I am a cat in the palace

The East City Gate has been screaming and killing, and there are still many places on fire. It is through the fire that everyone can clearly see that the city gate is still open.

"Quick!" No longer thinking about it, in order to minimize the casualties of the soldiers defending the city, all of them tried their best to run towards the east gate at the fastest speed. Once the gate fell, they would be trapped in the capital. Well, the [-] imperial guards in charge of defending the inner city alone were enough to kill all of them.

At the gate of the east city, Duke Wei and Duke Ying met face to face. The two old generals, both over sixty years old and bearded and graying, had the first chance to fight side by side for the first time after they had disliked each other in court for more than 20 years.

"Old man, I can't tell, he still has strength." Wei Guogong shot away a guard who rushed over to chop off his horse's hoof, and the British Duke immediately threw a mocking compliment.

"You're not bad either. After so many years of eating food and not caring about things, you can still use a big knife." Seeing the British Duke wielding a big knife vigorously, Wei Guogong returned sarcastically, not to be outdone.

"Grandpa! His Royal Highness King Zhen is here!" Lin Guanwei's face was black and gray, and his arms were still wrapped in blood-soaked cloth strips. He hurriedly drove his horse to the British Duke, and controlled the horse and trampled to death. of the Guards.

In public, the British suddenly relaxed: "Great, you and King Zhen will leave the city first!"

"What about you, grandpa?"

Duke Ying turned to look at Wei Guogong's anxious expression, and suddenly said: "The second prince hasn't been found yet, and someone needs to help support him here. You and your brother protect King Zhen and go first. Let's meet at Luohewei."

Lin Guanwei was a little anxious. After controlling the situation in the city, the Imperial Guards were constantly sending reinforcements here. The British Duke is an old man in his seventies. What if something goes wrong?But being a general, obeying orders is a deep-rooted concept, especially in such a tense battlefield, there is no room for questioning the coach.

Seeing his grandpa's serious face, knowing that it's useless to talk too much, Lin Guanwei could only say: "Grandpa, be more careful, I will escort King Zhen away first, and we will meet Luohewei."

Lin Guanwei rode his horse away, and behind him, the city guards led by Wei Guogong and Ying Yinggong fought with the guards who were rushing to close the city gate and hunt down the prince.

"Awei."

Shang Xin joined Lin Guanwei and quickly rushed out of the city gate, and most of the guards under the command of the British government gathered around them.

Lin Guanchen came after him and brought a few horses over. A Dong, Wan Ji and Wei Yin, who were exhausted from running, immediately got on the horses and were about to leave.

"Where's the British Duke?" Shang Xin looked behind anxiously.

"Grandpa said to wait for the second prince." To be honest, Lin Guanwei couldn't understand his grandfather's thoughts. Their family had never had any friendship with the second prince. At such a critical juncture, why should he care about his life?

Shang Xin is also very anxious, he knows the details of the second prince, and when he thinks that the old British man is taking risks for someone who is not worth taking risks at all, he is as anxious as fire.

"Tell Yingying Gong to leave quickly, the second prince is trapped, so he won't come out so soon." After saying that, Shang Xin turned to persuade Yingying Gong in person, but was stopped by Lin Guanchen.

"Grandpa is not only for the second prince, but also for your highness. The imperial guards will come to surround you from the other four gates at any time. Your highness, please don't delay and go to Luohewei immediately."

"The old man of England has devoted his whole life to your father. Even if the second prince doesn't like him, he won't let him die. It won't help if you try to persuade him. It will only make the place more chaotic. I have already removed the protection The spiritual power of the magic circle, with the ability of that old ghost, will definitely get here soon, let's not delay, let's go quickly." Daxian also held Shang Xin's hand tightly, not letting him go back and be stupid.

"Wan Ji!" Shang Xin suddenly shouted behind him.

"Your Highness, the servant is here."

"You immediately send a letter to the secret guards, half of them will reinforce the East Gate, and try your best to protect the British Duke, and the other half will go to the residences of the elders as soon as possible, and do everything possible to protect the safety of the elders."

