Overwhelming mountains and rivers

Chu Xuanzhao slept until midnight when the door of Jinxi Pavilion was suddenly slammed.

He got up and put on his clothes, opened the door, and the moonlight spilled in instantly.

It was cold, Chu Xuanzhao tightened his robe.

The person in front of the door stood behind the light, but Chu Xuanzhao could tell right away that it was Mo Yi, "What's wrong?"

Mo Yi would not wake himself up in the middle of the night if he had nothing urgent to do.

"My lord," Mo Yi's voice was a little deep, "Sixteen is back, with..., now at the west corner gate behind the palace."

Chu Xuanzhao nodded, he said he would not let them speak out.

"The things I asked you to prepare a while ago?" Chu Xuanzhao shook off his robe, put it on, and took the lantern on the wooden table behind the door and gave it to Mo Yi.

Mo Yi took it in one hand, took out the torch and blew on it, lifted the lampshade and lit the candle, "Go back to your lord, everything is ready."

"Go, follow me to the corner gate."

He had already analyzed this matter with Shen Qingjun. Since Gergis dared to abandon the princess in the wilderness like this, he naturally never thought that the princess would be found.

Both of the princess's legs were broken, and Gergis obviously wanted her to die there. In the desert, the sand and rocks changed almost every day, and the princess would just disappear into the endless desert in a short time.

At that time, Dayuan will know nothing about it, and Gergis, probably wearing his gentle mask, will convey to Dayuan the hymn of husband and wife harmony, beauty, and deep love.

If the predictions were correct, those maids must have met with misfortune, but Gergis just threw the princess away like an object. This was an intentional humiliation, and it was also revenge for the princess's destruction of the list.

Mo Shiliu was right, this Gergis is a lunatic.

How gentle the surface is, how perverted the heart is.

Judging from the current situation, Gergis apparently did not find a reason to report Dayuan's intentions for the princess' death, but wanted to completely cover up the matter and pretend that the princess was still alive.

After Chu Xuanzhao calmed down, he also knew the situation at this time, and rashly trying to expose it had no other purpose than to give the two countries a good reason to start a war.

But now, the internal affairs of the imperial court are unclear, Emperor Yuan listens and believes, and he has not yet controlled enough power. Obviously, it is not a good time to start a complete war.

But the princess still needs to be buried properly.

He didn't intend to reveal the matter, so he wanted as little as possible to be known.All the mansion knew were these three personal guards, all of whom he trusted extremely.Apart from them, it is himself, Shen Qingjun and Helian Xin.

What he wanted to defend the most was neither King Teng's people nor the emperor's side, but Li Shangnuo.

Once Li Shangnuo found out, he would definitely not be able to hide it from Princess Yuxuan, and Princess Jiazhen could be regarded as her replacement, otherwise, maybe the one lying here today would be Princess Yuxuan.One can imagine what kind of remorse and self-blame Yuxuan would feel if she knew about it.

This is a debt that can never be made up.

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The two soon arrived at the corner gate. Mo Shiliu and Feng Si knelt in the darkness with their heads down. In the center was a corpse wrapped in silk, and a strand of black hair could be seen at the end of the head Little pearl hairpin.

In the night wind, the smell of corruption quietly drifted away.

After all, Mo Shiliu came and went back and forth, and it was more than half a month since the princess died.

Chu Xuanzhao's steps were a little heavy, and he stretched out slightly trembling fingers, bending down to try to lift the silk cloth.

Mo Yi stopped him, "...My lord, don't look at it."

Chu Xuanzhao slowly withdrew his hand, but did not open it after all.After a long silence, a heavy sigh floated in the night wind, "Mo Yi, take Mo Shiliu and Feng Si, and bury the princess as I told you before."

"Yes."

In fact, for this younger sister, Chu Xuanzhao has never had a deep relationship with her, and she is rarely seen on weekdays. The most impressive impression of her is that she sits quietly and obediently in the royal family during the palace banquet.

However, after today, he might never forget that he had such a younger sister for the rest of his life.

To say sad, frankly, no.After all, there was never such a deep brother-sister relationship.

Yes, it was anger, hatred, and the determination to kill Gergis.

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"Have you met the princess?" Shen Qingjun vaguely sensed the almost indiscernible smell of rotting corpses on his body.

"Yeah. Mo Shiliu and Feng Si came back last night."

"I have something to do here as well. Yesterday evening, Helianxin sent a letter from Feige, saying that Liu Wenqing had sent Wanmin's petition to the capital, and it is estimated that he will arrive in the capital in three or two days."

"This matter is really thanks to Helian Guzhu. I have already sent people to contact Chen Yousi, and it should be easy to understand." Although Chen Yousi was impatient and had a bit of trouble with the governor Ma Liang, in the end Also an upright person.

It's just that there are some thoughts of competing for superiority.

Now that the letter of request was sent directly to Beijing, although he didn't make good use of it according to his original plan, the result was not too bad after all.

With Chen Yousi's temperament, this matter may not be better than the current result.

