Dressed as the villain's stepmother

When Jiang Lianzhu arrived, she recognized this person as Concubine Xi's personal maid.

When she saw Jiang Lianzhu, her anxious expression eased: "Miss Jiang, you are here,"

"Dare I ask aunt, did something happen in the palace?" Jiang Lianzhu asked doubtfully.

She looked around and saw that they were the only two people around, so she whispered: "Today, the emperor specially allowed the third prince to enter the court to discuss matters. After leaving the court, the third prince went to the empress' palace to have a meal. Unexpectedly, he suddenly fell into a coma. Wake up. The imperial concubine was worried that this was a conspiracy by the prime minister, so she kept silent and found an opportunity to ask the slaves to come out to find Miss Jiang and enter the palace. "

Pushing the things in her hands to her, she urged: "Please Miss Jiang, please put on these clothes and follow me back as soon as possible."

Jiang Lianzhu also knew that the situation was urgent, so she took the palace maid's clothes and quickly changed into them.

Seeing that Jiang Lianzhu had changed her clothes and tidied her hair, she hurried to the palace with Jiang Lianzhu.

It was already when the city gate was about to close, there were very few pedestrians on the street, and the sound of footsteps was particularly clear in the silent night.

When the two of them arrived at the entrance of the palace, the maid who was close to them turned her head and gave Jiang Lianzhu a look. Jiang Lianzhu immediately lowered her head and followed her step by step.

Walking up to the guards, she handed Concubine Xi's warrant to them.

The guard took it, opened the warrant, read it carefully, and then returned it to them.

"The palace is such an important place that no one can enter. Please leave quickly."

Ziwei was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "What are you waiting for? Didn't you see that this was Concubine Xi's order?"

"Who knows if this warrant is true? What evidence do you have to prove that it is true?" The guard sneered coldly, "If you know better, get out of here, or we won't be polite."

Ziwei was shaking with anger, these two people clearly did this on purpose.

It was also stamped with Concubine Xi's seal. You could tell whether it was genuine or fake at a glance, but these two people were still pretending to be crazy.

No matter how stupid the two of them were, they realized something was wrong now.

"Didn't you see the imperial concubine's seal on it? If it delays the imperial concubine's affairs, watch out for your damn life!" Ziwei's eyes widened and her tone was harsh.

The two guards looked at each other, then hugged their bellies and laughed.

"How about one of you two stays with us two brothers? Let's try it ourselves to see if we are good enough?" As they said that, their malicious eyes fell on Ziwei and Jiang Lianzhu, and they looked at them unscrupulously. " As long as you leave one person behind, we will let one person in right away, isn’t it a win-win situation?”

"Presumptuous!" Ziwei's face flushed red, and she was so angry that she wanted to go up and give the two of them a few slaps.

She has never been so humiliated since she was with the imperial concubine!

"How about it? If it doesn't work, get out of here." The guard snorted coldly, his eyes showing disdain.

"Huh--" A group of strong black horses stopped beside them. The man was tall and his soft armor made him look like an iron-blooded man.

Tang Shengmao turned over and dismounted, staring at the two guards with a pair of eagle-like eyes. The strong sense of oppression made them tremble slightly.

"How courageous! The guards are actually acting arrogant. Didn't you see the two girls rushing back to the palace? If you delay the palace queen, watch your skin!" He snorted coldly, "This general is coming back. As a court official, I won’t have to accompany you two overnight before entering the palace, right?”

A pair of eagle hooked eyes stared at the two of them, the expressions on their faces were very impatient, as if they were about to draw a knife and chop them into pieces at the next moment.

Their eyes fell on the token on his waist, and the two guards broke out in cold sweat: "I am a young man who has eyesight but cannot see Taishan. Please forgive me, General." The two of them smiled apologetically and opened the palace door. "Please."

Tang Shengmao chuckled: "You know what I mean."

With that said, he entered the palace directly.

Ziwei and Jiang Lianzhu followed closely behind, and the two guards did not dare to stop them.

"Thank you, General." After the two came in, Ziwei saluted Tang Shengmao, "I will remember the kindness of the General in my heart, and I will definitely repay you someday."

"No need, I can't stand it, General. Just go and do your own business." Tang Shengmao waved his hand and left directly.

He could only return to the capital once every two years, and he was eager to go back and reunite with his family.

The two of them had already been delayed outside the palace for some time, and now they didn't care much and hurried towards the imperial concubine's palace.

Concubine Xi had been waiting impatiently for a long time. When she saw Jiang Lianzhu coming, she quickly took her into the palace.

"I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please help the third prince quickly find out what is going on."

The third prince was lying on the couch, his eyes closed and his lips bloodless, like a puppet with its strings cut off, lifeless.

Jiang Lianzhu went up to check the third prince's pulse, and her originally solemn expression became relaxed.

She simply prescribed the medicine, handed the prescription to Ziwei, and asked her to fry the soup with her own hands, and then looked at the disheveled Concubine Xi.

"Don't worry, Madam. Your Highness, the Third Prince, is fine. This poison may seem ferocious, but in fact it takes effect very quickly. Drink some nourishing decoction and you'll be fine."

Concubine Xi felt relieved. She had been frightened all day. She slumped down on the concubine's couch tiredly and pointed at the food on the table beside her: "The third prince fell into a coma during the meal. I will return all the things." Keep it, Miss Jiang, please take a look."

Jiang Lianzhu raised her eyebrows, thinking that Imperial Concubine Xi had thought carefully, and stepped forward to check the food one by one as she was told. After a while, she really discovered the problem.

"There are several dishes with conflicting ingredients. The person who started the dish must have some knowledge of the Third Prince and be sure that the Third Prince will eat these dishes. Once these dishes are eaten together, the eater will vomit blood and become comatose."

Concubine Xi's face was gloomy, her eyes wandering into the distance thoughtfully.

On the other side, Manager Wang took advantage of the darkness to quietly reach the agreed place, but did not see anyone.

The weather had begun to turn colder, and the cool breeze flowed into his sleeves. The surroundings were completely silent, with only a faint candlelight occasionally visible. The deep darkness seemed to open its mouth to swallow him.

Manager Wang felt that this moment was so eerie and terrifying that he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and just prayed that Jiang Lianzhu would come over soon.

When he was drowsy from waiting and cursing in his heart, a sack fell down.

As he was being dragged away tremblingly, Manager Wang kept wondering whether he had offended some enemy or whether he was kidnapped. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, if not

After being escorted away for a long time, Manager Wang finally caught a glimpse of light in the haze.

The sack on his head was taken away, and he could see clearly the person in front of him who was looking at him with a faint smile, and he couldn't help but feel flustered.

"Why is it you? Where is Jiang Lianzhu?" He fell to the ground, pretending to be calm and glanced at Liao Yunchuan, who was sitting in a commanding position, and Yang Fei beside him. He subconsciously wanted to escape from here, but he didn't know where he was.