Pick all the cold branches

Wan Shuyou kept six guards, and repeatedly ordered that all four highnesses must be sent back to the county palace.

He had never seen Brother Su, he only thought that she was really a little servant boy driving a car, cursing and dragging him out of the car, so that she would not allow His Highness to be jolted by the car.

Su Ge Bala didn't want his identity to be discovered by him, and he didn't resist, so he nodded desperately, pretending to be scared.

After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Dexin's imperial doctor was already waiting in the hall. Seeing Jia Yu being taken off the car with blood all over his body and face, he couldn't tell where the blood came from. Terrified, he frantically asked someone to carry him inside.

The servants of the entire county palace were very frightened.

In the three years since the king's mansion of Ankang County was opened, such a major event has never happened.

His Highness the Fourth Highness is deeply gracious, even though he is only a prince of the county, the rules and regulations of the palace are compared with those of the prince.Among the various officials and servants in the mansion, the female history is a confidant personally selected by Concubine Wan Gui, the left long history is bestowed by the emperor, and the right long history is originally from Prince Jing's mansion, recommended by Prince Jing, specially approved by the imperial edict, together with a few A few maids who had taken care of Jia Yu in Prince Jing's mansion in the early years were transferred to serve His Highness the Fourth Highness, and of course the Minister of Acceptance must have someone arranged by the Supervisor of Ceremonies.All the way for the emperor to go down, the way for the concubine Wan Gui, the way for King Jing, plus the officials of the ceremonial supervisor, the people of the four forces have their own concerns, and they monitor each other more than trust each other, making a small palace It is as intricate as a bush of thorns.

At this time, the loyal ones are worried and anxious about the lord, and at the same time, they have to figure out whether the enemy is playing tricks.So they were about to fight, they were suspicious of each other, and they fought against each other.

Xiao Hengwu was the only one left.

There is no princess in Ankang County's palace, and there is no hostess who can preside over the overall situation at this time.Although Zuo Changshi is the same existence as the chief executive of the palace, after all, he is only a subordinate official of the fifth rank, and he can manage internal affairs. Once a decision needs to be made, he will always be unable to hold the scene.

Although Xiao Hengwu is nominally the concubine of the Fourth Highness, his situation is very different from that of Cui Ying - he has no imperial order, no heirs, let alone being loved or respected by His Highness, he is neither a master nor a servant .Of course, everyone in the county prince's mansion did not treat her as a wife, and only called her "Mistress Xiao".Especially the maidservants and You Changshi who followed Jiayu from Prince Jing's mansion had a deep prejudice against Xiao Hengwu because of Xiao Hengwu's intrusion into the palace to hold Zhen Xian hostage. It's all about bullying her, but I don't want to talk to her, as long as I can hide, I will hide from her far away.Now seeing that Jia Yu took her out alone and then came back covered in blood, I was even more suspicious of what she had done, and refused to let her in at all, thinking that there were too many people to hinder the imperial doctors' diagnosis and treatment. You drove her into the yard.

Xiao Hengwu himself was still covered in blood, standing alone in the yard, blankly watching the busy people bumping and shoving in surprise, huddling together and rejecting dissidents, feeling that chaos was coming.

But she didn't know what to do.

She was just an ordinary little embroiderer. When she bumped into the Fourth Highness at the Weaving Bureau three years ago, she never thought so much, let alone that she would be standing in the palace now.

But her world has turned upside down.

She has always been just a small pawn, at the mercy of others, if she wants to resist, she can only fight with her life.Just like the last time, she tried her best, but killed her only remaining relative.

His Highness the Fourth Highness once scolded her, since she is not even afraid of death, there is nothing to be afraid of.She had also thought that as long as she dared to fight with her life, she would really be fearless, but in the end she realized that she was actually afraid of too much.

There are really walls in this world that cannot be broken.

She came from the mountains to the foot of the Son of Heaven, and was sandwiched among these royal relatives, high officials and nobles, like a speck of dust, no matter how hard she struggled, she was still despised.Anyone can easily crush her to death, and turning a blind eye seems to be the best ending she can get.But she was about to be drowned by this impenetrable silence.

She saw Suge Bala hiding behind the rockery in the distance and watching the situation, he really looked like a servant who was anxious but did not dare to approach the lord.

She could barely think, and without even thinking about it, she strode over to grab the only life-saving straw in front of her eyes.

Brother Su broke her hand in embarrassment.

"I have other important things to do, so I can't stay here. Next, I have to rely on myself. You can only rely on yourself."

She could only look sadly at Brother Su, like a lone goose stuck in a swamp.

That look was too bleak and unbearable.

Brother Su hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly.

"If the wolf pack on our grassland loses its alpha wolf, a new alpha wolf will immediately stand up and lead the pack to migrate, hunt, and defend against foreign enemies. Hunger and cold. A pack of wolves without a leader is like a piece of loose sand, and there is no way to survive on the grassland. But if a wolf wants to become a new leader, it must first conquer its pack, prove itself, and convince the pack that it has The ability to protect the tribe and the qualifications to lead a pack of wolves. You Han people may have a better way to say it, but I think the truth is the same, and you must understand it.”

She said comfortingly and shook Xiao Hengwu's hand in turn.

There seems to be flexibility in the dry and warm palm.

Xiao Hengwu clenched his fists blankly, his pupils brightened.

"Have you...have you never been afraid?"

