In the fifteenth year of Jingyuan, the capital city was Pingjing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the Jinluan Palace, the candle flame is half burned, and the palace is silent.

A black figure hurried on the official road, and within a moment, he stood respectfully outside the Yunyang Hall waiting for the summons.

"Emperor Qi, the Red Feather Letter of the Yunyang Daoist!" The black figure half-bowed to the middle of the main hall, handed a letter in both hands, and a clear and loud voice echoed in the empty hall, "Present." The voice was low and slow, behind the bright yellow dragon case, the emperor did not raise his head, the candle flame reflected a green silk that was meticulously tied in the golden dragon crown, the sharp eyebrows like a knife were tightly wrinkled, and the eyes that were originally wise and deep were now bloodshot, looking chaotic and hideous.

The chief eunuch Changfu looked at the emperor's eyebrows with a faint worry, the emperor's health has deteriorated in recent years, and there will even be temporary fainting symptoms. The crown prince Wuji was so anxious that he quietly collected good doctors from the people to enter the palace to treat the emperor, everything was done in secret, but the news still leaked out. In a short period of time, rumors began to circulate that the emperor was suffering from a serious illness and that no one could treat him, and he would die soon. This news was like thunder on the ground, which woke up the princes and princes who were eyeing all sides, and for a time the various factions in the court were ready to move.

The faction headed by Prince Yan and the faction headed by Chen Guogong began to fight openly and secretly, and many loyal ministers and good ministers were purged, and the entire court was treacherous. At this time, His Majesty the Emperor was as silent as if he was completely unconscious.

In May, the sun in Pingjing City is wanton, and the new grass is breaking through the soil one by one, and the patches of green stretch out, conveying the signal of early summer to Pingjing City.

In a garden in the north of the city, all kinds of moon and season are full of flowers, and there is a young man in Tsing Yi standing by the flower pond. The young man stood with his hands behind his back, and he had a sense of handsomeness and elegance.

A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper stepped forward in small steps, bowed half behind the young man in Tsing Yi and said, "Master, the black fox is back." "The voice is smooth and rich, and when you hear it, you are a practitioner.

The young man turned around, nodded, and said, "Let him come in and talk back." Only then did I see his appearance, handsome and elegant, as rich as jade, a little more cold and calm than five years ago. This young man is the boy who Chen Mujin saved with his life, Sima Ji.

After a while, a young man in a black suit walked over quickly, saw Sima Ji half-kneeling and saluting, and presented a scroll in his hand: "Master, the black fox has not disgraced its mission!" "The movements are crisp and clean, without the slightest lag. Sima Ji nodded with great satisfaction, raised his hand to take the scroll and said, "Okay!" It's been hard all the way, and I'll go to Steward Xu to receive the reward in a while. A flash of joy flashed in the black fox's eyes, thanked the reward, and got up to leave. Suddenly, Sima Ji stopped him: "Wait a minute. The black fox's heart sank, but he still turned around and said respectfully: "What else does the master command?" "Is there any news of her?" Sima Ji asked, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

The black fox sighed in his heart, he thought he wouldn't ask this time, but he still didn't escape, in the past five years, the master has been looking for Miss Chen every year, but he has found a lot of similar ones, but unfortunately in the end the master said no. They all thought that this Miss Chen must be dead, but no one dared to say anything. A year ago, Steward Xu, who was deeply valued by the master, mentioned it on the side, saying that the sect is now understaffed, so he should postpone the search first, and was directly punished by the master for half a year, and no one dared to mention it again.

He lowered his head and said cautiously: "Master, there is no news of Miss Chen yet." ”

Sima Ji sighed lightly and said calmly: "It's okay, go down." ”

Sima Ji was actually stunned when he heard this answer, time passed year by year, and the rumors in the market said that she was dead, but he didn't believe it; Chen Guogong's mansion confirmed that she was dead and held a funeral for her, but he still did not believe it; In the past five years, he sent people to turn over Yangui Mountain, Ciyun Temple and Qingyang Town, but there was still no news, and he still didn't believe it, because he never saw her bones with his own eyes. He believed that as long as she didn't see her body for a day, she didn't die, she was so tenacious, so shrewd, so special, God was not willing to let her die. Besides, he hasn't had time to repay her for saving her life, how could she die so easily, he won't allow it!

Steward Xu saw that his face faded, and hurriedly told the latest news: "Master, the doctor who treated Miss Chen's injuries five years ago has been found. She hid at the junction of Liangjiajun and Yunxi, and when our people found her, she was scared to death, thinking that we were the queen's people, and now the people have been taken to the dungeon, and Qing Yu is interrogating. ”

Sima Ji's face softened slightly, and the corners of his mouth curved into a touch of mockery: "Hmph, I'm quite able to run." Qing Yu asked, did anything come out? ”

"The old slave just got the news and came to tell the master, and he didn't ask so much, I'll call Qing Yu to talk back." Steward Xu bowed and retreated.

A hint of anger rose in Sima Ji's eyes, and he bent down to pick a red moon flower and played with it in his hand, muttering to himself: "Empress? ”

At this time, in the courtyard of Fengming Palace, the queen mother was lying on the golden silk jade couch to rest, and a few maids were fanning lightly beside her, and the cool breeze was blowing through the beautiful face of the queen mother.

