On the long palace road, His Royal Highness led a team of guards and galloped wildly. The sound of horse hooves disturbed the hearts of all the people in the palace in the dark night.

"Your Highness! Riding the horse at night, Your Majesty will blame you~" A guard who rode the horse closely next to the prince couldn't help reminding him that after nightfall, according to the rules of the palace, if it is not an emergency military situation on the palace road, or it is the court. If something serious happens, you must not ride your horse and gallop without authorization. If you disturb His Majesty, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be punished.

"If the father is to blame, I will bear it alone!" His Highness the Crown Prince pursed his lips. For some reason, he always felt uneasy tonight, his heart was beating hard, and he always wanted to go back to the palace to take a look. What are you looking at?he does not know.However, if he were to stay at the elder brother's house for one night, he might not even be able to sleep peacefully that night.

"Shang Qiulu, what exactly do you want to say?" The empress watched helplessly as the nanny and the palace people opened the doors and windows of the main hall. There was no place to hide, and Ah Chou didn't dare to let people get too close. But the Yang Palace was brightly lit, and the courtyard was eerily quiet.

The queen did not expect that she had been shrewd all her life, but in the end, she was also restrained by a little guard who was like an ant without foundation. For a while, her mind was buzzing, and she even forgot the sheet music of the queen in the palace.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be nervous. This subordinate just has a few words in his heart. In the past, he did not dare to share with his Majesty because of his superiority and inferiority. Today, my time is approaching, and I don't care about that much anymore. I simply say it happily and saves money. I am alone on the road to Huangquan!" Shang Qiulu smiled, pinching the queen's hand but not relaxing at all, with the other hand twisting the exquisite snacks on the table and taking two bites, and then he said slowly——

"Your Majesty, do you know that as a mother, you have suffered a complete failure! You don't understand His Highness the Crown Prince you raised with your own hands, and you thought that His Highness the Crown Prince secretly drew portraits of his subordinates and hid them, and you did something wrong. Have thoughts? That would be too much to look down on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Your Highness has always been respectful and filial to His Majesty and you, and has never disobeyed, and will not disobey you and His Majesty for the sake of the impossible thoughts in his heart, regardless of your and His Majesty's ardent expectations for him. Since Your Highness has decided Hiding the portrait means that you have let go of the unspeakable thoughts towards your subordinates."

"So, why are you in such a hurry to let your subordinates die? You are not afraid, but this death of your subordinates will make His Royal Highness never forget it?"

"Presumptuous! Why does the prince hate this queen mother for a lowly person like you?" The empress seemed to have thought of something, and her face turned pale instantly.

"Well, even if a lowly person like this subordinate is not worthy of your highness's concern, you are going to kill the most powerful guard commander around the prince with just a portrait. Let me ask, what should your majesty do if you ask your majesty and your highness the prince?" Confession?"

"My palace gave death to a guard who committed a crime. Does it mean that your majesty and the crown prince still have to punish this palace?" The queen sneered.

"How could it be? This subordinate just wants to say, if you do this, not only will His Highness the Crown Prince be disappointed, but His Majesty will also be dissatisfied. Naturally, there is nothing to be afraid of, but what about you, Madam? , to make His Majesty unhappy, and to make the Crown Prince renounced, I'm afraid that you will lose money in this transaction."

"You!!!" The queen finally figured out what it was that she had been worrying about just now!

Yes!

Shang Qiulu is not only a bodyguard next to the prince, but also a member of His Majesty's secret guard camp, and he personally promised to reward the prince as a personal bodyguard. How would His Majesty think of such a reckless death of a person?

The queen broke out in a cold sweat instantly.

The well-maintained nails were firmly clasped on the phoenix seat, and the veins on the back of the hands were bulging.The face that was no longer young was so distorted that it could almost be called ferocious.

However, it was the woman who had been running the palace for decades. The queen was only panicked for a moment, and then calmed down immediately. The hand on the phoenix seat also relaxed, and she returned to her usual calm——

"Even so, I still have a hundred ways to make you disappear from this world without anyone noticing!" the queen said coldly.

