Without the prince's signal, Li Guanghan immediately stepped forward and brought the disheveled Zhen Xi into the second room.
Then they saw Ruan Yu, King of Yongnan, and the Crown Princess entered the palace under the guidance of a servant.
"Your Highness." Ruan Yu saluted respectfully.
The prince said: "My lord, you don't need to be polite, please sit down."
Ruan Yu has a clear face and a slender figure, which may be due to the family tradition of the Yongnan Palace. This man is just like his sister Ruan Lanxun, with a gentle and elegant temperament that makes people feel very comfortable.
The prince commented in his heart that Ruan Yu was more stable than Xie Ying on the surface, but he was actually arrogant and conceited from head to toe, making people look much more pleasing to the eye, not to mention Yan Fengqin's undisguised arrogant and stupid look.
"This time, you can successfully control the Forbidden City and the Imperial Mausoleum, thanks to the prince's contribution." The crown prince stared closely at Ruan Yu's expression.
"It's His Highness who is wise and strategizing. I just lead a group of reckless warriors to serve His Highness a little bit."
Seeing that King Yongnan was so humble and as docile as the princess Ruan Lanxun, the prince felt quite useful, and smiled: "The prince's achievements are well known in my palace. This time, I will make the prince fulfill his long-cherished wish. Lovers get married."
The princess lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly.
Ruan Yu said: "Your Highness's words..."
The prince smiled and said: "My lord once had a relationship with my sister Zhu Ning, and I missed it because they were in love. This must be one of the reasons why my lord is dissatisfied with my father."
Ruan Yu was silent for a while, and said slowly: "I dare not."
The short silence of the other party made the prince smile knowingly: "Don't worry, you should be able to meet Ah Ning soon."
The prince asked again: "How is the arrangement at the Qianling Mausoleum? Three of the lamp-carrying eunuchs who accompanied my father to the underground palace this time are masters, and Xie Ying and the others are also masters. If they work together to break through..."
Ruan Yu replied: "I have ordered people to seal the exit of the secret passage with iron rocks, and ambushed top killers outside. If anyone in the underground palace escapes by chance, the masters arranged by the minister will definitely decapitate them. If Rong Ting When someone finds the exit of the secret passage from the outside, another group of dead soldiers will block it." Ruan Yu looked at Xuan Xuanlang, but the words he said were harsh.
The prince knew well that Ruan Yu wanted to get rid of Rong Ting long ago, but Rong Ting was not so easy to get rid of.
The crown prince nodded: "It's best, continue to closely monitor Qianling's movements. It's just that the jade seal can't be found..."
Ruan Yu was stunned, and understood that the jade seal the prince was talking about was referring to the imperial jade seal that was "destined by heaven and lived forever". Can't get God's blessing.
Ruan Yu said: "His Royal Highness controls both inside and outside the palace. For the enthronement ceremony, use the seal that the former emperor usually used for official business. Look for the imperial jade seal slowly. It should not be too late. The sooner Your Highness enthrones, the better."
The prince also had the same intention and nodded.
On the other side, Rong Xiao has returned to the private house. He still didn't know that his visit to the palace this time caught the eyes of the prince and caused a disaster for Zhu Yi and Zhu Ning.
The few spies sent by the crown prince were very good at making light work, but when they hid among the tree covers and watched the situation in the courtyard, they were still discovered by Xie Ying's subordinates. Most of the spies were killed, and only one escaped to report back to the palace.
Shen Xingliu then decided to transfer the three female family members first, however, although they moved quickly, they still walked to the next house, and were surrounded by the prince who rushed over after hearing the news.
The crown prince took a step forward, facing the carriageway: "You two sisters, brother Huang has personally come to pick you up back to the palace."
The two teams fought, and each had casualties. However, the prince brought too many people, and finally gained the upper hand. The prince's men surrounded the carriage, but they stretched out their long swords from the carriage and strangled several of the prince's men one after another.
The prince sneered and said, "Shen Xingliu, you have become cunning after following Xie Ying, so you really have to keep back."
As soon as Shen Xingliu heard this, he knew something was wrong, and hurried back. However, the Zhu Yi sisters who moved in the other direction had already been robbed by Yongnan King Ruan Yu himself and taken to the Forbidden Palace.
When the prince returned to the palace and saw Zhu Yi and Zhu Ning who were still in a coma, he was in a great mood. He stepped forward and hugged the limp Zhu Yi horizontally, and was about to take him back to his palace.
"Your Highness." Ruan Yu called the other party to stop.
Only then did the prince realize that Ruan Yu was his wife's elder brother, and it was really inappropriate for him to urgently express his desire to possess another woman in front of her. What's more, this is her sister in name.
The crown prince said: "Princess Xizhen is Xie Ying's favorite, so it is absolutely safe. Only by keeping her by my side can I rest assured."
He also hinted: "A Ning will be handed over to the lord first, the lord can relieve the pain of lovesickness. But you have to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, after all, A Ning is my younger sister, a serious princess of the Tian family." The main reason is that he still has to Use Zhu Ning to control Rong Ting.
Ruan Yu frowned as he watched the prince carry Zhu Yi away.
After a while, he came to Zhu Ning's couch, stretched out his hand, put away Zhu Ning's hair scattered on her cheeks, looked at her peaceful profile, and said, "Ah Ning, we meet again."
