Chapter 233: Palace Change (Part II)
Huaxi deliberately snorted and shook off his hand, "Why didn't you tell me when there were so many things?" ”
Ouyang Zheng let go of his hand, "You already know?" He reached out and picked Huaxi up from the rocking chair and nestled it in his arms.
"Shang Hua told me."
"What...... I didn't tell you? Ouyang Zheng got up and put Huaxi on the kang with his arms, took off his shoes and sat on it, and hugged Huaxi in his arms.
"Not really. You and I are husband and wife, and I believe in you. It's just that I know from other people's mouths that it's always a little uncomfortable. Huaxi tilted her head and squinted at Ouyang Zheng and smiled, then moved, found a comfortable position to nest, and wrapped her hands around Ouyang Zheng's waist, like a lazy cat.
The words sounded careless and didn't care at all, but Ouyang Zheng knew that this matter made Huaxi feel uncomfortable, and he would be angry when he encountered such a thing, not to mention that the two had just gotten married. He couldn't help but comfort Huaxi and said, "I didn't expect her to ...... It's also mine that I'm not, negligent. I didn't make a special trip to apologize to my mother, but I couldn't show my sincerity by borrowing someone else's mouth. He pinched Huaxi's thin white soft fingers and played with it, and his tone was faintly doting and flattering.
Although Huaxi was a little resentful in her heart, she believed in Ouyang Zheng's character, so she didn't dwell on Fu Sanniang's affairs anymore, and asked instead: "Emperor Dahua guarded against me, and also sent two 'guards' to relieve boredom." If you want to divert to the camp in the West Mountain, you have to bypass those two first...... Still, it's easy to get rid of those two, but I'm afraid it'll scare you and affect your plans. ”
Yin Yuanfeng's responsibility for negligence has not yet been determined, and he was still confined to the house, and the matter of the paddock was temporarily shelved due to the funeral. Over there, the imperial history revealed the private tribute of the King of Thailand, the matter of accepting the beauties paid by the Northern Domain, and the old salt tax case was also turned out to tell the story, and the life of the Thai King's Mansion was not easy. The Nanban is about to move, the emperor will transfer manpower to suppress it, and the deployment of the major battalions will also change. Yin Yuanye finally couldn't hold it back......"
Ouyang Zheng kissed Huaxi on the forehead, and his relaxed tone seemed to be just a trivial matter that he had just said, but his solemn face showed his true emotions in his heart, "Tomorrow I will leave the Xishan camp and return to Beijing, Cheng is now in Xishan, I will send someone to pick you up on the way, you act when you have the opportunity." Be careful, don't worry me. ”
"What about you? What about the father and the mother? Huaxi turned over and sat up, facing Ouyang Zheng, "When will you come to make peace with me?" ”
"Under the pretext of the Southern Barbarian turmoil, my father took his mother and concubine back to the fiefdom to garrison, and I stayed in Beijing in this world, and the emperor let me go." Looking at Yingying's eyes and feeling the deep concern and worry contained in them, Ouyang Zheng's face immediately softened, "Come on, when everything settles, I will take you back to Xiyue to see your father." ”
The two chatted for a long time, and after a while, Huaxi fell asleep in Ouyang Zheng's arms, Ouyang Zheng put her on the kang, covered her with a quilt, gently branded a kiss on her forehead, and called Bai Lan to come in to serve, and he left the way he came from and disappeared into the night.
Ten days later, Huaxi set off for Beijing.
There was a light snow in the mountains last night, and the road was a little slippery, and the speed of walking was much slower than usual.
The incense balls in the corner of the car swayed from side to side, and the cigarette smoke was as faint as a light mist, and I was drunk. Huaxi crooked on the cushion and held the hand stove, dozed off with her eyes closed, Bai Lan sat aside and pinched her legs, and Cui Ming was sent back to the palace yesterday to prepare in the name of beauty, but in fact, it confused the sight of those who have a heart, and left the palace early this morning and went out of the city to wait for Huaxi in the house that Lilac bought in the countryside near Xishan.
"Princess, it's out of the mountain."
Huaxi opened her eyes, "Send a signal." ”
"Yes." Bai Lan nodded and dodged out of the car.
After a short time, a "There is an assassin" resounded through the mountains, and the convoy was divided into two by the horse team that rushed out of the mountain, and the sound of drawing knives and cries became one, and there was chaos on the board. In a moment, the men and horses that rushed out scattered like a gust of wind, and not a single one was killed, only a few guards were injured, and most of the minor injuries were caused by falling and bruising or bumping in panic as they scattered to dodge. The leading chief of the guard ordered to rest in place, and when he inquired from car to car, he found that the car of Princess Luoxi was empty, and the team was restless.
The dark guard and Ouyang Zheng's subordinates should cooperate inside and outside, create chaos, and let Huaxi get out. A group of people rode through the mountains and forests to the west, and after two quarters of travel, they joined the receiving carriage. Huaxi dismounted and wanted to change the car, but he didn't want an arrow to swoop into the wheel, causing the horse to neigh.
"Who's here?" Bai Lan shouted and blocked in front of Huaxi.
"Why did the concubine go so fast, I waited for this to catch up with the concubine"
There were a lot of masked people around, Hua Xi took a look, and saw that this posture was not like the soldiers sent by Emperor Dahua, and his subordinates were all brought from Xiyue, so it stands to reason that something would not go wrong, so it must be someone from Ouyang Zheng's faction who leaked her whereabouts, who is it? Looking at the woman who had been standing on a high place with low eyebrows all these days, Huaxi couldn't help frowning, then retracted her steps, and laughed loudly: "Concubine Jin's feet seem to be much faster than mine, I don't know what you want here?" ”
"Don't dare to be. The princess was busy, but the lord instructed that the princess and her subordinates should be invited back to Beijing, but they didn't want the princess to return to Beijing, so they had no choice but to follow. Jin Concubine changed her usual gentle style, and her face remained as usual, but there was a little more cold anger between her eyebrows.
