The beauty is endless

Chapter 5 The Secret
An hour later, Murong Qi followed Chief Ji Shao on the deserted streets of the capital near midnight.

It was a cold spring night, and she was only wearing a thin long gown. The gown she picked up by hand fell to the ground during the fight, and she was in a hurry when she left, so she didn't even have time to pick it up.

Murong Qi looked at Ji Che's back, thinking over and over again that although the cause of this incident was Beigong Epiphyllum's fatal "peach blossom drunk", it was indeed his fault to fight at the envoy's house of another country, so why not admit his mistake first , but she didn't know how to speak, when a small wind blew from nowhere, she felt cold all over, couldn't help but sneezed, and whimpered: "It's so cold..."

The person walking in front really stopped and turned his head.

Murong Qi hurriedly walked a few steps, blinked, and said pitifully, "Ah Che, I'm hungry..."

Ji Che said coldly: "The woman just now is the deputy commander of the [-]th Battalion of the Imperial Guard, and the [-]th Battalion is a famous assassination battalion, which directly obeys the orders of the royal family, and the people who are chasing are all important people. Just now you If that knife is cut down, you will not come back to Liaoyangjing in the future."

Murong Qi was not convinced, and pouted: "Is it that serious? I know you don't want to cause trouble for the royal family, but I also have a sense of proportion, and I don't really want to hurt her..."

"In case of any damage, the consequences are unpredictable." He did not give in at all, stretched out his slender fingers and pointed precisely between her eyebrows, "Don't forget who you are now. I don't care what private agreement you made with the prince two years ago , but 'Murong Seven' has disappeared from the royal family, but 'Murong Jiu' has not yet. The new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, and it will not do you two any good to get involved in the secret operations of the royal family at this time."

"You...you think too much..." Even though she said that, her voice was much weaker, and it was obvious that she had accepted his criticism deep in her heart.

"Really?" Ji Che's fingers moved away from her eyebrows, and finally landed on her neck again, his tone became colder and colder, "Does 'Peach Blossom Drunk' taste good? Am I thinking too much about this?"

His fingers were a little cold, and Murong Qi asked with some guilt: "What's 'Peach Blossom Drunk'?" After speaking, she suddenly remembered the scene in the cellar just now. The masked man appeared to be gnawing on her neck.

She hastily took out the small mirror from her bosom, checked it with the dilapidated lantern on the side of the road, and saw a faint red mark on the back of her neck, looking carefully, it vaguely looked like a flower painted with rouge.

"How could it become like this after just biting it?" She couldn't help muttering.

"Chew?" Ji Che withdrew his fingers and smiled faintly, "Who?"

Well...so scary, Murong Qi couldn't help but tremble all over.

"A woman I don't know is probably Xiao Jiu's old friend." She wouldn't tell the truth.

Ji Che's face paled, he nodded and said, "Shiya has too many ingenious skills, so it's better to keep a distance from Beigong Tanhua."

"……Oh."

She would keep her distance even if he didn't say anything, she looked at his back as he turned and continued to move forward, and couldn't help but caressed her lips in annoyance, it was really unlucky to be taken advantage of in vain but not get it back.When I look back, I must find out where the "Fengyou Palace" is, and what happened to the so-called Young Master Feng to provoke the pursuit of the [-]th Battalion of the Imperial Guard!

Murong Qi followed behind Ji Che while thinking, and turned a street corner within a few steps. A warm yellow light appeared in front of him. Under the light, a middle-aged couple selling wontons hadn't closed their stall yet. Braving the steaming heat, a few guests are drinking soup.

Ji Che explained a few words to the boss, and when he turned around, Murong Qi was already sitting at the table, wiping his chopsticks with his snow-white sleeves. Seeing him sit down, he obsequiously handed over the wiped pair in his hand, with a pair of phoenix eyes. Laughing into crescent moon.

"I knew you, Ache, were the best for me, and you definitely couldn't bear to watch me starve and suffer from cold."

"It's just a coincidence." He didn't appreciate it, but a trace of unnaturalness flashed in his eyes.

Of course Murong Qi wouldn't have noticed that she was shouting at the proprietress from afar, "Sister-in-law, don't put coriander in my bowl, but more mustard and chili..."

"Yes, yes, this young master has explained it just now." The proprietress put the bowl in front of her with a smile, and took a special look at Ji Che, "Young lady is so lucky!"

"Yes, yes." Murong Qi nodded hastily, "It is indeed a blessing to be able to eat a bowl of hot wontons at this time!"

Ji Che: "..."

Boss lady: "..."

It was Murong Qi's tenth day in Liaoyang Jing.

An invitation that she had almost forgotten arrived as scheduled.

At that time, she was eating melon seeds and listening to Guo Zichen's investigation report in the gorgeous county palace, while Ji Che was half lying on the couch resting his mind, occasionally chasing and killing passing flies with the dagger in his hand. false hair.

