Chapter 023: Dilemma

Pushing open the window, the cold wind mixed with the rain blew into the house, and the cool air on his face lifted Zhao Hao's spirits. After more than ten days of sailing, their fleet finally encountered the sentinel ships of the Great Song Dynasty, and only then did they take them into Jiazi Harbor, which was the fifteenth day of the first month of the second year of Jingyan, and they spent the New Year in wandering.

"Wang De, can anyone come to the palace?" Zhao Yu had been back for three days, but he was only placed in a mansion outside the town, and the palace sent a variety of things, but the emperor and the empress dowager did not summon them. And Ni Liang and the others who accompanied him were temporarily placed by Liu Huang, but they have not shown up to this day, which makes him a little puzzled.

"Your Royal Highness, the little one has been waiting outside the door, and no one has come to report, I think the official family and the mother are entangled in something, so it is inconvenient to summon it!" Wang De bowed and saluted.

"You're from the mother's palace, aren't you?" Zhao Yu raised his hand to excuse him, and looked up and down at Wang De, the newly transferred chief of the chamberlain, who was in his thirties, of medium stature, with a white face and a delicate face, and at first glance he was a eunuch.

"Your Royal Highness has a good memory, the little one has been serving the Queen Mother, and the mother learned that His Royal Highness came back to serve the little one in the house.

"Oh, why are the old people in the house gone, have they been transferred to another place?" When Zhao Yu first moved in, he found that there was no familiar face among the attendants, palace maids and guards who served him inside and out, and at first he thought that the palace thought that he had been killed if he had not returned for many days, and transferred people to other places, but now that he has been back for two days, none of those people have returned, which is a little strange.

"Your Highness doesn't know that His Highness disappeared after getting off the ship that day, and the mother and the official family were furious and executed all those unsatisfactory slaves and maids." Wang De hesitated and replied.

"Alas...... But the king hath troubled them. Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, and sighed after being silent for a while. Thinking that he hurriedly got off the boat and got on the isolation ship by mistake in order to save Ni Liang, he didn't expect to save one person, but one hundred and ten people gave their lives for it, which is really unbearable.

"Your Highness doesn't need to be sentimental, you are a nobleman, but those slaves and maids were careless and almost missed His Highness's life, and the crime should be like this." Wang De looked sad when he saw His Royal Highness, and he was also uneasy in his heart, but he saw with his own eyes that the attendants, palace maids, guards, and sailors on His Highness's ship were all tied into zongzi and thrown into the sea to feed the fish, and this was the decree of the mother with the heart of a bodhisattva. Seeing that His Highness did not mean to be angry with himself, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly relieved.

"Where are the men who have returned with the king in the same boat?" Zhao Yu suddenly thought that those people who had suffered with him would not be treated as epidemic patients, right? He hurriedly asked.

"Your Highness, those people have all disembarked and set up another camp for the time being." Wang De replied.

"Where's Lord Liu?"

"Your Highness, this ...... I don't know what this little one is. Wang Deyan replied with a smile.

"Well, Ni Liang, Ni Liang......" Liu Huang has not heard from him since he got off the boat, and he seems to be under house arrest, and he is also a stranger on the left and right, which makes Zhao Hao very uneasy, and he doesn't know what happened in the court.

"Your Highness, there is no one named Ni Liang in the house, do you want to send someone to find it?" Seeing that His Royal Highness shouted that he wanted to go out, Wang De was in a hurry and blocked the door.

"This king wants to go out for a walk." Zhao Yu said that the old men who served him were all executed, and Ni Liang, the 'culprit', must have hidden it after hearing about it, but it was okay to do so, so as not to add another wisp of grievances. And the top priority is to contact your own people, but there is no one around you who can be trusted, so you can only go by yourself.

"It's raining outside Your Highness, and it's mixed, so Niangniang told Your Highness not to go out." Wang De looked at His Highness and replied cautiously.

“……”

"Your Royal Highness, Niangniang has ordered the forbidden army and guards in front of the palace to be there, and no one is allowed to enter the palace at will, and the original entourage of the palace has also been replaced." Wang De saw that His Royal Highness's face was tense, and he seemed very unhappy, and hurriedly explained.

"What?! Why do you want to replace the king's people, find them all for me immediately, I won't eat if I don't have one, I want to see my mother......" Zhao Yu heard the secret scream, his own people are not visible, if he is recognized, and he leaves his own protection, it will not be a small life, and the fragile alliance that has just been formed will disappear in an instant, but all he can do is play on the child's temper to force him to submit.

"Your Highness, the little one can't be the master!"

"Your Highness, have pity on the poor little one!"

"Your Highness, the small one is for you to ride as a horse, it's good ......"

"Your Highness, let's go to the garden, okay......"

Wang De was sweating at the moment, his voice was hoarse, no matter how he coaxed, His Royal Highness was still making a lot of noise, and he was determined to see his playmates and his mother. And before he came, Niangniang had already given a strict order, and His Royal Highness asked him if he was wrong, how could he dare to agree easily. If you don't agree, I'm afraid that Your Highness will sue in front of Niangniang one day, and then you will have to shed your skin if you don't die. This left is not right, it's really sad......

