After Wang Qing served breakfast, put it in the house, and the four of them used it a little, Wang Qing instructed the shopkeeper downstairs not to go upstairs to disturb him, and the shopkeeper promised.

Wang Qing went upstairs and closed the bolt door, sat at the table, the four of them looked at each other, Lu Yunxiang said to Liyang: "Madame returned to the inn last night, presumably she had a little discussion with the prince, what are the plans of the two, you can talk about it carefully." ”

Liyang replied: "The most important thing now is the danger of Li'er, Li'er has been in the palace for five days, there is no news, it is on the cusp of the storm, and it is inconvenient for the prince to find out the news from his relatives." Zhao Ping continued: "I want to enter the palace to visit." ”

Wang Qing was taken aback, and said: "The prince once promised the period of three months of the saint, and now the county lord has returned on time, but he has not replied when he enters the palace, the soldiers of the palace have not dispersed, and the saint has not decided, and it is very dangerous to enter the palace at this moment." Liyang said: "It is precisely because of this that the husband needs to enter the palace, and the saint has not made a ruling, and it must be because the prince has not returned, so uncertain." ”

Lu Yunxiang nodded yes, Zhao Ping said: "I talked to Liyang last night, I knew the situation in Beijing, and now the courtiers recommend that Li'er has the heart of the people, if the saint believes his words, or is forced by the situation, Li'er is afraid that her life is worried, and she needs to enter the palace to stabilize the saint, so she can hope to save Li'er." Lu Yunxiang said: "Since this is the case, then let's leave immediately." ”

The four of them decided, Wang Qing and Zhao Ping went out together, and Lu Yunxiang and Liyang lived in Zhao Ping's guest room to protect him.

Wang Qing ran to the small restaurant last night, and drove to the pavilion on horseback, Zhao Ping got into the car, and the two went to the palace of Bianyang. The surrounding area of the palace was still crowded, everyone saw that the frame was normal, and did not care, until Zhao Ping got out of the car and appeared, everyone was shocked, gathered together, and the commanders outside the palace looked at it, rushed to Zhao Ping, and made a salute, Zhao Ping said: "I have returned to the house, you can go back to the palace." ”

The commander was a little embarrassed, and replied: "I will obey the emperor's will, please forgive the prince, and wait for me to send someone to the saint, and I will make my own decision." ”

Zhao Ping had already expected this result, so he didn't get angry, but said: "In this case, I will follow you into the palace to face the saint." ”

The commander of the army received the order, and gave some advice, a soldier led the horse, the commander got on the horse, and three other sergeants rode horses, opening the road in front, Wang Qing drove, Zhao Ping sat in the curtain, and a car and four horses traveled in the market.

The news of Zhao Ping's return to Beijing spread all over the capital in an instant, and the Beijing sergeant followed behind the car and discussed a lot.

Wang Qing heard these miscellaneous words, and he was used to it, but the more persecutive the words became, Wang Qing was very annoyed in his heart, and he could only temporarily suppress his anger and continue his bicycle.

After a small half a day, before arriving at the palace gate, Wang Qing helped Zhao Ping get out of the car, the palace guard was slightly surprised, the commander of the army held the token, the palace guard saw it, avoided the road and let it pass through the door, Wang Qing and the three armor guards outside the palace, Zhao Ping entered the palace with the commander.

The palace city is vast, the pattern is very great, the Son of Heaven is majestic, supreme, the wind of the building, quite obvious, in the Zhengyang imperial study, Emperor Liang sits on the chair and folds, half a day has passed, cover the last page, stretch out his hand to support his waist, get up and walk around, feel very bored, call the old eunuch to follow the car, go out of the palace and disperse.

Recently, the courtiers even played the book, and the things in the fold were all about Zhao Li, Emperor Liang first took a closer look, and then looked at it slightly, until he saw it now, and ordered the old eunuch to put it aside, and he criticized it a little later and confused things.

Emperor Liang recalled the day before yesterday, walked a little in the building, went straight out of the palace, went to the harem, drove the garden, enjoyed the flowers in the garden, smelled its fragrance, and relieved his worries.