"Of course my subordinates know that in the inner courtyard of the palace, it would be a no-brainer for the empress to let a person die silently," Shang Qiulu said coldly. I once wished to escape the catastrophe, but I wanted to ask the empress to give my subordinates a decent death for the sake of His Majesty and the Prince..."

"His Royal Highness!" Before the words were finished, Prince Wang Kunfeng led a team of guards into Zhengyang Palace.

In Zhengyang Palace, the Imperial Forest Army's swords faced each other, and the sharp blades shone with a biting cold light under the light of the candlelight.

"Feng'er..." The empress looked at the cold-faced prince, and couldn't help but panic.He even forgot that he was still being kidnapped by Shang Qiulu, struggling and wanted to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to explain.

Seeing the prince coming, Shang Qiulu couldn't help but let go of the hand that imprisoned the queen's neck.

"Yu Linjun, take down this traitor!" Ah Chou rushed forward with his men.

"Who dares to touch him?" With a cold face, His Royal Highness shook off the Queen's hand, and pulled Shang Qiulu behind him.

"Mother, I don't know what mistake Shang's guards made to make such a big move against the empress?"

"Feng'er, listen to what the mother said..." Seeing that the son's expression was not the same as before, the queen knew that he was suspicious, so she hurriedly opened her mouth to explain.

"The Empress just got a portrait painted by His Highness the Crown Prince by 'accidentally', and mistakenly thought that his subordinates seduced His Highness astray, so she was very angry, and wanted to kill her subordinates while His Highness was out of the palace. "Left and right are also torn skins. Shang Qiulu always puts self-protection first, so naturally he doesn't want to let the queen distort the facts at this time. Anyway, he will die sooner or later, so it won't let the queen have a good life!

As for His Royal Highness, who seems to have a crush on him?

What does that have to do with the Queen?

What he owed His Royal Highness the crown prince, he will not be clear in this life, and he will pay it back in the next life. As for what the queen owes him, with his vengeful nature, how can he wait in the next life?You have to report it in this life first!

"Shut up!" The queen's eyes were tearing, and she almost wanted to tear Shang Qiulu apart, but she found sadly that her son, whom she regarded as her life, had firmly guarded the criminal behind him.

"Where's the portrait?" Wang Kunfeng gave the queen a complicated look.He knew that his mother had arranged some people in his womb. He used to think that it was his mother's overprotection of him, but now it seems that those people are still the queen's people. What is known is only the love that is hidden in the heart without a shred of hope.

Now, does the queen mother not even keep this thought for herself?

The queen's hands hidden under her wide sleeves were clenched tightly. She didn't want to answer this question, because she knew her son's character. Her Feng'er was good at everything, but there was one thing, she never let innocent people suffer for him. It is also what His Majesty appreciates most about him. The most important thing for a country's heir is to be responsible!

In the past, this was what the queen admired most about her son, but now, it was also what she feared the most.

"The portrait your Highness wants is the one in your subordinate's hands, right?" Shang Qiulu picked up the portrait that fell on the ground, and unfolded it halfway with a smile, just revealing his own face.

"Qiu Lu, I..." His Royal Highness was suddenly exposed in front of his sweetheart, and he couldn't help feeling a little flustered. Thinking of what the Queen Mother did today, and the Imperial Forest Army waiting outside Zhengyang Palace, don't worry. Guess everyone knows that everything is caused by this painting that I secretly drew.

If he doesn't arrive in time tonight, will Shang Qiulu be harmed because of his painting?He didn't even dare to think about the consequences!

His Royal Highness was so ashamed that he hardly dared to look directly at Shang Qiulu's bright and beautiful eyes.

All this was caused by his negligence, almost...he killed Shang Qiulu!

"Your Highness, I will not return this portrait to you. I have lived for so many years, and this is the first time someone has taken a portrait of me. I will keep it for future funerals!" Shang Qiulu smiled. The portrait was rolled up again and solemnly stuffed into his bosom.

