Gu Hongjian did what she said, she said that she didn't need to see her again, Lin Size had indeed not seen her for a long time, and she didn't know where she had shrunk.
But Lin Size is in a mess right now, and things around him are messed up, and he doesn't want to see Gu Hongjian for the time being, so he just goes with her, but every morning when he sees a scar on his lips in the mirror, he The mood is very complicated.
Except for the day when Zuo Ningyan died, Lin Size kept his thoughts well hidden for the rest of the time.
Zuo Ningyan died, he was very sad, but the time limit he gave himself to be sad was only one day.
After that, although I still couldn't forget this matter, I sighed in my heart when I remembered it, but I could only suppress it. After all, there were too many things to deal with.
Zuo Ningyan's death caused quite a stir in the capital.
Most of the people are scolding the Yao family and Yao Tianao, saying that he forced Zuo Ningyan to death, and many people are scolding the Zuo family, saying that they forced their daughter to marry a scum like Yao Tianao, and finally forced to death. daughter, and the Zuo family has always remained silent, and did not say why they agreed to this marriage.
It was just that Zuo Xiang had obviously said something to the emperor. The emperor Longyan was furious and called the eldest prince and Taishi Yao to reprimand him. After a while, Lin Size knew in his heart what the emperor meant, but he didn't show a trace of joy. He just listened to the training seriously, which made the emperor more and more satisfied.
At the same time, the emperor's health was even worse. Lin Size even heard the two imperial physicians discussing in a low voice. The emperor couldn't resist this winter.
However, the emperor was very calm and still did not announce the candidate of the prince, so it took three months in the blink of an eye.
In the past three months, Lin Size has only seen Gu Hong once.
In fact, it didn't take long for him to worry about whether Gu Hongjian really ran away, so he sent someone to look at it, and only then did he know that Gu Hongjian had not actually left the palace, or even the Deze Hall, but basically put himself She was locked in the room, because she had a very good relationship with Lin Size and was very favored, and she was in charge of the palace maid. Before that, she had basically enjoyed the treatment of the master, so she didn't go out and no one said anything.
But Lin Size knew Gu Hongjian's temperament. Sure enough, he was drinking alone in the courtyard one night. He remembered Zuo Ningyan's smile and Gu Hongjian's tearful eyes. sighed.
Just after sighing, he saw a figure passing lightly above the Deze Hall. Lin Size's eyes moved with the figure, but it happened to hit Gu Hongjian's eyes. No one could see the deep meaning in anyone's eyes, and Gu Hongjian didn't stop there, and returned to his residence in a dashing manner, slamming the door.
Until the day before the winter solstice, the emperor suddenly decreed that Lin Size be the crown prince. Now that the emperor is unwell, Lin Size will be in charge of the government alone. The first prince can only assist, and has no right to make a memorial.
In this way, the situation was settled overnight, and the left minister even had a long talk with Lin Size all night, but no one knew what they were talking about.
At the winter solstice banquet, the emperor only attended the banquet in a hurry and then retired due to physical discomfort. The whole winter solstice banquet seemed to have a sluggish atmosphere, and the eldest prince appeared for the first time after Lin Size became the crown prince. Glancing at Lin Size, he drank a glass of wine angrily.
Because Gu Hongjian wasn't there, Lin Size couldn't bring her to the Winter Solstice Banquet as before. He only brought two palace maids and two eunuchs. At the Winter Solstice Banquet, there were countless officials who congratulated Lin Size on becoming the crown prince, and even more subtly expressed that Lin Size was a good-natured person. Yuan Yuan, Feng You Zhaomao, is absolutely the most suitable candidate for the prince, and he has supported him for a long time.
All of these, Lin Size laughed.
After the winter solstice banquet, Lin Size returned to the Deze Hall, and then slowly swayed to Gu Hongjian's house with his sleeves.
There was no light in the room, but Gu Hongjian was not there.
Lin Size frowned. It was snowing in the palace at this moment. Where would she go at such a time
The little eunuch who held the umbrella for Lin Size saw Lin Size's brows furrowed, and said cautiously, "Prince Prince, are you looking for Zhang Zhang? She..."
Lin Size glanced at him and said, "Say. I won't punish you, and I won't tell her."
The little eunuch said: "Go back to the crown prince, Mr. Gu has been gathering people to gamble in the southeast corner of the backyard recently..."
Lin Size: "..."
Lin Size said, "You lost?"
The little eunuch said honestly: "Go back to the crown prince, the little one has lost all, and the others have lost almost as well. Gu Zhangshi sits in the village, and the family wins."
