Chapter 41: Kidnapped

After finishing the day's palace affairs, she ordered people to prepare fragrant soup for bathing. To the west of the Zichen Temple is a spacious bath, where water vapor evaporates and the temperature is normal in all seasons. The sapphire floor is carved with anti-slip patterns in the shape of a lotus, and the bright and clean walls are hung with pearl lamps.
Yuan Luo soaked in the pool, squinting comfortably.
There is a crystal plate on the white jade platform, full of fresh fruits. Including grapes and cherries, some fruits that are unlikely to appear in this season are all grown in greenhouses.
Si Xi commanded more than a dozen court ladies and took advantage of this effort to clean up Yuan Luo's bedroom. Changing the bedding, scrubbing the tables and chairs, the original spotless hall had to be so carefully cleaned, in order to remove the clear and bright white crane incense and replace the calm night Luo incense.
Being busy, the palace gate opened, and a tall figure walked in.
Si Xi clearly saw the incoming person, was taken aback, and quickly fell to his knees: "Lian sir, you are back."
The visitor seems to have been on the go for a long time, and he has not yet washed his body. After receiving the wet towel from the little eunuch, he wiped his hands at random, threw it on the silver plate, and asked, "Six Xi, where is the empress?"
"The empress is taking a shower."
"I heard that the empress was in danger before?"
Sixi felt a cold sweat on her forehead: "Don't dare to deceive your lord, the mother was injured very badly this time, and she has forgotten many things..." At this point, she couldn't help but raise her head, and happened to meet a pair of smiling eyes. .
Lian Yanqiu smiled and asked, "Isn't even I forgot."
Si Xi was taken aback, and quickly said: "The lady still remembers some things, and she will definitely not forget you, my lord."
Under Lian Yanqiu's questioning, Si Xi honestly explained the imperial concubine's every move during this period in detail.
Lian Yanqiu groaned slightly and walked backwards.

Yuan Luo felt that she was almost soaked and got up from the bath.
Immediately someone from the palace stepped forward, and a soft bath towel fell from the sky and hung her shoulders.
She seemed to be a tall and thin court lady, a head taller than herself. Through the heavy fog, he couldn't see his face clearly, but the red shirt was particularly dazzling.
Yuan Luo was startled, the female officials around him didn't have this kind of costume.
She raised her head and saw a picturesque face in her eyes. The color was like Chunxiao, and her eyes were like autumn water, but no matter how beautiful she was, Yuan Luo recognized at a glance that it was a man's face.
She couldn't help screaming in shock, thinking that she was standing with him half-naked, and about to step back, but her feet slipped.
"Be careful, empress." The man frowned, hugged Yuan Luo directly, and jumped off the Yutai.
His voice is as attractive as his appearance, but it is three points thinner than ordinary people, and he feels indistinguishable from male and female.
Yuan Luo fell in his arms, with nowhere to rely on, she could only grab his shoulders.
The man stopped, put Yuan Luo down on the side of the collapse, and smiled: "The empress doesn't have to grab the Chen's arm so strongly."
While talking, his gaze fell on Yuan Luo's chest, and in the open gap, a little carmine mole was visible on the snow-white skin. There was a scar the size of a fingernail on the arm near the shoulder.
Seeing this clearly, he immediately looked away and smiled, "It seems that the empress really can't remember the minister."
Sitting on the soft collapse, Yuan Luo hurriedly gathered her bathrobe.
The opposite person looked at her in time and asked with a smile, "Does the empress need help from ministers?"
Yuan Luo raised her head and finally remembered that this dress was the same as that of Liu Xiuchun, the imperial general, and looked at this person's delicate Yuhua appearance.
"Lian Yanqiu." A name in the original book that was almost bound to the traitorous concubine Yuan Luo came to mind.
"Niangniang still remembers the minister." Lian Yanqiu raised his eyebrows slightly.
Yuan Luo said with a solemn expression: "I didn't call people to enter the palace for bathing. Is even the admiral so rude?"
Lian Yanqiu bowed and bowed in a respectful manner, "Chen Lian Yanqiu, pay homage to the empress." It is not too respectful to say that it is a salute, but it is a gesture that is used to the concubine.
Looking at the person in front of him, Yuan Luo felt a little complicated. In the original book, it was mentioned that the emperor was faint and the traitorous concubine Quan Huan caused trouble to the Chao Gang, and Quan Huan referred to the guy in front of him.
He used to be the confidant of Emperor Xianning. When Emperor Xianning died, he sent a letter to the people of the Han Dang and welcomed Sikonglin into the palace in advance to inherit the throne. He is in charge of Jinlin Division, which is the spy surveillance system of the imperial city. Not only is the power in the palace extremely powerful, but even intervenes in the front.
auzw.com In terms of grade, he is considered his own subordinate, and in terms of power, the two are dependent on each other.
