They all say I'm a puppet

In Fu Yu's plan, how to leave the imperial city is indeed the most difficult step.Concubine Xiao Gui, now Empress Dowager Xiao, even though it was a mistake in the past, and due to various reasons, he was spared this life, and he was controlled in the corner of the imperial city, but he may not be completely at ease with him.Especially as he grows bigger and bigger, keeping him under his nose may give him some peace of mind. If one day Fuyu's plan is discovered, then Empress Dowager Xiao may really not be able to tolerate him.

After all, if a half-grown prince wanders outside, and if he meets some caring people again, then the existence of Fuyu will become a serious problem for the Empress Dowager Xiao's mother and son.

Therefore, Fu Yu must seize this opportunity and try not to leave any traces.And at this time, the bag Cheng Zhong gave him helped him a lot.

Early the next morning, Fu Yu took the kit and went to the servant in charge of purchasing. He was not worried about whether this person would betray him.Because Cheng Zhong is always cautious, he can introduce this person to Fu Yu, which shows that this person is really trustworthy.

Fu Yu briefly communicated with the servant, and preliminarily set the time for implementing the plan in the early morning of the eighth day of the lunar new year. At that time, he would pretend to be the servant who went out to the palace to purchase together, and while everyone's attention was on the enthronement ceremony, On top of that, they escaped from the capital without anyone noticing.

For the next few days, Fu Yu was always in a state of joy. No matter how precocious and steady he was, he was still only a 14-year-old boy. His long-cherished wish was finally coming true, which made him almost unable to hold back his emotions.He dug out all the 'treasures' that he had hidden for many years, pretended to be a not too big burden, and put it beside his pillow happily, even in his sleep he wanted to hug it.

Cheng Zhong originally didn't want to go with Fu Yu, he was getting old, and he would inevitably shrink back, and he had lived in the palace for decades, and he was worried that he would become a drag on Fu Yu.But in the end he was persuaded by Fu Yu.In the final analysis, Fu Yu was raised by him alone, and he has never left the imperial city for half a step. Cheng Zhong would not be relieved to let him leave the imperial city alone to start a new life.

No matter how much energy and tongue was spent in the middle, Fu Yu still arranged everything properly, just waiting for the arrival of the morning of the eighth day.

Unexpectedly, in the early morning of a certain day, all his plans, assumptions, and expectations for future life were shattered.

It was probably because he had been wandering around the palace during the day, looking for something to add to his little baggage. At night, the excitement faded, and the exhaustion hit, which made Fuyu sleep extraordinarily peacefully.When someone knocked on the door of the main hall, he even thought he was dreaming.After all, there have been no visitors to their location for more than ten years, let alone in the early hours of the morning.

Cheng Zhong is always a little older, and he feels much shallower.The moment he knocked on the door, he woke up from his sleep, hurriedly put on a piece of clothes and ran to open the door. Several guards with swords stood at the door, staring at Cheng Zhong twice, as if After confirming that this person was not in any danger, he took a step back and let out a woman in plain clothes.

Cheng Zhong only glanced at the woman, then knelt tremblingly: "This old servant has seen the emperor, the empress dowager."

Empress Chen of Emperor Yuankang had a pair of long and narrow phoenix eyes. Her eyes lightly passed over the servant who was kneeling on the ground, and then she looked around the simple and almost ruined hall. She frowned slightly, as if He didn't find what he wanted to see, and finally turned his attention back to Cheng Zhong: "Where is the second prince?"

Empress Dowager Chen's voice was not high, and it even sounded deliberately gentle, but it made Cheng Zhong feel an unreasonable chill, and he almost shrank into a ball.His brain was spinning rapidly, but he couldn't figure out why the Empress Dowager Chen brought someone to find Fuyu at this time, so he didn't know whether to answer her question honestly.

Cheng Zhong's silence seemed to have aroused the dissatisfaction of the Empress Dowager Chen. She frowned and was about to speak when a young man's voice with obvious sleepiness and doubts suddenly came from the hall: "Uncle Zhong, what's the matter? Who are they?"

