Chapter 45: One Less Man Returned

"Queen Mother, do you really think that Princess Chu is ...... Will you be obedient? ”

That night, when Empress Dowager Liang returned to the dormitory, Aunt Zong finished serving her and was about to be settled, she couldn't help but have doubts in her heart, and asked as she asked.

Empress Dowager Liang put together a bright yellow bedclothes, leaned lazily at the head of the bed, and smiled contemptuously: "Does she have any other choices?" ”

Yes, according to the current situation, Princess Chu really has no choice. But what if you go back to the palace later?

"The slave maid can't say anything, but I think that Princess Chu is ...... this time It seems that it is too easy to be obedient, and I wonder if there will be deception in this? Aunt Zong said worriedly: "Niangniang think about it, when she returns to the palace later, her safety will be guaranteed again, and when the time comes, she will regret it-"

"Repentance? Heh......" Empress Dowager Liang intercepted her words, laughed twice, and said, "Ruyi, are you really so stupid as a mourner?" How could the mourning family not know that once she returned to the palace, her life would not be something that the mourning family could take if they wanted to. ”

Aunt Zong frowned, "Forgive the slave and maid for being stupid, the queen mother is not ...... Another trick? ”

Empress Dowager Liang smiled confidently, "Xiang Yu is the daughter of the Xiang family, a woman of the clan, who doesn't put the glory of the family on the tip of her heart?" Now, the emperor intends to give marriage, Fanchang is the biological daughter of the mourning family, and her marriage is not all between the mourning family's permission and disapproval? ”

Hearing her say this, Aunt Zong was a little surprised, "You mean, once Princess Chu succeeds this time, you will give the eldest princess to Xiangying?!" As she spoke, without waiting for Empress Dowager Liang to answer, she asked again: "But Niangniang, haven't you always been ...... Xiang's family?"

"Yes, the mourning family has indeed always disliked the Xiang family." Empress Dowager Liang smiled on her face, and sighed helplessly: "But for most of the year, the mourning family has been having a headache for the prosperous marriage. ”

Aunt Zong was obviously a little stunned: "Niangniang......"

Empress Dowager Liang pondered for a long time before she said: "The situation in this country is like this, the situation in the dynasty is like this, although the mourning family believes that their son can hold this throne, but they are also ......" She lowered her head, and her voice was as light as flying: "But I also have to think about a contingency." ”

This time, Aunt Zong understood.

The Queen Mother is ...... Is this worried that one day, His Majesty will be defeated by the King of Chu?

As soon as this thought came to her mind, her heart trembled, and she looked at her master who had served her for decades in a daze, and for a while, she felt strange.

"...... You, what you say, really make the slaves and maids afraid! Aunt Zong said, "The slave maid still thinks that you have always believed in Your Majesty, and you have never put the Li family mother and son in your eyes......"

"Don't talk about you, when the mourning family first had this idea, I was shocked!" Empress Dowager Liang smiled bitterly and said: "Hmph, Li mother and son, the mourning family doesn't pay attention to it at this time, it's just ......" After a pause, she shook her head, "Ruyi, you haven't been a mother, you won't understand the worry of the mourning family." ”

Aunt Zong sighed: "Niangniang really feels sorry for the eldest princess......"

Distressed? is as conceited as the Empress Dowager Liang, and when she heard her words at this moment, her face was not ashamed.

"I didn't think it before, but this time I planned to get married, and the mourning family realized how much they owed this daughter." She said: "When the two of them were young, the thoughts of the mourning family were all on the emperor, the thoughts of the first emperor...... Don't mention it! The mourning family gave her daughter a lot of grievances, and after thinking about it, she only had to endure her reluctance in her marriage and make her a foolproof! ”

And Xiangying is the only personal choice she found in the country's famous families.

On the other hand, the news of Liang Yanyu's death was transmitted back to the palace, and within a few days, Xiao Zhu issued an order to allow Qingle Hou to take back the Yuhua real dharma body and bury it in the ancestral tomb.

As soon as this letter came out, it attracted a lot of rumors. The palace people in Chengyang Palace talked among themselves, except for a few who sighed and felt nostalgic, the rest were all ridiculed.

"The palace people now compare the Liang family to the. Everyone said that the emperor's will sounded like a grace to Qinglehou, but think about it again, the Liang family was originally a palace concubine, but she had to return it to her mother's family after her death, although she didn't have to be a lonely ghost, but for the Liang family, it was still a shame. ”

In the past few days, Empress Dowager Liang has loosened the control of Shu Chi Pavilion, and Qingchen has also had the opportunity to go out often. She told Pei Yaowei about the news she heard, and Pei Yaowei couldn't help but laugh when she heard it.

"This time the emperor is really wronged!" She flipped through the book and said casually: "Liang Yanyu is already a waste concubine, and she can't enter the emperor's mausoleum of the Son of Heaven anyway, if there is no emperor's holy decree, Qingle Hou will not dare to bury her in the ancestral tomb." As she spoke, she thought of Liang Shulai and sighed unconsciously, "...... It is rare for the emperor to be merciful like this, but it is pitiful to bear this grievance in vain. ”

"That's it, let's not talk about that." After a while, Pei Yaowei put down the book and said, "I'm going to leave for my head back in the next two days, have you packed up your things?" ”

Qingchen nodded, then frowned, "Niangniang, what will happen after you go back...... Have you thought it all out? ”

What she was referring to was naturally the fact that Empress Dowager Liang threatened her master and framed Pan Guifei in front of the emperor.

