Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 235 Lingxiao Terrace

The three masters and servants of the Crown Princess walked towards the East Palace with complicated emotions.

"What is this?" Shuang'er handed the jade ring in her hand to Haitang.Haitang held it in his hand and looked at it, but he didn't recognize it either.

Cai Lian took it and looked at it and said, "I've seen it before. It's the pendant on the forbidden steps of the empress in the palace. When a concubine is canonized, she will be given a forbidden step and hang it on the outside of her skirt. This small ring is hung at the bottom. There are nine rings in total. The faster you walk, the smaller rings will make a sound when they hit each other."

"Why is there no empress in the East Palace?" Shuang'er asked again.

"This is a husband's training. You probably have to have the prince become the emperor to train him, right?" Cai Lian wasn't sure either.

Haitang didn't care about this and only took the words and asked: "That means this is not Su Manzhen's thing, it should belong to other empresses in the palace?" She just wants to see the prince as soon as possible. She wants to tell him all these doubts. , she believed that as long as the prince was here, there would be no unsolvable problems.

However, there was no prince in the East Palace, only a messy East Palace and a group of panicked palace residents.

"Okay, okay! The Crown Princess is back!" When the servants and maids saw the Crown Princess bursting into tears and smiling, they all gathered around.Ji'er and Mammy also came over. They didn't know whether to touch the things on the ground.

"What's going on?" The princess was shocked, fearing that something had happened to the prince!
"Mother, the royal guards came to search the palace just now and found a stack of letters in the prince's outer study. I asked Chang Xi to go out and inquire about it. They said that the prince colluded with the rebel Li Li to rebel. Now he is banned in Lingxiao Terrace. No one can You can't visit!" Ji'er said in one breath, her eyes were red, and there were scratches on the back of her hands, which she thought she had just stopped Jin Yiwei from getting.

"Being banned from Lingxiao Tower?" The Crown Princess stopped and said, "Not being imprisoned in the prison of the clan's mansion means there is no reliable evidence. We still have time!"

After saying that, she turned around and said to the palace maids and chamberlains beside her: "Mama Cui, take care of the East Palace, restore it to its original state and clean it up. You do your own thing well, and the prince will come back. Aunt Liu, just now Concubine Su suddenly had a heart attack in the Imperial Garden, and she is gone. Go to the palace and ask about the funeral, what else does our East Palace need to do.

Chang Le, go to Qinghe Palace quietly and tell Concubine Ji about the prince.Tell her not to worry, the prince has not rebelled, he will be fine.

Chang Xi, you and Shuang'er go to the warehouse to pick up some silver, then quietly go to Lingxiaotai to pack some, and send some clothes and bedding to the prince.I'd like to ask again, if we don't go in, can we send some food every day?

Ji'er, sort out the crown prince's extramarital affairs and the extramarital affairs documents in my dowry, and hand them all over to Ling Yun of the prince's palace for management. Also tell Ling Feng what's inside, and he will go to my brother and Prince Chu to discuss it. . "

The Crown Princess arranged everything in an orderly manner, and everyone felt at ease. There are still people in the Eastern Palace giving orders, and the Eastern Palace has not collapsed yet!I only heard the concubine finally say: "Cailian, Caiqin, follow me to see the empress dowager."

As soon as the Crown Princess walked to the palace gate, Zhi Hua, the maid next to Princess Xu, came to invite her.I looked over and saw that Concubine Ji and Mrs. Sun, the adopted mother-in-law, were both there.Mrs. Sun is a second-grade imperial concubine. She took the opportunity to greet the Queen Mother and the Dowager Princess and came into the palace to give Haitang a message.

Mrs. Sun was also entrusted by her son to tell the concubine, concubine Ji and Haitang everything that happened in the court today.

"The emperor ignores government affairs and lets those chamberlains use chicken feathers as arrows! Is there someone who wants to take the throne to frame the prince?" Concubine Xu said angrily.Concubine Ji glanced at Haitang anxiously: "You are pregnant now, so don't worry too much. If something happens to you again, Zhan'er will be sad when he comes back."

Mrs. Sun nodded and said, "Your father and brother, your adoptive father, and the ministers who support the prince are all running outside. Don't worry, they will definitely rescue the prince."

Haitang knew it in her heart.She also told Concubine Xu and Concubine Ji about Su Manzhen's tragic death in the imperial garden today.This matter was overshadowed by the prince's house arrest, and they didn't even know about it.Hearing what Haitang said, everyone was shocked.

"The East Palace is really in trouble. I want to go back and burn a few more incense sticks!" Concubine Ji recited several times in her heart, and then asked: "If she wanted to harm the prince, why would Su Manzhen marry him? She would not Is it ruined?”

"I'm afraid she will marry or not." Concubine Xu sneered, "Who will benefit the most if the crown prince falls? A blind person can see it, so why bother to cover it up!"

After sending Madam Sun away, Haitang took out the jade ring from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Concubine Ji: "Concubine Mother, take a look, what is this?"

Concubine Ji thought it looked familiar, so she picked up the forbidden steps hanging from her skirt, compared them and asked: "Which concubine's forbidden steps did this fall off? Where did you get it?"

"This jade ring fell out of Su Manzhen's hand." Haitang looked at Concubine Ji and Concubine Xu and said, "I didn't dare to say something just now. I gave Su Manzhen first aid. She woke up for a moment and said four words: Dao Concubine and child. I dare not make wild guesses."

Concubine Ji and Concubine Xu thought about what had just happened and immediately understood what Haitang was suspecting. Suddenly, their faces changed: The queen is confusing the royal bloodline!
"But even if it is confirmed that this jade ring fell from the Taoist Concubine's forbidden steps, it doesn't mean anything. Now that Su Manzhen dies, neither the Queen nor Concubine Su will let this man go." Concubine Xu said carefully.

"Because Su Manzhen is considered a member of the East Palace, I only mentioned her. I wonder if someone will put the blame on the East Palace and make things difficult for the Crown Prince..." Haitang's eyes suddenly turned red, and he lowered his head, saying no more. Speak up.

Concubine Xu nodded and said, "Go back. I'll tell the Queen Mother, so don't run away." Haitang saluted the two of them and withdrew.

Haitang did not go back to the East Palace directly, she could not help but walk to Lingxiao Terrace.It seemed that everything in Nuoda's palace was pitch black, except for a glimmer of light that attracted her.

Lingxiao Terrace is built on an earth ridge. You have to climb 66 steps to reach the entrance of Lingxiao Terrace.The lonely old pavilion looked like an injured little beast lying on the ground panting, which made Haitang feel sad.

She touched her body and found that she didn't have the xun with her either. She only found the dental whistle that Xie Ruitan had given her when he first came back from the border town.Made of wolf fangs, the sound it makes is not loud, but sharp, and can be transmitted far. Xie Ruitan and the others often use it to respond to their teammates.

Haitang took out the dental whistle, put it to her mouth, and blew it for a long time.The voice came out, thin and anxious, and it seemed to be full of hesitant exploration: Ruifang, where are you?

Unexpectedly, a long tooth whistle sounded from the high Lingxiao Tower, thin but firm, and the voice was full of comfort and warmth.It's him!He whistled in response to her: Haitang, I'm here!
The two whistles hugged each other tightly in the air, and Cheng Haitang smiled and shed tears.

Yes, he is there, he has always been there!
(End of this chapter)