The palace of the East City of Kaju • The Royal Mansion of the county

At noon on the day when the emperor's decree came down, the first three princes and palace curtains were dragged to the old market and sentenced to death. The first four princes, Gong Hu, were deprived of all official property and were thrown into the eighteenth floor of the ghost prison at dusk.

It was the deepest layer of the ghost prison, the floor was no more than half a zhang high, ordinary people could not straighten their bodies at all when they entered, and the ground was filthy and abnormal, even standing or sitting, only carrying the heavy chains on their bodies, half squatting and half bending. And this layer is connected with the seventeenth floor into a ladder, and as soon as the ladder door is closed, it is silent, and it is pitch black.

Over the years, the people who are locked up inside will have their limbs twisted, their senses deteriorate, their minds will wear out, and they will become complete monsters.

Now it is the second day and night when the first three princes and the fourth prince were sent down, and the palace of Prince Huan and the palace of the county have already been looted, and all the gold, silver, treasures, weapons and grain have been returned to the treasury, and even the people in the palace have been enslaved and sent to the bitter cold land in the far north.

The two mansions, which were originally full of scenery, are now empty, and the doors of the mansions have been sealed, leaving only a few Praetorian Guards to guard the door in turn.

Bai Xiaohan heard the footsteps behind him, turned his head, and saw a woman in a plain black cloak hurrying over. She was slender and wore a huge hood, and even the exposed chin was covered with black silk, and under the moonlight, there was hardly any physical features.

"The girl is so well-dressed," Bai Xiaohan said with a smile, "The gate of the mansion is guarded, and Bai thinks you must be late." ”

"Your Highness has been in the ghost prison for a day, why am I late?" The woman obviously didn't like Bai Xiaohan's contemptuous tone, and lowered her voice and said in annoyance, "What else do you have planned?" ”

"What's the plan?"

"Naturally, it's a plan to rescue the Four Highnesses!" The woman was so anxious that she almost stomped her foot, "Don't you know what kind of place that ghost prison is, do you still want His Highness to continue to stay, if there is any way, don't wait!" ”

"How did I say there was any way?"

"-You... What are you talking about! How can you not have a way? ”

Bai Xiaohan clasped his hands in front of his chest: "Today, you took the initiative to ask me to come here to meet, why did you ask me what I could do?" ”

"Bai Xiaohan! Do you still have a conscience? The woman was so anxious that her voice suddenly rose, and she repented abruptly, and forced herself to lower her voice, "Your Royal Highness has always trusted you, and I am afraid that you are more serious than me!" Now that His Highness is in prison, don't you have the heart to help him get out of trouble? ”

The girl laughed. You and I have our own masters, each with our own ability, the four princes don't value you, how can you blame me? ”

Recently, it has been raining continuously, and the moonlight at night is not very clear, and at this moment, shining on Bai Xiaohan's face, his smile is more and more sinister and cold: "To put it mildly, Bai Mou and the third prince and the fourth prince have never been just a cooperative relationship. Now that the two brothers are insatiable and playing with fire, how can the girl expect me to rescue them? ”

"Ever since Lian Gui Hotaru was involved in the court, His Highness has been in a hurry many times... It's just that you are also involved in many things, do you want to be treacherous and leave behind the life and death of the four highnesses? ”

"My girl, you are also a smart person, how can you not understand the truth of self-preservation?" Bai Xiaohan shook his head helplessly, "Now that the third prince is dead, the fourth prince has also been sent to the eighteenth-layer ghost prison. What skills does Bai have to go to heaven and earth and turn things around? ”

"You even have the ability to call the wind and rain, what is the hard thing to do to you?" There was a little more pleading in the woman's trembling voice, "Just take it as if I begged you, Brother Bai, please help me save His Royal Highness......"

Bai Xiaohan slowly looked at his arm, and under the moonlight, the woman's slender and white hand was resting on it, shaking weakly and weakly. Bai Xiaohan couldn't help but smile, shook off the woman's hand, raised his head again and smiled: "Girl, in terms of appearance, skills, and resourcefulness, you are all superior." is to follow Bai into the water flag, and I also guarantee that you will have a place. Why do you have to think so badly, and you have to pull the four princes who are no longer useful? ”

When the woman heard this, she raised her eyes suddenly. Under the moonlight, her gaze was so sharp that Bai Xiaohan was immediately stunned, only to feel that her body was extremely cold.

"So no matter what, you won't help Your Highness anymore, will you?"

The woman's tone was as cold as her eyes, Bai Xiaohan shook her shoulders, and forced herself to make a relaxed tone: "Why does the girl say so ugly, Bai-"

"—isn't it?"

