Huaigui

As soon as this remark came out, He Lan Mingyue first thought: "The emperor must not know about this matter."

He asked in a soft voice: "Is it invisible at all, or is it the same as before, with a vague outline, and I probably know where I am?"

"It's gray." Gao Jing frowned, and leaned weakly on He Lan's shoulder, as if he couldn't speak up, "I know this is the Yaoguang Pavilion not because I saw it, but because I smelled the seal incense. .”

Helan Mingyue was silent, her heart heaved violently, and she didn't care whether Gao Jing could perceive it.

This is the result he didn't expect. Those "medicines" came from the doctor who treated Gao Jing's eyes.The other party had reminded them that the medicine was three-point poisonous, but Gao Jing said that it didn't matter, and that they had to take risks if they wanted to succeed.This ruthlessness really surprised He Lanmingyue, so much so that she couldn't even make a sentence of consolation.

Gao Jing sat quietly for a while, and then asked, "How is it now?"

The tone was calm, and the expression was not sad. He Lan didn't know what Gao Jing was thinking when he was silent, and whether he was as confused as him, so he could only answer along: "Your Majesty is coming, I sent a fire, and asked someone to search the Chaofeng Pavilion. .I don’t know what kind of movement they made, but the North Hall seems to be in a bit of a mess—"

"You didn't follow?" Gao Jing raised his eyebrows and teased him with his eyes.

For a moment, Helan Mingyue had the illusion that his heartbeat was missing, and after a pause, he regained his senses.Knowing that Gao Jing couldn't see, he still put Gao Jing's hand back on the bedding with lowered eyelids: "I've been here to guard you."

"..."

"I'm afraid you won't find people panicking when you wake up." He continued, his tone so soft that he didn't realize it, "I don't worry about such a big matter... Get someone else."

At some point, they never used their honorifics in private, as if they were talking with each other close to each other.Gao Jing is not his master, but if he wants to coax and pamper him, he can't see that Gao Jing is not good at all, and he can't see Gao Jing frowning in pain, but He Lan can't say these words, no matter what Gao Jing thinks, he is too presumptuous.

After hearing these words, Gao Jing finally had a smile on the corner of his mouth, which was both shallow and deep, and trickled into his heart all the way.He said: "It's not an option to lie down like this, let's go, let's go to the North Hall to have a look."

Helan Mingyue said hello, and waited for Gao Jing to put on his boots and change clothes.Seeing that Gao Jing woke up and was still able to go to the ground, the inner servant of the outer guard immediately went to the North Hall to report without Helan Mingyue's instructions.The rest of the people were also in a mess, and all the stars surrounded Gao Jing, helping him tidy up, and then they got up.

According to regulations, the guards should follow behind the master, but He Lan Mingyue stretched out an arm and told Gao Jing to support him steadily: "Your Highness, be careful of the steps."

The corners of Gao Jing's mouth were slightly raised, except for his pale, bloodless face that was still sickly, there was no weakness at all.

The road from the Yaoguang Pavilion to the North Hall is not easy, the corridors are curved, and you have to pass through a wide courtyard.During the day, there are elegant scenery of pavilions, terraces and pavilions, but at night, there are many shadows, and you can't see far with a lantern.

The guards outside the main hall were heavily guarded. As soon as He Lanmingyue stepped in with Gao Jingfu, she first heard Empress Dugu's scolding.

"You bitch, cheating on the prince and murdering His Majesty, now you still have the guts to cry out in the North Palace?!"

Gao Jing paused, and looked at Helan Mingyue blankly.Although Gao Jing had heard about the matter at the Chaofeng Hall, he didn't understand how he fell into the crime of murdering His Majesty.

Helan Mingyue was inconvenient to speak, coughed twice and turned her head away.It happened that Aman came over and saw him holding Gao Jing. The maid knew that Gao Jing had an eye disease, so she quickly supported him, and then she whispered how the forest merchant searched the Chaofeng Pavilion, and how he found the little girl with the emperor's horoscope in the secret room. The paper figurines came one by one.

Gao Jing looked at He Lan with a pale face: "You..."

Helan Mingyue lowered her eyes, and before she could speak, Empress Dugu had already seen Gao Jing.She walked down the steps quickly, with tears still on her face, and held Gao Jing's face in her hands: "Jing'er, you're awake! The villain harmed you, fortunately God bless—"

It is rare for their mother and child to be so close, Gao Jing hesitated, and stepped back gently.

Noticing his resistance, the queen no longer insisted, Gao Jing asked: "Where is the father?"

"He was sad when he saw the portrait, and he was resting in the side hall, accompanied by King Ji." Speaking of the emperor, Dugu couldn't help crying again, she looked at the woman kneeling on the ground without saying a word, her brows stood upright, "It's all This woman and her son were to blame! The entire harem is not enough for you to toss about, and you have to stretch your hands to the front!"

