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Chapter 371 Chapter 463~464 Hit the weakness

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Ruan Yunting looked up at Jun Lanzhou, who would come to her at this time?
"I'll go take a look with you." Jun Lanzhou worried that she was alone, so she ordered the little eunuch to prepare the car, and went outside the palace gate with Ruan Yunting.In the snow-covered open space, there was a man leading a horse, stretching his neck and looking at the front of the palace gate.

Ruan Yunting got out of the carriage, took a look under the dim light, and said in surprise, "Jing Sheng!"

Xiao ran forward and asked in a low voice, "Why are you back?"

Jun Lanzhou was also a little anxious: "Did something happen to the prince?"

"No, no." Jing Sheng waved his hands again and again, and said with a smile: "The prince is at the border. It's just a hard life, he's lost some weight, but he's more energetic. He just misses the princess and Lord Jun. I got a letter a while ago. Son, the princess and Lord Jun were both invited by the emperor to live in the palace. The prince was so anxious that he was afraid that you two would suffer, so he specially ordered the little one to hurry back and tell the princess and Lord Jun to come back together. thing."

When Ruan Yunting heard the words, she looked back and saw that someone seemed to be watching them at the palace gate, and said in a low voice, "Let's walk over there and talk while walking."

"Yes." Jing Sheng fastened his horse, walked side by side with Ruan Yunting and Jun Lanzhou, and said in a low voice, "The prince said that this secret was told to him by the old prince before his death, and it is a royal secret. My lord has heard this and keep it in my heart, and must not tell outsiders, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

"I understand. Tell me, please."

Jing Sheng organized his words, and said, "Princess, do you know why the emperor wants your jade pendant so much? The emperor did not ascend the throne normally. If he ascended the throne normally, the old emperor will definitely show the map where the dragon vein is located and the key to open the dragon vein. The key was passed on to the emperor together. But these two items are now lost. When the old emperor was in power, he handed over the treasure map to His Royal Highness, and the key to the fourteenth prince, the late Yu Lord, after the crown prince was killed, the treasure map also disappeared, and the key is the jade pendant on your body."

Ruan Yunting was speechless in astonishment, and stretched out her hand to caress her chest subconsciously.

"Yu Wangye gave the jade pendant to Shiziye, and Shiziye gave it to you. At that time, the emperor and the prince thought that you might have an adventure like your mother and find the treasure, so they have been secretly monitoring you."

"You mean, my mother has an adventure?"

"Yes. The lord said that when your mother was young, she used to play with the 'clairvoyance'. It was a magical weapon recorded in the "Atlas of the God of War". It was a weapon developed by the empress Xiuyan when she was alive. The outside scene is right in front of your eyes. Your mother found the 'telescope', so she naturally knew the location of the treasure, but the emperor interrogated your mother, but she refused to do so. She was imprisoned in Zhen Guosi for so long, and she insisted that it was her own It was made for fun, but later she escaped from the emperor and the lord's stalking. Hey, I told you what to do." Jing Sheng patted his mouth and said, "Anyway, the lord asked the little one to tell you two, The jade pendant involves dragon veins, which may contain many kinds of magical weapons and a large number of treasures recorded in the "Atlas of the God of War", so the emperor is eager to snatch them. If it is left to him, he is absolutely unwilling to let you hand over the jade pendant to the emperor. But if you hand it over, he won't blame you, after all, it's something he gave you, and once it's given to you, it's yours. Moreover, you have to put your own safety first."

Ruan Yunting nodded, the fragments scattered in her mind were strung together because she knew this shocking secret. She had read many unofficial history books and it was indeed mentioned that Niang Niangxiu had developed many magical weapons. Come on, those miraculous records seem to be that people have deified half of the great Xiuyan Niangniang.

But now that I think about it, Ruan Lingyue claims that the "clairvoyance" she made for fun, why does the more I think about it, the more it looks like a modern telescope?She knew that Ruan Lingyue came from time travel just like her, and if she really had nothing to do to kill time by doing "handmade" things, it seemed reasonable.Then, Empress Xiuyan is really a smart and powerful ancient person, she is simply an inventor.

