The silver moon was like a hook, and from time to time, the greetings of the maids could be heard in the courtyard:
"Master Ye~"
"Yeah, go to bed early..."
After putting down the horse, Yejingtang first took a look at the west house. He found that Yunli was so frustrated from losing that she even started asking Niaoniao to help her pick cards. Feeling satisfied, he left and headed for the east house.
Yejingtang was the young master of the Pei family. At his age, he couldn't live in the back residence. He came back very late the previous two days and didn't pay attention to the rules, so he directly slept on Ninger's bed.
But today, since he was resting at home with nothing to do, he obviously couldn't swagger into Sanniang's courtyard to stay. He had to live in the courtyard of the east house according to the rules.
The east house of the Pei family was very large. His adoptive father, Pei Yuanfeng, had lived here since he was a child. Now, only Pei Luo lived there, and when Pei Luo went to school, there was no one there at all.
After Yejingtang entered the capital, Sanniang wanted him to stay in the Pei family. She had tidied up the room two months ago. He had changed his clothes here several times, but he had never stayed overnight.
Yejingtang walked along the covered corridor to the east house. He declined several little maids who secretly came to serve him and came to the outside of his room alone.
The room was opposite to Pei Luo's room and had the same layout. In the middle was the main room, with a study on the east side and a bedroom on the west side. The windows were pitch-black at night, and there was no sound at all.
Yejingtang came under the eaves and pushed the door open. He could see that the main room was neatly arranged. On the arhat couch for receiving guests in the middle, there was also a fresh fruit plate.
Yejingtang untied the saber from his waist, came to the fruit plate, picked up a washed green apple, and turned to the bedroom in the west room. Just as he was about to take a bite of the apple, his steps suddenly stopped.
The bedroom was divided into an inner and an outer room, with a redwood round partition in the middle and bead curtains hanging.
In the outer room, there were round tables, small stools, a lampstand, and other things. In the inner room, there was a canopy bed with light blue curtains.
The room had been cleaned spotlessly by the maids, but the curtains that should have been neatly hung on the curtain hooks were put down, and the situation inside the bed couldn't be seen.
Yejingtang had been a bodyguard escort for many years and had a high level of vigilance. He listened carefully and didn't hear any movement inside the bed. He guessed that the maid had put down the curtains specially to prevent mosquitoes from getting in. So he walked over and used the handle of the saber to lift the curtain.
This move was originally out of professional habit, just casually checking his living place. But as soon as the curtain was lifted, he found that there was actually a woman on the bed!
The woman was very tall. Her jet-black long hair was tied behind her head with a hairband and draped over her back. From her side profile, it could be seen that her chest was very magnificent, while her waist was quite slender. The curves below her waist regained an astonishing tension.
There was no light in the room, and it was not clear to see by the moonlight through the window paper. But it could still be seen that the woman was wearing a bright red dress, so simple that there were no accessories at all. At this moment, she was lying sideways on the bed with her hand supporting her cheek.
Shua——
Although Yejingtang was not the first time to encounter an unknown woman on his bed, he was still caught off guard. He retreated to the side of the bead curtain, holding the saber in his left hand and gripping the handle with his right hand, ready to attack.
The green apple that was originally in his hand also got out of control and fell to the ground.
Just a few inches after it fell, a white jade hand stretched out from the curtain and steadily caught the apple, and then withdrew it.
Kacha~
It sounded like she took a bite slowly and deliberately.
??
Yejingtang instantly entered a combat-ready state. Only his heartbeat could be heard in the silence. But soon he reacted:
"Miss Yuhu?!!"
"Um-hmm~" A somewhat lazy and mature and charming voice of an imperial sister came from behind the curtain: "This little woman came uninvited. I hope Young Master Ye won't mind."
Yejingtang released the handle of the saber and had a strange expression. He didn't mind that Yuhu came uninvited, but a peerless female master whom he had seen the "tiger without fur" yesterday climbed onto his bed in the middle of the night...
If she wasn't here to kill him, then she probably came to sleep with him...
Yejingtang hesitated for a moment, put down the saber, took out a fire fold, and lit the lampstand:
"How could I mind? How is Miss Yuhu's injury?"
The dim yellow light illuminated every corner of the inner room. Through the gaps in the curtain, the waistline of the bright red dress could be seen.
"It's already okay. Sit down. I have something to talk to you about."
Yejingtang felt that Yuhu had ulterior motives. Instead of lifting the curtain and sitting by the bed, he went to the outer room to get a small round stool, placed it by the bedside, and looked at her across the curtain:
"Miss Yuhu, I have a clear conscience about what happened yesterday. If you came to ask me to take responsibility..."
