Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 71

"Master, how are you going to deal with this concubine?" Ten Niang came out of the tree hole and said with a smile, "I'm so scared!"

"Stinky girl, are you happy to play like this?" The emperor simply sat in the grass, raised his chin and asked, "Knowing that so many people are looking for you, why are you still hiding?"

"I didn't know who was looking for someone before, so of course I didn't dare to show up rashly. If someone with malicious intentions came, and I exposed myself in my rashness, wouldn't it be an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of? If he is held hostage again, he will be out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den!"

"You are alert." The emperor said angrily, "But you are too alert. If you miss the rescue, what should you do if you encounter danger?"

"You won't ignore this concubine's body. As long as this concubine is still waiting here, you will definitely come." Shi Niang looked at the emperor with trusting eyes.

"What if I don't come?" the emperor asked again, "Aren't you afraid of the beasts in the forest at night, and you are not afraid of losing your way?"

"I'm afraid, that's why I found a tree hole to hide. I won't lose my way, and if there are stars at night, I won't lose my way. But there are wild beasts in the night, so I won't take risks easily, because there are you and the children, etc. Let me go back with my concubine. It’s different during the day, it’s much safer during the day, and there’s the sun during the day, and you can always find the right direction by following the sun and walk to the main road.”

"It's a clever way to tell the direction, who taught it?" The emperor looked at her, "How many skills do you have that I don't know?"

"Seventh Sister taught her. Seventh Sister was in office with Third Uncle and traveled to many places. Third Uncle was afraid that she would get into trouble, so he specially asked the local people to teach her how to identify the direction. That was before Third Uncle was promoted to Nanluo Salt Transport Envoy. gone."

"Your third uncle taught your seventh sister these things?" the emperor asked, "All the girls in your family are capable. I don't know where such a talented girl will end up."

"Look at what the Lord said, all the girls in my family have skills? I don't have skills. If I have skills, I won't keep making you angry."

"Bad girl, your ability is so great that it will soon turn the sky upside down. If you have more ability, what will you do?"

"Master, let's make fun of my concubine. The concubine went on to say that the seventh sister later married back to Yujing. She was spoiled by the third uncle since she was a child, and she was a bit wild. The grandmother and the third aunt were worried that she would not obey the discipline when she married in the south. Trouble. Coincidentally, my mother's natal family has a cousin and Seventh Sister who are both suitable in age and temperament, so my grandmother decided to marry Seventh Sister."

"That's a pity. If you go to the south, you won't be able to see your seventh sister."

"Seventh Sister can't see it, but Ninth Sister can. Ninth Sister is also the daughter of Third Uncle, so she married into a Nanluo family."

"What?" the emperor asked curiously, "Your third uncle married daughters, one married rich and the other poor, aren't you afraid that people will talk about her behind her back?"

"The emperor's words are wrong. My ninth sister's family is richer than that of the seventh sister. The ninth sister married into a well-known merchant's family in Nanluo. She has no worries about food and clothing, and her life is much more comfortable than that of the seventh sister."

"Why is that?"

"Ninth sister is a concubine. She was raised by her grandmother since she was a child. She didn't follow her third uncle and three aunts in office. After the seventh sister got married, the third uncle and three aunts were empty, so she took Jiujie to the south. When she reached the age of marriage In Beijing, people who are suitable for Ninth Sister despise her as a concubine, and all the relatives who are said to be relatives are step-mother and concubine sons. The third uncle rejected them all in a rage. He said that he would marry Ninth Sister in the south.

"Third Uncle finally chose Ninth Sister's in-law's family. This family has a good family background, and my sister's wife is also of good character. Ninth Sister married directly as a grandmother in charge. Life is more comfortable than Seventh Sister."

"When talking about your family, you always talk a lot and are very happy. Are you unhappy in the palace?"

"You asked me, why is it strange that people talk so much?" Ten Niang stretched out her hand, "It's cold on the ground, when are you going to do it? I will pull you up."

"What happened to your hand?" On the wrist under the sleeve, a circle of red marks was shocking, "How did you do it?"

"It's okay, I accidentally made it when I escaped, just apply some medicine.

"Come on, let me have a look." The emperor grabbed her by the arm, and with all his might he brought her down into the grass.

"Stop making trouble, wake up, we're not safe here." Ten Niang was held in his arms by him, and the wound on her wrist was blown by him, trying to persuade them, "call them back, let's go , this place cannot stay for long.”

"It's okay, the Anbu people are here, and they are still very reliable in their work." The emperor said indifferently, "Hey, when the night in our palace is not so beautiful, wouldn't it be good for us to sit in the grass and talk?"

"Your Majesty, don't you trust Anbu too much?" Ten Niang thought of the person she had restrained, "Their greatest use is just to get information. If you are in danger, you'd better be careful."

"What's wrong? Xin Yin didn't get it right in front of you?" the emperor asked, "The most powerful people in the Anbu are not just scouts, but their hidden guards are the most feared. They are the elite divisions of the royal family."

"Just the kind of hidden guard who can be brought down by a small thousand-step kill?" Shi Niang sneered, "Master, if you meet a master, your dark guard will die faster. Don't you believe it!"

