you got on my tail

Purple smoke was lingering in the Ci Ning Palace, the Empress Dowager stood up from the Buddha statue, twirling a string of red sandalwood incense beads in her hand.

She was dressed in plain clothes, well-maintained, her long hair was tied up in a high bun, and she only wore an ebony hairpin. She looked like a noble lady from an ordinary family.

Bai Xuehe looked at the corner of the red wall, and said softly: "Master Xu?"

Xu Lin turned his head and asked with a serious expression, "What orders does Master Bai have?"

Bai Xuehe took a deep breath, and said very slowly: "I, go to the toilet."

Xu Lin frowned, and couldn't say anything, so he waved his hand to signal him to go back quickly.

The empress dowager is not the emperor's biological mother, but the emperor is very filial and treats her very kindly, everyone in the government and the public knows it, but even so, the empress dowager is still cautious and never asks about the affairs of the previous court.

But just asking does not mean that they don't know. Shi'en County has such a big case of selling officials and forging a mine disaster.

The queen mother didn't know Lan Ziqing, so even if she didn't use her brain, she would be the first to blame Bai Xuehe with her toes.

However, Bai Xuehe really wanted to go to the latrine. He wobbled and relieved his hands, then stood on tiptoe, stepped on the empty barrel in the corner and looked out through the transom window. This latrine was designed for palace people, so it was located in a In such a remote corner, Bai Xuehe squinted along the wall and saw a group of guards passing by the corner.

It was one of the twelve guards of the capital. Whether it was going to the paddock or offering sacrifices to heaven, as long as the emperor left the palace, the twelve guards of the capital would definitely follow him closely.

The twelve guards of the capital have not been mobilized yet, how could the Empress Dowager dare to believe that the emperor really came out of the palace, and turned to threaten herself.When he was full of doubts, he turned his head and saw Xu Lin who was pacing by the wall, the apprentice of Wei Lan, the commander of Jin Yiwei.

Bai Xuehe couldn't help but wryly smiled, he didn't know if the emperor was playing tricks on the empress dowager or himself.

He straightened his pants and went out slowly.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager had already walked out of the Buddhist hall. At this time, she had already changed her clothes. She was wearing a dark purple peony robe that was rich and noble, and her hair was in a bun with tassels hanging down, looking menacing.

Bai Xuehe knelt down to salute, and the others retreated, but the Queen Mother didn't ask him to get up.

"Lord Bai." The Queen Mother approached slowly, even a little makeup was no match for the haggard look in her eyes, "I really don't know what kind of grievances the Ai family has with you, so you must put my Xu family to death?"

There were tears in the queen mother's eyes, but she didn't even say a word of greetings to Bai Xuehe's greetings. It could be seen that she was very excited.

"I don't know what the Queen Mother is talking about." Bai Xuehe raised his head, his eyes were innocent and gentle, he really didn't know what happened in the capital.

"My Xu family has always been loyal to the country." The queen mother was so excited that she raised her hand and slapped her face. The armor on her little finger brushed against the white snow crane's neck, leaving a deep bloodstain, "How did you confuse the emperor and make him believe it? Xu Gaohui would be so bold as to change his post to cause a mine disaster? Lord Bai, what virtue can I, the Xu family, do!"

"I didn't find this out, and I was dismissed because of this." Bai Xuehe raised his head, and there were a few marks on his snow-white cheeks. He looked inexplicably amorous, and he tried his best to put on an innocent expression. Then raise your hand again.

"Why does the Queen Mother care about this person?" A heavy male voice came from the screen behind the Queen Mother. Bai Xuehe raised his head, with light in his eyes, waiting for the main protagonist of the play to appear.

General Xu Yan was seriously injured outside the Great Wall, and he has been recovering from illness in the mansion, but now he is alive and well standing in the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

Xu Yan was dressed in casual clothes, with long hair and high bunches without a crown. His complexion was like honey, his aura was astonishing, and there was a very obvious scar on the side of his face. He was completely different from that good-for-nothing Xu Lingxiao. Bai Xuehe couldn't help but move his knees and backed away In two steps, the Empress Dowager took off her armor, and a slap on the face was probably like playing games, but Xu Yan's slap would probably blow her head flying.

