Light Red Northern Song

It has been five days since Yun Ran left the palace, leaving a Taoist priest named Lin Lang beside An Ning.There are still three days to go before the [-]th day of the fifth lunar month, and it is Zhang Tianshi's Christmas day. These few days, Chu Shanyi and Qi Mingyi seem to be very busy, and they have never been to Jinyun Palace.An Ning thought that even if Chu Shanyi was too busy to come here, at least it would make sense to send someone to visit, after all, she had just experienced life and death.Although she was puzzled in her heart, she always felt tired after waking up for the past few days, and she had ordered someone to take care of Linglong's funeral before, so she didn't have the extra energy to study it carefully.

She got up later than usual that day, and she woke up feeling better. After washing her hair, she was holding the rosary wood comb in her hand and wandering, when she heard the urgent report from Mu Ji from the outer hall.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Liu Yanming, the censor of the imperial court, falsely accused the Empress of forming a party for personal gain, conspiring against others, and attempting to overthrow the court. After arguments and refutations by the officials and ministers, the Emperor finally ordered the empress to be temporarily placed under house arrest in Shangxuan Palace, pending investigation. Deal with it again."

An Ning turned her head and went straight out of the inner hall, saw him kneeling on the floor of the outer hall, was about to ask questions, and heard a report from the palace servant that the maidservant of Liyun Palace asked to see him, saying that there was a message from His Royal Highness the Second Princess.

"Second Sister Huang, do you have something to tell me?" The first servant entered the palace, and An Ning knew that she was Xia Qing, Qi Mingyi's personal servant, so she asked.

"Reporting to Your Highness, His Highness the Second Princess said that there is temporary inconvenience in the Queen's Palace, but please don't worry Your Highness these days, don't go out of the palace, and be careful yourself." Xia Qing knelt down and said softly.

"I be careful on my own?" An Ning pondered what Qi Mingyi meant, and sat down slowly.At first glance, it sounds like she is asking her to take care of herself, but when she thinks about it carefully, she is not.She felt that the other party was trying to appease her, implying that the Empress Empress still had something to do to keep her safe.

"His Royal Highness, Second Princess has added guards in Jinyun Palace. As long as she doesn't leave the palace, nothing will happen in the near future. As long as the emperor finds out the facts, the queen empress will definitely save the day." Mu Ji raised his head and said.

"I have been feeling unwell for the past few days. When I woke up this morning, I felt very uncomfortable. Mu Ji, pass on the order. From today onwards, Jinyun Palace will thank guests. Xia Qing, you can go back if you have nothing to do, and report to Second Sister Huang, Bengong I already know." An Ning figured in her heart that as long as Chu Shanyi was well, she would be well in Qi Palace.Thinking that Chu Shanyi still misses herself at this moment, she still feels deeply in her heart.That person is good at managing power, maybe he has been prepared for a long time, and even if he can't help him at this time, he must not hold him back.Of course, the first thing not to delay is to ensure your own safety. It is only an expedient measure to close the door and not see customers. After all, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

When she was thinking about this, she didn't realize that she had really put herself in the position of "Chu Zhenyu".She trusted Chu Shanyi, Qi Mingyi and others, and she didn't want to see them hurt.

"What else is going on in the hall?" After Xia Qing left, An Ning motioned Mu Ji to stand up, and asked again.

"Reporting to Your Highness, there is news from the Zhenbei camp that the chief general of the Chinese army, the general Qiao Lei, has committed several major crimes, and even poisoned and killed the commander in chief in the army. Now he is being escorted back to the capital by the lieutenant colonel. On the way back, the affairs of the army will be taken care of by the former army commander, General Miao Zhonglu, and according to the emperor's wishes, it seems that he wants to choose a more suitable person in the court to take charge of Zhenbei camp."

"Qiao Jinzhi has been away for more than [-] days, why did such news come back suddenly today?" An Ning thought suddenly when he thought of this name.But she immediately thought about the reason for this, and felt that it was too coincidental.

