Empress Xuanren looked at Zhou Duan without saying a word and in shock, Zhou Duan shook Empress Xuanren's hand and said: "Mrs. Hua'an said that she was born in the noble family of Beiling County, the Yi family, and has been friends with the Beiling County Royal Mansion for generations, and she herself has known the current Beiling County King since she was a child. The king of Beiling County took good care of him, but because the king of Beiling County was much older, the two were originally just brothers and sisters. Later, he married into the palace and became the princess of Ruizong, and then became the empress. But life is not as it should be. Ruizong was frail, weak, and incompetent, and was very indifferent to him, and his mother lived a very miserable life in the palace. Fortunately, the king of Beiling County often enters Beijing to see His Majesty, either to pay tribute to some rare things, or just to say hello. After that, Niangniang knew about it, Ruizong died young, and the minister succeeded to the throne at the age of three, and then Emperor Longwu established the country. Niangniang, you often say karma, this is karma. ”

Empress Xuanren exhaled at this time, as if she had finally come out of her great surprise, and asked, "Duan, when did you know about this?" ”

Zhou Duan said: "Don't hide it from the mother, when the minister was eleven years old, Mrs. Hua'an informed the minister of this matter. ”

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"The minister's mother didn't let the minister tell the mother. The reason why she is like this is not for anything else, but because she is afraid that Niangniang and Emperor Longwu will look down on her ministers and no longer take care of them. This is a little selfishness of her mother, and she hopes that her mother will forgive her sins. ”

"Duan, I can't say this, I can't say it. Mrs. Huaan's heart, I can understand. It's all mothers, her heart, I know. She's not wrong, not at all. ”

"Xie Niangniang's leniency. This is a huge scandal, and the minister said this to his mother today, because he wanted to say that Emperor Longwu established the country in accordance with the mandate of heaven, not usurped the country. The most important thing is that with this level of relationship, after the minister accompanies Niangniang to Beiling County, Niangniang's safety will never be a problem. The king of Beiling County and Mrs. Hua'an are both grateful to Niangniang for her efforts to overcome public opinion and take care of her ministers when they grow up. ”

Empress Xuanren shook her head and said, "I can't say this, I can't say it, Duan." Thanks to the thoughtful arrangement between you and the king of Beiling County, we can survive in a desperate situation today and find such a way out. Otherwise, the Tuli vein may be completely wiped out. ”

Zhou Duan said: "This is all Niangniang and Emperor Longwu Hongfu Qitian, so that they can become auspicious in times of distress and turn evil into good fortune." ”

Empress Xuanren felt Zhou Duan's eagerness to persuade her to leave the Holy Capital and the Imperial Palace, and said, "Can the King of Beiling County tell you what he plans to do after we leave the Holy Capital and arrive in Beiling County?" ”

Zhou Duan said: "Everything is only the head of the mother." ”

Empress Xuanren said: "It seems that this is unnecessary. You are the well-known emperor of Dagao in the world, the king of Beiling County can play the banner of restoring Dagao, there are many old and young people in Dagao, and there are many people who sympathize with Dagao. Since the founding of Dazhao, Tu Li and Tu Yu have no male heirs, which has caused people all over the world to question the fortunes of Dazhao. At this time, as long as the king of Beiling County publicly declares the history of Tu Li's founding of the country, and then exposes the bad deeds of Tu You's killing of his brother to seize the throne and setting fire to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the hearts of the people in the world will immediately turn to support you. If you talk about strength, the king of Beiling is the strongest, the longest old brand of the king of the country, Beiling has both civil and military, the treasury is abundant, if you insist on supporting you as the emperor, I think the chance of winning is still very big. Why did he come to support me instead? ”

Zhou Duan said: "These things are all major events of the imperial court, and the minister was not interested in it, and he didn't quite understand the connection. However, the king of Beiling County has already told the minister, and he asked the minister to explain the original situation to the mother when necessary. He said that the fortunes of Dagao have been exhausted, and after the hard work of Emperor Longwu, the people's hearts have converged to Dazhao. This is the mandate of heaven, and it cannot be forced. As for the minister, not to mention the embarrassing background for the time being, just talking about the call to the world, the minister is far from enough. The king of Beiling said that the most important task at the moment is to overthrow Tuyu. And to overthrow Tuyu, it is necessary to use His Royal Highness the crown prince of Emperor Longwu as the banner. Except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Niangniang, no one else has the power to call on the world. The king of Beiling County is willing to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Niangniang to restore the world to the Longwu Emperor's lineage, so that the throne of Dazhao will always remain pure. ”

Empress Xuanren said: "Then what does the king of Beiling County want?" ”

Zhou Duan said: "The king of Beiling just wants to retain the hereditary title of the county king. He said that the new policy has shown its hideous face, and the new policy is to get rid of the county kings, which he cannot tolerate. ”

Empress Xuanren nodded and said, "I understand." I understand the mind of the king of Beiling County. He has always been loyal. Then follow the meaning of the king of Beiling County. We left the palace as soon as possible. ”

Zhou Duanxi said: "Niangniang is wise and decisive. When to leave, please show the mother, and prepare for it. ”

Empress Xuanren said: "Today's son is at the beginning of the hour. ”

"Huh?! So fast?! ”

"Yes. Without further ado. Is there any difficulty? ”

"Hmm...... No. Now that Niangniang has made up her mind, Nachen will do her best to do a good job. ”

"Thank you, Duan."

