Jingshi, Jinling.

As soon as the sky was polished, the tall and majestic city gate tower loomed in the morning mist. As the fog slowly cleared, people entering and leaving the city appeared in people's field of vision.

Outside the city gate, a brown carriage was parked on the side of the road, although the carriage was not luxurious, but from the column of escort soldiers standing behind the carriage, it was not difficult to see the extraordinary status of the owner of the carriage, which attracted passers-by to look sideways from time to time.

Standing beside the carriage stood a young man of about eight or nine years of age, with fair eyebrows, a pale face, and a sickly face. Although the boy is immature, there is a calmness on his face beyond his age.

Next to him was a young woman with a gentle and calm temperament, dressed in a dark blue plain dress, which made her particularly elegant and pure.

Opposite them stood a woman and a boy who looked like a mother and a son, the boy was a little younger, holding the woman's hand and crying.

"Sixth brother, don't you go, okay, I don't want you to go, mother, you persuade Xian Niangniang, don't let the sixth brother go, okay?" The boy cried with tears in his eyes.

Hui Concubine hugged him, wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, and comforted him softly: "Your sixth brother is going to the fiefdom to recuperate, Cheng'er is obedient, don't cry, say goodbye to your sixth brother."

"I don't care, I don't want the sixth brother to leave, if the sixth brother leaves, no one will play with me, and those people in the palace will bully me again in the future." When the boy heard this, tears welled up again, crying and crying.

Seeing the boy crying sadly, the young man stepped forward to support his shoulder and comforted: "Seventh brother, the sixth brother doesn't want to be separated from you, but you also know that the sixth brother is not in good health. Only when the sixth brother is well can he come back to play with you. Listen, after the sixth brother is gone, you have to learn to protect yourself, remember, you are the son of the saint today, the son of the emperor, no one can bully you, the man has tears and does not flick, come, wipe the tears away! ”

After listening to the boy's words, the boy choked back tears and asked expectantly, "Is it that if I am obedient, the sixth brother will come back?"

The boy hesitated, then turned to his mother for answers. Concubine Xian looked at him, her lips opened, and she didn't answer after all.

Seeing the situation, Concubine Hui pulled him over and said, "As long as Cheng'er is obedient, you and your sixth brother will meet one day!"

"That's good, I will listen to my mother's words, and I will study hard, waiting for the sixth brother to come back!" The boy wiped away his tears with his sleeve and assured the teenager and his mother.

"That's my good brother." The young man thought for a while, and then instructed: "Also, after the sixth brother leaves, you have to take good care of your father for me."

The boy tilted his head, his eyes were clean and clear, and he said with a firm face: "Well, I will, sixth brother, don't worry!"

Suddenly, a cool breeze hit, "Ahem...... Ahem, ahem," the boy caught a cold and coughed violently.

Seeing this, Qiu Huan, the personal aunt who was waiting by the carriage, hurriedly came over to support her little master, patted him on the back, and after his breath stabilized, she gently helped him into the carriage. When the boy saw that his brother was uncomfortable, he sensibly helped him into the carriage.

Seeing that the two brothers were inseparable, Concubine Xian was very emotional, "Since Chen'er fell into the water a year ago and suffered from a cold and a high fever that did not go away for seven days, she has been lingering on the sickbed since then, and the cough has become more and more serious, and the imperial doctor is helpless. Everyone in the palace said that the sixth prince was seriously ill, and the concubine fell out of favor, so they all avoided it, and only your sister was you, who was not afraid of rumors, and often came to visit our mother and son as before. Today, I risked being punished by the queen to send our mother and son, it's hard for you. ”

"My sister is serious, my sister is just the daughter of a six-grade official, she has been in the palace for many years but she is not favored, and then she was fortunate to give birth to Cheng'er and was named a concubine, but our mother and son are not valued by Your Majesty. There are mostly some snobbish people in the palace, and when they saw that our mother and son were weak, they didn't take us seriously, and Cheng'er followed me and suffered a lot. ”

Hui Concubine remembered those past events, and felt a little bitter in her heart, "And sister, you came from a famous family and have been favored for many years, but you never dislike our mother and son, and often help us." The people in the palace saw that my sister was kind to me, and they were even very polite to us. This love, my sister is unforgettable, not to mention that Cheng'er and Chen'er have a deep brotherhood, you leave this time, I don't know the return date, there is no reason not to say goodbye, even if the queen is punished, the concubine is willing. ”

Concubine Xian emotionally took Concubine Hui's hand and said: "It's rare that you miss the old love, and it's not in vain for our sisters, this time we leave, we can no longer protect you and Cheng'er from time to time, the palace is deceitful, you are careful in everything."

Hui Concubine said calmly: "Our mother and son have always been unfavored, and there is no support from our mother's family behind them, so we can't pose a threat to them, they won't do anything to us, at most they will punish and make things difficult." Besides, the concubines have been in the palace for many years, and they still have the ability to protect themselves. It's Niangniang, you and Chen'er, it's a long way to Cangzhou, it's inevitable to be bumpy, and Chen'er's health is not good, I'm afraid I'm going to suffer. ”

Concubine Xian looked into the distance and said indifferently: "I have lived in the palace for many years, although I have been loved by Your Majesty, but I have long been tired of conspiracy and calculation, and Chen'er's condition is getting more and more serious, so I took the initiative to ask Your Majesty to take Chen'er to the fiefdom to recuperate, and I have also fulfilled my wish." And Cangzhou has a quiet environment and outstanding people, which may help Chen'er's illness. ”

Thinking of His Majesty, Concubine Hui looked at the city intentionally or unintentionally.

