Chen Palace

Chapter 39 Fright
Young Master Yu smiled proudly: "You might as well combine them into one!"

He called the valet, and took something boxy from the heavy luggage, which turned out to be a Tang wood chessboard.

"Please leave for now!"

Chen Lu understood what he meant, and raised her voice.

Although she is young, she naturally has an indescribable courage in her words, which makes people admire Jing Cong.

Everyone retreated to the courtyard, only to hear the chess pieces swaying in the utensils, and then fell silent again for a moment - obviously, the two had already guessed black and white.

There was a crisp sound, and everyone closed their eyes, imagining that it was already in the state of a rainstorm, and the room was small, how could they dodge?

The countless jingling sounds stopped in the next instant, and everyone was focused on it. They only heard the wind of the clothes and silk, and the chess pieces all returned to their original places.

Qu Yun heard that it was Chen Lu who flicked all the chess pieces back with his sleeve.

There was a very loud "pa", and there was still a sunspot that survived the strength of the sleeve and fell steadily into the plate.

Chen Lu was not in a hurry, she smiled slightly, her voice was very joyful, she raised her hand, and only picked up a white piece, the sound of butterflies clattered faintly in the air, looping back and forth, indescribably light and treacherous.

"A boomerang? It's too small!"

Mr. Yu said so in his mouth, but he also spent a lot of trouble in his hands, so that the chess pieces fell on the board.

The two went back and forth like this, seeing the quick, and after a while, the situation began to emerge.

"Stay on!"

The girl's clear voice resounded, and it was exceptionally clear amidst the dancing and whirling of the black and white sons.

"Do you want to admit defeat?"

"You foolish person... just wait for me to fall, even if you have the ability to fly to the sky, you will be wiped out in ashes."

"what?!"

Hearing Young Master Yu's horrified voice, Qu Yun couldn't bear his curiosity any longer, and ran into the room, looking at the chessboard.

He is also a master of chess, and usually only discusses chess with the emperor's hand, but he couldn't help feeling itchy when he encountered this golden opportunity.

I saw that the chessboard was very strange. Looking at the whole board, Mr. Yu had the upper hand everywhere, showing his sharpness, but Chen Lu's chess moves were Xu Xuan in the clouds and mist. Qu Yun was full of doubts, but when he saw her at the end At the moment, amazement cannot be expressed in idioms——

This move, even before it was completed, she placed the hand on the plate, but did not leave her hand, just smiled and looked at her opponent.

This move is like the silence of the sky and the earth, when all horses are in darkness, the brilliant sword that pierces the sky——

However, with a stunning move, the universe was settled.

Yuan Qi's chess moves never show the mountains and dews, and you will be amazed when the water is ripe.

And Chen Lu... Her chess is not about strategy, but about drawing the sword at that thought, and the move of the flying fairy.

"This game, I lost..."

Mr. Yu was slightly disappointed, but smiled again: "It's just that you lost the opportunity in Wu Zhidao - that black spot just now has already torn your long sleeve."

Chen Lu caressed the long seam of the cuff, and smiled, her eyes were so clear and crystal clear that it was dazzling——

"You take off your robe."

Puzzled, Mr. Yu unbuttoned his belt, only to see a white diamond firmly embedded on his inner shirt at the position of his chest!
He sat down slumped, this miraculous scene finally made him speechless.

Everyone gathered around at this moment, looking at Chen Lu with a completely different look from the beginning.

Their eyes were full of admiration and worship, without any doubts.

After briefly listening to the reports of the four people, and talking about the recent situation of the Tatar "Mitu" alliance, Chen Lu and Qu Yun watched the sky darken, fearing that the key to the palace gate would be released, so they got up and said goodbye.

They walked on the main street in the city, and saw that the sky was getting dark, and there was a faint image of rain clouds, and the surrounding markets closed their stalls one after another, and ran back in all directions.

Qu Yun took out a few coins and silver corners, bought two bamboo umbrellas, refused to let the old woman change, and continued walking with Chen Lu.

The sky quickly turned dark, and the night came early due to the wind and rain. The bean-sized raindrops fell and hit people's faces sorely. Pedestrians on the road complained, but they all quickened their pace. After a while, the street was empty.

Chenlu held up her bamboo umbrella, and was about to say with a smile, "Does she look like a woman washing clothes in the forest", when she saw a black shadow flashing across the ridge on the opposite side.

