The front of the imperial palace was surrounded by the forbidden army, but the back was very quiet.
Even the palace servants who were originally serving here have disappeared. I don't know if they are afraid that people will be confused and difficult to manage, so they are all locked up, or for some other reason... I really didn't meet anyone.
She was naughty when she was young, always liked to play around with Changping, and because she was favored by her uncle and aunt, this imperial palace... also often used as a place for them to hide and seek.
She knows that there are many kinds of pear trees in the imperial palace, and there is a small hole under the courtyard wall closest to the pear tree. This small hole has a unique shape, and because there are often palace people here on weekdays, there is no need to worry about someone coming in. Later Emperor Riqing Xidi passed by and felt that this hole was quite ingenious, so he left it as it was, and no one filled it.
Now it is more convenient for her.
Gu Wuyou held his breath and carefully passed through this small hole. After all, he had grown up and could pass easily in the past, but now he has to shrink his hands and feet to pass through.
For fear of someone inside, she didn't dare to enter rashly.
After observing for a while, she made sure that no one was patrolling the yard, and she quickly stood up through the small hole.
The moment she got up, she felt dizzy again. She didn't know whether she didn't rest well recently, or she didn't eat enough. She has always had this problem and didn't dare to delay at this time. She gritted her teeth and shook her head again. , and ran into it when he was clear-headed.
…
And at this time in the bedroom.
Queen Wang was with Changping and De'an, and Emperor Qingxi was still lying on the dragon bed before he woke up.
There were cigarettes in the Boshan furnace, Dean came from outside with a bowl of soup in his hand, his eyes were reddish, I don't know if he was angry or something, and he was still scolding: "These bastards! They, how dare they How dare you do such a thing?!"
Changping was still young, and now he was under house arrest here, his face was pale, and when he heard Dean's words, his face became even more panicked. A pair of small hands tightly grasped Empress Wang's sleeves and refused to let go. open.
Empress Wang's expression has always been calm, neither panicking like Changping nor angry like De'an, she raised her gentle hand and patted the back of Changping's hand lightly, then extended her hand with De'an and said lightly. :"give it to me."
"… Yes."
De'an respectfully offered the decoction.
Seeing that Queen Wang's spine is upright, arrogant and unyielding, her eyes are lowered to feed Qingxi Emperor with medicine, and her eyes are red for some reason.
The Empress in his memory seemed to have always been like this. She was naturally arrogant and would rather not bend. At the beginning, because of Concubine Chen, she even broke away from His Majesty. After so many years... No matter what Your Majesty, the Empress had never come to see her.
Let the old and the new share the favor.
But at such a time, only the Empress stayed here alone, taking care of Her Majesty. Those concubines and masters begged King Jin for a turn around when the incident happened, and they stayed away one by one, for fear of hurting themselves.
Think of this.
Dean felt resentment again.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty treats King Jin so well, even..." Seemingly feeling that this was inappropriate, he paused, then said, "How could he do such a jerk?!"
Changping thought that the gentle second brother in the past had turned into that Shura now. Not only did he trap them here regardless of friendship, but he also called the Imperial Army to guard outside... They are still like this, and I don't know what happened to the prince's brother. She The eyes were slightly red, and the little hand held the Queen Wang's arm tightly, and choked: "Mother, I'm afraid."
"Don't be afraid."
Queen Wang said in a warm voice, then continued to feed her medicine with her eyes lowered, and said lightly, "He won't deal with us so quickly."
De'an wondered, "What is he waiting for?"
"Naturally, I'm waiting for an opportunity for him to live forever in history and take up the position of justice..." Queen Wang's voice was very low, but her eyes were a little dark, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to great lengths to invite all the female relatives into the palace."
"Girls..."
De'an was startled: "Isn't he trying to threaten the ministers outside?"
Without waiting for anyone to answer, he reacted first, yes, after spending so much effort, the King of Jin was naturally unwilling to bear the infamy of killing his father and killing his brother, "But now the imperial guards in the palace are under his orders, Wei Guogong and Li General and they all went to meet Bei Di again, he…”
The sound stopped suddenly.
Changping noticed the suddenly condensed atmosphere in the hall, and raised his ignorant face, "What's wrong?"
