"Okay, this king will allow you." Liu Heng waved his hand, "But even if you fail, you won't apologize with death, and then find other punishments." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yifang turned around after thanking him, and sang like Wen Jiayi before.

Yifang's singing voice is naturally not as good as Wen Jiayi, who has been trained for many years, but it can still be heard. After a while, she raised her voice, and some birds began to appear in the empty sky, just like the previous performance. The birds, still circling around the singer a few times, flew to the grass in the small garden, and made the word "king" as before. When the song of the Yifang was almost over, the birds rose into the air, circled for a while, and then scattered in all directions.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has done it." Yifang walked up to Liu Heng without being humble or arrogant, and bowed down to bow down.

"Yes, but the king wants to know, how did you attract these birds?" Liu Heng hooked the corners of his mouth, "I'm afraid it's not just singing, right?" ”

"The king is wise, this kind of carving insect skill naturally can't hide from the king's eyes." Yi Fang pointed behind him and said, "These eunuchs who just helped the concubine can explain it clearly to the king." ”

"Come and talk about it." Liu Heng summoned the eunuchs to him.

The eunuch at the head was Wu Ping, who was beside Liu Heng, and he stepped forward and said: "Back to the king, Miss Dou asked us to divide into three groups, one to go to the grass in the small garden, and use the grains that birds love to eat to put them again according to the handwriting of the previous Yue Liangren. Another group of people went to make some lily water, and after the mixture, they were handed over to Miss Tengling's side. The third group caught some birds, and when Miss Dou gave us a signal, they released all the birds. That's all we do, and we don't know the rest. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yifang stepped forward and continued: "Your Majesty, the concubine made an appointment with the eunuchs as a signal to raise the volume, but they released all the birds, and the concubine had poured lily water on her body in advance, which attracted the birds to hover overhead. When they find the grain that attracts them more, they all go to the grass to peck at it, and when the grain is eaten, they fly away. ”

"Wonderful!" Liu Heng clapped his hands happily, "It's really a careful plan." ”

Everyone was amazed by this exquisite design, only Qi Zhi was so angry that her teeth itched, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly felt that she could use this matter to suppress Wen Jiayi's arrogance, and walked out of the crowd.

"Your Majesty, this method is really ingenious, but Sister Fang Cai Yue said that her song attracted these birds, but in fact she did her work secretly, this is really a deception!"

Who knew that Liu Heng was happy at this time, and he didn't care about her words at all, he didn't pay attention to her provocation at all, he just looked at Yifang and said with a smile: "The Dou family is so smart, this king looks at it, and it is good to be a lady." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was surprised. It stands to reason that the canonization of a family member without any family background support should start with the long envoy and the young envoy, and if it is meritorious, it will be crowned as the eighth or seventh son. These family members were sent from Chang'an by Empress Lu, and in order to give Empress Lu Hou, there is nothing wrong with giving a higher position, but no matter what, they should be under the beloved. Now that the king wants to raise this Dou family to such a high position as his wife all of a sudden, it really makes everyone sigh.

"Your Majesty, can't the son of the family directly leap to the position of lady!" The queen has always done everything according to the king's wishes, and has never raised objections, but this time it is indeed too inappropriate. If you don't stop it, I'm afraid the Queen Mother will be blamed in the future.

Liu Heng's expression froze, and he suddenly remembered something, and then said: "What the queen said is reasonable, then let's seal a beauty first!" ”

The queen wanted to continue to persuade, but seeing that Liu Heng's face was no longer as radiant as Fang Cai, she opened her mouth, but she still didn't say anything after all.

"The son of the family, Dou, was named a beauty and given the title of 'Su'."

As soon as Liu Heng's words fell, Yifang raised her head suddenly, this plain word aroused her infinite sorrow, and made her suddenly remember the time when she was still Shangguan Ansu. But this is not the time to be distracted, she tried her best to take her thoughts back, and bowed to the ground to thank Liu Heng.

After each of them has obtained their positions, it is time to arrange their respective palaces. Except for Yifang, who was designated by the acting king to live in Guangyang Palace, the residences of several other people were arranged by eunuchs. finally settled down, Wen Jiayi lived in the Linhua Hall where Mrs. Cao lived, and Liu Rong and Qi Zhi lived in the Changqiu Palace.

