When Empress Dowager Xun heard this, her face changed, and Sima Cheng also stepped forward and persuaded her:

As His Royal Highness said, now not only in the palace, but also in the entire Dayu is at a critical juncture of life and death, presumably the Buddha also does not want the people of Dayu to be in prison, so that His Royal Highness can descend from the sky and bless the people. And the prince only sent me alone this time, because he was afraid of attracting people's eyes and ears, so he ordered me to secretly help His Highness return to the court. ”

Empress Dowager Xun also hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Yi Xue, saying:

"Ji'er, the queen mother doesn't want you to embarrass you, it's just that the current situation in the court, the first emperor has just died of illness less than half a year, and now although there are two emperors, Prince Lie and Prince Jing, are in charge of the government, but the throne is always vacant, and it is also a long-term strategy to go on like this! And ......"

Empress Dowager Xun hesitated a little, but finally said.

"You must also know that when the first emperor was alive, there were not many princes under his knees, and after the first emperor was seriously ill, Queen Jia killed the prince, and the other princes were also inexplicably sick, injured, and dead, plus the rebellion of the kings after that, they no longer have the ability to inherit the unification."

Empress Dowager Xun lowered her head and sighed, then turned around and knelt in front of Yi Xue,

"I beg you, the queen mother. It is precisely because there are rumors that you and Princess Yi are still alive that the succession will be delayed again and again, otherwise it would have been ...... long ago Now Dayu can only rely on you! Ji'er! ”

Yi Xue looked embarrassed, and hurriedly helped the Empress Dowager Xun up and said:

"Queen Mother, I was not the most outstanding prince when I was a child, and I have been living in the people for many years, and I also have no ability to inherit the unification in terms of the way to govern the country."

Sima Cheng, who had been silent for a long time, opened his mouth and said:

"Your Royal Highness Ji, Prince Jing and all the ministers of the court will religiously assist, and it is only natural that you inherit the unification."

It's a matter of course again, and it's a mouth.

"Ji'er, you just agree, if you don't agree, the queen mother won't get up!" Empress Dowager Xun is righteous.

"Queen Mother, you get up first, let the sons go back to the palace first, if the sons can return to the palace smoothly, then discuss the matter." Yi Xue neither agreed nor objected. She can't seem too positive or too negative.

Empress Dowager Xun saw that Yi Xue had sent her mouth, nodded, and got up with tears in her eyes, she felt that it was reasonable, and returning to the palace safely at the moment was the most important thing.

Yi Xue glanced at Sima Cheng and said to him:

"Since Prince Jing wants you to help me return to the palace, does Uncle Huang have a clever plan? I'll stay here with my mother for a few days, and then I'll go back to the palace together. ”

Before Sima Cheng could reply, Empress Dowager Xun preemptively said:

"No, Ji'er, you can't stay here, you have to go back to the palace as soon as possible."

"Why did the Queen Mother say this?" Both Xue Xue and Sima Cheng were a little surprised.

Empress Dowager Xun also panicked, but did not further explain the reason.

Seeing this, Sima Cheng took over the speech and said:

"Your Royal Highness, as the Queen Mother said, there is a lack of garrison in the temple now, and if the news of His Highness's appearance spreads, I am afraid that there will inevitably be villains in the court who will be compassionate, which is not good for His Highness."

"Oh, then, tell me what you have planned."

Yi Xue didn't entangle with Empress Dowager Xun much, and now, she only needs to use Sima Cheng's mouth to explain the original plan and discernment.

"Returning to Your Highness, if those ill-intentioned people know the news of you in the White Horse Temple, they will definitely speculate on your thoughts, and they will feel that you and the Queen Mother think the same, and they are worried about long nights and dreams, so they will return to the palace one step ahead of the Queen Mother, and they will set up an ambush on the way back to the palace and invite you to enter the urn. That's why we should do the opposite, you should go back to the palace with the Queen Mother, swagger through the market, and let the people know about your existence, so that they don't dare to do it easily. ”

Yi Xue glanced at Empress Dowager Xun and saw her bow in agreement, so she also nodded and said, "Well, it makes sense." ”

But Sima Cheng had other plans.

After that, Empress Dowager Xun asked someone to clean up a side room in the Zen courtyard and use it as a bedroom for Yixue. In the afternoon, before the Empress Dowager Xun went to the temple to worship the Buddha, Yi Xue told the Empress Dowager Xun: "In order to prevent attracting people's eyes, please do not come to the side room to find yourself in person or send someone to find herself before returning to the palace." ”

A few days later, the evening drum and morning bell of the White Horse Temple, at first glance, everything was as usual.

And that night, the Empress Dowager Xun and the palace people had already slept, but there was a sound of "squirming" in the bedroom of Yi Xue, and at the same time, there was a knock on the door, accompanied by a pleasant soft sound.

"Your Highness, are you ready?" It was Sima Cheng's voice.

Soon, I saw the door slowly open, and Xue Xue walked out of the house.

Facing the moonlight, you can see that Yi Xue has changed into a black night clothes, the night clothes are close to the body, although she has hidden a certain position well, but the first time she wears such clothes, and it is in front of the extremely smart Sima Cheng, Yi Xue still feels very uncomfortable.

Looking at Sima Cheng again, Yi Xue is used to seeing Sima Cheng's perennial clothes, so the black night clothes are worn on Sima Cheng, but there is no sense of disobedience. But the night can't hide his posture, compared with Yi Xue's cowering, he is obviously going to do something unspeakable, Sima Cheng is still chic, and there is a blatant arrogance inside and out.

"Is there no problem with the Queen Mother?" Yi Xue's little face was a little pale, and her timid deer eyes made people can't help but feel pity.

Sima Cheng replied, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, everything is in order." ”

Soon, I saw two black figures disappear into the night, leaving only a distant sound of horses' hooves in the ancient temple.

……

In the next few days, Empress Dowager Xun did not bother Yixue again, whenever the meal was delivered to the door, a delicate white hand would reach out to take the meal, and the door was closed.

The life of the evening drum and morning bell of the Buddhist temple is fleeting, and it has come to the day when the queen mother returns to the palace.

Early in the morning, Empress Dowager Xun instructed the maid to dress up for Yixue, but she was still turned away, and the maid had to convey the time of departure to the inside outside the door, and after getting the consent from inside, she left in a sneer.

Empress Dowager Xun and others took the first step, said goodbye to the abbot of the temple, the carriage was already waiting at the gate of the temple, the monks sent the Empress Dowager Xun to the gate of the temple, but there was still no trace of the snow, the Empress Dowager Xun was uneasy, so she whispered to the maid who was sent, after hearing the maid's report, the Empress Dowager Xun lost her look, her thin eyebrows were furrowed, but because of the people present, she could not lose the royal face, and was thinking about how to delay time, and heard a sound of Xiao Xiao from not far away.

Everyone looked up, only to see a red horse coming in the dust, and immediately sat a young man in white clothes, wearing a thin silk hat, and the beautiful face under the silk loomed, which was somewhat similar to Yi Xue, and when the horse stopped, the wind blew the thin silk, and faintly saw his thin chin and smiling red lips.