She was chasing the back of Brother Su Baba who was about to run away, and she almost couldn't help shouting.

"Whatever you do is wrong, no matter how hard you try, there will be no response, and no matter how hard you try, there will be no end in sight. Doesn't this feeling scare you?"

Brother Su Baba stood down, turned to look at her, but suddenly smiled.

"I have. But I will not allow myself to lose to 'Fear'."

She turned around and stretched out her hand, gently holding Xiao Hengwu's face, and carefully wiped off the half-dried blood on her face with her fingertips.

"I still have someone I want to protect, how can I fall down first? You are the same. If you don't fight with all your strength, all the blood and tears that have been shed in the past will be in vain! Are you willing?"

The firm words fell into her heart word by word, just like her eyes also looked into her heart.

Yes, she will never be reconciled.

Over the years, she has jumped over the cliff, escaped the chase, broke through the forbidden, took a knife, and even almost killed someone... Supporting her with bruises all over her body, she gritted her teeth and climbed up, only " Unreconciled" three words.

Not reconciled to being slaughtered by others;

not reconciled to being contemptuous;

Unreconciled like a mustard ant, struggling in the mud to the point of embarrassment...

She finally got to where she is today, how could she allow herself to fall like this?give up?

Xiao Hengwu raised his hand in a daze, and touched the remaining warmth on his cheek.

The little princess in front of her has disappeared without a trace like a phantom.

Xiao Hengwu was stunned for a while, then turned around abruptly, and quickly walked back to the bedroom to the north.

"Let me in." She asked again in front of the main entrance.

"Mistress Xiao—" The maids frowned and blocked the door, determined not to move half a step away.

Xiao Hengwu held his head high, and for the first time since he entered the county palace, he really straightened his waist.

"I was the one who protected His Highness when the accident happened. If it is really 'overcrowded', it is you who should step down."

She didn't yell too much, but her momentum was quite different from before.

Shocked hesitation appeared in the eyes of the maids, and they turned to look at the older female Shi and the two long Shi behind them.

A trace of hesitation loosened, and Xiao Hengwu had passed them.

"I don't know anything else, but in the past three years, I have done all the daily things of serving His Highness's soup and medicine. You can let me do the small things of delivering water to the front bowl, but the rest of the important things need to be arranged."

She took a deep breath, tried to suppress the tremor in her voice, and tried her best to speak clearly.

"The military men of the Jingwei are still standing outside the door, and the rough servants outside are all stretching their necks to look around. Three or four pots of hot water have been knocked over while boiling medicine here... If this continues, it will spread to the Outsiders thought that something happened to our county prince's mansion. His Highness just got a little frightened and fell into an old disease. We can't make a mess on our own, but make those who have evil intentions happy."

She seemed to have turned back into the lonely girl who desperately wanted to speak to the two highnesses in the weaving bureau, but she was no longer the ignorant little embroiderer.At least for the past three years, she has seen and heard of it.

She tried her best to calm herself down, described the vague appearance on the high place, and continued to speak in a hoarse voice:

"His Royal Highness brought a coachman with him when he left the mansion today, gave him a reward, and took half a day off. Has this man come back? When did he come back? Have you told anyone about His Highness's whereabouts? Who knows? Someone needs to check. Your Highness is not in good health and needs to recuperate in the back garden. For those who are not careful enough, it is better to wait in the west front hall first, so as not to make mistakes in the middle of the busy schedule and add to the chaos."

Nu Shi and the two elders stared at each other silently, and immediately understood the deep meaning of her words.

The left Changshi went to the Changshi Division, the right Changshi went to the Yiwei Division, and the Nushi went to the Chengfeng Division. All the maidservants guarded the bedroom and the good doctor's office along the way. The trusted servants and the guards under Wan Shuyou guarded the back garden. All doors are not allowed to enter and exit at will.In less than an hour, Nu Shi and Zuo Changshi turned back, and it was found out that the coachman told a servant who was washing horses in the mansion about the fact that His Highness and Lady Xiao went out of the city privately after drinking, and was then sued by this servant. To Cheng Bong vice.Now the Chief History Division and the Yiwei Division have enshrined the two people in the palace, together with all the officials and servants in the palace who had been in contact with them on weekdays, and imprisoned them in the west front hall. Follow orders.

This sudden chaos started from the "Jingjie Rebellion" caused by the investigation of Dongchang, and took the sudden illness of Wang Jiayu of Ankang County as the turning point, leaving behind a lengthy echo that seemed absurd and shapeless but was actually turbulent.

The world only knows that Dongchang and the four princes collided openly when the capital was under martial law, and the ground was bloody.For this reason, the streets of Beijing were cleaned for several days, and every house was closed, the market was closed, and the people were not allowed to go out.Many fearful people even killed the watchdogs kept at home and the stray dogs passing by. The streets and alleys of the capital only heard cocks crowing and no dogs barked.

But what few people know is that the Ankang County Prince's Mansion closed its doors silently for "cleaning up". The three groups of people, who each worked for their own masters and pursued their own policies, were wary of each other rather than cooperating, and they quickly formed a team, and joined forces like lightning to suppress and expel the small gang of internal officials from the Supervisor of Rites to the Department of Orders of the Royal Palace.

It's like an omen.It is the prelude to the sincere and tacit understanding of the various forces that have been trapped by eunuchs for a long time.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the east wind.