Fingers of crossing

After leaving Fengyi Palace, Jiang Ningzui sat on the phoenix chariot, and led the green lotus away.

In the past, although Jiang Ningzui was cold-tempered and didn't talk much, at least the atmosphere would not be so stiff that it was too hard to bear.Now I don't know what happened to Jiang Ningzui, she exuded an aura of not getting close to strangers all the time, so frightened that Lu He shrank her neck, and followed her obediently, not daring to show her air.

It wasn't until he saw a brightly lit area in his sight, and the Eastern Palace was already close in front of him, that Lu He secretly let out a sigh of relief, and finally regained some energy.

My mother, the silence along the way has finally come to an end now.

After returning to Zhaoling Hall, Qing Fu and Chi Zhu immediately came to welcome her. Qing Fu thoughtfully helped Jiang Ningzui untie the fox-fur cloak on her body, and asked, "Madam, the weather is cold, and this servant has boiled some hot water for you. Shower now?"

"Ah."

Jiang Ningzui nodded, screened off the servants in the hall, crossed the screen to the bathtub, she reached out to test the temperature of the water, and then prepared to take a bath and take off her clothes.The clothes had just been taken off halfway, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the hall, someone's voice could be heard from time to time, but unfortunately, Jiang Ningzui couldn't hear what they said clearly.

Jiang Ningzui didn't pay attention at first, until the noise became clearer and seemed to be approaching her.She put on her clothes casually, and was about to call Qing Fu and others who were waiting outside the door to come in and inquire about the situation, but suddenly a white light flashed in front of her eyes. After a burst of blood, she realized that it was a cold sword on her neck.

This kind of consciousness made Jiang Ningzui tremble violently, Qingfu noticed the movement outside the door, knocked on the door worriedly, and said: "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Jiang Ningzui did not reply, and the sword around her neck approached a little more with the momentum. She frowned slightly, and calmly said: "It's okay."

Looking back, the noise outside the door became louder, this time it was Luhe's rushing voice. "Your Majesty, a group of imperial guards came outside the palace. They say that the Eastern Palace has infiltrated assassins. The purpose is not yet clear. Therefore, we must strictly investigate all the palaces to ensure the safety of the master and children."

The sword on his neck was already in the middle of the roar, and it was extremely difficult to even slide his throat. The person behind him had never spoken. Jiang Ningzui was not sure about the purpose of the person coming, so he could only open his mouth slightly to pant, and said as calmly as possible : "I'm taking a shower, even if you want to search, you have to wait for me to put on my clothes."

"Yes."

The footsteps outside the door walked away, and Jiang Ningzui felt the sword around her neck loosen. She forced herself to calm down, thinking about how to escape.Although she really didn't have any nostalgia for this world, but if she wanted to die here without knowing why, it was not something she would do.

"Kill me, and you won't be able to get out alive." Jiang Ningzui's voice was as cold as frost, especially indifferent and calm in the quiet night. "I don't want to die yet, so I will protect you naturally."

As she spoke, she saw the person behind her hesitate for a moment, and before Jiang Ningzui could push the sword, the person had already let go.

Finally able to breathe freely, Jiang Ningzui took a deep breath, and looked at the man in black behind him by the dim candlelight. The man covered his face, revealing only a pair of calm eyes. Judging from the body shape, the visitor is a woman.The clothes on her waist were cut, and the dark red blood stained a large part of the skirt on her side, as if she had been seriously injured.

Even so, those eyes did not reveal the slightest bit of anxiety and panic, let alone the despair of being cornered.

Looking back, Jiang Ningzui listened to the movement outside the door, and found that the imperial army had surrounded the entire East Palace, not to mention her Zhaoling Palace, even the abandoned courtyard of the East Palace was probably full of people.

Jiang Ningzui was thinking about what to do, but there was another knock on the door outside the hall, and Qing Fu knocked on the door lightly, saying: "Your Majesty?"

"I will protect you out." Jiang Ningzui said in a low voice, her eyes fell outside the hall, and said: "You don't have to worry about me cheating, if you are searched out in my palace, it will be difficult for me." Let go of the blame."

The man thought for a while, and finally removed the sword from Jiang Ningzui's neck. Jiang Ningzui quickly stretched out her hands to straighten her clothes, and with her eyes, signaled her to hide behind the curtain, then tilted her head and said to the door, "Come in."

As soon as Jiang Ningzui's voice fell, the door creaked and was pushed open, and Zhao Hang took the lead to walk in, but he only brought a few imperial guards into the hall.After all, this is the bedroom of the Crown Princess, even if they have the guts, they don't dare to go too far.

The hall was filled with incense, exuding a faint fragrance, Zhao Hang found Jiang Ningzui's figure behind the screen, but saw her wearing a loose dress, leaning against the bathtub with her arms folded, looking at them coldly.Her long hair was scattered behind her unrestrained, rising and falling with the cold wind blowing in from outside the hall, looking extraordinarily ethereal in the hot air.

"Crown Princess." Zhao Hang was the first to come back to his senses, cupped his hands and said, "The subordinates are also following orders, offended."

Jiang Ningzui's eyebrows and eyes were dull, she still leaned on the tub, and responded indifferently: "I'm tired, you should move quickly."

"Yes."

Zhao Hang dared to walk into the hall after getting Jiang Ning's drunken consent. He waved at the subordinates behind him, and the rest of the Imperial Forest Army got the order and searched around one after another.

"Huh?" Jiang Ningzui only slightly puzzled, Zhao Hang heard it keenly, and followed the sound to look over.Jiang Ningzui ignored Zhao Hang's questioning gaze, still frowned and looked at a piece of glazed tiles outside the hall, and said, "What is that dark thing on it? Could it be a ghost?"