"The Queen Mother! Queen mother! The voice of the fifth prince Wu Shao spread far away to the courtyard of Fengming Palace, and a middle-aged woman in palace clothes stepped forward lightly to report: "Queen Mother, the fifth palace is down." ”

The queen's eyes opened slightly, and she raised her hand to signal the maid to help her up, and her voice was still a little lazy: "Let him come in." What time is it? The middle-aged woman bowed respectfully to help the queen sort out her clothes, and replied: "Back to the queen, it's a quarter of noon, the sun is poisoning, I will let the five princes go into the palace to drink some water, don't pass the heat." ”

The queen came to her senses at this time, and stood up with her support, the corners of her mouth rose slightly: "Mama Chen, it's just May, where did the heat come from, you are too careful." ”

Mama Chen carefully helped the queen to walk in the direction of Fengming Palace, and said in her mouth: "Yes, the old slave is stupid." ”

The queen nodded with satisfaction, raised another white hand like congealed fat, gently brushed the unmessed bun, and said: "However, it's good to be careful, Shao'er is weak, not like that cheap species," said with a cold light flashing in her eyes, "Hmph, yesterday I actually proposed to the emperor to go to Sanfeng Valley to suppress bandits, you say, is it too much to do?" ”

Mama Chen took over the conversation like a cloud: "What the queen said is very true, what is the place in the Three Peaks Valley, I heard that even the monks will be stripped of themselves in the past!" However, "that Mama Chen deliberately sold a pass."

"But what?" The queen was listening smoothly, and her assertion was curious.

"The slave and maid are brave, and please ask the mother to forgive the slave and maid for the great disrespect of the slave and maid before the slave and maid dare to speak." The tone was not half panicked, but with a **** temptation to refuse to welcome.

The queen glanced at her impatiently and said, "This palace still can't believe you, forgive you for your innocence, just say it." ”

"Then the slave maid said, and the slave suggested that the maid should not object, but help him to make the trip!" Mama Chen lowered her head, making it difficult to see her expression.

The queen stopped and asked thoughtfully, "Mama, what does this mean?" ”

Mama Chen's eyes flashed, and she approached the queen's ear and whispered: "The queen mother, imagine that the place of extreme ferocity is the junction of the jade pool and the Great Calendar, and it is rumored that the characters are mixed, and the plague is rampant...... Isn't the position of the East Palace the bag of the Fifth Highness? ”

The queen's eyes lit up when she heard this, and a satisfied smile bloomed on her lips. Seeing this, Mama Chen added another sentence: "The queen is the lord of the six palaces, the mother of the world, if it weren't for the prince's unknown origin of the mother fox who flattered Your Majesty, our Fifth Highness should have been the lord of the East Palace!" ”

The queen couldn't help but raise her head, obviously listening, but immediately remembered something, frowned, and said with some hesitation: "This is good, but since the last incident, the emperor seems to have noticed something, and he is very suspicious of me." This time, if you show your feet again......"

Mama Chen saw her hesitation, but now that she opened the bow and didn't turn back, she couldn't back down when her words were out! She had no choice but to continue inciting: "Queen Mother, this time is different. You think, this time he took the initiative to go, and it has nothing to do with you. Besides, what kind of place is the Three Peaks Valley, and he will definitely not be injured? Not getting sick? Even if he really comes out alive, as long as we don't use our own people, who can doubt us in this chaos? ”

The queen's expression was a little loose, and her shell-like white teeth bit her red lips, and she still seemed to be a little embarrassed. Mama Chen suddenly grabbed the queen's arm tightly: "Queen Mother, now the emperor's body is not as good as usual, and the opportunity must not be missed!" ”

The queen was shocked, and before she could speak, the five princes jumped up and down in front of her, but the six-year-old child, with a childish face, looked like the emperor in seven or eight points. He muttered in his mouth: "Queen Mother, why are you so slow, Shao'er has been waiting for you for a long time!" With a coquettish and lovely expression, he threw himself directly into the queen's arms. Mama Chen let go of her hand, took a step back, put on a smiling face and said: "The Fifth Highness is growing up so fast, this is almost to the chest of the queen's mother, in a few years, I am afraid that no one in this palace is taller than His Royal Highness!" ”

When the queen heard this, she looked down at the face of her son in her arms, and her eyes gradually became clear and firm. She took her son's hand, walked slowly towards Fengming Palace, took three steps and stopped, and said in a deep voice: "Then it's decided, you go and call the eldest brother to see me." ”

Mama Chen slowly curled the corners of her mouth and bowed deeply: "Yes, the slave will do it." ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! "The third watch has passed, and the candles in Prince Yan's mansion have been extinguished one by one, only Prince Yan's study is still brightly lit.

"Your Highness." A dark figure stood outside the door at some point, and lowered his voice and rushed into the room.

A small crack opened in the door, and a man reached out from inside and took the note from the shadow man. The shadow man handed the note and turned and disappeared into the night.

The door closed, and a butler-like man presented the note to the man in Chinese clothes in the middle of the study, who carefully read the contents of the note, turned around and took it to the candle and burned it, he looked at the note licked by the tongue of fire, and suddenly laughed: "Hehe, what a stupid woman!" ”

His face flickered in the light of the candle flames, but the only thing that could be recognized was that the face was actually seven points similar to the current emperor! This person is the emperor's younger brother, His Royal Highness Prince Yan, Wu Chenggu.

The note contained only four words: "The fish has been baited." ”