Xu Yingyuan was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a long shout, "The world is peaceful-", hurriedly stopped his mouth and looked out. Suddenly, a row of reddish points of light appeared in front of him, like the first red of spring flowers, like a flooded face, approaching like a dream. Closer, closer, a row of palace lights, a string of handbells, a team of palace maids, the same neat and soft steps, in the moonlight towards the Wenhua Palace.

On the third day of the day, King Xin got up and had breakfast, tasted a sip of good Yangxian cloud tea, remembered the experience of last night, and his heart beat endlessly. Before the time came, the three princesses came to greet again, and the king suddenly felt a great sense of reunion, and just told the story of entering and leaving the inner court, Gao Shiming ran in a panic, and said in horror: "Lord, something is wrong!" King Xin had never seen Gao Shiming so panicked, and asked urgently: "What's the matter?" ”

"Tu Wenfu, the commander of the Zhongyong Battalion, led 3,000 men and horses to surround the palace for some reason."

King Xin's expression was grim, he slowly put down the teacup, and asked Gao Shiming thoughtfully: "What do they say?" ”

"When the servants saw that they were menacing, they hurriedly came back to report to the prince, so as to teach you to be prepared, but before they had time to ask them, they only ordered the family to inform them to wait outside the palace first."

"How long have they been here?"

"It's just a cup of tea."

Princess Zhou ordered Gao Shiming to say: "Quickly protect the prince and escape from the back door!" Tian and Yuan's second concubines also lost their faces, and said hurriedly: "Hurry up, don't care about our sisters!" ”

Seeing that they were all raining like pear blossoms, King Xin cried in panic and chuckled: "Don't be afraid, Lao Tzu is a cloud: 'Soldiers, ominous weapons.'" But Tu Wenfu's 3,000 men were by no means a bad omen. ”

Concubine Tian said angrily: "If it weren't for a bad omen, would it still be a happy event?" ”

Princess Zhou also persuaded: "The enemy situation is unknown, it is better for the prince to dodge, lest they plot against evil, where is the time to regret it at that time?" ”

King Xin shook his head and said: "They really want to arrest people, now the Dongchang brocade guards are all over the world, and they can't escape for a while, this king doesn't want to be a lost dog?" After a slight pause, he said infinitely gently: "This king is also reluctant to give up your sisters, who are not born and die at the same time, so what are the regrets of being able to stay with the underground?" ”

Princess Tian stomped her feet and said: "When is it, the palace is besieged, and the whole palace will not be able to escape the doom of ropes, knives and axes, and the prince still has the heart to play with our sisters!" ”

Princess Yuan also cried: "Lord, aren't you so angry and confused, so you have such a reversal of words? ”

Princess Zhou wiped her tears away, looked at King Xin, saw that his eyes were as calm as before, and there was no panicked look, she reached out and pulled the sleeve of his robe and asked: "The concubine is dull, and it is difficult to understand the deep meaning of the prince's words for a while." ”

"You'll understand." King Shin looked up at the rays of sunlight through the window, clapped his hands lightly, and exclaimed, "You are crying so beautifully!" This king has been with you for more than a year, and I have never seen you cry, and the pear blossoms bring rain in spring; Youlan dew, like crying eyes. The ancients were honest and deceiving, it was really shocking and pitiful! The beauty of this king's original road should be smiling, and today I know that it is still sad! ”

Princess Tian turned her back and said angrily: "People care about your safety, do you still have the heart to laugh?" If you want to see what rain hits the pear blossoms, I won't show you! ”

King Xin's face was embarrassed, and when he saw that their eyes were red from crying, and the cheeks were full of teardrops, he felt pity, suppressed his smile, and said slowly: "You don't have to worry, Tu Wenfu is just reporting that the news is coming, not against this king." ”

"Reporting?" The three princesses were stunned, and they all looked at King Xin in puzzlement, feeling more and more that his words were difficult to understand.

