The prince in the cold palace

The candle was flickering, reflecting the young man's well-featured face a little more haggard. Most of the paperwork on the case had been processed, and he was relieved. The sky outside was as dark as thick ink, and the night breeze was cool. The young man pressed the button with both hands. At the temple, there was a knock on the door at the right time.

"My lord, do you need more tea?" Seeing that there was no response in the room, the eunuch standing outside the door said respectfully.

After waiting for a while, a hoarse and tired voice came from inside, "No need. What about speaking?"

"Prince Yu has returned to the mansion, and he said that there is something wrong in the mansion..." The eunuch's voice was slightly hesitant, and Zhi Zhong didn't hear anything wrong, and he fell asleep without telling him to come in to serve.

After a day of hard work, both the body and the brain are in an extremely exhausted state, but as soon as the eyes are closed, a slender figure emerges from the mind, the boy looks back with a gentle smile, and those clear and clean eyes, the heart thumping Jumped down, quickly climbed up from the desk again, and called to the eunuch outside the door.

The eunuch pushed open the door lightly, and came to Zhizhong with a low eyebrow, with some doubts in his eyes, but more respect and absolute obedience.

"My lord?"

Zhi Zhong wiped his face and tried to calm himself down, "Did Zhi Yu bring any news when he came back this time?"

"Back to the lord, the lord Yu cooperated with several big merchants in Jiangzuo to buy out the food, and secretly persuaded several generals, among whom General Wang was even willing..."

Zhizhong waved his hand impatiently, and the eunuch shut up knowingly, waiting for his master's order, "Is there... any news about 'that person'?"

The eunuch was stunned for a moment, and then smiled all over his face, "My lord, it's not like you don't know that Prince Yu always talks about private matters in private, so how can a slave find out about it?"

Zhi Zhong looked at the eunuch, he didn't know what he was thinking, his eyes were blank.The eunuch was so nervous that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He didn't know what the master was looking at, but he couldn't ask.

In fact, Zhi Zhong didn't look at anyone, but fell into deep thought.

From a young age, Zhi Zhong wanted to do something for that younger brother.

Even though he was just a forgotten prince, he couldn't take his eyes off him, pure as a piece of white paper, and as indifferent as the afternoon sun.

At that time, Zhizhong watched his younger brothers and sisters turning around in front of his eyes, but he didn't have the concept of a family at all in his mind. The touch Zhifei brought to him was exactly what the master asked that day, "What is a country?"

The unexpected answer made Zhizhong feel for the first time that he is a human being, not a "prince".

When I look at Zhifei in the future, there will be a little nostalgia in my eyes, as if by his side, I can feel a kind of warmth that is rare in the world, and that reassuring smile never belongs to me.

Part of the reason for making up my mind to take action is that I was cornered, and part of the reason was because of the resentment and loss of losing that person.

It is said that the emperor dotes on the prince, and the father, who never cared about his children, actually took good care of Zhifei and made him the prince.Although he was a little unwilling, Zhizhong felt that even if Zhifei became the emperor, he would still be willing to assist him, protect him, and prevent his purity from being polluted.

However, because of the emperor's suspicion, Zhi Fei, who was held in the palm of the emperor's hand, just left them like this, not even knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Of course, the emperor's short official document had already announced to the world that the crown prince had been deposed and given poisoned wine, and he had no choice but to believe it.

Zhizhong felt that there was a breath stuck in his heart, even in sleep, he never relaxed.

Zhi Zhong frowned, and said to the eunuch standing beside him, "Come forward tomorrow morning, let Zhi Yu come over first."

"Yes." The eunuch looked at Zhizhong suspiciously, waiting for him to continue speaking.

"It's okay, you can go down." Zhi Zhong closed his eyes, not wanting to speak anymore.

"Yes..." When the eunuch turned around and was about to leave, he seemed to remember something, looked at Zhi Zhong's pale and haggard face, moved his lips, but did not say anything after all.

When Zhiyu received the letter from the palace, he had already undressed and fell asleep. He couldn't fall asleep anyway, so he simply let the person who notified him enter the room, lit the lamp, put on his clothes, and sat down with his long black hair loose. Listen by the bed.

After listening, he sighed, and smiled apologetically at the eunuch who visited late at night, "Thanks for your hard work, I will let the steward take you down to receive the reward, and by the way, help me to say something to the emperor, just say...'There is still hope' , I still have something to do tomorrow morning, as long as you bring this sentence to me, there is no need for your prince to see me."

The eunuch opened his eyes wide and didn't quite understand what Zhiyu said, but Prince Yu's gentle and polite smile and tone were irresistible, so he nodded and retreated respectfully.

there is still hope...

Zhiyu laughed at himself, isn't this sentence used to comfort himself?

In the dark moonless night, the faint chirping of insects in the backyard of the mansion, the faint fragrance of flowers lingering in the air, listening to the croaking of insects and frogs in a tired body, fell into a drowsy sleep.

Early the next morning, Zhiyu entered the palace early, not Zhizhong's bedroom, but Chiju Palace.

Seeing Zhiyu, Concubine Mu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled gently, invited people in, and let Lufang make tea.

Although it is not the best tea in the palace, the water temperature and time are just right, and the fragrance of the tea fills the room, refreshing.

Concubine Mu haggarded a lot, and I don't know how sad she was when she heard the news of her failure. He wanted to comfort this gentle and kind mother more than once, but he was always ashamed of his heart.

It was Zhiyu who took the token of the prince in front of Zhifei Li Palace.

