Zong Zhengjin and the three of them waited for a long time in Shulan Palace, only to see the two guards drag Zhao's mother, who was covered in blood, back. "Mother Zhao······" The three villains cried and knelt next to Zhao's mother, who was almost unconscious, and Zong Zhengjin cried even more self-reproach: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't mess with the queen mother, woo woo······"

"Quick, go find the Imperial Doctor!" Zong Zhengmin shouted to the palace people outside the door, but the guards replied indifferently: "The queen mother has an order, and no one is allowed to enter or leave Shulan Palace." ”

"Bastard." He was about to get up and break out, but Zhao's mother stopped him in time and shook her head.

turned to look at Zong Zhengjin and said with great difficulty: "Princess, I'm afraid the old slave won't be able to accompany you······ After this······ You and Xiaoqing must support each other, cough cough ······" Blood suddenly spilled from the corners of her mouth.

"Grandma (Mother Zhao)!" The three of them exclaimed, Zhao's mother strengthened her consciousness and said to Zhao Qing: "Xiaoqing, go to my room and bring a gilded brocade box from the mahogany box under the wardrobe." "Okay." Zhao Qing hurriedly ran back to the house, and after a while, she rushed back with a box in her hand.

"Grandma, give." Mother Zhao took the box, handed it to Zong Zhengjin, and said in a weak voice: "This is left to you by the concubine Niangniang, I wanted to give it to you and Xuan, but now it can't work······ Princess, remember your mother's admonition, when you are powerless to protect yourself and those around you, you must learn to forbear······", Yes, Ah Jin remembered. Zong Zhengjin hugged the brocade box and cried sadly, wasn't this incident caused by her unbearable.

"Xiaoqing," Zhao's mother took her hand, "you must take good care of the princess and yourself in the future." "Well," knowing that grandma was dying, Zhao Qing's tears couldn't stop flowing.

Mother Zhao looked at Zong Zhengmin again, and just wanted to say something, but Zong Zhengmin immediately opened his mouth and promised: "Mother Zhao, don't worry, I will protect the imperial sister and Zhao Qing." I don't know if this is what Mother Zhao wants to say, but she has no strength to speak, so she just nodded with a smile, then closed her eyes, and her hand slipped weakly. Feeling that the people around him were out of breath, the three villains immediately cried bitterly, and the cry resounded throughout Shulan Palace, and everyone who heard it had a palpitation.

Before dawn the next day, the palace door was opened, and the emperor, who was supposed to inspect the disaster in Shandong, returned to the palace at this time, and his return alarmed the entire palace. Zong Zhenghao did not stop, and went straight to Shulan Palace, the moment he saw him, the grievances that Zong Zhengjin had endured in the past two days all came to his heart, and tears fell down. Zong Zhenghao saw his daughter's face full of tears, his heart was full of pity and anger, he didn't expect that as soon as he left on the front foot, those people began to deal with Ah Jin, if it wasn't for Zhao's mother to inform Wu Guards to report him in time, then his Ah Jin wouldn't have died in Huangquan.

Thinking of this, Zong Zhenghao was afraid for a while, stepped forward to hug his little daughter, and comforted: "Ah Jin, don't be afraid, my father is back, and no one will hurt you." Zong Zhengjin nodded lightly, and just as he wanted to say something, he heard a voice from the outer hall: "The queen mother has arrived, and the imperial concubine has arrived!" In a blink of an eye, Empress Dowager Xu and the imperial concubine walked in surrounded by everyone.

As soon as she saw Zong Zhenghao protecting Zong Zhengjin, she became angry and asked sharply: "The emperor doesn't go to Shandong to inspect, what is he going to do when he comes back to the palace?" ”

Zong Zhenghao looked at his queen mother coldly, and said in a deep voice: "If I don't return, my princess Jin will be unjustly killed." "Presumptuous, what do you mean by that? Zong Zhengjin set fire to the palace, the evidence is conclusive, and the whole palace can testify. "Empress Dowager Xu is righteous, don't want her to compromise this time.

