In the Imperial City of Beijing, in March, in late spring, the air is cool. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Located in the northwest corner of the imperial city, the Yinghua Palace, compared with the coolness of the March day, it shows an incomparably cold.

As a palace for worshipping the Buddha, the Yinghua Hall has no effect on the court in the Chengzong Dynasty when it only advocates force and does not believe in Buddhism. Therefore, since Chengzong achieved the unification, for more than ten years, this hall of worship of the Buddha, except for the eunuchs and palace maids who come to sweep the dust and dust every day, basically no one has set foot in it.

At noon, there was silence in all directions.

In the Yinghua Palace, compared to the uncomfortable coldness, its silence makes people panic from the heart.

No one knew that at this moment, in this almost deserted Yinghua Palace, there was a person hidden deep in, a person who had made the imperial city crazy.

Speaking of the Yinghua Palace, it was built in Emperor Renzong, who advocated Buddhist rites, although its scale is much smaller than the main hall of the imperial city, but compared with the palace where the concubines lived, it occupies a much larger area. The temple is divided into a front hall and an apse, the front hall is preceded by a front yard, and there is also a back yard after the apse. The front hall of the front yard is solemn and solemn, and it is the main place for the meditation of the Buddha. The apse backyard is just the opposite, deep and quiet, and the style layout is very similar to the Jiangnan garden.

Just like the necessary scenery of the Jiangnan garden, there is also a small lotus pond in the backyard of the Yinghua Palace, and a small rockery is piled up next to the lotus pond.

The lotus pond and the rockery are all things that the human eye will be able to see. It's just that no one knows that there is a small cave hidden under this rockery, a cave that cannot accommodate an adult to step into.

It was the brightest time of the day, and Qin Siyang, as the king of a country, was sitting alone in this cave that no one knew.

This cave was accidentally discovered by Qin Siyang when he was five years old in order to avoid the strict discipline of his mother. remembered that in those years, whenever his mother punished him heavily, he would secretly run to the backyard of this Yinghua Palace and hide in this small cave.

And every time he squatted down in the cave, he would lose track of time and where he was. It is always necessary to hear the magnetic chanting voice of Mr. Matsubayashi from afar and near to wake up from his dream.

Today, he sat in this cave again, which he had never thought about since he was sent out of the imperial city by the first emperor. And this time, no one would come to remind him in time that he had been squatting longer than any time in the years that his mother had disciplined him.

He'd been sitting here since midnight.

Qin Siyang knew that he had done enough to be out of line this time, and the entire imperial city must have already made a fuss because of his sudden disappearance, right?

It must make Han Gongzi lament again, and it will make Wei Hua resentful again!

Qin Siyang smiled bitterly, but secretly said again in his heart: Shuangli, are you okay? Where are you now? When will we see each other again?

said that he ascended the throne, but since he moved from the prince's East Palace to the Qianqing Palace, the only bit of freedom he had was lost.

The Queen Mother made it clear that the emperor is the king of a country, and everything should be an example for the world, and he must no longer act willfully like the children of the common people. Therefore, since Qin Siyang ascended to the great treasure, he moved into the Qianqing Palace. His own habit of changing clothes is no longer tacitly approved. The ban on his dormitory not being allowed to enter without his orders was also broken. But even so, the queen mother was not at ease, and after the year, she personally selected two eunuchs and two palace maids to accompany Qin Siyang day and night. Because of this, Qin Siyang lost his free time in the dormitory and lost the only opportunity to practice martial arts at night. And Wei Hua, who was his bodyguard, had not been able to enter the palace to see him again for two months.

The loss of only freedom has made Qin Siyang unbearable. In addition, the four eunuchs and palace maids who never left him day and night, whenever they were sorting out his clothes, their eyes were always turning around on the short sword and brocade box he placed at the head of the bed, which made Qin Siyang even more frightened day and night.

Qin Siyang had overheard the chatter of these eunuchs and palace maids in the Qianqing Palace, and knew that they had guessed that the emperor's jade seal was locked in the gold-lacquered brocade box at the head of the bed. He also knew that these eunuchs and palace maids had always wondered why he was so precious with this extremely ordinary-looking short sword.

"If you want me to say, the ugly scars on the emperor's body were scratched by this short sword, so the emperor kept this sword like a treasure. Some eunuchs guessed.

"What are you talking about, if you were really scratched by this sword, the emperor still didn't break this sword into pieces, and still keep its treasure? A palace maid immediately retorted.

"Don't think," said the eunuch mysteriously before, "that I am not unfounded. You don't know, I heard that the emperor's biological mother used to be such a problematic person. If something hurts her, she'll keep it like a baby. said that she had to watch from time to time, so that she could remind herself of what had hurt her, and then deal with it. ”

"Wow, there's something wrong with my brain, if it's me, I can't hide when I see it, and it's a baby. The female eunuchs of the palace coaxed together.

