The True Empress of the Noble Family
Chapter 23
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Chapter 23 The Assassination Trial at Ganli Palace
“Ganli Palace is the residence of Empress Dowager Ye, so its side hall has not been opened for many years.” Nijin said as he looked at the young maids cleaning the elegant room covered in dust, “The only place that people can live in is this Wangxing Pavilion, since Princess Duanrou comes here occasionally. Your Majesty, this is for one night only. ”
Qiu Yelan asked confusedly, “Should I not greet Empress Dowager Ye? Didn't you say that Empress Dowager Ye would calm me down? “
“Widow Empress Ye usually does not meet outsiders other than Empress and Princess Duanrou.” Nijin grinned and said, “He just said.. I'll go find you some clothes. You will stay here for one night and I will find someone to send you back tomorrow, and that is the end of your visit to the palace this time. “
“What do you mean by ‘end’? Gu Yan was beaten up very badly. Even if I leave the palace, will he let me go? ” Qiu Yelan thinks.
“No, if I leave the palace, he will not be afraid of getting revenge on me.”
Qiu Yelan bit her lower lip and said, “Um, Madam ..”
“Cleaning done.” Nijin suddenly interrupted and scanned the surroundings of the room. He asked, “Your Majesty, please look around and see if there is anything else you need. If not.. “He said, looking sorry,” I must return and serve the Empress. “
“Don't mind me, Madam. Thank you for today.” Qiu Yelan gave him the wallet and Nijin took it without hesitation. Then he said with a smile, “Your Majesty, rest well today. The Empress should take the time to meet you tomorrow. “
If he could meet the Empress again, there was still a chance.
Qiu Yelan was a little relieved and took a few steps to send Nijin out. Then he began to think about how he could retain the Empress tomorrow to be his protection.
After she thought for a moment, she discovered that Su He was looking at her emotionlessly.
“Are you scared? Are you okay?” Qiu Yelan stopped thinking and asked with concern, reaching out to touch her forehead.
Surprisingly, Su He asked, “Your Majesty, are you not hungry?”
“Hungary?” Qiu Yelan paused for a moment and immediately felt hungry. Su He and he had been fasting since morning to enter the palace. He didn't even notice it before Su He mentioned it. Ever since he did, Qiu Yelan felt worse.
“Then why didn't you say it when Nijin asked what you needed?” Su He looked at her helplessly.
Qiu Yelan looked at the room with pretty furniture, but there was nothing to eat or drink other than tea on the table. His mouth twitched, “I ... forgot!”
The young lady and the maid were silent for a moment, and then Su He said quietly, “I will be out to ask the young maid who just cleaned the room and see if she can find food for us in the kitchen of Empress Dowager Ye. ”
“... Fine.” Qiu Yelan wanted to bang herself against the wall. It had only been a few days since he had been well served, and he had forgotten to mention such an important thing as food!
After a while, Su He returned with a pale face, saying that no one was around. Qiu Yelan suddenly thought of something and stood up, “I forgot that you are afraid of the darkness. Maybe the servants are leaving, I'll go look for them. “
That night was New Year's Eve, and it was no surprise that the palace maids were lazing around.
Moreover, Qiu Yelan was not qualified to ask the people in the Empress Dowager's palace to serve her respectfully, even though this Empress Dowager Ye did not do well in the palace. Being the Emperor's birth mother, even the Command Princess had never heard of him before.
However, just as he was about to leave, Su He, who calmed himself from the shock with the hot tea held him back and said seriously, “There really is no one out there!”
At this moment, the maid had drunk over half a cup of hot tea, but her face was still pale. Apparently, she was quite scared, “I'm worried you're hungry, so I boldly looked to about three pages! There's no one. It shouldn't be like this in the Empress Dowager's palace! Even if it was Lunar New Year's Eve, it was impossible for there to be no one in such a big place! The Empress' maid just put us here. “
Qiu Yelan suddenly thought of the anxiety she experienced when leaving Ganquan Palace, and she grabbed Su He's hand, dragging him to leave. “Speed! I'm afraid we .. “Before he can finish with” have fallen into a trap. ” Someone outside the door said coldly, “You want to go? Whither? To hell?”
It must have been Deng Yi with such words that deserved to be kicked by his teeth.
Deng Yi pushed through the door. He immediately cleaned and changed his red clothes that were covered in mud and snow as he had fallen several times before into turmeric-colored brocade.
Surely it wasn't as attractive as red eyes, but he was so handsome that whatever he was wearing was perfect for him. Although there was still a slight bruise on her face, it would not affect her beauty.
However, his expression was still icy cold, “You have done many unwise things and it is your own fault that you are here today. Think carefully in hell and be smarter in your next life! “
“That's you.” Qiu Yelan took a deep breath, and said, “How dare you hurt Princess Commando in the palace?” Knowing that she came with an order from the Empress Dowager, and would not be afraid of her title as Command Princess, she continued, “Aren't you afraid the Empress will investigate it thoroughly?”
“The Empress deliberately arranged for you to come to this Ganli Palace, but no one accompanied you. Do you really not understand what this means? ” Deng Yi said lightly. Qiu Yelan's heart slipped.
What if the Empress uses him as bait? If this is the case, it's good now. An even more terrifying possibility is that the Empress treated him as a sacrifice to accuse Empress Dowager Gu of ordering her granddaughter to kill the descendant of a hero, the Command Princess.
