On a spring day in Bianjing, the sun is white and sparkling, and there is a smell of smoke and dust. The bustling crowd shows that even in troubled times, the capital has its own temperament. Chen Qiuniang turned into a hunchbacked old man shaking a bell and selling soup cakes, staggering forward in this turbulent Bianjing.

She had no one to believe, no one to give her reliable sources, and no power to rely on. She didn't know how Zhang Ci was or where he was. She didn't even know if the battle in front of her was over.

Chen Qiuniang thought that Zhang Ci might be in danger almost every minute, and she was so distressed that she couldn't do it, but she lurked with a tenacity beyond ordinary people and warned herself to be calm.

After selling soup cakes for three days, she turned into an aunt who cut ginger shreds and entered the back kitchen of Zhao Guangmei's mansion to do things. After sunset, he changed his appearance as the steward of the palace again, and inquired about the news in the palace in the palace. Although Chen Qiuniang knew that Zhao Guangmei, who Dai Yuanqing had been mentioning, would eventually die in the hands of his second brother, at least this accomplished prince was still quite used when his eldest brother was alive, he not only participated in the affairs of the imperial court, but also personally led the troops to kill the enemy, and was a man who was both civil and military.

Of course, he was also doomed to tragedy because of his excellence, which is a story for another time. At least for now, Zhao Kuangyin is still alive, he is still called Zhao Guangmei, and he has not changed his name to Zhao Tingmei in order to avoid Zhao Guangyi.

Chen Qiuniang cut out the uniform and delicate ginger shreds in the kitchen, and after showing off a knife work, after dinner, she turned into a sprinkled and sweeping servant, and was ordered to clean Zhao Guangmei's study, but in the study, except for some ancient classics, poems and articles, there was no word about the affairs of the court at all. She didn't give up on investigating the secret cabinet and mechanism, but she didn't find anything, but accidentally made a move. The quiet Wei Wangfu tossed most of the night to catch assassins. Eventually, he was left dead because he couldn't find out where the Assassin was.

Chen Qiuniang returned to her residence, still disguised as an aunt who cut ginger shreds, and spent another day in the Wei Palace. After dinner, when everyone had gone to sleep, she had just walked out of the courtyard gate of the lower room in her night clothes, and she had not yet begun to investigate. I could hear the clatter of horses' hooves galloping. Immediately afterwards, someone was hurriedly knocking on the gate of the Wei Palace, causing the surrounding dogs to bark, barking one after another.

Chen Qiuniang hurriedly hid in a flower bush. I heard the housekeeper of the Wei Wangfu asking, "Who is knocking on the door outside?" ”

A panting servant replied: "Back to the housekeeper, the person who came said that he was from the palace, and he was looking for the prince in an emergency." ”

As soon as the butler heard that it was from the palace, he immediately ordered the shutter to be fast. I'll go and inform the prince. The housekeeper had only walked a few steps, and Zhao Guangmei had already strode into the courtyard. Asked: "But someone from the palace?" ”

"Exactly, my lord, the little one is about to come to report." The butler bowed and said.

Zhao Guangmei waved her hand and tied her belt. He said, "Prepare the carriage quickly, it must be a hundred thousand urgent things to come here late at night." The king will go to the palace at once. ”

"Yes." The steward received the order, and immediately ordered the little servant next to him to prepare the carriage.

And at this time. The envoys from the palace had already arrived, first politely met Zhao Guangmei, and then said: "There are 100,000 urgent matters, which cannot be delayed, so the queen mother and the queen let the little one come to the palace to discuss with the king of Wei." ”

"But what's the matter?" Zhao Guangmei asked.

Chen Qiuniang also pricked up her ears to listen, but only heard the person who came answer: "Forgive me, the prince, this matter is very important, how can the queen mother and the queen tell the little one." ”

"Forgive me for not knowing, you lead the way, and this king will enter the palace immediately."

Zhao Guangmei said, only took the saber handed over by the housekeeper, and hurried out. When Chen Qiuniang listened to this conversation, she expected that it must be extremely valuable news, but unfortunately the time was too short to blend into the palace.

However, Zhao Guangmei always has to come back. As soon as he returns, there will be a deployment. As soon as he deployed, Chen Qiuniang knew what was going on.

Chen Qiuniang thought very optimistically, but unfortunately Zhao Guangmei did not come back from the palace at dawn, and the entire Wei Wangfu was terrifyingly quiet. Chen Qiuniang turned into a little maid who sprinkled and cleaned, pretending to clean in the courtyard, looking at the housekeeper from time to time, only to see that this middle-aged man with a goatee looked very anxious.

"It's time to come back." By noon, the butler was already talking to himself.

Chen Qiuniang looked at this situation and was even more sure that something big would definitely happen in Bianjing. And she intuitively felt that this matter must have something to do with Zhang Ci. As soon as she thought of Zhang Ci, she desperately wanted to see him.

So, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, she came out of the Wei Palace, disguised herself as a woman in her thirties, carried a basket with eggs, and walked around the palace wall with a cloth covered with broken flowers, and groped for the possible route and way to enter the palace. After groping for a long time, I couldn't find any good clues to enter the inner palace of the high-walled deep courtyard.

However, when Chen Qiuniang was wandering around the street, she found that the Bianjing Imperial Forest Army was changing its guard, as if many Imperial Forest Army had been transferred to the city wall.

Could it be that there are thieves who know that the Zhao brothers are attacking the south and specially come to end Zhao Kuangyin's lair? But according to historical records, at this moment, Zhao Kuangyin did not forget to guard the safety of Bianjing, and had already sent Pan Mei to secretly station and guard against it. But seeing that the Imperial Forest Army was in a hurry, the people on the street were panicking, and Zhao Guangmei entered the palace late last night, the critical situation in Bianjing was about to be ironclad.

