Chapter Seventy-One: The Small Courtyard in the Palace
Wen Bufan and Qi Qifei exchanged a few more pleasantries. Just as he was about to get up to take his leave, one of the chamberlains walked in and said a few words to Ziffel.
After listening to this, Qi Qifei said to Wen Bufan: "Madame wants to ask His Majesty the King to move to the Langyue Hall to speak, I wonder if His Majesty can go?" ”
Wen Bufan knew that it was very likely that Princess Yurong invited him to go in the name of her mother, so she said: "Then there is Lao Guoshi to lead the way." "The Langyue Hall is where the Great Chief and his wife live on weekdays. The front hall is deliberative, and the apse rests.
The royal palace of the Northern Regions Royal City, the scale of construction is not very large, leaving the front hall and turning a few corridors, you will arrive at the door of the Langyue Palace. Qi Qifei said to Wen Bufan: "Your Majesty, the old man still has things to do, so he won't send His Majesty the King in." ”
"If the national teacher has something to do, go and get busy." Wen Bufan said.
Tsitsifer turned to the chamberlain again and said, "Good life! ”
Wen Bufan followed the interior into the Langyue Palace, and the chamberlain led the way in front, and did not walk towards the main hall, but turned the main hall and walked backwards. Wen Bufan originally thought that after Qi Qifeier left, the chamberlain would take him to Princess Yurong's palace, or Princess Yurong would hide somewhere and suddenly come out. But this chamberlain kept leading Wen Bufan towards the apse.
Wen Bufan thought to himself that it was difficult for Princess Yurong to see her in her mother's bedroom, this was not right.
So Wen Bufan stopped and asked, "May I ask where is this taking me?" ”
The interior man stopped, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please be relieved, it is indeed Madame who invited you to the apse." With that, the interior continued to walk forward.
Wen Bufan followed behind the chamberlain in disbelief and came to the gate of the apse. The chamberlain knocked softly at the door. A crack opened in the door. The chamberlain stepped aside and said, "Your Majesty, please come in." ”
Wen Bufan glanced at the waiter, and although he had some doubts in his heart, he still stepped in.
After Wen Bufan went in, he felt that the light inside was very dim.
"Your side, please." One of the palace maids inside said.
Wen Bufan followed the palace maid around a screen, and the palace maid opened a secret door and walked in. Wen Bufan followed. After entering the secret door, I passed through a cloister. He came to a garden, and then through the garden, and came to a long corridor, and halfway to the corridor, the maid reached out and patted a pillar. A secret door appeared on one side of the corridor.
Wen Bufan followed the palace maid into the secret door and walked not far and entered an inconspicuous courtyard. The maid gave a gentle push on the door, and the door opened. The palace maid saluted and said, "Madame is waiting for you inside." ”
Wen Bufan looked at the palace maid and looked inside, and finally decided to go in and have a look.
Wen Bufan walked into the courtyard, there was no one waiting inside, and the maid waited for Wen Bufan to enter, and then closed the gate.
There was only a small hut in the courtyard, and Wen Bufan felt that there was a strong smell of medicine coming out of the hut.
The door of the hut was ajar, and through the crack in the door, you could see inside, Wen Bufan came to the door and said, "I don't know if the chief's wife is inside!" ”
"Since His Majesty is here, please come in." The voice of the Chieftain's wife came from within.
"Or ask Madame to move and go to the courtyard for a while." Wen Bufan didn't walk in.
The chief's wife didn't reply, but Wen Bufan could vaguely hear the sound of talking inside, could it be that there were other people inside?
After a few moments, the chief's wife appeared at the door, opened it wider, and said, "Your Majesty, please come in and speak." ”
After the door opened, Wen Bufan could clearly see the scene inside, only to see a person lying on the bed inside, although the person's face was haggard, but he could still see that this person was the big chief!
Wen Bufan looked at the chief's wife with an inquiring gaze, and the chief's wife said softly, "Please come in and speak." ”
Wen Bufan walked into the house and came to the window.
The Great Chief opened his eyes weakly and whispered, "His Majesty the King is here." Then he closed his eyes with difficulty.
Wen Bufan looked up at the chief's wife, and after the chief's wife asked Wen Bufan to sit down, she began to tell:
Just when Wen Bufan and Princess Yurong were at the peak of Peacock Mountain, the big chief was attacked. Although all of them have been killed, the Great Chief was seriously injured and had to recuperate here in order not to avoid people's eyes. At first, I thought it was an assassin sent by the Peacock Tribe, but later, I found out that it was very likely that someone from inside the royal city did it. And it involves the children of the Great Chief. The Great Chief has a total of thirteen princes, but only one daughter, Princess Yurong. Six of the thirteen princes have reached adulthood, and over the years, these princes have also been intrigued, all wanting to inherit the great chieftain of the royal city. And this time the big chief was attacked, it is very likely that he was one of the princes, and at this time, the Peacock tribe declared its independence outside, and the descendants of the big chief went to Peacock Peak, if someone took the opportunity to cause trouble, it would be difficult to deal with.
After the Grand Chief's Lady finished speaking, Wen Bufan said: "I see, I don't know why the Chief's Lady invited me to come?" ”
"The Northern Regions Royal City, there has been no rebellion for many years, even if the royal court used troops everywhere before, the war did not burn here, I thought that the days of peace would continue like this, but I didn't think about it, and it actually came to this situation of internal and external troubles today. We have invited His Majesty the King to come so that His Majesty can help us through this difficult time. The Grand Chief's wife said, looking down at the Grand Chief again, the corners of her eyes already a little moist.
Wen Bufan looked at the weak Big Chief, and then at the Big Chief's Wife, it seemed that things might be even worse than the Big Chief's Lady said. So Wen Bufan opened his mouth and asked, "How many people still know about this matter?" ”
"The matter of the assassins in the palace is out of my husband and wife, and no one knows about it. As for the Great Chieftain's serious injuries, no one knows. The Grand Chief's Lady said.
"Then ......" Before Wen Bufan finished speaking, the Grand Chief's wife said, "What does His Majesty mean by those chamberlains?" ”
Wen Bufan nodded.
"They didn't know the Great Chief was here to heal." The Grand Chief's wife said, then looked at Wen Bufan and added, "The guards around the Great Chief were all killed by the assassins that day, and I carried the Great Chief here." ”
Wen Bufan glanced up at the Great Chief Woman, and then quickly moved his gaze away, although he only glanced at it, he could also see that the Great Chief Lady's face was a little pale, and it seemed that she had also been injured.
Wen Bufan took out a bottle of Qi Protection Pill from his arms and said, "These Qi Protection Pills may be of some help." After speaking, he put down the Qi Protection Pill and said, "I will do my best to do this matter!" ”
"So, thank you!"
(End of chapter)