Ten thousand people think gloom is reborn

For the next few days, I felt as if I had completely lost my mind and stayed in Huayang Palace, even when I was alone.

The palace is so big that I don't know if anyone is watching me in private, so I must not miss a single loophole so that Concubine Zhuang Gui, who has taken the feigned death medicine, can be safely transported out of the palace.

I have already made a plan with the Fourth Prince. On the day when Concubine Zhuang Gui's coffin enters the imperial mausoleum, he will take Concubine Zhuang out, and Song Nan will also be among them.

I chose to take Concubine Zhuang to leave because she was shackled for a day in the imperial city.As long as the crown prince uses Concubine Zhuang to coerce me, there is nothing I can do, so I must ensure Concubine Zhuang's safety.

As for the emperor, if the prince knew that I took the jade seal to find King Dongxuan, he would not persecute the emperor even more if he wanted to be enthroned in a legitimate way.

The crown prince does not have a jade seal in his hand, and if the emperor has a funeral, let alone the vassal princes do not believe him, I am afraid that several princes in Beijing will not approve of his ascension to the throne.

Because the effect of the fake death medicine is only seven days, I first asked the national teacher to calculate the auspicious date for the burial, and then let Zhuang Guifei take the medicine.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when the coffin was sent to the imperial mausoleum.

I was completely white, wrapped in linen cloth around my forehead, fasted and burned incense one day in advance, and set off with the coffin delivery team at dawn.Two palace slaves held umbrellas and held candles, and yellow paper was sprinkled in the air like water.

The sky turned from dawn to white, and Niu Xi, who had been walking behind me, stepped forward a few steps, "Ninth Prince, you have been walking for a long time, get in the carriage and take a rest."

There has never been a precedent for a prince to send a concubine's coffin to the imperial mausoleum. The palace prepared a carriage for me, and the carriage was also pure white. Even the horse was a white horse, but I didn't sit on it.

I shook my head as an answer and continued on my way.Finally, we arrived at the imperial mausoleum. After entering the imperial mausoleum, I followed the rules of the Ministry of Rites, lighting incense, burning paper, and wiping the coffin.

In the end, when the coffin was lowered several meters below the ground with ropes by dozens of tall eunuchs, I pretended to be emotionally broken and rushed forward to chase it.

"Nine princes!"

"Ninth Prince, be careful!"

"..."

There were murmurs behind me, and many people came to pull me, but they didn't dare to use all their strength for fear of hurting me.I shook off those hands that were pulling me, and made a posture that seemed to be falling with the coffin.In the confusion, I stepped on the part of the rope that had fallen to the ground and fell heavily to the ground.

The coffin could only be lowered temporarily. Although I fell to the ground, I still reached for the coffin and climbed forward holding the rope.

"Concubine Mu, take Erchen with you!" My voice has been hoarse ever since Concubine Zhuang pretended to die that day.

But before I could reach the coffin, I was grabbed by someone.

"younger brother."

The voice belongs to the prince.

I couldn't help but tighten my grip on the rope.

I guessed right.

The prince is suspicious by nature, only if I am overly sad, he will somewhat believe the news of Zhuang Guifei's death.

Even though he hugged me and coaxed me for a long time that day, I heard later that he ordered his palace servants to take away all the dregs of the medicine that Concubine Zhuang Gui had been taking for the past few days.

He should be in the palace at this time, but he appeared in the imperial tomb where he shouldn't be. He is probably still testing me.

I had no choice but to deliberately turn a deaf ear, or lose my composure and crawl towards the coffin until I was picked up by the waist.

After being picked up, I realized that the prince was not wearing his own clothes today, but the eunuch's clothes.Most of the eunuchs in the palace were skin-white and needless because of their purification.The prince himself doesn't need to disguise himself, he also has the color of Sai Xue, and if he mixes in the crowd, if he doesn't look carefully, it will only make others think that this eunuch is extra tall and has a softer appearance.

