My heart tightened, and I asked in a trembling voice, "What did he see?" ”

"Hongu remembers that he hadn't come back from dinner that day. was about to ask someone to go out to look for him, but the emperor personally brought him back to Wangqi Palace. Concubine Ying's eyebrows trembled slightly, "The little child, who was so blue at the wrist that his father grabbed it, was so frightened that he cried all night, and he couldn't say a complete sentence." In the early morning of the second day, a high fever began. ”

"He... Did he see the princess of the palace mantle? ”

Concubine Ying's sloppy eyes suddenly shrank and stared on my face: "Not bad." According to what he said that night, he saw the emperor talking to a cross-dressed man in the imperial garden, and there was a girl beside him. He could hear from his father's tone at the time that that girl was the unknown princess. The secret that the emperor kept for three years was broken by his own son. ”

"That day... What did the emperor do to the palace flag? ”

"Hongu doesn't know. That night, no matter how much Hongu asked, the banner just shrunk and covered herself in the quilt, and never said a word. Concubine Ying said distressedly, "I understand that this matter is very serious, if Concubine Li knows, maybe she will persuade the emperor to get rid of the banner." So after the high fever of the banner was cured, the palace told the emperor that the banner had burned out his brain and had forgotten many things before. ”

"And Miyahata... Just start pretending to be stupid? ”

At that time, the three princes had already begun to show their edge in the government and the opposition. The withdrawal of the banner from the emperor's eyes is not a kind of wise self-protection, and our mother and son can still have some peaceful children. ”

"Is his unkind words in front of the emperor pretending?"

Concubine Ying chuckled: "You haven't known him for a day or two, do you think he is a clumsy person?" ”

"Then let the ministers recommend him to lead the troops in the court, and the emperor will be unhappy on the Wanshou Festival, and... and the previous departure from the palace, all of this, did he deliberately do it in order to make the emperor discouraged him? ”

"Only when the emperor is disgusted with him will the East Palace and the three princes really let him go." Concubine Ying's smile was sour, "Haven't you noticed that over the years, there has been only one high-ranking concubine in the palace, except for Concubine Li herself?" ”

"Concubine Li Guifei covered the sky with one hand in the harem, and her son was in the former dynasty to make meritorious contributions. This mother and son are so sharp, aren't they afraid of being jealous? ”

"The prince was born with a thousand preciousness, and he never knew how to fight. His mother went early, so he lacked the most sincere help. As for the emperor..."Concubine Ying wanted to speak and stopped, "This is not something that a harem woman can speculate on, nor is it something that this palace wants to talk to you with Miss Lian today." ”

My throat tightened, I straightened up and said, "Concubine Ying has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Regardless of whether the three princes have been feared by the emperor or not; Regardless of whether the prince can no longer turn over, now he is determined to take the heir, if he does not advance, he will retreat, and if he does not win, he will die. ”

"-What!" I was so shocked that my voice suddenly rose, "Miyahata has the idea of seizing the heir?" ”

Concubine Ying was so surprised by my shout that even if she couldn't sit still, she glanced outside in a hurry to confirm that no one was looking at me again, and said in a low tone: "Is Miss Lian joking with the palace, if not, why would he attack the prince?" ”

"Isn't that because someone secretly assassinated, and I had a hard time in the Prince's Mansion, and Gong Wan had to do it as a last resort?"

"Regardless of the cause and effect in between, the crown prince is now in prison, and there is always someone who wants to fill the position." Concubine Ying said solemnly, "Does the third prince still move; It is still uncertain whether to attack the palace or the banner first, and we can't gamble life and death on the emperor's attitude towards him. ”

"Niangniang means ......"

"At this point, several of them are dead and alive. But there is one more thing you must be clear - that is, unless all the rest of the princes are not available, the emperor will probably consider the banner. ”

"Just because of the fact that Miyahata broke the palace mantle princess when she was a child?"

"This is one of them, and the other, and the other is more deadly, is that he is the son of the Eastern Tribute Girl." Concubine Ying's closed eyelids trembled slightly, "Since ancient times, there has been no emperor who has not paid attention to bloodline. Unless there is no other choice, the emperor will not hand over the country he has fought all his life to a prince who has half of the blood of the Dongwei people in his body! ”

"But this... How is this possible? I was so shocked that I couldn't speak clearly, "The palace curtain acts without leakage, and he has the heart of his subjects, and he has the help of his mother, even if the emperor is jealous of him...... Take 10,000 steps back, even if the palace curtain is smart one day but is mistaken by cleverness, there is still a palace in the middle! Although he supports the palace curtain, in other things, he is also a blank slate, and there is no stain to be found! ”

"Even the girl is really smart, this is exactly what this palace wants to tell you today, if you want to have you justifiably, it is simply difficult to reach the sky!"

My body tingled, and my fingertips began to become cold: "Niangniang mean, do you want me to take the initiative to leave the palace flag?" ”

Concubine Ying's gaze was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect me to say this sentence without hesitation. Just as the coldness in my fingertips was creeping in, she burst out laughing, sighing and shaking her head.