"...Tinger."

"Huh?" Hearing Jun Lanzhou's voice, Ruan Yunting suddenly recovered.

"I called you four or five times." Jun Lanzhou rubbed her long hair helplessly, "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, Big Brother Xiao might really be the prince's orphan, and he knows the secret of the treasure." Looking around, "Where's Jing Sheng?"

"Hurry up and go back to the border." Jun Lanzhou said.

The two entered the palace gate and boarded the carriage. Jun Lanzhou lowered his voice and said with emotion: "Wen Yuan really cares about the safety of both of us. Otherwise, we will never let us know this kind of royal secret."

"Yes." Ruan Yunting leaned on Jun Lanzhou's shoulder and said, "I was just curious. I thought so many people wanted this jade pendant, and I guessed that there might be some mysterious organization behind the jade pendant, so I kept it. But now that I know that the jade pendant is related to the treasure of dragon veins, even if the emperor kills me, I will not give it to him."

Reaching into his bosom, he took out the jade pendant and handed it to Jun Lanzhou, whispering in his ear: "Lan Zhou, take this, and one day you will find the treasure map, open the treasure with Wen Yuan, and use those mythical weapons to destroy the treasure map." Avenge the Emperor Dog, to avenge your father, and my sixth cousin, to avenge those who died unjustly in Pengcheng."

Jun Lanzhou looked at the warm emerald jade pendant in his hand, his eyes were misty and deep.Ruan Yunting's words were right in his heart, presumably Han Su also had this plan in mind, but Han Su had just called Jing Sheng to deliver the message, but Ruan Yunting's wishes and safety were his primary considerations in everything. .It is easier for them to find the treasure and have financial resources and weapons, but if there is no treasure, wouldn't they be able to do it?
Jun Lanzhou smiled proudly, and it was nothing more than to endure for a while, waiting for the emperor to relax his guard and for them to accumulate strength.There are too many unsatisfactory things in his life, and he has learned to be patient without practicing others.

Jun Lanzhou handed the jade pendant to Ruan Yunting, and said in a low voice, "Leave it alone. Since it belongs to you, it doesn't matter what power is behind it or what treasures are behind it. Say it yourself." Besides, your situation is very critical now, you can save your life by taking it as a last resort, your life is much more important than that treasure." After finishing speaking, he kissed Ruan Yunting on the forehead.

Ruan Yunting's heart was as sweet as soft feathers brushed with honey, she would never stay out of the matter, anyway, the jade pendant was the same with her, so she put the jade pendant away.

Back at Yanshou Palace, I thought that if Xu Xiangwan didn't have to attend bedtime at this time, he should go to sleep. But when he passed the main hall, he saw Xu Xiangwan walking in front wearing a water blue satin cloak, white and white. Wei was supporting by the side, and the two obviously just came back from the outside.

"Sister Wan." Ruan Yunting chased after her with a smile.

Xu Xiangwan stopped when he heard the words, turned back and smiled and said, "Are you in a better mood after seeing Mr. Jun?" with an obvious teasing tone.

Ruan Yunting raised her neck and said confidently: "Yes, I am happy to see him."

Bai Wei covered her mouth and laughed when she heard the words.

Ruan Yunting gave her a white look, "Why are you laughing, girl Baiwei? I know your mother well, so I don't say anything against my will."

"Yes, Princess forgive me." Bai Wei saluted with a playful smile.

Ruan Yunting didn't provoke that talkative little girl anymore, instead she asked Xu Xiangwan: "It's so late, where have you been?"

"The empress dowager is critically ill. Although she is under confinement, the emperor is still concerned about whether she is the emperor's mother, so I will go and see."

"The queen mother is critically ill?" Ruan Yunting was a little surprised: "The queen mother has been imprisoned for so many days and has always been fine. Why is she suddenly critically ill for no reason?"

Xu Xiangwan smiled mockingly, and said something that Ruan Yunting didn't care about at all: "Prime Minister Gongsun is critically ill."