"She's fast... You can't win." Lin Size was a little helpless, "Since her family wins, why should you bet against her?"
The little eunuch said: "Back to the crown prince... Zhang Zhang is very good at doing things."
How dare she use force to coerce others to gamble with her, and then give away money to win other people's money? Why didn't she just stop by the road and rob, and save the old step.
Lin Size had a lot of sadness in her heart. She thought that Gu Hongjian, who was hiding from her and refused to see her, must be the same, but she unexpectedly... did such a thing...
Lin Size suddenly thought that there are often few things in his room these days. No one has moved the particularly valuable things. Those things that are still worth some money and can be sold outside the palace are rarely seen again and again. In addition, Gu Hong Seeing her behavior now... Is she saving money
What does she save money for
Lin Size frowned, his face even darker.
Xiaotai watched the words and saw that the master was obviously in a bad mood, so he quickly explained: "Prince, Xiao is not talking about Gu Zhangshi... It's just that Xiaotai's money is taken by Gu Zhangshi, but there are one or two things. A sick old mother to take care of…”
Lin Size said: "No, you said it very well. You have to tell me what absurd things she will do in the future... What's your name?"
The little eunuch said: "Go back to the prince, the little one's name is Jiang Haifu."
Lin Size nodded: "Jiang Haifu, take me to Zhang Zhang."
Jiang Haifu complied, and honestly led Lin Size around and around. When he arrived at the backyard of Deze Hall, the backyard went around a bamboo forest. Only then did Lin Size see the group of people.
Gu Hongjian didn't know what he was thinking, but he built a canopy on the corners of the original eaves to protect from the wind and rain, and placed a large wooden table and a few long benches under the canopy. Holding the candle, Gu Hong saw that he was stepping on the bench, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Press and leave."
Everyone else was frowning and pressed down.
Lin Size walked over, took off the jade pendant from his waist, and threw it on the big one.
Everyone was stunned, including Gu Hongjian, and then everyone saluted as if frightened. Only Gu Hongjian slowly put down the dice cup in his hand and looked at Lin Size blankly.
Before Lin Size could speak, Gu Hongjian's eyes fell on Jiang Haifu and said, "Yo, are you still suing?"
Jiang Haifu shook slightly: "..."
Lin Size said with a dark face, "You did something wrong, how dare you scare others?!"
Gu Hongjian was more arrogant than him, and said, "What am I doing wrong?! It's just gambling!"
Everyone was silent. This kind of thing that was strictly forbidden in the palace was also thanks to her being so righteous, and also thanks to... The Crown Prince was not even more angry.
It seems that the crown prince will never really be angry with Zhang Zhangshi, which is good.
While everyone thought this, they were driven away by Lin Size, leaving only Jiang Haifu. Lin Size asked him to stand not far away with an umbrella. He and Gu Hongjian stayed under the canopy, Gu Hongjian left Mouth picked up the money on the table and ignored Lin Size.
Lin Size said, "You are saving money, what are you saving for? Going out of the palace?"
"It's none of your business." Gu Hongjian said with a cold face.
Lin Size said, "Are you going to leave the palace?"
Gu Hongjian pursed his lips and said, "So what?"
Lin Size said, "You can't go."
Gu Hong laughed when she saw it: "I want to leave, can you stop me?"
Lin Si Ze stopped talking, just looked at Gu Hongjian, and said after a while: "It's okay. You can leave if you want, but don't take their money, it's not easy for them. Give them all the money back, and I'll give you a sum. Money, you can leave at any time, and you can come back and get the money again.”
Gu Hongjian twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "I forgot that you are the crown prince, but now that you are rich, I forgot to congratulate you. Now there are basically no major problems. What you want is already within your grasp."
Lin Size didn't want to talk about this topic with her at the moment, so he just nodded perfunctorily: "Thank you for so many years."
Gu Hongjian waved his hand and said, "What's the use of talking nicely, give me more money, after I leave the palace, I plan to either go into business or buy a few plots of land for people to plant. It should be good to have a small life. ."
"Yeah." Lin Size still nodded.
Gu Hong saw that Lin Size didn't say a word of retention. Although she was already prepared, she still felt a little cold, and she didn't bother to say a word.
She didn't speak, and Lin Size didn't speak either. The two stood silently for a while, but Gu Hongjian said impatiently, "I'll go and return the money to them first. As for the money you want to give me, you can ask Jiang Haifu to give it to me later. ."
