Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 228 Disadvantage - Threat

These imperial guards patrol the palace, and the concubines in the harem are invisible, but the maids walking around are often seen.

I have seen a lot, and it is not uncommon for people to have secret feelings.

Although there are many rules in the palace, the guards and maids of the palace can't get too close, so there are many sneaky and private contacts.

It seemed that the brother of the black-faced guard had an affair with the maid, and he was afraid of being known by others, so he sneaked around.

He said he was coming to have a look, probably the little palace lady was looking for him, so he was embarrassed to say so, so he covered it up.

They are all people who have been here, and it is impossible to tell that the two of them just hit each other, which is why they are sticky.

"Okay, let's not bother brother to catch up with this little maid." The black-faced guard came out first to smooth things over, and the others looked at Xie Yanniang but didn't see anything.Especially the way Xie Yanniang hid behind the guards in fear, her blushing face was probably shy, she was thin-skinned enough, so she didn't tease the two of them anymore.

After a few people had left, Xie Yanniang felt her heart sinking slightly in her throat.

The black-faced guard was last, and he glanced at Ruan Jingxin with some helplessness in his eyes.

Ruan Jingxin waited for them to go far before he said, "After crossing Ming Road, they won't suspect you."

Xie Yanniang blushed, not out of shame, but out of fright, she withdrew her hand, and said to him for the first time, "You, how could you take such a risk? Who is serving, if you can’t answer, you will be exposed? When the time comes, your hard work sneaking in here, won’t it be in vain?”

She took a breath, knowing that her tone was not very good, she said slowly, "You shouldn't have stayed just now, you should have listened to me, and left me and left quickly."

"If this is the case, I will look down on myself. In order to achieve my goal, I can even let you go." Ruan Jingxin's eyes were heavy, and he said: "I'm [-]% sure, they will never doubt, but they will feel more at ease with me."

"How do you say that?" Xie Yanniang asked with suspicion on her face.

"When I first went in, I pretended to be the guard's distant nephew. The Imperial Forest Army was short of manpower, and he was good at dancing. He gained the trust of the master, so he recruited me easily." Ruan Jingxin pointed to the outside, and explained: "You Didn't you notice that the number of the Imperial Forest Army has decreased a lot?"

Xie Yanniang nodded, she had already noticed that even if the patrols were separated, the number of the Imperial Forest Army was too small.

Especially in the Mingguang Palace where the young emperor was imprisoned, she could not have easily rescued the young emperor if not for the small number of people.

It seemed that these people didn't know that the young emperor had come out, which showed that there were too few imperial guards and not many contacts with each other, so he caught this loophole and let the young emperor be safe for the time being.

"Why is this so? Could it be that the Fifteenth Prince transferred another part of the Royal Forest Army?"

Ruan Jingxin shook his head and wiped his neck with his hand: "During the palace change, some of the Imperial Forest Army refused to compromise, and the Fifteenth Prince immediately ordered to be strangled. There were also some who wanted to escape from the palace, but were found and killed by the guards. The rest were He is loyal and ready to follow the fifteen princes, so he is basically trustworthy."

Killed a lot of people, no wonder there is not enough manpower, Ruan Jingxin also easily sneaked in by relying on the eyeliner inside.

"Even if there are other eyeliners in it, as long as they are obedient and not intentionally bad, the Fifteenth Prince doesn't care about it." Ruan Jingxin narrowed his eyes, it should be said that Long Zhiyu didn't have time to pick out all the bugs of the Imperial Forest Army.

As long as you don't make a big mistake, just turn a blind eye and close one eye.

After all, there are more troublesome things that Long Zhiyu needs to deal with. As for these people, they are just pawns that can be used temporarily.

When all the dust settles, it won't be too late to settle the matter slowly.

Xie Yanniang thought of Long Zhiyu's bad deeds in his previous life, and instantly thought of a possibility: "Could it be that the [-]th Prince sold the formation map to the Rong people and wanted to borrow a knife to kill people?"

