Chapter 518: The Great Fire in the Capital (3)
Carefree looked down at the sleeping child in his arms, Tu Du's face suddenly flashed in his mind, his brows were furrowed, his angular face was faintly blue, and his eyes were cold, as if they were full of endless anger.
He must have hated her so much, but he hadn't met his own daughter yet......
She was still in a trance, and the palace maid Mingzhu behind her whispered: "Niangniang...... The mother is here. ”
Worry-free turned his head when he heard the sound, and sure enough, he saw the queen mother, who was standing outside the palace gate, looking at herself quietly.
Meng Xilan saw her stand up and hurriedly made a silent gesture.
She walked over with a smile and said, "Don't make noise to the child." ”
Seeing her smile slightly, Worry-free felt a little relieved.
She held the child and showed it to Meng Xilan, and whispered: "This child is very snooze. ”
Meng Xilan warmed her hands before gently touching the child's soft hair. It's soft, it's warm, it's softer than cotton.
"Children are like this, sleep well to grow well."
Meng Xilan took her hand and sat down with her. Then, she gave Mingyue a look and asked her to take the child away first.
"General Wei has just come, and he will pick up your mother and daughter out of the palace early in the morning and go back to Chu's house to recuperate."
Hearing this, Wu Wu's heart chuckled, she raised her eyes to look at the queen mother, and shook her head silently.
Meng Xilan didn't wait for her to speak, so she spoke first: "It's not safe in the palace anymore, you can't stay." ”
Of course, Wu Wu knew that it was not safe in this palace, and someone died every day, but she couldn't leave, for the sake of the queen mother, for the prince......
"You have to leave, the palace will be ...... soon Something big is going to happen. Meng Xilan held her hand and clenched it vigorously, with a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, this palace is a gorgeous cage, it's better to leave." Remember, after this time of leaving, you never come back, never. ”
She couldn't say more, but she knew she would.
Carefree was slightly stunned, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, maybe the queen mother already has a way, she must have a way...... The thought flashed through me for a moment.
She didn't dare to think about it anymore, because there must be a huge secret hidden behind it, a secret that would affect the lives and deaths of many people.
Worry-free, I only feel that my palms are sweaty and cool. Meng Xilan also felt it. She wiped her palms with a handkerchief and smiled soothingly.
"Before leaving, the queen mother has something to ask you."
Meng Xilan wanted her to take her sister away with her, she was still too young to withstand the storm that was about to be set off in the palace, even if she was a hostage, as long as she could have a glimmer of life, it would be the best.
Carefree nodded: "I'm willing to take her away." ”
Meng Xilan patted the back of her hand and sighed, "It's the best." ”
Wu Wu lowered his eyes and bit his lip, and pondered for a moment before saying, "Can I meet His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”
Meng Xilan frowned, shook her head and said, "Everyone outside the palace is Wei Feng's people, if you can't see him, even if I want to see him, it's even more difficult." ”
Tears welled up in Wuwu's eyes: "I want to say "I'm sorry" to him personally." ”
Meng Xilan still shook her head: "You didn't do anything wrong. ”
"Early tomorrow morning, you take the children out of the palace. The Chu family may not be safe, so you still have to be careful and vigilant at all times! ”
There is no place to be safe at a time like this.
"Queen Mother, when will the sons and daughters see you again?"
Meng Xilan pursed her lips and was silent, as if she was holding a heavy boulder in her chest. She tried so much to coax her, to trick her, that they would meet soon. She wants to deceive her, and she wants to deceive herself, and everything will be fine.
In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Wei Feng was already waiting outside Cining Palace.
Wearing a thick cloak and holding his sleeping daughter in his arms, he walked out almost step by step.
Meng Xilan took the only cronies around her and sent her away.
Wei Feng couldn't help but change her face when she saw her palace maid holding Princess Chang'an.
"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, Weichen was ordered to pick you up, as for the others, they can't leave the palace."
Hearing this, Wu Wu raised his eyes to look at him, and frowned: "Duke Chang'an wants to leave with me." Typhoid fever is dangerous, adults can't stand it, let alone children? ”
Wei Feng still had something to say, but he heard the eldest princess say to him in an ordered tone: "General Wei, you are going against my will and the will of the general everywhere, but what other thoughts do you have in your heart?" ”
Wei Feng's face changed, and then he lowered his head and said, "Weichen doesn't dare." ”
Carefree said in a cold tone: "You don't dare? Before leaving, my uncle asked you to take care of the inner courtyard of the palace, but it turned it into a hell on earth. You are extremely rude to the queen, and you have no respect for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. General Wei, don't forget your identity. ”
The worry-free strength made Wei Feng silent.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Weichen understands."
Holding the child without worry, she looked back at Meng Xilan, she looked at her and smiled slightly.
The two looked at each other, and neither said what was in each other's hearts.
At this moment, the thoughts in Meng Xilan's heart turned a thousand times. She had a lot of things to say to him, but in the end they only turned into two words: cherish.
