Dongfang looked at Shu'er blankly, and after a long time, he spoke: "Sister...... How to ...... the fireworks in Linjiang"

Shu'er ignored Dongfang and walked straight to the Nangong Gate, looking at the few guards at the palace gate in a daze. The word "open the door" was never spoken. Dad, you won't let us out of Zhaohuang Palace, but......

When Shu'er was anxious, Lin Ying walked up to her and said to the guard, "Open the door." ”

The guard saluted to the prince of Chu and said, "His Royal Highness the prince, please forgive your subordinates for not being able to obey their orders." The king Shicai personally decreed here that the palace gate should not be opened today. The seven guards next to him also saluted the three of them in unison.

Lin Ying asked, "Are you the guards of Zhaohuang Palace?" ”

The eight guards said in unison: "Yes!" ”

Lin Ying asked again: "The monarch of Chu is not in Zhaohuang Palace, so whose orders should the guards of Zhaohuang Palace obey?" ”

The eight guards looked at each other, and one of them replied, "You should obey...... Order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Lin Ying said: "Since you listen to me now, I will not ask you to disobey the king's command. All I command you to stand still is. ”

The eight guards stood motionless.

Lin Ying turned to Shu'er and said, "You stay in the palace, I'll go outside to see what happened." Your father will not let us leave the palace, and I will bear all the punishments. ”

Shu'er grabbed Lin Ying, frowned, and said, "Outside...... Dangerous. ”

Lin Ying smiled bitterly: "Shu'er, haven't you understood it yet?" Today's events, one by one, are inseparable from my mother. How could my mother put me in danger? ”

Shu'er still frowned and looked at Lin Ying, Lin Ying explained: "My mother wrote to me to return to Linjiang, not because of 'the turmoil of the Six Kings has passed, and the court is in urgent need of pillars', but because ...... She had probably already planned these things with those big families! It's just that I never thought she would be so ruthless! ”

Shu'er gently let go of Lin Ying, and then stepped forward, pulling the hardwood door latch of Nangong Gate to the ground with all her strength, and said to Lin Ying: "I'll go with you." He turned his head to Dongfang and said, "Son, you stay in the palace." ”

Dongfang said anxiously: "I'll go out with you!" ”

Without waiting for Shu'er to stop her, Lin Ying held Dongfang Xuan's shoulders with both hands and said sternly: "You can't go out." If we can't come back, tomorrow morning the court will meet, and the dragon chair on the Qianqiu Hall will ...... You go sit! As soon as we go out, you lock the palace gate. If we come back, you will have to hear the poems we recite in the chamber of the tomb before you can open the door to us. Otherwise, no one is allowed to open the palace gate! ”

Dongfang looked at Lin Ying in a daze, and had to stop where he was. After a long time, he saw faint blood on his shoulders. Thinking that Lin Yingshi fell, blood rubbed out of his palm.

Lin Ying pulled Shu'er and ran towards the Immortal Temple under the moon.

Walking through a few alleys, I saw that people from every house came out one after another, and the neighbors stood in the alleys, looking at the billowing smoke to the south, and there was a lot of discussion.

Under the moon, the fairy temple is full of fire. The officers and soldiers who came from the Linjiang Mansion and the guards brought out of the palace by the two queens were not only busy putting out the fire, but also shouting "Go to the water, go to the water", and at the same time shout "Idlers avoid, idlers avoid" ......

Shu'er hurriedly grabbed a woman who was standing beside her and asked, "In the ancestral hall...... Anyone? ”

The woman trembled and said, "Yes...... Yes...... We...... If you hadn't been invited out by the guards...... Explode...... The ...... who was blown up inside That's ...... me."

Shu'er couldn't help but take half a step back, and was turning her head to look at the Moonlight Immortal Temple that had been burned beyond recognition, and the ancestral hall had collapsed in an instant. At this time, what was burning was no longer a house, but a ruin.

