The maid got up and wanted to retreat, but when she closed the door, she seemed to think of something, and turned to me and said, "Madame should come out quickly after changing her clothes, it is inconvenient to walk between the wings, otherwise you should be careful of getting lost." ”

Her words reminded me. As if remembering something, I changed my clothes and opened the door to investigate, but there was no one around, and I turned my head to look at the end of the corridor, where there was a side room hidden at the corner of the deep staircase, faintly separated behind the ethereal veil.

The mahogany door of the wing room was closed tightly, and no sound could be heard. The tranquil atmosphere is incompatible with the whole beautiful national color and heavenly fragrance.

I stood at the door of the wing, looked left and right, and when I saw that no one was moving, I tried to push it with my hands, but I found that the door was locked from the inside. I was even more puzzled, and when I was at a loss, I suddenly found that the wing room I had just changed was closest to it, and when I returned to the room to take a look, I saw through the outer window that the window of the wing room was not closed, and if I groped through the window to turn in, it was not impossible. Qi Ye had investigated the secrets of Guose Tianxiang many times, and even angered the Xiao family, so because of this relationship, I decided to take risks.

My legs were still shaking as I jumped from the balcony into the room, and after a short rest, I looked at my surroundings, which looked like a woman's boudoir, full of calligraphy and paintings, and the closets were lined up, and walking through it was like being in a labyrinth.

The pear wood dresser displays a variety of beautiful ornaments, but it seems that its owner did not use it very often, and many of them are newly made in their original form. I played with a sandalwood dress on the stage, and inadvertently opened the box bracket, a key and two letters lying quietly inside, I took it out and saw that the handwriting on the two letters came from two people.

One of them is sprinkled with several texts, explaining how big or small things are. From the letter, I learned that the owner of this wing room was none other than Allure. The writer of the letter should be from Xiaomen. There is no important information in the letter, only one sentence has caught my attention, which probably means that Allure has a rough life, but fortunately it is appreciated and recommended to the Xiao family, and Allure should be grateful, and should serve the emperor well after entering the palace, and the day of Tengda can not forget the grace of the Xiao family.

The other letter was only a few lines long, and I understood all the causes and consequences with just one glance. Putting the two letters away, I took out the key in the box and searched for the dark room in the wing.

Walking through the bookshelves and closets, looking at the dazzling array of rare calligraphy, paintings and antiques, I felt dazzled. A portrait caught my attention, it hung quietly at the end of the closet, the woman in the painting had bright eyes and bright teeth, smiling skillfully, Qianqian's ten fingers together in her heart and dancing, her cheeks like red lotus blooming, charming and gorgeous. I reached out and stroked it, and the line below the portrait stung my eyes.

I took out the portrait, a locked cabinet was embedded in the wall, I put the key in the jack and turned it gently, and I would take out the contents of the cabinet and I heard a sound at the door: "Madame, ma'am?"

I hastily put everything away, and if I went out through the main entrance at this time, it would be suspicious. "Madame, where have you been?" the maid's voice drew closer and closer to me, and I came to the window in a hurry to look down, but fortunately I was on the second floor, facing a deep alley, and there was not much crowd walking in the street. With my heart set in my mind, I tied the wide skirt of my clothes tightly and slowly climbed down the pillar beside me.

After landing, I clapped my hands and was looking down to untie the knots on the hem of my shirt when a group of officers and soldiers surrounded me. "Princess, the last general is rude!" a familiar voice sounded, and when I looked up, it was Xiao Zhao. Behind him stood a team of feathers, lightly armoured, clearly prepared.

"The general hasn't seen him for many days, so don't come unharmed. I straightened the folds in my closet, and my face regained its majesty.

Xiao Zhao arched his hand and said expressionlessly: "The ministers are here to welcome the eldest princess back to the palace by the emperor's order." As he spoke, his hand stretched out in front of me, and Yu Linwei took a few steps back to let me have a way, "Eldest princess, please come here." ”

"Squeak-"

Pushing open the heavy palace gate, I was the only one in the empty Lingxi Palace. After I and my relatives Sai Jinghong ascended the throne, Sijiu took the errand of Zichen Hall to go to Zhizhi as a companion. The palace that used to be peaceful and joyful is now empty, full of flowers, and the straight people are sentimental.

"The emperor has arrived—"

Just when I was alone in the courtyard, the eunuch's message sounded outside the door, Jing Hong walked in surrounded by a group of palace people, Ming Huang Panlong pattern often lined with an increasingly mature face, compared with the boy who used to frolic and cry with me, for no reason made me feel that he had become distant and strange, giving birth to an insurmountable distance.

"Your Majesty is auspicious. "I bowed down and saluted, but I would not look at him. Jing Hong stared at me for a long time, and then spoke for a long time, "Sister is so strange from me, but she is weird about me?"

I chuckled and shook my head: "Zhaoyuan doesn't dare." The emperor holds the fate of the people in the world in his hands, how dare Zhaoyuan blame you?"

