The wind blew through the narrow palace wall, bringing the chill of ice and snow and the smell of blood, and it also blew the blood of the whole body to freeze.

At this time, I found that the clothes on my body were so torn that I looked like a beggar woman, and the wolf was unbearable.

And the first beauty of the Celestial Empire in the Chengqian Palace, in the impression of her, she will always be so beautiful, so high, like a fairy in the clouds, so that all men will hold her in the palm of their hands, even if they can't have her, they must always engrave her in their hearts.

In comparison, it was ridiculous to be so ragged, burned, and beggar-like me.

Yang Yunhui's men and horses had immediately surrounded the Chengqian Palace, and he walked over and said to Pei Yuanhao: "Your Highness, do you want to go in now?" ”

Pei Yuanhao looked at the Chengqian Palace, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Go to Jingren Palace first!" ”

Jingren Palace, that is the residence of Empress Yin, when the people around heard it, their faces immediately became solemn, although the emperor has been the crown prince after he was seriously ill, but in fact, everyone knows that it is no secret that Empress Yin interfered in court politics from it, and even I understand why Pei Yuanxiu is already the crown prince, and Empress Yin still has to do this.

I am afraid that when we go south, the emperor's holy decree to pass on the throne to the emperor's eldest son will be discovered by her, so she will feel that Pei Yuanxiu's position is in jeopardy, so she will take risks to do this to the emperor, including the plague that manipulated Yangzhou City thousands of miles away, preventing Pei Yuanhao from returning to the palace, and wanting to find the jade seal as soon as possible, so that Pei Yuanxiu can officially ascend the throne.

But I didn't expect that people are not as good as heaven.

Now, Pei Yuanhao will go to Jingren Palace first, but I'm afraid that he will start with her first.

Thinking back to the time that happened during this time, I don't know why I felt a little funny, the world ups and downs, I didn't expect that even my heart had been up and down several times, until the moment just now, it should have sunk to the bottom.

There's nothing to be sad about.

When I was thinking like this, Pei Yuanhao had already walked past me and took my hand by the way.

His hand was still as strong as ever, pinching my slender fingertips, and a warm warmth enveloped my hand as cold as ice.

If it was normally, such a warm body temperature would have warmed my hands, but today he dragged me to Jingren Palace, this road is so long, he didn't look back, I just followed silently, until the end, my fingertips were still cold, as if refusing any warmth.

He also seemed to sense something, looking down at my pale fingers, then into my eyes.

I was led by him motionlessly, without any expression on my face, but even so, it seemed to anger him, I saw a trace of anger in his eyes, and just as he was about to say something, several advance soldiers who had entered Jingren Palace suddenly ran back: "Your Highness!" ”

"What?" He immediately turned his head away.

"Jingren Palace is empty, the queen is not there!"

"What?" There was a look of astonishment on his face, and he immediately said, "Where did you go?" ”

"No, I don't know."

At this time, Empress Yin was not in Jingren Palace, but just now we walked along the way, Yang Yunhui had blocked all the entrances and exits of the palace, and did not see Empress Yin and the people around her, where would she go?

Pei Yuanhao was silent for a moment, and his face suddenly changed.

He let go of my hand at once, turned around and strode towards the Chengqian Palace.

As soon as that warm hand left, my fingers immediately regained their previous coldness, and looking at his back in a hurry, it seemed as if I wanted to fly to the Chengqian Hall immediately.

My hand frozen in the air clenched slightly.

At this time, Yang Yunhui walked to my side, he glanced at me, didn't say anything, only left a sentence: "Follow." Then he hurriedly rushed towards the Chengqian Palace.

The Chengqian Hall is empty.

The lights here are still brilliant, still fresh and elegant, the sunlight shines through the azure window screen in the room like ice, and the mist of the mountains on the three Hanyu screens seems to permeate the entire hall, showing the extraordinary taste of the owner.

But the owner here is gone.

It seemed that a treasure was opened vigorously, but it was found that the entire treasure cave was empty, Pei Yuanhao stood at the door, facing the purity of this room, and his whole face turned pale.

When Yang Yunhui saw this scene, he immediately felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Third brother, this-"

“……”

"I'll send someone to check right away."

"No need." Pei Yuanhao said slowly, he walked into the Chengqian Palace, looking at the layout here that was exactly the same as in the past, as if the master had just left for a while, but everyone knew that there was no master here.

Yang Yunhui's cold sweat came out: "If you can't find him, then we-"

If you can't find the crown prince, what Pei Yuanhao is doing today is a complete rebellion!

The emperor is still here, and the decree of succession has been issued, but Pei Yuanhao led the Praetorian Guard to storm the city, and encountered a bloody battle with the imperial camp soldiers who were ordered to protect the prince, and now, he broke through the noon gate and entered the palace, but the prince is gone!

