Chapter 1: Entering the Palace
(Thank you to all readers for your support, and thank you to the first four leaders of this book: Really?) srjhenbang, clouds on the moon, love my **** mother, Lainjoy Lingxi. )
Han Ruzi was awakened by a shake from his sleep, smelled a familiar smell, didn't open his eyes, and hummed lazily.
"Get up, son, we're going back."
The mother's voice was as ethereal as fairy music, Han Ruzi raised her eyelids strongly, and in the hazy light, she saw her mother's excited and nervous face, "Mother ......"
"God and Buddha bless, we can finally go back." The mother repeated, her voice trembling with excitement.
"Where?" Han Ruzi sat up slowly, still not understanding the situation.
"Back in the palace, you're going to be the emperor."
Han Ruzi rubbed his eyes and finally came to his senses, "I don't want to go back, and I don't want to be an emperor." ”
The mother grabbed one of her son's arms, "You are not allowed to say such discouraged words, never allowed, understand?" You still have a long way to go, there will be many people in the way, you have to ......"
The mother didn't know what to say, her son was just thirteen years old, and he was in the stage where he didn't seem to understand the world, and it was easy to misunderstand what adults said. "The throne was supposed to be yours." Mother said gently, "Emperor Wu is your grandfather, he likes you, and he personally gave you a name, if you don't die too early, Emperor Wu will make you the emperor's grandson." ”
Han Ruzi nodded, his mother often nagged him these words, but to be honest, he didn't remember his grandfather's appearance at all. He quickly dressed and put on his hat and walked out of the room with his mother.
It was dark and cold outside, and there were many people standing in the courtyard, no one was lighting the lamp, and the mother pushed her son in front of her and said in a haughty tone: "This is the grandson of Emperor Wu and the son of Emperor Huan." ”
A figure knelt down in the courtyard, Han Ruzi was very nervous, but he didn't retreat, he didn't want to disappoint his mother.
The nearest figure got up and walked over, and a cold wind followed, Han Ruzi was inexplicably impressed by this coldness, and he couldn't forget it for many years.
"I am Yang Feng, a regular servant, and I welcome the prince into the palace."
The mother heard the disrespect in the words of the middle attendant, so she said in a colder tone: "Just a middle attendant? ”
Yang Feng nodded, bent down slightly, and said to Han Ruzi, "Please board the prince." ”
Han Ruzi looked back at her mother, and in the night, her mother's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
"Our mother and son were kicked out of the palace, and if you want us to go back, you must not be so casual." She said.
Yang Feng's waist bent deeper, and a disapproving smile appeared on his face, "Wang Meiren, the old slave is just acting on orders, and - another group of people in the palace are on their way to greet the King of the East China Sea at the moment, I don't need to say more, Wang Meiren should also understand how important it is to return to the palace a moment earlier." ”
Wang Meiren was immediately moved, stepped forward, and stood beside her son, "Okay, let's go." ”
Yang Feng didn't move, and neither did the many figures behind him.
"The lives of our mother and son are in the hands of Yang Gong, please Yang Gong has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak." Wang Meiren's tone softened unexpectedly.
"The order I received is to bring only the prince into the palace."
Wang Meiren's expression changed suddenly, but this time she didn't argue, nor did she get angry, but slowly pushed her son to outsiders.
Han Ruzi looked back in surprise, "Mother, I don't ......"
"Obedient." Although Wang Meiren's voice was low, there was no question, "You enter the palace first, and then ...... And then...... Take me in again. Wang Meiren leaned into her son's ear and said in a lower voice: "Remember, don't trust anyone but yourself, and don't offend anyone." ”
Han Ruzi began to feel frightened, he involuntarily moved forward under the impetus of his mother, and the other pair of arms took him over, and then the crowd swarmed and drowned him like a dark cloud. From this moment on, Han Ruzi lost most of his consciousness, and he didn't even know how he left home and got into the carriage, the carriage was not enclosed, only a canopy, he looked back again and again, and always felt that his mother was still following behind, but he saw only a dozen strange knights, until he drove out of two streets, he remembered that he didn't say goodbye to his mother.
"We'll see each other again soon." Han Ruzi thought so in his heart, and said it unconsciously in his mouth.
The night in the capital has always been calm, and the sound of horses' hooves on the street is extremely loud, and Yang Feng, who was sitting next to Han Ruzi, heard the whispering, turned his head and said kindly: "I have seen the prince when I was a child. ”
Han Ruzi didn't squeak.
"The prince is ...... this year Twelve years old, right? ”
"Thirteen." The carriage was galloping too fast, Han Ruzi felt that all his internal organs were empty, and the whole person was light and fluttering, and he was still able to sit firmly in the carriage, he was very surprised.
Yang Feng continued to stare at the young man, he had to estimate the value of this prince in the shortest possible time, "You don't look big. ”
Han Ruzi is not shorter than his peers, what makes him look childish is his expression, like a kitten that has fallen into a kennel, at a loss, unable to accept too many unfamiliar faces and smells for a while.
"The prince rarely leaves the house, right?" Yang Feng remembered that when Emperor Heng was still the prince, Wang Meiren was not very favored, and lived in a remote courtyard with his son, the prince succeeded to the throne, and Wang Meiren's mother and son entered the palace with them, but they were still left out in the cold, and only a month later, because "the prince is getting older and should not live in the forbidden place for a long time", both mother and son were sent out of the palace.
In any case, no matter how unfavored the prince is, he will be crowned the throne before the age of fifteen, which is the ancestor of Dachu, and it is likely to be sealed to a remote and humble place, but after all, it is a prince, and Wang Meiren will also become the queen mother, and from then on stay away from the surveillance and jealousy of the palace.
