The East Palace, which is separated from the Taiji Palace by a wall, has a serious and solemn atmosphere.
Xiao Yu returned from the office with a gloomy expression on his face, and met Zhao Yu'e and Xu Rong's strange expressions, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart.
"What, but what's the matter?"
He strode into the Guangtian Temple, and without a maid serving him, he took off his robe hastily, wiped his face, and sat down on the couch, drinking warm tea while frowning and asking, even disliking Zhao Yue. Can't care.
Xu Rong stood outside and asked all the maids in the hall to go down, then went over to close the door in person, and repeatedly confirmed that everyone outside the hall had retreated before returning: "His Royal Highness, in the afternoon, news came from the Hanlin Academy that Mrs. Chu—has already Was made queen by the saint."
Xiao Yu's face froze, and he quickly flashed a bit of impatience. He waved his hand and said, "When I saw you this morning, I already knew. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Zhao Yu'e on the side said coldly: "His Royal Highness, the former crown princess, is a calm and tolerant person, not only went directly to the Taiji Palace to become a queen, but also begged the saint to protect the people around him. I didn't like her weak and incompetent style before, but now I will look at her with admiration."
At such a depressing and embarrassing moment, when someone spoke like that in his ear, Xiao Yu's impatience grew stronger, and he put the tea cup in his hand heavily and said angrily, "Shut up and see your identity clearly."
Zhao Yu'e was also surprised by today's changes, so she said these words. Although she was dissatisfied, she didn't want to delay the business, so she stopped speaking for the time being.
Xu Rong, who was on the side, wouldn't mix in the quarrel between the newlyweds, he was silent for a moment, and when he saw the atmosphere had calmed down, he said, "Your Highness, after the Hanlin Academy's decree came, Zhan Shifu also came to take Zhao Sizhi. transferred away…”
This happened just over an hour ago, when the officials of the government offices were still handling their official duties. It seems that the people from the Ministry of Personnel only heard the news, so they went directly to the East Palace Zhanshi Mansion to pick up people. Even Zhao Yanzhou himself seemed to be unaware of it.
He felt that something was wrong, and he did not want to let people go so easily, but firstly, the personnel in the Ministry of Personnel had complete procedures and no omissions. Second, there were many people on the other side, and there were several guards around him, so he couldn't stop him at all. , I had to wait until the prince returned and report directly.
Zhao Yanzhou has a special status and is considered to be Chu Ning's confidant. Now that the Chu family has become a queen, he was also ordered to be transferred by the emperor himself. The meaning of it is really shocking.
Xiao Yu obviously also thought of this layer, and his originally unattractive expression suddenly became solemn, adding a layer of worry.
Obviously, the other party has already calculated the timing. Taking advantage of his marriage, Chu Ning just got rid of his past identity and has nothing to do with Donggong.
"Shidu, where is Chuzhou, what news is there from Chuzhou?"
He knew very well that Chu Ning's weakness, in addition to Zhao Yanzhou, was Chuzhou's two younger cousins.
Xu Rong pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness's orders have been sent to watch, and there is no abnormal news yet."
After listening to Xiao Yu, he was relieved, but after listening to him, he continued: "But Chuzhou is a long way from Chang'an, even if something really happened, we would not hear about it until a few days later, so it's not good for me to be arrogant. draw conclusions."
Xiao Yu's heart suddenly tightened.
Xu Rong is right, he can't pin his hopes on this. Thinking of the attitudes of Chu Ning and Xiao Kezhi in Bai Ri, he felt more and more frightened.
Don't they know what? Especially Chuning—
"Wai Du, will she... already know what happened back then?"
Zhao Yu'e, who was on the side, frowned. She heard the word "Chuzhou" just now. She was already guessing that this was probably the handle of the Chu family in Xiao Yu's hand.
"What else happened back then?"
In vain, she almost really thought that Xiao Yu had some kind of affection for the Chu family, but now, I am afraid it is only superficial.
Xiao Yu ignored her, while Xu Rong glanced at her, without permission, naturally he would not reveal it at will, and only hurriedly comforted Xiao Yu: "Don't worry, Your Highness, almost all the people who knew about what happened in those days are no longer there, so I don't think so. There will be mistakes."
However, Xiao Yu shook his head: "No, no, Aning is not such a heartless person. She must have known that she wanted to break up with me like this..."
The matter of Chu Qianyu was a secret that he had kept in his heart for two or three years. It tormented him from time to time like a nightmare. Now that he has reached this point, he can no longer suppress it.
"She, she must hate me very much..." He muttered to himself, while he pondered in his heart the arrangements he had disclosed to Chu Ning earlier, "Fortunately, fortunately..."
He has always been wary of this day, and he will never tell her his plans. All she knows is that he wants to do something with the Zhao family.
So, there is always room.
He got up from the couch and paced back and forth in the room, feeling very restless.
"Wai Du, how are the arrangements for going out of the city?"
According to their original plan, these few days, he should take advantage of a certain day to inspect the government office outside the palace, quietly disguise and change his identity, quickly leave Chang'an, gallop all the way to the southwest, and meet Bozhou who is already on his way. The main force of the army converges.
It should be noted that as the prince, his identity is very sensitive, and he cannot leave Chang'an without the permission of the emperor.
