The concubine is extremely cautious

Chapter 132 Xue Jinyan, Assassin and Assassin

New Year's Eve.

The palace was bustling everywhere, except for the cold palace which was still deserted.

Because of the Xue family's relationship, although Xue Jinyan lived in the cold palace, it was a separate courtyard and she did not have to sleep in the same room as other concubines in the cold palace.

The food was fresh and delicious, and there were four palace servants serving.

Except that the place she lives in is a little worse, she is still a superior person.

"Master, something happened this morning..." Zhu Sha reported that Cen Ruoyu had fallen from the building.

Xue Jinyan could only lie on her stomach because of her old injury. She was very shocked when she heard this:

"Who dares to attack Cen Ruoyu?"

She has always regarded Cen Ruoyu as her biggest rival.

In her eyes, if Cen Ruoyu died, it must be because of her calculations.

"Could it be Ning Wanyin?" Xue Jinyan frowned.

Apart from her, who else would be so reckless?

Zhu Sha said, "I don't know about that... But Concubine Shu recovered from her illness tonight, and her son was taken back home."

"Could it be Concubine Shu? She has always been the most obedient dog in the Cen family. It is really surprising that she dared to kill Cen Ruoyu..." Xue Jinyan murmured.

Then, a hint of hatred appeared in her eyes:

"Shu Fei and Ning Wanyin both deserve to die..."

At this moment, a black figure quietly appeared and sneaked into the cold palace.

"Who is it?" Zhu Sha saw a shadow outside the window and shouted.

The next moment, the figure broke in through the window and cut Zhu Sha's throat with a knife.

Xue Jinyan turned pale with fear and shouted, "Help, there's an assassin!"

The two maids in the room tried to stop him in a hurry, but he stabbed them one by one.

The man in black walked towards Xue Jinyan step by step and stabbed her with a knife...

Xue Jinyan rolled hastily, and the blade deflected, only scratching her arm.

At this moment, the eunuch who was sleeping in the next room heard the noise and rushed over, hurriedly blocking Xue Jinyan.

He knows some Kung Fu.

The two sides fought back and forth for more than ten moves.

Both were seriously injured.

The eunuch desperately slashed at the assassin...

The assassin was hit in the abdomen and bleeding profusely. Apparently because he was defeated, he escaped through the window.

"Someone come, someone come quickly, there is an assassin!" Xue Jinyan shouted.

The eunuch had no strength to get up and said, "Master, no matter how loud the commotion here is, no one will come. Go find the gatekeeper and report to Queen Mother Xue. The badge on the black-clothed man's body... I saw it. It's from Linlang Palace!"

There are a bunch of crazy women in the cold palace, many of whom were imprisoned and gone mad during the time of the previous emperor.

There were people singing, dancing, and crying late at night, and there were countless people shouting every day that someone wanted to kill me.

The noise Xue Jinyan made here blended in without attracting any attention.

After saying this, the eunuch was already at the end of his strength. He spat out a mouthful of blood and died.

……

Let’s go back to this morning.

Cen Ruoyu is dead.

Concubine Shu immediately got up from her sickbed and said:

"Pearl, go and fetch the eldest prince. I have recovered from my illness. Please help me dress up. I have to attend the annual banquet tonight."

"Yes."

Concubine Shu looked at the eunuch in charge and ordered:

"Cai Quan, the matter in the cold palace can be done. Remember, let him pretend that he can't win and run away, and make it more realistic."

Cai Quan accepted the order.

Concubine Shu warned again, "Remember, the others must die, but Xue Jinyan can only be lightly scratched."

If an assassin comes, it would be too ridiculous for one of us to survive.

Only a few palace maids died, and she knew that Empress Dowager Xue would not care about the lives of these servants.

"I understand. If Your Majesty had not asked you to spare Xue Jinyan's life, she would have died without a doubt!" Cai Quan said.

Concubine Shu had already ordered people to go to Linlang Palace to arrange this plan.

The purpose is to deal with Ning Wanyin.

It just so happens that Xue Jinyan has been released from the cold palace, so Empress Dowager Xue can finally have some peace and quiet.

