124 Unexpected
Yan Guo made such a big move, and knew that Emperor Yan had such an important weapon as Concubine Hua in his hand, and he was not in favor of leaving Princess Huanting here to recuperate from her injuries - in case Princess Huanting escaped or was rescued after being injured, they would have one less bargaining chip in their hands against Emperor Yan.
Therefore, Ankang went to see Princess Huanting early in the morning, and regretfully informed her that although she was injured, the situation in the capital was not optimistic, and they must rush back to the capital as soon as possible.
Princess Wan Ting endured the pain and said that she understood very well, and was very cooperative, saying that she was not afraid of suffering from bumps, as long as the regent did not dislike her as a burden, and took her to believe that she had nothing to do with Qingxing's affairs, and it didn't matter if she suffered a little.
If it was in the past, Ankang would definitely have to pity it again. Since talking to He Zhizhou last night, he looked at Princess Huanting again, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this was a femme fatale, under the pretext that he was busy, and he didn't wait for Princess Huanting to ask a few more words, so he left in a hurry after giving care to the maid Qingping.
An Kang left, and Princess Huanting's face with a weak smile immediately pulled down. Ankang has a different attitude towards her, how can she not notice it? Obviously, he was fine before, but overnight, his attitude towards her changed, and he couldn't help Princess Wanting not to think in a bad direction.
But she knew that it was useless to be anxious and angry at this time, it was better to heal the injury as soon as possible, so that she could contact the people in the shadows and see what was going on outside these days.
Don't mention how depressed Princess Huanting is. I got up early in the morning and cleaned up, and I went downstairs with He Zhizhou to eat, and I saw Huang Hongfei yawning and going downstairs, and when I saw her, I raised a big smile, "Xiao Zhou!" β
He smiled brightly, his eyes sparkled, and he didn't put He Zhizhou with Mingyue in his eyes at all, and only greeted Mingyue warmly.
Mingyue was also very happy to see him, and had forgotten that the person next to her did not agree with Huang Hongfei, and happily waved to Huang Hongfei, "Xiaofei, good morning." β
Huang Hongfei's eyes narrowed into a line, he thought that He Zhizhou would inevitably be unhappy because of this, but he didn't want him to look calm, although he was still expressionless as before, but it was not as cold as last night, which made Huang Hongfei quite strange, and at the same time felt a little boring.
After a while, Ankang, who had already arranged the itinerary, also came over.
Not to mention Huang Hongfei, even the stupid Mingyue can see the difference between Ankang and her today. When this person saw her in the past, he either ignored it or was helpless, even if he was still talking and laughing with people first, when he saw her, he immediately became bitter and bitter. He doesn't like her, he doesn't want to see her, Mingyue can feel it.
But when An Kang looked at her today, it was so hot and enthusiastic that people didn't dare to look at it directly, not to mention his unprecedented courtesy and carefulness towards Mingyue.
"Princess, is this morning's breakfast still to your liking? If it's not to your liking, I'll call the kitchen to remake what you like, what do you like to eat? β
Mingyue bit her chopsticks and looked at him inexplicably.
Huang Hongfei quickly stuffed a bun into his mouth, and muttered vaguely: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief." β
Ankang regarded him as nothing, and continued to look at Mingyue with that unbearable hot gaze, "I remember that the princess loves to eat crispy shrimp balls and ruyi rolls in the past two days, and she ordered the kitchen to prepare them earlier, why hasn't she delivered them at this time?" Don't be anxious, princess, this is to call someone to urge. β
After that, you have to call someone to urge.
Mingyue habitually looked at He Zhizhou.