Zong Zhenghao snorted coldly: "I'm afraid the so-called witnesses are all your people." ”

"You ······", "Your Majesty, how can you say that about the queen mother?" Why would she give false testimony to a child? Seeing that the Queen Mother was so angry, Xu Yingrong hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her.

"I would also like to know why a child is worthy of your thoughts." His cold gaze looked at the two of them like ice, Xu Yingrong couldn't help but tremble, and retreated behind the Queen Mother in fear, and the Queen Mother Xu was no better, if the emperor really investigated deeply, then they would be in danger, no, no matter what, she couldn't spare Zong Zhengjin.

So, she took out the majesty of the queen mother and said: "Emperor, this time Zong Zhengjin committed a capital crime is an ironclad fact, if you don't punish her, it is unreasonable, you can't explain to the courtiers, let alone the world." ”

"Queen Mother!" Zong Zhenghao roared in a low voice, the chill in his eyes was terrifying, he didn't expect that the queen mother would want to spread this matter to the previous dynasty, or even the whole world, if this is the case, even if Ah Hua is not guilty, his reputation will be ruined, thinking of this, Zong Zhenghao couldn't help frowning, pondered for a moment, and said: "Then please ask the queen mother to give her son a few days, and I will give you an explanation." ”

"What else do you want to look up? Don't ······ her right away, "Queen Mother." Empress Dowager Xu's words were interrupted by Zong Zhenghao, she heard the patience in the emperor's mouth, and knew that she couldn't force him anymore, otherwise things would be really difficult to handle.

"Okay, just three days, and in three days, the mourning family wants your answer." After speaking, she glanced at Zong Zhengjin behind Zong Zhenghao, and walked out with an angry face, Xu Yingrong didn't know what the Queen Mother was thinking, but she didn't dare to stay here, so she had to leave resentfully.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Zong Zhenghao turned around and hugged Zong Zhengjin, and said softly: "Ah Jin, my father will not let you be wronged." "Hmm." Zong Zhengjin nodded lightly, she could only trust her father now.

However, things are not as simple as Zong Zhenghao thought, Empress Dowager Xu was determined to kill Zong Zhengjin this time, so she blocked his retreat, and the Xu family of the previous dynasty had already begun to meddle in this matter, seeing that the three-day deadline was about to expire, Zong Zhenghao was anxious, he had not saved Shen Shulan, could it be that even his daughter could not be saved this time? While he was meditating, an uninvited guest came to the Longfu Palace. Looking at the handsome man in front of him, who was not like a mortal, Zong Zhenghao was taken aback, didn't the national teacher Yi Chu have disappeared? Why did you appear in front of yourself now?

"National teacher?" , Zong Zhenghao opened his mouth in surprise, "Yi Chu has seen Your Majesty. He just bent slightly, and didn't kneel, as if he should have been. Zong Zhenghao didn't care about these small details at this time, and asked directly: "You said you have a way to save Ah Jin?" What exactly? ”

Seeing that he was so anxious, Yi Chu didn't go around the bush anymore, took out a letter from his arms, and said, "Master handed me the letter before he died, saying that when Princess Jin was in danger, she could give the letter to Your Majesty." Zong Zhenghao hurriedly took the letter, opened it and read it, but the more he read it, the more ugly his face became, after reading the letter, he was already unbelievable, Yi Chu didn't know what the letter said, and he didn't want to know, his task was to protect Princess Jin.

I only heard Zong Zhenghao curse in a low voice: "Old horseman, if you die, you will still be a one." Although he was angry, he no longer had the anxiety he had before, and after thinking for a moment in front of the dragon case, he suddenly raised his head, a fine light flashed in his eyes, he slowly walked towards Yi Chu and asked, "Did your master let you protect Ah Jin?" ”

"Yes." "Then will you follow your master's words?" "Master's order, I will obey it when I die." Yi Chu was very determined.

