After noon, the wind shines to the Hui Ying Zen master to take leave and prepare to return to Qilin Mountain, the Zen master is gracious, just when the wind is packing up the horses, suddenly the wind is fierce, the dark clouds are rolling, the lightning is thundering, and the rain is pouring down from the sky in an instant, and the wind has to go back to the meditation room first and wait for the rain to stop before leaving.

After waiting for a stick of incense, Fengzhao heard someone knocking on the door, he thought it was Yueming, and he thought about such a heavy rain, I don't know what happened to this kid. Then he opened the door, but found that the person who came was not Yueming, but a palace man in a eunuch suit, about fifty years old, standing at the door wet. Seeing that Feng Zhao didn't wait for Feng Zhao to ask, he suddenly flashed into the door, and immediately closed the door, and then gave Feng Zhao a salute: "The slave has seen Feng Shizi, and the slave is the chief eunuch next to the Queen of the West of Yanlong Palace." ”

When Feng Zhao heard this, he thought about it slightly, and asked inconspicuously: "My father-in-law is here today, but does my aunt have anything to explain?"

"Back to the world, the old slave was ordered by the monarch and the queen of the west to bring the prince into the palace. With that, he took out a thing from his bosom and handed it to Fengzhao.

Fengzhao took it and took a look, this is half a jade carved jade plate, and there is a word engraved on it because it is half a face, so the word is also half a word. After reading Fengzhao, he reached out and took out half of the jade plate from his arms and the first half of the opposite, a complete jade card appeared in his hand, without a trace of space completely matched, the front of the jade plate is a complete "Yan" word, the other side is engraved with an auspicious cloud dragon, after Fengzhao finished reading, the first half was returned to the chief eunuch.

This jade plate is when the wind shines on Qilin Mountain, Yanlong Guojun Chang Ruojin broke off a jade plate he carried with him in front of Fengzhao, and left half of it for himself, and said that no matter who goes to Qilin Mountain to catch Fengzhao, both sides must show half a jade card, if it is complete, it can only go out of the mountain, otherwise it can be decided freely.

Feng Zhao knew that this was his uncle, in order to prevent someone from falsely spreading the name of Yanlong Guofu to coax him down the mountain. Now the chief eunuch is holding a half-fast jade plate to take him back to Yanlong, and seeing this person's anxious face, it must be that his uncle and aunt must have something urgent to find him. But I don't know why I'm so anxious.

He glanced at the chief eunuch and asked, "I don't know what this father-in-law is called?"

"The old slave's surname is Lin. Gonggong Lin replied respectfully.

"Father-in-law Lin, do you know why my uncle and aunt Wang passed on to me?"

Gonggong Lin owed slightly: "Back to the world, the old slave doesn't know"

Feng Zhao didn't say anything, he knew that most of the people who could be the chief eunuchs in the palace were old goblins who had cultivated for thousands of years, not ordinary shrewdness, and he knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he simply stopped asking, turned around and picked up the poncho on the wall, turned around and went out. In a moment of heavy rain, two horses came out of the mountain gate and galloped along the misty mountain road.

Not long after the wind shone away, a figure flashed into the moonlight meditation courtyard.

At this time, Yueming was reading a book in the room, and suddenly he shouted softly, "Come in", but his eyes never left the book.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a man entered, dressed as a palace guard, looking very capable and shrewd. Seeing Yueming, he hugged his fists and saluted: "My subordinates see His Royal Highness the Third Prince." ”

Yueming continued to look at his book, without any expression on his face, the room fell silent for a while, and only after a moment did Yueming raise his head and look at the visitor: "Is there anything going on in the palace?"

"Back to His Royal Highness the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince is gone. ”

Yueming's hand shook, his face was slightly shocked, and he regained his calm in the next moment, and asked slowly after a long time, "What's the matter?"

The guard knew what Yue Ming meant by his question, and replied softly, "It's a sudden illness." Yesterday it was gone. ”

Yueming paused for a moment, and then asked, "What is going on in the palace?"

"The palace is not in mourning now, I don't know what the reason is?" replied the guard.

Yueming pondered for a while and then asked slowly, "Does my queen mother know?"

"The Queen of the East didn't know, the monarch and the Queen of the West were hiding it very tightly, and only a few imperial doctors and the personal servants of the West Palace knew. ”

Yueming didn't ask anything more, Xu Yu waved his hand to the guard, and the guard immediately turned around, and when he went out, he seemed to remember something, turned to Yueming and said, "The subordinates just saw Gonggong Lin and one person from the Queen of the West on the mountain road. ”

Preparing to continue reading, Yue Ming paused, and then asked indifferently, "Are you sure it's Gonggong Lin?"

