The prince only heard the first sentence: "The matter of killing the fourth son of Zhenbeihou has not been done..." He slapped the table with his palm and shouted angrily: "A one and a half year old child, even a child can't be killed? ! A bunch of trash! I told you to do it, didn’t you arrange several people? How did you do it?!”
A person said tremblingly: "A woman took the child to the lake, and one person led the other people away. There were five people by the lake looking around, not letting others come, and they would not let the child come. Run away, well organized…”
The prince scolded: "Fart! Thoughtful?! Can't you do it?! You know how to talk big, but what did you do? What went wrong?!" He didn't realize that the way he spoke and his tone were very similar queen.
The explainer stuttered: "That second young lady, sitting behind a rock by the lake, may have fallen asleep, no one saw her, it just happened..."
The prince frowned: "What coincidence?!"
The staff read the report carefully, and said hesitantly: "The roads to that place are all blocked by people. No one saw her walk to the lake. She must have been there in the first place."
The prince was angry: "A big living person is sitting there, but he didn't see it?! A bunch of trash! Idiots!"
The staff accompanied Xiaoxin and said: "She said she wanted to rest there, and the servant girl left to get her things. She probably fell asleep. She had been resting in the house for two months, and she just came out of the house not long ago. After leaving the house I was so exhausted that I lay in bed for several days, and I heard that I just left the yard that day..."
The prince gritted his teeth: "Such a weak girl who has no strength to restrain a chicken has rested for such a long time. How many people are there, six or seven? Can't we clean up together?! Let the younger brother fall into the water and the older sister go Save them, they drowned together! How can someone teach such a simple thing?!"
The staff read the document again and said: "It seems that those people want to do this. A woman went over and wanted to strangle her first, but she regretted it after raising her hand, because the young lady looked tearful, probably the woman I can't bear it..."
The prince slapped the table vigorously: "Fart! Fart! What can't you bear?!"
The staff did not dare to raise their heads: "Anyway, that old lady didn't do anything. The second lady's maid, Su Wanniang, came back to look for the young lady. The people guarding the road saw her, and she called out before she could kill her. The people around saw her." Not good, just surround them and try to throw them all into the lake... "
The prince is anxious: "Why don't you do it?! Why don't you do it?!"
The staff continued: "The woman who took the lead was about to make a move, but she was choked by something, and kept rolling her eyes, unable to make a move. She was born as a cook, and she was the most ruthless. She didn't move, and the others hesitated... "
The prince's eyes widened in disbelief: "What did you say?! She choked at the critical moment?! Didn't do anything?! She did it on purpose! This woman must have betrayed us!"
The staff nodded quickly—this is better than being scolded as an "idiot" for poor arrangements, and hurriedly said: "Then, the second son Shen Jian arrived, and then Shen Zhuo arrived with his guards, and they were all tied up. … it just didn’t work out.”
The prince gritted his teeth and asked, "The second young lady, did it really happen unintentionally?"
The aide said: "As soon as she showed up, she kept crying. From the beginning to the end, I didn't hear her words. The main thing was that her maid was yelling."
The prince took a deep breath: "How many people have been arrested? What happened to those people in the Hou Mansion?"
The aide said: "There are seven people in total, Second Master Shen sent them all to the government, and said that their family members will be brought into the mansion for protection, so that they can confess..."
The prince asked in disbelief: "Did no one torture them, ask for details?"
The staff shook his head and said: "Mr. Yang is also puzzled. Shen Jian said that these people must have done such a thing not willingly, and must have been instigated by someone from behind. Let them confess to the government, and the Hou's government will release them. , no longer pursue it! Moreover, Shen Jian said that as long as one person confesses, the Hou Mansion will have evidence and let Zhenbei Hou report to the emperor... "
The prince's heart skipped a beat, tell the emperor? ! Can't help but make another case: "Those people must have betrayed the East Palace a long time ago!"
The staff hurriedly echoed: "Yes, when it was time to strike, they refused to do so for a long time. After being caught, the Hou Mansion didn't punish them at all, and gave them such a good way out..."
Another person hastily said: "Oh! Not good! If those people report to the officials that they are the envoys of the Eastern Palace, they will file a case in the government. The Hou family conspired to trap the crown prince for injustice!"