After all, Lin Size was ignored, he tapped his toes, and left without a trace on the snow. Jiang Haifu next to him didn't know how strong Gu Hong's martial arts were when he saw Gu Hong's martial arts skills. When he came over, he stretched out his hand to catch it in a panic, seeing that it was he who lost, and he was still very happy at the moment.
Jiang Haifu collected the money, and then hurriedly ran outside the tent, so that Lin Size would be under the umbrella as soon as he came out, so he didn't have to be drenched in the snow.
Lin Size stood under the umbrella, staring at Gu Hongjian's direction for a while, and finally sighed softly.
The first time Jiang Fuhai heard his master sigh, he didn't dare to let out the air, until Lin Size took a step forward, and he quickly followed.
That night, the innocent servants of Deze Hall took back their money, while Jiang Haifu, under Lin Size's order, sent a whole bag of heavy silver ingots to Gu Hongjian there.
Early the next morning, the eunuchs in charge of sweeping the snow found that the door of Gu Hongjian was wide open. When he looked into the room, it was empty. It was obvious that Mr. Gu had already packed up everything and left without even a single letter. Leave. Everyone was very surprised and ran to report to Lin Size, but only got a faint "Yeah. Understood, let's step back."
Lin Size put down the book, pushed open the window of the study, and stared at the thin snow outside the window for a while. Jiang Haifu summoned the courage to remind: "Prince Prince, you have been looking at the snow for fear of hurting your eyes."
Only then did Lin Size regain his senses and said, "Well, I don't see it."
After all, he reached out and closed the window.
After the winter solstice, the situation in the palace became more and more tense, and the emperor didn't even have the strength to speak.
Although Lin Size is the crown prince at the moment, the eldest prince has only been silent for a while, and then he becomes arrogant again. He runs rampant in the palace every day. When he sees Lin Size, he doesn't even call the prince politely, but calls him the emperor as usual.
Lin Size just smiled at this, and even occasionally replied to the emperor's brother.
Not only was the first prince not satisfied with Lin Size's actions, but he felt more and more that Lin Size was cowardly and useless, and his heart was about to move.
At this time, I don't know if it was the beginning, but there was a rumor that the current prince actually loved Zuo Ningyan's daughter Zuo Ningyan for a long time, but he never showed his heart. Tianao was forced to death.
It is said that the crown prince was in great pain and cried for several days because of this, so he hated Yao Taishi and Yao Tianao completely, and even said in private that if he ascended the throne one day, the first thing he would do would be to punish Yao Taishi and the nine clans.
This rumor had a very wide range. Those with noses and eyes slowly spread to the outside of the palace, and to the ears of Taishi Yao and Yao Tianao. The father and son were panicked. They immediately went to the palace to find the eldest prince, and the two parties discussed it. Fan, finally made a decision.
In the 42nd year of Wanshun, in the middle of the night on the ninth day of the second lunar month, the eldest prince had a rare opportunity to serve the sick. He served the emperor quite considerately, and personally brought medicine from the inner supervisor to feed the emperor. The emperor was very pleased, and finally Didn't make a bad face at him.
The emperor drank the medicine, only to say that he was very tired, the eldest prince hurriedly expressed that he did not dare to disturb the emperor too much, and the emperor was too tired and let him retire, but the eldest prince only walked slowly to the door of the Hall of Renhe, when he heard a voice coming from behind Several howls.
The eldest prince paused, and saw an inner supervisor running out in a panic, saying, "Your Majesty, your Majesty is dead!!!"
The eldest prince first burst into tears, but then did not allow the inner prisoner to announce the matter, and sent all the servants who knew the emperor was dead to be imprisoned in the side hall. At the same time, as if he had been prepared for a long time, Yao Taishi and Liu Wei, the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army, who did not know where to hide, appeared and surrounded the Deze Hall with half of the Royal Forest Army.
Then the eldest prince also came from the Hall of Renhe, stood outside the Hall of Deze, and said loudly, "The traitor Lin Size, murdering his brother and killing his father, is a disobedience, and you still don't come out and lead to death!"
As soon as the words fell, Lin Size appeared, dressed neatly, his face was calm and there was no panic, and his black cloak seemed to blend into the night.
There was only Jiang Haifu, a little eunuch behind him. In this huge Deze Hall with scattered lights, he looked isolated and helpless, like a little ant that the eldest prince could easily crush to death.
However, he was very calm at the moment, and if he looked closely, there was even a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Lin Size said, "Brother Huang, what nonsense are you talking about in the middle of the night?"
The eldest prince sneered: "Don't call me imperial brother, I don't have a younger brother like you that corrupts morals! You killed the second brother, and blamed the third and fourth brothers, and now you are killing the father and emperor!"
