Long Yuze and several black-clothed men circled around the rooftop, gradually falling to the downwind, and the black-clothed dark guards hidden in the shadows did not come forward to participate in the struggle. The flames of war did not spread to innocent people, and there were more and more passers-by on the street, all standing at the bottom and looking up at the second prince on the roof. Long Yuze, dressed in a dark blue robe and holding a long sword, fought fiercely with six or seven black-clothed people on the roof.

"It can't go on like this, no matter how strong the second prince's martial arts are, he will be outnumbered, and sooner or later he will be killed by assassins!" A passer-by at the bottom said worriedly, wanting to rush to the roof to help, but he had no martial arts, so he could only worry. As soon as the words fell, the long sword in the assassin's hand stabbed Long Yuze's right arm, and then pulled it out violently, instantly bursting with blood.

A few more drops fell on the faces of the onlookers, who immediately screamed in horror.

"Quick! Catch the assassins, over there! Several groups of people from the yamen in the capital rushed from the streets, and the leader of the yamen flew onto the roof with a light tiptoe, and with help, the forces on both sides were balanced, and several black-clothed people were injured at this moment.

A black-clad assassin was stabbed in the chest with a sword from the leader of the yamen, rolled off the roof, and landed right in the middle of the crowd, lying on the ground gasping for breath. Everyone immediately surrounded me with righteous indignation, you punched me and kicked me, and the women chattered: "Kill this idiot, dare to assassinate the second prince of the dynasty, it's just dead!" Hit, beat him! ”

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! A small group of yamen guards squeezed in with knives, "Don't hinder us from carrying out our official duties, it's all gone!" ”

The battle on the roof was still raging, and the crowd was not willing to disperse at all.

"Hey, what is this?" The captain of the pair of yamen guards stared at the chest of the black-clothed assassin on the ground and frowned, at this moment, he was violently beaten by the crowd, and he had long lost his breath, and the clothes on his chest also spread out, revealing a dark sign came out, the captain of the yamen squatted down, carefully pulled out the brand, and his expression suddenly changed greatly, "Isn't this the handwriting of His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

"Huh? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? The assassin was sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? I don't know who shouted loudly, and the crowd immediately boiled the pot.

"I have long heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is jealous of the beauty of the second prince and has been targeting the second prince, but I didn't expect it to be true." A woman said indignantly, and couldn't help but kick the breathless assassin on the ground again.

Several women next to him chimed in: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so insidious and vicious......"

"What can you say? Beware of being slashed all over the house! The captain of the yamen said coldly, put the dark sign into his waist, ordered a few guards to carry away the black-clothed assassin on the ground, and said coldly, "It's all gone, if anyone dares to spread rumors and make trouble, there are still vacant seats in the dungeon of the capital!" ”

The crowd gradually dispersed, only some boldly hid in the corner of the street to watch, and the war on the roof came to an end, Long Yuze's hidden secret guards in the shadows went out together, and took down all the assassins without much effort, and the thick smell of blood wafted in the air.

"Lord Wang, good skills!" The leading yamen was a young man in his twenties, who was looking at Long Yuze with a respectful face, hugging his fists and saying, "I have seen the prince make a move four or five years ago, and I have never been able to forget the prince's sassy heroic appearance, and today it is an honor to fight side by side with the prince, it is really an honor to be below!" ”

Long Yuze said lightly: "You did a good job today, and it is not in vain that this king has been promoting you." ”

The leading yamen lowered his head and smiled: "It's the prince's resourcefulness, this plan kills two birds with one stone, and it can be ......."

"You hurry back to the yamen now, there are still many things that you have to deal with in person, and this time it will be foolproof." Long Yuze waved his hand, lifted his robe, got up and flew up, and landed on the ground.

"Childe! Childe, you're hurt! With tears in the corners of her eyes, Li Sanmei rushed towards Long Yuze, and hurriedly tore the hem of her skirt.

Long Yuze took a step back imperceptibly, walked straight forward, and said without looking back: "Follow me back to the house first." ”

"But ...... your injury" Li Sanmei followed Long Yuze's steps worriedly, but seeing that his face was cold, she didn't dare to rush forward again.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the holy decree in the palace followed.