"The mother is tormented."

"Duan, this is the place where you have lived for sixteen years, once you leave, can you remember?" Empress Xuanren suddenly asked such a sentence, and her tone was very sad.

"Niangniang, the palace is really a sad place. The minister hated to leave here immediately with the mother. ”

And so it is. Well, you have to worry about it. At the beginning of our time, we gathered in the Great Secret Hall. ”

"Who are you going to take with you?"

"You only need to splash one person. What about you? ”

"The minister didn't bring any of them."

"Good. How to get out of crowd confinement? Tuyu has already sent more people, and it will not be easy for me to get out of the main hall. It really can't be done, so I can only rely on the use of force. Empress Xuanren said.

"No, if you use force, it will be more noticeable. Mother, don't bother. There is a small secret passage leading to the big secret hall in the main hall, and the minister has explored it clearly. Can the mother summon the ministers to the main hall for tea on the grounds of excessive sadness and sleepless nights? When the time comes, the minister will take the mother from the main hall through the secret passage to the big secret hall, and then leave. ”

"Very good. This Fengde Palace, I didn't expect the design to be so thoughtful. Thanks to you, end. ”

"The mother praised it falsely. This is the escape place reserved by the ancestors of Da Gao for future generations, so the design is very exquisite. This is also the spirit of Emperor Longwu in the sky, protecting Niangniang. ”

"Good. Let's split up. ”

"Yes, sis. There is still some time to go now, and Niangniang should rest and rest first to recuperate. After the hour, we will have to rush to Beiling County non-stop, and it will be very hard at that time. ”

"Okay, it's hard for your filial piety, end."

Zhou Duan shook Empress Xuanren vigorously with his hand, and turned around and left with a firm look in his eyes.

When it got dark, Su Poyan finally returned.

Empress Xuanren was eating in the garden, pacing on the fine and flat stone path. The sides of the garden are already lit up. Because of the recent loss of a child, the palace lamp was changed from yellow to light green.

"Mother." Su Poyan walked forward and saluted.

Empress Xuanren turned to the palace maid who was accompanying her and said, "You guys stand down." I'll just have to follow along. Go back and pack up, and I'll rest when I get back." Today's body is very weak. Prepare a bowl of ginseng soup. ”

"Whoa." The ladies bowed and withdrew. Empress Xuanren has always liked to be accompanied by Su Poyan to eat, and palace maids are used to it.

One palace maid asked another palace maid softly: "Niangniang rarely drinks ginseng soup, but today she made an exception." ”

Another palace maid said: "Niangniang has been overly sad these days, extremely draining, and has very little sleep, and her qi and blood are very depleted." If you want to participate in the soup today, it can be seen that the mother is indeed very lacking. ”

Both of them looked sympathetic and pitiful, shaking their heads and walking briskly.

"I'm tired. Worried that they won't be able to support it today, let them prepare a bowl of ginseng soup to refresh themselves. Empress Xuanren said, "Let's go at the beginning of the hour." I've already agreed with Zhou Duan. I summoned him to the main hall for tea, and he took us from the small passage of the main hall to the main hall, and then walked from there. ”

Su Poyan frowned and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, the letter from the king of Xiangting County is back. ”

"What did he say?"

"Your Highness wrote: 'Do not move lightly. Wait for me to enter Beijing. ’”

"The king of Xiangting County wants to enter Beijing. When is it? ”

"No, sis. The cloud pigeon came back quickly. I think His Royal Highness is not in the capital of Xiangting County. I reckon Your Highness should already be on your way. ”

Does he have any scruples? Didn't the letter say anything else? ”

"Niangniang, there are only these eight words on His Highness's letter. Xu is prince is going to enter Beijing in a few days, so I want to wait until I enter Beijing and then talk to my mother in detail. ”

"It's too late. I've already talked to Zhou Duan. The child set off at the beginning of the hour. ”

"Niangniang, aren't we waiting for the prince to enter Beijing?"

"It's too late. When he enters Beijing, he will also be controlled by Tuyu. Moreover, if we delay a few more days, I am afraid that the envoy to Canaan will arrive in Tyrodo. When the time comes, all of us will be caged birds, and there will be no chance of turning over. ”

"What then, mother?"

"Go out of the palace first, and then talk about it. Stay in the palace, one more moment, one more moment of danger. There must be no further delay. When the interruption continues, it is chaotic. The king of Xiangting County is not in the holy capital, and many circumstances are unknown. Our letter to him was not fully explained. He can't be blamed for that. ”

"It's all slaves and maids who don't do things well."

