This thrilling conversation finally came to an end in the resolute turn of the three princes and the mournful crying of Jingping, and in the valley and forest, the fog has dispersed, and the clouds are still low in the sky outside the stacked peaks, revealing a trace of trance and drunkenness.

The main hall is full of Buddha incense, and the three princes strode through the silence, and when they reached the open in front of them, they seemed to exhale a deep breath in their chests.

Yijing followed behind him with some hesitation.

"The only memory I have of my mother is that day." In front of me, the gray tiles and white walls have gradually become clear in the morning light, and the crows in the forest have woken up, flapping their wings and flying, and occasionally a long chirp, which seems to be mournful.

I listened to the voice of the third prince murmuring, without sadness, and calmly recounted that period of the past: "The mother concubine knew that there was no escape, she begged the queen to hand me over to her, don't whisper softly when she was dying, she said, let me not remember, let me close my eyes, don't look." ”

As a mother, you should know that your child is gifted, and she has thousands of worries before she dies, and she can't say anything, only that one word of advice.

"At that time, although I took the queen's words to heart, for a long time, I didn't know the true meaning of death." The third prince lowered his eyes, covered with long eyelashes, and there was a slight shadow at the bottom of his eyelids: "After all, I didn't listen to the advice of the concubine, I looked at the two cheap maids with wide eyes, and hanged her to death with white silk, and after that day, I kept reminding myself not to forget, but to hear and witness, and often review." ”

In the sight of the beautiful scenery, there is a corner of Xuansu flying.

"Although I was ignorant early, I still couldn't understand the good and evil of people's hearts, at that time, I didn't dare to trust others, that is, the saint and the queen mother, no matter how much love, but I never even thought about it, and appealed to the truth." The third prince continued: "When I grow up and get used to seeing the hypocrisy and ugliness of the palace people, the different faces of people before and after, I probably know that there is nothing wrong with choosing to be silent. ”

A child's words, of course, can't prove that the queen is the real murderer of his mother, but I'm afraid that even if he says it, the queen mother and the saint will think that the palace people instigated and provoked.

And Concubine Wan is dead, the storage position was not stable at that time, that is, the truth is revealed, will the saint put the queen to death for this and cut off her arm?

"Fifth sister, I didn't lie to you, since I gradually learned about people, I began to calculate. You say that if I assassinate the prince and make the throne vacant, who is the queen's most suspicious and jealous person? She will definitely not watch the fourth child win the throne, and as soon as the prince dies, only I, who has been raised by her since childhood, will be the closest. On that day, when I ascended the throne, I told the queen that the crown prince died at my hands, and thanks to her, I was able to ascend the throne. ”

It was clearly a ruthless and ruthless word, but at this time, listening to Yijing's ears, there were only thousands of emotions left, and the shock and anger earlier were not at all.

In the final analysis, the third prince is also a poor person, Yijing asked himself, change places, he will hate the queen to the bone, I am afraid that even if she dies, she will not be able to resolve the resentment, only by returning to the body, seeing that the queen is in pain and regrets, can he slightly calm his resentment.

"Actually, I don't hate the queen, and from her position, of course I won't be merciful to the enemy, but since she didn't cut me down because of some scruples, I can't let my mother die in vain." The third prince smiled coldly: "But I also know that it is not easy to assassinate the prince without leaving clues, and if you are a little negligent, you will accompany yourself." ”

So, still hesitating?

Yijing came back to his senses at this time, thinking of his own calculations, although he knew that people were soft-spoken, and it was difficult to resolve the accumulated hatred of the three princes, but he still wanted to try his best: "Although the queen is evil, it is not worthy of forgiveness, but she has no direct connection with the prince, and His Royal Highness wants to redress the grievances of Concubine Wan, not only this way, and besides, His Royal Highness is by no means so ruthless, the reason for hesitation is because of the thought of the saint and the queen mother." ”

The third prince smiled lightly: "What, doesn't the fifth sister think that I have always been ruthless?" ”

"If that's the case, why would His Highness let the nun go."

"It's not that I'm soft-hearted to let her go, nor is it that I miss her for a few years of maintenance and care, but I found out early that she was ashamed of her mother, rather than letting her die, it is better to let her suffer, the more tolerant and understanding I amend, I am afraid that the more guilty she is, in the final analysis, it is because she is alive, more than dead."

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Well, it was she who misestimated the third prince, and this demon is really not a magnanimous person.

"What's more, as His Royal Highness said, it is not easy to assassinate the prince without leaving a trace, and His Royal Highness is a desperate risk, that is, the spirit of Concubine Wan Niangniang in the sky, and I should not want His Royal Highness to take advantage of his own safety for the sake of old grievances, and I hope to think twice."

The words fell, but I saw the third prince suddenly sideways, the two eyes met unexpectedly, and those eyes suddenly burst into brightness, which made Yijing suddenly annoyed, and subconsciously avoided looking at each other.

"Fifth sister cares about me?"

