To catch a thief, to catch a phoenix first

Qingbai studied under Fanyingu since he was a child, and trained both in medicine and martial arts. She is the most proud female disciple of the current head of the sect.

The Four Shadow Guards each have their own strengths, the eldest Mulan is the leader in martial arts, the second Qingbai is the leader in medicine, the third Jixuan is the leader in thaumaturgy, and the fourth brother Yunying is the leader in poison arts.

Single-handedly, Mulan, together with Chang Yi, the leader of the imperial guards, temporarily led the army to the south gate to intercept King Han and other rebels. Lin's army fought for Dahong for many years. Although they suffered many defeats, they were not easy to deal with.

Only with more than a thousand imperial guards in Miyagi, they might not be able to resist thousands of rebels. It is not as easy as imagined to win more with less.Jixuan has accompanied Chang Yizhi, the leader of the guards, to the front line to help adjust the lineup.

But she and Yunying stayed in Zichen Palace, waiting for their return, but Mulan came back seriously injured, and even His Majesty came back together.

Fortunately, they had already prepared and prepared medicinal materials and hot water in the side hall. Two hours ago, they suddenly received news from the spies, saying that King Han had launched a temporary mutiny and was going to force the palace to seize the throne tonight.

When the Dongchuang incident happened, Miyagi would be surrounded by rebels at that time, and the road leading to the imperial hospital and imperial pharmacy must be guarded, so they prepared medicine and hot water in advance.

The messy long hair covered Mulan's face, and the palace people couldn't recognize who she was, but they were frightened by this and gave way one after another.

All through the ages, Emperor Dahong had set up four personal body guards, who only listened to the emperor's orders. His whereabouts were mysterious, and he was not allowed to show his true face to everyone except in an emergency.

If they hadn't shown their tokens, the Zichen palace people might not believe the identities of the four. After all, they rarely showed up. After the Empress ascended the throne, the only time she showed up was the assassination of Father-in-law Gui several months ago.

"Your Majesty, let the subordinates come down."

Qingbai helped Mulan away from her, and she followed closely to the side hall.The hall is full of clean cotton cloths, scissors, silver needles, and medicinal materials that need to be used.

Together they put Mulan on the soft couch, and because the wound was torn, Mulan gasped in pain and fell into a coma.The location close to the heart is the main site of bleeding, which must be stopped immediately.

"Yunying, Yunying!"

The petite purple-clothed girl hurried over with a basin in her hand. She was Yun Ying, who was proficient in poison techniques.Strangely, she looked far less healthy than the trio.

Not only is her complexion sallow, her body is bony, her figure is also very thin, her two arms are like dead wood, like a bony old woman.

On the slapped face, there are only two dark eyes, which are constantly turning around, looking very scary.

It is rumored that Yunying is eighteen years old, a little older than her, and she studied under the elder Jin of the Jiuluo Sect. Six years ago, she trespassed on the Jiuluo Sect and was poisoned by a strange poison. Only the elders rescued him, so he was lucky.

Even though the talent is excellent, the Jiuluo Sect can't tolerate traitors. After being rescued, she was expelled from the sect, and the strange poison made her body unable to grow anymore, staying in the same state as six years ago, and getting weaker by the day .

After 14 years, the originally juicy girl, not only did not turn out to be a beautiful woman, but gradually became emaciated.

If it is calamity or fate, it is still difficult to make a conclusion, although the poison killed half of her life and her voice could no longer be used, but it was a blessing in disguise, and all poisons did not invade.

Yunying put the water basin beside the couch, took a piece of cotton cloth casually, and put it on the edge of the water basin.Just as she hurried over, she heard Qingbai's instructions again: "Her clothes are stuck to her flesh with blood, Yunying, go get the scissors."

Hearing this, Yunying nodded, turned around and went to get the scissors, and handed them to Qingbai.At the time of life and death, Qingbai stopped talking nonsense, took the scissors and cut the clothes on his chest.

The skin that should have been snow-white was covered with blood and flesh. She had been born and died for many years, how could she be able to bear the injury of her companion?Seeing it in the eyes should hurt in the heart.

Qingbai picked up the porcelain bottle on the table, bit open the cork, and sprinkled the cooling liquid on her wound. This is Fanyingu's secret medicine for wounds, and it will stop the bleeding within half an hour.

Yunying on the side couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty, the rebel army has surrounded the imperial city. Our guards only have more than [-] people, and the Lin family army has dispatched thousands of troops. I am afraid that they are... outnumbered."

The empress's face was as dark as the night, she held the hilt of the sword tightly in her hand, said nothing, her mind was running fast.Who will come to save her, is it the Second Emperor, the Grand Tutor Zuo, or...

The man's beautiful face flashed in his eyes.

"Yunying, according to what you see, how much chance does the guard have?"

"The rebel army didn't deploy archers, and Mulan was seriously injured. Even if the three of us work together, we may not last long. At most, we have a [-]% chance of winning."

She naturally understands this truth.After carefully wiping the blade, the blade exuded a cold light, which made her childish face even more ruthless.

Shi Xianyu lowered his eyes, held a long sword in his hand, and the rouge on his lips was more beautiful than blood: "If you add Gu, so what?"

Qingbai stopped tidying up, his expression changed, and he quickly knelt down with a plop, not caring about the pain in his knee.

"Your Majesty, please think twice, don't put yourself in danger!"

