Yang Mengming's canonization ceremony was much more complicated than when Yang Xianfei entered the palace, and the sheng flute and drums were lively until the first month of the following year.

The Empress Dowager's illness has also improved, and her eyes, which were about to lose her sight, can now see clearly again, the ancestors are happy, and the entire Weiyang Palace is shrouded in a peaceful and happy atmosphere.

On that day, she was lighting ambergris in the vertical arch hall, Yunhe hurriedly came in, and she asked funny: "What makes you nervous like this?" ”

"Cai Ling." Yunhe wanted to speak and stopped, looked down at her holding the incense burning in her hand, and hurriedly took it, before he whispered: "Jiang Taishou defected with his family." ”

"Defected...... Cai Ling still maintained the posture of lighting incense, and was stunned for a moment, and I didn't know if my aunt had successfully left Chang'an City.

"I heard that he fled to the north and defected to the abolished prince Tai. And Tai is now the leader of the rebel army in the northern kingdom, which is the most feared by the northern court. Yunhe whispered.

All this was clear in an instant, no wonder Yuan Jie would obey Shen Tai's orders, it turned out that the driving force behind it was her father. When she encountered all kinds of things in the north, she carefully concealed it from Shen Muchi, on the one hand, to protect the Jiang family and the Yang family, and on the other hand, she was worried about affecting the family in Shuzhong. Who knows, her family is the initiator of this conspiracy.

At the beginning, the prince forced the palace, and the date was chosen on the day of her wedding, the success or failure was unknown, and no one reminded her of such a big event.

Now that the Ju clan has defected, even the aunt who was imprisoned in the palace has regained her freedom, but she, who has been by the emperor's side all the time, did not know until the incident happened.

It's her every time they plot and calculate! In their consideration of the overall situation, they have never taken care of her!

She sat on the black gold brick floor in the main hall, and her already warm heart was full of chills.

"Cai Ling." Yunhe glanced at her carefully, and suddenly said, "You can be regarded as growing up in the palace since you were a child, so you don't need your aunt to take you to that secret path." “

Cai Ling glanced at the anxious Yunhe gratefully, and comforted, "It's okay. Your Majesty will not blame me indiscriminately. ”

As soon as the words fell, the masters of the Imperial Lieutenant Bureau were already standing outside the hall, and the leader was about to detain her recently, Yun He snorted coldly: "What a bold man, dare to arrest people in the Vertical Arch Palace?" “

"Lord Bai doesn't know that the humble post is here on the order of the emperor to escort Jiang Cailing to the heavenly prison pending trial." The leader arched his hand.

"I'll go with you." Cai Ling put her hands together and offered it, it was not the first time she had set foot in the prison of Dali Temple, and there was nothing to fear.

Inside the prison, there was still a raging flame, and the fierce little official once again held the red-hot triangular soldering iron head, threatening to leave a mark on her face worthy of a lifetime if she didn't move.

She said calmly: "Then I'll say it again, I have nothing to do with the abolished prince, and I am not the spy of the northern kingdom that you refer to. ”

The little official had no way to take her, so in a fit of anger, he threw the soldering iron in his hand into the fire. Cai Ling turned around and went back to her cell.

After two full days in prison, she welcomed a nobleman.

When Liang Mingyue stepped into the prison with her already pregnant belly, the accompanying female officials were still chattering and advising, and the filthy yin here was heavy and I was afraid that it would not be good for the little prince, Cai Ling sat in the cell with her knees crossed, and she could hear it from afar.

"Sister Ling......" is still a timbre like a yellow bird.

"Liangxian Concubine Niangniang Jin'an." She sat on the ground, unmoved.

Concubine Xian didn't care, and only instructed the little official: "You must serve Master Jiang well." ”

"The little one obeys." The little official took the money, and his eyebrows crooked with a smile.

She raised her eyes and looked at the smiling woman in front of her, and suddenly felt that the cold wind poured in from outside the iron window, and the innocent and beautiful woman in the past swore that she would repay Qiong Yao with a peach, and she didn't know when she hated him like this.

Maybe when she was in the northern country, she misunderstood the safflower, snow lotus, and deer fetus she put in the dining room. I also blame myself for being too careless.

Cai Ling buried her head between her legs again, not looking, not listening, and not thinking about anything.

Later, it was Zhao Zhaoyi who knelt outside the vertical arch hall and begged His Majesty, and Yang Guifei said all the good things in front of the Empress Dowager and His Majesty, so that His Majesty was willing to come to the prison to interrogate her personally.

That day, she had not eaten a full meal for a long time, and she was skinny and pale, and knelt in front of His Majesty's chair.

