The cool breeze in the middle of the night hit Prince Rong's face through the thin window paper, and Prince Rong looked at Wanying who was sleeping soundly, and reluctantly withdrew his gaze. He crept out of the temple.

The little mouse hurriedly greeted him, and said with a dusty face: "Lord Wang, it's not good." ”

Prince Rong put his middle finger to his mouth, 'shh ”

The little mouse said anxiously: "Master, go back quickly, the sky is falling." ”

"Something happened in the palace?"

The little mouse nodded like garlic, frowned and said, "Master, go back quickly, the queen mother called the slave to urge you, day and night, go back quickly." ”

"Something happened to the emperor?"

The little mouse splashed tears on Prince Rong's hand, and cried: "The emperor is infected with red face herpes. ”

Prince Rong churned in his heart, frowned and asked, "Who leaked the news?" ”

The little mouse pulled the prince to the courtyard and wanted to go to the gate of the courtyard, crying and saying, "Who knows? The prince is not there, the servants can't even enter the palace gate, this morning the queen mother next to Xiao Linzi hurriedly came to report, saying that the queen mother urged you to go back. ”

Prince Rong stroked the little mouse's hand, fixed his body for a moment, and then hurriedly ran into the palace again. Whispered to Wanying's bedside. His eyes almost watered.

After two days and two nights of traveling, Wanying was already too tired to work, and at this time she was so heavy that she couldn't extricate herself from her dreams.

Prince Rong looked at it for a long time, as if he went up and hugged it again, and then said that it was precious. But I was afraid to see Wanying's reluctant gaze. That gaze made him reluctant to say goodbye.

After being stunned for a long time, the little mouse outside the hall was so anxious that he rubbed his hands and stomped his feet, and helplessly begged Yun Niang to say: "Aunt Yun, you go and urge the prince, now rush back, it's hard to say whether you can rush back to the palace before dawn." The Queen Mother is still waiting for the prince in Cining Palace! ”

Yun Niang knew the priorities of this, nodded, gently pushed open the door of the palace, poked her head in, and just as Prince Rong turned around to visit. The four eyes met, and Prince Rong already understood.

Reluctantly looked at it again and again, and finally cut off his gaze fiercely, and cautiously withdrew from the temple.

"This king goes back, for a while and a half, a day or two, I'm afraid I won't be able to come, the mother is pregnant with a child, her body is getting heavier and heavier, and you have worked hard to take care of it."

"Don't worry, go back, we will take good care of the mother, please rest assured."

"Hmmm! When the king was free, he immediately came to see her, and you told her, 'There is something in the palace, and the king will go back first, and come to see her in a few days.' Remember to take good care of your mother. ”

"The slave and maid understand, the prince can rest assured."

After a few reassurances, Prince Rong still left with confidence.

Hurriedly rushed to the gate of the palace, and Zhao Quanli, the head of the palace guards, was dressed in military uniform and was waiting under the gatehouse of the palace. From afar, I saw Prince Rong greet him with a military salute.

"The last general, Zhao Quanli, sent Prince Rong a smooth journey."

Prince Rong stopped and said solemnly: "The princess is temporarily placed in the palace, please take care of the general." ”

"Don't worry, the princess is here, and it will be foolproof."

Prince Rong nodded, and instructed again: "Please, general." ”

After speaking, he stepped on the horse and disappeared like lightning on the bluestone official road in front of the palace.

It was even more profound, and the night wind in the mountains and forests wet Prince Rong's forehead, and the group didn't care about resting, and hurried back to the palace at noon.

The wet forehead hair and dew-soaked clothes have long been dried by the scorching summer sun and hot wind, leaving no traces.

In front of the Buddhist shrine in the Xinuan Pavilion of Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was dressed in ochre brocade clothes, kneeling on the futon and knocking on the wooden fish to chant the scriptures. Father-in-law Wei hugged the floating dust and sat on the stool under the porch and took a nap.

From a distance, he saw Prince Rong coming over in the dust, and shouted loudly: "The prince is back." ”

The sound of wooden fish in Xinuan Pavilion stopped, and Gonggong Wei hugged Prince Rong into the hall.

"Sent to the palace in Huichang Mountain?" The Queen Mother put down the small gavel in her hand and asked.

"Sent it."

"Your daughter-in-law is pregnant with a child and suffers on the road."

"I walked all the way, I vomited all the way, and I couldn't eat anything."