As soon as he appeared in front of me, those with quick eyes recognized him and immediately knelt on the ground, but he dared not call the prince by his name.

"The Ninth Prince is too sad, it's not appropriate to be here, Minister of Rites, I'll let you take care of the rest." The prince didn't seem to intend to continue to hide his identity.

"Yes, but the auspicious time for laying down the coffin has just passed, and we need to wait another hour." The Minister of Rituals knelt on the ground, constantly wiping the sweat from his forehead.

The prince pondered for a while: "Then wait for an hour, and no mistakes are allowed."

I was still struggling to get off the ground in the arms of the prince, but he hugged me even tighter with both hands, regardless of the fact that there were so many people here, he insisted on taking me out of the mausoleum and carrying me into the carriage.

As soon as I was put on the seat, I ran out in a hurry, but my leg was injured, and I didn't run two steps, and fell to the ground again.The crown prince blocked the door of the carriage. He felt aggrieved by the eunuch's hat, so he took it off and threw it on the seat.

"Don't move around, let Gu see how your leg is hurt." The prince reached out to help me, I wanted to push him away, but I couldn't, I could only watch him roll up my trouser legs.

Both knees were broken, and the right side was even more severe. When the prince saw the injury, he frowned and asked someone to bring a plaster.

After giving the order, he carried me to the seat again.I understand that I can't get out of the carriage now, so I can only shrivel up into a ball, sobbing and calling my concubine mother.

There seemed to be a sigh in my ear, and I saw the prince's face through tears.He has been busy these days, and his eyes have a layer of very light black and blue, but his appearance has always been gorgeous and beautiful, and this layer of black and blue does not damage his appearance.

"Other people say that women are made of water, but Gu Jian's younger brother is also made of water. Otherwise, why would there be so many tears? Eyelids are swollen from crying, and people have lost a lot of weight. No matter how sad you are, you have to take care of your body "He stretched out his hand and pinched my face, wiping away the tears from my cheeks with his fingertips.

I pretended not to hear, and continued to sob softly.

At this time, the palace man who delivered the plaster came, but the prince didn't let anyone in, he just opened the curtain to take the things.He rolled up the pants on both my legs and applied medicine to me with his fingers, "Just tell Gu if it hurts."

It turned out that the crown prince also applied medicine to me. At that time, Lin Chongtan was still hiding under my couch. At that time, the crown prince applied the medicine very hard, and the pain made my temples sweat.But now, he applied the medicine much more gently, as if he was a different person.

Actually, I really want to know one thing, if the crown prince knows that I am Lin Chundi, will he still have this attitude?

When I was Lin Chundi, he treated me like a lowly ant and belittled me as a little bitch selling meat. Even though I wanted to please him, he didn't even bother to look at me.

When he finally looked at me, he prepared a grand banquet for me.

He once wanted me to die because of Lin Chongtan, and now he has abolished Lin Chongtan because of me. When he dealt with Lin Chongtan, his heart was not soft at all. If I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, how much he had treated Lin Chongtan I am afraid that they will think that the two of them have enmity.

If the prince knows that I am Lin Chundi, will he hate me again?

In fact, it's not only him, when I am Lin Chundi, no one cares about me, whether it's Song Nan, Nie Wenle, or Xiao Houye, or Lin Chongtan, they all seem to regard me as a plaything, and the words raised When it came to me, I never had a trace of respect, but when I became the Ninth Prince, everyone changed.

I suppressed those wild thoughts, and when the prince finished applying the medicine to me and went to clean my hands, I suddenly got up and wanted to go out, but my body fell down in the next moment.

I want to lure the prince away, if he is here, it will be more difficult for the fourth prince to do something.I just deliberately exploded in the mausoleum just to prevent the coffin from going down.

The coffin was on the ground, so the fourth prince could rescue him.

I originally wanted to pretend to faint, but it may be because I ate too little these days, and today I didn't drink enough water. The moment I fell, I really fainted.

When I lost consciousness, I seemed to hear the prince's anxious voice calling for someone.

