After getting Du Xiaomeng in his hands, Shangguan Hong immediately ordered someone to get a simple carriage in the town, and before the brigade re-entered the road, let Lei Dongsheng and Lingling take the first step to send Du Xiaomeng back to the capital and send it to the hands of the third prince, Yu Tianjun.

Du Xiaomeng, who had no power to resist, was thrown into the carriage by Lei Dongsheng. It was a carriage small enough to fit two people side by side, and there was nothing but a plank of wood at the innermost of the carriage for a seat. Such a simple carriage was lightweight, and it was more bumpy than the previous carriage that transported goods, and when Lei Dongsheng whipped the horse so hard that the carriage ran fast, the carriage shook like a small boat in the stormy waves.

Du Xiaomeng already felt uncomfortable, but this made her feel that her internal organs were displaced, and that uncomfortable feeling could no longer be described in ordinary words. By the time the carriage drove into the capital, she didn't even have the strength to retch, and her whole body was limp and lying on the floor panting weakly.

Lei Dongsheng held the warrant issued by Yu Tianjun in his hand, and the carriage was able to enter the heavily guarded capital unimpeded, and smoothly came to the gate of the palace.

There were also several imperial guards guarding in front of the gate of the palace, Lei Dongsheng reined in front of the palace gate, jumped down and raised his warrant to the gate of the imperial guards, and said loudly: "Under Lei Dongsheng, I specially came to the palace to meet the three princes on the order of Lord Shangguan!" ”

Although the imperial guards didn't know who Lei Dongsheng was, they recognized the warrant in Lei Dongsheng's hand, and they also recognized the spirit spirit who had been in and out of the palace with Shangguan Hong several times recently. The people who came said that they had come on the orders of Shangguan Hong, and they were afraid that there was some important military information to report, so the imperial guards did not dare to obstruct it, and one of the imperial guards hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Please come in with me." ”

The imperial guard asked Lei Dongsheng to drive the carriage into the palace together, and he walked briskly in front to lead the way. After walking through the wide square and the open stone road, he came to a closed vermilion gate with one imperial guard on the left and one on the left, and the imperial guard who led the way stepped forward and said to his colleagues who were guarding the door, "They are Shangguan's people," and the two guards immediately opened the door.

The carriage could no longer go forward, Lei Dongsheng jumped out of the car and picked up Lingling from the car first, and then dragged the half-dead Du Xiaomeng out of the car. Du Xiaomeng was dizzy and had not yet gained a firm foothold, so Lei Dongsheng forcibly dragged her to stride towards the palace with the imperial guards who led the way, and dragged her to a stumbling point.

dragged her a few steps like this, I don't know if Lei Dongsheng found out with his conscience or felt that dragging her like this was a waste of time, but a very good person dragged her over and carried her to her back.

Someone walked on his back, Du Xiaomeng slowly eased her breath, and her head was not so dizzy. She tried to keep herself up to observe her surroundings, and after looking at it for a while, she was a little surprised to find that the palace was a little too quiet compared to the capital, which was heavily guarded and patrolled by the northern barbarians who patrolled the streets and alleys. There were no guards patrolling here, and occasionally one or two palace people were also bowed and panicked and hurried by.

A palatial royal palace is like a ghost town surrounded by the smell of death.

The imperial guards who led the way led the way without saying a word, and Lei Dongsheng and Ling Ling also followed him quietly. The group walked through the winding and deep corridor like a wandering spirit, passed through several palace gates, and a closed vermilion palace gate appeared in front of them, but unlike the one they had seen before, there were many imperial guards here, and there were also many Northern Barbarian men who were also armed. Seeing this, it is not difficult to guess that there must be a big man hidden behind this door, and that big man should be Yu Tianjun.

When I came here, I finally saw other living people, and I no longer felt that this palace was like a ghost town. However, the well-guarded scene here made Du Xiaomeng involuntarily panic.

Walking here, her fate is completely decided by others, and she can only passively accept all the rulings imposed on her by others.

The vermilion palace door slowly opened, Du Xiaomeng raised his head and looked forward, and a palace appeared in front of him. The palace with yellow tiles and red walls is located on a high platform surrounded by a white marble class, which is gorgeous and majestic.

went up the white jade steps to the front of the palace, the guards guarding in front of the hall stopped everyone, they glanced at Lei Dongsheng and a few of them, and then asked the guards who led the way: "Who are they?" ”

The imperial guards who led the way hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "They were sent by Lord Shangguan to meet the Third Prince. ”

He looked back at Lei Dongsheng and added: "He has the warrant of the third prince on him." ”

Hearing him say this, the guards guarding the palace said, "Wait here for a while, and I will go in and spread the word to the prince on your behalf." ”

Lei Dongsheng put Du Xiaomeng down and stood aside waiting. Du Xiaomeng watched the imperial guard walk in, her heart couldn't help beating several beats faster, knowing that it was impossible, but she still secretly prayed that Yu Tianjun was not in the palace.