The borrowed sword was of course the Rong family, but the one who killed was the regent.

"Although I haven't fully confirmed it, apart from him, I'm afraid there is no other possibility." Ruan Jingxin admitted directly without hiding it from her.

"Damn it, doesn't he know that without you, the border town will soon be defeated and completely fall into the hands of the Rong people, how can the Qing Kingdom resist it? I'm afraid that the fifteenth prince will really sit in that position and not be able to enjoy the blessings, He is about to become the emperor of subjugation." Xie Yanniang said bitterly, wishing she could go in and tear Long Zhiyu to pieces.

Seeking skin from a tiger, what exactly was Long Zhiyu thinking, was he planning to pay the Qing Kingdom for the sake of the throne?
Ruan Jingxin simply sat on the ground, letting Xie Yanniang nestle in his arms with her back facing her: "According to the Fifteenth Prince's plan, I'm afraid he wants to create three cities in exchange for the truce of the Rong people. The two sides will live in peace for the time being. Stabilize your footing, and then settle with the Rong people."

Xie Yanniang snorted coldly: "Even if he wants to, does he have the ability?"

Apart from torturing and killing the weak maids and concubines in the mansion, Long Zhiyu stripped off his good skin, what else could he do?
Ruan Jingxin was silent for a moment behind her, and suddenly asked: "Is everything the princess said she saw in the dream really just a dream?"

Sometimes, what Xie Yanniang said was like seeing it with her own eyes.

For example, being familiar with Long Zhiyu is like living with him for several years.

Xie Yanniang knew that this is not a place for long talks, so she just asked, "Do you... believe in past and present lives?"

"Yes, of course I do. Otherwise, you wouldn't have become Li'er and come to me." Ruan Jingxin replied without hesitation. He never believed in ghosts and gods, but he couldn't tolerate what he saw with his own eyes. She doesn't believe it.

For some reason, upon hearing this answer, Xie Yanniang was in a delicate mood.

I feel at ease because of his belief, but also feel sad because of this sentence.

In Ruan Jingxin's heart, maybe she will always be Li'er, not Xie Yanniang.

Feeling that Xie Yanniang's mood suddenly became depressed, Ruan Jingxin looked at her drooping head and suddenly had a ridiculous thought.

She didn't deny it, so everything she said was not a dream at all, but did she really experience it herself?

Xie Yanniang used to be Long Zhiyu's bedside person, just this made Ruan Jingxin feel displeased.

It's just a dream, if it's real... For the first time, he tasted something called "jealousy".

This taste is unpleasant, like swallowing Coptis chinensis, full of bitterness.But it was like swallowing a ball of fire, which was so burning that it made one's heart ache.

Since it is possible for Xie Yanniang to turn into a lynx when she is unconscious, why can't she become someone in Long Zhiyu's backyard in her previous life?

Ruan Jingxin knew very well that once this thought appeared, it would be like a vine growing wildly, and it couldn't stop no matter what.

It's just that this is not a good place to delve into it, he secretly pressed down his thoughts, and there will be more opportunities to ask in the future.

No matter what happened in the previous life, Xie Yanniang is already his princess in this life, and no one can take her away.

Even Long Zhiyu is the same!
Ruan Jingxin sent Xie Yanniang to the Imperial Dining Room, which is the most important place in the palace and is heavily guarded, no one can easily hurt her.

Furthermore, Long Zhiyu would not be encountered here, and they could meet frequently.

A few imperial guards teased him for his selfishness, and stuffed his little maid in.

Ruan Jingxin kept a straight face and didn't say a word, he had black-faced guards to help him.

But this kind of him also made other Yulin soldiers more at ease. After all, Ruan Jingxin didn't know how to deal with them. If he went too deep, people would notice the clues.

It would be better to play a taciturn distant relative, cold and straightforward, but reassuring.

Now that he has a handle in his hand, he was deeply involved in his children's affair, and even sent the little maid to the imperial dining room, near where the imperial forest army was stationed, which is even more reassuring.