"Lord Bai." Xu Yan said in a deep voice, "My Xu family has guarded the border for the emperor for generations, even if General Xun leads the troops at this moment, the soldiers outside the Great Wall will still trust me."

"I'll give you two choices, the first is to change your mouth and investigate thoroughly." Then he lowered his head and reached out to squeeze the bone in Bai Xuehe's Adam's apple, "Otherwise, you can try, the emperor killed you when the emperor was not in the capital, do you think the emperor will embarrass me?" Will?"

Bai Xuehe didn't speak and was speechless, counting to three quietly in his heart, after a while footsteps sounded, and a palace maid hurriedly reported back outside the door: "The emperor is back, he is at the middle door."

Xu Yan raised his head, but couldn't see Xu Lin who was keeping watch outside the door, his heart sank, at this moment Bai Xuehe suddenly raised his head, and said in a very soft voice: "I wonder if the general knows Yu Yan?"

Xu Yan's hand trembled violently. Even when he heard that Fu Jiying was outside the door, his still peaceful eyes were full of disbelief.

……

After a while, Fu Jiying entered the door. He was wearing bright yellow casual clothes embroidered with dark patterns of dragons. Xu Yan took two steps back and stood heavily in front of the queen mother.

Although Xu Yan took a few steps back and knelt down, but his expression was a bit arrogant, Bai Xuehe hurriedly turned around and said, "See Your Majesty."

The queen mother seemed a little nervous, she hurriedly put her hands behind her back, and said with a fake smile: "The emperor is not going to the paddock, why are you back at this time?"

"The weather is damp and cold, and my bowstring has hardened, so I came back early." Fu Jiying looked at the wound on Bai Xuehe's face, silently shielded him behind him, and then pretended to be surprised: "Bai Xuehe is a foreign minister. I don't know why it made the queen angry?"

The queen mother was flustered and speechless. Fu Jiying looked at Xu Yan coldly, and said with no emotion: "I don't know how General Xu's injury is, and why he hastily returned to Beijing to recuperate, but I don't know."

Although Xu Yan is not as obviously presumptuous as Xu Lingxiao, he has always regarded himself as a hero. Facing Fu Jiying's indifferent questioning, he was unmoved. He paused for a moment and said: "I heard that the Queen Mother was unwell in the frontier, so I came here to pay a visit. Your Majesty is a human being. My son, don't you care about the Queen Mother's condition? I didn't want foreign affairs to disturb the Queen Mother, but Mr. Bai came here without authorization and discussed Xu Gao's matter with the Queen Mother. I couldn't bear the Queen Mother's sadness, so I stopped him."

He knew that the emperor cooperated with Xu Lin and deliberately gave him the opportunity to enter the palace, so he put all the blame on Bai Xuehe, and instead stood by his side, wanting to see how Fu Jiying would answer.

Seeing that Fu Jiying didn't speak immediately, Xu Yan continued: "The battle in Saibei is urgent, I need to cultivate a little bit, and I still need to return to Saibei to serve. The emperor should not trust villains."

Xu Yan's meaning was very clear. He was a great general, and he brought out all the soldiers and horses. If Fu Jiying made things difficult for him, then the battle in Saibei would be difficult.

Bai Xuehe suddenly thought that Xun Luo had been suppressed outside the Great Wall for nearly half a year, and felt a little distressed for no reason.

"By the way, I just received the battle report." Fu Jiying said with a smile, "Xun Luo led the troops to capture the city and achieved great victory in Saibei. Thank you General Xu for cultivating talents for me. If General Xu still needs training, I will send someone to clean up the other courtyard. Just ask the general to stay in the capital."

