"Open the door, open the door—"

A sharp knock on the door broke the silence of the night. The shopkeeper rubbed his sleepy eyes and went to the outer courtyard, and was awakened by the swaying of the torches the moment he opened the door.

"Official, what's the matter?"

An officer led people to rush inside, pushing and shoving the guys.

"Who are the people living in your shop, Lao Tzu was ordered to arrest the court criminals. Hurry up and call all the customers in the store to come out, and Lao Tzu will check them one by one! ”

The officer pointed his big finger at the bridge of his nose with an arrogant attitude.

The guy laughed, nodded and said:

"Yes, yes, the small one will lead the way for the military master."

Soon, the guest in the front yard was woken up from his sleep, and after careful inspection, it was not the young man and woman the soldiers wanted.

The officer crossed his waist, and his eyebrows were cold to the shopkeeper:

"Your inn is so big in total?"

"There's also an attic in the backyard, which belongs to the upper class, and it's been chartered by a guest before sunset."

“……”

The officer stared, kicked the guy down with a sudden flying foot, and shouted:

"Why don't you take me there—"

"Yes, yes, yes......"

The man was pale and frightened, and crawled in front of his head to lead the way.

After passing the neck bottle door, around the back wall of the shadow, you can see the wind lanterns hanging high in the lush courtyard.

A two-story attic was built facing south, and on the east and west sides of the wooden staircase leading to the first floor, ten men stood in arms, dressed in full strength, and there was no expression on their cold faces.

The officer immediately stopped, his sharp gaze quietly sweeping over the twenty sturdy men.

Needless to say, anyone can tell at a glance that they are practitioners.

From this point of view, this road has not been chased in vain, and he can be regarded as catching a big fish!

The officer was overjoyed, and walked to the bottom of the attic, and before he could reach half an inch of the stairs, men in strong suits on the left and right flocked up to block the staircase.

The officer took two steps back, looked fierce, and waved his hand to the rear.

The sharp sound of the blade coming out of the sheath shook the sky, and the shopkeeper was frightened and lay on the ground with his legs and stomachs weak, holding his head in his hands.

Hundreds of Gyeonggi troops rushed towards the attic, their weapons erected, and the surging crowd instantly filled the courtyard, and a bloody battle was about to break out.

"Stop!"

The clear voice rang out from the top of everyone's heads, revealing the spirit of not being angry and arrogant.

The officer raised his eyes in surprise to see a woman dressed as a man walking slowly down the wooden staircase, and the long skirt of the surging embroidered Luo Qi and the gilded crown on the top of her head all showed her prominent status beyond that of the commoners.

The woman's voice did not move, only a sharp cough slightly, and the guards in strong suits on both sides quickly separated from each other, bowing their heads and bowing respectfully.

"Are you ......?"

The officer was stunned, his eyes rolled and he couldn't help but look the woman up and down.

The woman laughed leisurely, turned her head and said in a casual voice:

"Tell him who Hongu is."

A man in a strong suit walked to the east side of the attic, flew to the top of the building to hang orange and red lanterns, and raised his hand to pull the long banner cotton rope tied at the tail wing.

The long flag was unveiled in front of everyone's eyes.

In the middle of the flag with gold on a red background, the embroidered picture of the eagle's head rose made the officer completely dumbfounded.

He took a few steps backwards, panicked and withdrew his right hand, which gripped the hilt.

The eagle and the rose are the national treasures of Xiyi Udan, and the eagle head rose pattern is a symbol of the Udanan royal family.

The officer bowed his head and smacked his tongue in annoyance, blaming himself for acting too recklessly.

Princess Ann and Princess lifted her skirt and walked down the last flight of stairs, her calm eyes faintly stared at the officer's uneasy face, and smiled contemptuously:

"This palace is the side concubine of King Solo of the Wudan Kingdom, the eldest daughter of Emperor Dayi Chenxi, which of you has eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and you dare to come to take this palace?"

Cold sweat "tick-tock" flowed endlessly, the officer licked his lips, knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty:

"The last general will disturb the eldest princess late at night, and I hope the princess will forgive her sins."

Princess Ann and Princess stirred her eyelashes and sighed:

"This palace is paraded in micro-clothes, and I don't want to hear about Emperor Dayi's immortal tour just when I reach the border between the two countries. He is the royal brother of the palace, since you are here, if you lead the palace into the palace, the palace wants to give the royal brother a ride in person. ”

This is not too much to ask.

The officer thought about it silently, he was just a small lieutenant in the Gyeonggi military camp, and he was ordered to chase the murderer here, and he didn't want to collide with Princess Ahn and the eldest princess.

Hengzhi is half of the Dayi royal family, if she displeases her and sues him in front of the new emperor, won't his head be moved.

It's better to cause less trouble and promise her.

“…… The last general is willing to lead the way for the eldest princess, Your Royal Highness the princess, please. ”

……

The moonlight is like silver, shining on the cold Jingyang Palace.

Gu Yunyao was dressed in a white soft skirt, walking through the mottled and shaking lights step by step, standing in the night breeze of the courtyard.

A contest for imperial power, the murder of the palace took away the monarch of Dayi and the lord of the six palaces, and all the people who were still alive in the palace witnessed the bloodshed and crime of that night. But now, no one dares to speak.

