The prince is very fierce

"Hu...Hu..."

The faint panting echoed in the peach blossom forest, barely audible.

Xu Buling, holding on to the pain of thousands of ants gnawing at his heart, sat on the ground and looked down at Jia Yi, whose face was still pale:

"I'll ask you a question and give you a quickie."

Jia Yi lay in the peach blossom forest, staring at the white paper flowers above, without much pain on his face. After all, endurance of pain is the most basic quality of a dead soldier. Only those who have no feelings, no thoughts, obey orders, and are not afraid of death are qualified dead soldiers.

"Who are you?"

"Xu Buling."

Xu Buling could not have left anyone alive, so he did not hide his identity.

Jia Yi coughed, "It's true. I thought he was just talented, but I was wrong."

Xu Buling didn't say much nonsense, and said in a deep voice, "In the spring of the second year of Xuanhe, you were the head of the inner treasury. Did you communicate with the Wolf Guards to transport the Dragon Locking Gu to the Tang family in Youzhou?"

Jia Yi was silent for a while, looking at the peach blossoms above, and said in a flat voice, "Yes, in the spring of the second year of Xuanhe, the Zhu family in Youzhou refused to obey the court's control. The Tang family in Youzhou and the Wolf Guards worked together to strangle the Zhu family. They were unable to match the old swordsman Zhu Choushan, and finally used the Dragon Locking Gu."

Xu Buling frowned. Lao Xiao learned from the wandering sorcerer that the Dragon Locking Gu appeared during the Iron Eagle Hunting Deer, and I'm afraid it was this time.

"Is the Dragon-Locking Gu still in the inner storehouse?"

"I have long since stopped managing the inner storehouse, so I don't know. Since His Royal Highness has been poisoned, he will definitely not keep it in the inner storehouse. Whether it has been destroyed, I am afraid only the current emperor knows."

Xu Buling's eyes were slightly cold: "How to detoxify?"

Jia Yi kept looking at the white flowers above, and was silent for a long time:

"... The prince should ask the emperor. How can I, a eunuch, know..."

The peach forest became quiet, with only a faint breath left.

Xu Buling looked at Jia Yi's face, and suddenly asked:

"How did Queen Cui die?"

Jia Yi's eyelashes trembled, and he shook his head: "Heart disease... Do it, I am a dead man, I should have gone down to accompany the young lady, I have lived until now, and I have not had a day of sleep."

Xu Buling raised his gradually purple hand and rubbed his forehead, and waited for a moment.

Jia Yi's bones were half broken, and his pain was no less than the outbreak of the Dragon-Locking Gu on his body. When Xu Buling was almost dying, Jia Yi did not say anything else.

"I hope you will be born into a good family in the next life."

Xu Buling whispered, and then there was a crisp sound of "click".

Jia Yi's eyes gradually became blurred, and he was no longer breathing.

After Xu Buling raised his hand and closed Jia Yi's eyes, he began to cough violently. With trembling arms, he took out two small bottles from his arms and poured pills into his stomach with strong liquor. Sweat soon soaked his clothes, and the bruises on his hands gradually faded.

The night wind was slightly cool.

About half a quarter of an hour later, Xu Buling stood up shakily, walked to the pavilion to get a broom, cleaned up the paper scraps and a little blood on the ground, and filled in the footprints on the ground.

During the fight just now, Xu Buling had been paying attention to the surrounding environment. It was not difficult to recover now after killing him instantly with one move.

After restoring the peach blossom forest to its original state, Xu Buling carried Jia Yi's body and came to the Taiye Lake in the north of the harem. He slid into the freezing cold water silently, found stones at the bottom of the lake and stuffed them into the eunuch's robe until the body could no longer float. He returned to the lakeside and washed off the blood on his body.

After doing all this, Xu Buling hesitated for a moment. Now that it has been confirmed that the poison was given by the emperor, the method of detoxification is probably only known by the emperor. As Jia Yi said, if you want to detoxify, you can only ask the emperor.

But since the emperor has taken action, how could he help him detoxify for no reason? Even if the matter is made clear, the emperor will only deny it and will never spread such things that anger the border troops and damage his reputation.

And asking secretly like tonight...

Xu Buling took a breath, and his eyes showed a bit of powerlessness.

