Akizuki smiled and motioned for Washio to tell him what he had seen and heard on the road.

Zhu Zhitong pondered for a while and said, "According to what you say, it's my eldest sister who wants to lock me up in this palace?" If you say that, it makes sense, no wonder the palace envoy dared to lock me in it. But why did my eldest sister do this? ”

"His Royal Highness just mentioned that the prayer for the longevity altar will only happen when His Majesty the Ming Emperor is seriously ill, so will it be ......" Eagletail stopped talking halfway through.

She didn't know the details in the Bihai Palace, but when she overheard the conversation between the palace envoy and the escort leader, she also thought that Zhu Zhiling had a precautionary heart for her sister before she gave this secret order. There are twelve royal clans of the Liuxia Kingdom, and the battle for the throne is extremely fierce, and in the eyes of Eagletail, this is a rare and ordinary thing.

"No!" Zhu Zhitong looked at the eagle tail's expression, and guessed what she wanted to say but didn't dare to say, "Of the three of us sisters, only the eldest sister will inherit the throne, and the second sister and I don't have the slightest such thoughts." This point is not only clear to the mother emperor, but also clear to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and there is no need to mention it between our sisters. That's why the mother queen let me just play and enjoy every day, and even allowed me to go out of the palace to wander around, but the eldest sister has been trapped on the Fuxing platform, and she rarely even goes out of the Taiye City Gate. ”

Eagle Tail and Qiu Yue glanced at each other, and they both heard Zhu Zhitong say sincerely, not like a whitewash.

"So what's next for Your Highness?" Qiu Yue asked.

"Hui Tai Liquid! I want to go back to Taiye City immediately, no matter what happens, no matter what reason the eldest sister doesn't let me come back, I have to go to see the mother. Zhu Zhitong's face was firm.

"Okay, then we will send His Highness until we enter Taiye City and then go back to Meilongyu. By the way, you can also enjoy the atmosphere of the national capital. ”

Washio pretended to be relaxed when he heard Akizuki, but in fact he already knew his intentions.

Zhu Zhitong's explanation did not dispel Qiu Yue's doubts.

Before the Dan Fan steps, even if you don't have the intention of harming others, you must have the heart of guarding against others. Akizuki is still worried about what danger will happen to her.

Zhu Zhitong thought about it, and didn't know what else she would encounter on the way, so she responded: "It's okay, then thank you." ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, as if they were back to the happy days of a few months ago.

No one had expected that the impermanent fate had opened its palms in Taiye City, waiting for their arrival.

******

The autumn rain continued, and the post road to Taiye City was muddy.

A rather inconspicuous carriage came from a distance, and it was Zhu Zhitong and Qiu Yueshi sitting in the car. Eagletail still disguised himself as a bearded middle-aged man, posing as a coachman and sitting at the front of the car.

Qiu Yue really saw Zhu Zhitong frowning, and Wen Yan said with relief:

"The monarch of the blue sea has always lived a long life, His Majesty the Ming Emperor should be fine, Your Highness should not worry too much."

Zhu Zhitong shook her head and said, "My mother emperor's health has not been very good, and she refused to even leave the palace gate for eight out of ten days. And the eldest sister has gone to the Wanshou Altar to pray for blessings, which is by no means ordinary, and I don't know what the details are at the moment, I am really anxious to die. ”

The monarch is sick, and people's hearts are fluctuating.

Choking and Strange Novels|w~w~w.

This is an inevitable phenomenon in any country, when the original lord of the Liuxia Kingdom was critically ill, the twelve royal families were about to move, so why not the situation was turbulent.

Qiu Yueshi knew the power of it, and was thinking hard about how to solve Zhu Zhitong

Suddenly, the carriage shook violently, as if the vulture had grabbed the reins.

"What?" Qiu Yue asked.

"Suddenly a bunch of fleeing people came ahead, and they almost crashed into the carriage, and the slaves and maids had to be in a hurry." The sound of the vulture's urn and the sound of the urn was heard.

"Fleeing? What is the escape from my blue sea country? Zhu Zhitong was surprised.

"Wait for the slave maid to go and investigate, Your Highness and your lordship, please wait in the car." As soon as the words fell, there was no one in front of the car.

Zhu Zhitong was in shock, and sure enough, he saw a small group of people pushing a cart and helping the old and young to pass by the carriage in a panic, and the cart was full of cages and ladders, obviously a family migration. However, from the direction point of view, it is not from Taiye City due east, but from the direction of Linzhou in the northeast.

After a while, Eagletail returned to the car and whispered:

"My lord, I've made it clear. These people all fled from Linzhou. ”

"Linzhou? Could it be that the Imulans are making trouble again? Zhu Zhitong felt strange, it was normal for Imuran to harass Linzhou, but there was no such thing as fleeing.

"It is said that when the people learned that Imuran's army had been stationed in Baodi City, they speculated that they would invade the south soon, so they fled first."

"How so? What about the prefect of Linzhou? Did he just watch the people flee in all directions? Zhu Zhitong hurriedly asked.

"According to the people, the prefect of Linzhou was beheaded by the blood clan a few days ago, and this gap has not been filled since then. The people said that there were many officials in charge of affairs in the government, but when they encountered major events, they all passed the buck to each other, for fear that the Imulans would mistake him for the head of a state and have his head cut off. Since the government can't protect the people like headless flies, they have to flee on their own."