I opened my eyes suddenly, and looked around first. This is not in the carriage, nor is it my bedroom.This seems to be... the prince's bedroom.

As soon as I recognized the time and place, the people outside the gauze tent noticed my movement, and carefully lifted the gauze curtain, "Is Ninth Prince hungry? Meals are always prepared."

"What time is it?" I sat up anxiously, wanting to stay on the bed.

The palace man who spoke hurriedly knelt beside the bed, "If you go back to the Ninth Prince, it's already a quarter of an hour."

"A quarter of an hour?!" As soon as I moved my leg, I gasped in pain.

Seeing this, the palace man took a step forward on his knees, "Ninth Prince, your leg injury is still not healed, take care of yourself. Your Highness has ordered, if the Ninth Prince needs anything, just tell the servants."

It was already past the time for the coffin to be lowered, so I turned my eyes to the palace man kneeling on the ground, "Where is His Royal Highness now? When did I return to the palace?"

"His Highness is revising the memorial, Ninth Prince, you are the first time returning to the palace."

I asked again: "Then my concubine..."

"Ninth Prince, don't worry, the ceremony for the imperial concubine to enter the imperial mausoleum has been completed, and it has been done safely, and there is no business trip."

safe?

Is that done?

My guess was verified in the evening. Someone set off fireworks outside the palace. Because of the grand funeral of the imperial concubine, the people were ordered not to set off fireworks and hold no weddings for three months.Sixteen guards went to arrest them, and found that a few young children had gathered to have fun, and bought fireworks with the family's money.

And this is actually a signal between me and Song Nan. If the matter is completed, he will let a few children set off fireworks, and then the palace will hear the movement.

Seeing the fireworks outside the window, the big stone in my heart was finally removed by a small half.

Next, there is a more difficult step.

In the past few days with my leg injury, I have been staying in the East Palace, and I was forced to eat and sleep with the prince, not in the same bed, he still seems to be very afraid of the Gu worms on my body.

The queen has been here several times, but I haven't seen her in person, I only heard her coming from the mouth of the palace.

In the past few days, I found something was wrong. I used to stay in the East Palace, but these palace servants were not so patient and careful in serving me. Now they almost enshrined me as an ancestor. I frowned slightly, and they were all very nervous .

Especially the next thing made me even more suspicious.

The Shangyi Bureau in the palace came to make clothes for me. It is reasonable to make winter clothes. The winter clothes are heavy and the size should be larger, but what they wrote on the paper is the size of my spring clothes in the past.

"Isn't it winter clothes? Is the size a little small?" I asked them.

The manager of the Shangyi Bureau smiled and replied: "It's winter clothes. The Ninth Prince has lost weight recently, so the size is not as big as winter clothes in previous years."

Although he answered fluently, his eyes were a little wandering.

I was silent for a while, "Since it's for me to make winter clothes, I'll choose the material myself."

"Ah, yes." The head of the Shangyi Bureau hurriedly dispatched the little eunuch under his command to fetch materials for winter clothes. After the materials came, I found that they were last year's materials, and I felt that there was something wrong with it.

I touched the soft material under my hand, and said casually, "Have you made His Royal Highness's clothes yet?"

"It's been measured."

"How many times did you do?"

The head of the Shangyi Bureau replied: "It is still the usual practice in previous years. Your Highness has 48 pieces, and each prince has 36 pieces. Since there are only nine princes in the palace who have not yet been crowned king, His Highness specially asked the servants to make 48 pieces for you."

I saw that I couldn't ask anything, so I could only ask people to back down.Although I didn't make any words, I have a guess in my heart that Mongolia has become more and more rampant recently, and the news has spread to my ears.I live in the East Palace, and sometimes I catch the prince getting angry at the courtiers.

The prince probably wants to use troops against Mongolia, and if he wants to use troops, he must use jade seals.Now only I know the whereabouts of Yuxi. The crown prince once asked me, but I fooled it, so I don't know if he believed it or not.

