The eunuch spread the word that he had to wait for someone to come in, and the emperor ignored the fourth prince, and then told Eunuch Sun about the precautions in moving the capital and so on. The fourth prince stood on one side until his legs were stiff, but he couldn't move. I remembered what people said in my heart, "A phoenix is not as good as a chicken", and being a prince is really not as comfortable as those cousins of my grandfather's family...
After half an hour, there was an eunuch's voice outside: "Your Majesty, Second Miss Shen has arrived."
The emperor snorted: "Xuan."
A woman followed the eunuch into the imperial study, and the eunuch shouted, "You still don't see Your Majesty?!"
The woman raised her head abruptly, and the emperor saw that the woman had a round and long face, a pair of smiling eyes under slender eyebrows, a round nose, and peach-like lips. She looked pleasing to the eye, but he had seen countless beauties, and he would never think that she was the most beautiful woman. What the hell... It's not a pity to die! The emperor showed contempt on his face, but when the woman saw him, she opened her eyes in astonishment, her lips parted slightly, trembling, and tears filled her eyes. The emperor felt that she would definitely start complaining, and was about to say: Be bold, don't pull it out...
Shen Wen bowed with a sad expression and said: "Please...please Your Majesty be merciful! Let the daughter of the people see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
The emperor was stunned, he had been on the throne for decades, this was the first time someone asked to see the crown prince instead of saying "Long live" in front of him!
The fourth prince lowered his head slightly, looked at the ground, and secretly sighed in his heart: Where is this here to cry for injustice? ! This is to provoke the relationship between father and son! I want to trample the prince to death...
The emperor knew how Shen Wen made the prince into a mess in the past, and he could tell at a glance that this was a naked conspiracy, but he felt uncomfortable in his heart! It was impossible for someone to kill Shen Wen immediately, and he really wanted to get Shen Wen's approval before killing her, so he couldn't help but said: "Why did you ask to see the prince?!" Is there anything you can't tell the emperor? !
Shen Wen said sadly: "Minnv is the second daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Minnv wants to intercede with the prince for my father and brother. People say that I have given away any letters of their collusion with the enemy, but I don't have any! I want to ask the prince to look into it carefully. Check, where did those letters come from?"
The emperor thought to himself, it was the letter that the prince took out, you are so stupid! But at the same time, an evil fire ignited in his heart. If this woman complained to him, he would have called her a liar, but now she didn't complain to him. Who is he? ! He is the emperor!
The emperor said: "How do I know you are not a liar?!" He bit the word "zhen" clearly and pointed out his status!
Shen Wen replied politely: "His Royal Highness and Minnv have met several times in the past. He knows Minnv and knows that Minnv is not a fake." He still ignored the emperor's complaints.
The emperor felt stuffy in his chest and asked, "How do you know that the prince can help you investigate?" He was plotting against your family behind the scenes!
Shen Wen widened his eyes and said naively: "He is going to become the emperor, doesn't he want to find out the injustice, make a good name for himself, and let people say that he is a wise king?"
I'm still in my seat! It sounds like the crown prince has already ascended the throne! The emperor was about to get angry, but he tried his best to calm himself down—this woman was scheming! Maybe he was using these words to provoke him to avenge her family? Clever girl! What can you gain without leaving home? ! The emperor couldn't hide his contempt and said: "You want to say that if I want to make a good reputation, Mr. Cheng Ming has to help you investigate this case?"
Shen Wen hurriedly shook his head vigorously, and someone beside him shouted: "Bold!" Shen Wen immediately showed timidity, and did not dare to shake his head.
The emperor finally got angry, narrowed his eyes dangerously and asked, "You don't want me to help you find out about this?"
Shen Wen hesitated and said: "Minnv originally had this idea, but..." She lowered her head.
The emperor asked angrily, "But what?"
Shen Wen said timidly: "Minutes dare not speak!"
The emperor felt that Shen Wen was playing hard to get, and said impatiently: "Forgive your innocence, let's talk."
Shen Wen still shook his head vigorously: "No... Your Majesty, it's better to let the girl go to see the prince!"
Suddenly, this sentence has a very obvious meaning in the context - I won't tell you, I'm going to see the prince because you are useless!