This would prevent Empress Dowager Xue from always causing trouble for her in order to save her disappointing niece.

Unexpectedly, the situation changed rapidly later.

Now this plan is even more important.

This will be the most important step for her to join Empress Dowager Xue.

She did not let the assassin directly wear the Lingxue Pavilion badge.

Because this frame-up is too obvious.

Also because she was the pawn left in Lingxue Pavilion and did not know martial arts.

When Empress Dowager Xue tracked down the Linlang Palace, she easily found the "seriously injured" assassin.

It seems that Concubine Zhuang killed Xue Jinyan in order to avenge her...

But once this person checked carefully, he found out that he was assigned to Linlang Palace from the Ministry of Internal Affairs only a few days ago.

Concubine Zhuang is not familiar with him, he is actually Ning Wanyin's man.

The truth is that Ning Wanyin used Concubine Zhuang to get rid of Xue Jinyan.

in this way……

Empress Dowager Xue will hold Ning Wanyin accountable, and the Emperor will also become alienated from her because Ning Wanyin used Concubine Zhuang to take the blame...

Ning Wanyin is doomed to die.

……

Xue Jinyan was panic-stricken, but since all the palace residents were dead, she could only go out and report the news herself.

She also saw that the badge hanging around the assassin's waist was indeed the badge of Linlang Palace.

She was going to tell her aunt about this!

But just as Xue Jinyan got up from the bed, another masked assassin in black appeared.

Without saying a word, the man stabbed Xue Jinyan in the chest.

"You..." A trace of blood flowed from the corner of Xue Jinyan's mouth, she couldn't believe it.

The assassin stirred her body and confirmed that she was completely dead and had no breath.

He checked the four dead palace maids one by one, and found none of them alive.

Then he broke the window and left.

……

New Year's Eve banquet.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, Mrs. Xue from the cold palace... is gone!" the eunuch reported tremblingly.

The whole house was silent.

The face of Empress Dowager Xue on the main seat changed instantly, "What's going on?"

Concubine Shu was also shocked.

For a moment, she thought she had heard it wrong.

"As usual, I went to patrol the cold palace tonight and found... found Xue lying in a pool of blood, and all the palace maids were dead..." The eunuch in charge of the cold palace was also very panicked.

He was specially arranged by Empress Dowager Xue to take care of Xue Jinyan. Tonight, he went to give Xue Jinyan a New Year gift as usual, but he saw five people lying in a pool of blood...

Empress Dowager Xue's face darkened instantly.

Helian Qi ordered, "Send a message to the Criminal Justice Department to investigate immediately."

The eunuch Wu Mi rushed to the cold palace as soon as possible. There was no one alive in the room, and nothing was left to prove the identity of the assassin.

We can only guess based on the traces of fighting between the two sides that the assassin was also injured.

The emperor immediately ordered the entire harem to search for the injured palace maids.

but……

No suspicious persons were found.

……

Lingxue Pavilion.

"Master, the assassin didn't confess anything, but we found a token engraved with the word Ning in his room. I guess he wanted to frame you." Xiao Xiazi reported respectfully.

The eunuch from Linlang Palace who pretended to assassinate was caught by Xiao Xiazi who was lurking nearby as soon as he left the house.

Concubine Shu thought that the cold palace would not attract the attention of outsiders.

But Ning Wanyin is in the cold palace, so she has two hidden chess pieces.

A few days ago, I received a tip:

"A young eunuch quietly came to Xue's residence, but did not go in. He just took a look around and left."

The cold palace is a group of abandoned palaces.

Many deposed concubines lived there.

If someone wants to attack Xue Jinyan, the first thing they need to do is to scout the area.

Otherwise, you would have to search every room in the cold palace.

After receiving this clue, Ning Wanyin immediately made some defensive arrangements.

First, imagine that the enemy wants to harm you, then Xue Jinyan may die or may not.

If Xue Jinyan died, he would pick up the physical evidence used by the other party to frame him.

If Xue Jinyan is not dead, then kill Xue Jinyan, because she must be the witness left by the other party.