On the emperor's face, he had never seen the loneliness before. It seemed that he was not an emperor standing in the clouds, aloof, and in control of life and death, but an ordinary man who was heartbroken.
Concubine Gao stopped, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips, "Didn't the emperor also break his promise and let someone else take his place?"
After she finished speaking, she was about to leave, and the emperor stepped forward, her eyes soft and fragile as never before, "I am also a last resort."
"A last resort? As a last resort, the emperor let my sister give birth to a child alone, and died in despair. The emperor and the empress were deeply in love. At the same time, the emperor and the first empress had a relationship, and thought about my poor sister. She lived for the emperor all her life, but finally fell. What will happen like that? Even her child will recognize her as a mother?"
"Gao Yan..."
"The emperor had better remember what he promised at the elder sister's grave. Her child must be the crown prince. If the emperor is partial, the concubine will have nothing to say, but after a hundred years, the emperor will think about how he will face the death of the concubine. Sister, let the prince be the mother."
After Concubine Gao finished speaking, she turned around and entered the bedroom.
Xiao Yichen waited in the bedroom for a long time, but did not wait for his mother-in-law to return.
It stands to reason that after such a long time, the mother and concubine should also come back.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, something is wrong." A palace maid stumbled in, and Xiao Yichen recognized that it was a little palace maid next to the mother-in-law.
"What's the panic?"
"His Royal Highness, something happened to Empress. Concubine Gao Gui falsely accused Empress of murdering the monarch and seizing the throne. The emperor found many letters from nowhere, saying that there was evidence of conspiracy by Empress. Empress has now been handed over to Dali Temple, and the emperor's people will come to get it soon. Your Highness, your Highness, get out of here."
"Concubine Mu... No, I'm going to save Concubine Mu!"
"Your Highness, you can't go." The little palace maid held Xiao Yichen's arm tightly, "Your Highness is the only one who wishes for the Empress in this life. The Empress has already been imprisoned. If His Highness is caught again, who can save the Empress?"
Xiao Yichen suddenly stopped.
Concubine!
"There is a dark room in the Empress's bedroom. Your Highness will leave quickly. It will be too late if you are late. It will take a long time to come, and Your Highness will definitely have a way to rescue Empress."
Xiao Yichen was tormented in his heart. Although he was not the biological child of his mother and concubine, how could he forget the 20 years of parenting
What's more, everything the mother-in-law does is for himself, and he can't watch the mother-in-law's accident.
Of course…
"Surround here, hurry up!"
"His Royal Highness, hurry up." The little palace maid urged.
Xiao Yichen gritted his teeth, entered the bedroom, opened the door of the dark room, and got in.
"His Royal Highness, let's go." After the little palace maid finished speaking, she closed the door of the dark room with force, and at the same time, the guards in the palace entered.
"Where is His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince?"
The little palace maid put her hands together, lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what this servant is."
"I don't know? This is your master's bedroom. You don't know where the fifth prince is hiding? Tell me now!"
As soon as the little palace maid gritted her teeth, she aimed at the pillar not far away, and slammed into it fiercely. She leaned against the pillar and dipped a little.
"Commander, people are dead!"
"So, there must be a dark room here, dig three feet in the ground, and find someone."
…
in the dark room.
Xiao Yichen walked around in circles for a full hour before going out.
It's just that there was something against the exit, he raised his hand, but didn't open it.
He knew that the concubine had this dark room, and he also knew that this was the place where he and Jiang Heli secretly communicated, but he didn't know where the outside led.
With a "bang", Xiao Yichen used his inner strength, the lid was opened, he turned over and went out, but it was a dilapidated courtyard in the middle of the capital.
This place is hidden, no one knows that such a place can lead to the palace.
Xiao Yichen felt bitterness in his heart when he thought of his mother's current situation.
The Prince's Mansion can't go back, his people can't be brought out, and the capital should be sealed soon.
He tossed for a while, changed into coarse clothes, smeared some mud on his face to cover his original appearance, and then went out.
