PFC Chapter 318 Weird feeling
Chapter 318 Weird feeling
Chapter 318 Weird feeling
This is the first time the palace has been so lively since New Year's Eve.
In Zhengyang Palace, palace maids and eunuchs were busy coming and going.
But in the imperial study, the scene was quite different.
The emperor flipped through the memorial in his hand and did not write any comments for a long time.
Eunuch Yao, assuming the Emperor was tired, handed him the arrangements for the celebration banquet. "Your Majesty, today's celebration banquet for the Third Prince will begin at 5 p.m. This is the arrangement drawn up by the Empress, please review it."
The emperor took it, glanced at it briefly, and then threw it aside with a lack of interest: "I understand."
It was rare for the emperor to treat the empress's arrangements this way. Eunuch Yao hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, do you think there is anything wrong with the arrangements?"
"It's the Queen's arrangement, so there's nothing wrong with it. Go down and prepare the carriage. I'm very tired today, so I'll take the carriage to Zhengyang Palace later."
"Yes!" Seeing that the emperor was not in a good mood, Eunuch Yao answered and quietly left the hall.
The door of the imperial study slowly closed, and the emperor raised his hand and rubbed his deeply furrowed brows.
He hardly slept last night, and today he was so sleepy and tired that he couldn't express it in words.
Nothing that has happened recently has gone to his liking.
Yesterday afternoon, he just received a carrier pigeon message from Southern Xinjiang. There was finally news from Southern Xinjiang, which had been out of contact for more than a month. When he was looking forward to it, the news shocked him and made him break out in a cold sweat.
Before he could send anyone to conduct a thorough investigation, news came from outside the palace that the captain of the imperial guards, Chu He, had returned alone.
The fact that he was able to return to Beijing by carrier pigeon shows that he must have traveled day and night without stopping.
So he was quickly summoned to the palace for an audience. What he didn't expect was that Chu He came with a bloody and somewhat rotten human head.
The head came from the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, Qiu Ran.
Even today, when he recalled that scene, he still felt very disgusted.
But at that time, he did not punish Chu He for the crime of disrespect. After all, the matter had been made clear in the carrier pigeon that arrived before Chu He in the book.
During their trip to Southern Xinjiang, Qiu Ran was given a special mission - to secretly eliminate Wa Yi, the daughter of the Wa clan leader, for him. But what happened?
This idiot couldn't find the right opportunity to take action, and in the end he was so stupid that he was discovered by the people of Southern Xinjiang!
The imperial guards who had gone to the southern border were also implicated, leaving only a few alive. Fortunately, when they were surrounded, Chu He acted decisively and, under the pretext of carrying out his orders to eliminate the evildoer, shot Qiu Ran with an arrow, thus saving his reputation. He also delivered a good deed to the Wa family.
Otherwise, who knows what kind of uproar would be caused...
Although Chu He has just joined the Imperial Guard, he is a good person.
Knowing that the matter was of great importance, he returned to Beijing with Qiu Ran's head before his injuries had healed.
Not only that, he also brought back a handwritten letter from the patriarch of the Wa family.
They believed Chu He's words and thought that the assassination of Wai was an act of anger by Qiu Ran who was greedy for Wai's beauty but failed to get it...
Qiu Ran, this idiot, failed twice in his attempts to snipe Wai. So he's dead!
Yesterday, Chu He entered the palace to plead guilty. As the captain of the guard, he shot and killed the deputy commander of the imperial guards in public, which was an act of rebellion.
But the emperor only gave him a few verbal reprimands and then sent him back. He wanted to end the matter as soon as possible and had no intention of having anyone treat Chu He's injuries.
Otherwise, he would certainly find out that the injuries Chu He mentioned were caused by the siege by the people of Southern Xinjiang, who were good at using spears, while the wounds on his body were all caused by swords.
……
After applying the medicine, Chu He went straight back to the palace and entered the imperial guards barracks.