"Yes!" Wan Ji responded without hesitation.

"And..." Shang Xin suddenly hesitated.

Wan Ji suddenly asked, "Your Highness is worried about the palace?"

Shang Xin nodded.

"Eternal Goodness Palace has a secret passage that leads directly to the outside of the palace. I will send people to check around the secret passage. If Director Fu and Mrs. Chen have escaped, I will send someone to settle them properly. If not..."

Wan Ji didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was very clear. If they hadn't escaped at the beginning of the palace change, then even if they went in now, it wouldn't make much sense. Will not be soft.

Of course, Shang Xin immediately understood Wan Ji's words and nodded, "Then I will leave everything to you. If you stay here to command the hidden guards, you don't have to go to Luohe Guards with me. Let's hurry up, and if there are no mistakes, You should be able to bring Luohewei back to the capital in a day and night, and if you have spare energy, you can be an internal response and help us return to the capital."

Wan Ji frowned. He was trained by the old emperor to protect King Zhen. The old emperor told him that he would stand by King Zhen's side every step of the way. But at the most dangerous moment, King Zhen ordered him to stay behind. Beijing, this made him feel very embarrassed.

He didn't dare to leave King Zhen's side, but the hidden guards in the capital really needed his presence.

"Brother Wan, I'm still with Your Highness." Daxian suddenly stepped forward and took Shang Xin's hand.

Wan Ji's eyebrows jumped, and seeing the Daxian holding the hand of his highness, he remembered that it was this hand that stretched out to volley the sky and grabbed it, causing the thick walls and beams of the Hanchen Palace to be destroyed, and the sky was ignited by fire , So after a moment of pondering, he finally made a decision.

"The servants will stay in the capital to protect the Duke and the elders, and wait for His Highness to return."

Seeing that Wan Ji agreed to stay, Shang Xin, who felt a little relieved, looked back at the East City Gate, which was ablaze with flames and screaming, finally gritted his teeth, got on his horse, and said, "Let's go!"

Shang Xin and his party rode forward on horseback. Fortunately, the sky was clear for half a month, so they could barely see the road ahead. After walking for a while, Daxian suddenly pointed to the front, "There is a large group of people ahead."

Everyone was shocked, "Is it coming this way?"

"Follow us."

Lin Guanchen was the first to react, "It should be the empress's luan, and the guards of Wei Guogong's mansion were the first to protect her out of the city."

Hearing this, Shang Xin suddenly remembered the empress's kindness to him before, he turned his head to look at Daxian, and saw Daxian was also looking at him as if in a flash.

"Since we have met each other, I naturally want to ask the empress to greet her." Daxian saw Shang Xin's unspoken thoughts, and he also wanted to know if the empress really knew something. If she really knew, then they It would be much more convenient to do something against the second prince.

The queen sat in the carriage and listened to the hooves and running of the guards around her, and was jolted here and there in the fast-moving carriage.

Seeing that her mother's face was a bit scary, Wan Luo, who was a bit fisted, managed to stabilize her body with her legs, pulled out the hidden drawer of the carriage with some difficulty, and took out a paper bag from it, "Miss, is it because the carriage and horses are going too far?" Hurry up, feeling uncomfortable? Take a piece of tangerine peel and take a slice, it should feel better."

The queen nodded, took a piece of tangerine peel from Wanluo's hand and put it under her tongue, the feeling of nausea in her chest finally got better.

With tangerine peel in her mouth, she continued to hold the car frame tightly, but slowly closed her eyes.

She just felt that fate seemed to be playing tricks on her all the time, just when she felt that the days were getting better day by day, but there were endless changes in her life, she really didn't know what would happen in the next moment at this moment.

Just when she swallowed the tangerine peel and closed her eyes, she suddenly felt the carriage stop and the speed slowed down obviously, her heart tightened suddenly, could it be that the chasing soldiers caught up?

"Report to Empress Empress, His Royal Highness King Zhen, please see me."

"Let him come here." The Queen's mood was very complicated, but after thinking about it, she nodded and agreed to let Shang Xin come over, and directly ordered Shang Xin to come to her carriage.

