Pan'er subconsciously grabbed Cattail's hand.
At this time, there was a sound of chaotic footsteps behind him, and Cattail was dragged away with his mouth covered. Pan'er turned his head to look, only to see a figure hidden behind the rockery, and he had no choice but to cast his eyes on the King of Chu again.
"I don't know that His Royal Highness Chu invited the concubine, but what's the important thing? Before the concubine came out, everyone in the water pavilion knew that he asked Princess Yue to help look after the children. It's really inappropriate to stay outside for too long."
Pan'er tried her best to soften her tone, not wanting to appear panicked, but she knew in her heart that since the King of Chu had arranged this outing, it must be the wrong person.
Perhaps the biggest crisis in her life is about to be dealt with here, and whether she can get out depends on luck.
The king of Chu was smiling, his handsome face looked particularly malicious under the dim light, like a cat catching a mouse, full of cruel banter.
"You say so much, just to remind me that someone will come looking for you? Since I have someone get you out, I am sure that no one will come looking for you in a short time, so don't waste your energy .”
Pan'er smiled stiffly: "I don't know why His Royal Highness the King of Chu is embarrassing me, a woman? I'm just a housewife, so I don't think I'm bothering His Royal Highness Chu?"
King Chu glanced at her, as if surprised that she would say such a thing.
But he didn't soften his heart because of this, touched his chin with his index finger and said: "Who told you that you are the most beloved woman of the crown prince?"
Pan'er laughed dryly: "Did His Highness the King of Chu make a mistake? There was the Crown Princess Hu Liangdi before, and there were other concubines in the East Palace. I really can't deserve such a compliment from you."
The King of Chu seemed unwilling to waste words with her here, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I don't deny that you seem to be very smart, but my prince's younger brother can hide his confusion from others, but he can't. I."
As he said that, he looked sideways and said, "Has anyone brought it here? Be quicker, and treat this as your own courtyard?"
Before he finished speaking, he vaguely heard the sound of invisible footsteps coming from the slanted alley. The King of Chu got the answer he wanted, and he was leisurely looking at the plate again, looking at her up and down: "It's a pity, This king is actually very curious about what it's like to be a woman who is protected so tightly by the crown prince, it must be a good taste, but it's a pity that it's cheaper to be a fool."
His eyes were extremely obscene, and Pan'er had also heard that the King of Chu was cruel and unruly, and he was greedy for women. There were too many women in the Palace of King Chu to count.
And the meaning of what he said, Pan'er had a bad premonition, she turned around and wanted to run, but she tripped over the stone at her feet and fell to the ground. She tried to remember, but her ankle hurt badly, and she could only watch helplessly. A man dressed as an eunuch walked over with a man in his arms.
The man lowered his head and was in a coma, but judging by his clothes, he seemed to be a certain prince.
"Master, the Seventh Prince was really disobedient, and insisted on arguing to set off the river lanterns, but he didn't want to come with the servant, and the servant knocked him out."
The King of Chu frowned, and reprimanded: "You knocked him out, how can it be successful? The success is not enough to destroy the problem! Well, I originally said that I would save a fool, but it seems that I can only go to battle in person."
As he said that, he walked towards Pan'er, ignored her struggle and pulled her up from the ground, and walked further inside.
"You all step back, want to see if your grandfather can do things well?"
The eunuch who was supporting the Seventh Prince hurriedly threw him aside and quickly retreated.
"What on earth do you want to do, let go!" Pan'er wanted to struggle, but he couldn't shake King Chu at all.
"What do you say you want to do, what do I want to do, you still don't understand?" King Chu pressed her on a stone and said, the breath coming out of his mouth was faintly reeking of alcohol, which made Pan'er almost nauseous.
"King Chu, this is the imperial forbidden garden, you are not afraid of being broken into, and charged with insulting the Crown Prince Liang Di?!"
"Come on, you don't have to struggle anymore. If you don't struggle, the Lord will make you feel better. If you don't eat a toast and eat fine wine, don't blame me for not being sympathetic..."
Men's banquets are much more beautiful than women's banquets.
The dancers in pale pink gauze palace costumes danced to the music, and the banquet was full of cups and cups, and there was constant laughter.
King Yan squeezed the wine cup, looked towards the empty space and said, "Where did Second Brother go? I haven't seen you back since I've been away for so long."
King Qi, who was separated by two cases, said with a smile: "He has a eunuch by his side, are you still afraid that he might disappear? I'm afraid he is looking for another palace lady, so go on a tryst with the beauty."