She didn't have time to close the umbrella, so she just swept it flat, climbed up to the eaves like a fairy, and stretched out her hand to clasp the man's wrist.

But there was a flash of cold light, and above the man's wrist, there was a serrated ring blade in the air, which was about to pierce the snow-white catkin.

The man was proud of himself, he only felt a blur in front of his eyes, his hidden weapon was split into several pieces and flew towards him.

He frantically dodges, the vital points of his wrists have already been seized by the opponent, his soul is dissipated, he struggles with all his strength, and barely escapes.

There was dust under his feet, and he ran away with all his strength.

Chen Lu didn't chase after her, she just looked at her hand and murmured, "Strange..."

Qu Yun looked intently, and saw that between the snow-white fingers was a piece of sticky and sticky blood.

"The man's wrist is full of blood. Judging by his figure, he is very vigorous, and he doesn't seem to have been injured..."

She said to Qu Yun: "Tomorrow, why don't you go to Jing Zhaoyin's place to see what murder has happened!"

She frowned slightly, as if she had something to ponder.

Qu Yun comforted, "They're just one or two small thieves, and they don't look like any powerful characters in terms of martial arts."

Chen Lu shook her head: "The round cyst on his back looks a bit weird."

Qu Yun suddenly remembered something: "A while ago, I also met this little black-clothed round-bag thief—and I told the emperor as a joke—do you still remember, that is when you and I met again..."

Chen Lu nodded, still thinking hard in her heart——

That circular cyst, and that saw-toothed ring blade, I seem to have seen it somewhere...

When they returned to the palace, the key was not released at the palace gate, but the inside was filled with boiling water and the lights were brightly lit, as if some great event had happened.

Qu Yun casually grabbed a familiar eunuch: "What's wrong?"

"The commander in chief...it's amazing...the queen mother, the queen mother...something happened!"

what? !

The two looked at each other, their horror was beyond expression——

"What happened to the Queen Mother?!"

"Slave... I don't know...it's just that the people in the palace are in a mess!"

Seeing that there was no reason, Qu Yun let him go, and the two stepped faster, heading straight for the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

In the thunderbolt in the Compassionate Ning Palace, no one would have thought that the first person to discover the abnormality was the empress who was in a very bad mood.

The queen's good things failed that night, Yuan Qi went to Meigui's palace, she went to the queen mother and cried, and told the fact that the emperor deliberately made her infertile, she went crazy for a while, but after thinking about it, I am terrified.

When he thought of the empress dowager's gloomy eyes, he felt uneasy, and when he thought of the emperor's indifference to him, he felt happy for a while. After thinking about it like this, he felt that the little girl Mei Guifei had a different heart, so she summoned her I asked the imperial physician who served that night and asked carefully.

This question was even more confusing, the imperial physician's pulse case was clearly written, and the symptoms were blazing, and the various symptoms did not seem to be pretending, but rather...

The queen was startled, and asked Aunt E: "Is that steward really putting the medicine into the emperor's ginseng soup?"

Aunt E originally blamed her for falsely conveying the Queen Mother's will, but now seeing her being suspicious, she was even more unhappy: "Your Majesty sent the old slave there in person, have you forgotten?"

"But why...Mei Guifei's symptoms seem to be the image of a woman taking Chixingzi, burning her body...Could it be that the steward put the medicine in the wrong bowl?"

The more the queen thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. Although Concubine Mei Gui was not of high rank, she was sitting at the emperor's head that day—the concubines Zhou and Qi, who were supposed to be between these two seats, left the seat early—— Could it be that the wrong ginseng soup was delivered between the two seats next door? !

The Empress remembered that Concubine Mei Gui's miscarriage was not long ago, and it was time to drink ginseng soup to nourish her body. The more she thought about it, the more likely it was, and her original anger turned to the steward whom she had never met.

She got up in a hurry, and wanted to go to the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Peace, to find the bad luck of the person in charge, and to visit the Empress Dowager by the way—I heard that she had suffered from angina pectoris again, and she just invited Daoist Yuxu to heal her illness.

She went straight into the Compassionate Ning Palace, but saw no movement in the main hall, and was about to push the door, when the steward came out to stop her and said: "The Empress Dowager and Auntie Ye are discussing matters inside, Madam, please come back first!"

The empress was full of resentment, seeing that the manager seemed to be the one who broke the big deal, she sneered: "I am the empress dowager's own niece, what is there to avoid?!"

Regardless of the steward's dissuasion, she pushed hard——

(End of this chapter)