He drove Xiangyun Palace, chatted with Concubine Li for a while, and then drove Lingxia Palace, passed by Ziyun Garden, drove to the front of the garden, suddenly stopped the royal car, followed the old eunuch next to him, and asked the reason, Emperor Liang wondered: "Where is the sergeant on duty outside the garden?"

The old eunuch followed his look, realized it, and doubted: "The slave doesn't know, wait for me to go and ask each other?"

Emperor Liang allowed it, the old eunuch walked to the garden, the attendants in the garden saw it, stood up and saluted, the old eunuch asked: "Where is the guard outside the garden?" The attendant exclaimed: "The holy decree ordered the soldiers to withdraw, what is the father-in-law?" The old eunuch said: "The holy decree?"

The attendant nodded, the old eunuch scratched his head, and went out of the garden gate, the attendant went out to see Emperor Liang, knelt on the ground and saluted, and the old eunuch walked in front of Emperor Liang and said: "Your Majesty, you personally ordered the evacuation, have you forgotten?"

Emperor Liang was furious and sneered: "Bold, when did I order the withdrawal of the army?"

The royal servants knelt on the ground, and the old eunuch panicked: "Your Majesty forgives you." ”

After saying that, he hurriedly waved his hand to beckon, and the attendants outside the garden staggered over, knelt down and explained: "Yesterday, the four palaces came down to the garden to find the county lord to talk, and the Tao was ordered by His Majesty to withdraw a cadre of people outside the garden, and the royal priest took his own order." ”

Emperor Liang stood up from Longjia and shouted: "What do you say, Fourth Highness, if you have the intention of slandering, I will destroy your nine clans." ”

The attendant kowtowed again and again, and in a panic, Emperor Liang said again: "Call the four princes and the county lord to come to the imperial study to see the driver." ”

The old eunuch knelt down to receive the decree, Emperor Liang sat down, all the royal attendants got up and went back to the imperial study, the old eunuch grabbed the attendant's ear, and said hatefully: "Complain about your nonsense today, the saint is angry and descends to sin, can you afford it?"

The attendant cried in a panic: "My father-in-law spares his life, and the slave is true." The old eunuch said, "Go back to the garden and ask the county lord to go to the imperial study." ”

The attendant led the order to run back to the garden, and the garden was full of young attendants, all of whom were shocked, and the old eunuch saw that there were many people, and shouted: "What a lot of fun, go back to work." ”

Then the crowd dispersed, and the old eunuch hurried to the emperor's office.

The attendant went back to the house, panicked and hurried, the attendants all pulled their sleeves and questioned, the attendant ignored it, and went straight to the back garden, Zhao Li was squatting in the court to watch the fish, and the maid at the court door saw the attendant rushing over, and was suspicious, and the attendant hurriedly said: "Where is the county lord?" The servant raised his head and said: "What are you looking for the county lord?" The attendant said in a panic: "There is a decree in the saint, so that the county lord will go to the imperial study to face the saint." ”

In the court, Zhao Li listened to this, stood up and walked to the court door, and asked, "Why did the Holy Lord call me?"

The attendant knew that something was wrong, and he panicked in his heart, and he couldn't explain it clearly, and the maid sneered and asked him to explain it clearly, and the attendant stabilized himself a little and came one by one.

Zhao Li listened, he was shocked, and he thought left and right but somehow, but since the saint had an order, he had to go, and after returning to the boudoir, he changed his clothes and dressed up, and several maidservants beside him accompanied him, and listened to the attendants along the way.

The old eunuch panicked, ran to the outside of the imperial palace, saw the door opened, and entered the door, and the guards inside the door saw it, bowed and saluted, and asked, "What is the important matter of the father-in-law?" The old eunuch hurriedly said: "Go and call His Highness out." ”

The guards took the order and went into the house.

Xiao Zong was frustrated last night, sat on the edge of the couch for a long time after returning to the house, remembered the old laughter, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and then the tears swirled, rolling down to his clothes, secretly thinking about the resurgence of the storm tomorrow, so he was worried in his heart, he slept at the time, sunk in the dream, woke up at noon, had lunch, but saw the guards snatching in, bowed down and said: "Your Highness, the old eunuch came in to call you out." ”

Xiao Zong was not surprised, only sighed: "It's still here after all...."