According to the organization of the imperial guards, two captains of the guards lived in the same barracks, so when Chu He entered the room, the other captain of the guards who lived with him was wiping the sword in his hand.
The news that Qiu Ran was tempted by beauty and caused the people of Southern Xinjiang to kill the imperial guards spread within half a day.
So when the captain of the guards saw Chu He coming back, he quickly stood up and said, "The higher-ups said that Captain Chu should rest in his room tonight. After all, there won't be any trouble at the Third Prince's celebration banquet. We brothers are enough."
Chu He thanked him upon hearing this: "In that case... thank you for your hard work."
The captain smiled and sheathed his sword. "That's nothing. It's nothing compared to you... You were nearly killed in southern Xinjiang because of that guy named Qiu. So what do you think? Those barbarians are pretty good, aren't they? I heard that out of thirty-six brothers, only five survived."
Chu He nodded gloomily and said nothing more.
Seeing this, the captain of the guard didn't say much.
After all, watching his brothers fall before his eyes one by one, the scene must have been extremely tragic...
After the captain of the guard left, the door of the barracks closed, and Chu He raised his head again.
Barbarians?
If they knew that those 31 imperial guards were killed by him, what would they do?
Before leaving, he overheard the emperor's order during a private meeting with Qiu Ran: assassinate Wai! Although he didn't know why an emperor would attack a fifteen-year-old girl, given Wai's sudden disappearance in her previous life, the emperor's move must have a deeper meaning.
There must be some secret about Wai.
In order to protect the girl, on the way back to southern Xinjiang, he was always on high alert and kept a close eye on Qiu Ran's every move.
Fortunately, Mu Ai was with me all the way.
Along the way, Qiu Ran didn't find a suitable opportunity to take action.
But the imperial decree could not be disobeyed. After the Valiwai brothers and sisters safely entered southern Xinjiang, Qiu Ran became anxious.
Various inappropriate things happened during this period, which also attracted Wally's attention.
Chu He simply brought the matter to light and said frankly that if he wanted to save Wei, he needed the people of southern Xinjiang to join hands with him to eliminate the imperial guards of Qiu Ran's lineage.
Perhaps his actions along the way had earned him enough trust from Wally.
So the three of them attacked Qiu Ran's team at night. In that battle, although he shot Qiu Ran dead with his own hands, he was seriously injured.
He thought that after this collaboration, he would be able to obtain the secret of Wai from the Wa family.
However, he never expected that although the Wa family was willing to help him hide the truth from the emperor and used poisonous insects to control the remaining four imperial guards and make them work for him, they were still unwilling to reveal the secret of the emperor's pursuit of Wai.
However, this move actually confirmed that Wai's identity was extraordinary.
Just as he was lost in thought, the sound of stringed instruments could be heard faintly from outside the door.
The celebration banquet has begun.
Chu He stood up and ruffled the bedding.
He took advantage of the dim sunset and headed towards the most lively Zhengyang Palace.
He had to personally guard this night banquet to feel at ease.
...Stepping into Zhengyang Palace again and looking at the bustling crowd of dignitaries and relatives in the palace, Xu Rongrong actually felt as if she was in another world.
I still remember that during last year’s Qixi Festival banquet, the palace was extremely lively.
Even though she sat in the far corner, she could still sense the peaceful atmosphere within the hall. The Crown Prince and the Second Prince sat on either side of the Emperor, each one sitting below him. They would occasionally exchange banter, their half-hearted friendship surprisingly fitting within the peaceful and festive atmosphere.
At the New Year's Eve family dinner, the second prince was confined to his house and his seat was removed. The crown prince, who was favored by the emperor and empress and held great power, had the air of having the world under his control.
But what about today?
The two figures were no longer visible beneath the Emperor and Empress' seats. Instead, the seats of the Third Prince and his wife were visible.
Although, the rise of the third prince is a blessing for the Great Zhou.
But for some reason, this kind of seating made Xu Rongrong feel vaguely strange. It seemed...
From the emperor down, all the seats will be removed one by one without anyone noticing...