"Nope. You can't be blamed for that. Yun Pigeon sent a message, the space is limited, I can't say everything, how can I blame you? Moreover, I never expected that King Xiangting would hesitate. Is it because he is old and does not want to take risks? ”

Su Poyan did not speak.

"I can't care so much. Let's get out of the palace first, and when the time comes, he won't have much room for hesitation. Empress Xuanren was quite disgusted and disappointed with the hesitation of the king of Tingjun in her heart.

"Yes." Su Poyan thought that what Empress Xuanren said was reasonable.

"We don't have to bring anything. First, it is lightweight, the burden is light, and second, it is not to attract the attention of others. First, as usual, you should patrol around, and then come to the main hall and wait. ”

"Whoa."

In addition, Zhou Duan already knew about his life experience. I wanted to tell him before leaving, but I didn't expect him to say it first. ”

"Oh?! Mother, did he say when he knew? ”

"He said that when he was eleven years old, Mrs. Huaan had already told him."

"Eleven? Zhou Duan is really able to endure it. A teenager can endure it for five years. This is not something that mortals can do. ”

"The king of the dead country and the prisoner of the lower ranks, it is so difficult to survive, and he has also been trained. He is very similar to his biological father, Beiling County Wang Tuxiu. Empress Xuanren said, "However, it's too late to study these things in detail now, everything will have to wait until Beiling County." As soon as we came out of the secret passage, you immediately used the cloud pigeon to inform the king of Xiangting County, telling him to return the way he came, and not to enter the capital. Then he used the cloud pigeon to inform Xiao Jia that we had left the palace safely, and asked him to choose the opportunity to move according to the situation. ”

"Whoa."

Empress Xuanren is more calm every time there is a major event. Although the attitude of the Xiangting County King made her a little annoyed, she was already sure of the general trend of the situation, so she felt that the attitude of the Xiangting County King was irrelevant. During the time when she returned to the main hall and waited, Empress Xuanren actually fell asleep. At the beginning of the day, Su Poyan came to the main hall and quietly woke up Empress Xuanren.

"Look at me, I'm still asleep." Empress Xuanren said with a smile, her tone not urgent at all, as if nothing had happened and nothing would happen.

"The mother is really good. The slave and maid's hearts are a little tight. Su Poyan said from the bottom of his heart.

"Hi. I've been through so much in my life. There are more urgent times than at this moment. It's nothing. ”

"Mother, everything is normal around you. The Great Secret Hall is a side hall, and there are no Nangong guards around it. Rest assured. ”

"With you, I don't have anything to worry about." Empress Xuanren got up, straightened her hair a little, and said loudly, "Someone." ”

A palace maid came in, "Niangniang".

"I just couldn't sleep. You go and summon Xiangguo Gong and let him accompany me to the main hall to chat for a while. ”

"Whoa."

When the palace maid came to call Zhou Duan, Zhou Duan also made a fuss, saying "I'm so sleepy", and then rubbed on the bed for a while, and then got up and went out.

"Go and rest, all of you." Waiting for the palace maid to take Zhou Duan to the main hall, Empress Xuanren said: "Tonight, I guess I don't have any sleep." My head is buzzing, you all go and rest, it's good to have Su Poyan and Zhou Duan with you. Tomorrow for breakfast, I want to eat some chicken soup, put less meat, lighter, no other food, I really have no appetite. Go down. ”

Several palace maids and chamberlains retreated. Su Poyan went out to settle down a little bit of trivial matters, and by the way, he checked the situation around the main hall.

"All is in order, sissy." Su Poyan came back.

"Where's the eyeliner they've placed?" Empress Xuanren asked.

"It's all chamberlains, palace maids and Nangong guards. The guards of Nangong are all outside the palace walls. The attendants and maids on duty arranged by them. Some of them are waiting in the side hall, and some of them are guarding the passages everywhere, they are mainly to prevent the mother from going over the wall, and they will never think that there is a secret way. Tonight, they will not come in without the will of the mother. Rest assured. ”

"Okay." Queen Xuanren Road.

The time has come.

"Let's go." Empress Xuanren said coldly.

Su Poyan and Zhou Duan helped Empress Xuanren to stand up. Zhou Duan's face glowed red with excitement, and his eyes radiated a brilliance that he had never seen before.

Zhou Duan said: "The secret passage is just behind Niangniang's couch. To open the small door of the secret passage, you need a trap. Please wait. Lord Supoyan, please help me. ”

Zhou Duan walked quickly to the north wall of the hall and motioned for Su Poyan to move a sandalwood square table next to the wall with him. Most of the bricks in the hall are dark black, only under the square table there are five pure white square white marble floor tiles, one is in the middle, and the other four are next to the four sides of the middle floor tiles, forming a thick "ten" shape. Zhou Duan stood on a square brick in the middle, stomped three times, and then stomped three times on the white floor tiles in the northwest, south, and east directions. At this time, the wall panel behind the couch "snapped" and a small door popped outward.

Zhou Duan stepped forward to support Empress Xuanren and said, "Niangniang, let's go." ”

Empress Xuanren breathed a long sigh of relief and said firmly and softly: "Go!" ”