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty was lying sideways on the bed, with a natural and lazy posture, as if she was lying on her own bed and summoning an inner minister:
"Don't think too much. I came here because His Majesty has an important matter to assign to you. I'll leave as soon as I finish speaking."
"What's the matter?"
"Stretch your hand in."
Yejingtang hesitated for a moment, but still bravely lifted the lower part of the curtain and stretched his hand in.
Then something quite heavy and warm was placed in his hand.
Yejingtang was relieved to see that it wasn't something strange. He took his hand out and looked at it. He saw a pure gold plaque lying in his palm. On the back was a relief of a dragon's head, and on the front were the words "As If the Emperor Himself Were Present"..
!
Yejingtang knew the significance of this plaque and felt a bit strange in his heart.
"Eternal Soul of the Swallow" in the left hand, and "As If the Emperor Himself Were Present" in the right hand!
In the future, he could probably swagger through both the underworld and the officialdom. But if he messed up...
Yejingtang glanced at the gold plaque and smiled:
"This plaque is not simple. What does His Majesty want to tell me?"
Kacha~
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty took a bite of the green apple. After chewing slowly, she opened her mouth and said:
"Yesterday, the Prince of Wu's son's misdeeds were exposed. The news must have been sent to Wuzhou overnight. The Prince of Wu doesn't have the strength to rebel, and he won't come to the capital to be executed. After receiving the news, he will surely flee."
"Does His Majesty want me to capture the Prince of Wu?"
"His Majesty just wants to take back the fiefdom justifiably. The Prince of Wu himself is not important. However, the Prince of Wu has been planning for a long time and has made many preparations under his command. He should move into the dark and continue to plot. The court will deal with and clean up these matters. The other thing you need to do is something else."
Yejingtang asked: "What is it?"
"There is a retainer named Zhang Jinglin under the Prince of Wu. It is suspected that he has developed a substitute for the Snow Lake Flower. This thing is very important. You have to find a way to find this person and figure out this matter. If it's true, you must bring the person back alive."
Yejingtang nodded slightly: "Is that all?"
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty felt that Yejingtang didn't understand the seriousness of the matter, so she continued:
"I practiced evil martial arts, which caused some damage to my qi meridians. Only the Snow Lake Flower can save my life at a critical moment, but there aren't so many Snow Lake Flowers in the world. So His Majesty has to ask you to handle this matter. You can't be the least bit slack. With this plaque, you can call on any force of the court at any time."
Yejingtang understood the meaning this time. Yuhu urgently needed this kind of medicine to treat her injury, but she couldn't let outsiders know that she needed it urgently. So she had to ask him, the person in the know, to do this errand.
"I understand. If the news is true, I will definitely try my best to bring the person or the prescription back."
"Stretch your hand in again."
Yejingtang was a bit puzzled. He thought that Miss Yuhu was going to give him something like a imperial sword. As a result, when he stretched his hand in and took it out, he saw a green apple that had been bitten twice lying in his hand, with a red lip print on it...
Yejingtang was speechless for a moment and asked:
"Isn't it delicious?"
"It's quite good, but I don't have much of an appetite."
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty supported her side face with her hand and continued:
"A few days later, the Prince of Jing will serve as an imperial inspector and lead the important ministers of the six ministries to Jianyang in Wuzhou to deal with the descendants of the royal family of the Prince of Wu's line and the fiefdom's properties.
"The matter of Zhang Jinglin is known only to you and is of the utmost importance. If you have a disagreement with the Prince of Jing, you can use the plaque to make the Prince of Jing obey and give priority to this matter. But don't reveal the truth. Just focus on bringing the person back."
Yejingtang felt that Yuhu's need for the Snow Lake Flower seemed to be extremely urgent, and he asked:
"Is your injury very urgent?"
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty considered for a moment: "It's not particularly serious, but it can't be cured in a short time, and I'm really quite anxious."
Yejingtang knew that if something happened to Yuhu, it wouldn't be as simple as a few people dying. So he asked:
"Can I take a look at your injury?"
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty said: "You're not a doctor. You can't tell my hidden injury."
"I recently learned the Wind Listening Palm and can figure out the flow of the internal qi. Let me try."
Yejingtang lifted the curtain and sat by the bedside.
Seeing this scene, the Empress didn't say anything. She turned over and lay on the bed, raising her fair wrist.
Yejingtang sat sideways by the bedside. Like an old Chinese doctor, he placed Yuhu's hand on his leg as a pillow, felt her pulse with his fingers, and closed his eyes to feel carefully - the pulse was very stable...
"I don't feel that there's a problem..."
The Empress's hidden injury was caused by secretly practicing the Minglong Diagram, which damaged the original structure of her body and caused extremely subtle flaws. The two white hairs were the external changes brought about by the internal error. When there was nothing wrong usually, the pulse couldn't reveal the problem.
