Chapter 9: Escape from Death (8)
The war will continue to be fought, and it doesn't matter why it is now, the important thing is that it must be fought, and it must not be lost too badly. The prince thought of the last hope, so he personally led a small group of men and horses, rode horses and whips to the northern army garrison, regardless of the image, loudly called the envoy Ren An, the envoy of the army, to give him a charm, and asked him to send troops to help. This Ren An Yuan was the prince's maternal uncle Wei Qing's guest, relying on Wei Qing's support, he became the leader of the Northern Army step by step, and became the door god of Gyeonggi, and Empress Wei also treated Ren An well.
The prince came in person, how dare Ren An not accept the Fu Jie, but then thought about it: "This matter is very important, according to the report of the horse, the emperor is in good health, and has quietly moved to Jianzhang Palace, the prince's move is to rebel, and the prince is no match for the battle-hardened emperor, so he bowed and said: "Your Highness, don't be impatient, the last general still needs to discuss with the deputy general in the army, please go back first." After speaking, he ordered the doorman to close the door in a hurry, and walked towards the Zhongjun tent with a left and right turn. Seeing this, the prince shouted "erector", but he was helpless.
I don't know when the emperor did not die, and the news of the command of the counterinsurgency in Jianzhang Palace spread quickly on the prince's side, serving as prisoners and civilians of soldiers, and even the prince Yulin fled and scattered, and the battlefield form took a sharp turn for the worse, only two days later, the prince was basically unsent, there was only one way left, escaped, and became a civilian incognito, so he hurriedly called his son Liu Jin to use the car to drive a family, and asked Liu Jin to hurry up to pick up the queen, daughter-in-law Weng Xu and little grandson, and the concubine suddenly stopped and said: "Your Highness, The queen once told me that if today's situation happens, don't go to him again, just flee, so that maybe you can leave a way back for Your Highness. ”
Only then did the prince suddenly realize that the queen mother had expected this day, so she left Weng Xu and her little great-grandson by her side. However, he has a deep relationship with Empress Wei's mother and son, and he has never parted for decades, and now that Empress Wei is old again, how can he bear to leave her like this, so he insists on going.
Several personal guards surrounded him and said, "Your Highness, the matter is urgent! Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, hurry up! ”
The prince also knew that it was too late, so he helplessly knelt down in the direction of Changle Palace, bowed deeply, and cried: "Queen Mother, the sons are not good, if there is life, the sons don't want anything, just stay by your side!" When the family and the personal guards heard this, they all hid their faces and wept.
At this time, the shouting and killing outside became more and more coming, and there was no room for any entanglement, so the concubine helped the prince into the car, drove in person, and spurred the horse to gallop towards the Fuang Gate, and the guards had basically lost everything, leaving a few personal guards with horses to follow. I didn't go far, I met a team of people sent by Liu Quyu to search the city, only to see that the concubine was not afraid, rushed to the front before drawing a sword, leaned forward, and stabbed to death the head of the soldier who was blocking in front of him, and several personal guards and the rest of the people were in a mess, but they couldn't keep up with the prince. The prince was very anxious, and there were no soldiers and horses, in case the guards of Fu'ang Gate could not rush over, it would be over.
When approaching the Fu'an Gate, the gate slowly opened, and the prince looked up, and it turned out that the general guarding the gate was Prime Minister Si Zhi and Wei Qingmen guest Tian Ren, only to see Tian Ren's face solemn, while holding hands and saluting the prince, he shouted: "The prince travels, open the city gate quickly." ”
The prince knew that Tian Ren was sacrificing his life to let him go, and he was grateful, so he returned the salute to Tian Ren. Out of the Gate, the concubine drove harder, the sound of the horse's hooves faded away, and the prince's carriage and horse disappeared into the deep twilight.
The fighting in the city has gradually died down. The fog was heavy, and there was a vast scene.
Due to the chaos of several halls, the emperor still temporarily sleeps in Jianzhang Palace. The next day, Zuo Prime Minister Liu Quyu came to report: The prince escaped from the Cover Gate, arrested the young Fu Shide and the prince's guests, and begged the emperor to give an order.
