Zhou Sinian was angry and said hurriedly: "The princess was injured and unconscious that day, and she didn't know about this case, how to accept your questioning, what kind of ability did she have to rush at me and embarrass a woman!" ”

The commander turned to Zhou Sinian and shouted: "The words of the national prince are serious!" ”

Zhou Sinian knew that he was speechless, took a deep breath, and said calmly: "I will enter the palace and explain this matter to the emperor, maybe there will be a new will, please wait for me to come back here." ”

"The emperor's decree has been issued, and I can't obey my fate."

"You" Zhou Sinian was furious and said coldly, "What if I don't let you take the princess now?" ”

The commander said, "Does the prince want to resist the decree?" Don't force your humble position to draw your sword. Zhou Sinian smiled: "Whose blood is not blood, try it, and see whose blood feeds the sword of the commander?" ”

I was frightened and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Nian, don't do this, don't fight him." I, I didn't do anything, I'm not afraid, I'll go with him......" Zhou Sinian turned back to me and said, "You take a step back, don't care." He turned his head again and faced the commander, "The princess is the emperor's niece, the emperor has always cared for her, and now I don't know who I have heard, I want the dragon to guard and torture the princess, the small staff will be accepted, and the big staff will go, I will go to the emperor for the princess to show her grievances, it is a act of loyalty and filial piety, how can I resist the decree?" ”

The commander said: "The prince of the country is too worried, and he just said that he would take the princess to interrogate, where would he dare to torture the princess?" The emperor has a special purpose, the princess is a princess with golden branches and jade leaves, and she is a first-class duchess, with a golden body, she can only ask questions, not be rude, let alone torture. ”

Zhou Sinian said: "Okay, I'll go into the palace now, make a statement to the emperor, and when I come back, I'll pick up the princess, one hair less, I'll ask you." ”

The commander bowed down and clenched his fists and replied: "Yes, don't worry." ”

Zhou Sinian walked up to me and hugged me, saying, "Don't be afraid. He turned around, blocked the commander's sight, and said quickly in a small voice: "You have been in the new house, and when you saw the fire, you ran to the dormitory, and you were knocked unconscious, and you didn't know anything else." Then, let go of me and gave me a look. I see, he's colluding with each other.

He turned to the commander and said, "She is very timid, she faints when frightened, and she cannot be frightened, you know?" The commander said: "The prince can rest assured, the lowly guarantee is just a normal question." Then he turned to me and said, "Princess, please come with your humble post." ”

I was blindfolded, got into a carriage, I don't know how long, got out of the carriage, someone handed me a wooden stick, pulled me forward, under the foot of the gravel road, my feet hurt. After walking for a long time, I didn't stop, it was very hot and stuffy, and I felt like my back was soaked with sweat.

I tried to ask, "Is it there?" I can't walk anymore. ”

Heard the voice of the commander: "The princess holds on for a while, and she will be there after a dozen steps." The voice was polite, and he couldn't connect with the man who drew his sword and was about to feed blood.

Finally stopped, the blindfold was opened, I got used to it, and looked around, here, it should be the prison of the Dragon Guard, but it was not as eerie as I thought, this is a stone room, the surrounding stone walls are full of torches, the whole room is very bright, the room is also very clean, the underground blue brick paving, it looks like it has been washed with water, there is a table and a stool on the green brick floor, the commander sits on the stool, except for him, there is no one else. He pointed to the other side and said, "Princess, please be seated." ”

I looked around, a Taishi chair was placed next to it, walked over, straightened my skirt, and sat down.

The commander asked, "Does the princess want to drink tea?" ”

I said, "No." ”

The commander said: "Don't be afraid, princess, please tell the princess what happened on the night of the emperor's death." ”

I taught Zhou Sinian and said slowly: "I have been in the new house, and then I heard someone shouting that it was on fire, and when I saw that my father's bedroom was on fire, I rushed over, and I didn't know what hit me, so I fainted." When I woke up, I had already arrived at the Guogong Mansion, which was the Sima Mansion at that time. ”

The commander said, "The princess is in the new house, can anyone accompany her?" ”

The people who accompanied me that night were all separated by me in advance, and I said, "There are two people who accompany me, and then I was hungry, so I asked them to get food, and at this time it caught fire, and they were all palace maids of Yingxue Pavilion." "I'm a little chaotic myself, Yingxue Pavilion is my residence in the palace, but the new house arranged for us by the queen mother is near my father's bedroom, and it shouldn't be in Yingxue Pavilion. And the palace people who serve should also follow the name of the palace, and they can't be called the palace maids of Yingxue Pavilion.

But now I don't have time to think about that, and besides, it's probably just a habit of title. The commander asked, "Has the princess met anyone in the burning palace?" ”

Now at the mention of the palace on fire, my heart is still pounding. There were so many people I met that night. I took a deep breath and said in a harmless tone, "I can't remember." ”

"Can't remember?" The conductor's voice was more questioning. I think that if I change to someone else, I dare to say that I can't remember it, I'm afraid I will be punished. But I was protected by the emperor, I was not afraid, and I was a little secretly proud, and continued to say in a tone that was ignorant of the world: "Yes, I can't remember many things since I was injured." ”

"Then let me ask a princess before she was injured." He said, "Does the queen mother only have one child? "I know what he wants to ask, this child of the queen mother is too important. After careful consideration, he said: "I only know that the queen mother is pregnant, and on the night of the accident, when I saw the queen mother, she had not yet given birth, and no one mentioned it later, thinking that the queen mother had not yet given birth and went with my father." Speaking of this, I couldn't help but sobble again when I remembered the tragic situation of the queen mother before she died.

He sighed and said, "Princess's Day." Then he asked, "Who served the emperor during his illness?" I wiped my tears and replied, "Me and the Queen Mother." He asked, "Did the decoction pass through other hands?" ”

I became vigilant in my heart, and said slowly: "This, the eunuch palace maid who boils the medicine, and the one who serves the medicine, there are many people." He asked suspiciously, "Is that so?" ”

I said, "Yes, although I should have done these things myself according to the etiquette system, but I couldn't learn how to do them, so I let them do them and bring them over, and I fed them to my father." ”

It was very hot in this stone room, and there were torches all around, and I was already afraid of the heat, and he asked so many questions, and after a while, he was soaked with sweat and his mouth was dry.

The conductor poured a glass of water, came over, handed it to me, and said, "There is no good tea here, so let the princess drink a glass of water." ”

I took it and took a sip. The water was white, and there was a faint smell of burnt paste in it, and I looked at him suspiciously, and he smiled and said, "The water here is not good, so the princess will have some." ”

I didn't dare to drink it anymore, so I put it down and said, "Is there anything else to ask?" If you don't, send me back, it's too hot here. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt dizzy and his tongue was a little numb. It's not good to scream, there's really something wrong with that glass of water, but what's the good of them stunting me?

I only listened to the commander and said: "Don't worry, the prince said that he will come to pick up the princess when he comes back from the palace, and he thinks it will be almost there." "I felt like my eyes were almost out of sight, and I just wanted to sleep, so I pinched my palms and rested my head on the chair.