Thinking of Shen Wen's surprised expression just after seeing him, the emperor was angry in his heart, and said with a chill: "Go and call the prince, I want to see how you can ask the prince to help you!"
Shen Wen seemed to be trembling with fright, but the fourth prince who was on the side felt that she was laughing, and was ecstatic, right? She was just waiting for this opportunity to let the prince and the emperor be together, right
The prince was going to meet the emperor to talk about the two government's resistance to the imperial forest army. On the way, someone ran over and said that Miss Shen was in front of the emperor and wanted him to help investigate his family's injustice! The emperor told him to go quickly!
Hearing this, the prince felt cold all over, and his fists were about to shatter before resisting the urge to go crazy—Second Miss Shen? ! She didn't die? !
Taking advantage of the short time left, the prince was nervously thinking about countermeasures. Once Miss Shen appeared like this, the letter of offering her father and brother to the enemy would be nothing. One way out is to insist that this Second Miss Shen is a fake!
The prince entered the door in a hurry and saluted the emperor first. The emperor raised his chin and nodded to Shen Wen who was standing beside him: "The second daughter of Zhenbei Hou wants you to help investigate her family's case..."
The prince looked at Shen Wen and said immediately: "Father, the child doesn't know her at all!"
Shen Wen knew that he would say this a long time ago, so he memorized all the words, and immediately opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness! How did you forget?! At the Flower Fair in Jianning Gongfu, you whispered to me that the emperor's dragon body Xie An, soon you will be the one who decides the court..."
The prince yelled: "Shut up! When did I say such a thing?!" He turned to the emperor: "Father! This is a treacherous person! It's not Miss Shen at all!"
Shen Wen cried out: "I am Miss Shen Er! Your Highness! Now the daughter of the people understands! You are the most powerful person! You hold the power of life and death! I was wrong when I was in the Lantern Market! Your Royal Highness When you were not here, I kept asking the emperor to see you! I didn’t ask the emperor to help me! Your Highness, the last time the girl was confused, she didn’t agree to let me tell my father about borrowing soldiers. I’m sorry! Your Highness, the girl at that time I don't know that the emperor is so sick..."
Several people roared at the same time: "Bold!"
The crown prince yelled: "Drag out and die!"
Shen Wen burst into tears: "His Royal Highness! The girl really understands! The prince forgives the sin..."
The prince was really trembling, and said loudly: "Gag her mouth, and beat her to death!"
A eunuch came to pull Shen Wen, Shen Wen waved his hands wildly, those eunuchs couldn't control Shen Wen, Shen Wen continued to cry and said: "His Royal Highness, what did the people's daughter say wrong? Who in the capital does not know that His Royal Highness is in charge of the imperial court?" What? People say that the household department is all from His Royal Highness, and if you want to be an official, even the county magistrate must be from His Highness the Crown Prince... "
The emperor said: "Wait a minute." There was too much information in Shen Wen's words just now! It took him a moment to react. What? ! "So sick"? ! I'm not feeling well, but why did I become very sick...
As soon as the prince heard the emperor say "Wait a minute", he hurriedly said: "Father! At this time, Zhenbeihou's mansion is besieged by the Imperial Forest Army. How could the Zhenbeihou's second daughter leave the mansion? This woman is a fake! How dare she enter the palace to cheat?" , with sinister intentions and heinous crimes!"
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, the daughter of the people has long been out of the Zhenbeihou Mansion, and prayed for her father and brother in a temple in the city. She usually does not go out of the temple, but today she heard people talking about something important at home and ran out of the temple. If you want to avenge my family, how can you say that Minnv is a fake?"
The prince questioned: "Which temple did you go to? Who can testify for you?!"
Shen Wen said: "The temple that the women go to is the Bell and Drum Temple. My maid said it was recommended by a Zheng official. He also spread the word that after entering, you should concentrate on praying and don't come out easily..."
The prince's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea - Zheng Qian turned out to be the other party's man! Set yourself a trap! Let yourself think that Second Miss Shen is dead, and submit a letter in the name of Second Miss Shen, and the other party strikes back, putting yourself in the position of framing a loyal minister...
