sick princess

"Subversion?" The national teacher suddenly laughed loudly: "The emperor thinks too much of the grassroots. The grassroots just want to make some dirty people pay their due price."

"If this is the case, at the moment of the late emperor's death, your vengeance should have been avenged, right? If I guessed correctly, the late emperor finally died at the hands of the abolished queen mother, and your handwriting was also in it. Although you did not show up, the late emperor and The abolished Empress Dowager has always been in your calculations." Emperor Yongjia said calmly: "But you did not stop after the death of the late emperor, so it can be seen that the people you want to take revenge on are not just the late emperor and those who have had grievances with you , but the entire royal family."

"It's true that the emperor said that. The grass people just can't understand the hypocritical faces of the royal family. You have always shown a deep affection for the brother and sister of Princess Changshou. How much is it worth? If one day, the princess’s life needs to be exchanged for the emperor’s safety, what will the emperor do, like your ancestors, will you not hesitate to use your close relatives to prevent disasters?”

When he said this, the national teacher's face was very calm, and there was no sign of madness, as if he was looking for an answer to a question that had been troubling him for a long time.

"I took this position to protect my loved ones with the power in my hands. I will never trade the lives of my loved ones for my own power or well-being." When Emperor Yongjia said this, he did not hesitate at all. : "Of course, even if I say so, the national teacher will not believe it?"

The national teacher looked at Emperor Yongjia fixedly, as if he wanted to see through his skin to see the true thoughts deep in his heart: "Your Majesty really thinks so?"

"This time, in order to save the princess, the emperor lured wolves into the house and put himself in such a passive situation. Could it be that there is really no resentment in his heart?"

"If I had known about the twists and turns of the national teacher's origin, I would have taken precautions. But since only the national teacher can save my sister, even if I know that the national teacher is a dangerous person, I will never let my sister's chance of life go by. .”

From the eyes of Emperor Yongjia, the national teacher could not see the slightest concealment or hesitation.Emperor Yongjia's will is so firm, and his words are so decisive that no one can believe it.

The national teacher's heart moved slightly, but he still said: "Does the emperor think that if you say this, the grassroots will let you go?"

"No, I never thought that the people who participated in the seizure of the throne would be any good people. I only hope that if the national teacher has any resentment towards the royal family in his heart, he will come to me and not hurt my mother, wife and sister. The queen mother is getting old now. Although she looks healthy and healthy on weekdays, she may not be able to bear this kind of shock; the queen is also a weak woman, and there are young children around her. She also invited the national teacher Raise your hands high; my sister and brother-in-law have just escaped death, and the national teacher has made great efforts to heal the younger sister, the national teacher probably doesn't want to see his efforts go to waste, right?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, even if the empress dowager's father is kind to the grass people, the grass people will not hurt the empress dowager. However, the grass people really did not expect that they would get such an answer from you. I have to say, Grassman... was very surprised."

At this moment, Empress Dowager Xu was guarding Baoluo and Lan Chengyu's side.

When planting Gu just now, Empress Dowager Xu temporarily went to the side hall to take a rest due to lack of physical strength. Unexpectedly, when the news of the success of Gu planting came out, the palace had already been surrounded by people sent by the National Teacher.

Not long after, both Baoluo and Lan Chengyu woke up, and when they got the news, they blamed themselves very much: "If it wasn't for treating my illness, Brother Huang would not have let the national teacher into the palace so easily and lured wolves into the house."

"It's not your fault, don't blame yourself. Even if we knew that the national teacher had evil intentions early on, if there is a glimmer of hope that we can save you, we will not hesitate to seek skin from the tiger." Queen Mother Xu touched Baoluo's face, seeing Baoluo When he got up after planting the Gu, his complexion was much rosier than before, and his eyes were filled with relief: "Your bones have always been the heart disease of your imperial brother and Ai's family. God bless you, and now you are getting better."

"Mother, aren't you worried about the safety of the emperor? The national teacher... I'm afraid it's been premeditated for a long time." Baoluo said worriedly.

Although she didn't know the cause and effect of this incident, she was able to deduce a lot of information just because she was able to suddenly attack after being away from the capital for more than ten years.

There is a force outside the palace, who had contacts with the imperial concubine and the queen mother of the late emperor, who was also behind the King of Yunnan's rebellion, but the late emperor and Emperor Yongjia have never found out who is behind the scenes.Now that the national teacher was in trouble, Baoluo connected this matter with the previous ones, thinking whether those things were written by the national teacher.

After all, before the national teacher's attack, they kept it a secret. No one of them even saw the national teacher's ambition. If those things were really done by the national teacher, it would be understandable for them not to find out.

Empress Dowager Xu was startled when she heard Baoluo's words: "According to Aijia's understanding of the national teacher, he probably wouldn't really do anything to your imperial brother."

