After Rebirth, I Became the Treacherous Minister Black Moonlight

Chapter 44 Killing with a Borrowed Knife

"Escort!"

The deputy commander of the Imperial Guard immediately stood in front of Queen Xiao with several of his men, staring at Tan'er with great vigilance.

Queen Xiao said: "Master Lin, step back."

Deputy Commander Lin turned around solemnly: "The Queen..."

Queen Xiao said softly: "It doesn't matter."

Vice Commander Lin knelt down on one knee: "Yes!"

The rest of the people knelt down and saluted.

Concubine Li reluctantly came out to see the driver and gave a perfunctory salute.

Queen Xiao's courtiers and Mrs. Wang also bowed to Concubine Li.

Concubine Li didn't even look at anyone, she just looked at Empress Xiao with a smile, and said arrogantly: "What kind of wind brings the empress here?"

Empress Xiao glanced at the master and servant Meng Qianqian who was kneeling in the snow, as well as Tan'er and the palace guards who were beaten to pieces by her, and said warmly: "I am enjoying the snow nearby, and I was not surprised when I heard the movement in Changchun Palace. Little, so come and take a look.”

Concubine Li glared at the servants who were howling like pigs, and said with a smile: "We are arresting assassins. I have disturbed the queen, please forgive me."

He spoke humbly, but his tone and demeanor did not put the Queen in his eyes at all.

The people in the palace were not surprised by this. Concubine Li had long ago ousted Empress Xiao and even snatched away the Phoenix Seal. If it hadn't been so difficult to depose the empress, the central palace would have changed hands long ago.

Empress Xiao asked calmly: "Oh? What kind of assassin dares to assassinate Concubine Li?"

Tan'er said sternly: "Why did you assassinate her? Why did you assassinate her?"

Meng Qianqian said: "Tan'er is my wife's personal maid. She couldn't bear the punishment of my wife, so she started fighting with the people in the palace."

Queen Xiao looked at Meng Qianqian: "Who are you?"

Meng Qianqian knelt in the snow, folded her hands in front of her forehead, and bowed: "My wife, Mrs. Meng, has met the Queen, and the Queen is Jin An."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Mother, she is the wife of General Lu Lingxiao of Zhenbei."

Queen Xiao paused: "Lu Lingxiao, the great-grandson of General Huwei?"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "It's him!"

Empress Xiao said: "General Huwei followed the Supreme Emperor in the Southern and Northern Expeditions and made countless achievements. He is a well-deserved pillar of the country. General Zhenbei went to battle to kill the enemy with his legacy. The Lu family can be considered a successor."

Mrs. Wang nodded and said: "What the empress said is absolutely true."

Concubine Li rolled her eyes.

Empress Xiao asked Concubine Li, "I wonder what crime Madam Lu has committed, and Concubine Li wants to punish her?"

Concubine Li said calmly: "I don't need to worry about the matter of Changchun Palace. Yingyue will send the Queen to you on my behalf."

"yes."

Female Officer Yingyue responded and walked slowly towards Queen Xiao.

Empress Xiao said solemnly: "I have no intention of interfering with the affairs of Changchun Palace. However, Mrs. Lu is not from your Changchun Palace. Whether she has made any mistakes or not, it is up to me, the queen, to decide."

Concubine Li took two steps forward and said arrogantly: "Queen, do you want to go against me?"

Empress Xiao turned around and said, "Mrs. Wang, how is Wang Yushi at home these days? Go back and ask him, what crime should Concubine Li deserve for abusing the lynching of a royal wife in Changchun Palace?"

Concubine Li's face darkened.

She is not afraid of anything, but she is a little afraid of the royal censor. After all, that idiot sent his own father to prison!

Not to mention the people he had participated in, even Lu Lingxiao, the great hero who killed the Prince of Beiliang, was demoted one level?

Concubine Li squeezed the handkerchief tightly, turned around coldly, and said disdainfully to Meng Qianqian: "The Queen has interceded for you, so I will spare you for now. If you dare to speak rudely to me next time, the Jade Emperor will come." I can’t protect you!”

Queen Xiao said to Deputy Commander Lin, "You still won't withdraw your troops?"

Deputy Commander Lin made a gesture, and the archers retracted their bows and arrows in unison and retreated to the side.

