After returning to the annex and having lunch, I sat alone under the pavilion and admired the white clouds in the sky.At this time, Steward Xu walked over with a letter in his hand, and after saluting, he said directly: "Princess, the queen has sent someone to send an edict to invite you to go to the forest garden outside the city tomorrow to celebrate the Peach Blossom Festival." ”After that, Steward Xu stepped forward, handed the envelope to me, and said respectfully: "This is an invitation." ”Peach Blossom Festival Liu Guifei said yesterday that the Peach Blossom Festival would reunite, I didn't care at the time, I really didn't expect this Peach Blossom Festival to be tomorrow.It's a lot of trouble.I asked Steward Xu again: "Butler, how much do you know about the Peach Blossom Festival, why can't I remember such a festival at all" Steward Xu smiled brightly and said: "It's normal that the princess doesn't know, this Peach Blossom Festival is not a public festival, but a festival set by the royal family, and those who are eligible to participate are also young ladies and ladies from some famous families."
The place where it is held is also a royal garden, which has many exotic flowers and plants from exotic countries, and some people have never had the opportunity to enter it in their lifetime. ”After that, Steward Xu looked embarrassed, sighed, and added, "But it's a blessing that I didn't have the opportunity to participate in this festival." ”"Oh" I was a little puzzled by Steward Xu's conflicting words.Steward Xu looked around and made sure that no one was passing by, before continuing: "Princess, forgive the slave for being brave, although the slave is not qualified to talk about this matter in the royal family, but considering your safety, even if you lose your head, the slave must say it." ”"This annual Peach Blossom Festival, two or three concubines will die, in the eyes of the minions, it is better to call it the Peach Blossom Tribulation than the Peach Blossom Festival.""
Princess, you are not very old, scheming and kind, although such a character is excellent, but the slave thinks that in the royal family, this is the most undesirable, so the slave boldly warned the princess, on the Peach Blossom Festival, you must pay attention to it, don't care about other people's affairs, even if someone falls into the water in front of you, you must treat it as if you didn't see it.""
It should also be noted that at the banquet, no matter which young lady you have a good impression of, remember to keep a good distance from them, even when walking, you have to take a few steps apart, and it is best to bring only one maid, if you bring too much, it is easy to make trouble."
After listening to this, I couldn't help frowning, "It's just a section, how does it sound like you're passing through a ghost gate." ”Steward Xu didn't care about me when he saw me, so he was a little anxious: "Princess, don't say it, this Peach Blossom Festival is really no different from the Ghost Gate, those scheming Mrs., Miss, are the little ghosts at the Ghost Gate, as long as you are a little careless, you will be planted in their hands." ”Hearing this, I couldn't understand it even more: "I have no grudge against those ladies and ladies, why would they attack me for no reason." ”Steward Xu shook his head, and said with some bitterness in his eyes: "Those ladies and young ladies are all born in a family of dignitaries and nobles with many wives and concubines, and if you want to gain a firm foothold in such a big family, you must first please the head of the family, that is, their husband, or father." ”"There is no shortage of beautiful women in these big families, so no matter how good-looking they are, they can only be favored for a while, so the young ladies and wives of these official eunuchs will privately curry favor with the concubines in the harem, and kill the designated people for these concubines at the Peach Blossom Festival, and when the time comes, the concubines who cooperate with them will say good things about their husbands or fathers in front of the emperor.""
When their husbands receive the emperor's gifts, they will naturally be grateful to them, even if they are not favored, they will be several times better than other wives and concubines, and their status in their own mansions will rise."