"Returning to His Highness, it was not today, but yesterday. As for why it is at this time, I don't know." Mu Ji paused for a moment, then felt that he had nothing to say to the other party, and continued: "I think so, we need to make some arrangements. "

"Make some arrangements?" An Ning looked up at the other person's face for a while, and smiled as if she had tasted the flavor of his words.

"His Royal Highness, someone from Zhiyun Palace came to deliver a message. It is said that tonight at three o'clock in the unitary hour, His Highness the Three Princesses invited His Highness to go to Zhiyun Palace for a clear talk." A palace man outside the door led a face-to-face maid to come in and report.

"Oh? Three quarters of the same hour?" An Ning laughed dumbfounded after hearing this.Of course, she didn't think that Qi Mingxuan would really invite herself to have a chat in such an eventful time.She subconsciously thought that the other party had something to tell her, and she was ready to agree immediately.But she turned to look at the maidservant who was facing him, and saw that although the person was lying down, he raised his head slightly, his eyes turned left and right, and peeked at her from time to time.

When the people in the palace came to pass the word, when can you directly enter the palace?She lowered her eyebrows, thinking about what Qi Mingxuan meant.The person who came was clearly observing her reaction, testing her attitude, and what exactly this person wanted to do.Did Qi Mingxuan want him to go, or told him not to go?

"Unfortunately, my health has been failing for several days. I am going to report to Miss Sanhuang. The appointment of the clear talk may have to be postponed." She finally said something unhurriedly, and then waved for the palace servants to put the fried hot water on the table. Tea is served.

"Reporting to Your Highness, if His Highness doesn't go tonight, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the servants to explain to His Highness the Third Princess." The visitor said in a soft voice.

"Heh, it's up to you whether you confess or not. Do you still want to use this to blackmail me? Go down!" An Ning felt uncomfortable listening to the other party's words, and immediately frowned and said bluntly.

"Your Highness, the three princesses must have no good intentions! Your Highness must be on guard against her, and you must not be deceived by her these days." Mu Ji hurriedly said after the visitor left.

"Master Mu, you don't usually talk like you are today..." An Ning said with a sip of tea and a smile.

"This..." Mu Jiben is still young, and his temperament is not prudent.When he first came to Jinyun Palace, he was a little cautious in fashion, and he also spoke carefully.But later, he first visited the brothel with his master, and then experienced life and death with her, and his original clumsiness and naivety became more apparent.At this time, listening to the master's words, I realized that I had made a slip of the tongue, and I didn't know how to reply for a while.

"Okay, I understand. Is there anything else to report?"

"There is nothing to report, Jinyun Palace has added more manpower, and I need to reassign all the guards. If His Highness has no arrangements, I will resign."

"Well, let's go."

It was night, An Ning sat on the couch in the inner hall and read a book while thinking, not realizing that it was getting late, so he went to bed.

In the dark night, a black shadow came to Jinyun Palace from far and near, and quietly entered the outer hall along the gap between the guards on the side of the corridor.

The master concealed his aura, and those with weaker internal energy naturally couldn't detect it.The incoming person's internal strength is much stronger than An Ning, so she has not been noticed when entering the outer palace.When the visitor entered the inner hall, An Ning had already woken up, she originally wanted to stop with silence, and then resist when the opponent made a move.But at this moment, her nostrils moved slightly, and her heart tightened.

The person who came did not make a move for a long time, but sat on the side of the couch.An Ning lay with her back to the other party, and her nervousness was relieved at this moment.God knows how depressed she was when she suddenly smelled the familiar scent of roses and thought that the other party was here to assassinate her.

"Prince sister..." Qi Mingxuan called out in a low voice.

"Sister Sanhuang didn't sleep at night, but came to disturb people's dreams, why?" An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, she turned around and asked with her eyes slightly squinted.

"Oh, it's a mess outside, but the imperial sister is as stable as a rock, sleeping soundly." Qi Mingxuan was wearing night clothes, with a black scarf on his face, and his eyes were shining brightly in the dark night.

"Sister Sanhuang is here to talk, right?" An Ning asked with a light smile.

"It turns out that the imperial sister has this hobby, and the imperial sister will make an appointment with you sometime."