"Actually, the slave maid has thought about it for the past two days, Empress Dowager Liang thinks that she can coerce you with her handle, but in fact, the so-called 'handles' in her hands are really not strong, let's just talk about the marriage between the prince and the eldest princess of Fanchang, if the emperor is determined to marry his sister, even if the Empress Dowager Liang does not allow it, what can it do?" Qingchen said, his voice was a little quieter, and he whispered: "Today's son, he really doesn't look like a filial son who obeys his mother's orders!" ”

Pei Yao couldn't help laughing, and then nodded the tip of her nose vigilantly: "There is no cover!" ”

Qingchen shrank slightly, and his posture was silenced.

After thinking about it, Pei Yaowei comforted her in the end: "Don't worry, after returning to the palace, I have a sense of proportion, and I will not casually lose myself for the wishful thinking of others." ”

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of departure to return to the palace, and when he got up in the morning, Pei Yaowei felt that he was not in good spirits, and he couldn't tell what was going on, but he was uncomfortable.

This group of assassins, all of them are well-trained and good hands, and when they came up, they found the car of Princess Chu, but they killed this place with all their might. Even Pei Yaowei didn't think about it anywhere else, she just thought that the assassin was here to take her own life, but she didn't want to, when she was guessing the instigator behind this group of people, she was cold, and outside the carriage, there was a sudden roar-

It was a girl's voice, shouting: Auntie.

Aunt? Pei Yao's eyebrows jumped, which aunt is it?

Before she could react, the sound of the fight outside gradually weakened.

In a fight, four of the assassins died, and the rest fled after that 'auntie'.

"Princess!" Outside the car, the little palace maid shouted anxiously, "Niangniang, go and have a look!" Aunt Song - Aunt Song, she's dying! ”

When Pei Yaowei hurriedly got out of the car and rushed over, she saw Aunt Song being held in her arms by a little palace maid, and a feather arrow pierced her chest, and the whole person was dying.

"When my aunt heard the movement, she was in a hurry to go to the princess to protect her, who would have ...... Unexpectedly, before he stepped out of the carriage, a dark arrow shot out of the air, aunt her...... Aunt she ......"

The little palace maid who accompanied him was so anxious that she cried, Pei Yao came back to her senses, and while shouting for someone to call Mr. Yiyuan, she strode forward and squatted in front of Aunt Song.

"Auntie, hold on, right away, Mr. Yiyuan will come over right away! You'll be fine, you'll be fine......" She held Aunt Song's cold hands tightly and comforted her one sentence at a time.

"Princess, no, don't bother Mr.," Aunt Song's eyes were only slit, and no matter how hard she tried, it was difficult to open them. With a slight smile on her lips, she said, "Slave maid...... No, princess...... The princess ......"

As she spoke, she suddenly gasped violently twice, tried her last bit of strength, and raised her body slightly: "Princess, Queen Mother...... In the future, all pointing to you and Your Highness, you ...... You have to promise the slave maid, please be sure to promise the slave and maid, take care of, take care of the queen mother, don't let her be alone...... Alone in the imperial palace, so lonely......"

"Auntie, don't speak, don't talk......" she shouted, "Mr. One Yuan! What about sir! ”

But Aunt Song still insisted: "Princess Niangniang! You-you promised the slave and maid to take care of the Queen Mother, you must take care of the ......"

"I promise, I promise! Be sure to take care of the queen mother! Auntie, hold on a little longer! As she spoke, she saw Mr. Yiyuan's figure hurrying towards her, and her eyes unconsciously appeared with hope, "Mr. is here!" You hold on a little longer! If only the gentleman came, you would be even-"

Mr. Yiyuan arrived, and the person lying in the arms of the palace maid also closed his eyes.

"Princess, Aunt Song, she ......" Mr. Yiyuan probed Aunt Song's neck and replied: "She has already gone to ......"

His expression was covered by the hat, but in this tone, there was sadness that Pei Yaowei had never heard of here.

Pei Yao looked at him in a daze, and for a long time, he didn't react.

"Alas......"

A soft sigh suddenly came from the top of her head, and she looked up numbly, but it was the Empress Dowager Liang who came over at some point.

"Good person, if you say no, it's gone......" Empress Dowager Liang helped the tired silk golden phoenix on the sideburns, whether it was her expression or tone, she couldn't be more deliberately sad, and sighed sadly when she spoke: "Yifeng!" What a good man, but also pitiful! ”

Pei Yaowei looked at her, and suddenly, everything understood.

What a move. She thought silently.

"Qingchen-" As soon as Empress Dowager Liang left, she whispered, Qingchen was still crying, but she didn't delay, and immediately came over.

Pei Yaowei glanced at the guards who were cleaning the battlefield, and whispered a word to Qingchen.