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The gates of the city were closed earlier than usual, and the inspections were strict, but anyone who entered the city with the appearance of a soldier would be questioned repeatedly, and the foundation of the building was fine, but the soldiers looked at it a few more times, and they were not troubled.

The emperor died, all the shops were closed, and the streets were sparsely populated, but there was no sign of chaos.

The battle in the palace and the rebellion in the distance did not seem to have any impact on the entire Eastern Capital.

Seeing the two middle-aged people politely on the road and talking in a cordial whisper, Lou Ji was very puzzled, couldn't these people sense that the mountain rain was coming?

Although the Hegong rebellion occurred near Tongguan, once it spread eastward, it would soon approach the outside of Luoyang City, and the news had spread, but no one cared, as if it was a very small change in the distance.

Lou Ji did not go home, went straight to the imperial city, when he arrived at the door, it was already dark, the guards at the gate recognized him, but refused him to enter, only willing to report on his behalf.

After a long time, the informant came out and said that he could not find the Chinese army general Lou Qiang.

Lou Ji had to ask him to find Zhang Shiyu, the prince of Jibei.

This time, Zhang Shiyu personally came out to greet him, and instead of taking him into the imperial city, he walked farther away, came to no one, and asked in a low voice: "Why did you come back?" ”

"I went out of the city to see the general, and naturally I want to come back after I see it, and the palace is ......"

"Get out of town quickly." Zhang Shiyu nudged the foundation of the building.

"What's going on in the palace?"

"I can't tell, anyway, it's better for you to go out of the city."

"By this time the gates were closed."

"Then you go home first, and go out of the city early tomorrow morning, anyway, this is not the place you came from."

"I've got to know what's going on."

"I'll go to you early tomorrow morning...... Zhang Shiyu turned around and ran away, saying a few words to the leader of the guards, obviously not letting him report to Lou Ji again.

Lou Ji had no choice but to go home first.

The General's Mansion has begun to arrange funerals, and the new house of Lou is no exception, inside and outside by several daughters-in-law of the Lou family, hearing that Lou Ji is back, he immediately sent a steward servant to inquire about the situation, and soon came in person, not too much evasion, a group of women chirped around him and asked.

Lou Ji can only say over and over again that the general is fine, the general of the Chinese army and Mrs. Lan stay in the palace to help the queen mother take care of the funeral, and everything at home can be as usual.

When the daughters-in-law finally left, several people suggested that Lou Ji go to their mother's house for help, but they didn't say what they wanted to help.

As the daughters of famous families, they feel more danger.

The building was tired, and after washing, he wanted to find a room to rest, and the little girl next to Zhang Shiqing came to invite him, "The county lord invited the son to come over." ”

"The county lord is still here?"

"Where else can I go if I'm not here?"

Lou Ji had to go to see his wife, and he was about to forget about it.

Zhang Shiqing was wearing a plain dress, sitting at the table, and when he saw her husband come in, he got up and saluted, and returned the salute on the building foundation, and the two were polite as if they were meeting for the first time.

Once he spoke, Zhang Shiqing was very direct, "Your Majesty was really assassinated?" ”

"Well, your brother and I are on the scene."

"Where's the dagger you took that day?"

Lou Ji was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Are you doubting me?" The assassin was killed on the spot, and you can ask Yu Shizi for details later. ”

Zhang Shiqing lowered his eyes and thought for a while, "Okay, I believe you, I'll ask my brother." You send me to the palace now. ”

"I just came back from there, and I can't even get in."

"That's you, I can go in, you can send me to Suiyuanmen." Zhang Shiqing paused, "I can enter the palace, but I can't get out of the gate of your Lou's house." ”

"No matter how you entered the palace in the past, you can't enter it today, and the palace has changed a lot."

"It's just because it's changed so much, I'm going to take a look."

"It's not the place for kids......"

"I'm a child? You say I'm a child? ”

"Not much, anyway."

"I used to drink with Your Majesty, and you say I'm a child?" Zhang Shiqing sat down angrily, turned his head and didn't look at the building, "Your Majesty is gone, you are all proud, your parents and brothers ignore him, and even you are starting to look down on me." ”

Lou Ji's heart moved, "Can you really enter the palace?" ”

"Of course, the door left for us by the eldest princess, as long as she is in the palace, someone will open the door for us, no matter how late it is."

"Okay, I'm going to sleep for a while, and then I'll send you to Suiyuanmen after the second watch."

"Really?" Zhang Shiqing turned his head and smiled.

"What's the good of lying to you."

"That'...... You sleep here, I'll wake you up at the second watch. ”

Lou Ji was too tired, no longer shirked, nodded, went to bed and lay down, wanted to think about a few things, but closed his eyes and fell asleep.

He was woken up by a tingling pain, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Zhang Shiqing stabbing him in the face with a hairpin, hurriedly dodged and sat up, "What are you doing?" ”

"I can't tell you." Zhang Shiqing put away the hairpin, "It's already past the second watch." ”

The little girl holding the candle next to her nodded.

Lou Ji rubbed his face, "I'll go and ask someone to prepare the car." ”

"It's ready, just waiting for you to take me out."

Zhang Shiqing prepared not a car, but two horses, "I can ride a horse at the age of eight, and among the many sisters, I have the best riding skills." ”

Two servants led the way on foot, carrying lanterns with the words "General's Palace" on them, which were very useful when encountering the officers and soldiers of the night patrol.

The Suiyuan Gate was originally prepared for foreign envoys, but it could not be opened several times a year, and the building and others turned into the street and did not go far before they were stopped by the guards of the imperial city.