King Xin returned to the throne and sat down, beckoned them to sit too, took the bamboo Luo fan in Princess Tian's hand to play with it, and said softly: "The 3,000 Zhongyong Battalion Military Academy is not here to surround the palace, Tu Wenfu must have come to welcome this king into the palace." ”

"How difficult it was for the prince to enter the palace last night, why did he come to invite him today?" Gao Shiming couldn't help but interrupt him. King Shin asked, "Do you hear any commotion outside the house?" Seeing him, King Xin shook his head and explained: "If it is an auxiliary order to raid the palace, the military academy has already rushed in, how can a few guards and slaves resist it?" How could the celebrant and the brocade guard be so patient in handling cases? I guess they didn't mean it. ”

"Why are they?" Everyone looked at King Xin and was very puzzled. King Xin said with tears in his eyes: "It seems that the imperial brother is already in the sky." ”

Everyone was shocked and suspicious, Gao Shiming preemptively asked: "According to the etiquette law of this dynasty, the support of the new monarch should be persuaded by the ministers of the outer court, repeated three times, and then can ascend the throne and succeed to the throne. Princess Zhou said: "Didn't Wei Zhongxian want to take the credit? ”

King Xin smiled slightly: "It's not just a matter of grabbing the merits, I'm afraid there are even more vicious schemes." ”

"What kind of ploy could that be?" Everyone's hearts sank, and Princess Yuan said angrily: "He is so enthusiastic and mobilizing the people, obviously he has the intention of threatening the prince, isn't he afraid of risking the disapproval of the world?" ”

King Xin shook his head and said, "No. Although Wei Zhongxian's move was suspected of being held hostage, it was okay to welcome the prince into the palace overnight to discuss the funeral of the emperor, change the etiquette law, and obey the power in a hurry. This is the responsibility of the prince, how can he shirk it? ”

Princess Zhou sighed: "Is it so helpless? Can't think of a way to delay and wait for tomorrow to enter the palace? ”

King Xin flicked the sleeves of his robe, got up and paced, and said, "Since Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to act rashly, it seems that he has not yet completely controlled the overall situation, so he is undecided. With his current position of power, he must not want to fail, he does not want to lose money, so he naturally will not take risks, act rashly, and do things that he is not sure of. If this king does not enter the palace, it will cause him to be suspicious, and he will be more vigilant against this king, and maybe it will prompt him to make up his mind and speed up his actions. ”

Princess Tian wept and said: "Now that the prince is the hope of all the people in the world, he is alone in danger, once the accident happens, wouldn't he be caught and sit still?" ”

King Xin persuaded: "This king enters the palace as a soldier who can be proud of the enemy, Wei Zhongxian must think that this king has no city in his chest, and he can be bullied when he is young, so he will be paralyzed and careless." Besides, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, and if you don't enter the palace, how can you be the emperor and rule the world? ”

Princess Tian sighed faintly: "At present, the lotus flowers in the Forbidden City are afraid that they are already crippled, the residual lotus is cold and rainy, and it is desolate, and the flute is not easy to blow." The concubine didn't think of what flute to play in the Forbidden City, and on a moonlit night, she looked at Wu Tai, spit out slowly, and everyone rewarded her, and it didn't reduce the joy of life. ”

"My sister is really born with a compassionate heart, happy and sad, really pitiful!" Princess Zhou saw that King Xin's mind had been decided, and it was useless to persuade him again, so she hurriedly diverted the topic and bowed to King Xin: "The concubine has congratulated the prince." King Xin said indifferently: "It stands to reason that it is a great happy event, but it is not yet time to celebrate." ”

Princess Zhou said with a smile: "When the prince arrives at the palace and is in the throne, he will naturally celebrate with the whole world. ”

"It's good to be able to do that, but the world is often unsatisfactory, I'm afraid it's not necessarily!" King Xin said: "This time the king enters the palace seems to be a happy event, but in fact, it hides a great danger, the so-called fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, and the future is uncertain." When everyone saw that King Xin's brows were deep, his words were strange, and the little joy that had just sprung up in their hearts was gone for a while.

"That's not going to the palace." Princess Tian was teary-eyed. King Xin smiled bitterly: "This king also wants to shirk, but the three thousand loyal and brave battalions are guarding outside the door, will they be willing?" ”

"The prince is the emperor, how dare they use force? Give it a try. ”

"There is no need to use force, Wei Zhongxian knows that this king will not disobey the will of the imperial brother and live up to the hard work of the imperial sister-in-law."

"Then you don't have to enter the palace overnight? It must be the Wei thief who pretended to make a holy decree and wanted to deceive the prince into the palace. Princess Tian said hatefully.