Ruan Yunting became more and more confused, so what does the prime minister's critical illness have to do with the empress dowager's critical illness?
The two entered the room, and Ruan Yunting chatted with Xu Xiangwan for a while before returning to the side hall where she lived recently. In the dead of night, looking at the simple and elegant palace against the soft candlelight, Ruan Yunting suddenly thought of Xu Xiangwan. What Xiang Wan said just now.

Xu Xiangwan is a smart and rational woman, and she never rambles about useless things. It can be seen that the two seemingly unrelated things, the queen mother's critical illness and the prime minister's critical illness, must be related.

What exactly can be contacted?

Why did Xu Xiangwan show that contemptuous and mocking smile?The contempt in that expression was very straightforward, reminding her of the expressions of the old lady of Xu's family and several others when she knew Xu Ningxiu's adultery was discovered and committed suicide at the beginning of her rebirth.

Ruan Yunting couldn't figure it out, but this matter had nothing to do with her after all, she was still thinking about the jade pendant, so she didn't think about it in detail, and fell asleep unknowingly.

The next day, she got up as usual and went to the garden with Xu Xiangwan to admire the plum blossoms. When she was free, she went to Yingxiang Garden to play chess with Jun Lanzhou, but she missed it when she got there.

"You said Lord Jun has left the palace?"

"Yes." The little eunuch said respectfully: "Master Jun received a post early this morning, saying that a friend invited him to go out for tea, so he reported it to Eunuch De and left the palace."

Ruan Yunting nodded, "I see."

Walking slowly on the way to Yanshou Palace, Ruan Yunting frowned slightly, yes, these days the emperor only said that he wanted them to live in the palace temporarily for their safety, but he did not order them to be locked up, so It's natural to go out, but who is looking for Jun Lanzhou?Come to think of it, Jun Lanzhou also has her own circle of friends, which she is not familiar with.

Thinking of this, Ruan Yunting felt a little powerless. She couldn't keep Jun Lanzhou by her side all her life and couldn't deprive him of his freedom.If you lose your freedom, what is the difference between him being with her and going to jail?Yet she also gets upset when something happens that is out of her control.It's a really mixed feeling.

Ruan Yunting didn't think much about it, and went back to Yanshou Palace to find Xu Xiangwan. It happened that the tenth prince was brought by the nanny. Ruan Yunting actually played with this pink and jade-carved little baby for a while, until he was tired Drowsy, Xu Xiangwan asked the nurse to carry the baby down.

After resting, Ruan Yunting played chess with Xu Xiangwan for a while, and went to Yingxiang Garden again in the evening, but Jun Lanzhou hadn't come back yet.It gets dark early in winter, and now it's night, the lights are on, Jun Lanzhou hasn't come back yet, where did he go?

Ruan Yunting's heart seemed to grow grass, which made her restless. Before the curfew at Xushi, Ruan Yunting ordered Bai Wei to check for her whether Jun Lanzhou had returned, but the news she got was still negative.

Ruan Yunting knew that Jun Lanzhou would not return to the palace tonight.

This person didn't say a word when he went out, didn't take anyone with him, and didn't know where he went, so could he just disappear out of thin air?The more Ruan Yunting thought about it, the more anxious she felt, and the more anxious she became, the more irritable she became. She tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't fall asleep. She stayed up all night, barely squinted for a while in the early morning, and then woke up again.

"Ting'er, the circles of your eyes are blue, I think it's because you haven't slept all night, right? Bai Wei, quickly apply boiled eggs to the princess to remove the bruises."

"Yes." With Xu Xiangwan's order, Bai Wei was about to step back, but Ruan Yunting took her hand and said, "Good Bai Wei, don't go looking for some boiled eggs, you'd better go to Yingxiang Garden." Let's see if Mr. Jun is back, I'm afraid that something will happen to him, why do I still care about whether my eyes are blue or not?"

Bai Wei hesitated, and looked at Xu Xiangwan questioningly.Xu Xiangwan could understand Ruan Yunting's anxious mood, and nodded: "Go, hurry back and forth."

