The queen has so many tricks

Chapter 13 Bad News ([-])

A group of imperial guards immediately stood on guard, staring at the palace gate, as if facing a formidable enemy.At the same time, a group of people hurried around Xuanhe Palace and headed straight for Xuanhe Gate.

As he got closer, Chang Ji saw that this group of people was carrying palace lanterns that were scattered and falling, and a chariot that fluctuated up and down. The people on the chariot were too hasty to have time to dress up, and the hairpins on their heads were completely removed. , with hair half-drapped and half-tied, and not completely dressed, a snow fox cloak was casually wrapped outside, sitting on the chariot, leaning forward, chanting in a panic: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

If Nie Chuanpei hadn't seen Nie Chuanpei leading a group of imperial guards to meet him, Chang Ji couldn't believe that this woman who came hastily and panicked was the queen of Zhonggong in the world of Luo jellyfish.When everyone knelt down to salute, she was dragged by Tan Qing, who half pushed and half knelt down to salute.

The queen had no time to look after him, before getting off the chariot, she hastily took out the jade key from her bosom and said to the inner officer next to her, "Go and open the door."

The inner official took the jade key and ran towards the Xuanhe gate, thinking that he had never had the experience of opening palace doors at night, the inner official panicked and fell a lot, and pulled the jade key to open the door. Fall far.

The queen immediately cursed angrily. Nie Chuanpei stepped forward to pick up the jade key. After a few ups and downs, it landed in front of Xuanhe's gate. On the neck, he still didn't change his face, but now he became nervous, took a deep breath, swung his long arm, and inserted the jade key into the keyhole heavily.

Hearing two heavy sounds of "Kaka", he immediately stepped back, and a gap was suddenly opened by the two palace gates as tall and heavy as mountains. When a person passed by, there was a sound of hooves in the thick night outside Tai'an Palace, and a thin dying horse stumbled in through the gap carrying a person on its back.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, the man fell off the horse, and the skinny horse also fell to the ground. After a few rough breaths, he died of exhaustion.

All the imperial guards hurriedly looked at the man who fell, and saw a cavalryman wearing Shenshan costume, as if he had just been fished out of the bloody water, his body was dripping with blood, and he was holding a roll of blood-stained paper in his hand. Jin Shu, seeing the people coming up, he held the brocade book tightly, breathed hard and said: "Report...Report to the Palace...Your Majesty...Your Majesty's royal driver was captured...King Shen Shan...King Shen Shan died in battle...The son of King Shen Shan ...the crown prince...is missing..."

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground on his back, and was as breathless as the skinny horse that carried him back...

The Tai'an Palace was in chaos that night.

When the Empress of Zhonggong heard the news that Emperor Chu had been captured, she was so shocked that she passed out on the spot, and there was a commotion in front of Xuanhe's door.Emperor Chu was captured, the empress fainted, and no one was in charge of the affairs of the palace. Rumors spread quickly, saying that Luoshui was defeated, Emperor Chu was captured, and the empress died. come.

The palace people who heard the news were terrified, as if the Nanzhao cavalry were going to break through the imperial city in the morning, they packed their bags overnight and prepared to escape from the palace.

At dawn, the Empress Dowager issued an order in the Jiucheng Palace to strictly close the gates of the palace and strictly prohibit anyone from entering or leaving the palace. Anyone in the palace who tried to escape would be executed.Tai'an Palace, which had been in chaos for most of the night, finally calmed down.

In order to prevent the news of Luoshui's failure from spreading and causing panic, the Queen Mother ordered the news to be tightly sealed.After this decree came down, the palace servants who spread rumors indiscriminately were immediately executed, Nie Chuanpei and the guards in front of Xuanhe's gate were all escorted to Zongzheng Temple for custody, and Chang Ji was also imprisoned in the Luoying Hall, and was not allowed to pass any news to the outside world. .After returning to the wine and going to the Luoying Hall several times, they were all blocked outside and not allowed to enter.

Chang Ji was unusually quiet in the Luoying Hall. She sat on the bed, her body motionless, her eyes not blinking, and she muttered to herself for a while: "Missing? What is missing..."