Fortunately, they had just arrived here, and they didn't have much luggage with them, and they quickly moved back and forth. Now that the position has been decided, there are many palace maids and eunuchs around Yifang, and the handling and finishing work of the salute does not need Zili and Tengling to do. The three of them strolled around in the Guangyang Palace, coveting the comfort of this moment.

"Girl, we're going to live here in the future?" Teng Ling understood in his heart, but he couldn't help but ask.

"Now that I have a position, I can't call me a girl anymore." Zili reminded him, and then turned around and gave Yifang a big salute, "The slave has seen a plain beauty." ”

"Alright, you two don't get down to business." Yifang took the two of them over and walked side by side. Although this does not conform to the rules of master and servant, they have come all the way from Chang'an, and they have long been sisters, and when there are no outsiders, they don't care about those rules.

"What's the matter?" Zili didn't think of anything else to do.

Yi Fang nodded her forehead: "Forgot so quickly?" Then Xia Liyun is still in prison. ”

"Xia Liyun? What do we care about her? ”

"Although she usually likes to chew the root of her tongue, she is not a person who is a big sin, we used her in order to get out of the situation at that time, and let her end up in such a field, naturally we want to give her some compensation." Yifang sighed and said, "We are all from Chang'an, if I don't help her now, I'm afraid she will have to die in prison." ”

"Yifang, you are now the concubine of the acting king, how can you still be so kind!" Zili admonished, "This is the case in this palace, if you are stupid and harmed, you have to suffer by yourself." That's her, Xia Liyun can't control her mouth, no wonder we want to open the way with her. ”

"Zili, what you said makes sense, but we are also in the palace, maybe one day I will be harmed by others. In the case of being able to protect yourself, if you can help others, then you can help more, and it is also regarded as accumulating virtue. ”

Zili sighed: "Okay, then what do you want to do?" ”

"I want to go to the prison to see her first, and if she wants, I will think of sending her out of the palace and living a free life."

"No, beauty, the prison is heavily guarded, and you can't easily get in, it's too dangerous." Teng Ling was also comforting on the side.

"It's okay, I have my own way to get in."

At night, Yifang took Teng Ling and disguised himself as a eunuch to go to the prison. She had deliberately observed that the eunuchs who delivered food to the prison would be divided into two groups, and when these two groups of people went back and forth, it was also the time for the prison guards to change the guard. If you take advantage of this time to enter in disguised as a eunuch, no one will notice that the two groups of people have become three.

Tengling was a little apprehensive at first, for fear of being recognized, so he pressed his hat very low. But the guards were so engrossed in their own supper that they didn't notice them at all.

Closely following the footsteps to find the cell where Xia Liyun was, the Yi room slowly approached, and Teng Ling stood aside to help them let them out. Fortunately, this cell is the innermost one in the prison, and no one will easily come over.

"Xia Liyun." Yifang let out a tentative cry, and the figure curled up in the corner of the wall trembled, and then immediately raised its head.

She stared at the clothes on Yifang's body for a long time, and there were tears in her eyes: "You have all been named concubines, only I stay in such a ghost place, and I can't go anywhere." ”

"Do you want to get out?" Time is limited, and Yifang doesn't beat around the bush with her.

Xia Liyun's eyes lit up: "You're here to save me?" Do you have a way to get me out? ”

Yi Fang nodded: "As long as you do what I say, I can secretly send you out of the palace." ”

"Out of the palace? Don't you know how to get me out? Why leave the palace? Xia Liyun looked incredulous.

"You can go outside the palace and live a free life, which is what many women in the deep palace dream of."

"No, I'm not out of the palace!" Xia Liyun took two steps back, as if Yifang was a beast that wanted to pull her into the flood, "I am the son of the family, the concubine of the acting king, I want to stay in the palace to enjoy happiness, I don't want to go out!" ”

Yifang couldn't help frowning: "If you don't want to leave the palace, it's just that you should know in your heart whether you are enjoying happiness as the concubine of the acting king, or dying of old age in this prison." I'll only give you this chance, and if you don't want to go out, I won't come again. ”

Yi Fang waited for a while after speaking, and saw that she had not moved, so he turned around to leave.