He Zhizhou coughed lightly, "She has already used a lot, and the two dishes you said will be packed up and left for use on the road." β
At this time, Ankang's admiration for Mingyue has surpassed He Zhizhou, he has never seen such a strange person, even such a strange thing is the first time to hear He Zhizhou talk about it last night, and when he sees Mingyue again, it is naturally like seeing a god, if he is not afraid of revealing Mingyue's secret, he can't wait to worship it. "I have prepared all the food and pastries that the princess likes these days, and they are reserved for the princess on the road. What else does the princess like, just tell me. By the way, two days ago, we met someone selling ice bowls on the way, I see that you love to eat very much, and this morning I also asked the kitchen people to prepare some, this autumn tiger is hot and dry, if you don't have this mouthful, it must be very difficult to come to this way......"
He Zhizhou immediately frowned, "The ice bowl is too cold to be eaten for her." β
Mingyue's originally bright eyes dimmed suddenly, and she looked at He Zhizhou, who had a serious expression, and then looked at Huang Hongfei.
Although Huang Hongfei wanted to raise the bar with He Zhizhou, he also knew that for the sake of Mingyue's body, he really couldn't let her eat cold things, so he pretended not to see it and buried his face in the porridge bowl.
Mingyue snorted.
Ankang hurriedly said doggedly, "I didn't prepare much, but it was just two bowls, and I used a little bit, and it wasn't in the way." The princess likes it, it's not good to ruin her fun, is it? β
While smiling at Mingyue, he put on a righteous face to face He Zhizhou, "Besides, didn't we arrange a doctor with us, if the princess has any discomfort, the doctor can come over immediately." β
Mingyue saw that He Zhizhou was resolute, and Huang Hongfei refused to help her, so she was looking at her with a healthy face, and quickly nodded and said, "That's it, there is a doctor." β
He grinned and rubbed He Zhizhou's arm twice, and promised in a coquettish voice: "Just two bowls, not much to eat." β
He Zhizhou's expression slowed down slightly, and he couldn't stand her being so coquettish in public, so he nodded and agreed, "Just two bowls, not much." β
Mingyue nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, "Don't use much, don't use much." I'm the most obedient, right? β
Huang Hongfei couldn't help shaking his head while watching from the sidelines, and pouted: "It's really for her good, you should resolutely refuse to the end!" β
He Zhizhou squinted at him with a smile, "You resolutely refuse to show this king!" β
Looking at him, I don't know what he thinks in his heart? Isn't it just that he wished he came with Mingyue's intention and made trouble with Mingyue? He was not as he wanted, and let him die in a hurry!
Huang Hongfei saw that he couldn't provoke, and his mind was also seen through by He Zhizhou, but he didn't feel guilty at all, he filled his stomach and slowly put down his chopsticks, brushing his favorability in front of Xiao Zhou was not something that only he He Zhizhou would do. He is already pleasant, and his smile makes people feel very good and affectionate, and at this time he shows his advantages to the fullest, "If you want me to say, it's okay for Xiao Zhou to eat what he likes to eat and how much he likes to eat." If you are in good health, even if you eat three or five ice bowls, it will not be in the way, as long as you like to eat, you can let go of your belly and eat. β
He Zhizhou's face sank, he probably didn't expect Huang Hongfei to be so shameless.
Mingyue's eyes lit up, "Really? I can eat whatever I want, no matter what I eat? β
Huang Hongfei glanced at He Zhizhou, who was pursing his thin lips, provocatively, and said with a smile: "Of course." However, you are a person in charge, and people don't allow you to eat more, and I can't do anything. β
Mingyue pouted first, and went to look at He Zhizhou with some dissatisfaction, seeing that He Zhizhou's face changed, for fear that even the ice bowl benefits that he had obtained so hard would be gone, so he immediately looked at He Zhizhou with a smile as a healthy dog, "I know, the prince and brother are all in charge of me for the sake of my health." β
He Zhizhou's gloomy and cold face quickly disintegrated and warmed, and he looked at Mingyue who was becoming more and more cautious, "It's good that you know." β
The boring person became Huang Hongfei again, glaring at Mingyue with hatred of iron and steel, "You useless ......"
