Inside and outside Chang'an, the armored soldiers were hurrying in the night frost, and in the cold air, there was only the sound of armor hitting each other, fine and neat, as if the continuous spine was cut by a sharp blade.

In mid-July, strong winds rose to the ground.

The main palace sat in the Yuanhe Hall and stayed awake all night.

The vassals, waiters, and attendants of the East Palace, as well as the servants placed in the East Palace by the concubine, were all removed by the Tian family on the grounds of "beware of leaks". The East Palace was surrounded by water, and there were only eight female officials in charge of the lamp, who claimed to be concubines in the palace, and forcibly stayed. These female officials are all related to the Tian family, but they are not surnamed Tian and come from famous families. The Tian family's army, no one dared to get close. They work in groups of four, rotating day and night, guarding the surroundings of the main palace. The person in charge of the lamp was on guard with a halberd, and no one was allowed to enter the Yuanhe Hall without the permission of the main palace. Even the eldest uncle had to remove his sword before he could be allowed to be let go by the female officials.

It was only at this time that Hongu did not know what kind of worries the mother had been living in.

The stars are vertical and horizontal, showing a brilliant corner outside the night window. The palace sat quietly in clothes and was silent for a long time.

"Your Highness," a female official bowed her head, "Zou Wuji, please see you." ”

How did he get into the East Palace?

Bengong put on his coat and said, "Xuan." ”

The female officer respectfully stepped back, and soon brought a man with her.

Bengong sat by the window, watching the two of them walk quickly into the hall, and suddenly found that Zou Wuji's walking posture was the same as that of the female officer in charge of the lamp in the palace.

The female official is a son of a good family, except for being in the room, she has been in the East Palace, and her ceremonial posture is different from that of the Inner Palace, which is understandable. Zou Wuji is obviously a foreign minister, and he comes from a humble background, so he learned this posture by learning, where did he learn this posture?

Zou Wuji raised his hands flat, bowed down and said, "Sinner Wuji, see Your Highness." ”

Hongu does not speak.

Zou Wuji continued: "The minister's rescue is late, and he knows that he is guilty of the crime in His Highness. Thousands of deaths. ”

Bengong then said: "There is no need to say kind words. What is the best way to come in danger?"

Zou Wuji knelt on the cold ground, his head always lowered: "The minister has no good plan." But there are people who can solve the game. ”

Hongu said: "Say." ”

"The son of Ji Xiang, Ji Fufeng. ”

Bengong laughed angrily: "Ji Fufeng, he eats too much and wants to stand on Bengong's side?"

On the ground, he can also be regarded as the orphan of the late Shu royal family, the only son of the princess of Shu in the past, and the only son of the princess of Shu in the past, at least he is also a marquis.

On the night of Qixi Festival, he picked up the star tower and surrendered to Cheng, and the palace also thought that he did have the heart to restore the country. But when the chaos was not evident two days ago, the palace urged him three times and asked him to say that he was sick in the prime minister's mansion, and now the palace itself is difficult to protect, and he still has to rely on eight women to shelter, what is there for him!

This thought of this palace is naturally not enough for outsiders. In front of Zou Wuji, Bengong tightened his face, suppressed the urge to scold, and only said: "Wuji is here, Bengong is very relieved." As for the way to solve the game, this palace still doesn't have to fake others. ”

Zou Wuji hurriedly raised his head: "Your Highness, Ji ......"

"Alright!" Hongu waved his sleeve, "no need to say anything more. The night is dewy, go without mowgli. ”

Zou Wuji couldn't, so he could only be forced to retreat by the female officer. He rejected the halberd in his hand, walked backwards in embarrassment, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said in a loud voice: "Your Highness!

"Stop. Bengong said expressionlessly, "Take him forward." ”

The female official lifted and pressed Zou Wuji in front of the palace seat.