The prince kept saying: "Kill her! Quick! Kill her!"
Shen Wen cried: "His Royal Highness, Minnv really regrets offending you! You are the most honorable and powerful person in the world, you shouldn't be offended at all! I beg you to show mercy and return my family's innocence..."
These are soft words, but when he said them in front of the emperor, the prince only felt chills all over his body. He yelled at the eunuchs who looked clumsy and couldn't restrain Shen Wen: "What are you doing?! Drag her down!"
Shen Wen covered his face and sobbed, and the people around couldn't even lift their hands. They could only watch Shen Wen helplessly and continued: "Your Highness! My father is dedicated to serving the emperor, and my Shen family has been devoted to serving the country for generations. Please don't treat me because of me. Your disrespect will cost the lives of my whole family..."
This made it sound like the crown prince wanted to get rid of the Shen family because of their loyalty to the emperor, the crown prince shouted hoarsely: "You are not Miss Shen at all!"
The fourth prince on the side coughed, and said softly but clearly: "This, Your Royal Highness, she is indeed Second Miss Shen."
The prince turned his head angrily, saw that it was the fourth prince, and scolded angrily: "Why are you back? You bastard who eats inside and out!" This person is not a good guy!
The fourth prince wondered what did I eat? He bowed to the emperor and saluted: "Father, I don't know the details of what this girl said. But many years ago, when I was hunting in winter, I met Miss Shen Er, and now I look closely, this girl is indeed her. Mingchao." At that time, Second Miss Shen was caught by the fourth princess to block arrows, and naturally she was seen by the people around her.
Now the emperor doesn't care so much about whether this woman is Miss Shen Er, he just thinks this woman's words are particularly harsh! He also knew that the woman was alienating, but at this moment, if the crown prince made his words come true, wouldn't it be true for what the woman said just now that the crown prince was in power? Moreover, why did the prince ignore the most important thing? ! It can be seen that he really doesn't respect himself! The emperor sternly said to Shen Wen: "You offended Tianyan and cursed the emperor, are you guilty?!"
The prince understood, and almost jumped up and said, "Yes! How can you say that His Majesty is sick?"
Shen Wen raised his head in tears, looked at the emperor again, and said worriedly: "The emperor is sick, the Yintang is black, and he is dying. He needs to rest in bed. The daughter of the people doesn't want to work hard anymore..."
The prince shouted: "Kill her! Kill her!"
The emperor also wanted to say kill her! But isn't that the same as the order issued by the prince? At this juncture, the emperor is the emperor, and the prince is the prince, so the emperor must look different from the prince!
The emperor frowned and said: "Take this girl into the sky prison and interrogate her!" This is contrary to the prince's order.
Every time those eunuchs went to arrest Shen Wen, they felt weak in the heart, heavy in the shoulders, dizzy, and weak in their fingers, and they were blocked by Shen Wen's struggle. Now hearing the emperor's words, he pulled Shen Wen softly again, but as soon as Shen Wen closed his eyes, several people felt blocked again, and at this time they were only standing beside Shen Wen again, looking hesitant. look.
The fourth prince watched from the side, and could only sigh speechlessly: What does it mean to be bold with a high degree of art? Second Miss Shen is obviously possessed of unique skills. She came here crying and fussing. She looked weak and stupid, but she didn't miss a single word that should be said. She tore apart the very fragile bond between the emperor and the crown prince. Don't say anything from now on. Trust, even the most basic family relationship can't be kept.
Shen Wen was very considerate of the emperor and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for thinking about Minnv. Minnv is just trying to get someone to try me and talk about this case. Before Minnv came, I met people in several libraries and gave them letters. Tell everyone that Minnv came to the palace to seek grievances, because she killed Minnv, but she did not give any letters! Minnv made an appointment with them, and said that if Minnv did not leave the palace in time, they would help Minv print the letter Come out and distribute it to the people in the capital. This way the women of the people will not bear the notoriety of framing their families. Now is the time... "
How dare you threaten the royal family? ! Just as the emperor was about to say, immediately pull Shen Wen out and beat him to death! But the crown prince rushed ahead of him and said: "Bold madman! Father! This woman has slandered the royal family and deserves to be executed! If those libraries print letters, they should be guilty of the same crime!..."
