Outside the Yongding Gate, seven or eight soap officials swept along the road with a big broom in their hands. While sweeping and lifting forward, the sun is very good today, and yellow smoke rises on the ground. On the horizon in the distance is a clear blue sky, cloudless.

Old Qian wiped his sweat, opened his mouth to scold and swallowed it back.

Since yesterday, there is no big deal in Beijing, and the chief above also said that he wants to accept a little wife, and now he doesn't mention it, and he carries them every day. I didn't see anyone before I was paid, but in the past two days, I said that even if my own mother dies at this time, I am not allowed to leave.

"Old money!" A donkey cart staggered over in the distance, and Lao Qian and the others hurriedly trotted over.

On the donkey cart were cans of herbal tea, braised beef, and stacks of naan cakes the size of a grinding plate.

Lao Qian lifted a jar of herbal tea and poured it down his neck, and drank it until he had enough water in his stomach, put down the jug and wiped his mouth, and said, "Are you going back?" ”

The donkey cart who lives outside the city is a cake maker and bread seller, known as sesame cake, and the person looks like a sesame cake, with a pimple on his face. Every day before dawn I rushed to the city, and only went out of the city to go home when the city gate was closed. Don't look at the small business, there are a lot of troubles. Fortunately, he was clever, and he had a good relationship with Lao Qian, the city gate officials who guarded the city gate, early in the morning, and often brought them home-made cakes, which didn't cost a few dollars anyway.

Later, Lao Qian didn't even bring food, so he pointed to him to give it to them.

Another soap clerk ate the cake with pickles on the donkey cart, and said strangely: "Yes, you have harvested this stall so early today?" ”

Sesame Cake smiled and took out the beef from the oil paper for them to eat, and said, "Eat, eat." Alas, the streets in the city are clean today, and they are not allowed to go out. I kind of ran for nothing. "When he goes to the city to pay taxes, he still does a small business, and he is more likely to be taken advantage of.

Today, I didn't earn a big man, but I found a lot of it. Lost to death.

Half a catty of braised beef slices let these soap clerks take a few slices and soon disappear, and Lao Qian felt a little embarrassed. Although they are usually used to taking advantage of sesame cakes, they don't give people a clean one, and there are wives and children at home for sesame cakes, and they don't leave a piece of it for people to be inappropriate.

Lao Qian said embarrassedly: "It was too early to come out today, and the chief asked us to sweep the land for most of the day." ”

The sesame cake didn't mean to be unhappy at all, he put away the oil paper and stuffed it into his pocket, and said, "Yo, that's really tired, isn't it?" ”

If you are tired or not, you are ......

A soap official beside Lao Qian scolded in a low voice: "What is there to sweep on this road?" ”

The loess road that can not be seen at a glance, although it is an official road, and there is no stone slab, but there is no way to sweep it. As soon as the soil is swept away, it will be high, and the wind will blow like a yellow face.

The soap clerk scolded: "It's a pig's brain on top!" ”

Old Qian said in his heart that this is too right. It was the sesame cake standing here that he didn't dare to listen or leave, and the old money took out seven or eight big coins from his arms, stuffed them into the sesame cake and said, "I'm sorry, take this back and buy two pieces of candy for the child." "I'm really embarrassed to eat all of people's beef.

I didn't dare to take the sesame cake, but in the end, I still let the old money be stuffed into my hands. The other soap clerks also gave a few of them to a few after reading it. It was the one who scolded and took out his pocket for a long time, and he didn't take out half a copper until the sesame cake was gone.

As soon as the others left, the rest of the people began to laugh at him.

"Look at your button!"

The soapman was anxious by the joke, stood up and suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "Someone is coming!" ”

"Bragging rights, you!"

But someone is coming!

A few fast horses came in the distance! With a string of smoke and dust, he ran along the official road towards Andingmen like a gallop!

Lao Qian hurriedly ran to the outside of the official road and knelt, as if it was just a blink of an eye, the iron hooves of several fast horses stepped in front of them, and then they could only see the buttocks of the horses in the distance.

The soap clerk, who was reluctant to pay for it, got up and spit out the soil he had just eaten in his mouth, but he didn't dare to scold, he only dared to say: "Who is this......"

It's not an ordinary person to be able to gallop on the official road.

Lao Qian saw a little and pointed to the flag on the back of one of the people who had already run away, and said, "It seems to be ...... It's a big brother......"

Before noon, the thirteenth master had been waiting for a long time. He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and the people beside him said: "Lord Wang, if you don't go in first, the slave is here to watch, and it's too late to call you when I see the eldest brother arrive." ”

The thirteenth master shook his head, and only a day later after the excerpt was sent out, he sent a message over, and the eldest brother and the third elder brother will return to Beijing first, and long live will arrive later.

Thinking of the queen's departure, what kind of reaction will the eldest brother have, and what kind of changes will there be in the capital, the thirteenth master feels a pain in his head when he thinks of this.

Long live the Sacred Heart has been decided, and the hidden dragon has been circled. But there are too many variables before that. Prince Shili, the first emperor, has been the crown prince for nearly forty years, and Zuihou has not fallen short?

