Nong Hua Makeup
Chapter 122
Chapter 122
Returning to the room while changing clothes, Lin Jinhua immediately pulled Xu Zhaozhao and Wang Ruyan and said, "After I leave the palace for a while, you should go out immediately while you are in a mess. You can't stay in the palace. After leaving the palace, you should leave the city immediately, understand?" Now the capital is not safe anymore, regardless of Huaiyan's accident or not, but the emperor wants to kill himself, he must not care about Huaiyan, then the Lin family and Xu family are also in danger.
"But what do you do?" Wang Ruyan couldn't stop crying, if they didn't follow her, it would be great if she was really taken to the imperial tomb.
"I'm fine. It's a long way to go to the imperial mausoleum. I still have a chance. You can find a way for me if you come back alive, right?" Lin Jinhua held back the sadness in her heart, and after comforting them, she looked at Xiong Linyu on one side and said, "Yu My lord, please excuse me."
Xiong Linyu saw how she suppressed her sadness and considered others, her eyes moved slightly, and she said indifferently: "They traded my mother's freedom, and I will do it myself."
Seeing her, Lin Jinhua agreed, and she finally let go of her heart.She immediately went to exchange for a long skirt embroidered with pear blossoms and white flying flowers, and took all the pills, powder, silver needles and daggers she had brought with her.
Ah Bao was choked with sobs, seeing that she had forgotten what was on the bed, he hurriedly picked it up for her: "Crown Princess, you forgot to take this."
Lin Jinhua looked back, it was the Sky Pearl given by Lang Yuehan, and said it could protect the child...
She didn't want to be favored by him, but now for the sake of the child, she should carry this bead.
She took the beads and looked at Abao: "Don't follow me after leaving the palace for a while, go to Yinxiang Tower to find Zhang Xiaofang, don't go out again, understand?"
"Your maidservant swears to follow the princess!" Ah Bao eagerly tugged on her sleeve.
"Silly girl." Lin Jinzheng's eyes were wet, and when she saw Abao, she thought of Bai Lancaier, and said, "Do you think I'm really going to die? I still have a chance to escape if I go alone. If you follow, I will still I have to take care of you, in the end neither of us will be able to escape."
Ah Bao wanted to say more, but there were already urging voices from outside the house.
Lin Jinhua didn't say any more, she took a deep look at Xiong Linyu, and then walked out.
Eunuch An's eyes were red, seeing her coming out, he tremblingly said: "Crown Princess, I will send you out of the palace."
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua didn't think that Huai Yan was dead like he did. Huai Yan wouldn't die, the child hadn't been born yet, and he hadn't looked at it yet, so how could he die?
She stood upright, very majestic, even though it was cold and foggy in autumn, she still couldn't stop her powerful aura.
The eunuchs consciously stepped aside, and Lin Jinhua walked forward calmly, as if this trip was not to die, but to attend a certain banquet.
After sending the person out, Eunuch An returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to reply, but seeing the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation closed tightly, he was moved, and when he approached, he only asked the little eunuchs to silence, and then quietly walked forward , standing by the door without making a sound, listening to the faint voices coming from inside.
"She's dead, can it be resolved?" The emperor looked at the Jiangyang Taoist priest in front of him and asked.
"She is a born witch who harms the country. She used to harm her family when she was at home. If she stays in the palace, she will endanger the country. If the emperor doesn't get rid of her, this war may not turn into a good one." Daoist Jiang Yang Said lightly.
The emperor didn't believe in Huijue, he thought Huijue was just a swindler, but he believed in Jiangyang, because he traveled all over the world and didn't chase fame and fortune. , His daily energy has indeed improved a lot, and even his white hair has turned a lot darker.
Hearing this, he only took a deep breath; "The Taoist priest is right about this point. Thinking about the once prosperous Lin family, it is now withered into what it is today, and it is indeed inseparable from her."
Jiang Yang bowed and said: "This time the emperor is sending her to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. It's justified, and the common people will not say anything."
"The crown prince has gone dozens of miles away to the capital, and his life and death are uncertain. Even if he is still alive, it is too late to come back to save her." The emperor sneered, feeling a little sleepy, and said: "The Taoist priest has refined a new elixir , I'm a little tired."
"Naturally." Jiang Yang respectfully took out a mahogany box. The box was opened, and there was a thumb-sized black pill inside, exuding the fragrance of medicinal materials.
The emperor immediately took it and took it, and within a moment, people felt refreshed and transparent.
He glanced at Jiang Yang with emotion, and laughed: "Thanks to the Taoist priest."
"The poor way can keep a wise king for the people of the world, it is the good fortune of the poor way." Jiang Yang said with a slight smile.
"Then I will give you the name of the national teacher, and give you a hundred acres of land, how about building a Taoist temple for you?" The emperor asked a little tentatively. For ordinary people, this temptation is already very strong, but this The Taoist priest of Jiangyang was still very calm and self-sufficient, and said: "If the emperor wants to reward the poor, why not turn these into rice grains and give them to the people, and the poor will be satisfied with the porridge."
When the emperor heard the words, the doubts in his eyes dissipated a lot, and he laughed: "Okay, then it will be as the Taoist priest said."
Jiang Yang looked at his ruddy complexion, a coldness flashed from the corner of his eyes, and said no more.
Eunuch An's eyes widened in surprise outside the palace. The crown prince is not dead, so how could the emperor kill the crown princess in the name of being buried with him?
When he was surprised, a hand behind him suddenly put on his shoulder, which made him almost cry out in fright, until he heard a familiar voice.
"What is Mr. An doing?"
King Xuan looked at him strangely.
Seeing that it was him, Eunuch An breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The slave is waiting to serve the emperor, and the emperor is talking to the Taoist priest. You also know that the emperor is busy with state affairs now, tireless, and the slave is worried about the emperor's health."
When King Xuan heard this, his heart lit up, and he said with a smile: "I'm here to pay my respects to my father, please pass it on to my father-in-law."
"Yes." Eunuch An quickly responded and stepped in.
When the emperor saw him coming in, his eyes suddenly turned cold.
Eunuch An felt cold all over when he saw him, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Xuan is asking to see you."
Jiang Yang also said sensibly: "Pindao first go back to refine the elixir."
"Hmm." The emperor looked at him with a gentler look. When Jiang Yang left, he took a special look at Eunuch An, raised his mouth slightly, and walked away.
Eunuch An didn't know what his smile meant, but he could tell that the emperor had murderous intentions towards him. Even though he had served him all his life, he still only regarded himself as a dispensable dog.
After Jiang Yang left the palace this time, before he returned to his own palace, he saw the concubine Xin who came in a sedan chair.
He stepped sideways to one side, but instead of passing by, the concubine Xin stopped in front of him.
Concubine Xin glanced at him, then smiled and said: "If the Taoist priest doesn't mind, can you show me too? Recently, the baby in the stomach is always restless, and the imperial doctor can't help. I wonder if there is a little ghost. "
Jiang Yang looked at her smiling face, and smiled slightly: "Naturally."
Concubine Xin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he agreed, and then she let herself go, and sent all the maids to the end of the corridor, where she could see but couldn't hear what they were saying.
"Did the priest ever fear death?" Concubine Xin asked directly.
Just listening to her opening sentence, Jiang Yang knew what she was going to say: "Your Majesty, if you have something to say, you might as well just say it."
Concubine Xin saw how straightforward he was, thought he could be bribed, and said, "In that case, do you know that you are the reason why the King of Southwest wants to be King Qin this time?"
Jiang Yang stroked his beard and laughed: "Your Majesty just said that's the purpose."
Concubine Xin hesitated when she saw the expression he had known for a long time. King Jing asked him to talk to him, but looking at it now, it was not that he was not indifferent, but why did he always have the feeling that he had already controlled everything?
Seeing that she was silent, Jiang Yang said, "Your Majesty wants the poor Taoist to help His Highness King Jing, right?"
"how do you know?"
"The empress's thoughts are all written on her face, but I don't know how to help King Jing if the empress wants to be poor?"
"It's very simple." Seeing that he mentioned King Jing, Concubine Xin guessed that he probably wanted to join King Jing, and said directly: "Take your name as a courtier completely, so that the King of Southwest can come in with a justified name."
"My lady means..."
"Admonish the emperor to kill Xu Boshan!"
Xu Boshan was very popular among the people, if the emperor killed him for no reason, the people would definitely think that he was bewitched by Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang thought for a while, but shook his head: "The cycle of this matter is too long. I can't wait to come to the Southwest King. Pindao has a good idea."
