58. Step by step
Mo Yu groped in the dark night, the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang's bedroom was very large, she entered through the small door on the east side, it was empty, and there was no one. The palace maids and eunuchs who serve every day don't know where they have gone.
She did not dare to cry out loudly, but could only touch it all the way, and the curtain was blown up by the wind like waves of the sea. As she was about to walk over, she suddenly noticed a robe embroidered with gold thread faintly revealing under the rolled up curtain, which was only enjoyed by members of the royal family, and she pulled up the curtain and looked behind her.
A small hand passed from behind the curtain, holding a sharp dagger in its hand, and stabbed outwards without hesitation.
"Your Majesty!" Mo Yu screamed. A small face, obviously overly frightened, poked out from behind the curtain and stared at Mo Yu for a long time, before Gongzi Han jumped out from behind the curtain, plunged into Mo Yu's arms, and choked out: "Cousin sister-in-law." ”
"Han'er ......" Mo Yu was hit by him and hit the wound, and his eyes were full of pain. Seeing that he was safe and sound, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then I realized that he was just a child. The title of "king" was too heavy for him.
"Cousin-in-law, I'm afraid, the little pendant died, and he died for me......" Childe cried for a while, and then said for a while, and it took a long time before he gradually calmed down.
From his intermittent words, Mo Yu heard that the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang asked the little eunuch to change into the same clothes as Gongzi Han in advance and lay on the bed where Gongzi Han usually sleeps. When Qingzhu came in, he was already nervous, and he was not familiar with this palace, so he recognized the wrong person in a hurry, and he was about to leave after killing the little pendant.
"Cousin-in-law, why do people die every day in the palace? When I go to bed at night, I always feel that there are many pairs of eyes looking at me, and I am scared, but they don't speak......"
Mo Yu can understand his loneliness and fear very well, if a child of his age, if he was born in an ordinary peasant family, I am afraid that at this age, he is running crazy all over the mountains, sometimes he will be chased and beaten by the adults in the family with sticks, and sometimes he will pick a handful of wild flowers and give them to the good-looking girl next door. But he could do nothing but have his wings cut off and trapped in this cage.
There was a chill on his body, and Mo Yu didn't know if anyone would come, so he had to take Gongzi Han and go out from the small door to return to the main hall where the palace banquet was held. When the two entered the main hall, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely strange. Yu Chuzheng took off his coat and showed the three red moles on his shoulders in a row in public.
Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang sat in the middle of the high position, staring at him coldly. The ministers of the palace kept talking to each other. Not many people have seen these three red moles, but many people have heard of them. When the prince conquered the country and returned to the country victoriously, the queen happened to give birth to her eldest son, who was the future son Yu. Before Gongzi Yu was born, all the lotus flowers in the palace bloomed overnight, and after he was born, the three red moles on his shoulders were said to be the appearance of nobles from heaven. Under the great joy of the first king, he immediately canonized Gongzi Yu as the prince, and rewarded him with Yugui, establishing his status as the prince.
"Grandmother, what other suspicions do you have? The grandson left the palace at the age of nine, and his appearance changed a lot, but the three red moles could not be faked. Before this, Yu Chu talked about the things in the palace of the king of Chu when he was a child, and he said it clearly and without any difference. Occasionally, the ministers picked out some trivial matters to ask, and he could answer them fluently, and at this time, more than half of the ministers in the palace had already believed his words.
"You said that you are the real Gongzi Yu, so who died in Daiguo?" Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang finally opened her mouth to ask, until this time, she was still dignified, there was no expression on her face, and no one could see what she was thinking.
"Tell my grandmother," Yu Chu replied respectfully, "My grandson was sent to Qin State to be a proton when he was nine years old, and when I was on the road, I expected the wolf ambition of Qin State and would never let my grandson come back safely." Therefore, the grandson dared to choose a peasant child, put on his grandson's clothes, and entered the Qin State, while the grandson himself hid everywhere, and he did not dare to reveal his true identity all these years. ”
He is a "grandchild" with an attitude that is simply humble to the extreme. But in the entire hall, there are at least two people, and their hearts are bright. Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang and Su Tian both know that no matter whether he is real or fake, he has done his tricks to the extreme, and the details are impeccable. The corpse that was sent back from Daiguo was completely decomposed, and it was impossible to verify the authenticity at all. And at this moment, outside the palace, there are 60,000 soldiers newly recruited by Yu Chu, and the guards are still forcing the palace, and sometimes the difference is only in one thought.
Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang saw Gongzi Han standing with Mo Yu with her spare eyes, beckoned to him, looked at Yu Chu with her eyes, but her voice seemed to say to the people in the entire hall: "It is a good thing to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors." The new king has ascended the throne, and you, brother, must also assist him with all his heart. ”
Gongzi Han hid behind a thick dragon pillar and did not dare to step forward. Mo Yu leaned into his ear and said, "Don't be afraid, go up as usual, you are the king of Chu, and everyone else should be afraid of you." ”
The truth is this truth, but I am afraid of this kind of thing, which cannot be overcome by saying a few words of truth. Gongzihan looked at the stern Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang, reluctantly moving his steps under his feet, his fingers twisting the corners of his clothes, without the majesty of the King of Chu. Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang hated it so much, if what Yu Chu said was true, then when he was nine years old, he would be able to come up with such a plan to protect himself, but Gongzi Han was also nine years old, but he didn't even dare to speak in public.
