Chapter Seventy-One: Breaking into the Palace
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Wei Yangyang was allowed by his third sister-in-law to enjoy the lanterns with Shen Mingyuan outside until late before returning. But she had only slept for two hours at night when Camellia knocked on her door. Wei Yangyang asked sleepily on the bed, "What's wrong?" Camellia passed through the door, and her voice was very eager: "Miss, I shouldn't have bothered you, but Miss Song came in the middle of the night and came in crying all the way, I don't know what's wrong, so I have to ask you to take a look." Hearing that something had happened to Song Wenru, Wei Yangyang hurriedly sat up and rubbed his eyes: "Oh, you send a basin of water to Miss Song first, wash her up, and I'll come right away." She quickly got dressed and ran to the guest hall. As soon as I entered the door, I saw that Song Wenru did not bring the maid, but came alone, and she was already crying into tears, and no one could persuade her.
Wei Yangyang has died when he cries since he was a child, sometimes he is an enemy, sometimes he is his own family. If everyone else is fine, then she herself will be seriously ill. Therefore, after remembering, she rarely cried sadly for anything, even when her second sister-in-law and thirteenth uncle died, she just hid far away, cried secretly, and never shed tears in front of people. Song Wenru is weak and delicate, and now the pear blossoms crying bring rain, Wei Yangyang is a woman, and she also feels that the other party is very pitiful. But she didn't have any experience in persuading people not to cry, so she asked the other party at a loss: "Wenru, what's wrong with you?" Song Wenru didn't know whether she was frightened or too sad, she sat on the stool and reached out to hug her waist: "Luang, you have to help me!" ”
Asking Wei Yangyang to persuade a girl who was crying into tears, and telling her to fight with the wolves, she would rather choose the latter. Now hearing Song Wenru open her mouth to ask for help, she immediately agreed silently: "Okay, as long as you open your mouth, I will help you with anything." Song Wenru cried for a while before he slowly recovered his mood, and began to tell with a sob: "Yesterday was the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and the courtiers were going to meet the emperor. When my brother returned from the palace, he entertained guests at home. I overheard their conversation, and he said that His Royal Highness the King of Fengquan was injured! How could this good person get hurt during the New Year? Must have met an assassin. When I waited for the guest to leave, I asked my brother about it, but he thought I was too troublesome and told me not to ask. Wei Yangyang was startled, and confirmed again: "King Fengquan? You say, the Five Princes? And he, he," she was about to ask, "is he dead?" I thought that it was a capital offense to ask such a question, but I didn't know what to say, so I temporarily changed my mind when the words came to my mouth: "Is there anything wrong with him?" ”
Song Wenru was very flustered: "I don't know what's wrong, is the injury serious?" Did you catch the assassin? I don't know. I wanted to go to Fengquan Palace, but my brother wouldn't allow it. Your Highness is a prince, and if my brother doesn't give me a salute, I won't be able to enter the palace. I have no choice but to sneak out in the middle of the night to find you. Wei Yangyang pointed to himself: "Me? Song Wenru looked at her with rain: "Yes, your kung fu is so good, if there are assassins in the palace, you can always help His Highness, right?" Wei Yangyang saw Song Wenru's sadness crying, so he agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll take you there." But you're going to have to wait for me a while. ”
She went back to the bedroom, equipped her weapons, and when she returned, she still held two small dragons and wrapped them around Song Wenru: "This dragon will explode if it pulls the lead." If we encounter an Assassin who wants to hurt you, you pull the fuse and throw it on him. Seeing that Song Wenru agreed, Wei Yangyang told her again: "But you can't use it unless you have to, it's illegal to spend it." Song Wenru nodded hurriedly and agreed: "I know that firearms cannot be used in Huadu City." I only defend myself, and I never take the initiative to hurt others. Wei Yangyang packed everything up and picked up his Yide knife: "Okay, then let's go." ”
The carriage drove to Panbian Street next door to Fengquan Palace, Wei Yangyang asked the coachman to stop, and the two got out of the car, and it was just dawning at this time. Wei Yangyang waved his hand and asked the coachman to go back to Guiyuan first, Song Wenru looked at her puzzled: "Aren't we going to the palace?" Wei Yangyang explained: "Let's go straight to the door, if there are assassins inside, wouldn't it be a surprise?" This is separated by a wall from the back door of the palace, let's walk over quietly, and take advantage of the dawn to observe the situation first. The method used by Wei Yangyang is just the most commonly used reconnaissance of the enemy situation when fighting, and she is almost born with it. But Song Wenru has never been on the battlefield, and seeing her calm and calm, she has more dependence and trust in her heart.
