The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

The Eighth Prince's birthday party officially started in the evening.

Everyone was invited to the backyard. Many round tables were set up in the open space beside the pond, filled with sumptuous delicacies. The guests took their seats one by one, and the prince and his three wives sat at the main seat.

It is rumored that the prince is very beautiful. These three wives do have their own characteristics. Mrs. Yun is dignified and majestic, Mrs. Qing is bright and charming, and Mrs. Han is delicate and gentle. Surrounded by beauties, the prince is full of smiles and seems to be in a great mood.

The folk customs of Daqi are open, so there is no rule that women cannot show up. The three wives are all present, but the four daughters have not shown up yet. Maybe they are preparing gifts for the prince?

Shao Qingge sat at a table with distinguished guests from the Lin family.

The young master of the Lin family, Lin Shaobo, was sitting next to him. Today, young master Lin didn't drink any alcohol. Compared with the alcoholic dude he saw at Tianxiang Tower the day before yesterday, young master Lin who was serious was a good-looking talent.He has a marriage contract with the eldest lady and will be married next month. As the prince's son-in-law, of course he will attend his father-in-law's birthday, and the gifts sent on behalf of the Lin family are also very impressive, carrying several boxes.

Lin Shaobo glanced at Shao Qingge, then calmly lowered his head and drank tea, pretending not to know him.

Shao Qingge also gave him face and didn't mention Tianxiang Tower.

Toasting to each other, the palace tonight is really lively.

After drinking for three rounds, the show began.The girls from Tianxianglou were invited up, and after a soft dance, the owner, Aunt Qing, smiled and said, "The next show is a brand new sword dance specially trained by us in Tianxianglou, congratulations to the prince!"

Shao Qingge noticed with sharp eyes that Ye Qi had also appeared on the stage.

Miss Ye changed her outfit tonight. She wore a bright red floor-length dress embroidered with golden silk threads, and she wore a lot of pearl hairpins in her hair, shining brightly under the candlelight.

As soon as the bright and beautiful Tianxianglou came out, Shao Qingge almost spit.

It’s okay to dress festively for a birthday banquet, but there’s no need to be so festive, right?Wear a hijab on your head, and you can get married directly.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang are also trying to hold back their laughter—poor Ye Qi, this dark history of dressing up as a woman will probably be remembered by everyone.

Seeing Ye Qi dressed like this for the first time, Qu Wanyue almost choked, she hurriedly covered her face with her sleeves, and pretended to drink tea calmly.On the other hand, the Ninth Princess next to her was very interested and said: "This girl is very beautiful, where is Tianxiang Tower?"

Qu Wanyue forced herself to remain calm, and explained in a low voice: "It's the largest song and dance hall in Jiangzhou. The women here are all performing arts instead of selling themselves, and rely on their talents for a living."

The Ninth Princess was thoughtful: "They are going to perform a sword dance, right? I remember you will do it too. I wonder if the sword dance these people dance is as beautiful as yours?"

Qu Wanyue smiled and said, "The princess is too much, I can only scratch the surface."

The two were chatting, and Ye Qi had already played music.

He was in charge of playing the pipa today, and beside him were two beauties in harmony. The three of them were sitting in the gazebo. As the melodious music sounded, five women in red dresses held long swords and danced in the open space.

Seeing them drawing their swords at the same time, the guards of the palace immediately stood in front of the prince.

The Eighth Prince smiled and waved his hands: "Everyone back down, it's just a sword dance for fun."

The guards backed away, and everyone stared nervously at the woman dancing the sword, for fear that the tip of the sword would accidentally stab her.

All five women wore red veils.The posture of the sword dance is chic and neat, and every time the long sword is swung, it can be retracted and retracted freely like a snake coming out of a hole. Moreover, they are stepping on the rhythm of the music, and their movements are very neat, obviously they have been trained for a long time.

The melody played by Ye Qi gradually changed from melodious and melodious to impassioned and impassioned, like a flying current stirring up thousands of waves.

The dance of the five girls also gradually improved, their movements became faster and faster, and the five swords danced into a group of beautiful sword flowers, which dazzled the guests.

The Eighth Prince took the lead in applauding, and the guests followed suit.

Amidst the warm applause, the formation dispersed in an instant, and the four women suddenly flew up. The four gathered in the center of the field from the four directions of east, south, west, and north. Meet in one place!

The rest of the woman jumped up, her toes were like a dragonfly on the water, and she just stepped on the intersection of the four swords. Her body was suspended in the air, standing on one foot, and posed an elegant "white crane spreading its wings" movement.

"Good!" The surrounding applause became more and more enthusiastic.

The sword dance performed by these five people really opened the eyes of the guests.

However, Xiao Lou clutched his fingers nervously, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

Those five swords reminded him of the assassin in the early morning of the day before yesterday. They were also long swords with no obvious features. The tip of the sword was coated with poison and cut Yu Hanjiang's back. I have lingering fears.

It is normal for dignitaries to invite people to perform dances on their birthdays, but the sword dance...Xiao Lou always feels that it is not very auspicious.