My heart sank suddenly, and I lost my voice: "Take other people's lives in exchange for your own status, is there still a king's law, is there still human nature" The bitterness in Steward Xu's eyes deepened a little, and he sighed: "The way of the world is like this." ”Then the conversation changed, "Actually, princess, you don't have to worry too much, just pay a little attention, we only have one hostess in the palace, so no one competes with you for favor, and besides, you have always had very little contact with those concubines and young ladies, and you have not offended anyone, so this peach blossom festival, no one should attack you, so you can rest assured to enjoy the fun, but you still have to keep an eye on everything." ”I smiled and nodded, and thanked me softly: "There is a labor housekeeper, if there is nothing else, you can go back first, and I will also prepare well." ”Back in the room, I sent away a few maids, lay on the big bed and looked at the invitation in my hand, thought about it all afternoon, and only summed up three people who would harm me, the second lady, the queen, and Lin Wan'er.I don't care about the second lady and Lin Wan'er at all, at most they are just two third parties who can only play foxes.It's the queen, I think about Gu Wenxiang now, Ren Hui feels palpitations, but the main reason why she attacked me was to indirectly get rid of Concubine Chen.And Concubine Chen is a foreign tribute girl, and she has been confined to the palace for the rest of her life, so she naturally can't come to this Peach Blossom Festival.If I continue to scrutinize it like this, as Steward Xu said, I will indeed not be in any danger.After dinner in the evening, I drank the medicinal soup sent by Dr.
Cao himself, and I asked Tingyu to accompany me around for a while, which was considered to eliminate my appetite.But I had to wake up early tomorrow, so I went back to the dormitory early, and when I was about to fall asleep after washing, I suddenly saw a gray shadow flash in the doorway.I rubbed my eyes, and when I looked again, there was a man in a gray leotard with a gray hat and scarf, and his whole body was tightly wrapped, revealing only a pair of deep eyes.I was taken aback, but then I found out that this man was not Xiao Tianjin's personal shadow guard, Bamboo Shadow I breathed a sigh of relief, sat up on the edge of the bed, and asked him suspiciously: "You should be by the prince's side, what is the so-called matter of coming to me now" Bamboo Shadow immediately knelt down on one knee, clasped his hands into fists, and said in a sonorous and powerful tone: "Bamboo Shadow See the master." ”Hearing this, I jumped out of bed and pointed at myself: "You call me the master, the prince" Bamboo Shadow was slightly aggrieved in his tone, "The prince has pointed out the Bamboo Shadow to you seven quarters of an hour ago, and in the future, Bamboo Shadow will swear to follow the princess to the death, and be loyal" I know that this Bamboo Shadow is very good at martial arts, and is extremely good at concealment, and it is much better than taking a few teams of guards with me.Based on his voice and body shape, I could tell that Takekage was only about fifteen years old.After hesitating for a moment, I asked tentatively: "If I ask you to assassinate Xiao Tianjin, you will also execute it" "Yes" Zhuying replied quickly and forcefully.I was in a good mood, and picked up a pear from the bedside table and threw it to Bamboo Shadow, "Reward you, let's retreat first." ”As a result, before I could finish speaking, the bamboo shadow disappeared into the room, and if I hadn't seen the flickering candle flame, I would have wondered if he had become a ghost.Lying on the bed, I said to myself defenselessly: Xiao Tianjin didn't take the wrong medicine today, and he actually gave me a shadow guard.As everyone knows, at this time, in a corner of my room, there is a female shadow guard hidden, and after I fell asleep, she left the courtyard through the skylight and went straight to Xiao Tianjin's study.The female shadow guard knelt on one knee in the hall and told Xiao Tianjin in detail what I had just spoken and what I was doing.After the report was finished, the female shadow guard lowered her head nervously, and her clothes were soaked with cold sweat, while Xiao Tianjin made a sinister smile and tapped the handrail with her fingers."
Dare to let the king's shadow guard come to kill the king, you are the first, bluntly say that the king took the wrong medicine, you are also the first, dare to ride on the king, threaten the king, and want to abolish the third leg of the king, you are still the first" Xiao Tianjin counted them one by one in his mind, only to realize that he had too many firsts, all of which were taken away by me "damn woman" Xiao Tianjin muttered to himself in a low voice, with a smile in his eyes that could not be concealed.In the early morning of the second day, because I had ordered it in advance, the three of them came to change my clothes and makeup very early, and finally cleaned up after two hours.In the carriage, I took out four scalpels from the medicine box and handed two to Tingyu, each hiding in the cuff, just in case.Roll up the curtain and watch the scenery outside the car window become more and more verdant, which proves that the carriage is getting closer and closer to the royal peach garden.I leaned against the wall of the carriage and exhaled for a long time, and for some reason, the further the carriage went, the more panicked I became
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