The guard thought for a moment and then replied confidently: "The subordinate is sure that although it is raining heavily, the subordinate can still see it very clearly. The man behind him looked like a teenager. ”

After hearing this, Yueming thought for a while and said to the guard: "Got it, you go down, don't tell anyone about this." ”

"Yes" After saying yes, the guard turned and left, and when he was out of the door, Yueming fell into deep thought. Although he didn't grow up in the palace since he was a child, and he didn't often meet this fourth brother, but after all, he was born to a father, and he was a little sad in his heart at such a young age, but he didn't know what it meant to be in this palace to be secretly mourned? Thinking that the person Lin Gonggong came to take away must be Fengzhao, what does it mean to take Fengzhao away at this time? Yueming has followed Huiying Zen Master since he was a child, and his heart is extremely clear and intelligent, although he is not in the palace, but none of the things in the palace can escape his ears and eyes. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly said slightly: "That's fine." ”

Speaking of the wind and light, I followed Gonggong Lin all the way non-stop, and arrived at Yanjing, the capital of Yanlong Kingdom, at this moment, Yanjing City has faded away from the bustle and prosperity of the day, and there is a faint hazy beauty under the sunset.

The two of them quickly whipped up and went straight to the palace in the center of the city, turned over and dismounted at a remote side gate, and some soldiers came to inquire, Lin Gonggong took out the waist card, the guard recognized it, and let the two enter the palace, and passed through several palaces to the residence of the Queen of the West - Xiangyun Palace. The Xiangyun Palace of the Queen of the West is magnificent, but Fengzhao has no time to look at this Xiangyun Palace, because the Xiangyun Palace at this moment is depressed and quiet, seeing Gonggong Lin and Fengzhao entering the palace gate, a little eunuch hurriedly ran forward and said to Gonggong Lin: "The monarch is waiting." ”

Gonggong Lin quickened his pace into the residence of the Queen of the West, Fengzhao also followed in two steps, as soon as he entered the palace door, he saw the teary-eyed and haggard Princess Fengxi and the sad Chang Ruojin sitting on the couch in the house, Fengzhao hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Nephew to meet the uncle king, aunt queen", he has been more entangled in how to call Chang Ruojin, I don't know whether to call Chang Ruojin "Uncle Wang" or "Uncle Wang" is better.

Chang Ruojin, who had a calm and sad face, motioned for Feng Zhao to get up, and after getting up, Feng Zhao looked at the momentum in the palace so solemn and silent The two of them were so sad, and his heart couldn't help but get nervous, he suddenly remembered his father and mother, and his heart suddenly became a little scared, and he wanted to ask the reason but lost the courage to ask, and there was a dead silence in the hall.

After seeing him come in, Chang Ruojin stretched out his hand and motioned for all the palace people to retreat, pondered for a while, and then said to Fengzhao in a low voice: "Zhao'er, your fourth royal brother is gone." ”

Feng Zhao was stunned, thinking if he had heard it wrong, he had seen this fourth prince brother, and Yueming was the same age but a little younger, he remembered that it was a very gentle boy who looked a little similar to his father, when he arrived at the Yanlong Palace, the fourth prince brother was only six years old, he remembered very well that he came to see him, his eyes were as clear as two pools of water, he was in a daze when he saw those eyes, because those eyes were too similar to his father's eyes, but it was a very healthy child, I didn't hear of any disease, why was it gone?

His heart ached slightly, for the child who had the same eyes as his father. At this time, there was a low cry of Princess Fengxi, the wind was speechless, he didn't know how to comfort the sad aunt, he could imagine how unforgettable her grief was at this time, looking at the sad aunt, he thought of his mother's eyes on the night of his fifth birthday.

After a long silence, Chang Ruojin broke the silence and said to Feng Zhao: "Zhao'er, I discussed with your aunt, and you will replace your fourth royal brother." ”

Feng Zhao was stunned, and then heard Chang Ruojin say in a deep voice: "Your fourth royal brother is not much different from your age and height, and you are very similar to you, and now you are fleeing to Yanlong, although I have the heart to protect you, but the Great Dragon Dynasty has been eyeing you, I don't know when I can protect you? ”

Feng Zhao was originally smart Hearing Chang Ruojin say this, he immediately understood what his uncle meant, and slowly some fog spread in his eyes, he looked at his aunt, and Princess Fengxi, who was hazy in tears, nodded to Feng Zhao. So he lifted his robe, knelt on the ground and thanked him, thinking to himself: I will remember this kindness. Chang Ruojin stretched out her hand to help Fengzhao, looked at Fengzhao intently, and said softly for a long time: "Ruoli, I saved the photo for you after all." Hearing this, a tear fell from the corner of Fengzhao's eyes.

In the following days, Fengzhao pretended to be the fourth prince and pretended to be sick and lay on the bed, the imperial doctor in the palace was busy, and the palace people were also busy, and those concubines and nobles who were actually listening to the truth by visiting the sick were only the hazy shadow of the young man behind the layers of veils in the palace of the fourth prince. And the four princes of Zhengzhen were buried in the prince's tomb outside the Yanlong Wangfu with great fanfare as Fengzhao, because the monarch of Yanlong Kingdom announced to the public that Fengzhao, the prince of the Dalong Dynasty, died of a serious illness, and his mother was the princess of Yanlong Kingdom, and he was allowed to be buried according to the prince's specifications. At the same time, he gave Emperor Jianyuanning, the son of the Great Dragon Dynasty, a book to explain the matter.

