Eastern Palace

Chapter 37

Views:

Turns out I really thought it was too cheap. Li Chengyin summoned the court order, and my charges came up one after another, such as being frivolous and not abiding by the palace rules. Anyway, I have nothing to do with virtue and virtue. That's right. There are only two serious charges, one is witchcraft, and the other is Xu Baolin's death.

I was placed under house arrest in Kangxue Hall, the most secluded part of the East Palace, where no one ever lived. It is similar to the legendary cold palace.

Only when I deposed the queen did I know that if Li Chengyin wanted to depose me as a crown princess, it would be a very complicated process. It is necessary for His Majesty to issue an edict to the Zhongshu Province and then the Menxia Province to agree to attach the signature. Those old ministers with white beards are not easy to talk. Later, someone really hit it, but it didn't die. There was a lot of anger in the pen, but the queen was still abolished.

Actually, what I thought was that maybe the guards here were a little lazy, and it would be easier for A'Du and I to escape.

When Yueniang came to see me, I was planting flowers in the yard.

My hands were full of mud, and Yue Niang first laughed, then looked worried: "I sent me to see you in the pen, why did you do this?"

Only then did I know that the most recently favored concubine of His Majesty in the palace, who was called "Niangzi", turned out to be Yue Niang.

I looked at Yueniang's appearance, she was wearing a palace-like new dress, a thin Luo shirt, with yellow clouds on the temples and forehead, she was very gorgeous and moving. I smiled lightly and said, "Fortunately, Li Chengyin doesn't want me anymore, otherwise I'll call you mother-in-law, which would be a huge loss!"

Yueniang even frowned: "You can still laugh?" She also looked at me, frowned and said, "Look at you, do you still have the heart to plant flowers?"

Yueniang told me something I didn't know outside.

It turns out that Zhao Liangdi's family is quite powerful in the court, and now they are trying their best to carry out my crime and then put me to death. His Majesty is very embarrassed. , but later His Majesty was furious, and Li Cheng Yin also rushed away. Now even the father and son of Tian's family are shaking and falling out, and Yueniang pleads tactfully from the side, but she is helpless.

Yueniang said, "I know which charges are false, but now the situation is pressing, I begged Your Majesty to let me see you, do you have anything to say, or who do you want to see?"

I felt inexplicable: "I don't want to see anyone!"

Yueniang knew that I didn't understand, so she explained it patiently. It turned out that she wanted me to meet Li Chengyin and say a few soft words to him. As long as Li Chengyin suppressed it, Zhao Liangdi's side would No matter how noisy it is, you can still think of ways to make this big and small. After all, the dead Xu Baolin had no background. And the matter of witchcraft can actually be big or small.

Yueniang said: "I heard people say that there were witchcraft incidents in the palace's treasures in adulthood, but it involved the most favored concubine at that time, Emperor Zhongzong killed the palace maid with a stick, and did not pursue it. What can I do?"

It's harder than killing me to make me bow to Li Cheng Yin.

I said coldly: "I haven't done those things. Since they wronged me, they want to kill or cut them casually. But let me go and ask him for mercy, absolutely not."

Yueniang persuaded me for a long time, but I just refused. In the end, she was so anxious that she was about to cry, but I took her to see the flowers I planted.

I have planted many roses in the cold palace, and I am responsible for guarding the cold palace. You are very polite to me and A'Du. If I want flower seedlings, they will buy flower seedlings for me. If I want flower fertilizer, they will send flower fertilizer for me. This kind of rose flower is only found in the Central Plains. In the past in Mingyufang, Yueniang and the others always liked to have a hairpin on their head. I said to Yueniang, "When these flowers bloom, I will give you some to wear."

Yueniang frowned and said, "You don't worry about yourself at all?"

I watered the roses with a water scoop: "Look at these flowers, they grow well in the soil, but they were dug up by the roots. They were sold here again, but they still have to live and bloom beautifully. They never worry about themselves, they are still alive, why should they worry about these things

Besides, what's the use of worrying, Li Cheng Yin won't believe me anyway. Those things from the past, I wish I had never thought of them. fortunately. Only I remembered, he didn't. Anyway, I have been waiting, waiting for a chance, I want to end everything. Then leave here, I don't want to see Li Cheng Yin again.

Yueniang was dumbfounded by what I said, so she had no choice but to go back to the palace.

I don't think there is anything wrong with the days in the cold palace, except that the food is bad, but it is better than being quiet.

In the past, I obviously liked the fun.

One day, when I slept in the middle of the night, A'Du suddenly shook me awake. I rubbed my eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

A'Du looked very urgent, she pulled me under the east window. Pointing to the wall.