An Kang, who had seen enough of the good show, finally opened his mouth to be a peacemaker, "Everyone is thinking about Princess Mingyue's health." Okay, okay, it's time to pack up and hit the road. β
If it weren't for Ankang's errands of scheduling and safety, he would have wanted to follow Mingyue's carriage before and after the saddle and wait for orders. Even so, he still arranged for people to come over three times to ask if Mingyue was hot, stuffy, hungry, bored and so on.
If you are free, you must come over and ask Mingyue again, whether it is hot, whether it is stuffy, whether it is hungry, whether it is boring......
Huang Hongfei lay lazily on the horse's back, accompanied by Mingyue's carriage and watched coldly Ankang's treatment of Mingyue with extraordinary enthusiasm, and from time to time he said a few words of provocation or mockery, but Ankang didn't take it to heart at all, and it was no longer like the Ankang who was lukewarm to Mingyue and even a little resentful of Mingyue he saw yesterday.
Although he felt incomprehensible, he didn't bother to ask anything, he only talked nonsense with Mingyue in the carriage from time to time, no matter how childish or incredible Mingyue said, he could follow her words and chat.
He Zhizhou still sat in the carriage with Mingyue, holding a scroll in his hand, seemingly reading very seriously, but he always raised his head from time to time to look at Mingyue, who was chatting with Huang Hongfei through the curtain of the car.
He thought, no wonder she likes Huang Hongfei.
When he gets along with Mingyue, he focuses on teaching and controlling. Although it can be seen that Mingyue also trusts him and does not resist being with him, she likes his closeness and likes to be close to him, but it is completely different from her relationship with Huang Hongfei at this time.
"Birds flying in the sky can also eat?" Her mouth grew and her eyes widened.
"Of course you can eat it, it's baked, just sprinkle it with fine salt, and the taste is so delicious."
"So, can you eat the kind of ants we saw yesterday?" She asked curiously.
"Hmm...... Maybe we can give it a try? β
"Okay, okay." Her eyebrows and eyes were crooked with a clapping and smiling, and one whimsical question after another came out of her mouth.
Huang Hongfei didn't bother her at all, nor did he look at the reactions of the people around him, and laughed with Mingyue all the way, answering her strange questions.
The carriage in front was so lively, and the carriage of Princess Wanting in the back seemed very deserted.
Although her carriage was covered with a thick brocade blanket, and she was afraid that she would be hot and prepared an ice basin, but she was still upset and irritable when she lay on the brocade carpet, and after the carriage bumped slightly, she frowned in pain, and finally opened her eyes impatiently, "Let them be careful about the car, and drive the car steadily!" β
Qingping was frightened by the coldness in her eyes, and her legs went weak, and she hurriedly went out to tell the coachman to catch the car carefully.
"My wound hurts badly, you go to the front and tell the prince." Princess Wan Ting commanded again.
Qingping hurriedly went, and it didn't take long for her to come back with a white face and reply, "The prince asked the slave maid to bring the doctor over." β
Princess Wan Ting's heart was on fire, but she was unwilling, she pinched the brocade carpet under her, and only relieved her breath after a while, "It's so lively in front, what did they say?" β
"Yes...... It was Princess Mingyue and that Huang Gongzi talking. Qingping said cautiously: "The slave only heard Huang Gongzi tell Princess Mingyue that there is a red wild fruit that is very delicious, and Princess Mingyue said that she wants to eat it......"
"The prince didn't say anything?" Princess Huanting frowned, the man who dared to sneak into her room and threaten her last night talked and laughed with Princess Mingyue, but He Zhizhou didn't say anything? Didn't have a sound tube? What did he mean by that?
"The slave didn't hear the prince's voice."
Princess Huanting groaned and didn't speak, and after a while, she asked slowly, "Where is Gongzi An?" β
"Gongzi An has gone ahead to explore the way."