Concubine Xian only glanced at her and realized, "Sister doesn't have to look at it, Your Majesty won't come." For more than a year, hasn't my sister seen clearly, the most ruthless emperor's family. ”

Hui Concubine was stunned, "I got up this morning, I learned that His Majesty stayed at Chen Guiren's place yesterday, and he didn't even go to the morning court, and I felt cold at that time, isn't this just listening to the laughter of the newcomer and not hearing the cry of the old man?" Thinking that Chen Guiren, she was just a palace maid and was not favored at the beginning, and later she took the initiative to make friends with her sister, and went to her sister every day to ask for peace, and her sister saw that she was cautious and humble, and treated her like a sister. Because of this, she also attracted the attention of His Majesty, and received a share of the favor, and sister, you have a pure character, and you don't even care about it. A year ago, Chen'er was seriously ill, and her sister gradually lost power, she turned to the queen to show her goodwill, and now her sister is down, but she can see some people's intentions. ”

Concubine Xian smiled indifferently, and comforted her in turn: "It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, not to mention that I leave the palace today, what intentions she has have have nothing to do with me." My sister is unhappy for me, my sister understands it, I can have a sister like you, my sister is content. ”

Hearing Concubine Xian's words, Concubine Hui finally smiled comfortably: "Fortunately, my sister is open-minded and transparent, otherwise this situation, such a gap, how can people not be sad and cold, so, my sister is also relieved."

"It's not too early, you have to say goodbye to send you a thousand miles away, our sisters are here to say goodbye, sister take care!"

After the group said goodbye, the carriage staggered down the country road.

The young man asked his mother, "Mother, why didn't my father come to see us off, didn't he say that I am his favorite prince?"

"Your father is busy with government affairs and has no time to send us, so he asked Hui Niangniang to send us, Chen'er, you have to be considerate of your father."

The young man was not happy after hearing this, he lowered his head lonely, "Is it like those palace maids and eunuchs said, I am too sick, so my father no longer likes me?" ”

Concubine Xian was stunned for a moment, then hugged the young man and said, "How come, my father likes you the most, he is just too busy."

"Mother, let's go to Cangzhou, will we never come back?" The young man suddenly asked in an old-fashioned tone.

Concubine Xian looked ahead, her eyes were a little confused, as if she was answering the young man, and as if she was talking to herself, "Maybe, maybe, we will have a new start when we go to Cangzhou." ”

After listening, the boy stopped talking, just lying quietly in his mother's arms.

Concubine Xian stroked the emperor's hair, her heart was sad, the emperor lingered on the sickbed for more than a year, at first the emperor was quite sorry, often came to visit, and then slowly, the number of times he came to the palace became less and less, although the emperor was still a child, he never said anything, but he must have understood in his heart. How much the emperor once loved this son, but now the emperor is so disappointed.

Concubine Xian sighed, and only hugged the person in her arms to comfort him, and for a while, the mother and son were silent, only the sound of the wheels rolling.

"Niangniang, it's almost time to get to the Ten Mile Pavilion," at this time, Aunt Qiu Lian reported.

After a while, the carriage stopped suddenly, and only the sound of horses' hooves outside could be heard.

"What's going on out there?" Concubine Xian asked.

Aunt Qiuhuan pulled the curtain and said, "Niangniang, someone stopped our carriage."

At this time, a tall man riding a tall horse, with a tall figure and an upright and masculine face, had come to the front of the car, and he was followed by an entourage.

The leader turned his horse's head, jumped off the horse, and bowed his fist to the people in the carriage and said, "Mother, stay!"

Concubine Xian got out of the carriage with the support of Aunt Qiu Huan, "It turned out to be General Shen, I don't know what the general has to teach after him?" ”

General Shen said: "The last general recently returned to the dynasty and heard that the six princes were going back to the fiefdom, and today I wanted to say goodbye when my mother went out of the city, but I was busy with military affairs, but fortunately I caught up."

"The general did his best, was born and died, fought on the battlefield for my Jiang country, made great achievements, and once taught Chen'er, and now regardless of the eyes of the world, he sees off me, a person who has fallen out of favor, this kindness, this palace cannot be repaid."

"Niangniang is serious, and the last general is just doing his duty. The last general had the honor to teach the six princes martial arts, and knew that the six princes were talented, keen and studious, and their qualifications were much higher than those of other princes, and what was even more commendable was that he was tolerant and benevolent. Concubine Niangniang and Hui Lan heart, if the good life is taught, with time, if you inherit the unification, you will be able to become a generation of Ming Jun, it will be the blessing of the world, the blessing of the people, unfortunately, God is jealous of talents! General Shen sighed.

"The world is impermanent, and it is not something we can control, not to mention that the throne is not what I think. It is not a good thing for the emperor to leave this place of right and wrong this time. ”

"What the mother said is very true." General Shen took out a letter from his sleeve pocket, "When the last general was guarding the border pass, he was once hit by the enemy's poisonous arrow, and his life was on the verge of death. I have a very good relationship with that Langzhong, a few days ago he sent a letter, the last general learned that he happened to be in Cangzhou, this is my handwriting, Niang Niang can take the six princes to find him, maybe with his medical skills, the six princes' illness has room for change. ”

Concubine Xian gave a salute, "The general has a heart, and the palace has thanked the general on behalf of the emperor." ”

"Niangniang is at the end of the war, Cangzhou terrain is complex, mostly rugged mountain roads, there is no shortage of bandits on the road, and there are more foreign wings active in Qingzhou, in order to ensure the safety of Niangniang and the six princes, I let the personal guard Yang Zheng accompany the protection, so that the Niangniang and the six princes arrive in Cangzhou safely."

After bidding farewell to General Shen, the group gradually moved away and slowly disappeared into the morning light.

At the end of the world, when is the return date?