Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it's summer.

For more than a year, because the emperor's dragon body was not safe, the atmosphere in the palace was a lot quieter.

The laughter that used to ring out in the harem in the past is now almost inaudible. The palace maids and eunuchs seemed to be very interesting, and one by one, they were all carefully serving all day long.

Ladies and gentlemen, when they were okay before, they all walked around each other. Now, it seems that they rarely interact with each other.

Especially after Princess Chang'an left, the palace became more and more dull.

For Chang'an out of the palace, people have become accustomed to it.

Especially when she was a child, people thought it was funny whenever she thought that no one knew that she had sneaked out of the palace and came back with a triumphant look.

When it's funny, I also think she's cute.

In fact, Chang'an's sneaking out of the palace is just an open secret. Everyone in the palace also knew that it was acquiesced by the emperor, so everyone turned a blind eye.

Sometimes I ran into it, and I deliberately avoided it to provide convenience for her.

By the time Chang'an could leave the palace casually by herself, she had grown up.

However, it seems that from that time on, she rarely appeared in the palace.

First he trained in Yeduju, and then he went to North Ventura, where he stayed for almost a year.

After coming back, she stayed in the palace for a while, and then left the palace last fall, and never saw her come back since.

Every evening, Dai Quan had to go around the palace gate as usual and stay there for a while.

The eunuchs in the court room thought that he had been in the palace for a day, and he was depressed and panicked, so he came out to breathe.

Dai Quan himself said the same.

In fact, only he knows that he is here every day waiting for Chang'an to come back.

Until now, Dai Quan still clearly remembers Chang'an when he was a child.

This little girl, from babbling, to toddler, to growing up day by day, scenes often appear in front of her eyes. When I think about it, it's like it was yesterday.

Chang'an has been gone for eight or nine months, and no one knows where she went. For so long, there has never been news of her.

It seems that the people in the palace don't know where she went. Because the crown prince, the king of Jin, and the king of Chu also inquired about her.

The sun is about to set, and the palace gate is about to close.

Dai Quan sighed and was about to go back.

Now he is used to it. Even if Xiao Changan doesn't appear, he doesn't think there is anything abnormal.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves was heard, and three healthy horses galloped over, and when he saw the comer, Dai Quan couldn't help but sit on the ground.

My little ancestor, I have finally waited for you to come back!

"Grandpa Dai, why did you sit on the ground?"

One dismounted. , looked at Dai Quan with a smile.

If it's not Chang'an, who else can it be?

"Your Highness, the old slave has finally waited for you back, now it's good."

Dai Quan hurriedly got up from the ground, took the reins from Chang'an's hand, led the horse, and walked towards the palace with Chang'an, Lichun and Zuo Linliang.

"Father-in-law Dai, is Father Emperor's dragon body okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just that I always think about His Highness, and I always ask the old slave about it, and ask His Highness if he has come back."

"I'm back, where can I not go to see my father? Okay, you go and tell your father, and I'll go to him in a moment. ”

"Okay, the old slave will go first."

Dai Quan stumbled in.

"Zuo Linliang, after walking for so long, you should also go home and rest for two days. I'll pass you on in two days. ”

Chang'an turned around and said to Zuo Lin Liang.

"Thank you, Your Highness, I have taken my leave."

Zuo Linliang left, and Chang'an did not enter the palace immediately. She walked under a small tree and seemed to see again what had happened here a few years ago.

The stubborn figure was holding a cardboard with the words "Face Saint Chenqing" written on it.

That autumn, in the far north of Windura, the Yanluo Lake that makes people feel warm and infinite when they think about it.

Chief Min, are you okay? Where are you now?

Chang'an's heart is a little warm and a little sour.

"Your Highness, go in, the emperor is afraid that he will have to wait."

Lichun urged on the side.

Chang'an sighed softly and walked towards the palace.

Yuan Heng Tianzi's condition seems to be a little strange.

Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.

When it's good, it's like it's okay. When it's bad, it's bedridden and seems to be unable to sink.

In this regard, the hospital is also helpless.

As for the cause, one said that it was an occasional cold, this one said that it was a sudden attack, and the other said that it was overworked.

The doctors were anxious and panicked, and they were often in constant fear for this.

However, the Emperor of Yuanheng was very tolerant of the imperial doctors. Not only does he never blame, but he often gently comforts him. The doctors were both ashamed and nervous.

In the past two days, Yuanheng Tianzi seems to be in good health and spirit, and during the day today, he still took a turn in the palace.

In the evening, I specially asked the imperial dining room to make two dishes that I usually like.

Just as he picked up his chopsticks and was about to eat, a shrill voice came.

"Your Majesty, great joy, Your Majesty, great joy."

I saw Dai Quan stumbling in.

"Dai Quan, why are you so flustered?"

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Chang'an is back!"

"Chang'an?"

The chopsticks in Yuan Heng's hand fell on the table unconsciously.

"Is it really Chang'an back?"

"Your Majesty, it's true, the old slave saw it at the door with his own eyes, and he also spoke to His Highness, and now he is coming to the palace."