The ministers in the palace all stared at Yu Chu directly, to see what he would do next, whether to bow down and salute, or tear his face with the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang. If he salutes, he recognizes the new king's accession to the throne, and he is willing to be a virtuous minister. But if he is unwilling, today's palace banquet will not end without blood.
Eating a meal is in danger of life, and a few wall-grass adults who have always seen the wind and rudder have begun to secretly feel uneasy.
Yu Chu stared at Gongzi Han, after all, he was more than ten years older, and he didn't need to show any momentum that was not angry and arrogant, it was enough to make Gongzi Han retreat. Yu Chu looked at Gongzihan's small hands clenched into fists and hostile eyes, and suddenly smiled and stepped forward and touched his head: "When I left the Chu Kingdom, this little brother was not born yet, and now he is so old. My father and prince are thin, and when I saw my brother today, I, the eldest brother, am really happy. ”
In a few words, the scene was rounded, and he didn't mention the throne for half a sentence, and only dealt with himself as a big brother. Mo Yu shook his head slightly, it was really too serious before, this person looks loyal, but in fact he has reached the highest level of treachery, I don't know how many times more clever than those who have "only take advantage and don't suffer losses" written on their faces.
Gongzi Han is not so well-cultivated, he turned his head away and refused to be touched by him. But making such an action at this time makes him look more and more like a child.
Yu Chu turned to the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang, lifted the hem of her robe and knelt down solemnly: "Grandmother, with tonight's wine, my grandson wishes my grandmother a long life and good health." There is one more thing I want to ask my grandmother forbid. He deliberately paused for a moment, raised his voice and said, "Grandson and Princess Qin Guoyingshi are in love, and I want to ask my grandmother for permission to get married." ”
There was an uproar in the hall again, the shock brought by Yu Chu tonight was too much, how could he be associated with Princess Yingshi? The marriage of the royal family has never been a simple love between men and women, and the interests behind it are intricate. Ying Shi's willingness to marry Yu Chu represents the willingness of the Qin State to support him on the throne.
Mo Yu leaned out and nodded, looking at Yu Chu, who was holding the bronze bottle in his hand, kneeling in front of the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang, with a sincere and sincere expression. In a trance, this expression seemed to overlap somewhere in his memory, outside the bamboo fence of the wooden house, the man had nothing to do, and said to the simple and clear girl: "Qingzhu, I will listen to you." ”
The promise is really not worth a penny......
In the corner where Mo Yu couldn't see, Qingzhu was standing against the wall, his broken arm already secured with a branch. Where she stood, she could only see Yu Chu's back. Yu Chu was in the brightest center of the hall, and Qingzhu was in the dark and lightless corner, looking up at him.
Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang stood up, took Gongzihan's hand, and walked to the apse: "The marriage involves Qin and Chu, even if it has to be agreed, it is not so fast, it is better to hand it over to the wizard first to ask Bu Ji about the murderer, and then slowly decide." ”
Neither agreed nor refused, and the ministers could not figure out what her attitude was. Mo Yu dodged backwards, giving up a piece of space for the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang and Gongzi Han to pass.
As soon as she turned around, the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang let go of Gongzi Han, and the kind look she showed in front of the hall was also gone at this time. She looked in the direction of enshrined the spiritual throne of the first king, and said hatefully: "You have left two good sons, one is stupid and stupid, and he can't hold up the wall at all, and the other is smart and wants to give the country's hands to others!" ”
The slender nails snapped and broke, and the Empress Dowager Zhaoxiang threw the broken nails aside, pulled up Gongzi Han and left, she walked so quickly and fast, Gongzi Han had to trot all the way to keep up. A scar cut at the edge of his wrist from a broken nail, but he didn't dare say a word, so he quickened his pace and caught up with his grandmother.
Mo Yu hid in the corner, watching them go away. This was the first time she had seen the palace strife so directly, and even she, a bystander, felt cold sweat. One carelessness may ruin the fate of the country.
She didn't want Su Tian to worry, so she deliberately stayed late before returning to Fengyuan Palace. hurriedly bandaged the wound in the outer room and entered the hall, only to find that Su Tian was not there.
She ran out, found a palace maid on night duty and asked, "What about Lord Ling Yin?" ”
The palace maid shook her head in confusion: "Didn't your lord go to the banquet tonight?" I haven't come back yet. ”
The palace banquet has long been dispersed, why hasn't Su Tian come back? Mo Yu remembered what she had seen and heard this night, and her heart went up and down, she was willing to believe what Qingzhu said, it was the last time she killed someone. But she didn't believe Yu Chu, if they dared to attack Su, then she would never forgive, even if she gave everything she had, she would definitely take revenge.