Yu Mama saw Huangfu Xiu get into the carriage and then took the three eunuchs back to the palace, the Queen Mother was concerned about Huangfu Xiu's safety, naturally did not rest, saw Mama and her party enter the palace gate, and quickly waved her hand to send away the palace maids who were waiting in the hall.

"How? Momma? The Queen Mother stared at Mama Yu closely, wanting to search for the answer from her face first.

Mama Yu untied her cloak, stepped forward, and said in a low voice: "The matter has been done, the Queen Mother is at ease." ”

"Really?" A look of joy appeared on the Queen Mother's face, "Xiu'er has already left the city?" ”

Mama Yu pursed her lips and smiled, and replied gently: "How dare the slave and maid deceive the queen mother, the slave and maid watched the little prince get into the carriage before returning to the palace." ”

"Okay, okay." The Queen Mother was overjoyed, and couldn't help but take Mama Yu's hand and pat, "You have done a good job in this matter, and you have worked hard." ”

"Where the Queen Mother is, it's what slaves and maids should do."

Mama Yu was naturally happy when she won the Queen Mother's appreciation, and walked to the Queen Mother's side and skillfully rubbed her shoulders, "Queen Mother, you are also tired for a day, rest early." ”

"Well, I'm a little tired." The Queen Mother held Mama's arm and slowly stood up, "By the way, tomorrow you can spread the matter of Xiu'er being burned at the stake." ”

"The slave obeys." Mama nodded slightly, and carried the Queen Mother into the inner hall.

In the garden of the East Palace, Huangfu Hongxuan eradicated the great trouble of Huangfu Xiu, and it was the time when he was refreshed.

"Your Highness, you can taste this white jade peach blossom cake, which the concubine personally made for you." The concubine lay in the prince's arms as delicately as a boneless, and her voice was sweet and harsh.

The prince hooked his lips and smiled, biting the pastry handed over by the concubine, but his mind was still on the execution ground last night, the fire burned clean and fierce, and the hatred and jealousy that had accumulated in his heart over the years were also burned out.

"Your Highness, come, this is the best daughter red prepared by the concubine for His Highness, you can taste it."

Huangfu Hongxuan took the wine glass in the concubine's hand, raised his head and drank it all, and then said loudly: "Happy! It's a pleasure! ”

As soon as Huangfu Hongxuan's words fell, a guard in short clothes hurried into the garden, looked at the appearance of the prince and the concubine, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped forward and bowed.

"Your Highness, my subordinates have something to report!"

Huangfu Hongxuan could hear the guard's tone with a little eagerness, so he had doubts in his heart, raised his eyes to look at the guard, and asked in a solemn voice, "What's the matter?" Report it. ”

The guard didn't talk immediately, but raised his eyes to look at the surrounding women, then at the prince, and finally lowered his eyebrows.

The prince naturally understood, waved his hand and asked the concubine to withdraw from the garden with a group of maids, and the garden immediately quieted down, and Huangfu Hongxuan frowned and asked, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"The news that the little prince was burned at the stake spread in the capital!" The guard said solemnly.

"What?" Huangfu Hongxuan dared to believe it, and stood up in shock, "This matter is not known to anyone except my father and the people of my East Palace, how did it spread?" ”

"My subordinates got the news this morning, and they also suspect that there is an internal ghost among us, but if you think about it carefully, according to your orders, the people who participated in the operation yesterday have still been out of the East Palace for half a step, and it is impossible to spread the news."

The guard frowned and analyzed, and continued: "In order to be cautious, my subordinates deliberately checked all the people who participated in the operation yesterday just now, and found no abnormality. ”

"No, it can't be!" Huangfu Hongxuan's anger could not be concealed, his facial features became distorted, and his face was full of horror, "Absolutely impossible!" He's been burned to death! ”

The people of the East Palace can't spread the news, and it's even more impossible for the father and emperor, there is only one possibility for so long, Huangfu Xiu is not dead at all! He escaped! But how did he do it?

Huangfu Hongxuan was incomprehensible, hysterically kicked the stone table in front of him, and the guards on the side did not dare to stop him, and quietly pushed it aside.

After a while, Huangfu Hongxuan gradually calmed down, and said coldly: "Go, go and find out yesterday's corpse to the palace!" ”

The guard hurriedly replied: "Subordinates obey!" Just turned around to leave, Huangfu Hongxuan spoke again.

"Escort the three princes to the prison and wait for disposal!" Huangfu Hongxuan gritted his teeth and said, as if he wanted to tear the three princes, father and son apart.

"But...... Your Highness ......"

"But what? Is there a problem? Huangfu Hongxuan roared angrily.

"On what grounds do we detain the Third Prince?" The guard asked cautiously.

Huangfu Hongxuan smiled coldly, "Privately making tiger talismans, wanting to rebel, isn't this enough?" ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

The guards turned to leave, and Huangfu Hongxuancai sat down on the stone bench heavily, with a sense of defeat on his face, but as his clenched fists tightened inch by inch, his angry eyes climbed into a cold and fierce color.

There is no moon tonight, the night is like a huge pitch-black curtain, enveloping the entire capital together, the wind in the tunnels of the heavenly prison is tighter, so cold that people think that they have reached hell, but the heavy sour and rotten smell has not been blown away by the yin wind at all, and it still fills the entire heavenly prison.