Concubine Xin frowned slightly: "What method?"
"Let the empress dowager shave her hair and become a nun, and make the late concubine Yin a queen to enshrine in the imperial mausoleum." Jiang Yang said lightly.
When Concubine Xin heard this, she was already shocked.In the past dynasties, those who shaved their hair to become a nun were either concubines who suffered crimes or concubines who had no children under their knees. However, the queen mother not only has a son under her knees, but she has never made any mistakes in eating fast and reciting Buddha for so many years. If the emperor forces her to shave her hair and become a nun, it is unfilial and Isn't it maddened to make Concubine Yin, who has been dead for decades, the empress?
but……
"This is a good idea, but the emperor may not be able to do it." Concubine Xin worried.
Jiang Yang looked at her belly and laughed: "My concubine Xin must be able to do something." After speaking, he saluted her slightly and walked away.
My concubine Xin couldn't understand for a while, this Jiang Yang, who knew that a disaster was coming, could still be so calm, and still wanted to claim the name of a courtier who bewitched the emperor. He was either crazy or stupid.
However, if she hadn't known that Concubine Yin had been dead for decades, she would have suspected that he was sent by Concubine Yin.
She looked down at her stomach, thinking about Zhao Kan's promise, now she seems to have no choice.
Shenwumen.
Hong Xing, Xiong Linyu's close maid, led two court ladies with low brows and pleasing eyes, and followed Xu Zhaozhao out.
When we arrived at the Shenwu Gate, I heard her reprimanding the two maids: "After you and Princess Yongle have taken the things that the nobleman wants, come back and serve them quickly, don't delay."
The guards who were guarding glanced at them and said, "Miss Hongxing, is it possible that they are going out of the palace? Did you have the emperor's order?"
Hong Xing immediately took a heavy purse and stuffed it into his hand, took his hand and said, "It is the nobleman who wants to prepare a surprise for the emperor, and it just so happens that Xu Fu has the light gauze feather coat that the nobleman wants..." Hong Xing said In the middle of it, his face flushed with shame, he hurriedly let go of his hand and said embarrassingly: "The nobleman is going to Xu's mansion to get some things, so please be accommodating."
The guard looked at Hong Xing's shy face and the way she was pulling him just now, and his heart moved slightly, what was the light gauze feather coat for? He had seen it before in Hualou.As for the noble person wanting to please the emperor so much, it seems understandable.
Hearing this, she only coughed twice, and said: "Miss Hongxing, don't make things difficult for us, it's best to come back within half an hour after going, otherwise our brothers will suffer if the palace finds out that you have lost someone."
"Naturally." Hong Xing looked at him with eyes full of affection, then turned her head and reprimanded the two maids: "Go and come back quickly, don't delay the matter."
"Yes." The two maids quickly responded.
Only then did Xu Zhaozhao take the two of them out calmly with his head held high.
After walking out of the Shenwu Gate, you can still feel the gaze of the guards behind you.
Xu Zhaozhao's legs were a little weak, and seeing that the carriage was still so far away, she felt a little desperate...
"Zhao Zhao."
While she was holding her breath, a clear male voice came, and then a spacious carriage ran up to her.
The curtain of the car was lifted, Xu Zhaozhao saw the calm young man sitting firmly inside, and his heart fell back into his stomach: "Yuan Shao, why are you here?"
"Just passing by." Yuan Shao said lightly, glanced at the people behind her, and said calmly: "He's from the palace, go sit in the carriage at the back."
"Yes." The two men saluted, then turned around and left. When they left, one of their legs gave way and almost knelt on the ground. Fortunately, the person on the side supported her.
"Ah Bao, don't be afraid, it's okay." Wang Ruyan said in a low voice after supporting her, and they took a deep breath when they got into the blue-curtained carriage that followed.
Yuan Shao caught a glimpse of those attendants who were about to come here, so he only said to Xu Zhaozhao: "Don't worry, get on the carriage slowly."
Seeing his calm look, Xu Zhaozhao also calmed down a bit, and then slowly went to his carriage with the airs that Princess Yongle should have.
Yuan Shao glanced at the attendant who was approaching, calmly put down the curtain, and said to the driver: "Don't be late for the dinner appointment, let's go."
"Yes, young master." The coachman didn't know what happened, he flicked his whip calmly, and drove the carriage away.
Seeing this, the attendants who came to check were no longer suspicious, and only turned around and left after the carriages had left.
Wang Ruyan let out a long sigh of relief when the carriage was far away from the palace. After arriving at the Yinxiang Tower and putting Abao down, she rushed directly to Xu's house.
At that time, Lin Jincheng was also there, but the two of them didn't say that Jincheng directly arranged for her to leave the capital, so they handed over to the court a letter to resign and go to guard her mother's grave, but Xu Zhaozhao was not so calm, After returning to Xu's house, she cried out of breath: "Go and save sister Jinhua, the emperor asked her to be buried with her..."
Xu Boshan knew the news a long time ago, but they were too weak to go against the emperor's will, and most importantly, they couldn't offend the emperor at this time.
"Mo Feng and Mo Xue have already brought people out of the city to rescue them. What we have to do now is not to defy the emperor, but to protect ourselves." After Xu Boshan finished speaking, he glanced at Yuan Shao who was following, and said, "Mr. Yuan , when will the Yuan family leave Beijing?"
"Father and mother have already prepared." Yuan Shao said.The Yuan family did not participate in the imperial court battle, and the concubine and his wife had already only wanted to protect themselves. If Yuan Shao hadn't insisted on waiting, they might have already left.
Xu Boshan sighed, looked at him solemnly and said, "Then I will entrust my wife and daughter to you, is that okay?"
Yuan Shao looked at Xu Zhaozhao, who had tears in his eyes, and smiled slightly: "I have already prepared Zhaozhao and Mrs. Xu's carriage, and they are ready to leave at any time."
"Okay." Xu Boshan nodded, but Xu Zhaozhao was worried: "Then what should you do, dad?"
"Silly girl, father is still a first-rank official, and your brother is also in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor will not really do anything to me. As long as you all leave, father will have no worries." Xu Boshan looked at it and kept crying silently Madam, took her hand and said guiltily: "Thank you for your hard work."
"My concubine doesn't work hard, but the master values himself." Mrs. Xu is not a messy person, and in the current situation, she has to leave even if she is reluctant.
Xu Boshan nodded, and immediately sent someone to pack his luggage.
Lin Jincheng was also ready, and his father should be back soon.
At this time outside the city.
Because of the rush under the funeral order, many things were not ready, so when they passed by the post station after walking for half a day, everyone stopped, but Lin Jinhua was watched strictly, and she was not allowed to have her own space at all. Even taking a nap in the room, someone followed.
Sitting in the room, she looked at the palace maid who never left, and said, "I'm hungry, go get some white porridge."
The palace maid smiled, but said meanly: "Reporting to the Crown Princess, I have ordered you not to provide food and drink for you along the way. The servants will follow you every step of the way. If you are hungry, drink some tea."
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, seeing how she raised her face triumphantly, she smiled lightly: "Which palace are you a maid of honor, and such manners were also taught by the maids in the palace?"
The palace maid was ridiculed, and curled her lips in embarrassment; "You have time to care about the upbringing of your slaves, if you don't care about yourself, when you arrive at the imperial tomb tomorrow morning, you won't have time to talk to your slaves about this."
"No rush." Lin Jinhua caught a glimpse of the darkening sky outside, raised her hand to cover her belly, and smiled lightly.
"What do you mean..." The maid was puzzled and suddenly felt dizzy.She barely supported the table beside her and stood upright before looking at Lin Jinhua: "Crown Princess, you..."
"It's not certain who will live and who will die. Why are you so eager to show a mean gesture?" Lin Jinhua threw down the broken wax pill in her hand, and then stepped forward to see her still struggling in a daze. The silver needle pierced directly into the acupuncture point on her neck.
When the night was dark, most of the people in the post house had fallen asleep, and the guards guarding the door were also a little drowsy, until they couldn't hold on anymore, and both fell to the ground.
The patrolling lady heard the sound, and rushed over immediately. Seeing the fainted person on the ground, she hurriedly opened the door and entered the room, only to find that the maid in the room was also fainted, and the window on the side was open, and Lin Jinhua was nowhere to be seen. .
He didn't even think about it, so he shouted: "It's not good, the princess jumped out of the window and escaped!"
When he yelled, the guards all woke up. After the leader took a look, he immediately led his men to chase outside.