"The sky in Dayuan is about to change." Chu Xuanzhao looked at the gloomy sky and felt a little emotional for a moment.

The autumn wind became more and more urgent, and gradually turned into a howling wind, rolling up the fallen leaves all over the ground, making a rattling sound.

It was clearly still daytime, but half of the sky had already turned a grayish-yellow color.

"Qingjun, it's going to rain, let's go inside?" Chu Xuanzhao got up, picked up the teapot and two cups on the stone table, put them on the tray, and put one hand in front of him.

"Well, let's go."

It took only a cup of tea for the two of them to return to the East Wing, when the bean-sized raindrops began to fall, and after a while, the rain became more intense and became a torrential downpour.

Standing in front of the window, Shen Qingjun propped up the sill to prevent the rain, looked through the window at the heavy rain outside, slightly lost in thought, bringing out a bit of loneliness.

Chu Xuanzhao hugged the purple cloak on his bedside, draped it over his shoulders, and wrapped it tightly around his body for him, knowing that he was unwilling, so he took his hand back, "It's late autumn, how could you There is also such a torrential rain, if it is not for the cold air, it seems to be back in June."

Shen Qingjun sighed softly, and the sigh was quickly swallowed by the sound of the rain, "The way of heaven is abnormal, the four seasons are broken, the fortune of the country is not good, and the war year will begin."

Chu Xuanzhao clasped his shoulder with one hand, and seeing that he did not resist, he relaxed his strength and put it on his shoulder, "If it is inevitable, then we will meet it, and sooner or later we will see the sun."

Shen Qingjun turned around and smiled very shallowly, "You're right."

Seeing that his face was lighter than usual, Chu Xuanzhao touched his forehead, it was cool, not hot.

"You don't look very good, are you uncomfortable?"

Shen Qingjun pushed his hand away, "It's okay. It's the same at this time in previous years. In autumn, it's rainy and cool, so it's not good."

Chu Xuanzhao felt pain in his heart, "Then you winter?"

Shen Qingjun twitched the corner of his mouth, "After all, it's sadder than ordinary people."

Chu Xuanzhao held his hand in his hands, his white fingers were slightly cold, and Shen Qingjun flinched.

Chu Xuanzhao held his hand tightly, refusing to let him take it back. He held it in his hand and rubbed it lightly, but it was still cold.

Seeing that he was holding tightly, Shen Qingjun had no choice but to give up and let him go, but he was unavoidably uncomfortable. When he raised his head, he saw that Chu Xuanzhao's eyebrows were all frowned, so he explained softly, "It's useless. Cool In the blood vessels, rubbing it becomes hot for a while, but the blood is flowing, but it is still cold."

Chu Xuanzhao's voice was slightly hurried, "Then I'll keep covering you. If it doesn't work, I'll exchange my blood for you!"

Shen Qingjun struggled hard, and withdrew his hand from him, "Babbling nonsense."

Shen Qingjun looked out the window, the rain was getting heavier.

He walked to the desk and took out a delicate long box carved with orchids from behind the bookshelf. The box was about a foot long and narrow. When he opened the box, there were small bottles neatly stacked inside.

He picked out a small bottle and poured a black pill the size of a mung bean into his hand.

"This is?" Chu Xuanzhao came over.

"Medicine." Shen Qingjun obviously didn't mean to explain.

It was Helianxin who relieved his chest tightness, and it was probably not named.

Chu Xuanzhao didn't ask any further questions, but stroked his shoulder, "Don't worry."

With the sudden three words, Shen Qingjun understood that he was talking about Chi Yanzhu.

"Random."

Still those two words.

…………

In the evening, the rain that had been raining all day gradually became lighter, but it didn't stop.

The closed gate of Prince Teng's Mansion was hurriedly slammed.

At that time, Chu Xuanqing was in the study with Wang Yue, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Naturally, Wang Yue came here for his brother-in-law, Ma Liang, the governor of Yanzhou.

"My lord, you must help me. Who would have thought that Chen Yousi would have made some kind of petition. Now the whereabouts of the petition are unknown, and this minister will not be able to sleep peacefully every night!"

Chu Xuanqing put down the teacup heavily, "Didn't you say that you might be asking Liu Shanzhuang? If you can't find it, you can find it. What do you come to see me for? You go to burn incense every night when you can't sleep well. I'm not you The night wandering god!"

"My lord, if the letter of request gets into the hands of Chu Xuanzhao or the emperor, I will be finished! This will not be good for my lord either!"

Chu Xuanqing pushed him away, "Wang Yue, are you threatening me?"

"No... I don't dare, I just ask—"

"My lord, Concubine Miao sent someone from the palace to say something important." Before Wang Yue could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the guard.

"Let him come in." Chu Xuanqing glanced at Wang Yue, "Get up first, get behind the screen, and talk about your business later."

"...Yes." Wang Yue quickly got up and hid behind the screen.

As soon as Wang Yue hid himself, Chu Xuanqing looked out of the corridor, and saw a palace servant rushing in the rain behind the servants. He didn't even hold an umbrella, and his clothes were already soaked.