"Okay," Hearing his words, Zong Zhenghao seemed to have made a big decision, and said seriously: "National Teacher, I order you, from now on, you must protect Princess Jin every step of the way, no matter where she is, you must be by her side and teach her well." Yi Chu paused for a moment, not quite understanding what he meant, but still nodded and agreed,

Just as he turned around and was about to leave, Zong Zhenghao stopped him and said earnestly: "National Teacher, I want you to train her to be the next successor. This was said very lightly, but Yi Chu's heart trembled suddenly, asking him to personally cultivate the next successor? Yi Chu understood the meaning of this sentence no matter how dull he was, could it be that this is the reason why the master asked him to protect Princess Jin? Yi Chu sighed in his heart, it turned out that he had been brought into this troubled water by the master from the very beginning, but he didn't know it.

"Yi Chu, obey the order!" There is no reason for him to refuse, and if Master entrusts him with this heavy responsibility, then he cannot live up to Master. Seeing that Yi Chu understood, Zong Zhenghao breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, just when everyone was speculating about what the emperor would do with Princess Jin, a holy decree shocked the harem of the former dynasty. The second daughter of the emperor, Zong Zhengjin, Min Hui Xiuzhong, filial piety and humility, adhering to the will of heaven, canonized as the princess of Jinyang, rewarded the fief Yangzhou, and went to live in the fief from now on, and was not allowed to enter the capital without an edict. Everyone was confused when they heard this will, the emperor named her the princess of Jinyang, from the first product, but let her go to the fief and not enter the capital, for the children of the emperor's family, out of the capital, there is no hope in this life, this emperor is bright and dark. Zong Zhengjin was only eight years old, and it was extremely terrible for her to go to a strange place alone and not be allowed to come back, so when she received the holy decree, it was difficult for her to accept it for a while, and she broke into the Longfu Hall directly.

Zong Zhenghao felt uncomfortable when he saw her face full of grievances, but he still asked calmly: "Ah Jin, what are you doing here?" ”

"Father, why did you drive me away?" As soon as she opened her mouth, the tears flowed, Zong Zhenghao wiped her tears for her, and said patiently: "You just go to live in your own fiefdom, and the whole Yangzhou is yours." ”

"But this is my home." She didn't want to go to that strange place.

"But you are a canonized princess, you should go to your fiefdom...

"I don't listen, I don't listen to ······" Zong Zhengjin was furious, took a few steps back, and yelled at Zong Zhenghao: "You just want to drive me away, I know, you don't have to degrade those lies to deceive me, I'll just leave." ”

She turned around and ran, but was grabbed by Zong Zhenghao and said, "Ah Jin, believe in my father, you will come back." As soon as he heard this, he had no meaning, but it was extremely ironic for Zong Zhengjin, who was angry.

She turned her head and said indifferently: "Ah Jin won't believe you anymore, father, you are a coward, you can't protect your mother, and you can't protect me." With that, she struggled to break free of his hand and ran out. This sentence pierced Zong Zhenghao's heart like a knife, he stood up in a daze, looked at the little figure and went away, and smiled helplessly, as long as she could leave the capital safely, even if she was misunderstood, he would admit it.

Zong Zhengjin walked in the palace in despair, the palace people saw her, just bowed slightly and walked away, now the whole palace knows that she is an abandoned princess, who will respect her. Zong Zhengjin unconsciously walked to a small lake in the middle of nowhere, and when she saw this scene, she inexplicably felt familiar······ By the way, this is the place where Yi Chu brought them after she saw her mother being poisoned two years ago. Two years have passed, and now when I come here again, I have been demoted to Yangzhou. And all this was caused by Concubine Xu, and she couldn't swallow this breath.

"Imperial concubine, Xu family, I won't let you go." Zong Zhengjin's eyes were filled with coldness, and she wanted revenge.