"Is it true that the matter of exaggeration is new today? How many times did they exterminate Donglin and kill dissidents, but how often did it come from the original intention of the imperial brother? In recent years, the folk song of Jingshi said: 'When the ghost stands, the eggplant flowers are all red.' Don't you understand the meaning of this phrase? ”

Gao Shiming responded: "The slave and maid also know this sentence, and the combination of the two words is the Wei character, which refers to Wei Zhongxian; The word eggplant is homophonic with the word guest, in order to refer to the guest printing month. ”

King Xin nodded, still pacing incessantly: "Wei Zhongxian sent soldiers to welcome this king into the palace, in fact, it was a dangerous move that had to be taken. He didn't expect that this king would enter the palace to face the saint, and when he found out, he wanted to hunt down this king, but he didn't expect this king to calmly leave the palace and return to his house. ”

Concubine Zhou asked: "Then why didn't the Wei thief enter the palace to chase and kill?" ”

"If he enters the house, everyone will know about it, and the world will be boiling, and he will also fall into the name of a chaotic minister and thief, and everyone will be punished. How could he be willing to lose both? ”

Concubine Yuan realized: "Therefore, he will fail to make a second plan and send someone to welcome the prince into the palace again." ”

"Not bad. When this king entered the palace, he naturally laid a net and looked for an opportunity to assassinate. In the future, you can use the merit of support, arrogant to the ministers, use the confidants and cronies in various important places in the palace, hinder in many ways, bully the king, act as a prestige, and even coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to play the king in the palm of their hands. Grace is just like the old, once it falls out of favor, it will fight back with all its might, and fight for a fish to die and break the net. If the king was afraid and refused to obey the edict, he even granted his wish, and he took the opportunity to support others. This can be described as killing three birds with one stone, and it is extremely thoughtful. ”

"Isn't the prince in a dilemma?" Gao Shiming was in a hurry, he was confident that the king was young and served before and after, very emotional, seeing that the king of faith was rich and prosperous, and became a prince under one person and above ten thousand people, he was so happy to chant the Buddha with incense, who knew that the good times would not last long, and he would be in danger, and he couldn't help but feel sad and sad, and almost cried.

"It's better to go in than to go back! Quickly pick Tu Wenfu in, so as not to make him suspicious after a long time. "King Xin taught the three princesses to avoid the inner room.

Not long after, a man wearing a black veil came in, a big red python suit, a flying fish suit, a belt around his waist, and an embroidered spring knife, read out the holy decree fruit that summoned King Xin into the palace, and stepped forward to salute and said: "Slave Tu Wenfu congratulates Chitose Lord." ”

King Xin raised his hand and ordered him to be flattened, and asked, "When did the imperial brother Yan drive?" ”

"Not for a moment."

"According to my Ming ancestral system, it is the responsibility of the ministers to welcome the new monarch, why don't you see them coming?"

Tu Wenfu hurriedly said: "The cabinet minister is busy taking care of the affairs of the saint, and it is difficult to separate, so the nine-thousand-year-old special servant is ready to take it." ”

King Xin couldn't help sneering in his heart, and shirked: "This king's heart hurts the emperor's brother suddenly, and his body feels unwell, you go back to report to Wei Companion, this king rests overnight, and re-enters the palace tomorrow." Now that the royal brother has just died, there are many things in the palace, so teach him not to bother too much. ”

"The saint died, many major events were in a daze, and the Duke of Wei urgently waited for the prince to enter the palace to preside over the government, and begged the Chitose Lord not to embarrass the slaves, so as not to make it difficult for the slaves to confess in front of the Duke of Wei!" Tu Wenfu's words were soft and hard, "Besides, the slave and maid brought the battalion soldiers to escort the prince, the prince does not enter the palace, and the three thousand sons have no reason to return to the camp alive, so I ask the prince to fulfill it!" ”

Gao Shiming shouted: "A bold slave, he dares to be rude to the prince, and it is a capital crime to deceive the king!" ”

Tu Wenfu sneered: "You and I are both slaves, we act as ordered, why should Brother Gao speak up?" ”

Gao Shiming was speechless for a while. Seeing that he couldn't get rid of it, King Xin said softly: "This king is afraid that entering the palace will not help much, but will hinder his hands and feet, and teach Wei and his courtiers to work harder. It stands to reason that the royal brother only has a blood relative of the king, even if there is no holy decree, he has to cry and sacrifice, which is the etiquette for the courtiers and the love of being a brother. You go down and have tea, and wait for the king to pay tribute in the palace first, and then enter the palace with you. ”

Tu Wenfu thanked him: "The slave doesn't dare, let's wait for the prince outside!" lest the ignorant men disturb the people. ”

"That's the most thoughtful."

Tu Wenfu bowed out of the main hall, and the three princesses came out of the inner room and complained in unison: "Lord, you actually agreed to enter the palace?" ”

Seeing that they were concerned, King Xin comforted: "There is no delay in entering the palace, so you have to act on camera, and it is useless for you to worry, and the anti-sect king is uneasy." ”

"How to enter the palace? If you need to bring more people, each with a sword and a sword and other sharp weapons, the minions will go down to prepare. Gao Shiming said with tears in his eyes.

