Section 17 Ten thousand ringing bells, long live our emperor
Huaqing Inn.
Yao Jin was sitting in the room, boredly counting the melon seeds on the plate, eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one...... Suddenly, Yao Jin pushed the plate forward irritably, almost overturning it to the ground, she jumped up with her eyebrows raised, and slapped it on the table: "When will this be waiting!"
Xuannu thought that she was used to seeing Yao Jin like this, so she calmly came over and poured a cup of tea for Yao Jin, and then cleaned up the melon seeds and melon seed plates scattered on the table, and then said: "Your Highness, you have been waiting for so many days, you better be patient and patient." β
"I finally got into Jiao's house, but Yuebai wasn't in Jiao's Mansion at all! Then Li Yaoren hid in the palace and didn't come out, and the Lingwang Mansion couldn't be splashed with water like an iron bucket! Although I knew the location of Xuanji Hall, I couldn't go to Li Daoran, I shrunk in this palm-sized room every day, and I had to beware of being noticed, and I didn't know what happened to Yuebai-" Yao Jin walked to the window and pushed open the window, took a deep breath and scolded in a low voice: "Fuck your uncle, it's really embarrassing!"
"But yesterday, the spies came to report, saying that Emperor Li had not been to the court for three days, and now even Mo Dongling had rushed back, thinking that something big had happened in the palace. At present, Brother Xiang in the Nanguo Mansion has stabilized the overall situation, since he said in the letter that he will enter Beijing to meet us in the next few days, His Highness might as well wait a little longer, and when he comes, it is more prudent to make plans. β
"Mo Dongling...... Mo Dongling guarded the border pass, if he didn't have the emperor's order, he couldn't go back to Beijing without the emperor's order, he ran back in such a hurry, could it be that something big happened in the palace?" Yao Jin slowly closed the window, but a small insect happened to fly in, the moment Yao Jin "snapped" and closed the window, the little insect also happened to be caught in the crack of the window, and after struggling a few times, the little insect finally flew out crookedly, but it flew only for a moment, and it still fell on the table and died. Yao Jin looked at the thin slit between the windows, and a terrifying thought suddenly flashed in her mind-
It was Emperor Li who died! Only when the emperor died suddenly would Mo Dongling be recalled to Beijing and serve as the backing of the empress and the crown prince to stabilize the overall situation! Although Li Yao was made the crown prince, after all, the time was too short, and the emperor must have died suddenly, and he did not have time to leave an edict of succession! Perhaps...... Maybe the emperor's death is also strange, so the palace has not dared to make a noise, and they will not dare to tell the world until Mo Dongling enters Beijing-what about Lin Yuebai? What happened to Yuebai? This matter has nothing to do with Lin Yuebai, why is she not in Jiaofu, and there is not even the slightest trace......
Just when Yao Jin was thinking wildly, the innkeeper knocked on the door outside:
"Jin Gongzi, the fruit is here, they came early today, do you have to be free now?"
"Okay, let them in. β
For the sake of convenience, Yao Jin and Xuannu have always dressed as men in the inn, and the spies from Nanguo Mansion who come and go also pretend to be fruit sellers to deliver news every day on the pretext of sending fresh fruits. The usual agreed time is at dusk, and it is just past noon at this time - the two of them look at each other and feel that it is wrong, so Yao Jin got up and walked into the inner room, Xuannu slowly walked to the door and opened the door, and paid the shopkeeper a few rewards, and the junior beckoned to the fruit seller downstairs to come up, and he smiled and retired.
The spy entered the door, put the fruit on the table, and listened vigilantly to the sound in the crack of the door, and after confirming that there was no one outside, he took a few steps forward and whispered: "Your Highness, the crown prince and queen have been guarding the Zichen Hall since last night, and all the people from the Tai Hospital have gone, and none of them have come out for three days." Early this morning, Mo Dongling entered the palace and went straight to the Zichen Palace, and he never came out again, and the Zichen Hall was surrounded by the forbidden army commander Ying Tang for three or four circles, and it was extremely tightly guarded, and his subordinates really couldn't get in. According to the current situation, His Majesty's health is probably not good. β
Xuannu casually fiddled with the fruit on the table, and said loudly towards the closed door: "No wonder boss, you came so early, today's fruit is quite fresh." β
"I know that Childe likes fresh melons and fruits the most, and the little one is naturally in a hurry to send them to you, can Childe pick a few more?"
Xuannu asked in a low voice, "Is there any news from Nanguo Mansion?" When will Mr. Xiang arrive?"
"It was supposed to be today, but no one has been received yet. Your Highness rest assured, no matter how late it is today, your subordinates will arrange for someone to answer outside the city, and whether you receive it or not, your subordinates will come tomorrow. β
"Okay, that's all for today. Seeing that you are attentive in delivery, I will reward you with a few more dollars today, and if there is good fruit tomorrow, the boss will send it as soon as possible!" Xuan Nu took the usual money and put it in the melon and fruit box, nodded at him, and the spy said loudly: "Thank you Gongzi reward!
After the spies left, Xuannu entered the inner room and told Yao Jin the news, Yao Jin suddenly stood up, her expression was solemn, and her hands were unconsciously twisted:
"It doesn't seem like I'm cranky, he must have been- but he's always been in good health, how could it be!"
Seeing that Yao Jin was a little excited, Xuannu walked to her side and pressed her arm, "Your Highness, at the moment we are just guessing. β
"Alas, why hasn't Wang Xiang arrived yet!, I'm dying!" Yao Jin thought that Emperor Li might no longer be in this world, and felt a little sad for no reason, although she had already recognized this person, and she had long had no hope or concern for him, but thinking of the past, she still couldn't help but murmur: "He was also very good to me......"
Xuannu thought that Yao Jin remembered the father-daughter relationship with Emperor Li, so she comforted: "If that person really has a chance, he will definitely summon you to see the last person, there is no news now, or it is good news." β
"The last side? I wish I would never have this last sideβ"
Yao Jin muttered, her words did not fall, and suddenly felt that there were bells coming from far and near in all directions, as if there were many places ringing bells, although the bells were all about the same, but some of them were faster and some were slower, and the people in the whole inn seemed to come out all at once, and the sound of talking and footsteps was noisy outside the door. Xuannu seemed to be extremely uncomfortable with this sound that did not stop for a moment, frowned tightly and covered her ears to go out to see what was going on, but Yao Jin's face had changed color, she grabbed Xuannu and shook her head slowly: "You don't need to go out to see." β
"Your Highness, what's going on?"
"All the temples in Beijing are ringing bells, I think they will ring for a long time, until 10,000 ......" Yao Jin slowly walked to the window and pushed the window open, the wind with hot air blew in, and the bells also poured in from all directions, she listened to the sound quietly, this dizzying bell made her brain clearer and calmer:
"Long live the emperor, the bell rings. But the emperor never lived to be 10,000 years old, and the bell never counted 10,000 or not, this is just a ridiculous etiquette, but the living people behave, and the dead will not know anything - Xuannu, I don't think we have to wait, soon there will be a will from the palace to send to Xiaonanguo, I can, enter the palace openly......"