After speaking, she carefully explained the relationship between the national teacher, the first emperor and the regent with Baoluo and Lan Chengyu.At the end, he told the two of them some unknown things: "Since the tragic death of the regent, the national teacher has been a little disheartened. He did a lot of things for the late emperor before, and later captured the late emperor and killed him." Brother Xiandi was very passive for a time. Therefore, even though Xiandi didn't want to let the national teacher leave, he finally agreed, and after the national teacher left, he never sent anyone to look for him."

"The people around thought that it was because the late emperor got tired of the national teacher and hinted that the national teacher would retire and return to his hometown, so he rarely mentioned the national teacher in front of the late emperor, but they didn't know that this was just in line with the late emperor's wishes."

"If you want to let the Ai family say that the regent is always against the late emperor, trying to fight for power with the late emperor, the late emperor should have the intention to attack him, but the late emperor wants the life of the regent, that's all, and use such cruel methods To deal with the regent, those who know the truth, I am afraid that they will not be able to see it..."

"So, maybe the national teacher's handwriting was involved in the death of the father?" Baoluo's mind was spinning rapidly: "The national teacher did all this because he hated the royal family, so he wanted to take revenge on the entire royal family?"

"I don't know." The Empress Dowager Xu said quietly: "Since the two blows of the rebellion against the regent and the tragic death of the regent, no one knows what he is thinking, I am afraid even he himself does not know. , what exactly does he want..."

"Ai Jia thought, maybe he is obsessed with certain things too much, and wants to get an answer. If he just wants revenge, I am afraid that your brother, like the late emperor, has been tricked without knowing it. I don't know if the answer given by your brother, or the answer we gave, can satisfy him."

I don't know if it was the negligence of the national teacher, the national teacher sent people to surround the palace where Baoluo, Lan Chengyu and Queen Mother Xu lived, and sent people to surround the palace where Emperor Yongjia was, but only missed the palace of Empress Fu.

Empress Fu was stunned for a moment when she learned that the whole palace had now fallen into the hands of the national teacher, and calmly put the eldest prince down: "Understood."

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" The people around Empress Fu were as anxious as ants on a hot pot: "Should we go outside the palace to rescue soldiers as soon as possible?"

"If the national teacher dares to do this, he must have controlled the court. If we want to go out of the palace to ask for help, we are afraid that we will be arrested before we step out of the palace." Empress Fu thought for a moment and said: " Although some of the people betrayed the emperor, most of them should still be loyal to the emperor, but now that the mother and the emperor are being held hostage, there is no one who makes decisions, and they are not good at acting rashly. I have to catch up with the national teacher. Before, I ordered the imperial guards in the palace to follow my palace's order, break the siege of the palace gate, and wait for an opportunity to rescue him. At that time, the city defense army outside the palace will be invited to enter the palace, and the inside and outside should cooperate, so that the people of the national division can spread their wings There is no escape."

"Although breaking the siege in the palace is important, the safety of the empress, the emperor and the emperor's sister is more important. The emperor has a hidden guard in his hands, and he will never use it unless it is absolutely necessary. Now is the urgent time of the last resort. Think There is a way to contact them and let them wait for the opportunity to rescue him. Although the national division has been planning for many years, it has been away from Beijing for a long time. The manpower in the palace is limited, and the dark guards are all excellent in martial arts. If they are dispatched, I think there is great hope Can save the queen mother, the emperor and the imperial sister."

"Your Majesty's idea is naturally good, but..." the court lady Lan Xiang said: "The imperial guards and the dark guards are two armies directly under the emperor's jurisdiction. I'm afraid they won't easily obey the orders of anyone other than the emperor ..."

Empress Fu took out a token from her body, and when Lan Xiang saw the token, she immediately became dumb.I saw that the token was engraved with four words "as I come in person".

It turned out that Emperor Yongjia trusted Empress Fu so much!

Empress Fu tilted her head slightly: "This token, this palace, the queen mother and the imperial sister each got a piece, which represents the trust of the emperor in us. Since the emperor has given this token to this palace, this palace will never let down this honor." trust."

"Lan Xiang, you should do these two things right away. Remember, stay hidden when you go out. Before you get in touch with the imperial guards and hidden guards, you will be discovered by the people of the national division."

The reason why Empress Fu handed over this matter to Lan Xiang instead of Lan Zhi, who was more trusted by her, was because Lan Xiang was alert and knew how to adapt.Besides, she has just been promoted by Empress Fu, not many people in the palace know her, and in an emergency, she can pretend to be someone from another palace.

With this token, Lan Xiang felt confident: "Your servant obeys."

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After a game of chess was over, Emperor Yongjia tidied up the chess pieces on the chessboard and said: "The national teacher is really skilled. However, there is one thing I don't know, the national teacher deliberately imprisoned me, is it possible that the reason is to play chess with me? "

The national teacher glanced at him, and slowly spit out a word: "Wait."

Before Emperor Yongjia could figure out the deep meaning of this word, suddenly a few hidden guards descended from the sky to protect Emperor Yongjia, and there was also a noisy sound outside, as if the imperial guards had arrived.

The national teacher's face remained unchanged and he said: "It seems that you won this game."