Ruan Jingxin obviously felt that there were fewer eyes on her body, and Ruan Jingxin knew that this step was the right one.

The safest place is the most dangerous place.

Xie Yanniang was surrounded by black-faced guards in the imperial dining room, and she only picked up some light work to make a show, so she wouldn't be tired, but she wouldn't be hungry either.

When the two met secretly, the other imperial guards just smiled and turned a blind eye, which was very convenient.

When the black-faced guard came over at night, he frowned: "The eldest princess injured the fifteenth prince, and the fifteenth prince was furious, and took her and the personal guards to the dungeon."

Ruan Jingxin's face was hidden in the shadows, and he asked in a deep voice, "Is the eldest princess injured?"

"It's just a small injury, it's not a hindrance. The fifteenth prince doesn't want her life, so it's not easy to explain to the people in the future." This has not been enthroned, and Long Zhiyu has not yet taken power, so naturally he dare not hurt the eldest princess, after all, the first emperor He has prestige among the people, and the son-in-law is a hero who died for the country.

If the Eldest Princess died for no apparent reason after entering the palace, Long Zhiyu would be completely speechless, and would inevitably be criticized.

Ruan Jingxin nodded slightly, it was enough that the eldest princess was fine.

When the dust settled, it would not be too late to rescue her.

Seeing that the black-faced guard hadn't left for a long time, Ruan Jingxin gave him a suspicious look, and the latter quickly said, "That maid...should I be sent out of the palace?"

"There is no safer place than here. Although it is calm outside, you know better than me, but it is dark and cloudy. It's better to stay here so that I don't have to worry about the future." The prince actually did not hesitate to collude with the Rong tribe in private just for that seat.

He almost lost Xie Yanniang before, and finally rescued him, but it was not safe to stay with the eldest princess.

In this case, it is better to stay under your own nose.

No matter what happens, at any rate, I am the first to know.

The black-faced guard knew that Ruan Jingxin couldn't be persuaded, so he didn't say any more about it, and said: "The battle situation in the border town is stalemate, and the behavior of the Rong people is very strange. Instead of blindly killing the formation in the past, they have become more cautious. General Qinglong suspects The fact that the Rong people have hired a high-level military officer this time is extremely detrimental to the Li family's army."

If this military division is not eliminated as soon as possible, this battle will become a war of attrition, which will undoubtedly be a blow to the Li family army.

……

After all, if it drags on, it will be winter, with snow covered, no matter how strong the Qing people are, they won't be able to bear it.On the other hand, the Rong people live in the icy and snowy grasslands all year round. Such weather is extremely beneficial to the Rong people.

If it was delayed until that time, the Li family army would have suffered heavy casualties.

Needless to say, Ruan Jingxin could think of it, with a serious expression on his face.

He has to settle down in the shortest possible time before he can fight against the outside world.

Ruan Jingxin has already redeployed immediately, temporarily disrupting the position of the Rong people.Waiting for the opponent's military division to react, it will be useless.

Others are not in the border town, so they can't arrange it immediately. The changes in the war are changing rapidly. If it is late, it will be completely late.

"Now I can only see walking steps. Pay attention to the people around the fifteenth prince. Nei Ying is by his side."

The black-faced guard was startled, and hesitantly said: "Isn't it the fifteenth prince?"

How could it be someone close to him?
"It can't be him. Even if he colludes with the Rong people, it is estimated that the Fifteenth Prince still has his back, so it is impossible to send out the formation plan. After all, the border city was defeated after this sending, and his foundation is not stable. What can he do with the Rong people Confrontation?" Ruan Jingxin sneered, and said again: "He only has calculations in his mind, and he is not willing to take advantage of others. He only wants to take advantage of the Rong people, so naturally he refuses to let them take advantage."

The black-faced guard was thoughtful, and indeed, with Long Zhiyu's character, it was impossible to completely betray the Li family army, and it was possible to reveal a little information to the Rong people, so that they could taste some sweetness.

