After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Chapter 445: Escaping is still not easy

Jiang Lina prefers Han men.

But she had never thought of marrying to Dongyu. No matter how foolish she was, she still knew that as a woman, she could only do whatever she wanted in her own country, especially the daughter of the Wang family, who won the hearts of at least two princes of Dongyu with her charming looks, but ended up being beheaded because of her. If she was really sent to Dongyu for "marriage" by her two ungrateful brothers, she would have died even more miserably than Jiang Mo!

Jiang Lina was so frightened that she didn't dare to stay in the Weiyang Palace to take care of the patient. She ran back to her princess residence without even saying hello to Empress Dowager Yao.

But he did not forget to inquire about the situation in Weiyang Palace.

Lianggu, the "first maid", did not dare to hide anything from her master except that she had the courage to give Jiang Lina the Xiangbai medicine.

"It is said that His Royal Highness Prince Zhenlan personally dispatched a hundred palace guards to escort not only Xuanshi, Wangshi and their thief guards in Baoguang Palace, but also the dozens of thief guards left in the envoy post out of the capital. I dare not let my guard down and have made a thorough investigation... No matter Xuanshi, Wangshi's group, or the thief guards in the envoy post, none of them resisted. What's even more strange is that the palace maids in Baoguang Palace, including Weishi, have also left the capital."

Jiang Lina then realized that she had forgotten to settle accounts with Madam Wei.

He grinned and said, "Perhaps the Queen Mother has come to her senses. Although I didn't remind her, she told my second brother to treat Wei as an accomplice of Xuan and Wang and execute them."

Liang Gu: ...

Thinking about what would happen if the Queen found out that things were not what she expected and she did not remind her to be on guard, it would be a disaster. As a slave, she could not care about the overall situation. The most important thing was to save her own life: "But those palace servants in Baoguang Palace are not from Dongyu. For example, Yang Neichen obeys the orders of Your Majesty. The Queen Mother will not send them to Tongguan to be beheaded, right?

Moreover, I have also inquired that His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhenlan did not take the Yu Envoy out of the city through the Wei'an Gate, but ordered him to open the Pingwu Gate. The Yu Envoy should have left the city through the Pingwu Gate!"

Although Jiang Lina was uneducated, she was familiar with the gates of Chang'an and finally realized something was wrong: "If we go to Tongguan, we should go through Wei'an Gate. If we go out of Pingwu Gate, shouldn't it lead to Wuguan Road?"

"Your Highness, why don't you ask Prince Zhenhuang directly?" Liang Gu cleverly pulled Jiang Yan to resist the wrath of the emperor.

But before Jiang Lina could further verify, an official came to Da Shangchen's house to ask for a meeting. This official had accepted Jiang Lina's bribe early in the morning and leaked a lot of information about Da Shangchen's likes and deeds to *** in order for her to win Da Shangchen's "heart". Even though Jiang Lina was anxious to confirm the suspicion that made her upset, she did not forget to worry about the safety of her "lover" at this time, and kept shouting "Please come in".

Then there is no need to go to Jiang Yan for confirmation.

"What did you say?! His Majesty's order is to send Xuan and Wang to the Lantian Palace?!"

The subordinate sighed and said, "You really shouldn't instigate the Queen Mother to disobey the king's order at this moment. Please don't get angry first. I am actually conveying the words of the Grand Minister."

Only Da Shangchen could make Jiang Lina suppress her anger at being fooled.

"Because Lord Shenyuan has not returned to Henan, Dongyu has already sent more troops to Xiangyang. If Your Majesty kills Lord Shenyuan at this time, Dongyu's imperial army will attack Wuguan directly. Although Wancheng is still controlled by Northern Zhao, Northern Zhao will definitely not stop Dongyu at this time. Therefore, Lord Shenyuan's life and death is actually related to the survival of the Han Dynasty, and even the fate of the Shangchen... Your Majesty is also forced to accept this plan recommended by Madam Wei to conceal the truth."

"That bitch Wei! I'm going to the palace right now to tell my mother!"

"You can't do that." The subordinates crawled on their backs, with an extremely respectful attitude: "In fact, the one who humiliated you was not the Lord, but only the Left Deputy Envoy. No wonder you were so angry and Da Shangchen was also indignant. Fortunately, Da Shangchen is guarding Wuguan at this time and is not restricted by the closure of Kyoto. When the war situation stabilizes, Da Shangchen can try to assassinate the Left Deputy Envoy and relieve you of your hatred."

Jiang Lina thought of Jiang Cang's fierce and cold eyes, and actually didn't dare to do anything wrong at this time.

Not to mention that she was even more delighted to hear that her "lover" was willing to plan to assassinate Yingshu for her.

The subordinate said, "But this is against the order of His Majesty. In fact... His Majesty really wants to take the Left Deputy Envoy into his harem after the war is quelled."

"Brother, your lust has blinded your mind!"

"After all, Wuguan is still hundreds of miles away from Lantian, and the Grand Minister cannot mobilize the imperial guards to carry out the assassination. If we want to succeed, we have to borrow your manpower. Therefore, you must not alert the enemy, even to His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhenhuang. You must not reveal that you know that the Dongyu envoy is now placed in the Lantian Palace."

