At the end of Youshi, as dusk approaches, the sky is covered with a layer of twilight, in the inner room of the main hall of Chuxiu Palace.
When Xiaosi got up from the bed after his lunch break, he discovered that his mother, who had been taking a lunch break with him in her arms, was no longer in bed.
"Aunt Bai~"
Yin Xiaozhen sat cross-legged on the bed, stretched out his hand to rub his sleepy eyes and yawned. His tone was vague and he called out to Bai Lu who was sitting by the door guarding him.
After the restless Bai Lu heard the sound of the urn, she quickly raised her head and saw Si Age sitting on the bed rubbing his eyes. The curly hair on his head was tugging at the small jade crown in the shape of a gourd, and he had fallen asleep.
It was obvious that he was sleepy and not yet awake.
"Brother Si, are you awake?"
Bai Lu managed to cheer up and said with a smile, then stood up from the chair, walked to the bed in a few steps, stretched out her arms and picked him up from the bed.
"Why did Sisi sleep for so long?"
Yin Xiaozhen was carried out of the inner room by Bai Lu. He rolled up his sleeves and stood in front of the small silver basin. After washing his face with water, he saw the sky outside the glass window and couldn't help but ask doubtfully.
Usually E Niang is afraid that he won't be able to sleep at night, and the longest lunch break only allows him to sleep for half an hour. Today, he almost slept all afternoon. Why didn't Aunt Bai Lu wake him up?
Bai Lu, who was pinching the curly hair on the top of Yin Xiaozhen's head and preparing to twist his small gourd jade crown, heard her fourth brother's words and couldn't help but slap her hands.
"Where's my mother?"
Yin Xiaozhen didn't feel Bai Lu's stagnant movements for a moment. When he saw Bai Lu's hands arranging his hair leave, he immediately turned around and ran out of the inner room. However, he saw that the hall was empty. Not only was there no figure of Concubine Jing, but also the lotus flower
Not all the candles on the candlesticks were lit, and the light in the entire hall was also very weak, giving people a plain and unpleasant feeling.
"Fourth Brother!"
When Bai Lu followed his small steps and ran out of the inner room, she saw Yin Xiaozhen standing on the carpet, with a particularly confused look on her face. The anxiety she had been tense all afternoon could not be controlled at this moment.
The residence was leaked.
"Aunt Bai, where is my mother-in-law!"
When Yin Xiaozhen saw the water in Bai Lu's eyes, he suddenly felt bad.
He had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately ran to her with small steps, grabbed the hem of her clothes tightly, raised his head and asked anxiously.
"Aunt Bai, don't say anything! I'll go find E Niang by myself!"
When Yin Xiaozhen saw Bai Lu biting her lower lip tightly and not speaking, she frowned and turned around to run towards the door. However, he was caught by Bai Lu just as he reached the wooden threshold.
"Brother Si, don't run away. Everything is in chaos in the palace now. The empress is not in the palace now."
Bai Lu held Xiao Si tightly in her arms, and the big crystal tears fell from her eyes, one by one, hitting Xiao Si's white and tender cheeks with baby fat, which made Xiao Si couldn't help but feel her heart beat.
Jumping "bang bang bang".
"Auntie, if you don't cry, what happened? Sisi won't go out."
This was the first time that Yin Xiaozhen saw Bai Lu crying in front of him, and he was a little frightened. He quickly turned around and stretched out his hands to wipe Bai Lu's tears, and asked in a tearful voice.
Bai Lu squatted on the ground, raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears on her face, then held Si Age in her arms and whispered in his ear with a choked voice:
"Brother Si, the emperor was assassinated while he was hunting in Jingshan."
"Because our Chuxiu Palace is close to the Shenwu Gate, when the news reached the Forbidden City at the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, the empress was the first to know, and she immediately got up from the bed and ran to the Cining Palace to find the Empress Dowager."
"The news I heard is that the Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest brother are all missing now, and they are not sure whether they are alive or dead. The empress has good skills, so she asked the Queen Mother, and before four o'clock, she was already following Guard Nalan and Guard Cao.
Prince Yu and others went to Jingshan Sou Mountain to look for someone."
"What!"