Without waiting for the building to speak, Zhang Shiqing patted his horse and ran to the front, and said loudly: "I am the peony fairy, and I am here to make an appointment with Mrs. Peony." ”

Several guards looked at each other, and one of them said politely: "Fairy, please come back, this code word is no longer useful." ”

"Why can't it be used? It was ok the other day. ”

"The Son of Heaven has died, how can the palace be the same as before?"

"You can be different from others, ...... to me" Zhang Shiqing burst into tears when he thought of being forced to marry and no one cared for, "If Your Majesty is here, who dares to stop me?" ”

These guards knew that the one who came must be the princess, and they did not dare to offend, and the leader said: "The fairy is crying, I ...... Find someone inside to report and let you in, we will see you off, we won't let you in, we really can't help it. ”

Zhang Shiqing burst into tears and smiled, "Go and report, Mrs. Peony will definitely see me." ”

Mrs. Peony is obviously the eldest princess, Lou Ji heard that her scalp was numb, and she felt that the behavior of these clan children was very strange, the eldest princess was not young, and her behavior was childish.

After waiting for nearly three watches, Zhang Shiqing was already extremely impatient, and a eunuch finally came out of it, and asked from afar: "Did the seventeenth prince of Lou come together?" ”

"Yes, but he just sent me and didn't have to go into the palace." Zhang Shiqing immediately said.

The eunuch said: "The eldest princess said, if there is a seventeenth prince of Lou, please enter the palace together, if not, please go home to the county lord, don't run around at night." ”

Zhang Shiqing was taken aback, but Lou Ji was not surprised.

The two servants could not enter the palace, so they went home with lanterns, and Lou Ji and Zhang Shiqing dismounted, followed the eunuch through the small gate into the imperial city, and traveled all the way to an empty house.

The room was small and there was nothing left except a small bed.

"It's not a place I often visit." Zhang Shiqing said in surprise.

"The county lord should be patient, now it's not as usual, many rules have changed."

"What about the eldest princess?"

"I'll be back later." The eunuch withdrew with a lantern and locked the door outside.

Zhang Shiqing was taken aback again, the room was pitch black, she was a little scared, endured it for a while, and said, "Hey, where are you?" ”

"By your side."

Zhang Shiqing stretched out his hand and groped, touched Lou Ji's arm, felt a little relieved, and immediately retracted his hand, "Eldest princess, what's wrong?" They even treat us as prisoners—this is where the palace servants live, right? There was a strange smell. ”

"If such a big change happens, the eldest princess should be cautious."

"But it's you who she wants to see...... You're not hiding anything from me, are you? ”

"Shh

"What's wrong?" Zhang Shiqing asked in a low voice, moving closer to the building.

"There seems to be footsteps."

Lou Ji just wanted Zhang Shiqing to shut up, but she took it seriously, and listened for a long time, "There is the sound of footsteps, your ears are really smart." ”

The footsteps approached, the lights outside the door flickered, and then someone opened the door.

"Huanyan!" Zhang Shiqing ran over and hugged a comer.

Huan Yan brought two maids and said to Zhang Shiqing: "Why don't you stay at home, why do you run here in the middle of the night?" ”

"It's not my home, and if he hadn't had to sleep, I'd have come a long time ago. Tell me, what's going on in the palace? ”

"You. Come with me. ”

Zhang Shiqing crossed the threshold, turned around and pointed to the building, "What about him?" ”

"Lou Gongzi stays."

Zhang Shiqing didn't care either, and left with Huan Yan.

From beginning to end, Huan Yan didn't look at the building with his eyes.

After waiting for a while, the eldest princess finally appeared, and only Shao Junqian was by her side.

Shao Junqian carried the lantern and entered the room with a smile: "When did the seventeenth prince come back?" Let me find it so hard. ”

"I came back before dark." Lou Ji said vaguely, the news in the palace was obviously not good, and Zhang Shiyu did not tell others about his brother-in-law's whereabouts.

"It's really hard to find a place to ...... iron shoes"

The eldest princess interrupted Shao Junqian and stretched out her hand, "What about the edict?" ”

Lou Ji patted his body, "Not with me." ”

"You handed it over to the general?"

"No, I hid it." Lou Ji has to lie to anyone now.

The eldest princess wanted to ask again, Shao Junqian nodded to her, stepped forward, and said in a harmonious voice: "Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, the edict is useless, please hand it over to the seventeenth prince." ”

"When I see Your Majesty, I will hand it over."

The eldest princess said sharply: "Lou Ji, don't be uninteresting, can you keep the edict?" ”

"Your Majesty succeeds to the throne, the edict is useless, why should the eldest princess care?"

"I know what you've done." The eldest princess's tone became more and more cold, "You have committed a heinous crime, and you are innocent of death." ”

Shao Junqian really revealed the truth to the eldest princess, but Lou Ji smiled, "Since you know, why do you want to bequeath to me?" It would be nice to ask Mr. Shao to write another copy. ”

Lou Ji actually knew in his heart that from the moment the news of the emperor's death was made public, Shao Junqian would never be able to contact the imperial seal again, and it was useless to write no matter how many words he wrote, and that edict really became the last "holy decree" of the emperor of all things.

The eldest princess was furious, and Shao Junqian said: "The eldest princess is angry, let me say a few words to the seventeenth prince." ”

The eldest princess snorted and turned to leave the house.

Shao Junqian said: "The edict is in the hands of the general, right?" ”

"The crown prince is not with the general, why should I hand over the edict? Do you think I don't know the benefits of the edict? Leave a small blank space on it, add a few words at random, and someone will be exalted or killed. ”

Shao Junqian laughed twice, "Being taken away by the seventeenth prince is the biggest mistake in Shao's life." ”

"It happened suddenly, and we all made mistakes."

"Well, we're in this together."

"Against whom?"

"Mrs. Liang, if you don't get rid of him, you and I will not be able to escape death."

The palace really changed, and it was even more drastic than the building base expected.