Quickly wear: There are always those who are not afraid of death and want to torture me

In the evening, in the corner of the backyard of Xiangguo Mansion.

Concubine Chao was wearing plain clothes and stood under the tree, waiting anxiously for someone to come.

Not long after, a figure emerged from the bushes, and that face was clearly that of Cui Qiu's retainer, Xia Mo.

After seeing him, Concubine Chao stopped pacing back and forth as if she had taken a reassurance.The anxious look gradually became calmer.

With a strong sense of calmness in his voice, he spoke: "Mr. Xia, you are here."

Xia Mo looked around to make sure there was no one else behind him, nodded to the imperial concubine, and asked: "Your Majesty, your highness asked me to ask you, have you really decided to do this?"

Chao Guifei swallowed, and it was obvious that there was not only nervousness but also fear.

Said: "Yes. You are right. If you don't do this, when your brother is buried, the imperial family will be divided into pieces by the enemy. Only if your majesty feels ashamed of the palace and the imperial family, and is willing to protect us, can there be a chance of survival. .The only one who can protect the Chao family is Your Majesty!"

This sentence seemed to be spoken to herself, forcing her to make up her mind.

Looking up again, there was only determination in his eyes: "I said before that the Fifth Prince can provide me with colorless, odorless and unidentifiable aphrodisiac incense. Is it true?"

An imperceptible smile appeared on Xia Mo's lips, and he said seriously: "Yes. I'm wearing one right now. But I can't give it to you until you really think about it."

Concubine Chao: "I have already figured it out. Don't worry, I will definitely give you generous gifts after the matter is completed."

Xia Mo smiled slightly, turned his palm, and handed Concubine Chao a bottle of transparent liquid.

"This incense is the Xunxiang Dew from the Western Regions. It is colorless and odorless and can be blended into other spices without being noticed. It takes effect very quickly and disperses quickly. It will never be found that you made it. Just put a drop into the incense burner It will work."

Concubine Chao took the bottle of precious spices and looked at it in her hand.

As the afterglow gradually faded, the light in his eyes gradually became darker and darker.

----

It's night time.

The servants lit lamps and lit charcoal pots.Warmth enveloped the entire house.

Ambergris was burning quietly in the incense burner in front of the case, and Mo Qin was caught by Cui Yuanjue and played chess with him.

Mo Qin learned his chess skills from Cui Yuzhen. He is not proficient in it and only has some superficial knowledge.His ability is simply not enough to compete with Cui Yuanjue.

But the emperor just liked to play chess with him, and sometimes he would lose to him on purpose.It's like pampering him like a child.

Mo Qin has a sweet mouth and is very good at pleasing people.And he found that the same trick he had figured out to please Cui Yuzhen was also applicable to Cui Yuanjue.

If you say some wisecracks at the right time, Cui Yuanjue will not get angry, but will be made happy.

All I can say is that they are indeed father and son.

Cui Yuanjue is 38 years old this year. Time has made him more mature but has left minimal traces on his face.His appearance remains handsome, exuding dignity and composure like pine and cypress.Although he is nearly forty years old, if he goes out in casual clothes, everyone will believe him if he is a young master from any family.

In the past two years, he has become more and more obsessed with politics, and the triennial draft has also been stopped.After the eighth princess was born, no more princes or princesses were born.

There are rumors in the harem that Your Majesty has not visited anyone for a long time...

Anyway, Mo Qin followed him for several months, but he never saw Cui Yuanjue being interested in women.In addition to dealing with government affairs every day, he also met with ministers. In his spare time, his only hobby was playing chess and writing with Mo Qin. He was extremely stoic.

"Xiao Mo, help me solve this mess. If you are satisfied with me, I will make you the 'Yu Yi Supervisor'." Cui Yuanjue said with a smile.

Mo Qin had no choice but to put down what he was doing and sit down at the table to play chess with the emperor.

At Haishi, there was a light knocking at the door of the room.

It was the housekeeper of the Chao family who came to apologize, saying that he had forgotten to give His Majesty a new mattress.Although it can be used, how can an ordinary bedding be worthy of the emperor's status? Please take someone to pick it up.

After hearing this, Cui Yuanjue said impatiently: "Just let Li Shi follow the servants to get it. What are you going to do?"