It seems that the royal camp soldiers entered the palace, not really to protect the prince, but to delay time, now the prince, the crown princess, and Queen Yin are all missing, how will the people of the world view this big battle tonight, no longer think about it, what is terrible is Pei Yuanhao's road tomorrow.

Tonight, there is already a river of blood, and tomorrow's road, I am afraid that it will have to be completed with bloody footprints.

Thinking of this, I looked up at Pei Yuanhao, his face was pale, and his eyes were fixed on a teacup on the table.

It was a delicate white porcelain teacup, and there was half a cup of clear tea in it, and the edge of the cup was slightly red, as if someone had drunk it, leaving a little trace of red lips.

Pei Yuanhao slowly walked to the table, picked up the cup, there were traces of deep injury in his eyes, and suddenly with a force, the teacup snapped in his hand and shattered, his palm was punctured, and blood gushed out immediately.

The people around him were all anxious and hurriedly gathered around him to bandage him, but he waved his sleeves fiercely and stopped everyone away.

Yang Yunhui also seemed to feel something, and immediately turned around and ordered: "Go to the north gate first, control the situation, and watch all the princes and princes!" ”

The men took the order and turned and went down.

I was the only one, I didn't know where to go, and I couldn't take heavy steps under my feet, so I could only stand at the door all the time, letting the cold wind blow from behind, as if lying on the cold stone slab that night, letting the cold earth air invade my body, looking at the man in front of me, desperate......

"You the end, go with him!"

His last words, gritting his teeth, slowly sounded in this empty hall, with endless hatred, also resounded in my heart.

After the big war, there is always calm.

The sun shines through the dark clouds on the multicolored glazed tiles on the roof of the palace, and the blood-stained snow has melted and been washed away by the well water; The piles of corpses had also been cleaned up long ago, along with the scratches of the swords on the palace walls, and the traces of flesh and blood, which were also concealed by the new bright red color.

The whole imperial city was completely renewed, as if every qiē was brand new.

Maybe it's because it's a fresh start.

Although the emperor is still alive, although the holy decree of succession has been issued, although the whereabouts of the crown prince are unknown, although the chaos of that night has filled the entire Celestial Empire, but the change of imperial power is irreversible.

On the second day of the coup d'état in the imperial city, Chang Yanbai, the Taishi of the Three Princes, and Shen Gongyi, the Taifu of the Three Princes, led several ministers of the court to play, saying that the emperor's dragon body was sinking and difficult to heal, the queen usurped power, and the dynasty was sluggish.

Another group of ministers headed by the crown prince Taibao Wang Shi reprimanded Pei Yuanhao for committing rebellion, refusing to serve him as the king with swords and soldiers and the court, and he could not kneel outside the Yonghe Palace, and asked the emperor to issue an order to severely punish the murderer of the prince.

This stalemate lasted for three days, until the third day, when the Criminal Department arrested Wang Shi in the prison for murdering the emperor, because the Tai Hospital handed over the medicine list that Empress Yin had given to the emperor, and found that there were drugs that would paralyze nerves, such as grass aconitum and strychnine, and this prescription was originally dedicated by Wang Shi to Empress Yin.

As soon as the king fell, the whole situation in the court began to fall one-sided, and the purge was carried out under such calm.

These don't surprise me, what surprised me was just Taishi Chang Yanbai, he was originally invited by Empress Yin to come back and join forces with Wang Shi to deal with Shen Gongyan, but I didn't expect his transformation to be so fast, even faster than Shen Gongyan, and he was the first minister to serve Pei Yuanhao as the king.

In fact, I should have known that people are fickle, and nothing is forever.

I stood in the doorway of my room in the courtyard, watching the last yellow leaves of the plane trees fall to the ground, and the branches were already dyed green.

It's the fifth day.

After that coup d'état, it was a sea change for everyone, except me.

Shangyang Palace has been sealed, I don't know what the reason is, but it made me homeless, fortunately there is still my residence here in the court, Yu'er has been waiting for the amnesty, seeing that I came back safely, naturally happy, holding me to sleep for several nights in a row, like a child attached to his mother.

And in the past few days, Pei Yuanhao seems to have forgotten about my deposit, and I haven't seen him again.

Come to think of it, now he is already in a yellow robe, just waiting to choose a good day and auspicious day to officially ascend the throne, although the king has fallen, but there are still some voices of dissatisfaction in the court, killing inexhaustibly, blocking endlessly, the world's scholars are denouncing his tyranny and unreasonableness, such a stormy and eventful autumn, but the imperial power that is close at hand is also in jeopardy.

I heard that he hadn't closed his eyes for several days.

I didn't take the initiative to look for him, but I just stood at the door every day, looking at the long road in the courtyard.

I'm still waiting, waiting for a grant from him.