73. Underground Palace
It seems that he has made up his mind early on, so he smiled and echoed himself last time, saying that he would join forces with the Ping'an Marquis Mansion and prepare to marry Hua Yuan, it turned out that this preparation meant this.
King Rui was furious, no wonder every time he entered the palace these days, he would always meet Hua Yuan by "coincidence", she accompanied him diligently to visit the Empress Dowager, and invited him to taste the fish soup she made herself. Hua Yuan's flattery and flattery eventually became an explicit temptation, Rao is experienced in a hundred battles, and he almost couldn't hold it, almost ruining decades of Taoism.
Rui Wang is forty-seven this year, he has always paid attention to appearance, and his body is graceful, looking at just in his early forties, he doesn't know how many women who throw himself into his arms, he also knows that his identity and appearance are attractive enough for women, but this kind of self-confidence will not blind his eyes, he has read countless people, and his long years of forbearance and dormancy have made him have already trained a pair of fiery eyes, and he can see the purpose behind those flattery and flattery at a glance.
Although I don't know why Hua Yuan chose him, Rui Wang is a smart person, thinking of her eldest brother's recent imprisonment, and after a little analysis, she guessed that it was Yan Xu's secret means. Now listening to him unashamedly begging him to marry Hua Yuan, an evil fire in his heart can't help but rise, "It's really my good son, it's not in vain that I tried my best to teach carefully, and I really taught a filial son, even Lao Tzu dared to calculate......"
He raised his palm, eager to slap it down. Yan Xu was silent, and stood faintly with half-lowered eyes. King Rui looked at the face that looked like himself, as well as the stubborn eyes, raised his palms for a long time, and finally endured not waving them. His good son has grown up, isn't he, and he can't do what he did before.
In the past, the kite flew high and farther, but the other end of the rope was still firmly tied to his hand, but now it was different, the rope in his hand was broken, and the kite had already unconsciously got rid of his palm and flew higher and higher. He was unwilling, he allowed him to spread his wings and soar and have his own piece of the world, but he would never allow him to betray himself and the expectations placed on him by his father.
King Rui silently withdrew his hand, stared at him and said word by word: "Instead of spending so much effort on me, you should spend more effort to find Fuxi gossip." I'm still the same, that alien woman's only purpose is to open the ten directions for you. If you still want to see her, you will obediently appear for me in the ten directions on the day of extreme yin. ”
King Rui flicked his sleeves and left, Yan Xu's half-drooping eyes slowly raised, and looked at the lanterns hanging under the porch swaying in the wind again, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
The scandal of the prostitute during the funeral of Song Baoguo, the eldest son of the Marquis of Ping'an, quickly "came to light", it turned out that someone had a heart to frame him, and the person who planted the false accusation saw that the matter was exposed, and he was afraid of the crime and hanged himself. Song Bao was soon released from prison, and the previous impeachment of Ping'an Hou was also suppressed by the cabinet.
A few days later, the Empress Dowager gave her a marriage, and the lord of Hua Yuan County married King Rui as a side concubine.
How strange is this marriage, everyone in the court knows that the lord of Hua Yuan was deliberately pointed out to the present by the first emperor, just because the present is to keep filial piety, so the marriage has been delayed. Previously, there were rumors that the county lord of Hua Yuan was actually the prince of Rui, and King Rui also intended to let the prince marry the county lord, in short, no matter how everyone guessed, they didn't think that it was King Rui himself who would marry Hua Yuan in the end. What a mess...... King Rui actually robbed his wife with his sons and nephews. After all, now the Rui Wang's Mansion is powerful, and it is simply covering the sky with one hand in the court, and no one will have nothing to eat and put their beaks aside.
The marriage was held half a month later, Hua Yuan lived in the Empress Dowager's Showa Palace, and because of the recent Empress Dowager's phoenix body violation, the reason why the marriage was done in a hurry was also to rejoice for the Empress Dowager, so the marriage was held in the palace. Although it is said that King Rui married a concubine, but because of the national funeral, and only married a side concubine, the marriage should not be extravagant, a qiē is simple, and no outsiders are invited in the palace, the Song family only has Song Bao, the elder brother, and the rest are Yan clan relatives.
After three rounds of drinking, Yan Xu excused himself and left the table under the pretext of changing clothes. Outside the palace, Yun Wen, Yun Shan, and Yun Hai had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as they saw him come out, they tacitly followed him, and the four of them walked towards the southernmost end of the palace together.
Although tonight is the wedding banquet of King Rui, except for the Showa Palace, the rest of the palace is still hung with white flags, and the night is deep, and the entire palace is shrouded in a haze.
The four of them quietly walked all the way, and soon came to the southernmost part of the palace, only to see that in the midst of the heavy palace, a tower was uprooted from the ground, and there were nine white wind lamps hanging on the tower, which was the everlasting lamp for the first emperor's blessing, day and night, the white wind lamps trembled in the wind, and looked a little mad in the night.
This tower, which stands at the southernmost point of the Imperial Palace, is the one who invites Sendai. According to the drawings drawn by the Ming Yan envoy, the underground of Sendai is like an underground palace, where the Ming Yan Division holds important prisoners and places important items.
