Zhou Duan is still too young in the end, these four reasons are a little confusing, not too systematic, and the words are not very particular, but the meaning has been said very clearly. The four reasons of the king of Beiling County are personal favor, public enmity, public opinion, and time. In other words, the willingness of the king of Beiling to support Empress Xuanren and the king of Canaan is due to selfishness, public will, people's will, and heaven's will, so it is also inevitable.

Empress Xuanren calculated, if the army rebelled, there would be no problem with the king of Canaan and the king of Xiangting County, and it would be difficult to say that the king of Beiling County and several other feudal county kings who were not the princes of Tuyu were not very easy to say, but if they were separated by trying to deprive them of the privileges of the princes and princes of the clan, it should have some effect. The most available is those county guards, although now the implementation of the new policy of the county kings and county guards, but those newly divided princes and county kings are still young, less than a year old, and those county guards who live in the same city are the descendants of the Emperor Longwu, but also after years of experience of capable officials, if they and the king of Canaan and the king of Xiangting really raise the banner of rebellion, exposing the truth that the county guard is not right, although I dare not say that all the county guards can correspond, but conservative estimates, half of the county guards are still sure of the corresponding. In this way, the situation can be turned around in no time.

The point is, as Zhou Duan said, except for the way of rebellion, there is no way for himself and Xiaojia to live. Even the king of Xiangting County, because of his deep connection with Emperor Longwu, may not escape the doom of being slaughtered sooner or later. At that time, not only will the descendants of Emperor Longwu be wiped out, but the descendants of the Chang family will also be spared.

Therefore, what Zhou Duan said was actually the only choice for Empress Xuanren.

However, the determination is good, but the implementation is extremely difficult. Not to mention anything else, at this time, trapped in the palace and surrounded by wolves, where is the chance to escape?

Empress Xuanren sighed and said, "The difficulty is the difficulty, how can we escape from the palace?" ”

Zhou Duan said: "Niangniang doesn't have to worry. Niangniang probably didn't know that in the big secret hall in Fengde Palace, there was a secret way out of the palace, which led directly to the outside of the holy capital. ”

Empress Xuanren was shocked: "Oh? Is there such a thing? How did you find out? ”

Zhou Duan said: "Niangniang, that's the case, the ancestors of the ministers expected that the descendants of the future generations would not be good, and there would be a day when the country would be destroyed, so when the palace room of the former dynasty was overhauled after the establishment of the country, he secretly created a secret way out of the palace under the Great Secret. This secret path was personally taught by the emperors and empresses of the past dynasties to the crown prince and princess, that is, the next emperor and empress, in order to escape for their lives on the day of the death of the country. Emperor Longwu and you are the new monarch and new queen of Dazhao, so naturally it is unknown. And the reason why the minister knew was that when the minister first ascended the throne, the minister's mother told the minister. After the abdication, he kept this secret all the time. After the death of Emperor Longwu, after the minister and his mother moved into the Fengde Palace, the minister has visited this secret road many times. The entrance to the secret passage is very hidden, and the mechanism is also very clever, and the space inside is very large, and the path out of the palace is very convenient. It takes only about an hour to escape beyond the Holy Capital. ”

Empress Xuanren couldn't help asking: "Since you already know this secret path, why don't you escape from the palace early, find your mother, and fly away with your mother?" ”

Zhou Duan's mother, Empress Yi, was the last queen of Da Gao and the last queen mother, after the death of Da Gao, she left the palace and lived in the Hua'an Courtyard in the northwest of Jianzhang Palace, known as Mrs. Hua'an. Because of the special preferential treatment of Emperor Longwu and Empress Xuanren, life is quite favorable. Originally, Emperor Longwu was strictly imprisoned in Hua'an Yuan, and later, due to the plea of Empress Xuanren, Emperor Longwu lifted the strict seclusion of Mrs. Hua'an, and allowed her to enter and exit freely, but Mrs. Hua'an was very cautious because her son was still in the palace and was actually imprisoned, and she was very cautious and never took half a step out of the "Hua'an Yuan", and never accepted foreign guests. This is probably the reason why Emperor Longwu finally decided to give him freedom. But it was precisely because Mrs. Hua'an had the freedom to come and go that Empress Xuanren asked why Zhou Duan didn't use the secret passage to escape from the holy capital with Mrs. Hua'an and avoid the pain of imprisonment.

