Darkness of Rebirth

Seeing that Dongfang Du's hands were trembling slightly, An Yun knew that she must be flustered at the moment, so he stepped forward and lightly clasped her fingers, and said firmly, "Regardless of life or death, I will always be by your side." She was relieved.

Dongfang Du looked down at the two hands that were clasped together, his brows stretched, and he raised his head, with the corners of his lips raised, revealing a faint smile.However, what he said chilled An Yun's heart in an instant, "Yun'er, your words are enough. Thinking about it, it's better for me to go back to the palace alone this time." As soon as the words fell, Ban Lan followed And moved, and tapped on the dark cloud's sleeping hole.

Before An Yun could say a word, he fell into Dongfangdu's arms.Dongfangdu put his arms around Anyun, looked at her with nostalgia, raised his head and said to Banlan: "As soon as the city gate opens tomorrow, ask Jinyan and Jinxing to send Yun'er to Wangyun Villa in Jinzhou." An Yun hugged him horizontally, walked slowly behind the screen, and gently placed it on the bed.

Jueyu was always carried by An Yun, Dongfangdu took out Jueyu from her arms, stroked it lightly, put it back carefully, and said to Banlan who had been following behind him: "Banlan, if I can't go to Jinzhou , you find a way to make Yun'er forget about me, and from now on, you will follow her and take care of her for the rest of her life."

"My lord, I'll go wherever you go. It's enough for Madam to take care of you." Ban Lan said with reddish eyes, "My lord, today's Lantern Festival, don't act like you're going to tell the funeral..."

Dongfang Du shook his head with a wry smile, "This is just in case, no matter how well-prepared, accidents are inevitable. You go and prepare the horse for me, and I will go back alone. You stay outside the palace with Zhenwei." What Dongfang Xi had to deal with was not him, but his own younger brother Dongfang Xu.

She wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone, so Dongfang Xi did what she wanted and killed Dongfang Xu.However, Zong Yebei was in her hands. If Emperor Qianwen found out, he might think that she was the one who killed Dongfang Xu.

The street was crowded with people, and cars and horses could not travel. Dongfangdu could only go back to the palace by detour. This time, the journey back to the palace was three times longer.After riding the horse for a certain distance, Ban Lan overtook him.

"Didn't they tell you to stay outside the palace?" Dongfang Du frowned, glanced sideways at Banlan who was riding alongside him, then turned back to look forward, clamping the horse's belly with both legs, "Drive~", under the body As soon as the horse suffered from pain, it ran faster and faster, and in an instant it separated from Banlan's horse.

Seeing this, Banlan smiled happily, and chased after her again, explaining: "I've settled everything, I just stay by your side." She wants to be the best personal maid, the best Zhenwei.

There are a total of twelve doors in the palace that can be entered and exited, and only one small door is fully open for twelve hours.Half an hour later, Dongfang Du and Ban Lan arrived at the small gate.The guard at the palace gate recognized at a glance that the person who came was the second prince, His Highness Prince Qing, and let the two of them enter the palace without further obstruction.

However, as soon as they entered the palace, they heard shouts one after another, "Come on, catch the assassins, don't let them escape!" The palace was already brightly lit during the Lantern Festival, and at this moment, with the torches held high by the guards, it was even more so. It is as bright as day.

Banlan followed the noisy voice and said, "Your Highness, depending on the situation, there is an assassin from the Yousi Palace." Yousi Palace is the bedroom of the third prince Dongfang Xu.

Seeing Dongfangdu staring in that direction in a daze, Banlan yelled again heavily: "Your Highness!" With this shout, Dongfangdu who was in a daze was finally called back, seeing her frowning, Banlan hurriedly Asked: "His Royal Highness, shall we return to Fengqing Palace, or go to Yousi Palace?"

Hearing this, Dongfang Du sighed, and said: "Go to Yousi Palace." After speaking, he walked towards the direction of Yousi Palace, but after only two steps, he suddenly stopped and asked in a low voice: " Banlan, is Zong Yebei still alive?" Zong Yebei, dead or alive, will cause trouble.

"He was still alive half an hour ago." Having not received Dongfang Du's order, Banlan gave the order to silence her on her own. Half an hour ago, Zhenwei was arranged, and Zong Yebei's fate was also arranged.Those who are in trouble, it is better to die.More than half an hour has passed, Zong Yebei's body must have been decomposed by the corpse rice at this moment.

Hearing this, Dongfang Du nodded, let go of his raised heart, and continued to walk towards the Yousi Palace.From time to time, guards in armor with machetes and spears in their hands ran past. Seeing that it was the second prince, they only saluted in a hurry, and then continued to search for the various palaces and courtyards of the palace.

Before approaching the Yousi Palace, he saw a group of guards standing around the Yousi Palace, holding pihuan long knives, and the leader was Wu Mingxing who had escorted Dongfangdu and his party back to Wuya Mountain.

As soon as Wu Mingxing saw Dongfang Du, he inserted his knife into its sheath, took two steps forward and bowed his fists and said: "The last general, Wu Mingxing, has met His Royal Highness King Qing."

Dongfang Du raised his hand to help him up, and said: "General Wu is exempt." The moment Wu Mingxing bowed his head, he calmly swept around the guards standing in front of the Yousi Palace, and found that most of them were under Wu Mingxing's subordinates. guard.

