In the past few days, the whole palace has been busy welcoming the triumphant return of the eleventh prince from defeating the Huns.

Emperor Anhe also issued a special decree for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare a big gift to reward the eleventh prince.

Xie Shiyun and people are walking on the way to Taihemen.

"I didn't expect the palace to be so magnificently arranged, and the lights were everywhere."

As soon as Qin Lianyi entered the palace, he saw all kinds of colorful lanterns hanging on the gates of each palace.

This kind of colorful lantern is specially commissioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the best white moon brocade is selected, and then the palace maids with excellent needlework skills in the upper and lower palaces are carefully embroidered according to the patterns prepared by each palace.

Some of the colorful lanterns are embroidered with the dragon and the phoenix, some are the colorful clouds and peaceful, and some are the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the patterns are colorful and gorgeous, and it is dazzling.

"The newly hung lanterns are so beautiful, all of them are so delicate and exquisite, and it took a lot of effort to think about it, and I want to pick a few of my favorites to bring back."

Qin Lianyi was too fond of these little lanterns, and his heart was itching, and he was thinking about which ones he would take with him for a while.

Xie Shiyun is not surprised by this, the Internal Affairs Office often likes to play some new tricks, but it is just to please some people.

"Eleventh brother, this time it can be regarded as a dignified and upright appearance in front of the emperor and ministers, these people can't wait to catch up, and they naturally work hard."

Qin Lianyi didn't say anything when she heard this, she just sneered a few times, she also knew that there was always no shortage of things in this harem.

It was almost noon, Xie Shiyun and others waited for nearly an hour at Taihemen, but they didn't see the arrival of the eleventh prince and the army for a long time.

The ladies in the harem are relatively delicate, and a few of them can't support it anymore and retreat first, and even many ministers are sweating profusely and sweating profusely at this time.

"Go, show me, it's almost noon, why hasn't the eleventh prince arrived yet?"

"Yes, the minion will go."

Everyone continued to wait anxiously, and Qin Lianyi quietly leaned into Xie Shiyun's ear and asked, "What's going on?" Shouldn't it have been there sooner? ”

"I don't know, let's wait and see."

Xie Shiyun also noticed something strange in her heart, could it be that something happened on the road?

Not long after, the little eunuch suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the eleventh prince was hacked by mountain bandits on the way back to Beijing and fell off the cliff!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present gasped, and Emperor An He was shocked: "You tell me well, make it clear, what happened to my eleventh son?" ”

The little eunuch told the story again from the beginning, and when Xie Wen led the army to return triumphantly, on the way back to Beijing with the army, he encountered mountain bandits robbing the people.

In order to save the people, Xie Wen was cut by the mountain bandits in the fight with the mountain bandits, and then fell off the cliff.

"Princess, what's wrong with you, princess?"

Qin Lianyi watched Xie Shiyun fall to the ground, and the others next to him were also at a loss.

"Quick, hurry up and announce the Imperial Doctor!"

The queen immediately ordered the girls around her to call the imperial doctor, and asked the little eunuchs to take Xie Shiyun back to the palace immediately.

Xie Wen died because some people were surprised and some people were worried, Xie Yuan and others were very excited when they learned that Xie Wen's life and death were unknown, and they were even more happy to see that Xie Shiyun couldn't accept the news and fainted directly.

"The Prince."

After Emperor An and Emperor ordered everyone to disperse, someone suddenly shouted to the prince from behind.

When the prince looked back, it turned out to be Xie Zhuo.

What does he want to do with himself? The prince thought to himself.

Xie Zhuo hurriedly caught up with the prince, the prince frowned lightly, and glanced at him: "What is the so-called brother of the virtuous brother?" ”

"Prince, why did you say that this eleventh brother suddenly had an accident?" Xie Zhuo asked maliciously.

The prince stared at Xie Zhuo's face suspiciously for a long time, "Okay, why did you suddenly ask such a question?" ”

"Oh, it's nothing, I just want to ask the prince casually."

The prince didn't believe that he was just asking casually, maybe secretly planning to set himself up.

"If you have nothing to do on weekdays, read more books, so as not to ask these things you don't want to do and make your father unhappy."

He scolded Xie Zhuo with a straight face, then turned around and left in a hurry.

Xie Zhuo looked at the departure of the crown prince, his eyes flashed with a flickering dark light, and a wicked smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth......

It has been a few days since the bad news that Xie Wen was killed by mountain bandits came to the palace, and Emperor An He ordered people to go to the cliff to look for him, but Xie Wen's body was still not found.

After not going to the morning court for three consecutive days, Emperor An and Emperor Qiang endured the grief in his heart and sat on the dragon chair, listening to the minister's report on the political affairs of the past few days.

It was rare for the prince to see his duty, and he deliberately pretended to be sad in the court, until Emperor An He took the initiative to mention the matter of the eleventh prince.

"Father, it's been so long, and I still haven't found the body of the eleventh brother, so I wonder if I want to start preparing for the funeral of the eleventh brother?"

When Emperor An He heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy with the prince, as an elder brother, how could he be so anxious to hold a funeral for his younger brother?

But after thinking about it, there has been no news for such a long time, Xie Wen can survive, I'm afraid it's hopeless.

"That's it, my heart hurts, I'll leave this matter to the prince!"

The prince felt a burst of joy in his heart, once Xie Wen's funeral was completed, there would be no more opponents among the princes.

"No, you can't!"

Xie Shiyun, supported by Qin Lianyi and Feiyu, suddenly appeared in the court.

On the day the army returned to Beijing, Xie Shiyun stood under the poisonous sun for a long time, the heat was unbearable, and because he heard that the eleventh prince was killed, his heart was depressed, and the fire in his body rushed up, and he fell into a coma.

Although after a few days of recuperation, his face was still haggard and withered, and he was getting thinner and thinner.

"Princess, why did you come here if you didn't recuperate in the dormitory?"

As soon as the prince saw Xie Shiyun, he secretly thought that something bad was wrong, this girl would definitely be bad!

Xie Shiyun had a headache and dizziness at the moment, but still insisted and said: "Father, now that the body of the eleventh brother has not been recovered, how can we do the funeral for him so hastily, and according to the opinion of the sons, as long as the body of the eleventh brother is not seen for a day, then he still has hope of survival." ”

Her words happened to be said on the heart of An and Emperor He, after all, it was her own flesh and blood, and fathers were unwilling to give up hope so soon.

"The princess is right, although it is difficult for the eleventh prince to survive, but he can't give up looking for it, this matter should be put aside for the time being, and the prince will continue to send more people to look for it under the cliff."

The prince agreed sullenly, and his eyes when he looked at Xie Shiyun added a bit of disgust and ferocity.

Emperor An He ordered Xie Wen's army to be temporarily handed over to another general to lead, although Xie Shiyun had no objection, but he also understood in his heart that Emperor An He was doing this, obviously guarding against Shen Sijun.