"When Gongzi An comes back, you tell him ......" Princess Huanting paused for a moment before continuing: "My wound is too painful, I'm afraid I can't keep up with them, if it's a town in front of me, just find me a place to live and recuperate." β
He Zhizhou ignored her completely, An Kang's sudden change of attitude towards her, and the man who dared to threaten to take her life, all of which made Princess Huanting very uneasy. She was a little worried that something was going on outside that she didn't know about during the time when it was inconvenient for her to contact her own people. The manpower arranged by He Zhizhou made her watch more and more tight, and she wanted to know the news outside, so she had to leave He Zhizhou and their team first.
On this day, the team returning to Beijing encountered three small-scale snipers and two large-scale ambushes. When the other party sacrificed the thunderbolt with terrifying lethality, He Zhizhou immediately recognized this thing as the big killing weapon that Yuwen Fu used to blow up the tunnel before. Looking at the dust and smoke billowing in front of him, and the thick and pungent smell of gunsmoke in his breath, He Zhizhou's whole person was not good.
Ankang strode over with a dusty face, and opened his mouth to tell him about the casualties, "We are defenseless, many people have been injured, two of them are seriously injured, their stomachs are cracked, I am afraid that we will not live." Although the other injuries were not as serious as the two of them, they were not light, and the doctor had already gone over to deal with them. β
He Zhizhou looked at the smoke billowing in front of him expressionlessly, listening to the heart-rending coughing sound of everyone in his ears, the corners of his mouth became more and more thin and stern, "Settle the injured well, the seriously injured and the incurable, and ask their last wishes." β
The people who came out with him were orphans without parents and families, so they were injured and died, and the pension or anything was meaningless to them.
An Kang was also in a bad mood by this ambush, he responded in a low voice, and then asked, "How can the little emperor have such a thing in his hands?" β
Not to mention that the little emperor refuses to have it in his hands, even the entire Liang can't find such a terrifying firearm!
He Zhizhou's eyes were heavy, "The person who escorted Yu Wenfu has any news coming back recently?" β
Ankang was stunned for a moment, pinched his fingers, "It's been a few days since there was no news delivered, isn't it ......?"
A very bad feeling arose in his heart.
He Zhizhou nodded and said lightly: "I'm afraid that Yuwenfu has indeed fallen into his hands, and the two have reached a willingness to cooperate." β
This thunderbolt was originally owned by Yun Guo, but I heard that even Yun Guo didn't have as many as he wanted. This thunderbolt is very rare, and it takes three years and five years to get two or three. If this thing becomes very ordinary and can be obtained easily, Yun Guo is afraid that he will not be able to sit still for a long time, and he will already clean up the surrounding Yan Kingdom and Daliang. I never thought that this time Yuwen came back to Daliang, and he brought a lot of such treasures on his body. It's just that he has such a powerful firearm, why was it so easily held by his people in the first place? I'm afraid that Yu Wenfu deliberately let him catch him, and his purpose is to go to the capital, meet the little emperor, and then join forces with the little emperor to get rid of him!
Get rid of him, the regent who oversees the regent of the country, how will the little emperor be grateful to him? How many cities are there to talk about? I'm afraid that Yu Wenfu also knows that it is not easy for Yun Guo to break through the defense line of Xia Kingdom, not to mention, it is much better to be able to get those cities that Daliang personally offered without blood, than to fight to the death.
An Kang quickly figured out the key to this, and his mood became very heavy, "I don't know how many such thunderbolts there are in Yuwen Fu's hands?" This thing is amazingβ"
When the fire bomb is thrown, it explodes immediately, and if the person's reaction is a little slower, he will be blown up in the stomach and cut off his hands and feet. Fortunately, the explosion area of this thing is not very wide, otherwise I am afraid that this time their losses will be more serious.
Now that the little emperor and Yun Guoli should join forces to get rid of He Zhizhou, I am afraid that the road back to Beijing will become more and more difficult.
"Lord Wang, is it time to think about the jade seal in your hands? Including the little emperor's crazy assassination, just because he wanted to rob you of the jade seal handed over to you by the first emperor? An Kang asked with ulterior motives, emphasizing the words "Emperor Xian".
