The next day, it was slightly bright, Xuanyuan Jue had already mounted his horse and headed out of the city, Baoqing didn't sleep all night, and left the General's Mansion very early and stood alone at the gate of the city, watching Xuanyuan Jue's figure slowly go away, with a thick worry in his eyes.

"The Eighth Prince!" The entourage who followed Xuanyuan Jue saw that Xuanyuan Jue had just walked out of the city gate and suddenly stopped his horse, looked at him with some puzzlement, and saw him looking around, as if looking for something.

Xuanyuan Jue didn't seem to hear and looked around, when he went out of the city gate just now, he felt that someone had been watching him, and that feeling was not like a malicious gaze, but a kind of nostalgia and reluctance, which made him unable to leave.

Xuanyuan Jue pulled the horse and turned around and raised his head to see someone on the city wall, and took a closer look, although the person was wearing a veil, he knew that the person was Baoqing, which made Xuanyuan Jue very surprised. Xuanyuan Jue rode his horse and ran forward two steps and stopped, he did not forget the task he was carrying, and looked at Baoqing with the same reluctance.

Baoqing didn't plan to let Xuanyuan Jue see it, although she was a little panicked when she was discovered, but she didn't hide, she still looked at him reluctantly, the two looked at each other from a long distance, and there were thousands of threads of thought hidden in their eyes, but no one said it.

After a long time, the corners of Xuanyuan Jue's mouth slowly rose, and he turned around on the horse again, and gently kicked the horse's belly, and the horse quickly ran, faster and faster, and farther and farther.

Watching Xuanyuan Jue's back slowly disappear from her eyes, Baoqing's eyes also became blurred, the cold wind blew, drying the tears on Baoqing's face, she slowly turned around and walked towards the wall step by step.

Perhaps it was destined to be a sleepless morning, and Concubine Huangxian had no one all night, sitting at the table all night, with a faint hope in anticipation that things would turn around.

"Master!" Mama walked in and looked at the haggard Imperial Concubine, and shouted with some anxiety and distress, "It's dawn." ”

"Has the Eighth Prince left Beijing?" The voice of the imperial concubine is like a voice from afar, if you don't listen carefully, you can't hear it clearly, and your eyes are empty and you don't know where to look.

"Yes, according to the report of the guards guarding the city gate, the eighth prince has already left the city gate, and now I am afraid that he has walked a long way." Mama said cautiously. Seeing that Concubine Huangxian's body shook a little, Mama helped her in time and said worriedly: "Master, the slave will help you go to bed and lie down for a while." ”

Concubine Huangxian raised her hand and shook it, slowly stood up, and slowly walked out of the house, looking at the sun outside, Concubine Huangxian felt that her heart was as cold as in an ice cellar. Stretched out his hand to block the somewhat dazzling sunlight and walked out of his palace.

"Master, where are you going? Do you want the slave to call the sedan chair to carry you over? Mama said worriedly while holding the pale-faced Imperial Concubine.

"No, the palace is going to find the emperor." Although she was weak, Concubine Huangxian still said firmly, and the two lights in her eyes were a little chilling.

"Concubine Huangxian, why are you here? Are you looking for the emperor? The emperor hasn't gone down yet. The queen watched the imperial concubine walk into the emperor's study, and asked with some surprise, seeing that the imperial concubine looked shocked, she took her hand and comforted her, "I have heard that the emperor let the eighth prince go to other places, you don't have to worry too much, the man is ambitious, no matter how long he is away, he will still come back in the future." ”

Concubine Huangxian shook her head and muttered to herself: "No, I know he won't come back, and he will never come back if he leaves this time." This time he was determined to leave. Why would his father and why would he agree to let him leave Beijing? ”

Looking at the painful appearance of the imperial concubine, the queen sneered in her heart, but she still pretended to be concerned and asked: "The emperor must have a reason to let the eighth prince leave Beijing, if you say such things to the emperor, it will definitely make the emperor angry, you better go back first." ”

"No, I'm not leaving, I want to see the emperor!" Concubine Huangxian withdrew her hand from the queen's hand and said persistently: "How can the emperor be so ruthless, why doesn't he think about me, why did he let the eighth prince leave Beijing?" ”

"I heard that the Eighth Prince took the initiative to ask to leave Beijing, how can you blame the emperor for everything, even if the emperor asks the Eighth Prince to leave Beijing, it is understandable, the Imperial Concubine should not mess around here." The queen's expression was grim, and she looked sternly at the reprimand, "The imperial concubine has been in the harem for many years, what to say, what to say, what not to say, don't need this palace to teach you, the matter of the imperial concubine makes the emperor annoyed, and the palace doesn't want you to come too, which makes the emperor annoyed." Come and send the imperial concubine back to the palace. ”

"The Queen." The imperial concubine suddenly knelt down and begged the queen, "The concubine knows her mistake, but please also ask the queen to understand the concubine's hard work, the concubine is such a son as the eighth prince, and the concubine doesn't want to lose this son." ”

"The concubine understands you, but you have to remember that he is not just your son, he is also the emperor's courtier." The queen softened her tone and re-held the hand of the imperial concubine and said: "The eighth prince must have his reasons for wanting to leave Beijing, why don't you let him leave for a while to calm him down, and when he changes his mind, it is not too late for you to ask the emperor to let him return to Beijing." ”

"The queen is right!" I don't know when, the emperor has already come back from the court, heard the conversation between the queen and the imperial concubine clearly, walked in calmly, his eyes wandered between the queen and the imperial concubine, and finally sat on the chair and said to the imperial concubine: "I know that you are very sad to let the eighth prince leave Beijing, but the child will always leave his parents' side when he is older, and he is not only your son, but also my son, and my courtier, you must have such an awareness." ”

"But, but—" Concubine Huangxian still wanted to say something, but when she saw the emperor's unsmiling expression, she was a little scared in her heart, her mind was blank, and she didn't know how to say what she wanted to say.