Jiang Ningzui's words were unintentional, but Zhao Hang sensed something different, and he quickly turned his head to follow Jiang Ningzui's words. As soon as he moved, the guards around him looked over, but they saw him not far away. There is nothing on the roof of the house, only a lonely moon shining lonely.

The curtain moved behind him, and Jiang Ning saw it from the corner of her eyes when she was drunk, and curled the corner of her mouth inexplicably.

"Hurry up! The assassin ran towards the Mingde Palace!"

There was a sudden exclamation from outside Zhao Ling Hall. Zhao Hang was like waking up from a dream. He waved his hand and said to his subordinates: "There may be more than one assassin. I will go to investigate first, and you continue to search. Remember not to be negligent."

The Imperial Forest Army responded one after another: "Yes."

The assassin had already left the Zhaoling Hall, so Jiang Ningzui naturally no longer cared about the imperial forest soldiers who were still in the Zhaoling Hall to search in vain. The large area of ​​blood was presumably left when he had just had a close contact with the assassin.Simply because Jiang Ningzui is now wearing a scarlet dress, so she doesn't look particularly conspicuous.

Now Jiang Ningzui didn't dare to walk around casually, if the group of Imperial Forest Army found out about the blood stain, she didn't know what would happen.

"elder sister."

Jiang Ningzui made up her mind, when she suddenly heard Liu Huanxue's voice, she looked up and saw Liu Huanxue hurried into the hall, she asked with concern: "Sister, are you alright?"

She didn't expect Liu Huanxue to come to care about her, Jiang Ning was stunned drunk, and then said calmly: "It's okay."

Hearing Jiang Ningzui said it was all right, Liu Huanxue laughed: "I saw a large number of imperial guards guarding outside my sister's hall, so I thought something happened?"

Standing outside the hall was because she deliberately delayed the time. Thinking about it, Jiang Ningzui smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing serious."

"I heard that the assassin escaped from my sister's palace, and I almost didn't get scared." Liu Huanxue said, looked Jiang Ningzui up and down for a while, and said, "Seeing that my sister is fine, I feel relieved."

Jiang Ningzui laughed calmly, thinking in her heart that Liu Huanxue's news was known too soon.She didn't answer, and heard Liu Huanxue curiously ask: "Is my sister seeing an assassin?"

Jiang Ningzui shook her head and said, "No."

Complicated emotions flashed in Liu Huanxue's eyes, and when he looked carefully, there was a little nervousness that Jiang Ningzui had never seen before.There were too many unspeakable things in it, and before Jiang Ningzui could see clearly, it was covered by her renewed smile.

Although Jiang Ningzui didn't have much contact with Liu Huanxue, in her impression, Liu Huanxue was always calm and decent, thoughtful in everything she said and did, and slick in every aspect.But now there is panic on her face, which is indeed a bit strange.

Liu Huanxue smiled brightly, and said caringly: "It's good that my sister is fine, now the palace is not peaceful, my sister should be careful everywhere."

"Okay." Jiang Ningzui nodded, and inadvertently smelled the fragrance of Liu Huanxue's body, which seemed to be an acquaintance.

"I'll take my leave."

Liu Huanxue saluted politely, and seeing Jiang Ningzui nodding, she turned and hurried out of the hall.Under the moonlight, her figure was still elegant, but her footsteps were obviously a little anxious and chaotic, and she couldn't completely cover up all her thoughts.

After the Royal Forest Army left, the huge hall returned to tranquility.Jiang Ningzui took off her clothes, soaked her body in hot water, and unconsciously remembered the scent of Liu Huanxue's body before. She obviously felt very familiar, but she couldn't remember where she smelled it.

After bathing, Jiang Ningzui got up and picked up the clothes on the screen and put them on, her eyes couldn't help but touch the dried blood on the crimson clothes that she had taken off, her expression froze, the clothes in her hands didn't feel loose, and fell to the ground .

"Niang Niang." Lu He's voice hurriedly remembered, she hurried into the hall, her face was pale, and she seemed to still have some lingering fears. "Mrs. Ying from Xiuchun Pavilion...she...she is dead!"

Inside the Hall of Shaohua, Xia Sheng and Qiu Zhu were waiting for Liu Huanxue, who had just come back from the outside, to change and freshen up.

"You all leave."

Liu Huanxue sat in front of the dressing table, quietly turned away the maid behind her, and sat silently in front of the bronze mirror, letting the biting cold wind outside the window blow on her body in only her single clothes.

The moonlight quietly fell on her side face, reflecting her charming face, emitting a bright light.The Imperial Forest Army in the entire East Palace withdrew one after another, but she was still sitting, the silent silence was so unbearable, it seemed that every minute and every second was like a knife on her heart.

There was a soft sound outside the hall, and Liu Huanxue woke up as if in a dream, she got up and walked out of the hall following the sound.The candles in the room were extinguished in an instant, and Liu Huanxue was suddenly embraced from behind, and the arms slowly moved in. Liu Huanxue didn't move or struggle, and a hot and humid feeling filled her eye sockets. With that hug and slowly tightened.

"Chi Wei...you..." Liu Huanxue was startled when he smelled a bloody smell at the tip of his nose, and couldn't care about anything else, just thinking about checking Chi Wei's wound behind him.

Chi Wei's hug became tighter, as if he wanted to embed Liu Huanxue into her flesh and blood. "do not move."

The clear and cold voice was as gentle as in memory, Liu Huanxue's heart tightened suddenly because of worry and distress, she let Chi Wei hold her tightly, the choked sobs rushed out of her throat, she could only reach out and cover her mouth, not wanting to let Chi Wei hold her tightly. Chi Wei heard her cry.

In the quiet night, Liu Huanxue sobbed intermittently, and her tears fell drop by drop on the pale ground illuminated by the moon, dyeing beautiful flowers one by one.