Chapter 44: Luping dies
When Lieshan delivered the prince's letter and returned to the palace, it was already a different scene.
The palace was heavily guarded, and no one was allowed to enter. It took a lot of effort for Lieshan to enter, and it was still through the wall. After entering, I found that the palace had also changed, the dark whistles of the past were gone, and there was no one walking around on the corridor, and the whole palace was quiet.
Lieshan quietly went to the prince's study, and sure enough, he heard the voices of many people discussing.
"What people!"
As soon as Lieshan approached, he was discovered by the people in the room, and a brush pierced through the paper on the door and shot directly into his head, but fortunately he hid quickly, and the brush pierced into the pillar, otherwise his life would be lost.
"Lord Wang, I'm Lieshan."
The door to the study was opened, and Lieshan quickly entered. After the people in the room figured out whether he was friend or foe, they resumed the discussion without delay.
It turned out that after the third prince left in shame and anger that day, he naturally would not give up, borrowed a knife to kill people, and spread this matter to the ears of the six princes unconsciously. The emperor's qi is about to run out, and the sixth prince will naturally not be soft at this time, he has never put the third prince in his eyes, but he has always been afraid of his eleventh brother, so he pretended to be the boss of the injustice and helped the third prince make this matter bigger. In the end, in the name of colluding with foreign usurpers, the prince of Yongchang was imprisoned.
The prince of Yongchang naturally will not sit still, and while his power has not been affected, the prince has already made plans.
"Lord Wang, wouldn't it be too risky to do this, the Northern Qi Kingdom is not peaceful at the moment."
"The Northern Qi Kingdom is not peaceful at that time, the affairs of the Northern Qi Kingdom, with our ability, even if there is any turmoil in the Northern Qi Kingdom, we will not be harmed, but we will stay here all the time to really sit and wait for death, is it to let this king wait here for death, and then leave this great cause to the future emperor."
The strategists in the palace still wanted to persuade the prince again, but the prince had already made up his mind. So they scattered to clear the relationship and clear the obstacles. The relationship was dredged up within a few days, and the prince hugged the little princess and got into the carriage to the Northern Qi Kingdom.
"Lord Wang, I don't know what is going to happen along the way, so it's better to leave the little princess in the mansion."
Until the carriage had left the palace for a long time, Lieshan, who was waiting on the side, still persuaded the prince again. Because the prince really loves the little princess too much, he has been holding it in his arms and refusing to let go. No matter what, he felt that with the little princess here, the prince would definitely be distracted.
The prince didn't say anything, just glanced at Lieshan coldly, and Lieshan was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak anymore.
"Boss Guan, I don't know if you can understand me, child, or put it by your side and feel at ease. What's more, the little princess's mother has passed away a long time ago, and I still know what the attitude of the people in the house is towards Qixin, I'm afraid that if I'm not there, the little princess will be bullied. By my side, as long as I live, I will not let anything happen to the little princess. ”
The prince of Yongchang sat opposite Gongzhu, and Lieshan poured tea on the side, and the reason for the chatter was explained clearly to Gongzhu. Miyatake nodded.
"The villain understands that Northern Qi is so big, and the villain has never asked him to leave his side. Even if it's harder, it's better to keep it by your side and see it with your own eyes. ”
Prince Yongchang nodded, drank a cup of hot tea, and the two fell into silence.
"Then, what is the prince's next step?"
Finally, it was Gong Zhu who asked first.
"Nothing will happen in Qingguo for a while now, I will withdraw now, neither the third brother nor the sixth brother will act rashly, let them kill each other first, or set the throne of Northern Qi first."
"Yes."
Gong Zhu now looks like he is completely obedient to the orders of the prince of Yongchang, in fact, he is also helpless, he has no power in his hands now, and he still has to rely on the strength of others to barely survive, and he doesn't listen to him. Even if the prince of Yongchang now says that he will be the regent after putting Northern Qi on the throne, he will agree.
Gong Zhu left from the prince of Yongchang, and quietly returned to the backyard when it was late at night, and he remembered that he might have been away for a long time, so he brought some food from the kitchen, so that the soldiers on the night vigil in the hall looked like he was going to make porridge or something like that.
After going up to the second floor, the lights were all turned off, and only the small candle flame was lit in Luping's room. He walked into his room, and Fancy opened the door for him from the inside.
"Your Excellency."
The flower face asked Gong Zhu a question mark, in fact, it was also a reminder that Gong Zhu, the mother-in-law of Chunfu who was lying on the bed and pretending to sleep, was back. Sure enough, Granny Chunfu immediately sat up from the bed and got out of bed to take the plate held by Gong Zhu.
"How's that old man?"
"It's okay, it's all right."
Gong Zhu replied so briefly that he didn't say anything, and Granny Chunfu didn't ask.
"My lord, Qingshan and Qingshui went to the Yongchang prince just now."
"Hmm."
Gong Zhu nodded, the two of them didn't go over when he was there just now, and now it is estimated that Boss Zhang, Qingshan and Qingshui have all passed. Gong Zhu turned around to look at Bei Qi, who was sleeping on the bed, only to find that the seventh girl was also there.
"Just now, the imperial doctor asked Xiao Qi to come back and rest, saying that Lu Ping's condition has stabilized a little, and the past two days have really tired Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi's face is not good, and after coming back, he lay down for a while and fell asleep directly."
"Well, let him rest well. I'm in the next room with Flower Face. ”
Gong Zhu went from the hallway to the next room, and Hanami also jumped in through the window. From beginning to end, the flower face never showed his face. Gong Zhu took off his coat and lay down, greeting the flower face,
"Flower face, come and rest too."
Hua Mian lay down next to Gong Zhu, but he didn't take off his coat, and he still held a sword in his hand, just planning to take a nap.
"Flower face, from today onwards, the prince of Yongchang must always be on guard, and now, none of us can believe it."
"But didn't the adults say before that we should believe in the prince of Yongchang."
The flower face didn't understand and asked, it is true that he doesn't understand these things,
"That was before, and now the prince himself is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, and he may abandon us at any time, or kill us all to occupy his own personal interests. So, always be on your beware, right now, there is no one to trust. ”
"Yes, sir, I understand."
After Gong Zhu said these words, he felt that his eyelids were heavy, and he fell asleep. I don't know if it's because of the flower face on the side, and I sleep peacefully.
"You tell me clearly, what's going on, what's going on, how can a good person suddenly die!"
"Dead is dead, what is there to say!"
Early in the morning, Gong Zhu was woken up by the sound of a quarrel outside.
"Flower face, what's going on outside."
Gong Zhu sat up and asked Hua Yan directly.
"Lu Ping is dead, and that Vice General Lin is making trouble with the imperial doctor."
"Dead? Wasn't it okay last night? ”
Hua Mian didn't speak, just stood quietly and listened to the movement outside.
"Quick, flower face, go to the Northern Qi side."
Gong Zhu hurriedly got out of bed, but he didn't dare to push the door open, although he was afraid that Vice Lin would implicate the seventh girl and Chunfu's mother-in-law, but he was afraid that pushing the door out would speed up the occurrence of this matter. Fortunately, Hua Mian has already arrived in the next room and can protect them for the time being.
Gong Zhu calmed himself down, leaned on the door, and quietly listened to the movement outside.