"I have this hobby?" An Ning suddenly felt wrong, she sat up and asked again: "Didn't you send someone to Jinyun Palace this morning?"

"No, why did the imperial sister ask this question?" Qi Mingxuan asked with a frown as he still covered his face with a black scarf.

"That's weird, at this time today a person who claimed to be a messenger from Zhiyun Palace came here, saying that you asked me to go to Zhiyun Palace for a clear talk at [-]:[-] pm." An Ning also frowned and replied.

"I just said no, but you don't suspect that I'm lying?" Qi Mingxuan raised his eyebrows for a moment in silence, and asked with a smile.

"It's late at night, and the imperial sister can talk when she has something to say. The imperial sister has no time to play charades with you." An Ning heard the teasing intention of the other party, immediately changed her address, changed her attitude, and said seriously.

Qi Mingxuan's eyes fluttered, quietly staring at the person in front of him, without making a sound for a long time.Although Yunran didn't explain in detail why she could hold the soul fragrance for the other party before, but this matter undoubtedly shocked her a lot, and made her feel uneasy for a long time.According to Yun Ran's meaning, this "kinship" is not a blood relationship, but a closeness.So, doesn't "closest relative" mean very close?But how could I be so close to the person in front of me?

An Ning had already completely forgotten the other party's previous "bad deeds", so she really didn't think the other party was lying.What she considered was that since she was not from Zhiyun Palace, she must be someone with ulterior motives.But who has the courage to pretend to be one's identity in broad daylight and enter Jinyun Palace in a grand manner?

"Is your Jinyun Palace more impenetrable if you add more guards? Can the imperial sister forget the assassination outside the city a few days ago? If the person who steps into your inner palace tonight is an assassin, how can you survive?" Qi Mingxuan saw An Ning distracted, asked a little angrily.

"Sister San Huang came here tonight at risk, is she here to signal that the life of the imperial sister is in danger?"

"Isn't there? What's going on outside the city is quite strange. The imperial sister has ordered people to investigate for several days but found nothing. I think the people behind this scene must have some tricks. Now that the empress has lost power, it is inconvenient for the second imperial sister to step out of Liyun Palace. If Someone wants to take your life now, isn't it the best time?"

"Indeed, according to the third sister's opinion, what should the imperial sister do?" An Ning lifted the thin silk brocade quilt and got off the bed, took off the brocade jacket from the carved wooden frame, put it on, and walked towards the west window .

"Reassign the guards in your palace, especially the outer corridor of the dormitory. Qi Mingxuan followed the other party's movements with his eyes and said while looking at her back.

"Just for this sentence, you need to come here in the middle of the night?" An Ning waited for a while and didn't see the other party's next words, so she turned her head and asked with a smile.

Qi Mingxuan frowned, she originally just came to see this person tonight, and discussed with him whether she needed to move to the East Lake Garden for a temporary shelter, but when she came here, she felt that this method was not feasible.This made her a little troubled, why did she do these wasteful things because she was in a hurry and couldn't wait to think carefully.And the person in front of him actually put on a look of not caring at all, why should he worry about it?

"Third Sister is so worried about the imperial sister, but the Pope is flattered. But if you let others know that you came here to meet the imperial sister at night, how will the Third Sister deal with it?" An Ning walked forward by the moonlight, and sat back on the couch again. Lazily ask questions.The "others" in her words naturally refer to those people who are in the same party as Qi Mingxuan, and those people naturally regard her as a thorn in the side.If they knew that Qi Mingxuan was coming to Jinyun Palace at night, it would be hard for her to explain her coming.

"It's still the emperor's sister who handles things well. It seems that the emperor's sister is worrying too much." Qi Mingxuan was slightly stunned, and she could hear the warning in the other party's words.Regardless of whether the other party is a kind reminder or a malicious threat, things are indeed as difficult to deal with as they say.She thought for a while, then looked at the other party carefully and said: "Then I won't waste the time of the imperial sister here, and I will leave now."

She took a few steps and suddenly paused, turned her head slightly and said, "Christmas Zhang Tianshi, please be careful."

Xia Yejing was unusual, but An Ning stood in front of the window for a long time, unable to fall asleep.