Hearing his question, Xu Rong said hurriedly and solemnly: "Your Highness, everything has been arranged properly, and you can leave at any time, just wait for His Highness to speak. Does His Highness want to leave as soon as possible?"
Xiao Yu pondered for a moment, and while waiting nervously with Xu Rong under Zhao Yu'e's frowning gaze, he finally nodded: "Forget it, we can't wait any longer, things will change later, now it's curfew, the city gate is closed, tomorrow, tomorrow After the court meeting, the government offices began to work, and the city gates opened normally before leaving."
After that, he turned his head to Zhao Yu'e and said coldly: "You are ready tomorrow and leave with me at any time. If it is delayed, I will not take care of you."
Zhao Yu'e looked directly at his indifferent and gloomy expression without saying much, just nodded lightly, then got up and left.
She and him were using each other, so naturally she wouldn't expect him to protect her at a critical moment. She didn't even doubt that the reason why he was willing to take her away was not because she was already his wife, but because her surname was Zhao, and there was his last leaning stick behind her.
To this day, she feels that she finally really sees Xiao Yu as a person. She was also a little shaken and doubted whether it was worth it to put everything in the future on such a ruthless, selfish and ruthless man, but she and her brother had no more choices, and at this point, only desperate This is the way...
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In the early morning of the second day, when the genius just dawned, Xiao Kezhi had already got up to wash and put on his clothes, preparing to go to the court meeting in the Taiji Hall.
Chu Ning wanted to get up and serve him personally, but he was pressed down and unable to move. In addition, due to the Gui Shui, his body was indeed a little weak, so he simply fell asleep again.
Now there are no other concubines in the palace, and there are people in six bureaus who manage all the common affairs in an orderly manner.
When Xiao Kezhi saw this, he felt satisfied. He lowered his head and rubbed her cheek a few times, then slowly stood up and straightened his clothes in front of the bronze mirror.
He is a strong person by nature. He has always been energetic and has a desire to control. Even if he takes her into his arms now, he still hopes to see her live comfortably and comfortably under his careful care.
Everything was ready, and lightly stepped out of the bedroom, Jin Jiang had hurried over from the direction of Wude Hall, and quickly revealed the abnormality found in the city early in the morning.
"I'm not mistaken, he really can't hold his breath." Xiao Kezhi listened intently, nodded and said, "Qianniuwei don't act rashly, go to Jinwuwei and let the people of Jinwuwei chase after him."
Qianniuwei is led by Jin Jiang, and they are all his personal soldiers. It will always lead to speculation if the people of Qianniuwei go to intercept the prince. And Jinwuwei is different. Jinwuwei is in charge of the security of the people in Chang'an City, and he is not closely related to him. When they find out that the prince suddenly fled, it can be regarded as a break with him as the emperor.
Everyone has to understand that he, the emperor, is benevolent and righteous. He has always trusted and close to his nephew during the six months since he ascended the throne.
In this way, the loyal and upright old officials who were with the prince either because of orthodoxy or because of Chu Qianyu and others in the past could not be implicated, and could be used more by him as the emperor.
In the Ganlu Palace, it was not until Chen Shi, the sky was bright, and the order in the palace was completely restored, that Chu Ning woke up leisurely, put on a dress and got out of bed to wash.
After Cui He brought her prepared clothes and menstruation to put on, she ordered someone to bring in the boiled ginger tea.
"Madam, this is the ginger tea specially ordered by the sage to warm up her body."
Chu Ning glanced at the scorching sun outside, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. He chuckled and shook his head: "Forget it, Your Majesty is so attentive, I should drink well."
Thinking of the "hemiplegia" he said last night, she burst into laughter and drank the hot ginger tea with a tea bowl.
In the sweltering heat, the sweet and hot ginger tea poured into her abdomen, which indeed drove away the soreness and dull pain in her lower abdomen, but also made her back sweat again.
She wiped her back with a towel again, sat on the couch and fanned for a while, and then got up to eat at the table.
After breakfast, she took the maids in front of her to chat in the cool of the house, and another imperial physician ordered her to diagnose her pulse and give her a prescription for recuperation.
Seeing that the sun was about to pass for a long time, she still felt very leisurely and couldn't help but want to find something to do for herself.
In the past in the East Palace, as the Crown Princess, she also had to take care of the food and clothing expenses of the East Palace and the arrangements for the maids and maids. When she arrived at the Taiji Palace, the first thing that came to her mind was naturally these.
After thinking about it, she was about to have someone go to the sixth inning to invite some people in charge to come over, but Cui He, who was outside, suddenly came in and said happily, "Miss, look who's coming?"
She fixed her eyes and hurriedly looked in the direction of the palace gate, only to see Mrs. Xu pulling Guo'er and two standing under the eaves under the scorching sun outside, looking inward cautiously.
As soon as the two met her eyes, they were a little stunned, and Mrs. Xu's face subconsciously flashed a bit of embarrassment, but Guo'er, who was always shy and shy, showed her a happy and sweet smile.
A little girl in her teens, her eyes are clear and clear, she should be ignorant, but she seems to be able to see through everything.
She felt relieved in her heart, and suddenly felt a trance. After a moment of daze, she walked over in person and led the two into the hall.