The next day, as soon as the sky was slightly bright, the fish belly white turned over from afar. Shangguan Xuanmi really rented a carriage made of rosewood to "escort" Chu Zeyan back to Bianjing.

In order to express his importance to the prince of Southern Chu, and to make Chu Leyan feel at ease, he even hired two strong men out of nowhere, one was responsible for catching the car, and the other was responsible for taking care of the little prince's food, clothing, housing and transportation on the way back.

In this way, in the early morning of early spring, against the bright and warm morning sun of light orange, Chu Zeyan reluctantly sat on the carriage and said goodbye to his imperial sister with tears in his eyes.

"Sister Huang, I don't want to go back by myself, I don't want to." The little mouth pursed slightly, and the unhappy little thing was trying to make a final struggle.

"Good, you go back first and tell the concubine that we are all safe, otherwise the concubine will be in a hurry." Chu Leyan stroked his forehead and whispered softly.

"I don't, I don't want to, write a letter to my mother, and let this man send it." The little prince pointed his finger at Shangguan Xuanmi, who was standing on one side, and hinted.

"Who's going to send it? Why should the national teacher be instructed by you, hurry back to your Nanchu, and stay under the wings of your father and queen mother. Shangguan Xuanmi snorted lightly, didn't even look back, and directly blocked the little doll's thoughts.

"Just you, just send it, you send a letter to my father and queen mother, so that the prince and the royal sister can travel with you, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" The little doll seemed to see that Shangguan Xuanmi loved her imperial sister very much, and wittily threw her sister as bait.

This time, Shangguan Xuanmi was unusual, walked directly to the carriage, looked at the little doll face to face, and replied seriously.

"You go back to Nanchu for me obediently, even if the national division travels in the mountains and rivers, he will walk with your imperial sister, what is the excitement of your little ancestor? The national division dislikes you as much as you do with your national division, so you should stop any ghost ideas as soon as possible, and be honest with your national division, otherwise if you are missing arms and legs on the way back, don't blame your national division for not warning you. ”

After speaking, he poked the little prince's head a few times with his fingers, "Tu, Du, Du" The excessively loud percussion sound caused Chu Leyan to feel distressed and hurried forward, squeezing Shangguan Xuanmi aside.

"What are you doing, he's the younger brother of this palace, and he's still a child, are you crazy?"

Xiao Nizi took out the handkerchief in her arms distressedly and rubbed and soothed the little doll for a while, but in a moment. The little guy was originally so white that the place where the melon seeds had been knocked on was already visibly swollen with several large bags.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" When the little doll saw that someone was standing up for herself, she felt even more aggrieved, and she pouted her mouth and cried loudly.

"Stop making trouble!"

Shangguan Xuanmi rubbed his temples, and the last half of his patience was exhausted.

He stepped forward one by one and broke away the two sisters and brothers who hugged their heads and comforted them, forcibly pulled their sister into their arms, and then flew out with the petite Chu Leyan in his arms, and walked away in the sight of the little prince, leaving only a resounding instruction in the clear sky.

"Take him away, send him back to the palace, don't make any extraneous branches!"

The little doll looked at the direction of her sister's departure, in a daze, with undried tears on her face, and couldn't recover for a long time, but the carriage had already begun to move forward under the sound of horsewhips, and the swaying ponytail seemed to be coated with a layer of warm light by the early spring sun, announcing the opening of the way home. On the way back to Beijing, Chu Zeyan was very quiet, as if he had grown from a child to an adult overnight. is not noisy or noisy, and is at peace with what happens, but it makes the subordinates ordered by Shangguan Xuanmi a little confused.

At first, just in case, they sent a letter to the post station early to send the news that the Eighth Prince was going back to Beijing into the palace, so they thought that there was an extra guarantee, and then they did find that there were some strange people in black around secretly.

But all this is just for fear that the noisy little prince will leak his identity on the road and cause trouble, after all, the bloody calculations abound in the battle for the storage position. Therefore, Chu Zeyan's sudden change in temperament made the escort happy.

Finally. On a rainy day for half a moon, the carriage carrying the noble eighth prince finally drove into Bianjing. The honor guard of the concubine was waiting at the gate of the city early, since she found out the news that her baby son was going to be sent back, she finally returned to the main heart of the seven souls, but she still couldn't be completely relieved, until the curtain was lifted, and the moment she witnessed the little face poking out, her worried heart finally let go.

"Emperor, where did you go, why are you messing around like this, you really scared the mother to death!" The concubine Niangniang hugged the little doll that rushed towards her and threw herself into her arms, half complaining and half reprimanding.

"Oh, mother, the princess is just playful for a while, do you think it's not good to come back?" Chu Zeyan rubbed his mother's arm, flattering and coquettish.

"It's still your royal sister who does things properly and keeps reporting to her mother. By the way, this time I would like to thank the National Master of Beiliang for personally entrusting someone to send you back, if it weren't for someone who was so carefully protected, I really don't know what would have happened to your sister and brother. Don't run around willfully when you come back this time, do you hear? The concubine chattered to herself, and she didn't see the hatred on her son's face at all.