Jing Hong was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand to signal everyone to retreat, his eyebrows were twisted together, and he stared at me with an unpredictable expression, and said: "I have long expected that you will come back, the Yuwen clan has deceived the king, and secretly hid the son of the traitorous king, and the crime should be punished! Yuwen Qiye suddenly disappeared on the way back to Beijing, and it was clear that he was absconding in fear of crime! I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me. ”

I was shocked at first, but then I felt relieved, snorted lightly, and said: "If you don't see the end of the day, the things of the previous dynasty are like a cloud of smoke." If it really needs to be investigated carefully, now the concubine Chang who accompanied her father is a descendant of the northern country, and the Xiao family led her into the palace that day with a bad intention, why did the emperor investigate this matter? Zhenguo Gong has made countless meritorious contributions in his life, General Jinwu is admired by all the people, and the Yuwen family has guarded the border for generations. The emperor now ordered the execution of Yuwen, but did he ever think that this would lead to speculation in the world, and the society would be in turmoil!"

"Presumptuous!" Jing Hong was enraged by my words, and scolded, "You should be loyal to the lord for your ministers, if you keep Yuwen Qiye by your side, you will only raise tigers for trouble! He doesn't know what kind of trouble he will cause in the future! Sister, you are the daughter of the Gao family, why are the elders in the clan so confused now! I will make it clear today, if you break off with the Yuwen clan as soon as possible, I will not hold you accountable for colluding with Yuwen Qiye, you will stay in the Lingxi Palace for the rest of your life, and I will be able to protect you for a lifetime!"

"Protect me for the rest of my life?" I said with a smile, "The emperor sits on the world, and it is really more than enough to protect a weak woman in Zhaoyuan, but I don't know if the emperor will have the confidence to say such words when he sees these things!"

"You and I are not ignorant of the wolf ambitions of the Xiao clan, he has been colluding with the Turks for a long time, and even a princess of the northern kingdom has emerged, Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by! Jing Hong, do you know that what you hold in your hands now is the power of life and death, and it is no longer the peachwood sword that can't hurt people when you were playing when you were young!"

Jing Hong's body was shocked, and he looked at me with a blue face, and said for a while, "What else do you know?

I stared at Jing Hong motionlessly, and his appearance when he was angry had not changed at all, just like the child's expression when he grabbed the peachwood sword with me. However, time has passed, and today's peachwood sword has long become a plaything that we disdain to own, and what separates us between our siblings is the imperial power that everyone longs for.

My voice sounded coldly, and there was no longer half a minute of temperature: "I think, you and I actually understand in our hearts why the abolished prince Jingluan is so disgusted with me, and even uses all means to suppress me." The breath of Dongze, the sun and the moon shine together, and the eight-character life sentence of Si Tianjian when I was born really made me go bumpy. The emperor's inheritance is on me, and it is really a threat to him Jingluan. Now I am panicking, I never thought it would be my brother, Jing Hong. I looked up at him, his unwavering eyes catching his every move, Jing Hong seemed to be avoiding my gaze, turning around and no longer looking at me.

The world is superstitious, not to mention the children of the heavenly family at the pinnacle. Yuwen's family has laid a foundation for the Gao family, and has also won the love of the common people for himself, if he walks with me, he will not be jealous.

"Sister......" was silent for a long time, Jing Hong's hesitant voice sounded in the silent courtyard, I waited for his next words, but I didn't expect him to step forward and approach me in a few steps, and spoke in my ear, without a trace of warmth: "You and I are not from the same mother's womb, so I can negotiate terms with you with peace of mind." This sister, I will honor you for the last. ”

My heart twitched violently, and I forced myself to calm down, "You say." ”

"My throne was given by the Xiao family, and now I am sitting unsteadily. If you are willing to hand over the jade seal secret edict that your father handed over to you in the Yizhou Palace that day, I will no longer be suppressed by the Xiao family, and I will spare the Zhenguo Gong and Yuwen Qi to immortalize the night......"

A gust of wind rose, and the fallen flowers on the ground swirled in mid-air, and then flew away. I looked up at the sky, hidden by the towering palace walls, and a few birds chirping could be heard here and there. After a long time, I turned around and walked into the dormitory alone, leaving Jing Hong with a faint sigh.

Benzoin was burning in the deep hall, there was a light cough in the hall, and I looked up at the three big words "Changle Palace" on the door plaque, and I suddenly felt fear in my heart. The night is low, the dark clouds are closed, and there are only a few candles lit in the Changle Palace, and there is no half of the figure in sight.

"Ah Yan ......" I raised my legs and just stepped into the dormitory, when I heard a faint shout, through the dim light, the imperial grandmother leaned on the bed with a pale face, and there was no longer the old look between the descriptions, which made me feel sad about "the twilight of beauty".

"Ah Yan, are you back...... "The imperial grandmother has long been delirious, after returning to the palace, I heard that the matter of me and my relatives that day entered the ears of the queen mother who has been in retreat all year round, and the queen mother fainted in front of the Buddha, and after waking up, her father came to visit, she had long since recognized her son, and only blindly cried to the emperor to return her daughter. My father also fell into a coma a few days later. When his fate was hanging by a thread, Jing Hong ascended the throne in danger, which also became a later story in this matter.