It is possible that he was preparing to hold the enthronement ceremony, pretending to have obtained the jade seal.

When the palace man next to the prince came to me again and told me that the prince was discussing matters with the courtiers and asked me to eat first, I realized that it was time for me to act.The prince has not eaten with me for four consecutive days.

According to Li Zhuang noble concubine feigned death and entered the imperial mausoleum, after a few days, she should have left the capital safely, so I asked the national teacher to send someone to take care of her.

On this day, I sent the news ahead of time, and after dinner the next day, I pretended to be in a bad mood and asked Niu Xi to accompany me for a walk.Because I want to be quiet, I don't allow too many palace people to follow.When I was about to leave in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, I sent the palace servants to get the cloak and milk tea on the excuse that the night was windy and I wanted to drink milk tea, leaving only Niu Xi and the two palace servants by my side.

"Father used to meet courtiers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony." I said, and stepped into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony was dark, with no lights on, and the tall dragon-patterned pillars looked eerie and eerie in the darkness. I walked under the plaque in the hall, and before I turned around, I heard someone fall to the ground.

Niu Xi quickly knocked out the two palace servants who came in with me. The Imperial Forest Army guarding the Hall of Supreme Harmony tonight has already been bribed by the Fourth Prince, so they will not reveal my whereabouts.

I asked Niu Xi to climb up the plaque, and he did as he was told. After a while, he came down holding something in a yellow cloth and handed it to me.I opened the yellow cloth, and there was indeed a jade seal inside.

I have never seen a jade seal up close, but now that I hold it in front of my eyes, I suddenly understand how much the world loves it.Yuxi, ordered by the sky, has a long life and is a symbol of the highest power.I saw the dragon sitting on a jade throne, with Lizhu in his mouth, majestic and solemn.

The map has been placed on me in advance, and there is an entrance to the secret passage in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.I went to the east wall, opened the picture scroll on the wall, knocked and felt for a while, and finally found that there was an empty space.

Niu Xi immediately stepped forward and dug up the piece with a dagger. After the brick was taken out, the mechanism inside was also exposed.

According to the map, I opened the mechanism with the Taoist method, and saw a big hole appearing on the side of the dragon chair, and the hole was connected to the secret passage.

"go!"

When I said this, Cai Weng got out of my cuff, thanks to its petite size, it was hidden inside without being noticed.

Not long after we entered the secret passage, the door of the secret passage closed automatically. I didn't dare to stop for a moment, and took out the night pearl from my arms.

Although there is a map, the secret passages are intricate and complicated. If you are not careful, you will go wrong. Once you go wrong, you will easily get lost inside.

Although we brought food with us when we came in, the food was only enough for the two of us to last a day at most.

Fortunately, there is Cai Weng. Every time I stop at a fork and don't know which way to choose, Cai Weng can lead the right way correctly.Every time it is brought correctly, it will fly around in front of me flauntingly, and rub my cheek again.

The dark passage has not seen the light of day, and I can only judge the passage of time by my body reaction. When my stomach becomes very hungry, I know that two or three hours have passed.

"Ninth Prince, can you still hold on?" Niu Xi asked me worriedly.He has always been expressionless, but now he also showed a worried look.

I waved my hand, "It's okay, I can continue walking."

It was stuffy and hot in the secret passage, and many passages were built low and narrow, and my back underwear was already wet with sweat.

When I felt that my legs were no longer legs, but pillars filled with lead, Cai Weng suddenly flew from my shoulder to a branch road. I called Cai Weng anxiously, and it flew back after a while.

"There is an exit ahead, and I feel a strong wind," it said to me.

I was overjoyed in my heart, turned my head and said to Niu Xi: "Niu Xi, let's persevere, the exit has arrived."

"The slave is fine." Niu Xi replied in a deep voice.

His reaction made me a little helpless, for some reason, everyone around me was stronger than me, and after walking in the secret passage for so long, Niu Xi acted as if nothing happened.