When Yin Xiaozhen heard the news, his eyes widened in horror and he looked at Bai Lu in disbelief.
"Let's go, let's go to Cining Palace to find Mother Ukuma."
Xiaosi squeezed his palms tightly, forcing himself to calm down. He frowned and thought for a while, then said urgently to Bai Lu.
"Brother Si, let's wait in the Chuxiu Palace. Now the news of the assassination of the Holy Emperor has spread throughout the Forbidden City. People in the palace are in panic. Let's stay here and wait for the news."
Bai Lu shook her head in disapproval and advised.
"No, Mother Ukuma will definitely be the first to receive the news. Si Si will go to Cining Palace to wait and know the progress of the matter as soon as possible."
Yin Xiaozhen said to Bai Lu word by word with a serious face.
When Bai Lu heard what he said, she couldn't help but look at Xiao Si in surprise. She never thought that this would be said by a child who was only over two years old.
Yin Xiaozhen didn't know how to describe the mysterious and mysterious feeling in his heart at this time. He just subconsciously felt that he should do it this way.
Seeing that Bai Lu seemed to be unresponsive, Xiao Si continued to add:
"Aunt Bai, if the palace is in a mess as you said, then it is no longer safe for us to stay in Chuxiu Palace. At this time, we should go to Cining Palace. Mother Ukuma is in charge there, and any monsters and monsters will be killed.
I don’t dare to go there.”
Bai Lu was also in awe of the Empress Dowager in her heart and knew how powerful she was. After listening to Xiaosi's words, she weighed it in her mind for a moment and then gritted her teeth and nodded.
She was also very worried about the safety of her mother-in-law and His Highness the Crown Prince. Waiting in the Chuxiu Palace at the moment was suffering in vain. She might as well try her luck in the Cining Palace, even if she heard a little bit of new news, it would be good.
As the thought passed through her mind, Bai Lu immediately stretched out her arms to hold Brother Si in her arms, then stood up with her little master in her arms, stepped over the threshold and walked out.
The whole family arrived at the gate of the palace and met Zhang Tianxi who went to inquire about the news but returned in vain, followed by a group of young eunuchs.
"Brother Si, Sister Bai Lu, where are you planning to go?"
Zhang Tianxi asked doubtfully.
"Xiao Xizi will take us to Cining Palace and wait to see if there is any new news from the Empress Dowager."
Bai Lu said something briefly to Zhang Tianxi, and then led a group of people in a hurry toward the southwest along the bluestone palace road.
On the way, Xiao Si saw that all the people in the palace were walking around in a hurry with their heads lowered and their expressions were miserable, as if the sky was about to fall. He pursed his lips and said nothing.
When they walked to the corner of Yongshou Palace, they suddenly heard the faint conversation of the young eunuchs in the corner.
"Brother, do you know? I heard that there are many man-eating jackals, tigers and leopards in Jingshan. Especially at night, the wolves come in groups and burrow through the bushes with their scary green eyes.
I'm looking for meat to eat, and I think the Emperor probably won't be able to find it this time."
"No, I just came from a poor mountain. My family couldn't afford to eat, so they sold me to the palace to be a eunuch. I'm very familiar with the scenery in the mountains. There are wolves and big tigers there.
Man-eaters, their noses are so good, they can smell blood from two miles away."
"I also think that the emperor, the prince and the eldest brother must be in trouble this time. Look at the palace now. The elder brother in Zhongcui Palace stutters. I heard that the fourth elder brother is quite smart, but he is also
He’s just a little kid over two years old.”
"The late emperor ascended the throne at the age of six, and the emperor ascended the throne at the age of eight. Hahahaha, we can't let the insignificant fourth brother also ascend the throne, right? When the time comes, the Empress Dowager will come to assist the young emperor again? Let me see, this time the Tatars will be in great danger.
It’s hanging!”
"No, just when they entered the customs..."
"Xiao Xizi, these two people are sneaky and alarmist. I sent them all to the Sentence Department and had their tongues pulled out!"
"Go back to the Chuxiu Palace and ask all the eunuchs to search for me everywhere in the palace. If you encounter these bugs who are hiding behind the scenes and talking nonsense, disturbing people's hearts, and risking their lives, they will all be killed.
