Chapter 1: Wedges
The fifteenth year of the Zhaoxuan of the State of Chu.
In the mid-autumn sky, the white clouds are like cotton, and the circles are like waves, hugging there like mountain peaks connected, and they seem to be still.
The wedding of Xiang Jingyang, the crown prince of Chu State, was imminent, and Emperor Xiang Ding took the prince out of the palace to worship the heavens. Going to worship the heavens on the eve of the wedding is an auspicious ritual left by the ancestors. Heaven is the Lord of all things. Worship the heavens and pray for the protection of the gods.
The Emperor and the Crown Prince each sat on an open golden chariot coiled by a flying dragon, and a beautiful canopy hung down to block out the sun.
The emperor's royal car is in front, the prince's luan is behind, and the escort guards are hugging each other in front of them, full of them.
Along the way, the people were crowded and shouted in unison: "Long live Your Majesty the Emperor, long live Long live, Long live, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a thousand years old." Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live Long live, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Long live Chitose Chitose Chitose ......"
"Protect the Holy Driver!" Looking at the dense flow of people all the way, Commander Zhang of the forbidden army ordered.
"Yes." The adjutants responded and patrolled on horseback.
Two coarsely clothed folk girls mingled in the flow of people, tall and dressed in a dark blouse, with worried autumn eyes and condensed eyebrows. The shorter girl, wearing a navy blue jacket, flashed a little resoluteness on her sad face.
The short man said to the other: "Today is a great opportunity, you can't miss ......"
"Yes, if you lose today, it is difficult to have a chance...... Quick, let's go our separate ways, you stop the emperor's royal drive, and I stop the prince's luan. The tall man said calmly: "Ready, the emperor's royal car is approaching......"
When the emperor's ceremonial drive reached the intersection of Daming Road and was about to turn to the Temple of Heaven Road outside the imperial city, a short woman flashed out of the crowd on the side of the road, regardless of the many guards, rushed forward, trying to stop the emperor's royal car. But before she could get close, she was stopped and arrested by the guards.
"Defend Your Majesty, there are assassins." The Guardian shouted.
The short woman shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty." Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty. The emperor ......" Her voice was drowned out in a cacophony.
"Who's shouting outside?" Emperor Xiang Ding, who was sitting in the imperial chariot, vaguely heard someone calling for "see the emperor" in the voice of "Long live Your Majesty the Emperor".
"Your Majesty, it is a disturbed common man who has been captured." A chief of guard reports.
"There are rioters in front who have been captured, quickly, protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......" Commander Zhang ordered loudly.
The deputy commander of the forbidden army listened to the order and hurried to the back to protect the prince.
The prince's luanjia slowly moved forward, and when she passed by the tall girl, she rushed forward desperately and shouted loudly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the people have a big matter to report to His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"
"Come on, arrest all the assassins who rioted the Holy Driver." The deputy commander shouted.
There was a commotion in the crowd, and the guards held down the tall woman, who was defenseless and could not move.
Never lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, she shouted in the direction of the crown prince Luan, and shouted with all her might: "Your Royal Highness the prince, the people have a big secret to tell the prince. Your Royal Highness the Prince, please stop driving, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
The guards told her to shut up, but she still shouted, "Your Highness the Prince, please stop Luan. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"
"Stop-" Xiang Jingyang heard it and ordered.
He thought that the folk girl had any grievances and confessed to him.
The crown prince's luan car stopped, and the people's daughter was overjoyed, and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness the prince, the people's daughter has a big secret to tell the prince......"
"Bring it on." The kind-hearted prince wanted to hear what was important to this folk girl, so that she would stop her desperately.
Someone reported to the Emperor, and the Emperor's imperial chariot stopped advancing.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please retire everyone......" The tall folk girl knelt down and said.
Scold! Also to dispel everyone back.
The deputy commander said to the prince: "Your Royal Highness the prince, don't be deceived, beware of being attacked." ”
The tall folk girl said loudly: "The little woman is a folk girl, with her bare hands and no power to restrain the chicken, where will she hurt His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”
The emperor's royal car quickly turned around and came to the crown prince.
"Prince, what happened?" The Emperor asked anxiously.
"Father, there is a people's daughter......" Xiang Jingyang pointed to the kneeling woman.
With his eyes sweeping, the emperor felt that the face of the woman in front of him was a little familiar, and his long-ago memory was turned over, and he wondered: "You are ......, are you ......?" ”
The tall folk girl statue grasped the last straw and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, the folk girl has a big secret to report to the emperor." Your Majesty, the people's daughter is ......"
She seemed to teleport her shouts to the upper reaches of the clouds. The clouds heard it and moved briskly, allowing the drifting clouds to move forward with good news......