Xu Yan frowned slightly, just now Bai Xuehe thought that Sai Bei was mostly the troops that Xu Yan had been in command of, and Xu Yan might ask them to be passive and idle in order to check and balance with the supporting emperor.

Fortunately, people's hearts are fleshy. The soldiers followed Xun Luo to fight to the death, knowing that he was not a villain fighting for power. Now that they had a chance to fight, how could they allow the foreigners to act recklessly because of Xu Yan's orders.

"Why is General Xu displeased?" Bai Xuehe suddenly raised his head, pretending to realize suddenly: "Could it be that you are injured and trapped by the retreat of Saibei, are you advancing by retreating?"

Fu Jiying's sharp eyes narrowed slightly, as sensitive as him, probably already suspecting Xu Yan's collusion with Turkic aliens, Xu Yan had never thought of this, so he didn't know how to explain it.

Xu Yan glanced at the cowardly Queen Mother behind him, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Gao is also your uncle, what do you plan to do with it?"

"That's right, uncle." Fu Jiying smiled gently, "The coal mine incident has been well-documented, and I'm also very embarrassed, but my uncle and mother don't believe it, so I can continue to investigate and return your innocence."

"There's no need to investigate, Xu Gao is corrupt and perverts the law, he should be punished." Xu Yan spit out these four words calmly.

Fu Jiying smiled: "Then follow what uncle said."

At this moment, the Empress Dowager's face was already pale, and she suddenly fell down on the chair.

The Palace of Compassion and Peace instantly became chaotic. After the imperial physician arrived, Bai Xuehe followed the flow of people and retreated to the door. Fu Jiying exchanged a few words by the bed. Seeing that the Empress Dowager had no intention of waking up, he came out of the room rubbing the faint wrinkles on his forehead. He waved to Bai Xuehe.

Bai Xuehe went out with his hands down, and when he reached the door of the study, Fu Jiying took out a bottle of medicine from his sleeve and handed it over, "I just asked the imperial doctor for it, you can rub it on."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bai Xuehe took the medicine with a very aggrieved tone, "The Emperor wants to act, so he didn't inform his ministers in advance."

"Are you still wronged, kid?" Fu Jiying turned her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and suddenly pulled his shoulder, "Let me see, does it hurt that much?"

Bai Xuehe didn't move anymore, Fu Jiying turned away from his face, stretched out his hand and carefully touched the scar, Bai Xuehe shuddered in pain, and his long eyelashes twitched.

That smooth and flawless snow-white face made Fu Jiying a little startled. He vaguely remembered that Bai Xuehe was beaten when he was a child, and he found a reason to visit him in the Liu Mansion. King Yan just stood in the corner looking at his wound and asked him if it hurt.

Fu Jiying suddenly reached out and pushed him away.

Bai Xuehe staggered half a step after him, his rabbit-like eyes were a little frightened, not knowing what he had done wrong, "Your Majesty...?"

"Xu Gao is just a pawn." Fu Jiying regained consciousness, and handed the snacks on the table to Bai Xuehe, "Xuehe, I want you to find out Xu Yan's crime."

"There is indeed evidence to convict Xu Gao..." Bai Xuehe murmured, "But Xu Yan didn't..."

"Yes." Fu Jiying smiled, "I don't need him to fight anymore, but want him to die."

This reason is self-willed but unshakable, as early as Bai Xuehe expected, he frowned and began to think hard.

The two were quiet for a while, Fu Jiying looked impatiently at Bai Xuehe holding the cake in his hand, and kicked him.

"Is it itchy, and I won't eat anything I reward you. Think of an excuse to embarrass you so much?"

"Your Majesty, I can find out." Bai Xuehe pondered for a long time, then raised his head tentatively, "It's just that the Empress Dowager and King Yu are behind General Xu, and I and Lan Ziqing are not worthy enough to do this."

Fu Jiying asked coldly: "Then who do you think is suitable?"

"There is a person." Bai Xuehe looked down at the ground, and said in a very low voice: "King Yan."

Without saying a word, Fu Jiying kicked him up again.