Lin Size said calmly, "Brother Huang is really not awake. Why did I kill my second brother? Father Emperor... When did Emperor Father pass away, why do I have no idea at all?"
The eldest prince said: "I didn't suspect you before, but I only learned last time that the little palace maid who had been with you before was fundamentally skilled in martial arts, and you kept such a person by your side, and you kept it hidden from everyone. Can be punished! As for the father... Yes, the father just passed away, but it was not a natural death. The imperial doctor has tested it and said that someone had poisoned the bowl of medicine... The eunuch who brought the medicine was tortured by me. It was you who ordered it! You are already the crown prince, but you are still dissatisfied, and you are in a hurry to ascend to the throne. To do such a thing really makes me sad! The world, how can it be handed over to a person like you!"
His remarks were impassioned, and all the royal guards drank it, and seemed to be very disgusted by the eldest prince's words of Lin Size.
Lin Size said, "That little palace maid is indeed highly skilled in martial arts, but does this prove that I killed the second prince? Brother Huang, you are too arbitrary. As for the father... Did the father really die? Why is there such a thing in the Hall of Renhe? Quiet?"
The eldest prince squinted his eyes and said, "Of course it's because you have to press down first, otherwise you know that the father is dead, so you will succeed immediately, and then hide all the truth? Fortunately, God has eyes, today is my servant. disease!"
Lin Size said calmly, "Brother Huang is reasonable, yet aggressive. Brother Huang is disregarding the rules, and I don't know what means he used to let so many imperial troops enter the palace late at night, but he got the imperial father's hand letter. , or is holding the order to transfer troops? But why did I only see Deputy Commander Liu and not Commander Zheng? The order to transfer troops should only be in the hands of Commander Zheng, right?"
Liu Wei was already a little worried, but when he heard the words, his face changed, and he raised his voice: "The situation is urgent, and there is no time to delay on the side of Qingjun. There is something in the family of Zheng Commander and he is not in the capital, so I made an assertion! My Imperial Forest Army is there to protect the emperor. Take care of a lot!"
Worried that Lin Size would say something else, Liu Wei and the eldest prince looked at each other, the eldest prince nodded slightly, Liu Wei immediately drew the bow, his arm strength was extremely strong, and the bowstring was pulled to the limit, and then the feather arrow shot towards In the direction of Lin Size, he shot with the power of piercing the clouds and breaking the sun!
Just at this critical moment, a dexterous red figure suddenly jumped above Lin Size. She held a long sword and slashed in the air, actually splitting the arrow from the middle!
Everyone was shocked, but they saw that figure fell steadily in front of Lin Size. Although it was not tall, it was tall and imposing. He was dressed in red clothes and looked like fire in the dark night. A pair of eyes clear and compelling.
Lin Size looked at her back, her eyes flickering, but she didn't say a word.
And Gu Hongjian didn't look back, just looked at the people in front of him coldly.
The eldest prince and others were shocked at first, and then the eldest prince raised his hand and shouted: "She is the little palace maid who killed the second prince! Quick! Kill her directly for me! Don't worry about others, it's important to avenge the second brother!"
The eldest prince planned to kill Lin Size in the name of killing Gu Hongjian. The phrase "don't worry about others" was clearly stated.
Gu Hongjian narrowed his eyes slightly, and his whole body was on guard.
However, at this moment, a slender and sharp voice suddenly sounded: "The emperor is here!"
Everyone present was stunned, and even the Yulin Army, who was about to rush up, was dumbfounded.
The eldest prince's face flushed and his hands trembled slightly: "Who?! Who is talking nonsense?! The emperor has died!!!"
However, when the first light entered everyone's sight, everyone knew that something was wrong.
The long queue of palace maids and inner supervisors each carried a lantern and walked in unhurriedly. On both sides were the rest of the Imperial Forest Army. The leader was Zheng Yi, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army who was "not in the capital", and the two sides were dressed in green robes. The personal guards with long knives in their hands are not as numerous as the Royal Forest Army, but they are the closest guards of every emperor, and they are also the most capable. 's dark guard.
Protected by these people layer by layer, it is the present day who "has died".
Sitting in the bright yellow chariot, he looked listless, coughing occasionally, but the anger and disappointment between his brows were still visible.
The eldest prince almost trembled: "How is it possible... how is it possible... The emperor has already died! This is fake, fake!"
Bu Nian has stopped, the emperor sneered when he heard the words, and said angrily: "Don't you even recognize me? Or are you so confident in your poison that you think it will poison me?! Beast, don't give it to me? I kneel down?!"