"Let's all go down, I'm a little tired." The emperor waved his hand, closed his eyes tiredly and wanted to let the queen and the imperial concubine leave, but he didn't hear the sound of the two leaving, so he opened his eyes and saw that the two were still standing aside, and asked with some displeasure, "What's wrong?" Why don't you leave? ”

"Your Majesty." The queen said calmly: "The concubine came to the emperor because she wanted to ask the emperor, did the concubine hear that the emperor planned to send the imperial concubine to Anguo Temple?" ”

"Yes!" The emperor looked at the queen for a long time before he opened his mouth to admit, "Does the queen have any opinions?" ”

"The concubine doesn't dare." The queen said that she didn't dare, but the expression on her face didn't dare, she looked directly at the emperor and asked: "The imperial concubine used lynching in the harem, this is already a well-known thing, the emperor will definitely make the other concubines in the harem dissatisfied, and some people will even disobey it, thinking that lynching is nothing." ”

"Does the queen mean that I did this inappropriately?" The emperor asked the queen coldly, "So what does the queen want me to do?" continued to send the imperial concubine to prison, or I still whipped the imperial concubine with the same whip. After saying that, the emperor was already a little impatient, and his brows became tighter and tighter.

"No, that's not what the concubine meant." The queen suddenly calmed down and explained in a bit of a panic, "It's just that the concubines hope that the emperor can make a punishment that makes another concubine impress and satisfy everyone." ”

"Who is not satisfied? Who else is dissatisfied but the Queen? Imperial Concubine, do you think what I did was wrong? The emperor asked angrily, and suddenly mentioned the imperial concubine, so that the imperial concubine did not react for a while, and looked at the emperor and the queen in surprise.

Seeing that the Imperial Concubine was silent, the Queen hurriedly said: "The concubine also said that the Nine Emperor Concubines before leaving the capital-"

"Enough, don't use the Nine Emperor Princesses as an excuse anymore, I have my own opinions on this matter, no one should say it again, if you think there is anyone in this harem who is not satisfied, you let him come to me." The emperor completely lost his patience, interrupted what the queen wanted to explain, and spoke again, "Don't bother me anymore, go down." ”

Seeing that the queen still wanted to explain, Concubine Huangxian grabbed her in time, shook her head at her, and then pulled her out of the emperor's study, and said with a heavy heart: "The emperor is in a bad mood, if you continue to talk, you will only make yourself suffer." Originally, she wanted to find the emperor, wanted the emperor to take back her life, and let Xuanyuan Jue stay in the capital, but she didn't expect the queen to appear there, and the emperor was displeased, and the emperor also knew that this was not a good time to request.

"Master, you're back, the Nine Emperor Princesses are waiting for you in the house, they've been here for a while, it seems that there is something important, and her face is not very good." Mama had been walking around the house, watching the Imperial Concubine come back from a distance, and immediately ran forward to meet her.

Concubine Huangxian's footsteps paused, and she looked at Mama in confusion and asked, "What is she doing here?" Did she return to Beijing? Are the Nine Emperors back too? How come I haven't heard that they have returned from the Imperial Tomb? ”

"Before, the emperor ordered the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Concubines to return to Beijing, and they should have arrived in the capital on a calculated day, but the slave maid did not hear the news of the return of the Nine Emperor Princes, and the early dynasty did not appear this morning, it seems that they are not in the capital, otherwise they will not enter the palace, and the harem will not have no news at all." Mama said guessingly.

Although Concubine Huangxian also had all kinds of doubts in her heart, she didn't think about it for too long, she took a deep breath and got up the capital and walked into the house, seeing that Murong Xuanji was in a daze with some panic, and the doubts in her heart were even greater.

"Nine Emperor Princesses." Concubine Huangxian called her softly, and seeing her surprised look, she walked over with a smile and asked, "When did you return to Beijing, why didn't you hear the news that you and the Nine Emperor Princes came back?" ”

"I came back first, and my husband still hasn't come back." Murong Xuanji smiled far-fetchedly, and took the initiative to speak: "I know that the Eighth Prince must be in a very uncomfortable mood when he left the capital today, so I want to come and chat with you." ”

"You know he's leaving? You're here to see my jokes. You must be thinking in your heart now, if I had agreed to him being with your maid, he wouldn't have left, this is my retribution, isn't it? Hearing Murong Xuanji mention Xuanyuan Jue, Concubine Huangxian seemed to have been stabbed in a wound, and she shouted at Murong Xuanji who lost her mind.

"You want to calm down." Murong Xuanji calmly calmed the emotions of the Imperial Concubine, and saw her slowly calm down before she spoke: "I never had those thoughts, and I have never complained about you, I understand that you are doing it for the good of the Eighth Prince, as a mother, there is nothing wrong with wanting the best for your child, and besides, I have no position to resent you, right?" ”

Concubine Huangxian took a few deep breaths, and waited until her emotions calmed down before asking, "I'm sorry, I'm too excited." The Eighth Prince asked the emperor to leave Beijing before, and the emperor never agreed, I don't know why the emperor agreed this time, is it really because of me, if I hadn't put the Eighth Prince under house arrest in the palace, the emperor wouldn't have agreed, right? ”

Seeing the self-blaming appearance of Concubine Huangxian, Murong Xuanji was a little unbearable, and wanted to tell the truth several times, but in the end she held back.

"Don't blame yourself so much, it's not your fault." Murong Xuanji comforted Concubine Huangxian, but even he felt a little pale and powerless with such comfort, lowered his head and closed his mouth.