There was a blurred halo in front of Gao Jing's eyes, and he grabbed Amang's sleeve, and the maid hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness just woke up, wait until His Majesty comes over and then do something..."

The Dugu family was noncommittal, and the emperor had already been supported by his servants.

I haven't seen him for many days, even though Helan Mingyue is far away, she is still startled by his expression.The emperor in my impression has always been upright and majestic, but now his shoulders are slightly buckled, showing a bit of a stoop—he has just passed his forty years, why does he have an aging appearance?Helan Mingyue felt sad for no reason.

Gao Jing was about to kneel, but was stopped by the emperor: "Jing Er, do you feel unwell?"

His voice trembled. Since he could remember, he had rarely been cared about by the emperor in front of everyone.Gao Jing raised his head suspiciously, the warm light in his vision, but he couldn't see anyone's outline clearly, Xun Sheng shook his head at the emperor: "Father, my son is still a little nauseous... Wait for the imperial doctor to see the rest." .”

The emperor kept saying that it was fine, and asked someone to treat Gao Jing. He turned around and sat in the upper chair, as cold as ice: "Mr. Ling, in front of the emperor, do you want to explain the painting and the paper figurine?"

Concubine Ling was kneeling in the middle, her noble neck raised: "I have nothing to say! It's just that these are all done by myself. Your Majesty wants to kill or cut at will. Don't implicate Yu'er!"

The queen said coldly: "Then you admit to poisoning the prince?"

Concubine Ling Gui said: "I don't know how the Second Highness got poisoned. But now that the Second Highness woke up while searching the Chaofeng Pavilion, there may not be any tricks in it..."

"Presumptuous! Do you know what you are talking about!" The queen shouted angrily, and then left and right pushed Concubine Ling down.

After a moment of silence, the emperor glanced at her indifferently, with nostalgia in his eyes, and turned to the other person guarded by the guards: "Gao Yu, can the unprovoked poisoning of Jing'er have anything to do with you?"

Gao Yu snorted lightly, but did not speak.

Hearing this, Gao Jingcai looked in Gao Yu's direction blankly.Helan Mingyue lightly pressed his shoulder, feeling uneasy.None of them knew how Gao Yu would respond, but what the other said completely exceeded expectations.

"Reporting to my father, the tea and snacks that my elder brother drank were all made by Chaofeng Pavilion. Since the imperial doctor has clearly stated that it was poisoning, no matter how much I try to explain it, it will be futile. The father is just like a child, and I have heard about it. Recently, there have been rumors that he wants to act first... My son pleaded guilty."

The person holding it down trembled violently, and He Lanmingyue was also stunned—Gao Yu actually recognized it? !

But it's obviously none of his business!

In the original plan, Gao Jing still had a soft heart towards Gao Yu. The medicine he gave was not enough to kill him. Now that the medicine is over, it will naturally recover, and he only needs to take some tonics to recover.They set up in the Chaofeng Pavilion to make the matter between the imperial concubine and King Yu a dead end. From then on, the Ling family fell out of favor, and after King Yu and the emperor's brothers separated, the reserve position would not be left behind.

According to He Lanmingyue's assumption, nothing will happen to Gao Yu, who knows that he directly——

The emperor sitting at the top heard his words, and was already furious: "Absurd! Who told you about the establishment of the reserve...you...you are crazy, who taught you this?"

Gao Yu said calmly: "My son has learned the way of being a king since elementary school. There are no brothers in the Tian family. If he wants to enter the East Palace, he must surpass his elder brother."

"No..." Gao Jing whispered, only He Lan Mingyue could hear him whispering.

"What's the matter, Your Highness?"

"Gao Yu—"

The emperor's hands were trembling uncontrollably, his lips were slightly parted, but he couldn't utter a word. Looking at his most proud son kneeling in the hall, he said calmly, "I am jealous of elder brother. Although father and Shuyu The gentlemen of Zhai said that I was smart since I was a child, but I knew in my heart that the East Palace was always reserved for the eldest brother, but he is clearly not as good as I!"

The emperor's legs gave way, if he hadn't been sitting, he would have collapsed at this moment.

Gao Yu continued: "If Eldest Brother is in good health, the position of Crown Prince will never be in the hands of a son or minister. Only if something happens to him, he dies and becomes disabled, Father will have no choice..."

"Shut up! Shut up!" The emperor almost lost his composure, stood up abruptly and walked down the steps.

There was dead silence in the huge north hall, He Lanmingyue lowered her eyes, intentionally avoiding the emperor's sight, and heard his heavy footsteps, stopping in front of Gao Yu.

"Gao Yu, I have always had high expectations of you." The emperor was very angry, his chest heaving violently, "I will give you one last chance to poison your brother... Do you really mean it?"

Gao Yu kowtowed calmly: "I'm sorry, brother."