Mo Qin smiled apologetically and said, "Master is old, so he might fall if he carries a few thick mattresses. Besides, it is for His Majesty's personal use and cannot be touched by outsiders. It would be better for me to go and check it myself."

Cui Yuanjue put down the chess piece and waved his hand irritably for him to go.

Mo Qin then withdrew, and before leaving, he ordered his subordinates to take good care of His Majesty.

Just after the two of them left the yard, a pretty figure came around the corner of the corridor and looked around for a while to make sure there was no one there.It was the young lady from the Chao family who was with Concubine Chao not long ago.

Then he waved to the maid who was hiding behind him and asked, "What did your aunt say?"

The maid lowered her voice and replied: "The imperial concubine said that with half a cup of tea, the kung fu spices will take effect." Then she flattered: "After tonight, you will be His Majesty's concubine. At that time, the servant should change the name of you. I’m a queen.”

Chaoqing was very helpful after hearing this, with a proud smile on her lips, and said: "It would be best if I could conceive a dragon species at once. By then, my aunt's imperial concubine throne might have to be given to me. It seems that at the beginning, It was the right decision to go along with her plan."

The maid complimented him a few more times.

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On the other side, Mo Qin and Eunuch Li went to the warehouse with the housekeeper to get bedding.But I didn't expect that after waiting at the door of the warehouse for a long time, there was no movement.

The housekeeper kept urging them, and while urging them, he apologized to them, saying that there were too many things, especially in the past few days, there were gifts sent by guests to express their condolences, so it might take a while to find them.

However, when he didn't see the mattress after waiting for a full quarter of an hour, Mo Qin noticed something was wrong.

The steward looked very nervous and kept wiping the sweat from his forehead.There were not many of them left in the wing, but the emperor's two personal attendants were here.Combined with this, Miss Chao, who seemed to have deliberately shown her face in front of Cui Yuanjue in the afternoon...

Mo Qin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Master, I suddenly remembered that Your Majesty still has something important to do. Please wait here while I go back and take a look." After saying that, Mo Qin lifted up his clothes and ran back.

Li Shi's unclear shout came from behind: "Hey! You kid, run slower!"

Panting, he ran to the door of the courtyard, only to see a man he had never seen before standing outside the door, wearing black light clothes and looking like a guard.There was a cold murderous intent in his eyes, and he was wiping a bloody sword in his hand.A square of white cloth had been dyed the color of blood, as if someone had just been killed.

Hearing footsteps approaching, the man raised his eyelids, saw Mo Qin's face and let him in without saying anything.

It is impossible for the emperor to bring only a few guards when he comes to the court this time.These are all people on the surface, but there are countless secret guards who are actually hiding in the dark to protect them.

Now the secret guard has appeared, and he seems to have killed someone. Could he be... an assassin?

Mo Qin felt nervous and quickly walked in quickly.

However, when I arrived at the door of the room, I heard the sound of "ping ping ping ping" things falling from inside, as if someone had overturned the table.

Mo Qin didn't have time to think too much and immediately pushed the door open and entered.

What came into view was not the imaginary scene of a confrontation with an assassin. There was only a tall man holding a long sword and slashing things around like crazy.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the man suddenly turned his head and stared at Mo Qin with his scarlet eyes.

It's Cui Yuanjue!

He looked like he was either poisoned or drugged. Mo Qin nervously shouted: "Your Majesty..."

The next moment, the long sword in the man's hand was placed in front of his throat, and the killing intent brought by the cold air on the iron blade clearly showed the threat.

Mo Qin didn't dare to move, only to hear Cui Yuanjue ask in a hoarse voice: "Are you the woman who comes to detoxify me?"

He quickly denied: "No. Your Majesty, you don't recognize me? I am Mo Qin."

Cui Yuanjue held his forehead with his other hand, looking like he was thinking hard: "Mo Qin, Mo Qin... It's not impossible to use your words..."

Mo Qin: "???"

Mo Qin: "!!!"

What does "use" mean? !It couldn't be what he thought!

The next moment, the long sword was removed from his neck, and the threat of death disappeared, but immediately he was picked up by Cui Yuanjue and strode towards the bed.

The curtain fell, and Cui Yuanjue's faint voice came from the bed tent: "I don't want to force you. But the Chao family has given me medicine, and I don't want to touch anyone except you. I can only wrong you this time... ..."