After a hundred turns and thousands of turns, I finally touched on this topic.

Yijing was silent for a long time, and decided that it was better to refuse, so as not to let the third prince have any more expectations, so he solemnly curts: "Your Highness's heart, I deeply understand it, but I dare not accept love." ”

"The fifth sister has a heart?" The third prince finally blurted out and asked.

Yijing didn't want to involve Yu Feng in this entanglement, lowered his eyes and acquiesced, but did not answer.

"The fifth sister once had a word, no matter what I do, you can only stay away, and now I also respond with a word, no matter how you are, I will not abandon it." The third prince didn't ask anything, but he spoke in a deep voice.

And today's goal has been achieved for him, at least he has devoted himself to it, and it has not caused this girl to sneer at him, and the wall is strict, has it finally softened its foundation?

Another temptation: "Today I am instructed by the queen to welcome the fifth sister back to the palace, now that everything is over, the fifth sister should return to the palace with me." ”

This is to admit that today's time is really not a coincidence.

Yijing didn't have the heart to dwell on this point, so he only said: "Today, my grandmother will come to visit the nun, and by the way, take me back to the city, and don't work Your Highness." ”

clearly refused a word, but the third prince was secretly happy - it was really effective to win sympathy, and the beauty was soft-hearted, knowing that she had no purpose for this trip, but she was no longer the same as she was at the beginning.

Of course, the three princes never expected that Yijing would see that he was going to be too righteous at this time, and he expected that his grandmother should have been "ambushed", maybe there would be people outside Qingping Nunnery who would make trouble, and he didn't want the three princes to be involved, which made things more complicated, and he pondered to persuade him to go first, but he was afraid that he would meet the traitors and thieves halfway, and he was hesitating.

But it was too late.

Qingping Nunnery was originally the Dongming Imperial Temple, the scale is more magnificent than the ordinary hermitage, it is this main hall, it is located on the high platform cloud steps, separated by a thousand feet is the nunnery gate, but the valley is quiet, the sound of the sudden sword attack outside the temple, still let the two people who stand in front of the hall hear.

The third prince's expression was solemn, and a thought flashed in his mind - could it be that his fourth brother was still a thief, so he had to seek his life?

"Fifth sister, don't panic, go to the backyard to find a secret place to take refuge, let me see." The three princes are about to fall down.

But he felt that his sleeves were tight, and he looked back, but he saw that the beautiful scenery was full of composure, but he was very resolute.

"Your Highness stays." Yi Jing said four words, but saw that there were already soldiers running inside at the temple gate.

Those who came were guarded by the Guogong Mansion, and of course, there were also three princes accompanying them.

"Your Highness, there are gangsters attacking."

"County Lord, please retreat through the back door according to the plan."

The two groups of people spoke in unison.

"Your Highness, please come with me." The beautiful scenery only bowed slightly, and he was not shocked.

This made the third prince surprised, looking at this situation, the girl was prepared? Then these thieves should not be against him, the prince.

Indeed, on the eve of this trip, Wei Guogong has analyzed - even if the Jin rebel party regards the eldest princess as the first priority, but for the sake of thoroughness, he should not let go of Yijing, naturally, knowing that the princess will go to Qingping Nunnery, the rebel party will not attack Yijing first, and most of them will wait for the ambush of the princess's car at the same time, and raid Qingping Nunnery, the prevention is that if the princess cannot be subdued, the princess can also be coerced into submission.

Although Yijing has the title of county lord at the moment, according to the law, he can only bring the same number of personal soldiers as 100 households at most, that is, 112 people.

There are two gates in front and back of the Qingping Temple, both of which can be passed.

The outside of the main gate is flat and open, which is conducive to attacking, and the back door leads to the narrow path of the secluded forest, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if the back door is not garrisoned, the gangsters will sneak attack from there, so these more than 100 soldiers have to be divided into two groups.

And the traitorous party will inevitably find out the situation and rationally allocate troops.

Since the eldest princess is the primary target, of course, you have to concentrate most of the people to ambush, although Qingping Nunnery has more than 100 personal soldiers, it can be divided into two groups, as long as nearly 100 traitors concentrate on one attack, it is not difficult to break through the defense and enter the nunnery.

Wei Guogong had already given an order, and when a gangster attacked, his own soldiers would evacuate first to protect Yijing.

At the moment, there is a conflict at the front door, and of course it is necessary to retreat through the back door.

As long as the horse passes through the dense forest path and stays at the foot of the mountain, it can join up with the guards of the defense of the country and get out of danger.

Although Yijing had a plan in his heart at this time, the three princes were confused, and they couldn't help but ask questions all the way.

"It's a long story, Your Highness don't ask, it's better to withdraw from the danger with me first." Yijing lifted her skirt a little and walked all the way.

When I got to the back door, it was still calm.

Seeing that the three princes also brought more than 20 followers, Yi Jing ordered his own soldiers to evacuate with only ten people, and the rest went to the main gate to prevent the traitors from entering the nunnery.