The eunuch before was proud, pretending to be mysterious and said: "Let me tell you another secret, I heard that the emperor's biological mother was the most favored palace maid during her lifetime, and she had harmed her before." ”

"You lie, how can there be such a thing. The eunuchs and palace maids coaxed again.

"I didn't lie to you, I heard that the emperor's biological mother was pregnant with a child before giving birth to the emperor, but when she was six months old, she was mismarried by the palace maid, hey, I heard that it was also a boy. ”

"Liar—"

"You blew it. ”

"That is, how can there be such a thing in this world. ”

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Such unbridled rumors will be staged in the Qianqing Palace from time to time. Qin Siyang couldn't stop it, and he couldn't stop it. The only thing he was worried about was that if those people were really too curious, they would one day confiscate his sword and secretly open his big brocade box. Then, what he has always cherished the most, cared about the most, and what he can't touch the most in his heart may be completely broken.

He will face eternal loss. This is something he is not willing to face even to death.

So, in the middle of the night that day, he finally couldn't bear to act. Even if you have to take all the risks for it.

Wrap all the things related to Liu Shuangli in the sword and the big brocade box in a piece of oilcloth, and then hide them carefully on your body. and then used the incense sent by Wei Hua to charm the eunuch palace maid who was close. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, he secretly jumped out of the window and left the Qianqing Palace. Then he jumped over the Fulong Gate and came to Yikun Palace, which was the residence of his mother and concubine.

This is the place he is most familiar with, starting from this Yikun Palace, he knows no less than five roads leading to the Yinghua Palace, and there are no less than ten keys to the door. Among them, half of them were given to him by Mr. Songlin before, and he found them after returning to the palace this time. Half of them were secretly given to him by Wei Hua.

How did the previous Songlin teacher and the current Wei Hua get these keys, he didn't want to care. At such times, as long as it is beneficial to him, he will take it all.

Maybe it was too good luck this night, he went all the way from the Qianqing Palace to the Yinghua Palace, and he didn't meet a few internal guard eunuchs on duty. When he was not ugly, he came to the Yinghua Hall and found the small cave that had brought him infinite comfort in the backyard. Then he buried all the items related to Liu Shuangli in this cave.

He knew that no one would find out here.

So here he temporarily let go of all the pain in his heart. Just quietly, quietly squatting, no longer thinking about anything, until little by little the sun climbed to the center of the sky.

Mr. Matsubayashi's poem did not reappear. Qin Siyang knew that even if there were no more chanting in the future, he would have to go out.

Walking back and coming to the front hall of the Yinghua Palace, Qin Siyang did not continue to walk out of the Yinghua Palace, but turned to face the statue of the Buddha sitting high in the center, and bowed deeply.

With his eyes closed, his hands clasped together, and his heart slowly eliminated distracting thoughts, Qin Siyang was facing the Buddha Lord, just kneeling simply.

I don't know how long it took to do so.

Yinghua Gate was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and someone slowly found the front hall.

"The emperor, it's the emperor, and the slave found the emperor. The queen mother, the slave found the emperor. ”

The shouts of excitement came from behind me, and after a while, the footsteps gradually increased. I heard the sound of someone falling to the ground, and then there was a heavy kowtow.

"Lord Buddha bless, Lord Buddha bless, the emperor is fine, the emperor is fine. ”

Someone cried, it was a howl of excitement.

Someone rushed out of the Yinghua Gate again.

It took a long time for the crying to stop. After another quarter of an hour, I heard the Yinghua Gate, and someone rushed in, and as soon as he stepped into the front hall, he fell to his knees. Then he knelt and crawled, and moved step by step to a distance of less than three feet behind Qin Siyang.

"Your Majesty, my master, please stop kneeling and go back with the minions. Although the voice was choked with crying, it could still be clearly heard that it was Su Fang, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, who had arrived.

Qin Siyang's hands were still tightly clasped together, and his voice was weak: "You are all here?"

"Yes, the minions are here, they are all here, and the Queen Mother will come later. Your Majesty, just get up quickly, the Emperor's sincerity, the Lord of the Buddha already knows, there is no need for the Emperor to worship again, Your Majesty!" Su Fang replied crying.

"Do you say that the Buddha really knows everything and knows what I'm asking for?" Somehow, Qin Siyang used the self-title of 'I' at this time.

"Yes, please rest assured, the Buddha must know it. Su Fang replied.

"However, I didn't ask for anything just now, how could the Buddha Lord know?" Qin Siyang then asked, still using the self-title of 'I'.

This time, Qin Siyang didn't wait for Su Fang's reply, because it was someone else who answered.

"The emperor's request is the biggest request. The voice carried incomparable majesty, and when I heard it, I knew that the queen mother, the lord of the harem, had arrived. (To be continued.) )