"Last night, I had a good tool to seduce. Today, I am hard to get close to. I feel uneasy sitting and sleeping unsteadily at these times." [oil gourd]
The emperor did not want the news of his assassination to reach Yeting and worry Song Du and others, so he strictly ordered Yeting to order Miao Si to keep the news. However, he did not expect that the palace ban was in vain and could not stop the rumors, so people still knew about it.
In the east pavilion of Jiaofang Palace, Song Du stopped the chattering palace ladies in the corridor and asked curiously: "What did you just say? I seemed to hear you talking about the emperor's brother again."
Song Du frowned, put his hands behind his waist, and looked at them like interrogating prisoners: "Tell me, are you speaking ill of the emperor's brother?"
"My lord, you have been wronged. The country has always been very generous to us. How dare we speak ill of the country in private?" one of the palace maids called out.
Song Du expected that they didn't dare to do this, it was just to scare them, so as to make them angry when they treat her like a child. Song Du seemed to have forgotten that she was indeed a child at her age. She raised her chin,
Said: "Then tell me, what were you talking about just now?"
The people around me looked at each other, but no one wanted to say anything.
Song Du also noticed that something was wrong. Although she was simple, she was not stupid. She had seen all the changes that had taken place in the palace in the past two days. For example, Princess Liu Jiang looked sad when she came to see her several times.
The appearance of the palace is like the Yellow Gate in the Yeting Palace, where the maids like to whisper in the corner more than before.
There must be something being hidden from her.
"Tell me what you say!" Song Du paused and said, this time she was really angry: "Did something happen to the emperor's brother?"
The palace maids didn't answer, they just bowed their heads and knelt on the ground, as quiet as puppets.
Guo, the daughter-in-law who was personally serving the capital of Song Dynasty, couldn't stand it anymore and leaned over to persuade her: "Noble man, don't think about it. The country is the emperor, and it has heaven's protection. How could anything happen?"
"Then why are they afraid of being like this? You must be hiding something from me." Song Du glared at Guo Cainv and said, "They dare not say it, so it's up to you to tell me, otherwise I'll call Shou
Sister, go find the princess."
These were the most threatening words that an eleven-year-old Song Du could say. Guo Cainu quietly glanced at the maids kneeling behind Song Du. The group of maids, as if they had been granted amnesty, lifted up their skirts and quietly
He ran away silently.
"Princess Wannian also knows this. The country is afraid that the nobles will worry, so we are not allowed to spread it privately." Guo Cainv is much taller than Song Du. In order to avoid Song Du looking up to him for a long time, she deliberately squatted in front of Song Du to persuade him.
road.
Song Du suddenly said aggrieved: "But your behavior makes me even more worried. Brother Emperor hasn't come to see me for a long time. Every time I think about going to the Proclamation Office, Ye Tingling has to stop me. Until now, you have all done nothing.
Hiding it, I heard people say that when you become a noble, everything you say will be listened to in the palace, but you just treat me like a child!"
Guo Cainv couldn't bear to watch anymore, so she took the risk and whispered a few words in Song Du's ear.
As expected, Song Du was shocked when he heard this, and kept saying: "Then, is the emperor's brother okay? If he is okay, why don't you come to find me?"
Guo Cainv sighed softly: "I said that the country is protected by heaven, and nothing will happen. It's just a false alarm. But as soon as this incident came out, everything inside and outside the court was in chaos, and the country couldn't get out of the way.
Court, naturally I don’t want to let you worry for nothing.”
"I want to see Brother Emperor. I miss Brother Emperor so much. Can you take me to see him?" Song Du lowered his head and cried, pulling Guo Cainu's sleeve and begging bitterly.
Guo Cainu wanted to refuse at first, but then she thought about it. Since the Song Dynasty had been informed of this matter, if Ye Tingling found out about it later, he would definitely be investigated. In this case, it would be better to take the Song Dynasty directly to the Xuanshi to see the emperor and show the emperor's leniency.
With his temperament and doting on Song Du, it is unlikely that anything would offend the Holy Wrath.
And this time I helped Song Du. Firstly, Song Du would rely more on me. Secondly, Song Du was very friendly and affectionate to the people around him. If someone blamed him in the future, Song Du would naturally step in to protect him.
Thinking of this, Guo Cainv made a bold decision: "Yeting ordered Miao Gong not to allow Yeting's concubines to enter the front hall without permission. I can't blame him, because this is an ancestral system passed down hundreds of years ago, and no one can easily surpass it."
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"I know, but I want to..."
"Yes, your lord, I understand that your lord really wants to see the country." Guo Cainv coaxed in a low voice: "I heard that the previous concubines were not a special case for not entering the front hall. Your lord is now worried about the current situation of the country, so it can be used as a special case.
"
Seeing that Song Du didn't quite understand, Guo Cainv said word by word: "Young people can secretly go to the announcement room."
"Ah?" Song Du couldn't help but screamed. She quickly covered her mouth and said nervously: "How can this be done?"
"It's very simple. We just need to walk to the steps of the main hall of Jiaofang Hall, exit the palace gate, and go south from the back pavilion to Xuanshi Hall. Once we get there, even if there are middlemen and ministers on the steps, they will not
The noble will be held back. As long as the country knows that the noble is here, it will definitely meet with you." Guo Cainu immediately drew a road map in her mind and explained it to Song Du in detail: "What should I say next?
