Chapter 14 — From Kissing Before the Big Wedding

I gently stroked the mirror box that my mother used to use, a hundred emotions mixed in my heart. Thanh Truc had replaced the new blanket and cushion, and said in a low voice: "Miss, in this palace... I'm afraid there are many eyes and ears." "It's okay." I walked to the window, looking towards the palace wall engulfed in darkness. "What should come, sooner or later will come."...At Ty's hour, a dark shadow quietly entered the small flower garden behind Truong Lac palace. Tieu Da Han is indeed waiting behind the fake mountain. Tonight he wasn't in a wheelchair, he was wearing night clothes, his body was as straight as a pine tree. "You're here." He turned around, his mask shining coldly under the moonlight. "What do you think today?" "The assassin is a martyr, but not a professional assassin." I analyzed: "The tactics are cruel but not sophisticated enough, like they come from the military." "Furthermore... their initial target was indeed me, but after failing, they turned to attack your majesty." Tieu Da Han nodded: "In line with my assessment." "I checked the two still alive, although they bitten to death without revealing it, one of them had a long-standing callus on the tiger's mouth (the space between the thumb and index finger) from pulling the bow - that's a sign. Characteristic marks of the Northern landscape cavalry.”Northern landscape. It's the Northern Realm again. "Is the Crown Prince colluding with the Northern Realm?" I asked. “Not just the Crown Prince.” Tieu Da Han lowered his voice: "My people found out that in recent years, military provisions provided by the Ministry of Military Affairs to the North, three-tenths of them were left without wings. "But Vuong Sung holds three trade routes of the North." "Smuggling military supplies, colluding with the enemy country?" My eyes turned cold. “It could be worse.” Tieu Da Han looked at me, "In your mother's posthumous remains, did you ever mention a type of poison called Tu La Tan?" My heart was shocked. The last page of the Hundred Herbs Book of Secrets indeed contains a forbidden medicine called Sura Tan. This type of poison can make people lose their reason, not fear death, and the power is extremely great. But the refining method is extremely cruel, requiring the use of living people to test the poison, and has long been lost. "You doubt..." Tieu Da Han's voice was low: "In recent years, the Northern enemy country has appeared many times 'crazed soldiers', when charging, not afraid of swords and swords, in a state like a maniac. land. “So, this is a very large net.” I said softly. "From the harem to the pre-dynasty, from the capital to the North, poison, food, smuggling, assassination... all are interconnected." "And the center of this network, most likely is..." Tieu Da Han looked towards the East Palace. But the Crown Prince had been deposed. "Not necessarily the Crown Prince." I shook my head, “He's more like a chess piece being pushed forward. The real person holding the flag is still in the dark. "Speaking of this, I suddenly understand the emperor's intentions, everything is just a chessboard in the emperor's hand, it is up to him to raise and lower it. Tieu Da Han was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Tomorrow the third company's jury will be held, I will report the matter of the Black Dragon jade pendant to His Majesty. But about the treasure…” “I will say I don't know.” I continued. "Mother only left behind a gold exemption card and a few posthumous books. The other things were not mentioned at all." This is the understanding that the two of them agreed upon in advance - the matter of treasure, absolutely cannot be revealed. "Okay." Tieu Da Han took out a small porcelain bottle from his chest. "This is the last supplement of the antidote, just mixed enough today. You drink it, and the remaining poison in your body can be eliminated." I took it, the porcelain bottle was still warm, clearly he always kept it with him. "Thank you." I said softly. I also took out a small porcelain bottle from my sleeve and gave it to him. It contained the medicine I had prepared the night before to really control the poison in my body.

him. Tieu Da Han received it... just silently looked at me, then suddenly reached out and gently brushed a fallen leaf from my hair. The movements were as natural as if they had been done a hundred thousand times. Both of them were a bit stunned. “I should go.” Tieu Da Han retracted his hand. "Even though Truong Lac palace is safe, you still have to be careful. Especially... food and drinks." I nodded: "I understand." The black shadow quickly disappeared into the night. I tightened my grip on the porcelain vase and returned to soaking in the electricity. I didn't immediately take the medicine, but first took out the silver needle to test the poison - sure enough, on the teapot on the table, the tip of the needle had turned black. Some people couldn't wait any longer. I poured the poisonous tea into the flower pot and replaced it with the medicinal tea I brought. Then take the antidote and sit cross-legged. The medicinal power melted away, a warm stream of o't/ca'y flowed through the limbs of the hundred veins. The feeling of stagnation finally disappears, I can feel that this body finally completely belongs to me. At the fifth watch, I suddenly opened my eyes. The Dragon Phoenix jade block in his chest was slightly heating up. I took out the jade pendant, only to see that the small words in the center of the jade pendant had changed: "The bow changes, leave quickly, someone outside the city will respond."The bow changes? My heart suddenly tightened. I quickly packed up the necessary things — Sutra Hong sword, silver needles, medicinal capsules, gold tablets, along with my mother's posthumous remains. Just as I finished tidying up, there was suddenly a very soft knocking sound outside the window. Three long and two short. It is a signal from the Red Guard. I pushed the window open, Ty Da knelt outside the door in a black shirt: "Little master, there are changes in the palace." "The deputy commander of the Ngu Lam Army has changed positions, the rest of the Eastern Palace has shown signs of mobilization. Please immediately follow the old slave and leave the palace!" "Now?" "Now!" Ty Da's expression was solemn. "The emperor summoned War King, Elder Lam and others into the palace at night. I'm afraid we discovered something." "But the other side acted faster - the palace gate was closed, we can only go to the secret passage." I didn't hesitate anymore, turned around and jumped out the window. The two of them walked quickly through the darkness, choosing secluded paths. Truong Lac palace indeed had eyes and ears, but they were all easily handled by Ty Da.