Our lord is upright [crossing]

Rong Zhenzhen had carefully inspected the Jinyi Palace. Although the security measures here are tight, it is nothing to a top expert like him. He can still walk freely under the noses of those people.

"There seems to be nothing to search for in this place, they are all useless things." Yan Ruan leaned against the door and watched Rong Zhenzhen write and draw on the paper, "What are you doing?"

Rong Zhenzhen was seriously redrawing the map of the palace, and replied, "I re-planned the routes I have explored in the past two days. I didn't look carefully at many places before."

"It's useless no matter how carefully you look at it, we have never been able to get close to Zhengyang Palace." Yan Ruan was not optimistic.

Rong Zhenzhen didn't think so: "No matter how airtight Zhengyang Palace is like an iron barrel, it doesn't mean that we have no chance. As long as we coax the concubine Xian well, we don't have to worry about not finding opportunities."

Yan Ruan said, "You count on that woman? I believe she is not stupid enough to let a male favorite go to the old emperor and cause trouble for her."

"Under normal circumstances, this is indeed the case. Concubine Xian is not completely brainless. But you know, when a woman falls in love with a man completely, she is willing to do anything and has no brains to think about other things at all. "Rong Zhenzhen drew the map and stuffed it under an inconspicuous floor tile to hide it, then turned around and said: "It sounds a little shameless to use women, but if we analyze the specific issues in detail, the current situation does not allow us to do too much. Think. Compared with the overall situation of martial arts, a virtuous concubine is nothing."

Yan Ruan frowned, he vaguely understood Rong Zhenzhen's meaning: "You mean, you can make that woman fall in love with you in such a short period of time?"

"No." Rong Zhenzhen replied with a smile, "but I believe that a tired woman who always has to carefully please the old man she doesn't like in the deep palace, and fights desperately with other women, should I long for a man who treats me wholeheartedly."

"As long as I prescribe the right medicine to suit her liking, it is still possible to make her pay attention to me in a short time."

Yan Ruan was very upset, probably no normal man in this world would like to see his sweetheart thinking of hooking up with others, even if it was for missions.

Seeing his ugly face, Rong Zhenzhen also knew that the arrogant and self-willed leader was getting angry again, so he stood up and walked to him, and asked in a low voice, "Ah Ruan is unhappy?"

"Hmph." Yan Ruan breathed out, "Even if I said I was unhappy, wouldn't you do it?"

"If you want to do such a thing, I'm not happy." Rong Zhenzhen stretched out his arms to hug him, buried his head into Yan Ruan's shoulder and neck and sighed softly, "I can understand your mood. You promise, after this is over, I will never do something like this again."

Yan Ruan was silent for a while, seemed a little moved, in the end he just raised his arms to hug Rong Zhenzhen, and kissed his hair lightly: "Since I'm here with you, I plan to accompany you to the end. "

"Before entering the palace, I have already explained everything to Bai Qinghong. If I can't go back alive, he will naturally replace me as the new leader. It's okay for Xuanyue Sect to lose me, but you can't live without me."

"My father was alone when he died, and I don't know how much pain I felt. How could I let you be here alone?"

Rong Zhenzhen's eyes suddenly became wet. He has always been thicker than a city wall. He thinks he has seen the world clearly, but he did not expect to be moved by Yan Ruan at this moment. He raised his head and patted him gently. The head said: "Don't say such unlucky words, we will all walk out of here alive. Didn't we agree that we will travel to various places together in the future, and drink to the moon again?"

"I know, you Central Plains people are taboo to talk about this, so I won't say it." Yanruan skipped the topic, "I plan to visit Zhengyang Palace tonight, maybe I can find a chance."

"No." Rong Zhenzhen refused without thinking, "I tried to break in last time, but I was almost discovered by the shadow guards guarding nearby. Even if you go in, you won’t be able to come out unscathed.”

"Waiting like this is not an option." Yanruan pondered, "Perhaps your initial thought was right, we should find a solution from Chang Xiu."

Rong Zhenzhen leaned against Yan Ruan, looked up at the sky outside the window, it was gray and bleak, at a glance, he could only see the high wall of this small courtyard, and could not see a little light outside, "This broken place I don't want to stay for a moment, and I don't know how those women in the past survived in this kind of place."

Yan Ruan didn't like this kind of place either, he looked up with Rong Zhenzhen, and said to himself, "It's going to snow."

At this time, there was still a month before the Chinese New Year, and the fifth prince's men were already preparing to return to the court, and they would arrive in the capital in a maximum of 20 days.

There was a trace of determination in Rong Zhenzhen's eyes, and he planned to fight at the last moment.

Now that the New Year is approaching, the palace is also getting busy. Even if the Emperor is sick and unable to go to court normally, it will not affect everyone's desire for the New Year. The palace is so dull, and there is only a sliver of vitality during the New Year.

