Chapter 2 A wall separates the world
"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for so many days, but I want to die Wenjie!" The figure cried out with a 'wow' and hugged Zhao Chuan tightly.
Wen Jie!
Zhao Chuan was the only palace maid who served him since he was a child, and when he entered the palace, he was too simple and kind, so he was excluded by the people in the palace and asked her to take care of Zhao Chuan, who was not favored.
This care is more than ten years.
It can be said that Wen Jie is nominally Zhao Chuan's palace maid, but in Zhao Chuan's heart, she has long regarded Wen Jie as her sister.
The two depend on each other in this huge palace, and their relationship has long since turned into family affection.
Wen Jie is now seventeen, and the original yellow-haired little girl has been very smart, and the two hugged each other for a while, and Wen Jie came out of Zhao Chuan's arms with a little blush.
"Your Highness, there is a difference between master and servant, don't ...... it," Wen Jie muttered, as if he was talking to Zhao Chuan, and also to himself.
Girls are generally more precocious than men.
"Your Highness, why did it take you so long to come back?I heard that you were locked up in the Cold Jade Palace, but Wen Jie was terrified!" Wen Jie covered her hot cheeks and asked embarrassedly.
When he mentioned this question, Zhao Chuan thought of the matter of being close to him, and his heart couldn't help but sink.
Being close means leaving the palace, and leaving the palace means that you have to separate from Wenjie?
"What can I do about all this?" Zhao Chuan looked at Wen Jie's delicate appearance and sighed secretly.
Immediately, Zhao Chuan told Wen Jie about the matter of harmony.
Only then did Wen Jie know that it turned out that Zhao Chuan was going to leave the Lingchuan Empire two days later and go to the Heavenly Whale Country to make peace with the eldest princess.
"Your Highness...... You are gone, what should Wen Jie do?" Wen Jie said with some six gods: "You take Wen Jie away, otherwise Wen Jie will definitely miss you!"
Zhao Chuan comforted: "Don't worry, I can not bring anything, where can I not bring Wen Jie?" It's just rumored that the temper of the eldest princess of the Heavenly Whale Country is not very good, I'm afraid that you won't have a good life when you go there with me, in my opinion, it is better for you to stay in this palace." ”
Wen Jie's face was covered with dark clouds in an instant, and there was only one thunderstorm away from the rainstorm at any time.
Zhao Chuanke was frightened, and hurriedly comforted him: "Okay, okay, I'll try to intercede with my father, but I can't guarantee that you will definitely set off with me." ”
Wen Jie burst into tears and smiled, she didn't take these things to heart at all, she felt that no matter where she went, as long as she could be by Zhao Chuan's side, it would be the best day.
"Your Highness will coax Wen Jie to be happy. After a pause, Wen Jie couldn't help but whisper: "I am also a very important person for His Highness......
In the latter sentence, Wen Jie's voice was very small, and Zhao Chuan didn't hear it: "Wen Jie, what did you say?"
Wen Jie made a big red face, where was she embarrassed to say the girl's careful thoughts, and hurriedly covered it up: "It's nothing, Your Highness, let's go in quickly, see that it's going to rain." ”
Zhao Chuan did not doubt it, nodded and entered the dormitory with Wen Jie.
Although the dormitory is dilapidated, it is placed very carefully, and Zhao Chuan grew up here, everything gives him a sense of familiarity, which makes him more comfortable than other luxurious palaces.
"Your Highness, you have been locked up in the Cold Jade Palace for so many days, and there is no one around you to serve, so let's wash up first. Wen Jie called a basin of water.
Zhao Chuan had nothing to do, so he let Wen Jie take care of it.
Washing, resting, and bundling...... A whole set of processes, Wen Jie is very familiar with it.
In the end, Zhao Chuan leaned on Wen Jie's body, and Wen Jie took a comb to comb Zhao Chuan's hair.
"Hehe, Your Highness's hair is so good, long and smooth, and it's comfortable to comb up. Wen Jie snickered while combing.
Zhao Chuan also squinted, this is like petting a cat, people are also comfortable when petting cats, and cats are also comfortable.
Wen Jie combed and combed, and suddenly remembered something: "Your Highness, does the concubine know about you and your relatives?"
Zhao Chuan froze, and the whole person was a little gloomy: "Maybe...... You know. ”
Zhao Chuan's mother concubine was the summer concubine ordained by Emperor Zhao Mingfan, but she had fallen out of favor when Zhao Chuan was young and was arranged in the Linlang Palace.
And because all the people living in the Linlang Hall are the emperor's harem, even Zhao Chuan, who is the prince, can't easily enter.
Although Concubine Xia is Zhao Chuan's mother, from childhood to adulthood, Zhao Chuan has seen Concubine Xia only a handful of times, and Zhao Chuan has even forgotten her specific appearance. I just vaguely remember that it was a woman who smiled when she saw him, and smiled very gently......
"Your Highness, don't worry, it's not good for you to enter the Linlang Palace, but it doesn't hurt for Wen Jie to go in as a palace maid, these two Tianwen Jie go to the Linlang Palace, even if you can't see Concubine Xia, at least ...... At least two sentences can be heard. Wen Jie looked at Zhao Chuan's melancholy side face distressedly and assured.