"Guozi, what did you just say? Fengyou Palace sells spices? It's not an assassination organization or a cult sect?" Murong Qi spat out a mouthful of melon seeds, expressing his surprise at the result.

"According to the investigation, this company is indeed a big spice household in the Dayou and even Shiya regions. Nearly half of the officials and nobles in the country are their customers, especially in Liaoyang Jingli. The big boss of Fengyou Palace is called Feng Gongzi." Guo Zichen The corner of her mouth twitched, "Also, Miss Murong, please don't call me Guozi..."

"That Mr. Feng, is he always wearing a mask to show others because of his ugly appearance? Guozi, don't you have any more detailed information?"

Guo Zichen twitched his lips again: "Mr. Feng seldom shows up unless it's a very big business. What he looks like needs further investigation. Also, Miss Murong, please don't call me..."

Murong Qi turned his head, feeling a little disappointed: "Ji Che, your intelligence network, which claims to be the best in the world, is nothing more than that!"

Guo Zichen: "..." Please don't ignore me, please!
Ji Che slowly took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe the dagger clean, and said calmly, "The intelligence network of the Hongshui Gang does not exist to investigate an insignificant spice dealer."

But even so, he still told Guo Zichen: "Xiao Guo, Fengyou Palace's investigation continues to find people to follow up. As a spice dealer, these people seem to appear too frequently around Liaoyang Beijing officials recently."

Guo Zichen: "Young master, this is not a problem, but before this, can you and Miss Murong please correct me and stop calling me a pot?"

Ji Che glanced at him: "This is about you and her, what has it got to do with me?"

Guo Zichen burst into tears: "Young master, don't be like this..."

Just at this time, a servant came from outside the door to report that the chief assistant, Mr. Wei, had invited the county king to visit the mansion.

Murong Qi frowned as she held the invitation card that exuded a faint fragrance and elegant words, the words "leave the endgame" on it made her feel afraid.

Ji Che stood up and patted the skirt of his clothes, planning to say goodbye to Guo Zichen.

"Wait, Ah Che, you can't just leave me alone." Murong Qi grabbed his black arrow sleeves, "I don't know how to play chess, I will reveal my secrets. Once I reveal my secrets, I can no longer stay in my house." The capital is gone; I can't stay in the capital, Xiao Jiu must come back; if Xiao Jiu comes back, you will be annoyed to death by him..."

Ji Che looked at her in silence for a while, then suddenly weighed the dagger in his hand, and suddenly stabbed at the back of her hand.

Murong Qi didn't expect him to attack suddenly at all, even though he reacted quickly enough to dodge in time, the sharp blade still cut a small wound on her finger, blood flowed out, she was about to get angry when Ji Che put away the dagger, faintly Said: "Now you can tell Wei Nange that your hand is injured and you can't play chess."

When Murong Qi saw Wei Nange again in the back garden of Shoufu Mansion, he did as Ji Che expected and expressed surprise and regret for her hand injury.

"My lord, why did your hand hurt?"

"Accidentally cut it." Murong Qi sighed, squinted his phoenix eyes and shook his head, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Wei, I can't accompany you through the endgame."

"It looks serious, is it okay?" Wei Nange stretched out his hand to support Murong Qi's right hand, which was wrapped like a thick bear's paw, with an expression of concern.

"It's...it's okay, it will be fine in two days." Looking at the handsome face close at hand, Murong Qi's calm manner of talking and smiling somehow failed, and he couldn't help but quietly took a step back.

Seeing the youngest important official in this dynasty again, she was even more sure that she really had a different feeling for him-the heartbeat would speed up, her words and deeds would be at a loss, and she always wanted to look at him more, but she really felt different from him. Eyes met, but couldn't help avoiding.

In Xiao Jiu's words, this is a nympho, but Murong Qi thinks, this is the legendary love at first sight!
Because Wei Nange's appearance is completely in line with the best aesthetics in her mind - gentle eyes like deer, straight nose bridge, always smiling mouth corners, gentleman like jade, there is a heart-wrenching book atmosphere in every gesture .

Speaking of this "best aesthetic", it goes back to when Murong Qi was a little girl.At that time, in Xiaoqi's eyes, the best man in the world was his father.He is gentle and affectionate, knowledgeable and talented, his words and deeds have an innate dignity and elegance, and he even has great taste in his choice of words and sentences. On the other hand, his cold-mouthed and cold-faced mother with super high force value and a group of people in Kasyapa Palace meditate and practice martial arts all day long Master Xin Wang's invincible aura illuminated her entire childhood.

It is true that after childhood, the cruel reality kept reminding her that the aura of an idol is actually the most deceiving, but the long-term values ​​and aesthetics have been deeply ingrained, so Xiaoqi always thinks about the appearance of her future sweetheart, which is always the same as the appearance of her father. Roughly the same - that is, Wei Nange's kind.