De'an looked at Queen Wang's figure and murmured, "Could it be that the Beidi incident was also caused by King Jin?"
"do not know."
Queen Wang's voice was very light and calm, "Bengong just thinks it's strange, Bei Di has never violated the border for so many years, but now he has made up this reason for us to send troops... And just after Wei Guogong and General Li Xiao left, the capital came out. thing."
"Previously, the ministers knelt down and asked His Majesty to let him let go of the crown prince, and this palace felt strange."
"This was originally just a quarrel between father and son because of political opinions, but someone just wanted to make His Majesty and the Crown Prince be separated."
Pity.
Although she was suspicious, she was a step too late.
otherwise…
She looked at the man lying on the bed, her eyes darkened a little bit, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen into this kind of field.
"This… "
De'an was a little panicked, his face turned pale, and he muttered, "What exactly does His Royal Highness King Jin want to do!"
He vaguely guessed in his heart.
General Li Xiao befriended the Crown Prince because of the Lord of Leping County. Now that His Majesty has not woken up due to poisoning, there are people talking about that the Crown Prince was dissatisfied with His Majesty's actions and used a poisonous scheme.
Now the King of Jin keeps all the female relatives of the court in the palace.
If General Li Xiaojun came back at this time and happened to be accused of collaborating with the prince inside and out, then King Jin could naturally take advantage of this superior position!
by that time…
These people who knew the truth were all dead, and to outsiders, King Jin was a great hero who eliminated traitors and protected his female relatives. Those courtiers outside would naturally support King Jin as the top!
Thinking of this, De'an's whole body became trembling.
After feeding the decoction in her hand, Queen Wang held a handkerchief to wipe away the decoction from the corners of Emperor Qingxi's mouth. When she turned her head to the side, she saw De'an's appearance, her expression did not change, but her words sank, "It must be this time. , someone has already sent a letter to General Li Xiao."
"What, what about this?"
De'an panicked: "If General Li really came back, wouldn't it, wouldn't it..." Before he could finish his words, he heard a sound from inside.
When the three people in the hall heard the sound, their expressions changed.
Changping's face turned pale, and the hand holding Queen Wang's arm used some force, and De'an's face sank even more. He took out a blade from his sleeve and slowly approached there.
But after the sound, there was no sound.
Just as they were afraid, Gu Wuyou did not dare to relax, for fear that there were other people in the hall, not only could not save the uncle and them, but her own life was in danger, so she held her breath and walked out a little bit, just revealed a Shadow, a knife stabbed at her.
Fortunately, Gu Wuyou kept mentioning God, and hurried to the side to hide.
Without waiting for a second stab, she caught a glimpse of the person from the corner of her eye, and hurriedly shouted in a low voice, "Eunuch De'an, it's me!"
The fierce wind stopped above his head, followed by Dean's voice in disbelief, "Leping County Master?"
"it's me."
Gu Wuyou breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to ask, he saw Empress Wang and Changping appearing behind De'an. When she saw the two, her eyes immediately turned red. Before she could speak, Changping He ran over, hugged her tightly, and cried, "Cousin."
Sensing that Changping's whole body was shaking, and knowing that she must be frightened, Gu Wuyou patted her back and said softly, "Be good, don't be afraid."
Queen Wang's expression finally changed when she saw Gu Wuyou, she glanced behind her and saw that the door was closed, she hurriedly took Gu Wuyou's hand and walked aside, pressing her voice and asked, "What are you doing? Will you be here? Aren't you supposed to be with those women?"
Changping also knew if this was the time to cry, so he wiped his tears and stood aside, and looked at Gu Wuyou with teary eyes, "Yes, cousin, there are so many people outside, how did you get here?"
"I noticed something was wrong and ran over secretly."
Gu Wuyou thought of the banned troops outside, and her heart beat a little faster, "Auntie, what's wrong? How could my uncle be poisoned? Why are you all under house arrest? Also, what about the banned troops?"
"These things will be discussed later." Queen Wang frowned, held her hand, and whispered: "You shouldn't be here, go back, go to Cheng'an Hall, and be with those life women, you will have a chance to survive. ."
"aunt!"