Shang Xin was a little surprised, but in the face of difficulties, if he wanted to speak well, there seemed to be no other way except for him to sit in the queen's carriage.

So he politely drove the horse over to greet the queen. Considering that the pursuers were behind, they didn't dare to stop too much. They just stopped for a while, and the horse continued on.

Although she left Beijing in a panic, the queen's car was still luxurious and luxurious, with four horses in the front and a luxurious and spacious carriage in the back.

"My son, my mother, pay your respects." There was an exquisite double-layer hanging lamp hanging in the carriage. Even though the vehicle bumped quite badly, the candlelight was not affected.

Shang Xin got into the car and was about to salute, but the queen stopped him with a wave of her hand, "Jing Nan is outside, so don't make so many vain salutes."

Shang Xin nodded, and sat down at the position opposite the queen.When he looked up, he saw the Queen was looking at him intently, with complex eyes, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.In fact, since he was a child, it was the first time for him to face the queen at such a close distance. In the past so many years, he and her have always maintained the most basic respect distance between the prince and the queen. Go to salute, meet and say hello on the way, at most, that's it.

"You don't look like the emperor." The queen said suddenly, but it was a sentence that Shang Xin didn't expect.

Shang Xin is puzzled, what do you mean?

"You look more like Ling Shi, and Hui'er was more like the emperor than you when she was your age." The queen said coldly, her tone not very good.

Shang Xin felt that this topic was not very pleasant, and it was not in line with his original intention of coming in to say hello, so he took the initiative to interrupt the queen, thanking her for sending someone to find him and protect her in times of crisis, and expressing that he also The man left behind went to find the second prince with the people of Duke Wei's mansion, and he should be able to find it soon. Before that, he would escort the queen to Luohewei.

When he mentioned that he left manpower to search for the second prince in the capital, Shang Xin deliberately raised his eyes to pay attention to the queen's expression, and sure enough, she saw that her expression was indifferent, and she didn't care about the second prince's life or death.

This is definitely not the empress's attitude towards the second prince in the past. After testing the empress's reaction, Shang Xin is somewhat more confident about her and Daxian's guess. Moreover, he might think that his second brother has been completely taken away by that old ghost and is no longer alive, so he will show such an attitude when he mentions the second prince.

Thinking about it, even though the old ghost acted secretly, the queen was his second brother's mother after all, so it was impossible for the old ghost to be completely secretive. Under the long-term attention, it was inevitable that he would be discovered.

"Today's changes will definitely shake the government and the public. One wrong step will cause Yin and Yang to separate. King Zhen, although you are still young, I see that you have a calm temperament and have always had ideas, so I won't treat you as a child. Let me just say something straight. Although the matter of the emperor's death has not been confirmed, it is likely to be true, but it must have been murdered. We all know who will do it. Now Concubine Duan is taking the first step, They wanted to catch us all, but they missed it, and they didn't succeed."

Hearing the queen's assertion that the old emperor's death should not have been faked, Shang Xin's heart was filled with grief again, and tears rolled down his eyes.

The queen didn't look at him, but continued: "But since she dared to do this, she must have a comprehensive plan. Although the Imperial Guard is said to be 2, we all know that there are guards of honor and a large number of noble soldiers in it." There are only [-] people who are actually responsible for the defense and are under the command of the imperial guards. Among the [-] imperial guards, there are [-] tiger cavalry troops.

"How big is the capital? No matter how courageous Concubine Duan is, she can rely on the [-] imperial guards. Of course, some big nobles may support them, but which of those old foxes are not willing to spare their lives? They can increase the number of troops absolutely. It will not exceed [-]. Just relying on less than [-] soldiers and horses to conspire against the court and control the Daxia court, their strength is not enough just to surround the mansions of the officials."

"Didn't they never think about the consequences of not being able to kill us in the capital? Wei Guogong's family has a military background, and the British government has a hundred years of accumulation, and you have thousands of secret guards bestowed by the emperor in your hands. They will take it seriously. So you are sure to kill us all in one fell swoop?" The Queen sneered.