Because the matter was so important and the night was dark, they dared not neglect it, and took away the guards of the post house to investigate in all directions, and there were only a few female family members left guarding the post house.
The maids gathered together and discussed nervously: "What if the Crown Princess really escapes?"
"The emperor will definitely kill us."
The more they talked, the more nervous they became, but they didn't realize that behind them, the woman wearing the same clothes as them walked around them gently and went downstairs.
When she reached the lobby downstairs, the maid above finally found out and shouted at her, "Who is serving you, where are you going so late?"
The footsteps of the people below stopped, and they only lowered their heads and said softly: "The slave girl was in a hurry just now, and the hairpin fell outside."
The people above were all concerned about whether Lin Jinhua and the others would be beheaded if they didn't find Lin Jinhua, so they told her to leave without being suspicious.
She went out of the post house, looked around the dark and empty surroundings, raised her hand to cover her stomach, and left for the dense forest she had seen when she was going back and forth.
The maids in the post house were talking, when they suddenly remembered: "There are only about twenty palace ladies left, I just counted them, and they are all here, so who is the one who just left?"
Everyone was startled: "Could it be..."
"Of course not." Suddenly a black figure came in from outside the room, carrying a woman on his shoulders, everyone saw that she was exactly the same as the Crown Princess, only she was dressed differently.
Seeing their astonished looks, Heiying smiled: "Your princess, take him to be buried with you earlier." After saying that, he dropped the man, and the figure rushed out.
The maids looked at each other, but knowing that their lives were saved, they tied up the fainted man on the ground without saying a word, but they didn't realize that this man's palms were rough, and he didn't look like a young lady who was raised in a deep boudoir.
In the woods outside the post house, the maid who had escaped just now ran forward quickly, as long as she escaped to a place where there were people and rested, she could find a way to find Huaiyan.
Because she ran too fast, she didn't notice the dead branches under her feet, she tripped and almost fell to the ground, and her stomach hurt.
"Child..." She exhaled softly, not daring to move any more, carefully curled up on the spot, took out a pregnancy-preserving pill prescribed to her by Doctor Lu from her sleeve, and ate it, then curled up and prayed: " My child, I blame my mother for being too anxious, you must not have any accidents..."
She waited like this, without a grain of rice all day, and now she is very hungry.
She glanced at the dark woods, and after the pain subsided, she carefully covered her stomach, gritted her teeth and reluctantly walked forward.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, light finally appeared at the end of the forest, and it turned out that it was already dawn.
Through the forest, there is no village, but a small valley, in which there is a simple but smoky bamboo house.
Lin Jinhua was overjoyed, so she reluctantly walked towards the bamboo house.
At that time, there was only one middle-aged woman who was drying medicinal herbs in the yard.The woman's skin is fair and delicate, although she is middle-aged, her eyes are as pure as a girl's, and when she smiles, she can see the beauty of the country.
Lin Jinhua thought she was some great woman living in seclusion here, so she just smiled lightly and said, "Madam, I wonder if you can..."
"Hungry?" The beautiful woman smiled slightly as she saw her clutching her abdomen tightly.
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua was a little shy.
The beautiful lady smiled and said, "Come into the house, breakfast has just been prepared." After finishing speaking, she stepped inside.
Lin Jinhua looked around vigilantly, but she couldn't see any suspicious person, so she followed in a step forward. But just now, this beautiful woman, between the eyebrows, she always felt a little familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a while. .
After arriving at the hallway of the bamboo house, the woman brought two dishes of side dishes and two bowls of blue and white porridge, and smiled slightly: "It's a bit simple, I hope you don't dislike it."
Lin Jinhua smelled the aroma of the food, and already moved her index finger. She shook her head with a smile. After she moved her chopsticks, she also began to eat. Although she ate quickly, her movements were still graceful.
The woman looked at her like this, seemingly thoughtful, until Lin Jinhua finished eating, she said: "You seem to be pregnant, why don't you go to the back room to sleep for a while."
Lin Jinhua couldn't wish for it, she didn't dare to close her eyes last night for fear that the people in the palace would come after her, but now that she knew it was safe, she nodded and let her guide her to rest.
She fell asleep quickly, lying on the bed for less than half a moment, then fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing that she was asleep, the woman came out from inside, and there were already people waiting outside.
"Your Majesty, why did you save her?" Someone came out of the compartment and asked cautiously.
"It's not yet time for her to die." After the beautiful lady finished speaking, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up, and she didn't say any more.
Outside the post house.
Mo Feng Moxue arrived last night, but after hearing that Lin Jinyu had escaped and was arrested, he knew that they must step up their guards, so they didn't dare to act rashly, they just wanted to wait for the moment when they were sent to the imperial mausoleum, and then take the opportunity They rescued the person, but when they followed to the imperial tomb, they found that something was wrong. Although the person with Lin Jinhua's face was not the real Lin Jinhua.
"Disguise?" Mo Xue was surprised.
Mo Feng remembered that she had already come to Jinchao, and suddenly mentioned in his heart: "It's broken, the princess must have been taken away by her."
Mo Xue frowned: "Then why did she fake the fact that the princess was buried with her? I don't know if this will anger the prince and make him come back desperately with troops?"
"I'm afraid that's exactly what he wants." Mo Feng's heart fell to the bottom, she thought for a while, and said solemnly: "We divide into two groups, you go to find the princess, I go to find the prince, the prince must not lead troops to kill now Back in the capital, Gao Zhi said that if his illness recurs again, he will never recover."
Mo Xue also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she didn't dare to delay, and immediately separated from her.
But as soon as they separated, someone appeared in the dark, looked at each other, and chased in the direction of the two with knives.
In the palace, the emperor was not surprised when he heard the news.
"Since it has been buried, let's announce it to the world." The emperor said lightly.
"But the prince's bones have not been brought back..."
"It's okay." The emperor didn't want to think too much, glanced at Eunuch An, and said: "Mrs. Lin is still in the palace, go and invite her here." The emperor said, the Southwest King has not moved recently, so he couldn't help Doubts, whether he will do anything, or if he can't, he will send someone to be a bait.He glanced at Lin Jincheng's resignation letter, and snorted coldly, since he wanted to leave the capital so much, then he would grant him.
As Eunuch An was stepping back, he saw a palace maid running in in a hurry: "Your Majesty, something has happened to your concubine Xin, please save her quickly."
The emperor looked at the man who was kneeling on the ground crying, and immediately stood up: "Could it be that something happened to the child?" Something went wrong!
Seeing that he cared so much, the palace lady became more and more afraid: "My concubine Xin went to pay her respects to the empress dowager early in the morning, but somehow offended the empress dowager, and was punished by the empress dowager to kneel outside. The sky is cold today, and the empress is not in good health, so she knelt down Now, it is already popular."
"What!" The emperor was shocked, and he didn't care too much, and ran out immediately.
At this moment, the Compassionate Ning Palace has become a mess. The Empress Dowager believes in Buddhism, so when her concubine sees popularity, she has to be carried to her own palace. On the contrary, the servants of the Compassionate Ning Palace are all nervous .
The mother looked at the empress dowager who was sitting on the warm couch with her eyes closed and meditating, and said worriedly: "Empress dowager, do you want to go and see the concubine Xin, after all, the emperor really cares about the child in her belly..."
"You don't have to go." The empress dowager's lingering anger was still there. She was originally disappointed that she didn't plan to participate in the affairs of the harem anymore, but who would have thought that this concubine came over early in the morning and said something rebellious, saying that she listened behind the curtain to usurp the throne? Well, if the emperor knows these words, the last ounce of affection between mother and son will be broken, and she can't understand the provocative gesture of Xin Concubine, no matter what, she is still the queen mother.
Seeing that she was angry, Mammy tried to persuade her again: "I don't know if I can keep this child after seeing her popularity. If she is really gone, how can the emperor explain it?"
"Could it be possible that the emperor still wants to yell at Ai's family?" The queen mother clenched the beads tightly, but she found it strange that she saw the red after kneeling for a while. Isn't it strange, and the concubine was pregnant with this The child felt strange to her.After thinking about it, he still said: "Go and find out how Concubine Xin got pregnant with this child after she was demoted."
Mammy looked at her in surprise: "Don't you think this child is..."
"Go and check first, the Ai family always feels that something is wrong." The queen mother said in a deep voice, after thinking about it, she was supported by someone, and went to the palace of the concubine Xin.
The emperor was one step ahead, and when he arrived, he heard the cry of his concubine from a long distance away, and when he walked outside the hall, he saw pots of blood pouring out.