This time, the emperor didn't want to say the same insightful words as the prince... He waved his hand: "Take it down!"
Shen Wen saluted the emperor, and said to the eunuchs around: "I can walk by myself." Unexpectedly, Shi Shiran raised his leg and walked out of the house by himself.
The emperor was so angry that he gritted his teeth and looked at the prince. He was so angry that it was not pleasing to the eye. He just wanted to reprimand him before he didn't understand the rules. Then the prince remembered his purpose and hurriedly said: "Father! Go and kill the Zhenbeihou Mansion!" The Imperial Forest Army in the Marquis of Pingyuan has encountered resistance, and they want reinforcements."
The emperor clapped the case: "They really turned against each other!"
The crown prince nodded quickly: "That's right! Father, quickly send the Imperial Forest Army to kill the two houses."
The fourth prince coughed again, and said in a low voice: "When my child came from the city, I saw that the common people were discussing this matter, saying that the two governments were wronged..."
The prince looked at the fourth prince angrily: "You don't have a place to talk too much here!" But suddenly, his eyes fixed on the fourth prince, and the fourth prince felt that his eyes were as cruel as snakes and scorpions, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly shrank his head and said, "I'm sorry. , let me take my leave..."
"Wait!" The prince turned several times in his mind, and asked gloomily, "Did you bring Miss Shen Er in here?!"
Are you admitting that she is Miss Shen Second? The fourth prince lowered his eyes: "I heard her say to the people outside the palace that she didn't give the letter. I was afraid of ruining my father's reputation, so I told my father..." Every word is true, but it is a 100% lie .
The prince didn't realize his slip of the tongue, and said angrily: "Have you colluded with her?!"
The fourth prince frowned: "What does your highness mean?" I will never admit it!
The prince turned back and said to the emperor: "Since the fourth prince understands the public opinion and is acquainted with the second lady Shen, why not let the fourth prince lead the additional Imperial Forest Army to the two mansions in person to see if the two mansions intend to resist the order? The emperor thinks how?"
The fourth prince hastily waved his hands: "No, no, I just came back from the imperial mausoleum, so I don't know much about it..."
The prince sneered: "You don't need to know the whole thing about this matter. The fourth brother just needs to go and see the situation of the two mansions. The emperor will make another decree and warn the two mansions not to be stubborn. The prince should know that the laws of the country are more important than human feelings, and he should act impartially." He looked at the emperor.
At this moment, the emperor's mind was in a state of confusion. Is he sick? Is it serious? I have to let the imperial doctor take a look! ... The prince actually lied to him again, saying that the woman was not Miss Shen Er! ... He is so arrogant, just pointing fingers in front of him... The two governments actually resisted the order? ! This is the crime of treason! He actually disobeyed the emperor's order! ... But if the Second Miss Shen is true, if she told people that she didn't give the letter, there would be no evidence for the collusion between Zhenbei Hou and his son, the case would not stand, and the resistance of the two governments would have an excuse... The prince is doing business It's so bad again! Get a letter from Second Miss Shen, and even get yourself involved, how do you want to end it now? ... The prince asked the fourth prince to take the Imperial Forest Army to... Oh!
The emperor nodded and said: "Send another three thousand soldiers to go, I want to see how they can resist!" He said to the fourth prince: "You can take people with you."
The prince smiled at the fourth prince—to make you fight against me! I will crush you to death!
During this period of time, the fourth prince studied ancient history and wrote "conspiracy theories", so he could see through the prince's thoughts at a glance—now that Miss Shen said that she didn't present a letter, she had to quickly give Zhenbeihoufu Pingyuanhoufu a real one. charges. It can be said that the two mansions were trying to protect themselves and avenge their grievances by killing the Yulin soldiers, but if a prince went there and was killed in front of the mansion, the whole incident would be reversed in one fell swoop—Pingyuanhou Mansion or Zhenbeihou Mansion resisted the edict. Since, he actually killed the prince! In this case, what difference does it make if Second Miss Shen presents the letter or not
The fourth prince said to the emperor: "Father, the child is disabled and cannot move..."