And I was in a mess, my temples were wet, and my breathing was short of breath.

Sure enough, Cai Weng was right, we have reached the exit of the secret passage.I opened the exit mechanism, and there was a hillside outside.Niu Xi crawled out first, checked the situation outside, and then pulled me out.

Not long after we came out, a group of people dressed as woodcutters came over, and Niu Xi immediately stood in front of me defensively.

"It's okay, it's Song Nan and the others." I patted Niu Xi's arm reassuringly.

The leader of the woodcutters was Song Nan. They received my news and left the city one day earlier, dressed as woodcutters, and waited for me here.

Song Nan walked up to me, and I saw that he was going to kneel down to salute, so I quickly grabbed him, "Don't be too polite, is the horse ready? Let's go quickly, Chang Wang won't be able to delay for long."

"The horse is right ahead, master follow me." Song Nan led me forward.

The fancy clothes on me were too conspicuous, so I had to waste time and change into black clothes that ordinary dart operators would wear. Niu Xi also changed clothes with me.

The jade crown on my head was also replaced with cloth strips, and my long hair was tied up casually.

Cai Weng stayed with me for a long time without sleeping, and now he fell asleep in my arms sleepily.

I wrapped the jade seal in a bundle and tied it behind my back. I wanted to tie it to my chest, but Caiweng slept there.It has led me so hard for so long. In order to avoid waking it up, I changed the position of Yuxi.

I was exhausted physically, but I dared not stop to rest.

This time I am fleeing, the fourth prince will find a way to catch the prince, besides, he also arranged for someone to cut off the heir for me, lest the prince's people catch up.

"Is my concubine okay?" I asked Song Nan while driving the horse.

Song Nan replied to me, "The noble concubine's spirit is not bad, and the subordinates asked the most trustworthy brothers to escort her. The mothers and maids who signed the death contract in my house are also waiting on them. They all know how to work hard."

I arranged all the people to escort Concubine Zhuang to be my own people, and the place to escort Concubine Zhuang was a place that Concubine Zhuang had mentioned to me.

She had never been there before, but she only heard from the emperor that the emperor had been there on a southern tour, and it was not a big town, but according to the emperor's description, it was a good place for the common people to live and work in peace and contentment, with simple folk customs and distinct seasons.

The emperor can take his concubines on a tour of the south, but Concubine Zhuang has never accompanied the emperor to the south to take care of me.

If I lose, Concubine Zhuang Gui can live there for the rest of her life, and I can feel a little bit at ease.

The exit of the secret passage is five miles outside the capital, and the roads are not official roads, but small roads that meander and coil like snakes.The front and back are all pitch black, with only clear lighting.Before I left the palace, I still remembered the maps.

The map records that there will be a beacon not far ahead, and it is a place that must be passed through. If you don't pass through, you can only go up the mountain.There are many trees on the mountain, and it is night again, so it is very likely to get lost.

There were about a hundred troops stationed in Fenghou. Our group was disguised as a convoy of darts. Except for those on horseback, there were people hidden in the boxes of the vehicle, and there were two to thirty people in total.

Any more would be too compelling.

Seeing the beacon not far away, I couldn't help but grasp the reins tightly with my fingers, and the sound of my heartbeat was like the sound of horseshoes.

There were patrolling soldiers on the beacon tower, and they shouted at us from a distance: "Who is it?!"

"Master Huijun, we are the convoy of escorts." It was Lou Chuan who answered. He and Song Nan had fought to the death on the battlefield before, and they were all fleshy.He has the most powerful ability, he can pretend to speak with an accent from other places at will.

"Why are you still on your way at night?"

Lou Chuan smiled and said: "Master Jun, our goods are going to be transported to Fengdong, and the owner is in a hurry. The world is difficult, and it is not easy to earn money, so we brothers can only go on the road at night."