The two walked to the back door of the palace, and did not dare to approach, only stood far away from the street, the gate of the palace was closed, and they couldn't see the situation inside at all. Wei Yangyang asked Song Wenru: "Are we going to knock on the door?" Song Wenru shook his head slightly: "I don't know, the two of us are not officials, and we can't take the initiative to visit without the call of His Highness." Wei Yangyang thought for a while: "Then what should I do?" Why don't we take a walk around and see if there's any place to climb over the wall and get in? Song Wenru immediately agreed with her idea. Wei Yangyang pulled her, and the two of them didn't dare to get too close, and observed around the palace from a distance.
The two of them had just walked half a circle before they reached the side door, and a team of government soldiers came out of the narrow alley and rushed towards the two of them.
Wei Yangyang saw that the other party was menacing, blocked Song Wenru behind him, took out the Yide knife and rushed up, her knife had just been connected with the general headed by the short soldier, Song Wenru shouted behind her: "Yangyang, this is the people of the palace!" You can't hurt them. Hearing her say this, Wei Yangyang had to put away the knife and didn't dare to fight back. The army of soldiers arrested the two of them and pressed them into the palace. The two men were locked up in a basement in the palace. After about two days, there was only one handyman who came to deliver three meals a day, and no one took care of them. The basement was very cold, and Wei Yangyang and Song Wenru snuggled together. No matter how the two men pressed the handyman, the handyman did not respond. Song Wenru took off the gold bracelet on his wrist and gave it to him, begging him to spread it to people outside. But Shen Minghuang's rule was very strict, and the miscellaneous servants didn't dare to accept it, so they put down their meals and left.
As time passed, Wei Yangyang looked at Song Wenru not eating or drinking, looking like she was about to go crazy, so she had to persuade her: "Wenru, think about a good place." We don't care what method we use, isn't this coming into the palace? Now there are still people bringing us food, which shows that the order in the palace is normal. Maybe Your Highness doesn't have anything serious, but he's too busy to see us. She said this just casually to comfort the other party, but Song Wenru believed it: "Yes, yes, maybe His Highness has found out the whereabouts of the assassin and is busy catching the assassin to find the mastermind, so he can't come for the time being." Wei Yangyang pushed the meal in front of her: "Then let's eat, eat and drink and don't want to go home." Song Wenru couldn't help crying when she heard her mention "home": "I've been out for three days, and I don't know how to be anxious at home." Wei Yangyang could only continue to coax her: "It's okay, you run out of the house, your family must know that you went to find King Fengquan, right?" Song Wenru was depressed, and just nodded blankly.
Wei Yangyang pointed to the food again: "Hurry up and eat, it's cold this day, and it will be cold soon." Song Wenru looked at the plate on the ground and sighed: "I have never eaten such a bad meal in such a bad environment." "Actually, the food is not bad, compared to what the common people eat, it is already very good. But Song Wenru has been clothed and fed since he was a child, so he naturally has not suffered this kind of grievance. Wei Yangyang still smiled: "This is very good, you don't know yet, when we were in Haixi, sometimes we were busy chasing the enemy army, and we didn't care about making a fire and cooking at all, so we could only make a hard paste cake and nibble on it while walking." The dish is hot, and there is meat and eggs. If we could eat this meal during the war, I would have saved up some strength to kill two more enemy soldiers. Song Wenru listened to her relaxation, and also stopped her tears, picked up the bowl and ate it.