"When a woman is pregnant with a child, she has to go through this experience, she is the first pregnancy, the reaction is bigger, and when the month is older, it will be fine."

"My son saw that the sour water in her stomach was vomiting out, it was really hard."

"Distressed?"

"Mother, she is pregnant with her son's child."

"My mother knew that she had worked hard, so I asked you to send her to Huichang Mountain. Save yourself from staying in the capital and worrying about us. ”

"Son, thank you, mother for being thoughtful."

"It's good that you don't blame your mother."

"Mother, you are for our good, how can the son and daughter-in-law blame the mother! Who knows when this catastrophe will be passed safely, send her out earlier, there will be no worries, and her son will be able to let go of his hands and feet. ”

The Queen Mother took Prince Rong's hand and said abruptly: "How good it would be if we were born in an ordinary rich family, but unfortunately we are in the emperor's house." Not even the most ordinary pleasures. ”

"Mother, it's useless for my sons, let my mother endure hardship."

"Son, we ladies don't say this. Mother's generation, speaking of which is pretending to be a family and a country in her heart, to put it bluntly, it is still for you two brothers. ”

"The son knows, and the emperor understands it in his heart."

The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly flashed, and she sadly took Prince Rong's hand and said, "Mother is really afraid that the emperor will not survive this catastrophe." ”

"Mother, the emperor is the Son of Heaven, naturally with the blessing of God, he will definitely survive this catastrophe unharmed."

"Mother really can't think about it, I really can't think about it......" The Queen Mother couldn't cry anymore.

"Mother, you have been worried about labor all your life, and my father will definitely help us when I hear you praying with the Buddha in heaven."

The Queen Mother let go of her hand and turned her back to Prince Rong, her arms propped up on the long case by the wall, her thin back trembling and throbbing.

Prince Rong looked sadly at the back of the Queen Mother, and suddenly an indescribable desolation came to his heart, once upon a time, his mother was strong and iron-fisted; I never thought about it, but it turned out that there was such a fragile and tearful side.

Prince Rong wanted to go up and hug his mother, and wanted to say to her: "Mother, my son has grown up, and my son can hold you up for a piece of the sky." ”

"Mother, the sons have grown up, and the mother is no longer alone."

The Queen Mother turned around with relief, clasped Prince Rong's shoulders with both hands, and wept silently. The Queen Mother is not sad about the current decadent situation, she is worried about the emperor who has been incorporated.

"Mother, you are in a hurry to call your son back, has the emperor's condition deteriorated?"

The Queen Mother's tears were even fiercer. couldn't stop it, and asked with trembling lips: "Is there still no news from Shanxi?" ”

Prince Rong shook his head heavily, and said, "Not yet, the Taiyuan Mansion expedited excerpt will be delivered once a day." ”

The Queen Mother choked up and said: "Add a few more words, and order the Taiyuan Mansion to search with all its might, and if there is any dereliction of duty and delay, it will be dismissed." Eight hundred miles expedited, sent to Taiyuan Mansion as soon as possible! ”

Father-in-law Wei, who was waiting at the door, heard the order of the Queen Mother and pushed the door out.

"Mother, a few days ago, several ministers of the Zichen Palace just jointly announced the news of the emperor's 'accidental illness' and blockade, why did it suddenly spread?"

The Queen Mother stopped her tears and said faintly: "Yesterday afternoon, Lord Zhang of the Zichen Palace had already killed a little eunuch with a cane. ”

"The fine work of the king of Dong'an?"

The Queen Mother nodded.

"Then what did the king of Dong'an do last night?"

"Nothing." The Queen Mother shook her head and said.

"Before the storm, the sea is always surprisingly calm."

"Yesterday, Zhang Xiuting asked Xiao Linzi to bring over an edict from Zichen Palace." The Queen Mother took a pale yellow fold from the long case and handed it to Prince Rong.