The romantic affairs and absurdities of King Chu are known to all brothers.
Compared with the palace, Xiyuan has relatively less stringent rules and regulations. Although the maids serving in Xiyuan are also court ladies, they cannot be compared with those in the Forbidden City. The masters are not seen here all the year round. When the masters come to escape the summer, it looks like flowers are blooming like brocade. When the masters leave, they will have to suffer here again.
No matter how beautiful the scene is, it's just like this day after day, especially when it's the prime of life, anyone will feel a little bit unwilling. So whenever the nobles in the palace come to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat, there will always be some unwilling court ladies who want to stand out, especially these princes, who are young and handsome. If they are lucky enough to be favored once, they will be asked to serve by their side , From then on, I will fly to the branches, even if I can't be a phoenix, at least I don't have to suffer here.
But flies don't bite seamless eggs. Anyway, as far as King Qi and the others know, King Chu has been lucky enough to have several court ladies in Xiyuan these days.
King Qi and King Yan spoke ambiguously about the affairs of King Chu. The prince sitting in the middle remained motionless, staring ahead, seemingly watching a song and dance, but actually did not ignore Emperor Cheng'an and some ministers. talking and laughing.
King Qi suddenly approached with a wine cup, "What? You don't wonder what King Chu is doing?"
The prince glanced at him and said, "Didn't the elder brother say that the second elder brother went to have a tryst with a beauty? Gu is not interested in such things."
"Why aren't you interested? I thought you should be interested..."
Just as he was talking, Fu Lu suddenly came over, with a hint of anxiety on his face, and whispered in the Prince's ear: "The Empress ordered someone to invite Su Liangdi, but who would have thought that the people at the waterside said, Your Highness, you will send Su Liangdi Please come here, and said that the third young master mischievously beat the fifth young master of Qi Palace, and asked Su Liangdi to bring the third young master back."
With a click, the wine cup in the prince's hand shattered, and the wine flowed out of his hand.
He looked at King Qi, and King Qi toasted him with a meaningful look.
"Third brother, what are you doing looking at me like this? This king has been sitting here without moving. I told you a long time ago that you should be interested in where the second child went, but you are not interested." Qi Wang muttered in a low voice, the voice was not too loud, but it could only be heard between the two of them.
King Yan seemed to see the signs, so he leaned towards this side, but he didn't hear anything.
The prince looked at King Qi, but the hand under his sleeve loosened. He let the wine cup fall on his lap, and then swept off the broken wine cup with his sleeve. This action was done extremely calmly, because it was covered by a case, it made it impossible for others to see what was going on.
He stood up, turned and left the banquet.
King Qi said behind him: "Third brother, where are you going? You won't be showing respect again, right? The second child is showing respect, and you are also showing respect. It seems that your drinking capacity is really not good enough."
The movement here did not cause any disturbance at the banquet. At most, some people noticed that the prince had withdrawn from the banquet, and they heard King Qi say that King Chu and the prince could not drink enough, so it was just a joke between brothers.
After leaving this water pavilion, the night wind suddenly picked up.
At this moment, the prince's face showed a chill: "Let someone find it."
"The slave has already been searched for. Master, why don't you go back to the table, so that your majesty won't ask, the slave will go and let someone look for it now, and I will definitely find Su Liangdi. Maybe there is a misunderstanding, Su Liangdi Now I have gone to the empress's place, or have already gone back."
Fu Lu didn't feel very confident in the latter words, and he also heard what King Qi said just now, there must be some conspiracy in it. But at the same time, Fu Lu also realized a kind of crisis. Since the King of Qi dared to say such words in person, he must be sure that the prince would fall into this conspiracy. In this way, we can respond to all changes with the same.
How could the prince not understand the questions that Fulu could figure out, but he understood the deceitfulness of King Qi better than Fulu. … When he was young, King Qi always encouraged King Chu to make things difficult for him. He didn't show his face easily, and he was usually a good person in the middle. This habit was not changed until they both grew up.
This time King Qi came forward to call him, presumably the matter has reached a certain point, as to whether King Qi really called him, or deliberately lured him into the bait, it depends on the next step.
Sure enough, as soon as the prince stopped thinking, a little eunuch came out from the sideways.
"Where are you going, His Royal Highness? It's windy outside and the road is dark, but you need a servant to lead the way?"