The guards were puzzled and wanted to ask, Xiao Zong got up, walked out of the door, walked to the front office, saw the old supervisor in the hall, and said angrily: "You don't have the strength to wait, and you don't serve a cup of tea to your father-in-law." The old eunuch refused: "Your Highness, don't blame them, they came down to deliver the holy message, and they didn't have time to drink tea." Xiao Zong asked, "Why did my father call me?" The old eunuch said: "Your Majesty called His Royal Highness to face the saint in the imperial study." Then he asked: "Has Your Highness ever ordered the imperial army outside Ziyun Yuan to withdraw?" Xiao Zongsi replied: "This is indeed the case, His Majesty talked to me the day before yesterday, and intended to withdraw the soldiers, so I passed it on." The old eunuch doubted: "Then why does Your Majesty not recognize it, and the garden is angry?" Xiao Zong exclaimed: "Is this really the case?

The old eunuch thought for a moment, and said with long sleeves: "Your Highness, it's better to follow the old slave face saint." ”

The two of them went out of the imperial palace and went straight to Zhengyang Palace, and after a while, they went to the royal building and turned to the front of the imperial study, but saw Zhao Li standing outside the room.

Zhao Li turned his head and saw Xiao Zong standing behind him, suddenly embarrassed, the two looked at each other, the old eunuch next to him was a little suspicious, Zhao Li smiled, bowed slightly, Xiao Zong nodded in return.

Looking back, her cheeks were slightly red, and the maid beside her was confused, Zhao Li skimmed her face lightly, embarrassed.

The old eunuch went to the door, straight into the room, Emperor Liang was sitting on the royal chair, seeing the old eunuch entering, his face was calm, the old eunuch stepped to the front of the palace, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness is waiting outside the room." ”

Emperor Liang stretched out his hand and showed him to come in, and the old eunuch understood, and raised his voice and said: "His Royal Highness Xuansi Lord Zhao has entered the room." ”

Zhao Xiao heard it, and was about to move forward, Zhao Li was in front of him, let go of his body, bowed his head slightly, and waited for Xiao Zong to enter, before he could enter, Xiao Zong saw it, when he followed the etiquette, he stepped forward, and Zhao Li followed slightly.

The two entered the room, and saluted in front of the emperor, Emperor Liang's eyes were cold, and he walked lightly to Zhao Li's side, slightly helped him, showing that he was exempt from courtesy, Zhao Li got up, Xiao Zong still knelt, Emperor Liang turned back a few steps, turned back again, and said coldly: "His Royal Highness Xiao is handsome, and he will be the master for me?"

Zhao Li wanted to speak, Emperor Liang raised his hand and paused, Zhao Li staggered, Xiao Zong said cautiously: "Father, the son is just ......."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Liang slapped back and hit Xiao Zong in the face, Xiao Zong's whole body fell to the ground, Zhao Li froze, knelt on the ground, and hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is angry, this matter is all because of the fault of the courtiers, I hope Your Majesty will not be angry with Your Highness." ”

Emperor Liang hurriedly helped Zhao Li up, and said gently: "This matter is not your fault, it is all thanks to His Royal Highness Xiao, how can you be angry in your heart?"

Xiao Zong fell to the ground, his face turned red, he trembled, his hands supported the ground, he stabilized his strength, and said tremblingly: "Erchen knows his mistakes, he should not speculate on the holy will and pass on the edict privately." ”

Emperor Liang sneered a few times: "Eh, you are clear in your heart, you knelt down to intercede for five days ago, and the whole court knew about it, openly provoking the court's intentions, and now you are pretending to spread the holy will, acting indiscriminately, knowing the palace law, but also knowing the law and breaking the law, such as a rebellious person like you, what is the use of me keeping you?"

When Zhao Li heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer, and knelt down again and cried: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty can't.... The Fourth Highness was confused for a while... Never... Disobedience.... Your Majesty, please think twice. ”

Panicked for a while, the words in his mouth were confused, and he couldn't speak well, Zhao Li only realized at this moment, why did he stay in Ziyun Yuan, so comfortable and carefree, all because Xiao Zong blocked a lot of disasters for himself outside, and now in order to relieve his boredom, he took himself to enjoy a day, and in this day, he completely solved the depression and worries in his heart, and he was very happy.