He was blindfolded, and immediately pulled a eunuch and asked, "What's wrong with the child?"
"Return...Report to the emperor, Doctor Lu said that the child may not be saved..." The little eunuch was pushed away by the emperor before he finished speaking.
"Your Majesty, please save our little prince, please save him..."
Concubine Xin heard the voices of eunuchs and maids saluting from a distance, and she shouted more and more heartbreakingly, if she doesn't let the emperor's heartache today, she won't be able to do what Jiangyang Daochang explained.
When the emperor heard this, his face turned dark: "It's actually a prince!"
The words fell, the queen mother has arrived outside.
When the queen mother walked into the palace gate, she knew that the child was gone. When she got close, she saw the emperor's dark face.
When the emperor saw her coming, he didn't even pay attention to the ceremony, he just said: "Why does the queen mother use my prince as punishment, my concubine made a mistake, tolerate her for a moment, can't you punish her after she gives birth to the prince!" He expected so much For a long time, he waited to announce to the world that he was still young and could have a son, but all these thoughts were just wiped out.
Seeing his bad tone, the queen mother was also a little angry: "Emperor, Aijia only punished her to kneel for a little while..."
"Forget it, I don't care whether I want this child or not if I want to come to my mother." The emperor said coldly, and said to the people around him: "Let the Taoist priest Jiangyang come and see if he wants to do something." As long as he can be born again, this tone He can still swallow.
It didn't take long for Jiang Yang to be invited over, but when he came, he was not as graceful as usual, but was surprised and speechless.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, if the second son dies, the spiritual energy in your body will be reduced by half." Jiang Yang said in astonishment: "How could this be? Could it be that someone is suppressing you? This child has seen it poorly, but he is a man of God , how could it suddenly disappear..."
The emperor's hands behind his back slowly tightened, to suppress his own people...
He looked at the empress dowager in front of him coldly. It was the empress dowager in front of him who had suppressed him for so many years. From becoming a prince to ascending the throne as emperor, he had been under her control for half his life.
The Empress Dowager knew what he wanted to say without him opening her mouth, but she was extremely chilled. How could she raise such a cold-hearted and heartless son?
"Needless to say the emperor, the Ai family has long been tired of the palace, and the Ai family invites them out of the palace to go to Changle Nunnery to pray for the country and the country." The queen mother said lightly.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." The emperor felt a little unbearable in his heart, but he didn't say any more.
The queen mother took a deep look at him, and sighed deeply: "Emperor, your father is just like you, he wanted to hold the world in his hands, but in the end he found that he couldn't hold it at all. Whose it should belong to. "
The emperor thought that the empress dowager was mocking him, and his ashen complexion became more and more cold: "Come here, send the empress dowager out of the palace with the best rituals..."
"No need, since we are going to Qingxiu, we don't want to make a big battle." After the queen mother said, she took a deep look at Jiang Yang, turned around and walked away.
Jiang Yang's expression was calm, and he waited for the queen mother to leave before saying to the emperor: "The emperor needs to do one more thing if he wants to re-gather the aura of heaven and earth."
"What's the matter?"
"Lihou." The corners of Jiang Yang's mouth raised slightly, and the stillborn baby in Concubine Xin's stomach was completely taken out.
When Royal Physician Lu came out, he was sweating profusely. Along with him, there was also Xue Wenxin, who was holding on.
The two knelt on the ground together, Xue Wenxin only said: "It's all because the ministers and concubines are incompetent and can't keep the child."
The emperor glanced at her and him, then at Jiang Yang, his eyebrows furrowed.Empress Dowager, there are no concubines in the palace who are highly respected and famous. If you want to become an empress, you won't be able to establish an empress for a while, not to mention that the Southwest King is still eyeing you.
"But when my concubine just had a miscarriage, I kept dreaming of a beautiful woman in green clothes, with a cinnabar mole in the corner of her eye, and holding a phoenix crown in her hand." Xue Wenxin continued.
The emperor's palm tightened slightly: "Did you see clearly?"
Xue Wenxin shook his head: "The concubine can see it in a daze, but the concubine can clearly see the phoenix crown in that woman's hand."
The emperor's complexion became complicated. It stands to reason that Xue Wenxin should have never seen Concubine Yin, but how could he dream of her?Could it be that Concubine Yin really came back?
After thinking about it, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Yang: "Could it be that the deceased is the queen?"
"I don't know if I'm poor, it all depends on what the emperor wants." Jiang Yang no longer interfered, but the more he was like this, the more hesitant the emperor was, and the less he dared to doubt him.
On the afternoon of the day when the Queen Mother left the palace, an imperial decree from the emperor was sent to the Lin Mansion.
After Lin Jincheng learned that Lin Jinhua might have been buried alive, his whole body seemed to have been sucked out of his soul. After receiving the imperial edict from the emperor asking him to patrol the city, he also went crazy: "Mo Hua, prepare the horse immediately. !"
Mo Hua looked at him worriedly: "The young master's injuries are not healed, how can he go out?"
"Sooner or later." The emperor killed Jinhua, and the life and death of the crown prince is uncertain. The only thing he can do now is to stop his father from getting involved in this struggle. Since the emperor let him go out of the city in a legitimate way, he will follow him meaning!
Seeing these things happen, Zhao Kan was the happiest. However, he believed that Lin Jinhua was fine. His father wanted to bury her alive just because of a few eunuchs and guards, so he underestimated her too much.
"My lord, what shall we do?"
The guards of Prince Jing's Mansion are already eager to try.
Zhao Kan chuckled: "What's the rush?" He looked at the people in the courtyard who had hurried over with the imperial decree in their hands, and smiled slightly: "Isn't the father planning to invite me into the palace now?"
Hearing the words, the guard hurriedly smiled respectfully: "My lord holds everything in the palm of my hand, and my subordinates really admire it."
"Don't be in a hurry to admire, whether it can be done or not depends on tonight." See if the emperor really wants to get rid of Lin Luzhi, and see if Zhao Huaiyan is really dead. Tonight, everything will be revealed.
It's hundreds of miles away.
There are still people who don't know what happened.
The [-] barracks army was suddenly ambushed, with countless casualties, and encountered rebels, and their food and grass were burned halfway. He could only come to the town to see the situation in person, and check the situation by the way.
In the simple and remote inn, the common people didn't know him, they only felt that this man was dignified like a god, and hurriedly waited on him courteously: "Master, where are you going?"
The shopkeeper spoke excitedly.
"Pay the rebels." Zhao Huaiyan said lightly.
"Rebels?" The shopkeeper was taken aback, covered his mouth and took three steps back, and then hurriedly shouted upstairs: "Heizi, didn't you just come back from the capital and said that the prince who paid the rebels has been killed?"
"That's right, the crown prince's bones are not yet cold, and the crown princess was sent to the imperial mausoleum to be buried by the emperor." The thin black man named Heizi came down from upstairs and said.
As soon as the words fell, he found that the cup in the guest's hand was instantly shattered, and his legs were so frightened that he almost knelt down.
"You just said it, but is it true?"
A strong cold air hit, causing both the shopkeeper and Heizi to turn pale with fright.
Heizi's mouth trembled, and he hurriedly said, "The young one went to see a doctor in the capital and heard it with his own ears."
"When did it happen?"
"It seems to be when the prince first arrived here, about two days ago..." Heizi said.
The guard on the side looked at his master's murderous eyes, and hurriedly said: "Master, let's investigate first..."
Zhao Huaiyan looked deeply at Heizi kneeling on the ground, and said coldly, "I'll ask you again, the Crown Princess...is she really buried?"
"You can inquire about it. The emperor ordered it to be buried in the imperial mausoleum." Heizi trembled.
The attendant wanted to persuade Zhao Huaiyan to investigate first, but His Highness, who never lost his composure, spit out a mouthful of blood, and his complexion turned pale instantly.
He was startled, and hurriedly went to help him, but he turned his head and left the inn, got on his horse and quickly headed towards the capital.
The attendants hurriedly followed, and after everyone had left, the trembling Heizi stood up calmly, looked at the shopkeeper who was nervously looking at him, and raised the corners of his mouth.
The shopkeeper shrank back in fear: "You said you would let me act with you, and you wouldn't kill me..." Before he finished speaking, a cold light flashed across the shopkeeper's hand, and the shopkeeper's head fell to the ground.
He walked outside the house, looked at the people leaving in a hurry, took off the human skin mask on his face, and smiled strangely: "If you really care, you will be confused. People who are always wise will be so reckless. It seems that this Lin Jinhua, I really must die!"