"When did I say I wouldn't go back to Beijing? Go back and tell the Lord that I will go without giving it away. Huaxi glanced at Bai Lan, and suddenly shouted murder.
Huaxi's subordinates and the people brought by Jin Concubine were killed in one place. Bai Lan escorted Huaxi to the car and fought her way out of the encirclement. Jin Concubine saw that Huaxi was going to run, and she couldn't pay the difference, and she was afraid that the lord would punish her, so she urgently ordered her subordinates to get rid of the entanglement and chase the target, but she didn't want to be blocked for nearly half an hour. She originally relied on the large number of people to think that she could capture Huaxi in one fell swoop, but seeing that the task was missing, it was impossible to be greedy for merit, so she hurriedly sent a signal to the other team of people blocking in front.
The carriage was galloping, the car was a little bumpy, Huaxi supported the wall of the carriage with both hands, and instructed Bai Lan: "Don't go to Xishan, go back to Beijing"
"Why, princess?" Bai Lan wondered.
Huaxi said in a deep voice: "Concubine Jin was ordered to come, she must have left the convoy before setting off this morning, and she had arranged the men and horses earlier, intending to arrest me back, but she didn't let me return to Shangjing smoothly and openly, and later found out that I was rerouted and chased after me." Whatever her Lord is, and whatever her purpose is, it is not safe to go to the West Mountain now that someone has been found to have answered me...... Will the whereabouts of King Chengjun be exposed, or it is safe to turn back to Shangjing. ”
Bai Lan promised, Huaxi and others ran to the fork in the road, and encountered an ambush, and finally broke out of the encirclement, and when they returned to Shangjing, it was past noon, and Princess Shanghua Luan had already returned to the palace.
As soon as Huaxi arrived at the entrance of Luoxi Wangfu Street, the father-in-law of the palace came to pass the decree to invite Huaxi to enter the palace.
"Into the palace?" Huaxi was stunned for a moment, "The mourning hall is not located in the Chengjun Palace, and I will enter the palace to face the saint after worshipping." ”
"Ah, concubine, what time has it been? The queen mother and the emperor loved King Chengjun, and made an exception to set up a mourning hall in the palace where King Chengjun originally lived, and sacrificed in the palace instead. ”
"Father-in-law, can you allow me to go back to the house to tidy up my appearance before entering the palace." Things were too hasty, and it was not in accordance with the rules to set up a mourning hall in the palace, Huaxi secretly thought that this must be a cat.
"There are rules for this worship, and whoever will put on the incense at any time is set, you are already late, so don't go into the palace with the slaves. As for the clothes, I know that you have made a hasty trip, and I have asked the maid in the house to prepare it for you and put it in the car, and I hope that the concubine will not miss the hour. The father-in-law who delivered the decree was not happy, and the Praetorian Guards who followed behind him also stepped forward.
"Go and tell the house, I'm in the palace." Huaxi saw that the momentum was not right, and gave an order, and Bai Lan just asked someone to report back to the house, but was stopped by the Praetorian Guards.
Surrounded twice, the secret guards who followed Huaxi plus Bai Lan were only left, and seeing that the Praetorian Guards surrounded several people, Huaxi knew that he couldn't get out today.
"Isn't my father-in-law afraid of losing his head if he falsely preaches the holy decree? The palace is taboo, how can a county prince set up a mourning hall? Huaxi glanced at the father-in-law who was delivering the decree, his voice was cold, and the palace was afraid that something had changed
"How dare the slave, besides, the second prince of Weiyuan Hou is still a guest at the thirteen emperors in the palace, the concubine should hurry up and get in the car."
The father-in-law took out a golden lock from his sleeve, which was given to Brother Lin by Huaxi. Huaxi's eyes narrowed, they arrested Brother Lin?
The father-in-law of the "concubine" was urging, and his tone was quite impatient.
"Okay," Huaxi frowned, "I'll just go with you." ”
"Princess" Bai Lan and the others were about to kill out, Hua Xi saw that there were thirty or forty people in the Praetorian Guard, not to mention that Bai Lan people could deal with it, pinched Bai Lan's hand, and glanced at her deeply, Bai Lan shook her head almost imperceptibly, Hua Xi glanced at her, signaling that she must go first, and then shouted: "Go"
Bai Lan gritted his teeth and rushed into the Praetorian Guard with the rest of the people, killing them all the way.
Huaxi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, let the Praetorian Guards restrain her, and stuffed it into the prepared carriage. The Praetorian Guards sent out a team to chase Bai Lan, and the rest escorted Huaxi into the palace.
Huaxi was tied up, leaning on the carriage, couldn't help but shake the fist behind him, and was forced to not even enter the mansion door, but it is conceivable that this trip to the forbidden palace must be dangerous, and I don't know what happened to Brother Lin? Or did they deliberately set up a trick to lure her into taking the bait? At this time, Huaxi hoped that Brother Lin would stay in the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion instead of the palace......
Looking at the father-in-law who was passing the decree on the other side, Huaxi asked, "Who asked you to take me into the palace?" "I don't know what the situation is in the palace, I hope Xuan and Yin Chengzong can pass this hurdle smoothly.
"You'll know."