"To be precise, the five princes of the court." Changying said, "Do you know that there was a Concubine Chen Shu in Yonghe Palace more than twenty years ago? ”

"Yes. Concubine Chen Shu of Yonghe Palace, I heard that the emperor died not long after he ascended the throne. Later, Yonghe Palace has not been occupied. ”

Huang Ji didn't know much about this, but Zi Yan did.

Changying said: "The fifth prince Chu King you know now is actually the sixth prince. The real fifth prince is Yang Su, who was born to Concubine Chen Shu.

"In the past, the child in Concubine Chen Shu's womb was still born, and for various reasons, the emperor has been raising him outside the palace. And he will soon return to the court. ”

Zi Xuan and Huang Ji both gasped.

Now that the King of Chu has become an adult, it is normal for him to come back, so Zi Yan was not very surprised when he heard Changying mention him before.

But the five princes are not the five princes, but the six princes?!

What year did the affairs of Yonghe Palace be? When they came from the Shen family, they heard that seven or eight years had passed.

Concubine Shu died before giving birth, and it is said that she had been healthy and lively beforehand, and the child died without even giving birth.

Although there is no mention of the cause of death outside, thinking about the intoxicating harem, it will not be such a coincidental death.

All of a sudden, the five princes from Concubine Shu came out again?

"Really?" For the first time, Zi Yan expressed doubts about his master.

"I guess it's true." Changying sighed. Now that people have not appeared, it is inconvenient for her to say too surely, so as not to look at the appearance of a demon.

"We came to get ahead, and we were in too much of a hurry to return to Beijing at that time, and we didn't have time to say more about many things.

"The emperor must have an idea for leaving Yang Su, and it must have a deep meaning for him to return to Beijing at this moment.

"Donggong is unkind, I don't want to bow down to him anyway, so we can approach Yang Su first, as long as he is stronger than Donggong, we will choose to follow him."

Huang Ji and Zhou Liang cut the path in the past, robbed the emperor and robbed the official treasury and did everything, and he was subdued by Changying before he embarked on the righteous path of meritorious promotion.

At that time, following Changying was rushing to be promoted to the lintel of wealth and glory, and I heard that he wanted to assist the prince, where would he be unhappy!

He said, "Listen to the chief! You say, what are we going to do? ”

Changying said: "I already have a plan. First of all, tomorrow Ziyi will go to the outside of the Ten Princes' Mansion to stare at a little, and then stare at the Gu family and the East Palace.

"Huang Ji, you go to Panlong Town, twenty miles away in the southern suburbs, spend money to find a few dollars to keep an eye on that area, and if you find a large number of outsiders entering the town, come and tell me immediately.

"We have few people, but we have to choose what matters. I'll find Master Hou tomorrow to implement the matter of going to the health center. We'll come back the rest of the night. ”

Huang Ji Zi Yan was all received.

Changying wrote the location of the new house and sent the innkeeper to the Feng family to give it to Shaoqing, and the Feng family would not let Shaoqing communicate with her in the future, but it was necessary to give him the address.

After Ling Yuan returned home, he rested for a day, and before dinner, he went to his mother's room to say a few words of homely food, and then went to Ling Song's room again.

Ling Shu was also here, as if waiting for him, and when he saw him enter the courtyard, he had already greeted him at the door of the room.

"Why hasn't Sister Ying'er come back? The jade bones gave birth to five cubs, and the mother kept watch all night when she gave birth. ”

Ling Shu is faster than Ling Songzui. He is younger than Shen Ying, but when he was a child, he played together and never thought of calling her sister. And the jade bone is a white cat raised by Sister Ying'er in the past.

Ling Yuan sat down and didn't say anything.

Ling Shu hesitated, looked at him and said, "Is it you, eldest brother, who refuses to let her come back?" ”

Ling Yuan looked sideways, and shook the knife with a cool eye.

Ling Song looked at it and cleared his throat: "Just come back, it doesn't matter where you live."

"A few days ago, the affairs of the Cao Yun Division made a lot of noise, and there was also news about Sister Ying'er in Nankangwei, and there were discussions in private in various houses, which is not necessarily a good thing to be too public."

Ling Shu looked at them, and hesitated again: "That, Sister Ying'er said that her father took the initiative to tell her that she did that, is it true?" ”

There was silence in the room.

Ling Yuan was even a little evasive.

At the time, they didn't believe that she had done it, but in the end, she couldn't give a convincing answer, so they single-mindedly recognized her as an enemy.

After four years, she told the truth, and they couldn't help but believe it again, but now there is no evidence to prove her authenticity.

"If there is a reason, it will always be seen in the future." Ling Song said, "There have been many turmoil between the DPRK and China recently, and it is good for both sides to keep a low profile. ”

Ling Yuan looked at the tea he added to the cup and said, "Do you know why the emperor suddenly summoned me and Song Xiao back to Beijing?" ”

"Didn't the decree say it?"

"I didn't say it."

The brothers were silent again.

After the morning court the next day, the emperor left Ling Yuan and Feng Shaoyin to go to the imperial study.

"It is a very secret will to send you here." The Emperor's speech was still slow, but his expression was extremely solemn.

Ling Yuan and Shao Yin leaned over in unison: "Please send a decree from the emperor!" ”

The emperor said: "Yang Su, the prince born by Concubine Chen Shu in the past, will return to the dynasty in the near future. As one of my most trusted generals, you must do your best to make this errand run smoothly so that the return of the five princes to the palace is safe and smooth.

"From now on, you two will each go down to the camp and select 3,000 elite soldiers, and act according to my will. On the day of the return of the five princes, you immediately led troops to greet them. ”

The Five Princes? ……

When the two people heard this, they looked up at the queen of the imperial case.

……

Yingbi waited for Ling Yuan, who came out of Chengtianmen on horseback.

She walked over: "The girl asked the slave maid to come and ask Master Hou, when can I go to the guard to report?" ”

Ling Yuan froze and said, "Where is she?" After thinking about it, he asked again, "Where do you live now?" ”

Changying moved into Osmanthus Hutong after the morning.

Xiuxiu saw that Rongyin and the Yu family came over when they went out for a banquet, and bought a big cannon to collect good fortune for the house.

When the family was about to start, Fanzhu Yingbi led someone in again, it was Ling Yuan in official uniform.

Xiuxiu subconsciously stood beside Changying and bowed.

Ling Yuan looked at the courtyard that had quieted down in an instant, and slowly paced in, his brows were naturally furrowed, remembering Ling Song's words yesterday, and then looking back at the long tassel that was holding hands behind him, but he didn't say anything.

"This is a warrant, you can go over at any time. Ji Shanwei is now in the hands of Shao Yin, and you used to be the head of a thousand households. ”

He took out the seal letter from his bosom and said.

Although she has the rank of general of Xuanwu from the fourth grade, in the end she is a false title, and it is useful to be able to hold real power.

Although the official rank of the head of a thousand households is only the five products, his subordinates are in charge of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses.

"Will Master Hou stay for dinner?" She asked.

Ling Yuan glanced at the rest of the people who were standing stiffly, lowered his eyes and said, "No." I still have to go to Fu's house. ”

When he walked to the door, he turned back and said, "When you are free to go back, remember to go home and have a look." ”

Changying nodded and escorted him to the door.

Ling Yuan got on the horse and walked out of the alley, looked back at the entrance of the street, and then asked Guo Jiao: "Pick a few good and experienced guards from the house to come and protect the courtyard." ”