Empress Dowager Chen turned her head sideways and saw Fu Yu's face clearly.This seemed to be the first time she saw this child in her memory. She knew he was born back then, and she would inevitably feel uncomfortable when another woman gave birth to her husband, but thinking of Concubine Xiao Gui, who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, would make her feel even more uncomfortable. She was relieved that she was uncomfortable, and even saved his life when Concubine Xiao Gui wanted to do something to the child.

At that time, she didn't have a very clear purpose, she just thought that as long as this child is still alive, there will always be a place in Concubine Xiao's heart that feels uneasy. Concubine Xiao is so favored that she, the queen, will avoid her , She is also happy to make her feel uncomfortable.But he didn't expect that today, keeping this child would be of great use.

Fu Yu had come to his senses completely, and he looked at these uninvited guests with a very vigilant gaze.Naturally, he recognized at a glance who was the woman who was still dignified even though she was wearing filial piety clothes.Maybe this woman has never seen him, but on various occasions, he has always seen this woman from a distance.

But he didn't move, and pretended to be just waking up, breaking the silence in the hall.

Seeing him appear, Cheng Zhong's expression became extremely complicated for a while, and finally he reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, why don't you greet the Queen Mother?"

Fu Yu just woke up like a dream, and respectfully bowed to Queen Mother Chen. After getting the response, she stood up, and then glanced suspiciously at Cheng Zhong who was still kneeling on the ground, and then quietly glanced at the still standing outside. In the dark sky, he asked in a low voice, "What's the matter with you coming here at this time, Empress Dowager?"

The Empress Dowager Chen looked at the half-grown boy calmly, and she couldn't help thinking, how would the late emperor feel if he found out that his son, who was almost ignored by him, was like him?

Perhaps Fu Yu himself didn't know that he was not even remotely similar to his ordinary-looking mother in appearance.His exquisite eyebrows and eyes are completely inherited from his father who is not very reliable, but has an outstanding appearance.Just like now, even though he was wearing a shabby cotton robe, because he had just woken up and his hair was messy, standing in the middle of this decadent hall, people couldn't take their eyes off him.

Empress Dowager Chen had a strange feeling from the bottom of her heart, maybe it was regret or something, she couldn't help but think about her child who had no chance to come to this world, if he could be born and grow up, would he probably look like this? The appearance, no, should be much better than the boy in front of him. As the eldest son, he should enjoy all the grace and care, including that position should be his.

But thanks to that woman, she lost the child and the chance to be a mother.She has been silent for so many years, and now she finally has the opportunity to take everything back from that woman, but at the expense of the child in front of her.

Empress Dowager Chen let out a smile of unknown meaning from her lips, turned her head and glanced behind her, and ordered: "Put on the filial piety clothes for the second prince, and then take him out of here."

Immediately someone stepped forward to grab Fuyu's arm, Fuyu subconsciously took two steps back, and looked towards Cheng Zhong as if asking for help, Cheng Zhong also had a look of panic, and he walked a few steps to the Empress Dowager Chen's feet: "Queen Mother, Where are you taking our highness?"

The Empress Dowager Chen lowered her head and glanced at Cheng Zhong: "You also know that he is Your Highness. The late Emperor passed away. As a son of man, he should naturally keep his filial piety for the late Emperor. Besides, he is also the blood of the late Emperor. Do you want him to stay in this ruined place forever?" place?"

Cheng Zhong couldn't help shivering from the aura of Empress Dowager Chen, but he turned his head and saw Fu Yu who was struggling desperately on the other side, but he still dared to speak: "But, Empress Dowager..."

"But what?" The Empress Dowager Chen interrupted Cheng Zhong in a gentle tone, "The Ai family knows that you have worked hard to take care of His Highness alone these years, so they will not treat you badly. You may not know that the late emperor left a will before his death. , the second prince Fuyu was appointed as the crown prince, and he chose a date to ascend the throne, so the Ai family came here today to take the second prince to fulfill the late emperor's last wish."

"Ascension, ascension to the throne?" Cheng Zhong was at a loss, "This, how is this possible, isn't the First Prince..."

"Do you think what the Ai family said is false?" Empress Dowager Chen smiled, "Or do you think the Ai family tampered with the will?"