The prince said on the side: "The fourth brother only needs to supervise at the side, and when he comes back, he can tell the truth to his father, and there is no need to act."
The emperor nodded to the fourth prince and said: "Since you are back, you should do something, go and see if they have any objections." Don't you want to come back and live with the capital? Don't you want to express yourself? Then go sacrifice it, anyway, it's useless to leave you such a cripple.
The fourth prince's throat tightened, and he whispered with trepidation on his face, "I'm afraid I..."
The prince said: "You don't need to be humble, fourth brother, you will definitely be able to do it."
Seeing that the emperor didn't say anything, the fourth prince had no choice but to salute, and walked out with the help of servant Ding and the eunuch. As he walked, he warned himself: in the future, you must not gloat over others' misfortune, just now you watched the relationship between father and son being ruined, but now it is ruining yourself. Is it retribution for bringing people to plot against my father and brother, and letting my father and brother push me into danger? If he was still hiding in the imperial tomb outside the city, he would not be drawn into this vortex. But Shen Wen asked him to do a favor when he was heading north. He owed such a big favor, how could he refuse? This help caused a fatal disaster... Now it is too late to regret it, so I quickly tried to escape. But there are eunuchs all around, how to run
The fourth prince walked out of the palace gate depressedly, and waited in the front hall. Half an hour later, the eunuch who conveyed the decree invited the imperial decree. City, surrounded by thousands of Imperial Forest Army, headed towards the Zhenbeihou Mansion.
As soon as the fourth prince left, the prince said goodbye: "Father, my son is leaving." The emperor knew that he was going to arrange someone, and if he wanted to look at him, it would be an eyesore, so he waved his hand and made him retreat.
Sure enough, the prince hurried out of the emperor's imperial study, went to the East Palace and called his confidant to order: "Go to the Zhenbeihou's Mansion first, and let the Zhenbeihou's mansion kill the fourth prince! Then say that the Zhenbeihou's mansion killed him!"
The man took the order, and the prince remembered that there was Shen Wen, and called the others annoyedly: "Go! Get rid of that Second Miss Shen!" He remembered who designed himself with this woman, and said: " Go find Zheng Qian and kill him quickly!"
Shen Wen and the eunuchs walked a long distance before pinching their heart arteries with all their strength, watching them fall to the ground. Shen Wen quickly ran to an unmanned palace and hid, took off her outer clothes, revealing the night clothes inside, and waited for it to get dark so she could go out of the palace—everything she should do was done , now you can go home.
The emperor said to Eunuch Sun: "Bring the mirror." Eunuch Sun hurriedly brought the bronze mirror. The emperor looked at the yellow mirror for a long time, but he always felt that the mirror image was blurred. blacken?"
Eunuch Sun took a closer look, and there was really a dark shadow, but how dare he say it? He could only say: "Your Majesty didn't see anything? If Your Majesty is worried, let the imperial doctor take a look."
The emperor snorted: "Those people haven't seen anything for such a long time. The prescription prescribed has no effect, and it is not as good as Mao Daochang's elixir!" , Said to Eunuch Sun: "Let someone kill that woman!" How dare you curse me? !
Eunuch Sun agreed, and just as he was about to leave, a eunuch came outside and reported, "That woman has escaped!"
The emperor stared: "What?!"
Eunuch Sun asked the details, and came back to tell the emperor: "The eunuchs fainted, and when they woke up, the woman disappeared."
Instead, the emperor waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about it, the prince should have done it." In the Grand Palace, who can come to save that woman? It is obvious that someone from the prince's side has robbed her, and she will definitely be killed.
The prince also got the news that the eunuchs fainted and Shen Wen disappeared. He became suspicious—could it be that the emperor had someone take Shen Wen away? To ask in private about what you said? The prince has a disease in his heart, and he has to think about everything over there. Of course, he also asked people to search it carefully, but Shen Wen can fly over the walls of the huge palace, where can he find it? What's more, something more urgent happened: Baiguan Fuque led all the people to petition outside the palace, asking the emperor to re-examine the case of Zhenbeihou Pingyuanhou and stop copying and killing the two prefectures!