Shu'er was unsteady on her feet, Lin Ying grabbed her, pulled her to an officer and soldier who was picking two buckets of water, and asked the officer and soldier: "Can the official see the two queens coming out of the ancestral hall?" ”

The officers and soldiers saw that the man and the woman were dressed luxuriously, and that the ancestral hall had become a sea of fire and ruins, so they did not dare to hide it, and stammered: "Listen...... Heard...... The man...... As soon as the man ran in, he blew up...... Two queens...... Queen, still inside. ”

Lin Ying grabbed the placket of the officers and soldiers and asked, "Who is running in?" ”

"That'...... The man...... Wearing...... Dragon...... Robes. ”

Lin Ying instantly let go of the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers hurriedly carried the water and ran towards the sea of fire.

Shu'er stared at the ruins in a daze, and couldn't help but walk towards the sea of fire. Lin Ying immediately grabbed Shu'er, blocked in front of her and said, "Shu'er, you can't go over!" ”

Shu'er looked at Lin Ying numbly, and squeezed out a sentence: "Your mother took my mother's kiss, my father went to save my mother's kiss, I want to save them." ”

Lin Ying grabbed Shu'er's hand, put it on her chest, and asked sharply, "Shu'er, do you believe Lin Ying?" ”

Two lines of tears slipped down, but Shu'er still didn't answer.

Lin Ying gently wiped Shu'er's tears with her sleeve, but she didn't know that her tears also crossed her cheeks.

"Shu'er, it's not me."

All of this, I really didn't do it.

The fire gradually left only residual smoke, and the residual smoke seemed to fill the entire Chu capital.

In front of the Immortal Temple under the moon, the people dispersed, the officers and soldiers dispersed, and it was late at night, leaving only a man and a woman, as well as the guards of the Chu Palace not far behind them, standing quietly in the residual smoke.

Speechless.

Deeper and heavier.

Silent.

It's dark.

Only the Immortal Temple under the moon was dark, and no one came out of the ruins.

The woman's legs went limp, and she sat on the ground. The man sat down beside her.

"It's not you."

"You believe me?"

"It's me. It was I who didn't stop my mother. It's also me, and I didn't stop my father. ”

The woman hid her face and wept bitterly, and the man's eyes were red and swollen, but he couldn't say a word of comfort.

Forgiveness, my mother can bring your mother here, presumably on the grounds of discussing our marriage. Your mother is extremely concerned about your life's events, so she didn't think much about it for a while. And I, I knew that I couldn't get your heart, so I wanted to get your parents' orders first, but I didn't expect that I was carried away by the love of my children, and I didn't notice my mother's abnormality today. But how can I blame my mother? She is just obsessed with avenging my father, obsessed with letting me sit on the dragon chair in the Thousand Autumn Palace......

What a moon fairy temple! Now what kind of hexagram is counted, what kind of sign is asked, it is useless! What marriage is there between you and me?

Lin Ying stood up suddenly, bowed her head and said to Shu'er, who was still crying: "The Chu State is unified, and the court will not be without a king." Since no one came to kill me after sitting here all night, I will be the king of Chu. ”

Shu'er was still crying, and Lin Ying pulled her up vigorously. Shu'er let Lin Ying drag him, and walked with him all the way back to the south gate of Zhaohuang Palace in a trance.

Inside the palace gate, Dongfang stands with a sword, like a stone carving. Suddenly, he heard Lin Ying's voice outside the palace gate, sad and sad-

"Hate and forget?

I can't get this wish in my life!

Is it Jephiah?

How can others judge right and wrong by ignorance?

The ancient sages are all lonely,

I am not a saint and have no fault!

Why is this life a waste in this life?

Why can't you get what you want in your heart?

Oriental sorrow, open the palace door!

Come with me to the Thousand Autumn Palace! ”

******

When Lin Ying took Shu'er and Dongfang to the Qianqiu Palace, the civil and military officials of the Chu State were arguing in the palace.

Most of the military attaches appointed by Dongfang Yu were capable generals in King Sheng's army. They knew that King Sheng's army was wise and brave, loyal and righteous, so after Dongfang Yu ascended the throne as the king of Chu, they always believed in him. They watched Dongfang Yu's son grow up in the army, and knew that although this prince of Chu was still in the age of dancing spoons, he was also as civil and military as his father.