There was a sudden sound of metal impact, first Lin Shang's stunned voice sounded, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty!" The long sword was unsheathed, Gao Yu did not dodge or dodge, Ling Guifei, who was held down by the guards, screamed instantly.

Then Gao Jing rushed over desperately: "Father, don't do it!"

Helan Mingyue didn't have time to catch him, and from the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Gao Jing standing in front of Gao Yu, bent over and hugged him, and the moment her back was left to the emperor, the long sword had already torn through the thin clothes——

Going an inch or so deeper, the emperor's sword-holding hand trembled violently. At this moment, a message was sent outside the door: "King Yu please see me!"

"It's this time, why are you stopping me!"

King Yu brushed aside the two servants, and as soon as he stepped into the main hall, he saw this scene: Gao Jing hugged Gao Yu, he was wounded by the long sword, he couldn't see the depth of the wound, only the gurgling blood flowed along The blade of the sword stained the entire back red.

The empress was so excited by this sudden change that she fainted immediately, the emperor almost couldn't stand still, he forgot about the imperial physician Xuan, Concubine Ling Gui was still kneeling, when she saw King Yu, she collapsed on the spot, her whole face was covered in tears, and she begged softly : "Yu'er...my Yu'er...Brother Hong, brother Hong, save him..."

King Yu froze in place, not knowing whether to go any further.

The imperial physician who was waiting at the side stepped forward to stop Gao Jing's bleeding, He Lan Mingyue trotted over, and helped him lift Gao Jing up to let him lean in his arms.Seeing that the imperial physician was quick to draw the long sword away, He Lan reached out in vain to cover the wound, but only wiped his red hand, feeling that Gao Jing was holding him, as if he was conscious.

He Lan Mingyue called softly: "Your Highness?"

Gao Jing said weakly, "I'm still conscious."

The imperial doctor treated his wound, Gao Jing couldn't stop shaking every time a little medicine was applied.

He was the most afraid of pain, but why did he block it?He Lan Mingyue didn't ask, just hugged him according to his words.

When the chaos in the North Palace finally came to an end, Concubine Ling Gui and Gao Yu were sent to Zongzheng Temple for separate custody, and the emperor rested wearily in a palace outside the Yaoguang Pavilion.

Gao Jing's wound was too deep this time, hurting his heart and lungs. After the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, he turned to the pharmacy to prescribe prescriptions, leaving two drug boys to take care of him.Empress Dugu was worried about him, and she sat in the outer bedroom without leaving her. Even Gao Sheng, who was ignorant of the world, realized the seriousness of the matter.

With them around, Helan Mingyue lost her position as a companion.After he took care of everything, he realized that he was covered in cold sweat. Standing in the night wind, his nerves, which had been tense all night, finally relaxed.

Some things should be asked after Gao Jing wakes up, he thought.

When they left the palace, they saw King Yu who was still in the North Hall. He Lan Mingyue wanted to hide from him, but King Yu came over first.His complexion was not good, and Helan Mingyue held the sword at his waist reflexively.

The sword is like his protection.

King Yu stopped in front of him, with his hands behind his back, he went to meet the emperor, pleaded guilty, and accepted the punishment, but the emperor didn't want to see him.At this time, thinking about everything, King Yu directly asked, "Is this your choice?"

Helan Mingyue turned her head away.

King Yu still maintained his noble face, and said in a calm manner: "You made the portrait."

"Yes." He Lan Mingyue readily admitted, "The master said that he wanted to get rid of Concubine Ling Gui, and the slave was only doing things for the master."

"For this king?" King Yu's expression became serious, he gritted his teeth and suppressed the volume, "Don't think that this king can't see what you're thinking, this is for Gao Jing!... He Lan Mingyue, this king is wrong, you It’s just an unfamiliar wolf, you—”

"Just like my dad, right?"

King Yu was stunned again.

Helan Mingyue didn't know why, when King Yu said that he was not familiar with raising him, a rush of blood rushed to the top of his head, and then blurted out indiscriminately.He looked at King Yu, as if seeing him embarrassed for the first time, he couldn't help laughing: "My lord, I can check what the secret guard taught me."

They didn't call "Master" anymore, as if the connection between them was broken.

King Yu clenched his fists and walked away after a while: "Helan Mingyue, you will regret it!"

Walking out of the North Hall, there was a shadow beside him. King Yu angrily ordered: "Lu Yi, go and find out who let him know about this with a loose mouth. Focus on checking Hanzhang Hall!"

Lu Yi hesitated for a while before saying, "Yes."

The night was still long, and Helan Mingyue returned to the Yaoguang Pavilion.He couldn't enter the sleeping hall, so he sat under a tree.

After the confrontation with King Yu passed, the palpitations came up.His eyes were sore, and he covered his face in bewilderment——Mingyue still couldn't understand, what is such an identity to him?

But he soon came into contact with the secret prophecy.