"Lord Wang, you are dressed in blood, so let's change your clothes and then enter the palace to face the saint." Chen Huiniang frowned and said, her eyes were dissatisfied and glanced at her father-in-law who came to announce the decree, saying that the emperor was urgently summoned, and he couldn't wait for a quarter of an hour, so wouldn't anyone be allowed to change into clean clothes? If you enter the palace with bloody clothes, you will probably be crowned with the great sin of disrespect.

Long Yuze pointed to Li Sanmei on the side and said, "You settle her first, and I'll go back when I go." ”

"Lord Wang, please here!" The father-in-law shook off the dust, and asked Long Yuze to get into the carriage with a smile.

Chen Huiniang watched the carriage go away, and her mind slowly cleared up. When she saw Long Yuze covered in blood, she was really scared stupid, so much so that she didn't think too much about it. At this moment, the emperor summoned Long Yuze into the palace, which can only mean that the emperor already knows about the assassination incident that happened in the capital, and it is best for Long Yuze to go in a bloody suit, the emperor already loves Long Yuze, plus he seems to be seriously injured, it will definitely make the emperor give birth to the heart of a beloved son.

After thinking about this matter, Chen Huiniang's eyes shifted to Li Sanmei's body, and she was shocked and suspicious.

"Why didn't the princess return home? Also, who is she? Chen Huiniang looked at the secret guard behind Li Sanmei and asked, her tone indifferent. The woman who came suddenly was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and although she was dressed plainly and her skin was rough, her eyes were clear.

"Back to Concubine Chen's words, the princess and the prince fell off the cliff together, and their whereabouts are still unknown." The dark guard lowered his head and said, "Miss Li is the prince's life-saving benefactor, and she is currently living in the palace. ”

"Hongying, tell me to go down and pack up the guest room in the west for Miss Li to live in." Chen Huiniang commanded softly, walked over and grabbed Li Sanmei's hand, feeling the thick cocoon in the palm of Li Sanmei's hand, her heart relaxed, and said with a smile, "Miss Li, you are not from the capital, right?" Since you are the prince's life-saving benefactor, the palace will never neglect you, so you can live well in the palace. ”

Chen Huiniang's hands were as white as jade and soft to the touch, Li Sanmei thought of her hands that were rough due to year-round labor, and couldn't help but break free of her hands, and said with a red face: "Thank you...... Concubine Chen. "That's what the dark guard seemed to call her.

Chen Huiniang smiled, secretly thinking about the words of the secret guard, is Lin Ling's whereabouts really unknown?

Or is there something else going on?

The palace, the palace of nourishing the heart, the atmosphere is tense.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair with an angry face, the queen stood at the bottom of the steps with a crying look, the prince knelt in the center of the hall crying, Long Yuze was dressed in blood, and sat on the soft fox chair with an indifferent face, pursing his thin lips tightly.

"It's a rebel! Rebel! The emperor slapped the dragon chair angrily.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince is still young, and he must have been bewitched by the people around him to do such a rebellious thing." The queen wiped the corners of her eyes with wide cuffs and pleaded, "Please also ask the emperor to treat the prince lightly for the sake of the concubines......"

"The prince is still young?" The emperor snorted coldly, "He is several months older than Ze'er!" One day he will hold a knife on my neck, is it also too young and ignorant? Queen, the crown prince has always been in your care, and you also have an unshirkable responsibility for him to do such a thing that is not tolerated! ”

The queen knelt straight in the hall, hung her head and said, "Yes, yes!" The concubine is willing to be punished! ”

"Father, although the sons and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have never been close, I don't think it will be enough for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send someone to assassinate the sons." Long Yuze said lazily, "Besides, didn't this matter be investigated?" The father should not be in such a hurry to make a conclusion, so as not to frame His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

The crown prince raised his head and said in fear: "Yes, father, this matter has not been investigated yet!" How could the father be sure that someone sent by his son to assassinate the emperor's brother with a dark brand? It is true that the waist card belongs to Erchen, but it was lost a few days ago, maybe some black-hearted eunuch stole it to frame Erchen...... Ask my father to see it! ”

The prince's words were incoherent and full of loopholes, Long Yuze couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth contemptuously, and chuckled: "Father, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is reasonable, let's wait until the matter is clear." ”

"Since Ze'er has opened her mouth to intercede for you, I will let you go for the time being, and you will be grounded for a month!" The emperor said coldly, "All the palace maids and eunuchs in the East Palace have all been relegated to the Huanyi Bureau, and I will let Concubine Xiu look for someone to serve in the East Palace again, queen, don't meddle in the prince's affairs for the time being." ”

"Yes." The queen replied in a low voice, her hands clenched tightly in their sleeves.

