Chapter 5: A Mystery Through the Ages

The snow is no longer falling. Chang'an was covered with a thick brocade quilt and slept silently under the cold moonlight. There was an intermittent cry from Pingkangfang, it was the old bustard who had ruined his business by Li Chunfeng again, and finally remembered what the ominous premonition was. Only, it's too late.

Li Chunfeng didn't want to be entangled by the bustard, so he jumped out of the window with Tang Ying in his arms and slipped away, and went around to the art hall to lead his white horse.

The two of them experienced the demon subjugation just now, and they were both a little tired at this time. Tang Ying put his arm around Li Chunfeng and looked back, only to see two rows of lonely horseshoe prints extending from under the black giant beast. Presumably those teenagers won't go to the art gallery again, right? Tang Ying snickered unconsciously, but after thinking about it, there are countless people who have been obsessed with it since ancient times, and he is afraid that if he encounters monsters again, he will not have today's good luck.

All the way to the west gate of the court, the white horse stopped. Li Chunfeng turned over and dismounted and hugged her, "Ying'er, are you having a good night tonight?" Tang Ying nodded and straightened his clothes, "Master, in the future, if your clothes are torn, you can only ask me to mend them, okay?" ”

"yes, okay."

"Then, the little fox begs you to hold it, and you are not allowed to agree, okay?"

"Hehe, that's nature."

"And ......" Tang Ying muttered, wanting him to come to see him more, but he couldn't say it.

Li Chunfeng patted her head, "The shadow misses the master, but I don't know that the master misses you more." ”

"Really!" Her eyes sparkled as she listened.

Li Chunfeng said: "As long as you miss me, ask Xiao Meng to send me the news." I will definitely come! ”

No conditions. Tang Ying was satisfied when she heard this, and she asked with tears in her eyes, "Master, why are you so good to me?" Li Chunfeng looked up at the moon, and his handsome side face was outlined by the moon's clear light with a gentle silver edge, "This is really difficult to answer, it seems that he naturally wants to be nice to you, and be better." ”

Tang Ying asked seriously: "Is it the feeling of 'I don't know what to do, go deep'?" ”

"Uh......" Li Chunfeng blushed at her serious question, and coughed lightly: "I think you have read too many miscellaneous books." ”

The two parted for a long time, and finally separated. Tang Ying only felt that his heart was full of joy, and his body was as light as a swallow, like a dream. It wasn't until the west gate of the Yeting Palace, where the high city walls brought majesty and oppression, that her excitement faded little by little.

The Praetorian Guards saw her coming from afar with a sign, and were about to investigate, but saw the prince rushing to her at a trot from inside. "The girl is back. If you don't come back, the old slave will pick you up! ”

As he spoke, he changed his face and said to the guards, "Don't you recognize this as Wu Zhaoyi's cousin?" When is it all time to check! The Praetorian Guard made a promise and returned the sign to Tang Ying.

The princess immediately pulled her and rushed to the palace. Along the way, I saw the eunuchs and palace maids looking panicked, and some were still holding a horse of white cloth, revealing an ominous feeling everywhere. She asked the prince what had happened. He was in a cold sweat, but he replied repeatedly: "I can't say it, I can't say it!" ”

Walk through the Pavilion and enter the Tai Chi Palace. Coincidentally, I met Concubine Xiao Shu who was about to return to the palace. She was wrapped in a white crane feather cloak, and her fluffy roots were crystal clear, setting off her beautiful face like a dream, like a bloodthirsty demon hiding under the skin of a fairy.

Seeing Tang Ying, she unexpectedly didn't make it difficult, but just stared at Tang Ying for a while with half-schadenfreude and half-wary eyes. Tang Ying didn't know what was going on, so he could only shrink around the corner of the corridor and wait for Concubine Xiao Shu to pass.

After a burst of bloody gas covered by a heavy sweet fragrance, Concubine Xiao Shuting walked away. Tang Ying shook off the hand held by the prince and ran towards the Zhaoqing Palace.

When I entered the palace gate, I saw that the courtyard was full of palace maids and doctors, and Emperor Li Zhizheng pointed at them and lost his temper, "Rice bucket, waste!" What's the use of raising you?! Even a little baby...... My daughter...... ......" He was thunderous and angry at first, but gradually choked up and couldn't say the full words.

His words were like thunder exploding above Tang Ying's head. She remembered that the history books clearly recorded that "in the fourth winter of Yonghui, Princess Anding died in a month". Yes, this matter was predestined a long time ago. It's just that Wu Mei and the emperor love this little princess so much that she began to fantasize about the princess when she grows up.

Tears unconsciously burst out of her eyes, she held back her whimpering and came to Li Zhi's side. The usually graceful emperor was heartbroken at the moment, and the scattered hair on his forehead showed how angry he had just moved, and the red bloodshot under his eyes seemed to tell his reluctance to his daughter.

Feeling the warmth from Tang Ying's little hand, he woke up and found her. However, as if he saw solace in her face, he crouched down and held her tightly in his arms. She could feel his trembling, and even hot tears on her cheeks, but he didn't make a sound, and his head was bowed, so that no one could see the gaffe.

After a few moments, he stood up. His face was dry, and his voice was dry, he patted Tang Ying's head and asked her to go in to comfort Wu Mei, while he regained his royal bearing, and his voice was loud as the eunuchs prepared for the princess's funeral. A female official in the queen's palace has been submissively kneeling beside him and waiting for his fate. He just snorted, and walked away with a group of followers without looking.

There was also a circle of kneeling people outside Wu Mei's dormitory. Tang Ying saw her leaning on the bed from a distance, half of her body buried under the dark curtains, not moving or saying a word, as if she was petrified. She remembered the speculation about the cause of the princess's death in various versions of the TV series, and her pace slowed down unconsciously.

Some say that the queen was jealous of Wu Mei and took the opportunity to visit the sleeping little princess to strangle to death. With Tang Ying's understanding, the queen was by no means as kind as she looked on her face. When he gave birth to the prince Zihong, the trick of helping to abuse the emperor also has the meaning of putting Wu flattery to death, and it is difficult to say that he is innocent. Another speculation is that Wu Mei killed her daughter by herself, if Tang Ying saw Wu Mei for the first time, she would definitely not believe it. But she also has to admit that since giving birth to Hong, Wu Mei's temperament has changed a little. There is a little less heart and more purpose in doing things, which is also forced to change by the bad environment.

If this move can bring down Queen Wang in one fell swoop, can she do it?

Suddenly, I remembered the night a year ago, Wu Mei asked her in the dark, "You say, can I be the queen?" I couldn't help but shudder.

"Shadow ......"

Wu Mei's weak voice floated out of the tent, and Tang Ying hurriedly retracted her mind and ran to her side. She held the already cold little princess in her arms, her face full of grief and indignation.

"This ...... What's going on? Tang Ying asked in a trembling voice. The little princess's delicate neck was shocked by a few bruised handprints. Wu Mei listened, burst into tears, and complained: "The queen came to visit the princess today, and the princess will ...... when she leaves" There was irrepressible anger and sorrow in her voice, so that Tang Ying couldn't help but believe her words, anger rose from her chest, and she shouted: "It's too much to deceive people!" I'll reason with the emperor! ”