His Royal Highness blushed, but his bitter heart seemed to jump into a hot spring in an instant, ironing and warming.It's like a young man who has just begun to fall in love. He tried his best to draw a portrait of his sweetheart. He thought he would have no chance to send it out, but he never expected to win the favor of his sweetheart by accident...In the hall, the blade was cold and solemn, and the smile on the face of His Highness the Crown Prince But he couldn't stop, his heart almost melted in Shang Qiulu's rare warm smile.

It was the happiest moment of his life.

He knew that he should not have no feelings for him.

The queen looked at her son's sweet and slightly shy expression, she almost gritted her silver teeth with hatred for a moment, and pierced her palm with the nails clutched in her palm, but she felt no pain at all.Compared with the anger in her heart, what is this little pain?

but--

The queen sneered, no matter what the reason for today is, Shang Qiulu's accusation of kidnapping her as a queen cannot be escaped, and His Majesty will never hurt the face of her, the Queen of the Palace, for such a lowly guard, no matter what, Shang Qiulu will surely die today!

As long as this slut dies, her emperor will definitely not want her as a queen mother, right?Just like his hypocritical father, he still thinks about Gong Shi who abandoned him for his son, but in the end, he wants to make her the queen?

"Mother, my son will tell you about this matter at another time. It's all a misunderstanding. Qiu Lu committed the crime for self-protection. The son will severely punish him when he returns. Please also ask the mother to see that Qiu Lu saved his son's life. Your Majesty, let him be spared this time, shall we?" The crown prince firmly grasped Shang Qiulu's wrist, as if this would give him the greatest protection.

"Your Highness! The traitor just hijacked Your Majesty with the intention of harming Your Majesty! Your Majesty is His Highness's biological mother!" The queen did not speak, but the old woman who had followed her for decades could not help but knelt down, with a strong tone in her tone. "Your Highness is a son of man, don't you know how to be filial to your mother? How much has your Majesty suffered for His Highness?!"

"The mother's kindness to her son, the son will use everything he has to repay! However, Qiulu is innocent, he doesn't know the son's thoughts on him... Please let the mother see it for the sake of his ignorance. My son, please forgive him this time? All mistakes are the son's fault. If the father blames him for this, the son is willing to accept any punishment!" His Royal Highness the crown prince looked at the queen firmly, and he has been doing it for so many years. Mother and son, he couldn't understand what the queen mother was thinking. He didn't make trouble at this moment, but he didn't want to destroy his image as a good mother in his heart. The serious crime of hijacking the queen didn't need the queen mother to do it herself. Such a slave can't be tolerated, who would dare to have such a slave who kidnaps and threatens the master at the slightest disagreement?

Shang Qiulu came out from the secret guard camp of the palace all the way, and knew many secrets under his father's hands. Once he was abandoned by his father, there was only one way left for him, and that was death!

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told his mother with his eyes, let Shang Qiulu go, everyone is fine, if she dares to hurt him with other means, then his son will definitely carry everything for Shang Qiulu in front of his father guilt!

Love, because of him; evil, he should pay for it!

"Wang Kunfeng!" The queen read the deep meaning in her son's eyes and yelled out of control.

"Mother's queen!" Wang Kunfeng refused to give an inch, and Shang Qiulu's life was at stake, not to mention offending the mother's anger, so what if he lost his position as the crown prince?

"Alternatively, the son personally went to ask the father to plead guilty, asking the father to deprive the son of the crown prince?" Wang Kunfeng threw out his last trump card.

He knew that the queen mother was reluctant!

really--

"Get out! Get the hell out of here!" The Empress lost her last trace of reason, and casually grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it over. The slightly cold tea splashed on Wang Kunfeng's face, staining her fair and handsome face. A few tea leaves, looking a bit embarrassed, but he smiled very happily.

He knew that the queen mother was finally reluctant.

He hated his crown prince.