It is true that Gu Yunyao does not love the emperor, but he always relies on her for a day of life, so that she and the Seventh Prince can live a stable life in this deep palace.

Now, I am afraid that this stable life has come to an end......

The night breeze was whirring, and the woman's long hair and skirt were fluttering, and she was not moving in the form of a perfect statue under the cover of the night.

Zhao An stood in front of the corridor, staring at the lonely and helpless figure in the courtyard, and the depressed pain filled his heart. A heart seems to be held by a ghost hand, and it is arbitrarily kneaded until it is deformed.

"Master, it's windy, let's go back."

Turning his eyes to look at the sky, Zhao An suppressed the heaviness that he was enduring in his chest, and reminded softly:

"It's not too early, it's time for you to settle in."

"Zhao An, will the new emperor let us go?"

Gu Yunyao raised her hand slightly, holding the fallen leaves floating in the wind in her palm, and her murmuring and weak voice made people feel pity.

Zhao An tried his best to pretend that he was fine, and comforted her with a kind face:

"When the new emperor was the prince, the master treated him well, and now that he inherits the unification, how can he remember the old feelings."

Gu Yunyao smiled coldly and sadly, her thin white face slowly raised, and she said abruptly:

"Ruthless is the most emperor's family, he has pretended to be stupid for more than ten years to hide everyone's eyes, it can be seen that the city government is scheming above Leng Qingtang.

Leng Qingtang just went to the front line, and he instigated the palace change, but I was afraid that when the southern Xinjiang was over, his butcher's knife would be aimed at Leng Qingtang. ”

Although Gu Yunyao is a woman, she has a unique eye, and her analysis and discernment ability are keen, all of which are called Zhao Anxin.

He had to sigh deeply:

"It's the slave who disappointed the master, now the palace and the palace are strictly guarded by the forbidden army and the Gyeonggi army, and even the actions of the Dongchang guards are no longer free, and the former slave really can't think of a good way to deliver the news to the outside world......"

Gu Yunyao shook her head and choked in her throat:

"This palace doesn't blame you, everything has a certainty. This palace is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but the Seven Princes have not yet grown up, and this palace has just gone, and Jiuquan is afraid that he will be ashamed of Sister Xu......"

Zhao An rolled his wide sleeves to wipe his sour eyes, and then put on a smiling face:

"The master must not be too pessimistic, tomorrow the funeral palace funeral ceremony to observe the situation and then make plans. Most of the harem concubines have no heirs, no more than the seven princes by your side, and the status of the mother's family is respected. The slave thought, no matter what, the matter of martyrdom for the former emperor could not be put on the master's head. ”

This night, how many people in the harem tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, keeping their eyes open until dawn.

The sky was gray, and the dark clouds were pressed very low, and the summer sun could not be seen, as if a torrential rain was brewing.

Emperor Jingxiao died overnight, Empress Qian of the East Palace, the lanterns of the colorful mantle palace were all replaced with white silk, and the slow death knell of the corner tower coiled for a long time, and the whole country mourned.

In the funeral palace, curling green smoke spread everywhere with the direction of the whirlwind blowing through the window.

During the funeral, the red candle is replaced by white wax, the lantern is wrapped with white yarn, and the white and snowy colors everywhere are dazzling, and the surrounding scenery is lined with trance and unreal.

At the end of the heavy white flags is the good Azusa Palace, made of golden silk nanmu, and then there is a high god card to worship.

Gu Yunyao knelt among the harem concubines, and her body looked very thin in mourning clothes.

After a round of crying sacrifices, she was helped up by her subordinates with the concubines and moved to the temporary open-air shed outside the hall to rest for a while.

The Seven Princes were young, and they were also brought to worship Emperor Daxing. After kneeling for nearly an hour, the small man was tired and wilted, and some of them were unsteady on their feet.

Gu Yunyao gently protected him, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the Miao Concubine Xiao in the front row turning around, raising his hand to tuck his wet red nose, and the delicate and charming Danfeng eyes swept coldly over the faces of the concubines, and a trace of essence flew by under his eyes.

The rose red lips pursed a light arc, and Concubine Xiao covered her nose and commanded loudly:

"Honor, proclaim."

The tall eunuch was wearing mourning clothes and shook off the edict, his face was very rigid and very much like an elongated horse face, and the male duck did not have half a minute of temperature when he pulled his throat:

"Emperor Daxing returns to heaven, and the harem concubines are not suitable for those who have children, and they are all ordered to ...... death"

Before the edict was over, the four cries shook the sky, and the weak women received the will, and the weeping voices broke their throats, and they all howled and crawled on the ground.

This outcome was predictable, and fortunately those who had children were able to escape martyrdom.

Although secretly relieved, Gu Yunyao was still frightened by the muddy cries around her, her hands and feet were cold, her mind was at a loss, and she was suddenly knocked down by the concubine who was crying fainting behind her.

The Seventh Prince ran narrowly and crookedly to pull her, calling ignorantly:

"Yu Niangniang, get up, get up."

Gu Yunyao's limbs trembled and she didn't get up, but she heard Concubine Xiao's cold voice resounding above her head:

"Come on, the biological mother of the Seventh Prince has already died, quickly send the Seventh Prince back to the Duanben Palace, and Concubine Yu Min will be buried."