Zhu Ning was given the antidote by Ruan Yu, and she woke up. Seeing the strange room and the man, she said with fear on her face, "You, you... why am I here?"
Ruan Yu looked at this little stutterer and fool, and said sadly, "A Ning, I'm Ruan Yu, don't you remember me at all?"
"Remember, King Yongnan." Today's Zhu Ning also recognizes Ruan Yu, after all, he met Ruan Yu at the vassal king's ceremony five years ago, but he only regarded him as a stranger.
Ruan Yu was a little excited, thinking that Zhu Ning still remembered himself subconsciously. He looked at Zhu Ning's ignorant but still beautiful face, raised the other's chin, and lowered his head to kiss.
Zhu Ning pushed and rejected Ruan Yu's chest, but it was useless, and was still approached by him. Zhu Ning turned her face away to avoid the man: "Go away! Rong Ting said, I can only, he eats his mouth."
Ruan Yu's gentle face was clouded: "Rong Ting?" He held the struggling Zhu Ning tightly, and said with a sarcasm: "A Ning, the person you love is me, not Rong Ting. If you are sober now , wouldn’t even look at that ruffian.”
Ruan Yu was going to kiss Zhu Ning again as Ruan Yu said, Zhu Ning frantically twisted her body trying to break free from him: "Go away, you go away!" She immediately covered her temples: "I have a headache, it hurts so much."
"Headache? What's the matter?" Ruan Yu pulled Zhu Ning's hand to see.
This is the time for Gu Nanci to inject Zhu Ning.
Zhu Ning felt as if someone had hit her head with a stick, and she was in so much pain that she finally couldn't help sobbing: "Yi, Yiyi, where are you? Yiyi..." Didn't the two sisters stay together before
At this time, the voice of the Crown Princess whispered behind Ruan Yu: "Brother, do you want Zhu Ning and Zhu Yi to be that Ehuang Nuying?"
Ruan Yu frowned again, held Zhu Ning and stood up and said, "Prince Princess, help me summon the imperial doctor. I have to go to the prince. Ah Ning wants to find Princess Xizhen. Maybe Princess Xizhen has a solution to her headache."
The princess was taken aback for a moment, and sent someone to invite the imperial doctor according to her words.
When Zhu Yi woke up and saw the prince, she felt her heart go cold, but as long as she was not in front of Xie Ying, her mind would turn quickly.
The crown prince looked at Zhu Yi, who was facing a great enemy, and said with a smile: "Yi Yi grew up in this palace, shouldn't she be happy when she returns to the palace? Why does she look bewildered instead?"
He just walked back to the palace with Zhu Yi in his arms, only to feel that Zhu Yi's skin is white and delicate, his whole body is as beautiful as snow lotus, and as soft as spring water.
He said again: "Xie Ying is really lucky." Picking this world-renowned flower is just about to bloom, and it is the most youthful time.
"However, from now on, Yiyi, Xie Ying will no longer be seen. You just forget about him and follow me with peace of mind. Although the emperor can't let you be the queen, the emperor will give you a wife under one person, Let no one dare to bully you at will, okay?"
Zhu Yi ignored the prince's nonsense, and only asked, "How did you escape from the Qianling underground palace alone?"
The prince just smiled and said nothing.
Zhu Yi tentatively asked again: "Or, you didn't go to Qianling at all? Otherwise, how would you plan to direct the Palace Change?"
Zhu Yi thought of the dull-looking prince who kept his head down all the time, not speaking or moving. Everyone thought it was the prince who was too sad, but it turned out that he was just a disguised substitute.
The prince was slightly taken aback, and praised: "Yiyi, you are really smart, you guessed it right."
"However, that person is not only my substitute, but also a kung fu master. He will attack Xie Ying as soon as the Broken Dragon Stone is put down. So, don't have any hope that Xie Ying will come out of Qianling alive."
It was as if a knife was being filed in Zhu Yi's chest, and she was staring at the prince in pain.
The prince said coldly: "Is Yiyi trying to kill me? Want to avenge Xie Ying?"
The crown prince stared at Zhu Yi's face fascinated: "However, how do you avenge Xie Ying?" He approached Zhu Yi and said, "Emperor brother, teach you, you take off your clothes, let the emperor be fascinated by you, forget yourself Only then will you be able to avenge Xie Ying."
The prince laughed loudly: "How? Yiyi, do you want to give it a try?"
Zhu Yi bit her lower lip, controlling her emotions that were about to lose control. In the past, she responded positively to dangers. Xie Ying also told her that no matter what happened to her, she must save her life. But if Xie Ying is really gone, she can't think of the meaning of protecting herself. The hatred in her heart made her just want to burn everything together.
The prince pinched Zhu Yi's waist with both hands, and said, "Take it off yourself, or should the emperor help you?"
"Take it off yourself," Zhu Yi said.
Under the surprised eyes of the prince, Zhu Yi raised his hand to undo her bun and put down her hair full of black hair. Zhu Yi's posture of untying her hair was very graceful, and the black hair like a waterfall of smoke fell on her rosy and plump cheeks, which made the prince slightly dazed.
At Zhu Yi's request, Xie Ying also bought some things for Zhu Yi. The earring on her left contained drugs, and the earring on her right contained poison. Inside the hairpin is a silver needle, which is equipped with a mechanism, which can be shot out by pressing the top of the hairpin. Xie Ying made it for her and taught her how to use it.
Zhu Yi quietly put the hairpin in his right hand behind him.