The little eunuch lowered his head, but he was wearing a standard eunuch uniform, he seemed to be the lowest eunuch, he could only wait outside, but the words he said were all meaningful.
Fu Lu was anxious, and immediately went up and grabbed his collar: "If you are sensible, tell me honestly..."
The prince interrupted him: "Okay, it's useless for you to ask him."
"Master—"
The prince now understands in his heart that this is a game, a game where he uses a plate as bait, what is waiting for him in the game is not yet known, but it must be a fatal blow to him. Of course, he can also turn around and go back to the banquet regardless of this, so as to remain unchanged and respond to all changes.
This is his usual way of dealing with things. He has too many enemies, and it is definitely unrealistic to say that he is on guard against them all.
But the situation with that bait is worrying.
The King of Chu has always been absurd, lonely and widowed, no matter what the King of Chu will do or not, Pan'er can only die this time after the incident. Because if he doesn't go to the game, King Qi, who wants to reap the benefits of the fisherman, will definitely not waste a lot of arrangements and make things big.
At that time, Prince Liang Di made a scandal, and only one of them died suddenly. As a result, her three children were implicated and became abandoned children, and the East Palace was injured, so he was humiliated.
If he goes to the game—
"Lead the way ahead."
The little eunuch said tremblingly, "I only have this lantern for my slaves. At most two people can go with me. If there are too many people, don't come."
"lead the way!"
"Master!" Fu Lu said anxiously.
"Okay, they don't dare to kill me." They only dared to set up a situation so that he had to be abolished. In this case, if the prince died innocently, there would be an uproar. Stains, no one will benefit, it will only make the good things cheaper for the next few small ones.
The prince left with the little eunuch.
Fu Lu stomped his feet anxiously, hurriedly went to arrange orders, and then led the guards of the Eastern Palace to look for it.
The king of Chu was very impatient, and he didn't have the leisurely mood in his tone at all.
Pan'er guessed that this was a game, she didn't know the specific game for the time being, anyway, she was the most important tool in the game, and he wanted to make this game right now, and then planted it on the Seventh Prince, it is very likely that someone would hit him later That's why he was in such a hurry.
Pan'er can't calm down at all now, to analyze what kind of game this is, and how to break it, she only knows that she is going to end, no matter what happens to her after this encounter, she will definitely die, as for her children, they may die Shame on it, probably…
She tried her best not to panic, and said in a coquettish voice: "If His Highness the King of Chu just covets the beauty of the concubine, the concubine is willing to commit herself to you, and I only hope that you can leave a way for the concubine to survive, after all, the concubine still has children. "
It could be heard that she was flustered, but wanted to save herself, that's why she pretended to be willing to give in and have fun, but tears were streaming down her face unwillingly.
The King of Chu once again lamented that this woman was smart, but she was a little disdainful. An ignorant woman probably didn't know what would happen to her. However, King Chu was never used to coercing women, especially beauties. If beauties were willing to take the initiative, he would naturally be happy.
Moreover, the way this woman cried was quite seductive. Anyway, the king of Chu had never seen a woman who could cry so beautifully and so alluringly. He wanted someone to destroy this beauty so that she could cry even more. Be tough.
He couldn't help his desire, but he pretended to say: "Then the king is waiting to see your performance. If you perform well, so what if the king asks the prince to ask you?"
Pan'er gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, if she was just an ordinary concubine, it would be fine, but she is... the crown prince Liangdi, who was granted the imperial jade certificate and gave birth to three heirs for the crown prince. If she really loses herself to the King of Chu, not to mention how the prince will react, the entire Forbidden City will not allow her to follow the King of Chu again, and her only end is death.
It is obvious that the king of Chu is using words to deceive ignorant women and children!
But no matter how much she hates, she still forced a coquettish smile, and put one arm around King Chu's neck, staring at him with her eyes, and put the other hand on her lapel, seemingly unresolved.
The King of Chu has always been used to flirting and absurdity, so he naturally understands that this little woman wants to have fun with him.
Feeling like a cat is scratching in his heart, but also a little anxious, he said: "Hurry up, don't let me do it myself."
Pan'er ignored him, and still slowly unbuttoned the skirt, gradually opening it. In summer, I wear thin clothes, and there is only a thin layer of middle clothes inside the outer shirt.
The light here is dim, but it can be seen clearly, and the suet white jade leather is looming under the pink gauze, which is extremely beautiful and adds a sense of sensuality.