I can't bear to part with... the honor of the future empress dowager!

"Your Highness..." Shang Qiulu didn't expect that he could walk out of Zhengyang Palace alive tonight, and was a little dazed for a while.

It was rare to see him in such a daze, His Royal Highness was amused, a little sad, and there was a trace of unbearable fear.

Almost, they will be separated from each other.

"What are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you go back to the palace with Gu? Gu just rushed all the way back and didn't even have dinner! Go back and have dinner with Gu!" His Royal Highness grabbed Shang Qiulu's wrist.

"Qiu Lu takes orders!" Shang Qiulu smiled slightly, and rarely broke free from his palm, and let him pull her obediently, walking all the way to the uterus.

What was bulging in his arms was the portrait that almost killed him.

However, they were too happy after all.

How could the emperor not hear the news that something as big as the kidnapping of the empress happened in Zhengyang Palace?As soon as His Highness the Crown Prince led Shang Qiulu out of Zhengyang Palace, he saw Fushuang, the chief inspector next to his father, leading a team of imperial guards guarding the aisle outside the door, silently.

It's obviously His Majesty's will. I don't want to make too much noise tonight. The mother of a country was hijacked by a man in the middle of the night and spread the word. No matter what the reason is, it is always a disgraceful thing.

However, just as the empress knew about this majesty, no matter what the reason, as a slave, hijacking and threatening your master is an unforgivable capital crime!If this is the case, I don't know how many slaves will follow suit in the future. As their masters, the closest people are not their relatives and friends, but these slaves who follow closely. If he lets Shang Qiulu go, those slaves will We learn from others, so what's the matter?

"His Royal Highness, the Shang guards, His Majesty has an order, His Highness Xuan will meet with the Shang guards." Fu Shuang clasped his hands.

Wang Kunfeng's eyebrows twitched, and cold sweat broke out in the hand that was holding Shang Qiulu tightly.

Just now he argued with his mother's mother, and even used her mother's love for him to threaten her, but because he knew that her mother would not bear to hurt him no matter what.

However, if the matter is known to the emperor...

"Your Highness, let's go, don't keep His Majesty waiting." Shang Qiulu smiled, but didn't break free from the hand that the prince was holding on to.

Because he knew a long time ago that the time left for him in this world is running out.

Before he died, he could be led by someone who really liked him, with the best portrait he had painted in his life in his arms, and even be rewarded by His Majesty with a slightly more decent way of death, he was already content. .

"Qiu Lu, don't be afraid, there is an orphan here!" His Highness the Crown Prince held his hand tightly, planning for the worst in his heart.

The big deal is that he just doesn't want to be the prince. A prince can't marry a male concubine, but a prince or county king can, right?The elder brother is also the king of the county, isn't he going to marry shopkeeper Bai tomorrow?

However, thinking of this, His Highness the Crown Prince felt a little sorry for the eldest brother. The eldest brother came back with great difficulty, and finally got married with Shopkeeper Bai. I am afraid that neither the father nor the mother will be in the mood tomorrow if this incident happened tonight. Are you going to officiate the wedding for your elder brother?

When the crown prince took Shang Qiulu to the past, he happened to meet the concubine Xian who came out of the hall. Tomorrow was the wedding of King Qinghe, and His Majesty just ordered someone to call her over. He said that the queen contracted a sudden illness. Attend Prince Qinghe's wedding in person, order her to make some preparations, and accompany His Majesty to the Prince's Mansion tomorrow. Prince Qinghe is kind to Saburo in nurturing him. Elder brothers are like fathers. It is only natural for Concubine Xian to help Zhang Luo's marriage as an elder. of.

"His Royal Highness, it's so late, why don't you stay at the Prince's Mansion tonight?" Concubine Xian also knew that the Prince had brought his family and children to congratulate the Prince of Qinghe County, so he should stay there tonight and accompany the Prince of Qinghe County tomorrow. Greeting relatives together is the way to go, why did you come back so late?

