Chapter Seventy-Three: To the South and to the North
After Gong Zhu generously sent off the prince of Yongchang, the atmosphere in the house became even lower. Hua Mian handed Beiqi into the hands of the Seventh Girl, went to the door to guard with Chunfu's mother-in-law, and Gong Zhu came inside to tell Beiqi the final truth.
"Beiqi, listen to me well, if you don't understand, you don't have time to ask."
Gong Zhu took Bei Qi's hand, looked at Bei Qi's eyes, and said seriously. Beiqi nodded,
"Remember the story your grandfather told? In fact, there is a part that Grandpa hasn't talked about yet. Grandpa's friend is the emperor of the Northern Qi Kingdom, and you are the only prince of the Northern Qi Kingdom now. That's why we're always on the run for our lives, because there are always people with bad intentions who want your life. As the only prince, you will have to inherit the throne sooner or later. Those people who ascend to the throne as emperors will have to kill you. ”
The wooden door made a loud noise, and something hit it.
"Northern Qi, now the people have been killed in front of the door. As you can see, the prince has already left first, and now there is very little power that can protect you. But Beiqi, don't worry, grandparents, your mother, Huamian and Uncle Chang Gui who is not here now, we will definitely risk our lives to protect you. Northern Qi, you must ascend to the throne and return the country to peace and tranquility. ”
The wooden door made a loud noise again, louder than the one before. The flower face pressed hard in front of the door, and said laboriously,
"My lord, hurry up and go through the back window."
Gong Zhu didn't talk nonsense, but after glancing at Beiqi again with tears in his eyes, he fed Beiqi a pill. The seven girls were also like the prince of Yongchang, covering the face of Northern Qi with a cloth. Granny Chunfu opened the back window, jumped out first, and after making sure that there was no danger, she reached out and called the seventh girl over.
Gong Zhu pushed the seventh girl and pushed her to the window, who was worried. I went with the flower face, and said to the flower face eagerly.
"Flower face, you also go, protect Northern Qi. I still have Granny Chunfu's medicine here, which can last for a while. ”
"No, my lord, you go first. Give me the medicine, and I'll take care of it and chase you here. ”
As he spoke, Hua Face also pulled a handful of palace bamboo. But Gong Zhu was stunned and returned.
"Flower face, you follow. In the future, only you can protect the Northern Qi. ”
"My lord, I'm here to take advantage of these pills, and it will take a little longer to delay them. And, my lord, if it weren't for you, even if I could keep Northern Qi alive, I wouldn't be able to help him ascend to the throne! ”
Gong Zhu was a little shaken by what he said,
"My lord, listen to me, you go quickly. I'll stay and chase you later. ”
"Oh well. Flower face, you are good at these medicines, don't linger, there is a chance to get out immediately. Flowers, remember, go north to chase us. ”
Hua Mian opened his hand, Gong Zhu put all the medicine in his hand and closed it gently. Gong Zhu held Hua Face's hand in both hands and nodded solemnly, and Hua Face also nodded. Gong Zhu turned around and jumped out of the window without any further stops.
Hua Mian carefully studied the medicine in his hand, and after a while, the courtyard gradually quieted down. Hua Mian opened the door, first sprinkled the poisonous powder specially made by Chunfu Mother-in-law outside the door, and then closed the door. Immediately after that, there were all kinds of wailing sounds outside the door.
The seventh girl held Beiqi and ran to the north according to the pre-agreement, and Chunfu's mother-in-law hurriedly followed behind. Suddenly, by accident, Granny Chunfu tripped over a stone on the ground, and the Seventh Girl quickly stopped and helped Granny Chunfu up.
"Xiao Qi, I'm running slowly, you hurry up and run with Beiqi first, the farther you run, the better. Fast. Fast. ”
The seventh girl shook her head resolutely. Because it was difficult to have a big activity while holding Beiqi, it took a lot of effort to pull Chunfu's mother-in-law down into the grass on the side of the road.
Granny Chunfu gasped for breath while the two of them carefully observed the situation on both sides of the road.
"Gong Zhu is right, if the prince of Yongchang walks first with Princess Qixin, they will definitely chase to the south together. We came out of the back window easily, and there were no pursuers chasing us. ”
The seventh girl also nodded, looked at Beiqi's sleeping face, and felt a little relieved.
The two of them hid in the darkness like this, and after a while, they saw Gong Zhu running over from a distance.
"Old man, over here."
Gong Zhu heard the voice of Chunfu's mother-in-law, so he hurriedly went to the side of the road and sat down.
"Old man, you're all right. What about the flower face? ”
Gong Zhu also gasped and said,
"I'm fine, I came out first, and the flower face is still inside."
As soon as Gong Zhu said this, the expression of the seventh girl changed.
"Let's not stay like this, just quietly continue to walk north in this bush. After a while, the flower face will catch up with us. ”
"It's okay with the flower face."
Mother-in-law Chunfu still asked a little uneasy.
"As long as your medicine is okay, Huamian will be fine, I know."
In this way, the three of them took advantage of the moonlight to move forward from the inside. After Hua Mian sprinkled the medicinal powder, he quickly closed the back window, and when the sound outside gradually became quieter again, he pulled out his sword and opened the door and rushed out.
The strength of the flower face is indeed good, and in the dark, it is like a fool around among the people in black. There are also deadly poisons on hand. With a sturdy body and a light form, it is not easy for the rest of the Yanlan family to catch him anywhere. After maneuvering for a while, Hua Mian didn't stop any longer, jumped on the eaves and sprinkled the last bit of medicinal powder and went south.
None of the people in Yanlan Mansion are intact, everyone has injuries on their bodies, and there is even a smell of fresh meat being roasted in the courtyard, and the medicinal powder of Chunfu Granny is mixed with lime, which can cauterize the skin, let alone enter the eyes. However, they did not pause for a moment, went into the house, found some medicine, bandaged the wounds, and chased them south.
Hiding outside the back window and destroying footprints, Flower Face waited until everyone left, and quickly left here. However, he first went to the kitchen of the inn in front of him to get some food before heading north, he just saw the seven girls, they were in a hurry, and they didn't have time to bring food.
The people of the inn waited until the sound stopped, and then came out of the door of the backyard, took a look at the situation in the small courtyard, hurriedly returned to the inn, wrote something, and sent it out quickly.
This is the end of a battle, but the afterglow is slowly expanding.
The queen waited until the end of the day, and then went out of the palace accompanied by Chang Gui, and went to the Yanlan Mansion that he had not returned to for a long time, to meet the father who had changed so differently in her heart.
The arrival of the queen surprised everyone, but Lord Yanlan was very happy. I was carried away by the rhetoric of the ministers all night, and now my self-confidence swelled to the extreme, and I did not even salute the queen like everyone else after seeing it. Lord Yanlan walked towards the queen and watched the queen's cold face magnify in front of her.
"Ying'er, why are you here?"
The empress looked at her father, Lord Shoufu of the Northern Qi Kingdom, and smiled.
"Father, I'm the Queen."