Concubine Mu looked at Zhiyu's thin but still handsome face, and silently poured him a cup of tea, "Your Majesty, is there something on your mind?"

"Ah..." Zhiyu came back to his senses slightly, took the teacup with both hands, avoiding Concubine Mu's concerned gaze, "I'm a bit tired because of the busy affairs in the court."

"But something is not going your way?" Concubine Mu's warm and soft voice flowed into her heart like spring water, calming down the restlessness in her heart and temporarily avoiding troubles.

Zhiyu smiled, took a sip of tea, and said casually, "Mother, why don't I send you out of the palace..."

Concubine Mu looked at him in surprise, "The rules in the palace..."

"If the emperor knows about it, he shouldn't object. Besides, the emperor and I are currently taking care of the palace, and you are not suitable for the intrigue in the palace, and the seventh brother..." As he spoke, his voice was choked with sobs .

Concubine Mu smiled gently, and stretched out her hand to cover the back of Zhiyu's hand, "Good boy, thank you for your concern, I am very happy to come to see me, if Zhifei is not here, come and talk with me often, about going out of the palace Don't mention it again, you don't understand, I can't leave here."

"Is it because of... the Mu family?" The words suddenly became clear, and the flash of sternness in his eyes made him firmer in his thoughts.

Concubine Mu nodded, with a somewhat sad face.

Lvfang stood outside the door, looking at the friendly conversation in the room, feeling a little sad.

Wanting to talk, but unable to intervene because of her status, Lufang always has a slight liking for Zhiyu, and the third prince who always helps His Highness when he encounters difficulties is still the gentle and elegant young master Pianpianjia.

At the end of the morning court, Zhiyu came to Zhizhong's bedroom.

Concubine Zhizhong's body is almost dying, she spit out all the medicines she was given, she can't see at all, she doesn't let go of holding Zhizhong's hand, shouting the emperor's name hoarsely, shouting is often not I couldn't stop crying, even crying until I passed out, all the imperial doctors just shook their heads, and these days they even refused to open the pharmacy.

Zhizhong was physically and mentally exhausted, obviously he had no more patience.

Rongli retreated steadily, and dozens of cities in the border area fell into the hands of the state of Zhou. Yin Wuyao's army was in full swing. The arrangements and strategies in half a year caused Rongli's countless brave soldiers to die on the battlefield, and their souls returned to heaven.

Holding the secret report in his hand, Zhiyu frowned and told Zhizhong who was sitting beside the bed to appease his mother and concubine.

Finally, with a long sigh, he handed the secret report to Zhizhong.

After receiving the secret report, Zhizhong's hands trembled, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, his face turned pale, he moved his Adam's apple with difficulty, his palms were covered with sweat.

"Imperial brother... what should I do now?"

Feelings of bewilderment and fear can only be experienced by holding words.

Zhiyu pulled out the secret report from Zhizhong's hand, took out the fire from his arms and burned it, watching the ashes falling to the ground, both of them were silent.

For a long time, Zhiyu looked at his elder brother steadily, "If we wait for the royal father to return to the court, we will also die."

"……I understand."

In fact, he had already thought about it.

After pressing the quilt for his mother and concubine, Zhi Zhong called his cronies, wrote some letters with his own hands, and let them take them to the place where they should go.

Zhiyu walked back to the mansion, and saw a black figure pacing back and forth in the hall.

"This is the palace, there are eyes and ears everywhere." Zhiyu said calmly, seeing that the man stopped pacing, sat down casually, and lifted his hood.

Zhiyu took the boiled water, fetched the tea set and made a pot of tea, even though he knew that the man in black in front of him didn't like tea, he still pushed the teacup in front of him.

Apu frowned, but still took it, but didn't drink it. Looking at the clear green liquid, he pondered for a while, as if he was thinking about something.

"Well, why isn't there even a single beauty in your house?" Apu asked suddenly.

Zhiyu looked at him with helpless eyes, "Your Excellency didn't come here to see the beauties, did you?"

"Alas... due to the situation, my prince hasn't hugged a beauty for a long time, I thought I could relieve my desire..." Seeing the anger in Zhiyu's eyes, Apu could only smile, "Rong Li It won't take long, it's up to you."

Holding the words and lowering his eyes, "This king knows."

"Not confident?" Apu raised his eyebrows, playing with the teacup in his hand.

"Why don't you try?" Zhi Yu smiled slightly.

"Haha, it's better to say goodbye, the prince doesn't want to meet that fox."

After Apu, who sneaked into the imperial capital quietly, left quietly again, Zhiyu replaced a group of soldiers on the city defense according to Zhizhong's secret order, let his reliable soldiers guard the city, and blocked the news of the imperial capital.

The action was quick, overnight, the ministers of the DPRK and China were put under house arrest while they were asleep, news from the imperial capital could not be transmitted, and news from the battlefield could not be transmitted back to the imperial capital.

Food and grass are in a hurry, and reinforcements have not moved yet.

It will take some time to persuade all officials to jointly sign a letter to abolish the old emperor and establish a new emperor, and it will also take some time for Yin Wuyao to receive assistance. Rong Li can take advantage of this time to take a breather and reorganize the army.

Whoever moves faster has a greater chance of winning.

"Heh... I didn't expect that they really did it." The emperor's deep and charming laughter made people shudder, and the murderous intent swept across the entire military tent in an instant, and the shadow guards in front of him almost couldn't help their bodies. Instinctive trembling.

"Xiao Qi, I believe in you."