At night, the two of them couldn't sleep cold, so they talked to each other. Wei Yangyang asked the other party curiously: "Wen Ru, you like Your Highness very much, right?" Don't think I'm asking a stupid question, is it to shed tears for a man, just like him? Song Wenru was a little surprised when she heard her question, and asked her: "Have you never had a sweetheart?" Wei Yangyang was still very puzzled: "Sweetheart? What does it mean to be a sweetheart? When she asked this, Song Wenru's face showed the shyness of a girl: "When I think of him on weekdays, I can't help but laugh; But when I saw him, I felt shy again; He's injured and sick, he's worried, he's done something big, he's happy for him. If," she said, her tone shy and firm, "if he falls off a cliff, you want to jump with him." ”
Wei Yangyang is still heartless: "Then I shouldn't have a sweetheart." I think about it, no one falls off a cliff, I will jump after it. However, my relatives and friends, if anyone dares to push them off the cliff, I will also push this bad guy down to bury him! Song Wenru heard her say this, and then showed a smile: "You don't have a sweetheart, haven't you heard or seen that others love each other?" Wei Yangyang shook his head: "No, I am in the blue camp of the Wei Family Army, and I rarely see outsiders." I only saw my parents and brother three or four times a year, and the rest of the time I had to live in the barracks. I asked my starling, but he always said I was a child, and he wouldn't tell me. Song Wenru thought her answer was very funny: "Brother Ling is a man, so naturally there is no way to tell you what a woman's mind is." Wei Yangyang suddenly realized: "So that's the case." ”
She didn't know how many people she had bled and seriously injured since she was a child, and Shen Minghuang didn't know what the injury was at present, but as long as the person didn't die, in her heart, it was not a big deal. Song Wenru cares about each other so much, he must like King Fengquan very much. She remembered that Shen Minghuang had promised her to be the princess of Fengquan, but she didn't know if it was true or if the other party was teasing her. But if it's true, what about Wenru? Isn't she going to be driven to death? Thinking of this, Wei Yangyang cautiously asked, "Does Your Highness like you?" Song Wenru replied very confirmatively: "Naturally." Wei Yangyang was a little surprised: "Then how do you know?" What will happen when a man likes a woman? Song Wenru was even more shy: "If a man likes a woman, he will want to be close to her." Moreover, he will marry her as the wife of the main room, and he will give her a title. Wei Yangyang was even more surprised when he heard the words "Mrs. Zhengmu": "But I heard that whoever you want to marry depends on your parents." You, how do you know that His Royal Highness will, will," she didn't know how to ask, but Song Wenru knew what she meant, and then her words said: "I am in love with His Highness's childhood sweetheart, and my family background can afford to sit on the throne of Princess Fengquan." His Royal Highness's wife was appointed by the emperor, not what he wanted. And in my family, he never refused to let me enter the palace as a side concubine, so he had to cut off the love with me at that time. But the princess had a thin life, and two years after marriage, she died. His Royal Highness assured me that this time he would make a plan to make me a concubine. She smiled sweetly as she spoke. Obviously, every time she thought of Shen Minghuang's promise to her, she would smile from the bottom of her heart.
Wei Yangyang wanted to tell her that he had heard Shen Minghuang make the same assurance, but he was afraid that she would go crazy after hearing it, so he said euphemistically: "Then how do you know that he will definitely do this, what if he lied to you?" If others said so, Song Wenru would definitely turn his face on the spot. But she knew that Wei Yangyang was not in a measured manner, so instead of being angry, she patiently explained: "No, Your Royal Highness will give me a love token in the second month of the princess's funeral, and you will definitely give me the position of princess." As she spoke, she rolled up the sleeve of her right arm, revealing her arm: "This is what he personally put on me at that time, and this is the only one in the world." "Huadu women don't show their arms to others easily, but Wei Yangyang is a woman, so it naturally doesn't matter if you look at her arms.
But when Wei Yangyang saw the purple bracelet on her arm, she was so shocked that she almost jumped on the beam! On Song Wenru's right wrist, there is a bracelet, and there are ten natural purple crystals on the bracelet, each of which is round and large, and it is not ordinary jewelry at a glance. What's more, the bracelet is almost exactly the same as the one Shen Minghuang gave her. What's even more coincidental is that the bracelet was also worn by Shen Minghuang himself, and it was also given to her as a concubine. Wei Yangyang was dumbfounded, only to feel that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. No, it's no coincidence, absolutely not!
Song Wenru saw that she didn't speak for a long time, thinking that she was fascinated by what she heard: "Luang, you don't have to envy me. You are so warm-hearted, and the general guard is also very prestigious in the army, you will find a good man for you. She also took the initiative to help Wei Yang come up with ideas: "You don't have to ask your husband's martial arts to be better than your father and brother." After all, there are not too many men in this world who can beat Brother Ling Zun in martial arts. As long as you have a comparable family background, are stable, and treat you sincerely, that's fine. According to Wei Yangyang's temperament, she must tell Song Wenru immediately that Shen Minghuang is a liar! But when she saw that the silly girl was still concerned about herself at this time, she swallowed the words on her lips heavily. No, you must not tell her about the bracelet, otherwise she is only afraid, only afraid that she will be hanged, right?