Chapter 386
The long and mournful bell has floated to the outside of the palace, and even such a tragic bell can be heard in the Chung Wang's Mansion in Yongpingfang.
When Qi Jingyang heard the first bell, he hurriedly jumped out of bed, and after discussing the plan of action with Yu Chen and Daiwang just now, he couldn't fall asleep while sitting on the bed, and he kept thinking about the situation that was not beneficial to him now.
When this bell rang, it was too familiar to Qi Jingyang, and he would never forget this sound - that rainy night eight years ago was the day Empress Mingxian died.
It was after the death of the Queen Mother, Qi Jingyang heard the long and distant sound of the bell on the altar for the first time, it was a rainy night, Qi Jingyang was disturbed by the sound of rain hitting plantains outside the window, but until late at night, he still slept like this, and when he was half asleep, he heard the bell on the altar.
In the imperial palace, anyone who uses a bell to announce death is a high-ranking person, and only the emperor and queen, even the queen mother and the crown prince can use such a bell ceremony.
Qi Jingyang was suddenly frightened awake, he half sat on the bed, listening carefully to the bell outside, as the crown prince, the queen mother died in the early years, naturally there are only the emperor and the queen.
But this bell also has specifications, except for the emperor's nine bells, the rest are six bells.
When the bell stopped at the sixth time, Qi Jingyang fell out of bed directly, he clearly knew what this bell meant, he would never forget when his mother died eight years ago, he was still just a child, but he lost his mother at an early age, he was alone in the imperial city, and no one treated him sincerely.
As soon as he heard this voice, Qi Jingyang froze for a moment, sat motionless on the bed, and counted the number of bells in his heart: ...... Double-click...... Three times ......
"Lord Wang! Rajah! Kong Yan and Rong Fu heard this voice, and hurriedly came over to see Qi Jingyang's current situation.
Yu Chen and Dai Wang also hurried over when they heard the voice, as the secret guard camp of the former prince, of course they were familiar with all the affairs in the palace, and when they heard the sound of the bell, they couldn't know what was happening in the palace.
But it was also a coincidence, yesterday Yu Chen and Dai Wang came to the door, saying that they could get rid of Qi Jingqin for Qi Jingyang after the emperor's death, so as to ascend the throne logically, and now this kind of thing has happened, it is really amazing, even if everything is planned, but I was still frightened by such a sudden thing, no one thought that these things would happen so quickly, and it happened soon.
Yu Chen and Dai Wang are ready, the people and horses who are trading on the rivers and lakes have long been lurking in the capital with them, they have always lived in the shadow of others, in the shadow of the corner, in the dark, they have never seen the sun, and they dare not walk in the crowd openly.
Yu Chen and Dai Wang are fed up with such a life of no one and no ghost, and want to make changes, now it seems that they are helping Qi Jingyang, but in fact, everyone has a selfish heart, since they can help Qi Jingyang get this country back, they think that Qi Jingyang will also prepare a generous gift to repay them, and at that time, they can put forward the conditions they dream of.
Everyone is in danger, there is nothing too pure in this world, only eternal benefits.
They ran to Qi Jingyang's dormitory almost at the same time.
The bell had not stopped, but they could hear that it was almost the end, and they all knew in their hearts that this time it was the emperor who had died.
"How could it ......be so fast" Qi Jingyang was a little stunned, he didn't expect that it was just a month, he lost Zhao Peiyu, lost the prince, since the East Palace parted, Qi Jingyang had never seen his father again, he didn't expect that these things would happen so quickly, he didn't even have room to parry.
Qi Jingyang was about to get up, but the quilt on the bed tripped his legs, so he fell to the ground all of a sudden, he didn't stand up, and when Rongfu Kongyan and Yu Chen Dai looked at them in, Qi Jingyang sat on the ground, his eyes were wide, and there was a trace of confusion in his eyes, so he looked at them blankly.
After seeing them, Qi Jingyang said for a while: "You guys...... Did you hear that? ”
Qi Jingyang always thought that he was dreaming, thought that he was hallucinating, and thought that he was the only one who heard the bell, but after seeing them all come in, he knew that all this was true, not only he was the only one who heard the bell, but everyone heard it, so it meant that his father had really died.