The emperor has been thinking about it for the past few days: "Why did things turn out like this, why did the prince rebel?" Am I wrong? Therefore, he didn't rest well, and after working hard for days, he was extremely irritable in his heart, so he yelled at Liu Quyu: "What is the order? Didn't I make it clear? Death to the opposite! What do you all eat, can you stiffen your shoulders, can you carry some for me! That Ren An, riding on the wall and watching the wind, no one wants to offend, and I despise this kind of person the most. Pick it up and cut it in half with Tian Ren, who let go of the prince! And you, when the prince just got into trouble, you secretly hid, what was your intention? ”
Liu Quyu was originally afraid of the emperor, and the last sentence was obviously that the emperor was suspicious of himself, and his head buzzed with fright, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty is angry, the minister just wants to deal with it secretly, waiting for His Majesty's will, after all, the prince is His Majesty's closest flesh and blood." ”
"Flesh and blood, hahaha! The emperor laughed dryly and said: "My dearest flesh and blood, even my world will be taken away." I won't pursue you this time, what you have to do is not finished, the top priority is to sweep away the prince's remaining party, you must strictly investigate, and all guests of the prince will be arrested and beheaded; Those who can sit and raise troops with the prince will all be Yi clan; If the officials and soldiers were coerced by the prince to participate in the battle, the death penalty could be avoided, and the living crime could not be escaped, and they all moved to the border of Dunhuang County. ”
The emperor was still holding back his anger, and suddenly thought of one more thing, and said slowly: "Also, ask Zongzheng Liu Changle and Zhijinwu Liu Dang to go to Changle Palace, take back the queen's seal first, and let her think clearly before coming to me." After saying this, he closed his eyes and said nothing more.
In the first battle of Chang'an, father and son met each other. The crown prince's position will definitely not be kept, and the power of the Wei family will be extinct, so the emperor does not want to be very angry with the queen anymore, after all, the queen's gentleness and virtuousness are well known throughout the country, and although she has been neglected over the years, she can still keep the harem in order. The most important thing is that this woman accompanied him through spring, summer, autumn and winter one after another when he was young, and appreciated the autumn moon and frost, low willows and high poplars of the Han Palace, and she is still grateful to her.
The news that the emperor wanted to take back the queen's ribbon spread all at once, and when it came to the queen, it was rumored that the emperor had sent someone to kill the queen. The concubine was not there, and those female officials and maids were so frightened that they hid in Tibet, and some of them were bold enough to steal some valuable things and sneak out of the palace. There was a strange silence in the palace.
Liu Changle and Liu Kang's carriage and horse slowly stopped. After the beginning of autumn, the leaves in the palace gradually turned yellow, and there were already some withered leaves scattered on the ground.
The two of them were deeply favored by the queen, and they really didn't know where to speak, and when they saw the queen, they knelt deeply.
The queen held a baby who had just reached the full moon in her arms, sat on the couch covered with old fur, stared at the baby and said: "You see, this eyebrow looks like his grandfather, and his grandfather was like this when he was a child, he was noisy in other people's arms, but he was honest in my arms." After saying that, he smiled to himself again.
"Queen's ......" Liu Changle was already in tears before he finished speaking.
The queen glanced at it and said: "Zongzheng doesn't need to say more, you and I have known each other for decades, the whole clan, several Zongzheng are the most loyal, and Lord Jinwu is also a loyal and brave man, and he is a royal pillar." The old body was originally a singer, and she was favored by the heavens, and the corpse queen has been on the throne for nearly 40 years. Gillian is also too lonely, the old body often dreams that she is crying these days, and it is time to talk to her heartily. Moreover, my poor daughter died in an unknown way, Wei Qingwei also died, my favorite son is afraid that he will not die well, my husband has long since left me, I really have nothing to love. However, the old body still has one more thing to ask for, please play on behalf of the emperor, and tell him that our little great-grandson has a poison treasure mirror on his wrist, and he recognizes the mirror. ”
After speaking, Wei Zifu summoned Wang Wengxu, who had a lifeless face, and returned the baby in his arms to her. got up, slowly walked to the inner room, arrived at the door, slowly turned his head, and said in a low voice: "The seal ribbon is on the case, the two adults can take it themselves." Then he slowly opened the jade curtain and walked into the inner room.
Erliu lay on the ground, whimpering, after a long time, did not see the queen come out, so he snorted a few times, and did not see anyone answer, the two felt bad, so they got up and walked towards the inner room, opened the jade curtain, only to see a white silk hanging on the beam, the queen dressed in court clothes hanging on the silk, next to the wooden man kneeling Wang Weng, the baby in his arms is sleeping soundly.