The group hurriedly got on their horses, whipped and destroyed quickly, the iron hooves woke up the valley, and in the depths of the dense forest, the crows flapped their wings in panic.

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Earlier, a pass valley on Lanying Mountain.

When he rode a black horse, only four hooves were dyed with snow, and the woman on the horse held the cloud sideburns high, and a hosta was clear.

The brocade is draped with a golden phoenix fluttering its wings, and a pair of boots are saddled.

The arrow sleeve is bound to the jade wrist, and the five fingers are reined.

In this place, the road is gently sloping, and the passes at both ends are dangerous.

The wild trees on the slope are like hugging, and the grass is long but there is no waist.

Before the black horse, more than ten high horses, riding on the pro-soldier Xuanjia slightly moist, after the black horse, there are more than ten horses in the fall, the horse's hooves are slowly stepping, stepping on the broken layer of fallen leaves, and the chirping of relatives is broken.

The cold wind, which is urgent and slow, is sent to the mountain stream somewhere, and the sound of water is faint.

It is less than five miles away from Qingpingan.

Wait for the line out of the pass, look at the green trees surrounded by the old temple and ancient space.

The eldest princess looked calm, but she knew that the peace was about to be broken.

Along the way, it was too peaceful, and several ambushes in Weiguo Gong were all empty, and when this pass passed, there was a smooth road ahead, which was not conducive to a surprise ambush.

Halfway to the valley.

The eldest princess finally heard the chaotic hustle and bustle of the iron horse, and on this long narrow road, a crowd of crows was aroused.

There was no need to look back, there was a thunderous hoof sound behind him, and the trap was already opened.

The five fingers tightened, the black horse hissed, and the two hooves were raised high.

The sound of the iron sword unsheathed shook the valley.

"The eldest princess, if you are caught, you can avoid using the sword." As soon as he rode out of the crowd, the man immediately frowned angrily, with an iron waist and a strong sword, the long sword on his waist was still hidden, but his eyes were like a sharp edge.

There are only more than 30 soldiers in the public mansion, but there are more than 100 horses in Zhu Yi's angry horses, and there is a clear disparity between the enemy and me.

The eldest princess is proud that she is not weak and has always traveled, and she does not bring heavy soldiers to escort her.

The boots knocked lightly, and the eldest princess stepped forward, his phoenix eyes flew obliquely, his eyes were smiling, and he did not fall into the panic of falling into it for half a minute.

"A mere thief, dare to speak out, you can draw your sword and face each other." Between chuckles, the princess raised her chin slightly, held the reins in one hand, hung lightly in the other, and inside the phoenix cloak, a long sword, with beautiful jade beads on the sheath, not like a sharp weapon, but like an ornament.

The thief didn't say anything, his five fingers were together, the cold light burst out, and he was approaching, but the strength in his hand still left a few points.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of cracking, and goodbye was overflowing.

The two horses staggered, and one fell heavily to the ground.

The eyebrows were stained with blood, and the phoenix eyes were still smiling.

But sitting firmly on the saddle, the eldest princess hung lightly with the cold sword in her hand, and the blood stains were dripping brightly.

There were dozens of traitors in front of him, but in the blink of an eye, he was shocked to see the leader fall from his horse, staring at the sky on his back, and not blinking his eyes.

The sound of murder suddenly began.

The grass grew on the dangerous slopes on both sides, and suddenly more than 100 Jingwei rushed down, and there were clusters of arrows like rain, facing the traitorous party.

"Nakabush! Remove! "The traitorous party is in chaos, where do you dare to fight, and you want to retreat to the pass.

There was another killing voice.

Wei Guogong took the lead——

"Try to stay alive, don't let anyone go."

That's the real disparity between friend and foe.

The eldest princess's sword has been returned to the sheath, and the dozens of relatives are firmly encircled, where can people get close to an inch.

The traitorous party intended to live, since it had never prepared arrow clusters, and because of the early inquiry, the princess was lightly dressed, in order not to show traces, and did not lay down heavy troops, originally thought that more than 100 people against dozens of people, the victory was in hand.

Now it has become a turtle in an urn.

There is no suspense about the outcome of the victory, but in two moments, the traitorous party was defeated, and most of them committed suicide by taking poison, but a few did not have time to "grit their teeth".

"Don't be complacent, although the princess is on guard, but unexpectedly, we are also divided into two ways, I am afraid that right now, the county lord has been arrested, will the princess be willing to give up her pearl in the palm of her hand!" Some people were still unconvinced, and threatened.

The eldest princess sneered and beat her horse back, wanting to bypass the mountain road and meet the beautiful scenery at the agreed place.

But he rode in a hurry and came head-on, dressed in silver armor, obviously a Kyoto guard.

The eldest princess looked solemn.

The Praetorian guard didn't wait for the iron hooves to settle down, turned down and clenched his fists in one step.

Not without panic: "The princess, Duwei, the county lord is ......"