When he learned the news, Qi Jingyang's face changed greatly, he bent down, held his face with both hands and cried: "How can this be...... How could it be so fast......"
Qi Jingyang has always known that his father's health is not good, but he has never taken it to heart, this time the emperor is seriously ill, it coincides with this kind of major event in the capital, the fifty-three years of Bingyu of the Celestial Dynasty are really many disasters and difficulties, and he has not been to the early dynasty for a long time, Qi Jingyang knows such a thing even if he is not in the court, this kind of major event is almost known to everyone.
But I didn't expect that Qi Bingyu would die in Huangquan this year.
"Erchen...... Erchen hasn't had time to see you yet...... "When he was very young, Qi Bingyu loved Qi Jingyang very much, because he was the son of Empress Mingxian and the crown prince, and he was not so strict when he was young, but he was always very pampered, and he would give him whatever he wanted, and he would try his best to meet all the conditions."
After growing up, although there were some gaps between Qi Jingyang and the emperor, most of them were because on the night of Empress Mingxian's death, Qi Bingyu stayed in Yichun Palace, and no one could accompany Empress Mingxian.
Qi Jingyang knew that his father was seriously ill, but he never expected it to come to such a point, and he regretted it. 、
When Yu Chen and Dai Wang saw this scene, they also stood silently at the door without speaking, even if they knew that this might be the best time to act, Qi Jingqin was very sad to think about it, the incident happened suddenly, the palace would definitely not make any preparations, if he rushed into the palace at this time, he would definitely be able to kill him by surprise, and in the dead of night at this time, even the Imperial Forest Army was in the palace, and they would not have thought that someone would come to assassinate at this time, and they could also know exactly where Qi Jingqin was. There won't be too many guards around, either.
For Yu Chen and Dai Wang, this time was the best time to assassinate, but now that they saw that Prince Chung was so uncomfortable, Yu Chen and Dai Wang didn't dare to talk about it anymore.
Yu Chen and Dai Wang have no parents, let alone no family, since they were children, they grew up in the prince's secret guard camp prepared by Lu Gaohong and Lu Fushuang for the prince, and they have lived with these brothers since they were young, one of them has been cultivated without emotion, only obey and follow, and they don't know what their family means at all, even if the brothers who grew up together die, at most they feel a pity, because they know what kind of mind it takes to cultivate people like them, and it is natural to feel a pity when they die, but from beginning to end, They have never cried like Qi Jingyang, they live as if they have no feelings, and now seeing Qi Jingyang crying so sadly, Yu Chen and Dai Wang couldn't say half a warm word to comfort him, so they could only stand outside the door and watch silently.
Qi Jingyang almost fainted from crying, and after he knew the news, his mind suddenly became very heavy, buried his face in his hands, and sat on the ground bent over.
Yu Chen and Dai Wang didn't know how to comfort others, perhaps saying that they had lost some of the thoughts and emotions that humans themselves had under the intense training of the Prince's Secret Guard Camp.
But Rongfu and Kongyan have always been warm-hearted people around Qi Jingyang, for Rongfu, Qi Jingyang grew up watching him with his own hands, what he was thinking, he couldn't be clearer, seeing Qi Jingyang like this, it seemed to be back to eight years ago, the little prince who was crying in the East Palace is no longer crying on his back, but his emotions are still sad and sad, although he is desperately restraining his emotions, but from Qi Jingyang's slightly shrugging and trembling shoulders, you can see how sad Qi Jingyang should be.
Rongfu looked at him, his face was also full of sadness, he felt sorry for Qi Jingyang, and his own child was only distressed by himself, this is not to say that Qi Jingyang is his child, just that he brought up Qi Jingyang single-handedly, although he is not in line with his identity, but he has already cared for him as his own child in his heart, for fear that he will be wronged, worried that he will be sad.
Not to mention Kongyan, that is, because of Qi Jingyang, he has been able to avoid some grievances and sufferings since he was a child, he knows what the result of the little eunuch who grew up in the palace will be, many of the eunuchs who entered the palace with him have been tortured to death, either by the master, or by some old eunuchs, he has not experienced such a thing, but he also knows that there are very few people like him who can sell themselves into the palace or still live well, so he is very grateful to Qi Jingyang, has always grown up with Qi Jingyang.