It is said that among the hundred officials, there are not only Qingliu from the former Third Prince's side, but even Lu's officials are among them!
The crown prince panicked—all civil and military officials gathered outside the palace to demonstrate and coerced tens of thousands of people. This is something that will not happen once in more than ten years or decades. When it comes to such a situation, the emperor must Give a conclusion. Now Second Miss Shen said that she did not present the letter, and other evidences are insubstantial, so she can only wait until the Fourth Prince is killed.
The prince said anxiously: "Block the news, don't let the emperor know!" But this is almost impossible, the emperor's eyeliner is everywhere. The prince frowned: "Tell people to block the road to the imperial study, and don't let people pass for at least an hour!" An hour! At that time, the fourth prince should die, right? Once the fourth prince dies, he will be able to give an explanation to all the officials! The eunuchs agreed and left in a hurry.
The fourth prince's carriage was moving very slowly, because the street was already full of people, even more crowded than when he entered the palace. There were angry speeches by scholars at the street corner, and the people on the road made loud noises. Many shops are actually distributing bills, saying that it is Miss Shen Er's "Letter to the People", and some people shouted: "Mr. Shen Er retreated more than 100,000 soldiers from Beibei with a thousand people. He is a hero of the time! The Shen family How could it be possible to cooperate with the enemy?!"...
The fourth prince's expression was serious. In this chaos, he saw many ways to fuel the flames: stimulating people's hearts of justice with rhetoric of scholars and actors, challenging the so-called collaborating with the enemy and rebelling with the behavior of Shen's army volunteers, and using battle reports to communicate with Miss Shen Er. The letter confronted the falseness of the imperial decree, using libraries and businesses to print the letter in such a short period of time, the civil and military officials must have taken action, probably in front of the palace... Although the capital is now in panic, there are millions of residents Well, as long as one tenth of the people act bravely, that's 100,000 people. What can these thousands of Imperial Forest Army do? Do you want to kill the people in the capital? Since Second Miss Shen has arranged for people to defend the two mansions, there is no guarantee that no one will mix among the civilians and kill the Imperial Forest Army. If the Royal Forest Army and the people of the capital are really fighting, the royal family may not win... It's a pity that I will probably die before dawn, and I will not see the dawn of victory...
The more people walked in the direction of Zhenbei Hou's Mansion, but the crowd finally gave way to the royal guard of honor. When we arrived at the gate of Zhenbeihou's Mansion, there were some sergeants of the Imperial Forest Army at the gate, and the common people gathered around the courtyard. Seeing this scene, the fourth prince tried his best to use his brain: the prince's people probably would not dare to do anything in public, but if he entered the courtyard, he would be out of the sight of the people outside... The fourth prince really wanted to find an excuse to stay on the street, But the eunuch holding the imperial edict signaled to him: "Fourth Highness, please." The fourth prince couldn't bear to stay outside, so he could only sigh secretly, and walked into Zhenbeihou's mansion while supporting Ding's servant's arm.
This is the place he always wanted to come to, this is the place where Su Wanniang grew up, where Su Wanniang and Ji lived, but he never thought that he entered the Zhenbeihou Mansion under such circumstances. Soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army stood on both sides of Fuzhong Road, and many of them had terrified expressions on their faces.
The group of them walked in with a soldier of the Royal Forest Army, and finally reached the backyard. The fourth prince knew Shen Wen's arrangements in the north. This woman could design an army of hundreds of thousands of Beirong, so naturally she would not let the Yulin army hurt her family. So he never worried about Su Wanniang, but when he looked forward, his back was covered with cold sweat: outside the inner courtyard wall in front, there were all the corpses of the Imperial Forest Army, and the smell of blood filled the air. How fierce the battle was then. The Fourth Prince became worried: Is Su Wanniang alright
The fourth prince pulled the waiter Ding down, walked to the front with a limp step by step, facing the inner courtyard in the distance—if he wants to die here, at least let the people inside see him, let Su Wanniang know that he is coming, I can collect his body later.
Behind him, the leader of the reinforcement Yulin army said sharply: "How dare they kill the Yulin army?!"