"Concubine Xian, I have something important to report to my father." The crown prince didn't want to say more, and the concubine was also anxious to go back to choose the clothes for tomorrow's wedding banquet, so she said goodbye and left.

"Abduct the empress, threaten the empress! You two, how courageous!" The emperor already knew the whole story of what happened in Zhengyang Palace tonight, and when he saw them coming in and holding hands, he suddenly became furious, and a teacup flew over.

Shang Qiulu broke free from His Royal Highness holding his hand, flew in front of the prince, and threw the teacup vigorously, smashing his forehead in an instant, bleeding profusely, but he didn't dare to wipe it, just stepped on it. He knelt down silently holding the broken porcelain.

This world is so unreasonable, even if it is the master's fault, if there is a little bit of it, it is the fault of these slaves.Not to mention that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been of noble character, who wouldn't praise him in civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty?Now that he has fallen in love with such a lowly servant like him, I am afraid that in the eyes of His Majesty, he is the one who seduced his son and ruined him?

"Father! Everything is the son's fault! It has nothing to do with the merchant guards!" His Highness the Crown Prince also knelt down with a plop, ignoring his knees being pierced by the shattered teacup fragments, prostrated himself, kneeling in front of the emperor and eagerly explained, "The son loves the guards of the merchants, but there is a difference between masters and servants. He never dared to think about it. He just secretly drew a portrait and hid it in the study, but he didn't expect to be discovered by his mother. This caused today's incidents. There are thousands of mistakes. The fault is all son's fault, Shang Shiwei doesn't know anything!"

"If you know it or not, the master will punish you, and the slave should lead him. If he dares to kidnap the empress, he will be punished without pardon!" This is what the emperor was really angry about.To be honest, if the prince really likes this bodyguard, as the father, if he is happy, it is not impossible for him to reward Shang Qiulu to the prince. Can't even afford to support a thing?

What he was really angry about was that Shang Qiulu dared to kidnap his master as a slave!This wind can never rise!

"Father! Father wants to be killed or cut to pieces. My son has no complaints. I just beg Father to spare Qiu Lu!" The prince knew that this incident touched the emperor's back, and he didn't dare to make excuses. He only hoped to keep Shang Qiu. Lu Yiming, even if he is exiled for three thousand miles... With Shang Qiulu's skill, self-protection is no problem, and when things calm down in the future, he will find a way to rescue him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Crown Prince, I know that death is inevitable, I just ask Your Majesty to reward you with a decent way of death for your hard work in the past!" Shang Qiulu bowed and kowtowed.

To be able to meet this silly cat before dying, and to know that there is still someone who likes and misses him in this world, so he has not come to this world in vain.

"Shang Qiulu, shut up!" His Royal Highness said bitterly.Father didn't want to spare his life, but he still said that, could it be that he was afraid that he would die too slowly?

"Okay! As expected, he came from my secret guard camp. He has backbone! Come here, give me wine!"

"Royal Father!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cried out with a shattered liver and gallbladder.

"You son! Go away! This slave dares to hold your mother hostage, but you actually protect him? What about filial piety as a son of man?" It was not a big deal to give a slave to death. The emperor closed the door himself, just to give the prince Save some face, I didn't expect this child to be ungrateful, it's really annoying!

The poisoned wine had been prepared long ago, and the two inner eunuchs brought it out, poured the wine, put it on a plate and handed it to Shang Qiulu: "Shang's bodyguard, the imperial wine that His Majesty rewarded you, please use it!"

"Shang Qiulu! Don't drink!" The prince stood up and wanted to rush over, but was trapped by the guards who had already been waiting by his side.

"His Royal Highness, it's late at night, go back and rest earlier! Starting tonight, Qiulu will no longer be able to keep watch for His Highness." Shang Qiulu smiled slightly, and covered his chest with his free hand.

There is hidden the most precious portrait of his life.

Come to think of it, His Majesty would allow him to be buried with this portrait for the sake of his calm death, right?

The bony hand held up the small jade wine glass.

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