"This old slave has no such intention!" Cheng Zhong hurriedly replied.

"That's good." Empress Dowager Chen waved at him, "You are also an old man next to the second prince. After your highness ascends the throne, there will always be someone around to serve you. Don't worry about the newly arranged rough-handed people. Someone to take care of your highness? Or do you think you are getting old and want to find a place to spend your old age?"

Cheng Zhong understood the deep meaning in Empress Dowager Chen's words, and Fu Yu on the other side also understood, his eyes moved away from Empress Dowager Chen, fell on Cheng Zhong, and then slowly retracted.At this moment, he has fully awakened. In this imperial city, he has never been allowed to say no to Cheng Zhong, because no matter how much he struggles, the result is actually the same.

His arms protecting his body slowly dropped down, allowing those people to wear the filial piety clothes on himself, and then under their guidance, he walked in front of the Empress Dowager Chen, knelt down in a very respectful manner, and raised his head , those eyes that were always clear were filled with inexplicable emotions and an obvious unrelenting panic: "I would like to obey the Queen Mother's order."

The Empress Dowager Chen smiled with satisfaction, and said to the people around her: "It's getting late before you help His Highness up, so let's accompany Ai's family to a place to settle some matters, so we can go back to rest earlier. The enthronement ceremony is coming soon , these few days need to cultivate enough energy."

Fu Yu closed her eyes slightly, and let others help her up. After standing upright, she glanced at Cheng Zhong again: "Queen Mother, that Uncle Zhong..."

Empress Dowager Chen's brows raised slightly: "After the enthronement ceremony, Your Highness will be the ruler of the country, and whoever wants to come to serve me can be the master. Ai's family is old, and they won't worry about everything."

Fu Yu bit her lip, her eyes filled with bewilderment: "Yes."

Empress Dowager Chen patted him on the face lightly, and pointed behind her: "The two of you stay here and take care of your highness."

Fu Yu's straight back stiffened for a moment, but she still didn't turn her head to take another look, and followed Empress Dowager Chen out of the main hall gate.He knew what Empress Dowager Chen meant, this woman who was always on top had seized his weakness, if he could not obey her arrangement, then from now on, he would never even think about seeing Cheng Zhong again.

The wind at night was very cool, Fuyu only had an inner garment and the filial piety garment that had just been forcibly put on outside, and she couldn't help shivering after walking a few steps.He paused, looked around subconsciously, those majestic halls looked extraordinarily gloomy in the dark night, the chill seemed to enter Fuyu's body through the night sky, he raised his hand and rubbed himself almost With a frozen face, he finally raised his legs to keep up with Queen Mother Chen's footsteps.

He didn't know where the Empress Dowager Chen was going to take him, it didn't make any difference to him where he went, so the appearance of the Empress Dowager Chen meant one thing, and his painstakingly brewing plan was stranded.He wouldn't naively believe that the arrogant, arrogant and arrogant father who lived his whole life finally realized his conscience before he died, and finally thought of him as his son, and wanted to make up for everything he had lost.

No matter who it is, suddenly remembering his existence for whatever reason, it has become an extremely unfortunate thing for him, because it means that it will be even more difficult to escape from this cage.

A group of people walked in the palace for a while, and finally stopped in front of a palace.Fu Yu raised his eyes and saw the words "Zhaoyang Hall" at the gate of the hall, and then he came back to his senses, and was taken to the bedroom of Empress Dowager Xiao.

Fu Yu squinted his eyes slightly, because he knew that the owner of this place was very concerned about his existence, so in the past few years, he almost avoided this place on purpose, and never even passed by.But in fact, this place is a little different to him, because his mother, who has almost no memory, was blessed by the late emperor when he was serving here, and he exists.

He couldn't help looking around, but found that there seemed to be something different about Changle Palace today.There were many guards with swords standing at the gate of the palace, and no one came out to greet or stop them all the way into the palace, and the group of people went straight into the palace like no one else.

The scene in the hall was even more surprising. Fu Yu couldn't count how many guards there were, but each of them held a shining sword in their hands and lined up on the right side of the hall expressionlessly, while sitting in front of them A young man with eyebrows and eyes similar to Queen Mother Chen, but with a far more relaxed expression than her.As if he couldn't perceive the tension in the hall, he was drinking tea calmly, until he heard the sound of the door opening, he raised his head and glanced, with a smile on his face: "Why did it take so long?"