Tan Qing called her from the side, but she ignored her and refused to eat or drink.

Tan Qing cried anxiously: "Your Highness...Your Highness, you must have nothing to do... The prince is dead, the eldest son is still alive and dead, and Shenshan Mansion is already like this. If something happens to you again, Your Highness, what should you do..."

As if she didn't hear it, she drooped her head, her face was blue and gray, her eyes were half-drowned, and she repeated dumbly: "Missing...why did he disappear?"

Tan Qing couldn't help crying while holding her.

When the sky darkened, Chang Ji finally closed his eyes, tilted his body, and fell asleep on the bed.In the middle of the night, she suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were no longer as dull as before, and the bottom of her deep pupils was cold.

She got off the bed and walked out of the dormitory silently. She saw a few internal officials guarding the door of the dormitory, and there were guards all over the main entrance of Luoying Hall.

Just as he was about to go back to the hall, he suddenly saw a thin and frail young official appearing at the entrance of the hall, bowing his face, far away, there were only two palace lanterns at the entrance of the hall, the lights were not bright, and his face could not be seen clearly.

The guards around the gate of the palace stopped him and asked him what he was doing.

He still bowed and lowered his face and said: "The third princess ordered the villain to come and ask a few words."

As he said that, he lowered his head and stuffed the taels of silver into the hand of the imperial guard. The guard held his head high, as if he didn't know it, but he didn't stop him anymore.

The little internal official entered the palace gate and went straight to Chang's bedroom. Chang'e just heard that he was sent by the third princess, and thought: I am imprisoned here now, she will not come to make things difficult for me, but only send an insider It's strange that the official came to ask questions.

She retreated into the hall, hid behind the door, grasped the Kun'an sword at her waist, and no matter what Wan Tong sent him to do, she would strike first.

The sound of footsteps came from far to near, and someone came in and went straight to the inner hall, with his back facing the long shaft.Chang Wei came out from behind the door with a sword in his hand, and stepped forward quickly, the little internal officer also turned his head when he heard the sound of footsteps, seeing the cold and light blade in Chang's hand, he almost screamed out in fright.

Chang Ji also saw who was coming, immediately put his sword away and said, "Wine wine?"

Returning to the wine, he said: "It's me. I can't come in, I'm going to ask the emperor's grandmother, and the emperor's grandmother has no time to see me. That's the only way. Sister, did you break into the palace the night before yesterday?"

Chang Ji retracted the Kun Yi sword to his waist, nodded and said: "Yes."

He returned to the wine and said: "Sister, how can you be so confused? The imprisoned guards have been released, but they refused to let you go. I went to the empress to argue, and she said that you intended to break into the palace when the martial law was changed. Punishment for the crime of rebellion, thinking that you are the princess of the royal family, you were not imprisoned in the sky prison, and you were only locked up and guarded first. Breaking into the palace is a serious crime, and the empress and second sister will hold this big handle, so they will not let it go. "

She walked back and forth in the hall in a hurry, and said: "Right now, the emperor's grandmother is busy with the capture of the father, and has no time to care about her. It is better not to let her know about your intrusion into the palace. You can only wait for a few days, and wait for the father." After the matter is dealt with, I will go and ask her for a lenient treatment."

Chang Ji said: "How does the Empress Dowager plan to deal with the matter of His Majesty being captured?"

Returning to the wine, he said: "Father's capture has not been disclosed to the outside world, and it is still a secret matter in the palace. I only found out that the emperor's grandmother summoned the patriarch Cangyu and the right minister alone yesterday, as if she intended to establish a new monarch... ..."

When she said this, she couldn't help but burst into tears and said: "My father is in the enemy camp now, if a new king is established at this time, how will he deal with himself? If the emperor's grandmother really abandons his father like this, it will be really chilling."

Chang Wei sneered and said: "Your Majesty is the blood of the Cangyu clan, and the mother clan of the three princes is also the Cangyu clan. They are all from their Cangyu clan. It is different who sits on the throne? Another new king, both Taking care of the overall situation and complying with the Cangyu clan's wishes, why would they not do it?"

Hearing what she said in Huijiu, wept even more sadly.

(End of this chapter)