"It seems that even the girl drank the tea of the Wangqi Palace, but she still didn't feel the sincerity of the palace!" Concubine Ying smiled so much that the beads on her temples swayed, "The second half of the palace has been spent in this palace, and the first half of the life of the banner has also been boiled in with his useless mother." It's just that although this palace is useless, even girls, what mother in the world doesn't want her children to find true happiness? ”

"Concubine Yingniang, you—" My heart instantly had mixed feelings, "You are very touched by the motherly heart of the courtiers of the palace, but how can you be sure that I am his true happiness?" ”

"Of course, Hongu can't be sure. How long is this life, all encounters and partings cannot be foreseen. Concubine Ying still smiled kindly, "Even if the palace sees that the palace is infatuated with you, even if he is willing to tear off the disguise for you for many years and risk death to bring down the prince... Even girl, please forgive a mother's heart, I don't feel at ease... Put the rest of his life into your hands. ”

"Concubine Ying's ......"

"But even the girl, there is no turning back now, for him, the 'second half of his life' is a luxury that is difficult to obtain. Maybe Bengong is reluctant to hand him over to you, but Bengong knows that if he doesn't let go, he may not even have the last chance! ”

"But... But even if we are willing to work together, you have said that it is difficult to ascend to the throne, and if we fail, it will be a dead end! ”

"That's what I'm asking for today." Concubine Ying suddenly straightened up and held my cold hands, "Lian girl, this palace knows that you have a background in the rivers and lakes, if it really comes to the day when you are desperate, can you take the banner and escape from this place?" ”

"—" I froze in shock, "why do you... I don't have the ability—"

"Do you love him?"

"What, I..."

"Do you have him in your heart?"

"I... Of course! ”

"—that's good. You are not an incompetent woman like me, if you can't have you justifiably, why can't you have him in the sky? ”

"Mother, you don't know about me, I..." I was so anxious that I didn't know where to start, "I'm going to leave sooner or later... No, even if Miyahata and I leave the palace, what will you do? ”

"You don't have to think about me. I was married to Emperor Daxin by my mother's family, and I was his concubine in this life, and life and death followed him! But Man'er is different, his life is still alive, and he has the right to choose his own future! ”

Looking at Concubine Ying's seemingly sad and eager gaze, I was dumbfounded again. It turns out that mother's love is really so great, is it so great that she can give up herself to protect her son......

"Even the girl ......"

"Concubine Yingniang, like you, I don't want to let Gong Wan suffer any harm. As you said, if there is really no way out, I will not even return to Hotaru without dying, and I will have a way to live with him. ”

This Concubine Ying was already in tears, and she told me a lot of thoughtful words. After sorting out my emotions and sending me out of the Wangqi Palace, I saw Miyahata sitting alone by the Wangqi Pond in a daze.

Winter is over, the pool water is slightly thawed, and strings of blisters containing fresh life are bubbling to the surface of the pool. The palace flag has also been replaced with a heavy winter cotton jacket. I saw that he was wearing a white silk white fox tail collared fur cloak, although he did not have the royal extravagance, reflected in the afternoon sun, he was also handsome, as clear as ice and snow, and did not lose the warm breath of a young man.

"Banner," Concubine Ying saw the palace flag, and called softly from afar, "Send Miss Lian." ”

Gong Wan turned his head, his jade-like face reflected the ice lake and looked a little clearer, looking at his face, my depressed mood couldn't help but ease a lot.

Walking on the silent harem corridor, the palace banner whispered to me, "What did the concubine say to you?" ”

"Concubine Ying is afraid that you will be defeated by the hands of the palace curtain, and she wants me to protect you."

"What about you?"

"What am I?"

"Do you think I'm going to lose?"

"When did you have that thought?"

"What's the idea?"

"Don't hide it from me anymore, Concubine Ying has already told me that you are taking the initiative to subordinate the palace to the palace!"

"It's not my wish to do anything to him, I just want to be with you. Who told us to be born in the royal family and wanted to have you, I had no choice. ”

"Then you come with me, let's go live a free life-"

"—Don't say that again, do you think I don't want to?" The smile on Miyahata's face had faded for some time, "You don't look at it, can you still walk if you want to go now?" Do you really think that my father believed us? If we go, the mother will be dead. ”

"Gong Hao, I'm very conflicted now, I'm really messy, I don't know if what we did was right, Gong Wei and Hou Ye have been involved, I don't want more people to lose their lives because of us in the future-"

"—finally able to talk for a while, and we quarreled again." Gong Wan stopped and stopped looking at me, "In front of you is Concubine Li's Yeyao Palace, it is inevitable that it will be true, you better go by yourself." ”

I looked at the luxurious and magnificent palace in front of me, adjacent to the emperor's palace, and Concubine Li was really loved by thousands of people. And turning his head again, the palace flag has turned back and walked far away, leaving only a thin, plain white back in the early spring breeze, like a dream, which is not real.