"Although I have two hundred guards in my mansion, the capital is now under martial law, and these two hundred guards cannot leave the city. How can I send them to Da Shangchen for deployment?" Jiang Lina has already started asking questions, which means that she is willing to loan the staff to Da Shangchen.

The subordinates had already thought of a solution: "After more than ten days, when the Queen Mother has recovered from her illness and the Queen and General Jiang feel relieved, Your Highness only needs to discuss it with Prince Zhenhuang in private. Your Highness can only say that he is worried about the safety of Da Shangchen. Although the number of 200 personal soldiers is not large, they are willing to risk their lives to protect Da Shangchen in times of crisis. Please ask Prince Zhenhuang to let your personal soldiers accompany him when he is escorting military supplies and food."

Jiang Lina wished she could go to Wuguan and reunite with Da Shangchen.

After all, I still can't take the risk and I don't have that much courage.

Now Tongguan and Wuguan are still difficult to secure, so staying in the capital must be the safest. Not to mention that if she disappears, Queen Wu will definitely be alerted. What if Jiang Yan can't stand the pressure and tells Queen Wu that she has escaped from the capital and went to Wuguan with two hundred personal soldiers? Will Queen Wu still not think that she is likely to assassinate Wang Yingshu? If she stays in the capital, she will occasionally appear under Queen Wu's nose, so Queen Wu will not notice that her personal guards have "escaped". With her paralyzing Queen Wu in Weiyang Palace, it will be easier for Da Shangchen to succeed!

Yingshu and his group finally arrived at the Lantian Palace.

Lantian is only a hundred miles away from Chang'an. Since ancient times, it has been known as the Qin-Chu Grand Road and the key point of the Three Auxiliary Provinces. In fact, it is also a military stronghold. It's just that the Northern Han Dynasty still firmly holds Wuguan Pass. As long as Wuguan Pass is not lost, Lantian is not that important. The Lantian Palace was built on the side of the Ba River. This palace was built during the reign of the Xiahou family. After the founding of the Northern Han Dynasty, although Jiang Xiongying repaired the Lantian Palace, he did not often come here for inspection. There were less than a hundred palace servants on duty in the palace. The duties of these palace servants were only to prevent the palace from being dilapidated and to prevent theft.

When Jiang Tai allowed Yingshu and others to move to the Lantian Palace to avoid the "Empress Dowager's Dilemma", he was bound to let Madam Wei go with them. After all, the Weiyang Palace still needed Queen Wu to be in charge, and the Northern Han side would have to "spend" a person of equal status to come to the palace to arrange various trivial matters. After all, the many female family members had always thought that only Gao and Madam Wei had the most contact with Dianjun and Yingshu. After all, Jiang Tai no longer trusted Gao.

The Lantian Palace was not too far from Chang'an, and Wuguan was much safer than Tongguan. Moreover, after arriving at Lantian County, they would need to take a boat to cross the Ba River to reach the palace built on the foothills. This would prevent the envoys from attempting to "escape" and getting into violent conflict with the palace guards when the envoys' guards were almost on par with the Northern Han palace guards. Even if the palace guards were collectively subdued and without boats, it would be difficult for the envoys to cross the Ba River, and they would not flee to the wilderness and become bandits. Therefore, when Madam Wei advised to avoid the Lantian Palace, Jiang Tai felt that this was the most convenient and worry-free way.

"Jiang Tai has never been to the palace." Madam Wei stood beside Ying Shu, walking up a mountain corridor. The autumn wind filled the long corridor. Although it had been repaired, the red paint was still peeling in some places. Madam Wei's eyes were also filled with endless desolation: "I have been here."

Her child, who was destined to die young, was buried in Lantian. She stayed in the palace for some time while she sent the child to the burial place.

Soon, she would leave here, but she had never thought of going to the mausoleum to say goodbye to the little wronged soul. At the end of the mountain corridor was the Zhongnan Tower. Climbing the tower and looking around, the scenery was full of autumn. Madam Wei's eyes deliberately avoided a certain direction. She asked Yingshu: "Does Deputy Envoy Zuo believe that the body will disappear after death, but the soul will live forever?"

Yingshu didn't know why Madam Wei came to the palace last time, but she had a vague guess. Madam Wei might not have done it on purpose when she came to Zhongnan today, but she subconsciously wore a white dress, her long black hair tied up high, with only a wooden hairpin as decoration, and no makeup or eyebrow pencil. This outfit certainly couldn't have been because of the national mourning that had already ended.

Yingshu thought that perhaps only she could understand Mrs. Wei's feelings at this moment.

Both of them are ashamed mothers of their children.

Whether before or after her rebirth, Yingshu prayed that there were no souls in the world. Her Changle was so young that she could not feel joy, anger, love or hate, and she had experienced less pain. If the soul had consciousness, it would definitely be confused and question why her parents, one strangled her and the other abandoned her. The soul that was troubled for a long time received no response.

"People are conscious only when they are alive," she said.