A soldier of the Royal Forest Army answered with a trembling voice: "There is a black and strong boy in the courtyard, he is very scary. His attack is cruel, and he will die if he encounters it. No one dares to pass..."
The fourth prince knew that it must be Miss Shen's black younger brother. He remembered that he had met him during the spring outing. He was still a child, chasing the ball, happy and friendly, how could it be scary? The fourth prince looked towards the wall, and saw a tall and strong figure with dark complexion appearing on the wall from a distance, beside him... The fourth prince's heart jumped: it was a woman, although half of her face was covered with gauze , but she looks like Su Wanniang! Yes, it's Su Wanniang! Once the Fourth Prince came back from that border trip, he never saw Su Wanniang again. The two people were gluey at that time, but they were born apart, and this kind of longing was particularly tormenting.
The fourth prince grabbed Ding Neishi's arm, turned his head and said to everyone: "I have a relationship with that child, go and persuade him now, maybe we can persuade them to surrender." Head towards the courtyard.
Some of the accompanying people were ordered to kill the fourth prince on the spot after the eunuch read out the imperial edict, and immediately put the blame on the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. As for anyone who said something different, just kill them later. The most urgent thing now is Hurry up to complete the prince's order and destroy the fourth prince.
Who knew that the fourth prince would go to the inner courtyard without waiting for the edict to be read out. This is a god-sent opportunity! Someone picked up the bow behind the fourth prince, nocked the arrow and pulled it away, aiming at the fourth prince's back, ready to shoot...
Shen Qiang boarded the table with an ebony bow, and saw that a group of soldiers had already gathered there, his heart was full of blood, his face was flushed red, his eyes were wide open, he pulled a quiver from a person next to him and put it on the table. At his feet, he took out one and caught it, and was about to shoot at the two people running over.
Seeing Shen Qiang holding the arrow, Su Wanniang quickly boarded the table, and wanted to say something to Shen Qiang, "Don't kill people at will", but when she looked up, she saw the fourth prince running towards Ding Neishi with the help of someone. They drew their bows behind them...
Su Wanniang screamed: "Those two are friends! Save them!" She was afraid that Shen Qiang would not understand, so she shouted again: "The one who is limping is not a bad guy! Don't shoot him!"
Before the words fell, Shen Qiang fully drew the bowstring with a hey, and then there was a "whoosh", an arrow carried a strong wind and hissed away.
Everyone in the courtyard exclaimed together: "Old Lord Hou has appeared!" This bow has never shot an arrow since the death of the first generation of Zhenbeihou. The Zhenbeihou of the descendants at most pulled the bow away, and couldn't hold on to the aiming and firing at all, so they just hung it on the wall all the time. Now Fourth Young Master Shen has shot an arrow in his hand!
The fourth prince only felt an arrow whizzing towards him, he closed his eyes for a moment: If he died in front of his loved one, it would not be a bad thing. At least I met once again... But the arrow seemed to fly past his face, and then he heard a wailing from behind, the fourth prince turned around, and saw a person who was pointing his bow at him, and the arrow in the courtyard hit the person's chest On the forehead, he actually shot through the man's head. The man fell back, and the arrow string he was holding loosened, and the arrow shot past the fourth prince's head.
Ding Neishi shouted angrily: "How dare you kill the prince?!"
The fourth prince Latin servant, "Stop talking! Let's run!"
Attendant Ding Nei hurriedly helped the fourth prince to run, the fourth prince really wanted to run away, but he had to pretend to be lame, and the ground was full of dead bodies, so he couldn't run fast.
Su Wanniang screamed on the wall: "Hurry up and run! Stop limping!"
The fourth prince muttered: "How can I not be lame?! I must be a lame..."
Behind them, someone raised their bows again, Su Wanniang pointed to the Imperial Forest Army and said to Shen Qiang, "Don't let them shoot arrows!" But after she finished speaking, she cried—she originally wanted to persuade Shen Qiang not to be bloodthirsty, but now she wants Shen Qiang to kill people. Su Wanniang said with tears, "Fourth brother, I'm sorry..."
