "the emperor's woman". After a while, he came to a conclusion - such a wonderful woman is indeed worthy of rivalry between monarchs and ministers.

"Imperial Imperial Concubine..." Baili Yue said meaningfully, and the ending sound was raised slightly, making it hard to tell whether he was admitting her identity or questioning her words.

Wei Yunqing's heart constricted, and the tone almost reached his throat.This person is really annoying, don't hesitate to recognize her or not!If she recognizes her, she will immediately go back to the palace and stay away from him. If not, she will... see if she can bribe him with money...

But seeing Baili Yue suddenly change the subject, he said with a smile: "Did you know that the chief assistant, Sun Chengji, is also in prison? He was imprisoned for persuading the emperor to let the imperial concubine out of the palace."

(End of this chapter)