The soldiers raised their torches and looked at us by the light of the fire.I know that the more you lower your head, the more suspicious you will be, and you will stop in place like others.But the few people around me were alert, and they covered me calmly as early as when the horse stopped.

The soldiers watched for a long time before one of them raised his hand, "Let go!"

"Thank you military masters, let's go, brothers!"

Lou Chuan yelled, and we rode our horses again to prepare to leave, but before we passed the gate of the battlements, I heard the soldiers above shouting: "The smoke is lit in the capital! Forbidden! Forbidden! No one is allowed to leave ! Let off the smoke!"

I turned around in a hurry, and sure enough, the capital had already been lit with raging smoke.Song Nan and I looked at each other, and our eyes revealed that we were hesitating whether to rush over now.

Breaking through proves that we have a problem. If we don't break through, we may just sit here and wait to die.

In the blink of an eye, there was a new movement in the battlements on the other side of the capital, and they released purple smoke.Purple means that the beacon smoke just released was wrong, and nothing abnormal happened.

The soldier who had shouted earlier said, "What's the matter?"

"Brother Yuan, do you still want to close the gate?" Someone next to him asked him.

The soldier named Brother Yuan said: "Close it first, and see what's going on in the capital."

After about two quarters of an hour, there was no new movement from the capital.Although it was only a quarter of an hour, it felt like a long half day had passed.

"Okay, it should be fine, open the gate and let them go." After that Brother Yuan finished speaking, the half-closed gate slowly opened again.

But at this moment, the sound of galloping horseshoes came from behind, and hearing the sound, it seemed that there was more than one person.

Before the visitor arrived, the voice had already arrived, "Close the gate quickly! No one is allowed to leave!"

I realized something was wrong and after eye contact with Song Nan, we both made the same decision!

go!

must go!

If you go again, you won't be able to go!

I gritted through my teeth, "Go!"

As soon as I gave an order, everyone followed me and rushed through the gate. I don't know martial arts, but I only know how to run forward at the fastest speed.The wolf smoke was set off and then turned off again, which probably meant that the crown prince didn't want too many people to know about it.

The smoke from the capital would let the world know that something happened in the capital, and he dared not make such an announcement.

The moment I rushed through the gate, I seemed to hear the prince's voice, but I'm not sure.

The soldiers of Fenghou immediately drew their swords to stop us. The people on our side who had been hidden in the box heard the sound, quickly broke out of the box, drew out the long knife in the box, and fought with it to hold them back.

"Brother! If you come back, Gu will forgive you this time!"

The sound was as harsh as a cloud-piercing arrow piercing the night sky, and the prince really came.It was probably because he showed his identity card, and behind him there were already people shouting for His Highness the Crown Prince.

I couldn't help but looked back, I saw the prince, obviously I was far away from him, but I seemed to see his face clearly.

Maybe it's not seeing clearly, but I'm imagining, imagining that he is staring at me angrily.

But I also saw the people fighting behind me, they were wounded, their knives were stained with blood, for me, they risked their lives to protect me from escaping, I can no longer turn back, and I will never turn back no matter what.

I turned my head and galloped under the cover of Song Nan, Lou Chuan and others. At this time, several flying arrows were shot, and the person next to me immediately blocked the arrows for me with a knife.

The prince's violent voice also followed, "Bastard! Who allowed you to shoot arrows! Are you courting death?!"

"Go back...to His Royal Highness, if you don't shoot the arrows, they will run away."

After a few breaths, I heard the voice of the prince calling me, his voice seemed angry and sad, "Brother, are you really going to fight Gu?!"

I didn't return to him, just ran forward against the clock, and then, I heard him say——

"Shoot an arrow, no matter life or death."

The voice was no longer sad and angry, like the light orders of those in power.

In an instant, feathered arrows shot down like dense rain, and I could hardly see the road ahead. People around me kept falling down, and my horse was also hit by the arrows, screaming in pain.I could only lash the whip hard to force the horse to move forward.

Until two arrows hit me at the same time, one pierced my back and the other pierced my shoulder.