After Prince Rong took it, he unfolded it and looked at the beginning, and asked, "This is Lord Zhang's handwriting, and it is an excerpt transcribed by Lord Zhang." ”

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Zhou Baicheng, the commander of the Jingxi Battalion, gave the emperor a press fold." Master Zhang secretly transcribed it and stuffed it to Xiao Linzi. ”

Prince Rong looked at it twice from front to back, and asked in disbelief: "General Zhou has been set aside?" ”

The Queen Mother also nodded hesitantly, and said: "Master Zhang probably also saw the clues, and he couldn't blatantly come over to report the news, so he did this." ”

"Mother, could it be that we are too worried? Or I'll go to the camp in person today to see what is going on. ”

The Queen Mother shook her head sharply and said categorically: "Absolutely not!" At this time, the camp is already a tiger's den, and you can't go! ”

"Mother, Lord Zhou only said that the emperor doesn't have to worry about the affairs in the camp, could it be that we think too much, Lord Zhou has been running the camp in western Beijing for many years, how can it be easily set aside?"

The Queen Mother shook her head, and Prince Rong picked up the transcription again, and read it carefully again, the more he looked at the furrows on his face, the deeper he became.

On the transcription, from right to left, from top to bottom, it was written to let the emperor take care of his body. It's all inconsequential stuff.

Minister Zhou Baicheng, worship the holy bow and be peaceful. Suddenly, I heard that His Majesty was slightly ill by chance. The last general is sincerely afraid. Western University

Ying Ze has been longed by His Majesty for many years, and he can't be by His Majesty's side, so he can't repay him.

The last general is a military general, although he dies nine times, he can't express the slightest bit of his feelings. Only conscientious and conscientious to comfort the saints. spring

When I go to the summer solstice to recuperate, I hope that Your Majesty will be able to stop the medicine as soon as possible. The last general wishes Your Majesty a safe and prosperous day,

When the Holy Mansion An Taixiang and Linjia Jingxi inspected, the last general would do his best at that time.

I hope that Your Majesty will have spare time for his busy schedule, and don't worry about the affairs of the camp in western Beijing.

Will be the interest maintenance, interest rate reduction maintenance.

Prince Rong took the fold to the Queen Mother, pointed to the words on the fold and said: "The first character in the first column is 'Chen', the third character in the second column is 'be', the fifth character in the third column is 'Wu', the seventh character in the fourth column is 'Hou', and the ninth character in the fifth column is 'frame'. The eleventh word in the sixth column is 'empty'. These words are connected to 'the minister was overthrown by the military waiter'. ”

The Queen Mother pointed to the penultimate sentence and said: "Lord Zhou was afraid that we would not be able to see the meaning of the fold, so he specially instructed us not to 'worry' about the strength of the Jingxi Battalion anymore. ”

Prince Rong nodded cautiously and said in a low voice: "The last two will be maintained, and the two 'wills' are different, which implies that we, the Jingxi Daying, have secretly changed generals." ”

The Queen Mother nodded heavily and said softly: "Lord Zhou is a child of the family, it is impossible to make a mistake, the only explanation is that Lord Zhou deliberately made a mistake." deliberately told the palace that the main general of the Jingxi battalion had been secretly replaced, and he had been vacated by Wu'an Hou. ”

"Mother, don't worry, the Jingxi battalion is all General Zhou's subordinates, even if General Zhou is elevated, when the time comes, the new commander will not be able to sit firmly in the chief."

"My mother has thought about this layer, the old department of the Jingxi Battalion was mostly a soldier under your father-in-law. When the time comes, General Zhou and Shi Daren will join forces to defect, and it should be foolproof. ”

"Mother, do you mean Liu Zhenshan? And that group of generals and lieutenants? ”

"Exactly, of the more than a dozen generals in the Jingxi Battalion, eight of them have been sent out with the division, dozens of captains, and more than half of them have followed the division to fight. These people have all received the favor of the teacher's family, and now when they see the master, they still call 'general'. In the future, once the mutiny forces the palace, as long as the master raises his arms and waves, most of the people who help Wu'an Hou crusade against the palace will immediately defect. ”

"Forcing the palace is originally a nameless division, and it is against the grain, and when the time comes, let the division go out of the mountain, and the three armies will inevitably echo."

The Queen Mother said calmly: "Jingxi Battalion, Jingnan Battalion, Jianzhang Battalion, these three battalions, now we can firmly control the Jianzhang Battalion, Jingnan Camp is their nest, and all the odds of victory are pressed on the Jingxi Battalion." If the camp supports them, then we will be benevolent if we don't succeed. ”

"Mother, we are on the right path, I believe that my father's spirit in the sky will help us."

"Son, our mother and son are the wives and children of your father, and the two of them are also the wives and children of your father, and my mother doesn't want your father to be embarrassed in heaven."

"Mother, they are perverse, and my father will not support them."