After a while, the imperial guards who had gone in to pass the word came out, and suddenly shattered the little delusion in Du Xiaomeng's heart: "The prince let you in." ”

After getting permission, Lei Dongsheng dragged Du Xiaomeng to the hall, and Lingling also walked in with him.

As soon as she entered a spacious hall, Du Xiaomeng was nervous to look at the scenery in front of her, she saw a number of palace people on both sides who stood straight with their heads bowed and their eyes down, and saw that there was a white jade platform in the innermost part of the hall, and there was a golden dragon throne on the white jade platform, and there was a man sitting on the dragon throne high above.

She didn't have time to see the man's face clearly when Lei Dongsheng pushed her and forcibly made her kneel on the ground. Immediately afterwards, I heard Lei Dongsheng and Lingling say in unison:

"The villain greets the prince, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

"The people's daughter meets the prince, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Taking advantage of Lei Dongsheng and Lingling kneeling, Du Xiaomeng peeked up.

On the golden dragon throne is a blessed man who is over thirty years old and has the appearance of a cadre of the Celestial Empire. On his head was a crown of pearl gold, with a jasper hairpin inlaid with beaded rubies across the body, and he wore a blue robe with silky light embroidered with python patterns and silver threads embroidered with auspicious clouds, and the placket and cuffs were embroidered with multicolored silk threads with diamond-shaped patterns.

The rounded body shape and the luxurious outfit all showed his noble status, but some fly in the ointment was that the color of his blue robe did not match the golden dragon throne so well.

This noble man sitting on the dragon chair is none other than Yu Tianjun, the third prince who launched a coup d'état to compete for power. He played with the jade ring on his thumb, raised his eyes to look at the few people kneeling on the ground, and said slowly, "Flat." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!"

After Lei Dongsheng and Lingling stood up, Yu Tianjun asked, "Didn't you go to the front line with Lord Shangguan?" Why did you come back first? Was there something wrong? ”

Lei Dongsheng said: "Back to the prince, Lord Shangguan has successfully captured the prince, and the villain was ordered by the lord to bring this Du girl found in General Zhan's camp to the third prince." As he spoke, he picked up Du Xiaomeng, who was still kneeling on the ground and didn't stand up, and pushed her forward.

Yu Tianjun stopped playing with the jade ring and leaned back in the chair in a different position, his eyes fell on Du Xiaomeng's body, his eyebrows raised, looking for memories related to this person in his mind.

Ling Ling reminded on the side: "Lord Wang, she is the Du girl from the General's Mansion. ”

After Ling Ling's reminder, Yu Tianjun remembered this person. He took back the gaze that fell on Du Xiaomeng, and the corners of his mouth showed a sneer of disdain, and said: "It turned out that it was the cheap maid who first cheated on the marriage, and after being recognized, he shamelessly offered flattery and gestures to seduce General Zhan and King Rui. ”

Du Xiaomeng didn't expect that his deeds were so well-known, and even Yu Tianjun knew about it. However, Yu Tianjun definitely didn't appreciate herself, looking at the disdainful look, as well as the Rui King of that sentence, and the cheap maid of that sentence, she could feel Yu Tianjun's undisguised disdain and disgust for her and Yu Tianzheng.

Yu Tianjun continued to play with the jade ring on his thumb, and said lightly without raising his head: "It's just a cheap maid, do you need to send it back quickly?" ”

Lei Dongsheng said: "Back to the prince, the prince surrendered in order to ensure that this woman did not fight, and Lord Shangguan thinks that it would be more appropriate to send her back first." ”

"Oh?" Yu Tianjun stopped playing with the jade ring, raised his eyes and glanced at Du Xiaomeng, then looked at Lei Dongsheng, and asked with a little surprise: "Is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes." Lei Dongsheng nodded, and told a series of things such as how Shangguan Hong and Lingling saw through Du Xiaomeng's disguise, how they used her as a lure to threaten Yu Tianzheng to surrender, how Yu Tianzheng did not surrender for the sake of popularity, and how the two of them were in the car after being captured.

After hearing what Lei Dongsheng said, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said: "This kind of lowly goods can only be seen by a lowly woman like King Rui." His words were full of contempt for Yu Tianzheng's half-brother. He looked at Du Xiaomeng with a sneering face, "Since this is so important to King Rui, this king has to let people take a good look at her." Come! ”

The imperial guards guarding outside the hall hurriedly walked in and knelt down: "What does the prince command?" ”

Yu Tianjun leaned over his elbows on the armrests of the chair and said, "Take this woman down and put her in a prison for strict guarding." ”

"Yes!"

The imperial guards ordered Du Xiaomeng to retreat, but Yu Tianjun said again: "Wait! Stand down, and leave this woman to the king's own hands. ”