Bai Xiaohan once again straightened his body, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little mechanical and stiff: "Actually, Bai also hopes to help the fourth prince get out of trouble, but now that things have just happened, and all eyes are staring so closely, it is not easy to protect himself in this Jiazhou City." Even if the girl wants to save people, she doesn't have to rush for a while. The four princes have a tough heart, and they can't destroy him. ”

"You say it lightly, you-"

The girl was by Lian Guiying's side all day long, and naturally knew that she did not give up for a moment to follow Bai's traces. Now that Tang Quxi of the Chiyan Banner has returned to the main altar, if it weren't for my plan to transfer the sect leader, I am afraid that Bai Mou's position in this tail sect will also be lost! Bai Xiaohan's tone was solemn, "The top priority is to find the sect leader to strike first. Bai saved his life, and he will be able to make a comeback one day and welcome back the four princes with the girl, isn't it? ”

"What do you mean... Am I going to stay with her? ”

Bai Xiaohan's eyelashes flashed, and he chuckled: "The girl has already gained the trust of Lian Guiying, for the sake of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, she should continue to stay by her side and listen to the news for His Royal Highness." ”

"I don't know if I have a flaw, and I don't know how long I can lurk..."The woman's shoulders rose and fell slightly, obviously upset, "It's just you, why did you suddenly attack Duan Ming in the first place and snatch the Phoenix Feather of the Red Flame Banner - this step was not ordered by the Four Princes!" ”

"Girl... You have to say it a few more times. If you want to continue to serve the four princes, you have to save your life first......"

"But at that time, Your Highness was already in the upper hand, did you not know the prophet that there would be a day when this edifice would be in decline?"

Bai Xiaohan narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked coldly at the compelling eyes of the woman under the hood. After a long time, Fang chuckled: "Time has passed, the girl is a person who understands, she should know that it is useless to talk about these things again." The hour was not early, and Bai had to leave Kazhou while it was dark. The girl had better go back earlier, so as not to be suspected by the Lian family. ”

"You-"

Before the woman's words fell, Bai Xiaohan had already flashed into the bushes behind her, and when she looked again, there was only a gentle mist left. The woman slowly looked at the mist that gradually dissipated in the air, and felt sad in her heart, just like the vast road ahead was shrouded in the mist, and there was no longer the dawn of hope.

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In the past few days, the city of Kashu has completely changed.

Since Lianyue Mountain returned to the palace, the emperor's condition has become more and more serious, and he has reached the point where he can't get off the dragon bed for a few days. However, Imperial Doctor Geng and more than a dozen national players from Tai Hospital jointly saw the doctor, but they never showed any improvement.

Just when the emperor was sick and weak, news came from the palace that Concubine Li Guifei hanged herself in the Yeyao Palace. However, the emperor can't leave the palace; There are no other high-ranking concubines in the harem; Hou Ye is also a foreign minister, and he has no right to interfere too much in the harem. Such a big thing was actually fully entrusted to the only prince of Daxin, Gong Hong.

Except for the suddenness of the incident, there was no time to ask the servant to check the body and hurriedly entered the coffin, everything about the concubine's funeral, the palace flags were done in an orderly manner, and there was no mistake to be found.

Only when I went to Lifu to visit the Hou Ye, I occasionally heard people chewing their tongues, saying that there were several concubines' henchmen and palace maids in Yeyao Palace who were crazy, and slandered the five princes that before the concubine entered the coffin, he ordered someone to stuff his mouth with coptis, stinky woad and rice bran. However, the rumors had not yet reached the palace, and the palace maids were found dead in front of the concubine's spirit in the early morning of the next day.

There is no proof of death, and it is over.

In addition, the funeral until the funeral of the concubine was so complete and the etiquette was complete.

Hou Ye was concerned about the emperor, and he was busy going in and out of the palace day and night. However, the ministers who were attached to him on the past day gave advice one after another, saying that the emperor was critically ill, and he should establish the foundation of the country as soon as possible. The fifth son of the emperor has been raised in the palace since childhood, and has a pure temperament, and now he is a young man, and several major events are done properly and beautifully, but he can be worthy of the position of the crown prince.

It is not known whether the excerpt has been read by the emperor, but the news has reached the harem. The palace banner umbrella did not hold a hand, and knelt in front of the damp palace in the rain, kowtowing again and again, only saying that his qualifications were foolish and unworthy of the country, but he begged his father to take care of his body and reunite the country for a hundred years.

He Quan had not yet heard the emperor's reply, but the Hou Ye went out of the palace first, with a look of relief and emotion, and picked up the palace flag and asked someone to send it back to Wangqi Palace. After that day, the palace issued another holy decree:

Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. The fifth son of the emperor, the palace flag is a heroic and beautiful talent. Now I would like to tell heaven and earth that I will choose an auspicious day to bestow the treasure of the child and the jewel of the king of the county; The former prince dived into the old mansion of the dragon vein and established him as the king of Rongjun. Temporarily manage the affairs of the harem of the former dynasty, and be supervised by the regent of Lihou. With the unity of 10,000 years, the heart of the four seas is safe.

As soon as this edict was issued, the subjects were decided. Although Miyahata has not yet been canonized as the crown prince, he has already grasped all the real power of the Great Heart Kingdom. However, even though he was smart and wise, heroic and decisive, he still asked the more prestigious Hou Ye in everything above the court and politics, and he himself was only concerned with the Tai Hospital, and he was inseparable from those imperial doctors who diagnosed the emperor.

In this way, the government and the opposition not only did not criticize half a sentence, but praised the king of Rongjun for not loving the throne, and being benevolent and filial, he will definitely move the heavens and bless the heart.

I don't care about any of this, the only thing that makes me happy is that now the prince's palace has been given the title of new county palace, and I have never moved out of here. Since a few days ago, Miyahata and I have no scruples, and we have been in and out of the palace in the new county, and we have lived in the same room.