Shen Qiang held his breath, his face flushed, and he shot another arrow, and the person who raised the bow and arrow fell down in response. Someone shouted: "Let's go together! Bring the fourth prince back!" A group of people hesitated and came after the fourth prince.
Lao Guan sighed tearfully on the wall: "God's arrow! It's a pity that the old lady can't see it..."
Hearing this, Shen Qiang roared, his eyes were red, and he fired arrows repeatedly. The ebony bow was so strong that the people hit by the arrows seemed to be hit hard, and some of them were taken back a few steps by the arrows before falling down. Facing the strong arrow wind, the fourth prince limped across the dead body and ran towards the gate of the inner courtyard. People behind him fell down one after another. Soon, only the fourth prince and Ding's servant remained in the open space outside the courtyard.
Shen Qiang's arrows flew towards the imperial guards farther away, and someone shouted "Quick back!" Those who had no time to escape were hit by arrows, and the eunuch holding the imperial decree collapsed to the ground, crying: "Come here! Come here! ! The sacred decree is here!"...
The Fourth Prince and Ding Neishi finally ran to the gate of the courtyard. The Fourth Prince held the door to pant while Ding Nei Shi slammed on the door. Su Wanniang shouted to Lao Guan: "Let the Fourth Highness come in!"
Lao Guan asked people to remove the barriers inside the door, opened the courtyard door, and Ding Neishi and the fourth prince entered the courtyard.
The quiver at Shen Qiang's feet was empty, the blood in his eyes faded, he panted heavily, and put down the ebony bow. The people around looked at him in awe, and no one dared to approach him.
Su Wanniang cried and pulled Shenqiang away, and said, "Fourth brother, it's hard for you. Let's go, let's guard the old lady."
Shen Qiang also cried, and followed Su Wanniang off the table.
The Fourth Prince and Ding Neishi came over, he saw that Su Wanniang was just a few steps away, the joy of reuniting after a long absence made him so excited that he forgot that he almost died just now, he saluted Su Wanniang. But Su Wanniang cried and scolded: "What are you doing here?! Look at the situation over there, they want to kill you! If my fourth brother wasn't here, what would they have done?!"
As soon as she was in a hurry, she said "you you".
Lao Guan coughed hard a few times, thinking that this adopted daughter is really powerful, she is more imposing than the real lady, and she said that to the prince.
The fourth prince was also scared at this time. After running wildly, his heart was still beating wildly, his body was trembling, and he nodded and said, "Thanks to brother Ling, I am very grateful." He looked at Shen Qiang, surprised that the black and fat child, unexpectedly So tall and strong.
Shen Qiang ignored him at all, wiped his tears, and was dragged into the inner courtyard by Su Wanniang.
Although the fourth prince was robbed by Su Wanniang, he felt that it was Su Wanniang who cared about him, so Lao Guan came to salute him. He had received the third prince in the past, but he didn't think that a prince had three arms and six legs, so he said to the fourth prince: "Your Highness, my family The old lady just passed away, Madam Su is very sad, I hope you will forgive me."
The fourth prince's heart sank when he heard this—Is the old lady dead? ! My God, if Yancheng is defended and the north is victorious, after the Zhenbei Hou wins, he hears that his mother died in the killing, can he not turn against it? Let alone the prince now, the emperor may not be able to keep the throne.
Lao Guan took the fourth prince into a hut, and asked someone to serve him a glass of water.
The fourth prince sat on the bed, drank some water with shaking hands, and then sighed slowly. There were people coming and going outside, and the hut was covered with beds on both sides, which were obviously prepared for the guards of the courtyard. He has been hiding here, waiting for the dust to settle outside before going out... He fell on the bed, let out a long breath, and passed out in a daze.
Waiter Ding covered the fourth prince with a thin quilt, sat on the side as if he was exhausted, and actually shed tears: They returned to the palace, and within half a day, they were pushed here, and they ran wildly to save their lives. What kind of world is this
The eunuch outside the courtyard crawled over the corpse with the imperial decree, and he was picked up at a distance. He was sent to the carriage and returned to the palace immediately to tell the emperor about the failure of the decree and that the fourth prince ran into the Zhenbeihou mansion.