"Subordinates understand," he delineated the area, and if he didn't believe it, he couldn't get out the fox's tail of the internal response!
Xie Yanniang is really relaxed in the imperial dining room, the cleanest place in the palace is nothing like this.

Several chefs are well-known among the people, and they were directly invited into the palace, where they stayed for decades.They have been in charge for a long time, and they also have a temper.The emperors of all dynasties intentionally prevented the external contact with the cook, so as not to be harmful to themselves.

Over time, these chefs never stand aside, and they still live happily.

The little chefs around him were all juniors in the family, or they were picked out from orphans, so they had nothing to do with others.

Even the little boy who washed the vegetables was chosen by the chef himself to be innocent, even if he was brought in from the palace, he was a dumb cage, so don't even think about revealing anything about the imperial dining room.

Xie Yanniang was sent in by the Imperial Forest Army, and the black-faced guards knew how to behave, and said a lot of good things to the chef, so she kept helping to put the dishes in the basket occasionally, and nothing happened.

She was sitting in a corner dozing off, when suddenly she was woken up by a lady in blue: "Why are you hiding here and being lazy, which palace?"

Before Xie Yanniang could reply, the palace maid in blue grabbed her again and said, "It happens that I'm missing someone to serve food, so hurry up and follow."

Xie Yanniang was dragged for a few steps in a daze, and then she came back to her senses and shook her head, "Sister, I'm here as a helper, so I can't leave casually."

The status of a palace lady in blue is higher than that of a palace lady in pink, and it is not easy for her to refuse directly.

The maid in blue was impatient, and whispered: "Where do you have the time to choose, present your talents, stand at the door for a while and come back here, and you can still get a reward."

Seeing that Xie Yanniang stopped and refused to follow, she said unhappily: "You don't want rewards, do you want to be punished? The master of the palace has been in a bad mood recently, and he is staring at a maid who made a mistake to vent his anger. Is it impatient to live?"

Speaking of this, Xie Yanniang could no longer refuse.

Thinking about the maid next to the harem master, otherwise she wouldn't be so arrogant.

Xie Yanniang reluctantly followed behind the blue-clothed palace lady with a pot of vegetables. After walking for a while, she quietly raised her head and was stunned when she saw the palace plaque.

It turned out to be the Qionghua Palace, and after a round trip, they came to Long Zhiyu again?
She took two steps back, not daring to go in without saying anything.

Are you kidding, others are fine, but Long Zhiyu has seen him.

If she recognized her, Xie Yanniang's identity would be exposed, and Long Zhiyu would inevitably question why she was in the palace.

He obviously said he was missing at the beginning, but he was in the palace again in a blink of an eye, could he be hiding his whereabouts and planning something in secret?
What if Long Zhiyu framed him and said that the Prince Regent was planning behind it?
The palace maid in blue glared at her, and if Xie Yanniang didn't go in right now, she would drag her in by herself.

They have all reached the gate of the palace, so they have retreated?

She didn't expect Xie Yanniang to be able to help anything, she just told her softly: "Just stand at the door, what does it look like to cower?"

Thinking about where she just entered the palace, where she came from in the countryside, and having never seen the world, the maid in blue didn't care too much.

She slowed down, and when she heard the communication inside, she waved her hand to signal the maid behind her to go in politely: "My respects to the fifteenth prince, the lunch has been delivered."

"Well," Long Zhiyu nodded slightly, looked at the palace maid in blue, with a smile on his face: "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard," said the palace maid in blue, her face blushing, her head lowered, revealing a section of her snow-white neck.

Long Zhiyu's eyes gradually deepened, and the tip of his tongue licked his lower lip, feeling that there was a rare masterpiece in front of him.

He had been busy in the palace for several days, and when he took a break for a while, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

It's not easy to bring concubines from the mansion into the palace, but Xie Ruitong is boring, and he can't stand it after a few times, it's really boring.