No, you have to go into the palace to find out. And the most frequent in and out of the harem is the harem purchase. Chen Qiuniang wandered around for a long time, and finally only spotted a palace purchasing team, tied up one of the little palace maids, disguised herself as a little palace maid, and followed the purchasing team into the harem.

This was the first time Chen Qiuniang met the royal court in Bianjing. At that time and space, Kaifeng had long been a modern capital, and with several large-scale wars in history, the Kaifeng royal court had long been destroyed. Then, Kaifeng experienced natural disasters again, and the old Kaifeng had already sunk into the ground, and the Kaifeng in that time and space was just a young modern new city on top of the old Kaifeng.

Therefore, Chen Qiuniang and Dai Yuanqing, who loves history, fell in love with each other and traveled around together, but they only saw the royal court in Beijing and the imperial palace in Chang'an, but they never saw the imperial palace in Kaifeng, although Dai Yuanqing said that Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty became the most prosperous city in the world after the war in the early Song Dynasty.

Now, Chen Qiuniang has seen the Imperial Palace in Kaifeng with her own eyes. To tell the truth, it was about the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty that wars were too frequent, Bianjing City changed hands several times, and Zhao Kuangyin was indeed so poor that this Song Palace was shabby compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Daming Palace in Chang'an. What are the green tiles and flying greens, the high walls and deep courtyards are a little too close to this palace, the garden is not too careful, and the flowers and plants are also listless, as if to show that the master's heart is not here.

Chen Qiuniang followed the purchasing team to the warehouse, and then took advantage of the unpreparedness and disguised herself as a little eunuch, and walked around to find the queen's residence. At this moment, the queen is sitting dignified under the throne with the young prince, and above the throne is the Empress Dowager Du, who is crying like a nervous disorder and shouting that her eldest son will pass the throne to her second son.

Empress Dowager Du wore a huge crown and sat on the main seat, with wide sleeves and an anxious face.

"Mother, rest assured. The child has been deployed, and with the general Pan arranged by the emperor earlier, he will definitely be able to resist the incoming enemy. Zhao Guangmei gave up her hand to comfort.

Chen Qiuniang hid behind the curtain, and only then did she see clearly the legendary Chinese Wu Shuangquan King of Wei. It is said that this Wei king, who was both civil and military, had an extremely deep relationship with his eldest brother, and because of his mother's convulsions, his second brother succeeded to the throne, and finally feared that he would follow suit and destroy him. Of course, that's an afterthought. Now, this rare beautiful man, a man who is both civil and military, is standing under the hall.

"Having said that, the Northern Han Dynasty colluded with the Liao, the emperor and your second brother are in the south, and many generals such as General Cao and General Zhang are outside. The mourning family was afraid that General Pan alone and that small number of troops would not be able to stop the enemy. Empress Dowager Du sighed.

The queen and the crown prince still didn't speak, only sat next to them with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes. Zhao Guangmei said to the Queen Mother: "According to the report of the spies, the Liao people have also been in turmoil recently. The emperor of Liao was in poor health and had a sign of returning to heaven. It stands to reason that they would not have made a big fuss at this time. There may be fraud in it, the queen mother is a little restless, and wait for the spies to return. ”

"Hmph, maybe the Liao Emperor is critically ill, but it's just a trick by the enemy. In addition to the Northern Han Dynasty, this Bianjing city is in danger. Empress Dowager Du looked up to the sky and sighed.

Zhao Guangmei probably felt that what Empress Dowager Du said was reasonable, and was silent for a moment before she said again: "Please also ask the Queen Mother to be restless." A qiē has its own child. If it is really critical, the child will live and die with Bianjing. ”

Empress Dowager Du was suddenly stunned, looked at Zhao Guangmei under the hall, sighed, wiped her tears and shouted: "Guangmei, the safety of this Bianjing depends on you." ”

"The queen mother didn't sleep all night, and the queen also worked hard all night. Please take a break. One qiē was handed over to Mitsumi. Zhao Guangmei turned around slightly and bowed to the Empress Dowager Du and the queen.

It was also because he turned the other direction, Chen Qiuniang saw Zhao Guangmei clearly, and it was really as heroic as the historical rumors, no wonder Zhao Guangyi would deal with him first after becoming the emperor.

"Son." Empress Dowager Du shouted, got down from the high platform in a trembling manner, dragged her big clothes and held Zhao Guangmei's face, with a reluctant look.

Chen Qiuniang couldn't stand it anymore, so she quietly retreated. After the harem, many additional guards were dispatched, and the guards and eunuchs and palace maids came and went. Because Bianjing City is in danger, no one has the heart to care about the affairs of the people next to them. Chen Qiuniang was much freer in this palace.

However, the Liao iron cavalry came straight to Bianjing. When Liao Jingzong was terminally ill, only Xiao Yanyan dared to stir up a military disaster, and at this moment, he could say that Xiao Yanyan could be moved, and he could say that Yelu Xiuge and others would send troops, I am afraid that only Jiang Fan would be the only one.

Jiang Fan, his big move, it was clearly to encircle Wei and save Zhao. This shows that the situation in Bianjing City is very critical, and second, it shows that Jiang Fan is really helping Zhang Ci.

Chen Qiuniang thought that Jiang Fan finally stood on Zhang Ci's side without hesitation, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the cloudy shape of Bianjing could finally see a little sign of daylight. (To be continued)

PS: There may be a few more, I'm not sure. But there must be more. R580