Yan Xu raised her head and looked at Invite Xiantai, the highest layer, she used to be in his arms, rubbed his hands in her palms, and asked him if he was still cold. She's not there, of course he's cold. I hope that as he guessed, she was imprisoned by Tong Mo in the Invite Sendai Underground Palace. Every Yunwei in Yicheng had already searched all the places, and he had pinned all his hopes on this dungeon, he didn't dare to imagine that if even this desperate gamble was wrong, he would probably collapse. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold look of determination flashed in his eyes, if that was the case, he could not guarantee that he would do something crazy.
Just as Yan Xu and the four of them were about to enter the Invite Sendai Underground Palace, another slender black figure had already taken a step ahead of the four of them, sneaking into the underground palace like a ghost.
An Yi sneaked all the way, and with his familiarity with the defense of the dungeon, he had already prepared for a vicious fight, but the strange thing was that the ten Ming Flame Envoys who were guarding the entrance of the dungeon tonight were all put down for some reason. He was shocked in his heart, and thought that someone had entered the dungeon before him, but all the way into the dungeon, the Ming Yan envoy who was guarding inside was still in order, obviously unaware of the changes outside.
An Yi didn't know that the Ming Yan envoy who was guarding outside was calculated by Yun Wei. By marrying the concubine of King Rui tonight, the palace gave some delicious food and wine, but the rules of the Ming Yan Division were strict, and they were not allowed to eat during the duty period, and the Ming Yan envoys who guarded the underground palace did not touch a glass of wine and a mouthful of food, and only put it aside. It's a pity that it can't be prevented, those fine wines are added, and just smelling them can make people faint. So Anyi entered the underground palace all the way unimpeded.
The terrain of the underground palace is complex, there are many bends and curves, like a big labyrinth, and the mechanism is heavy, if you are not careful, you will get lost, if you touch the mechanism again, there must be in and out, so this underground palace has always been the entrance of the defense is more strict than the inside, the bright flame guarding inside is about only three or four people, and there are ten people guarding the outside.
After three years of lurking in the Mingyan Division, An Yi has long known everything about this underground palace, and the hundred Bliss Pills he stole last time were hidden in this underground palace. Revisiting the old place, he easily eliminated one of the Ming Flame Envoys, dodged the heavy mechanisms, and entered the core of the underground palace.
There was an oil lamp lit on the wall, and the light was dim, and a bright flame envoy in a Xuanyan suit was sitting under the lamp and wiping the sword in his hand boredly. Tonight, King Rui married a concubine, it is said that the palace gave wine and food, he touched his shriveled stomach, and estimated that it would be time to change shifts in half an hour, and he was hungry for a day, and he would have to sacrifice his five organs later.
Just as he was thinking, a light came from the aisle, and a Ming Yan envoy who was also dressed in a Xuanyan suit walked in with a torch, "Brother Zhuchen has worked hard, it's time for me to replace you." ”
The bright flame named Zhu Chen made his heart happy, but he was surprised that this time seemed to be earlier than usual, and although the voice of the companion sounded familiar, it could not be called famous for a while, he turned his head to look, the aisle was too dark, and the torch was too dazzling, he had to squint and look, "How can you say that it is hard, hey, you are ......"
The torch flickered, and suddenly went out, "Brother Zhuchen doesn't recognize me?" ”
As soon as the torch was extinguished, the aisle was dark again, but Zhu Chen saw the person clearly, he had a wild face and a pair of lone wolf-like eyes, he was taken aback, "Zi ......"
Before he could say the word "Shuo", he felt a cold in his chest, and a sharp sword had passed through his chest. An Yi quickly put him to the ground, took out the key on his body, and walked quickly to the cell at the end of the aisle. Through the dim light, a slender figure was huddled in a ball, huddled in a corner.
"Leaves...... Leaf...... Is that you? ”
As early as when he heard Yunzhu mention that Yan Xu searched all over Yicheng and didn't find any clues, he vaguely guessed in his heart that Tong Mo was very likely to lock her up in the underground palace. If Yan Nu hadn't forcibly taken him away that day, he would have found him a long time ago. But at that time, his old wounds had not healed, and it was really not suitable to break in. Later, Yicheng was finally unsealed, and the four city gates were restored, and he secretly sneaked back to Yicheng to wait for an opportunity. Not long after, I heard that King Rui was marrying a concubine in the palace tonight, and I intuitively felt that tonight was a good time to save people. Fortunately, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and his guess was right.
An Yi pulled Ye Xuan's face up, only to see that her eyes were closed, her face was pale, her lips were purple, and her hands were extremely hot, and she was actually with a high fever, "Yezi, Yezi, you wake up, I'm here to save you, you hold on, I'll take you out." ”
She was lying in his arms, still unconscious, her body was light and weightless, his heart was sour, one hand against her vest, pushing the palace through the blood, the other hand caressed her face, and called softly, "Yezi, wake up, it's me who came......"
The person in his arms finally had some sense, the willow eyebrows frowned slightly, whispered something, and was overjoyed, leaning over to her mouth to hear what she said, but when she heard it clearly, her body was like falling into a glacier, and it was cold again.
She said vaguely: "Jinyun, Jinyun, cold ...... I'm so cold, take me away......"