I saw smoke billowing. A blaze of fire, could not help but be greatly surprised. How could there be a sudden fire. The fire came so quickly. After a while, it was raging on fire. A'Du kicked open the west window. We climbed out of the window, and she dragged me to the back wall. Before we could stand firm on the wall, a gust of wind suddenly hit our face, A'Du pushed me, and I fell headlong toward the wall. I saw A’Du slashed something with his sword. The sound of “ding” turned out to be a steel arrow. A’Du leaned down and rushed down to grab me, but a second steel arrow shot from nowhere. The third steel arrow... A'Du cut down several arrows, but the arrows were as dense as locusts, shattering the glazed tiles at the top of the wall. I watched as an arrow shot into her shoulder with a "poof", blood splattered all over, and I shouted "A'Du", but she didn't care about her injury, she struggled and flew down to catch her. hold my hand. The wind whistled past my ears, and I remembered that we also encountered an arrow formation when we climbed the wall. A'Du couldn't catch me, it was Pei Zhao who caught me. But now there will be no Pei Zhao, I know, and A'Du also knows.

Amid the dense rain of arrows, A'Du finally pulled my arm. Her golden knife drew a long string of golden sparks on the wall, and the hard blue bricks rustled and dropped powder, but we were still fast. The ground fell, her right shoulder was injured, and she couldn't exert any strength. The knife couldn't be inserted into the wall at all, and the arrows shot more intensively. I shouted anxiously: "A'Du, let go. Let go!"

If she didn't let go, the two of us would just fall to our death together. With such a high wall and a green brick floor underneath, we had to fall into flesh.

A'Du's blood dripped on my face, I tried so hard to get rid of her hand, she suddenly swung me up with all her strength, I was thrown into the air by her, as if flying through the clouds, my hand instinctively messed up I grabbed the glazed tile at the top of the wall, and I climbed up to the top of the wall with my hands and feet. I watched A'Du get hit by several arrows again. She was really powerless to swing it away. The fall was suddenly blocked, but she was weak, and finally let go. fell heavily to the ground. I burst into tears, and in such a dark night, the feathered arrows shot on the glazed tiles next to me. Those feathered arrows pierced through the tiles, and the debris provoked by the continuous sound of "bang bang" splashed on my face, causing pain and pain. I cried and called A'Du's name. I am enveloped in it. I have never felt so helpless and alone.

Someone stood in front of me, he just waved his sleeves, and the arrows scattered one after another, and he lost his head just as far as he could, and fell crookedly. With vague tears in my eyes, I saw him in a white robe, as bright and eye-catching as the moonlight.

Gu Jian!

He swung away those random arrows, pulled me straight to the glazed tile on the top of the hall, and I shouted anxiously, "And A'Du! Hurry up and save A'Du!"

After Gu Jian pushed me to the tail of the owl, he turned around and threw himself against the wall. I saw his robe sleeves puffed up by the wind in the dark, sliding down the wall like a big white bird. Suddenly, a meteor-like fire arrow pierced through the silent night. Countless meteors seemed like a chaotic rain. Those rockets shot densely towards Gu Jian. Like countless moths hitting a lamp covered in sheepskin in summer, it ignited in mid-air—a cluster of dots of fire, which quickly went out. Gu Jian's body was extremely fast, and he had already picked up A'Du. But those flaming arrows shot more densely, and the air was full of scorching smell. Those arrows with a sharp whistle, trailing flaming tails shot at Gu Jian from all directions. I poked my head out from behind the owl's tail and saw layers of black armor, one step at a time, the heavy iron armors clapped, densely circled layer by layer, I didn't know there were tens of thousands of ambush people. Yi Gu Jian held A'Du in one hand, and slashed those random arrows with the sword in the other, and piled up a thick layer of remnant arrows under his feet, which were still burning. The firelight reflected on his white robe, very ethereal. His body was like a ghost, and suddenly, the arrows fell in front of him, but the arrows rained like locusts on all sides, and it was difficult for him to break out of the arrow formation. His white robe was splattered with blood, and he didn't know whether it was his blood or A'Du's. Although A'Du was being hugged by him, his arm was hanging down and he didn't move, and he didn't know how badly he was injured. If this continues, he and A'Du will definitely be shot to death by random arrows. I was very anxious, and I didn't know what was buried here. Although he was holding him, his arms were hanging down and he didn't move, and I didn't know what the injury was. If this continues, he and A'Du will definitely be shot to death by random arrows. I was very anxious, and I didn't know who was buried here. I suddenly thought that these people were all wearing heavy armor, and they were shooting arrows with open flames in the East Palace. Such a big movement would definitely not be assassins. When I thought of this, I could not help but stand up suddenly, but someone behind me gently pressed my vest. Said: "Fall down."

When I looked back, it turned out to be Pei Zhao, and on the glazed tiles on the roof of the hall behind him, there were densely packed Yulin Lang dressed in light armor. They lay there silently, the bows and arrows in their hands were drawn halfway and aimed at the encirclement below. These people were condescending, even if Gu Jian could rush out of the encirclement. They would definitely shoot arrows in unison to force him back into the arrow formation. .

I was in a hurry and said to Pei Zhao, "Tell them to stop!"

