I opened my mouth and asked Wei Changfeng: "The palace left the imperial city, and the emperor's grandfather was fine, why did he suddenly become seriously ill?" ”

My name is Xiao Xing, and my name is An'an. The daughter of the late crown prince and the eldest granddaughter of the current emperor.

My father died early, and my grandfather skipped Uncle Wang and canonized my second brother Xiao Ziwang as the emperor's eldest grandson.

The imperial grandmother took the four of us from the East Palace to the Middle Palace to take care of them personally, and the imperial grandfather invited the Qingzhou Confucian, who had taught his father to be the king, out of the mountain again for the sake of Xiao Ziwang.

As a result, all the imperial uncles superficially agreed with Xiao Ziwang, and secretly had signs of seizing the throne.

In particular, the fourth uncle Yan Wang who guarded the north, the fifth uncle Qi King in the south, the seventh uncle Jin King in the west, and the sixteenth uncle Li King in the east.

They have been recruiting troops for the past few years, and because they are the princes of the border, they can't be curbed at all.

Wei Changfeng said: "The minister is in the capital today, when he was looking for the hidden pile of the Japanese Kou, Xu Chengen, the former eunuch in the palace, found the minister, and asked the minister to invite the princess back to the palace quickly!" ”

"Hurry back!"

I immediately ordered, stepped on the stick, and ran out.

The red steed has been led out, and Wei Changfeng has brought thirteen hussars to escort me on the road.

I am worried about the emperor's grandfather, he can't have anything to do, Xiao Ziwang can't be worthy of Beiling Jiangshan at all now, even if he has the assistance of the emperor's grandmother, he can't do it.

Riding horses galloping, fortunately there was no ice on the road, and there was no snowfall, all the way was smooth, about twenty miles away from the capital, the sky was slightly bright, and suddenly a team of black-armored cavalry came out.

Wei Changfeng, along with his thirteen hussar guards, quickly approached me, surrounded me in the middle, and commanded in a loud voice: "Swear to protect the princess to the death, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Yes!" The thirteen hussars drew their swords and spoke in unison.

I half-squinted, looked at the banner of the black-armored cavalry, and asked Wei Changfeng sideways: "Black-clothed Xuanjia?" Subordinate to Princess Yan's private army? ”

Before Wei Changfeng could answer me, the black-armored cavalry surrounding us stopped and made a way.

My fourth uncle, King Yan, rode a high-headed horse dressed in black clothes and black armor, and suddenly, the words of the man in the dream echoed in my mind: "King Yan, King Qi, King Jin has come to the city, and you are still here shouting long live, for thousands of generations?" ”

A heart-wrenching pain crossed my heart, I shook my head vigorously, the fourth uncle reined in the horse, looked at me and smiled gently: "An An, I haven't seen you for many days, why don't you say hello when you see the fourth uncle?" Forgot about the fourth uncle? ”

"How could I forget that it was the fourth uncle?" My frozen face, pulled out a smile, and said to the fourth uncle: "The fourth uncle is guarding the northern border, and the emperor's grandfather has not issued a summons, and you are not guarding in the north, but you came to the capital, which reminds me." ”

"There are fox wolves in the north, sinister and cunning by nature, fierce and greedy in temperament, always like to lurk outside the farmhouse, in addition to stealing livestock, but also hurting people's lives. Someone told me that when I see a fox wolf, don't say much, just pick up a stick and beat it. ”

The fourth uncle chuckled, jumped off the horse, and stretched out his hand to me through the hussars who surrounded me and said, "An An has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and the farthest place is to go to Fengyang to sweep the tomb and worship." Come here, the fourth uncle came in a hurry, and he didn't have time to prepare a big gift for you, but only prepared a small gift. ”

"Fourth Uncle is really polite, I don't lack anything in the capital." I rejected him: "The fourth uncle's gift, and I asked the fourth uncle to take it to the younger brothers and sisters, and the niece has thanked him here." ”

The fourth uncle had to be angry, and smiled more gently: "Didn't An An just say that the fox wolf, the fourth uncle asked you to see and see, what is a real fox wolf, what?" Don't really want to see each other? ”

I held the reins of the horse with a slight force, the enemy was outnumbered, and there were at least five hundred black-clothed and black-armored horsemen around me, and I only had fourteen hussar guards.