Most of them outspokenly supported Dongfang Yu's son, Dongfang Yu, to take over the throne of Chu Jun. Although they had been loyal to Lin Ying's father, King Sheng, Lin Ying grew up in the state of Chen rather than the state of Chu, and did not roll and crawl under their noses. Instead of supporting Lin Ying's powerless embroidered pillow, it is better to support Dongfang Xuan, who has a personal relationship with them and is both civil and military. In their opinion, it is no longer important whether the surname of Chu is Lin or not.

In addition to the great Sima of Chu, Lang Zhongling, and the commander of the forbidden army, the three princes and nine kings were all civil ministers. A group of Wenchen had a close relationship with the intertwined clans of the Chu State, and these clans had always been protected by the Lin royal family, so they would inevitably strive to ensure that Lin Ying, the prince of the Lin family, was appointed by King Mu of Chu as the new monarch of the Chu State.

When the ministers saw Lin Ying and Dongfang Xuan walking into the Qianqiu Hall side by side, they suddenly fell silent.

Lin Ying did not walk to the dragon chair, but stood between the left and right civil and military forces, and said loudly to the ministers: "Today's court meeting, three things will be discussed. First, the king died, although there are no bones, but the mausoleum should be built. Second, whether the new monarch of Chu will be succeeded by me, or by Gongzi Shu. Third, after the decision of the new monarch of Chu State, he held a court discussion in accordance with the topics set by the king at yesterday's court meeting. ”

Shu'er and Dongfang were tired and sad all night, and at this time, standing among the civil and military officials in the Qianqiu Palace, they only felt in a trance. Shu'er didn't care about etiquette, walked to the side, and sat at the feet of Gu Yanda, the commander of the forbidden army.

Dongfang Shou's right hand kept clenching the hilt of the sword, and his left hand was also clenched into a fist. He stared at Lin Ying with blazing eyes, and asked sadly: "Prince Lin, my father and mother, did you murder you?" ”

Lin Ying didn't answer and asked: "Gongzi, is my father murdered?" My queen mother, is it your queen mother who invited me to the Immortal Temple under the moon in order to cut off my power? If you want to seek revenge on me, you can stab me with a few swords in front of your ministers. I can't beat you, and I won't fight back. But even if you kill me, what can you do? The other two things, can they not be discussed? ”

Dongfang Chu lowered his head, let go of the sword in his hand, and after a long sigh, he said calmly: "It's not you." Even if you don't argue, I know it's not you. Last year you believed in my father, I can trust you today. Whoever sits on the dragon chair should not be decided by a competition in the ring. The mess of Chu State can no longer tolerate you and me. ”

Lin Ying nodded slightly: "That's true." ”

Dongfang said: "The Mausoleum of King Mu and the Mausoleum of King Yue of the past dynasties are all in Yuling. Our Oriental family has lived in Yuling for generations, and the mausoleums of my father and mother might as well be built in Yuling. ”

Lin Ying said: "Okay." ”

Dongfang said: "As for my father's nickname, I will take the word 'Yu' in his name." Yu, Yu, Sheng. Presumably, my father is also willing to nurture the Chu country to prosper and be benevolent. ”

Lin Ying said again: "Okay." ”

Dongfang raised his eyebrows: "The new monarch of Chu State, it's up to me to do it, you won't just say 'good', right?" ”

Lin Ying looked at Shu'er, who was sitting in the hall with her knees crossed and sitting in a no-man's land, and said with a smile in her heart: "The state of Chu is in the midst of internal and external troubles, and the position of the monarch of the state of Chu should be occupied by a wise man." "But I thought in my heart, Shu'er, if I can't give you a marriage, give you a piece of the country, okay?

Dongfang said: "What is a wise man? ”

Lin Ying replied: "King Chu Zhao said, 'You can talk about national policies at the top, talk about people's livelihood at the bottom, smooth the governance of officials, customs agriculture and commerce, control the army internally, and have strategies for the enemy outside, so you are a wise man for a thousand years.'" Then he looked at the old prime minister of Chu and asked: "Prime Minister, the six techniques of 'national policy, people's livelihood, official governance, agriculture and commerce, military control, and fighting the enemy' proposed by King Zhao of Chu, your old man can choose one as the topic at random, and let Gongzi and I discuss it in front of all the courtiers. ”

Without waiting for the old prime minister to answer, Dongfang said in a loud voice: "Very good! Then he turned his head to look at the prime minister, "My lord, please ask the question!" ”