He helped to forge Yuan Luo's own life experience. It is impossible for Yuan Luo to be a noble concubine based on his original background in this distinguished court. Lian Yanqiu forged Yuan Luo’s identity as the orphan of the Yuan family in the previous dynasty, a noble family that disappeared in the long river of history a hundred years ago. .
The person in front of her was beautiful and elegant, making it difficult for her to relate to the sinister and cunning dogleg image in the book. But looking at his ochre red costume, he can climb to this position at the age of thirty or so, even Yanqiu is definitely a capable person.
Before, she asked why there was no trace of Lian Yanqiu. Sixi said he went to the north to inspect military affairs. Because of Gu Liangyong's big defeat, the front line urgently dispatched reinforcements. Originally, I could only return after a year, but I did not expect to return so soon.
"Even the admiral has worked hard. I don't know what is going on at the northern border?"
"Don't worry, Niangniang, the frontline soldiers are loyal and brave, and there will be a victory soon." Lian Yanqiu smiled. "The minister will go to the front hall and wait. Please first clean up and change clothes, and the minister will report it carefully."
After speaking, I went out. Several female officials filed in, serving Yuan Luo and dressed neatly.
Yuan Luo went to the front hall, and Lian Yanqiu really waited there.
Seeing Yuan Luo with her hair loose, even Yanqiu frowned: "How can the mother come out with her wet hair? She is not afraid of catching cold."
"It's not for fear that the admiral will wait long."
"The empress is really a shameless minister." Lian Yanqiu gave a low laugh, took the dry towel from the female officer, walked behind Yuan Luo, and dried her hair.
Yuan Luo was a little embarrassed to be served by him personally, but she couldn't figure out how the two got along for a while, and did not refuse.
Yuan Luo asked a few questions about the border crossing in northern Xinjiang, and even Yanqiu answered them one by one, and confessed the recent affairs. It was nothing more than some officials who had become prosperous gave valuable gifts to show their loyalty, and some disobedient guys reprimanded them. Savage place.
His long black hair was wiped dry, Lian Yanqiu put the towel down and poured Yuan Luo a cup of hot tea.
The two were discussing important government affairs, and Si Xi took the palace staff to retreat early.
Yuan Luo took the tea cup and remembered one more thing. "That Shen Dongliu is still locked up in the Department of Criminal Justice, right?"
Lian Yanqiu nodded: "Don't worry, Niang Niang, the Department of Prudence will deal with it impartially and no hidden danger will be left."
"Let the people go, I have already told the emperor."
Lian Yanqiu frowned: "If the Niang Niang wants to keep this person, it is okay to let the Shen Xing Division report that she can't bear the sentence and die, but she can't stay in the palace. You can choose one of the manors in the inner city. Niang Niang Occasionally to relax."
Yuan Luo:...
What is this guy thinking, thinking that he doesn't want to kill, is he still attached to beautiful boys? It's too much to suggest that you are considerate and considerate.
This dark court!
Yuan Luo sternly said: "If the palace said to let it go, it means to let the person out of the palace directly. The palace doesn't want to see him anymore."
Lian Yanqiu raised his head in surprise, staring at Yuan Luo: "I mean Niangniang."
"It means literally. Even adults are so smart, don't you understand?"
Lian Yanqiu understood and nodded with a smile, "It's the minister who is dull, just follow the instructions of the empress."
After solving Shen Dongliu's trouble, Yuan Luo turned the topic to Donghai King.
The two people are so concentric because they have this enemy on their heads.
"The Niangniang meant that this time the sacrifice, the King of the East China Sea would set up the bureau from the middle." Lian Yanqiu looked solemn.
"I heard that the King of East China Sea had repeatedly summoned several officials of the Ministry of Engineering these days. If it was just for the altar arrangement, it would be too frequent. Therefore, the palace suspected that something on the altar was passive." Yuan Luo tapped sideways. .
Lian Yanqiu showed a deep thought.
Yuan Luo could only give these clues, because the original book did not carefully write how the East Ocean King was laid out. The big deal is to send someone to secretly arrange the entire altar again.
In all fairness, Lian Yanqiu's subordinate is much easier to use than people like Miao Zifang and Lu Bingzhong. There are countless masters in the Jinlin Division who are good at lurking and investigating these matters.
This matter was of great importance, and even Yanqiu did not delay, and soon left to handle it.
Yuan Luo called Si Xi and asked, "Did you always...be together in this palace before? He also served in the palace before taking a bath?"
Sixi hurriedly shook his head and said, "Even adults are busy with daily business affairs. Although they serve the empresses respectfully, they are rarely seen in most of the time, especially in the past year. Every time they come, they have to report official duties."
Yuan Luo breathed a sigh of relief, being stared at with that lingering gaze all day, it was really stressful.