The strong and fierce empress who seemed to protect him at all costs in the Taishi Hall offered to send him to this Ganli Palace. Her maid took her purse and told her that the Empress would meet her tomorrow. What if it was all to fully utilize it?
At this moment Qiu Yelan was extremely shocked.
Surprisingly, his voice was a bit strange and his view was complicated.
“Coming? How can I endure it? ” Qiu Yelan held back her disturbed mood and smiled sweetly and innocently at him, “Should I reveal the fact that Gu Yan attacked me? So that I can happily be your wife on her behalf and toys? Do I have to live a life like that? ”
His expression turned serious and he sneered, “General Jiang is right. You are not a man at all! No matter how much you hate me, I'm still your fiancee! You not only watched your cousin harass me, but tried to help him in every way....Are you sure you're still human now? Or did Gu Yan even treat you as a human? “
“Shut!” Deng Yi's face immediately darkened. He shouted loudly and flicked his sleeve, “I thought that you would die tonight, so I plan to let you live longer. Since you can't wait to die, I'll do it as you please! “
Before he finished his sentence, two strong and tall palace guards walked in from the darkness behind him, both of them with white cloths in their hands, and headed towards Qiu Yelan and Su He.
Su He, who was stunned by this scene, was aware at this moment. He covered his ears and shouted, “Please!”
However, since Deng Yi knew that Ganli Palace might be the Empress's trap, and still dared to bring people here to kill, he would not be afraid if Su He cried for help.
He stood outside the door, holding his hand, looking at the scene indifferently and calmly, as if he had not heard the tone of su He change.
But surprisingly, compared to Su He's panic, Qiu Yelan looked quite calm.
“Noble manners, huh? You will die soon but still be very aware of it! ” Deng Yi thinks cynically. She would turn around, not because she could not bear it, but because she knew that no matter how beautiful people were during their lives, they looked extremely ugly after being strangled.
However, just as he turned around, he heard a humming from the guard. Deng Yi looked back in surprise and his pupils shrank.
Qiu Yelan, who seemed to have accepted her fate and was lying on the sofa at the last moment, suddenly moved like lightning!
First, since he had dealt with Gu Yan before, he gave the guard who wanted to kill him with a hard kick at ************. The guard immediately fell to the ground and twisted like a cooked shrimp!
Then, at a frightening speed, he flew towards Su He and raised his hand. Pink dust with a roaring rouge aroma. Both Su He and the guards who were suffocating him closed their eyes instinctively!
Right at the moment the guard closed his eyes, a sharp silver hairpin pierced through his eyes without hesitation and pierced through the back of his head! Then, Qiu Yelan took the candlestick in her hand and stabbed it along with the candle on it into the chest of the guard who was still shouting on the ground!
His actions were so fast that it would not exceed ten breaths time!
Outside the door, Deng Yi stood still and felt a chill creeping up on his hands and feet.
As for Qiu Yelan, he calmly looked at the struggle of the guards with his cries weakening. He loosened his hands only after he lost his breath and disgustedly looked at the blood spilling onto his clothes. She got up to help Su He, “Go rest on the sofa.”
Su He was almost strangled right now, and he was still breathing greedily. Qiu Yelan took off the white cloth around her delicate neck to look at the deep purple bruise, almost black.
Qiu Yelan touched the bruise gently and saw Su He suddenly shrink back. “Lay first. Worry not! ” He pulls his hand and gives instructions calmly.
He turned around and twisted his wrist. Another silver hairpin was already between his fingers. The tip of the hairpin emits a cold light under the light of the candle.
“I have no way to cancel the wedding, but I can marry someone else, so you can go.” Deng Yi looked at him calmly even though he saw him kill two people. His face was pale but there was a strange light in his eyes. He slowly said, almost word by word, “I can help you protect the two people you killed tonight, on one condition.”
Qiu Yelan looked down at the silver hairpin in her hand and smiled, “Do you think you are in a position to talk about her condition?”
Yes, I did! Deng Yi looked towards the silver hairpin as well, “I only signaled that Empress Jiang knew of the Empress Dowager's plan and still set you up here. Actually, I was just making it up. The incident outside of Liuchun Pavilion happened unexpectedly. The fact that I am here is also the last minute plan of the Empress Dowager. How does the Queen know? ”
Seeing Qiu Yelan look up and the silver cymbals between her fingers glittering, Deng Yi's disciple contracted a little and she sped up her words, “The Empress Dowager dislikes Empress Dowager Ye, she said, but Empress Dowager Ye was kind to Empress Jiang and that was why Empress Jiang had always protected her. This time, the Empress Dowager first revealed her plan to denounce Princess Yongfu and also agreed to send you here. The plan was only to distract the Empress with the Yongfu Princess and kill you here while claiming that you captured Empress Dowager Ye who had a secret love affair, and she killed you to cover her tracks! These two bodyguards in Ganli Palace were Man of Sacrifice and were bribed by the Empress Dowager. They'll kill themselves after killing you and write a suicide note.
He looked into Qiu Yelan's eyes, “How can you turn to Empress Jiang? If you don't turn to Empress Jiang, you will die before marrying me! “
Qiu Yelan was silent for a moment and she said, “How are you?”
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