Zhao Chuan smiled reluctantly and agreed: "Okay." ”
Two days later, early in the morning.
Zhao Chuan put on a heavy formal suit and sat on a suspended carriage, under which there was a complex Taoist array, which could completely lift the carriage off the ground, thus avoiding the pain of bumps.
Zhao Chuan knew that it was not that the emperor wanted to be nice to him, but he was just unwilling to lose the face of the Lingchuan Empire, after all, Lingchuan prospered with martial arts.
And the whole country believes in Taoism, which is admired by the royal family, and the mysterious and powerful Taoist talisman has indeed brought a lot of convenience to the military and the people.
At this time, Wen Jie was sitting beside him with a curious face, looking at the novel scenery outside the carriage.
Wen Jie, who has never left the palace all her life, is full of curiosity about the outside world.
"Wen Jie is here, everything is fine!" Zhao Chuan said secretly in his heart, and it was not in vain that he had fought with the emperor for the first time before, and asked Wen Jie to come over.
The emperor Xu was unwilling to entangle with him in small matters, and Xu was unwilling to influence and pro-major affairs...... Maybe maybe it's because he feels guilty about going to his relatives?
Thinking of the last one, Zhao Chuan himself couldn't help but laugh, this is simply impossible.
No matter what kind of mentality the emperor has, the result is good anyway, Wen Jie will accompany him to make peace!
The gate of the palace slowly opened, and the team of Lingchuan and the envoys of the Heavenly Whale Kingdom merged together, and the huge team slowly walked towards the outside of the city.
The residents of Longchong City, the capital of Lingchuan, had already heard the news, and they stood on both sides of the street, constantly sprinkling flowers, silver coins and other things into the air, paving a flower path out of the city for the relatives team.
"Your Highness...... Your Highness, look, there are so many petals, so many silver taels, are the people outside the imperial city so rich?" Wen Jie said excitedly.
Zhao Chuan shrugged, as a prince, he rarely went out of the palace.
"Rich, little sister, you won't say that when you get out of the city!" The envoy of the Heavenly Whale Country rode a tall horse, making her beautiful figure look heroic, and she happened to walk by Zhao Chuan's carriage, and when she heard Wen Jie's words, she couldn't help but sneer.
Zhao Chuan frowned, he didn't like the attitude of this woman talking to Wen Jie.
"I'm just chatting with my palace maid, and I don't bother with the envoy. Zhao Chuan said lukewarmly.
The envoy of the Heavenly Whale Country smiled, didn't care about Zhao Chuan's attitude, and drove the horse to the front of the team.
She didn't bother to argue, anyway, it would be clear after a while whether her words were true or false.
A section of flower road walked for more than half an hour, and then the team finally left Longchong City.
As soon as he left the city gate, Zhao Chuan's face changed, and he put Wen Jie's face in his arms.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Wen Jie was a little uneasy.
Zhao Chuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and forced himself to calm down: "It's okay Wen Jie, there is still a long way to go, you better sleep for a while, good." ”
Wen Jie was not stupid, she had already guessed what Zhao Chuan didn't want her to see, so she did it, but she still agreed obediently.
Listening to Wen Jie's steady breathing in his arms, Zhao Chuan exhaled and looked at the hell outside the carriage.
Yes, this is hell on earth!
But the separation of a wall is like the difference between the world and hell.
In Longchong City, the residents lavishly paved the roads with flower petals and silver coins, but outside the city, there were large swaths of refugees.
These refugees did not flee from the famine, but lived outside Longchong City for a long time, but it was them, unclothed, Zhao Chuan could even see that their exposed bellies were as dry as broken sacks.
When the refugees saw the team, they rushed up, but then they were afraid of the sharp swords in the hands of the guards of the team, and they swarmed away.
But this retreat only kept a certain distance, and a pair of glowing eyes were still staring at the team, as if as long as the guards of the team didn't pay attention, they would pounce on and bite a piece of the team's flesh.
Numbness seems to have become the norm for these people, who are less like people and more like a beast, a beast of hunger.
"Is this what life is like outside the royal capital?" Zhao Chuan couldn't believe it.
While Zhao Chuan was observing the refugees, there were also people observing him.
In the wind, the eldest prince Zhao Shan stood on the city wall, looking at the team of relatives like a sharp blade, separating the refugee tide and moving into the distance.
"Your Royal Highness, the third prince is going to the throne, and you have one less competitor, which is really gratifying. One of the staff members next to him laughed.
Zhao Shan sneered, followed the team of relatives, and asked casually: "Sir, do you think there is no threat to Zhao Chuan's departure?"
The staff was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said: "He has already made amends, what other threat can there be? Could the emperor still recruit him back to ascend the throne?"
"I heard that the eldest princess of the Sky Whale Country is the real ruler of the Sky Whale Country, if Zhao Chuan and the eldest princess get married...... Will it be ...... then?" Zhao Shan muttered to himself.
Immediately, Zhao Shan's eyes flashed with strong killing intent, and he turned his head to look at his staff: "I don't allow the slightest accident to happen, do you understand what to do?"
After that, Zhao Shan made a gesture of decapitation!