The prince repeatedly said: "So ruthless! So ruthless!" He got up all of a sudden, walked back and forth in the room, muttering: "These people... these people, if they have a confession..." If the emperor knows... the prince is in a cold sweat It flowed out again.
One of the aides immediately said: "We must not wait until tomorrow to open the class, we have to start tonight!"
The prince nodded repeatedly, while waving his fingers in the air with trembling fingers: "Not only do you want to strike, but the woman who did not do things properly, didn't drown the child, strangled the second lady if she didn't use her hands, and the one who pretended to cough..."
The staff nodded and said: "This subordinate must order people to punish them well, and kill one to make an example!"
Another staff member flipped through the letter: "Second Master Shen also said that their family members will be brought into the Marquis Mansion tomorrow, and that maybe one or two family members know the details..."
The prince waved his hand: "Since they have the guts to betray me, they will have to pay the price! Get rid of them all!"
A person said cautiously: "What if, is this the Hou's mansion's plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife?"
Another staff member said: "But if you don't kill them, what if any of those people confide in their family members, as the Second Young Master Shen said, as long as one person confesses, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Another person said: "Even if the person who is the intermediary is confessed, it may not be able to implicate us, right?"
One person sighed and said, "There are too many people to be moved this time, involving more than a dozen people inside and outside. The people arranged in the middle are indeed the subordinates of the Eastern Palace. The most fearful thing is that someone inside communicated with the Hou's mansion. Knowing that the person in the middle is the East Palace, she insisted that it was the East Palace or the Empress. After all, during the winter hunt, the second son of the Hou Mansion, Shen Jian, and the others turned against His Highness because of the fourth princess... "
The prince weighed the pros and cons: anyway, if you want to kill the seven people who have been sent to the government, what if some of them have revealed something to the family members, and if those people die, the family members feel wronged and come forward to appeal? Now this matter obviously cannot be settled quietly, what if, what if the emperor finds out? ! Killed all the people who might know about it, and there was no proof in the end, even if the emperor noticed it, there was something to shirk!
The prince resolutely said: "Kill them all! Those few people and their families. It is better to kill by mistake than to make mistakes! It is also a warning to those who work for us! If you can't do something, be careful of your wealth and life!"
Everyone present felt horrified, but the prince didn't know it. He was completely immersed in the anxiety of what would happen if the emperor found out, and said impatiently, "Do it soon! It's going to be dark! It's locked!"
Everyone retreated, all of them looked ashen.
Shen Wen was also so frightened that her heart beat wildly—she never expected that someone would come to harm Shen Qiang! Why? Shen Wen went to the East Palace overnight, but she didn't hear anything except wanton fun. The prince's staff have all left, and the prince is under pressure, so he wants to use the woman's body to seek relief. Shen Wen returned disappointed, making Su Wanniang worry for nothing all night.
In fact, even if Shen Wen heard the conversation between the prince and his staff, he would not understand the prince's intentions: the prince didn't even tell his staff why he wanted to kill Shen Qiang, and his own staff couldn't figure out why the prince went so aggressively to kill a child.
That night, the seven servants sent to the Hou's mansion in the yamen all hanged themselves and "suicide". Among them, the mother-in-law who was about to drown Shen Qiang was scratched to pieces, her nostrils were open, and her eyes were shattered. The Yamen replied to Hou Fu the next day, saying that these people felt ashamed in their hearts, so they redeemed the crime of betraying the Lord.
When the news came, the old lady Yang was in the lobby with Shen Jian, Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang arranging shift protection for Shen Qiang. Liu's delivery date is approaching, so she will not be allowed to come over. Shen Wen's "health is not good", so he naturally raises it in his own yard, so he doesn't have to worry about such things.
Shen Jian took the official letter from the servants, read it, and handed it to the old lady with a frown. The old lady read it, sighed deeply, and gave it to Mrs. Yang, who read it and stared wide-eyed. Eyes, just about to speak, Shen Jian said loudly: "Hurry up! Go pick up their family members, in case someone silences them!"
The letter fell from Yang's hands, Shen Zhuo took it, and read it head to head with Shen Xiang. Shen Zhuo immediately jumped up and said, "I'll lead the people there!"
The old lady said, "Erlang, Sanlang."
The two turned their heads to look at the old lady. With tears in her eyes, the old lady said with difficulty: "Those are women, children, old and young. Really, go and save them!" There was some begging in her tone.