Seeing Bai Wei leave, Ruan Yunting was also absent-minded when talking to Xu Xiangwan, focusing on the door.Xu Xiangwan teased her a few times, and seeing that she was burning with anxiety, he thoughtfully stopped fighting with her.

Unexpectedly, before Bai Wei came back, there was a sudden shout from the yard: "Who!"

Then a court lady screamed: "Who is it? Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!"

Both Ruan Yunting and Xu Xiangwan were shocked, Ruan Yunting quickly stood up and pulled Xu Xiangwan behind her, looking into the garden vigilantly.

Not long after, the guards dispersed, and a young maid came into the room holding a feathered arrow tied with a strip of cloth. She lowered her head and knelt down on her knees: "Go back to your mother, I just found a man in black who was walking towards the pillar of our palace gate." He shot an arrow and fled away, the guards have already chased him out, the inside and outside of the Longevity Palace have been checked, and there is no suspicious person hiding, please rest assured, empress."

Xu Xiangwan nodded, "Well, you've done a good job, let's go."

The little maid saluted respectfully, put the feathered arrow tied with cloth strips on the table beside her, and then retreated.

Xu Xiangwan removed the strip of cloth, and Ruan Yunting anxiously leaned over to look at it.

The strip of cloth is the finest brocade with cloud patterns, about the size of a handkerchief, and its borders are not neat, apparently torn, with blood written on it: "If you want Jun Lanzhou to live, put the jade pendant under the altar in the main hall of the Ping'an Temple." In the mezzanine, otherwise I will not wait to protect his safety!"

Ruan Yunting looked at the writing on the white cloud brocade that had dried up into dark red, and felt that her soul was floating away, her body swayed, and she grabbed Xu Xiangwan's hand before staggering back two steps and sitting down, looking at Xu Xiangwan Worried and anxious, she opened her mouth and spoke words she couldn't understand, and it took a long time before she gradually recovered her hearing:
"...Ting'er, don't worry, Ting'er, don't scare me."

"I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm just too anxious." Ruan Yunting pursed her lips and said to herself, "I can't be scared. I have to keep calm to save Lan Zhou."

He stood up and asked the little maid outside: "Has the assassin caught just now?"

The little palace maid saluted and replied: "Go back to Princess Duanyang, not yet, and the guards haven't responded yet."

The corner of her mouth raised a mocking arc, Ruan Yunting said coldly: "Very good. He really thinks highly of me, and even knows to catch my weakness."

"Ting'er, what you're talking about..." Xu Xiangwan pursed his lips.

"Who can have such a great ability to bend a bow and shoot an arrow within the palace wall to send news, but escaped gracefully. Could it be that the guards in the palace are all free? What if this arrow was aimed at the emperor? What? I think neither the emperor nor the empress dowager is so stupid that they would make fun of their own lives, unless that person is sent by him."

"You mean, it's the emperor!" Xu Xiangwan covered his mouth, and then nodded again and again: "It is very possible that he did tell me about the jade pendant. Every time he mentions this jade pendant, the emperor's eyes always shine. I asked him several times what the jade pendant was for, but he always said that it was a royal secret, and I don’t need to know. The emperor does things by any means, if he kidnaps your most important person in order to get your jade pendant, it’s very offensive possible."

"Yes." Ruan Yunting closed her eyes tiredly and leaned against the back of the armchair.

When things got to this point, she seemed to have no choice at all. The emperor suddenly hit her weakness, not to mention that there was a huge treasure hidden behind the jade pendant, even if she had the jade pendant, she could own the world.In her heart, Jun Lanzhou and Yu Pei are more important than each other, and there is no need to compare.

"I'm going out of the palace." Ruan Yunting stood up and was about to go out.

Xu Xiangwan quickly caught up with her cloak: "Where are you going?"

"Of course, follow the instructions in the blood book."

"But, what if the other party still won't let you go if you hand over that thing?" Thinking about it carefully, the emperor could do such a thing.

Ruan Yunting smiled wryly: "If you pay, Lan Zhou has half the hope of surviving. If you don't, he has no hope. Which one do you choose?"

Xu Xiangwan sighed and put a snow-white cape with a white fox collar on her, "It seems that you really care about him."