(End of this chapter)
Returning to the room while changing clothes, Lin Jinhua immediately pulled Xu Zhaozhao and Wang Ruyan and said, "After I leave the palace for a while, you should go out immediately while you are in a mess. You can't stay in the palace. After leaving the palace, you should leave the city immediately, understand?" Now the capital is not safe anymore, regardless of Huaiyan's accident or not, but the emperor wants to kill himself, he must not care about Huaiyan, then the Lin family and Xu family are also in danger.
"But what do you do?" Wang Ruyan couldn't stop crying, if they didn't follow her, it would be great if she was really taken to the imperial tomb.
"I'm fine. It's a long way to go to the imperial mausoleum. I still have a chance. You can find a way for me if you come back alive, right?" Lin Jinhua held back the sadness in her heart, and after comforting them, she looked at Xiong Linyu on one side and said, "Yu My lord, please excuse me."
Xiong Linyu saw how she suppressed her sadness and considered others, her eyes moved slightly, and she said indifferently: "They traded my mother's freedom, and I will do it myself."
Seeing her, Lin Jinhua agreed, and she finally let go of her heart.She immediately went to exchange for a long skirt embroidered with pear blossoms and white flying flowers, and took all the pills, powder, silver needles and daggers she had brought with her.
Ah Bao was choked with sobs, seeing that she had forgotten what was on the bed, he hurriedly picked it up for her: "Crown Princess, you forgot to take this."
Lin Jinhua looked back, it was the Sky Pearl given by Lang Yuehan, and said it could protect the child...
She didn't want to be favored by him, but now for the sake of the child, she should carry this bead.
She took the beads and looked at Abao: "Don't follow me after leaving the palace for a while, go to Yinxiang Tower to find Zhang Xiaofang, don't go out again, understand?"
"Your maidservant swears to follow the princess!" Ah Bao eagerly tugged on her sleeve.
"Silly girl." Lin Jinzheng's eyes were wet, and when she saw Abao, she thought of Bai Lancaier, and said, "Do you think I'm really going to die? I still have a chance to escape if I go alone. If you follow, I will still I have to take care of you, in the end neither of us will be able to escape."
Ah Bao wanted to say more, but there were already urging voices from outside the house.
Lin Jinhua didn't say any more, she took a deep look at Xiong Linyu, and then walked out.
Eunuch An's eyes were red, seeing her coming out, he tremblingly said: "Crown Princess, I will send you out of the palace."
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua didn't think that Huai Yan was dead like he did. Huai Yan wouldn't die, the child hadn't been born yet, and he hadn't looked at it yet, so how could he die?
She stood upright, very majestic, even though it was cold and foggy in autumn, she still couldn't stop her powerful aura.
The eunuchs consciously stepped aside, and Lin Jinhua walked forward calmly, as if this trip was not to die, but to attend a certain banquet.
After sending the person out, Eunuch An returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to reply, but seeing the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation closed tightly, he was moved, and when he approached, he only asked the little eunuchs to silence, and then quietly walked forward , standing by the door without making a sound, listening to the faint voices coming from inside.
"She's dead, can it be resolved?" The emperor looked at the Jiangyang Taoist priest in front of him and asked.
"She is a born witch who harms the country. She used to harm her family when she was at home. If she stays in the palace, she will endanger the country. If the emperor doesn't get rid of her, this war may not turn into a good one." Daoist Jiang Yang Said lightly.
The emperor didn't believe in Huijue, he thought Huijue was just a swindler, but he believed in Jiangyang, because he traveled all over the world and didn't chase fame and fortune. , His daily energy has indeed improved a lot, and even his white hair has turned a lot darker.
Hearing this, he only took a deep breath; "The Taoist priest is right about this point. Thinking about the once prosperous Lin family, it is now withered into what it is today, and it is indeed inseparable from her."
Jiang Yang bowed and said: "This time the emperor is sending her to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. It's justified, and the common people will not say anything."
"The crown prince has gone dozens of miles away to the capital, and his life and death are uncertain. Even if he is still alive, it is too late to come back to save her." The emperor sneered, feeling a little sleepy, and said: "The Taoist priest has refined a new elixir , I'm a little tired."
"Naturally." Jiang Yang respectfully took out a mahogany box. The box was opened, and there was a thumb-sized black pill inside, exuding the fragrance of medicinal materials.
The emperor immediately took it and took it, and within a moment, people felt refreshed and transparent.
He glanced at Jiang Yang with emotion, and laughed: "Thanks to the Taoist priest."
"The poor way can keep a wise king for the people of the world, it is the good fortune of the poor way." Jiang Yang said with a slight smile.
"Then I will give you the name of the national teacher, and give you a hundred acres of land, how about building a Taoist temple for you?" The emperor asked a little tentatively. For ordinary people, this temptation is already very strong, but this The Taoist priest of Jiangyang was still very calm and self-sufficient, and said: "If the emperor wants to reward the poor, why not turn these into rice grains and give them to the people, and the poor will be satisfied with the porridge."
When the emperor heard the words, the doubts in his eyes dissipated a lot, and he laughed: "Okay, then it will be as the Taoist priest said."
Jiang Yang looked at his ruddy complexion, a coldness flashed from the corner of his eyes, and said no more.
Eunuch An's eyes widened in surprise outside the palace. The crown prince is not dead, so how could the emperor kill the crown princess in the name of being buried with him?
When he was surprised, a hand behind him suddenly put on his shoulder, which made him almost cry out in fright, until he heard a familiar voice.
"What is Mr. An doing?"
King Xuan looked at him strangely.
Seeing that it was him, Eunuch An breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The slave is waiting to serve the emperor, and the emperor is talking to the Taoist priest. You also know that the emperor is busy with state affairs now, tireless, and the slave is worried about the emperor's health."
When King Xuan heard this, his heart lit up, and he said with a smile: "I'm here to pay my respects to my father, please pass it on to my father-in-law."
"Yes." Eunuch An quickly responded and stepped in.
When the emperor saw him coming in, his eyes suddenly turned cold.
Eunuch An felt cold all over when he saw him, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Xuan is asking to see you."
Jiang Yang also said sensibly: "Pindao first go back to refine the elixir."
"Hmm." The emperor looked at him with a gentler look. When Jiang Yang left, he took a special look at Eunuch An, raised his mouth slightly, and walked away.
Eunuch An didn't know what his smile meant, but he could tell that the emperor had murderous intentions towards him. Even though he had served him all his life, he still only regarded himself as a dispensable dog.
After Jiang Yang left the palace this time, before he returned to his own palace, he saw the concubine Xin who came in a sedan chair.
He stepped sideways to one side, but instead of passing by, the concubine Xin stopped in front of him.
Concubine Xin glanced at him, then smiled and said: "If the Taoist priest doesn't mind, can you show me too? Recently, the baby in the stomach is always restless, and the imperial doctor can't help. I wonder if there is a little ghost. "
Jiang Yang looked at her smiling face, and smiled slightly: "Naturally."
Concubine Xin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he agreed, and then she let herself go, and sent all the maids to the end of the corridor, where she could see but couldn't hear what they were saying.
"Did the priest ever fear death?" Concubine Xin asked directly.
Just listening to her opening sentence, Jiang Yang knew what she was going to say: "Your Majesty, if you have something to say, you might as well just say it."
Concubine Xin saw how straightforward he was, thought he could be bribed, and said, "In that case, do you know that you are the reason why the King of Southwest wants to be King Qin this time?"
Jiang Yang stroked his beard and laughed: "Your Majesty just said that's the purpose."
Concubine Xin hesitated when she saw the expression he had known for a long time. King Jing asked him to talk to him, but looking at it now, it was not that he was not indifferent, but why did he always have the feeling that he had already controlled everything?
Seeing that she was silent, Jiang Yang said, "Your Majesty wants the poor Taoist to help His Highness King Jing, right?"
"how do you know?"
"The empress's thoughts are all written on her face, but I don't know how to help King Jing if the empress wants to be poor?"
"It's very simple." Seeing that he mentioned King Jing, Concubine Xin guessed that he probably wanted to join King Jing, and said directly: "Take your name as a courtier completely, so that the King of Southwest can come in with a justified name."
"My lady means..."
"Admonish the emperor to kill Xu Boshan!"
Xu Boshan was very popular among the people, if the emperor killed him for no reason, the people would definitely think that he was bewitched by Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang thought for a while, but shook his head: "The cycle of this matter is too long. I can't wait to come to the Southwest King. Pindao has a good idea."