Long Yuze turned his head to look at the white jade stone reflecting the sunlight outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, his eyes slowly turned dark, and the corners of his mouth also hooked up a condensed smile. He knew that his father would not punish the prince ruthlessly, and even if he was punished, it would be just a grounding at most. His mother died because of the queen, and his father also knew about it, but he turned a blind eye. Now, he walked into the hall in a bloody suit, and his father knew that this matter had nothing to do with the prince, so he did it hastily.

It is said that the second prince is the emperor's favorite prince, but in fact, who knows the most real?

It's just because the crown prince of the dynasty is not him, so his father gave him more love guiltily, after all, he is also a son-in-law.

Coming out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Long Yuze sent the eunuch who brought him clothes, and walked to the queen's side.

"Ze'er, thank you for speaking for the prince just now, otherwise it won't be something that can be solved by a one-month ban." The queen said with a tired face, she heard early in the morning that her precious son had sent troops to ambush and assassinate in the capital, and it was too late to stop it. In addition to the hatred of the crown prince, iron does not become steel, and no one can be blamed.

"The queen mother, the son and His Royal Highness the prince are brothers, so naturally they will not stand idly by." Long Yuze was rare and modest, "Erchen heard that Miss Ma, a guest of the Qinhou Mansion, is still in the Phoenix Vulture Palace of the Empress Niang, Miss Ma is a close friend of Princess Erchen, and Xiao Ling was still thinking about Miss Ma at the moment before her disappearance, so Erchen wanted to ask the Empress to open up the net and let Miss Ma leave the palace." ”

"Oh?" The queen frowned and said, "The Qing Palace's Mansion is missing?" Why didn't Hongu hear the news? ”

"Erchen rolled off the cliff with her, and her whereabouts are still unknown." Long Yuze said lightly, as if he was stating something that had nothing to do with him, "Erchen and her are in love, and they have been looking for nothing for a long time, so I hope to fulfill her wish, and I hope that the queen will be fulfilled." ”

"Why didn't I hear you mention it to the emperor in the Heart Cultivation Hall just now?" The queen will be suspicious, "If the emperor orders the search, it will be much more efficient than your men." ”

"The son is afraid that his father will worry." Long Yuze frowned, looking very uneasy.

The queen nodded and said: "Xiaoge is doing well in the Phoenix Eagle Palace, yesterday the palace asked her if she wanted to go back to the Qinhou Mansion, she didn't want to go back, she had to accompany the palace to talk every day to relieve boredom, the palace also likes this child, and she is really reluctant to let her go back." ”

This Ma Xiaoge has a close relationship with Lin Ling, and Lin Ling may be the goddess in the prophecy of the national teacher, and she will not let go of this last hole card easily. Even if Lin Ling is currently missing, there is no guarantee that he will not come back in the future, and with Ma Xiaoge in his hands, many things are much more convenient.

Long Yuze's eyes were as cold as ice, he didn't know what Ma Xiaoge looked like, if it weren't for Lin Ling, how could he be here to beg this mother-killing enemy in a low voice? Since the queen toasts and doesn't eat and drink, don't blame him for being polite. Long Yuze took a step back and said coldly: "Since the queen mother is unwilling to cut her love, the minister will not force it, say goodbye!" ”

The queen watched Long Yuze's figure disappear into the corridor and snorted coldly. A few days ago, Old Madam Qin personally came to pick up Ma Xiaoge and return to the Hou Mansion, but she didn't let anyone go, let alone Long Yuze, an ambitious kid. The battle for the throne has always been incompatible, and just now this kid spoke for the prince in front of the emperor, she must have a plan, she must think about it.