Wu Mingxing raised his head and said worriedly: "His Royal Highness You Wang was assassinated, I am afraid there are assassins around, this place is very dangerous, His Royal Highness Qing should return to Fengqing Palace quickly." What he was wearing was not the ordinary clothes of the prince or the prince, but the clothes of the common people.

Dongfang Du knew what he meant, and said: "It's okay." After a pause for a few seconds, he continued: "How is the third brother now? Was he injured by the assassin?"

Around the prince's dormitory, there are guards patrolling, and the prince usually has personal maids and guards with him. Even if an assassin enters the dormitory, there will be personal maids and guards in front of the prince immediately, so that The probability of the prince being injured is extremely small, unless there are too many assassins sneaking into the bedroom.

"This... the last general doesn't know either." Wu Mingxing replied with some hesitation, as if he couldn't say anything, but Dongfang Du instantly understood that Dongfang Xu seemed to be injured.

A few days ago, he was addicted to drugs, and today he was injured again. The palace that has not been peaceful may become even more chaotic.

The messier it is, the better, right?

"The emperor is here~" The bright yellow imperial chariot came from far to near, followed by the chief eunuch who was wearing a dark red eunuch uniform on the side of the imperial chariot. Seeing that there were so many people in the Yousi Palace, he couldn't wait to yell, "The emperor is here."

When everyone heard the words, they knelt down and saluted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live~" Wherever a major event happened in the palace, Emperor Qianwen would go there.The last time the crown prince was poisoned in the East Palace, this time it was the Yousi Palace who was assassinated, what will be the next time?

Emperor Ganwen slowly stepped down from the imperial chariot, and when he saw Dongfang Du kneeling at the front, he was stunned for a moment, and then he came back to his senses and said to everyone: "Let's get flat." His eyes kept falling on Dongfangdu. degree of body.

Walking up to Dongfang Du slowly and steadily, seeing her in civilian clothes, she asked directly in front of everyone without hesitation: "Du'er just came back from outside the palace?" There was a feast outside the palace, but it was very lively outside the palace. Dongfangdu must have chosen to spend the Lantern Festival outside the palace because he has lived outside the palace for many years.

Dongfang Du lowered his head slightly, and replied calmly: "Father, my son just came back from outside the palace. When he returned to the palace, he heard that the third brother had encountered an assassin. Before he had time to return to Fengqing Palace to change his clothes, he rushed here. Yousi Palace has visited the third brother. Just a moment ago when I walked to Yousi Palace, Father came." Taking advantage of Father's asking, he said everything that needed to be explained.

Emperor Ganwen waited for her to finish speaking, only to notice that there was a woman in civilian clothes beside her. He turned his head and squinted his eyes, but found that it was not Anyun, but the personal maid who had been serving Dongfangdu.

Looking back at Dongfang Du, he asked, "Did you go out with this maid beside you?"

Dongfang Du frowned in astonishment, not knowing what Emperor Qianwen wanted to ask this question, but the moment he raised his head, his face was expressionless, "Return to father, my son went out with Ban Lan." Yu Guang glanced at Ban Lan, Seeing that Banlan knelt down in an instant, she fell on the ground and said: "The emperor spares my life, the servant is just playing for a while, so I begged His Highness to take the servant out with me."

Emperor Qian Wen said to Ban Lan lightly: "Forgive your innocence, get up." Turning his head, he said to Dongfang Du with a trace of sullenness: "You only go out with this maid? What about Dark Cloud?"

Mentioning Anyun, Dongfangdu finally couldn't control his emotions. He frowned and looked at Emperor Qianwen in surprise, and said, "Father...Father remember her?" Anyun is just a small dark guard , will always remember her?So, her father has always known about her relationship with An Yun?

Emperor Ganwen didn't answer, but just took a fixed look at Dongfangdu, then flicked his sleeves, walked around her to the gate of Yousi Palace.As soon as the guards guarding the door saw Emperor Qianwen move, they consciously made way for him.

Dongfangdu didn't know why, so he was stunned for a moment.It wasn't until Ban Lan beside her gently touched the back of her hand without a trace that she came back to her senses.

Turning around, he saw that Emperor Qianwen had already entered the Yousi Palace, so he hurriedly ran after him.But he hesitated in his heart whether to tell his father about himself and An Yun.

If the royal father knew that the two of them were together, would he also know her identity?Will not!If he had known her identity, he would not have made her king.But why did the emperor mention Yun'er?

In the main hall of Yousi Palace, Dongfang Xu was sitting on the grand master's chair with his eyes closed, while the imperial doctor Lin Shunan was bent over and busy.Seeing that Emperor Qianwen was coming, he hurriedly stopped what he was doing, bowed his hands and saluted: "My minister is joining the emperor, my emperor..."

Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Qianwen interrupted him and said, "Lin Aiqing is free from courtesy, let's bandage Xu'er's wound first."

Dongfang Xu was already a little groggy due to the excessive blood loss from the wound. When he heard the sound, he realized that Emperor Qianwen was coming. He was about to stand up and salute, but Emperor Qianwen pushed him back to the grand teacher's chair, "Don't get up, Xuer. Sit down well and let Imperial Doctor Lin take care of your wound." After speaking, he patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.

Withdrew his body and sat down on another grand teacher's chair beside him, so that Lin Shunan could better bandage Dongfang Xu's wound.

Looking sideways at Lin Shunan's movements, once he had bandaged Dongfang Xu's wound, he asked, "Is Xu'er seriously injured?" Without waiting for Lin Shunan's answer, he asked again, "Who is serving by Xu'er's side tonight?" Palace maid and eunuch?"