When she approached, she couldn't help but glance up at Long Yan, but he didn't look at her, only moved his gaze to the side.

She sighed imperceptibly, people say that the emperor is the most ruthless. Her Shen Muchi is not an outlier in the end.

"The slave didn't know about his father's defection. There is no collusion between the slave and the deposed prince. Cai Ling first clarified.

"Hmph...... Do you dare to say that there is no collusion?" The emperor asked coldly, "If there is no collusion, how can you deliberately ask for the Empress Dowager's decree, do you know that your aunt was only released from the palace a few days ago, and your father defected from Shu." Isn't all this arranged step by step, so what?

She couldn't say a word. Shen Muchi was right, in those people's calculations, as long as my aunt left the palace safely, everything in the dark could be put on the surface. She is just a pawn in this calculation, and no one cares whether the pawn lives or dies.

"Taken advantage of?" The Emperor smiled contemptuously, shattering all her pride in an instant.

She knelt in place, silent.

"If you have served me with all your heart, I will not kill you." The emperor suddenly gave her a reassuring pill, and she didn't know what medicine was sold in his gourd, so he sighed and said, "Go to Yunnan." Don't come back. ”

With that, he got up and walked away without looking back. She looked up, and with tears in her eyes, she wanted to see his long back clearly, because she might never see him again in this life, but she was vague, and as soon as she wiped her tears, the back disappeared behind the iron gate.

Later, the Criminal Department came to announce that the female official Jiang of the inner court was bewitched by the adulterer, and she was not allowed to return to Beijing without an edict from Yunnan.

The moment she got out of the prison, she didn't know whether she should be happy or sad, she just looked at the blue sky, and several cuckoo birds in the air swept overhead. It should be happy, right, even if it is distributed, it will be like a little bird from now on, but the two lines of hot tears still fall like beads with broken threads.

At this time, the inner hall was vertically arched, the emperor leaned on the dragon chair behind the bookcase, and on the low stool not far away, Shen Youjian, the king of Dian, was sitting on his lap. The two of them didn't say anything, and each drank tea.

After a pillar of incense, King Dian spoke first: "Your Majesty really reassures you to keep her by Weichen's side?" ”

His Majesty's cold gaze looked over, and the King of Dian unconsciously lowered his voice, "Why can't you return to Beijing without an edict?" ”

"I thought about it left and right, but Uncle Huang was the most trustworthy, so I put her by Uncle Huang's side, and I hoped that Uncle Huang would take care of her." Although the emperor is polite, a pair of starry eyes are still breathtaking, "When this matter calms down a little, my anger will disappear, and I will edict her to come back." “

"I understand." The King of Dian replied.

Outside the prison of Dali Temple, but a few hundred steps is the palace gate.

This trip is thousands of miles, and I don't know if there will be a chance to return to Chang'an in this life.

Before leaving, she still took a deep look in the direction of the vertical arch hall.

Suddenly, someone from the palace hurriedly came to talk to the guards of the Criminal Department, and the guards escorted her to turn around and walk towards the palace.

Cai Ling didn't know why, but she had no intention of delving.

Until, the three gilded characters of "Bixiao Palace" are still as eye-catching as ever.

She smiled slightly, thinking to herself that if Wei Wei thought that this humiliation could cause her harm, she was probably underestimating her too much. Of the changes in the world that have been experienced over the past few days, none of them is a stormy wave.

"Adults, please wait patiently here for a while, My mother has some friendship with the Jiang family, and now seeing that she is pitiful, she has set up a special wine to send off. Niangniang also knows that adults have important things to do, and they will not delay too much time to mention. Songhe bowed his head politely, and then turned his eyes to look at Cai Ling, his eyes were already cold, "Jiang Cailing, you go in with me to meet Niangniang." ”

Cai Ling stood still, glanced at the guards, and saw that they were holding the silver and sneered, so she entered the courtyard with Songhe.

After the door of the temple was tightly closed, the woman sitting on the main seat in front of the hall smiled evilly, "Yo...... Isn't this Lord Jiang?"

Cai Ling stood quietly in place and glanced at Wei Wei obliquely.

"Bold slave, I didn't kneel when I saw my mother." Songhe came up and kicked her again.

She suddenly became angry, and pushed Songhe out of the distance with one palm. Songhe stumbled and finally stabilized his figure.

"You!" Songhe rolled up his sleeves and was about to come forward and beat her. She frowned, she was ready to fight with her, although fighting with people was really a loss of identity, but now she was on fire, and she wanted to find an outlet.

