The prince's personal bodyguard

Chapter 142: Visiting the Palace Again

The next morning, at dawn, a shocking piece of news swept through the palace like a whirlwind: the Queen Mother suddenly fell seriously ill! This news was like a thunderclap, causing tension and panic inside and outside the palace.

All of a sudden, the imperial doctors rushed to the Queen Mother's palace and gathered together for an emergency consultation. The Queen Mother lay on the bed, her face was haggard, her face was as pale as paper, and her limbs were drooping weakly.

She groaned in pain, saying that she felt unwell all over, but could not describe the specific symptoms. Faced with such a sudden and strange illness, even the highly skilled imperial doctors were helpless and had no way of determining what the symptom was.

Everyone observed that the emperor's attitude towards the empress dowager seemed to always maintain a lukewarm distance. At this moment, the emperor sat there and did not show too much concern, as if everything was expected.

So, everyone couldn't help thinking: Since the emperor doesn't care about this, why should we be so serious about it? After some discussion, they randomly prescribed a few medicines and left in a hurry.

However, this news spread quickly to the posthouse outside the palace as if it had wings...

"The Queen Mother's illness is strange. What do you think about this, Ninth Sister?" After taking a sip of tea, the Third Prince slowly asked the person next to him.

"That's right! Yesterday, the Empress Dowager was still able to exchange glances with the Emperor, and even bicker and joke with the Empress and the Imperial Master. How come she suddenly fell ill today?" Before Bai Xinyin could answer, Zhao Qing at the side couldn't wait to interrupt.

Hearing this, the Third Prince first glanced at Zhao Qing, then turned his gaze to the Ninth Princess, but did not say much, as if he was waiting for Bai Xinyin to express her opinion.

Bai Xinyin thought for a moment and said, "Yes, in my opinion, there must be something strange about this matter. And judging from the conversation between the Imperial Master and the Queen Mother that day, there seems to be something unspeakable. Perhaps the Queen Mother has been caught by the Imperial Master in some way, right?"

"Also, the Queen Mother is still young... so she can't be said to be alone and sleepless." At this point, Bai Xinyin deliberately lowered his voice, blinked at the two of them and smiled, "You two are not outsiders..."

Then, Bai Xinyin told them both everything about his night visit to the palace.

After hearing this, both of them were dumbfounded and speechless for a moment.

"Oh my God! There is such a big melon, Ayin, why didn't you tell me earlier? I have said before that the empress dowager's eyes were full of love when she looked at the emperor. I was wondering why she had such an expression since she was not the emperor's biological mother. Now it seems that there is indeed a problem." After listening to this, Zhao Qing looked very excited with a gossipy look on his face.

However, the third prince listened to the entire conversation in silence.

"In my opinion, the Emperor Wei has always acted quite rationally. If he really had such an illicit love affair with the Queen Mother, it is truly shameful, but I'm afraid there must be another story behind it?" The third prince said slowly.

"What's the inside story? Oh! Could it be that she was poisoned by a love poison or a love flower?" Zhao Qing seemed to have found a clue and shouted excitedly: "This news is too explosive! Could it be that the national teacher noticed this and planned to put the queen mother to death?"

"Wow, wow, wow, did I guess it right!" Zhao Qing widened his eyes, his face full of pride, as if he was showing off his intelligence to everyone.

"That's enough! Shut up!" Bai Xinyin interrupted, unable to bear it any longer. "It's not that easy to poison the emperor. You must have read too many storybooks and are hallucinating, right?"

"Then...what is going on?" Zhao Qing blinked his big eyes as clear as spring water and stared at Bai Xinyin, his eyes full of confusion and curiosity.

Mei Jiu on the side analyzed thoughtfully: "The ancient country of Loulan has always been famous for its mysterious secret arts. Even their queen was able to find a magical mirror from somewhere, so it may not be difficult to control a person's emotions."

Bai Xinyin nodded slightly, expressing her agreement: "That's right. Look at the empress dowager, she was in her prime, but she became a widow at a young age. After the death of the old Emperor Wei, how could she be willing to be so unknown and disappear? There must be some unknown secret hidden here. However, if she suddenly fell ill today, if it was not because of the Imperial Master, then there must be other reasons, it can't be as simple as just being sick."

After saying this, Bai Xinyin lowered her voice slightly and suggested to the others, "How about we go investigate again tonight?"

"Great! Great!" Before others responded, Zhao Qing couldn't wait to clap his hands and cheer, his face full of excitement.

"No... Oh, I mean us." Bai Xinyin stretched out her hand, first pointing at Mei Jiu and Nan Xing, then after seeing the Third Prince's gloomy and unhappy face, she hesitated for a moment, turned her wrist, and turned her finger a little towards the Third Prince.

Seeing this, the Third Prince nodded with satisfaction: "Just now you said that I am not an outsider?"

"How can you do that? Ah Yin, I am your half sister, how can you leave me to go out on your own? We should share happiness and gossip together."

"Half-brother? How can you say it so bluntly? We are from the same place. Can't you express it more tactfully and implicitly? You have to say it so bluntly! Is it glorious?" Bai Xinyin glared at her fiercely, but Zhao Qing seemed not to notice and held Bai Xinyin's hand tightly and refused to let go.

Everyone else, except the Third Prince, tried their best to control themselves from laughing.

"Then I'll go too! After all, you and I are good brothers from different fathers and mothers." Huangfu Yan, who had been silent and had not expressed any opinions, suddenly spoke at this moment.

"Half brothers? Brother Huangfu, Brother Huangfu, can you keep a little dignity for yourself? Or in other words, can you have a little shame? How could I have a group of so-called 'brothers and sisters' like you whose faces are thicker than city walls?" Bai Xinyin said while pretending to pat his chest with his hands. His heartbroken look was really hilarious.

The people around her couldn't hold back their laughter when they saw her funny performance.

Finally, after a joint vote by all the staff, it was decided that Zhao Qing would stay behind to look after the house, and everyone else would set off on time at the second watch.

As the clapper sounds were heard twice in succession, a group of mysterious figures in black night clothes quietly appeared at the entrance of the post station.

Bai Xinyin counted carefully over and over again: "One, two, three, four, five... six, huh? Weird, why are there six people?"

She was secretly wondering in her heart, according to the original plan, there should only be herself, Meijiu, Nanxing, the Third Prince and Huangfu Yan, a total of only five people!

Could it be that Zhao Qing came along as well?

Bai Xinyin stared at the last hunched figure, feeling a little angry, and immediately said, "You don't know any martial arts! You can't even climb over the high wall of the palace! If you go there, not only will you not see the gossip, but you will become gossip in other people's mouths..."

However, at this moment, the man in black walked straight towards Bai Xinyin and hugged her tightly without hesitation.

"You...?" Suddenly, a familiar scent of ambergris wafted over her face, and Bai Xinyin's heart suddenly surged with an indescribable excitement, "Why is it you?"