He Zhizhou understood his unspoken hint and nodded approvingly, "This king was about to talk to you about this. You've arranged it and let it out. β
Ankang nodded hurriedly, he had already calculated in his heart, what the first emperor entrusted, the destiny of heaven, it was always just a matter of making up stories, this kind of thing Mr. Meng was the best at, and he must pass the little emperor into a disloyal, unfilial and ruthless thing!
"One more thing." He glanced at Huang Hongfei, who was jumping over from the battlefield, and lowered his voice and said, "Can you think of a way to let Princess Mingyue make some thunderbolts like this?" I'm afraid that our journey back to Beijing will be much safer and faster, I'm really worried, Jingli-"
Even the jade seal can be made, and this thunderbolt is not a difficult thing to think about, right? But the most difficult thing is that Princess Mingyue has a bad brain now, alas.
He sighed, thinking of his mother and son who stayed in the Xiaoyao Mansion, and he couldn't help but be worried and anxious. I am afraid that the little emperor will take advantage of their absence and take their ancestors and grandchildren hostage......
He Zhizhou only glanced at him, and understood his worries, "Don't worry, this king made a very proper arrangement when he left Beijing, if the little emperor really dared to touch them, someone would take them to hide in a safe place, and when we went back, there would be nothing." β
Ankang was a little relieved at this time, "The latest news, Yong'an Hou Shizi was attacked, and now his life and death are unknown. It seems that the little emperor is really desperate, so we have to be more careful in the future. β
The fate of the prince of Yong'an, He Zhizhou had already expected it, the little emperor had the support of the eldest princess, and now he had Yuwenfu to help, if he didn't use these two forces to completely take him and Yong'anhou Mansion and Huang Hongfei, how long would he have to wait?
Huang Hongfei, who walked over briskly, happened to hear Ankang's words, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and he grabbed Ankang's collar, "What about the others in Yong'anhou Mansion?" How is the old lady? β
He didn't care about Deng Shiqi, all he cared about was the old lady in the Yong'an Hou Mansion who treated him sincerely.
"The letter didn't say anything about the others, I guess everyone else is safe except for Deng Shizi." An Kang snatched his collar from him, frowned and said: "The Yong'an Marquis Mansion is also the most powerful thing that Deng Shizi is fighting for the throne with the little emperor, who will the little emperor take if he doesn't take the knife?" Several nobles of the clan who supported Deng Shizi and supported orthodoxy were also beaten up by the little emperor for various names. β
Probably because it is an extraordinary period to focus on getting rid of He Zhizhou, the little emperor did not turn his face with those clan nobles who openly supported Huang Hongfei on the bright side, but these people have already been blacklisted by the little emperor, just after he cleaned up He Zhizhou and sat on his throne, it was time to slowly settle the account with these people.
These people must also have a number in their hearts, but they can take the opportunity to pull them into their camp. Butβ
An Kang looked at Huang Hongfei, who was no longer as relaxed and brisk as before, and thought to himself, what did the third prince in front of him think about that position?
He wanted to ask, but Huang Hongfei stomped his foot anxiously and ran away quickly.
So he had no choice but to look at He Zhizhou inquiringly, "Do you say that he was intentional or unintentional about that position?" β
"If he really wanted to, he wouldn't have come out of Beijing at this time." He Zhizhou said lightly, "He ran out so willfully, and I thought that those who originally supported him would be deterred by this." β
His rash and sloppy behavior is bound to discourage those who originally supported him. Just imagine, in order to arch him to the throne, they risked the risk of killing the whole family to plan for him, but he didn't care about their life or death, and with such a willful master, what future can be imagined.
What's more, as soon as he left Beijing, something happened to the prince of Yong'an Houfu, and he was afraid that those who were ambitious and wanted to make contributions from the dragon's work and celebrities through the ages would retreat.
Ankang was very satisfied with this, and when someone went back and forth about things, he hurried to get busy, but before leaving, he repeatedly hinted to He Zhizhou, if they also had thunderbolts in hand, it would be great.