He's reaching out now to give me a face, let me follow the face he gave me... Go down, otherwise, as soon as his hand is closed, he will see blood at the touch of it.

I closed my eyes slightly, and when I opened my eyes, I touched the Buddha beads on my wrist and said, "Wei Duwei retreat!" ”

"Princess!" Wei Changfeng called me eagerly: "Absolutely not, the ministers will swear to protect the princess, and they will definitely not let the princess be hurt in the slightest!" ”

"Stand down!" I said in a deep voice again.

Wei Changfeng was unwilling to rein up the reins of the horse and give up his position.

I jumped off the red steed and patted the horse's neck: "Wei Duwei Haosheng looks at the horse for the palace, which was selected by the emperor's grandfather for the palace." ”

Wei Changfeng clenched his fists and said, "The minister takes the order." ”

I turned around and walked towards the fourth uncle, the fourth uncle still stretched out his hand, I ignored his hand, but he said: "It's cold and the road is slippery, or the fourth uncle is holding you like when you were a child, so you can walk steadily." ”

I stretched out my hand that was red from the cold, and his palms were spread out, and his fingers were closed with only a little thumb.

I held his little thumb like when I was a child, and he led me off the official road to a deep pit in a place of withered grass, and the heavy smell of blood came from the pit, and it was full of corpses.

The fourth uncle pointed to the corpse under the deep pit and said, "Fox wolves, they never act alone, they will form groups, lock on their prey, drive the prey to a place they think is foolproof, and slaughter it all. ”

In an instant, my ears were filled with the rough and low voice of a man with a bloody face in a dream: "King Yan, King Qi, King Jin, have come to the city, and you are still here shouting long live, for thousands of generations?" ”

The man's voice shook my body, and I suddenly shook off the fourth uncle's hand: "The emperor's grandfather is not dead yet, you cooperate with others to encircle and suppress the capital and force the palace......"

"You are praying for blessings in Dabao'en Temple, why did you appear here overnight?" The fourth uncle interrupted me, and said ruthlessly with a sly look in his eyes: "Do you really think that the northern terrain is vast, and the fourth uncle is happy with horses, so you don't want to worry about the most prosperous place in Beiling?" ”

My chest rose and fell, I exhaled the cold wind in my mouth, and pressed the Buddha beads on my wrist to stabilize my breath: "Even if you are in the palace and tell you that the imperial grandfather is seriously ill, and my younger brother Xiao Ziwang is the crown prince canonized by the imperial grandfather himself, if you dare to disobey the will, you are plotting rebellion." ”

The fourth uncle laughed shamefully: "Xiao Ziwang Huangkou Xiao'er, his body is weak, he can't write or martial arts, why do you sit in Beiling's country?" Xiao Xing! ”

The fourth uncle said and grabbed my neck, and suddenly became fierce: "Xiao Xing, I am your fourth uncle, why is your family loved by the father and the queen mother?" As soon as you were born, you were the only eldest granddaughter of the royal family, the emperor gave the name, the queen mother gave the word, and even the emperor's current edict of succession is for you to hide. ”

As he spoke, he pulled me towards him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Why don't we make a deal, you give me the edict of succession, I will ensure that your brother will be a prince, and you will go to the fief with your brother, how about a prosperous and rich life?" ”

"What if I say no?"

My words fell, and the fourth uncle threw me into a pit full of corpses.

"If you say no? You'll be like them, the target of the wolf's slaughter. ”

I fell hard and fell on the corpse, and suddenly I met a pair of immature scarlet eyes.

The owner of the two eyes, with a dirty and bloody face, lay on the corpse, winked at me, as if to tell me again, and quickly pretend to be dead.