In the end, he couldn't resist the crying His Highness, and Wang De had to promise him to take a turn outside the door. Under the service of the little yellow door, just put on the robe and hat, Zhao Yu couldn't wait to rush out of the door, Wang De greeted a few little yellow doors, and chased after him to hold up an umbrella for His Royal Highness.

Zhao Hao observed as he walked, but all the way from the inner courtyard to the front hall, he could only see a part, and he could only guess an approximate idea based on his limited knowledge of ancient buildings in his previous life. This house is not small, although it only passed through the three courtyards, but Wang De once offered to take him to the garden to play, so the whole should be a four-entry mansion. And there are courtyards on the east and west sides, at least there should be three courtyards, and the scale of the palace is naturally incomparable, but it is also a patchwork of high-rise mansions, in such a small place should be regarded as a mansion.

"The lower official and the emperor brought weapons to join the army, Jiang Zongjie saw His Royal Highness King Wei!" As soon as he arrived at the front hall, a person stepped forward to give a salute by name.

"Oh...... Excuse me! Zhao Yu was stunned, looking this person up and down, he was about twenty years old, with a delicate face, if he wasn't wearing a battle robe and carrying a war knife, he really didn't look like a soldier, and he didn't have the impression of checking the database in his mind, thinking that he was an ordinary junior officer.

"Jiang has worked hard to join the army, His Royal Highness wants to go out and go around, please make it convenient." Wang De, who was behind him, smiled very respectfully and replied. This makes Zhao Hao very strange, the inner servant has been a transcendent existence in all dynasties, often a lowly and powerful person, and he was once a person next to the Queen Mother, it is said that even in this time of chaos, he will not be so polite to a gatekeeper to join the army.

"Don't dare, Wang Daguan is polite." That Jiang Zongjie flashed down, and hurriedly returned the salute, obviously not daring to accept his salute.

"It's good that Mr. Jiang has been busy these days and has not been able to greet him!" Wang De said with a smile, his attitude was still the same.

"Thank you for your concern, my father is fine." Jiang Zongjie also greeted politely.

"Ahem......" Zhao Yu understood now, the only person who can be called Boss Jiang in the court is the commander of the palace army Jiang Wanzai, this Xiao Jiang is his son, no wonder Wang De is so polite. But the two of you are endlessly polite, treating Lao Tzu as air, so he coughed heavily twice to remind them of his existence, and he missed Ni Liang even more in his heart, if he had blocked them a long time ago, but I don't know if I can be okay now?

"Your Highness atons for your sins, and the lower officials can arrange for people to accompany you." Seeing His Royal Highness's angry little face, Jiang Zongjie immediately realized the problem and hurriedly saluted.

But at this moment, there was a noise outside the gate, it seemed that someone was going to break into the house, Jiang Zongjie hurriedly asked people to check, and mobilized people to come, Wang De nervously protected His Royal Highness from letting him come forward, for a while the saber rattling, the atmosphere was solemn, Zhao Yu also realized that this might be coming at him, but he didn't know whether he was friend or foe.

"Joined the army, that crazy man came again, and seven or eight of our brothers couldn't stop it, and they were all beaten by him." At this time, a soldier with a blue nose and a swollen face ran over and said.

"Does he want to rebel? Take him down with me!" Jiang Zongjie tugged on the long knife on his crotch and said, "Your Highness, this crazy man has been guarding outside the mansion gate for a few days, and he has been driven away several times and refuses to leave. ”

"Your Royal Highness......" Zhao Hao heard someone shouting loudly outside the door, but he seemed to Ni Liang, "Don't hurt him, that person is the king's personal entourage." Isn't it his stupid brother who listened to it again, and ran towards the gate as he spoke, but a group of people couldn't figure out the situation, and chased after him to escort him.

Before 'Boom' could reach the door, the door had already been knocked open, and a person staggered in, "Your Highness, are you okay!" ”

"Okay, you've been guarding the door?" When Zhao Yu saw it, he immediately caught up and grabbed the hand of the visitor, and his eyes were red. It's only been three days since I saw him, Ni Liang seems to have changed as a person, his clothes are wet and muddy and he can't see his true colors, his cheeks are deep, and his wet hair sticks to his forehead, like a beggar, but the smile on his face is still bright, and his appearance is no different from that of two fools.

"Your Highness, after you got off the ship, I followed, but those soldiers were not allowed to enter the palace. I'm afraid that His Royal Highness will stay outside the door if something happens......" Ni Liang was a little embarrassed to straighten his clothes, took out his dirty hand and rubbed it on his body and said.

"What a stupid brother!" No need for him to say more, Zhao Hao also understood, in order to wait for himself, this fool stayed outside the door without eating or drinking for three days and three nights, and now it was cold and raining, I don't know how he survived.

"Your Highness, don't cry, I'm fine!" , On the way to escape, Ni Liang did not see His Royal Highness crying on the dangerous isolation ship. Now seeing his tears falling, he hurriedly squatted down and wiped His Highness with his sleeve, but he didn't expect his tears to flow more happily, Ni Liang was a little panicked, and he comforted lightly with a red face.

"Won't you avoid it? If there are three long and two short, how can I explain to Ni Zhuangyuan! Zhao Yu wiped the rain from Ni Liang's face with his hand and choked, his regret overflowing......