Carefree understood her intentions, nodded vigorously, with tears in his eyes, and smiled at her.
The carriage moved slowly, its wheels rolling, and it made a dull noise as it pressed against the stone pavement.
Meng Xilan had been standing at the gate of the palace, watching the carriage and horses leave, until the carriage went farther and farther away and disappeared.
Zhulu stood behind her, bowing her head and wiping her tears, not daring to cry.
After a while, Meng Xilan sighed softly: "Zhulu, don't cry, our chance has come." ”
Wei Feng escorted Zhulu Palace, back and forth, not to mention it took more than half a day.
Gao Fuli also had the same idea, stepped forward, lowered his voice and said, "Niangniang, is it tonight?" ”
Meng Xilan nodded slightly: "It's tonight!" ”
Timing is what matters. She couldn't wait any longer, and she couldn't wait for everything to be ready, and now they had to fight for victory in the face of danger.
Gao Fuli's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "The slave will go and inform His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
If everything goes well, by this hour tomorrow, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have left the palace safely.
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After dark, the wind gradually picked up outside, and it was cold and cold.
Success or failure is tonight, up and down Cining Palace, everyone hangs together.
Meng Xilan was even more restless, pacing in the hall all afternoon.
When a person is extremely nervous and sensitive, her reflexes will become sluggish, she does not know whether she is hot or cold, she is not hungry or thirsty, and she does not even feel tired.
When Gao Fu came in breathlessly and said that everything was ready.
Meng Xilan only felt that the blood in her whole body was surging towards her head, making her suffocate for a moment.
"Okay, then you can change your clothes quickly."
According to the plan, Gao Welfare is to pretend to be a little eunuch and go to the palace to receive His Royal Highness the Prince.
Gao Fuli nodded heavily, and before leaving, he looked at his master and then at Zhulu.
"After the minions go out, they will definitely find a way to save you."
Meng Xilan looked at him and said, "You don't need to guarantee anything, you have to follow the prince and protect him thoroughly." ”
The high-welfare manpower outside the palace can now be put to great use.
Gao Fuli didn't say anything when he heard this, but just kowtowed respectfully to his mother.
Subsequently, Zhulu also changed her clothes, which was the outfit of a low-class palace maid. She put away all the jewelry on her body, as well as the jade bracelet that her mother gave her.
Baozhu stayed in the palace and accompanied Niangniang, and everyone else sneaked out of the palace under the leadership of Zhulu.
The guards outside the Cining Palace were all drugged.
The tea bowls sent by those palace maids were all filled with the ecstasy carefully blended by Jiao Changqing, and once they drank it, it only took a cup of tea to make them fall asleep.
They were carried into the courtyard and lay there unconscious.
The guards in the palace were sluggish because Wei Feng was not there. In their eyes, except for the concubines and palace maids in this palace, they are eunuchs who have no roots, and they are really not a threat.
Gao Fuli explained to the imperial dining room in the morning, and tried his best to prepare wine and food. As long as they smell the food, they can't wait to come over and feast.
Sure enough, the vigilance in the palace has never been so lax, and the corridor is empty, and there is almost no one.
Zhulu covered her face with a thin gauze scarf, she was determined to be careful, after all, there were too many people in the palace who knew her. Under the cover of night, they went to the four corners of the palace, and every movement was cautious, not daring to make too much noise.
Zhulu took out the fire fold in his arms, the bamboo basket full of charcoal behind the door, and the crockpot next to it was full of lamp oil, just a little light, and a fire would be brewed here!
She waited quietly with bated breath, waiting for the time to come.
After Wei Feng escorted the princess back to Chu's house, he went to see Chu Jingchuan outside the West City Gate.
Chu Jingchuan asked him about the affairs in the palace, but he just avoided the important and said a few words briefly.
He believes that now is the time for the general to concentrate on preparing for war, and should not be distracted by the people in the palace.
Because he wanted to discuss important matters about the military aircraft, after Wei Feng returned to the palace, it was already a moment. However, the moment he rode into the palace, he saw unprecedented chaos.
The thick smoke, coming from nowhere, was very pungent.
"It's out of the water! Walk the water! Hurry up and put out the fire! ”
The shouts and screams reached his ears one after another, and his subordinates all looked panicked.
"General, there's a fire in the palace."
Wei Feng frowned and shouted: "Where is it?" ”
"Back to the general, the four corners of the palace are all on fire for some reason!"
What the?!
Wei Feng's face changed suddenly, and he felt that things would definitely not be so simple, something must have happened.
Meng Xilan...... It must be her, this fire came inexplicably, it must have something to do with her.
"Where's Cining Palace?"
"Cining Palace was also implicated in the fire, and the queen took the palace maid and eunuch to the emperor's heart palace......"
"Heart Cultivation Palace?" Wei Feng's brows furrowed even tighter, "There was a fire in the palace, such a big thing, she didn't go to see the prince......"
Before he finished his words, the subordinate who replied suddenly knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling tone: "General...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... He's gone......"