"On the day Your Majesty drove out of Beijing, His Royal Highness sent his ministers to send the tribute Buddha hand to the imperial concubine. Niangniang read His Royal Highness's handwriting, and once had a sentence to instruct Weichen. Zou Wuji glanced at the face of the palace, and cautiously continued: "Niangniang said, this is not the case. Niangniang also instructed Weichen, don't ask, don't disturb His Highness needlessly. ”

Hongu sneered in his heart. The mother concubine was trapped in Weishui Li Palace, and the palace did not have the spare strength to send people to verify it, so Zou Wuji naturally said anything. In the end, I also knew why I didn't tell the palace before I explained it, in case the palace interrogated, it was really a good calculation.

Bengong was possessed with a gloomy face, and looked at Zou Wuji, who was kneeling on the ground: "Does Zou Qing think that Bengong is just a yellow-mouthed child who can be played with by Qing in the palm of his hand?"

Zou Wuji was shocked and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Highness! The minister has no such intention! Why did His Highness say this!" He struggled to come forward to explain, but was pressed to the ground by the female official and couldn't move.

Bengong dusted his sleeves and said lightly: "In the eyes of Qing and others, Bengong is no different from being under house arrest by the Tian family now. Hongu bowed his head and smiled, "That's right, too." Now the Xia Tian clan still needs the palace as a cover for the time being, but one day if it is really a Ding Ge, the prince of the former dynasty, the prince of the previous dynasty, will not be embarrassed or embarrassed to stay, but only show their regent injustice. ”

"Why should Your Highness be so discouraged," Zou Wuji seemed to be heartbroken, "Your Majesty and Your Highness are the right place in the world, and the destiny of heaven returns." Da Zhou is brilliant, why die at the hands of a surname!"

Zou Wuji also knew how to save face, but he didn't call Tian a "chaotic minister and thief" in front of the palace.

"Oh?" Hongu approached him, "Does Qing really think so?"

Zou Wuji was suppressed by the heavy double halberd, and tried his best to stretch his neck close to the palace: "The ministers are all for His Highness, and they will never give up." This heart can be seen by the sun and the moon, and there is absolutely no falsehood!"

Bengong nodded, and he didn't bother to make a touched look at this time, and he didn't have the heart to accompany Zou Wuji to have a "gentleman's grace and righteousness".

"Whether Zou Qing has any unfinished words, I can say it at this time. Otherwise, even if these sisters in the palace can allow you to stay in the Yuanhe Palace, I'm afraid that the guards of the big Sima outside won't be able to let you get out of the East Palace alive. ”

As soon as the palace said this, not only Zou Wuji, but even the two female officials holding the halberd in front of the seat had a moment of stiffness.

Several people have their own ghosts, and Bengong only sneers in his heart.

"Your Highness," Zou Wuji looked solemn and sad, "Your Highness is smart and clever, and the ministers sigh to themselves." The minister did not dare to deceive His Royal Highness, Ji Fufeng and Prime Minister Ji returned to Chang'an from the shore of Weishui yesterday, and the minister received the news of the Prime Minister's Mansion last night. Today, Da Sima went to the outskirts of Chang'an to transfer troops, and the ministers found a gap to enter the East Palace. Prime Minister Ji Cheng sent his ministers to know that the ministers, like the female officials, were the dark lines that the imperial concubine Niangniang had left in the East Palace. ”

Hongu nodded again. This Zou Wuji is quite honest.

"Ji Xiang from his father?"

"Yes. Zou Wuji and Pantuo, "The prime minister was ordered to guard 5,000 and punish ...... Kill and rebel. ”

Hongu sat on the couch for a long time and did not speak.

"If the prime minister returns to Beijing and finds that the palace is also involved in this matter, instead of being imprisoned, then the palace will also be on the list of the imperial guards to be killed, right?"

Zou Wuji pitifully persuaded each other: "Your Highness......"

"Zou Qing doesn't need to say it. "Hongu Road.