The eldest prince trembled and took a few steps back, trying to find Taishi Yao's help, but when he turned around, he saw that Taishi Yao was also pale, and Liu Wei was fighting with each other, almost kneeling.
Those guardsmen who were holding spears or knives put down their knives one after another, daring not to make a move.
The tide is gone.
The trend is over!
The eldest prince laughed three times and said, "You actually planned to harm me! You actually..."
The emperor said angrily: "If it weren't for you, a beast with a bad mind, you wanted to kill your father with poison, and you wanted to murder your brother, how could you fall for it!? A beast, it's not as good as a beast!"
Probably too annoyed, the emperor fell backwards with some unsteady breath, Lin Size frowned, and said loudly: "Father, don't get angry for him, it's not good to hurt your body."
It took a long time for the emperor to recover, and he looked at the eldest prince, Yao Taishi and Liu Wei coldly, and said, "How dare you, you want to force the palace with such a few people? Yao Taishi, I think you are really tired of living. There is Deputy Commander Liu, and Commander Zheng carries you with one hand, so you stole his order to repay him?!"
Zheng Yi let out a long roar and said, "The Royal Forest Army obeys the order! Liu Wei's mental skills are not right, and he is a jackal, so he will be arrested immediately!"
Zheng Yi was more popular in the end. After the order was given, the royal guards swarmed and captured Liu Wei. Liu Wei did not resist. He was tied up on his knees. After that, things went smoothly. They returned to Zheng Yi's side, and each took 50 large boards, and some of them went directly to the frontier. Taishi Yao was arrested, the eldest prince was arrested, the rest of the party members scattered in various halls were arrested, and several civil servants who were in charge of responding outside the palace were all arrested...
It was not until the sky was getting dark and the morning light first appeared that the palace, which had been noisy all night, finally regained its calm.
Gu Hongjian held up his long sword and sat on the steps of Deze Hall in a daze.
Lin Size went to serve the emperor immediately last night, and has never come back, the two of them didn't say a word from beginning to end.
But when Gu Hongjian was about to leave, she would be stopped by a few dark guards who were more powerful than her, and she would not be allowed to leave.
These dark guards lurked in Deze Hall to protect Lin Size last night, but she didn't find those masters at all, and the first one rushed out in a hurry.
Now that I think about it, it's really stupid.
It turned out that everything was arranged by Lin Size, no wonder, she said, how could Lin Size be forced into such a situation...
Thanks to her knowing that Lin Size might have an accident, she rushed into the palace as soon as possible, and then followed Lin Size for two days and two nights. During the two days and two nights, she hardly slept.
The more Gu Hongjian thought about it, the more angry he became. Just as Jiang Haifu trotted past, Gu Hongjian picked up a stone and hit his ass, angrily said, "It's all your fault, what false news are you spreading!!!"
Jiang Haifu was startled, then rubbed his buttocks aggrievedly and said, "I, I..."
Gu Hongjian calmed down a little, squinted his eyes, and said, "It wasn't someone's orders, how could you easily leave the palace and know where I am... Ha, he has even counted on me now, it's really promising, promising !"
Gu Hong thumped the ground angrily, thinking, of course he clearly knew that as soon as she heard that he was in danger, she would forget everything she had said, and ran over to protect him.
He didn't rely on her to like him.
Gu Hongjian was forced to stay in Deze Hall doing nothing, so she simply entered the hall, rummaged through the contents of Deze Hall, and searched for other ways to escape.
However, after a whole day like this, she did not escape, and Lin Size did not come back.
After stopping an innocent servant to threaten and inquire about it, Gu Hongjian realized that the emperor was too angry after returning, and his condition became more serious. Row.
Gu Hong saw that she stayed up all night and was so sleepy that she simply touched her room, but saw that everything in the room was the same as before, except for the things she had taken away, the quilt was still laid, and it was soft, obviously taking advantage of the first two days. It was sunny and sunny, and the rest of the tables and chairs were neatly arranged and spotless. Obviously, someone came to clean it, but there was no trace of others living there.
Was this room reserved for her after she left
Gu Hongjian was not moved, just snorted, thinking, hum, pretending to be so open-minded and letting her go, in fact...
But when he was exhausted, Gu Hongjian didn't bother to think about it any more. He lay on the bed and slept in his clothes, and this sleep actually lasted until the next morning, and woke up amidst the commotion.
Gu Hongjian rubbed her eyes and walked out, only to be shocked to hear that the emperor really died.