Concubine Xian really paid more attention to Rong Zhenzhen day by day. After all, the young man is very handsome and good at dealing with things. Let him move out of the small courtyard and live in a larger side hall, where he would come and sit for a while every day.

"A Taoist priest came to the palace last month. It is said that he is very good at fortune-telling and fortune-telling. After hearing about it, Eunuch Chang specially brought him in to show the emperor. Who knows that Taoist priest is not only good at fortune-telling, but also good at curing diseases. , After taking some pills for the emperor, the emperor really looks better, and now he can sit for an hour." Concubine Xian sighed half-truthfully, and the deep meaning revealed in the words was really clear.

In this world, the people who want the old emperor to die the most are probably the mother and son of the virtuous concubine. After all, as long as the old emperor dies and the fifth prince becomes the new emperor, then she will naturally become the future empress dowager and the most honorable person in the entire harem. As long as the old emperor lived, she would have to endure a day of grievances. She was still young, who wanted to force a smile on a dying old man every day?

Rong Zhenzhen turned his eyes slightly, and now he had an idea: "Your Majesty, Chinese New Year is about to come, and His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is said to be returning to the imperial court as a teacher, why don't you also invite that Taoist priest to come over for a divination? It can be regarded as a New Year's Eve Luck."

"What do you ask him to do? Bengong doesn't believe this." Concubine Xian snorted softly, "Chang Xiu is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, can he be willing to second someone to Bengong?"

Rong Zhen was slightly puzzled in his heart, it sounded like Chang Xiu and Concubine Xian were not in the same group, "Then Eunuch Chang is nothing more than an eunuch, how dare you go against your empress? Empress, you are the future empress dowager, do you want someone? , still need his consent?"

"Of course he's nothing." Concubine Xian glanced at Rong Zhenzhen, feeling that he didn't understand these things in the palace: "It's just that my son's success in enthroning cannot be done without his help, and he doesn't have any wrong thoughts, but just Being foolish and loyal to the emperor is not intentional."

"I just look down on his background, I really think I'm someone."

Rong Zhenzhen lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Your Majesty is right, but it's a pity that I can't see the demeanor of that Taoist priest with my own eyes."

"Are you interested?" Concubine Xian raised her hand across Rong Zhenzhen's arm, and leaned softly on her, "Then what's so good about being a fortune teller? It's just to say some vague words to deceive people." .”

Rong Zhenzhen looked forward to it: "That's different. It can make Eunuch Chang pay so much attention to it. It can be seen that this person has some skills. I also want to see and see."

"I've never seen the world." Concubine Xian scolded with a smile, "It's something that can't be put on the table."

Rong Zhenzhen smiled lightly on Concubine Xian's face, "Of course I have never seen the world, otherwise how would you think that your empress is the most beautiful woman in the world?"

Concubine Xian was delighted to be praised, so she immediately sent people to Chang Xiu to invite someone, insisting on getting that Taoist priest to show her new favorite.

Unexpectedly, Chang Xiu was very disrespectful, and the little maid who was sent to invite someone came back with a look of panic, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying that Eunuch Chang would not let anyone in, and threw them all out. touched.

"Presumptuous!" Concubine Xian was flirting with Rong Zhenzhen in a good mood, but she was slapped in the face, so angry that the stool was kicked over the corner: "What is Chang Xiu? He dares to be a member of my palace." This virtue!"

"You take a few more people, tell them it's Bengong's intention, and let him weigh it!"

The little palace maid was so frightened that she hurriedly ran out, and really brought some people out.Concubine Xian sat down with a gloomy face, as if she was very angry, Yan Ruan stood woodenly not far away to serve, and disappeared in a flash when everyone was not paying attention to them.

"Young lady, don't be angry, drink some tea." Rong Zhenzhen stepped forward and gently hugged Concubine Xian's shoulders to help her sit down, and said apologetically, "It's all the minister's fault, and let the empress suffer from Eunuch Chang. , I lost your face."

"What does it have to do with you!?" Concubine Xian was still angry, and said with some annoyance: "It's not like that bastard Chang Xiu doesn't give me face for a day or two. Since the emperor was seriously ill, he has been taking care of everything. So I can only visit and serve him from time to time, but I can't say a word!"

"My prince hasn't come back yet, yet this palace has become his master!"

Rong Zhen slowly made some calculations. It seems that the interest relationship between Chang Xiu and the five princes of Xianfei is not so solid. At least Xianfei is not invincible. If he can find a suitable opportunity to provoke, it may not be impossible. hope.

Ah Ruan just gave him a look, probably to investigate this matter, maybe it will be very interesting when the little maids come back later.