King Chu said: "I can't tell, your figure is not bad, no wonder..."
While speaking, the gauze shirt was also untied by the pan, finally revealing the flesh underneath. The more bulging arc is too much, the less is too thin, but it is attractive enough. The pocket can no longer cover the scenery below. One can't help but guess what a wonderful scenery is below.
King Chu's eyes were red, and he rushed forward.
Pan'er pursed the corners of her mouth tightly, suppressing the feeling of nausea, pulled out the hairpin from her head, and thrust it hard into King Chu's neck.
This time, she exerted all her strength and all her hatred.
I hate myself for being too negligent, and since entering the palace, except for that childbirth, her life has been very peaceful and comfortable. This kind of tranquility gave her an illusion that her surroundings were very safe, which made her lose her vigilance Heart.
It’s okay to hate the king of Chu and these men fighting for the throne, why involve a woman, and hate myself for not realizing it in advance. From the beginning to the end, the East Palace is one. Anyone will be used and framed as a pawn to attack the prince. . The Crown Princess is, Hu Liangdi is, she is also...
Of course, there are also regrets. If she had known that she would fall into such a situation, she would definitely not have quarreled with the prince, so that the knot between the two has not been made clear so far.
If he knew that he had been humiliated, what would his reaction be, would he be distressed, would he feel humiliated, or would he think that she was too unworthy to be taken advantage of by others, all because he usually protects himself too well...
Amid all the thoughts, the hurt King Chu let out a roar, but before the sound came out, Pan'er stopped him with his hands.
She blocked him tightly, trying her best.
At the same time, the other hand did not forget to exert all its strength, inserted it, and stirred. Even when the king of Chu fell backwards, she blocked herself tightly, letting herself be bruised all over.
After an unknown amount of time, a gust of cold wind blew over, and the people below were silent.
The pan moved a bit, she went to pull out the hairpin, and as a bloody arrow shot out, the king of Chu twitched, causing her to hide back in fright.
This hairpin is specially made, probably from the memory of the early years in the previous life. Before entering the palace, she was very uneasy about everything in the palace, so before entering the palace, she asked Cattail to go to a jewelry shop to make some special silver hairpins. They are all in the shape of flowers, but the body of the hairpin is silver mixed with copper and hardened, and the front part of the hairpin is ground into a sharp shape.
When she first entered the East Palace, no matter what kind of headgear she wore, she would always wear such a silver hairpin. It became a habit over time, even if she couldn't remember, Qing Dai and the others would help her put one on. After finishing her makeup this morning, Pan Er touched the hairpin on her head and smiled, but she didn't expect to use it at night.
Pan'er rejoiced, but her mind was in a mess. Suddenly a pair supported her, and she was so frightened that she struggled vigorously, but was hugged tightly by the other party.
She didn't realize who it was until she smelled the Canaan incense.
"Your Highness!"
"It's okay, it's okay..."
"Why are you here now... He didn't succeed... I, I stabbed him with a hairpin... I seem to have killed, killed, killed..."
The prince caressed her back and comforted her: "It's okay... don't be afraid, kill it if you kill it."
Pan'er woke up suddenly: "No, this is a game, why did you come here? Did someone lure you here? Go, go!"
Seeing her like this, the prince hugged her even tighter: "It's okay, calm down, if you say it's okay, it's okay! We're leaving now, don't panic!"
He lifted Pan'er up, and when he heard her pain, he realized that her foot was injured, so he picked her up. The two were about to leave when the prince suddenly stopped and turned to look at King Chu who was lying on the ground.
At this time, the King of Chu was still twitching slightly, but it was not as obvious as before. Obviously he was not dead yet, but he was not far from death.
His eyes turned cold, and he stretched out his hand: "Sword."
A man in black came out from the darkness, offering a silver sword shining in the darkness. At this time, there were bursts of human voices in the distance, and the voices were getting closer and closer, as if someone was coming.
The prince took the sword and waved it without hesitation. The long sword slashed across, and the head of the king of Chu fell off.
Afterwards, the three of them left, and the night wind blew by, but it only blew away the strong smell of blood.
But after a while, there was a scream from here.
When he arrived at a bright palace, Pan'er realized that he was in a mess, and the prince's body was also covered with blood.
There was no time to talk to her, several court ladies and eunuchs came in and out, prepared water to bathe and change clothes for the two of them, but didn't even look at the blood stains on the two of them, Pan'er secretly guessed that it should be the Prince or Empress Fu's person.