"Songhe ......" Wei Wei raised his hand to stop, and then looked directly at Cai Ling and showed an extremely strange smile, Cai Ling was puzzled, and suddenly saw her clapping her hands, and a woman with a body shape and hair accessories eight points similar to her walked out from behind the screen, and that person was actually wearing a plain white prison uniform.

"Lift up your face and let her look at you." Wei Wei smiled and raised his sleeves.

An extremely familiar face appeared in front of her, and Cai Ling couldn't help but take a step back, this face was seven points similar to the self she saw in the bronze mirror every day. For a moment, she thought it was her sister Caiqian.

"Hahaha...... You can't even tell the difference. Wei Wei smiled and smiled, and suddenly had a straight face, "This is none other than Heng'er." The strongest disguise technique in the world, honestly don't deceive me. Hahaha......"

"Do you want Li Dai to be stiff and steal the beams and change the pillars?" Cai Ling smiled bitterly, "Do you know that I went to Yunnan after being convicted, and I will never be able to return to Beijing without an edict." ”

"Yunnan? Yunnan has beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people, and you are so cheap to send you here! Wei Wei said, "Heng'er used your identity, although you can't go back to the capital at will in the future, it is better to be able to walk in the southwest area at will than to do heavy work in the court." ”

Cai Ling thought about it and felt that what she said was not unreasonable.

At this time, Heng'er also showed a smile, her face was very stiff, and her flaws were revealed when she smiled. Wei Wei hurriedly told her to pay more attention.

Subsequently, Wei Wei ordered Songhe to take Heng'er, who was pretending to be Cheng Cailing, out and hand it over to the Criminal Department.

Cai Ling hurriedly wanted to rush out, but was tightly covered by several eunuchs in Bixiao Palace and tied her hands.

"I always knew you hated me, but I didn't expect it to make you kill. After a moment, Cai Ling, who had given up resistance, only smiled coldly.

"It's not this palace who wants to kill you." Wei Wei held his head high, "Do you still remember Biluo, who was favored by His Majesty at the beginning, but finally died under His Majesty's sword." You are really confused, you dare to collude with the rebel party in the north, do you know that Your Majesty has never shown mercy to the spies in the north. “

So Shen Muchi wants to kill her?

Cai Ling glanced out the window, it was okay to deceive a three-year-old child with such a clumsy lie, she wouldn't believe it after all. If he was intent on killing her, why bother, he didn't have to say "I won't kill you" in the prison.

"Don't believe me?" Wei Wei Ling Ran smiled and clapped his palms again.

At this time, the eunuch who came out of the inner hall was wearing a dark red robe, and there was a white porcelain bottle in the gold lacquer tray in his hand, "This is the wine given by His Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty's wine?" She stared incredulously at the person in front of her, "You put your head up and let me take a closer look." ”

Yude! It must be Yude, who has always been estranged from her. She cried out in her heart several times.

"Aunt Jiang......" The man raised his face, two lines of tears flowed from his round face, and his already unrefined facial features were twisted into a ball, which was already distorted.

"Yu'an......" She had just muttered, and tears fell one by one without obeying the call.

In the past, if she was reproached by His Majesty, Yu'an always came to her to complain, and said, "I don't know when the Sprinkle family will be favored by Your Majesty like my aunt." She always replied with a smile: "Yu'an is not in a hurry." Yu An comforted her instead: "Auntie, don't think about leaving the palace again, Your Majesty treats your aunt sincerely, and it is a blessing that many concubines and masters can't get." She smiled again: "I know." ”

"Father-in-law Xie will take a trip." Songhe, who had already sent Heng'er away, entered the hall, walked forward quickly, and hurriedly wanted to take the tray in Yu'an's hand, Yu'an pinched it and didn't let it go, Wei Wei glared at him, he let go, and Songhe hurriedly protected the wine that was about to pour in the tray.

Yu'an had just left, and Cai Ling went up to get the wine.

This life is not long or short, she was born in the family of generations of hairpins, has been in and out of the deep palace since she was a child, has made many friends, has also been a wine seller, and has also been a four-grade court official, life in the most beautiful years abruptly ended, maybe not so bad.

At least, she no longer has to worry about Shen Mu having no heirs, she doesn't have to worry about him not being able to eat and sleep, and she doesn't have to put him on the tip of her heart in every detail. She thought. But the tears couldn't stop flowing, she raised her hand to wipe it dry, and she wanted to walk alone on the Huangquan Road, crying and crying so much.

If you can choose in the next life, you may never see each other again.

"Wait." Wei Wei continued to sneer, and suddenly grabbed a sharp knife, "Just drinking a glass of poisonous wine is too cheap for you." There is something more interesting in Hongu, and I have been waiting for a long time. ”