"Wait." Xia Liyun finally stopped her, "If I promise to leave the palace, will you give me some money?" Going out like this, how can I survive outside the palace? ”

"That's nature."

"Okay, then I'll listen to you."

After talking to Xia Liyun about his plan, and just as Teng Ling was also urging, Yifang still pretended to be a eunuch and left the prison quickly. It's just that they left in a hurry, not noticing the eyes I was staring at them in the dark, and the owner of those eyes was Wen Jiayi, who was robbed of the limelight by Yifang today.

"Beauty, does this plan really work?" Teng Ling still couldn't help but be a little worried, they agreed that it would be two days later, after all, the sooner the better, and the later it was.

"Aren't we going in and out today?" Yi Fang raised his eyebrows at Tengling, "Although it is true that there is a certain risk in pretending to be a eunuch, this is also the best way." Xia Liyun knew the stakes of this matter, and she would definitely not show her feet when she left. ”

"But I'm still a little worried, beauty, Zili doesn't say much to my sister, we shouldn't care about this."

"Now that it's in charge, there is no turning back when you open the bow, so let's take care of it to the end!" Yifang took a deep look at the dark sky, and didn't know when this palace would usher in a glimmer of light. If not, it would be good if you could be the dawn of others.

But as soon as he returned to the Guangyang Palace, he found that the hall was brightly lit at this time. Yifang felt strange, when they left, there were only a few small lights, and the palace people were all sent back to rest, how could they hear the noisy talking inside.

Yifang felt bad in his heart, and hurried back, but saw Liu Heng sitting in the main hall, and there were several guards in front of him escorting a man in black. It seems that the assassin was caught somewhere, but how he came to the Guangyang Palace is really puzzling.

"Beauty, what do we do now?" Teng Ling looked at the eunuch clothes on them, and it must be inappropriate to walk in like this.

"I remember that there is a palace wall at the back entrance of Guangyang Hall that is relatively low, so let's go in from there, change our clothes, and then pretend to be woken up." Now that the situation is critical, there is only one way.

Yifang climbed over the palace wall when he was still in Chang'an, and his movements were quite familiar, and Tengling practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his skills were even sharper, and he didn't drag mud and water at all. The two jumped into the dormitory with their waists bent, hurriedly changed their clothes, and went out pretending to be confused.

"The concubine pays homage to the king." Yifang pretended to be surprised and saluted.

"Plain beauty?" Wu Ping was really surprised when he saw Yifang coming out of the dormitory. He had just checked under Liu Heng's orders, and there was no Yifang in the entire Guangyang Palace.

Liu Heng's face was calm: "Why did you only come out now?" Didn't any Assassin enter the Guangyang Hall without noticing? ”

"What? Assassins? Yifang's surprise at this time was not entirely fake, she was a little puzzled, today was her first day in Guangyang Palace, how could there be an assassin coming. If the assassin had been targeting her, he would have learned too quickly.

Liu Heng raised his head forward: "Oh, aren't you kneeling here?" ”

"Beauty, it's because your subordinates are careless, so you apologize for your sins with death here." When the assassin waited for Yifang to look at him, he kowtowed as if he were loyal, and immediately slashed his neck with a knife that the guards next to him had no time to stop him. Yifang was also startled, but immediately reacted that this person might have been specially sent to frame her.

"Listen to this assassin, you sent him back to his life?" Liu Heng felt that this matter was not so simple, but he still asked Yifang.

Yifang frowned, and immediately knelt in front of Liu Heng: "The king is clear, the concubine has never sent any assassins, and the concubine doesn't know this person at all." ”

"Really?"

"If the assassin was really sent by a concubine, and he was loyal to his concubine, why did he have to say such a sentence and then kill himself, didn't he betray his concubine? If he wants to betray his concubine, why should he seek death after saying it, and if he confesses his concubine, he may have a chance to get a glimmer of life. Such a contradictory behavior really wants to deliberately pour dirty water on the concubine. Yifang didn't panic at all.

"It makes sense, but this assassin appeared in your palace plainly, and so many guards and eunuchs saw it with their own eyes, so this can't be faked." Liu Heng still looked at Yifang with a suspicious gaze.