"But even if they want to flee, they should go to Taiye City, why do they all go around the city and not enter?"

"The people originally planned to do so, but as soon as they arrived in the north of the city, they saw tens of thousands of Bihai soldiers stationed in the north of the city, and they were worried that even Taiye City would become a battlefield in the near future, so they continued to come south overnight."

Qiu Yue pondered for a moment and asked, "Continue south, isn't it water?" ”

Zhu Zhitong nodded and said, "Yes, further south is Luoxia Bay in the south of Taiye City, where there are several wharves, and there are ships leading to the eastern, southern and southwestern waters of the blue sea. ”

"It seems that the people have made up their minds to flee as far north as possible."

Zhu Zhitong became more and more anxious.

"There is a lot of fighting on the edge of the Hanjiang River, and there are Imuran people in the north of Linzhou, what the hell is the eldest sister doing. I've got to get back to Taiye City, Washio, can we go any faster? ”

Washio looked at Akizuki with an inquiring look.

The latter just bowed his head in contemplation and did not look at her. However, when Washio saw Akizuki like this, he already knew what he meant.

Qiu Yue didn't want to go too fast, he must have been worried about something on the way.

In fact, not only Qiuyue, but even Eagle Tail felt that there were too many strange things along the way, the shipwreck of the Hanjiang River, the trapped palace, and the instability of Linzhou.

The carriage passed by the people and continued along the wide avenue. In the blink of an eye, it was close to noon, and all three of them were a little hungry.

Washio was about to ask if he wanted to get out of the car and take a bite to eat

, she suddenly saw something strange in an apricot forest in front of her.

"Your Highness, Your Excellency, please come and see!"

Qiu Yue heard the sound and looked forward, only to see a small group of soldiers beside the forest on the side of the road, led by a general, as high as a hill, riding a huge black horse under his crotch, only four hooves as white as snow.

“…… Iron flowers? Zhu Zhitong was surprised and delighted, "Tiehua! It's really you! ”

Qiu Yue and Eagle Tail were slightly relieved to see Zhu Zhitong's face happy, expecting that they were friends rather than enemies.

Tiehua dismounted and walked over, bowed to Zhu Zhitong and said, "Tiehua was ordered to take His Highness back to the palace." ”

"Tiehua, how do you know I'll be back? Did the eldest sister ask you to come? Big sister is so smart! ”

Tie Hua's face suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and replied: "The last general did not come here on the orders of Her Royal Highness Princess Qing Shark, the last general was here to greet Her Highness on the orders of His Majesty." ”

"Is it the Mother? How's the Mother? What disease did the Queen have? ”

Tie Hua smiled, "Your Highness, rest assured, Your Majesty is all right, but the night before yesterday I had some wind chill and some coughs......

Zhu Zhitong knew that Tiehua didn't talk much, but she never lied, and she was greatly relieved at the moment and said, "Great, it really scared me to death." I heard that the eldest sister had gone to Wanshou Altar, and I thought that the mother emperor had some serious illness. ”

Tie Hua looked at Zhu Zhitong's back, there was only a coachman and a young man, a little strange, and asked, "I heard that Binzhou Mansion sent guards to escort His Highness along the road, why didn't you see those guards?" ”

Zhu Zhitong pouted and said, "Hey, don't mention it!" They sent me to Songlan Palace, and they said that they were tired and wanted to rest. Oh, and that palace envoy, I don't know what kind of leopard gall I ate, and he actually locked me in the palace and didn't let me go back to Taiye City! Too bad! ”

Tie Huaqi said: "There is such a thing? His Majesty ordered that His Highness would be here at the end of yesterday, saying that according to the letter sent by Binzhou Mansion, it should arrive yesterday, and it turned out that His Highness was sent to Songlan Palace? ”

Zhu Zhitong looked at her blank look, and secretly wondered, from this, Tiehua and the mother queen really didn't know, could it be that it was really the secret order of the eldest sister who locked me up in the Songlan Palace?

At the moment, he asked, "What about my eldest sister?" Is it in Wanshou Altar or Fuxingtai? ”

Tie Hua hesitated for a moment and replied, "Why don't you ask Your Highness to go back to the city to see Your Majesty first?" ”

Zhu Zhitong thought about it, too, my mother is sick, what am I still rubbing here, I should go back to visit earlier. It's just that she has sneaked out for so long, and her mother must be very angry, so how to pretend to be pitiful and foolish in the past, she is hesitant at the moment.

Since she knew that her mother was fine, her careful thoughts suddenly turned back to the matter of slipping out of the palace. In any case, if her mother punished her to be locked up in the palace and grounded, it would be worse than killing her.

Akizuki and Washio-Tail had been watching them silently from behind, really on guard.

Watching the battle and listening to the conversation, this woman named Tiehua should be a highly trusted general in front of the emperor, and she must have some ability. Although Qiuyue is not afraid of her, the relationship between the Liuxia Kingdom and the Bihai Kingdom is already very embarrassing, and after the red-haired pirates, the Qiuyue clan is even more weak about the Bihai. Now that we are stepping on the land of the blue sea, we have to be more low-key.

Tiehua has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he can instantly feel the fighting spirit and vigilance of the two behind Zhu Zhitong. Immediately asked, "These two are ......?"