Pan'er calmed down a little after washing up and opening the window to dissipate the bloody smell.
She looked at the prince over there who was arranging his clothes. He was wearing exactly the same clothes as before. It seems ordinary, but in fact, being able to get such a suit of clothes under such circumstances is enough to prove the prince's thoughtfulness and his energy in this Xiyuan.
"You rest here for a while, go out alone."
"Don't wait!" Pan'er's voice was a bit sharp because she was very anxious.
"You are obedient, rest here first, and I will come back to accompany you later, and now outside..." The prince did not say the following words, but they were enough for imagination.
She killed a prince, although the crown prince made up for it in the end, it still cannot erase this fact. This prince is the king of the prince, and there is a concubine who is favored by the mother. The family of Concubine Zhou Xian is so powerful. Now she has killed the most important and core king of Chu. What kind of catastrophe is this
Judging from the prince's attitude, it is obvious that he intends to save her, but what will happen to him if he saves her, and how did he find him before, and what conspiracy does the king of Chu have? All of this was thrown in front of her like a mess, causing her to have a lot of thoughts in her heart but she couldn't find the source.
"Don't go yet, tell me how you got here, did someone lure you here on purpose, what exactly are they trying to do?" Pan'er was so excited that he spoke incoherently.
Seeing her like this, the prince came over and hugged her.
"It's okay, it's okay if I say it's okay! Don't panic, don't be afraid, I will take care of the outside affairs, you stay here, I will send the three children over later, let them stay with you, wait later Gu will come to accompany you." The prince's voice was very gentle, but full of firmness.
Seems to be all right, Pan'er gradually calmed down.
"If there is really no other way, you, you hand me over..." She said with a pale face, her lips trembling.
He was obviously scared, but he said it anyway. The prince closed his eyes, and tightened his arms around her: "You are so unconfident in Gu, does Gu have to sacrifice a woman to protect himself?"
"No, I didn't mean that, I just..." Pan'er shook her head, she didn't know what she was talking about, she just felt extremely uneasy in her heart, as if she remembered something, but couldn't grasp it, all this made her Very restless, very restless.
"No, there is one more thing, there should be one more thing..." An idea suddenly flashed through her mind, she grabbed the prince's skirt and said: "Seventh prince, we forgot about the seventh prince, did you see it when you went?" The Seventh Prince? The King of Chu asked someone to bring him here. He probably wanted the Seventh Prince to insult me, but... the Seventh Prince didn’t come, and the King of Chu’s men knocked him out. I was still unconscious when I saw him , so the king of Chu has no choice but to do it himself... "
Pan'er didn't say anything next, as if he had thought of something embarrassing.
But just now when the prince arrived and saw her disheveled clothes, he could already imagine what the king of Chu had done. Moreover, King Chu’s wound was on the back of his neck. Under what circumstances would a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken kill a grown man with just a hairpin? Although the prince did not see the situation at that time, he could imagine One of the tragic.
He only regretted that he didn't arrive sooner, maybe she wouldn't have to go through these things, and she wouldn't be as afraid as she is now.
The seventh prince
In this way, the prince also understands what this situation is.
Maybe it was the conspiracy between King Chu and King Qi, or maybe it was a series of tricks to trick Pan'er out first, using the idiot Seventh Prince to insult her to create facts, and then lure him over.
He will definitely be angry when he sees the woman he loves being humiliated. Even if he is very calm and does nothing, the other party must have made a move. If he is found guilty of the crime, he will have to be deposed.
The prince didn't think about it for too long, and asked Fu Lu to ask the secret guard who had noticed the seventh prince just now.
He hurried forward, alone, with only a secret guard at his side. The hidden guard did not report, and the prince guessed that it must have been neglected. Sure enough, Fu Lu came back and reported that he hadn't noticed the seventh prince.
The Seventh Prince became the only flaw in this game.
But this can't be blamed on anyone. Pan'er encountered such a thing, and now he can remember that there is still a seventh prince, which is already very good. At that time, someone came to find him. They were afraid that they would miss their whereabouts, so they had to leave in a hurry. It would be fine if the Seventh Prince wasn't discovered, but how could he not be discovered? If he was discovered, or saw something... Only the dead can keep secrets in this world.
"Go and find him, if it's convenient..." The prince's eyes flashed sharply.
But before he finished speaking, Zhang Laishun hurried in.
"Master, Your Majesty invites you to ask questions."