Pei Zhao whispered: "Prince Concubine, His Royal Highness has ordered the annihilation of assassins, please forgive me for not being able to obey."

I grabbed his arm: "He's not an assassin, and the person he's holding is A'Du, and A'Du isn't an assassin either. Quickly tell them to stop!"

Pei Zhao looked very embarrassed, but little by little, he pulled his arm out of my fingers. I yelled in anger, "Even if Gu Jian once assassinated the emperor, he didn't hurt your Majesty's hair. Besides, if you want to arrest Gu Jian, go and arrest him. A'Du is innocent, so quickly stop them!"

Pei Zhao said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness has an order. Once the assassin appears, no matter what, he will be immediately annihilated under the arrows, and he must not be allowed to escape. Please forgive the prince, the general will not obey the order."

I was furious and said, "What if it was me? If Gu Jian grabbed me, would you also shoot me and him with random arrows?"

Pei Zhao raised his eyes and looked at me. His eyes were dark, and the flames of the distant arrows reflected in his eyes, like sparks that ignited and disappeared, but they were fleeting. I said, "Command them to stop, or I'll jump down and die with them."

Pei Zhao suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "I'm sorry!" I just felt a numbness on the acupuncture point, my feet softened and I sat there. My limbs were stiff and I couldn't move any more. He actually touched my acupoint, which made me unable to move. .

I yelled at me, but Pei Zhao ignored it and turned around, "Get up!"

The three thousand light armors on the top of the hall stood up, in a half-kneeling posture, drawing the hard bow in his hand to perfection, and the arrow pointed at the two people in the fire circle below.

I was so anxious that tears flowed out, and I screamed: "Pei Zhao! If you dare to shoot arrows today, I will definitely kill you!"

Pei Zhao ignored me, turned around and shouted, "Let go!"

I heard oh chaotic sounds of breaking through the sky, and countless arrows flew over my head and fell straight to the people in the circle of fire. Gu Jian rose into the air and wanted to force his way out, but was forced back by the dense rain of arrows. My eyes were hazy with tears, looking at the arrows that covered the sky and the air, Gu Jian's white robe suddenly waved and put A'Du on the ground. He must have wanted to create it by himself, and the arrows became denser and denser. In the end, the rain of arrows connected end to end, and even half a minute of the gap could not be seen, completely concealing the figures of Gu Jian and A Du. I was so angry that I kept scolding, but Pei Zhao seemed to turn a deaf ear. Later, I cried. I had never cried so miserably before. In the dark, I even begged him to stop shooting arrows, but Pei Zhao just remained indifferent.

I don't know how long it took, Pei Zhao finally stopped, my tears were blurred, I just saw that the arrows were piled up into a hill, and I couldn't even see half of the human form. Yulin-lang, who was in heavy armor in the first row, took a heavy step back, revealing Yulin-lang in the second row. Those people held Changge and probed the Changge to the bottom of Arrow Mountain, and then worked together to almost lift the entire Arrow Mountain. Open it up.

I saw Gu Jian's white robe, soaked with blood, almost dyed into a red robe.

I opened my mouth wide, but I couldn't cry, and big tears rolled down my cheeks and into my mouth, bitter and astringent. A'Du, my A'Du.

A'Du, who has been with me for the past three years, who has come with me thousands of miles without even retaliation, A'Du who has been protecting me with his life... I have no choice but to watch She was shot dead by random arrows.

I don't know when Pei Zhao put me down from the temple, he untied my acupuncture point, I grabbed the sword from his hand and pointed at him. He looked at me and said quietly: "Prince Concubine, if you want to kill, kill it, the king's life is hard to violate, and you will have to obey!"

I stumbled to the outside of the encirclement, those people blocked me in the middle, and I looked at Pei Zhao, he waved his hand, and those Yulin Lang made way for a gap.

There was blood all over A'du's face. I burst into tears and tears fell on her face. Her body was still warm. . Miraculously, no arrows were hit on her body, but several arrows were hit in her leg. I cried and called her name, and her eyes moved.

I was surprised and delighted, calling her name in a weeping voice. She finally opened her eyes, but she couldn't speak. In the end, I just tried my best and pointed at Gu Jian, who was beside me. I didn't know what she meant, but her eyes were on Gu Jian, and she was clenching my shirt tightly.

"You want me to go see him?" I finally guessed what she meant, and she nodded slightly.

I don't know what A'Du really meant, but she is dying like this, and I will definitely do what she wants me to do.

I walked to Gu Jian's side, his eyes were half-open, and he wasn't dead yet.

I was very surprised. His eyes flickered slightly, and he clearly recognized me. There were dozens of arrows stuck on his back, densely packed like a hedgehog, and there was not even an inch of intact skin. I am very sad, he has saved me time and time again. He was the one who saved me in Tiangen Mountain, and he was the one who saved me just now in the midst of the arrows. I squatted down and called out his name.

I didn't know that Li Cheng Yin set a trap and ambush here, it was I who implicated him.