Suddenly, he met a pair of eyes.

The woman who was posing as a white crane spread its wings in the air, her eyes suddenly became extremely cold, she stomped hard on her feet, and with the help of the elasticity of the four swords, her whole body shot out like a sharp arrow, and flew towards the prince!

The sharp sword pointed straight at the prince's chest!

Madam Yun turned pale with shock: "There are assassins! Hurry up, protect the prince!"

Shouting like this, she hid faster than anyone else, and immediately dodged to hide behind a guard.

The other two ladies also stood there in shock.

The prince looked calm. At the moment when the woman's sharp sword was about to pierce his chest, he suddenly slapped the wine utensils on the table with his palm, picked up a silver bowl to cover the sharp sword precisely, and swung his right hand violently. ——

The force on his arm actually instantly sent the woman's long sword flying!

There was an exclamation among the guests.

The woman dropped her weapon, immediately pulled out the sharp hairpin from her head, and went to poke the prince's throat!

The two were fighting together, the woman's tricks were vicious, and the prince was able to deal with it with ease. I didn't expect the prince to be so powerful in martial arts.

Several nurses hurried over and surrounded the woman. Seeing that the assassination failed, the woman left a cold look in her eyes, jumped up to the roof like a flying goose, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.

The prince said coldly: "Chase!"

Several guards immediately flew up to the eaves to chase the assassin, the banquet became chaotic, and Ye Qi, who was playing the piano, was a little dazed—he never expected that there would be an assassin in Tianxiang Tower to assassinate the prince in public!

The prince's face was very ugly, and he immediately asked the boss of Tianxianglou to speak.

Aunt Qing was so frightened that her legs went limp, and she knelt down in front of the lord with a "plop": "My lord, spare me! It's nothing to do with the women. I didn't know that woman just now. Really... none of our Tianxianglou girls know martial arts!"

The other four women who performed the sword dance also dropped their swords and knelt side by side, trembling.

Ye Qi and the two people playing in the distance had no choice but to kneel down in the gazebo.

Ye Qi was about to die of depression - who could be more unlucky than him?When they came to this world, they were inexplicably thrown to Tianxiang Tower as the top card. As a result, there was an assassin in the team on the day of the prince's birthday banquet, and they would be implicated collectively.

In ancient times, assassinating a prince was a serious crime of beheading!

The assassins were mixed in the singing and dancing team of Tianxianglou, and they couldn't distinguish their relationship in Tianxianglou. If they met an unreasonable prince, they would directly say that they would all be killed. Wouldn't he be wronged?

Or, play it by ear later and just use the teleportation card to run away?

Ye Qi was struggling, but the next moment, he heard the prince calmly say: "Someone in Jiangzhou City dared to assassinate this king in public, Mr. Yu, you have to investigate this matter thoroughly and give this king an explanation."

The case was actually handed over to Yu Hanjiang?

Ye Qi was taken aback for a moment, but soon became happy. It would be great to leave it to Mr. Yu, at least he wouldn't have to suffer.

Yu Hanjiang immediately took a step forward: "Yes, my lord, I will do my best." He glanced across the audience, and said coldly: "Come here, put all the girls in Tianxianglou into prison for trial!"

A group of guards and yamen servants rushed forward and escorted away all the personnel of Tianxianglou present.

Xiao Lou did not expect that things would develop like this.

He always thought that the internal relationship in the palace was complicated, and it was likely that something happened to a few young ladies or wives. He never expected that someone would assassinate the prince in public at the prince's birthday party, and the prince would hand over the case to the prefect of Jiangzhou... Is this the case of the 8 of hearts? ?Track down the Assassins?

Xiao Lou felt it was not that simple.

He recalled it carefully. Regarding the assassin, he only remembered that the assassin was a woman, wearing a red dress, about 1.7 meters tall, with cold eyes, and a face that was covered by a veil, and the facial features were difficult to distinguish.

The vast sea of ​​people, how to find this?

Just as I was thinking, suddenly, a scream sounded from a distance: "Ah—it's not good!"

It was the voice of the maid.

Yu Hanjiang immediately looked over there, the prince also frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

A maid ran over in a panic, her feet stumbled, she was obviously frightened, and her voice was shaking uncomfortably: "My lord, Miss... Miss, she..."

When Mrs. Yun heard her daughter, her expression changed suddenly: "What's wrong with Miss?"

The maid cried and knelt down: "Missy hanged herself on the tree in the backyard..."

Xiao Lou: "..."

miss?Is it the girl he saw this afternoon, knocking on the wooden fish and chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall? !

Xiao Lou didn't expect that it was her who died!

The woman assassinated the prince just now and attracted everyone's attention to the prince, and the banquet scene was in chaos.In the end, the prince was not injured at all, but the eldest lady had an accident in the chaos.

Hanged himself?

She is a daughter of the palace, how could she hang herself?

Xiao Lou's eyes quickly swept across the audience.

Young Master Lin, who was engaged to her, was not there, and neither were Second Miss, Third Miss, and Fourth Miss.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and at the same time said to each other with their eyes: "It's murder."