She had experienced death and knew that there would be no consciousness after death and that the end of life would be true extinction. Perhaps this was lucky. She was no longer a soul. Thanks to the fact that she was no longer just a powerless soul, the right to choose was back in her hands. Her first choice was to not let Changle experience life and death again.

What a poor child, life or death is never decided by himself.

As a mother, she is so cruel and heartless.

Inadvertently, Yingshu's hand touched Madam Wei's hand, and Madam Wei's fingers were cold.

The wind on the top of Zhongnan Building was faster and stronger, but the thick clothes on her body were not enough to resist it. Only when one person's hands were warm could she feel that another person's hands were cold. Yingshu knew that this coldness had nothing to do with the autumn wind.

"I'll take my leave first." said Mrs. Wei.

In fact, three people went up the tower. Mrs. Wei originally wanted to act as a guide. She remembered clearly that the last time she went up the Zhongnan Tower, she almost couldn't resist the urge to jump down. It was hatred that supported her to suppress such a crazy desire. She thought she was calm enough now, but standing here, for a moment, she still wanted to fall into the "paradise" of eternal unconsciousness, but she was not qualified, not now.

Madam Wei bowed to Sikong Yuehu.

She already knew that the mysterious guard beside Deputy Envoy Zuo was none other than the Fourth Prince of Dayu.

In the desolate sky, a row of flying geese flew by. When Yingshu watched the geese fly south, someone approached her. In fact, they were not going up to the tower for secret talks, and there was no need to whisper now. Yingshu was a little bothered by Sikong Yuehu's deliberate approach, but she felt that such a distance would not be considered an offense. If she showed it, it would be rude and pretentious.

"Wuguan Pass has not been lost, there is no imperial guard stationed in Lantian, and there are only more than 20 yamen runners in the county government. However, most of the Qiang yamen runners are good at riding and shooting. Now, between the enemy and us, even if we count Yang Neichen and others, our numbers are still not at an advantage." Sikong Yuehu said.

They were talking about serious matters, of course they were talking about serious matters, and Yingshu felt a little more at ease.

Although she was not in Jiankang, Sikong Yuehu was still a member of the envoy's guard. She was not wearing clothes that had been carefully scented by the maids, and of course she did not emit body odor just because her life was not as good as usual. Although there was no trace of odor, Yingshu always felt that because of Sikong Yuehu's presence, she was as if she was shrouded in an inexplicable aura, which made her suddenly hope that the autumn wind in Lantian would be stronger.

"The one hundred palace guards transferred from Weiyang Palace are equipped with bows and crossbows, twenty crossbowmen, and the remaining eighty people should all be skilled in archery. We are only equipped with swords, which can only be used for close combat. Even the Xiaoyao needle can only attack enemies within ten steps."

Hearing Sikong Yuehu say this, Yingshu frowned: "Don't we have the support of the Ran clan?"

"Ran Zhugu will meet us on the other side of the Ba River and ensure that we leave Wuguan safely. But if we cross the Ba River to meet him, it will alert the palace guards first."

Yingshu couldn't help but look at the person next to her. She didn't believe that this person had not anticipated the situation he had just mentioned.

"I want to hear what countermeasures Deputy Envoy Zuo has." Sikong Yuehu also looked at Yingshu.

Yingshu looked away.

She felt that she was not feeling uncomfortable, but was paying attention to the terrain. Originally, she went up the tower today to observe the layout of the Lantian Palace in order to plan a specific escape route. This was not the highest point, but the view from the Zhongnan Tower was wide enough. Yingshu found the palace where they were temporarily staying at a glance.

As an envoy, it was of course impossible for him to live openly in the "inner area" of the palace, and he even had to avoid the main hall located on the central axis.

"We now live in Baohua Palace on the east road. We only need to pass through two gates to reach the palace ferry. But because we live in Baohua Palace, there are hundreds of palace guards on duty at the Dongping Gate. We must first break through the Dongping Gate before we can take a boat to cross the Ba River." Yingshu said.

In fact, there are no boats on standby at the palace ferry. If they want to escape, they must wait for the boat to arrive from the other side first. But on the Dongping Gate Tower, the palace guards of the Northern Han Dynasty will definitely take turns patrolling and will definitely notice the boats coming. When they find something unusual, they will certainly not remain indifferent. Just now, Sikong Yuehu explained that the weapons and equipment of both sides are very different in strength. Bows and crossbows that can attack from a long distance will pose a direct threat to their lives and safety!

Although Jiang Tai would not have the intention to kill the envoys from Dayu, he would certainly not let them escape. These one hundred palace guards were Jiang Tai's confidants. Not to mention Madam Wei, even Wu Ziwei probably did not have absolute command power. When they were sure that they could no longer "peacefully detain" the envoys from Dayu, they would of course "kill them first and report later."

Ying Shu had previously thought that Sikong Yuehu had already come up with a plan to deal with this, but now that Sikong Yuehu had asked her to come up with a plan, she realized...

The situation was not optimistic, and why should she entrust her life and death to Sikong Yuehu again? ? ?

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