Concubine Xin frowned slightly: "What method?"
"Let the empress dowager shave her hair and become a nun, and make the late concubine Yin a queen to enshrine in the imperial mausoleum." Jiang Yang said lightly.
When Concubine Xin heard this, she was already shocked.In the past dynasties, those who shaved their hair to become a nun were either concubines who suffered crimes or concubines who had no children under their knees. However, the queen mother not only has a son under her knees, but she has never made any mistakes in eating fast and reciting Buddha for so many years. If the emperor forces her to shave her hair and become a nun, it is unfilial and Isn't it maddened to make Concubine Yin, who has been dead for decades, the empress?
but……
"This is a good idea, but the emperor may not be able to do it." Concubine Xin worried.
Jiang Yang looked at her belly and laughed: "My concubine Xin must be able to do something." After speaking, he saluted her slightly and walked away.
My concubine Xin couldn't understand for a while, this Jiang Yang, who knew that a disaster was coming, could still be so calm, and still wanted to claim the name of a courtier who bewitched the emperor. He was either crazy or stupid.
However, if she hadn't known that Concubine Yin had been dead for decades, she would have suspected that he was sent by Concubine Yin.
She looked down at her stomach, thinking about Zhao Kan's promise, now she seems to have no choice.
Shenwumen.
Hong Xing, Xiong Linyu's close maid, led two court ladies with low brows and pleasing eyes, and followed Xu Zhaozhao out.
When we arrived at the Shenwu Gate, I heard her reprimanding the two maids: "After you and Princess Yongle have taken the things that the nobleman wants, come back and serve them quickly, don't delay."
The guards who were guarding glanced at them and said, "Miss Hongxing, is it possible that they are going out of the palace? Did you have the emperor's order?"
Hong Xing immediately took a heavy purse and stuffed it into his hand, took his hand and said, "It is the nobleman who wants to prepare a surprise for the emperor, and it just so happens that Xu Fu has the light gauze feather coat that the nobleman wants..." Hong Xing said In the middle of it, his face flushed with shame, he hurriedly let go of his hand and said embarrassingly: "The nobleman is going to Xu's mansion to get some things, so please be accommodating."
The guard looked at Hong Xing's shy face and the way she was pulling him just now, and his heart moved slightly, what was the light gauze feather coat for? He had seen it before in Hualou.As for the noble person wanting to please the emperor so much, it seems understandable.
Hearing this, she only coughed twice, and said: "Miss Hongxing, don't make things difficult for us, it's best to come back within half an hour after going, otherwise our brothers will suffer if the palace finds out that you have lost someone."
"Naturally." Hong Xing looked at him with eyes full of affection, then turned her head and reprimanded the two maids: "Go and come back quickly, don't delay the matter."
"Yes." The two maids quickly responded.
Only then did Xu Zhaozhao take the two of them out calmly with his head held high.
After walking out of the Shenwu Gate, you can still feel the gaze of the guards behind you.
Xu Zhaozhao's legs were a little weak, and seeing that the carriage was still so far away, she felt a little desperate...
"Zhao Zhao."
While she was holding her breath, a clear male voice came, and then a spacious carriage ran up to her.
The curtain of the car was lifted, Xu Zhaozhao saw the calm young man sitting firmly inside, and his heart fell back into his stomach: "Yuan Shao, why are you here?"
"Just passing by." Yuan Shao said lightly, glanced at the people behind her, and said calmly: "He's from the palace, go sit in the carriage at the back."
"Yes." The two men saluted, then turned around and left. When they left, one of their legs gave way and almost knelt on the ground. Fortunately, the person on the side supported her.
"Ah Bao, don't be afraid, it's okay." Wang Ruyan said in a low voice after supporting her, and they took a deep breath when they got into the blue-curtained carriage that followed.
Yuan Shao caught a glimpse of those attendants who were about to come here, so he only said to Xu Zhaozhao: "Don't worry, get on the carriage slowly."
Seeing his calm look, Xu Zhaozhao also calmed down a bit, and then slowly went to his carriage with the airs that Princess Yongle should have.
Yuan Shao glanced at the attendant who was approaching, calmly put down the curtain, and said to the driver: "Don't be late for the dinner appointment, let's go."
"Yes, young master." The coachman didn't know what happened, he flicked his whip calmly, and drove the carriage away.
Seeing this, the attendants who came to check were no longer suspicious, and only turned around and left after the carriages had left.
Wang Ruyan let out a long sigh of relief when the carriage was far away from the palace. After arriving at the Yinxiang Tower and putting Abao down, she rushed directly to Xu's house.
At that time, Lin Jincheng was also there, but the two of them didn't say that Jincheng directly arranged for her to leave the capital, so they handed over to the court a letter to resign and go to guard her mother's grave, but Xu Zhaozhao was not so calm, After returning to Xu's house, she cried out of breath: "Go and save sister Jinhua, the emperor asked her to be buried with her..."
Xu Boshan knew the news a long time ago, but they were too weak to go against the emperor's will, and most importantly, they couldn't offend the emperor at this time.
"Mo Feng and Mo Xue have already brought people out of the city to rescue them. What we have to do now is not to defy the emperor, but to protect ourselves." After Xu Boshan finished speaking, he glanced at Yuan Shao who was following, and said, "Mr. Yuan , when will the Yuan family leave Beijing?"
"Father and mother have already prepared." Yuan Shao said.The Yuan family did not participate in the imperial court battle, and the concubine and his wife had already only wanted to protect themselves. If Yuan Shao hadn't insisted on waiting, they might have already left.
Xu Boshan sighed, looked at him solemnly and said, "Then I will entrust my wife and daughter to you, is that okay?"
Yuan Shao looked at Xu Zhaozhao, who had tears in his eyes, and smiled slightly: "I have already prepared Zhaozhao and Mrs. Xu's carriage, and they are ready to leave at any time."
"Okay." Xu Boshan nodded, but Xu Zhaozhao was worried: "Then what should you do, dad?"
"Silly girl, father is still a first-rank official, and your brother is also in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor will not really do anything to me. As long as you all leave, father will have no worries." Xu Boshan looked at it and kept crying silently Madam, took her hand and said guiltily: "Thank you for your hard work."
"My concubine doesn't work hard, but the master values himself." Mrs. Xu is not a messy person, and in the current situation, she has to leave even if she is reluctant.
Xu Boshan nodded, and immediately sent someone to pack his luggage.
Lin Jincheng was also ready, and his father should be back soon.
At this time outside the city.
Because of the rush under the funeral order, many things were not ready, so when they passed by the post station after walking for half a day, everyone stopped, but Lin Jinhua was watched strictly, and she was not allowed to have her own space at all. Even taking a nap in the room, someone followed.
Sitting in the room, she looked at the palace maid who never left, and said, "I'm hungry, go get some white porridge."
The palace maid smiled, but said meanly: "Reporting to the Crown Princess, I have ordered you not to provide food and drink for you along the way. The servants will follow you every step of the way. If you are hungry, drink some tea."
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, seeing how she raised her face triumphantly, she smiled lightly: "Which palace are you a maid of honor, and such manners were also taught by the maids in the palace?"
The palace maid was ridiculed, and curled her lips in embarrassment; "You have time to care about the upbringing of your slaves, if you don't care about yourself, when you arrive at the imperial tomb tomorrow morning, you won't have time to talk to your slaves about this."
"No rush." Lin Jinhua caught a glimpse of the darkening sky outside, raised her hand to cover her belly, and smiled lightly.
"What do you mean..." The maid was puzzled and suddenly felt dizzy.She barely supported the table beside her and stood upright before looking at Lin Jinhua: "Crown Princess, you..."
"It's not certain who will live and who will die. Why are you so eager to show a mean gesture?" Lin Jinhua threw down the broken wax pill in her hand, and then stepped forward to see her still struggling in a daze. The silver needle pierced directly into the acupuncture point on her neck.
When the night was dark, most of the people in the post house had fallen asleep, and the guards guarding the door were also a little drowsy, until they couldn't hold on anymore, and both fell to the ground.
The patrolling lady heard the sound, and rushed over immediately. Seeing the fainted person on the ground, she hurriedly opened the door and entered the room, only to find that the maid in the room was also fainted, and the window on the side was open, and Lin Jinhua was nowhere to be seen. .
He didn't even think about it, so he shouted: "It's not good, the princess jumped out of the window and escaped!"
When he yelled, the guards all woke up. After the leader took a look, he immediately led his men to chase outside.
