12. Suspicion

Anyang Castle is divided into a new city, an inner city and a palace city, and each city wall is surrounded by a moat on the outside, so there are many rivers and bridges in the city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe new city is defended, and from the main gate, a wide and straight avenue leads into the distance, from which it enters the inner city.

The street and lane system is generally implemented in the Great Zhou, the road system is in a grid shape, the distance between the streets and alleys is relatively dense, and the houses, shops, and workshops are built in a mixed manner, so naturally all kinds of people have it, and the degree of danger is also high. King Yi had already negotiated with the forbidden army and the patrol battalion to maintain law and order on the road and protect the safety of the royal family.

About half an hour, the team arrived at the oldest and most magnificent bridge in Anyang City - Futian Bridge, looking at the palace in the distance.

King Yi took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped his forehead, it is impossible not to be nervous, in the past few years, even though there are many guards and soldiers, and they are well prepared, every time his heart is still half-hanging. The queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the princess are all here, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be some traitors from other countries who are careful and have bad intentions.

Finally arrived at the Suzaku Gate, where the soldiers of the patrol battalion stopped and changed to the forbidden army guards. King Yi also dismounted and switched to walking. Walking straight for a hundred steps, passing through the Taiji Gate, the eunuchs and maids of Yongning Palace were already waiting beside them, Princess Murong Yan of Shuhua did not care about the image at all, and immediately jumped down from the sedan chair, and the maids behind her Ye Zi were the same.

When King Yi heard the movement, he glanced at it, powerless to pay attention to it.

The swaddling baby of the year was sweet and cute, lively and smart, and the Queen Mother gave the title Shuhua, hoping that it would be elegant and luxurious. The longer these years go, the more deviant they become, but there is luxury, Wen Shu...... Oh, don't mention it.

At this time, in the first carriage, a kind-faced grandmother came out, stepping down the stairs and waiting for the master. The master, supported by another maid, walked down slowly. As soon as he stood still, he took out his handkerchief and coughed lightly. The queen's body is weak, which is the root of the disease that fell when Emperor Murong Kuo of Zhou was still the king of Xuan, and when she gave birth to Princess Shuhua, she took a risk, and the queen's body has always needed to be conditioned by medicine.

King Yi waited on the side, beckoning to the eunuch on the side, "Quick, bring the sedan chair over." ”

Murong Yan also stepped forward, helped the queen, and said, "Queen Mother, it's really hard to travel these days. ”

The queen said softly: "Praying for blessings is a must, as a queen, this is my responsibility." ”

"Okay, well, what the queen mother said is right, then the queen mother's responsibility now is to let me and my brother accompany you back to Yongning Palace, and you can rest well."

The queen smiled and obediently let Murong Yan help her into the sedan chair.

King Yi and Murong Yan followed by the sedan chair, and King Yi asked softly: "Our Princess Shuhua, why don't you sit in the sedan chair?" ”

Murong Yan hooked her lips and did not answer, but said, "Our Royal Highness King Yi, why don't you close the mansion?" ”

Hearing this, King Yi's heart instantly became very uncomfortable, and his face was a little ugly, he sighed and said, "You are well-informed." ”

"I only mocked you when I knew you were wronged, my own brother, why didn't I understand."

Yiwang smiled self-deprecatingly, and while sighing at his sister's cleverness, he was even more relieved by this complete trust. But why didn't his father trust him, and locked him up before he even found out?

Murong Yan saw that her brother was in a trance, so she pushed King Yi with her elbow and whispered, "You can talk to the queen mother later, otherwise you will be locked up, and you won't be able to see anyone!" ”

"Yes."

"Hey, brother," Murong Yan tilted her head and changed the subject again, "Have you seen that Qi Linqi girl who was brought into the palace by Qiu Xiao?" ”

"I haven't seen it, I only heard that she lives in Zhuxuan, and because of the silk painting, the harem has been turned upside down." Murong Ye replied, but he didn't say that the person who participated in Wang Cun's book was Qi Lin's father, Huizhou guarded Qi Wenshan too much.

