I'm a bully in troubled times

How could the palace maid expect an assassin to come in this deep palace with heavy troops, she was so frightened that her legs trembled and her face was full of horror.

"Say it, I won't kill you." Qi Ranming whispered behind her ear, "If you dare to yell, I will kill you immediately, understand?"

The palace maid nodded hurriedly.

Qi Ranming let go, and the maid pointed to the east and tremblingly said: "The king and queen are still in front of the king's spirit, and have not yet rested, please don't kill..."

Before the maid could finish her sentence, she was slapped on the back of the neck by Qi Ranming's palm, rolled her eyes, and passed out silently.

Qi Ranming gently put the person down against the tree. This is a corner and there is no light. If you don't look carefully, you can't easily see someone.After getting the direction, Qi Ranming headed towards the mourning hall where Queen Wenji was.

It's easy to find the mourning hall, where the guards are the strictest, that's where the mourning hall is located.

King Qi's queen Wen Ji, a native of the Song Dynasty, is the younger sister of the current Marquis of Song. It is said that when she was born, the capital of the Song Dynasty was full of sunshine, and the peach blossoms were in full bloom overnight.Since she was eleven or twelve years old, her reputation has spread all over the world. It is rumored that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, with a peerless appearance and unparalleled beauty.

When Wen Ji was 15 years old, she married the queen of the neighboring state of Qi. Unfortunately, she did not expect that the next year, under the name of the king of Qi, who was indulging in sensuality and desolation/excessive prostitution, soldiers came to the city. The month was broken and the capital was destroyed.

After Qi Hou killed the king of Qi State, he found that the queen was really a peerless beauty. He couldn't take his eyes away when he saw it, so he plundered Wen Ji to Qi State and brought her into the harem, where he favored him every day.

Now that 22 years have passed, Marquis Qi passed away, and the tears that Wen Ji shed in front of others were not all drama.After more than twenty years of husband and wife friendship, after all, there is some sincerity in it. Besides, Qihou's love has always been her biggest reliance. With Qihou gone, she can only rely on herself in the future, without any backing.

It was late at night, and Wen Ji was still kneeling in front of Qi Hou Ling. Her son Ziyu, the fourth son, only won the crown this year. Compared with his two elder brothers, he was considered young, a little clever, and not very talented. Wen Ji knew this very well.Because of this, she didn't dare to let her son run around outside, lest she die in vain.

Wen Ji was also planning, hoping that her son would succeed to the throne, so that she didn't even notice that the maids beside her had been brought down.When Wen Ji came to her senses, in the entire mourning hall, except for her, there was only one standing person, and everyone else was drugged and passed out.

Wen Ji reflexively wanted to call someone, but she couldn't speak, and then the lights in the mourning hall were as bright as day, and Wen Ji saw the facial features of the person in front of her clearly.

"……Who are you?"

Wen Ji asked in a low voice in astonishment.

Qi Ranming stood there indifferently, took out a jade pendant from his bosom, and threw it into Wen Ji's hand.

Wen Ji caught it and stared blankly for a while, and when she looked up at Qi Ranming again, there were tears in her eyes.It was a blood jade, blood red and crystal clear.Not a trace of impurities.

"You are..." Wen Ji wanted to say the person's name, but felt uncomfortable, and swallowed it back, "What are you doing? I never thought that you are still alive."

It was the first time for Qi Ranming to see Wen Ji. Wen Ji is indeed beautiful. Although she is nearly forty, she does not show her age. She still looks like a woman in her 30s and [-]s, mature and charming.

However, Qi Ranming felt that he was not as good-looking as Jiang Yu.

"Only me, without us." Qi Ranming said, "Before my mother died, she was afraid that I would not be found in the future, so she gave me this jade pendant as a token, and asked me to come to you when I was in trouble."

Wen Ji lowered her head and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly: "Since you have come to join me, I will help you after seeing the friendship in the past. It's just that this palace is not peaceful now, and I'm afraid it's not suitable for you to stay here. Someone will bring you some gold, silver, pearls and jade, you go to find a place among the people and live in peace."

Qi Ranming didn't expect Wen Ji to give face so much, he was a little surprised, he actually didn't like this woman in his heart, he played tricks, confused the harem, assassinated the prince, fought for power, no matter how he looked at it, he was a woman who was blinded by profit.Coming here is only at the wish of my mother.

"You misunderstood," Qi Ranming said, "I came here this time just to return the jade pendant to you. I have no other intentions, and I have no intention of defecting to you."

Wen Ji froze for a moment and said, "...Give it back to me? Does your mother blame me?"

Qi Ranming: "Everyone has their own destiny, mother never said that she blamed you, so you should do it yourself." After Qi Ranming finished speaking, he turned around.

"Wait!" Wen Ji said, "Don't leave in a hurry, since you're here, I have something for you."

Qi Ranming turned around and asked, "What?"

Wen Ji looked at the maid who was sleeping on the ground in the mourning hall, and said softly, "Follow me."

Following Wen Ji back to her dormitory, Wen Ji dug out a flute from the bottom of the dowry box. It was white and looked like it was made of animal bones, and handed it to Qi Ranming: "This is what your mother owned before she was alive. Our sister-in-law Although we have only known each other for a short year, but the relationship is very deep. I borrowed this from her, if I don’t want to, I will never have the chance to return it in this life.”

"Now that I give it to you, it's considered a return to the original owner."

Qi Ranming paused for a long time, and under Wen Ji's suspicious gaze, he finally raised his hand and held the warm bone flute.The bone flute is made of animal bone, which is different from other materials. It feels as warm as jade to the touch, but it is not as thin as the bamboo flute.

His mother taught him to play the flute.

"Your mother's favorite was the flute when she was alive. Everyone in the palace knows it. In the past, when there were grand ceremonies and saw all the singing and dancing, even the Queen Mother would have to listen to her play a song to be satisfied."

It's hard for Wen Ji, 22 years old, to still remember these little things so clearly.

Qi Ranming touched the flute in his hand and said, "I thought you only knew about Qi, not Qi."

Wen Ji smiled silently: "Do you think I'm a power-hungry demon concubine?"

Qi Ranming didn't speak, but he really thought so, the whole world except Qihou and the fourth son Ziyu probably thought so.

Wen Ji said: "The demon concubine is just the demon concubine. After death, she will leave a bad reputation for thousands of years, and it has nothing to do with me."

Qi Ranming was still playing with the flute, so Wen Ji took out some gold, silver, pearls and jade from the box, wrapped them in cloth, and handed them to Qi Ranming, saying: "Here are these for you, this place is not a good place, although I don't know how you got here , but soon someone will find out, you take these and go quickly."

Qi Ranming didn't answer.

Wen Ji told him self-consciously: "I think you have good skills, but you must not get involved in the affairs of the court in the future. This is extremely dangerous, and if you miss it by one step, you will die... But if you get involved, you will be killed." Then you have to stand at the top and become the person with the highest power, so that no one dares to bully you."