There was a slight looseness in Shen Jian's cold eyes. After a while, he looked at Shen Zhuo and said solemnly: "Just listen to grandma and go quickly."
Shen Zhuo twisted the corners of his mouth and said, "Even if we go to save them, it probably won't be so fast. We checked yesterday and found that these people's homes are in the Zhuangzi outside our prefecture. Maybe it's because it's easier to contact them from there. It will take a long time to walk here. Besides, if something like this happened in the prison, I have to go to the yamen to invite a few yamen servants to go with us. When we get to the place where they live, I have to take some neighbors with me to avoid getting there. , was planted!"
The old lady waved her hands helplessly, and Shen Zhuo left.
Yang said with horror on her face: "How could they die so badly? Jian'er, is this just silence?"
Shen Jian sighed: "I made them confess yesterday, and they refused to repent, which is naturally the result."
Shen Xiang pouted: "Our Marquis Mansion has always been kind to people. These people have never been treated badly, but they actually murdered the fourth brother. They have no conscience. Do they still want a good end?!"
Yang's usual housekeeper, the most common thing is to yell, but he rarely hits anyone. Her own natal family was only a low-level general with few servants. After arriving at the Hou Mansion, after taking over the affairs of the mansion, there are nearly 300 people under him. They are very satisfied and feel very majestic, and they don't need to use sticks or anything. In addition, in the past, the old lady was often restrained, and she often chatted about different opinions on the things she ordered. The affairs in the Hou's mansion were always done in the middle of noisiness. Even if others didn't listen to her, she also blamed the old lady in her heart. . Since you can't beat the old lady, you can't beat the people who listened to the old lady.
This time was the first time in her life that she knew that seven servants in her mansion died in one night! Although she wanted to beat them up the day before, but after sleeping, they were all dead! Yang took out her handkerchief, covered her trembling lips, and looked at the old lady.
The old lady didn't dare to look at Yang Shi, she turned her eyes to Shen Jian and said: "You must protect your fourth brother, he is so young, he can't even speak..."
Yang said with comprehension: "Mother, are you saying that those people intend to kill Qiang'er? Now that so many people have died, will they still come?" After she finished speaking, her lips stopped trembling and they were tightly closed. superior.
The old lady sighed: "This matter... it's hard to say..."
Yang Shi held the silk tightly, bent forward slightly, and suddenly said: "I also practiced martial arts when I was young."
Shen Xiang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Mom, then you always say that I don't look like a girl?"
Yang said slowly: "Yesterday, I ran to the lake and almost died. My father always told me that when a person is alive, he has to keep moving. I have forgotten my roots all these years. From today on, I have to Walk around often, don't weaken your legs..."
Shen Jian's eyes suddenly became wet, "Mother, the child is not filial, let mother worry about it!"
However, Shen Xiang said carelessly: "Mother, looking at your waist, it is indeed time to walk more. I will accompany my mother to run back and forth, and within a month, if my mother runs away again, she will not die..."
A smile appeared on Yang's face, and she said to Shen Xiang: "Okay, I will run with Xiang'er every day."
Shen Jian showed a muscle on his cheek, saluted and said: "Eldest sister is here with mother, I'll go and see little sister."
Shen Jian endured his anger and walked to Shen Wen's yard. Shen Wen lay "weakly" half-lying in the yard basking in the sun, and the little black skin Shen Qiang squatted beside Shen Wen, playing with the sand in a big wooden basin with his buttocks pouted, It was completely gone from the embarrassment of yesterday.
Shen Jian stopped Shen Wen's pretend salute, Su Wanniang moved a chair over, Shen Jian sat casually beside Shen Wen, seemed to look down at Little Heipi, and said in a low voice, "We have to do something."
Shen Wen covered his open mouth with the back of his hand as if sleepy, and replied in a low voice: "The family members of those people can't live anymore. If you get specific information, you can report to the Beijing Yamen. We don't need to do anything else."
Shen Jian frowned: "Why?"
Shen Wen closed his eyes and said: "If the emperor did it, there is no need to silence it at all. Even if it is found that it is related to the palace, what can we do?"
Shen Jian nodded: That's right, back then the queen "poisoned" Shen Wen in public, as long as Shen Wen didn't die, the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion could do nothing, and the queen wouldn't suffer any punishment. Shen Qiang did not die this time, if it was really the emperor's hand, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion would also swallow his anger.