"Such a rampant ......" Murong Yan sighed, in fact, she wanted to say in her heart, wow, so powerful, so arrogant, dare to turn the world upside down in this harem, she Princess Shuhua must know each other, and then asked, "Locked up in the Inner Court?" ”

"Yes, you have played!" King Yi smiled and looked at his sister, "I heard that the reason why my father asked her to live in Zhuxuan is that I can let you, Princess Shuhua, meet the people of Jianghu." ”

Murong Yan pursed her lips and snickered, her heart was full of joy, and suddenly, she thought of one thing, and the flowers that bloomed in her heart were extinguished, "Brother, are you teasing me??? Miss Qi is now locked up in the Inner Court Division, what are you playing! ”

King Yi shrugged, "There's no way, and I don't know what she did in the silk painting, but... The Father has his own Holy Judgment. ”

Princess Shuhua pursed her lips, feeling a little depressed.

The procession was mighty and arrived at Yongning Palace.

It's not the grandest palace in the harem, nor is it the prettiest palace, but it's the most affectionate. Not to mention the layout of this palace, the flowers and trees are arranged according to the queen's preferences. Because of the topography, Yongning Palace is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it was the best place for the emperor to rest, but Emperor Zhou felt sorry for the queen and gave this palace to the queen.

Back in the palace, the queen sat on the phoenix seat, the hall was already warm, and Mama Yu took the silver fox blanket and gently covered it in front of the queen.

King Yi and Princess Shuhua looked distressed, this early spring, there were a lot of charcoal fires in their palace, but the queen mother's palace was like a cold winter.

"Sit down," said the Queen, breathing, "my palace is still like winter, and you young children are afraid that it will not be warm." ”

Princess Shuhua frowned and said, "Queen Mother." ”

"Okay, come and sit next to me," the queen pursed her lips and smiled, beckoned to Murong Yan, and then turned to King Yi and said, "Ye'er, Wang Cun's business......... I heard. ”

King Yi's hands were clenched into fists, his eyes were haggard, and even more sad, he whispered: "Queen Mother, the child really doesn't know how Wang Cun can be like this. In his letters, he often talked to me about the way of local governance, the way to enrich the people, and how to do things......"

"If you know people and faces, you don't know your heart, you listen to your father for the time being, stay in the house, read the way of the sages, and cultivate your temperament. Since the king's affairs have nothing to do with you, and your father knows your temperament, why should the emperor be worried? ”

"What the queen mother said is very true, before, it was the sons who drilled the horns." Murong Ye responded, although the dark clouds in his heart were somewhat removed, the depression and distress in his heart were still full. However, he also believes that the body is not afraid of crooked shadows. Although it is still cloudy, he believes that a sunny tomorrow is coming.

He saw that there was tiredness behind his mother, so he got up slowly, and said softly: "I'm tired all the way, the queen mother is very hard, Yan'er and I retreat first, and the queen mother will rest for a while." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Murong Yan, Murong Yan felt the same way, she was afraid that her brother would not stop talking crookedly, so she quickly got up, saluted the queen, and left with King Yi.

The queen sighed and said to Mama Yu on the side, "Qingfeng, what time is it?" Help the palace to go to the dormitory, the palace is lacking. ”

This grandmother's surname is Yu, called Qingfeng, is the queen's dowry grandmother, although she is forty-five years old, but she is very well maintained, and she doesn't see much old age, which shows that the queen treats her very well on weekdays. Mama Yu replied, "It's just past noon." ”

Mama Yu picked up the silver fox blanket covering the queen's body, handed it to the maid on the side, and then carefully helped the queen up, followed the queen's steps, and sent the queen to the dormitory.

"What's going on in the palace now?" The queen looked indifferently at the road ahead, as if what she had just said was not what she said at all.

"The criminal was assassinated, Qi Lin was released and imprisoned, Concubine Li welcomed her favor, and Concubine Xian was involved in the case." Mama Yu said a few words and told the queen about the current situation.

"Oh?"

"However, this morning, the emperor came out of Huayang Palace with a gloomy face and went to Yuxiuzhai for breakfast."

A shallow smile appeared on the queen's somewhat pale face, and she said, "That's it, it's not easy for the emperor....... Shen Shi called the palace up, the palace came back and saw that the Xifu begonias of Yongning Palace were in full bloom in advance, and you went to invite the concubines of the palace, and Shen Shi later enjoyed the flowers in Yongning Palace. ”

"Niangniang......" Yu Qingfeng is worthy of being the queen's dowry mother, just this one, she understands what the queen means, she wants the queen to raise her body, no matter what.

"Mama just go," the queen patted the back of Mama Yu's hand, interrupted her words, and continued, Ye'er is gentle and pure, not good at scheming, let the palace explore the way for him. ”

Mama Yu had no choice but to make a soft promise, so she devoted herself to dressing up the queen and arranging for her to go to bed.