Yang Feng suddenly softened a little, the young man sitting next to him was a little sheep with a bright future, but now he was brought into the wolves.
"When...... Can you bring your mother into the palace? Han Ruzi asked in a low voice.
Yang Feng secretly laughed at his momentary weakness, "When you can issue your will." ”
"How long will it take?" Han Ruzi asked.
Yang Feng was silent for a moment, and said word by word: "If you just wait, you will never be able to wait." ”
Han Ruzi didn't understand the deep meaning of the eunuch's words, but he sensed the coldness from the other party's expression and tone, so he closed his mouth, he was a prince, but he had never felt superior.
Yang Feng stood up and shouted to the emperor in the front row: "Turn right in front and take Penglai Gate." ”
"Yang Gong, Penglai Gate is far away...... the emperor was very surprised, and he didn't understand why Yang Changshi, who was in a hurry to return to the palace, was reluctant to go far.
"Look at the road!" Yang Feng slapped the emperor on the back, sat back in his place, and turned to wave at the knight behind him.
The emperor did not dare to ask any more questions, turned at the intersection and ran to the Penglai Gate in the northeast of the palace, and the dozen eunuchs behind the car were divided into two roads, following the carriage all the way, and still moving towards the Dongqing Gate all the way.
A glimmer of light appeared in the sky, and the coachman called out "Yang Gong" in a panic.
There was a group of soldiers blocking the street ahead.
Yang Feng stood up suddenly, the night was still dark, he couldn't see the origin of those soldiers clearly, pressed both hands on the coachman's shoulders, and shouted: "Run faster, no one dares to stop the big inner car!" ”
The soldiers in front were also shouting and ordering the carriage to stop.
Han Ruzi turned sideways slightly, looked over the four horses galloping at full strength, and saw at least twenty soldiers lined up in two rows to block the way, all armed with spears.
The carriage couldn't rush over, he thought, and turned his head to look at Yang Feng, the old eunuch in his fifties was leaning forward like a wolf preparing to pounce, his hands pressed on the coachman's shoulders, as if he was working hard for the other party.
"Faster!" Yang Feng yelled.
Han Ruzi was surprised, he had seen some eunuchs, all of them cautious, like a group of tiptoeing cats, and Yang Feng, who was often servant, was not like them, more like a well-trained hound.
The soldiers blocking the road were getting closer and closer, and Han Ruzi grabbed the carriage tightly with one hand, ready to welcome the carriage on its back.
Several knights overtook the carriage and ran ahead, unleashing a barrage of curses and orders.
In the end, I don't know what factors played a role, the soldiers who blocked the road actually got out of the way, and the carriage continued to move forward, Han Ruzi was even more surprised, this was the first time he saw the power to move forward.
Yang Feng sat back in his place, didn't make a sound for a long time, and suddenly turned his head and asked, "Do you really want to take your mother into the palace?" ”
Han Ruzi nodded again and again, of course he thought that he had never been so far away from his mother since he was a child.
"Okay, the prince seems to be a quiet person, from now on, please keep the prince quiet and leave everything to me, okay?"
Han Ruzi nodded again.
At dawn, the carriage drove smoothly into the palace, and Han Ruzi had no impression of this place, and was placed in a room in a daze.
Not long after, a eunuch hurried in, sweating profusely, most likely one of the knights who followed Yang Feng, "Jing Gong and his party were stopped at Dongqing Gate. ”
Yang Feng was so excited that he stomped on the floor, "I know, who is the blocker?" ”
"It's strange to say, it's actually a group of disciples from Taixue, shouting that it's not in line with the etiquette."
"What's so strange that the real mastermind doesn't show up so soon. Well...... You go to Dongqingmen again immediately and announce that the prince has entered the palace, and you may be able to relieve the siege for Jing Gong. ”
The eunuch who delivered the letter was stunned, didn't ask much, and immediately retreated to carry out the order.
Yang Feng turned to Han Ruzi, "Don't be afraid, remember, everything you will get is what I fought for you." ”
Han Ruzi nodded, his mother told him not to trust anyone, but now his eyes were dark, and he couldn't find anything to rely on except for this old eunuch.
Yang Feng stared at the prince for a while, then turned around and strode away.
There was no one else in the room, Han Ruzi sat quietly in the chair, suspecting that he was still in a dream, and he could hear his mother's voice urging him to get up later, but the sunlight outside was getting brighter and brighter, indicating that everything that had happened so far was real.
I don't know how long it has been, and there is a quarrel between two people outside the house.
"It was you who told the ministers and asked them to set up an ambush in Dongqingmen, and then pretend to be a good person!" The voice was furious.
"Jing Gong, don't take the enemy's first opportunity as an informant, we are all in the same boat, someone has to be able to find out the danger ahead, you should be glad that I am a smart person." This is Yang Feng's voice.
"Don't play tricks with me, let's go see the Queen Mother, you can't fool everyone!"
Han Ruzi still sat still, and in a trance understood that everything that happened here was related to him, and at the same time, it had nothing to do with him.
There was a sound of pushing the door, and a young man of the same age as Han Ruzi walked in, wearing a brocade robe embroidered with patterns, and when he saw Han Ruzi, the young man was stunned for a moment, "You are also here to fight for the throne?" It seems that we are brothers, and some people say that I will make you king in the future, but I think killing you is the way to do it once and for all. ”
Han Ruzi followed Yang Feng's reminder and didn't say a word.
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