Chapter 53: Hostages
The Black Three and the Black Four hurried out before dawn with the necessary items, and they rode fast to catch up with the army by tomorrow.
As soon as they left the palace, a eunuch entered the prince's mansion with a team of forbidden troops, which was ordered by the emperor to invite the princess into the palace for breakfast.
Feng Ling was woken up by Mama Zhang, she glanced out the window, it was still dark outside. What breakfast to eat so early, she muttered as she got up. She sat in front of the dresser with her eyes closed and asked Mama Zhang to wash and comb her, put on makeup, and put on her coat. Mama Zhang secretly laughed when she saw her like this, no matter how capable the princess is, she is just an underage sleepy child.
Mama held Feng Ling's hand and walked out of the Wind Chamber, the cool breeze of the early morning was blowing slowly, and Feng Ling was completely awake. Hongmei was holding a ten-year-old boy in her right hand and a bag in her left hand, waiting quietly outside the Wind Chamber. When she saw Feng Ling coming out, she pulled the little boy and saluted.
Feng Ling beckoned to the little boy, and the little boy walked forward, and she asked, "Do you have a name?"
The boy was a small man, with a peeling wound on the left side of his face, and the newly grown flesh from the wound was pink. He stared at Feng Ling vigilantly with a pair of big eyes, his lips were tightly closed, and when he saw Feng Ling asking, he said, "Call the little dog below." ”
Feng Ling frowned: "It's called Lin Feng." She turned to Hongmei: "What's the matter with the wound on his face, will it leave a scar?"
Hongmei replied: "The slave asked the little one... Lin Feng, he said that when he was asking for food, he got into a fight with someone and was injured by someone. When the injury comes, the injury has already scarred, and the medication has no effect, and I am afraid that there will be a scar on the face. ”
Feng Ling said: "Isn't there a panacea in the palace? Let's try to see if we can find a medicine to cure this scar." ”
Hong Mei pulled Lin Feng and said, "I don't thank the princess for her great kindness." ”
Lin Fengqi knelt down and snorted a few heads at Feng Ling. Feng Ling motioned to Hongmei to pull him up: "You take him with you first, and teach him the principles of literacy, martial arts, and life in your spare time." When the Blackguards return, hand him over to the Blackguards. ”
Hongmei hurriedly responded. Although she didn't know where the crown princess picked up a boy and took care of him everywhere, she would do her best to do what her master told her to do.
Feng Ling thought in his heart as he walked out: Lin Feng, we have the same fate now, you are a hostage, and I am also a hostage.
This little boy who was called Little Dog before, and is now called Lin Feng, is the younger brother of Ying Eleven, who once came to the Prince's Mansion to assassinate the Prince. Feng Ling promised Ying Eleven at that time to help him take care of his younger brother, and Ying Eleven would be used by her.
The prince asked Zuo Xiang to find someone to look around, and later found it in a ruined temple, when the little dog was beaten and covered with injuries. Zuo Xiang asked his subordinates to find a place, took him to live and treat his injuries, and after he was cured, he trained for some time, and the rules were almost learned, and the day before yesterday, Zuo Xiang personally sent people into the prince's mansion.
Lin Feng is now thirteen years old, he has been begging for a living since he was a child, often without food, and he is as tall as a ten-year-old child.
She took Lin Feng into the palace to see Ying Shiyi and to remember his promise.
The four people of the Prince's Mansion sat in a carriage, followed by a eunuch and more than a dozen Praetorian Guards. Pedestrians know the car of the prince's mansion, and looking at this situation, most people know in their hearts: this is the palace using the crown princess as a hostage.
The crown prince and Zhenguo Gong took 50,000 troops from the capital, and the army left Chang'an City, and the 50,000 troops stationed outside the city also went out together. The crown prince had 100,000 heavy troops in his hands, which made some people uneasy. The most disturbing is the Yellow Queen.
Hearing that the prince led the army to the battle, the queen mother was both happy and uneasy, happy that in case the army was defeated, in case the prince ......; The uneasiness is in case of defeating the class teacher and returning to the court. Then her dream of being a queen mother will be even more difficult to come true.
The current life of the queen mother is the most difficult time since she entered the palace. When she was sick and recuperating in bed before, His Majesty took the management of her harem to Concubine Wan. Concubine Wan prevaricated in every possible way, saying that she was young and couldn't handle harem affairs, and she just wanted to accompany His Majesty. His Majesty dotes on this concubine Wan who doesn't love power and only loves herself. followed her words and handed over the power of the harem to Concubine Wan's sister, Concubine Shu.
Since then, the sisters of the Zhang family have controlled the entire harem. Concubine Wan treats His Majesty with tenderness like water, and the night is like a dream, and His Majesty is completely addicted to Concubine Wan's gentle township. Concubine Shu manages the harem according to the palace rules and acts generously, and the harem concubines have been oppressed by the queen for many years before, and now they are also relieved.
Knowing that Feng Ling would enter the palace, Concubine Shu asked people to tidy up the Ruyi Palace two days ago. On the right side of Ruyi Palace is the Imperial Garden, and on the left, turn around and walk through a plum forest, which is the Zhaoyang Palace of Wan Guifei. More than 100 steps forward is the Taiji Palace. The defense of this position was very tight, and the Praetorian Guards in the palace patrolled around from morning to night.
His Majesty is very satisfied with Concubine Shu's arrangement, and the hostages are to be supervised under their noses. Concubine Shu's real intention is still for Feng Ling's safety, after all, the harem is the queen's world.
Feng Ling and the four of them entered the Ruyi Palace, Feng Ling took Hongmei to live in the main hall, and Mama Zhang took Lin Feng to live in the side hall. Concubine Shu arranged six palace maids, two eunuchs, and four subordinates who did rough work to Ruyi Palace.
Mama Zhang saw that Ruyi Palace was cleaned up and all the items were ready, so she nodded. Feng Ling stood in front of the Ruyi Palace and looked at her cell: around the main hall, the ancient trees were towering, the green trees were shady, the red walls were vermilion, and the gold was brilliant. In the hall, the walls of the floating windows carved from jade, the cranes on the cornices carved from sandalwood spread their wings, and the bluestone-paved ground shines with simple light.
In the inner courtyard of Ruyi Palace, there were more than a dozen subordinates, waiting for the new master's lecture. Mama Zhang also stood in front of the crowd with Hongmei and Lin Feng.
Feng Ling stood on the steps of the inner courtyard, she looked at the dozen or so people below, and said, "You all listen to the arrangement of Mama Zhang and Hongmei, do your own thing, and naturally there will be your benefits, if you ......." She paused, and then continued: "If you are restless and have been sold by others with a harmful intention, then this concubine will let you understand what life is better than death." ”
Everyone lowered their heads, they were afraid of the crown princess in their hearts, and everyone in the palace knew about the princess throwing Princess Shun into the lake before.
Princess Shun, who came out of the eldest princess's mansion, doesn't dare to be presumptuous when she sees Feng Ling now, not to mention that they are slaves who are not masters of life and death.
Among these dozen palace eunuchs, some of them were naturally sold by other masters. Or send some information out, or do some small actions. Both the master and the subordinates in the palace are too lonely, and if they don't find something to do or come out, they can't survive this day.
The palace people who are sold are also trying to make money on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are looking for the feeling of being usable. The cat-and-mouse drama is also a way to pass the time.
Feng Ling naturally knew what these people were thinking, as long as they didn't make a move that harmed people's lives, she didn't care about thinking too much, after all, she was not the master of this palace.