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty raised her finger and pointed to her right shoulder:
"My shoulder occasionally has a faint pain, but the bones, skin, and flesh are all normal. I can't figure out where the problem is exactly."
Seeing this, Yejingtang put his hand under her right shoulder and felt carefully:
"Does it hurt now?"
"It hurts for a few hours during the day. It's not severe, just noticeable. It doesn't hurt now."
Yejingtang nodded slightly and closed his eyes to carefully sense the flow of the internal qi.
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty leaned against the pillow. For some reason, she felt the warmth of Yejingtang again, which made her very comfortable.
She said it was a sense of security, but she didn't seem to lack a sense of security now...
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty stared intently at the stunningly beautiful man who was so close, and she couldn't quite figure out where the problem was.
Yejingtang carefully studied it as a doctor. As a result, after feeling for a long time, he didn't find any hidden injury on Yuhu's body. Instead, he found that the flow of qi and blood in Yuhu's body was not right.
To describe it specifically, it was similar to when he touched Miss Luo in the afternoon, but Yuhu's internal reaction was more intense. Through the thin fabric, he could feel the... erotic aura flowing in Yuhu's body?
Yejingtang opened his eyes and looked at Yuhu, who was as calm as an old monk in meditation. He thought Yuhu was normal.
But the body's reaction shouldn't be lying. It was obviously slightly hot...
In order to verify, Yejingtang gently kneaded her shoulder and found that Yuhu was happy in her heart, and the flow of qi and blood accelerated. So he followed the flow; when she became indifferent, he adjusted the strength and position...
"Huff..."
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty lay on the pillow, her eyelashes fluttering. She felt extremely comfortable in her body.
But her reason still made her not forget that the man who was teasing her lust in front of her was her brother-in-law!
Therefore, the Empress forcefully suppressed the throbbing in her heart and said:
"Yejingtang, do you want to enter the palace and serve His Majesty together with me?"
"..."
Yejingtang's hand movement paused slightly, and then he withdrew his hand:
"I didn't sense any hidden injury. I suspect that if there is something strange, it may be an endocrine... um... abnormal regulation inside the body. I think if you go to see Madam Wang, she can find out more problems than I can."
The Empress squinted her eyes slightly: "You mean you touched me for a long time and didn't find anything?"
Yejingtang originally wanted to explain, but in the end, he was honest:
"That's right. But I was just massaging your shoulder. My original intention was to solve your hidden injury."
The Empress didn't argue further and waved her hand: "My injury is difficult to cure. First, bring Zhang Jinglin back."
Yejingtang stood up, picked up the gold plaque of "As If the Emperor Himself Were Present" and looked at it:
"Shall I set off together with the Prince of Jing or?"
"The Prince of Jing has to take the official boat with the important ministers of the six ministries, and it will be slow. The Prince of Wu may have already received the news by now. When you arrive in Wuzhou, he will surely have fled from Jianyang City. The earlier you go, the greater the possibility of accomplishing this matter."
Yejingtang put away the plaque and turned around: "I understand. I'll pack my things and set off as soon as I get back."
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty raised her hand slightly:
"Go ahead."
Yejingtang was about to walk out of the bead curtain. But seeing the furnishings in the room, he felt something was wrong and turned back:
"Miss Yuhu, this is my bed."
"..."
The Empress blinked her charming eyes. She originally wanted to say "All under the heaven is the Emperor's land", but this sentence was a bit too domineering. So she gracefully got up, stood in front of Yejingtang, and admonished:
"Even if you can mobilize the official forces, this matter is still dangerous. You should still prioritize your own safety and be extremely careful."
"I know what to do."
"If you succeed in this matter, what reward do you want?"
Yejingtang originally wanted to say that he didn't seek fame or fortune, but this was obviously impossible. After thinking for a while, he tentatively asked:
"I have two confidantes who also want to learn the Jade Bone Diagram. Miss Yuhu, do you think it's possible?"
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty saw that Yejingtang was still thinking about his wives at this time. She couldn't help but secretly sigh in her heart: My judgment of people is really sharp. Among power, money, fame, and beauty, this kid really only has a weakness for "beauty".
The Empress of the Great Wei Dynasty thought for a while, moved closer face to face, leaned close to Yejingtang's ear, and said meaningfully:
"I can give you whatever you want."
The fragrant wind like orchid blew against his earlobe. Yejingtang stood up a bit straighter. He felt that Miss Yuhu was flirting with him and quickly took half a step back. He was just about to say, "Miss, please respect yourself!".
As a result, before he could open his mouth, he found that the peerless beauty in a red dress lifted the bead curtain and walked out the door, leaving only a faint fragrance lingering in the room...