Because the matter was so important and the night was dark, they dared not neglect it, and took away the guards of the post house to investigate in all directions, and there were only a few female family members left guarding the post house.
The maids gathered together and discussed nervously: "What if the Crown Princess really escapes?"
"The emperor will definitely kill us."
The more they talked, the more nervous they became, but they didn't realize that behind them, the woman wearing the same clothes as them walked around them gently and went downstairs.
When she reached the lobby downstairs, the maid above finally found out and shouted at her, "Who is serving you, where are you going so late?"
The footsteps of the people below stopped, and they only lowered their heads and said softly: "The slave girl was in a hurry just now, and the hairpin fell outside."
The people above were all concerned about whether Lin Jinhua and the others would be beheaded if they didn't find Lin Jinhua, so they told her to leave without being suspicious.
She went out of the post house, looked around the dark and empty surroundings, raised her hand to cover her stomach, and left for the dense forest she had seen when she was going back and forth.
The maids in the post house were talking, when they suddenly remembered: "There are only about twenty palace ladies left, I just counted them, and they are all here, so who is the one who just left?"
Everyone was startled: "Could it be..."
"Of course not." Suddenly a black figure came in from outside the room, carrying a woman on his shoulders, everyone saw that she was exactly the same as the Crown Princess, only she was dressed differently.
Seeing their astonished looks, Heiying smiled: "Your princess, take him to be buried with you earlier." After saying that, he dropped the man, and the figure rushed out.
The maids looked at each other, but knowing that their lives were saved, they tied up the fainted man on the ground without saying a word, but they didn't realize that this man's palms were rough, and he didn't look like a young lady who was raised in a deep boudoir.
In the woods outside the post house, the maid who had escaped just now ran forward quickly, as long as she escaped to a place where there were people and rested, she could find a way to find Huaiyan.
Because she ran too fast, she didn't notice the dead branches under her feet, she tripped and almost fell to the ground, and her stomach hurt.
"Child..." She exhaled softly, not daring to move any more, carefully curled up on the spot, took out a pregnancy-preserving pill prescribed to her by Doctor Lu from her sleeve, and ate it, then curled up and prayed: " My child, I blame my mother for being too anxious, you must not have any accidents..."
She waited like this, without a grain of rice all day, and now she is very hungry.
She glanced at the dark woods, and after the pain subsided, she carefully covered her stomach, gritted her teeth and reluctantly walked forward.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, light finally appeared at the end of the forest, and it turned out that it was already dawn.
Through the forest, there is no village, but a small valley, in which there is a simple but smoky bamboo house.
Lin Jinhua was overjoyed, so she reluctantly walked towards the bamboo house.
At that time, there was only one middle-aged woman who was drying medicinal herbs in the yard.The woman's skin is fair and delicate, although she is middle-aged, her eyes are as pure as a girl's, and when she smiles, she can see the beauty of the country.
Lin Jinhua thought she was some great woman living in seclusion here, so she just smiled lightly and said, "Madam, I wonder if you can..."
"Hungry?" The beautiful woman smiled slightly as she saw her clutching her abdomen tightly.
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua was a little shy.
The beautiful lady smiled and said, "Come into the house, breakfast has just been prepared." After finishing speaking, she stepped inside.
Lin Jinhua looked around vigilantly, but she couldn't see any suspicious person, so she followed in a step forward. But just now, this beautiful woman, between the eyebrows, she always felt a little familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a while. .
After arriving at the hallway of the bamboo house, the woman brought two dishes of side dishes and two bowls of blue and white porridge, and smiled slightly: "It's a bit simple, I hope you don't dislike it."
Lin Jinhua smelled the aroma of the food, and already moved her index finger. She shook her head with a smile. After she moved her chopsticks, she also began to eat. Although she ate quickly, her movements were still graceful.
The woman looked at her like this, seemingly thoughtful, until Lin Jinhua finished eating, she said: "You seem to be pregnant, why don't you go to the back room to sleep for a while."
Lin Jinhua couldn't wish for it, she didn't dare to close her eyes last night for fear that the people in the palace would come after her, but now that she knew it was safe, she nodded and let her guide her to rest.
She fell asleep quickly, lying on the bed for less than half a moment, then fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing that she was asleep, the woman came out from inside, and there were already people waiting outside.
"Your Majesty, why did you save her?" Someone came out of the compartment and asked cautiously.
"It's not yet time for her to die." After the beautiful lady finished speaking, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up, and she didn't say any more.
Outside the post house.
Mo Feng Moxue arrived last night, but after hearing that Lin Jinyu had escaped and was arrested, he knew that they must step up their guards, so they didn't dare to act rashly, they just wanted to wait for the moment when they were sent to the imperial mausoleum, and then take the opportunity They rescued the person, but when they followed to the imperial tomb, they found that something was wrong. Although the person with Lin Jinhua's face was not the real Lin Jinhua.
"Disguise?" Mo Xue was surprised.
Mo Feng remembered that she had already come to Jinchao, and suddenly mentioned in his heart: "It's broken, the princess must have been taken away by her."
Mo Xue frowned: "Then why did she fake the fact that the princess was buried with her? I don't know if this will anger the prince and make him come back desperately with troops?"
"I'm afraid that's exactly what he wants." Mo Feng's heart fell to the bottom, she thought for a while, and said solemnly: "We divide into two groups, you go to find the princess, I go to find the prince, the prince must not lead troops to kill now Back in the capital, Gao Zhi said that if his illness recurs again, he will never recover."
Mo Xue also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she didn't dare to delay, and immediately separated from her.
But as soon as they separated, someone appeared in the dark, looked at each other, and chased in the direction of the two with knives.
In the palace, the emperor was not surprised when he heard the news.
"Since it has been buried, let's announce it to the world." The emperor said lightly.
"But the prince's bones have not been brought back..."
"It's okay." The emperor didn't want to think too much, glanced at Eunuch An, and said: "Mrs. Lin is still in the palace, go and invite her here." The emperor said, the Southwest King has not moved recently, so he couldn't help Doubts, whether he will do anything, or if he can't, he will send someone to be a bait.He glanced at Lin Jincheng's resignation letter, and snorted coldly, since he wanted to leave the capital so much, then he would grant him.
As Eunuch An was stepping back, he saw a palace maid running in in a hurry: "Your Majesty, something has happened to your concubine Xin, please save her quickly."
The emperor looked at the man who was kneeling on the ground crying, and immediately stood up: "Could it be that something happened to the child?" Something went wrong!
Seeing that he cared so much, the palace lady became more and more afraid: "My concubine Xin went to pay her respects to the empress dowager early in the morning, but somehow offended the empress dowager, and was punished by the empress dowager to kneel outside. The sky is cold today, and the empress is not in good health, so she knelt down Now, it is already popular."
"What!" The emperor was shocked, and he didn't care too much, and ran out immediately.
At this moment, the Compassionate Ning Palace has become a mess. The Empress Dowager believes in Buddhism, so when her concubine sees popularity, she has to be carried to her own palace. On the contrary, the servants of the Compassionate Ning Palace are all nervous .
The mother looked at the empress dowager who was sitting on the warm couch with her eyes closed and meditating, and said worriedly: "Empress dowager, do you want to go and see the concubine Xin, after all, the emperor really cares about the child in her belly..."
"You don't have to go." The empress dowager's lingering anger was still there. She was originally disappointed that she didn't plan to participate in the affairs of the harem anymore, but who would have thought that this concubine came over early in the morning and said something rebellious, saying that she listened behind the curtain to usurp the throne? Well, if the emperor knows these words, the last ounce of affection between mother and son will be broken, and she can't understand the provocative gesture of Xin Concubine, no matter what, she is still the queen mother.
Seeing that she was angry, Mammy tried to persuade her again: "I don't know if I can keep this child after seeing her popularity. If she is really gone, how can the emperor explain it?"
"Could it be possible that the emperor still wants to yell at Ai's family?" The queen mother clenched the beads tightly, but she found it strange that she saw the red after kneeling for a while. Isn't it strange, and the concubine was pregnant with this The child felt strange to her.After thinking about it, he still said: "Go and find out how Concubine Xin got pregnant with this child after she was demoted."
Mammy looked at her in surprise: "Don't you think this child is..."
"Go and check first, the Ai family always feels that something is wrong." The queen mother said in a deep voice, after thinking about it, she was supported by someone, and went to the palace of the concubine Xin.
The emperor was one step ahead, and when he arrived, he heard the cry of his concubine from a long distance away, and when he walked outside the hall, he saw pots of blood pouring out.