"Get out of the way..."
"Driving..."
"What happened?"
"Who knows, as long as King Qin is not defeated, the people from the northern border will fight."
Xiao Yichen looked at the person who was galloping past immediately. It was the Imperial Forest Army in the palace. The imperial father even dispatched the Imperial Forest Army. Obviously, he had to catch himself.
I don't know what happened to the concubine in Dali Temple.
"Oh, why don't you look at the road?"
"Sorry." Xiao Yichen lowered his head lower by three points. He pulled the brim of his hat to cover his face.
Just when he turned around, his arm was pulled.
Vigilant in his heart, he took out the dagger between his sleeves, but heard a clear voice.
"Your Highness, it is your subordinate."
Spread out.
Xiao Yichen then slowly turned around, and the two exchanged glances.
"Come with me."
When he arrived at the Guilin Teahouse, Xiao Yichen took off the hat on his head. There were many scratches on his hands, all of which were from the place where he left the palace, but now, he has no time for his own injuries.
If it wasn't for the brand that Qingqing gave him, where would he hide in a big capital.
"His Royal Highness Fifth Prince, what happened? There are all the texts on the street who want to arrest you?" He Lianfeng did not expect it to be so sudden.
Xiao Yichen's heart was sour for a while, "In the royal family struggle, intrigue and deceit are the norm."
I just didn't expect it to come so quickly.
"Master, the people from the Imperial Forest Army are investigating outside, and it is estimated that they will be here soon." The teahouse's second came in and reminded.
Xiao Yichen's face turned gloomy, he grabbed the sword on the table and was about to go out.
The mother-in-law has already had an accident, and he can't implicate more people.
"His Royal Highness!" Helian Feng pressed on his shoulder, "Don't worry, Your Highness, my place is under the name of the Crown Prince, and those people dare not give up too much, they just want to grieve His Highness."
"The way I am now, there is nothing to be wronged."
Only then did Helian Feng bring the two into the secret room.
When they went out, people from the Imperial Forest Army had already come to the door.
They have always acted arrogantly, and now they have ordered to arrest people, and everywhere they go, they are in a mess.
"My lords, for this sake, I would like to be merciful. The shop still has to do business." He Lianfeng handed over a sign.
The commander of the Imperial Forest Army glanced at it, and it was not easy to recognize the brand. It was the symbol of the East Palace, and his face was a little more respectful, "You all act lightly, check carefully, and don't let any corner be missed."
"Thank you sir."
The guards searched and found nothing suspicious. The commander handed over and said, "Farewell."
He Lianfeng sent the people out, watched them enter another store, went out, and then turned back.
After such a toss, the news of the fifth prince killing the king and seizing the throne could not help but leave, and the capital was in chaos.
When Jiang Qingqing received the news, she could hardly sit still.
If it was said that Xiao Jingxuan did this, she would still believe that even if Xiao Yichen wanted that position again, he would not be able to sit in such a maddening manner.
When she was excited, her stomach hurt out of time.
"Miss, don't worry. Now that the emperor is ordering the arrest of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, it proves that His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is all right, not to mention that there is a spiritual card given to him by the young lady, so that nothing will happen to His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince."
"Having said that, Concubine Yi must have had an accident. His temperament will never sit idly by. I'm worried that he will be impulsive and fall into Xiao Jingxuan's trap again."
In the previous life, Xiao Yichen was the criminal who was placed on the monarchy, and was finally pierced by Xiao Jingxuan's heart, how could she not worry
"Forsythia, hurry up and find out the situation."
"Aunt Huang." Chang Qing almost ran in all the way.
Her eyes were flushed, and she didn't look as lively as usual. "Is it true? The father and the concubine arrested the mother and concubine, but also the emperor's brother? They won't do such a thing, they definitely won't."
"Changqing..."
"Auntie, I'm going back, and I'm going to explain to the royal father that the mother-in-law and the royal brother would not do such a thing, they were framed."