Da Sima and the palace compete, the palace and Prince Shen compete, Ji Xiang and the Da Sima contend, Tian and Zhao contend, fighting back and forth, but it is just a turtle in the urn in the eyes of the emperor.

The palace is frightened here, and its life is taken by people, and it is difficult to rest day and night, and it almost collapses.

The father strategized in the Li Palace, made trade-offs, and won a hundred miles away.

Bengong closed his eyes tiredly and said, "Tell Ji Xiang that you don't have to throw Fufeng to lead Bengong." What are you doing with so much vain, do you really think that this palace is stupid and lustful? What is the current situation, this palace knows in his heart. As long as the concubine is fine, the palace will not protect the Tian family. Let him do it. ”

Zou Wuji kowtowed slowly, his forehead hitting the ground with a dull sound.

"The minister commanded. He will live up to the trust of His Highness. ”

Zou Wuji was sent out of the hall by the two female officials, and the remaining two female officials who held the lamp glanced at each other, and both knelt down under the seat of the palace.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives your sins!"

Hongu casually picked up a book next to the couch and opened it, but he couldn't read it.

"Sisters, why do you need to be like this. Bengong said lightly, "If there is no sister, Bengong would have been a mermaid a long time ago, how can I wait until my father makes up his mind?"

"Your Highness," said an older female official, "Your Highness, don't blame it, the Imperial Concubine Niangniang didn't mean to hide it from His Highness......"

"In the eyes of the mother, this palace is probably not as good as a three-year-old child. Bengong said, "It is right for the mother concubine to hide from Bengong." Otherwise, according to the temperament of this palace, he would have told Zhao Gou a long time ago. ”

The female official shook her head and said, "Your Highness's words are wrong. She was born with a square peach face, and when she is serious, she is even more bright and moving, no wonder she says that she is a concubine in this palace.

"The Imperial Concubine Niangniang believed that His Royal Highness could make good decisions, so she left us to His Highness to send. Today's difficulties are really beyond the expectation of the imperial concubine. Although the imperial concubine Niangniang has long had hidden worries, Niangniang never thought that Da Sima would really dare to go so far. Niangniang's original intention was to have a more hidden power in her hands when Her Royal Highness ascended to the throne one day. This is really a mother's painstaking work, Your Highness. ”

The beloved son of man has far-reaching plans for it.

Mother, it doesn't matter what happens to the son. You are in Li Palace, you must win the trust of your father and protect yourself.

Hongu took a scroll and covered his face to hide two tears.

"The palace is lacking. ”

The female officials paused for a while, then got up and extinguished the several lamp slaves in the hall one by one.

The Yuanhe Hall fell into darkness, and the bright light of the stars was cast into the temple through the window.

Autumn insects chirp and the wind howls.

Chang'an has been silent for several months, and will fall into bloodshed again.

In the past, the Zhao family was killed, and the surnames sat on the wall and watched, but today it is the Tian family that was robbed, and who looked at it coldly?

Princes and nobles, one after another.

Who can occupy the glory of Chang'an for a long time?

Perhaps Zhang Pinghou Zhao first betrayed the Zhao family in Chang'an, but it was really far-sighted. The Zhao clan of Liangzhou is far away in the west, even if it is the father and emperor, he is beyond the reach of the whip. Now Zhao Gou relies on the change of power between the DPRK and China to obtain military power in Jiangdong. The next step is the resurgence of the Zhao family in Chang'an.

It's a pity that the sons of my Tian clan have neither the determination of Zhao Xian back then, nor the ability of Zhao Gou today.

Prince Shen, the battle between Tian and Zhao is that the palace lost.

But you don't have to be complacent.

The father chose to keep the palace instead of letting the palace die on the throne of the crown prince. Although the mother concubine was trapped, at least her life was safe.

The Tian clan lost, but the main palace still has a day. If the father does not doubt the palace for a day, the palace can be a prince for a day.

The East Palace is still the East Palace of the main palace, and the world will eventually be the world of the main palace.

Prince Shen, you watch, you watch well!