He was blindfolded, and immediately pulled a eunuch and asked, "What's wrong with the child?"
"Return...Report to the emperor, Doctor Lu said that the child may not be saved..." The little eunuch was pushed away by the emperor before he finished speaking.
"Your Majesty, please save our little prince, please save him..."
Concubine Xin heard the voices of eunuchs and maids saluting from a distance, and she shouted more and more heartbreakingly, if she doesn't let the emperor's heartache today, she won't be able to do what Jiangyang Daochang explained.
When the emperor heard this, his face turned dark: "It's actually a prince!"
The words fell, the queen mother has arrived outside.
When the queen mother walked into the palace gate, she knew that the child was gone. When she got close, she saw the emperor's dark face.
When the emperor saw her coming, he didn't even pay attention to the ceremony, he just said: "Why does the queen mother use my prince as punishment, my concubine made a mistake, tolerate her for a moment, can't you punish her after she gives birth to the prince!" He expected so much For a long time, he waited to announce to the world that he was still young and could have a son, but all these thoughts were just wiped out.
Seeing his bad tone, the queen mother was also a little angry: "Emperor, Aijia only punished her to kneel for a little while..."
"Forget it, I don't care whether I want this child or not if I want to come to my mother." The emperor said coldly, and said to the people around him: "Let the Taoist priest Jiangyang come and see if he wants to do something." As long as he can be born again, this tone He can still swallow.
It didn't take long for Jiang Yang to be invited over, but when he came, he was not as graceful as usual, but was surprised and speechless.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, if the second son dies, the spiritual energy in your body will be reduced by half." Jiang Yang said in astonishment: "How could this be? Could it be that someone is suppressing you? This child has seen it poorly, but he is a man of God , how could it suddenly disappear..."
The emperor's hands behind his back slowly tightened, to suppress his own people...
He looked at the empress dowager in front of him coldly. It was the empress dowager in front of him who had suppressed him for so many years. From becoming a prince to ascending the throne as emperor, he had been under her control for half his life.
The Empress Dowager knew what he wanted to say without him opening her mouth, but she was extremely chilled. How could she raise such a cold-hearted and heartless son?
"Needless to say the emperor, the Ai family has long been tired of the palace, and the Ai family invites them out of the palace to go to Changle Nunnery to pray for the country and the country." The queen mother said lightly.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." The emperor felt a little unbearable in his heart, but he didn't say any more.
The queen mother took a deep look at him, and sighed deeply: "Emperor, your father is just like you, he wanted to hold the world in his hands, but in the end he found that he couldn't hold it at all. Whose it should belong to. "
The emperor thought that the empress dowager was mocking him, and his ashen complexion became more and more cold: "Come here, send the empress dowager out of the palace with the best rituals..."
"No need, since we are going to Qingxiu, we don't want to make a big battle." After the queen mother said, she took a deep look at Jiang Yang, turned around and walked away.
Jiang Yang's expression was calm, and he waited for the queen mother to leave before saying to the emperor: "The emperor needs to do one more thing if he wants to re-gather the aura of heaven and earth."
"What's the matter?"
"Lihou." The corners of Jiang Yang's mouth raised slightly, and the stillborn baby in Concubine Xin's stomach was completely taken out.
When Royal Physician Lu came out, he was sweating profusely. Along with him, there was also Xue Wenxin, who was holding on.
The two knelt on the ground together, Xue Wenxin only said: "It's all because the ministers and concubines are incompetent and can't keep the child."
The emperor glanced at her and him, then at Jiang Yang, his eyebrows furrowed.Empress Dowager, there are no concubines in the palace who are highly respected and famous. If you want to become an empress, you won't be able to establish an empress for a while, not to mention that the Southwest King is still eyeing you.
"But when my concubine just had a miscarriage, I kept dreaming of a beautiful woman in green clothes, with a cinnabar mole in the corner of her eye, and holding a phoenix crown in her hand." Xue Wenxin continued.
The emperor's palm tightened slightly: "Did you see clearly?"
Xue Wenxin shook his head: "The concubine can see it in a daze, but the concubine can clearly see the phoenix crown in that woman's hand."
The emperor's complexion became complicated. It stands to reason that Xue Wenxin should have never seen Concubine Yin, but how could he dream of her?Could it be that Concubine Yin really came back?
After thinking about it, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Yang: "Could it be that the deceased is the queen?"
"I don't know if I'm poor, it all depends on what the emperor wants." Jiang Yang no longer interfered, but the more he was like this, the more hesitant the emperor was, and the less he dared to doubt him.
On the afternoon of the day when the Queen Mother left the palace, an imperial decree from the emperor was sent to the Lin Mansion.
After Lin Jincheng learned that Lin Jinhua might have been buried alive, his whole body seemed to have been sucked out of his soul. After receiving the imperial edict from the emperor asking him to patrol the city, he also went crazy: "Mo Hua, prepare the horse immediately. !"
Mo Hua looked at him worriedly: "The young master's injuries are not healed, how can he go out?"
"Sooner or later." The emperor killed Jinhua, and the life and death of the crown prince is uncertain. The only thing he can do now is to stop his father from getting involved in this struggle. Since the emperor let him go out of the city in a legitimate way, he will follow him meaning!
Seeing these things happen, Zhao Kan was the happiest. However, he believed that Lin Jinhua was fine. His father wanted to bury her alive just because of a few eunuchs and guards, so he underestimated her too much.
"My lord, what shall we do?"
The guards of Prince Jing's Mansion are already eager to try.
Zhao Kan chuckled: "What's the rush?" He looked at the people in the courtyard who had hurried over with the imperial decree in their hands, and smiled slightly: "Isn't the father planning to invite me into the palace now?"
Hearing the words, the guard hurriedly smiled respectfully: "My lord holds everything in the palm of my hand, and my subordinates really admire it."
"Don't be in a hurry to admire, whether it can be done or not depends on tonight." See if the emperor really wants to get rid of Lin Luzhi, and see if Zhao Huaiyan is really dead. Tonight, everything will be revealed.
It's hundreds of miles away.
There are still people who don't know what happened.
The [-] barracks army was suddenly ambushed, with countless casualties, and encountered rebels, and their food and grass were burned halfway. He could only come to the town to see the situation in person, and check the situation by the way.
In the simple and remote inn, the common people didn't know him, they only felt that this man was dignified like a god, and hurriedly waited on him courteously: "Master, where are you going?"
The shopkeeper spoke excitedly.
"Pay the rebels." Zhao Huaiyan said lightly.
"Rebels?" The shopkeeper was taken aback, covered his mouth and took three steps back, and then hurriedly shouted upstairs: "Heizi, didn't you just come back from the capital and said that the prince who paid the rebels has been killed?"
"That's right, the crown prince's bones are not yet cold, and the crown princess was sent to the imperial mausoleum to be buried by the emperor." The thin black man named Heizi came down from upstairs and said.
As soon as the words fell, he found that the cup in the guest's hand was instantly shattered, and his legs were so frightened that he almost knelt down.
"You just said it, but is it true?"
A strong cold air hit, causing both the shopkeeper and Heizi to turn pale with fright.
Heizi's mouth trembled, and he hurriedly said, "The young one went to see a doctor in the capital and heard it with his own ears."
"When did it happen?"
"It seems to be when the prince first arrived here, about two days ago..." Heizi said.
The guard on the side looked at his master's murderous eyes, and hurriedly said: "Master, let's investigate first..."
Zhao Huaiyan looked deeply at Heizi kneeling on the ground, and said coldly, "I'll ask you again, the Crown Princess...is she really buried?"
"You can inquire about it. The emperor ordered it to be buried in the imperial mausoleum." Heizi trembled.
The attendant wanted to persuade Zhao Huaiyan to investigate first, but His Highness, who never lost his composure, spit out a mouthful of blood, and his complexion turned pale instantly.
He was startled, and hurriedly went to help him, but he turned his head and left the inn, got on his horse and quickly headed towards the capital.
The attendants hurriedly followed, and after everyone had left, the trembling Heizi stood up calmly, looked at the shopkeeper who was nervously looking at him, and raised the corners of his mouth.
The shopkeeper shrank back in fear: "You said you would let me act with you, and you wouldn't kill me..." Before he finished speaking, a cold light flashed across the shopkeeper's hand, and the shopkeeper's head fell to the ground.
He walked outside the house, looked at the people leaving in a hurry, took off the human skin mask on his face, and smiled strangely: "If you really care, you will be confused. People who are always wise will be so reckless. It seems that this Lin Jinhua, I really must die!"
(End of this chapter)
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