I will send him to the punishment department and wait for Khan Amma to come back and punish him!"
The two little eunuchs were talking animatedly to each other, and their saliva was flying when they suddenly heard a cold little voice sounding like thunder in front of them.
They were so frightened that they immediately raised their heads and saw the little brother being held high in Bai Lu's arms, facing the dim light, with an expressionless face and a cold expression.
From his fluent pronunciation, you can tell that this is the beloved son of the imperial concubine, the extremely favored fourth elder brother in the Chuxiu Palace.
After realizing this, the two little eunuchs knelt down on the ground with a "thump" in fear, kowtowed to Xiaosi with a "bang bang bang" trembling all over, and cried:
"Fourth Brother, I realize that I was wrong. These are all things I heard from other palace servants. It's all because my slaves spoke so carelessly and got their brains muddled by lard. Please forgive me, my slaves."
"Yes, yes, brother Si, all the slaves listen to what others say, not us who say it first."
The two little eunuchs were so shocked that blood oozed from their foreheads. They were so frightened that they were incontinent. There was also a fishy smell of urine in the air.
"Xiao Xizi, take it away!"
There was no trace of emotion on Xiaosi's face, and he spoke coldly again.
"Slave obeys!"
Although Zhang Tianxi was shocked by their young master's decisive killing at the moment, he also knew the seriousness of the matter. The situation in the palace was already critical. If such fatal rumors spread everywhere again, I'm afraid it would
There is going to be turmoil in the entire Forbidden City!
"Come and tie them both up quickly and send them to the Punishment Department."
Zhang Tianxi raised his right hand and waved it forward. Immediately after, two sturdy eunuchs came out from behind and grabbed the two people who were kneeling on the ground with their heads drooped. They pressed them firmly with their hands behind their backs and pressed them to the punishment department.
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"Xiao Xizi, you go back to Chuxiu Palace to handle the matters assigned to you. Aunt Bai, let's continue moving forward."
Yin Xiaozhen turned his head and gave instructions to Zhang Tianxi.
Zhang Tianxi hurriedly bowed down respectfully, and then left two more eunuchs for Bai Lu to protect them, and then hurriedly turned around and ran to Chuxiu Palace with the remaining few people.
Bai Lu hugged the little breasted dumpling in her arms, patted his little body gently to express comfort, and hurriedly quickened her pace towards Cining Palace.
Xiao Si nestled in Bai Lu's arms, lowering his head and looking at his little hands that were still covered with flesh. He couldn't help but touch his right thumb with his left hand. He always felt that there should be someone like Khan Ama here.
That's the right kind of jade ring.
He turned his head again and looked at the dim scene at dusk. He felt that something was missing on the bridge of his nose. It was dark, so he should not be able to see clearly.
Yin Xiaozhen couldn't figure out why. He raised his little head and looked at the crows that flew past very fast in the sky above his head, shouting "wow-wow-wow" hoarsely. He felt empty and aggrieved in his heart.
I feel like I really want my mother to give him a good hug and kiss...
Sad emotions welled up in his heart, and a layer of mist rose in the eyes of the slender Danfeng. Xiao Si curled his lips and secretly raised his hand to wipe the tears that came out of the corners of his eyes.
When Bai Lu finally arrived at Cining Gate with Yin Xiaozhen in her arms, she crossed the threshold and walked in. She immediately saw a familiar old woman standing outside the main hall door with an anxious expression and wearing a brown flag uniform.
Bai Lu's eyes lit up and she hurriedly ran forward, leaned towards her slightly and said:
"Mother Gui, my servant and my fourth brother want to go inside to meet the Empress Dowager."
Aunt Gui turned her head and saw Bai Lu's red and swollen eyes and Brother Si in her arms, whose face was obviously stained with tears. She couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said:
"Okay, then you guys wait here for a while, and I will go in and report."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Gui turned around and walked across the threshold into the main hall.
"Yeah, thanks a lot, Auntie Gui."
Bai Lu said hurriedly and gratefully.
After a while, Aunt Gui came out and said to the two of them:
"Brother Si, the Empress Dowager has asked you to come in."