At this time, the ministers of the Yanlong Manchu Dynasty knew that the prince of the Dalong Dynasty was indeed hiding from the pursuit in Yanlong, although he had heard of it, the Yanlong State Government did not admit it, so it was not certain that his person was in Yanlong, and now this person was seriously ill and gone, which was the best result for the ministers who were afraid of offending the Dalong Dynasty.

But in this way, it alarmed the old queen mother Qingshan who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and when the queen mother Qingshan heard that her grandson was hunted down and killed, she immediately cried so dark that her grandson cried her daughter, so that in the end, the king of Yanlong led all the courtiers to kneel down collectively to persuade the old lady to stop, so that those skeptical courtiers and concubines also firmly believed that they were buried as the son of the Dalong Dynasty Palace, because everyone knew that the queen mother of Qingshan was the most fond of her daughter Chang Ruoli.

And the fact is that after the death of the fourth prince, Chang Ruojin visited his mother for the first time and told the old queen mother that the fourth prince was gone, and when the old queen mother held back her tears, Chang Ruojin carefully said to her mother about the wind and the news, and then the queen mother Qingshan knew that her daughter and son-in-law had an accident, and her grandson had been hiding in Yanlong for two or three years, and suddenly cried and fainted, No matter what, the old queen mother will know about Fengzhao's escape from Yanlong, when Fengzhao first arrived in Yanlong, the old queen mother was well and didn't dare to say anything, so she hid it. But now I can't hide it, because I told the old queen mother that the fourth prince is gone, and the old queen mother will be sad for a few days, but if the old queen mother knows that her daughter's life and death are unknown, and her daughter's only blood and blood are dead in Yanlong, Chang Ruojin is not sure whether the old queen mother can withstand this series of blows. Because only Chang Ruojin himself knew how much his mother loved that sister, he had to tell the Empress Dowager Sù Qingshan about his plan in advance.

After the Empress Dowager Qingshan knew Chang Ruojin's plan, she immediately held back her tears, saying that the fourth prince was gone, so she was buried in the wind and the top, but after all, the fourth prince was the prince of the Yanlong Palace, although he was buried in the name of the wind and the tomb, he had to be buried in the prince's tomb of the Yanlong Mansion family anyway. Fortunately, there is a custom in Yanlong that children who have died under minors do not erect tombstones. Then the old queen mother went to Xiangyun Palace to see the wind and light, and when she saw the wind and the old queen mother was sad and couldn't hold back her tears, outsiders only thought that the old queen mother was distressed by the four princes.

Fengzhao thought that the old queen mother regarded him as the fourth prince at first, until the old queen mother sent everyone out, and then the old queen mother grabbed Fengzhao in her hand and looked left and right, up and down, and then said to Fengzhao with tears in her eyes: "You child won't come to see me when he arrives in Yanlong, your mother, you have to marry your father, so far, I can't keep her" Before the words were finished, she couldn't cry. At this time, Fengzhao was sure that the old queen mother knew his identity, and hurriedly got out of bed to salute the queen mother Qingshan. Empress Dowager Qingshan picked up Fengzhao and began to ask Fengzhao's mother about her life in Yanlong, Fengzhao truthfully told the old lady, and when the old queen mother heard that Fengzhao's father only married her daughter, she said: "It's not in vain that Ruoli followed him." Then she ordered someone to move Fengzhao to the Yanshou Palace where she lived.

At this time, in the palace of the Great Dragon Dynasty, Emperor Jianyuanning Fengqing stood quietly on the pavilion of the imperial garden, holding the letter written by the monarch of Yanlong in his hand, and read it for a long time. The face is as sharp as a knife, and under a pair of sword eyebrows is a pair of gloomy and deep eyes like a pool, and no one can see these eyes to the bottom.

Now is the turn of summer and autumn, the flowers and plants in the imperial garden have a vague feeling of autumn, and the blue eyes finally stop at a certain point through the layers of pavilions, not knowing what to think again. After a long time, he asked Xia Linhai, the chief eunuch who was standing next to him, "What is the truth of this matter?"

Xia Linhai bent down and replied: "I heard from the messenger that the Empress Dowager Qingshan of Yanlong Mansion cried for a few days, until the Emperor of Yanlong led the important ministers to kneel on the ground to ask for guilt, and the old Empress Dowager gave up." ”

Feng Qing was silent for a while and then asked, "How about Feng Fei?"

Xia Linhai bowed down and replied, "I heard that Princess Fengxi is also crying very sadly, and she is too sad and has contracted a vicious disease. Feng Qing paused slightly when she heard this, and after a while, she sighed and said, "She is going to hate me after all." ”

A gust of wind blew through the imperial garden, and suddenly pieces of fallen flowers flew in the garden, Feng Qing watched silently, raised his eyes and looked at the palace top for a long time, and said: "No one is allowed to spread this news, and those who violate the order will destroy the nine clans." ”

Xia Linhai's body couldn't help trembling, and he hurriedly said, "The slave will pass it on." He bowed and retreated.