"No need, although the palace is like a tiger's den and a dragon pool, no matter how many people there are, there are no more than hundreds of guards in the palace, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of soldiers, but it is to teach Wei Zhongxian and others to underestimate. When this king was young, he listened to Li Xuanzhi in the palace to talk about the king of Guan to go to the meeting alone, when he was really a great hero through the ages, he was admired, he could follow suit, take a few weekday relatives, go to the palace for a walk, do you have the courage to go? ”

Gao Shiming preemptively said: "The slave maid serves the prince and has not left for many years, even if it is a slave maid!" Wang Chengen was not willing to be left behind, and said eagerly: "The slave maid will also enter the palace with the prince!" ”

Before King Xin could answer, a person outside the door answered: "The slave maid has been in and out of the palace many times, and the path is familiar, so let's go with the prince and the slave!" As soon as the words fell, Xu Yingyuan flashed into the main hall.

Princess Tian said sadly: "The prince is in danger, the concubine is powerless to help, if she knows that there is today, how can the concubine learn what piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, practice a martial arts, and protect the prince with her!" Princess Yuan also said: "Sister Zhou stays in the palace, it's enough!" The concubine and the prince entered the palace, so there was a person who spoke to relieve boredom, and it was good to spend such a difficult long night at the same time! ”

King Xin was suddenly angry, and said loudly: "This place is not easy water, why did Xiao Ran make such a parting state?" This king is still going to enjoy the flowers and music with you in the palace garden, and there will be no return! Looking at the three concubines with two eyes, he held back the pain in his heart and said slowly: "This king will enter the palace with Xu and Wang, and Gao Shiming will stay in the palace to take care of him." Wait in the house in peace, and do not mess with yourselves. ”

Princess Zhou said with tears in her eyes: "The prince cherishes a lot, don't think of our sisters, as long as the prince is safe, it is God's mercy on our sisters." ”

King Xin waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat, leaving only Gao Shiming. King Xin said: "It seems that the civil and military officials do not know about this matter, if the news is spread, some princes and ministers will inevitably rush to share the merits of supporting the establishment, Wei Zhongxian will definitely have some scruples, and there are many constraints in acting, so he will be a little more sure." Just how to spread it? Gao Shiming's eyes lit up and said, "Go to Liuquanju." ”

"Hmmm! It's a good idea. If you go to Liuquanju, you must not miss this person. King Xin suddenly felt that the odds of victory were a little more certain.

"Which one?"

"Tian Hongyu."

"Master Tian, Concubine Tian's father?"

"Not bad. Tell him the order quickly, and it must be him. Then he told him secretly, and Gao Shiming couldn't help nodding yes. After the instructions, he was about to get up, but when he saw the three princesses waiting at the door again, King Xin dissuaded: "You don't have to send this king, just say goodbye for the time being, it's sad to be so solemn." ”

"When the concubine came back, she just wanted to say a word to the prince." Princess Zhou's eyes were slightly red, and Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan looked at King Xin stupidly on the side.

"It's not going to be the same as this king to enter the palace, right?" King Xin saw that they were so tender that he almost didn't want to enter the palace. Princess Zhou said: "The concubine doesn't dare to follow the princess for fear of distraction. was just afraid that Wei Zhongxian would do anything in the palace, so he and his two sisters steamed six thin wheat cakes, and the prince could hide them in the sleeves of his robe to satisfy his hunger. Don't eat a bite of food in the palace, drink a mouthful of soup in the palace, and always beware of the tricks of the Wei thief! So saying, he wrapped the wheat bread in a silk handkerchief, and hid it for the king. King Xin explained: "The Wei thief just wants to take advantage of the Son of Heaven to order the world, and he may not harm the king and bear the crime of killing the king." He is a great traitor, and he should not play any little tricks! My life is in heaven, how can I be at the mercy of an eunuch at will! With that, he strode out of the house.

Tu Wenfu was waiting anxiously, wandering incessantly, and the military academies couldn't stop commotion, seeing King Xin and others coming out, they hurriedly greeted him, and actually handed over the silk reins of a horse, not a chariot. King Xin took it, Gao Shiming rushed to kneel down the horse, and said with tears: "The slave waits for the prince to get on the horse." King Xin patted him lightly on the shoulder with his hand and whispered, "The stakes are very high, and nothing can go wrong." He stepped on his back and got on his horse, and walked away in a hug. The three princesses led their families to stand for a long time, watching the back of King Shin gradually drift away, slowly blending into the fiery afterglow of autumn, and couldn't stop the tears flowing.