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land. Where can the ministers and their mothers flee? Once you escape from the palace, you will begin to live in danger. Neither the minister nor the minister's mother had ever been through the storm, so they really didn't have the courage to take this step. And, and, moreover, the minister is really reluctant to leave the mother. The minister firmly believes that with the mother here, the minister and the minister's mother will definitely be safe. Zhou Duan said.

It's true. Even in the difficult moment when Empress Xuanren suffered the collapse of Emperor Longwu and the claustrophobic Fengde Palace, she still couldn't forget to take care of Zhou Duan, which was not just because Empress Xuanren felt guilty, but the true relationship between Empress Xuanren and Zhou Duan that was similar to that between her adoptive mother and adopted son cultivated in the past thirteen years.

"What will happen to your mother after we escape from the palace?" Empress Xuanren asked.

"Hui Niangniang, the minister's mother has asked His Majesty and Queen Yu for permission this summer, and she will go back to Beiling County and Province to spend the summer."

Empress Xuanren suddenly realized that Mrs. Hua'an was originally a person from Beiling County. Moreover, she vaguely felt that Mrs. Hua'an's trip to Beiling County to escape the summer was probably the arrangement made by the king of Beiling County in advance. Although Empress Xuanren knew the scheming and ambition of the king of Beiling County, she didn't expect him to have such insight and means, and he really saw far-reaching and did a thorough job.

Empress Xuanren nodded and said, "That's good." In this way, the only thing I have to worry about in my heart is Rongzhu's second son Rongyong. If I don't take Rong Yong away, firstly, I really can't bear it, and secondly, after all, Xiao Jia is in the same Canaan as Rong Zhu, once the army is raised, I am worried that Rong Zhu will be tied up because Rong Yong is still in the holy capital. ”

Zhou Duan said: "This is not difficult. Counting, Rong Yong is also a royal prince, and several elders have passed away, so they should come to the palace to say hello. Niangniang found a reason to summon him to the palace for tea, as long as he could be allowed to enter the palace, the rest of the matter would be easy to do. ”

Empress Xuanren waved her hand and said, "This matter must not be rushed, and it must not be too far-fetched." The opportunity is ready-made, but you have to wait. In my opinion, Tu Yu will make a big funeral for them, and if my expectations are good, there will be a good order later today. During the funeral, Rong Yong always has to pay respects, and I can always meet Rong Yong. When the time comes, I will order him to enter the palace in the name of missing my old man, and it will be logical. It's just a matter of a few days, so we'll have to wait a little longer. It's more natural, you say, end? ”

Zhou Duan said: "That's very good. Niang Niang Shengming. Mother is kind. ”

Zhou Duan's meaning is very vague, the sentence "Niang Niang is merciful" means that Empress Xuanren can still take care of Rongzhu's family at this special sad and difficult time, which is a benevolent move.

Empress Xuanren suddenly asked, "By the way, how did the King of Beiling County learn about this?" ”

Zhou Duan said: "It was the minister who told the king of Beiling County." After Niangniang moved to Fengde Palace, the king of Beiling County told his ministers many times to protect Niangniang. The minister saw that the king of Beiling County was loyal and sincere, and he could use it, so he told the king of Beiling County about the secret road. After that, there were those words that the king of Beiling County instructed his ministers. ”

Empress Xuanren said: "Then if we escape from here, the king of Beiling County will pick us up?" ”

Zhou Duan continued: "Yes, Niangniang. Since the minister told the king of Beiling County the secret way, he made arrangements. The king of Beiling County laid plainclothes soldiers at the exit of the secret passage, and they were on duty all year round, and there were people there for twelve hours, waiting for Niangniang. Rest assured. The minister went out to check many times, and the cheap soldiers were very well arranged. ”

Empress Xuanren said: "This is very good. ”

After that, there were some details on the arrangement.

Everything has an eyebrow, just wait for the appointment to come to Rongyong, and you can leave the palace.