Shen Jian said in a low voice: "So, this time it wasn't the emperor who did it, it was the prince..."
Shen Wen said: "Besides, I still did it without telling the emperor..."
Shen Jian nodded again: If he communicated with the emperor, the prince didn't succeed, so there is no need to silence him.
Shen Jian asked in a low voice: "You knew about it yesterday?"
Shen Wen whispered: "Why does the emperor kill a child who is less than two years old? If you don't like us, you have to punish your father or elder brother. It can be regarded as a warning. Only the prince can do such a thing. Maybe it's really like Sister Wanniang said, to avenge the failure of the assassin in Dongshou, maybe it's the disfigurement of the fourth princess."
Shen Jian sneered, and whispered: "Then let's wait."
Shen Wen didn't smile, she was actually very nervous. This incident gave her a warning: she did not protect her family so well. If it was not a coincidence, Shen Qiang might have been drowned!
Thinking of this consequence, Shen Wen felt hot all over and couldn't control himself.
In the previous life, Shen Qiang did not exist at all. In this life, Shen Wen never expected that the crown prince would do anything to a child. She reflected on her arrangements and actions over and over again, but she couldn't see that the prince had noticed her true face. But even if the prince sees through all his disguises, he shouldn't directly kill Shen Qiang.
For the first time since rebirth, Shen Wen was confused. She had to warn herself: Don't think that she knows everything, a negligence almost killed Shen Qiang, and what's even more frightening is that she still doesn't know where the negligence is!
The situation has gradually exceeded her control, and Shen Wen began to give up her confidence in being able to control the overall situation. The problem now is to find a reliable alliance. Several of my elder brothers have been drawn in. On the Zhang family side, Zhang Yunzheng has agreed to come down, but his temper really can't make things happen. Now I just hope that Zhang Yunming will take over the burden and do things well for Zhang Yunzheng's sake.
Shen Wen meditated all night amidst all kinds of worries, and really wanted to open his heavenly eyes. But in the dark, she didn't feel anything except the void.
Also meditating with her was an old Taoist priest who slept in the wilderness, but he only meditated until midnight, and then went to look up at the starry sky. In the distant eyes, he murmured: "A disaster of blood and light, I said, once the evil star is launched, bloody disasters are inevitable. What kind of child is this? How many lives will be lost by such a deep red light!"
Although Shen Wen didn't understand the prince's intentions, she guessed right what happened during the day: when Shen Zhuo rushed to a Zhuangzi outside the city with forty or fifty guards and three yamen servants from the capital, he just caught up with the local Yamen servants are cleaning up the scene of the murder. Two families were massacred overnight, and no one was spared. Shen Zhuo didn't look carefully, and it was the same when he went to the next Zhuangzi, the person he was looking for was already dead. They searched all seven houses, but did not find a living person.
Counting, there are seven families full of families, and there are more than 160 people of all ages, men, women and children! So many people died, and all of them were related to Zhenbei Hou's Mansion, this matter was serious, and the governor of the capital had to report it. The Zhenbei Hou Mansion also issued a complaint in time, demanding that the murderer who killed many servants and family members in his mansion be strictly investigated.
The emperor naturally got the bloody report and the insider's account of the incident before and after the incident. When he was alone in the study, he frowned in confusion, flipping through the memorials back and forth, wondering why the prince did this.
The only one who can mobilize so many people is the prince. For the other princes, the third prince has a close relationship with Zhenbeihou's mansion, so it is impossible to do this. The fourth prince is lame, so naturally he does not have these forces, and the fifth prince is not much older than the fourth son of Zhenbeihou... The other generals have no Zhenbeihou. The power of Beihou doesn't need to win such an enemy for himself...
The emperor called Eunuch Gu in, and said, "Go and inquire about the fourth son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and see if there is anything unusual about it, and also, this second young lady." These two were the only ones by the lake at that time, Why did the prince kill them
After Eunuch Gu left, the emperor asked Eunuch Sun who was standing beside him: "Is this second lady the one who was caught by the fourth princess to block the assassin during the winter hunt?"
Eunuch Sun nodded and said in a low voice, "Exactly."