, I don’t need to say anything.”
About an hour later, the sky gradually became dim, and only a few lights and candles were slowly moving along the long palace road. However, it was Guo Cainu and Song Du who came to the announcement room holding lamps.
The long corridor seemed to never end. This was the first time since Song Du entered the palace that she had walked outside Yeting. She discovered that in addition to the Jiaofang Palace where she was used to living, there was actually such a wide space in the Weiyang Palace.
The heaven and earth, the numerous quaint pavilions and solemn palaces, dazzled her.
After walking through this section of the road, the front suddenly became clear. Song Du opened his eyes wide and saw another spectacular sight again.
The tall and magnificent gates and the palaces and pavilions that have experienced vicissitudes of life.
Weiyang Palace was built on Longshou Mountain. There are four main halls on the slope, namely the front hall, the middle hall and the road bedroom, the Xuanshi hall and the dressing room. The four halls gradually rise from south to north, with each level higher than the next.
, it is endless as far as the eye can see, as if it leads directly to the heaven.
Song Du stood under the stone steps of the front hall with the support of Guo Guiren. She looked up at the continuous palace complex, panting and speechless.
Different from Ye Ting, there are few palace maids in the front hall of Weiyang Palace. Lang Wei stands on both sides in front of his majesty holding halberds in an orderly manner.
"Stop! Who of you dare to break into the front hall without permission?"
Guo Cainv was startled, and she bravely said: "This noble man from Song Dynasty in Yeting has asked to see the country for some reason."
"Song nobles?" The halberd-wielding doctor looked at the two Song capital people suspiciously. Due to the assassination of the emperor, even the palace was heavily guarded these days. The halberd-wielding doctor saw that they were two weak women, and felt a little relieved, but
It's still a matter of business and reporting to superiors.
Not long after, I saw Mu Shun from Xiaohuangmen walking down the stairs from a distance. When he saw Song Du, who was frowning slightly and sweating due to fatigue, he quickened his steps.
Mu Shun and others strode to the capital of Song Dynasty and said respectfully: "I have met the nobleman of Song Dynasty, and I asked you to follow me into the propaganda room. The country is waiting for you."
Song Du and Guo Cainu breathed a sigh of relief. They climbed up the stairs and soon arrived in front of the Xuanshi Hall.
Mu Shun opened the palace door and let Song Du in, leaving him and Guo Cainv outside.
Song Du walked in carefully and heard the faint voice of Princess Wannian behind the curtain barrier in the partition.
"Your Majesty is too ignorant. Now that the world is not at peace and there are gangsters everywhere, Your Majesty is subdued at this time. Have you ever considered the consequences?" Song Du did not expect that the Wannian Princess Liu Jiang, who had always been aloof and calm, would be so angry.
He scolded the emperor without any scruples: "If Jing Zhaoyin and the others came a little later, wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be..."
Liu Jiang did not continue talking, but was still angry. The emperor seemed to be like a child who had made a mistake, allowing Liu Jiang to keep complaining.
He said that Zhao Wen and the others did not stop him, but allowed the emperor to do whatever he wanted.
After all, they were actually talking about the emperor's fault in secret. The emperor did not dare to refute this sister who was cold and majestic in his heart, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes! What the emperor said is extremely true. After this, I
I will never travel so rashly again.”
Liu Jiang snorted and lost a lot of her anger. Seeing the emperor's obedient appearance, she habitually stretched out her hand to pinch the emperor's cheek. The emperor's mind was mature, but his body was still that of a twelve-year-old child.
, although after nearly a month of horse riding training, the body has become much stronger, but the face is still soft and soft, which makes people reluctant to let go.
The emperor suddenly froze when someone did this to him. Liu Jiang came to his senses and felt that this was not right, so he immediately took his hand back.
This was a very common behavior between siblings when they were playing around. Now, as the emperor has arm-wrestled with Wang Yun several times without losing, his power in the palace and the court is so important that even Liu Jiang can't.
How dare you do such a frivolous act.
The emperor knew that Liu Jiang was doing this purely to protect the emperor's face and dignity, and was not worried about offending him. Despite this, the emperor was still a little disappointed, and the feeling of slowly becoming a loner was not that pleasant.
He cheered up, grabbed Liu Jiang's slender hand and put it to his face, and said with a shy face: "Sister Huang, it's really my fault this time. My original intention was to visit the people in person and see the sufferings of the people. But the timing was wrong.
, if you encounter something like this, please forgive me this time, right?"
Seeing the emperor deliberately acting coquettishly to please her, Liu Jiang felt angry and amused. He pulled his hand back from the emperor's hand and said helplessly: "You, you really let me see you with admiration after we have been apart for three days."
Song Du quietly watched from behind the scenes, thinking that even though the emperor had become more mature and steady these days, in fact he was still as afraid of this ten thousand-year-old princess who could express her emotions and anger just like her.
Seeing the emperor's face being pinched by Liu Jiang and acting coquettishly, Song Du couldn't help but burst into laughter.