"I'm still stunned about what to do, why don't you call her over and eat with me."

"Yes, yes, the old slave was a little confused with joy."

When Dai Quan went out, Yuan Heng couldn't sit still. One moment he stood up, then he sat down, another he walked around the room, and another he looked at the door.

Finally, I saw the figure in the distance, and walked quickly here.

"Father, I'm back."

Chang'an saw his father waiting at the door, so he took a few steps. Before I knew it, tears flowed out.

"Okay, little Chang'an, just come back."

Yuan Heng's eyes seemed to be a little moist, and he hurriedly rubbed his eyes a few times to cover the past.

"Is Father Emperor's dragon body good?"

"Good, good, no way, no way. Hungry after all the way? Sit down and eat. ”

Yuan Heng led Chang'an and sent him to his seat, before returning to his place and sitting down.

"Ah, it's so fragrant, in the end, the food here is delicious."

"Eat more if it's delicious, don't be in a hurry, eat slowly."

Yuan Heng looked at Chang'an's gobbling up, his eyes were full of doting.

It seems to have grown taller again, and even seems to be more robust, but his face is slightly darker.

"Father, you can use it too."

"Okay, I'll use it too. Stand down, all of you. ”

The palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting retreated, leaving Yuan Heng and Chang'an to eat slowly. While eating, we chatted.

"Where did they go this time? After walking for so long, I don't know how to reply to me? ”

"All the way from Zhili to Liangjiang, and finally to Guangxi."

"Still going to Guangxi?"

"I heard that there was a lot of banditry there, so I went to investigate. Hmph, this gang is a little weird. ”

"When I got there, the local people were talking a lot, and they were all talking about the troubles."

"What's so strange?"

"First, there have been no bandits there for decades, and more than 2,000 bandits have appeared overnight."

"Second, the bandits seem to be from other places, but the locals have never heard of any of them joining the bandits. On the contrary, some people want to join the gang, but they do not accept it. ”

"Thirdly, apart from robbing a few wealthy families when they first arrived there, the bandits only entrenched themselves in the mountains after that, and never disturbed the city and the countryside again. Neither robbing men and women, nor robbing homes and houses, but it seems to be strict in military discipline and well-trained. ”

Fourth, as soon as the imperial army arrived, they fled when they heard the news. As soon as the army withdrew, it made a comeback. It's like hide and seek. ”

"What's so suspicious?"

"If you want to say suspicious, even the people and horses of the king of Dongping are also suspicious. Every time the bandits are suppressed, it seems that they have to release the news in advance, and they make a big show all the way, as if they are afraid that the bandits will not know. ”

"On that occasion in the shop, I heard a merchant who said that when he was on the way, he had seen the soldiers and bandits of the court encountered, so he secretly hid in the woods. Then I saw a strange thing. ”

"Oh? What's the strange thing? ”

"When the soldiers and horses of the two sides encountered, they did not fight immediately, but talked for a while, and then the war began, and when the war began, it seemed that it was not really desperate, but as if it was acting. After fighting for half an hour, the two sides paid their own troops, and in the end, there were no casualties. It's like a family training. ”

Alas, Chang'an has trained soldiers and gone into battle, but he just went for a walk and saw the flaws.

Of course they are a family. It's just raising bandits for self-respect, and they have ulterior motives.

After a trip to Chang'an, you can see the clues, local officials, Manchu civil and military, why can't few people see it?

Is it mediocre and incompetent, a corpse vegetarian, or pretending to be deaf and dumb, nothing to do with yourself, and hanging high? Or is it an ulterior motive?

"Didn't Wang Ziteng go? I haven't heard of him cracking down on bandits? ”

"Lord Wang's Beijing camp seems to be fighting well."

"What's Shang Ke called?"

"Jingying went, but there was a fight with the bandits. That battle was fought with King Dongping. It is said that the bandits were surrounded, but it seems that the bandits ran away a lot, killing less than a thousand people. ”

"Isn't it encircled, why did you run away again?"

"It was the Dongping King's side that fought ineffectively, and the bandits ran out of them. However, the men and horses of the king of Dongping seem to be fine, but it makes people suspect that they deliberately let them go. ”

"What's going on in Hunan?"

"Wang Ziteng first arrived in Hunan, and it is said that as soon as his Beijing camp arrived in Hunan, the bandits fled and scattered in all directions. Therefore, he went directly to Guangxi without fighting a battle in Hunan, and only then did he fight a battle. When I walked from there, it was said that the banditry in Guangxi had subsided. Now there are no more bandits in Hunan and Guangxi. Such a situation is really suspicious, and it can be seen that the three feudatories, as Jia Min said, are harboring evil intentions and plotting against them. ”

Chang'an finally pointed out the key.

That's why she went to the southwest in person.

"How can you be so sure?"

"There is no direct evidence, but the signs are clear. As far as I can guess, they weren't bandits in the first place, but they were just men and horses from the three feudatories. ”

"Why should they do this?"

"It's just that in the name of suppressing bandits, their men and horses are gradually moving north."