The emperor shook his head: "It's reasonable to kill her and vent your anger for the fourth princess. But I have clearly warned him, why is he so disobedient? Besides, why did you kill this child who is under two years old? It is to teach the town a lesson. Beihou? If he really killed that child, angered Zhenbeihou, and made a fuss in the court, how would it benefit him? Even if there is no evidence, there is no benefit in saying it and letting everyone point out his back. He is an officer Why is it so out of order?"
Eunuch Sun didn't know anything about the black dragon, so he could only remain silent.
The next day, Eunuch Gu came back, and said in a flat tone: "This second young lady has been dull since she was a child, and now she is weak, and usually recuperates in the hospital. This fourth young master, who will be two years old in three months, has a strong body and dark skin... "
The emperor interrupted: "What did you say?! About the fourth son!"
Eunuch Gu bowed and said: "Two years old in three months, strong body, dark skin..."
The emperor narrowed his eyes: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Eunuch Gu said: "After I asked people about it, I went to their mansion when it was dark. When I found the fourth son, he was playing with Zhenbeihou's mother, Mrs. Gu. He was indeed dark-skinned and very strong. Like a child of three or four years old..."
The emperor waved his hand to signal Eunuch Gu to step back.
Eunuch Gu retreated slowly, naturally he wouldn't say that he found Second Miss's courtyard in the Hou's mansion that night, and wanted to hear whether Second Miss's breathing was the breathing of a sick person, but he was near the bedroom and suddenly felt alert. He didn't see or hear anything, just a feeling of being discovered. In the breeze of the spring night, neither side moved anymore, just like the man in black he met in the palace that time. He stood in the shadows for a long while, only the breath of a person who obviously had no martial arts in Second Miss's room, but the sense of danger was very strong. Eunuch Gu turned and left the courtyard, and when he left the Hou's mansion, he found other people patrolling outside the Hou's mansion.
The emperor waited until Eunuch Gu had left before he punched the desk and cursed, "You bastard!"
Eunuch Sun hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The emperor calm down."
The emperor understood in a moment that the crown prince must know the appearance of the fourth prince, and he was afraid that he would treat Zhenbei Hou's mansion leniently because of the legend of the black dragon guarding him... fearing that the third prince would replace him...
The emperor repeatedly hit the table with his fist: "This bastard! This beast! This evil!"
The emperor was furious.
When the first emperor told himself this secret, how carefully and proudly he kept it. Telling the prince this secret is a kind of trust in him, which is tantamount to exposing some of my weaknesses to him. But how did he repay himself? Betrayal, bare-naked-naked betrayal! For the sake of his crown prince's position, he wanted to kill the escort black dragon! A black dragon born to protect him!
Eunuch Sun beat the emperor's back: "Your Majesty, please calm down, calm down..." He actually didn't understand why the emperor was so furious when he heard that the fourth son of Zhenbeihou was black.
The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Go and see Prince Xuan immediately!"
The prince ran into the queen's bedroom with tears streaming down his face, knelt down in front of the queen and said, "Mother, save me!"
The queen was leaning on the chaise longue, feeling pain like a needle prick in her head. Recently, her headaches became more and more severe, and her appetite became worse and worse.
She cheered up and said: "The emperor is the prince, what can be a big deal? Talk slowly."
The prince cried and said: "Mother, the last time the emperor said that he would revoke my canonization, this time, he will definitely withdraw my position as the prince! The mother is really right, the child is sorry for the mother!" He let out a loud voice. cry.
The prince has not shown such a weak side for many, many years, and the queen was angry and anxious: "What nonsense are you talking about?! You are a prince, how could you be deposed for no reason? Quickly tell me the reason."
The prince wiped his tears and winked around, the queen said sharply: "Stay back!"
Everyone left, and the prince told the queen the legend of the black dragon escort in a low voice while crying. He knew the appearance of the four sons of Zhenbeihou. I have become a tacit friendship with the third prince... Someone even saw the third prince and Miss Shen meeting and talking at the Lantern Festival... If it is really the rebirth of the black dragon, the guardian is naturally not his own... So they arranged for someone to kill Zhenbei Hou's youngest son...failed, silenced...too many people were killed, the father knows, he must understand his purpose... Hearing that he was furious, Xuan himself went to see...
The prince cried and said: "...the boy asked the eunuch to excuse me that I was not in the East Palace, just to come here to see my mother! Mother! Mother! Save the boy!"