However, Long Zhiyu had to keep this side concubine, so he couldn't be cruel. He held back for a long time, and now looking at the shy maid in blue, he couldn't help but smile.

Anyway, the entire imperial palace has already fallen into his hands, so what is the lack of a maid serving in the palace?
Xie Yanniang deliberately stood in the corner, just in time to be covered by a maid in front of her, naturally she did not miss Long Zhiyu's eyes looking at the maid in blue.

The palace maid in blue thought she was being spotted by a nobleman, her shy eyes were even more alluring.

Xie Yanniang sighed, Long Zhiyu had indeed taken a fancy to her, but unfortunately this court lady was about to be tortured to death by Long Zhiyu before she had time to enjoy her blessings.

This man likes to watch those young girls who are devoted to him and have ulterior motives, fighting to the death with other women in order to climb into his bed.

In the end, on the bed, because the greater the hope, the greater the despair.

That kind of expression is what Long Zhiyu likes most.

Sure enough, Long Zhiyu beckoned, and asked the blue-clothed palace maid to stand beside her and serve the dishes.

The maid in blue had a delicate and lovely face, as if she had seen herself flying up a branch and turning into a phoenix, she glanced at the other court ladies with a bit of complacency and pride.

Xie Yanniang knew that the wisher had taken the bait, if it wasn't for the maid in blue who had other intentions, how could Long Zhiyu have easily hooked her away?

Soon Long Zhiyu put his arms around the slender waist of the palace lady in blue, and was fed by her and took a sip of wine, their faces were almost touching.

He got up and led the maid in blue to the inner room, Xie Yanniang breathed a sigh of relief, and quietly retreated towards the palace door.

However, Long Zhiyu suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked at him with a half-smile, and lightly said: "Hold her up and bring her in."

Xie Yanniang secretly thought that it was not good, so she quickened her pace and fled towards the gate of the palace.

It's a pity that she just took a step out of the palace gate, and the two thick women behind had already grabbed her arms.

She struggled desperately, but her strength was no match for the two women, and she had no chance to draw out the dagger hidden in her boot.

The two wives carried Xie Yanniang into the inner room, and tied her to a chaise longue chair with strong ropes.

Xie Yanniang twisted and twisted, but she couldn't move at all.

Long Zhiyu let go of his hand, motioned for the mother-in-law to leave, walked over and lifted her chin and smiled, "It's a coincidence that I met Miss Xie here. I heard that you were taken away by the Rong people. I don't know how much Worried. Seeing that the girl is doing well now, the king is relieved."

The maid in blue also recognized her, but she didn't expect to call a maid randomly in the imperial dining room, and it turned out that the fifteenth prince knew her.

She was secretly annoyed, feeling that she had lifted a rock and shot herself in the foot, and let this little maid ruin a good thing.

The fifteenth prince fell in love with this little maid, so what should he do?
She was quite complacent just now, if the lord sent her away, those court ladies outside watching the theater would definitely laugh at herself afterwards.

The palace maid in blue gritted her teeth, took off her outer robe, hugged Long Zhiyu from behind, and rubbed against Long Zhiyu as if there was nothing: "The prince asked the servant to come in, but left the servant here in the cold, it really hurt the servant's heart. "

Long Zhiyu put down his hand, and glanced at Xie Yanniang with a dark expression in his eyes: "It's my fault for keeping you waiting for so long. Miss Xie is here to watch carefully, and I will definitely catch up with you later. "

Xie Yanniang's eyes widened. Could it be that Long Zhiyu wanted to keep her here to watch?
The maid in blue also looked embarrassed, but she had also heard that the fifteenth prince had weird hobbies.

Xie Yanniang couldn't bear to watch anymore, but she could only close her eyes when she was facing the two of them.

He strode towards Xie Yanniang, put it close to her ear, and said in a voice that could only be heard by two people: "If the girl doesn't open her eyes, if she closes her eyes once, I'll kill a maid outside, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)