Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

It was noon and the sun was still quite bright.

Liang Qian tightened the small bag on her shoulders, shielded her eyes from the scorching sun with her hands, and stretched her neck to look at the front of the team.

At the current rate of release, it will take a while for them to get their turn.

There were many dissatisfied people in the long queue, but they only dared to grumble a few words in a low voice.

It’s not their fault. Even someone as patient as me is getting a little anxious waiting.

Liang Qian withdrew her gaze and stretched her sore legs a little.

Pingwu City is quite special now, so the guards at the city gates are very strict. If they find anyone with suspicious behavior, they will be arrested without saying a word. With such careful questioning, the process is naturally much slower than before.

Qingzhu took off her water bag and handed it to Liang Qian, lowering her voice and saying, "Madam, I can wait in line here by myself. Please go sit under the shade of the tree over there and wait."

Liang Qian took the water bag, smiled and shook her head: "It doesn't matter. If we look energetic, how can we look like we have traveled thousands of miles from Jinye to escape?"

As he spoke, he plucked a few strands of hair from his temples, looking even more shabby and miserable.

Qingzhu couldn't help but sigh: "Madam, why do you take such a risk?"

Liang Qian only looked at the tall tower: "If we can take it by wits, why bother to attack by force?"

About half an hour later, it was finally their turn.

The guard who was checking them had a bad face. After asking a few questions in a stern voice, he started to check the bags of the two people.

As they were talking, a group of people riding large horses came galloping from a distance, passing the people waiting to enter the city and heading straight for the city gate. They were so mighty that when they passed the crowd, they brought up a cloud of yellow dust, which made everyone cover their mouths and cough.

Some people in the team were whispering, curious about who were the people riding on the horses so majestically.

Liang Qian looked in the direction of the sound, squinted her eyes, and started to think.

Qingzhu was opening the bag for the guard to check.

Apart from some clothes, there were also rations and jewelry.

The guard took away a silver hairpin with an expressionless face.

"Madam." Qingzhu became anxious, frowned and looked at Liang Qian, reaching out to take it back.

The guard glanced at Qingzhu coldly: "You don't know the rules."

Liang Qian shook her head at Qing Zhu and said, "Just think of it as buying tea for the adults to moisten their throats."

"Humph, that's more like it." After saying that, the guard raised his chin and pointed at the bag on Liang Qian's body: "What are you dawdling about? Why don't you be more quick?"

Liang Qian hesitated for a moment, then looked around and saw that many people were staring at them.

She took out a silver bracelet and handed it over: "Sir, please be flexible and let us in."

The guard snatched the bracelet and put it away, but his expression changed. "How dare you to be so sneaky? How can I let you go!"

After saying this, he shouted, "Come here, someone," and was about to take the man away.

Qingzhu and Liang Qian were not willing to comply and immediately started crying and shouting.

This was quite a commotion, and everyone looked over here.

Naturally, there was also a group of people riding on horses preparing to enter the city.

A well-dressed man on a tall horse slowly approached.

"Who dares to cause trouble here?"

The few people who were pulling and dragging stopped, looking terrified.

Some young generals guarding the city even stepped forward hurriedly to salute and explain that they had spotted a few suspicious-looking people.

The man on horseback frowned and glanced at the two women in coarse linen clothes, then shouted at the young general, "Why don't you tell them to take them away quickly? What are you doing here?"

After receiving the order, the guard wanted to drag people away again.

Liang Qian suddenly broke free from the grip. "Wait!"

This voice was full of energy, completely different from her weak and vulnerable appearance just now. The people present were stunned and looked at her in surprise.

People on horseback are no exception.

He came to his senses and glared fiercely at the dusty man in front of him.

"Where did this crazy woman come from? How dare she make a scene here!"

"Crazy woman?" Liang Qian sneered and looked up: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly who I am!"

"you--"

"and many more!"

Before the man could speak, another person rode up on horseback and interrupted him in a deep voice.

*

In the backyard of the palace, after bathing, Liang Qian changed into a clean dress and combed her hair into a bun.

Seeing her coming out from the inner room, a beautiful lady in a cicada-shaped robe and a dragon-shaped belt came to greet her with a smile on her face.

"I pay my respects to Queen Wenxuan."

Liang Qian took two quick steps and hurriedly held onto Fan's arm: "Princess, there is no need to be so polite. If it weren't for the urgent rescue by King Pengcheng, I'm afraid I would—"

She sighed slightly, swallowed the rest of her words, and looked very sad.

Princess Pengcheng glanced at Liang Qian calmly and pretended to be angry: "I always knew that they were idlers. Didn't I get it right today? Your Highness asked them to investigate carefully, not to oppress the good and take advantage of the situation."

A maid came out from behind a curtain embroidered with flowers and birds. She bowed to Liang Qian first, then said to Princess Pengcheng, "Princess, please stop being angry. Hasn't His Highness already ordered someone to deal with them?"

Her voice was soft, but very clever.

"The tea and pastries have been served as you requested. The Queen must be exhausted after such a long journey. In my opinion, you should accompany the Queen to eat some. I have also ordered the maid to prepare the meal as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Princess Pengcheng shook her head and sighed.

"Yes, yes, it's not that I was so angry that I lost my temper. I couldn't even tell the difference between the main and the secondary. Fortunately, there is a smart and sensible girl like you who reminded me. Otherwise, wouldn't I be impolite?"

After saying that, he smiled apologetically at Liang Qian: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Queen."

In this elegant residence, there is a bustling crowd; in the study over there, the atmosphere is dull.

Since entering the study, everyone has been silent.

King Gao Lan of Pengcheng sat quietly in the main seat.

The Prince of Langya, who was standing beside him, also said nothing.

Some time ago, a major incident occurred in Ye City of Jin. It was said that a plum forest within the imperial palace suddenly caught fire one night, and the life and death of Empress Wenxuan, who lived in the forest with her hair uncut, was unknown.

After investigation, it was found that the palace maid accidentally knocked over the oil lamp when she got up at night, which caused the disaster. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the guards rescued the queen and the palace maid.

Perhaps because she had escaped death, Empress Wenxuan claimed that she had seen through the world and asked the emperor for permission to move to Yuetai Temple to recuperate. After the emperor discussed it with the empress dowager, they did not think it was inappropriate and approved the request.

However, Empress Wenxuan, who was supposed to be recuperating in Yuetai Temple, showed up in Pingwu with only one palace maid, saying that she was trying to avoid being hunted down.

This is really unbelievable.

The governor of Pingwu spoke first: "Your Highness, do you really want to keep this Liang family?"

King Pengcheng said nothing.

Now in Jinye City, there is only Meng, a woman who is at the mercy of others, assisting the emperor. Who wouldn't seize the opportunity to fight for power?

But he has been in a passive situation since Sun Liangping's death.

However, now as long as Liang Qian announces to the world as he said, then there will be a reason and legitimacy for everything.

King Pengcheng looked at King Langya and asked, "What do you think?"

Prince Langya thought for a moment and said, "In the court in the past, this Liang looked no different from Meng, but when I think about it carefully, I feel something is wrong. Whether it was suppressing the rebellion of Prince Yong'an, deposing the emperor and abdicating to Gao Hao, or the current succession of the new emperor, she was closely related. But look, the emperor has been rotated for several times, but she is still alive... Now, she has taken the initiative to come to me, who knows whether it is a blessing or a curse?"

He turned his gaze to Zhao Heng below, and said meaningfully: "Lord Zhao should not have forgotten how Wang Su died, right?"