Kong Yan knew everything about Qi Jingyang, he also knew any of his thoughts, knew the pain in his heart, and knew what kind of process he had from having everything to nothing.
Qi Jingyang has had everything since he was born, and the lives of others are slowly and slowly owned, only Qi Jingyang is lost little by little, and now even the only person who can shelter himself has died, and the only relative has passed away like this.
Although Qi Bingyu said that he hated him and belittled him like that in the holy decree, in the end, it was because he wanted to defend Qi Jingyang, and he was worried that Qi Jingqin would do something unfavorable to Qi Jingyang after he ascended the throne, so he first restricted some of his power and restricted him to Shangjing, so as to avoid Qi Jingqin from exile and do some of the things that Qi Bingyu did to his brother when he ascended the throne.
Qi Jingyang was crying bitterly, while worrying about his future, although he had never been afraid of Qi Jingqin, because there was nothing to worry about with Benbeen, Qi Jingyang knew that iqijinhq1 Qi Jingqin would not do anything to him.
But after the death of his father, there are fewer and fewer people who can protect him, or there is no one at all, this day will come sooner or later, but Qi Jingyang never thought that this day would come so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he had nothing, in Qi Jingqin's eyes, he must be the fish on the knife board, and he was slaughtered by others.
Rong Fu and Kong Yan stood aside for a while, seeing that Prince Chung was so uncomfortable, they glanced at each other, and then stepped forward to reassure: "Lord Wang, you should get up first...... It's cold on the ground, the emperor is gone, you have to take care of yourself......"
Such words are too pale and powerless, and every time a loved one dies, it is a huge harm to Qi Jingyang.
Seeing that Prince Chung was still sitting on the ground and not moving, Rongfu and Kongyan didn't dare to say anything more, so they just stayed by their side, they couldn't do anything at this time, they couldn't do anything, only companionship was the most suitable.
I don't know how long it took, Qi Jingyang raised his head, his face was full of folds pressed by his clothes, his eyes were red, and there were still tears in his eyes, he looked at Rongfu and Kongyan, and said, "This king wants to enter the palace." ”
Rong Fu and Kong Yan glanced at each other, knowing in their hearts what Qi Jingyang wanted to do, but he just wanted to see the emperor for the last time, but now he is not the prince, he lives in Yongpingfang outside the palace, this is the time for the palace gate to be under the key, and he can't go in......
They are a little embarrassed, this is the rule left by the ancestors, no one can open the key under the palace gate without a holy order, now that the emperor has died, Qi Jingqin is the crown prince, he and Qi Jingyang have a vendetta, where will Qi Jingyang agree to enter the palace......
Qi Jingyang looked at their expressions and knew that there was some embarrassment in this matter, and then said: "This king is the eldest son of his father, and his father has died, I should go and take a look!" ”
Since leaving the palace that day, Qi Jingyang has never seen his father again, firstly, because there is no need to enter the palace to see him, and secondly, his father has always been seriously ill and has not seen anyone.
But what I didn't expect was that now people are gone......
"Lord Wang, you have a good rest first, and when the palace gate opens tomorrow, the slave will accompany you to see the ......" Rongfu can only say so, and nothing else can be done.
"This king grew up in the palace, which of them dares to stop me, I will see my father today!" Qi Jingyang didn't want to miss any more things, and waited until tomorrow, and went to worship with all the courtiers, he couldn't wait, he wanted to see his father.
"You're saying you can enter the palace, right?!" Qi Jingyang staggered to his feet, Rong Fu and Kong Yan hurriedly went to support him, he pointed to Yu Chen's Dai Wang who was standing at the door and said: "No matter what method is used, even if it is to break through the palace gate, I must enter the palace tonight!" ”
Qi Jingyang was skeptical about his father's death, he couldn't believe that his father, who had survived so many serious illnesses, had now passed away, and this Qi Jingqin had just been canonized as the crown prince, so he was in such a hurry, he always felt that it was a conspiracy between Concubine Mei and Qi Jingqin, and he had to enter the palace to see it anyway.
Yu Chen and Dai Wang looked at each other, but in the end, they couldn't resist the prince of Song, so they took the group who was going to enter the palace to assassinate Qi Jingqin in the moonlight, walked in the gradually lit up residential area, and walked towards Taihe Gate.