"Who told you that it was the Beiliang National Master who took care of us, obviously it was 。。。。。。。" Before the little doll finished speaking, the strong man in the carriage coughed lightly.

"Cough, cough, cough, His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince, since the minions have sent you safely, we will go back to resume your life, you can rest assured, the princess said that she will wait for her to have enough fun in Beiliang, and she will come back after the "Bermuda" Festival, and then the minions will escort her back to Nanchu safely. As he spoke, he waved his hand at Chu Zeyan and smirked.

But the little doll clearly saw a trace of self-evident threat in the other party's eyes. His face was grim, and his mechanically raised hand waved symbolically a few times.

"Yan'er, what do you want to say?" After the concubine Niangniang kindly instructed her subordinates to give a reward to the people who escorted back, she turned her head and looked down at her precious son again.

"No, it's nothing, mother, let's go back, I'm hungry, I want to eat the bean paste cake made by Mama Su." The little prince remembered the warning between the words of the car driver, and then thought of his imperial sister who didn't know where he was, and suppressed all kinds of anger and grievances in his heart for the first time.

He has to endure it, he has to be the emperor's sister is still in the hands of others!

After the mighty procession followed the order of the noble concubine, the entire honor guard was mighty but neatly marched towards the direction of the palace, and there was a thin figure at the corner of the street who took in the touching welcoming ceremony at the city gate and turned around and disappeared into the dark alley.

After a while, the figure that disappeared in the dark alley reappeared in the main hall of the Four Princes' Mansion.

"Qi master, the eighth prince has been admitted to the palace by the noble concubine. But the villain didn't find the figure of the seventh princess in the crowd, and he didn't come with him this time. ”

Chu Zexi, who was sitting on the top seat, slowly raised the teacup, gently brushed off the floating leaves on the surface with the lid of the cup, and took a sip.

"Anything else special?"

"Yes, the person who escorted the Eighth Prince back said that he was ordered by the Beiliang National Division." The face of the person who returned also revealed a trace of incomprehension, the national teacher of another country and the prince of his own country, the two of whom could not fight together.

"Oh!?" Chu Zexi's eyebrows raised slightly, as if he was also thinking about what could make the Beiliang National Master act like this.

"The fourth prince doesn't have to worry too much, maybe the old man is moved by compassion!" An old man slowly walked out of the inner hall, on top of his bony body, his snow-white beard reached his chest, and a pair of bright eyes burst into light.

"Old Xu, you are here, what do you think about this matter?" Chu Zexi hurriedly stood up, and stepped forward to support the old man's stumbling steps.

"These eight princes followed the Seventh Princess out of the palace, and the people who went out later came back first, or were sent back, it can be seen that if it is really done by the Beiliang National Teacher, it must be seen that Chu must be looking at the Seventh Princess's face." The old man shook his head, and when he spoke, one hand always had to stroke his beard from time to time, but there was quite a kind of Dao bone fairy wind, and he felt that he was clever.

"Then what is the origin of this Beiliang national teacher and the seventh princess, to be so partial to a girl doll who is so old as a little herself, and to take care of her brother?" Chu Zexi never doubted Xu Laode's speculation, but he still had doubts about such an explanation in his heart.

"Fourth Highness, do you still remember the middle-aged envoy of Beiliang at the birthday banquet of the Seventh Princess? If the old man guessed correctly, he must be dressed by the national teacher, as for why he favors the Seventh Princess!? It is rumored that this Beiliang national teacher once had a daughter, who was cared for like a pearl in the palm of her hand since she was a child, but somehow died young, so it is said that this national teacher also set up a temple for his beloved daughter in his mansion, and the temple was also placed in the statue of his beloved daughter. ”

Chu Zexi helped the old man to the seat while listening, but he still couldn't understand the mystery in his heart.

"Why, prince, haven't you figured it out? These seven princesses must look very much like his beloved daughter who died young, but why did he propose at the birthday banquet that day that the dowry for marriage was as if he was marrying his daughter, and besides, in addition to the emperor and the national teacher, who else could give orders to the prince of a dynasty like that? Therefore, the winner at that birthday banquet must be the national teacher of Beiliang. ”

After saying this, Chu Zexi suddenly felt that his mouth was suddenly opened, and he nodded involuntarily, and after a while, he continued to speak as if he remembered something.

"Then according to Elder Xu, this Beiliang National Master is acting like this today, but there are other plans?"

The old man sighed lightly.

"Prince, your Gu poison has just been resolved, the urgent thing to delay is to take care of your body, slowly figure it out, this battle for the throne is changing rapidly, but since they have all regarded you as a dying person, this is our biggest advantage, you just need to continue to hibernate and wait and see what happens, remember, don't make a quick move, let people find out your bottom of it."

The two of them came and went, and suddenly they knelt down and spoke again.

"Prince, the villain still has something strange, this morning, the concubine Niangniang summoned the son of the rich merchant in Donghuan, and his behavior was very suspicious.

"Do you know the name of the person who was summoned?"

"It seems to be called Gong Yaoyuan!"