"Do you think you can fight against them now?" A cold voice sounded in the air, Zong Zhengjin was startled, and when he turned his head, he saw a man dressed in white, his shocked face was more mature than before, he slowly walked towards her, the temperament around him, like the cold moon on the top of Kunlun, arrogant and cold, made her can't help but want to bow her head and worship.

"National teacher?" Zong Zhengjin was a little surprised that Yi Chu, the national teacher who had disappeared for two years, actually appeared here. It's so curious.

"Why are you back?"

"I know you're in trouble, so I'm here to help." Yi Chu looked at the beautiful girl in front of him, and inexplicably felt a little sympathy. Master asked him to go out for two years of training, and then come back at this time, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen as soon as he came back.

"Help me? Ah Jin is now an abandoned princess, what can you help? Zong Zhengjin laughed a little self-deprecatingly, she is like this now, who is not hiding from her.

"Are you willing?" Yi Chu asked rhetorically.

"Not reconciled," she replied through gritted teeth, "but so what? You're right, I don't have what it takes to fight them. ”

"Then accumulate your ability and wait until the day you can." His words made Zong Zhengjin's eyes light up, yes, she didn't have to rush for a while.

Looking at the man in front of her, she suddenly had an expectation and said, "You can help me!" "He is a national teacher, he must be very powerful." Good. Yi Chu agreed without thinking about it, which made Zongzheng Jinleng, so easy to agree?

She asked with some confusion, "Why are you helping me?" Yi Chu didn't reply, this was Master's order.

Zong Zhengjin thought about it, and suddenly his face was a little bad, and asked, "Is my father asking you to come?" "Sort of." The emperor did give orders to him.

"Hmph, I don't accept it." Zong Zhengjin was so angry that he turned around and wanted to leave, but Yi Chu immediately spoke: "If you continue to play with the temper of a child, then you don't want to take revenge in your life." Zong Zhengjin paused, stopped for a long time before turning around, biting his lip and not speaking.

Seeing this, Yi Chu said: "When I arrive in Yangzhou, I will teach you everything I have learned all my life." Going to Yangzhou is a danger for you, but it is also an opportunity. Do you understand? He said no more, he believed that with this girl's intelligence, she would understand.

Zong Zhengjin thought about it again and again, and finally made a decision, nodded lightly, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you······ National ······ What should I call you? Calling him a national teacher seems a little rusty, "I teach you what you have learned all your life, and a master can afford it." Yi Chu said jokingly.

Zong Zhengjin's little face was immediately unhappy, and he muttered, "You are only a few years older than me." ”

"Ten years older than you, it's enough to deserve it." Yi Chu added.

"Call you sir, the master will call you old." Zong Zhengjin was very kind to consider him, Yi Chu nodded, he didn't care what it was called, it was just a title anyway.

"Sir, it's okay, then I'll go first." Shulan Palace didn't know what the chaos was like at this time.

"Yes, go ahead." "Hey, you're going to Yangzhou with me, right?" Zong Zhengjin asked, and when he saw him nodding, he immediately left with a smile, if he was accompanied by this powerful cheap master in Yangzhou, it would not be bad. Seeing that she was far away, Yi Chu left here without hurry.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, Princess Jinyang set off from the palace, Zong Zhenghao stood on the city wall and looked at the team that was getting farther away, feeling uncomfortable for a while, Zong Zhengjin didn't come to see him until he left, she still hated him. Zhao Qing followed Zong Zhengjin away, but this time Zong Zhengmin was miserable, he was left in the palace by the emperor and began to discipline his studies strictly. For those people in the palace who were dissatisfied with the results, Zong Zhenghao didn't pay attention to them at all, and he didn't even bother to see them. Those people made trouble a few times, but when they saw that it didn't work, they stopped. Since then, the harem has finally calmed down. And Zong Zhengjin also began her long and arduous road back to the palace.