Ma Xiaoge lived in a small wing room in the west room of the Phoenix Vulture Palace, and all the supplies in the room were available, such as carved beds and curtains, and the food and snacks used every day were also of the highest quality. At the door of the wing, there is an empty courtyard, there is a big locust tree in the middle of the courtyard, the west room is the place where the queen uses to entertain guests, saying that it is not big, saying that it is not small, but she is the only one here.

The queen also sent a few palace maids and eunuchs to serve her, but those people knew that she was just an orphan girl under the fence, and she had no power, so they frequently looked at her. On weekdays, she didn't dare to trouble these palace maids and eunuchs too much in everything, she did what she could do, and she was afraid that her every move would anger the queen, so there would really be no good fruit to eat.

It's been seven or eight days since she came here, but she has never seen the queen except for the first one. At the beginning, the queen mother summoned her to the palace because of the food poisoning incident of Mrs. Chen in the Qing Palace, but it has been so long since that incident, and the queen mother has not punished her in any substance, and she can't figure out the key to it.

On the same day, the queen also said that she would give her to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... Ma Xiaoge shivered against the bed, she didn't think that the queen mother liked her to say this, there must be something she didn't know. But she had no way of knowing, in this palace, she didn't know anyone, and she couldn't find out any news. It was still that day when she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and went out for a walk, she heard the little palace maid whispering, and then she knew that Xiao Ling was missing.

Ay...... She is trapped in the palace, and Xiaoling is assassinated and missing.

I don't know if the little marquis and Mrs. Qin will come to save her......

"Miss Ma, the queen has summoned me, please follow the slave and maid." A little palace maid walked in and said.

Ma Xiaoge retracted his thoughts and quickly got up from the bed, with both anticipation and panic in his heart.

"Do you know what happened to the Queen Mother summoning me?" Ma Xiaoge said uneasily.

The palace maid didn't raise her head, and said coldly: "The queen's mind slave doesn't dare to speculate. ”

Ma Xiaoge shook his head wryly, and remained silent all the way.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, you can't run away after all. Rather than being locked up in this western room all the time, it is really better to face the queen directly.

The queen was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard of the Phoenix Vulture Palace, Ma Xiaoge hung her head and secretly observed, only to see the queen's eyes wandering, as if she had something on her mind. Ma Xiaoge withdrew his gaze, curtsied, and stood in front of the queen with low eyebrows.

"You've been in the palace for seven or eight days, haven't you?" The queen said lightly, "I've thought about it these days, and I think I still can't be too wronged by you, how about this palace let you be the prince's side concubine?" ”

"Queen Mother, the people don't dare!" Ma Xiaoge was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop".

The queen raised an eyebrow: "What?" Not satisfied with the arrangements of this palace? You must know that the current crown princess is the daughter of the prime minister, and the only side concubine is the sister of the general of the dynasty...... Your mother-in-law, Ma Daopo, will be relieved if you know it. ”

"Queen Mother, that's not what the folk girl meant!" Ma Xiaoge said anxiously, "The people's daughter is taken care of by Mrs. Qin, so she is fortunate to enter the palace to accompany the queen, how dare you think of anything else?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the son of the dragon, the future monarch of the Daewoo Dynasty, and the people dare not ask for extravagance! Ask the queen to take back her life! ”

The queen frowned and thought for a while, then said as if worried: "What can I do about this?" There is no official surnamed Ma in the court, and it is really difficult to give you another identity, but ......" her eyes wandered on Ma Xiaoge, "If you make an order to make you a county lord, it will be a good match to marry into the East Palace." ”

Ma Xiaoge bit his lower lip tightly, not daring to answer the queen's words again. Not to mention that she has been devoted to Qin Yiyan for three years, even if she doesn't have a sweetheart, she doesn't dare to agree to the queen rashly. She had never seen the queen before, and I believe that the queen only knew about her seven or eight days ago, but now she asked her to be the side concubine of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for no reason, and gave her the title of monarch, which ...... It really made her unbelievable, and it also made her more determined that the queen must have other plans, but she didn't know.