The third prince seemed to be accustomed to this pungent smell, his face was as calm as water, and he couldn't see a trace of disgust, although his hands and feet were heavily shackled, his steps were still steady and steady, without the slightest fluctuation.

The long tunnel was eerily quiet, with the smell of the jailers being escorted, and the sound of clanging shackles scraping against each other.

"Don't go, that's it." The jailer opened the cell door, unceremoniously kicked the third prince in and out with his foot, and then hurriedly locked the door and left with a curse.

The third prince sat on the straw pile, his eyes were blank, his face was slightly pale, and the gray hair hanging down his sideburns fluttered with the wind, caressing his chapped lips intentionally or unintentionally, as if with ridicule.

Of course, the third prince was not afraid of being imprisoned in the prison, and even rushing to the execution ground was a matter of an instant for him, but in the morning he heard a news that was enough to suffocate him.

Huangfu Xiu was burned at the stake! His only son, who didn't even leave the corpse, he wanted the white-haired man to send the black-haired man, he regretted that he didn't stop the emperor from cultivating for him, he knew that he would not be out of this prison half a step if he died!

"Uncle Three Emperors? What are you in a daze? Don't fit into this environment? ”

The prince's yin and yang strange voice brought the third prince back to his senses, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the prince was standing outside the cell door with a group of jailers.

"Huangfu Hongxuan! You brute! The third prince pounced on the prison door, stretched out his hand and grabbed the crown prince's sleeve tightly, "You abused the death penalty to execute Xiu'er, and you still have the face to come here?" ”

The prince looked at the red eyes of the third prince, his heart was inexplicably comfortable, and his arm pulled out the sleeves that the third prince had grabbed.

He said slowly: "Uncle Sanhuang, don't be angry, Huangfu Xiu voluntarily took the capital crime for you, you know, and now you should be sentenced to death, you have picked up a life in vain, are you still not satisfied?" ”

Huangfu Hongxuan checked the body of last night before coming to the prison, and it was not Huangfu Xiu, but now it seems that the third prince did not know that his son was still dead, and it was just right, it was not bad for him to be tortured.

The prince sneered in his heart, gestured to the eunuch behind him with his eyes, and continued: "Third Emperor Uncle, Huangfu Xiu was only executed yesterday, and it stands to reason that you should not be imprisoned so soon, but my father has never been able to let go of your private tiger talisman in his heart, so he has made an order, you listen to it." ”

The little eunuch stepped forward, opened the holy decree in his hand, and read: "The third prince ignores military discipline, has no royal law, and makes military talismans without permission, intending to rebel, and now orders him to be arrested and sentenced to death, and he will be executed in three days." ”

The little eunuch's feminine and shrill voice drilled into the ears of the third prince one by one, and the anger in the eyes of the third prince was filled with a little bit, like a torrent rushing down, unstoppable.

"Ahh With an angry roar, the third prince finally collapsed to his knees, "You have already intended to put me to death, so what's the point of Xiu'er taking the blame for me?" ”

"So...... He's stupid, he's stupid. The prince smiled, condescendingly looked at the painful third prince, and his heart was very happy.

The anger in the eyes of the third prince gradually dissipated, and the vicissitudes of life were crawling with sadness, he didn't pay attention to the prince anymore, but just buried his head deep in the crook of his arm, and the white sideburns in his ears fell on the placket of his dark clothes, which was particularly dazzling.

The prince had seen enough of the show, but the horror in his heart about Huangfu Xiu's escape did not decrease by half a point, and coldly ordered the jailer to take good care of the third prince, and then left in a hurry with his back hand.

Late at night, a luxurious carriage stopped at the gate of the prison, the curtain was opened, and an old woman in palace clothes walked down.

Then, the curtain was opened again, the Queen Mother leaned out to take a look, and slowly got out of the carriage with Mama Yu's hand, Mama Yu turned around and took the cloak handed over by the palace maid, and put it on the Queen Mother's shoulder.

"It's cold in the prison this day, so the Queen Mother should pay attention."

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, holding Mama's hand and walking towards the prison, as soon as she walked to the door, a yin wind came to her face, mixed with the sour smell of rot in the wind made her a little uncomfortable, and she stopped at the door for a moment before she raised her steps again.

"The Queen Mother?"

The third prince was obviously a little surprised by the arrival of the Queen Mother, and was stunned for a long time before standing up and saluting.

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment by the third prince, and asked Mama Yu to send the jailers and maids out, and Mama Yu was afraid that the Queen Mother would be tired after standing for a long time, so she specially asked the jailer to bring a chair.

"Third child, the mourning family came to see you." The Queen Mother said and waved her hand at Mama Yu, "I brought you some wine and food, it's cold this day, you can drink some wine to warm up." ”

The third prince took the wine jug handed over by his grandmother, raised his head and poured a big sip, wiping his mouth with his sleeve while saying, "Good wine!" The Queen Mother is worried. ”

"What crime have you committed, the mourning family doesn't want to take care of it and can't take care of it, that's all the mourning family can do." The Queen Mother sighed lightly and said slowly.