Gu Wuyou's eyes reddened anxiously, "It's already at this time, where can I go back?? The palace servant must have talked to someone just now, it's useless for me to go back!"
Queen Wang also knew that it would be unsafe to let her go back now, but it would be even more unsafe to let her stay here.
Hearing the sound from outside, her expression changed, and she quickly pushed Gu Wuyou inside, took out something from a hidden compartment inside and handed it to her, suppressing her voice, and said solemnly: "Take This thing, immediately go out of the palace to find Li Qinyuan, and tell him that King Jin has rebelled."
"what?"
As if struck by lightning, Gu Wuyou's face turned pale and froze in place.
King Jin rebelled, this...
how can that be? !
The sound from outside was getting closer and closer. Empress Wang didn't care about asking her any more, she pushed her again, then dropped the curtain and led Changping and others out.
When King Xiao Ke of Jin came in.
The hall returned to its previous state, De'an was at the side, Empress Wang sat on the dragon bed, and Changping still held Empress Wang's arm, burying most of her body in her arms, listening more and more. She seemed to be afraid of the approaching footsteps, and even her body shook slightly.
"Is Father still awake?"
Xiao Ke looked at the man on the eye dragon bed, and probably felt that the man had been asleep for a long time. He frowned and asked Zhao Chengyou, who was behind him, "Didn't you say there is nothing wrong with this medicine?"
Zhao Chengyou said warmly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this medicine has been tried by someone before, and it's no problem. The toxins in Your Majesty's body have been cleared, and it won't take long before you wake up."
Hearing this, Xiao Ke finally felt relieved. He hated his father, but in the same way, the father-son friendship for more than 20 years was not fake. He just wanted this position, as long as the emperor did not stop him and let him If he solves people who shouldn't exist, he will naturally regard him as the supreme emperor, and serve the elders with respect and filial piety.
"Eunuch De'an."
Xiao Ke's eyes swept across Queen Wang and Changping, and then looked at De'an, "The person who knows the current affairs is Junjie. You are not mean to this king. As long as you hand over the jade seal to this king, this king will naturally treat you well."
When Dean heard this, he trembled with anger.
He was not afraid of offending Xiao Ke, so he said sternly: "My lord, what is wrong with your majesty?! You actually colluded with foreign ministers to treat your majesty like this!"
Xiao Ke's expression changed slightly, and when he spoke again, he was no longer as gentle as before, and said coldly, "What's wrong with this king?!"
"Don't you know how my mother-in-law died?!" When he spoke, he turned his attention to Queen Wang, as if he was going to devour her alive, clenching his hands into fists, his whole body was furious The appearance of her, gritted her teeth and said, "If it wasn't for this woman, if it weren't for the Wang family behind her, how could that old goddess send someone to kill my mother-in-law!"
"My father's favorite is my mother-in-law. If it weren't for this woman, I should be the prince, the next emperor of Zhou!"
When Queen Wang heard this, she frowned.
She didn't mean to say more, just patted Changping's back lightly to relieve her fear.
On the other hand, Dean, after being stunned for a moment, said in a trembling voice: "You, how do you know this? Who told you?" It was the Empress Dowager herself, when the incident happened, both Her Majesty and the Empress were not in the palace, they didn't know about it at all, if they did, they would definitely not let such a thing happen!"
"You think about the love your Majesty has shown you for so many years, how can you bear it?"
"Even the Empress, I have never felt sorry for you for so many years!"
Seeing Xiao Ke's expression changing slightly, De'an took a few steps forward, knelt in front of him, clutched his sleeves and cried, "Your Majesty, while there is still room for recovery, please stop, Your Majesty will take care of you, as long as If you are willing to turn back, he will definitely not blame you!"
Xiao Ke looked at De'an, and then looked over at the man on the dragon bed. He seemed to be thinking about the past, and his face showed some struggling expression.
But as soon as his mind got up, Zhao Chengyou's plain and warm tone came from behind him, "Your Highness, there is no turning back when you open the bow, and Your Majesty's body... Don't you know the best?"
yes…
Open the bow without turning back the arrow!