Long live the day Ken let him know about this, and let him escort the hidden dragon. But if half of that will is vented from the thirteenth, the lives of their whole family will be destroyed.

It's too hard to get a sense of proportion.

The Thirteenth Master sighed softly. The main event will be after the eldest brother returns to Beijing.

In the distance, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, as if the drum had been beaten through the door.

The guards around him all straightened their necks and looked forward, scrambling to tell him: "Lord Wang! Big Brother has arrived! ”

The thirteenth master shook his sleeves, and walked forward with someone and said, "Go!" ”

The road from Andingmen to Wumen looks like it will never end, and when he finally saw Wumen, Honghui suddenly felt like he was distracted.

A few men came up to him, and two of them took the reins of the horse for him to stop the horse, and some people supported him on the side.

A man said: "Big brother, you are going to dismount here." ”

He was in a trance, and looked at this person for a long time before he recognized it: "...... Uncle Thirteen. ”

The Thirteenth Master held Honghui's arm: "Come down, big brother." ”

Honghui had been sitting on the horse for too long, and he was stiff all over now. The Thirteenth Master soon found out and asked people to hold Honghui from behind and put him down.

Honghui almost rolled off his horse.

Hongyun in the back is similar, he let people stand up, his face is tanned, but his lips are dry, white and bloody. After receiving the letter, they immediately got on the horse and returned to Beijing, and the road did not stop for a moment, and the horse changed twice, but they did not even stop peeing.

Anyway, Hongyun still remembered Huang Ama's instructions, took out the fold in his arms and handed it to the thirteenth master, and said, "Thirteenth uncle, Huang Ama said that he would listen to you." ”

Thirteen respectfully took the fold, and this is not the time to look at the fold, so he put it in his sleeve first, hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, third brother, I asked people to prepare a sedan chair, don't pay attention to it at this time, go and kowtow to the mother first." ”

Before his words fell, Honghui was like a wolf who had been kicked by someone, and he was about to fall down with a sigh.

The Thirteenth Master was afraid that he would cry out here and lose his temper, so he hurriedly stepped forward and supported him and said, "Big brother, wait until you get to the Niangniang Ling before talking." ”

Hongyun also asked people to come over: "Big brother, let's go see Niangniang first." ”

got on the sedan chair and walked quickly all the way to Kunning Palace.

The mourning hall has been arranged, but at this time, only the concubines in the palace are kneeling here. Hearing that the eldest elder brother and the third elder brother were coming, the Song family and several others all got up and avoided the side hall.

As soon as they entered the side hall, they heard the movement in the main hall, Wang sat closer to the door, and when he turned his head, he saw a person dressed by the prince walking briskly in front, followed by two sedan chairs, and there were people sitting on it. When he arrived at the steps in front of the hall, he lifted the sedan chair and put it down, and the prince personally went to help the first person, and let people be dragged into the main hall.

Kunning Palace, Honghui is the first time to come.

He remembered that E-Niang once wanted to live in Kunning Palace, but Huang Ama let E-Niang live in Changchun Palace.

He also persuaded Eniang that Changchun Palace was closer to the Yangxin Palace.

At this time, there are quite a few monks and lamas kneeling here, and their buzzing chanting makes people dizzy. Several of the people kneeling in the corner of the hall looked familiar, and Honghui remembered that they were all people waiting for the emperor's mother.

On the way here, Honghui accumulated a chest full of depression and sadness, anger, guilt, and so on.

But when he stepped into Kunning Palace, it seemed that all of them had disappeared. It was as if the things that were going to drive him crazy didn't exist at all.

Before he came, he only thought about how to use all his body and mind to seek the emperor's understanding. It's all because he doesn't fight that the emperor's mother can only go so desolately. She must have been very unwilling. She is the queen, and he is her son, or the eldest son. She gave him the most haode status, the highest status.

But he didn't do his best.

He has a lot of things he doesn't want to do, and he always hesitates when the time comes. He disappointed Huang Amma, and he asked his brothers to compare him to him.

If he can become the crown prince, the emperor will definitely be alive now. She will definitely not be left alone in the palace like now, even if Huang Ama will not take Huang Eniang on patrol with him, he will let her live in the Old Summer Palace.

He was filled with remorse. He used to be too naïve and ridiculous.

He had clearly seen the events of the first emperor with his own eyes, and he should know better than his younger brothers what was going on.

When he ascends the throne in the future, he will treat his younger brothers well. But at this moment, they are enemies.

Between them, either you die or I die.

The competition for the throne has never allowed half a bit of warmth and hesitation.

It's that he's so naïve.

Honghui seemed to suddenly see Shijie's true face, and he lay down in front of the queen's spiritual seat, crying loudly.

He will cry like a dutiful son. From this moment on, he could not make any mistakes. He wants to be perfect.

After Huang Ama came, he had to behave even more to satisfy Huang Amma.

Through the misty tears, he looked at the queen's spiritual seat.

- Huang Eniang, my son will not let you down.