But what is depressing is that the young men she knows are either disciples and believers of Kasyapa Palace, or eunuchs and guards in the capital, and occasionally other types, and they are all the same group of people around Xiaojiu who are addicted all day long. It is too difficult to find a man who is as clear as a mountain spring and as cool as a spring breeze for a drunken dandy young master, or a burly man in Ji Che's gang who can't read a few words and fights every day.

Never thought that now she actually met one.

The so-called fate is wonderful, and the opportunity will never come again!
When her mind became hot, she blurted out and asked: "Master Wei is young and promising, but he is still unmarried. I wonder if there is someone he likes?"

Wei Nange, who was washing the cup and making tea with his own hands, was taken aback for a moment, and he answered after a while, with an imperceptible coldness in his gentle voice: "Since my lord knows why I invited you here today, it would be great."

Murong Qi was tongue-tied, is this answer really aimed at her?Why does it sound irrelevant?In fact, she just wanted to continue: "If you have no choice, I have a sister who is very nice. Are you interested in meeting her?"

But now, how should she go back?

With such an interruption, her impulsive impulse also cooled down. After concentrating on it, Wei Nange's seemingly nonsensical words could give a general idea.

Although she doesn't like to use her brain, it doesn't mean she doesn't know anything.Although she had categorically denied the scene she saw at Beigong Tanhua's birthday party a few days ago, Wei Nange obviously did not believe it.Her inadvertent question at the moment must have been regarded as a deliberate temptation by him.

She took a deep breath and said, "Master Wei is referring to the meeting with the Crown Princess that day?"

Singer Wei Nan paused, and then a faint smile appeared on his lips, as if he was relieved: "The prince really saw it."

Murong Qi secretly rolled his eyes, since he has asked this question, denying it will only lead to groundless suspicion and more thought-provoking temptations, it is better to admit it earlier and wait and see what happens.

As for the identity of the woman, she only thought of it later——

About this palace secret, she actually knew far more than what she had told Ji Che back then.During the years when she was under house arrest in the palace when she was young, she lived a very boring life every day, and inquiring about gossip became part of her daily life.At that time, there was a maid in the East Palace who was the maid of the crown princess before she got married, and that court lady had a good relationship with the maid beside the late emperor. Once, when the two of them were secretly chatting behind the rockery in the imperial garden, Murong Qi was lying on the bed. Taking an afternoon nap on a big tree nearby, he listened to the whole story of the matter.

If you want to say this, it actually has something to do with her.

Before the late empress got married, she and Murong Qi's mother were close friends in her boudoir, and the empress herself had never raised a daughter, so she doted on this imperial princess Yanrong extremely.Although we can't let her go out of the palace just because of this, as long as it is what she likes, I will try my best to satisfy her.When she happened to be fifteen years old, the imperial aunt wanted to arrange a good marriage for her.Because Murong Qi prefers the elegant and talented type, the emperor chose the grandson of the prime minister's family after all kinds of choices. He was known as a "child prodigy" since he was a child, and he was a 15-year-old Jindian high school student. Wei Nange.

It's just that the marriage between important ministers and the royal family is no small matter after all. The emperor who has always been considerate and considerate secretly sent someone to test the word first, but they found out that Wei Nange and Yin Zilan, the daughter of the King of Yueyang, were childhood sweethearts.The young, promising and talented prime minister is extremely dedicated. Since he was 16 years old, he has rejected many marriage proposals from rich and powerful families. Finally give up.

As for the fate of Murong Qi marrying a short-lived son after the death of the empress, that is another story.

At the age of 15, that was the first time Murong Qi heard Wei Nange's name.

But it was not until five years later that she saw the man who almost became her son-in-law for the first time.

In five years, the princess who had been favored by her in the deep palace became a widow whose name had disappeared from the royal genealogy.As for the lovers who swore to be with each other back then, one became the current crown princess, and the other became the most important courtier of the future monarch.

Things in the world go through a thousand twists and turns.

Murong Qi had also met Yin Zilan, the former princess of Yong'an and now the princess. She had seen her from a distance at the few gatherings of women in the palace that she participated in. Although the impression was not deep, she was famous. In fact, I have to call her "Emperor's Wife".Therefore, when we met under the cherry blossom tree that day, we felt familiar.

And at this moment, when Wei Nange said, "Your Highness really saw it", Murong Qi was holding his chin in one hand, and taking the small and exquisite purple sand teacup from Wei Nange's singer with the other, with a face like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, He replied politely, "Yes, I have seen it all."

"In that case—" Wei Nange himself took out a cup from the saucer, looked at the green tea soup, and said slowly, "Let's talk about the conditions."

"No need. Don't worry, I won't say anything." Murong Qi waved his hand.

"Of course I believe in the lord, but—" he paused, took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "I have never dealt with Princess Yanrong before. This matter is very important and we must guard against it. I hope the princess will understand."

"Dang bang."

The cup in Murong Qi's hand dropped to the ground, he was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)