The queen's body trembled violently, her headache was about to split, but she clenched her teeth tightly, her eyes seemed to burst into flames, after listening to the prince's narration, the queen raised her hand and slapped the prince: "You useless thing! How many times have I told you, you must be clean and neat! Don’t leave the beginning and the end. You can’t get rid of a child. You are a waste, so you raised a bunch of waste! How did this palace give birth to you such an idiot!”
The prince did not dodge, hugged the queen's leg and cried: "Queen! Please let the queen let the father keep the child alive! Let the child stay with the mother! Be filial to the queen!" It seems that the queen agreed to get rid of the fourth son of Zhenbeihou. What he decided was that he didn't do it well, which made the queen so angry.
The queen clenched her sleeves tightly, frowning in thought, cold sweat dripping from her forehead. A eunuch outside shouted loudly: "The emperor announces that the prince will see you immediately!"
The prince wiped away his tears, hugged the queen's leg and said: "The child has gone to see the emperor, the queen remembers to plead for the child, the child is reluctant to part with the queen, and does not want to die."
The queen closed her eyes and said in a low voice, "That's all, that's it." Opening her eyes again, she was still as stern and vicious as before.
She stared at the prince and said: "You go to see your father, don't say a word! No matter what he says, beat you and scold you, you can only cry, you are not allowed to explain or admit, understand?!"
The prince raised his head in doubt. The queen was angry when she saw his stupid look, raised her hand and hit him on the head again, cursing bitterly: "Useless idiot! How many times have I said it, but you still don't listen. This time , you must listen to this palace, otherwise, you will die!"
The prince nodded hurriedly, hugged the queen's knee and said, "I will obey my mother, and I will definitely obey my mother!"
The eunuch outside the hall came to the door and said loudly, "Prince, please move."
The queen nodded, the prince stood up, wiped his face, saluted the queen, and followed the eunuch out of the queen's bedroom in frustration. Leaving the palace where the queen lived, the prince secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Watching the prince leave, the queen sat there for a while, and said to herself, "It would be great if I could have another prince..." Then, she gritted her teeth again: "Bitch, don't think your son can become a prince! "
She raised her voice: "Dress up my palace and prepare the phoenix crown dress."
This is not a day for ceremonial celebrations, but when everyone saw the queen's gloomy face, no one dared to speak out. Filed inside, recombed the queen's hair and decorated her face. The queen's complexion was dark yellow, and she used a lot of bright pink and rouge, and painted the queen's eyebrows which had faded to be slender and thick black, and Zhu Dan's lip balm was applied on her slightly blue lips, but the whites of the eyes which looked cloudy and yellow could not be put on makeup.
The empress chose the formal gown that she usually wears during ceremonies. It was cumbersome and extraordinarily gorgeous. The bright yellow and bright red brocades shone in layers of halo in the dim light of the room.
Finally, the queen put on a phoenix crown with six dragons and three phoenixes.
On the top of the crown are six flying golden auspicious dragons, all of which hold long strings of huge pearls in their mouths, which seems to have the meaning of playing a phoenix. On the front are three phoenixes with wings spread. Phoenix, the king of all birds, is above all birds. There are three temples on the left and right at the bottom of the crown, which look like colorful phoenix tails when unfolded. The edge of the phoenix crown was covered with precious stones and emeralds, and when worn on the head, it was so heavy that the queen's headache was even more unbearable.
But even so, she also wanted to put on all the clothes, which she earned hard with punches and kicks, and she deserved the glory she deserved.
The empress finally checked her clothes, first called a palace servant to her side, and said in a low voice: "That little one, let's deal with it now!"
The palace people were taken aback, the queen nodded and said: "Right away! There is no tomorrow!" When the palace people left, the queen said to the leading eunuch: "Let's go and see the emperor."
The eunuch hesitated and said: "Queen, Your Majesty did not call..."
The queen sneered: "Then I won't be able to see him? Start the guard of honor, and I will see who dares to stop me!"
Not long after, the golden cart was ready outside the hall, four yellow umbrellas were colorful, four huge yellow fans were swaying, a group of eunuchs and court ladies lined up a guard of honor, holding pots and incense burners, etc., and there were drum bands, gongs, drums, flute, and suona. The eunuch signaled, the drums sounded, and the empress gracefully and slowly stepped onto the golden chariot, and accompanied by the brigade, she went to the emperor's study.