"elder sister!"

Tan'er grabbed the bushes, got up and ran over, "Banxia!"

Banxia said with a frozen mouth: "I'm fine...Miss is frozen..."

Tan'er carried Meng Qianqian, who was all cold, on her back, and said with firm eyes: "Sister, Tan'er will take you home!"

Mrs. Wang quickly took off her cloak and covered Meng Qianqian's body, while her maid came to help Banxia.

Queen Xiao said: "Let's go."

The group left Changchun Palace. Someone in the Imperial Guard was also injured. Deputy Commander Lin arranged for his men to leave with the wounded, and at the same time cleaned up the mess from the fight. When he pulled out the long sword that was stuck in the grass, his eyes changed subtly.

I saw a small hole on the blade, as if it had been penetrated by some hidden weapon.

How is that possible?

Who is so powerful?

That little girl?

Meng Qianqian's situation was not optimistic. Her entire face was colorless and her eyes were a little distracted.

"Go to my palace and warm yourself up, little Dengzi, and ask the imperial doctor." Queen Xiao said.

"yes!"

Xiao Dengzi went there in a hurry.

Meng Qianqian's lips moved slightly.

Tan'er said: "Sister, what are you talking about?"

Meng Qianqian said weakly: "Go back to Haitang Courtyard... and... thank you, Mrs. Wang..."

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After Tan'er listened carefully, she suddenly said, "Okay! Go back to Haitang Courtyard! Go back now!"

Mrs. Wang asked: "Hey - where are you going?"

Tan'er turned around, looked at Banxia who was being supported by someone, and said to Mrs. Wang: "Mrs. Wang, sister Er said, thank you! Ni is such a kindness, she will remember it! Pinxia Ni will take care of me first, Er. After seeing my sister off, come pick her up again!”

"Hey - Tan'er - Mrs. Lu -"

Mrs. Wang tried her best to persuade her to stay, but Tan'er was as fast as a horse, carrying Meng Qianqian on her back, and disappeared into the heavy snow in the blink of an eye.

Mrs. Wang sighed.

Empress Xiao said: "She must have her own reasons for going back."

Mrs. Wang nodded and bowed deeply to Empress Xiao: "Thank you very much for today, the Empress. Mrs. Lu has been kind to me, but I really can't stand by and watch. It just... hurts the Empress."

She didn't know the situation was so serious, and originally thought it was just a minor misunderstanding.

Thinking about it now, that woman named Lin Wan'er might have known Tan'er's abilities and temper, and deliberately let her maid make a fuss in front of Tan'er in order to let Tan'er make the matter worse and aggravate Mrs. Lu and Concubine Li. contradiction.

What a big scheming move.

Empress Xiao said warmly: "There is no difference between Concubine Li and me. Cousin, don't worry about it."

But it was said that Concubine Li returned to her bedroom, drank three big gulps of tea, and gradually calmed down.

"What kind of royal wife? She didn't have a royal title! Xiao Lanyi, you're bluffing me!"

"Bring that little **** back to me! And her girl, I want her life!"

Eunuch Wang went there bravely, and came back after a while, "Mother, Madam Lu and that little girl have left the palace!"

Concubine Li was so angry that she threw a cup and said in a cold voice: "Let the imperial guards arrest her! Just say it's to arrest the assassin! After leaving the palace, let's see if Xiao Lanyi can still control her!"

In the ice and snow, the silent official road stretches as far as the eye can see.

"Sister! Hold on!"

Tan'er felt that Meng Qianqian's aura was gradually getting weaker. She increased her speed to the extreme, and her internal organs seemed to be burning.

"Tan'er... take a rest..."

"Uh no!"

"I want to take a break..."

"No rest allowed! No sleep allowed!"

Tan'er ran forward desperately, sweating all the way and her clothes were completely soaked.

Finally, she saw a carriage.

She jumped up with Meng Qianqian on her back, pulled out the hairpin on her head and threw it to the coachman: "Go to the Lu family on Changyang Street! If I don't go, I will kill you!"

The driver was so frightened that he quickly grabbed the reins and galloped towards the Lu family.

However, before he had taken two steps, the cavalry of the Imperial Guard caught up and surrounded the carriage from the alleys on both sides.

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(End of this chapter)