And although he saved his father's life, he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, and allowed Zhao Chengyou to do such things... He gritted his teeth, and regardless of how Dean cried, he still said coldly, "I don't want to be held down. "
"For so many years, I have experienced enough of what it feels like to live under people!"
"As long as there is no Xiao Jingxing, I will be the Crown Prince of Da Zhou, the emperor of Da Zhou, and the emperor will always forgive me."
De'an didn't expect Xiao Ke to be so mad, and he wanted to say more, but the man was the first to speak, "Even without the jade seal, this king can still ascend the throne!" , follow the footsteps of people and go out.
Just as he was about to step over the threshold, he suddenly stopped and glanced behind him.
In the dark blue curtain...
It was as if something was guiding him.
His eyes were slightly deep, and his steps stopped just like that. Just as he was about to go there, he heard Xiao Ke say, "Chengyou, what's the matter?"
"fine."
Zhao Chengyou took back his steps and followed Xiao Ke out.
On the way out, Xiao Ke frowned and asked him, "Are you sure that Li Qinyuan will come back? He is not a fool, but we will know what our plan is after checking."
He was quite worried in his heart, if Li Qinyuan didn't come back, then Xiao Jingxing's crime of treason would not be so decent.
But Zhao Chengyou was very sure, "He will come."
Xiao Ke stopped and turned to look at him, "Why are you so sure?"
Zhao Chengyou smiled and stopped as well. He stood beside Xiao Ke with his hands behind him, but his eyes were looking at the blue sky above his head... Because that person was General Li who served the country and the people.
Thinking of the evaluation of him by others in the previous life, Zhao Chengyou's mouth raised a sneer again.
Xiao Ke didn't wait for his answer and wanted to ask, but a soldier came to report in a hurry, "Your Highness, Lord Zhao, the Princess Leping is gone!"
When Zhao Chengyou heard this, his face changed slightly.
Thinking of the blue curtain just now, regardless of Xiao Ke's reaction, he turned around and walked towards the imperial palace, and De'an and the others were startled when they saw him coming back, "You, what do you want to do?"
De An was frightened in his heart, but still insisted on his face, and reprimanded: "You are just a lackey by King Jin's side. Now the prince has not spoken yet, you..."
Zhao Chengyou didn't even look at him, waved away De'an's obstruction, walked forward quickly, and held his breath to lift the blue curtain.
But there is only a half-open Xuan window left, where are there people
Only a trembling bead flower fell on the ground, like a poor little one left by the master.
on the official road.
The army was still moving in the direction of Bei Di.
They had been walking on the road for a few days, and the day-long trek made everyone's faces look bad. I feared that everyone would fall down before they got there. Li Qinyuan asked everyone to rest for a while, and took water and dry food by himself. To visit Li Censhen.
Seeing his ugly face, he said solemnly: "I won't let you come, you have to come."
Li Censhen took the things and smiled, "I'm not going to the battlefield, it's not a big problem."
He knew that he was not in good health now, and he didn't force it, so he helped with the plan from behind. Naturally, there was also some concern and distress for Li Qinyuan. He was afraid that he would have an accident on the battlefield alone, so he always wanted to take advantage of his own life. Help a bunch.
Li Qinyuan knew that he was stubborn, and didn't bother to talk about it. He just wanted to discuss the battle situation sent from the north.
Fu Xian came in with a sullen face. He has now become Li Qinyuan's lieutenant. He will ask Li Censan for a while, and then he and Li Qinyuan say in a deep voice, "Qilang, something happened to the capital."
Li Qinyuan saw the expression on his face, and his heart sank.
He didn't speak, but took the note from Fu Xian's hand, and saw the line "King Jin rebelled, hurry back".
Seeing the expressions of the two juniors, Li Cen asked, "What happened?"
Li Qinyuan did not answer immediately, but looked at the note in his hand for a while, and then took the wine bag and poured it directly on the paper. Soon, the blank back of the note showed a dense line of words, and the three saw what was written on it. The content and appearance have changed.
Fu Xian said in a trembling voice: "King Jin, this is to force Qilang to go back and kill Qilang and the prince in the name of treason!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Qinyuan with an ugly face and said solemnly: "Qilang, you can't go back! Since King Jin and Zhao Chengyou have set up this game, it can be seen that the capital is already in their pockets. If you go back now, you will die. undoubtedly!"