"You said this, now that you think about it, it's really too easy for us to get out of the East City Gate." After the panic and grief gradually settled down, Shang Xin also began to feel that something was wrong.The East City Gate is the closest gate to the inner city street, but the defense of the imperial guards was not as fierce as expected, although to a large extent the thousands of southern troops in Duke Wei's mansion gave the imperial guards an unexpected impact, But I always feel that getting out of the city gate is much easier than imagined.

But, what if it wasn't just the guards who rebelled?Then who else?Shang Xin thought about it like this, and his heart trembled just because of this thought.

After all, he is only an eleven or twelve-year-old child, and has not experienced those cruel power struggles, but the empress accompanied the old emperor through the turbulent waves when the seven sons seized the throne. She looked at Shang Xin and gave He had time to think for a while.

After a while, he said: "When you have passed the Qingxing Station, you can leave quietly with people. You decide where to go. I will continue to Luohewei. If there is nothing wrong with Luohewei, we will take Luohewei to counterattack. The capital, but if Luohewei has rebelled... you should leave the capital as soon as possible, go to the fief allocated to you by your father, or find your uncle, in short, the farther you go, the better."

Shang Xin looked at the queen silently, and after twirling the words on the tip of his tongue several times, he finally asked, "What about the second brother?"

"He has his own place." The queen seemed a little impatient.

"I know, these years, you have not been close to me. If you want to listen to what I say, you can listen to it. If you don't want to listen, you can do whatever you want. Well, what I want to say to you Now, you can go." After finishing speaking, the queen turned her head away and stopped looking at Shang Xin. Shang Xin didn't say much, and bowed to leave.

As soon as Shangxin got out of the car, Wanluo rushed to the Queen's feet eagerly, "Madam, since you have already expected that Luohewei may have reversed, why did you go to Luohewei? And you shouldn't inform the second Your Highness, why did King Zhen leave first?"

The queen glanced at Wanluo lightly, "Everything is just my guess. Luohewei's commander has been the emperor's confidant for many years, and the possibility of him rebelling is not high. Do you think it will be safe for us to escape from the capital? Chase and kill Our imperial guards are probably close to chasing us, if we can't get Luohewei's support before dawn, falling into the hands of the imperial guards will also be a dead end."

"But, ma'am, what if Luohewei has already turned against you? You asked King Zhen to leave as soon as possible, but you went all the way to Luohewei, you... You are clearly using yourself as a bait to let King Zhen escape ah!"

"If you are afraid of death, you can get out of the car now." The queen did not answer Wanluo's words, but closed her eyes slightly, and sat quietly on the wall of the car.

"My servant is not afraid of death, but if you do this, what about the Second Highness, his life and death are unknown now, what if he chases you all the way to Luohewei?" Wan Luo's voice changed in anxiety.

"Then let him come over." The queen said in a cold tone that Wan Luo had never heard before. Apart from the coldness, the tone seemed to contain deep hatred.

Wanluo just felt that she must have heard it wrong. The empress has always loved the second prince very much. When she mentioned it in private, she was caring and worried. Has she ever used such a tone on the second prince?

"Your Majesty..." Wanluo muttered, extremely puzzled, and wondered if the queen was a little crazy because of the excitement of tonight's events.

After getting out of the carriage, Shang Xin didn't go back to his horse, instead turned over and sat directly on Daxian's horse.

The two sat on a saddle with their chests close to their backs. Shang Xin hugged Daxian's waist tightly with both hands. What he said was relayed to Daxian.

"The queen wants to use herself as a bait to save my life?" Shang Xin still can't believe it. When did the queen start to love him so much? He has never had any sense of existence in front of her. In front of her, she still wanted to take the opportunity to seize his prince.

"Since she didn't ask your whereabouts, it is unlikely that she will use you as bait. Presumably she really wants to save your life." Daxian analyzed for Shang Xin accurately.

"It seems that she really knows about Second Brother Brother being taken over by an old ghost."

"But she probably doesn't know that the second prince is not dead yet."