Only when the emperor is not in the harem, he will have the opportunity to sneak into the harem and kill Jia Yi. If he goes to find the emperor, the masters who are always guarding the emperor are not blind. They can surround the imperial study room by standing guard every five steps, making it difficult to sneak into it.

And when Jia Yi's disappearance is discovered tomorrow, the guards in the palace will be alert. Even if they can't find the body and don't understand the reason, the guards around the emperor will definitely be much stricter.

If he wants to talk to the emperor, the best opportunity is tonight. It will be more difficult than ascending to heaven in the future.

Xu Buling felt the condition of his body. It is impossible to fight with the masters again. The chance of success is too small. He has to go back to recuperate for a few days before he can take action.

Thinking of this, Xu Buling considered for a while and set off on his way home. The poison in his body clamped his throat. After recuperating, he will definitely come to the palace again. As difficult as ascending to heaven? Now is a desperate situation, better than having no way out...

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It was already late at night, and only the palace lanterns were swaying in the wind in the sparsely populated Changle Palace, and there was no one in the corridors and pavilions.

Xu Buling silently passed through the Qianbu Corridor and returned to the Queen Mother's bedroom. He wanted to go directly to the side hall to rest, but in case someone came to check when he went out just now and leaked the news, he decided to check the situation first.

The Queen Mother lived in seclusion in the deep palace. Because she had no children, there were not many people around her. There were thousands of buildings in the huge Changle Palace. It was inevitable that women would be a little scared to live here. Basically, they slept in the house near the Queen Mother at night.

Xu Buling walked through the garden and listened to the noises one by one. Most of the palace maids were already asleep, while some were on night duty or couldn't sleep, whispering to each other. He even met a pair of unfortunate lesbians, secretly hiding in the room to "grind the mirror".

Xu Buling was not surprised by this. The palace maids lived in the imperial city for many years. The lower-level palace maids without official positions could only work day after day without seeing any hope for the future. As for the animal instinct of love between men and women, it was even more untouchable. Long-term sexual repression gave rise to the situation of "eating together", which was very common. The Queen Mother's bedroom did not even have eunuchs, so they could only relieve their loneliness in this way.

After Xu Buling inspected the girls' dormitory, he did not find anything unusual. When he was about to leave, he saw that the windows of the Queen Mother's bedroom were still lit.

Xu Buling frowned slightly and looked at the sky. It was already two or three o'clock in the morning.

Could it be that the Queen Mother is also here...

With some doubts, Xu Buling came to the window of the Queen Mother's bedroom silently, poked his finger through the window paper, and took a look inside. He was stunned when he saw it.

The Queen Mother's boudoir is very different from that of an ordinary woman. It is luxurious and spacious. There are many more bookshelves in the room. The shelves are full of various objects, such as glass lamps, seven-piece grids, nine-piece links, etc., most of which are ingenious objects in the market.

The room is very warm with a heater. The Queen Mother, wearing a nightgown and thin pants, sits at the table with her collar half open, revealing two golden carp embroidered inside.

Xu Buling has heard of the reputation of "Lotus Hiding Carp". The fabric tribute from Jiangnan is as thin as a cicada's wing, and there are two carp embroidered between the lotus leaves. When the couple "exercises", it brings up waves, and the koi are like cruising in the water, lifelike, and the most elegant plaything in the boudoir.

However, whether it is an ordinary carp or a golden carp, they are all exclusively provided by the royal family. Even the favored concubines may not be able to get them. Xu Buling also saw it for the first time. The queen mother sat still and naturally could not appreciate the beauty of it.

As the saying goes, "A gentleman does not deceive in a dark room." Xu Buling is not a gentleman, but he is not a dirty villain. After a startling glance, he turned his eyes away and looked at the table.

There are various tools on the wide table, such as steel balls, tweezers, gold wire balls, etc.

There are also pony and golden cranes made of splicing on it. The knowledge of the Huainan Xiao family is diverse. It is not surprising that the queen mother has nothing to do in the deep palace, so she studies these little toys.

The queen mother must have been unable to sleep all night. At this time, she sat in front of the table, holding a piece of wood in her hand and patiently carving it with a carving knife, concentrating, with a smile on her slightly mature cheeks. The most beautiful thing is the eyes in front of the lamp. It is no exaggeration to describe this unusual scene as a painting.

Xu Buling took a quick look and couldn't see what the Queen Mother was carving, so he didn't stay for long and disappeared from the room without a sound...