"That's right." Ruan Yunting said with a wry smile, "I'm going to ask for an order to leave, so maybe I won't come back. You have to be careful in the palace."

"I know, you should also pay attention and try to send me a message."

"That's for sure."

The two looked at each other and smiled, Ruan Yunting went to the direction of the imperial study, and ordered a young eunuch to go in and send a message to the senior eunuch Detai.

In the imperial study.

The emperor looked carefully at the papers at the border, and Detai stood aside, and said softly: "Your Majesty, as you expected, Ruan Yunting came to ask for an order to leave the palace."

The emperor's attention was still on the memorial, and he just smiled: "Then let her go."

"But your majesty, aren't you worried that others will take what you asked for?" Detai asked worriedly.

The emperor put down the booklet, stood up and stretched, but did not answer Detai's words.

She doesn't have a treasure map, what's the use of only the key?Anyway, the country and the world belong to him, so why not just let that little kitty mess around, and he will have time to show up when he finds the treasure.

Thinking of this, the emperor joked with a smile: "De Tai'a, your errands are getting better and better, and you are in charge of me."

"I don't dare!" Detai knelt down in fright and kowtowed three times, peeking at the emperor and seeing that the emperor was not really angry, he was relieved: "I will immediately pass on the emperor's oral order to let Princess Duanyang go out of the palace. .”

"En." The emperor nodded and waved his hand to let Detai back.

Ruan Yunting left the palace as easily as she expected, and did not go back to the "Little Building for Mental Cultivation", but went directly to Guiyun Pavilion.Prince Duan left a lot of good hands for her before leaving. She couldn't do it alone, so she arranged for most of the elites to stay in Guiyun Pavilion to help shopkeeper Tao. They are also smart, business matters can be understood almost as soon as they are taught. With them, Guiyun Pavilion and "Liangcheng Monthly" are doing more smoothly, and Ruan Yunting can also be a hands-off shopkeeper and leave it alone. up.

Now is the time when she needs the help of these experts.

They called people together and selected two with excellent lightness skills. Ruan Yunting gave instructions according to her own plan, and said, "You guys remember."

"Yes, the villain remembers, the princess is at ease."

"Well, don't show your face from now on, just follow quietly. I'll take someone a step first and help you distract others."

"Yes."

Ruan Yunting found a red kit, put the sapphire bat pattern jade pendant in it, and hurried to the Ping'an Temple in a car, pretending to worship Buddha and offer incense, and put the jade pendant in the blackmail letter while no one was paying attention. specified location on the .Then he left with a group of guards and returned to Guiyun Pavilion.

"Princess, please eat something anyway, don't starve to death, your body is just recovering." Shopkeeper Tao reheated the food and tried to persuade Ruan Yunting to eat.

Ruan Yunting shook her head and said, "Leave it alone, I can't eat it."

"Hey, princess, although the villain doesn't know what happened, but the villain can see that the princess is worried about something, don't worry, you will get what you want, but the premise is that You're fine, you're not sick or in trouble, are you?"

"Treasurer Tao, thank you for your kindness, but my heart is so messed up that I really can't eat it."

Shopkeeper Tao wanted to persuade him again, but suddenly he heard the door of the private room being pushed open, and a man in gray coarse cotton padded jacket came in, saluted and said, "See Princess."

Knowing that Ruan Yunting had something serious to say, shopkeeper Tao knew who he was, and he would never listen to what he shouldn't listen to, so he hurriedly resigned and left.

Ruan Yunting asked anxiously: "How is it? Any news?"

The man nodded, and said: "Princess, the two subordinates are lying in ambush there, and they really waited for the person who went to fetch the jade pendant, but before that, the subordinate also encountered a strange thing, we are not the only ones watching that place The subordinates also encountered another group of men in black."

"Really? Where is the person who took the jade pendant?"

"It was Niu Shan who took the jade pendant. He didn't return to Yunge, and another brother of ours has followed up secretly."

When Ruan Yunting heard the word Niu Shan, she instantly felt that all her previous guesses had been refuted. Why is this?It turned out to be like this!

(End of this chapter)