"Thousand-step kill! That is Xin Yin's most poisonous poison. Do you know why he can stand out from the crowd in the dark guard and become the leader of the newly established Xin Department? It is because of his unique ability to kill with poison. secret law."

Seeing Shi Niang's mouth wide open in disbelief, the emperor smiled, "Now you know how capable Eunuch Xin is in your palace?!"

"So he is also a secret guard!" Ten Niang thought of Xiao Xinzi's appearance, "Just his small and thin body?"

"He is considered one of the best kung fu in the dark guards. Otherwise, the master would not let him follow the painting back to your mother's house." The emperor explained,

"With him here, the safety of the children is still guaranteed."

"Thank you, Lord, you gave such a person to this concubine, and I thought about driving Xiao Xinzi away before." Shi Niang said frankly.

"Because he passed your news to the Lord?" the emperor asked, "Are you afraid that the Lord will know your true face?"

"That's not true. My concubine never bothered to hide anything in front of the master. In order to protect myself, I did not do bad things. I guessed Xiao Xinzi's origin not long after he arrived at Yaohua Palace, and ordered him to investigate the palaces as usual. He never hides anything from him.”

"I think what you want is never a soft and delicate flower, but a woman who is both strong and soft. So I'm not afraid that you will know my true face, nor will I drive him away just because he sent you a message."

"Why is that? Even if you don't know his identity, his connections in the palace cannot be underestimated."

"Say it, you can't laugh." Ten Niang lowered her voice, "After you left my palace, I wanted to test your bottom line and see how tolerant you are to me. Xiao Xinzi, I deliberately asked Drive him away, to get your attention."

"He is your man, and he will definitely come back to you. When you ask him, you will know that I am not ignorant of your arrangement. It would be nice to be praised for being smart by you. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xinzi directly Acknowledge the Lord. He said that no matter what happened to you, if I identify him, you will allow him and the Xinbu to come under my jurisdiction, and to escape from Anbu and your control."

"You are very smart, but you don't have a good hole card in your hand, so you can only passively calculate. I don't deny that your cleverness makes people like it, but cleverness and strength are two different things. So what can Xinbu become in your hands? , Grandpa is very curious."

"I'm also curious, sir, are your hidden guards so soft-hearted?" Shi Niang asked, "You have to send someone to rescue the little eunuch who brought me out. He probably will soon be the improved version of the Thousand Steps Killer." It's the limit."

"You know?" the emperor smiled, "Assessing your ability has exposed that guy's inability to learn."

"Here's the antidote." Ten Niang took out a small sealed pill from the bracelet and handed it to the emperor, "This is newly modified by Xiao Xinzi, specially developed to deal with people with high martial arts skills, and developed for my concubine's life. "

"Bingchen, go and deliver it." The emperor took the antidote and threw it into the air with his bare hands. A black shadow rushed out to catch it very quickly, and ran away without touching the ground.

"Are you planning to go on patrol in a low-clothes?" Ten Niang asked instead, "Is the assessment of me meant to assess my ability to deal with unexpected dangers and my ability to observe?"

"And your lethality." The emperor added with a smile, "Will you complain? Let you be a concubine to risk yourself."

"I can't understand your intentions. At the beginning." Shi Niang said honestly, "In the beginning, I was really resentful. Later, when I thought about your intentions in doing this, I felt relieved a lot. The rest, I just fell You are gone after me. In fact, ever since I saw the little eunuch in front of me, I felt that something was wrong. Later, he took care of me everywhere along the way, and he didn’t cause me any crimes. He was harmless all the time. Dare to take it lightly."

"When did you know he was from Anbu?" the emperor asked, "Since you know his identity, why are you running away?"

"When I pretended that I couldn't walk and asked him to carry me, I thought about strangling him several times. Then I accidentally touched the muscles on his arm and inferred that he practiced martial arts, but I couldn't be sure of his identity. Don't give up. I poked at his muscles and felt the key-shaped scar on his arm."

"You're more active in touching other men!" the emperor snorted angrily, "wash your hands with me immediately when you get back!"

"Isn't he a eunuch?" Ten Niang wondered, "What about Xiao Xinzi in my palace?"

"No, it's just a matter of pretending to be a eunuch. Most of the dark guards are descendants of the royal family. Since Emperor Taizong, the idle princes in Beijing have been responsible for training dark guards for the royal family, and most of the dark guards are from the distant branches of the royal family. people."

"Then the emperor can rest assured that they can come and go freely in the palace?" Shi Niang asked worriedly.

"They take the medicine bestowed by the Lord on a regular basis every month, and they know that they are 25 years old and have to leave the palace."

"The hidden guard who hijacked me didn't look like a eunuch, so I became suspicious." Shi Niang said, "Although he takes care of and respects me, he often feels that he is equal to me, not Xiao Xinzi. The kind of heart-felt slavery that came out of the performance."

"Reckoning, Xin Yin should call you auntie. His father is my distant cousin. This kid knows how to use poison since he was a child. I didn't expect that he taught you to use poison too."

"Don't interrupt my concubine, I've seen the marks on his arm, so I'm sure of his identity. As for why you ran away, it's because I don't want to be so cheap to you, or I will suffer a lot." Was it in vain? My hand still hurts!"

(End of this chapter)