Since the Empress was ten years old, that is, six years ago, the Four Shadow Guards had always been by her side, suffering countless injuries and avoiding many swords and swords.

There are two wills of the first emperor, one is to order them not to betray the Empress, and the other is to order them not to let the Empress put herself in danger.The emperor's kindness is mighty, since he recognized her as his master, how could he stand by and let her die in vain?

Shi Xianyu's skill is even far superior to Mulan's, they all know it, but as a shadow guard, the only task is to stand in front of her and protect her life's safety.

"If you don't go alone, do you want everyone to be buried with you?"

With a glint in her eyes, she didn't speak any more, she raised her sword and was about to walk out the door, but was stopped by Yunying.Yunying hesitated for a moment, but still did not choose to back off, instead her gaze was firm.

"The entire Miyagi is surrounded by rebels. Your Majesty, we can't get out. I believe the regent will come to rescue you soon. Just wait a little longer and be patient!"

If the Tianji Mansion was not the force behind the Second Emperor Brother, how could it have any contact with him?It's a joke that the second emperor brother would come to rescue her, I'm afraid he wished she would die sooner, and come out to kill King Han after the body cools down.

She painstakingly created the illusion of collusion between King Han and the forces of the rivers and lakes. On the one hand, she led her to target King Han, and on the other hand forced King Han to force the palace in advance. Oh, it's not killing two birds with one stone.

Shi Xianyu was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he turned cold and didn't look at her directly, and said, "Get out of the way."

"The regent won't come, but General Da Chang should be on his way, Your Majesty, just listen to Yunying and wait a little longer."

The Chang family had a lot of influence in the former court, and there was another Chang family army of about 3000 people. The big general refers to Chang Simiao, the first-rank Tiance general, and the small general refers to Chang Yizhi, the leader of the guard.

Although after the death of the first emperor, the Chang family was not reused by the empress for the time being, but the father and son of the elder and younger Chang each held important positions in the court.

Chang's army fought abroad for many years and was devoted to Dahong. Shi Xianyu didn't know this, but Qingbai knew it in his heart, because she was once a daughter of a family and was almost betrothed to Chang Yizhi.

If it hadn't been for that incident that happened back then──the past cannot be repeated.

With her phoenix eyes half-closed, Shi Xianyu looked at her steadily, and finally let go of the hand holding the sword: "Since you say so, Gu will believe you. Why not take a gamble?"

The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light, not to mention the huge difference in numbers, she has no confidence that she can defeat the rebels.It is worthless to die in vain.

Just now the blood went to his head, and when he calms down, he will naturally understand the truth.What Qingbai said is indeed correct.

Hearing that the empress agreed, Qingbai and Yunying breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Mulan woke up leisurely, covered her chest wound with one hand, and supported half of her body with the other.

The bleeding stopped, but the pain was unbearable.Even though the pain was unbearable, Mulan forcibly endured it until her face turned pale and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

The more Mulan endured, the more guilty Shi Xianyu felt.If she had known about the Second Emperor's conspiracy earlier, if she had come back earlier, if she had been earlier...would it be possible to stop everything in time?

King Han and the Lin family army rebelled together. The forces in the court were already dissatisfied with the succession of the throne by a little girl, and most of them turned a blind eye to it.

It is obviously not a wise behavior to choose to rescue him at this time.

"Your Majesty, please wait here. After meeting with Jixuan, I will report the situation to you."

"Remember to be careful in everything."

"Sister Qingbai, please come back safely!"

It's one thing for Chang's army to fight for the first emperor, but it's another thing for her to fight against King Han.I don't know how Qingbai can firmly believe that Chang Simiao will lead the army to rescue him, but at this moment, he can only wait.

The cold wind is blowing, and the usually gorgeous palaces are no longer resplendent in the past. Many palace people who wanted to escape were hacked and killed by the rebels, and several corpses were piled up beside the wall.

King Han intends to capture Shi Xianyu alive, not because he has to kill her, which means that he still has something in her hands. In addition, Qingbai and Yunying are very skilled, and there are no rebels surrounding Zichen Hall.

With this scruple, she was able to take a shortcut and run to the north gate, where Jixuan and Chang Yizhi were commanding the guards on the north gate wall.Qingbai walked up the corridor on the right and called out: "Jixuan, Your Majesty is back, how is the situation now?"

The cold wind is blowing, the girl is dressed in white, with icy muscles and bones, and her temperament is cold, her little face without makeup is flushed by the wind, she is working hard to design a battle plan, and she turns her head when she hears someone calling.

She is one of the Four Shadow Guards, Jixuan who is proficient in thaumaturgy.Chang Yizhi has served as the leader of the army guards in the palace for four years, but he has never seen her real face. The first time he met now, he was amazed.

He has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is known as the number one military wizard in Beijing, but she actually agrees with his ideas, which makes people feel admirable, but——What do you mean Your Majesty has returned?

Chang Yizhi rubbed his nose, feeling a little confused about the situation. Hasn't His Majesty been recuperating in the Zichen Palace all this time, living in seclusion?

"About hundreds of people from the northwest are approaching the south gate. I don't know if they are enemies or friends."

Except for the Chang family army who is eager to protect the lord, Qingbai really can't think of who it would be, he only pondered for a moment, and still expressed his conjecture: "It should be General Da Chang and the Chang family army."