How could Li Qinyuan not know
He is holding the note, and now there are only two ways, one, according to the original plan, to pacify the Beidi war, many affairs in the capital have nothing to do with him, he can still be his general... and the other is to immediately return to the capital .
"Shiro!"
Fu Xian grew up with him since he was a child, how could he not know his temperament? Seeing him pondering over his eyebrows, he knew that he had a plan in his mind, "Do you know what the crime of treason is?! If you go back now, you..."
"I have to go back." Li Qinyuan lifted his eyes and looked at him, pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "You also said that the capital has become the possession of King Jin and Zhao Chengyou, which means that those people in the capital are now in a very difficult situation. Danger."
His family, his friends.
especially…
He is savage.
Thinking of Gu Wuyou, Li Qinyuan tightened his hand holding the note. They are all staying in the capital, and now their life and death are uncertain. If he doesn't go, what will they do
Looking at Li Censhen, before he could open his mouth, his father looked at him and said, "Now you are the coach, and I respect all your choices."
Hearing this, Li Qinyuan took a deep breath, "Continue to lead your troops to Beidi, and I will bring them back to the capital."
Fu Xian wanted to open his mouth, but Li Censhen stopped him, looked at Li Qinyuan and said, "Go, Beidi has us, you don't have to worry, you..." He paused, and his voice suddenly became a little hoarse, "Safe journey."
Li Qinyuan nodded heavily.
When something like this happened in the capital, he didn't dare to delay and waste time. After going out, he found his cronies, talked about the matter, followed their advice, whether to leave or stay, and finally selected 3,000 people.
When he was about to leave, he turned his head and took a deep look at his father.
Looking at the man standing under the tree and looking at him, in the end he didn't say a word, just raised his long whip and hurried towards the capital.
…
Gu Wuyou has been running on the road for a few days without knowing it.
It was dark and bright, bright and dark, and she did not dare to stop, not only for fear that she would not be able to get up again once she rested, but also for fear that there would be chasing soldiers behind her. Since she left the imperial city from the small hole in the palace that day, she did not dare to go home, she dressed up, bought a horse, and rushed out of the city with the jade seal.
She didn't even dare to pick official roads, she could only pick remote paths.
When she is hungry, she picks some fruit to eat, and when she is thirsty, she drinks some dewy river water. The string in her mind has been taut, and she knows that her mental state is very poor.
But she still gritted her teeth and rushed north.
The vision in front of her became more and more blurred, Gu Wuyou gritted her teeth and shook her head, but her condition was so bad that she was afraid of falling down at this time, she gritted her teeth and pulled out the hairpin on her bun, and stabbed her arm go.
Blood poured out immediately.
She cried out in pain, but the blurred vision was finally clear.
She was like this, holding the rein in one hand and the hairpin in the other, and whenever she couldn't hold on, she stabbed her arm with the sharp hairpin.
"General,"
The confidant handed Li Qinyuan the information that had been asked to inquire earlier, "Now all the wives have been invited to the palace, and the specific situation is unknown, but the people sent by Wei Chen heard about it... Zhao Chengyou sent people a few days ago. Secretly out of the city, it seems to be looking for someone."
Find someone
Li Qinyuan frowned, and just as he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of a fast horse coming up a path not far away, and all the cronies around him naturally noticed it, and they took out their sabers and protected them in front of Li Qinyuan.
The horse ran wild like crazy, and the man on the horse, with unkempt hair, could only tell from her slender figure that she was a woman.
The man seemed to be on the verge of collapse. He wanted to stab his arm again, but he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand. The whole person was shaky. At this moment, Li Qinyuan, who was sitting on the horse, seemed to sense something.
He looked attentively, and when he saw half of the woman's cheek, he exclaimed, "Manman?!"
When Gu Wuyou heard this familiar voice, her eyes widened with exhaustion. When she saw Li Qinyuan's figure, she wanted to raise the corner of her lips and smile at him, but found that such a simple action could not be done.
But she was finally relieved.
she,
found him.
Gu Wuyou allowed himself to close his eyes and fell into a coma.