Empress Dowager Chen's expression softened a little, her gaze calmly swept across a corner of the hall, and she smiled a little: "It's because my brother is too efficient."

Fu Yu followed her gaze and found that there were still people in that direction. With the help of the bright candles burning in the hall, he found that they were a pair of mother and son, who were dressed in exquisite clothes, but they were in a mess.That boy looked a few years older than Fu Yu, but at this moment he was huddled in his mother's arms with a face full of fear, trembling.

Fu Yu immediately understood the identities of the mother and son after just one glance. He slightly lowered his eyes and took a step back, trying to hide himself behind the Queen Mother Chen.

But the young man had already noticed him, he put down the teacup in his hand slowly, then got up and walked in front of Fuyu, stretched out his hand to lift Fuyu's jaw, with a little surprise on his face: "Yo, I didn't expect this child to be so It's getting bigger, this face is almost carved out of the same mold as the late emperor."

After finishing speaking, he smiled, and turned his gaze back to Empress Dowager Xiao's mother and son on the other side: "Speaking of which, Empress Xiao, don't you plan to come and see the son of an old friend?"

Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes slowly fell on Fu Yu, a trace of astonishment appeared in her eyes, followed by undisguised anger, she didn't even have time to care about her son who was still in her arms, she got up suddenly, and walked in front of Fu Yu in a few steps: "Don't think I don't know why you brought this bitch's son here? You couldn't give birth yourself, so you just found such a little bastard to deceive yourself? Do you think you can take the throne away by doing this? You are dreaming!"

Empress Dowager Chen let out a chuckle, but a coldness rose in her eyes: "Is it thanks to you that I couldn't conceive myself? If you hadn't caused me to have a miscarriage back then, how could it have been your turn to show off so much all these years?" said She paused for a moment, "All these years, relying on your holy favor, you have ignored me, the lord of the harem, and done so many outrageous things overtly and secretly. Now that the late emperor is gone, who else do you think can protect me?" You?"

Empress Dowager Xiao subconsciously replied in shock: "Before the death of the emperor, he left an oral order to make Zhao'er the new emperor, and the mother of Ai's family who valued her son was the empress dowager, and you, Mrs. Chen, urged foreign ministers to break into Changle Palace. Imprisoning Aijia and the new emperor is to disobey the last emperor's will, and force the palace to rebel?"

The Empress Dowager Chen glanced at her with an almost mocking expression, but her elder brother laughed outright at this moment: "Ms. Xiao, who said that we forced the palace to rebel? You said that the late emperor left an oral order, but before the late emperor died, there was only you Alone, who can prove that you are not pretending to let your son ascend the throne?"

Empress Dowager Xiao retorted: "Even if there is no oral order from the late emperor, Zhao'er is the eldest son of the late emperor, so it's someone else's turn to take the throne?"

"Since ancient times, there has been an establishment of a heir but not an elder. Are you afraid that you have forgotten?" The Empress Dowager Chen glanced at her, "The Ai family is the master of the palace. It's your son's turn to succeed? After his death, the first emperor took pity on his loneliness and sent him to the Ai Family Palace. Even the genealogy says so, the son of the Ai Family is the true eldest son and the future master of the world. You, in order to let your son succeed you, did not hesitate to murder the late emperor, pretending to be an imperial decree, your crime is unforgivable."

Empress Dowager Xiao stared fiercely at Empress Dowager Chen, and the hatred in her eyes made Fuyu feel that she would rush over and strangle Empress Chen to death.But at the last moment, she actually found her sanity, and even straightened her back, making herself look like she was still the concubine who favored the harem. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Fuyu, and then at Queen Mother Chen: " You saved his life just for this day? In order to keep your own glory and power, you don’t hesitate to admit such a son?” Speaking of this, she let out a chuckle from the corner of her lips, “You are not afraid that this is an unfamiliar wolf Bastard, I will bite you back in the future, not to mention, you sent someone to poison his lowly mother back then."